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excommunicate_v by_o the_o way_n seasonable_o remark_n out_o of_o the_o pontificial_a law_n that_o that_o excommunication_n they_o call_v the_o great_a remove_v a_o man_n and_o turn_v he_o out_o from_o the_o very_a communion_n and_o fellowship_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o that_o a_o interdict_v as_o the_o lesser_a excommunication_n separate_v a_o man_n and_o lay_v he_o aside_o only_o forbid_v he_o to_o be_v present_a at_o divine_a office_n and_o the_o use_n of_o the_o sacrament_n i_o say_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v before_o that_o the_o king_n chief_a justice_n of_o that_o village_n or_o city_n be_v speak_v with_o that_o he_o may_v order_v he_o to_o come_v to_o satisfaction_n and_o if_o the_o king_n justice_n fail_v therein_o he_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o king_n mercy_n and_o thereupon_o or_o after_o that_o the_o bishop_n may_v punish_v he_o upon_o his_o impleadment_n with_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o church_n 56._o arch-bishop_n bishop_n and_o all_o person_n 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posteritate_fw-la decus_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la bakerus_fw-la oxon._n astraeae_fw-la brit_n ultima_fw-la caelicolûm_fw-la terras_fw-la astraea_n reliquit_fw-la tu_fw-la tamen_fw-la alma_fw-la redi_fw-la &_o terras_fw-la astraea_n revise_v astraea_n alma_fw-la redi_fw-la tuis_fw-la britannis_fw-la et_fw-fr diva_fw-mi alma_fw-la fave_v tuis_fw-la britannis_fw-la et_fw-fr diva_fw-mi alma_fw-la fove_n tuos_fw-la britannos_fw-la et_fw-fr diva_fw-mi alma_fw-la regas_fw-la tuos_fw-la britannos_fw-la cantemus_fw-la tibi_fw-la sic_fw-la tui_fw-la britanni_n foelices_fw-la nimium_fw-la o_o tui_fw-la britanni_n tu_fw-la tandem_fw-la alma_fw-la redis_fw-la divum_fw-la postrema_fw-la britannis_fw-la ultima_fw-la coelicolûm_fw-la terras_fw-la astraea_n revisit_a alma_fw-la redi_fw-la sacro_fw-la redolent_a altaria_fw-la fumo_fw-la et_fw-la tibi_fw-la sacratis_fw-la ignibus_fw-la alma_fw-la redi_fw-la alma_fw-la redi_fw-la posuit_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la primordia_fw-la juris_fw-la anglos_n quo_fw-la poteris_fw-la tu_fw-la regere_fw-la alma_fw-la redi_fw-la alma_fw-la redi_fw-la tibi_fw-la templa_fw-la struit_fw-la seldenus_n at_o aram_fw-la qui_fw-la tibi_fw-la nil_fw-la potuit_fw-la sanctius_fw-la alma_fw-la redi_fw-la e._n heyward_n in_o epigraphen_n libri_fw-la carmen_fw-la quisnam_fw-la iò_fw-la mussat_fw-la posuisti_fw-la enyo_n arma_fw-la jam_fw-la doctos_fw-la iber_n haùt_fw-la batavos_n marte_fw-la turbat_fw-la foedere_fw-la jam_fw-la britannus_n continet_fw-la orbem_fw-la clusium_n audax_fw-la quis_fw-la reserat_fw-la latentem_fw-la falleris_n diae_fw-la themidis_n recludo_fw-la intima_fw-la haec_fw-la portâ_fw-la meliùs_fw-la feratâ_fw-la pandit_n eanus_fw-la i._o s._n the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n book_n i._n chap._n i._n the_o counterfeit_a berosus_n with_o the_o monk_n that_o put_v he_o forth_o both_o censure_v the_o story_n of_o samothe_n the_o first_o celtic_a king_n the_o bound_n of_o celtica_n from_o samothe_n say_v they_o the_o britan_n and_o gaul_n be_v call_v samothei_n for_o which_o diogenes_n laertius_n be_v false_o quote_v the_o word_n in_o he_o be_v semnothei_n page_n 1_o chap._n ii_o a_o account_n of_o the_o semnothei_n why_o so_o call_v the_o opinion_n of_o h._n stephen_n and_o of_o the_o author_n old_a hero_n and_o philosopher_n go_v by_o the_o name_n of_o demigod_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o venerable_a goddess_n the_o same_o as_o eumenides_n dispenser_n of_o justice_n and_o by_o plutarch_n and_o orpheus_n they_o be_v set_v for_o civil_a magistrate_n judge_n in_o scripture_n so_o call_v elohim_n i._n e._n go_n these_o semnai_n theai_o the_o same_o as_o deae_fw-la matres_fw-la in_o a_o old_a british_a inscription_n p._n 3_o chap._n iii_o one_o law_n of_o samothe_n out_o of_o basingstoke_n concern_v the_o reckon_n of_o time_n by_o night_n bodinus_fw-la his_o censure_n of_o astrologer_n for_o otherwise_o compute_v their_o planetary_a hour_n a_o brief_a account_n of_o some_o of_o samothe_v his_o successor_n magus_n sarron_n druis_n from_o who_o the_o druid_n etc._n etc._n p._n 5_o chap._n iu_o k._n phranicus_n 900._o year_n after_o samothe_n be_v to_o reside_v in_o pannonia_n entrust_v the_o druid_n with_o the_o government_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n brutus_n aeneas_n his_o grandson_n arrive_v and_o be_v own_a king_n by_o the_o britan_n and_o build_v tâ—oynovant_n i._n e._n london_n dunvallo_n molmutius_n 600._o year_n after_o be_v king_n and_o make_v law_n concern_v sanctuary_n road_n or_o highway_n and_o plowland_n k._n belin_n his_o son_n confirm_v those_o law_n and_o cast_v up_o four_o great_a cause-waye_n through_o the_o island_n a_o further_a account_n of_o molmutius_n p._n 6_o chap._n v._n a_o brief_a account_n of_o q._n regent_n martia_n and_o of_o merchenlage_n whether_o so_o call_v from_o she_o or_o from_o the_o mercian_n annius_n again_o censure_v for_o a_o forger_n and_o his_o berosus_n for_o a_o fabulous_a writer_n p._n 7_o chap._n vi_o the_o story_n of_o brutus_n canvas_v and_o take_v to_o be_v a_o poetic_a fiction_n of_o the_o bard_n jeoffry_n of_o monmouth_n credit_n call_v in_o question_n antiquary_n at_o a_o loss_n in_o their_o judgement_n of_o these_o frivolous_a story_n p._n 8_o chap._n vii_o what_o the_o trojan_a law_n be_v which_o brutus_n bring_v in_o that_o concern_v the_o elder_a son_n inherit_v the_o whole_a estate_n confute_v in_o the_o first_o time_n there_o be_v no_o positive_a law_n yet_o mention_v make_v of_o they_o in_o some_o very_a ancient_a author_n notwithstanding_o a_o remark_n of_o some_o ancient_a writer_n to_o the_o contrary_a p._n 10_o chap._n viii_o a_o account_n of_o the_o druid_n out_o of_o caesar_n commentary_n whence_o they_o be_v so_o call_v their_o determine_n in_o point_n of_o law_n and_o pass_a sentence_n in_o case_n of_o crime_n their_o award_n bind_v all_o party_n their_o way_n of_o excommunicate_v or_o outlaw_v they_o have_v a_o chief_a over_o they_o how_o he_o be_v choose_v their_o privilege_n and_o immunity_n p._n 12_o chap._n ix_o the_o menage_n of_o their_o school_n without_o write_v on_o other_o occasion_n they_o may_v use_v the_o greek_a letter_n as_o caesar_n say_v yet_o not_o have_v the_o language_n the_o greek_a letter_n then_o be_v other_o than_o what_o they_o be_v now_o these_o borrow_a from_o the_o gaul_n as_o those_o from_o the_o phoenician_n ceregy-drudion_a or_o the_o druid_n stone_n in_o wales_n this_o place_n of_o caesar_n suspect_v lipsius_n his_o judgement_n of_o
the_o whole_a book_n p._n 13_o chap._n x._o the_o druid_n reckon_v of_o time_n a_o age_n consist_v of_o thirty_o year_n what_o author_n treat_v of_o the_o druid_n their_o doctrine_n and_o custom_n savour_v of_o pythagoras_n and_o the_o cabalist_n they_o be_v the_o elder_a philosopher_n and_o lawyer_n among_o the_o gentile_n some_o odd_a image_n of_o they_o in_o stone_n in_o a_o abbey_n near_o voitland_n describe_v p._n 15_o chap._n xi_o the_o britan_n and_o gaul_n have_v law_n and_o custom_n much_o alike_o and_o whence_o that_o come_v some_o thing_n common_a to_o they_o both_o set_v down_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o breed_n of_o their_o child_n the_o marry_v of_o their_o wife_n the_o govern_n of_o their_o family_n burn_a woman_n that_o kill_v their_o husband_n and_o burn_v some_o servant_n with_o the_o dead_a master_n for_o company_n together_o with_o some_o remark_n of_o their_o public_a government_n p._n 16_o chap._n xii_o woman_n admit_v to_o public_a debate_n a_o large_a commendation_n of_o the_o sex_n together_o with_o a_o vindication_n of_o their_o fitness_n to_o govern_v against_o the_o salic_a law_n make_v out_o by_o several_a example_n of_o most_o nation_n p._n 18_o chap._n xiii_o their_o put_a themselves_o under_o protection_n by_o go_v into_o great_a man_n service_n their_o coin_n of_o money_n and_o their_o weigh_v of_o it_o some_o sort_n of_o flesh_n not_o lawful_a to_o be_v eat_v by_o they_o p._n 21_o chap._n fourteen_o community_n of_o wife_n among_o the_o britan_n use_v former_o by_o other_o nation_n also_o chalcondylas_n his_o mistake_n from_o our_o civil_a custom_n of_o salute_v a_o rÄ—buke_n of_o the_o foolish_a humour_n of_o jealousy_n p._n 22_o chap._n xv._n a_o account_n of_o the_o british_a state_n under_o the_o roman_n claudius_n win_v a_o battle_n and_o return_n to_o rome_n in_o triumph_n and_o leaf_n a._n plautius_n to_o order_n affair_n a_o colony_n be_v send_v to_o maldon_n in_o essex_n and_o to_o several_a other_o place_n the_o nature_n of_o these_o colony_n out_o of_o lipsius_n julius_n agricola_n government_n here_o in_o vespasian_n time_n p._n 24_o chap._n xvi_o in_o commodus_n his_o time_n king_n lucy_n embrace_v the_o christian_a religion_n and_o desire_n eleutherius_fw-la then_o pope_n to_o send_v he_o the_o roman_a law_n in_o stead_n of_o heathen_a priest_n he_o make_v three_o arch-bishop_n and_o twenty_o eight_o bishop_n he_o endow_v the_o church_n and_o make_v they_o sanctuary_n the_o manner_n of_o government_n in_o constantine_n time_n where_o end_v the_o roman_a account_n p._n 27_o chap._n xvii_o the_o saxon_n be_v send_v for_o in_o by_o vortigern_n against_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n who_o usurp_v the_o government_n set_v up_o the_o heptarchy_n the_o angles_n jute_n frison_n all_o call_v saxon_n a_o account_n of_o they_o and_o their_o law_n take_v out_o of_o adam_n of_o bremen_n p._n 29_o chap._n xviii_o the_o saxon_n division_n of_o their_o people_n into_o four_o rank_n no_o person_n to_o marry_v out_o of_o his_o own_o rank_n what_o proportion_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o marriage_n according_a to_o policy_n like_a to_o like_v the_o old_a rule_n now_o matrimony_n be_v make_v a_o matter_n of_o money_n p._n 30_o chap._n xix_o the_o saxon_n way_n of_o judge_v the_o event_n of_o war_n with_o a_o enemy_n their_o manner_n of_o approve_v a_o proposal_n in_o council_n by_o clatter_v their_o arms._n the_o original_a of_o hundred-court_n their_o dub_a their_o youth_n into_o men._n the_o privilege_n of_o young_a lad_n noble_o bear_v the_o morganheb_n or_o wedding-dowry_n p._n 32_o chap._n xx._n their_o severe_a punishment_n of_o adultery_n by_o maim_v some_o part_n of_o the_o body_n the_o reason_n of_o it_o give_v by_o bracton_n the_o like_a practise_v by_o dane_n and_o norman_n p._n 33_o chap._n xxi_o the_o manner_n of_o inherit_v among_o they_o of_o deadly_a feud_n of_o wergild_n or_o head-money_n for_o murder_n the_o nature_n of_o country-tenure_n and_o knight_n fee_n p._n 36_o chap._n xxii_o since_o the_o return_n of_o christianity_n into_o the_o island_n king_n ethelbert_n law_n against_o sacrilege_n thief_n former_o amerce_v in_o cattle_n a_o blot_n upon_o theodred_a the_o good_a bishop_n of_o london_n for_o hang_v thief_n the_o country_n call_v engelond_n by_o order_n of_o king_n egbert_n and_o why_o so_o call_v the_o law_n of_o king_n ina_n alfred_n ethelred_n etc._n etc._n be_v still_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o saxon._n those_o of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n and_o king_n knute_n the_o dane_n be_v put_v forth_o by_o mr._n lambard_n in_o his_o archaeonomia_fw-la p._n 37_o chap._n xxiii_o king_n alfred_n divide_v england_n into_o county_n or_o shire_n and_o into_o hundred_o and_o tything_n the_o original_a of_o decenna_n or_o courtleet_n friburg_n and_o mainpast_a form_n of_o law_n how_o people_n be_v to_o answer_v for_o those_o who_o they_o have_v in_o borgh_n or_o mainpast_a p._n 39_o chap._n xxiv_o king_n alfred_n first_o appoint_v sheriff_n by_o duns_n scotus_n his_o advice_n he_o give_v order_n for_o the_o breed_n up_o of_o youth_n in_o learning_n by_o the_o way_n what_o a_o hide_n of_o land_n be_v king_n edgar_n law_n for_o drink_v prelate_n investiture_n by_o the_o king_n ring_n and_o staff_n king_n knute_n law_n against_o any_o englishman_n that_o shall_v kill_v a_o dane_n hence_o englescyre_n the_o manner_n of_o subscribe_v and_o seal_v till_o edward_n the_o confessor_n time_n king_n harold_n law_n that_o no_o welshman_n shall_v come_v on_o this_o side_n offa_n dike_n with_o a_o weapon_n p._n 41_o chap._n xxv_o the_o royal_a consort_n great_a privilege_n of_o grant_v felon_n estate_n forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n estate_n grant_v by_o the_o king_n with_o three_o exception_n of_o expedition_n bridge_n and_o castle_n the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o king_n present_v a_o turf_n at_o the_o altar_n of_o that_o church_n to_o which_o he_o give_v land_n such_o a_o grant_n of_o king_n ethelbald_n comprise_v in_o old_a verse_n p._n 43_o the_o 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