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videretur_fw-la unde_fw-la fertur_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la iratus_fw-la dixisse_fw-la dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la si_fw-la possem_fw-la vicem_fw-la vobis_fw-la redidissem_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n rex_fw-la in_o subditos_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o servos_n potens_fw-la in_o infirmos_fw-la dux_n in_o milites_fw-la sed_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la dictabat_fw-la aequitas_fw-la quicquid_fw-la veritati_fw-la repugnabat_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la permittebat_fw-la justitia_fw-la quicquid_fw-la regiam_fw-la mansuetudinem_fw-la non_fw-la decebat_fw-la sibi_fw-la credebat_fw-la impossibile_fw-it i_o wish_v all_o our_o modern_a domineer_a grandee_n will_v imitate_v his_o presidential_a royal_a example_n yet_o i_o read_v of_o one_o injurious_a act_n do_v by_o he_o 835._o after_o the_o decease_n of_o his_o renown_a sister_n elfleda_n queen_n of_o mercia_n anno_fw-la 920._o he_o disinherited_a her_o only_a daughter_n alfwen_n or_o elwyn_n his_o own_o niece_n of_o the_o dominion_n of_o all_o mercia_n who_o hold_v that_o kingdom_n after_o her_o mother_n seizing_z and_o garrison_v tamesworth_n and_o nottingham_n first_o and_o then_o disseise_v she_o of_o all_o mercia_n unite_n it_o to_o his_o own_o realm_n and_o remove_v she_o thence_o into_o west-sex_n magis_fw-la eurans_fw-la a_o utilitèr_fw-la vel_fw-la inutilitèr_fw-la quan_fw-mi a_o justè_fw-la vel_fw-la injustè_fw-fr write_v henry_n huntingdon_n 4._o which_o innrious_a action_n si_fw-mi violanda_fw-la sit_fw-la fides_fw-la regni_fw-la causâ_fw-la violandae_fw-la will_v not_o excuse_v the_o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n record_n that_o king_n edward_n as_o he_o enlarge_v the_o bound_n of_o his_o kingdom_n 837._o more_o than_o his_o father_n so_o leges_fw-la condidit_fw-la he_o likewise_o make_v law_n to_o govetn_v it_o which_o be_v there_o register_v to_o posterity_n in_o two_o parcel_n as_o make_v at_o several_a time_n but_o in_o what_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n this_o be_v it_o inform_v we_o not_o the_o first_o of_o 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periculum_fw-la ducitâ—â—_n in_fw-la itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eripiendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la â—…itur_fw-la iccirco_fw-mi profuâ—…_n succedentibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la at_o que_fw-fr oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiamer_n annuente_fw-la 10._o brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la edgar_n divina_fw-la dâ—â—poâ—…one_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la â—aginâ—_n &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n omnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o sublunary_a thing_n the_o self_n same_o year_n anno_fw-la 970._o 883._o king_n edgar_z by_o his_o charter_n grant_v and_o confirm_v sundry_a land_n and_o privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o medeshamsted_n former_o demolish_v by_o the_o dane_n which_o bishop_n aethelwold_n have_v repair_v and_o name_v burgh_n perpetual_o exempt_n it_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n yoke_n and_o exaction_n quatenus_fw-la nec_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la comes_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praeter_fw-la christianâ—â—atem_fw-la attinentium_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la nec_fw-la vicecome_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la major_a minorve_fw-la persona_fw-la ulla_fw-la dominatione_fw-la occupari_fw-la praesumat_fw-la excepta_fw-la moderata_fw-la expeditione_n &_o pontis_fw-la arcisve_fw-la constructione_n which_o charter_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o king_n own_o subscription_n both_o the_o archbishop_n sundry_a bishop_n abbot_n duke_n and_o other_o chief_a officer_n and_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n after_o each_o of_o their_o name_n in_o the_o year_n 973._o 426_o king_n edgar_z after_o his_o seven_o 973._o year_n penance_n expire_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n in_o the_o 12_o 30_o year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v solemn_o crown_v and_o consecrate_a king_n and_o wear_v his_o crown_n with_o great_a glory_n at_o akemancester_n alias_o bath_n both_o the_o archbishop_n dunstan_n and_o oswald_n with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n ac_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la universis_fw-la and_o all_o the_o noble_n be_v there_o preâ—ent_a at_o his_o coronation_n and_o receive_v the_o accustom_a gift_n usual_o give_v to_o the_o noble_n be_v at_o such_o inauguration_n soon_o after_o the_o same_o year_n this_o king_n with_o a_o very_a 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presence_n most_o 6_o likely_a in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n as_o this_o clause_n in_o his_o charter_n intimate_v haec_fw-la a_o praedictis_fw-la accommodata_fw-la clericis_fw-la a_o contensioso_n possessa_fw-la est_fw-la edebnoto_fw-la sed_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la subtilique_fw-la ejus_fw-la disceptatione_n asapientibns_fw-la meis_fw-la audita_fw-la et_fw-la conflictatione_fw-la illius_fw-la mendosa_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la i_o praesente_fw-la convicta_fw-la monasteriali_fw-la a_o i_o reaâ—_n â—a_o est_fw-la usui_fw-la if_o the_o council_n of_o winchester_n hereafter_o cite_v anno_fw-la 975._o be_v hold_v in_o king_n edgar_n life_n time_n as_o 491._o some_o affirm_v most_o probable_o this_o debate_n here_o mention_v touch_v these_o land_n be_v hold_v in_o and_o before_o that_o council_n and_o this_o charter_n therein_o make_v and_o ratify_v with_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o king_n archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o duke_n thereto_o annex_v according_a to_o the_o 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war_n itself_o be_v raise_v wage_v commission_v only_o to_o defend_v and_o preserve_v we_o from_o conquest_n by_o the_o opposite_a party_n let_v they_o know_v that_o they_o be_v far_o great_a worse_a enemy_n to_o their_o own_o native_a country_n than_o this_o norman_a duke_n or_o any_o of_o our_o former_a british_a saxon_a danish_a norman_a or_o english_a king_n who_o never_o claim_v the_o crown_n by_o mere_a conquest_n in_o any_o age_n but_o only_o by_o some_o real_a or_o pretend_a title_n of_o inheritance_n or_o at_o least_o by_o a_o free_a and_o general_a election_n both_o of_o the_o nobility_n clergy_n and_o people_n as_o this_o king_n william_n do_v from_o the_o former_a historical_a passage_n concern_v harold_n tosti_n duke_n william_n and_o the_o kentishman_n i_o shall_v deduce_v these_o legal_a observation_n 1._o that_o no_o tax_n subsidy_n or_o imposition_n whatsoever_o can_v in_o that_o age_n be_v impose_v on_o the_o english_a or_o norman_a 1._o subject_n by_o their_o king_n or_o duke_n but_o by_o their_o common_a consent_n in_o their_o parliamentary_a council_n where_o they_o be_v deny_v when_o inconvenient_a to_o the_o public_a as_o well_o as_o grant_v when_o convenient_a 3._o 2._o that_o no_o english_a or_o norman_a subject_n be_v then_o oblige_v to_o aid_n and_o assist_v their_o sovereign_n with_o their_o person_n arm_n estate_n or_o subsidy_n grant_v in_o any_o foreign_a invasive_a war_n but_o only_o leave_v free_a to_o contribute_v what_o private_a assistance_n they_o think_v fit_a in_o such_o case_n 3._o that_o no_o public_a war_n in_o that_o age_n be_v ever_o undertake_v 9_o but_o by_o common_a advice_n and_o consent_n in_o great_a parliamentary_a council_n 4._o that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n in_o that_o age_n however_o 4_o they_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o right_a or_o wrong_n hold_v it_o both_o their_o bind_a duty_n interest_n safety_n to_o defend_v and_o preserve_v the_o law_n right_n liberty_n of_o the_o church_n and_o people_n to_o 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pars_fw-la 2_o tit._n 16._o anno_fw-la 975._o proposit_n 5_o 6_o 8._o 8._o malmsbur_fw-la de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 9_o p._n 61._o mat._n westmin_n wigorniensis_n ingulphus_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n huntindon_n hoveden_n bromton_n ann._n 975._o osburne_n capgrav_n mat._n parker_n godwin_n in_o the_o life_n of_o dunstan_n baronius_n &_o spondanus_n annal._n eccl._n an._n 975._o n._n 12._o surius_n council_n tom._n 2._o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n vol._n 1._o p._n 202_o 203_o 204_o 205._o proposit_n 2._o 4._o 4._o historia_n p._n p._n 889._o see_v fox_n act_n and_o mon._n vol._n 1._o p._n 203_o 204._o proposit_n 6._o proposit_n 5_o 6._o 6._o wigorn_n an._n 977._o p._n 360._o roger_n hoveden_n annal_n pars_fw-la prio_fw-la p._n 425._o joh._n bromt._n chron._n col_fw-fr 870._o sim._n dwelm_n hist_o de_fw-fr gest_n reg._n col_fw-fr 160._o antiqu_n eccles_n brit._n p._n 56._o spelm._n council_n p._n 497._o anno_fw-la 977._o 977._o malmesh_n de_fw-fr gest._n reg._n 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