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incursion_n which_o be_v first_o build_v by_o adrian_n as_o aelius_n spartianus_n then_o by_o antoninus_n pius_n as_o julius_n capitolinus_n and_o three_o by_o severus_n thereby_o to_o stop_v the_o furious_a invasion_n of_o the_o scot_n of_o which_o claudian_n do_v mention_v venit_fw-la &_o extremis_fw-la legio_fw-la praetentae_fw-la britannis_fw-la quae_fw-la scoto_n that_fw-mi fraena_fw-la truci_fw-la but_o whereas_o buchanan_n a_o partial_a trumpeter_n of_o his_o country_n praise_n scot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la scot._n say_v nos_fw-la regnum_fw-la exiguum_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la jam_fw-la bis_fw-la mille_fw-la annos_fw-la ab_fw-la exterarâ—m_fw-la gentium_fw-la imperio_fw-la liberum_fw-la tenemus_fw-la we_o hold_v our_o kingdom_n a_o little_a one_o indeed_o but_o now_o for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o thousand_o year_n free_a from_o the_o dominion_n of_o foreign_a nation_n yet_o to_o the_o contrary_n say_v matthew_n of_o westminster_n quod_fw-la reges_fw-la 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lordship_n of_o marcher_n which_o be_v then_o neither_o any_o part_n of_o wales_n though_o former_o conquer_v out_o of_o wales_n neither_o any_o part_n of_o that_o shire_n of_o england_n who_o by_o the_o licence_n of_o the_o king_n then_o reign_v b._n davis_n cep_v f._n 61._o b._n have_v royal_a signiory_n in_o their_o severalter_n itory_n 9_o h._n 6.12_o 152._o &_o 11._o h._n 4.40_o and_o a_o kind_n of_o palatine_a jurisdiction_n and_o a_o power_n to_o administer_v justice_n to_o their_o tenant_n in_o every_o of_o their_o territory_n revoke_v their_o own_o law_n and_o custom_n at_o their_o pleasure_n that_o the_o writ_n of_o ordinary_a justice_n out_o of_o the_o king_n court_n be_v not_o for_o the_o most_o part_n current_n among_o they_o and_o substitute_v officer_n at_o their_o pleasure_n 369._o herb._n h._n 8._o foe_n 369._o who_o practise_v strange_a and_o discrepant_a custom_n and_o commit_v such_o rapin_n that_o nothing_o be_v almost_o safe_a nor_o quiet_a in_o those_o part_n 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