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in_o a_o general_z assembly_n and_o with_o the_o approbation_n of_o all_o the_o realm_n adjudge_v he_o unworthy_a to_o be_v king_n choose_v we_o for_o their_o lord_n and_o king_n collect._n p._n 1868_o 1869._o chron._n w._n thorn_n cum_fw-la praefatus_fw-la johannes_n in_fw-la coronatione_fw-la suâ_fw-la solennitèr_fw-la prout_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la jurasset_fw-la se_fw-la jura_n &_o consuetudines_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la conservaturum_fw-la contra_fw-la juramentum_fw-la suum_fw-la absque_fw-la consilio_fw-la vel_fw-la consensu_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la idem_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la liberum_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la fuit_fw-la domino_fw-la papa_n subjecit_fw-la &_o fecit_fw-la tributarium_fw-la bonas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la subvertens_fw-la malas_fw-la indutens_fw-la tam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quam_fw-la regnum_fw-la multis_fw-la oppressionibus_fw-la multisque_fw-la modis_fw-la student_n ancellare_v 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regni_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o approbatione_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regno_fw-la judicantes_fw-la indignum_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la collect._n 1868_o 1869._o chron._n w._n thorn_n lewis_n his_o letter_n to_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n augustine_n canterbury_n the_o next_o instance_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o king_n edward_n the_o second_o the_o record_n of_o who_o deposition_n if_o it_o be_v extant_a will_v probable_o disclose_v all_o the_o legal_a formality_n that_o be_v then_o account_v proper_a for_o the_o depose_n a_o unjust_a oppressive_a king_n but_o they_o be_v cancel_v and_o embezzle_v as_o be_v high_o probable_a from_o rastal_n stat._n pag._n 170_o 171._o compare_v with_o the_o article_n exhibit_v in_o parliament_n against_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o of_o which_o hereafter_o in_o king_n richard_n the_o second_v time_n and_o by_o his_o order_n yet_o the_o article_n themselves_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o collect._n and_o be_v as_o follow_v 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