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of_o venice_n and_o as_o it_o do_v the_o senator_n of_o rome_n at_o this_o day_n etc._n etc._n the_o time_n of_o sit_v in_o parliament_n be_v on_o any_o day_n in_o the_o morning_n or_o afore_o dinner_n only_o it_o have_v antien_o be_v observe_v not_o to_o assemble_v upon_o some_o high_a festival_n day_n but_o upon_o ordinary_a sunday_n ofttimes_o as_o day_n account_v by_o all_o christian_n less_o solemn_a than_o divers_a other_o festival_n which_o be_v celebrate_v but_o once_o a_o year_n when_o the_o day_n prefix_v by_o the_o king_n in_o his_o writ_n of_o summons_n be_v come_v the_o king_n usual_o come_v in_o person_n with_o his_o crown_n on_o his_o head_n and_o clothe_v with_o his_o royal_a robe_n declare_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o summons_n in_o a_o short_a harangue_n leave_v the_o rest_n to_o the_o lord_n keeper_n who_o then_o stand_v behind_o his_o majesty_n the_o commons_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n stand_v bare_a at_o the_o bar_n of_o the_o lord_n house_n be_v afterward_o in_o the_o king_n name_n command_v to_o choose_v they_o a_o speaker_n which_o without_o the_o king_n command_v they_o may_v not_o do_v whereupon_o they_o return_v to_o their_o own_o house_n make_v choice_n of_o one_o of_o their_o own_o member_n who_o afterward_o upon_o another_o day_n they_o present_v to_o the_o king_n and_o be_v approve_v of_o by_o his_o majesty_n sit_v in_o his_o chair_n and_o all_o his_o lord_n both_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a in_o their_o robe_n of_o scarlet_a he_o make_v a_o modest_a refusal_n which_o not_o allow_v he_o petition_v his_o majesty_n that_o the_o commons_o may_v have_v during_o their_o sit_v first_o a_o free_a access_n to_o his_o majesty_n second_o freedom_n of_o speech_n within_o their_o own_o house_n three_o freedom_n from_o arrest_n before_o any_o affair_n be_v meddle_v with_o all_o the_o member_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o supremacy_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o a_o officer_n appoint_v by_o the_o 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the_o grand_a inquest_n of_o the_o realm_n summon_v from_o all_o part_n to_o present_v public_a grievance_n and_o delinquent_n to_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n to_o be_v redress_v and_o punish_v by_o they_o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n the_o lord_n sit_v in_o their_o robe_n on_o the_o bench_n cover_v as_o judge_n do_v in_o other_o judicatories_n they_o swear_v and_o examine_v witness_n and_o at_o length_n pass_v sentence_n whilst_o the_o member_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n stand_v bare_a at_o the_o bar_n of_o the_o lord_n house_n produce_v witness_n manage_n evidence_n etc._n etc._n note_v that_o although_o every_o member_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n be_v choose_v to_o serve_v for_o one_o particular_a county_n city_n or_o burrough_n yet_o he_o serve_v for_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o his_o voice_n equal_a to_o any_o other_o his_o power_n absolute_a to_o consent_v or_o dissent_v without_o ever_o acquaint_v those_o that_o send_v he_o or_o demand_v their_o assent_n as_o the_o state_n general_n of_o the_o unite_a netherlands_n be_v oblige_v to_o do_v in_o many_o case_n yet_o be_v they_o to_o make_v that_o their_o special_a care_n to_o promote_v the_o good_a of_o that_o county_n city_n or_o borough_n for_o which_o they_o serve_v although_o the_o lord_n of_o parliament_n be_v to_o bear_v their_o own_o charge_n because_o they_o represent_v there_o only_o themselves_o yet_o all_o the_o commons_o both_o lay_v and_o clergy_n that_o be_v the_o procuratores_fw-la cleri_fw-la be_v to_o have_v rationabiles_fw-la expensas_fw-la as_o the_o word_n of_o the_o writ_n be_v that_o be_v such_o allowance_n as_o the_o king_n consider_v the_o price_n of_o all_o thing_n shall_v judge_v meet_a to_o impose_v upon_o the_o people_n to_o pay_v in_o the_o 17_o edward_n 2._o it_o be_v 10_o groat_n for_o knight_n and_z 5_o groat_n for_o burgess_n but_o not_o long_o after_o it_o be_v 4_o s._n a_o day_n for_o dub_a knight_n and_o 2_o s._n for_o all_o other_o which_o in_o those_o day_n as_o 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