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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v noble_a or_o high-born_a be_v no_o argument_n for_o love_n good_a part_n of_o bree_n lie_v forlorn_a it_o be_v money_n only_o they_o approve_v i_o come_v back_o now_o to_o my_o friend_n adam_n 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 tacit._n 24._o they_o take_v a_o prisoner_n of_o that_o nation_n with_o which_o they_o be_v to_o have_v a_o war_n by_o what_o way_n soever_o they_o can_v catch_v he_o and_o choose_v out_o one_o of_o their_o own_o countryman_n and_o put_v on_o each_o of_o they_o the_o arm_n of_o their_o own_o country_n make_v they_o two_o fight_v together_o and_o judge_v of_o the_o victory_n 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vel_fw-la illius_fw-la pro_fw-la praejudicio_fw-la accipitur_fw-la xvii_o unto_o the_o time_n before_o christianity_n among_o they_o be_v receive_v this_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v the_o first_o christian_a king_n ethelbert_n of_o kent_n inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la as_o venerable_a bede_n report_v bona_fw-la 5._o quae_fw-la genti_fw-la suae_fw-la consulendo_fw-la conferebat_fw-la etiam_fw-la decreta_fw-la illi_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la juxta_fw-la exempla_fw-la romanorum_fw-la cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la sapientum_fw-la instituit_fw-la quae_fw-la conscripta_fw-la anglorum_fw-la sermone_fw-la hactenus_fw-la say_v he_o habentur_fw-la &_o observantur_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la and_o very_o many_o constitution_n yet_o extant_a write_v in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n be_v attribute_v to_o ine_fw-mi alfred_n edward_n athelstan_n edmund_n edgar_z ethelred_n and_o canutus_n or_o knute_n translate_v into_o latin_a and_o publish_v long_o since_o by_o william_n lambard_n a_o learned_a gentleman_n with_o the_o law_n 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haec_fw-la initio_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la posterioribus_fw-la annis_fw-la immutatus_fw-la est_fw-la iste_fw-la modus_fw-la the_o antiquity_n of_o deem_v the_o queen_n both_o as_o covert_a and_o also_o a_o sole_a person_n with_o such_o respective_a admittance_n as_o be_v common_o agree_v upon_o and_o the_o custom_n of_o land-forfeiture_n upon_o felony_n commit_v be_v both_o refer_v to_o these_o time_n resp._n the_o first_o prove_v by_o that_o learned_a chief_a justice_n sir_n edw._n coke_n out_o of_o a_o gift_n make_v by_o aethelswith_n wife_n to_o king_n burghred_n to_o one_o cuthwulfe_n her_o servant_n dccclxviii_o the_o other_o from_o a_o example_n by_o he_o publish_v of_o one_o ethesig_n who_o land_n be_v forfeit_v to_o king_n ethelred_n for_o felonious_o steal_v one_o ethelwine_n swine_n chap._n iu._n william_n the_o first_o but_o none_o of_o that_o which_o under_o title_n of_o his_o law_n be_v in_o lambard_n no_o soon_o be_v the_o norman_a william_n circle_v with_o the_o crown_n of_o his_o victory_n but_o brit._n i._o decrevit_fw-la subjectum_fw-la sibi_fw-la populum_fw-la my_o author_n be_v gervase_n of_o tilbury_n juri_fw-la scripto_fw-la legibusque_fw-la subjicere_fw-la propositis_fw-la igitur_fw-la legibus_fw-la anglicanis_fw-la secundùm_fw-la tripartitam_fw-la earundem_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la merchenlage_n this_o govern_v the_o shire_n of_o gloucester_n worcester_n hereford_n warwick_z oxford_n chester_n shropshire_n and_o stafford_n westsaxenlage_n hereby_o be_v order_v kent_n sussex_n surry_n berkshire_n hamshire_n wiltshire_n somerset_n dorset_z and_o devonshire_n and_o danelage_n by_o it_o york_n derby_n nottingham_n leicester_n lincoln_n northampton_n bedford_n buckingham_z hartford_n essex_n middlesex_n norfolk_n suffolk_z cambridge_n and_o huntingdon_n quasdam_fw-la reprobavit_fw-la quasdam_fw-la autem_fw-la approbans_fw-la illis_fw-la transmarinas_fw-la neustriae_fw-la that_o be_v normandy_n corrupt_o for_o westriae_fw-la the_o opposite_a to_o that_o other_o part_n of_o the_o division_n of_o france_n eustrasia_n leges_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la regni_fw-la pacem_fw-la tuendam_fw-la efficacissimè_fw-la videbantur_fw-la which_o be_v not_o perform_v without_o earnest_n and_o most_o humble_a request_n of_o the_o english_a 343._o for_o as_o honour_v with_o respect_n the_o northern_a stock_n whence_o his_o blood_n be_v derive_v the_o danelage_n he_o prefer_v as_o worthy_a and_o better_a for_o government_n than_o the_o mere_a english_a but_o seem_v at_o first_o inexorable_a the_o persuasive_a remembrance_n of_o his_o soul_n which_o bequeath_v he_o the_o kingdom_n and_o who_o law_n they_o desire_v be_v as_o the_o best_a suppose_a motive_n insert_v in_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o conquer_a he_o grant_v so_o much_o that_o from_o that_o time_n veneratae_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la angliam_fw-la corroboratae_fw-la &_o observatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la patriae_fw-la legibus_fw-la leges_fw-la edwardi_fw-la regis_fw-la 347._o quae_fw-la priùs_fw-la inventae_fw-la it_o be_v roger_n of_o hoveden_n report_n &_o constitutae_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la edgari_fw-la avi_fw-la svi_fw-la ii_o fecit_fw-la describi_fw-la omnem_fw-la angliam_fw-la the_o substance_n hereof_o be_v in_o most_o of_o the_o monkish_a history_n but_o florence_n of_o worcester_n be_v the_o author_n i_o now_o use_v quantum_fw-la terrae_fw-la cuique_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la possidebat_fw-la wigorn._n quot_fw-la feudatos_fw-la milites_fw-la quot_fw-la carucas_fw-la quot_fw-la villanos_fw-la quot_fw-la animalia_fw-la imò_fw-la quantum_fw-la vivae_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la cuique_fw-la possidebat_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la 1._o à _fw-la maximo_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la minimum_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la redditûs_fw-la quaeque_fw-la possessio_fw-la reddere_fw-la poterat_fw-la this_o inquisition_n be_v return_v into_o his_o exchequer_n and_o be_v a_o book_n
carcerem_fw-la detrudantur_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sunt_fw-la 257._o ad_fw-la fisci_fw-la commodum_fw-la seisiantur_fw-la xxxiii_o if_o the_o institute_v comptroller_n fail_v in_o that_o trust_n commit_v to_o they_o de_fw-fr catallis_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la regis_fw-la remaneant_fw-la xxxiv_o a_o aid_n of_o 5_o s._n the_o hide_n be_v take_v through_o the_o kingdom_n for_o collection_n be_v commission_n grant_v 443._o and_o power_n of_o convent_v the_o land_n tenant_n and_o charge_v they_o by_o oath_n to_o make_v true_a report_n of_o hide_n in_o every_o manor_n ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la verò_fw-la juratorum_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquid_fw-la contra_fw-la juramentum_fw-la suum_fw-la celaverint_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la negotio_fw-la statutum_fw-la erat_fw-la quod_fw-la quicunque_fw-la rusticus_n convictus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la de_fw-la perjurio_fw-la daret_fw-la domino_fw-la meliorem_fw-la bovem_fw-la de_fw-la carucâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la &_o insuper_fw-la responderet_fw-la de_fw-la proprio_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la tantum_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quantum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la declaratum_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la perjuriam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la celatum_fw-la a._n si_fw-mi verò_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la by_o the_o opposite_a of_o the_o title_n rusticus_n i_o conceive_v general_o tenant_n in_o ancient_a demesne_fw-la which_o be_v not_o allow_v the_o addition_n of_o freeman_n and_o copyholder_n convictus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o misericordià _fw-la regis_fw-la &_o insuper_fw-la refunderet_fw-la de_fw-la proprio_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la quantum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la celatum_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o rusticus_n xxxv_o statutum_n fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la quilibet_fw-la baro_n cum_fw-la vicecomite_n faceret_fw-la districtiones_fw-la super_fw-la homines_fw-la suos_fw-la &_o si_fw-la per_fw-la defectum_fw-la baronum_fw-la districtiones_fw-la factae_fw-la non_fw-la fuissent_fw-la caperetur_fw-la de_fw-la dominico_fw-la baronum_fw-la quod_fw-la super_fw-la homines_fw-la suos_fw-la restaret_fw-la reddendum_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la barones_n ad_fw-la homines_fw-la suos_fw-la inde_fw-la caperent_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la feoda_fw-it ecclesiarum_fw-la parochialium_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la tallagio_n excipiebantur_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la excaet_fw-la baronum_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la communicaverunt_fw-la xxxvi_o serganteriae_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la de_fw-fr feodis_fw-la militum_fw-la excipiebantur_fw-la b._n take_v it_o of_o grand_a or_o petit_fw-fr serjeanty_n and_o it_o full_o accord_v with_o some_o term_n book_n of_o late_a time_n allow_v and_o publish_v capitula_fw-la placitorum_fw-la coronae_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la 445._o whereof_o hugh_n bardulph_n roger_n arundel_n and_o geffrey_n harset_n justice_n in_o eire_n through_o the_o northern_a part_n hold_v plea_n xxxvii_o de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la assisis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr magnis_fw-la assisis_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la x._o libratas_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o infrá_fw-fr xxxviii_o de_fw-fr advocationibus_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la &_o capiantur_fw-la coram_fw-la eye_n electiones_fw-la magnae_fw-la assisae_fw-la per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la capitalis_fw-la justittae_fw-la thirty-nine_o de_fw-fr ecclesiis_fw-la vacantibus_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la vacantibus_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la de_fw-la donatione_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la xl._o de_fw-fr excaetis_n d._n regis_fw-la xli_o de_fw-fr donationibus_fw-la &_o de_fw-la valectis_fw-la &_o puellis_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la esse_fw-la debent_fw-la in_fw-la donatione_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr valentiis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la eorum_fw-la vel_fw-la earum_fw-la sit_fw-la maritatus_fw-la &_o inquiratur_fw-la cui_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o à _fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la xlii_o quae_fw-la viduae_fw-la non_fw-la 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