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A82212
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A declaration of the povver of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament clearing their authority to judge delinquents for high-treason, and other high misdemeanors. With a full ansvver to all Judge Jenkins his arguments.
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Wing D738; Thomason E429_6; ESTC R204222
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any_o man_n of_o a_o obdurate_a judgement_n will_v have_v deny_v that_o there_o be_v anima_fw-la rationalis_fw-la then_o aristotle_n must_v prove_v there_o be_v homo_fw-la and_o anima_fw-la rationalis_fw-la will_v be_v draw_v in_o by_o consequence_n prove_v homo_fw-la prove_v a_o parliament_n and_o anima_fw-la rationalis_fw-la which_o be_v judicature_n will_v be_v draw_v in_o by_o consequence_n beside_o i_o be_o protect_v by_o the_o verse_n judicis_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la res_fw-la ita_fw-la tempore_fw-la rerum_fw-la quaerere_fw-la next_o i_o must_v offer_v that_o which_o the_o law_n have_v a_o tender_a respect_n unto_o even_o the_o end_n of_o parliament_n exitus_fw-la acta_fw-la probat_fw-la these_o i_o find_v thus_o to_o be_v capitulate_v by_o sir_n edward_n coke_n primo_n ad_fw-la subditos_fw-la a_o delinquendo_fw-la declinandos_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la delicta_fw-la tam_fw-la bonis_fw-la cautisque_fw-la legibus_fw-la tam_fw-la debita_fw-la carundam_fw-la executione_fw-la anticiparentur_fw-la now_o if_o debita_fw-la executio_fw-la legum_fw-la can_v be_v in_o parliament_n inflict_v upon_o delinquentes_fw-la subditos_fw-la without_o legal_a proceed_n and_o trial_n except_o they_o will_v say_v nothing_o and_o so_o be_v press_v to_o death_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o be_v argue_v among_o puny_n 2._o ut_fw-la tuta_fw-la tranquillaque_fw-la sit_fw-la vita_fw-la hominum_fw-la but_o certain_o the_o life_n of_o man_n in_o not_o preserve_v by_o the_o impunity_n of_o offender_n which_o must_v pass_v sublata_fw-la judicatura_fw-la 3._o ut_fw-la fixis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la sanctionibus_fw-la sanciisque_fw-la judiciis_fw-la jus_o unicuique_fw-la fierit_fw-la but_o whether_o jus_o imply_v not_o punish_v malefactor_n as_o well_o as_o relieve_v the_o oppress_a crudelitas_fw-la parcens_fw-la be_v more_o destructive_a to_o the_o commonweal_n then_o crudelitas_fw-la puniens_fw-la i_o leave_v it_o to_o be_v argue_v among_o child_n fleta_n say_v a_o parliament_n 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will_v give_v you_o the_o test_n of_o that_o ancient_a and_o learned_a author_n of_o the_o book_n entitle_v mirror_n de_fw-fr les_fw-fr justicies_n in_o his_o own_o word_n hoc_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la forum_n in_o hoc_fw-la regno_fw-la place_fw-la supremum_fw-la pars_fw-la est_fw-la structurae_fw-la jurium_fw-la municipalium_fw-la &_o nonnunquam_fw-la secundum_fw-la frequentem_fw-la illum_fw-la &_o usitatum_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la communi_fw-la ordinem_fw-la processus_fw-la habet_fw-la parliament_n be_v the_o very_a star_n which_o we_o must_v sail_v by_o their_o precedent_n the_o miridian_n sun_n we_o must_v observe_v to_o find_v the_o latitude_n of_o our_o proceed_n by_o in_o its_o etymology_n it_o be_v altissima_fw-la curia_fw-la but_o how_o illfavoured_o this_o name_n become_v it_o if_o one_o justice_n of_o assize_n may_v hear_v and_o determine_v capital_a offence_n and_o this_o altissima_fw-la curia_fw-la not_o have_v power_n of_o a_o grand_a jury_n to_o he_o to_o find_v billa_z 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nostro_fw-la liceat_fw-la conscripta_fw-la abolere_fw-la judicia_fw-la so_o do_v offa_n king_n of_o the_o mercian_n and_o ethelbert_n king_n of_o kent_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n athelston_n his_o act_n of_o parliament_n be_v style_v thus_o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la exonae_fw-la quae_fw-la sapienies_fw-la concilio_n ethelstani_fw-la regis_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la frefresham_n &_o tertia_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la ubi_fw-la haec_fw-la definita_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la sunt_fw-la here_o i_o find_v a_o parliament_n summon_v concilio_n regis_fw-la prorogue_v in_o those_o word_n iterum_fw-la &_o tertia_fw-la vice_fw-la the_o royal_a assent_n in_o the_o word_n confirmata_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o dissolution_n definita_fw-la sunt_fw-la king_n edgar_z tell_v we_o they_o be_v instituta_fw-la quae_fw-la edgardus_n rex_fw-la concilio_fw-la sapientum_fw-la etc._n etc._n king_n etheldred_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la concilium_fw-la quod_fw-la etheldredus_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la supien_fw-fr tes_fw-fr etc._n etc._n king_n edmond_n call_v it_o conventus_fw-la sapientum_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la &_o temporalium_fw-la the_o parliament_n of_o king_n canutus_n at_o winchefler_n bear_v this_o title_n haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la statuta_fw-la canuti_n regis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la danorum_fw-la norvegarum_fw-la venerando_fw-la ejus_fw-la sapientum_fw-la concilio_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la &_o glorian_n dei_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la regalitatem_fw-la &_o commune_v commodum_fw-la babita_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-la natali_fw-la domini_fw-la apud_fw-la wintoniam_fw-la here_o we_o begin_v to_o make_v land_n and_o descry_v a_o visible_a title_n to_o a_o parliament_n be_v in_o substance_n and_o form_n near_o ally_v unto_o the_o precedent_n of_o these_o very_a time_n and_o though_o some_o will_v contest_v this_o word_n parliament_n bear_v date_n but_o from_o the_o three_o year_n of_o edw._n 1._o yet_o i_o think_v those_o word_n in_o the_o nine_o 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