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A34407
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A seasonable treatise wherein is proved that King William (commonly call'd the Conqueror) did not get the imperial crown of England by the sword, but by the election and consent of the people to whom he swore to observe the original contract between king and people.
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Cooke, Edward, of the Middle Temple.
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1689
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Wing C6001; ESTC R7506
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do_v not_o that_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v presume_v because_o they_o live_v within_o ten_o of_o three_o hundred_o year_n ago_o and_o no_o doubt_n but_o there_o be_v some_o learned_a man_n among_o they_o that_o know_v the_o ancient_a constitution_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o if_o they_o do_v then_o be_v they_o guilty_a of_o the_o great_a madness_n and_o folly_n that_o ever_o be_v when_o the_o commons_o pray_v that_o king_n en_fw-fr plein_fw-fr parliament_n que_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr soit_fw-fr rot._n parl._n 15._o r._n 2._o n._n 13._o &_o estoise_n ausi_fw-la frank_a en_fw-fr sa_fw-fr regalie_n liberte_fw-fr &_o dignity_n royal_a en_fw-fr son_fw-fr temps_fw-fr come_v ascuns_fw-mi de_fw-fr cest_fw-fr noble_a progenitor_n roys_n d'_fw-fr eng_n eng_n furent_fw-fr en_fw-fr lour_v temps_fw-fr nient_a contresteant_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr estatut_n ou_fw-fr ordinance_n fait_fw-fr devant_fw-fr cest_fw-fr hures_n a_o contraire_fw-fr &_o mesment_n en_fw-fr derogation_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr libertee_n &_o franchise_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr corone_n qu'il_fw-fr soit_fw-fr adnulle_n &_o de_fw-fr nul_fw-fr force_n &_o puis_fw-fr touz_v les_fw-fr prelate_n &_o seigneure_n temporel_n prierent_fw-la en_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr le_fw-fr manere_fw-la &_o sur_fw-fr ce_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr ledit_n roy_fw-fr mercia_fw-la les_fw-fr dit_n signior_n &_o commune_v the_o la_fw-fr grant_n tendresse_fw-fr &_o affection_n qu'ils_fw-fr avoient_fw-fr a_fw-fr la_fw-fr salvation_n de_fw-fr son_fw-fr honeur_fw-fr &_o de_fw-fr son_fw-fr estate_n &_o a_o cause_n que_fw-fr lour_v dit_fw-fr pryer_n &_o request_n luy_fw-fr semblerent_fw-la honeste_n &_o resonable_v ill_a sagrea_fw-mi &_o assenta_fw-la pleinement_n a_o ycelle_v now_o can_v any_o man_n of_o but_o a_o ordinary_a understanding_n think_v that_o the_o parliament_n intend_v by_o this_o act_n to_o out_o themselves_o of_o all_o their_o ancient_n and_o legal_a right_n and_o total_o to_o give_v up_o their_o estate_n and_o fortune_n to_o the_o king_n be_v absolute_a disposition_n be_v it_o possible_a almost_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o they_o design_v to_o confound_v and_o overthrow_v the_o whole_a polity_n and_o government_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o reduce_v all_o to_o the_o arbitrary_a will_n and_o power_n of_o a_o new_a conqueror_n without_o a_o conquest_n what_o man_n be_v there_o that_o be_v not_o become_v servile_a to_o common_a opinion_n and_o implicit_a supposition_n of_o so_o inventive_a a_o faculty_n as_o to_o conjecture_v such_o grand_a absurdity_n and_o yet_o these_o and_o many_o more_o be_v the_o direct_a consequence_n of_o those_o that_o endeavour_n to_o maintain_v and_o justify_v these_o pernicious_a principle_n for_o the_o petition_n and_o law_n be_v that_o rich._n 2._o shall_v be_v as_o free_v in_o his_o regality_n liberty_n and_o dignity_n royal_a as_o any_o of_o his_o noble_a progenitor_n king_n of_o england_n than_o it_o natural_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v as_o free_a and_o absolute_a as_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o than_o what_o be_v the_o conclusion_n and_o result_n but_o that_o the_o the_o anonymus_fw-la author_n against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 43._o english_a be_v neither_o to_o have_v estate_n nor_o fortune_n leave_v they_o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v no_o great_a matter_n to_o they_o by_o what_o law_n right_o or_o property_n man_n hold_v their_o estate_n and_o so_o farewell_n to_o parliament_n but_o we_o know_v and_o be_v well_o assure_v that_o never_o any_o such_o imagination_n enter_v into_o the_o ras_n stat._n 15_o r._n 2._o f._n 161._o mind_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o 15._o r._n 2._o not_o only_o by_o the_o law_n make_v then_o in_o that_o parliament_n but_o by_o those_o in_o the_o next_o id._n 16._o r._n 2._o foe_n 163._o parliament_n hold_v the_o next_o year_n after_o the_o commons_o grant_v to_o the_o king_n that_o pour_fw-fr la_fw-fr grant_n affiance_n affection_n and_o 〈◊〉_d parl._n 16_o r._n 2._o n._n 8._o assurance_n for_o the_o great_a trust_n affection_n and_o assurance_n they_o have_v in_o the_o noble_a person_n of_o the_o king_n in_o his_o most_o excellent_a knowledge_n and_o his_o most_o sage_a discretion_n and_o also_o for_o the_o great_a tenderness_n they_o have_v for_o his_o crown_n and_o the_o kingdom_n &_o les_fw-fr drot_n dicel_n and_o the_o right_n thereof_o s'accorderant_a &_o assenterent_fw-la they_o agree_v and_o assent_v in_o full_a parliament_n that_o the_o king_n by_o good_a deliberation_n and_o assent_v of_o the_o lord_n of_o his_o wise_a council_n may_v take_v the_o whole_a matter_n touch_v the_o statute_n of_o provisor_n to_o he_o and_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v full_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o modify_v the_o say_a statute_n against_o the_o pope_n and_o court_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o ordain_v by_o the_o deliberation_n and_o assent_v aforesaid_a in_o such_o manner_n as_o he_o shall_v think_v best_a to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o of_o holy_a church_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o right_n of_o his_o crown_n and_o of_o the_o estate_n and_o profit_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o to_o put_v the_o same_o in_o execution_n when_o do_v and_o that_o au_o proschein_a parliament_n at_o the_o next_o parliament_n all_o the_o matter_n aforesaid_a shall_v be_v full_o show_v as_o ditz_fw-fr commune_v to_o the_o say_a commons_o and_o the_o reason_n thereof_o be_v memorable_a viz._n au_o fin_n quill_n purront_fw-fr alors_fw-fr par_fw-fr bon_fw-fr avisement_n agreer_fw-fr si_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr ple_a a_o ycelle_v that_o the_o commons_o than_o may_v upon_o good_a advice_n agree_v thereto_o if_o it_o shall_v so_o please_v god._n from_o all_o which_o it_o evident_o appear_v 1._o that_o no_o law_n can_v be_v make_v in_o richard_n the_o second_v time_n or_o in_o any_o of_o his_o progenitor_n king_n of_o england_n which_o can_v but_o take_v in_o william_n the_o first_o without_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o parliament_n 2._o that_o none_o of_o those_o king_n can_v abrogate_v or_o make_v void_a such_o law_n when_o make_v without_o the_o like_a assent_n 3._o that_o though_o the_o general_n phrase_n viz._n that_o king_n richard_n shall_v be_v and_o stand_v as_o free_v in_o his_o regality_n liberty_n and_o dignity_n royal_a in_o his_o time_n as_o any_o of_o his_o progenitor_n be_v in_o they_o and_o that_o the_o king_n say_v that_o the_o desire_n and_o request_n of_o the_o commons_o seem_v honest_a and_o reasonable_a to_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o give_v his_o royal_a assent_n to_o that_o law_n yet_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o the_o lord_n can_v ever_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v honest_a and_o reasonable_a or_o that_o it_o be_v any_o part_n of_o the_o liberty_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o crown_n to_o change_v the_o whole_a frame_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o english_a government_n by_o alter_v and_o make_v law_n at_o will_n by_o take_v away_o the_o subject_n possession_n and_o bestow_v 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the_o world_n impose_v upon_o by_o the_o trick_n imposture_n and_o artifices_fw-la which_o too_o many_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o either_o to_o promote_v their_o own_o particular_a gain_n and_o interest_n to_o which_o such_o care_v not_o what_o they_o sacrifice_v or_o upon_o a_o far_o worse_a and_o more_o grievous_a consideration_n to_o bring_v the_o whole_a nation_n into_o divide_v party_n and_o faction_n and_o thus_o by_o embroyl_n and_o entanglement_n to_o throw_v they_o at_o last_o into_o fatal_a convulsion_n to_o the_o destruction_n both_o of_o prince_n and_o people_n finis_fw-la