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A56172 Historiarchos, or, The exact recorder being the most faithfull remembrancer of the most remarkable transactions of estate and of all the English lawes ... : as most elabourately they are collected ... out of the antiquities of the Saxon and Danish kings, unto the coronation of William the Conqueror, and continued unto the present government of Richard, now Lord Protector / by William Prynne, Esquire ...; Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, properties, laws, government of all English freemen. Part 3 Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication. 1659 (1659) Wing P3974; ESTC R14832 281,609 400

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spelman_n well_o observe_v in_o the_o year_n 906._o 921._o 921._o king_n edward_n make_v a_o peace_n and_o firm_a agreement_n with_o the_o dane_n of_o northumberland_n and_o east-england_n at_o intingford_n when_o as_o some_o think_v he_o and_o
moribus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la spectat_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la vivunt_fw-la continenter_fw-la si_fw-la honest_a se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la s●_n in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_fw-la solliciti_fw-la si_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la populo_fw-la assidui_fw-la si_fw-la victu_fw-la sobrii_fw-la si_fw-la moderati_fw-la habitu_fw-la si_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la discreti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la jungamus_fw-la dextras_fw-la gladium_fw-la gladio_fw-la copu●emus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la ●extra_fw-la castra_fw-la leprosi_fw-la ut_fw-la purgetur_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la silij_fw-la levi_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o direct_v his_o speech_n to_o dunstan_n aethelwald_n and_o oswald_n he_o conclude_v thuss_v vo●i●istud_fw-la committo_fw-la negotium_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopali_fw-la censura_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la ●urpiter_n viventes_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la &_o ordinatè_fw-la viventes_fw-la introducantur_fw-la herupon_o there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v in_o this_o general_n council_n that_o all_o canon_n priest_n deacon_n and_o subdeacon_n shall_v live_v chaste_o that_o be_v 4._o put_v away_o their_o lawful_a wife_n vow_v chastity_n and_o become_v monk_n or_o relinquish_v the_o church_n they_o then_o hold_v the_o execution_n whereof_o be_v commit_v to_o oswald_n and_o ethelwald_n who_o thereupon_o compel_v the_o clergy_n in_o worcester_n winchester_n and_o other_o churche●_n to_o become_v monk_n renuentes_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spoliarunt_fw-la deprive_v those_o who_o refuse_v of_o all_o their_o benefice_n and_o put_v monk_n into_o they_o qui_fw-la novo_fw-la quidem_fw-la splendore_fw-la universam_fw-la insulam_fw-la illustrarunt_fw-la as_o our_o monkish_a writer_n record_v or_o rather_o novo_fw-la foetore_fw-la contaminarunt_fw-la as_o other_o write_v 868._o john_n bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o nun_n of_o ely_n by_o inguar_n and_o hubba_n the_o secular_a priest_n enjoy_v that_o monastery_n one_o hundred_o year_n space_n 4._o who_o king_n edgar_n de_fw-fr concilio_n beati_fw-la dunstani_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la e●he●waldi_n ac_fw-la m●gnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n expulit_fw-la &_o fugavit_fw-la for_o their_o dishonest_a conversation_n bishop_n oswald_z have_v eject_v the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n out_o of_o his_o church_n at_o worcester_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n compute_v it_o 158._o procure_v king_n edga●_n by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n 6_o good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o siscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n or_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officers●_n ●_z exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n c●ntra_fw-la hoestem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z 970._o anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o ra●ified_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la optimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la etc._n etc._n toll_n &_o te●me●_n ita_fw-la libere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la ean●●m_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o po●estatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o punien●o_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducit●●_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●i_fw-la 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 sixa_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 ●umpitur_fw-la iccirco_fw-mi prosutu_fw-la un_fw-fr succeden●●bus_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 ●irmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la i●aque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la 10._o consentiente_fw-la e●iam_fw-la e●_n annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la e●iscopo_n c●terisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la edga●_n divina_fw-la di●po●●●ione_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 ●a●ina_fw-la &_o confirma●a_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 ●he_n subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n a●fgina_n 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 mu●abiliunity_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 christianitatem_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 occupare_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 973._o in_o the_o year_n 973._o 12_o king_n edgar_z after_o his_o seven_o year_n penance_n expire_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o pen●ecost_n in_o the_o 30●h_a year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v solemn_o crown_v and_o consecrate_a king_n ●_o 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 pre●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 great_a fleet_n and_o army_n sail_v round_o about_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o england_n come_v to_o westchester_n where_o his_o eight_o tributary_n king_n or_o viceroy_n namely_o kyne_v king_n of_o scot_n malcome_n king_n of_o cumberland_n marcus_n king_n of_o man_n and_o many_o other_o land_n and_o the_o other_o 5_o
christ._n and_o when_o the_o king_n demand_v of_o coyse_n his_o priest_n who_o ought_v ●irst_n to_o profane_a and_o destroy_v the_o altar_n &_o temple_n of_o the_o idol_n with_o the_o rail_n &_o and_o bound_n wherewith_o they_o be_v enclose_v he_o answer_v i_o who_o have_v worship_v they_o through_o foolishness_n and_o present_o renounce_v his_o superstition_n he_o demand_v arm_n and_o a_o horse_n of_o the_o king_n 156._o which_o by_o their_o old_a law_n priest_n may_v not_o use_v which_o be_v grant_v he_o he_o mount_v the_o horse_n with_o a_o sword_n and_o lance_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o ride_v to_o the_o idol_n thus_o arm_v the_o people_n deem_v he_o to_o be_v mad_a profane_v the_o temple_n and_o command_v his_o companion_n to_o destroy_v and_o burn_v it_o with_o the_o idol_n and_o all_o the_o hedge_n about_o it_o which_o they_o do_v whereupon_o the_o king_n with_o his_o noble_n and_o very_o many_o of_o the_o people_n embrace_v the_o christian_a religion_n and_o be_v baptize_v by_o paulinus_n in_o the_o church_n of_o st._n peter_n at_o york_n which_o the_o king_n there_o speedy_o command_v to_o be_v build_v of_o wood_n and_o afterward_o enlarge_v ordain_v paulinus_n bishop_n of_o that_o place_n who_o convert_v baptize_v he_o and_o his_o people_n as_o beda_n and_o other_o more_o large_o record_v the_o history_n from_o which_o memorable_a precedent_n we_o may_v observe_v these_o particular_n 1._o that_o the_o king_n himself_o can_v not_o then_o alter_v the_o establish_a law_n or_o receive_a religion_n of_o this_o realm_n though_o false_a nor_o introduce_v new_a law_n or_o set_v up_o the_o true_a religion_n without_o the_o concurrent_a assent_n of_o his_o noble_n and_o wiseman_n in_o a_o general_a parliamentary_a council_n 2._o that_o the_o prince_n chief_a priest_n nobles_z an●_n ae●dermen_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v the_o parliament_n member_n in_o that_o age._n 3._o that_o every_o one_o of_o they_o in_o these_o council_n have_v freedom_n of_o vote_n and_o debate_n and_o give_v their_o voice_n several_o for_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o christianity_n and_o destruction_n of_o idolatry_n 157._o william_n of_o malmesbury_n give_v this_o character_n of_o this_o king_n government_n after_o he_o become_v a_o christian_a and_o of_o the_o vicissitude_n of_o humane_a affair_n worthy_a our_o present_a observation_n he_o be_v sudden_o slay_v in_o battle_n together_o with_o his_o son_n after_o all_o his_o former_a conquest_n and_o felicity_n nullus_fw-la tunc_fw-la praedo_fw-la publicus_n nullus_fw-la latro_fw-la domesticus_fw-la insidiator_n conjugalis_fw-la pudoris_fw-la procul_fw-la exp●lator_fw-la alienae_n haereditatis_fw-la exul_fw-la 4._o magnum_fw-la id_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la ●audibus_fw-la &_o no●tra_fw-la aetate_fw-la ●plendidum_fw-la itaque_fw-la imperii_fw-la svi_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la limit_n incrementa_fw-la perducta_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la justitia_fw-la &_o pax_fw-la liben●èr_n in_o mu●uos_fw-la amplexus_fw-la concurrerent_fw-la osculorum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la grata_fw-la vicissitudine_fw-la libantes_fw-la &_o faeliciter_fw-la tunc_fw-la anglorum_fw-la respublica_fw-la procedere_fw-la potuisset_fw-la nisi_fw-la mors_fw-la immatura_fw-la ●emporalis_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la noverca_fw-la turpi_fw-la fortunae_fw-la ludo_fw-la virum_fw-la abstulislet_n patriae_fw-la aetatis_fw-la enim_fw-la 48._o regni_fw-la 17._o rebellantibus_fw-la regulis_fw-la quos_fw-la ●ub_fw-la jug●m_fw-la miserat_fw-la ceadwalla_n britonum_fw-la &_o penda_fw-la merciorum_fw-la cum_fw-la filio_fw-la interemptus_fw-la mi●erabile_fw-la varietatis_fw-la humanae_fw-la fuit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la nulli_fw-la prudentiâ_fw-la inferior_a qui_fw-la nè_fw-la christianam_fw-la fidem_fw-la nisi_fw-la diligentissimè_fw-la inspecta●â_fw-la ra●ione_fw-la voluit_fw-la suscipere_fw-la susceptaeque_fw-la nihil_fw-la existimare_fw-la comparabile_fw-la 673._o anno_fw-la 673_o 6._o theodor_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n hold_v a_o great_a council_n at_o 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perdat_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la mercimonium_fw-la ejus_fw-la magno_fw-la comparatum_fw-la pretio_fw-la de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la autem_fw-la crimine_fw-la acuratius_fw-la decernito_fw-la sententiam_fw-la praebens_fw-la juxta_fw-la factum_fw-la mercedem_fw-la juxta_fw-la meritum_fw-la ita_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la divinam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la levis_fw-la sit_fw-la poena_fw-la et_fw-la secundum_fw-la humanam_fw-la fragilitatem_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la cap._n 9_o nemo_fw-la dehinc_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la servitium_fw-la imponat_fw-la nec_fw-la clientelam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la injuriis_fw-la afficiat_fw-la nec_fw-la ministrum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cap._n 21._o ve●ba_fw-la et_fw-la op●ra_fw-la rectè_fw-la cuique_fw-la disponat_fw-la er_fw-mi jusjurandum_fw-la pactamque_fw-la fidem_fw-la cautè_fw-la teneat_fw-la omnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la è_fw-la patriae_fw-la finibus_fw-la quâ_fw-la poterit_fw-la industriâ_fw-la cuique_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la et_fw-la perjuria_fw-la formidanda_fw-la cap._n 22._o urbium_fw-la oppidorum_fw-la arcium_fw-la atque_fw-la pontium_fw-la instauratio_fw-la sedulo_fw-la fiat_fw-la prout_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la restaurentur_fw-la renoventur_fw-la vallis_fw-la et_fw-la fossis_fw-la muniantur_fw-la et_fw-la circumvallentur_fw-la militaris_fw-la etiam_fw-la et_fw-la navalis_fw-la profectio_fw-la uti_fw-la imperatum_fw-la est_fw-la 9_o ob_fw-la universalem_fw-la utique_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la cap._n 23._o de_fw-fr navali_fw-la expeditione_n sub_fw-la paschate_n cavendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la celerius_fw-la post_fw-la paschatis_fw-la festum_fw-la navalis_fw-la expeditio_fw-la annuo_fw-la sit_fw-la parata_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la navem_fw-la in_o reipublicae_fw-la expeditionem_fw-la designatum_fw-la vitiaverit_fw-la damnum_fw-la integrè_fw-la restituito_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la regis_fw-la violatam_fw-la compensato_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la corruperit_fw-la ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nihili_fw-la habeatur_fw-la plenam_fw-la luito_fw-la injuriam_fw-la et_fw-la laesam_fw-la praeterea_fw-la majestatem_fw-la so_o one_o translation_n out_o of_o the_o saxon_a copy_n read_v it_o but_o another_o thus_o nave_n per_fw-la singulo●_n annos_fw-la ob_fw-la patriae_fw-la defensionem_fw-la et_fw-la munitionem_fw-la praeparentur_fw-la po●ique_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la pa●cha_fw-la cum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la utensilibus_fw-la competentibus_fw-la fimul_fw-la congregentur_fw-la qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la poena_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la navium_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la in_o aliquibus_fw-la perficiunt_fw-la notum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la esse_fw-la cupimus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ex_fw-la navibus_fw-la per_fw-la quampiam_fw-la inetriam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la corruperit_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la recuperabilis_fw-la sit_fw-la be_v navis_fw-la corruptelam_fw-la vel_fw-la fracturam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la per_fw-la solidam_fw-la prius_fw-la recuperet_fw-la regique_fw-la deinde_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la eju●dem_fw-la munitionis_fw-la fractura_fw-la sibimet_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ritè_fw-la persolvat_fw-la cap._n 24._o de_fw-fr militiam_fw-la de●ractante_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-fr profectione_n militari_fw-la cui_fw-la rex_fw-la intererit_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la se_fw-la substraxerit_fw-la in_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la currat_fw-la omnium_fw-la fortunarum_fw-la these_o three_o last_o law_n most_o clear_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o militia_n and_o military_a affair_n of_o this_o age_n with_o all_o their_o provision_n of_o arm_n ship_n for_o defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n against_o the_o invade_a dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n with_o their_o military_a law_n and_o all_o other_o apurtenance_n thereto_o belong_v be_v order_v and_o settle_v in_o their_o general_n council_n by_o common_a consent_n cap._n 26._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la regis_fw-la insidiabitur_fw-la 8._o svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispendio_fw-la et_fw-la quas_fw-la habet_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la poenas_fw-la luito_fw-la sin_n negaverit_fw-la et_fw-la purgatione_fw-la qua_fw-la licuerit_fw-la expetierit_fw-la solemniori_fw-la eam_fw-la faciat_fw-la juramento_fw-la vel_fw-la ordalio_n triplici_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la anglorum_fw-la et_fw-la in_o danorum_fw-la lege_fw-la prout_fw-la ipsa_fw-la statuit_fw-la cap._n 27._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la christi_fw-la legibus_fw-la sive_fw-la regis_fw-la se_fw-la nefariè_fw-la opposuerit_fw-la capitis_fw-la plectitor_n aestimatione_fw-la vel_fw-la mulctâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la pro_fw-la delicti_fw-la qualitate_fw-la et_fw-fr si_fw-fr be_v contrarius_fw-la rebellare_fw-la armis_fw-la nititur_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la occiditur_fw-la inultus_fw-la jaceat_fw-la 5._o cap._n 29._o scrutari_fw-la oportet_fw-la diligentius_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quonam_fw-la pacto_fw-la illud_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la efferatur_fw-la consilium_fw-la quod_fw-la populo_fw-la habeat_fw-la utilissimum_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la recta_fw-la christi_fw-la religio_fw-la oxime_n provehatur_fw-la injustumque_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la funditus_fw-la extirpetur_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la ●uerin●_n totius_fw-la patriae_fw-la ut_fw-la injustitia_fw-la conculcetur_fw-la et_fw-la institia_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la diligatur_fw-la cap._n 32._o ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la potentior_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la scelera_fw-la evectus_fw-la in_o altiorem_fw-la gradum_fw-la ita_fw-la gravius_fw-la emendabit_fw-la peccata_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la singulis_fw-la malefactis_fw-la poenas_fw-la luet_fw-la graviores_fw-la haec_fw-la itaque_fw-la legalia_fw-la statuta_fw-la vel_fw-la decreta_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la conventu_fw-la synodali_n ●_o rege_fw-la nostro_fw-la magnopere_fw-la edicta_fw-la cuncti_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la optimates_fw-la se_fw-la observaturos_fw-la fideliter_fw-la spondebant_fw-la the_o invasion_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o dane_n excite_v both_o the_o king_n his_o prelate_n and_o noble_n in_o this_o great_a general_n council_n not_o only_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o necessary_a defence_n against_o they_o by_o land_n and_o sea_n but_o likewise_o to_o enact_v good_a law_n for_o the_o advancement_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o service_n the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o republic_n the_o advancement_n of_o justice_n and_o righteousness_n the_o suppression_n of_o all_o oppression_n injustice_n wickedness_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o just_a right_n and_o liberty_n both_o of_o the_o church_n and_o people_n as_o the_o most_o effectual_a mean_n to_o unite_v and_o preserve_v they_o against_o the_o common_a enemy_n and_o to_o remove_v god_n wrath_n and_o judgement_n 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