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〈◊〉_d and_o so_o see_v the_o king_n of_o england_n depend_v from_o the_o people_n no_o question_n they_o have_v simple_o a_o power_n over_o he_o and_o not_o he_o a_o absolute_a power_n over_o they_o second_o because_o according_a to_o these_o law_n the_o liberty_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v vindicate_v and_o the_o prince_n be_v subject_v to_o law_n because_o in_o henry_n 1._o his_o time_n a_o parliament_n be_v hold_v at_o which_o time_n parliamentary_a power_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v declare_v the_o supreme_a and_o high_a authority_n for_o any_o thing_n of_o weight_n be_v refer_v to_o it_o so_o that_o whatsoever_o be_v do_v either_o by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o king_n or_o of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v hold_v null_a unless_o it_o have_v be_v ratify_v by_o the_o parliament_n in_o it_o every_o one_o whether_o king_n or_o other_o member_n thereof_o have_v alike_o and_o equal_a power_n of_o speak_v and_o withal_o nothing_o speak_v in_o it_o be_v of_o validity_n and_o 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king_n power_n be_v the_o creature_n of_o the_o parliament_n depend_v from_o it_o as_o the_o effect_n from_o the_o cause_n but_o sure_o i_o be_o cause_n est_fw-la nobilior_fw-la svo_fw-la effectu_fw-la and_o consequent_o if_o the_o king_n have_v a_o absolute_a power_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o parliament_n then_o must_v the_o parliament_n power_n be_v more_o absolute_a for_o prepter_n quod_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la est_fw-la tale_n illud_fw-la ipsum_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la tale_n and_o nemo_fw-la that_o qnod_n non_fw-la habet_fw-la inst_z 7._o bractonus_fw-la say_v salmasius_n do_v aver_v that_o the_o king_n have_v power_n over_o all_o that_o be_v in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o that_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v peace_n and_o power_n do_v only_o belong_v to_o the_o royal_a dignity_n every_o one_o say_v he_o be_v under_o the_o king_n and_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o none_o but_o to_o god_n as_o reason_n require_v in_o power_n be_v aught_o to_o be_v above_o all_o his_o subject_n for_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v none_o like_o he_o nor_o above_o he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n de_fw-fr angl._n monar_n lib_n 4._o cap._n 24_o fect_n 1._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 8_o sect_n 8_o &_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr reg._n in_o rich._n 2._o stat_fw-la 18._o cap._n 5._o it_o be_v say_v corona_n anglie_a libera_fw-la fuit_fw-la omnt_fw-la tempore_fw-la &_o non_fw-la habet_fw-la terrenam_fw-la subjectionem_fw-la sed_fw-la immediate_a subdita_fw-la est_fw-la deo_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o nulli_fw-la alteri_fw-la act._n 24_o parl._n henr._n 8._o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la est_fw-la imperium_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la ab_fw-la orbe_fw-la fuit_fw-la acceptum_fw-la act._n parl._n 24_o hen._n 8._o quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la tuus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la regnum_fw-la nullum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la sub_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la tuam_fw-la gratlam_fw-la agnoscat_fw-la euit_fw-la &_o est_fw-la liberum_fw-la a_o subjectione_n quarumcunque_fw-la legum_fw-la bumanarum_fw-la cap._n 9_o ans_fw-fr we_o stand_v not_o to_o gloss_n bracton_n word_n he_o live_v in_o henry_n 3._o his_o day_n and_o find_v the_o king_n and_o state_n at_o variance_n about_o superiority_n as_o a_o court-parafit_a he_o write_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o king_n as_o royalist_n do_v nowadays_o he_o do_v just_a so_o as_o they_o do_v now_o bracton_n have_v that_o same_o occasion_n of_o write_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o king_n which_o salmasius_n have_v today_n as_o the_o late_a king_n be_v at_o variance_n with_o the_o people_n of_o england_n for_o claim_v absolute_a power_n over_o they_o so_o the_o controversy_n stand_v just_a so_o in_o bracton_n time_n between_o henry_n 3._o and_o the_o people_n but_o i_o pray_v you_o be_v it_o not_o as_o free_v to_o bracton_n to_o flatter_v henry_n as_o for_o salmasius_a to_o flatter_v charles_n leave_v this_o man_n to_o himself_o i_o hasten_v to_o examinet_fw-la he_o strength_n of_o these_o act_n which_o salmasius_n cit_v and_o in_o a_o word_n they_o do_v not_o plead_v so_o much_o 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from_o strabo_n who_o say_v complures_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la sunt_fw-la dominationes_fw-la lib._n 4._o in_o the_o original_n dominationes_fw-la be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signisi_v prince_n or_o ruler_n thus_o they_o be_v govern_v towards_o his_o time_n by_o many_o and_o not_o by_o one_o and_o salmasius_n from_o this_o be_v make_v so_o to_o say_v albeit_o he_o endeavour_v to_o elude_v what_o tacitus_n say_v hist_o lib._n 1._o the_o word_n be_v already_o cite_v and_o vindicate_v but_o diodore_n be_v most_o clear_a to_o this_o purpose_n speak_v of_o britain_n reges_fw-la principesque_fw-la ibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la plures_fw-la pacem_fw-la inuicem_fw-la servante_n rev._n of_o it_o lib_n 6._o cap._n 8._o but_o sure_o i_o be_o salinasius_n will_v not_o say_v that_o such_o have_v a_o absolute_a power_n over_o the_o people_n their_o king_n have_v not_o such_o power_n ergo_fw-la fare_v less_o they_o yea_o the_o heduan_n vergobret_n who_o do_v reign_v over_o more_o than_o any_o 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pambasilick_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n turn_v over_o into_o a_o despotic_a power_n govern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o law_n polit._n 3._o cap._n 10._o under_o these_o four_o king_n the_o condition_n of_o regal_a power_n be_v very_o extraordinary_a and_o so_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n though_o they_o do_v reign_v in_o a_o extraordinary_a way_n have_v more_o will_n than_o other_o king_n but_o the_o kingdom_n become_v setlâ—d_v the_o power_n of_o their_o successor_n be_v hemmed-in_a their_o wing_n be_v a_o little_a clip_v and_o may_v we_o not_o judge_v so_o of_o all_o other_o nation_n very_o i_o think_v it_o hold_v a_o majori_fw-la for_o the_o assyrian_a king_n be_v universal_a monarch_n and_o no_o kingdom_n can_v ever_o match_v with_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n which_o make_v i_o imagine_v that_o as_o the_o king_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n in_o a_o ordinary_a and_o sotled_a case_n be_v reduce_v to_o law_n far_o more_o in_o that_o respect_n have_v the_o case_n of_o other_o king_n be_v such_o and_o withal_o observe_v there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o regal_a government_n be_v much_o in_o request_n it_o be_v much_o cried-up_a in_o the_o day_n of_o heraicism_n and_o that_o rather_o in_o the_o flower_n and_o beginning_n then_o in_o the_o sading_n and_o aftertime_n thereof_o and_o so_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n though_o at_o that_o time_n king_n be_v invest_v with_o a_o vast_a power_n but_o by_o process_n of_o time_n monarchy_n become_v less_o esteem_v the_o power_n of_o it_o become_v much_o lessen_v partly_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n themselves_o dimit_v and_o partly_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o people_n detract_n from_o their_o greatness_n so_o say_v aristatle_n polit._n 3._o cap._n 10._o so_o then_o we_o must_v not_o imagine_v that_o though_o king_n sometime_o have_v a_o vast_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n they_o always_o have_v such_o a_o power_n and_o their_o wing_n be_v never_o clip_v nay_o the_o disposition_n of_o every_o 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