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by_o the_o emperor_n valentinianus_n to_o numidia_n &_o both_o the_o mauritania_n quatuor_fw-la millia_fw-la aureorum_fw-la &_o ducentas_fw-la tantum_fw-la solverent_fw-la &_o ducentas_fw-la militares_fw-la annonas_fw-la &_o 800._o capita_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la equorum_fw-la pabula_fw-la singulasque_fw-la annonas_fw-la solidis_fw-la quatuor_fw-la per_fw-la annum_fw-la jussit_fw-la aestimari_fw-la they_o be_v order_v to_o pay_v but_o yearly_o four_o thousand_o and_o two_o hundred_o crown_n twelve_o hundred_o measure_n of_o military_a corn_n or_o provision_n and_o fodder_n or_o provision_n for_o eight_o hundred_o horse_n every_o one_o of_o those_o annonae_fw-la or_o quantity_n be_v order_v to_o be_v rate_v at_o four_o shilling_n 65._o justinianus_n tanti_fw-la sed_fw-la solidis_fw-la quinis_fw-la singulas_fw-la annonas_fw-la compensari_fw-la mandat_fw-la and_o justinian_n order_v the_o same_o proportion_n do_v command_v five_o shilling_n to_o be_v pay_v for_o every_o of_o those_o annona_n or_o quantity_n in_o that_o ancient_a custom_n of_o post_n or_o speedy_a messenger_n institute_v by_o paidiae_fw-la cyrus_n among_o the_o persian_n and_o bring_v into_o use_n among_o the_o roman_n by_o augustus_n caesar_n before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n provincialium_fw-la paecunia_fw-la equi_fw-la cum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ad_fw-la currendum_fw-la destinatis_fw-la alerentur_fw-la the_o country_n or_o province_n do_v bear_v the_o charge_n of_o man_n and_o horse_n orientis_fw-la quod_fw-la severus_n imperator_fw-la postea_fw-la abolevit_fw-la id_fw-la fisci_fw-la onus_fw-la esse_fw-la jubens_fw-la which_o severus_n the_o emperor_n afterward_o take_v away_o and_o put_v that_o charge_n upon_o himself_o as_o prince_n do_v sometime_o in_o other_o matter_n upon_o some_o necessity_n or_o reason_n of_o state_n but_o not_o for_o any_o evil_n in_o the_o thing_n it_o itself_o no_o more_o be_v signify_v thereby_o then_o the_o remission_n of_o some_o subsidy_n in_o england_n after_o they_o be_v grant_v to_o queen_n elizabeth_n can_v declare_v they_o to_o be_v evil_a or_o inconvenient_a for_o it_o seem_v by_o spartianus_n it_o be_v seveâ—o_n only_o do_v in_o regard_n that_o he_o desire_v se_fw-la commendare_fw-la hominibus_fw-la to_o get_v a_o applause_n of_o the_o people_n stabula_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la equi_fw-la aâ—ebantur_fw-la provincialium_fw-la sumptibus_fw-la reficiebantur_fw-la but_o the_o stable_n notwithstanding_o in_o which_o the_o horse_n be_v keep_v be_v to_o be_v repair_v by_o the_o people_n the_o terciocerius_fw-la a_o officer_n so_o call_v do_v look_v to_o the_o bastage_n or_o public_a carriage_n et_fw-la res_fw-la transvehendas_fw-la &_o transvectas_fw-la ut_fw-la frumentum_fw-la constantinopolim_n devehendi_fw-la do_v order_n or_o send_v out_o warrant_v for_o carriage_n for_o the_o emperor_n journey_n or_o to_o carry_v corn_n for_o the_o public_a to_o constantinople_n et_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la orientis_fw-la regionibus_fw-la erant_fw-la corpora_fw-la seâ—_n collegia_fw-la naâ—tarum_fw-la quorum_fw-la quique_fw-la per_fw-la vice_n onera_fw-la publica_fw-la far_o cogebantur_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la incommodum_fw-la a_o muneribus_fw-la civilibus_fw-la immunes_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o à _fw-la tributis_fw-la liberi_fw-la &_o quandoque_fw-la ad_fw-la mercedulam_fw-la philici_fw-la nomine_fw-la accipiebant_fw-la 86._o and_o in_o diverse_a part_n of_o the_o east_n there_o be_v certain_a corporation_n or_o society_n of_o man_n of_o which_o every_o one_o by_o turn_v be_v compel_v to_o those_o public_a carriage_n in_o consideration_n whereof_o they_o be_v free_v from_o the_o bear_n of_o all_o office_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o from_o tribute_n sometime_o receive_v a_o small_a reward_n call_v philichus_n in_fw-la mediterraneis_fw-la quoque_fw-la jumenta_fw-la &_o plaustra_fw-la habentes_fw-la eidem_fw-la oneri_fw-la erant_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la quae_fw-la angaria_fw-la voco_fw-la and_o in_o the_o mediterranean_a they_o which_o have_v cart_n and_o horse_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o like_a duty_n the_o wisigothe_n have_v their_o erogatores_fw-la annonae_fw-la per_fw-la singulas_fw-la civitates_fw-la &_o castella_fw-la 6._o their_o steward_n for_o all_o provision_n in_o all_o city_n and_o castle_n and_o theodoricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n though_o so_o great_a a_o enemy_n to_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o the_o law_n of_o other_o nation_n as_o he_o forbid_v the_o use_n of_o they_o with_o a_o nolumus_fw-la sive_fw-la romanis_n legibus_fw-la sive_fw-la alienis_fw-la 9_o institutionibus_fw-la amodò_fw-la amplius_fw-la convexari_fw-la and_o will_v as_o our_o pride_n the_o drayman_n and_o hewson_n the_o cobbler_n and_o many_o of_o our_o committee_n man_n whereof_o late_o trouble_v with_o reason_n and_o our_o english_a law_n be_v no_o more_o vex_v with_o they_o can_v give_v notwithstanding_o such_o a_o entertainment_n to_o the_o right_a reason_n of_o they_o concern_v pourveyance_n as_o when_o he_o enjoin_v a_o care_n in_o distribute_v the_o annonae_fw-la or_o military_a provision_n he_o can_v say_v additum_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la beneficii_fw-la genus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o presenti_fw-la devotione_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la regis_fw-la 12._o nec_fw-la divina_fw-la domus_fw-la the_o king_n house_n in_o the_o respectful_a language_n of_o those_o time_n videatur_fw-la excepta_fw-la sed_fw-la totum_fw-la communiter_fw-la sustineatur_fw-la and_o will_v have_v that_o benefit_n extend_v to_o his_o own_o house_n that_o it_o may_v also_o be_v sustain_v by_o it_o and_o have_v they_o so_o much_o at_o his_o command_n as_o he_o appoint_v annonaâ—_n praebendas_fw-la infirmo_fw-la venienti_fw-la ad_fw-la locum_fw-la pro_fw-la recuperanda_fw-la sanitate_fw-la 11._o provision_n to_o be_v make_v for_o one_o that_o be_v for_o his_o health_n remove_v to_o a_o better_a air_n those_o annonae_fw-la be_v not_o only_o confine_v to_o corn_n but_o comprehend_v omne_fw-la alimentorum_fw-la genera_fw-la justiniani_n all_o manner_n of_o yearly_a provision_n for_o victual_n quae_fw-la praediorum_fw-la provincialium_fw-la domini_fw-la conductoresque_fw-la tuendi_fw-la exercitus_fw-la causa_fw-la quotannis_fw-la praebebant_fw-la vegâ—tius_fw-la which_o the_o province_n subject_a to_o the_o roman_a empire_n yearly_o pay_v towards_o the_o support_n of_o the_o army_n tribute_n et_fw-la solebant_fw-la preberi_fw-la in_o speciebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la verum_fw-la constitutione_n postea_fw-la rediguntur_fw-la ad_fw-la praetia_fw-la definita_fw-la in_o delegationibus_fw-la quae_fw-la eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la singulis_fw-la officiis_fw-la dantur_fw-la and_o be_v usual_o pay_v in_o kind_n but_o be_v afterward_o reduce_v to_o certain_a price_n by_o officer_n appoint_v to_o that_o purpose_n qua_fw-la annonae_fw-la eye_n debitae_fw-la taxantur_fw-la &_o capita_fw-la aut_fw-la praetia_fw-la ecrum_fw-la quae_fw-la sumunt_fw-la ex_fw-la tributis_fw-la illius_fw-la 52._o vel_fw-la illius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la publicis_fw-la horreis_n by_o who_o the_o provision_n of_o the_o province_n or_o that_o which_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o public_a barn_n or_o granary_n be_v due_o rate_v et_fw-la quae_fw-la militaribus_fw-la palatinisque_fw-la officiis_fw-la ex_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la possessiones_fw-la tenebant_fw-la collatione_fw-la erogabantur_fw-la and_o gather_v by_o the_o emperor_n officer_n which_o doctor_n ridley_n in_o his_o view_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n extend_v to_o all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o the_o prince_n house_n and_o family_n law_n in_o the_o time_n of_o charlemaigne_n or_o charles_n the_o great_a who_o subdue_v the_o goth_n and_o other_o northern_a and_o unruly_a nation_n infest_v the_o roman_a empire_n tractatoria_n legatorum_fw-la the_o treatment_n or_o entertainment_n of_o messenger_n by_o a_o custom_n borrow_v from_o the_o roman_n for_o such_o as_o be_v by_o the_o king_n letter_n or_o warrant_n send_v to_o or_o by_o the_o emperor_n be_v usual_a and_o they_o may_v make_v use_n of_o horse_n adscriptis_fw-la etiam_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o mansionibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la sumptu_fw-la publico_fw-la all_o deberent_fw-la cujaâ—ius_n and_o have_v house_n and_o lodging_n assign_v where_o out_o of_o the_o public_a provision_n shall_v be_v make_v for_o they_o and_o quid_fw-la unicuique_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la commeatus_fw-la praestare_fw-la deberet_fw-la variè_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitate_fw-la et_fw-la qualitate_fw-la personarum_fw-la plus_fw-la episcopo_fw-la quem_fw-la rex_fw-la mittebat_fw-la abati_n 465._o eâ—_n comiti_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la minùs_fw-la autem_fw-la vasallo_fw-la decernebatur_fw-la which_o be_v to_o be_v according_a to_o the_o dignity_n or_o quality_n of_o the_o person_n send_v as_o more_o to_o a_o bishop_n less_o to_o a_o abbot_n or_o earl_n less_o than_o that_o to_o a_o more_o inferour_n et_fw-fr a_fw-fr subditis_fw-la et_fw-la provincialibus_fw-la suppeditarenur_v 72._o &_o be_v furnish_v by_o the_o subject_n and_o people_n of_o the_o country_n and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a favour_n for_o some_o religious_a house_n and_o for_o bishop_n and_o churchman_n to_o be_v exempt_v from_o it_o et_fw-la per_fw-la singula_fw-la territoria_fw-la discurrentes_fw-la mansionaticos_fw-la et_fw-la paravedos_fw-mi accipiunt_fw-la and_o all_o place_n where_o they_o come_v be_v to_o have_v some_o entertainment_n tunc_fw-la namque_fw-la solebant_fw-la subditi_fw-la hospitio_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la recipere_fw-la missos_fw-la et_fw-la legatos_fw-la principis_fw-la comites_fw-la deuce_n et_fw-la eorum_fw-la ministros_fw-la verum_fw-la et_fw-la viaticum_fw-la eye_v pro_fw-la unius_fw-la cujusque_fw-la dignitate_fw-la praestare_fw-la for_o then_o the_o subject_n be_v not_o only_o
to_o receive_v the_o king_n or_o prince_n messenger_n or_o earl_n marculâ—um_n or_o duke_n and_o their_o attendant_n employ_v in_o their_o affair_n but_o to_o give_v they_o entertainment_n according_a to_o their_o dignity_n and_o it_o be_v so_o especial_o ordain_v as_o de_fw-fr missis_fw-la nostris_fw-la discurrentibus_fw-la say_v a_o express_a law_n of_o that_o good_a and_o virtuous_a as_o well_o as_o great_a emperor_n vel_fw-la caeteris_fw-la propter_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la iter_fw-la agentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la mansionem_fw-la contradicere_fw-la eye_n presumat_fw-la 39·_v no_o man_n be_v to_o deny_v any_o employ_v upon_o his_o service_n entertainment_n in_o his_o house_n regis_fw-la quoque_fw-la recipiendi_fw-la idem_fw-la onus_fw-la provincialibus_fw-la incumbebat_fw-la ejusque_fw-la rei_fw-la cura_fw-la ad_fw-la mansionarium_fw-la and_o the_o king_n be_v in_o his_o progress_n or_o travel_v to_o have_v the_o like_a and_o the_o care_n thereof_o belong_v to_o a_o officer_n call_v mansionarius_fw-la or_o mansionum_fw-la marescallum_n the_o marshal_n or_o as_o we_o now_o call_v it_o the_o harbinger_n 23._o to_o who_o say_v hinckmarus_n out_o of_o adalhardus_fw-la it_o belong_v ut_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la maxim_n sollicitudo_fw-la ejus_fw-la intenta_fw-la esset_fw-la ut_fw-la susceptores_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la illo_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la rex_fw-la venturus_fw-la â—sset_fw-la propter_fw-la mansionum_fw-la preparationem_fw-la ut_fw-la opportuno_fw-it tempore_fw-la prescire_fw-la potuissent_fw-la nè_fw-la aut_fw-la tardè_fw-la scientes_fw-la propter_fw-la afflictionem_fw-la family_n importuno_fw-it tempore_fw-la peccatum_fw-la aut_fw-la isti_fw-la propter_fw-la non_fw-la condignam_fw-la susceptionem_fw-la to_o take_v great_a care_n that_o those_o who_o be_v to_o receive_v the_o king_n when_o he_o shall_v come_v may_v have_v such_o timely_a notice_n as_o for_o want_v thereof_o the_o family_n may_v not_o be_v put_v to_o the_o great_a trouble_n or_o punish_v for_o not_o worthy_o entertain_v he_o and_o the_o old_a french_a who_o franciscus_n hottâ—mannus_n will_v make_v to_o be_v the_o free_a of_o all_o nation_n galiâ—a_n be_v so_o use_v to_o those_o paratas_fw-la or_o pastùs_fw-la make_v provision_n for_o their_o king_n 448._o as_o they_o do_v make_v liuree_n a_o term_n now_o use_v in_o france_n for_o provision_n or_o meat_n which_o in_o specie_fw-la be_v daily_o provide_v for_o the_o king_n house_n et_fw-la olim_fw-la magistris_fw-la hospitiijus_fw-la annonae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o comitatum_fw-la regium_fw-la importabatur_fw-la per_fw-la praeconem_fw-la statuendi_fw-la praetium_fw-la eosque_fw-la poenis_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la mulctandi_fw-la 1._o qui_fw-la societatem_fw-la coiissent_fw-la ut_fw-la annona_fw-la carior_fw-la esset_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o steward_n or_o great_a officer_n of_o the_o king_n household_n do_v heretofore_o appoint_v the_o rate_n of_o provision_n for_o the_o king_n house_n public_o proclaim_v it_o and_o punish_v such_o as_o do_v confederate_a to_o raise_v the_o price_n or_o make_v they_o dear_a et_fw-la non_fw-la hospicium_fw-la modo_fw-la regi_fw-la aliisque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la missis_fw-la dabatur_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o parabantur_fw-la alimenta_fw-la not_o lodging_n or_o houseroom_n only_o but_o food_n and_o provision_n be_v to_o be_v provide_v for_o the_o king_n or_o such_o as_o he_o shall_v employ_v upon_o his_o occasion_n nor_o be_v it_o unusual_a among_o the_o ancient_a german_n who_o totam_fw-la spirantes_fw-la libertatem_fw-la though_o they_o be_v loath_a to_o come_v behind_o any_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n in_o freedom_n ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la terra_fw-la producere_fw-la solet_fw-la usui_fw-la necessariis_fw-la exceptis_fw-la vix_fw-la bubus_fw-la &_o semmibus_fw-la ad_fw-la excolendam_fw-la terram_fw-la idoneis_fw-la de_fw-la caeteris_fw-la quantum_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la militi_fw-la profuturis_fw-la ad_fw-la regios_fw-la usus_fw-la suppeditare_fw-la aequum_fw-la illi_fw-la arbitrentur_fw-la 12._o of_o all_o which_o the_o earth_n produce_v and_o be_v necessary_a for_o use_v except_o ox_n and_o seed_n to_o sow_v the_o ground_n withal_o and_o may_v supply_v the_o army_n to_o furnish_v some_o part_n for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o king_n in_o franconia_n that_o great_a part_n or_o circle_n of_o the_o german_a empire_n which_o be_v wash_v with_o the_o rhine_n non_fw-la antea_fw-la vindemiare_fw-la cviquam_fw-la concessum_fw-la quam_fw-la domini_fw-la quibus_fw-la decimae_fw-la debentur_fw-la permiserunt_fw-la gentium_fw-la &_o suis_fw-la expensis_fw-la decimam_fw-la in_fw-la domini_fw-la torcular_a infer_v debent_fw-la no_o man_n be_v to_o gather_v and_o press_v his_o grape_n without_o the_o lord_n licence_n and_o every_o man_n be_v at_o his_o own_o charge_n to_o bring_v the_o ten_o part_n thereof_o to_o their_o lord_n by_o the_o law_n of_o tâ—e_v ripuarian_n or_o borderer_n upon_o the_o rhine_n ripuar_n a_o penalty_n of_o 60_o shilling_n be_v to_o be_v impose_v upon_o he_o qui_fw-la legatarium_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la seu_fw-la in_o utilitatem_fw-la regis_fw-la pergentem_fw-la hospitio_fw-la contempserit_fw-la who_o shall_v refuse_v to_o lodge_v any_o ambassador_n of_o the_o king_n or_o send_v unto_o he_o carotas_n and_o among_o the_o lombard_n such_o a_o care_n there_o be_v to_o be_v in_o every_o man_n of_o all_o the_o king_n concern_v as_o nemopresumat_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la venienti_fw-la mansionem_fw-la vetare_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la vicino_fw-la svo_fw-la ei_fw-la vendat_fw-la no_o man_n be_v to_o deny_v any_o of_o the_o king_n liege_n lodging_n in_o his_o journey_n to_o the_o king_n but_o be_v to_o sell_v he_o thing_n necessary_a as_o cheap_a as_o to_o his_o neighbour_n in_o poland_n which_o be_v a_o elective_a kingdom_n and_o where_o the_o people_n take_v no_o small_a care_n of_o their_o liberty_n and_o 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