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ordinabit_fw-la quòd_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsâ_fw-la discordare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la salvo_n domino_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la consilio_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la postquam_fw-la scriptae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la examinare_fw-la &_o emendare_fw-la valeant_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o velint_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciant_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_fw-la pleno_fw-la parliamento_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la retro_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la n._n vii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 70._o seneschallia_n angliae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la comitem_fw-la leicester_n &_o pertinet_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la et_fw-la sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la sir_n john_n cotton_n be_v library_n tit._n tiberius_n n._n 8_o de_fw-fr officio_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la supervidere_fw-la &_o regular_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o immediate_a post_fw-la regem_fw-la totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la ministros_fw-la legum_fw-la infra_fw-la idem_fw-la regnum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o guerrae_fw-la etc._n etc._n item_n officium_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la habeat_fw-la malos_fw-la consiliarios_fw-la circa_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la daunt_v consilia_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n talia_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la apta_fw-la &_o prona_fw-la ad_fw-la dedecus_fw-la suum_fw-la aut_fw-la exhaeredationem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la publicum_fw-la malum_fw-la &_o destructionem_fw-la populi_fw-la svi_fw-la tunc_fw-la seneschallus_fw-la angliae_fw-la assumpto_fw-la secum_fw-la constabulario_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la mittent_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la consiliarium_fw-la regis_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la ita_fw-la ducere_fw-la &_o consulere_fw-la &_o desistat_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la malis_fw-la consiliis_fw-la prius_fw-la regi_fw-la factis_fw-la mentionem_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la presentiâ_fw-la recedat_fw-la &_o moram_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la dedecus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o damnum_fw-la publicum_fw-la ut_fw-la predictum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la faciat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la vero_fw-la faciat_fw-la tum_fw-la mittent_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la amoveri_fw-la faciat_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la consilium_fw-la non_fw-la audiat_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la toto_fw-la populo_fw-la malus_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la inter_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la populum_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la aliâs_fw-la &_o plury_n mittent_fw-la tam_fw-la regi_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la demum_fw-la non_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la missionibus_fw-la &_o supplicationibus_fw-la advertat_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la potius_fw-la facere_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la tum_fw-la pro_fw-la bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la licebit_fw-la seneschallo_n &_o constabulario_fw-la angliae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la regni_fw-la capere_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la ejus_fw-la salvum_fw-la custodire_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la &_o seisire_v res_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la donec_fw-la judicium_fw-la suum_fw-la attenderit_fw-la &_o subierit_n per_fw-la considerationem_fw-la istius_fw-la rni_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la n._n viii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 72._o johannes_n dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la nos_fw-la concessisse_fw-la &_o presenti_fw-la cartâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la confirmasse_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la nostro_fw-la willielmo_n marescallo_n comiti_fw-la pembroke_n &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la marescalciae_fw-la curiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la quem_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gilbertus_n marescallus_fw-la h._n rs._n avi_fw-la patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o johannes_n filius_fw-la ipsius_fw-la gilberti_n disrationaverunt_fw-la coram_fw-la praed_fw-we rege_fw-la h._n in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la contra_fw-la rob._n de_fw-fr venoiz_n &_o contra_fw-la willielmum_fw-la de_fw-la hastings_n qui_fw-la ipsum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la calumpniabantur_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la quia_fw-la defecerunt_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la quem_fw-la eye_n inde_fw-la constituerat_fw-la quare_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la precipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la predictus_fw-la willielmus_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la post_fw-la eum_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la breed_fw-mi magistratum_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la pertinen_n be_v &_o in_o pace_n liberè_fw-la &_o quietè_fw-la integrè_fw-la &_o honorificè_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la testibus_fw-la w._n lond._n e._n elyens_n &_o h._n sarum_n ep._n dat._n per_fw-la manus_fw-la h._n cant._n arch._n n._n ix_o vid._n cap._n 9_o f._n 93._o praelocutoris_fw-la rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 7._o presentatio_fw-la praelocutoris_fw-la subsequenterque_fw-la idem_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la prefatis_fw-la communibus_fw-la ore_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la eloquens_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la suum_fw-la adventum_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o &_o coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la fore_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la justum_fw-la titulum_fw-la haereditanciae_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la verum_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_fw-la tribuendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la victoriam_fw-la de_fw-la inimico_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o campo_n declaravit_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la subditi_fw-la svi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la statûs_fw-la gradûs_fw-la seu_fw-la conditionis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la &_o haberent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omne_fw-la terras_fw-la tenementa_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o haereditamenta_fw-la sva_fw-la eisdemque_fw-la gauderent_fw-la exceptis_fw-la talibus_fw-la personis_fw-la quales_fw-la svam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la ostenderunt_fw-la qui_fw-la juxta_fw-la eorum_fw-la demerita_fw-la in_o presentis_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la curiâ_fw-la aliter_fw-la essent_fw-la plectendi_fw-la regis_fw-la titulus_fw-la regis_fw-la item_n quaedam_fw-la billa_z exhibita_fw-la fuit_fw-la praefato_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la per_fw-la communitates_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la parliamento_fw-la existentes_fw-la hanc_fw-la seriem_fw-la verborum_fw-la continens_fw-la to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o almighty_n god_n the_o wealth_n prosperity_n and_o surety_n of_o this_o realm_n of_o england_n to_o the_o singular_a comforth_o of_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n of_o the_o same_o and_o in_o avoid_v of_o all_o ambiguity_n and_o question_n be_v it_o ordeign_v establish_v and_o enact_v by_o 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n._n x._o vid._n cap._n f._n 103._o sanctissimo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o domino_fw-la pope_n claus_n 3_o e._n 1._o m._n 9_o cedula_fw-la in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n domino_fw-la g._n divinâ_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la sacrosanctae_a romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifici_fw-la edwardus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la &_o dux_n aquitaniae_n cum_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o pedum_fw-la oscula_fw-la beatorum_fw-la mandavit_fw-la nobis_fw-la olim_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la quas_fw-la pronâ_fw-la mentis_fw-la devotione_fw-la recepimus_fw-la vestra_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la reverenda_fw-la ut_fw-la annuum_fw-la censum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la sacrosanctae_fw-la rom._n ecclesiae_fw-la ratione_fw-la regni_fw-la angl._n pro_fw-la octo_fw-la praeteritis_fw-la annis_fw-la asseritis_fw-la nos_fw-la teneri_fw-la venerabili_fw-la vestro_fw-la magistro_fw-la r._n de_fw-fr nogeriis_fw-la capellano_n vestro_fw-la assignari_fw-la liberaliter_fw-la ac_fw-la integrè_fw-la nomine_fw-la breed_fw-mi rom._n ecclesiae_fw-la faceremus_fw-la nuper_fw-la autem_fw-la alius_fw-la literas_fw-la vestras_fw-la recepimus_fw-la cum_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la continentes_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la nos_fw-la respon_n relationis_fw-la solutionis_fw-la censûs_fw-la annui_fw-la memorati_fw-la quam_fw-la nobis_fw-la breed_fw-mi capel_n vester_fw-ge exposuit_fw-la vestrae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la nomine_fw-la diligenter_n deliberatione_n consilii_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la in_fw-la parliamento_fw-la quod_fw-la circa_fw-la octabas_n resurrectionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la celebrari_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la consuerit_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la duximus_fw-la reservand_n quod_fw-la tempore_fw-la receptionis_fw-la breed_fw-mi lit_fw-fr vestrae_fw-la noviter_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la 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be_v persecute_v for_o it_o against_o law_n at_o least_o not_o so_o as_o to_o come_v up_o to_o our_o case_n especial_o if_o we_o take_v in_o what_o he_o acknowledge_v far_a the_o roman_a emperor_n say_v he_o under_o who_o they_o live_v 91._o so_o jovian_a p._n 85_o 86._o julian_n do_v persecute_v they_o legal_o vid._n p._n 91._o be_v absolute_a independent_a prince_n who_o will_n be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o empire_n differ_v vast_o from_o that_o of_o england_n so_o that_o we_o be_v not_o under_o the_o same_o obligation_n they_o be_v because_o our_o prince_n have_v not_o the_o same_o legal_a power_n as_o the_o roman_a emperor_n have_v but_o then_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o we_o be_v as_o much_o bind_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o legal_a command_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n as_o the_o primitive_a christian_n to_o the_o legal_a command_n of_o their_o prince_n but_o say_v he_o this_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o controversy_n under_o the_o reign_n of_o james_n 2._o who_o have_v as_o little_a law_n as_o reason_n for_o what_o he_o do_v if_o this_o be_v not_o a_o give_v up_o all_o primitive_a antiquity_n i_o shall_v never_o pretend_v to_o understand_v how_o word_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v since_o therefore_o neither_o the_o scripture_n primitive_a antiquity_n nor_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v against_o they_o who_o embrace_v and_o assist_v in_o the_o deliverance_n which_o his_o present_a majesty_n vouchsafe_v we_o it_o become_v not_o this_o gentleman_n who_o take_v such_o pain_n to_o purge_v himself_o from_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o it_o to_o censure_v those_o worthy_n who_o have_v as_o not_o behave_v themselves_o like_o good_a christian_n and_o good_a subject_n 3._o pag._n 3._o 3._o pag._n 3._o and_o to_o call_v they_o a_o few_o be_v almost_o a_o equal_a reflection_n upon_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o have_v never_o be_v backward_o in_o free_v itself_o from_o tyranny_n and_o be_v ready_a as_o a_o 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goddess-worshipper_n a_o creature-worshipper_n a_o image-worshipper_n a_o wafer-worshipper_n etc._n etc._n which_o we_o may_v have_v expect_v for_o the_o make_v good_a his_o vapour_n before_o he_o come_v to_o the_o trial._n do_v his_o then_o silence_n agree_v with_o that_o supernaturul_a courage_n 297._o pag._n 297._o which_o he_o be_v full_o persuade_v god_n will_v inspire_v he_o with_o and_o do_v it_o not_o seem_v odd_a that_o the_o inspiration_n shall_v seize_v he_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o that_o government_n under_o which_o alone_o it_o can_v reasonable_o be_v expect_v that_o protestancy_n can_v be_v support_v but_o shall_v be_v want_v in_o a_o popish_a reign_n the_o jew_n have_v a_o divine_a caution_n against_o receive_v even_o those_o prophet_n who_o wrought_v wonder_n if_o they_o labour_v to_o withdraw_v man_n from_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o sure_o protestant_n will_v not_o scruple_n to_o reject_v the_o doctor_n be_v pretence_n to_o inspiration_n 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the_o political_a constitution_n of_o this_o nation_n make_v in_o the_o complete_a exercise_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n i_o be_o sure_a say_v he_o in_o this_o realm_n the_o sovereign_n can_v wrong_v nor_o injure_v his_o subject_n 226._o pag._n 226._o but_o contrary_a to_o the_o political_a law_n where_o perhaps_o he_o may_v serve_v himself_o of_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o distinction_n 98._o leviathan_n f._n 98._o that_o his_o sovereign_n may_v commit_v iniquity_n but_o not_o injustice_n or_o injury_n in_o the_o proper_a signification_n and_o thus_o a_o king_n of_o england_n have_v right_o to_o make_v his_o subject_n slave_n when_o he_o please_v though_o this_o natural_o follow_v from_o the_o doctor_n be_v tenet_n yet_o one_o will_v have_v think_v that_o in_o prudence_n this_o frightful_a consequence_n shall_v have_v be_v leave_v for_o other_o to_o find_v out_o be_v it_o not_o that_o there_o be_v some_o reason_n to_o believe_v that_o by_o such_o print_n and_o preachment_n the_o people_n 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viros_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la tribunatum_fw-la appetivisse_fw-la sed_fw-la illos_fw-la imperatores_fw-la inquam_fw-la tribunos_fw-la plebis_fw-la factos_fw-la tribunitiam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la occupasse_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-mi quidem_fw-la julius_n caesar_n testae_fw-la tacito_fw-la per_fw-la initia_fw-la lib._n 1._o annal._n consulem_fw-la ferens_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la tuendam_fw-la plebem_fw-la tribunitiâ_fw-la potestate_fw-la contentus_fw-la fuit_fw-la et_fw-la augustus_n ex_fw-la appiano_n l._n 5._o perpetuus_fw-la plebis_fw-la tribunus_n à _fw-fr romanis_n dilectus_fw-la fuit_fw-la et_fw-la suet._n illum_fw-la tribunitiam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la recipisse_n scribit_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o dion_n in_o illius_fw-la vitâ_fw-la confirmat_fw-la &_o tacitus_n lib._n annal._n 1._o describens_fw-la pompam_fw-la funeris_fw-la augusti_fw-la ait_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la continuatâ_fw-la per._n 37._o annos_fw-la tribunitia_n potestate_fw-la et_fw-fr lib._n 3._o 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