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A35931 The royalist's defence vindicating the King's proceedings in the late warre made against him, clearly discovering, how and by what impostures the incendiaries of these distractions have subverted the knowne law of the land, the Protestant religion, and reduced the people to an unparallel'd slavery. Dallison, Charles, d. 1669. 1648 (1648) Wing D138; ESTC R5148 119,595 156

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power_n the_o know_a law_n be_v destroy_v and_o the_o people_n enslave_v chap._n vi_o that_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o realm_n ought_v to_o be_v elect_v and_o authorize_v by_o the_o king_n of_o england_n for_o the_o time_n be_v and_o by_o none_o else_o p._n 64._o wherein_o it_o be_v show_v to_o be_v most_o preposterous_a for_o the_o member_n to_o assume_v it_o and_o that_o all_o person_n condemn_v and_o execute_v by_o their_o sentence_n or_o the_o sentence_n of_o their_o nominal_a judge_n whether_o guilty_a or_o not_o guilty_a be_v murder_v and_o all_o other_o proceed_n void_a in_o law_n chap._n vii_o that_o the_o king_n be_v the_o only_a supreme_a governor_n unto_o who_o all_o the_o people_n of_o this_o nation_n in_o point_n of_o sovereignty_n and_o government_n be_v bind_v to_o subject_n themselves_o p._n 69._o wherein_o be_v show_v that_o sovereign_a power_n of_o government_n power_n to_o make_v law_n and_o power_n to_o judge_v the_o law_n be_v three_o feverall_a thing_n and_o by_o the_o constitution_n of_o england_n ought_v to_o be_v in_o three_o several_a hand_n the_o first_o be_v in_o the_o king_n the_o second_o in_o the_o king_n and_o the_o two_o housis_n and_o the_o three_o in_o the_o judge_n that_o the_o member_n have_v usurp_v all_o these_o have_v destroy_v the_o law_n and_o enslave_v the_o people_n chap._n viii_o that_o the_o militia_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o the_o know_a law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v inherent_a in_o the_o crown_n and_o at_o the_o absolute_a command_n of_o the_o king_n and_o none_o else_o p._n 89._o wherein_o be_v show_v the_o true_a use_n of_o the_o militia_n the_o gross_a absurdity_n of_o the_o member_n claim_v thereunto_o and_o that_o their_o usurpation_n herein_o have_v undo_v the_o kingdom_n chap._n ix_o that_o all_o person_n who_o have_v promote_v this_o war_n in_o the_o
pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la west_n 1._o die_v maii_n prox_n futur_n '_o teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la cum_fw-la prelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tractatum_fw-la vobis_fw-la sub_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o ligeantiis_fw-la quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la personaliter_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o to_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o the_o power_n which_o the_o member_n of_o that_o assembly_n have_v to_o sit_v and_o vote_n in_o parliament_n the_o people_n be_v not_o at_o all_o consult_v with_o in_o any_o particular_a and_o for_o the_o commons_o house_n the_o institution_n thereof_o and_o the_o commission_n which_o the_o member_n of_o that_o assembly_n have_v be_v derive_v from_o the_o king_n too_o that_o which_o the_o people_n act_n and_o do_v therein_o be_v only_o to_o elect_v the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n and_o therein_o too_o their_o authority_n be_v by_o the_o king_n writ_n the_o direction_n whereof_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o pursue_v it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o any_o county_n or_o town_n to_o add_v unto_o or_o lessen_v the_o number_n of_o person_n to_o be_v elect_v or_o to_o enlarge_v or_o limit_v the_o authority_n of_o those_o choose_v but_o former_a king_n as_o before_o be_v show_v sometime_o call_v more_o sometime_o few_o and_o at_o their_o pleasure_n create_v new_a corporation_n and_o give_v they_o power_n to_o send_v burgess_n and_o every_o king_n have_v and_o at_o this_o day_n have_v authority_n to_o enable_v and_o command_v every_o town_n in_o england_n to_o send_v burgess_n to_o parliament_n and_o when_o the_o knight_n and_o burgess_n be_v elect_v the_o people_n power_n be_v end_v than_o the_o person_n choose_v be_v to_o perform_v their_o duty_n wherein_o they_o must_v be_v guide_v by_o their_o commission_n it_o be_v that_o which_o do_v distinguish_v they_o from_o other_o man_n else_o every_o one_o in_o the_o kingdom_n have_v equal_a power_n to_o sit_v and_o vote_n in_o parliament_n and_o they_o have_v no_o other_o commission_n than_o the_o king_n write_v of_o summons_n which_o follow_v in_o these_o word_n viz._n rex_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la salut_n '_o quia_fw-la de_fw-la avisamento_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la consilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la statum_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concern_v quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la westm_n '_o tertio_fw-la die_fw-la novembris_fw-la prox_n '_o futur_n '_o teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tract_n '_o tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la facta_fw-la proclam_n '_o in_o prox_n comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la post_fw-la receptionem_fw-la huius_fw-la brevis_fw-la nostri_fw-la tenend_n die_v &_o loco_fw-la predict_v '_o duos_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la commit_v '_o praedicti_fw-la &_o the_o qualib_a '_o civitate_fw-la com'_v illius_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la discretior_fw-la '_o &_o magis_fw-la sufficientibus_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o indifferenter_fw-la per_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la proclam_fw-la '_o hujusmodi_fw-la interfuer_n '_o juxta_fw-la formam_fw-la statutorum_fw-la inde_fw-la edit_n '_o &_o provis_fw-la eligi_fw-la &_o nomina_fw-la eorundum_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_fw-la sic_fw-la electorum_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la indentur_fw-la '_o inter_fw-la te_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la election_n '_o interfuerint_fw-la inde_fw-la conficiend_n '_o sive_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la elect_v '_o present_n fuerint_fw-la vel_fw-la absentes_fw-la inter_fw-la eosque_fw-la ad_fw-la dict'_fw-it diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la iidem_fw-la milites_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o communitate_fw-la commit_v '_o civitatum_fw-la &_o burgorun_n praedictorum_fw-la divisim_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibid._n '_o de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la dicti_fw-la regis_fw-la nostri_fw-la favente_fw-la deo_fw-la contigerint_fw-la ordinari_fw-la super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ante_fw-la dictis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la defectu_fw-la potestatis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la seu_fw-la propter_fw-la improvidam_fw-la electionem_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la aut_fw-la burgensium_fw-la predictorum_fw-la dicta_fw-la negotia_fw-la infecta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la nolumus_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la vicecome_fw-la dicti_fw-la regis_fw-la nostri_fw-la aliqualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la electus_fw-la &_o electionem_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la factam_fw-la distincte_n &_o aperte_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la corum_fw-la qui_fw-la electioni_fw-la illi_fw-la interfuerint_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o cancellar_n '_o nostram_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la certifices_fw-la indilate_v remittens_fw-la nobis_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la indenturarum_fw-la predictarum_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la consuet_n '_o una_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la testae_fw-la meipso_fw-la apud_fw-la westminster_n and_o the_o return_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a writ_n in_o these_o word_n viz._n virtute_fw-la istius_fw-la brevis_fw-la eligi_fw-la feci_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la meo_fw-la viz._n a._n &_o b._n qui_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o communitate_fw-la commit_v '_o predict_v '_o habent_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la infra_fw-la contentos_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la ordinari_fw-la contigerint_fw-la et_fw-la predicti_fw-la a._n &_o b._n manucapti_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la quatuor_fw-la manucapt_v '_o add_v assulendun_v ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la dom_n '_o regis_fw-la apud_fw-la westminster_n ad_fw-la diem_fw-la infra_fw-la contentum_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la 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