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A56189 A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers, or, A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the parliaments of England wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons as peers ... / by William Prynne. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1659 (1659) Wing P4035; ESTC R33925 413,000 574

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instigation_n send_v sir_n john_n de_fw-fr lexeton_n a_o knight_n and_o lawrence_z st._n marin_n his_o clerk_n to_o they_o strict_o command_v they_o in_o the_o king_n behalf_n not_o to_o consent_v by_o any_o mean_n to_o this_o contribution_n demand_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o the_o desolation_n of_o the_o english_a kingdom_n the_o next_o year_n 1247._o 223._o vrgente_n papali_fw-la mandato_fw-la redivivo_fw-la de_fw-la importabili_fw-la contributione_n papali_fw-la praetacta_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la generali_fw-la concilio_n clerum_fw-la infeliciter_fw-la obligarent_fw-la fecit_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la magnates_fw-la suos_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la et_fw-la angliae_fw-la archidiaconos_n per_fw-la scripta_fw-la sua_fw-la regius_fw-la londini_fw-la convocari_fw-la quo_fw-la cum_fw-la pervenissent_fw-la die_fw-la ptaefixo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la omnes_fw-la seize_v gratis_o absentarunt_fw-la ne_fw-la viderentur_fw-la propriis_fw-la factis_fw-la eminus_fw-la 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of_o all_o their_o grievance_n together_o with_o letter_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a parliament_n and_o kingdom_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o cardinal_n speedy_o to_o redress_v they_o which_o letter_n they_o seal_v with_o the_o common_a seal_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n &_o thereby_o obtain_v some_o show_n of_o redress_n of_o their_o grievance_n which_o the_o noble_n further_o prosecute_v and_o complain_v of_o in_o another_o parliament_n the_o selfsame_a year_n 222._o dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la comperiens_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la enormiter_fw-la undique_fw-la periclitari_fw-la by_o the_o pope_n exaction_n tax_n opposition_n jussit_fw-la omnem_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nobilitatem_fw-la convocari_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la ipsius_fw-la tam_fw-la manifest_a periclitantis_fw-la oxoniae_fw-la contrectarent_fw-la praelatos_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la vocavit_fw-la anxius_fw-la quia_fw-la videbat_fw-la eos_fw-la tam_fw-la 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