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perform_v without_o it_o from_o injury_n and_o oppression_n 142._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fol._n 142._o rex_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la vicarius_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la sanctam_fw-la veneretur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la regat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la injuriosis_n defendat_fw-la etc_n vniversa_fw-la vero_fw-la terra_fw-la et_fw-la tota_fw-la et_fw-la insulae_fw-la omnes_fw-la usque_fw-la norwegiam_fw-la et_fw-la usque_fw-la daciam_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la regni_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr appendicijs_fw-la et_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la monarchia_fw-la et_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la et_fw-la vocabatur_fw-la quondam_a regnum_fw-la britanniae_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la voco_fw-la regnum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la i_o e._n the_o king_n because_o he_o be_v the_o vicar_n 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&_o comites_fw-la &_o simul_fw-la jurare_fw-la coram_fw-la episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o similiter_fw-la omnes_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o milites_fw-la &_o liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la universi_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la britanniae_fw-la facere_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fidelitatem_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la ut_fw-la praedictum_fw-la est_fw-la coram_fw-la episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la i_o e._n so_o ought_v all_o prince_n to_o do_v that_o be_v to_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o earl_n and_o swear_v together_o before_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o a_o public_a assembly_n in_o like_a manner_n all_o the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o knight_n and_o all_o the_o free_a man_n aught_o to_o do_v fealty_n to_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n in_o a_o full_a assembly_n before_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o conclude_v this_o point_n by_o the_o law_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o crown_n have_v legibus_fw-la solutam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la 25._o potestatem_fw-la johan._n corvin_n breviar_n cap._n 11._o bisol_n cap._n 2._o the_o jur_n may_v special_a num_fw-la 41._o morla_n in_o empocio_n juris_fw-la tit_n 1._o quaest_n 2._o petra_n cap._n 25._o which_o be_v a_o prerogative_n compatible_a to_o none_o but_o supreme_a power_n by_o they_o the_o king_n may_v dispense_v with_o the_o statute_n pardon_v the_o transgression_n of_o they_o and_o loose_v who_o he_o please_v from_o imprisonment_n wheresoever_o he_o go_v by_o his_o bare_a word_n alone_o 19_o alone_o l._n 19_o habet_fw-la etiam_fw-la rex_fw-la alterius_fw-la modi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la super_fw-la captivos_fw-la ubieunque_fw-la enim_fw-la venerit_fw-la in_o civitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la burgum_fw-la vel_fw-la castellum_fw-la vel_fw-la villam_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o via_fw-la si_fw-la captivus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la potest_fw-la eum_fw-la solo_fw-la verbo_fw-la solvere_fw-la à _fw-la captione_n solutus_fw-la tamen_fw-la satisfaciat_fw-la cvi_fw-la foris_fw-la secit_fw-la murdrator_fw-la vero_fw-la vel_fw-la traditor_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la criminosus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la rex_fw-la iis_fw-la condonaverit_fw-la vitum_fw-la &_o membra_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la in_o patria_fw-la remanebunt_fw-la i.e._n the_o king_n have_v also_o another_o kind_n of_o power_n of_o pardon_v such_o as_o be_v in_o prison_n for_o wheresoever_o he_o go_v into_o any_o city_n borrough_n castell_n or_o village_n or_o also_o in_o the_o high_a way_n if_o any_o prisoner_n be_v there_o he_o may_v by_o his_o word_n alone_o release_v he_o from_o imprisonment_n yet_o he_o that_o be_v so_o release_v must_v satisfy_v those_o to_o who_o he_o have_v make_v the_o forfeiture_n but_o a_o murderer_n traitor_n or_o any_o such_o notorious_a delinquent_n although_o the_o king_n have_v give_v he_o his_o pardon_n of_o life_n and_o member_n may_v not_o by_o law_n remain_v in_o his_o country_n the_o law_n then_o grant_v by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n do_v not_o deprive_v he_o of_o the_o right_n of_o sovereignty_n but_o do_v rather_o strengthen_v his_o title_n join_v law_n to_o conquest_n for_o lest_o he_o may_v inconsiderate_o suffer_v his_o