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of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o this_o time_n of_o danger_n the_o say_a plantation_n be_v the_o principal_a strength_n of_o those_o part_n 9_o the_o late_a erection_n of_o the_o court_n of_o high_a commission_n for_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a in_o these_o necessitous_a time_n the_o proceed_n of_o the_o say_a court_n in_o many_o cause_n without_o legal_a warrant_n and_o yet_o so_o support_v as_o prohibition_n have_v not_o be_v obtain_v though_o legal_o seek_v for_o and_o the_o excessive_a fee_n exact_v by_o the_o minister_n thereof_o and_o the_o encroach_a of_o the_o same_o upon_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o other_o ecclesiastical_a court_n of_o this_o kingdom_n 10._o the_o exorbitant_a fee_n and_o pretend_a custom_n exact_v by_o the_o clergy_n against_o the_o law_n some_o of_o which_o have_v be_v former_o represent_v to_o your_o lordship_n 11._o the_o petitioner_n do_v most_o hearty_o bemoan_v that_o his_o majesty_n service_n and_o profit_n be_v much_o more_o impair_v than_o advance_v by_o 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the_o subject_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v hinder_v and_o interrupt_v from_o free_a access_n to_o address_v to_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n and_o privy-council_n of_o england_n to_o declare_v their_o just_a grievance_n or_o to_o obtain_v remedy_n for_o they_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o their_o ancestor_n have_v do_v in_o all_o age_n since_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o and_o great_a fee_n exact_v for_o every_o of_o the_o say_a licence_n 13._o that_o of_o late_a his_o majesty_n attorney-general_n have_v exhibit_v information_n against_o many_o ancient_a burrough_n of_o this_o kingdom_n into_o his_o majesty_n court_n of_o exchequer_n to_o show_v cause_n by_o what_o warrant_v the_o say_a burgess_n who_o heretofore_o send_v burgess_n to_o parliament_n shall_v send_v the_o burgess_n to_o the_o parliament_n and_o thereupon_o for_o want_v of_o a_o answer_n the_o say_a privilege_n of_o send_v burgess_n be_v seize_v by_o the_o say_a court_n which_o proceed_n be_v altogether_o coram_fw-la non_fw-la judice_fw-la and_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o house_n of_o parliament_n and_o if_o way_n shall_v be_v give_v thereunto_o will_v tend_v to_o the_o subversion_n of_o parliament_n and_o by_o consequence_n to_o the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o that_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o have_v hitherto_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n be_v deprive_v of_o the_o advice_n and_o counsel_n of_o many_o profitable_a and_o good_a member_n by_o mean_n thereof_o 14._o by_o the_o powerfulness_n of_o some_o minister_n of_o state_n in_o this_o kingdom_n the_o parliament_n in_o its_o member_n and_o action_n have_v not_o its_o natural_a freedom_n 15._o and_o last_o that_o the_o gentry_n and_o merchant_n and_o other_o his_o majesty_n subject_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v of_o late_a by_o the_o grievance_n and_o pressure_n before_o say_v and_o other_o the_o like_a bring_v very_o near_o to_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n and_o the_o 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nation_n against_o he_o who_o have_v in_o all_o thing_n endeavour_v to_o promote_v and_o
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by_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n there_o be_v make_v a_o certain_a abolition_n of_o the_o say_a accusation_n relation_n and_o discovery_n from_o which_o precedent_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o lord_n the_o bishop_n do_v sit_v and_o debate_v vote_n and_o determine_v in_o cause_n capital_a as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o temporal_a lord_n the_o three_o position_n be_v that_o they_o be_v a_o three_o estate_n in_o parliament_n which_o be_v prove_v both_o by_o undeniable_a reason_n and_o undoubted_a precedent_n and_o record_n that_o there_o be_v three_o estate_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n be_v a_o matter_n on_o all_o hand_n allow_v but_o some_o person_n who_o will_v bring_v down_o the_o sovereignty_n to_o a_o coordinacy_n do_v affirm_v that_o the_o king_n be_v the_o three_o estate_n the_o lord_n make_v one_o and_o the_o commons_o the_o other_o which_o dangerous_a position_n as_o it_o do_v 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of_o the_o realm_n and_o one_o of_o the_o article_n against_o he_o be_v concern_v his_o impeachment_n of_o thomas_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la statibus_fw-la regni_fw-la before_o the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o who_o all_o these_o estate_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v it_o most_o full_o appear_v in_o that_o the_o commissioner_n for_o the_o sentence_n of_o this_o unfortunate_a king_n deposition_n be_v say_v to_o be_v appoint_v per_fw-la pares_fw-la &_o proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la anglia_fw-it spirituales_fw-la &_o temporales_fw-la &_o ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la communitates_fw-la omnes_fw-la status_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la representantes_fw-la by_o the_o peer_n and_o nobility_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n spiritual_n and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o of_o the_o same_o represent_v all_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o say_a realm_n so_o that_o first_o the_o bishop_n be_v declare_v peer_n of_o the_o 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