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p._n 40._o be_v invest_v with_o the_o crown_n by_o act_n of_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v enjoy_v the_o same_o during_o life_n and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o manifest_a right_n which_o robert_n have_v to_o the_o kingdom_n henry_n shall_v pay_v he_o 3000_o mark_n yearly_a and_o that_o the_o long_a liver_n shall_v be_v heir_n to_o the_o other_o if_o he_o die_v without_o a_o son_n by_o which_o act_n if_o william_n rufus_n or_o henry_n have_v son_n they_o be_v to_o reign_v though_o the_o manifest_a right_o be_v in_o robert_n and_o his_o heir_n and_o here_o it_o be_v observable_a 10._o maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la nobiliorum_fw-la normannorum_fw-la favebat_fw-la roberto_n cupiens_fw-la hunc_fw-la sibi_fw-la asciscere_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la fratremque_fw-la aut_fw-la fratri_fw-la tradere_fw-la vivum_fw-la aut_fw-la regno_fw-la privare_fw-la peremptum_fw-la huius_fw-la execrandae_fw-la rei_fw-la principes_fw-la extitêre_fw-la odo_n etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la execrabile_fw-la factum_fw-la 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to_o proceed_v to_o other_o instance_n of_o this_o nature_n from_o history_n in_o the_o contest_v between_o king_n stephen_n and_o henry_n duke_n of_o normandy_n the_o son_n of_o the_o empress_n maud_n and_o the_o right_a heir_n of_o the_o crown_n theobald_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_z henry_n bishop_n of_o winton_n 167._o rich._n hagul_v p._n 330._o h._n huntind_v l._n 8._o f._n 228._o joh._n brompt_a chron._n p._n 1037._o gervas_n chron._n p._n 1375._o chron._n de_fw-fr mailros_n p._n 167._o make_v peace_n betwixt_o they_o upon_o these_o condition_n that_o king_n stephen_n from_o that_o time_n shall_v entire_o enjoy_v the_o kingdom_n as_o lawful_a prince_n with_o the_o glory_n and_o honour_n of_o it_o and_o henry_n shall_v succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n as_o lawful_a heir_n this_o peace_n be_v thus_o make_v by_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o intervention_n of_o the_o noble_n and_o friend_n of_o both_o party_n and_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v honest_a and_o profitable_a 246._o r._n stephanus_n ducem_fw-la hen._n cognovit_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la regni_fw-la optimatum_fw-la quod_fw-la jus_o hereditarium_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la habebat_fw-la &_o dux_n benignè_fw-la concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la r._n stephanus_n tota_fw-la vita_fw-la
sva_fw-la si_fw-la velle_fw-la regnum_fw-la pacifice_fw-la possideret_fw-la m._n paris_n p._n 61_o m._n westm_n p._n 246._o and_o say_v m._n paris_n it_o be_v conclude_v in_o a_o public_a convention_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o kingdom_n four_o thus_o be_v it_o also_o in_o the_o case_n of_o richard_n duke_n of_o york_n and_z henry_n the_o six_o for_o though_o richard_n be_v the_o right_a heir_n to_o the_o kingdom_n 550._o quod_fw-la dux_n &_o silij_fw-la svi_fw-la edvardus_fw-la comes_fw-la marchiae_n &_o edmundus_n come_v rutlandiae_fw-la qui_fw-la ambo_fw-la discretionis_fw-la annos_fw-la attigerant_fw-la jurarent_fw-la ipsi_fw-la regi_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la quodque_fw-la ipsum_fw-la recognoscerent_fw-la eorum_fw-la regem_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la ageret_fw-la in_o humanis_fw-la id_fw-la enim_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la decreverat_fw-la addendo_fw-la de_fw-la ipsius_fw-la regis_fw-la consensu_fw-la quod_fw-la quamprimum_fw-la rex_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o fata_fw-la decesserit_fw-la licebit_fw-la dicto_fw-la duci_fw-la suisque_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la vendicare_fw-la &_o possidere_fw-la hist_o coryl_n ed._n oxon._n p._n 550._o yet_o the_o parliament_n hold_v a._n d._n 1460._o decree_v that_o henry_n the_o six_o shall_v reign_v and_o be_v king_n during_o his_o life_n and_o that_o the_o remainder_n shall_v rest_v in_o richard_n duke_n of_o york_n and_o the_o lawful_a heir_n of_o his_o body_n in_o general_a tail_n sect_n vi_o the_o inference_n from_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o best_a casuist_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o of_o the_o coronation_n be_v reciprocal_a and_o consequent_o that_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n do_v cease_v when_o the_o original_a compact_n be_v fundamental_o violate_v now_o the_o inference_n which_o natural_o flow_v from_o this_o historical_a account_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o their_o government_n be_v these_o first_o that_o the_o 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