Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	answer_n	consent_n	great_a	32	3	2.1033	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91297	The third part of a seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great Parliamentary Councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolutions of state, with the sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured perfidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns o [sic] four Saxon and Danish Kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. / By William Prynne esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 3	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1657 (1657)	Wing P4102; Thomason E905_1; ESTC R207432	279,958	400

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daughter_n adeliza_n than_o a_o child_n and_o bestow_v her_o whole_a ample_a portion_n upon_o harold_n and_o then_o honourable_o dismiss_v he_o 426._o matthew_n westminster_n anno_fw-la 1057._o relate_v this_o story_n of_o harold_n drive_v into_o ponthieu_n by_o storm_n against_o his_o will_n as_o happen_v in_o that_o year_n and_o that_o to_o ingratiate_v himself_o with_o duke_n william_n post_fw-la mortem_fw-la

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the_o 5._o year_n of_o king_n cnute_n his_o reign_n anno_fw-la 1021._o 534._o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la statuta_fw-la canuti_n regis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la danorum_fw-la norwegiarum_fw-la venerando_fw-la sapientum_fw-la ejus_fw-la consilio_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la et_fw-la gloriam_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la svi_fw-la regalitatem_fw-la et_fw-la common_a commodum_fw-la habito_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-it natali_n domini_fw-la apud_fw-la winton_n etc._n etc._n rex_fw-la canutus_n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la 5._o viz._n per_fw-la centum_fw-la et_fw-la triginta_fw-la annos_fw-la ante_fw-la

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cruentissima_fw-la quod_fw-la primus_fw-la leges_fw-la et_fw-la superstitiosas_fw-la idem_fw-la sanctus_fw-la rex_fw-la olaus_n praedicando_fw-la docendo_fw-la evangelizando_fw-la statuendo_fw-la evacuaret_fw-la but_o cnutes_n gold_n be_v the_o prime_a cause_n thereof_o to_o get_v his_o crown_n as_o he_o have_v do_v his_o realm_n and_o edmond_n ironsides_n for_o who_o soul_n he_o pray_v and_o offer_v a_o rich_a embroider_a pale_a on_o his_o tomb_n at_o glastonbury_n anno_fw-la 1026._o hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la fecisse_fw-la creditur_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o mortem_fw-la ejus_fw-la cui_fw-la in_o certamine_fw-la singulari_fw-la confoeder_fw-la atus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la consenssisse_fw-la vider_n etur_fw-la write_v 405._o mat._n westminster_n other_o king_n cnute_n anno_fw-la 1031_o to_o palliate_v his_o usurpation_n 1031._o of_o other_o man_n crown_n with_o the_o show_n of_o devotion_n travel_v to_o rome_n in_o very_o great_a pomp_n where_o he_o offer_v very_o great_a gift_n in_o gold_n silver_z rich_a vestment_n and_o precious_a stone_n and_o obtain_v from_o pope_n john_n that_o the_o english_a school_n shduld_a be_v free_a from_o tribute_n in_o his_o go_n and_o return_v he_o not_o only_o give_v large_a alm_n to_o the_o poor_a but_o likewise_o remove_v and_o delete_v many_o unjust_a toll_n and_o tax_n exact_v from_o such_o who_o travel_v to_o rome_n give_v a_o great_a price_n to_o abolish_v they_o he_o solemn_o vow_v to_o god_n before_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o the_o apostle_n peter_n a_o reformation_n both_o of_o his_o life_n and_o manner_n in_o pursuance_n whereof_o he_o write_v a_o letter_n from_o rome_n to_o the_o archhishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o york_n all_o the_o bishop_n nobles_z and_o ruler_n and_o to_o the_o whole_a english_a nation_n as_o well_o noble_n as_o plebeian_n wherein_o he_o certify_v they_o that_o he_o have_v procure_v from_o the_o emp._n of_o germany_n king_n rodolphus_n the_o pope_n and_o other_o prince_n a_o release_n of_o all_o unjust_a toll_n and_o tax_n exact_v of_o his_o people_n as_o they_o travel_v out_o of_o devotion_n towards_o rome_n and_o of_o the_o vast_a sum_n of_o money_n which_o the_o archbishop_n pay_v to_o the_o pope_n for_o their_o pall_v after_o which_o he_o in_o 4._o form_n they_o that_o he_o have_v vow_v to_o justify_v his_o life_n to_o god_n himself_o in_o all_o thing_n to_o govern_v the_o kingdom_n and_o nation_n under_o his_o subjection_n just_o and_o pious_o to_o observe_v just_a judgement_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o if_o through_o the_o intemperance_n or_o negligence_n of_o his_o youth_n he_o have_v hitherto_o do_v any_o nota._n thing_n beside_o that_o which_o be_v just_a that_o he_o promise_v by_o god_n assistance_n to_o reform_v it_o all_o therefore_o i_o obtest_v and_o command_v all_o my_o counsellor_n to_o who_o i_o have_v commit_v the_o counsel_n and_o justice_n of_o my_o realm_n that_o by_o no_o mean_n either_o for_o fear_n of_o i_o or_o through_o favour_n to_o any_o potent_a person_n they_o shall_v from_o henceforth_o do_v any_o injustice_n or_o cause_v it_o to_o sprout_v up_o in_o all_o my_o kingdom_n likewise_o i_o command_v all_o the_o sheriff_n and_o officer_n throughout_o my_o realm_n as_o they_o desire_v to_o enjoy_v my_o favour_n or_o their_o own_o safety_n that_o they_o do_v no_o unjust_a violence_n to_o any_o man_n neither_o to_o rich_a nor_o poor_a but_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o all_o as_o well_o noble_a as_o ignoble_a to_o enjoy_v justice_n and_o right_n from_o which_o they_o may_v not_o deviate_v in_o any_o manner_n neither_o for_o regal_a favour_n nor_o for_o the_o person_n of_o any_o potent_a man_n nec_fw-la propter_fw-la mihi_fw-la congerendam_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la quia_fw-la nulla_fw-la mihi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la iniqua_fw-la exactione_n pecunia_fw-la mihi_fw-la congeratur_fw-la nor_o yet_o for_o raise_v 〈◊〉_d ●eaping_v up_o money_n to_o i_o because_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n for_o i_o and_o let_v those_o who_o now_o plead_v necessity_n both_o for_o their_o own_o illegal_a impose_v levy_v of_o unjust_a uncessant_a heavy_a tax_n impost_n excise_n on_o our_o nation_n without_o grant_n and_o common_a consent_n in_o parliament_n consider_v it_o that_o money_n shall_v be_v raise_v and_o collect_v for_o my_o use_n by_o a_o injust_a exaction_n after_o this_o he_o enjoin_v they_o by_o thi●_n letter_n to_o pay_v all_o debt_n and_o duty_n due_a by_o the_o ancient_a law_n as_o tithe_n of_o their_o corn_n and_o cattle_n peter_n penny_n and_o first_o fruit_n at_o the_o feast_n appoint_v under_o pain_n of_o the_o penalty_n inflict_v by_o the_o law_n which_o he_o will_v strict_o exact_v without_o pardon_n neither_o be_v he_o worse_a than_o his_o word_n write_v 11_o malmsbury_n for_o he_o command_v all_o the_o law_n make_v by_o ancient_a king_n and_o especial_o by_o his_o predecessor_n king_n ethelred_n to_o be_v for_o ever_o observe_v under_o pain_n of_o a_o regal_a mulct_n to_o the_o custody_n of_o all_o which_o ancient_a law_n even_o now_o write_v he_o our_o king_n be_v swear_v under_o the_o name_n of_o king_n edward_n law_n non_fw-la quod_fw-la illa_fw-la statuerit_fw-la sed_fw-la observaverit_fw-la and_o 408._o matthew_n westminster_n record_v further_a vicecomitibus_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la praepositis_fw-la districtè_fw-la mandavit_fw-la ut_fw-la nulli_fw-la hominum_fw-la vim_o inferant_fw-la nec_fw-la propter_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la fisco_fw-la reponendam_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la a_o justitia_fw-la deviant_fw-la dum_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la de_fw-la peccato_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la adaugere_fw-la if_o this_o foreign_a danish_a conqueror_n and_o usurper_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n quod_fw-la bellico_fw-la jure_fw-la obtinebat_fw-la et_fw-la armorum_fw-la violentia_fw-la as_o 1782._o william_n thorne_n record_v be_v at_o last_o so_o just_a and_o equal_a to_o the_o english_a as_o to_o reform_v all_o his_o former_a extravagant_a act_n of_o injustice_n exaction_n oppression_n to_o release_v all_o unjust_a tax_n exaction_n oppression_n and_o not_o to_o exact_v or_o raise_v any_o money_n unjust_o on_o the_o people_n upon_o any_o real_a or_o pretend_a necessity_n without_o their_o common_a consent_n in_o parliament_n by_o any_o of_o his_o officer_n shall_v not_o our_o

melius_fw-la nescivit_fw-la lex_fw-la 36._o qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la accusare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la pecunia_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pernoscatur_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la perdat_fw-la vel_fw-la weregildo_n redimatur_fw-la lex_fw-la 37._o nemo_fw-la regem_fw-la requiret_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la facienda_fw-la dum_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o requiratur_fw-la hundredum_fw-la secundum_fw-la witam_n sicut_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 38._o et_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la ter_z burgimotus_fw-la &_o scyremotus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannus_n et_fw-la doceant_fw-la ibi_fw-la dei_fw-la rectum_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la injustitia_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la injustitia_fw-la est_fw-la festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la locis_fw-la propensius_fw-la interdicta_fw-la semperque_fw-la sicui_fw-la homo_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la majoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sic_fw-la debet_fw-la solertius_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la seculo_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la emenda●e_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la gratam_fw-mi emendationem_fw-la sedulo_fw-la per_fw-la quiramus_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la et_fw-la secularem_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 83._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la traectaverit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la 8._o nisi_fw-la triplici_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la lex_fw-la 91._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la vel_fw-la brigbotam_fw-la 1._o burgi_fw-la vel_fw-la pontis_fw-la refectionem_fw-la vel_fw-la firdfare_n 1._o in_o exercitum_fw-la ire_n supersedeat_fw-la emendet_fw-la hoc_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la c._n xx_o s._n in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la in_o denelaga_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la stetit_fw-la antea_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la nominentur_fw-la ei_fw-la 14._o et_fw-la acquirat_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v 11._o lex_fw-la 96._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la alleviatio_fw-la quam_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la praevidere_fw-la volo_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuerant_fw-la aggravati_fw-la praecipio_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la ità_fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la loricasua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la in_o expeditione_n navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la perdat_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la 9_o suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la transeat_fw-la lex_fw-la 105._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la s●t_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la relevatitone_n condonatae_fw-la et_fw-la habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la terram_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la rectè_fw-la dividant_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la lex_fw-la 107._o et_fw-la volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la pacem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eundo_fw-la ad_fw-la gemotum_fw-la vel_fw-la rediens_fw-la de_fw-la gemoto_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la placito_fw-la nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la fur_n probatus_fw-la lex_fw-la 110._o qui_fw-la leges_fw-la istas_fw-la apostabit_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la modo_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la indulsit_fw-la sit_fw-la dacus_n sit_fw-la anglus_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la faciat_fw-la reddat_fw-la bis_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la addat_fw-la tertio_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o law_n all_o corporal_a and_o pecuniary_a penalty_n and_o fine_n for_o all_o sort_n of_o offence_n and_o crime_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o certainty_n and_o none_o leave_v arbitrary_a and_o by_o lex_fw-la 104_o 105._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o military_a law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o 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