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and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n debet_fw-la rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tenere_fw-la ista_fw-la verò_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la inspectis_fw-la &_o tactis_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequà m_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la page_n 138._o &_o page_n 142._o hence_o we_o see_v that_o judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la be_v essential_a to_o the_o english_a government_n without_o which_o right_a and_o justice_n can_v reign_v but_o a_o perverse_a will_n will_v rule_v the_o roast_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o 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his_o oath_n to_o cause_v the_o same_o to_o be_v keep_v as_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land._n the_o law_n of_o praemunire_n and_o against_o provision_n be_v but_o declaratory_a law_n of_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o opposition_n to_o papal_a bull_n etc._n etc._n and_o here_o we_o see_v our_o