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where_o the_o law_n require_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o other_o person_n a_o oath_n it_o ordain_v that_o baron_n shall_v regard_v their_o honour_n second_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o party_n so_o arraign_v in_o parliament_n aught_o to_o be_v call_v to_o answer_v for_o himself_o for_o the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v not_o so_o unreasonable_a to_o condemn_v any_o that_o will_v defend_v himself_o and_o it_o have_v heretofore_o be_v note_v as_o a_o error_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o parliament_n b._n 21_o e._n 3.46_o b._n when_o they_o have_v give_v a_o judgement_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o any_o private_a person_n he_o be_v not_o call_v thereunto_o and_o that_o in_o a_o civil_a matter_n of_o much_o less_o moment_n than_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o life_n and_o death_n wherefore_o if_o the_o party_n may_v be_v have_v and_o do_v not_o willing_o and_o wilful_o absent_v himself_o he_o be_v thereunto_o call_v to_o answer_v and_o therefore_o the_o parliament_n in_o 37_o and_o 38_o 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parliament_n or_o in_o the_o parliament_n time_n be_v arrest_v and_o by_o privilege_n be_v discharge_v after_o the_o session_n end_v than_o he_o be_v again_o arrest_v and_o present_o come_v another_o session_n then_o must_v he_o be_v discharge_v again_o and_o so_o continue_v perhaps_o eight_o or_o ten_o year_n and_o the_o debtor_n can_v come_v by_o his_o debt_n what_o course_n shall_v be_v take_v for_o the_o debtor_n presence_n be_v still_o of_o record_n in_o the_o say_a house_n and_o in_o the_o former_a case_n the_o say_v martin_n be_v discharge_v in_o the_o parliament_n anno_fw-la 27._o eliz._n one_o kerle_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o for_o serve_v a_o sub-poena_a out_o of_o the_o star-chamber_n upon_o a_o burgess_n he_o be_v award_v to_o pay_v five_o mark_n for_o his_o charge_n and_o he_o absolute_o dismiss_v sir_n robert_n brandle_v make_v a_o assault_n in_o the_o north_n upon_o one_o witherington_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o in_o the_o country_n before_o his_o come_n to_o the_o parliament_n sir_n robert_n be_v send_v for_o up_o by_o the_o house_n and_o commit_v to_o the_o tower_n one_o gardiner_n a_o burgess_n of_o the_o parliament_n commit_v to_o the_o fleet_n by_o my_o lord_n keeper_n be_v deliver_v put_v in_o bond_n that_o he_o shall_v after_o the_o parliament_n appear_v a_o bargesse_n of_o parliament_n a_o little_a before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o parliament_n fall_v sick_a eliz._n 28_o eliz._n and_o six_o week_n after_o the_o parliament_n end_v when_o he_o be_v recover_v and_o to_o go_v into_o his_o country_n he_o be_v arrest_v and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o he_o have_v his_o privilege_n quaere_fw-la that_o not_o only_o the_o burgess_n and_o knight_n shall_v have_v privilege_n but_o also_o their_o attendant_a servant_n eliz._n 28_o eliz._n one_o mr._n hall_n a_o burgess_n have_v his_o man_n in_o execution_n for_o debt_n and_o be_v deliver_v the_o say_a liberty_n for_o servant_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o 8_o 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i_o shall_v give_v you_o a_o brief_a account_n out_o of_o our_o book_n of_o law_n place_n be_v give_v to_o knight_n in_o parliament_n because_o they_o do_v import_v the_o presence_n of_o all_o the_o freeholder_n of_o the_o several_a shire_n for_o which_o they_o be_v choose_v and_o hereof_o see_v the_o book_n in_o 2_o r._n 3.12_o a._n ireland_n be_v not_o bind_v touch_v land_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o england_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la hic_fw-la habent_fw-la milites_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la farther_o by_o martin_n the_o reason_n why_o ancient_a demesne_fw-la be_v not_o bind_v and_o make_v privy_a to_o divers_a statute_n be_v because_o they_o be_v not_o contributory_a to_o the_o expense_n of_o knight_n and_o burgess_n 7_o h._n 6.35_o fitz._n jurisdict_n 4._o and_o further_o by_o nele_n it_o be_v plain_o express_v that_o the_o cause_n why_o act_n of_o parliament_n be_v public_a be_v a._n 21_o e._n 4.59_o a._n for_o that_o every_o man_n have_v his_o attorney_n in_o parliament_n to_o wit_n the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n for_o the_o country_n and_o the_o burgess_n for_o the_o city_n and_o borroughs_n it_o seem_v that_o in_o ancient_a time_n there_o be_v but_o one_o knight_n for_o a_o shire_n for_o the_o statute_n of_o staple_n make_v 27_o e._n 3._o staple_n 9_o have_v these_o word_n whereas_o good_a deliberation_n have_v with_o the_o prelate_n duke_n earl_n baron_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o county_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o every_o county_n one_o for_o all_o the_o county_n and_o of_o the_o commons_o of_o city_n and_o borroughs_n none_o shall_v be_v choose_v knight_n of_o the_o parliament_n unless_o they_o be_v resiant_a within_o the_o shire_n where_o they_o shall_v be_v choose_v the_o day_n of_o the_o date_n of_o the_o writ_n of_o the_o summons_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o that_o the_o knight_n and_o esquire_n 1._o 1_o h._n 5._o cap._n 1._o and_o other_o which_o shall_v be_v chooser_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n be_v also_o resiant_a within_o the_o same_o shire_n in_o manner_n and_o form_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a and_o by_o the_o same_o statute_n it_o be_v ordain_v and_o establish_v that_o the_o citizen_n and_o burgess_n of_o the_o city_n and_o borrought_n be_v choose_v man_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n resiant_a abide_v and_o free_a in_o the_o same_o city_n and_o borough_n and_o none_o other_o in_o any_o wise_a the_o manner_n of_o election_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o parliament_n be_v declare_v by_o authority_n of_o parliament_n as_o follow_v that_o be_v to_o say_v at_o the_o next_o county_n to_o be_v hold_v after_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o writ_n of_o the_o parliament_n proclamation_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o the_o full_a county_n of_o the_o day_n and_o the_o place_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o that_o all_o they_o that_o be_v then_o present_a as_o well_o suitor_n due_o summon_v for_o the_o same_o cause_n as_o other_o shall_v attend_v to_o the_o election_n of_o their_o knight_n for_o the_o parliament_n and_o then_o in_o the_o full_a county_n they_o shall_v proceed_v to_o the_o election_n free_o and_o indifferent_o notwithstanding_o any_o prayer_n or_o commandment_n to_o the_o contrary_a and_o after_o that_o they_o be_v choose_v the_o name_n of_o the_o person_n so_o choose_v be_v they_o present_a or_o absent_a 15._o 7_o h._n 4._o cap._n 15._o shall_v be_v write_v in_o a_o indenture_n under_o the_o seal_n of_o all_o they_o that_o do_v choose_v they_o and_o tack_v to_o the_o say_v write_v of_o the_o parliament_n which_o indenture_n so_o seal_v and_o tack_v shall_v be_v hold_v for_o the_o sheriff_n return_v of_o the_o say_v write_v touch_v the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n 7_o h._n 4._o cap._n 15._o 15._o 7_o h._n 4._o cap._n 15._o and_o the_o election_n shall_v be_v in_o every_o county_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n by_o people_n dwell_v and_o resiant_a in_o the_o same_o county_n whereof_o every_o one_o shall_v have_v free_a land_n or_o tenement_n to_o the_o value_n of_o forty_o shilling_n by_o the_o year_n at_o the_o least_o above_o all_o charge_n and_o that_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v so_o choose_v shall_v be_v abide_v and_o resiant_a within_o the_o same_o county_n and_o such_o as_o have_v the_o great_a number_n of_o they_o that_o may_v expend_v forty_o shilling_n by_o the_o year_n and_o above_o as_o aforesaid_a shall_v be_v return_v by_o the_o sheriff_n of_o every_o county_n knight_n for_o the_o parliament_n by_o indenture_n seal_v betwixt_o the_o say_a sheriff_n and_o the_o say_a chooser_n so_o to_o be_v make_v and_o every_o sheriff_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n shall_v have_v power_n by_o the_o say_a authority_n to_o examine_v upon_o the_o evangelist_n every_o such_o chooser_n how_o much_o he_o may_v expend_v by_o the_o year_n 7._o 8_o h._n 6._o cap._n 7._o etc._n etc._n provide_v always_o that_o he_o that_o may_v not_o expend_v forty_o shilling_n by_o the_o year_n as_o aforesaid_a shall_v in_o no_o wise_n be_v chooser_n of_o the_o knight_n for_o the_o 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