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A46988 The excellency of monarchical government, especially of the English monarchy wherein is largely treated of the several benefits of kingly government, and the inconvenience of commonwealths : also of the several badges of sovereignty in general, and particularly according to the constitutions of our laws : likewise of the duty of subjects, and mischiefs of faction, sedition and rebellion : in all which the principles and practices of our late commonwealths-men are considered / by Nathaniel Johnston ... Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705. 1686 (1686) Wing J877; ESTC R16155 587,955 505

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acquire_v a_o soccage_n tenure_n and_o fee-simple_n estate_n therefore_o the_o foresay_a servitutis_fw-la foresay_a praefat._v roger_n twysden_n fol._n 155._o the_o english_a possess_v their_o land_n by_o ●avour_n not_o otherwise_o hereditary_o so_o mut._n paris_n say_v commilitonibus_fw-la terras_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o possessiones_fw-la affluentiori_fw-la manu_fw-la contulit_fw-la illud_fw-la parvum_fw-la quod_fw-la remans●rat_fw-la sub_fw-la jugo_fw-la posuit_fw-la perpetuae_fw-la servitutis_fw-la gervase_n of_o tilbury_n conclude_v this_o observation_n thus_o sic_fw-la igitur_fw-la quisquis_fw-la de_fw-la gente_fw-la subacta_fw-la fundos_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la possidet_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la ratione_fw-la successionis_fw-la debere_fw-la sibi_fw-la videatur_fw-la adeptus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la solummodo_fw-la meritis_fw-la suis_fw-la exigentibus_fw-la vel_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pactione_n interveniente_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la viz._n so_o every_o one_o of_o the_o conquer_a nation_n possess_v their_o land_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o not_o that_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o get_v it_o by_o way_n of_o succession_n but_o by_o his_o desert_n or_o by_o some_o compact_a or_o covenant_n make_v with_o his_o lord_n as_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v the_o most_o industrious_a doctor_n brady_n have_v on_o purpose_n write_v so_o much_o of_o this_o argument_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o argumentum_fw-la antinormanicum_a and_o out_o of_o so_o many_o historian_n confirm_v it_o in_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o appendix_n 313.314_o brady_n p._n 313.314_o i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n that_o desire_v satisfaction_n to_o his_o book_n be_v loath_a to_o crowd_v those_o matter_n which_o be_v not_o direct_o to_o my_o purpose_n only_o i_o can_v but_o note_n that_o the_o reason_n why_o we_o so_o often_o find_v the_o same_o land_n that_o have_v be_v grant_v by_o a_o father_n for_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n require_v and_o have_v a_o confirmation_n by_o the_o son_n be_v because_o the_o tenure_n be_v so_o fickle_a for_o want_v of_o homage_n or_o omission_n of_o service_n whereby_o they_o may_v be_v forfeit_v i_o now_o proceed_v to_o the_o great_a council_n that_o i_o have_v find_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o shall_v begin_v with_o that_o wherein_o the_o law_n i_o have_v speak_v before_o of_o out_o of_o hoveden_n be_v make_v which_o be_v agree_v by_o all_o to_o be_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n in_o general_n we_o find_v gervase_n of_o tilbury_n tell_v we_o law_n the_o conqueror_n make_v write_v law_n that_o when_o the_o famous_a subduer_n of_o england_n king_n william_n have_v subject_v to_o his_o empire_n the_o utmost_a part_n of_o the_o island_n and_o by_o terrible_a example_n have_v bring_v to_o perfect_a obedience_n the_o mind_n of_o rebel_n that_o they_o may_v not_o have_v liberty_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o same_o error_n for_o the_o future_a he_o 29._o he_o decrevit_fw-la subjectum_fw-la sibi_fw-la populum_fw-la juri_fw-la scripto_fw-la legibusque_fw-la sabjicere_fw-la quasdam_fw-la reprobavit_fw-la quasdam_fw-la autem_fw-la approbans_fw-la transmari●●s_fw-la neustriae_fw-la leges_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la regni_fw-la p●●●m_fw-la tuendam_fw-la effic●teissionae_fw-la videbantur_fw-la adjecit_fw-la geru._n tilb._n lib._n 1._o c._n 29._o resolve_v to_o govern_v the_o people_n subject_v to_o he_o by_o write_v right_o and_o law_n therefore_o the_o english_a law_n be_v propound_v according_a to_o their_o threefold_a distinction_n that_o be_v the_o mercian_n law_n dane_n law_n and_o west-saxon_a law_n he_o reject_v some_o and_o approve_v other_o and_o add_v such_o transmarine_a norman_a law_n as_o seem_v most_o efficacious_a to_o defend_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o this_o account_n we_o may_v observe_v that_o the_o king_n sole_o be_v say_v to_o reject_v and_o approve_v and_o to_o add_v such_o of_o the_o norman_a law_n as_o he_o think_v fit_a for_o secure_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o ingenious_a dr._n brady_n think_v the_o 52_o 55_o 56_o 58_o 59_o 62_o 63_o 64._o be_v those_o norman_a law_n intimate_v concern_v the_o oath_n which_o frederick_n abbot_n of_o st._n alban_n administer_v to_o the_o king_n on_o the_o holy_a gospel_n and_o the_o relic_n of_o the_o church_n of_o st._n alban_n whereby_o he_o swear_v that_o for_o the_o good_a of_o peace_n he_o will_v observe_v the_o good_a and_o approve_a ancient_a law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o the_o pious_a king_n of_o england_n and_o especial_o king_n edward_n have_v inviolable_o observe_v i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n to_o 40._o to_o fol._n 48._o num_fw-la 20_o 30_o 40._o matthew_n paris_n to_o understand_v the_o occasion_n of_o it_o and_o dr._n 261._o dr._n argum._n antinorm_a p._n 261._o brady_n exposition_n or_o commentary_n upon_o it_o and_o how_o little_a he_o observe_v it_o what_o the_o law_n be_v that_o king_n william_n the_o first_o confirm_v author_n agree_v not_o about_o as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o compare_v 343._o compare_v fol._n 343._o hoveden_n 149_o hoveden_n fol._n 138_o 149_o knighton_n collect._n 2354._o n._n 61._o lambard_n of_o wheelock_n edition_n and_o spelman_n in_o the_o first_o tome_n of_o his_o council_n fol._n 624._o selden_n 20._o selden_n in_o eadmerum_fw-la fol._n 172._o num_fw-la 20._o in_o his_o note_n upon_o eadmerus_n write_v very_o suspicious_o of_o all_o the_o law_n that_o be_v attribute_v to_o king_n edward_n except_o the_o crowland_n copy_n judge_v neither_o hoveden_n knighton_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o lichfield_n chronicle_n well_o verse_v in_o law_n matter_n and_o who_o write_v long_o after_o ingulphus_n of_o who_o he_o give_v this_o character_n qui_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la re_fw-la testium_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la facile_fw-la princeps_fw-la merito_fw-la dicendus_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la solus_fw-la forsan_fw-la cvi_fw-la ut_fw-la par_fw-fr fit_n credamus_fw-la the_o title_n of_o the_o law_n proper_o ascribe_v to_o william_n the_o conqueror_n law_n the_o title_n of_o the_o conqueror_n law_n be_v in_o the_o latin_a thus_o 159._o thus_o ces_n sont_fw-fr le_fw-fr leis_n &_o les_fw-fr custumes_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr reis_n william_n grantut_o tut_o le_fw-fr peuple_fw-fr de_fw-fr engleterre_fw-fr oppress_v le_fw-fr conquest_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr terre_fw-fr ice_n les_fw-fr meisme_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr reis_n edward_n sun_n c●sin_n tent_n devant_fw-fr luy_fw-fr ll._n w._n fol._n 159._o hae_fw-la sunt_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la quas_fw-la will._n rex_fw-la concessit_fw-la universo_fw-it populo_fw-la angliae_fw-la post_fw-la subactam_fw-la terram_fw-la eaedem_fw-la sunt_fw-la quas_fw-la edwardus_fw-la rex_fw-la cognatus_fw-la ejus_fw-la observavit_fw-la ante_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o english_a thus_o these_o be_v the_o law_n and_o custom_n 170._o custom_n ll._n w._n 1._o p._n 170._o which_o william_n the_o king_n grant_v to_o all_o his_o people_n of_o england_n after_o the_o subdue_a of_o the_o land_n they_o be_v the_o same_o which_o edward_n the_o king_n his_o kinsman_n before_o he_o observe_v in_o this_o preface_n we_o have_v only_o to_o note_n that_o the_o law_n be_v express_o say_v to_o be_v the_o king_n grant_v and_o the_o supplemental_a law_n after_o the_o 50th_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o croyland_n copy_n be_v write_v in_o the_o red_a book_n of_o 170._o of_o ll._n w._n 1._o p._n 170._o the_o exchequer_n be_v by_o way_n of_o charter_n or_o grant_v thus_o will._n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la salutem_fw-la and_o all_o along_o the_o authoritative_a part_n express_v by_o statuimus_fw-la volumus_fw-la interdicimus_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la law-giving_a the_o term_n use_v by_o the_o conqueror_n in_o law-giving_a the_o expression_n author_n use_v concern_v his_o law_n whereby_o the_o absolute_a sovereignty_n of_o the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o point_n of_o law-giving_a be_v manifest_v be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o those_o who_o have_v write_v of_o his_o life_n i_o shall_v content_v myself_o with_o a_o few_o ordericus_n 853._o ordericus_n fol._n 853._o vitalis_n say_v eamque_fw-la i._n e._n england_n gulielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la suis_fw-la legibus_fw-la commode_v subegit_fw-la that_o he_o subdue_v or_o rather_o subject_v england_n profitable_o to_o his_o law_n eadmer_n moulins_n eadmer_n hist_o nou._n fol._n 6._o num_fw-la 10_o 20_o 30._o usus_fw-la atque_fw-la leges_fw-la quas_fw-la patres_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la in_o normannia_n solehant_n in_fw-it anglia_fw-it scrib●re_fw-it volens_fw-la cuncta_fw-la divina_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la ejus_fw-la nutum_fw-la expectabant_fw-la edit_fw-la gal._n de_fw-fr moulins_n say_v that_o king_n william_n design_v to_o establish_v in_o england_n those_o usage_n and_o law_n which_o his_o ancestor_n and_o he_o observe_v in_o normandy_n etc._n etc._n all_o divine_a and_o humane_a thing_n he_o order_v at_o his_o pleasure_n the_o chronology_n of_o roven_n say_v leges_fw-la quas_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la diem_fw-la angli_fw-la observant_a idiomate_fw-la normanico_fw-la promulgavit_fw-la the_o law_n which_o at_o this_o day_n the_o english_a observe_v he_o publish_v in_o the_o norman_a language_n mr._n camden_n say_v 109._o say_v britan._n fol._n 109._o that_o
time_n appoint_v through_o england_n and_o by_o his_o writing_n and_o seal_n confirm_v to_o bishop_n and_o abbat_n charter_n of_o privilege_n who_o charter_n run_v thus_o hen._n etc._n etc._n baronibus_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n &_o anglis_fw-la salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la i_o ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la communi_fw-la emendatione_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la concessisse_fw-la &_o reddidisse_fw-la &_o praesenti_fw-la charta_fw-la mea_fw-la confirmasse_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o confirm_v the_o charter_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o grandfather_n as_o to_o the_o council_n of_o clarendon_n about_o epinomis_n about_o answer_v to_o petyt_n fol._n 31._o ult_n edit_fw-la see_v selden_n correction_n of_o matt._n paris_n in_o his_o epinomis_n thomas_n becket_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n after_o he_o have_v once_o promise_v and_o his_o after_o refuse_v to_o set_v to_o his_o seal_n in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o ancient_a law_n i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n to_o what_o doctor_n brady_n have_v collect_v and_o shall_v only_o touch_v upon_o that_o of_o edit_fw-la of_o matt._n paris_n fol._n 84._o num_fw-la 20._o ult_n edit_fw-la clarendon_n anno_fw-la 1164._o 10_o hen._n 2._o where_o those_o present_n by_o the_o king_n mandate_n be_v the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbat_n prior_n earl_n baron_n and_o nobleman_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o there_o be_v a_o recognition_n of_o part_n of_o the_o custom_n and_o liberty_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o king_n grandfather_n and_o of_o other_o king_n which_o be_v comprise_v in_o sixteen_o chapter_n epinomis_n concern_v the_o law_n of_o this_o king_n see_v selden_n epinomis_n these_o matthew_n paris_n call_v wicked_a custom_n and_o liberty_n because_o they_o subject_v the_o clergyman_n more_o to_o the_o crown_n than_o he_o and_o other_o will_v have_v have_v they_o yet_o he_o say_v the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbat_n prior_n clergy_n with_o the_o earl_n baron_n and_o nobility_n swear_v to_o they_o all_o proceres_fw-la proceres_fw-la and_o promise_v firm_o in_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n to_o hold_v and_o observe_v they_o to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n in_o good_a faith_n and_o without_o evil_n and_o then_o add_v decrevit_fw-la etiam_fw-la rex_fw-la by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n do_v not_o only_o assent_v but_o do_v bind_v themselves_o by_o oath_n and_o solemn_a promise_n obligatory_a to_o themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n to_o keep_v and_o observe_v they_o and_o upon_o the_o whole_a it_o be_v the_o king_n that_o decree_n appoint_v and_o constitute_v in_o all_o the_o great_a council_n of_o this_o king_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o member_n be_v only_o such_o as_o in_o former_a king_n reign_v only_o in_o that_o of_o the_o 22_o h._n 2._o 1176._o 2._o ben._n abb._n p._n 77._o anno_fw-la dom._n 1176._o it_o be_v say_v rex_fw-la congregatis_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la londoniarum_fw-la archipraesulibus_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la &_o comitibus_fw-la &_o sapientioribus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la where_fw-mi sapientiores_fw-la be_v instead_o of_o barones_n and_o for_o the_o king_n summon_v it_o be_v always_o say_v rex_fw-la convocat_n congregavit_fw-la praecepit_fw-la convenire_fw-la or_o mandavit_fw-la as_o be_v most_o express_o say_v in_o that_o great_a council_n anno_fw-la 1177._o 23_o h._n 2._o 86._o 2._o ben._n abbas_n p._n 86._o that_o the_o king_n send_v messenger_n through_o the_o whole_a isle_n of_o england_n and_o command_v the_o archbishop_n bishop_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o all_o england_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v with_o he_o at_o london_n the_o next_o sunday_n after_o the_o begin_n of_o lent_n of_o the_o great_a council_n in_o king_n richard_n the_o first_o be_v time_o there_o be_v few_o great_a council_n meet_v withal_o in_o his_o short_a reign_n he_o be_v so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o it_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o first_o i_o find_v be_v in_o 16_o in_o fol._n 129._o num_fw-la 16_o matthew_n paris_n anno_fw-la 1189._o 1_o reg._n that_o in_o the_o day_n follow_v the_o exaltation_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n at_o pipewel_n archiepiscoporum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la fretus_fw-la concilio_n he_o supply_v the_o vacance_n of_o several_a bishop_n see_v the_o second_o i_o find_v be_v 30._o be_v hoved._n fol._n 376._o a._n num_fw-la 30._o when_o he_o and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n agree_v to_o go_v to_o the_o holy_a land_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o his_o earl_n and_o baron_n who_o take_v the_o crusado_n in_o the_o general_n council_n at_o london_n swear_v etc._n etc._n of_o which_o it_o be_v that_o 50._o that_o fol._n 155._o num_fw-la 50._o matthew_n paris_n say_v that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n convocatis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la proceribus_fw-la receive_v the_o oath_n from_o the_o messenger_n of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n in_o the_o five_o of_o 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