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3._o sect._n 701._o tit._n extortioner_n say_v this_o be_v the_o ancient_a common_a law_n and_o the_o penalty_n add_v by_o the_o statute_n and_o that_o though_o some_o statute_n since_o have_v allow_v the_o king_n officer_n in_o some_o case_n to_o take_v fee_n for_o execute_v their_o office_n yet_o none_o other_o can_v be_v take_v but_o what_o such_o statute_n allow_v and_o that_o all_o officer_n of_o the_o king_n who_o take_v fee_n otherwise_o be_v guilty_a of_o perjury_n i_o will_v know_v by_o what_o law_n the_o commons_o sergeant_n take_v his_o fee_n and_o how_o the_o commons_o can_v absolve_v he_o from_o perjury_n for_o take_v such_o fe_n whereas_o in_o this_o parliament_n rare_o a_o day_n pass_v wherein_o man_n upon_o bare_a suggestion_n and_o absent_a be_v not_o judge_v and_o execution_n order_v for_o high_a breach_n and_o notorious_a breach_n of_o the_o commons_o privilege_n yet_o most_o of_o these_o
and_o test_n against_o dissenter_n be_v any_o way_n intend_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o protestant_n for_o notwithstanding_o the_o slaughter_n jeffries_n have_v make_v of_o they_o in_o the_o west_n the_o rest_n all_o over_o england_n be_v imprison_v and_o force_v to_o give_v security_n for_o their_o good_a behaviour_n nay_o my_o lord_n d._n of_o albermarle_n who_o have_v do_v the_o k._n so_o signal_n service_n in_o keep_v the_o devonshire_n man_n from_o join_v with_o the_o d._n of_o monmouth_n must_v be_v send_v out_o of_o england_n to_o jamaica_n and_o the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n and_o other_o who_o have_v be_v so_o active_a in_o suppress_v monmouth_n be_v scarce_o thank_v and_o but_o cold_o entertain_v at_o court_n if_o thing_n be_v act_v with_o this_o indeed_o barefaced_a dissimulation_n in_o england_n they_o be_v not_o less_o in_o ireland_n for_o the_o king_n have_v revoke_v the_o duke_n of_o ormond_n from_o his_o lieutenancy_n and_o give_v talbot_n a_o independent_a commission_n to_o make_v such_o a_o reform_a of_o the_o army_n there_o as_o be_v aforesaid_a make_v my_o lord_n clarendon_n deputy-lieutenant_n and_o sir_n charles_n porter_n chancellor_n who_o arrive_v there_o the_o 10_o of_o january_n 1685-86_a with_o a_o charge_n to_o declare_v that_o the_o king_n will_v preserve_v the_o act_n of_o settlement_n and_o explanation_n inviolable_a and_o to_o assure_v all_o his_o subject_n he_o will_v preserve_v these_o act_n as_o the_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la of_o ireland_n but_o this_o declaration_n compare_v with_o talbot_n reform_v the_o army_n in_o ireland_n seem_v as_o strange_a as_o that_o the_o king_n be_v dispense_n with_o the_o penal_a law_n and_o test_n be_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o protestant_a dissenter_n in_o england_n in_o scotland_n the_o king_n have_v so_o settle_v affair_n there_o when_o he_o be_v commissioner_n that_o after_o the_o cut_n off_o the_o earl_n of_o argyle_n he_o do_v not_o doubt_v to_o carry_v on_o his_o design_n more_o barefaced_a 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