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A56189 A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers, or, A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the parliaments of England wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons as peers ... / by William Prynne. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1659 (1659) Wing P4035; ESTC R33925 413,000 574

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ill_a counsellor_n about_o he_o neglect_v hate_v banish_v his_o own_o noble_n and_o natural_a subject_n as_o traitor_n without_o any_o just_a cause_n or_o legal_a trial_n and_o subvert_v confound_v their_o law_n liberty_n justice_n etc._n etc._n 2_o to_o manifest_v the_o proceed_n impeachment_n in_o these_o parliament_n against_o the_o earl_n and_o noble_n refuse_v to_o appear_v at_o these_o parliament_n upon_o the_o king_n these_o successive_a writ_n of_o summons_n his_o outlaw_v they_o of_o high_a treason_n and_o spoil_v burn_a seize_v their_o house_n land_n thereupon_o be_v adjudge_v by_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n to_o be_v illegal_a and_o afterward_o reverse_v as_o unjust_a and_o against_o the_o law_n claus_n 18._o h._n 3._o m._n 19_o 3ly_n to_o manifest_v that_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n will_v not_o act_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o these_o eminent_a lord_n refuse_v to_o appear_v 4_o to_o evidence_n the_o sentence_n and_o justice_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n against_o these_o ill_a counsellor_n alien_n and_o traitor_n to_o the_o public_a who_o they_o cause_v to_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o king_n court_n kingdom_n put_v from_o their_o public_a trust_n and_o office_n call_v to_o a_o account_n public_o arraign_v before_o the_o king_n himself_o and_o his_o justice_n by_o who_o they_o be_v imprison_v their_o land_n confiscate_v and_o better_a counsellor_n of_o state_n and_o judge_n put_v into_o their_o place_n 1531_o anno_fw-la 1240._o accusatus_fw-la est_fw-la graviter_fw-la comes_fw-la cantiae_fw-la hubertus_n de_fw-fr burgo_n coram_fw-la rege_fw-la et_fw-la curia_fw-la tota_n london_n ubi_fw-la post_fw-la mult●s_fw-la disceptationes_fw-la ut_fw-la ira●undia_fw-la regis_fw-la quae_fw-la immoderate_a nimis_fw-la con●●●_n ipsum_fw-la excanduerat_fw-la quiesceret_fw-la adjudica●um_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quatuor_fw-la castra_n sua_fw-la charissima_fw-la scilicet_fw-la blancum_fw-la castrum_n grosmunt_fw-la scenefrithz_n &_o haetfeild_n 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sibi_fw-la regem_fw-la qui_fw-la vellet_fw-la et_fw-la deberet_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la consiliis_fw-la dominorum_fw-la wherewith_o be_v terrify_v he_o come_v unto_o they_o the_o next_o day_n cui_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la proceres_fw-la pro_fw-la honore_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la commodo_fw-la oporter●●_n ut_fw-la proditores_fw-la susurrones_fw-la adulatores_fw-la et_fw-la male_a fici_fw-la detractores_fw-la &_o juratores_fw-la à_fw-la svo_fw-la palatio_fw-la et_fw-la comitive_a etiam_fw-la eliminarentur_fw-la whereupon_o they_o banish_v sundry_a lord_n bishop_n clergyman_n knight_n and_o lady_n from_o the_o court_n and_o imprison_v many_o other_o knight_n esquire_n and_o lawyer_n to_o answer_v their_o offence_n in_o parliament_n the_o first_o man_n proceed_v against_o in_o parliament_n be_v the_o chief_a justice_n tresylian_a who_o the_o lord_n present_o adjudge_v to_o be_v draw_v and_o hang_v the_o like_a juegement_n the_o lord_n give_v against_o sir_n nicholas_n brambre_n knight_n 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judg._n 17.2_o 3_o 4._o exod._n 22.1_o to_o 16._o levit._fw-la 6.4_o 5._o ch_z 24.17_o to_o 22._o ch_z 25.27_o 28._o judg._n 11.12_o 13._o 1_o sam._n 12.3_o 4._o 2_o sam._n 9.7_o ch_n 12.5_o 6._o ch_z 19.9_o to_o 43._o 1_o sam._n 7.13_o 14._o 2_o king_n 14.22_o ezra_n 1.7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o ch_z 6.5_o which_o warrant_v the_o judgement_n and_o restitution_n they_o then_o award_v together_o with_o this_o memorable_a act_n of_o resumption_n of_o the_o crown_n land_n rent_n and_o revenue_n alienate_v and_o give_v away_o by_o king_n stephen_n to_o many_o lord_n and_o soldier_n to_o maintain_v his_o usurp_a title_n to_o be_v just_a holinsh_v king_n henry_n the_o second_o anno_fw-la 1155._o praecepit_fw-la eacum_fw-la omni_fw-la integritate_fw-la infra_fw-la tempus_fw-la certum_fw-la a_o quibuscunque_fw-la dete●toribus_fw-la resignari_fw-la &_o in_o jus_o statumque_fw-la pristinum_fw-la revocari_fw-la quidam_fw-la vero_fw-la indy_n car●as_fw-la quas_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la stephano_n vel_fw-la 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18_o 19_o 20._o hist_o angliae_fw-la p._n 359._o 359._o claus_n 11._o r._n 2._o m._n 24._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la claus_n 11_o r._n 2._o m._n 23._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la a_o exact_a abridgement_n p._n 346_o 347._o 347._o a_o exact_a abridgement_n p._n 417._o see_v my_o ardua_fw-la regni_fw-la regni_fw-la exact_a abridgement_n p._n 354·_n see_v here_o p._n 438._o 438._o a_o exact_a abridgement_n p._n 361_o 362._o 362._o a_o exact_a abridgement_n p._n 408._o 408._o see_v cook_n 4_o instit_n p._n 8._o the_o freeholder_n grand_a inquest_n p._n 56_o 58._o 58._o 4_o inst_n p._n 8._o 8._o see_v my_o table_n of_o speaker_n to_o a_o exact_a abridgement_n &_o title_n parliament_n and_o commons_o commons_o rot._n parl._n 23_o and_o 25_o h._n 6._o n._n 9_o 10._o 10._o exact_a collection_n p._n 640._o 640._o exact_v collect_v p._n 390_o 534_o 535_o 618_o 619_o 620._o 620._o see_v 23_o &_o 25_o h._n 6._o n._n 9_o 10._o 10._o see_v dyer_n f._n 60._o a._n a._n rot._n parl._n h._n 4._o n._n 10._o 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