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they_o swear_v fealty_n and_o obedience_n in_o london_n for_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n and_o posterity_n 1217._o give_v he_o possession_n of_o london_n and_o the_o tower_n and_o many_o other_o important_a place_n now_o ableit_v that_o they_o choose_v after_o his_o john_n son_n henry_n 3_o yet_o title_n and_o interest_n to_o kingdom_n once_o right_o get_v never_o die_v but_o remain_v ever_o for_o the_o posterity_n to_o set_v a_o foot_n so_o come_v hugo_n capetus_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o france_n odo_n earl_n of_o paris_n his_o ancestor_n be_v once_o elect_v admit_v and_o swear_v king_n though_o after_o depose_v and_o charles_n the_o simple_a choose_v three_o title_n of_o the_o infanta_n from_o henry_n 3._o she_o be_v lineal_o descend_v of_o beatrix_n daughter_n of_o henry_n 3._o s._n 17._o now_o see_v that_o the_o posterity_n of_o both_o her_o brother_n edward_n and_o edmond_n the_o head_n of_o the_o two_o house_n of_o lancaster_n and_o york_n have_v oftentimes_o be_v attaint_v and_o exclude_v from_o the_o succession_n by_o sundry_a act_n of_o parliament_n and_o at_o this_o day_n be_v at_o contention_n among_o themselves_o why_o may_v not_o the_o right_a of_o both_o house_n by_o composition_n peace_n and_o compromise_n at_o least_o be_v pass_v over_o to_o their_o sister_n issue_n objection_n against_o the_o infanta_n 1._o these_o her_o claim_n be_v very_o old_a and_o wear_v out_o 2._o her_o claim_n be_v but_o collateral_a by_o sister_n 3._o she_o be_v a_o stranger_n and_o alien_n bear_v 4._o her_o religion_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o state_n answer_v by_o those_o that_o favour_n her_o title_n antiquity_n hurt_v not_o the_o goodness_n of_o title_n to_o kingdom_n when_o occasion_n be_v offer_v to_o advance_v they_o which_o common_o be_v never_o presume_v to_o die_v and_o nullum_fw-la tempus_fw-la occurrit_fw-la regi_fw-la 2._o collateral_a line_n may_v lawful_o be_v admit_v to_o enter_v when_o the_o direct_a either_o fail_v or_o be_v to_o be_v exclude_v for_o other_o just_a respect_n 3._o the_o point_n of_o foreign_a birth_n be_v sufficient_o answer_v before_o sect._n 50._o 4._o the_o impediment_n of_o other_o religion_n be_v not_o universal_a nor_o admit_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o man_n but_o only_o of_o such_o english_a as_o differ_v in_o religion_n from_o she_o to_o the_o rest_n and_o those_o many_o it_o will_v rather_o be_v a_o motive_n to_o favour_n then_o hinder_v her_o title_n cap._n viii_o examination_n of_o the_o house_n of_o spain_n and_o portugal_n the_o duchy_n of_o lancaster_n belong_v to_o portugal_n the_o king_n of_o spain_n be_v lineal_o descend_v from_o the_o two_o daughter_n of_o john_n of_o gant_n by_o his_o two_o first_o wife_n sect._n 23_o 24._o the_o former_a whereof_o the_o lady_n blanch_n be_v heir_n of_o the_o duchy_n sect._n 19_o when_o the_o posterity_n of_o his_o issue_n male_a
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