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lett._n p._n 66._o p._n 21._o lett._n p._n 2_o 3._o lett._n p._n 5._o lett._n p._n 86._o hincmar_n epist_n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la lalatii_fw-la council_n franc._n c._n 3._o &_o 9_o marculph_n form_n l._n 1._o c._n 25._o not._n in_o marc._n p._n 287._o council_n tolet_n 4._o c._n 75._o 5._o c._n 7._o 6._o c._n 17._o 8._o in_o praef._n 12._o c._n 1._o 17._o c._n 1._o 17._o c._n 1._o cont_n l._n tolet_n 13._o c._n 2._o rer._n aleman_n to._n 2._o cod._n leg._n antiq._n b._n 362._o arumae_fw-la de_fw-fr comitiis_fw-la â—_o 35._o c._n 4._o â—_o 98._o goldast_n bohem_n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o bonfin_fw-fr dec_fw-la 2._o l._n 1._o decret_n ladiss_fw-la p._n 12._o starovolse_a â—olon_fw-mi p._n 2â—5_n herburt_n stat._n regni_fw-la pol._n p._n 263._o adam_n brem_n de_fw-fr situ_fw-la dan._n n._n 85._o loccen_n antiq_n sâ—eco_fw-la goth._n c._n 8._o ius_n aulicum_fw-la nâ—rveg_n c._n 3._o c._n 36._o lett._n p._n 3_o 4._o stat._n merton_n c._n 9_o 20_o h._n 3._o dissert_n ad_fw-la flet._n c._n 9_o §_o 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affair_n chap._n ii_o the_o right_n in_o point_n of_o law_n debate_v concern_v the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n and_o the_o protestation_n 11_o r._n 2._o have_v remove_v these_o general_n prejudices_fw-la i_o now_o come_v to_o debate_v more_o close_o the_o main_a point_n for_o the_o author_n of_o the_o letter_n undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o bishop_n can_v by_o law_n give_v vote_n in_o capital_a case_n in_o parliament_n 68_o which_o he_o do_v two_o way_n 1._o by_o statute-law_n 2._o by_o use_n and_o custom_n which_o he_o say_v be_v parlament-law_n and_o for_o this_o he_o produce_v many_o precedent_n i._o for_o statute-law_n two_o ratification_n he_o say_v there_o have_v be_v of_o it_o in_o parliament_n by_o the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n and_o the_o 11_o r._n 2._o 1._o the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n 69._o which_o he_o look_v on_o as_o the_o more_o considerable_a because_o they_o be_v not_o the_o enact_v of_o new_a law_n but_o a_o declaration_n of_o what_o be_v 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