Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	according_a	law_n	power_n	2,633	5	4.9144	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26069	The royal apology, or, An answer to the rebels plea wherein the most noted anti-monarchial tenents, first, published by Doleman the Jesuite, to promote a bill of exclusion against King James, secondly, practised by Bradshaw and the regicides in the actual murder of King Charles the 1st, thirdly, republished by Sidney and the associators to depose and murder His present Majesty, are distinctly consider'd : with a parallel between Doleman, Bradshaw, Sidney and other of the true-Protestant party.	Assheton, William, 1641-1711.	1684 (1684)	Wing A4038; ESTC R648	26,293	69

desolation_n part_n 1._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 77_o 78._o bradshaw_n the_o people_n of_o england_n as_o they_o be_v those_o that_o at_o the_o first_o as_o other_o country_n have_v do_v do_v choose_v to_o themselves_o this_o form_n of_o government_n even_o for_o justice_n sake_n that_o justice_n may_v be_v administer_v that_o peace_n may_v be_v preserve_v so_o sir_n they_o give_v law_n to_o their_o governor_n according_a to_o which_o they_o shall_v govern_v and_o if_o those_o law_n shall_v have_v prove_v inconvenient_a or_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o public_a they_o have_v a_o power_n in_o they_o and_o reserve_v to_o themselves_o to_o alter_v as_o they_o shall_v see_v cause_n king_n trial_n p._n 64._o charles_n stuart_n king_n of_o england_n the_o commons_o of_o england_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n according_a to_o the_o fundamental_a power_n that_o rest_v in_o themselves_o have_v resolve_v to_o bring_v you_o to_o trial_n and_o judgement_n p._n 29._o if_o so_o be_v the_o king_n will_v go_v 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voluntate_fw-la quod_fw-la velit_fw-la tenentem_fw-la esse_fw-la defensum_fw-la cum_fw-la injuria_fw-la cum_fw-la tentatur_fw-la justitiam_fw-la totis_fw-la viribus_fw-la defensaro_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la erit_fw-la injuria_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la nec_fw-la poterit_fw-la ei_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aliquis_fw-la imponere_fw-la quod_fw-la illam_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la nisi_fw-la velit_fw-la cum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o satis_fw-la crit_fw-fr illi_fw-la pro_fw-la paena_fw-la quod_fw-la deum_fw-la expectat_fw-la ultoram_fw-la bracton_n lib._n 5._o the_o defaltis_n c._n 3._o sect._n 3._o fol._n 368_o if_o the_o king_n who_o be_v bind_v to_o administer_v justice_n to_o his_o utmost_a power_n will_v not_o recall_v the_o wrong_n he_o do_v upon_o a_o false_a suggestion_n in_o this_o case_n he_o injure_v his_o subject_n but_o no_o body_n can_v force_v he_o to_o do_v right_o because_o he_o have_v no_o superior_a but_o god_n only_o and_o it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o day_n of_o hear_v hereafter_o at_o a_o just_a tribunal_n v._o lib._n 2._o c._n 24._o sect._n 1._o p._n 55._o &_o lib._n 2._o c._n 37._o sect._n 5._o p._n 87._o &_o lib._n 3._o c._n 9_o sect._n 3._o p._n 107._o but_o here_o i_o be_o alarm_v with_o that_o note_a saying_n of_o this_o author_n rex_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o curiam_fw-la and_o there_o be_v scarce_o a_o pamphlet_n pretend_v 23._o vid._n sidney_n trial_n p._n 23._o either_o to_o law_n or_o latin_a which_o do_v not_o triumph_n in_o this_o sentence_n of_o bracton_n i_o be_o therefore_o oblige_v for_o their_o sake_n who_o may_v otherwise_o be_v misguide_v to_o endeavour_v the_o full_a sense_n and_o mean_v of_o these_o word_n in_o order_n to_o which_o task_n and_o that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o apprehend_v the_o clearness_n of_o my_o answer_n i_o must_v trouble_v my_o reader_n to_o peruse_v the_o whole_a section_n de_fw-fr chartis_fw-la vero_fw-la regiis_fw-la &_o factis_fw-la regum_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la nec_fw-la possunt_fw-la justiciarii_fw-la nec_fw-la privatae_fw-la personae_fw-la disputare_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la dubitatio_fw-la oriatur_fw-la possunt_fw-la eam_fw-la interpretari_fw-la &_o in_o dubiis_fw-la &_o obscuris_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la dictio_fw-la dvos_fw-la contineat_fw-la intellectus_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la erit_fw-la expectanda_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la cum_fw-la ejus_fw-la sit_fw-la interpretari_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la concedere_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la si_fw-la omnino_fw-la sit_fw-la falsa_fw-la propter_fw-la rasuram_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la forte_fw-fr signum_fw-la appositum_fw-la est_fw-la adulterinum_fw-la melius_fw-la &_o tutius_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la coram_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la procedatur_fw-la ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la item_n nec_fw-la factum_fw-la regis_fw-la nec_fw-la chartam_fw-la potest_fw-la quis_fw-la judicare_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la factum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la irretetur_fw-la sed_fw-la dicere_fw-la poterit_fw-la quis_fw-la quod_fw-la rex_fw-la justitiam_fw-la fecerit_fw-la &_o be_v &_o si_fw-la hoc_fw-la eadem_fw-la ratione_fw-la quod_fw-la male_a &_o ita_fw-la imponere_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la injuriam_fw-la emendet_fw-la ne_fw-la incidat_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o justice_n in_o judicium_fw-la viventis_fw-la dei_fw-la propter_fw-la injuriam_fw-la rex_fw-la autem_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la deum_fw-la s._n item_n legem_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la item_n curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la viz._n comites_fw-la barones_n quid_fw-la comites_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quasi_fw-la socii_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la habet_fw-la socium_fw-la habet_fw-la magistrum_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sine_fw-la fraeno_fw-la i._n e._n sine_fw-la lege_fw-la debent_fw-la ei_fw-la fraenum_fw-la ponere_fw-la nisi_fw-la ipsimet_fw-la fuerint_fw-la cum_fw-la rege_fw-la sine_fw-la fraeno_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la clamabunt_fw-la subditi_fw-la &_o dicent_fw-la domine_fw-la ihesu_fw-la christ_n in_o chamo_n &_o fraeno_fw-la maxillas_fw-la eorum_fw-la constringe_v ad_fw-la quos_fw-la dominus_fw-la vocabo_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la gentem_fw-la robustam_fw-la &_o longinquam_fw-la &_o ignotam_fw-la cujus_fw-la linguam_fw-la ignorabunt_fw-la quae_fw-la destruet_fw-la eos_fw-la &_o evellet_fw-la radices_fw-la eorum_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la &_o a_o talibus_fw-la judicabuntur_fw-la quia_fw-la subditos_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la just_a judicare_fw-la &_o in_o fine_a ligatis_fw-la manibus_fw-la &_o pedibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la mittet_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o caminum_fw-la ignis_fw-la &_o tenebras_fw-la exteriores_fw-la ubi_fw-la erit_fw-la fletus_fw-la &_o stridor_fw-la dentium_fw-la v._o lib._n 2._o c._n 16._o §._o 3_o fol._n 34._o this_o be_v the_o whole_a section_n in_o which_o that_o controvert_v passage_n rex_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v contain_v now_o as_o preparatory_a to_o a_o just_a explication_n it_o will_v be_v pertinent_a to_o consider_v these_o two_o thing_n first_o that_o all_o difficult_a and_o obscure_a place_n in_o any_o author_n aught_o to_o be_v determine_v by_o such_o as_o be_v plain_a and_o obvious_a but_o not_o e_fw-la conuerso_fw-la and_o therefore_o second_o when_o we_o doubt_v of_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o a_o author_n it_o be_v much_o more_o modest_a as_o well_o as_o charitable_a to_o confess_v our_o own_o ignorance_n and_o to_o say_v we_o do_v not_o know_v what_o he_o mean_v rather_o than_o to_o calumniate_v and_o mistake_v he_o by_o affix_v such_o a_o sense_n to_o his_o word_n as_o he_o never_o intend_v and_o consequent_o it_o may_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o affirm_v that_o since_o our_o bracton_n have_v so_o plain_o and_o so_o often_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o king_n be_v under_o none_o but_o god_n that_o all_o order_n and_o degree_n of_o man_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o king_n that_o he_o have_v no_o equal_a much_o less_o superior_a that_o no_o man_n shall_v presume_v to_o question_v his_o action_n etc._n etc._n it_o evident_o follow_v that_o whatever_o can_v be_v understand_v by_o this_o curia_n whether_o lord_n or_o commons_o yet_o this_o curia_n be_v not_o superior_a to_o the_o king_n it_o neither_o give_v he_o his_o authority_n at_o first_o nor_o have_v the_o least_o shadow_n of_o a_o coercive_a power_n to_o limit_v and_o restrain_v he_o for_o certain_o that_o can_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o bracton_n which_o he_o have_v so_o express_o contradict_v in_o other_o part_n of_o his_o work_n but_o that_o i_o may_v answer_v as_o well_o as_o evade_v i_o now_o come_v to_o explain_v what_o i_o think_v to_o be_v the_o true_a sense_n and_o mean_v of_o these_o word_n rex_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o subject_a matter_n of_o this_o second_o book_n of_o braction_n be_v de_fw-fr acquirendo_fw-la rerum_fw-la dominio_fw-la it_o explain_v the_o nature_n of_o legal_a title_n and_o set_v forth_o the_o several_a way_n by_o which_o a_o man_n may_v acquire_v such_o a_o right_n and_o property_n in_o the_o thing_n possess_v as_o to_o call_v it_o his_o own_o and_o among_o many_o other_o donation_n as_o be_v the_o chief_a be_v more_o particular_o consider_v by_o he_o now_o these_o gift_n or_o grant_n as_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o 16_o chap._n sect._n 1_o fiunt_fw-la in_fw-la scriptis_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o chartis_fw-la ad_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la memoriam_fw-la propter_fw-la brevem_fw-la hominum_fw-la vitam_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la facilius_fw-la probari_fw-la possit_fw-la donatio_fw-la they_o be_v for_o mortality_n sake_n put_v into_o write_v that_o so_o the_o donee_n shall_v his_o title_n be_v question_v by_o the_o evidence_n of_o such_o enroll_v deed_n may_v secure_v his_o possession_n of_o these_o grant_n or_o charter_n some_o be_v make_v by_o the_o king_n other_o by_o private_a men._n and_o have_v large_o discourse_v of_o these_o private_a charter_n sect._n 2._o 4._o and_o so_o on_o in_o this_o intermediate_v 3_o d._n sect._n he_o more_o particular_o give_v we_o his_o judgement_n de_fw-fr chartis_fw-la regiis_fw-la which_o by_o way_n of_o eminency_n be_v style_v charter_n de_fw-fr chartis_fw-la vero_fw-la regiis_fw-la &_o factis_fw-la regum_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la nec_fw-la possunt_fw-la justiciarii_fw-la nec_fw-la privatae_fw-la personae_fw-la disputare_fw-la neither_o the_o determine_v the_o who_o be_v here_o mean_v by_o those_o justiciarii_fw-la let_v the_o learned_a in_o the_o law_n determine_v justiciarii_fw-la nor_o private_a person_n have_v any_o commission_n to_o dispute_v the_o king_n charter_n or_o to_o question_v any_o other_o of_o his_o majesty_n proceed_n nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la dubitatio_fw-la oriatur_fw-la possunt_fw-la eam_fw-la interpretari_fw-la for_o where_o the_o royal_a grant_n be_v doubtful_a and_o obscure_a it_o will_v be_v presumption_n in_o they_o to_o pretend_v to_o explain_v it_o et_fw-la in_o dubiis_fw-la &_o obscuris_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la dictio_fw-la dvos_fw-la contineat_fw-la intellectus_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la erit_fw-la expectanda_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la cum_fw-la ejus_fw-la sit_fw-la interpretari_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la concedere_fw-la but_o if_o any_o part_n of_o it_o be_v ambiguous_a and_o do_v admit_v of_o a_o double_a sense_n than_o the_o king_n pleasure_n since_o his_o majesty_n who_o first_o make_v the_o grant_n best_o know_v his_o own_o