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this_o realm_n be_v rather_o ground_v upon_o a_o general_a custom_n than_o any_o law_n write_v in_o prologo_fw-la svo_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la li._n foe_o 1._o et_fw-la 2._o de_fw-fr dict_n ra_o nulpho_n glanuilla_n vide_fw-la giraldum_n cambren_n in_o topogra_fw-la de_fw-fr wallia_fw-la fortescue_n de_fw-fr lau_fw-fr leg._n angl._n c._n 17._o â—_o e._n 4.19.33_o h._n 6.51_o pinsons_n print_n inst_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la natura_fw-la gent_n &_o civil_a §._o ex_fw-la non_fw-fr script_n 25._o e._n 3._o the_o adveâ—_n sacy_n case_n pettine_v to_o subject_n only_o no_o maxim_n of_o the_o law_n bind_v the_o crown_n unless_o the_o crown_n special_o be_v name_v of_o the_o tenant_n by_o the_o courtesy_n nor_o that_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v divide_v among_o the_o daughter_n not_o the_o wife_n shall_v have_v the_o three_o part_n 5._o e._n 3._o tit._n praerog_n 21._o e._n 3.9_o &_o 28._o h._n 6._o nor_o the_o rule_n oâ—_n possessio_fw-la fratris_fw-la etc_n etc_n nor_o that_o the_o executor_n shall_v have_v the_o good_n and_o chattle_n of_o the_o resâ—atour_n 7._o h._n 4._o sol_fw-la 42._o nor_o that_o a_o traitor_n i_o unable_a to_o take_v land_n by_o discente_fw-la and_o without_o pardon_n an_fw-mi answer_v to_o the_o adversary_n make_v a_o difference_n be_v tween_v attainder_n and_o the_o birth_n out_o of_o the_o allegiance_n 22._o h._n 6._o fol._n 43._o the_o suppo_fw-la sed_fw-la maxim_n of_o the_o adversary_n touch_v not_o king_n bear_v beyond_o the_o sea_n as_o appear_v by_o king_n stephen_n and_o king_n h._n 2._o the_o adversary_n objection_n touch_v king_n h._n 2._o avoid_v as_o touch_v arthur_n king_n richard_n nephew_n ut_fw-la autem_fw-la pax_fw-la ista_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la dilectio_fw-la tam_fw-la multiplici_fw-la quam_fw-la arctiori_fw-la vin_fw-la culo_fw-la connectatur_fw-la praedictis_fw-la curiae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la id_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la uâ—_n stra_fw-la tractantibus_fw-la domino_fw-la disponente_fw-la condiximus_fw-la inter_fw-la arthurum_fw-la egregium_fw-la dâ—_n cem_fw-la britamniae_fw-la nepoten_a nostrum_fw-la &_o haeredem_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr sine_fw-la prole_fw-la obirâ—_n nos_fw-la contigâ—_n rit_n &_o filiam_fw-la vestran_v matrimonium_fw-la contrahendum_fw-la etc_n etc_n in_o tractatu_fw-la peace_n inter_fw-la richa_n 1._o &_o tancredun_fw-la regem_fw-la si_fw-la ciliae_fw-la vide_fw-la reg._n hoveden_n &_o richardun_n canonicum_fw-la s._n trinitatis_fw-la londin_n a_o false_a maxim_n set_v forth_o by_o the_o adversary_n 7._o e._n 4._o foe_n 28.9_o e._n 4._o foe_n 5.11_o h._n 4_o for_o 25.14_o h._n 4._o foe_n 10._o the_o statute_n of_o edw._n 3_n an._n 25._o to_o â—_o ch_z inâ—e_a ritance_n not_o purchase_v â—_o h._n 4._o foe_n 25._o scotland_n be_v within_o the_o allegiance_n of_o england_n the_o lord_n lose_v not_o his_o signory_n though_o the_o tenante_n do_v not_o his_o service_n the_o cause_n why_o the_o crown_n can_v not_o be_v comprise_v within_o the_o pretend_a maxim_n without_o the_o crown_n there_o can_v neither_o be_v king_n nor_o allegiance_n 40._o e._n 3._o fol._n 10._o 13._o e._n 3._o tit._n bref_n 264.16_o e._n 3._o iurans_fw-la desait_fw-fr 166.17_o e._n 3._o tit_n scire_fw-la fac_fw-la 7._o a_o deane_n a_o person_n a_o prior_n be_v a_o alien_n may_v demand_n land_n in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o corporation_n a_o 3._o r._n 2.6_o c._n 3._o foe_n 21._o tit_n droit_fw-fr 26._o lib._n ass_n p._n 54.12_o li._n ass_n do_fw-mi enfant_fw-fr 13._o h_o â—_o fol._n 14.7_o e._n 4._o fol._n 10.16_o e._n 3._o iurans_fw-la defait_v 9_o h._n 6._o fol._n 33.35_o h._n 6._o so_o 35.5_o e._n 4_o fol._n 70.49_o li._n ass_n a._n 8â—_o 22._o h._n 6._o foe_n 31.13_o h._n â—_o so_o 14._o the_o king_n be_v always_o at_o full_a age_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o crown_n the_o king_n child_n be_v express_o except_v from_o the_o surmise_a maxim_n â—_o liberorun_v ff_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la run_v signific_a l._n sed_fw-la &_o si_fw-la de_fw-la in_o ius_fw-la vo_o cando_fw-la instit_fw-la de_fw-mi here_o ab_fw-la intest_z l._n lucius_n ff_z de_fw-mi baer_v instit_fw-la l._n justa_fw-la &_o l._n nâ—torun_n &_o l._n liberorum_fw-la de_fw-fr verb_n signif_n l._n 2._o §_o sâ—_n mater_fw-la ad_fw-la s._n c._n tertul_n l._n filius_fw-la de_fw-fr s._n c._n mace_v l._n senatus_n de_fw-fr ritu_fw-la nugâ—_n l_o quod_fw-la sâ—_n nepotes_fw-la ff_n test_n cum_fw-la notatis_fw-la ibid._n infant_n in_o french_a counteruail_v this_o word_n liberi_fw-la in_o lat_fw-la the_o grand_a father_n call_v their_o nephew_n son_n l._n gallâ—â—_n §_o instituens_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr libre_fw-la eâ—_n post_n l._n ff_o c._n de_fw-fr impub._fw-la alâ—is_fw-la substan_n c_o 1._o q._n 4_o father_n and_o son_n count_v in_o person_n and_o flesh_n in_o manner_n one_o great_a absurdity_n in_o exclude_v the_o true_a and_o right_a successor_n for_o the_o place_n of_o his_o birth_n only_o a_o evasion_n avoid_v pretend_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o king_n child_n not_o to_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o crown_n but_o of_o other_o land_n the_o royal_a blood_n bear_v his_o honour_n with_o it_o whereso_fw-mi ever_o it_o be_v vide_fw-la anto._n corsetum_fw-la de_fw-la potest_fw-la et_fw-fr excel_v regi_fw-la q._n 106._o conqueror_n glad_a to_o joinewith_n the_o ioyall_a blood_n henry_n the_o first_o l._n â—_o ff_n de_fw-fr legious_a commonuse_n and_o practice_v the_o best_a interpretation_n of_o the_o la_o eodâ—_fw-la anno_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la suis_fw-la processisset_fw-la aeldredan_n vigornen_n sem_fw-mi episco_n pum_n ad_fw-la regem_fw-la hunga_n riae_fw-la trans_fw-la mitten_n revocavit_fw-la inde_fw-la filium_fw-la fratris_fw-la svi_fw-la edmundi_fw-la eduardum_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la fa_fw-it milia_fw-la sva_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la ipse_fw-la vel_fw-la filij_fw-la eius_fw-la sibi_fw-la succederent_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la flor._n histor_n 1057._o flor_n histo_fw-la â—066_n aelredus_n regioval_a len_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la anglorum_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la henr._n 2._o king_n stephen_n and_o king_n h._n â—_o the_o adver_n sary_n fond_a imagination_n that_o king_n h._n 2._o shall_v come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o composition_n not_o by_o proximity_n of_o blood_n rex_fw-la stepha_n nus_fw-la omni_fw-la haerede_fw-la vi_o duatus_fw-la prae_fw-la ter_z solummo_fw-la do_v ducem_fw-la henricum_fw-la recognovit_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la episcoporun_n &_o aliorum_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la optimatum_fw-la quod_fw-la dux_n henr_n ius_fw-la hae_fw-la reditarium_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la habebat_fw-la et_fw-la dux_n benign_a concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la rex_fw-la stepha_n nus_fw-la tota_fw-la vita_fw-la sva_fw-la suum_fw-la regnum_fw-la pacifice_fw-la possideret_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la est_fw-la pactum_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o ipsttune_n praesentes_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la regni_fw-la optimatibus_fw-la iurarent_fw-la quod_fw-la dux_n henr._n post_fw-la mortem_fw-la regu_n si_fw-la illum_fw-la superuiveret_fw-la regnum_fw-la sine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la contradictione_fw-la obtincret_a flor._n histo_fw-la a_o 1153._o the_o like_a fond_a imagination_n touch_v king_n richard_n nephew_n diversity_n of_o opinion_n touch_v the_o uncle_n and_o nephew_n whether_o of_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v prefer_v in_o the_o royal_a government_n
adrianus_n lib._n 8._o de_fw-la gestis_fw-la alexan_n make_fw-mi justinus_n li._n 1_o herod_n li._n 1._o strab._n li._n 16_o woman_n regiment_n in_o pandea_n a_o country_n in_o judea_n queen_n semiramis_n and_o nitrochris_n queen_n thomiris_n joseph_n lib._n 20._o &_o 21._o antiq._n c._n 2._o euseb_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 12._o ruff_n lib._n 2._o eccle._n hist_n c._n 6._o clemens_n alex._n lib._n 1._o stromat_fw-la justinus_n lib._n 1._o tacitus_n lib._n 2._o queen_n â—rato_fw-mi claudianus_n lib._n 1._o in_o eutropium_fw-la woman_n regiment_n in_o aphrica_n queen_n dido_n queen_n cleopatra_n queen_n isis_n strabo_n 12._o &_o â—â—_o justin_n 〈◊〉_d 18._o &_o â—â—_o diodor._n sicul._n lib_n c._n 2._o &_o 〈◊〉_d damianueâ—_n agoe_n the_o side_n &_o moribus_fw-la aethiopun_n beda_n ca._n 8_o in_o acta_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 2_o ecclesiast_fw-la cap._n 1._o plinius_n livre_n 6_o c._n 29._o strabo_n lib._n 17._o act._n apostolor_n ca._n 8._o dorotheus_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o 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