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charlemâ—in_n call_v to_o their_o assembly_n and_o great_a counsel_n for_o the_o enact_v of_o law_n legibus_fw-la and_o redress_v of_o griveance_n their_o regni_fw-la scientissimos_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannos_fw-la alderman_n earls_z or_o governor_n of_o province_n &_o the_o wise_a &_o most_o know_a of_o the_o kingdom_n &_o therefore_o after_o the_o conquest_n king_n john_n do_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o baron_n not_o to_o call_v to_o his_o parliament_n the_o barones_n minores_fw-la the_o man_n of_o lesser_a estate_n which_o hoâ—d_v also_o in_o capite_fw-la promise_v under_o his_o great_a seal_n ut_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la abbares_n comites_fw-la et_fw-la majores_fw-la barones_n angliae_fw-la sigillatem_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la summoniri_fw-la faceret_fw-la that_o he_o will_v several_o summon_v to_o parliament_n the_o arch-bishop_n abbot_n earl_n and_o great_a baron_n of_o england_n and_o that_o the_o lesser_a baron_n be_v summon_v or_o sit_v in_o parliament_n falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ratio_fw-la suadet_fw-la say_v the_o no_o less_o judicious_a than_o learned_a sr._n henry_n spelman_n â—0_z reason_n itself_o will_v not_o allow_v for_o a_o truth_n when_o as_o there_o be_v as_o he_o observe_v ingens_fw-la multitudo_fw-la a_o great_a number_n et_fw-la plus_fw-la minus_fw-la 30000_o quos_fw-la nullo_n tecto_fw-la convocari_fw-la poterat_fw-la and_o no_o less_o than_o 30000_o which_o no_o one_o house_n be_v able_a to_o contain_v quemadmodum_fw-la itaque_fw-la say_v he_o nequâ—_n barones_n ipsi_fw-la consiliauè_fw-la majores_fw-la neque_fw-la minores_fw-la quempiam_fw-la in_o curiis_fw-la suis_fw-la ad_fw-la judicia_fw-la ferenda_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la svi_fw-la dominij_fw-la admittant_fw-la nisi_fw-la vassallos_n suos_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la immediate_a tenent_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la milites_fw-la suos_fw-la et_fw-la tenentes_fw-la libere_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o summa_fw-la curia_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nulli_fw-la olim_fw-la ad_fw-la judicia_fw-la et_fw-la consilia_fw-la administranda_fw-la personaliter_fw-la accersendi_fw-la erant·_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la proximi_fw-la essent_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la ipsique_fw-la arctioris_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o homagii_fw-la vinculo_fw-la conjuncti_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la immediate_a vassalli_n svi_fw-la as_o therefore_o neither_o the_o great_a nor_o lesser_a baron_n do_v admit_v any_o in_o their_o court_n to_o advise_v they_o or_o meddle_v with_o matter_n of_o judicature_n concern_v thing_n belong_v to_o their_o estate_n or_o jurisdiction_n but_o their_o tenant_n and_o such_o as_o hold_v immediate_o of_o