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interitum_fw-la separari_fw-la distrahique_fw-la potest_fw-la specific_a form_n and_o essence_n of_o kingly_a majesty_n which_o the_o king_n can_v alienate_v or_o depart_v from_o as_o long_o as_o he_o be_v king_n nor_o may_v that_o jurisdiction_n or_o supreme_a power_n be_v sever_v from_o the_o regal_a dignity_n without_o the_o ruin_n or_o destruction_n of_o the_o king_n as_o mr._n adam_n blackwood_n a_o scotchman_n have_v very_o well_o declare_v in_o his_o book_n against_o buchanan_n his_o learned_a more_o than_o loyal_a countryman_n concern_v the_o magistracy_n lord_n of_o session_n and_o judge_n in_o scotland_n that_o all_o judge_n and_o magistrate_n ne_o in_o civilibus_fw-la quidem_fw-la causis_fw-la nullam_fw-la nisi_fw-la munere_fw-la beneficioque_fw-la regis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la dicendae_fw-la &_o nullam_fw-la juris_fw-la &_o judiciorum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habent_fw-la derive_v even_o in_o civil_a cause_n all_o their_o power_n and_o authority_n from_o the_o king_n authority_n and_o without_o it_o have_v no_o power_n to_o give_v a_o sentence_n or_o judgement_n quicquid_fw-la enim_fw-la 287._o magistratuum_fw-la est_fw-la quicquid_fw-la judicium_fw-la
regibus_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la for_o what_o ever_o any_o magistrate_n or_o judge_n do_v be_v subject_a to_o his_o control_n or_o superintendency_n quicquid_fw-la potâ—statis_fw-la ditionis_fw-la impâ—rii_fw-la nacti_fw-la sunt_fw-la id_fw-la receptum_fw-la benignitati_fw-la regum_fw-la praestare_fw-la tenentur_fw-la in_o quorum_fw-la praesentia_fw-la non_fw-la sâ—cus_fw-la evaneseit_n quam_fw-la in_o meridiano_fw-la sole_a stellarum_fw-la fulgour_fw-la quae_fw-la coruscant_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la &_o lucidissimis_fw-la radiis_fw-la mirum_fw-la in_o modum_fw-la scintillantes_fw-la apparent_a whatever_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n they_o have_v be_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o grant_n and_o favor_n of_o the_o king_n in_o who_o presence_n it_o do_v vanish_v and_o disappear_v as_o the_o brightness_n of_o the_o 282._o star_n which_o shine_v in_o the_o dark_a do_v at_o the_o shine_a or_o glory_n of_o the_o sun_n quemadmodum_fw-la enim_fw-la illae_fw-la praesenti_fw-la quicqued_a habent_fw-la luminis_fw-la soli_fw-la foenerantur_fw-la ita_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la potestas_fw-la omnis_fw-la vis_fw-la &_o imperium_fw-la ubi_fw-la praesto_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la redit_fw-la aquo_fw-la profectum_fw-la est_fw-la for_o as_o they_o do_v borrow_v their_o light_n from_o the_o sun_n so_o all_o the_o power_n force_n and_o rule_n which_o the_o magistrate_n have_v when_o the_o king_n come_v or_o act_n in_o his_o own_o person_n do_v return_n to_o he_o from_o who_o they_o receive_v it_o and_o that_o if_o king_n do_v abstinere_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la a_o sententiae_fw-la dictione_n sed_fw-la a_o foro_fw-la ne_fw-la regiae_n dignitatis_fw-la splendore_fw-la judicum_fw-la oculi_fw-la perstringantur_fw-la forbear_v from_o intermeddle_v in_o their_o court_n of_o justice_n it_o be_v that_o by_o the_o lustre_n of_o their_o presence_n the_o business_n of_o the_o judge_n may_v not_o be_v hinder_v or_o disturb_v non_fw-la igitur_fw-la abs_fw-la re_fw-la tribunalia_fw-la creatis_fw-la a_o se_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la relinqunt_fw-la idque_fw-la solemn_a reges_fw-la habent_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la in_o orchestra_fw-la conspiciuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la quid_fw-la momenti_fw-la gravioris_fw-la inciderit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o absoluta_fw-la summaque_fw-la ditione_n potestate_fw-la &_o numine_fw-la decidatur_fw-la wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o they_o do_v leave_v their_o tribunal_n to_o judge_n or_o magistrate_n make_v or_o create_v by_o they_o and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v as_o a_o custom_n due_o to_o be_v observe_v not_o to_o appear_v themselves_o in_o their_o court_n of_o justice_n unless_o some_o great_a matter_n of_o weight_n or_o moment_n happen_v which_o require_v the_o aid_n or_o assistance_n of_o their_o supreme_a and_o absolute_a authority_n and_o that_o notwithstanding_o that_o james_n the_o 28_n four_o king_n of_o scotland_n do_v in_o imitation_n of_o what_o he_o have_v learn_v in_o france_n institute_n a_o kind_n of_o supreme_a court_n and_o call_v it_o the_o court_n of_o session_n for_o determination_n of_o cause_n like_o that_o of_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n and_o in_o criminal_a matter_n make_v it_o to_o be_v without_o appeal_n quaedam_fw-la vero_fw-la quae_fw-la majoris_fw-la exempli_fw-la sunt_fw-la regis_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la desideranâ—_fw-la quae_fw-la scotorum_fw-la jurisperitorum_fw-la vulgus_fw-la puncta_fw-la vocat_fw-la sive_fw-la capita_n coronae_fw-la reservata_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la sunt_fw-la majestatis_fw-la raptuâ—_fw-la incendii_fw-la &_o id_fw-la genus_fw-la aliorum_fw-la but_o yet_o there_o be_v certain_a matter_n or_o thing_n which_o the_o ordinary_a sort_n of_o lawyer_n among_o the_o scot_n call_v point_n or_o plea_n of_o the_o crown_n especial_o reserve_v to_o the_o determination_n and_o judgement_n of_o the_o king_n himself_o such_o as_o treason_n rape_n burn_v of_o house_n or_o the_o like_a which_o be_v in_o the_o 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