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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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praestito_fw-la sumus_fw-la astricti_fw-la quod_fw-la jura_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la servabimus_fw-la illibata_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la diadema_fw-la tangit_fw-la regni_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la absque_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la requisito_fw-la concilio_n faciemus_fw-la and_o therefore_o he_o defer_v return_v the_o pope_n a_o answer_n till_o the_o next_o session_n of_o parliament_n pro_fw-la firmo_fw-la scituri_fw-la pie_n pater_fw-la &_o domine_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la intendimus_fw-la celebrare_fw-la habito_fw-la &_o communicato_fw-la consilio_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la memoratis_fw-la vobis_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la dabimus_fw-la responsionem_fw-la by_o this_o letter_n it_o appear_v that_o whatever_o do_v diadema_fw-la regni_fw-la tangere_fw-la can_v not_o nor_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v sine_fw-la concilio_n 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his_o crown_n and_o of_o all_o the_o people_n of_o his_o realm_n and_o to_o the_o undo_v and_o destruction_n of_o the_o common_a law_n of_o the_o say_a realm_n at_o all_o time_n use_v another_o statute_n mention_v citation_n out_o of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n and_o provision_n of_o benefice_n and_o office_n in_o the_o church_n say_v that_o by_o mean_n thereof_o the_o good_a ancient_a law_n franchise_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n have_v be_v great_o impeach_v blemish_v and_o confound_v the_o crown_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n abate_v and_o the_o great_a man_n commons_o and_o subject_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o body_n and_o good_n damnify_v 38_o statute_n edwardi_fw-la tertii_fw-la cap._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o the_o statute_n of_o 16_o rich._n 2._o cap._n 5._o entitle_v praemunire_n for_o purchase_v bull_n from_o rome_n the_o crown_n of_o england_n subject_n to_o none_o mention_n frequent_o all_o these_o thing_n as_o be_v to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o king_n crown_n and_o 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that_o the_o king_n desire_v only_o dignitates_fw-la regibus_fw-la ante_fw-la debitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la hoved._n pag._n 292._o b._n and_o in_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o king_n behalf_n they_o declare_v the_o same_o ibid._n pag._n 292_o 293._o our_o archbishop_n indeed_o use_v to_o fetch_v their_o pall_v from_o rome_n but_o that_o entitle_v the_o pope_n to_o no_o jurisdiction_n here_o so_o that_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n then_o enact_v into_o statute-law_n be_v in_o king_n william_n rufus_n his_o time_n the_o law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o anselm_n and_o becket_n oath_n be_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o and_o those_o law_n and_o usage_n have_v be_v usurp_v upon_o since_o and_o the_o usurpation_n purge_v by_o the_o law_n make_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v now_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o those_o ancient_a oath_n aforemention_v 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he_o and_o the_o abbot_n of_o feversham_n and_o st._n augustine_n as_o judge_n appoint_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v it_o they_o have_v cite_v the_o archbishop_n to_o appear_v before_o they_o they_o have_v send_v he_o comminatoriam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la eique_fw-la diem_fw-la peremptorium_fw-la praefixerant_fw-la they_o have_v no_o legal_a authority_n to_o exercise_n jurisdiction_n within_o the_o realm_n for_o the_o pope_n can_v give_v they_o none_o and_o therefore_o the_o chief_a justice_n prohibit_v they_o in_o the_o king_n name_n the_o writ_n may_v be_v read_v in_o chron._n gervas_n coll._n pag._n 1503._o from_o whence_o the_o doctor_n quote_v the_o story_n though_o he_o relate_v it_o knavish_o enough_o we_o find_v a_o writ_n say_v he_o to_o the_o abbot_n of_o battle_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o he_o command_v he_o on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o king_n by_o the_o faith_n which_o he_o owe_v he_o and_o by_o the_o oath_n which_o he_o make_v to_o he_o to_o do_v what_o 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here_o though_o what_o he_o quote_v for_o it_o out_o of_o eadmerus_n pag._n 125_o 126._o concern_v what_o pass_v betwixt_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o and_o pope_n calixtus_n at_o guysor_n make_v nothing_o for_o his_o purpose_n rex_fw-la à _fw-la papa_n impetravit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la quas_fw-la pater_fw-la suus_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la habuerat_fw-la &_o in_fw-la normanniâ_fw-la sibi_fw-la concederet_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la ut_fw-la neminem_fw-la aliquando_fw-la legati_fw-la officio_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la fungi_fw-la permitteret_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la praecipuâ_fw-la querelâ_fw-la exigente_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariorum_n caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la terminari_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n hoc_fw-la fieri_fw-la à _fw-la papâ_fw-la postularet_fw-la the_o come_n in_o of_o a_o legate_n at_o the_o king_n request_n to_o determine_v some_o great_a and_o difficult_a controversy_n in_o particular_a which_o can_v not_o be_v decide_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o come_n in_o of_o a_o legate_n with_o a_o general_n power_n to_o exercise_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n and_o to_o hold_v a_o legantine_n court_n be_v a_o quite_o other_o thing_n the_o doctor_n say_v pag._n 151._o that_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1138_o &_o tertio_fw-la regis_fw-la stephan_n albert_n or_o alberic_n cardinal_n of_o hostia_fw-la be_v the_o pope_n legate_n and_o consecrate_a theobald_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o call_v the_o clergy_n to_o a_o colloquium_fw-la by_o apostolical_a authority_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v say_v he_o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n now_o obtain_v and_o the_o king_n assent_v to_o the_o power_n the_o legate_n have_v so_o that_o what_o be_v decree_v have_v the_o king_n allowance_n it_o seem_v provide_v what_o be_v decree_v have_v the_o king_n allowance_n all_o be_v well_o and_o there_o need_v no_o more_o but_o geru._n dorobern_n coll._n pag._n 1344._o tell_v we_o that_o praedictus_fw-la albericus_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la legatione_fw-la functus_fw-la venit_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la litteras_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la deferens_fw-la lectis_fw-la itaque_fw-la litteris_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o primoribus_fw-la angliae_fw-la licèt_fw-la non_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la vix_fw-la tandèm_fw-la pro_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la susceptus_fw-la est_fw-la so_o that_o this_o legate_n be_v admit_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o primores_fw-la angliae_fw-la as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o king._n and_o consequent_o his_o exercise_v his_o office_n here_o with_o such_o assent_n as_o aforesaid_a be_v no_o argument_n that_o the_o king_n be_v personal_a assent_n to_o his_o power_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o primores_fw-la will_v have_v make_v they_o ever_o a_o whit_n the_o better_a and_o when_o this_o legate_n celebrate_v his_o synod_n at_o westminster_n there_o be_v present_a episcopi_fw-la diversarum_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la numero_fw-la xvii_o abbates_n ferè_fw-la xxx_o &_o cleri_fw-la &_o populi_n multitudo_fw-la numerosa_fw-la see_v spelman_n council_n volume_n the_o second_o pag._n 39_o and_o geru._n dorobern_n collect._n pag._n 1347._o so_o that_o as_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o primores_fw-la be_v have_v to_o his_o entry_n so_o the_o multitudo_fw-la numerosa_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_n assent_v to_o the_o canon_n then_o make_v and_o the_o king_n be_v single_a assent_n to_o either_o will_v not_o have_v be_v sufficient_a beside_o this_o i_o shall_v take_v leave_n to_o oppose_v the_o judgement_n and_o opinion_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o to_o that_o of_o the_o doctor_n concern_v the_o king_n have_v or_o not_o have_v authority_n to_o admit_v a_o legate_n hither_o from_o rome_n when_o in_o his_o reign_n petrus_n monachus_n cluniacensis_fw-la come_v hither_o from_o pope_n calixtus_n with_o a_o legantine_n power_n perductus_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la dignè_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la susceptus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la expositâ_fw-la svi_fw-la adventûs_fw-la causâ_fw-la rex_fw-la obtensâ_fw-la expeditione_n in_o quâ_fw-la tunc_fw-la erat_fw-la nam_fw-la super_fw-la walenses_n eâ_fw-la tempestate_fw-la exercitum_fw-la duxerat_fw-la dixit_fw-la se_fw-la tanto_fw-la negotio_fw-la operam_fw-la tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la dare_v non_fw-la posse_fw-la cum_fw-la legationis_fw-la illius_fw-la stabilem_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la conniventiam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la ac_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la conventum_fw-la roborari_fw-la posse_fw-la constaret_fw-la eadmer_n lib._n 6._o pag._n 137_o 138._o he_o tell_v it_o he_o as_o a_o know_a truth_n constaret_fw-la that_o his_o legacy_n can_v not_o be_v of_o any_o validity_n in_o this_o nation_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n in_o parliament_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o war_n with_o the_o welsh_a he_o be_v not_o then_o at_o leisure_n to_o call_v the_o word_n follow_v be_v remarkable_a viz._n super_fw-la haec_fw-la patrias_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la sede_fw-la sibi_fw-la concessas_fw-la nunquam_fw-la se_fw-la aequanimiter_fw-la amissurum_fw-la fore_fw-la testabatur_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la haec_fw-la
&_o de_fw-fr maximis_fw-la una_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la liberum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la legati_fw-la ditione_n constituerat_fw-la donec_fw-la ipse_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la praesenti_fw-la superesset_fw-la so_o that_o this_o patria_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v free_a from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o any_o legate_n and_o which_o have_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o a_o privilege_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n himself_o nor_o be_v he_o the_o object_n of_o that_o papal_a pretend_a indulgence_n but_o the_o kingdom_n who_o he_o declare_v that_o himself_o can_v not_o deprive_v of_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o without_o their_o own_o consent_n and_o therefore_o the_o king_n assent_n and_o the_o king_n leave_n so_o frequent_o mention_v in_o the_o monk_n upon_o this_o occasion_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o his_o assent_n in_o a_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o when_o johannes_n cremensis_n come_v legate_n hither_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1125._o and_o be_v permit_v so_o to_o do_v by_o the_o king_n be_v then_o in_o normandy_n for_o what_o private_a consideration_n betwixt_o the_o pope_n and_o himself_o i_o know_v not_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o by_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o a_o notorious_a breach_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o know_v law_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n quam_fw-la gravi_fw-la multorum_fw-la mentes_fw-la scandalo_fw-la vulneravit_fw-la &_o inusitata_fw-la negotii_fw-la novitas_fw-la &_o antiqui_fw-la regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la detrita_fw-la libertas_fw-la satis_fw-la indicat_fw-la toti_n enim_fw-la regno_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o circumjacentibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la cunctis_fw-la notissimum_fw-la est_fw-la eatenùs_fw-la à _fw-la primo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it sanctissimo_fw-la augustino_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la istum_fw-la wilhelmum_fw-la cantuariensem_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la omnes_fw-la ipsius_fw-la augustini_fw-la successores_fw-la monachos_fw-la primate_fw-la &_o patriarchas_fw-la nominatos_fw-la &_o habitos_fw-la nec_fw-la ullius_fw-la unquam_fw-la romani_fw-la legati_fw-la ditioni_fw-la addictos_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1663._o and_o when_o afterward_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n circa_n festum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petri_n &_o pauli_n otto_n sancti_fw-la nicholai_n in_fw-la carcere_fw-la tulliano_n diaconus_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la nesciebatur_fw-la ad_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la regis_fw-la venit_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la nescientibus_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la plures_fw-la adversus_fw-la regem_fw-la magnam_fw-la conceperunt_fw-la indignationem_fw-la dicentes_fw-la omnia_fw-la rex_fw-la pervertit_fw-la jura_n fidem_fw-la promissa_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la transgreditur_fw-la nota_fw-la bend_n nunc_fw-la se_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la sine_fw-la suorum_fw-la amicorum_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la naturalium_fw-la consilio_fw-la alienigenae_fw-la copulavit_fw-la nunc_fw-la legatum_fw-la regni_fw-la totius_fw-la immutatorem_fw-la clam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la cantuariensis_n edmundus_n regem_fw-la talia_fw-la facientem_fw-la increpavit_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la de_fw-fr vocatione_n legati_fw-la sciens_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o suae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la magnam_fw-la regno_fw-la imminere_fw-la jacturam_fw-la matth._n par._n 440._o the_o historian_n blame_v those_o that_o go_v to_o meet_v this_o legate_n and_o that_o make_v he_o honourable_a present_n of_o scarlet_a cloth_n etc._n etc._n in_o quo_fw-la facto_fw-la say_v he_o nimis_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la reprehendi_fw-la tam_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la quà m_fw-la pro_fw-la dandi_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o panno_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la colore_fw-la videbatur_fw-la legationis_fw-la officium_fw-la &_o adventum_fw-la acceptari_fw-la which_o be_v a_o remarkable_a testimony_n that_o the_o king_n be_v call_v in_o a_o legate_n do_v not_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o time_n give_v he_o any_o legal_a authority_n here_o if_o it_o be_v do_v nescientibus_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la i._n e._n to_o speak_v in_o eadmerus_n his_o word_n if_o he_o be_v otherwise_o admit_v than_o per_fw-mi conniventiam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la regni_fw-la conventum_fw-la the_o same_o historian_n matth._n parnell_n speak_v afterward_o pag._n 446._o of_o the_o same_o legate_n rex_fw-la say_v he_o spreto_fw-la naturalium_fw-la hominum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la ut_fw-la caepit_fw-la deliravit_fw-la et_fw-la se_fw-la voluntati_fw-la romanorum_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la legati_fw-la quem_fw-la inconsultiùs_fw-la advocaverat_fw-la mancipavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o his_o &_o aliis_fw-la deliramentis_fw-la rex_fw-la omnium_fw-la nobilium_fw-la suorum_fw-la corda_fw-la cruentavit_fw-la consiliarios_fw-la quoque_fw-la habuit_fw-la suspectos_fw-la &_o infame_n qui_fw-la huius_fw-la rei_fw-la fomentum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la quos_fw-la idcircò_fw-la magis_fw-la habebant_fw-la nobiles_fw-la angliae_fw-la exosos_fw-la but_o the_o instance_n which_o the_o doctor_n himself_z gives_z pag._n 154._o of_o henry_n beaufort_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n and_o great_a uncle_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o be_v as_o full_a against_o he_o as_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o can_v have_v pitch_v upon_o for_o that_o bishop_n be_v cardinal_n of_o st._n eusebius_n be_v send_v legate_n into_o england_n anno_fw-la 1429._o which_o be_v anno_fw-la octavo_fw-la of_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o and_o be_v fain_o to_o be_v behold_v to_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o his_o pardon_n for_o have_v offend_v against_o the_o law_n make_v against_o provisor_n by_o bring_v in_o and_o execute_v papal_a bull_n within_o the_o realm_n for_o anno_fw-la 10._o henr._n 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