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as_o well_o as_o justice_n and_o be_v so_o express_o declare_v and_o annex_v unto_o the_o king_n by_o the_o stat._n of_o the_o 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 24._o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v annex_v unto_o it_o for_o the_o better_a part_n of_o one_o thousand_o year_n church_n 7._o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o land_n of_o bishop_n and_o cathedral_n church_n confirm_v by_o many_o charter_n from_o all_o our_o king_n have_v prescription_n of_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n and_o be_v firm_o annex_v to_o the_o church_n as_o law_n charter_n or_o prescription_n can_v settle_v they_o now_o if_o these_o revenue_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o and_o dispose_v of_o without_o process_n of_o law_n without_o the_o king_n consent_n who_o be_v swear_v to_o uphold_v they_o and_o be_v founder_n of_o they_o all_o without_o the_o consent_n or_o forfeiture_n of_o the_o possessor_n what_o man_n can_v think_v he_o have_v a_o better_a title_n to_o any_o thing_n he_o hold_v or_o assure_v himself_o of_o any_o land_n or_o other_o thing_n he_o possess_v for_o one_o day_n long_o than_o house_n shall_v please_v beside_o it_o be_v against_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la the_o law_n and_o the_o king_n oath_n and_o the_o usance_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o all_o time_n ward_n 8._o the_o court_n of_o ward_n for_o the_o king_n to_o have_v wardship_n be_v a_o inheritance_n and_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n approve_v by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o enland_n and_o acknowledge_v and_o submit_v unto_o in_o all_o age_n and_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n be_v settle_v and_o establish_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o time_n of_o h._n 8_o and_o it_o be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v compound_v for_o at_o a_o valuable_a consideration_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n james_n and_o by_o he_o refuse_v because_o it_o be_v so_o great_a a_o flower_n of_o his_o crown_n as_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v sever_v from_o it_o and_o now_o if_o the_o house_n shall_v force_v a_o bargain_n at_o their_o own_o pleasure_n and_o their_o own_o price_n it_o be_v contrary_a to_o all_o law_n all_o reason_n and_o moral_a justice_n and_o to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o crown_n the_o detain_n of_o the_o king_n child_n under_o their_o governance_n child_n 9_o touch_v the_o king_n child_n the_o order_n of_o their_o education_n and_o their_o future_a marriage_n can_v belong_v unto_o the_o house_n but_o unto_o the_o king_n by_o all_o divine_a and_o human_a law_n and_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n neither_o be_v the_o contrary_a anywhere_o practise_v but_o by_o the_o great_a turk_n no_o new_a oath_n can_v be_v impose_v upon_o the_o subject_a but_o by_o the_o warrant_n of_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n oath_n 10_o touch_v impose_v of_o new_a oath_n as_o be_v declare_v by_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n and_o be_v so_o settle_v by_o the_o act_n of_o 3._o car._n and_o have_v be_v so_o declare_v during_o this_o parliament_n by_o the_o two_o house_n upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o new_a canon_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o collection_n of_o their_o own_o order_n pag._n 159.160.908.910_o and_o we_o find_v the_o two_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n the_o first_o in_o 1._o eliz._n the_o second_o in_o 3_o iac._n be_v both_o frame_v and_o enjoin_v to_o be_v take_v in_o and_o by_o several_a act_n of_o parliament_n and_o yet_o now_o do_v the_o house_n press_v oath_n upon_o their_o fellow_n subject_n utter_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o other_o legal_a oath_n which_o they_o have_v former_o take_v and_o for_o the_o refusal_n of_o their_o oath_n of_o covenant_n and_o of_o their_o negative_a oath_n in_o express_a term_n to_o abjure_v their_o allegiance_n to_o their_o sovereign_n they_o condemn_v they_o of_o malignancy_n a_o new_a word_n of_o art_n not_o former_o know_v to_o the_o law_n of_o england_n treason_n 11._o concerning_o treason_n it_o be_v define_v by_o the_o act_n of_o the_o 25._o ed._n 3._o cap._n 2._o and_o afterward_o 1_o h._n 4._o and_o 2_o ma._n that_o act_n be_v confirm_v and_o enact_v that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v adjudge_v treason_n but_o what_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v so_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 25._o ed._n 3._o or_o shall_v be_v afterwards_o declare_v to_o be_v treason_n by_o parliament_n which_o be_v understand_v to_o be_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o can_v be_v without_o the_o king_n royal_a assent_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o h._n 8._o we_o find_v several_a treason_n enact_v to_o be_v so_o by_o parliament_n which_o afterwards_o be_v all_o repeal_v by_o that_o of_o the_o 2_o mar._n and_o again_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n mary_n queen_n eliz._n and_o king_n james_n new_a treason_n declare_v by_o new_a act_n of_o parliament_n in_o their_o several_a time_n but_o now_o in_o this_o present_a session_n the_o two_o house_n in_o many_o several_a case_n single_o of_o themselves_o without_o the_o solemnity_n of_o a_o act_n by_o a_o ordinance_n only_o have_v order_v that_o man_n shall_v die_v as_o traitor_n and_o lose_v their_o 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