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hereupon_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n shall_v make_v a_o writ_n of_o error_n n._n 1_o h._n 7.19_o n._n direct_v unto_o the_o judge_n of_o such_o court_n where_o the_o error_n be_v commit_v and_o now_o to_o be_v reverse_v by_o the_o parliament_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o write_v the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n shall_v in_o person_n bring_v before_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o high_a house_n the_o say_a petition_n the_o say_v write_v of_o error_n and_o the_o roll_n wherein_o be_v contain_v the_o judgement_n and_o process_n wherein_o error_n be_v suppose_v 3.3_o h._n 7.19_o 2_o e._n 3.3_o and_o shall_v there_o leave_v the_o same_o petition_n writ_z and_o the_o transcript_n of_o the_o say_a record_n but_o not_o the_o record_n itself_o with_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o parliament_n for_o that_o the_o record_n itself_o shall_v be_v bring_v back_o again_o into_o the_o say_a court_n for_o these_o reason_n 375._o 8_o h._n 5._o f._n error_n 88_o 23_o eliz_n dy._n 375._o first_o because_o these_o roll_n do_v concern_v other_o matter_n second_o because_o if_o judgement_n shall_v be_v there_o affirm_v than_o the_o inferior_a court_n may_v have_v record_n whereupon_o to_o a_o ward_n execution_n and_o last_o for_o that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n that_o when_o a_o record_n be_v send_v from_o a_o inferior_a court_n to_o a_o high_a court_n it_o be_v never_o remand_v so_o that_o if_o the_o former_a judgement_n shall_v be_v affirm_v in_o the_o parliament_n and_o the_o parliament_n after_o dissolve_v the_o party_n plaintiff_n shall_v be_v without_o remedy_n wherefore_o the_o record_n be_v bring_v back_o again_o as_o aforesaid_a 7.20_o 1_o h._n 7.20_o and_o thus_o the_o say_a petition_n endorse_v the_o writ_n of_o error_n and_o the_o transcript_n remain_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o parliament_n the_o matter_n shall_v be_v signify_v unto_o the_o lord_n steward_n by_o who_o together_o with_o the_o other_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a a._n 22_o e._n 3.3_o a._n and_o with_o the_o judge_n the_o same_o shall_v be_v determine_v or_o otherwise_o the_o king_n may_v appoint_v out_o a_o commission_n and_o thereby_o assign_v certain_a earl_n and_o baron_n who_o together_o with_o the_o judge_n shall_v determine_v the_o same_o but_o the_o commons_o shall_v not_o intermeddle_v therewith_o moreover_o after_o that_o the_o transcript_n be_v examine_v with_o the_o record_n and_o that_o the_o record_n be_v send_v back_o to_o the_o former_a court_n the_o party_n plaintiff_n ought_v to_o assign_v his_o error_n in_o writing_n and_o thereupon_o shall_v have_v a_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la against_o the_o defendant_n ad_fw-la audiendum_fw-la errores_fw-la which_o writ_n shall_v be_v return_v the_o next_o parliament_n ensue_v for_o that_o the_o common_a day_n of_o a_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la be_v forty_o day_n but_o because_o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o the_o parliament_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v or_o no_o before_o that_o time_n therefore_o the_o say_a writ_n shall_v be_v return_v the_o next_o parliament_n 88_o 8_o h_n 5._o f._n tit_n error_n 88_o but_o if_o the_o write_v be_v sue_v forth_o at_o a_o session_n of_o parliament_n the_o same_o shall_v be_v return_v the_o next_o session_n after_o the_o say_a error_n assign_v and_o the_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la pursue_v the_o plaintiff_n shall_v not_o enter_v into_o recognisance_n to_o satisfy_v the_o judgement_n 7.20_o 1_o h._n 7.20_o if_o it_o shall_v happen_v to_o be_v give_v against_o he_o or_o to_o render_v his_o body_n to_o prison_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o be_v do_v in_o a_o writ_n of_o error_n in_o the_o upper_a bench_n sue_v upon_o a_o erroneous_a judgement_n give_v in_o the_o common_a place_n but_o he_o shall_v still_o remain_v in_o prison_n for_o if_o the_o party_n plaintiff_n shall_v be_v at_o large_a upon_o such_o recognizance_n acknowledge_v in_o