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A91297 The third part of a seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great Parliamentary Councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolutions of state, with the sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured perfidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns o [sic] four Saxon and Danish Kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. / By William Prynne esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 3 Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1657 (1657) Wing P4102; Thomason E905_1; ESTC R207432 279,958 400

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nobleman_n before_o the_o whole_a council_n 5_o that_o what_o can_v not_o be_v redress_v in_o one_o great_a council_n be_v in_o the_o next_o succeed_a council_n revive_v and_o redress_v according_a to_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o cause_n 6_o that_o no_o peer_n nor_o member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n may_v absent_v himself_o in_o those_o time_n but_o upon_o just_a and_o lawful_a excuse_n which_o he_o ought_v humble_o to_o signify_v to_o the_o king_n and_o council_n by_o a_o special_a messenger_n and_o letter_n as_o abbot_n siward_n do_v here_o 7_o that_o all_o member_n of_o the_o council_n have_v free_a liberty_n of_o debate_n and_o vote_n in_o all_o business_n complain_v of_o or_o propose_v to_o they_o and_o a_o negative_a as_o well_o as_o a_o affirmative_a voice_n 8_o that_o all_o business_n than_o be_v propound_v and_o debate_v before_o all_o the_o council_n and_o resolve_v by_o they_o all_o not_o in_o private_a committee_n 9_o that_o our_o king_n in_o those_o day_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n can_v not_o lawful_o seize_v their_o subject_n money_n and_o plate_n against_o their_o will_n to_o raise_v soldier_n to_o resist_v invade_v fore_o in_o enemy_n but_o only_o borrow_v they_o by_o their_o free_a consent_n and_o hold_v themselves_o bind_v to_o restore_v or_o recompense_v the_o money_n lend_v or_o take_v by_o they_o in_o such_o exigency_n with_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n 10._o that_o our_o king_n in_o that_o age_n can_v not_o grant_v away_o their_o crown_n land_n create_v or_o enlarge_v sanctuary_n or_o exempt_v any_o abbey_n from_o tax_n and_o public_a payment_n or_o impose_v any_o public_a tax_n on_o their_o subject_n but_o by_o charter_n or_o grant_v make_v and_o ratify_v in_o and_o by_o their_o great_a council_n anno_fw-la 854._o 353._o king_n aethelulf_n give_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o 854._o his_o realm_n to_o god_n and_o his_o saint_n free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n exaction_n and_o tribute_n by_o this_o charter_n make_v and_o confirm_v by_o the_o advice_n and_o free_a assent_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n and_o noble_n throughout_o the_o realm_n then_o assemble_v in_o a_o great_a council_n to_o oppose_v the_o invade_a plunder_v danes_n regnante_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la in_fw-la nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la bellorum_fw-la incendia_fw-la &_o direptiones_fw-la opum_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la &_o vastantium_fw-la crudelissimas_fw-la hostium_fw-la barbarorum_fw-la paganorumque_fw-la gentium_fw-la multiplices_fw-la tribulationes_fw-la asfligentium_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la internecionem_fw-la cernimus_fw-la tempota_fw-la incumbere_fw-la periculosa_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la ego_fw-la aethelulfus_fw-la rex_fw-la occidentalium_fw-la saxonum_n cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ac_fw-la principum_fw-la meorum_fw-la consilium_fw-la salubre_fw-la arque_fw-la uniform_a reme_n iam_fw-la assirmavi_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquam_fw-la portionem_fw-la terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la sanctis_fw-la jure_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la 10._o possidendam_fw-la concedam_fw-la decimam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la partem_fw-la terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la tuta_fw-la mu●eribus_fw-la et_fw-la libera_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servitiis_fw-la
read_v at_o large_a in_o bromton_n and_o as_o the_o first_o chapter_n and_o this_o prologue_n to_o those_o law_n assure_v we_o 850._o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la sapientes_fw-la exoniae_fw-la consilio_fw-la adelstani_fw-la regis_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la feuresham_n et_fw-la tertia_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la definitum_fw-la simul_fw-la et_fw-la confitmatum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la imprimis_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la observentur_fw-la omne_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n 6._o imposita_fw-la fuerint_fw-la praeter_fw-la mercatum_fw-la civitatis_fw-la et_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la the_o cause_n of_o make_v these_o new_a law_n and_o confirm_v the_o old_a be_v a_o complaint_n to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o council_n at_o exeter_n that_o the_o peace_n and_o law_n make_v at_o grateley_n be_v not_o so_o well_o keep_v as_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o that_o theives_n and_o malefactor_n abound_v as_o this_o prologue_n manifest_v 850._o ego_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la notifico_fw-la vobis_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la michi_n quod_fw-la pax_fw-la nostra_fw-la pejus_fw-la observata_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la michi_n placet_fw-la vel_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n fuerit_fw-la institutum_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la michi_n dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la hocdiutius_fw-la 6._o pertuli_fw-la quam_fw-la debueram_fw-la nunc_fw-la inveni_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la exoniam_fw-la fuerint_fw-la mecum_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-la natali_n domini_fw-la quod_fw-la parati_fw-la sunt_fw-la omninò_fw-la quando_fw-la velim_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsis_fw-la &_o uxoribus_fw-la &_o pecunia_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la re_fw-la suâ_fw-la ire_n quo_fw-la tunc_fw-la voluero_fw-la nisi_fw-la malefactores_fw-la requiescant_fw-la eo_fw-la tenore_fw-la quo_fw-la nunquam_fw-la deinceps_fw-la in_o patriam_fw-la istam_fw-la redeant_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o council_n of_o feuresham_n in_o kent_n the_o king_n by_o some_o of_o his_o wise-counsellor_n send_v thither_o to_o it_o propound_v some_o thing_n for_o the_o weal_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o country_n together_o with_o his_o pardon_n for_o forepast_a offence_n which_o they_o upon_o debate_n assent_v to_o and_o draw_v up_o into_o sundry_a head_n return_v to_o the_o king_n for_o his_o royal_a assent_n with_o this_o memorable_a gratulatory_a prologue_n which_o most_o true_o represent_v unto_o we_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o that_o age_n i_o think_v meet_v entire_o to_o transcribe_v 851._o karissime_fw-la episcopi_fw-la tui_fw-la de_fw-fr kent_n &_o omnis_fw-la kentescire_fw-la thayni_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_n tibi_fw-la domino_fw-la dilectissimo_fw-la svo_fw-la gratias_fw-la agunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la nostra_fw-la praecipere_fw-la voluisti_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr commodo_fw-la nostro_fw-la perquirere_fw-la &_o consulere_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la inde_fw-la nobis_fw-la divitibus_fw-la &_o egenis_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la incepimus_fw-la quanta_fw-la diligentia_fw-la potuimus_fw-la consilio_fw-la horum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la misisti_fw-la unde_fw-la karissime_fw-la domine_fw-la primum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr nostra_fw-la decima_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la valdè_fw-la cupidi_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o voluntarii_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la supplices_fw-la gra●ias_fw-la agimus_fw-la admonitionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la secundum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr pace_n nostrá_fw-fr quam_fw-la omnis_fw-la populus_fw-la teneri_fw-la desiderat_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n sapientes_fw-la tui_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o concilio_n apud_fw-la fefresham_n tertium_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratiant_a omnes_fw-la misericorditur_fw-la hermerum_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la quod_fw-la forisfactis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la concessi●ti_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la pardonatur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la forisfactura_fw-la de_fw-la quocunque_fw-la furto_fw-la quod_fw-la antè_fw-la concilium_fw-la de_fw-la fefresham_n factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la eo_fw-la tenore_fw-la quo_fw-la semper_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la quiescant_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la latrocinium_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la et_fw-la emendent_fw-la hinc_fw-la ad_fw-la augustum_fw-la quartum_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la recipiat_fw-la hominem_fw-la alterius_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cui_fw-la prius_fw-la folgavit_fw-la nec_fw-la intra_fw-la marcam_fw-la nec_fw-la extra_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la ne_fw-la dominus_fw-la libero_fw-la homini_fw-la hlasocnam_fw-la interdicat_fw-la si_fw-la rectè_fw-la custodierit_fw-la eum_fw-la quintum_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la discedat_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la iin_n scripto_fw-la pacis_fw-la habentur_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n institutum_fw-la est_fw-la sextum_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la homo_fw-la fit_a adeo_fw-la dive_v vel_fw-la tantae_fw-la parentelae_fw-la quod_fw-la castigari_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la vel_fw-la illud_fw-la cessare_fw-la nolit_fw-la ut_fw-la efficias_fw-la qualiter_fw-la abstrahatur_fw-la in_o aliam_fw-la partem_fw-la regni_fw-la tui_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o occiduis_fw-la partibus_fw-la sit_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la sit_fw-la comitum_fw-la sit_fw-la villanorum_fw-la septimum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la teneat_fw-la homines_fw-la suos_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la jussione_n suâ_fw-la contrà_fw-la omne_fw-la furtum_fw-la si_fw-mi tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la qui_fw-la tot_fw-la homines_fw-la habea●_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la omnes_fw-la custodire_fw-la praepositum_fw-la talem_fw-la praeponat_fw-la sibi_fw-la singulis_fw-la villis_fw-la qui_fw-la credibilis_fw-la ei_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la concredat_fw-la hominibus_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la praepositis_fw-la alicui_fw-la eorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la concredere_fw-la non_fw-la audeat_fw-la inveniat_fw-la xii_o plegios_fw-la cognationis_fw-la suae_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la stint_v in_fw-la fide_fw-la jussione_n et_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la infringat_fw-la vel_fw-la abhinc_fw-la exeat_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la magis_fw-la place_n at_o alia_fw-la justitia_fw-la octavum_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la plac●it_fw-la de_fw-la scutorum_fw-la opere_fw-la sicut_fw-la dixisti_fw-la precamur_fw-la domine_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la sit_v in_o hoc_fw-la sit_v in_o alterutrum_fw-la velnimis_fw-la velminus_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la emendare_fw-la jubeas_fw-la juxta_fw-la velletuum_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la devotè_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipere_fw-la velis_fw-la quae_fw-la unquam_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la implere_fw-la valeamus_fw-la after_o this_o there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o parliamentary_a council_n hold_v at_o london_n &_o not_o long_o after_o that_o another_o at_o thithamberig_n wherein_o many_o consultation_n be_v have_v &_o proposition_n make_v for_o suppression_n &_o punishment_n of_o thief_n and_o keep_n of_o the_o peace_n which_o the_o justice_n commissioner_n and_o other_o appoint_v to_o keep_v the_o peace_n and_o to_o take_v surety_n of_o all_o man_n to_o the_o keep_n thereof_o conclude_v upon_o at_o london_n and_o after_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n council_n to_o enlarge_v or_o alter_v as_o he_o shall_v see_v cause_n who_o thereupon_o make_v some_o alteration_n and_o mitigation_n at_o thithamberig_n of_o what_o the_o king_n think_v over-severe_a in_o put_v to_o death_n those_o who_o be_v above_o 12_o year_n of_o age_n for_o 12d_o value_n as_o these_o passage_n attest_v declare_v the_o proceed_n of_o that_o parliamentary_a council_n h_z hoc_fw-la consultum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-la praepositi_fw-la qui_fw-la 856._o londoniensi_fw-la curiae_fw-la pertinent_a edixerunt_fw-la &_o jurejurando_fw-la confirmavernnt_n in_fw-la svo_fw-la fridgildo_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_fw-la in_o adjectione_n judiciorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n &_o exoniam_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n cap._n 1._o et_fw-la est_fw-la imprimis_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la parcatur_fw-la alicui_fw-la latroni_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o annos_fw-la et_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o d._n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la verè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquisitum_fw-la quod_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la quin_fw-la occidatnr_fw-la &_o capiatur_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap_n 14._o nec_fw-la tacendum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la praerereundum_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ullum_fw-la augmentum_fw-la excogitare_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrum_fw-la fridgildum_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la gratanter_fw-la excipiamus_fw-la sicut_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o nostrum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o in_o deo_fw-la confidimus_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la domino_fw-la cap._n 15._o si_fw-mi totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la complere_fw-la volumus_fw-la res_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la meliorabitur_fw-la contra_fw-la fures_fw-la quam_fw-la antea_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la remissius_fw-la egerimus_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o vadiis_fw-la quae_fw-la simul_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la rex_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipit_fw-la timere_fw-la possumus_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la scire_fw-la quod_fw-la fures_fw-la isti_fw-la regnabunt_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la fec_fw-la erunt_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la teneamus_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la sicut_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la placeat_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la insistamus_fw-la et_fw-la peragamn_v quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la amplius_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la jocunditate_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la votione_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la cap._n 17._o item_n quod_fw-la sapientes_fw-la omnes_fw-la dederunt_fw-la vadium_fw-la suum_fw-la insimul_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n quando_fw-la ealpheagus_fw-la scyb_n et_fw-fr
seculum_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la requiret_fw-la regem_fw-la pro_fw-la aliqua_fw-la causa_fw-la nisi_fw-la domi_fw-la negatur_fw-la ei_fw-la omne_fw-la dignum_fw-la recti_fw-la vel_fw-la rectum_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr nulla_fw-la emendabili_fw-la re_fw-la foris_fw-la faciat_fw-la homo_fw-la plusquam_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la agreeable_a to_o our_o king_n coronation_n oath_n and_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la et_fw-la judex_fw-la qui_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicabit_fw-la alicui_fw-la det_fw-la regi_fw-la cxx_o s._n nisi_fw-la jurare_fw-la audeat_fw-la quod_fw-la rectius_fw-la judicare_fw-la nescivit_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la injust_a superdicere_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la vita_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la linguae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 969._o there_o be_v 969._o a_o general_a council_n 966._o assemble_v at_o london_n by_o king_n edgar_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o pope_n john_n and_o archbishop_n dunstan_n wherein_o as_o i_o conceive_v the_o king_n make_v that_o elegant_a oration_n against_o the_o vicious_a life_n of_o the_o clergy_n thus_o express_v his_o own_o duty_n and_o supremacy_n over_o all_o person_n and_o cause_n both_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a justum_fw-la proinde_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la subjecit_fw-la sub_fw-la pedibus_fw-la nostril_n subjiciamus_fw-la illi_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la et_fw-la animas_fw-la nostra●_n et_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o quos_fw-la nobis_fw-la subdidit_fw-la ejus_fw-la subdantur_fw-la legibus_fw-la non_fw-la segniter_fw-la el●●oremus_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la quidem_fw-la interes●_n laicos_fw-la cum_fw-la aequitatis_fw-la jure_fw-la tractare_fw-la inter_fw-la virum_fw-la et_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la justum_fw-la judicium_fw-la facere_fw-la punire_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la rebel_n supprimere_fw-la eripere_fw-la inopem_fw-la de_fw-la manufortiorum_fw-la ejus_fw-la egenum_fw-la et_fw-la pauperem_fw-la à_fw-la deripientibus_fw-la eum_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ministris_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la necessaria_fw-la procurare_fw-la et_fw-la paci_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la quieti_fw-la consulere_fw-la de_fw-fr quorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la moribus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la spectat_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la vivunt_fw-la continenter_fw-la si_fw-la honest_a se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_fw-la solliciti_fw-la si_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la populo_fw-la assidui_fw-la si_fw-la victu_fw-la sobrii_fw-la si_fw-la moderati_fw-la habitu●_n si_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la discreti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la jungamus_fw-la dextras_fw-la gladium_fw-la gladio_fw-la copulemus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la iextra_fw-la castra_fw-la leprosi_fw-la ut_fw-la purgetur_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la silij_fw-la levi_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o direct_v his_o speech_n to_o dunstan_n aethelwald_n and_o oswald_n he_o conclude_v thus_o vobis_fw-la istud_fw-la committo_fw-la negotium_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopali_fw-la censura_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la turpiteriviventes_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ejiciamur_fw-la &_o ordinatè_fw-la viventes_fw-la introducantur_fw-la herupon_o there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v in_o this_o general_n council_n that_o all_o canon_n priest_n deacon_n and_o subdeacon_n shall_v live_v chaste_o that_o be_v put_v away_o their_o lawful_a wife_n vow_v chastity_n and_o become_v 4._o monk_n or_o relinquish_v the_o church_n they_o then_o hold_v the_o execution_n whereof_o be_v commit_v to_o oswald_n and_o ethelwald_n who_o thereupon_o compel_v the_o clergy_n in_o worcester_n winchester_n and_o other_o church_n to_o become_v monk_n renuentes_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spoliarunt_fw-la deprive_v those_o who_o refuse_v of_o all_o their_o benefice_n and_o put_v monk_n into_o they_o qui_fw-la novo_fw-la quidem_fw-la splendore_fw-la universam_fw-la insulam_fw-la illustrarunt_fw-la as_o our_o monkish_a writer_n record_v or_o rather_o novo_fw-la foetore_fw-la contaminarunt_fw-la as_o other_o write_v 868._o john_n bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o nun_n of_o ely_n by_o inguar_n and_o hubba_n the_o secular_a priest_n enjoy_v that_o monastery_n one_o hundred_o year_n space_n who_o king_n edgar_n de_fw-fr concilio_n beati_fw-la 4._o dunstani_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la ethe●wa●di_fw-la a●_n m●gnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n expulit_fw-la &_o fugavit_fw-la for_o their_o dishonest_a conversation_n bishop_n oswald_z have_v eject_v the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n out_o of_o his_o church_n at_o worcester_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n s●●lman_n compute_v it_o 158._o 〈◊〉_d king_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o 6_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o fiscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n of_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officer_n exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n ●dntra_fw-la hostem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o 970._o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o ratify_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la dptimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la &c._n &c._n toll_n &_o team_n italibere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la eandem_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o puniendo_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducitnr_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eri●iendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qnamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la ●un●itur_fw-la ●ccirco_fw-mi profu●●_n un●●ucceden●ibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiam_fw-la er_fw-mi annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 10._o abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la eagar_n divina_fw-la dispositione_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la pagina_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n amnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o
ad_fw-la lumina_fw-la subliminum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petri_n &_o pauli_n &_o ibi_fw-la gratias_fw-la agere_fw-la pro_fw-la collatis_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la &_o exorare_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la pacem_fw-la firmaret_fw-la deus_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la mihi_fw-la 9_o &_o posteris_fw-la meis_fw-la praeparevi_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o denumeravi_fw-la expensas_fw-la necessarias_fw-la itineri_fw-la &_o honorabilia_fw-la dona_fw-la quae_fw-la ferrem_fw-la sanctis_fw-la apostolis_n sed_fw-la gravius_n super_fw-la re_fw-mi maeror_fw-la habebat_fw-la optimates_fw-la meos_fw-la utpote_fw-la memores_fw-la malorum_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la aliis_fw-la regibus_fw-la pertulerant_fw-la ne_fw-fr tanto_fw-la domino_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la patriae_fw-la rege_fw-la absente_n regnum_n noviter_fw-la sedatum_fw-la aliqua_fw-la turbaretur_fw-la hostilitate_fw-la &_o metuentes_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sanctus_fw-la ezechias_n ne_fw-fr si_fw-fr forte_fw-fr in_fw-la via_fw-la aut_fw-la aegritudine_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la incommodo_fw-la deficerem_fw-la haereditariis_fw-la rrgibus_fw-la carerent_fw-la maxim_n quia_fw-la nullum_fw-la habebam_fw-la filium_fw-la itaque_fw-la communi_fw-la habito_fw-la concilio_n rogabant_fw-la menander_n ut_fw-la ab_fw-la intention_n desisterem_fw-la pollicentes_fw-la se_fw-la satisfactur●s_fw-la deo_fw-la pro_fw-la voto_fw-la meo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o missarum_fw-la &_o orationum_fw-la oblatione_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o larga_fw-la eleemosynarun_v distributione_n sed_fw-la cum_fw-la obnixè_fw-la contradicerem_fw-la tanden_n utrisque_fw-la placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la mitterentur_fw-la legati_fw-la duo_o ab_fw-la utraque_fw-la patre_fw-la eldredus_fw-la &_o hereman●us_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o abbate_v wulfricus_n &_o eswynus_n qui_fw-la apostolo_n meam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la &_o votum_fw-la &_o illorum_fw-la petitionem_fw-la indicarent_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la ejus_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la mihi_fw-la mandaret_fw-la promisi_fw-la i_o omne_fw-la facturum_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la quod_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o venientes_fw-la romam_fw-la legati_fw-la nostri_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la invenerunt_fw-la collectam_fw-la synodum_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la urbe_fw-la cumque_fw-la exposuissent_fw-la meam_fw-la voluntasem_fw-la &_o svam_fw-la petitionem_fw-la coram_fw-la ducentis_fw-la &_o quinquaginta_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la multitudine_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la tunc_fw-la apostolicus_n exit_fw-la consilio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la synodi_fw-la hanc_fw-la epistolam_fw-la scripsit_fw-la leo_n etc._n etc._n haec_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la apostolica_fw-la mandata_fw-la cum_fw-la referrent_fw-la nobis_fw-la legati_fw-la interea_fw-la revelavit_fw-la beatus_fw-la petrus_n &c_n &c_n voluntatem_fw-la svam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la restituerem_fw-la locum_fw-la qui_fw-la dcitur_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la etc._n etc._n cumque_fw-la mihi_fw-la hanc_fw-la visionem_fw-la meisque_fw-la retulisset_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la literae_fw-la aequalia_fw-la praecepta_fw-la detul●ssent_fw-la contuli_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la meam_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la regni_fw-la electione_n dedi_fw-la i_o ad_fw-la restructionem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la itaque_fw-la decimari_fw-la praecepi_fw-la omnem_fw-la substantiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o auro_fw-la &_o argento_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o pecudibus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la genere_fw-la possessionum_fw-la &_o destruens_fw-la veterem_fw-la novam_fw-la à_fw-la fundamento_fw-la basilicam_fw-la construxi_fw-la from_o which_o passage_n and_o charter_n which_o i_o have_v couple_v all_o together_o for_o their_o coherence_n in_o matter_n though_o differ_v somewhat_o in_o time_n i_o shall_v observe_v 1._o that_o parliamentary_a great_a council_n in_o that_o age_n be_v summon_v by_o the_o king_n upon_o all_o extraordinary_a occasion_n 2._o that_o the_o prelate_n noble_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v the_o only_a member_n of_o the_o great_a parliamentary_a council_n summon_v only_o by_o the_o king_n writ_n without_o any_o knight_n or_o burgess_n that_o we_o read_v of_o elect_a by_o the_o people_n 3._o that_o the_o king_n of_o engl._n in_o that_o age_n can_v not_o depart_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n no_o not_o to_o pay_v their_o solemn_a vow_n to_o god_n nor_o appoint_v viceroy_n guardian_n officer_n judges_z commander_n to_o govern_v or_o defend_v the_o realm_n in_o their_o absence_n without_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o their_o noble_n in_o parliamentary_a council_n nor_o yet_o endow_v monastery_n with_o any_o crown-land_n or_o royal_a privilege_n by_o their_o charter_n unless_o by_o consent_n and_o confirmation_n of_o their_o noble_n and_o themselves_o in_o parliament_n 4._o that_o the_o noble_n and_o grand_a council_n of_o engl._n have_v then_o a_o negative_a voice_n not_o only_o to_o conclude_v against_o the_o king_n in_o his_o resolution_n and_o intention_n but_o even_o in_o his_o sacred_a and_o religious_a vow_n when_o prejudicial_a dangerous_a &_o mischievous_a to_o the_o realm_n the_o public_a peace_n &_o safety_n 5._o that_o king_n ought_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o just_a petition_n advice_n &_o desire_n of_o their_o noble_n council_n and_o people_n in_o all_o thing_n which_o concern_v their_o safety_n &_o tranquillity_n though_o contrary_a not_o only_o to_o their_o private_a resolution_n but_o vow_n 6._o that_o the_o noble_n and_o subject_n of_o that_o age_n be_v very_o zealous_a both_o of_o the_o safety_n of_o their_o king_n person_n the_o kingdom_n peace_n and_o security_n and_o the_o hereditary_a succession_n of_o the_o crown_n 7._o that_o the_o king_n absence_n out_o of_o the_o realm_n or_o death_n without_o any_o hereditary_a issue_n or_o heir_n be_v exceed_v perilous_a and_o mischievous_a to_o the_o realm_n yea_o the_o cause_n of_o many_o sedition_n tumult_n perturbation_n and_o ruin_n 8._o that_o the_o sacred_a vow_n of_o king_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o realm_n may_v and_o 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