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A56172 Historiarchos, or, The exact recorder being the most faithfull remembrancer of the most remarkable transactions of estate and of all the English lawes ... : as most elabourately they are collected ... out of the antiquities of the Saxon and Danish kings, unto the coronation of William the Conqueror, and continued unto the present government of Richard, now Lord Protector / by William Prynne, Esquire ...; Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, properties, laws, government of all English freemen. Part 3 Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication. 1659 (1659) Wing P3974; ESTC R14832 281,609 400

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and_o peace_n of_o the_o country_n together_o with_o his_o pardon_n for_o forepast_a offence_n which_o they_o upon_o debate_n assent_v to_o and_o draw_v up_o into_o sundry_a head_n return_v to_o the_o king_n for_o his_o royal_a assent_n with_o this_o memorable_a gratulatory_a prologue_n which_o most_o true_o represent_v unto_o we_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o that_o age_n i_o think_v meet_v entire_o to_o transcribe_v 851._o karissime_fw-la episcopi_fw-la tui_fw-la de_fw-fr kent_n &_o omnis_fw-la kentescire_fw-la thayni_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_n tibi_fw-la domino_fw-la dilectissimo_fw-la svo_fw-la gratias_fw-la agunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la nostra_fw-la praecipere_fw-la voluisti_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr commodo_fw-la nostro_fw-la perquirere_fw-la &_o consulere_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la inde_fw-la nobis_fw-la divitibus_fw-la &_o egenis_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la incepimus_fw-la quanta_fw-la diligentia_fw-la potuimus_fw-la consilio_fw-la horum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la misisti_fw-la unde_fw-la karissime_fw-la domine_fw-la primum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr nostrae_fw-la decim●_n ad_fw-la quam_fw-la valdè_fw-la cupidi_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o voluntarii_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la supplices_fw-la gra●ias_fw-la agimus_fw-la admonitionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la secundum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr pace_fw-la nos●r●_fw-la quam_fw-la omnis_fw-la popul●s_fw-la teneri_fw-la desiderat_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n sapientes_fw-la tui_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o concilio_n apud_fw-la fefresham_n tertium_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratian'ss_n omnes_fw-la misericorditur_fw-la hermerum_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ●e_n dono_fw-la quod_fw-la forisfactis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la concessi●●i_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la pardonatur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la forisfactura_fw-la de_fw-la quoc●nque_fw-la furto_fw-la quod_fw-la antè_fw-la concilium_fw-la de_fw-la fefresh●m_fw-la factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la eo_fw-la tenore_fw-la quo_fw-la semper_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la quiescant_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la latrocinium_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la et_fw-la emendent_fw-la hinc_fw-la ad_fw-la augustum_fw-la quartum_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la recipiat_fw-la hominem_fw-la alterius_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cui_fw-la prius_fw-la folgavit_fw-la nec_fw-la intra_fw-la marcam_fw-la nec_fw-la extra_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la ne_fw-la dominus_fw-la libero_fw-la homini_fw-la hlasocnam_fw-la interdicat_fw-la si_fw-la rectè_fw-la custodierit_fw-la eum_fw-la quintum_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la discedat_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o scripto_fw-la pacis_fw-la habentur_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n institutum_fw-la est_fw-la sextum_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la homo_fw-la sit_fw-la adeo_fw-la dive_v vel_fw-la tantae_fw-la parentelae_fw-la quod_fw-la castigari_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la vel_fw-la illud_fw-la cessare_fw-la nolit_fw-la ut_fw-la efficias_fw-la qualiter_fw-la abstrahatur_fw-la in_o aliam_fw-la partem_fw-la regni_fw-la tui_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o occiduis_fw-la partibus_fw-la sit_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la sit_fw-la comitum_fw-la sit_fw-la villanorum_fw-la septimum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la teneat_fw-la homines_fw-la suos_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la jussione_n suâ_fw-la contrà_fw-la omne_fw-la furtum_fw-la si_fw-mi tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la qui_fw-la tot_fw-la homines_fw-la habeat_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la omnes_fw-la custodire_fw-la praepositum_fw-la talem_fw-la praeponat_fw-la sibi_fw-la singulis_fw-la villis_fw-la qui_fw-la credibilis_fw-la ei_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la concredat_fw-la hominibus_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la praepositis_fw-la alicui_fw-la eorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la concredere_fw-la non_fw-la audeat_fw-la inveniat_fw-la xii_o plegios_fw-la cognationis_fw-la suae_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la stint_v in_fw-la fide_fw-la jussione_n et_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la ins●ringat_fw-la vel_fw-la abhinc_fw-la exeat_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la magis_fw-la placeat_fw-la alia_fw-la justitia_fw-la octavum_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la placuit_fw-la de_fw-la scutorum_fw-la opere_fw-la sicut_fw-la dixisti_fw-la precamur_fw-la domine_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la sit_v in_o hoc_fw-la sit_v in_o alterutrum_fw-la vel_fw-la nimis_fw-la vel_fw-la minus_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la emendare_fw-la jubeas_fw-la juxta_fw-la velle_fw-la tuum_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la devotè_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipere_fw-la velis_fw-la quae_fw-la unquam_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la implere_fw-la valeamus_fw-la after_o this_o there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o parliamentary_a council_n hold_v at_o london_n &_o not_o long_o after_o that_o another_o at_o thithamberig_n wherein_o many_o consultation_n be_v have_v &_o proposition_n make_v for_o suppression_n &_o punishment_n of_o thief_n and_o keep_n of_o the_o peace_n which_o the_o justice_n commissioner_n and_o other_o appoint_v to_o keep_v the_o peace_n and_o to_o take_v surety_n of_o all_o man_n to_o the_o keep_n thereof_o conclude_v upon_o at_o london_n and_o after_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n council_n to_o enlarge_v or_o alter_v as_o he_o shall_v see_v cause_n who_o thereupon_o make_v some_o alteration_n and_o mitigation_n at_o thithamberig_n of_o what_o the_o king_n think_v over-severe_a in_o put_v to_o death_n those_o who_o be_v above_o 12_o year_n of_o age_n for_o 12_o d._n value_n as_o these_o passage_n attest_v declare_v the_o proceed_n of_o that_o parliamentary_a council_n 856._o hoc_fw-la consultum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-la praepositi_fw-la qui_fw-la londoniensi_fw-la curiae_fw-la pertinent_a edixerunt_fw-la &_o jurejurando_fw-la confirmaverunt_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la fridgildo_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_fw-la in_o adjectione_n judiciorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n &_o exoniam_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n cap._n 1._o et_fw-la est_fw-la imprimis_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la parcatur_fw-la alicui_fw-la latroni_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o annos_fw-la et_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o d._n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la verè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquisitum_fw-la quod_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la quin_fw-la occidatur_fw-la &_o capiatur_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap_n 14._o nec_fw-la tacendum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la praetereundum_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ullum_fw-la augmentum_fw-la excogitare_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrum_fw-la fridgildum_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la gratanter_fw-la excipiamus_fw-la sicut_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o nostrum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o in_o deo_fw-la confidimus_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la domino_fw-la cap._n 15._o si_fw-mi totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la complere_fw-la volumus_fw-la res_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la meliorabitur_fw-la contra_fw-la fures_fw-la quam_fw-la an●e●_n fuit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la remissius_fw-la egerimus_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o vadiis_fw-la quae_fw-la simul_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la rex_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipit_fw-la timere_fw-la possumus_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la scire_fw-la quod_fw-la fures_fw-la isti_fw-la regnabunt_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la teneamus_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la sicut_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la placeat_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la insistamus_fw-la et_fw-la peragamus_fw-la quo●_n ipse_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la amplius_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la jocunditate_fw-la et_fw-la devotione_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la cap._n 17._o item_n quod_fw-la sapientes_fw-la omnes_fw-la dederunt_fw-la vadium_fw-la suum_fw-la insimul_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n quando_fw-la ealpheagus_fw-la scyb_n et_fw-fr brithnodus_n odonis_fw-la ●ilius_fw-la veneruut_n ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la regis_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vadium_fw-la capiat_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la comitatu_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la servandâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la apud_fw-la fefresham_n et_fw-la quartâ_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n coram_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la et_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la quas_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la nominavit_fw-la qui_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la judicia_fw-la conservaverunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n fuerunt_fw-la instituta_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap._n 18._o item_n quod_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la praecepit_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praepositis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la pacem_fw-la ita_fw-la custodiant_fw-la sicut_fw-la recitavit_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la svi_fw-la cap._n 19_o item_n rex_fw-la dixit_fw-la nunc_fw-la iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thitlan●birig_n sapientibus_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ostendi_fw-la atchiepiscopo_n et_fw-la caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la miserabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la tàm_fw-la juvenis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la vel_fw-la pro_fw-la tàm_fw-la paruâ_fw-la re_fw-la sicut_fw-la innotuit_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la ubique_fw-la fiebat_fw-la dixit_fw-la itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la videbatur_fw-la et_fw-la eye_n cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la egerat_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la junior_a quam_fw-la quindecim_fw-la annorum_fw-la nisi_fw-la se_fw-la defendere_fw-la velit_fw-la vel_fw-la aufugere_fw-la et_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ire_n velit_fw-la ut_fw-la tunc_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sir_n major_n sit_v minor_a qualiscunque_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la dederit_fw-la ponatur_fw-la in_o carcere_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la greateleyam_n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la idem_fw-la redimatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecepit_fw-la rex_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la pro_fw-la minori_fw-la precio_fw-la quam_fw-la 12_o d._n nisi_fw-la fugiat_fw-la vel_fw-la repugnet_fw-la ne_fw-la dubitetur_fw-la tunc_fw-la licet_fw-la minus_fw-la si_fw-mi haec_fw-la ita_fw-la conservemus_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la
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