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shall_v be_v in_o the_o clergy_n â§_o the_o ten_o reason_n also_o it_o be_v say_v psal_n lxxi_o deus_fw-la iudicium_fw-la tuum_fw-la regida_fw-la et_fw-la iusticiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la filio_fw-la regis_fw-la iudicare_fw-la populum_fw-la tuum_fw-la in_o iusticia_fw-la et_fw-la pauperes_fw-la tuos_fw-la in_o iudicio_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v /_o o_o lord_n god_n gyve_v thy_o iugement_n to_o a_o king_n /_o and_z thy_o justice_n to_o the_o son_n of_o a_o king_n to_o iuge_a thy_o peple_n in_o justice_n /_o and_z thy_o poor_a folk_n in_o iugement_n and_o than_o this_o reason_n have_v be_v make_v thereupon_o /_o that_o these_o word_n be_v speak_v lytteral_o of_o christ_n as_o they_o be_v in_o deed_n /_o as_o a_o prayer_n that_o the_o father_n of_o heaven_n will_v gyve_v his_o iugement_n &_o justice_n to_o christ_n and_o they_o say_v as_o the_o troth_n be_v /_o that_z that_o power_n be_v fulfyl_v in_o christ_n as_o it_o appear_v joh._n v._o where_o it_o be_v say_v pater_fw-la omne_fw-la 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a_o treatyse_n concern_v the_o power_n of_o the_o clergye_a /_o and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n ♣_o cum_fw-la privilegio_fw-la regali_fw-la ¶_o the_o 〈…〉_o though_o the_o princypall_a intent_n of_o this_o present_a treatyse_n /_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o clergye_a /_o &_o of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n yet_o for_o asmoche_n as_o those_o power_n can_v not_o perfyt_o be_v know_v /_o but_o the_o power_n of_o king_n &_o prince_n be_v know_v also_o therefore_o dyvers_a text_n of_o scripture_n /_o concern_a king_n and_o prince_n be_v put_v into_o three_o of_o the_o first_o chapitre_n of_o this_o treatise_n /_o with_o the_o englyshe_a follow_v the_o same_o /_o for_z they_o that_o understande_v not_o the_o latin_a tongue_n and_o the_o ix_o chapter_n also_o /_o treat_v much_o of_o the_o power_n of_o king_n &_o prince_n /_o and_o also_o of_o the_o clergy_n /_o and_o whether_o the_o gospel_n take_v any_o power_n from_o prince_n that_o they_o have_v before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n /_o or_o not_o the_o other_o chapiters_n concern_n most_o specyal_o the_o clergy_n /_o and_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o realm_n /_o as_z to_o the_o reder_n will_v appear_v ¶_o auctority_n to_o prove_v that_o king_n and_o prince_n have_v their_o auctoritye_n immediate_o of_o god_n and_o that_o honour_n and_o obedience_n ought_v to_o be_v give_v to_o they_o the_o first_o chapter_n per_fw-la i_o reges_fw-la regnant_a /_o et_fw-fr legum_fw-la conditores_fw-la iusta_fw-la decerunt_fw-la pro._n viij_o by_o i_o king_n reign_v /_o &_o maker_n of_o law_n dyscerne_v thing_n that_o be_v rightwyse_o proverbiorum_fw-la viij_o ¶_o et_fw-la nunc_fw-la reges_fw-la intelligite_fw-la erudimini_fw-la qui_fw-la iudicatis_fw-la terram_fw-la psal_n two_o and_o now_o o_o kyngê_n /_o look_v you_o understande_v be_v you_o learn_v that_o iuge_a the_o world_n psalmo_fw-la ii_o ¶_o audite_fw-la ergo_fw-la reges_fw-la et_fw-la intelligite_fw-la /_o discite_fw-la iudices_fw-la furtum_fw-la terre_fw-fr /_o prebete_fw-it aures_fw-la vos_fw-la qui_fw-la continetis_fw-la multitudines_fw-la et_fw-la placetis_fw-la vobis_fw-la in_o turbis_fw-la nationum_fw-la /_o quoniam_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la potestas_fw-la vobis_fw-la sapi._fw-la vi_fw-la here_o you_o therefore_o you_o king_n and_o understande_v learn_v you_o that_o be_v iuges_fw-la of_o all_o party_n of_o the_o world_n lie_v to_o your_o ear_n you_o that_o rule_v the_o multitude_n and_o order_fw-fr the_o people_n for_o power_n be_v give_v to_o you_o of_o god_n sapi._fw-la vi_fw-la ¶_o reges_fw-la gentium_fw-la dnantur_fw-la corum_fw-la luc_n xxij_o king_n of_o the_o people_n have_v power_n over_o they_o luc._n xxii_o ¶_o deum_fw-la timete_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr regem_fw-la honorificate_n drede_fw-la god_n &_o honour_n the_o king_n i._o pe_z two_o ¶_o non_fw-la est_fw-la enin_n potestas_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la que_fw-fr autem_fw-la sunt_fw-la /_o a_o deo_fw-la ordinata_fw-la sunt_fw-la itaque_fw-la /_o qui_fw-fr resistit_fw-la potestati_fw-la dei_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la resistit_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la resistunt_fw-la ipi_fw-la sibi_fw-la dampnationem_fw-la acquirunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n nam_fw-la principes_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la timori_fw-la boni_fw-la operis_fw-la sed_fw-la mali_fw-la etc._n etc._n vis_fw-fr autem_fw-la non_fw-la timere_fw-la potestatem_fw-la /_o bonum_fw-la fac_fw-la &_o habebis_fw-la laudem_fw-la ex_fw-la illa_fw-la /_o dei_fw-la enim_fw-la minister_n est_fw-la tibi_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la /_o si_fw-mi autem_fw-la malum_fw-la feceris_fw-la time_n non_fw-la enim_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la gladium_fw-la portat_fw-la ad_fw-la ro._n xiii_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n forsooth_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v /_o be_z ordain_v of_o god_n and_o so_o he_o that_o resy_v power_n /_o resy_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o resy_v get_v dampnacyon_n to_o themselves_o for_o prince_n be_v not_o ordain_v to_o the_o drede_n of_o a_o good_a work_n /_o but_z of_o evyll_n will_v thou_o not_o drede_v power_n do_v well_o &_o thou_o shall_v have_v laud_n of_o it_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n into_o goodness_n to_o the_o /_o and_z if_o thou_o do_v evyll_n /_o drede_fw-la /_o for_z he_o ber_v not_o a_o sword_n without_o cause_n ¶_o subiecti_fw-la estote_fw-la of_o humane_a creature_n propter_fw-la deum_fw-la sine_fw-la regi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la precellenti_fw-la sine_fw-la ducibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la missis_fw-la ad_fw-la vindictam_fw-la malefactorum_fw-la lauden_n vero_fw-la bonorum_fw-la prima_fw-la petri_fw-la ii_o be_v you_o subget_v to_o all_o man_n for_o god_n either_o to_o the_o king_n as_o precelling_n other_o /_o or_z to_o duke_n as_o man_n send_v by_o he_o to_o the_o correction_n of_o evil_a doer_n /_o and_o laud_fw-la of_o well_o doer_n i_o petri._n two_o ¶_o non_fw-la aufert_fw-la deus_fw-la a_o iusto_fw-la oculos_fw-la svos_fw-la et_fw-la reges_fw-la in_o solio_fw-la collocat_fw-la imê‘petuum_fw-la god_n tourn_v not_o his_o eye_n from_o a_o rightwysman_n /_o &_o king_n he_o set_v in_o their_o seat_n for_o ever_o job._n xxxvi_o ¶_o rex_fw-la david_n dixit_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la elegit_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la israel_n i_o de_fw-es universa_fw-la domo_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la /_o ut_fw-la essem_fw-la rex_fw-la super_fw-la israel_n in_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la i_o parale_n xxviii_o king_n davyd_v say_v to_o all_o the_o people_n our_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n /_o chase_v i_o before_o all_o the_o house_n of_o my_o father_n /_o that_z i_o shall_v be_v king_n upon_o israel_n for_o ever_o primo_fw-la parali_fw-la xxviii_o ¶_o certain_a partycule_a auctoritye_n concern_v king_n and_o prince_n the_o second_o chapter_n constituit_fw-la te_fw-la regem_fw-la ut_fw-la faceres_fw-la iudicium_fw-la et_fw-la iusticiam_fw-la iii_o regum_fw-la ten_o he_o have_v ordain_v the_o a_o king_n /_o that_o thou_o shall_v do_v justice_n &_o iugement_n ¶_o regina_fw-la saba_n dixit_fw-la ad_fw-la salomonen_n /_o qr_o quia_fw-la diligit_fw-la deê°_n israel_n et_fw-fr vult_fw-la seruare_fw-la illum_fw-la ineternum_fw-la idcirco_fw-la posuit_fw-la te_fw-la suê‘_n eum_fw-la regem_fw-la ut_fw-la facias_fw-la iuditia_fw-la atque_fw-la iudicium_fw-la ii_o paral._n ix_o the_o queen_n of_o saba_n say_v to_o solomon_n /_o because_o god_n love_v israel_n &_o will_v pnserue_v he_o for_o ever_o /_o therefore_o he_o have_v make_v the_o king_n over_o he_o /_o that_z thou_o shall_v do_v justice_n to_o all_o &_o every_o one_o of_o the_o people_n ii_o paral._n ix_o ¶_o honour_v regis_fw-la iudicium_fw-la diligit_fw-la psa_fw-la 98._o the_o honour_n of_o a_o king_n love_v justice_n ¶_o in_o multitudine_fw-la populi_fw-la dignitas_fw-la regê_n /_o et_fw-fr in_o paucitate_fw-la plebis_fw-la ignominia_fw-la principis_fw-la proverbiorum_fw-la xiiii_o in_o the_o multytude_n of_o people_n be_v the_o dygnyte_n of_o a_o king_n /_o and_z in_o the_o lytelnesse_n of_o people_n be_v the_o want_v of_o glory_n to_o a_o prince_n pro._n xiiii_o ¶_o divinatio_fw-la in_o labiis_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o iuditio_fw-la non_fw-la errabit_fw-la os_fw-la eius_fw-la prover._n xuj_o a_o dyvine_a work_n be_v in_o the_o lip_n of_o a_o king_n /_o &_o his_o mouth_n shall_v not_o err_v in_o iugement_n pro._n xuj_o ¶_o abominable_v kegi_fw-la qui_fw-la agunt_fw-la impie_fw-la /_o quoniam_fw-la iusticia_fw-la firmatur_fw-la solium_fw-la /_o voluntas_fw-la regum_fw-la labia_fw-la iusta_fw-la prover._n xuj_o they_o be_v abominable_a to_o a_o king_n that_o do_v wycked_o /_o for_o a_o kingdom_n be_v stabyle_v in_o justice_n /_o &_o true_a lyppê_n be_v a_o king_n will_n prover._n xuj_o ¶_o in_o hilaritate_fw-la vultus_fw-la regis_fw-la vita_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr clementia_fw-la eiê°_n quasi_fw-la imber_fw-la serotinus_fw-la pro_fw-la xuj_o in_o the_o cheerfulness_n of_o a_o king_n countenance_n be_v life_n and_o his_o mercy_n be_v as_o a_o evening_n dew_n pro._n xuj_o ¶_o 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