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be_v his_o counselor_n but_o himself_o nor_o be_v the_o parliament_n any_o thing_n but_o his_o great_a council_n but_o since_o this_o degradation_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o forfeitur_fw-la it_o seem_v that_o the_o parliament_n only_o can_v be_v judge_n therein_o since_o the_o king_n do_v not_o use_v to_o forfeit_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n and_o though_o the_o former_a argument_n may_v prove_v that_o a_o peer_n can_v be_v degrade_v for_o poverty_n except_o the_o king_n please_v which_o be_v certain_o true_a since_o no_o act_n of_o parliament_n can_v pass_v without_o his_o royal_a consent_n yet_o they_o prove_v not_o that_o the_o king_n may_v degrade_v a_o nobleman_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n except_o he_o may_v judge_v all_o case_n immediate_o by_o himself_o question_v xxvii_o whether_o be_v a_o patent_n never_o make_v use_n of_o by_o the_o father_n valid_a after_o his_o death_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o though_o the_o patent_n be_v grant_v to_o such_o a_o man_n therein_o design_v seem_v to_o die_v with_o he_o and_o that_o the_o father_n die_v with_o this_o quality_n can_v transmit_v it_o to_o his_o son_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o patent_n be_v valid_a to_o his_o posterity_n for_o except_v where_o it_o be_v design_v to_o be_v personal_a it_o be_v conceive_v in_o favour_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o heir_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v judge_v in_o the_o cause_n of_o quesnel_n advocate_n in_o rowan_n 4._o may_v 1623._o vid._n la_o rocque_n cap._n 67._o question_n xxviii_o whether_o if_o the_o father_n use_v any_o low_a or_o base_a trade_n which_o derogate_v from_o nobility_n will_v his_o child_n and_o descendants_n lose_v it_o thereby_o in_o answer_v to_o this_o case_n we_o must_v distinguish_v betwixt_o such_o as_o derive_v their_o nobility_n from_o their_o father_n only_a and_o some_o think_v that_o in_o that_o case_n the_o misbehaviour_n of_o the_o father_n do_v extinguish_v the_o nobility_n of_o the_o race_n and_o that_o the_o descendant_n be_v no_o 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