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descriptum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la ipsos_fw-la libellos_fw-la qui_fw-la cognitoribus_fw-la edebantur_fw-la quà m_fw-la sive_fw-la formulas_fw-la eorum_fw-la archetypas_fw-la sive_fw-la exemplaria_fw-la descripta_fw-la haec_fw-la esse_fw-la conjiciendum_fw-la fortè_fw-la est_fw-la utì_n etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la admiralli_n angliae_fw-la nomen_fw-la aliter_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la a._n de_fw-fr b._n non_fw-la inseratur_fw-la quae_fw-la prima_fw-la elementa_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la nominis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la angliae_fw-la admiralli_n in_fw-la sacris_fw-la scriniis_fw-la reperti_fw-la primierement_n il_fw-fr est_fw-fr traict_n &_o accord_v entre_fw-fr nous_fw-fr &_o les_fw-fr messenger_n &_o les_fw-fr procurer_n susdit_n en_fw-fr nom_fw-fr des_fw-fr dit_n roys_n que_fw-fr iceux_fw-fr roys_n serront_fw-fr l'un_fw-fr à _fw-fr l'autre_fw-fr desore_n enavant_n bons_fw-fr uraye_v &_o loyaux_fw-fr amiss_o &_o eydans_fw-fr contre_fw-fr tout_fw-fr home_n sauve_fw-fr l'_fw-fr esglise_fw-fr de_fw-fr rome_n en_fw-fr tiele_fw-fr manner_n que_fw-fr si_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr ou_fw-fr plusieurs_fw-fr quicunque_n ils_fw-fr fuissent_fw-la voloient_fw-fr depointy_a empescher_fw-ge ou_fw-fr troubler_n les_fw-fr dit_n roye_v es_a franchise_n es_a liberty_n privilege_n es_fw-mi drois_fw-mi es_fw-mi droiture_n eu_fw-fr es_fw-mi custume_n de_fw-fr eux_fw-fr &_o de_fw-fr leur_fw-fr royalme_n q'ils_fw-fr seront_fw-fr bons_fw-fr &_o loyaux_fw-fr amiss_o &_o aydans_fw-la contre_fw-fr tout_fw-fr home_fw-fr que_fw-fr pvisse_fw-fr viure_fw-fr &_o morir_fw-it à _fw-it defendre_fw-fr gardir_n &_o maintenir_fw-fr les_fw-fr franchise_n les_fw-fr liberty_n les_fw-fr privilege_n les_fw-fr droiture_n et_fw-fr les_fw-fr custume_n desusdite_v except_o pur_fw-mi le_fw-fr dit_fw-fr roy_fw-fr d'_fw-fr angletterre_fw-fr mounseur_fw-fr johan_n duâ—_n de_fw-fr braban_n en_fw-fr brabant_n et_fw-fr ses_fw-fr heir_n dessendan_n de_fw-fr lui_fw-fr et_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fille_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr d'_fw-fr d'angleterre_fw-fr et_fw-fr except_o pur_fw-mi le_fw-fr dite_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr â—e_n roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr france_n l'_fw-fr excellent_a prince_n monsiur_fw-fr aubert_n roy_fw-fr d'_fw-fr alemaigne_n et_fw-fr ces_fw-fr heir_n roye_v do_v alemaine_n et_fw-fr mounseur_fw-fr johan_n count_n de_fw-fr henau_n en_fw-fr henau_n et_fw-fr que_fw-fr l'un_fw-fr ne_fw-fr serra_fw-mi en_fw-fr consail_n ne_fw-fr en_fw-fr aid_n ou_fw-fr l'_fw-fr autre_fw-fr perde_o vie_fw-fr member_n estate_n ou_fw-fr honour_n mounseur_fw-fr reyner_n grimbaltz_n maistre_fw-mi de_fw-fr la_fw-fr navy_n du_fw-fr dit_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr france_n in_o english_a it_o run_v thus_o to_o you_o our_o lord_n commissioner_n auditor_n depute_v by_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o france_n to_o redress_v the_o wrong_n do_v to_o the_o people_n of_o their_o kingdom_n and_o of_o other_o territory_n subject_a to_o their_o dominion_n by_o sea_n and_o by_o land_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o truce_n the_o procurator_n of_o the_o prelate_n noble_n and_o of_o the_o admiral_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o england_n and_o of_o the_o commonalty_n of_o city_n and_o town_n and_o of_o the_o merchant_n mariner_n messengers_z inhabitant_n stranger_n and_o all_o other_o belong_v to_o the_o say_a realm_n of_o england_n and_o the_o other_o territory_n subject_a to_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o say_a king_n of_o england_n and_o of_o other_o under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o same_o as_o also_o of_o divers_a other_o nation_n inhabitant_n of_o the_o sea-costs_a of_o genoa_n catalonia_n spain_n almaign_n zealand_n holland_n friesland_n denmark_n and_o norway_n and_o of_o divers_a other_o place_n of_o the_o empire_n do_v declare_v that_o whereas_o the_o king_n of_o england_n by_o right_a of_o the_o say_a kingdom_n from_z time_z to_o time_n whereof_o
de_fw-fr insulis_fw-la cap._n 14._o §_o 46._o 46._o in_o insulisâ—_n brit._n p._n 855._o 855._o rot._n pat._n 2._o ed._n 6._o part_n 7._o rot._n pat._n 2._o elizab._n part_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d rot._n pat._n 2._o jacobi_n regis_fw-la part_n 19_o 19_o cap._n xix_o xix_o rot._n scotiae_fw-la 10._o ed._n memb._n 16._o 16._o rot._n parl._n 46_o ed._n 3._o num_fw-la 20._o 20._o rot._n parl._n 8_o 〈◊〉_d 5._o memb_v 3._o art_n 6._o 6._o brev._n 10._o caroli_n r._n octob._n 20._o seu_fw-la 1634._o 1634._o 1286._o seu_fw-la 15_o ed._n 1._o in_o fascic_n de_fw-fr superioritate_fw-la maris_fw-la in_o arce_n londinensi_fw-la londinensi_fw-la lib._n 1._o seu_fw-la de_fw-la rerum_fw-la divisione_n cap._n 12._o §._o 5._o &_o 6._o 6._o author_n fletâ—_n ms._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 1._o bretoâ—_n lib._n 2._o cap._n de_fw-fr purchas_n purchas_n bracton_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 24._o §_o 2._o &_o 5._o fol._n 56._o &_o 57_o 57_o rot._n pat._n 〈◊〉_d hen_n 3._o membâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pourpresture_n be_v proper_o when_o a_o man_n encroach_v or_o when_o any_o thing_n be_v do_v to_o the_o nuisance_n of_o the_o king_n tenant_n tenant_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 1._o §_o 3._o &_o cap._n 2._o §_o â—_o fol._n 116b._o &_o 118_o a._n a._n fleâ—a_n ms._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 20._o 20._o cod._n ms._n de_fw-la admirallatu_fw-la fol._n 18b._o artic._n in_o admirallat_n inquirend_n edit_fw-la anno_o 1595._o num_fw-la 33._o 33._o 6._o rich._n 2._o fitzherbert_n tit_n protection_n 46._o 46._o seingerman_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 51._o 51._o ed._n coke_n part_n 5._o fol._n 108._o &_o in_o comm._n ad_fw-la littleton_n sect_n 439._o fol._n 260._o 260._o in_o fascic_n de_fw-fr superioritate_fw-la maris_fw-la in_o arce_n condinensi_fw-la condinensi_fw-la edict_n france_n tom_n 3._o tit_n 2._o juribus_fw-la &_o privilegiis_fw-la admirâ—â—li_fw-it §._o 19_o stat._n 18._o ed._n 1._o seu_fw-la de_fw-la modo_fw-la levandi_fw-la fines_n bracton_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-la exceptionibus_fw-la cap._n 30._o fol._n 437._o 2._o ed._n 3._o fol._n 9_o a._n 4._o ed._n 3._o fol._n 46._o pl._n 30._o fitzherbert_n 8._o rich._n 2._o tit_n continual_a claim_n 13._o plowden_n câ—â—ment_n 1._o part_n fol._n 359._o &_o 360._o etc._n etc._n etc._n bracton_n ib._n &_o coke_n 7._o jacobi_n r._n part_n 8._o fol._n 100_o cas._n rich._n lichford_n lichford_n coke_n part_n 7._o in_o case_z calvini_n fall_n 23._o 23._o fitzherbert_n tit_n continual_a claim_n 13._o 13._o sect._n 440._o &_o 441._o 441._o sect._n 677._o &_o videsis_n plowden_n comment_n part_n 1._o fol._n 359._o &_o 360_o 360_o essoin_fw-fr be_v a_o alledgment_n of_o a_o excuse_n for_o he_o that_o be_v summon_v or_o seek_v for_o to_o appear_v and_o answer_v to_o a_o action_n it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o excusatio_fw-la with_o the_o civilian_n lib._n 5._o â—ract_n de_fw-fr essonâ—is_fw-fr cap_n 8._o §._o 2._o ms._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 8._o 8._o ms._n fol._n 12b._o 12b._o temp._n ed._n 1._o fitzherbert_n tit_n avowrâ—e_n 192._o &_o placit_fw-la 37._o &_o 38_o hen._n 3._o rot._n 10._o devon_n itin._n suffer_v 47_o hen._n 3._o rot._n 10._o trin._n 50_o hen._n 3._o rot._n 22._o &_o trin._n 24_o ed._n 3._o in_o brevibus_fw-la regis_fw-la inter_fw-la pilke_n &_o uenore_n quae_fw-la in_o arcis_fw-la londinensis_fw-la archivo_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la item_n sunt_fw-la alia_fw-la alia_fw-la jo_n cowel_n instit._fw-la juris_fw-la anglicani_n lib._n 2._o tit_n 1._o sect_n 3._o &_o 4._o 4._o andraeas_n horn_n ms._n in_o speculo_fw-la justitâ—ariorum_n lib._n 2._o &_o joannes_n d_o you_o in_o monarch_n britan._n pag._n 21._o 21._o anno_fw-la 1602_o apud_fw-la camden_n in_o annâ—libus_n tom._n pag._n 272._o edit_fw-la londinens_fw-la londinens_fw-la juvenal_n satyr_n 4._o 4._o by_o noble_n here_o be_v mean_v the_o rose_n noble_n that_o he_o coin_v coin_v cap._n 18._o 18._o ludovic_n servin_n placit_fw-la 11._o tom._n 2._o 1592._o pag._n 262._o edic_fw-la 1609._o 1609._o servinus_fw-la placit_fw-la citat_fw-la pag._n 254._o 254._o ms._n commentar_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la admiral_n fol._n fol._n 28._o â—_o â—_o rot._n claus._n 25_o â—d_a 1._o in_o sâ—bed_n annex_v membranae_fw-la 26._o rot._n alemâ—â—â—â—e_v a_o 22_o â—d_a 1._o adâ—1_n â—1_z â—d_a 1_o etc._n etc._n etc._n â—ot_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—d_a 1._o part_n 2._o mâ—m_n 24_o in_o dorso_n dorso_n 〈◊〉_d integâ—â—on_n â—abâ—tur_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d aâ—â—manniâ—_n 31_o â—d_a 1._o mâ—mbrana_n 2._o 2._o rot._n pat._n 31_o ed._n 1._o membr_n 16._o ult_n junii_fw-la junii_fw-la de_fw-fr gestic_a franc._n li._n 8._o 8._o rot._n alemann_n 30_o &_o 31_o ed._n 1._o du_n tillet_n en_fw-fr le_fw-fr recueil_fw-fr des_fw-fr traicte_v etc._n etc._n fol._n 40b._o 40b._o florilegus_n ann_n 1293._o 3._o thomas_n walsingham_n ann_n 1294._o alii_fw-la alii_fw-la anno_fw-la 1293._o 1293._o anno_fw-la 1294._o 1294._o anno_fw-la 1297_o 1297_o ms._n ms._n ms._n or_o commissioner_n commissioner_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la francorum_fw-la lib._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la galliâ—is_fw-la li._n 2._o 2._o chronic._n episcop_n ultraject_n &_o comit._n holland_n pag._n 93._o 93._o recueil_n des_fw-fr traicte_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 40._o 40._o rot._n claus._n 2â—1_n ed._n 3._o par_fw-fr 1._o membran_n 25._o dor_n rot._n â—â—anciae_fw-la 10_o hâ—n_n 8._o etc._n etc._n etc._n rot._n pat._n 14_o ed._n 2._o part_n 2._o membran_n 26._o in_o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la ms._n in_o bibliothecâ_fw-la cottonianâ_fw-la 3_o hen._n 5._o 5._o jacobus_n chiffletius_n in_o epistolá_n dedictoriâ—_n ad_fw-la comitem_fw-la de_fw-la olivares_n portui_fw-la iccto_fw-la praefixâ_fw-la praefixâ_fw-la cap._n 24._o 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d topograph_n hiberniae_fw-la do_v 2._o cap._n 15._o 15._o l._n 4._o §_o 11_o l._n 5._o &_o 6._o ff_n do_fw-mi finium_fw-la regundorum_fw-la regundorum_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr officiis_n lib._n 1._o 1._o 1602._o apud_fw-la g._n camden_n in_o aâ—nalib_n â—â—m_fw-la 2._o pag._n â—â—3_n 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o stat._n hibernic_n 5._o ed._n 4._o cap._n â—_o â—_o gerardus_n malinius_n in_o lege_fw-la mercatoriâ_fw-la cap._n 35._o pag._n 189._o 189._o proclam_fw-la 7._o jacobi_n 6._o martii_fw-la martii_fw-la hist._n eccles_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o 9_o â—…m_o 〈…〉_o â—40_n â—40_n 〈…〉_o pag._n 847._o 847._o chronic._n manniae_fw-la anno_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—…t_o cart_n 14._o â—â—â—â—nis_fw-la r._n membran_fw-la in_o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la 〈…〉_o hist_o scot_n lib._n 13._o 13._o â—ackluâ—s_n in_o his_o voyage_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 151._o 151._o l._n 3._o ff_n â—t_a de_fw-fr acquir_n rer._n dom._n dom._n de_fw-fr conditionibus_fw-la agrorum_fw-la agrorum_fw-la his_o commission_n you_o may_v find_v rot._n franc._n 12._o hen._n 7._o 7._o stat._n 2._o &_o 3_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 6._o 6._o proclam_fw-la 7_o jacobi_n &_o marâ—ii_n 6._o 6._o parlam_n 4._o jacobi_n r._n 6._o cap._n 60._o &_o parliament_n 6._o ejusdem_fw-la cap._n 86._o 86._o guil._n welwodus_fw-la de_fw-la dominio_fw-la maris_fw-la cap_n 3_o 3_o in_o append._n ad_fw-la sigebert_n gemblac_n anno_fw-la 1197._o 1197._o topograph_n hiberniae_fw-la do_v 2._o cap._n 11._o 11._o historia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la lib._n 10._o pag._n 767._o 767._o exit_fw-la tabulis_fw-la publicis_fw-la ferrerius_n in_o appendice_fw-la hist._n hectoris_n boëtii_fw-la subjunctâ_fw-la pag._n 388._o 388._o munster_n cosmograph_n lib._n 2._o &_o gui_n lielm_n camden_n in_o insulâ—â—_n brit._n pag._n 849._o 849._o parlam_n 6._o mariae_fw-la reginae_fw-la scot._n c._n 54._o 54._o in_o the_o life_n of_o agriâ—ola_n agriâ—ola_n in_o advocate_n hispanic_n lib._n 1_o cap._n 8._o 8._o hackluâ—t_v in_o his_o voyage_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 590._o 590._o 3_o hen._n 5._o seu_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1453._o in_o schedis_fw-la veâ—ultis_fw-la bibliothecae_fw-la cottoniavae_fw-la cottoniavae_fw-la isaacus_n pontanus_n in_o hist._n danicâ_fw-la &_o zuer_n boxhorn_n in_o apologiâ_fw-la pro_fw-la navigatione_n holland_n holland_n foed_n hen._n 6_o augliae_fw-la &_o errici_n 10._o daniâ—_n r._n 1432._o art_n 6._o exit_fw-la tabulis_fw-la legationis_fw-la danicae_fw-la seu_fw-la dissertationis_fw-la bremensis_n 1602._o in_o in_o bibliothecâ_fw-la cottonianâ_fw-la cottonianâ_fw-la stat._n 8_o h._n 6_o cap._n 2._o &_o rot._n parlam_n 8_o hen._n 6._o num_fw-la 35._o 35._o roâ—_n francia_fw-la 18_o h._n 6._o membran_n 16._o rotul_n franc._n 12_o h._n 7._o rot._n franc._n 1_o ed._n 5._o etc._n etc._n etc._n stat._n hen._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr gest_n s_o sâ—oâ—oâ—um_n l._n 1._o 1._o foed_n danic_n 11_o hen._n 7_o art_n 4._o quod_fw-la in_o tabulis_fw-la legationis_fw-la 1602._o etiam_fw-la habemus_fw-la habemus_fw-la vet._n schod_n de_fw-fr temp._n hen._n 5._o in_o bibliothecâ_fw-la cottonianâ_fw-la &_o rot._n claus._n 3_o hen._n 3._o membran_n 5._o in_o dorsâ—_n dorsâ—_n rot._n parl._n 3_o hen._n 5._o par_fw-fr 1._o membr_n n._n 33._o 33._o sub_fw-la edwardo_n iu._n angliae_fw-la r._n r._n they_o be_v ambassador_n in_o england_n anno_fw-la 1597._o 1597._o camden_n in_o annal._n elisabeth_n â—_o a_o 2._o anno_fw-la 1602._o 1602._o 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