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fortuna_fw-la longis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la stabilitae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la london_n print_v by_o tho._n newcomb_n for_o the_o author_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o abel_n roper_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o sun_n over_o against_o sy_n dunstans-church_n in_o fleetstreet_n 1662._o the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n chapter_n 1._o that_o the_o register_n or_o inrol_v of_o deed_n of_o bargain_n and_o sale_n whereby_o a_o estate_n of_o freehold_n do_v pass_v be_v provide_v for_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o 27_o h._n 8._o cap._n 16._o wherein_o it_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o people_n choice_n where_o to_o enrol_v they_o they_o have_v rather_o choose_v to_o do_v it_o in_o chancery_n and_o at_o london_n then_o in_o the_o several_a county_n p._n 3._o chap._n 2._o the_o inconvenience_n of_o a_o enforce_a registry_n of_o such_o deed_n in_o the_o proper_a county_n pag._n 8._o chap._n 3._o the_o inconvenience_n if_o all_o deed_n of_o bargain_n and_o sale_n shall_v be_v enact_v to_o have_v the_o force_n and_o effect_n of_o fine_n with_o proclamation_n or_o of_o recovery_n and_o to_o bar_n as_o they_o do_v pag._n 20._o chap._n 4._o of_o the_o register_n of_o all_o man_n former_a deed_n or_o other_o evidence_n if_o but_o for_o ten_o or_o twenty_o year_n past_a under_o a_o penalty_n to_o be_v otherwise_o of_o no_o effect_n or_o less_o than_o they_o will_v former_o have_v be_v pag._n 31_o chap._n 5._o of_o the_o register_n of_o all_o bond_n bill_n lease_n release_v feoffment_n contract_n in_o writing_n and_o all_o other_o write_n which_o may_v encumber_v real_a or_o personal_a estate_n pag._n 49_o chap._n 6._o of_o new_a court_n or_o judicatories_n to_o be_v erect_v in_o every_o county_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v cause_n pag._n 75_o chap._n 7_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o provide_v against_o all_o thing_n which_o may_v happen_v to_o be_v encumbrance_n pag._n 87_o chap._n 8._o that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v possible_a the_o people_n will_v not_o willing_o be_v at_o the_o trouble_n or_o charge_n in_o all_o their_o contract_n to_o search_v in_o so_o many_o county_n registries_n to_o discover_v encumbrance_n pag._n 92_o chap._n i._o that_o the_o register_n or_o inrol_v of_o deed_n of_o bargain_n and_o sale_n whereby_o a_o estate_n of_o freehold_n do_v pass_v be_v provide_v for_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o 27_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 16._o wherein_o it_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o people_n choice_n where_o to_o inrol_v thâ—â—_n they_o have_v rather_o choose_v to_o do_v it_o in_o chancery_n and_o at_o london_n then_o in_o the_o several_a county_n the_o erect_n of_o office_n for_o the_o register_n of_o deed_n and_o conveyance_n indent_v in_o every_o county_n by_o which_o any_o estate_n of_o freehold_n or_o inheritance_n be_v to_o pass_v or_o be_v convey_v by_o bargain_n and_o sale_n will_v be_v needless_a for_o that_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 16._o which_o be_v yet_o in_o force_n and_o unrepealed_a it_o be_v already_o provide_v for_o and_o be_v 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the_o peace_n of_o every_o county_n where_o the_o land_n do_v lie_v either_o because_o where_o it_o be_v do_v in_o the_o proper_a county_n it_o be_v by_o that_o statute_n appoint_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o custos_fw-la rotulorum_fw-la and_o two_o justice_n of_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o county_n and_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o peace_n or_o two_o of_o they_o at_o the_o least_o whereof_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o peace_n to_o be_v one_o who_o by_o their_o distance_n or_o remote_a habitation_n be_v not_o often_o or_o easy_o to_o be_v find_v or_o get_v together_o or_o that_o the_o people_n be_v not_o so_o willing_a to_o trust_v their_o deed_n or_o evidence_n or_o the_o record_n thereof_o with_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o peace_n as_o they_o be_v with_o a_o officer_n of_o trust_n in_o chancery_n which_o be_v the_o registry_n of_o the_o supreme_a authority_n be_v a_o court_n always_o open_a and_o keep_v in_o a_o know_a place_n of_o strength_n and_o security_n and_o be_v very_o long_o before_o 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with_o the_o now_o usual_a form_n or_o memorandum_n that_o the_o party_n acknowledge_v do_v come_v into_o the_o chancery_n and_o acknowledge_v they_o etc._n etc._n and_o which_o be_v ancient_o hold_v to_o be_v so_o much_o assistant_n and_o contribute_v to_o the_o welbeing_n and_o preservation_n of_o man_n deed_n by_o inrollment_n or_o record_n or_o exemplification_n make_v thereof_o as_o it_o be_v in_o 20_o e._n 1._o somerset_n adjudge_v that_o if_o a_o deed_n be_v show_v in_o court_n or_o be_v in_o the_o custody_n thereof_o and_o the_o seal_n be_v by_o mischance_n break_v off_o the_o court_n shall_v enrol_v the_o deed_n for_o the_o avail_n of_o the_o party_n which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o evident_a demonstration_n of_o the_o people_n long_a approve_v of_o the_o one_o and_o disallow_v of_o the_o other_o but_o of_o the_o ease_n and_o benefit_n which_o they_o have_v have_v by_o inrol_v of_o their_o deed_n in_o chancery_n and_o the_o court_n at_o london_n and_o therefore_o every_o man_n 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forbid_v or_o take_v away_o the_o use_n and_o force_v of_o fines_n and_o recovery_n lease_n with_o releases_z and_o feoffment_n with_o livery_n and_o seisin_n which_o in_o the_o extent_n and_o validity_n thereof_o be_v far_o better_a assurance_n but_o only_o ordain_v that_o all_o deed_n whereby_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n or_o freehold_a shall_v pass_v or_o or_o be_v alter_v or_o change_v from_o one_o to_o another_o by_o way_n of_o bargain_n and_o sale_n shall_v not_o be_v good_a unless_o they_o shall_v be_v indent_v and_o enrol_v as_o that_o act_n appoint_v and_o restrain_v only_o the_o execution_n and_o effect_n thereof_o to_o the_o inrolment_n within_o the_o time_n prefix_v do_v leave_v the_o people_n to_o inrol_v they_o where_o it_o may_v seem_v best_a or_o their_o own_o convenience_n persuade_v they_o wherefore_o a_o enforce_v registry_n or_o inrolment_n of_o all_o such_o deed_n in_o the_o proper_a county_n if_o it_o shall_v keep_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o that_o act_n and_o 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nobis_fw-la flectat_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la gubernans_fw-la et_fw-la ratio_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la res_fw-la persuadeat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la finis_fw-la cook_n 2_o part_n institutes_n 676._o hill_n 20_o e._n 1._o in_o banco_n rot._n â—00_o somerset_n §._o 1._o §._o 2._o §_o 3._o §._o 4._o §._o 5._o §._o 6._o §._o 7._o §_o 8._o §._o 9_o gen._n 23._o 18._o §._o 10._o §._o 11._o §_o 12._o §_o 13._o §_o 14._o doctor_n and_o student_n 25._o and_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o §._o 15._o §_o 16._o §._o 17._o §._o 18._o plowdâ—ns_fw-fr comment_fw-fr 357_o 358._o §._o 19_o deut._n 27._o 8._o levit._fw-la 4._o levit._fw-la 18._o josh._n 8._o 1_o sam._n 14._o 15._o rom._n 3._o 20._o chap._n 7._o 7._o cicero_n philip_n 11._o vida_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la dignitat_fw-la reipub._n exod._n 20._o 12_o 13._o §_o 20._o §._o 21._o §_o 22._o §_o 24._o coke_n 3_o report_n sir_n will._n herbert_n case_n 7_o report_n sir_n thomas_n cecil_n case_n and_o 11_o report_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n case_n §_o 25._o §_o 26._o §_o 27._o §_o 28._o §_o 29._o §_o 30._o §_o 31._o §_o 32._o §_o 33._o §_o 34._o §_o 35._o §_o 36._o §_o 37._o §_o 38._o §_o 39_o §_o 40._o §_o 41._o §_o 42._o §_o 43._o §_o 44._o §_o 45._o §_o 4â—_n §_o 47._o §_o 48._o §_o 49._o exod_n 22_o v._n 22_o 23_o 24._o exod._n 22._o v_o 25_o 26_o 27._o deut._n 24._o v._n 6_o 10._o matth._n 5._o v._n 7_o 9_o gal._n 5._o v._n 13_o 14_o 15._o §_o 50._o §_o 51._o §_o 52._o §._o 53._o §._o 54._o §_o 55._o prov._n 5._o 1_o &_o 2._o §_o 56._o §_o 57_o sigonius_n de_fw-fr antiquo_fw-la jure_fw-la civium_fw-la rom._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o &_o 18._o et_fw-fr lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr repub._n athenian_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 7_o plato_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la §_o 58._o §_o 59_o §_o 60._o §_o 61._o cap._n smith_n history_n of_o virginia_n 223._o §._o 62._o