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usher_n in_o his_o antiqu._n 63._o p._n 63._o britan._n eccles_n give_v we_o other_o instance_n of_o bishop_n elect_v in_o parliament_n or_o great_a council_n postquam_fw-la praedicti_fw-la senioris_fw-la germanus_n &_o lupus_n pelagianam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la extirpaverant_a episcopos_fw-la pluribus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la britanniae_fw-la consecraverunt_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la britannos_fw-la dextralis_fw-la partis_fw-la britanni_n beatum_fw-la dubricium_n summum_fw-la doctorem_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la parochia_fw-la electum_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la consecraverunt_fw-la hac_fw-la dignitate_fw-la ei_fw-la à _fw-la germano_n &_o lupo_n data_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la ei_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la sedem_fw-la concessu_fw-la regis_fw-la maurici_n principum_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_n apud_fw-la podium_fw-la lantavi_fw-la addit_fw-la galfridus_n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la dubricio_n vrbis_fw-la legionum_fw-la tunc_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la 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totius_fw-la conventus_fw-la tam_fw-la electione_n quam_fw-la acclamatione_fw-la quanquam_fw-la invitus_fw-la &_o renitens_fw-la david_n in_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la est_fw-la sublimatus_fw-la usher_n britan._n antiqu._n pag._n 64._o now_o if_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o britain_n the_o people_n assemble_v in_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o nation_n have_v decisive_a vote_n in_o controversy_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o election_n of_o arch-bishop_n and_o bishop_n if_o by_o their_o authority_n ruinous_a church_n and_o house_n of_o religion_n be_v repair_v and_o furnish_v with_o monk_n and_o nun_n bishop_n see_v found_v and_o translate_v if_o in_o those_o assembly_n resignation_n of_o bishopric_n be_v make_v etc._n etc._n then_o we_o may_v reasonable_o conclude_v that_o the_o supremacy_n common_o so_o call_v be_v lodge_v and_o vest_v just_a where_o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o temporal_a matter_n reside_v to_o wit_n in_o the_o king_n be_v together_o with_o their_o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la but_o the_o first_o be_v true_a as_o appear_v by_o the_o forego_n authority_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n nor_o be_v it_o peculiar_a to_o this_o nation_n etc._n v._o dr._n burnet_n history_n of_o the_o right_n of_o prince_n in_o the_o dispose_n of_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n etc._n etc._n to_o have_v the_o people_n choose_v bishop_n it_o be_v the_o universal_a practice_n of_o all_o christendom_n for_o many_o hundred_o year_n as_o be_v notorious_o know_v to_o all_o that_o read_v any_o history_n in_o the_o second_o place_n i_o will_v exhibit_v a_o very_a few_o instance_n of_o the_o saxon_a time_n during_o the_o heptarchy_n the_o reader_n may_v consult_v many_o more_o at_o his_o leisure_n no_o marvel_n if_o we_o find_v this_o people_n submit_v to_o nothing_o in_o religion_n but_o what_o be_v ordain_v by_o themselves_o 11._o tacitus_n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la germanorum_n cap._n 11._o de_fw-fr majoribus_fw-la omnes_fw-la be_v one_o of_o their_o fundamental_a constitution_n before_o they_o come_v hither_o and_o it_o be_v continue_v here_o to_o this_o day_n and_o matter_n of_o religion_n be_v among_o their_o majora_fw-la even_o before_o they_o receive_v christianity_n according_o edwin_n king_n of_o northumberland_n 188._o vid._n bed._n eccl._n hist_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o huntingdon_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 188._o habito_fw-la cum_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la concilio_fw-la renounce_v his_o paganism_n and_o he_o and_o they_o embrace_v the_o christian_a faith._n this_o be_v describe_v in_o bede_n and_o huntingdon_n to_o have_v be_v do_v in_o such_o a_o assembly_n of_o man_n as_o the_o parliament_n of_o those_o day_n be_v general_o mention_v to_o consist_v of_o after_o the_o christian_a religion_n have_v spread_v among_o the_o saxon_n the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n frequent_o hold_v synod_n without_o the_o laity_n for_o church-visitation_n ubique_fw-la vid._n spelm._n conc._n ubique_fw-la and_o make_v constitution_n for_o the_o regulation_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o they_o obey_v and_o submit_v to_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o oath_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n but_o as_o nothing_o transact_v in_o those_o assembly_n of_o the_o the_o clergy_n bind_v the_o people_n so_o can_v no_o instance_n be_v produce_v of_o the_o clergy_n be_v bind_v by_o any_o act_n of_o the_o king_n not_o assent_v to_o in_o the_o provincial_a synod_n of_o those_o time_n but_o the_o clergy_n themselves_o both_o as_o to_o doctrine_n discipline_n and_o ceremony_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o public_a law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n enact_v in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o the_o nation_n in_o the_o year_n 673_o 123._o matt._n west_n pag._n 122_o 123._o concilium_fw-la herudfordiae_fw-la celebratum_fw-la est_fw-la sub_fw-la initio_fw-la primi_fw-la anni_fw-la lotharii_fw-la regis_fw-la cantiae_fw-la praesidente_fw-la theodoro_n cantuariae_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la at_o this_o council_n say_v matthew_n of_o westm_n be_v present_a episcopi_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o reges_a &_o magnates_fw-la vniversi_fw-la where_o theodore_n propose_v decem_fw-la capitula_fw-la out_o of_o a_o book_n of_o canon_n before_o they_o all_o which_o be_v there_o assent_v to_o and_o subscribe_v the_o first_o be_v concern_v the_o observation_n of_o easter_n the_o nine_o that_o the_o number_n of_o bishop_n shall_v be_v increase_v crescente_fw-la fidelium_fw-la numero_fw-la the_o rest_n be_v concern_v bishop_n bishopric_n monk_n marriage_n fornication_n etc._n etc._n spelm._n council_n vol._n 1._o pag._n 152_o 153._o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o magnate_v make_v this_o assembly_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v a_o parliament_n of_o
those_o time_n what_o order_n of_o man_n be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o word_n magnate_v be_v not_o material_a to_o our_o present_a purpose_n the_o great_a council_n that_o make_v the_o law_n and_o without_o who_o no_o law_n be_v make_v be_v frequent_o so_o describe_v by_o our_o ancient_a historian_n in_o the_o year_n 692_o ina_n king_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n enact_v many_o constitution_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n as_o de_fw-fr formula_fw-la vivendi_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la dei._n de_fw-fr baptizandis_fw-la infantibus_fw-la de_fw-fr opere_fw-la in_o die_v dominico_n de_fw-fr immunitate_fw-la fani_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o preface_n to_o which_o law_n run_v thus_o ego_fw-la inas_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficio_fw-la occiduorum_n saxonum_n rex_fw-la suasu_fw-la &_o instituto_fw-la cenredi_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o heddae_fw-la &_o erkenwaldi_n episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la senatorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la &_o natu_fw-la majorum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la populi_n mei_fw-la in_fw-la magnâ_fw-la servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la frequentiâ_fw-la religiose_fw-la studebam_fw-la tum_fw-la animorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la saluti_fw-la tum_fw-la communi_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la conservationi_fw-la ut_fw-la legitima_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la faedera_fw-mi etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n his_o bishop_n all_o his_o senator_n the_o natu_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o sapientes_fw-la of_o his_o people_n which_o be_v description_n of_o the_o laity_n in_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o god_n servant_n by_o which_o the_o clergy_n be_v mean_v make_v ecclesiastical_a law_n this_o be_v a_o parliament_n as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o laity_n but_o by_o many_o temporal_a law_n enact_v at_o the_o same_o time_n spelm._n conc._n tom._n 1._o fol._n 182_o 183_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n 694._o concilium_fw-la magnum_fw-la becanceldae_fw-la celebratum_fw-la est_fw-la presidente_fw-la withredo_n rege_fw-la cantiae_fw-la necnon_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la cum_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praesbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o these_o pariter_fw-la tractabant_fw-la anxie_fw-la examinabant_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n be_v legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n exert_v itself_o not_o personal_o but_o in_o this_o great_a council_n they_o do_v all_o enact_v statuimus_fw-la decernimus_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la for_o when_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o singular_a number_n be_v use_v nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la licentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la familiae_fw-la monasterii_fw-la dominium_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la meipso_fw-la vel_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la meis_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n pag._n 189_o 190._o a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o berghamjtede_n anno_fw-la 5_o to_z withredi_fw-la regis_fw-la cantiae_fw-la i._n e._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 697._o sub_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la gybmundo_n episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la cum_fw-la viris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la militaribus_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la plerumque_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la these_o ordines_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la seem_v by_o the_o preface_n to_o these_o law_n to_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o ordines_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la but_o withal_o that_o they_o cum_fw-la viris_fw-la utique_fw-la militaribus_fw-la humanissimè_fw-la &_o communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la assensu_fw-la have_v leges_fw-la decreuêre_fw-la spelm._n conc._n 194._o so_o that_o these_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v enact_v by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o viri_fw-la militares_fw-la as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o clergy_n a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o cloveshoe_n sub_fw-la cuthberto_n doroberniae_fw-la archiepiscope_n praesentibus_fw-la praeter_fw-la episcope_n sacerdotes_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticos_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la aedilbaldo_n merciorum_n rege_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la principibus_fw-la &_o ducibus_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 747._o in_o quo_fw-la decernebatur_fw-la de_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr concordiâ_fw-la &_o pace_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n 242_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n 787_o concilium_fw-la legatinum_fw-la &_o pananglicum_fw-la be_v hold_v at_o calchyth_n in_o which_o many_o canon_n be_v make_v de_fw-la fide_fw-la primitùs_fw-la susceptâ_fw-la retinendâ_fw-la aliisque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la this_o council_n be_v hold_v coram_fw-la rege_fw-la aelfwaldo_n &_o archiepiscopo_fw-la eanbaldo_n &_o omnibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la regionis_fw-la seu_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la &_o ducibus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la terrae_fw-la who_o all_o confirm_v they_o after_o these_o ecclesiastical_a law_n have_v be_v thus_o enact_v by_o aelfwald_n king_n of_o northumberland_n the_o legate_n carry_v they_o into_o the_o council_n or_o parliament_n of_o the_o mercian_n where_o the_o glorious_a king_n offa_n cum_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la etc._n etc._n convenerat_fw-la there_o they_o be_v read_v in_o latin_a and_o teutonick_n that_o all_o may_v understand_v and_o all_o promise_v to_o observe_v they_o and_o the_o king_n and_o his_o prince_n the_o archbishop_n and_o his_o companion_n sign_v they_o with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n spelm._n conc._n vol._n 1._o fol._n 291_o 292_o etc._n etc._n many_o instance_n of_o this_o kind_n may_v have_v be_v add_v as_o particular_o that_o of_o the_o council_n at_o hatfield_n an._n 680._o wherein_o the_o canon_n of_o five_o general_a council_n be_v receive_v which_o be_v a_o witena_n gemote_a a_o conventus_fw-la sapientum_fw-la but_o i_o spare_v time_n &_o be_o endeavour_v only_o to_o open_v a_o door_n by_o these_o instance_n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o same_o body_n of_o man_n that_o enact_v the_o temporal_a law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n do_v in_o the_o very_a same_o council_n make_v law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n indeed_o the_o whole_a fabric_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_a church_n be_v build_v upon_o act_n of_o parliament_n nothing_o in_o which_o the_o whole_a community_n be_v concern_v be_v enact_v decree_v or_o establish_v but_o by_o that_o authority_n for_o who_o read_v impartial_o the_o history_n of_o those_o time_n and_o compare_v they_o with_o one_o another_o will_v find_v that_o as_o most_o of_o those_o ancient_a council_n common_o so_o call_v be_v no_o other_o than_o to_o speak_v in_o our_o modern_a language_n parliament_n so_o not_o any_o thing_n whatsoever_o in_o religion_n obligatory_a to_o the_o people_n whether_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n discipline_n ceremony_n or_o any_o religious_a observance_n be_v impose_v but_o in_o such_o assembly_n as_o no_o man_n can_v deny_v to_o have_v be_v parliament_n of_o those_o time_n that_o have_v not_o a_o forehead_n of_o brass_n for_o the_o presence_n not_o of_o the_o king_n be_v only_a but_o of_o the_o deuce_n principes_fw-la satrapae_fw-la populus_fw-la terrae_fw-la etc._n etc._n show_v sufficient_o that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o the_o king_n and_o the_o clergy_n without_o the_o concurrent_a authority_n of_o the_o same_o person_n that_o enact_v temporal_a law_n can_v prescribe_v general_a law_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n i_o do_v not_o dispute_v what_o order_n of_o man_n among_o the_o saxon_n be_v describe_v by_o deuce_n principes_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o sure_o i_o be_o that_o they_o be_v layman_n and_o as_o sure_a that_o they_o assent_v to_o and_o confirm_v those_o law_n without_o who_o assent_n they_o have_v be_v no_o law_n so_o that_o the_o king_n of_o those_o time_n have_v no_o great_a legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n than_o in_o temporal_a the_o tear_v the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n from_o the_o temporal_a be_v the_o curse_a root_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n it_o be_v that_o that_o mount_v the_o papacy_n those_o power_n never_o be_v distinct_a in_o england_n nor_o must_v other_o nation_n till_o that_o see_v get_v the_o ascendant_n and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a inconsistency_n to_o argue_v one_o while_n that_o whatever_o the_o pope_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la former_o do_v by_o the_o canon_n law_n that_o of_o right_n belong_v to_o our_o king_n and_o another_o while_n that_o the_o several_a act_n that_o restore_v the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n to_o the_o crown_n be_v but_o declarative_n it_o show_v how_o little_a the_o supremacy_n be_v understand_v by_o modern_a asserter_n of_o it_o and_o how_o little_a they_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o ancient_a government_n of_o england_n the_o three_o period_n of_o time_n to_o be_v consider_v shall_v be_v from_o the_o unite_n of_o the_o several_a kingdom_n of_o the_o saxon_n under_o one_o monarchy_n to_o the_o norman_a conquest_n in_o this_o division_n we_o find_v a_o letter_n from_o pope_n formosus_fw-la to_o king_n edward_n the_o elder_a wherein_o the_o pope_n complain_v that_o the_o country_n of_o the_o westsaxons_a have_v want_v bishop_n for_o seven_o whole_a year_n upon_o the_o receipt_n of_o this_o letter_n the_o king_n call_v synodum_fw-la senatorum_fw-la gentis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la who_o
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and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n debet_fw-la rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tenere_fw-la ista_fw-la verò_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la inspectis_fw-la &_o tactis_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequà m_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la page_n 138._o &_o page_n 142._o hence_o we_o see_v that_o judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la be_v essential_a to_o the_o english_a government_n without_o which_o right_a and_o justice_n can_v reign_v but_o a_o perverse_a will_n will_v rule_v the_o roast_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o 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praestito_fw-la sumus_fw-la astricti_fw-la quod_fw-la jura_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la servabimus_fw-la illibata_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la diadema_fw-la tangit_fw-la regni_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la absque_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la requisito_fw-la concilio_n faciemus_fw-la and_o therefore_o he_o defer_v return_v the_o pope_n a_o answer_n till_o the_o next_o session_n of_o parliament_n pro_fw-la firmo_fw-la scituri_fw-la pie_n pater_fw-la &_o domine_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la intendimus_fw-la celebrare_fw-la habito_fw-la &_o communicato_fw-la consilio_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la memoratis_fw-la vobis_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la dabimus_fw-la responsionem_fw-la by_o this_o letter_n it_o appear_v that_o whatever_o do_v diadema_fw-la regni_fw-la tangere_fw-la can_v not_o nor_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v sine_fw-la concilio_n prelatorum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la by_o which_o as_o be_v evident_a enough_o by_o the_o letter_n itself_o a_o parliament_n be_v mean_v now_o that_o the_o bring_v in_o of_o bull_n and_o execute_v process_n from_o rome_n within_o the_o realm_n do_v diadema_fw-la regni_fw-la tangere_fw-la with_o a_o witness_n will_v appear_v by_o peruse_v the_o statute_n of_o praemunire_n and_o provisor_n anno_fw-la 27_o edward_n the_o three_o cap._n 1._o because_o it_o be_v show_v unto_o our_o lord_n the_o the_o king_n by_o the_o grievous_a and_o clamorous_a complaint_n of_o the_o great_a man_n and_o commons_o how_o that_o diverse_a of_o the_o people_n be_v and_o have_v be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n to_o answer_v of_o diverse_a thing_n the_o cognisance_n whereof_o appertain_v to_o the_o king_n court_n and_o also_o that_o the_o judgement_n give_v in_o the_o same_o court_n be_v impeach_v in_o another_o court_n in_o prejudice_n and_o disherison_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n and_o of_o his_o crown_n and_o of_o all_o the_o people_n of_o his_o realm_n and_o to_o the_o undo_v and_o destruction_n of_o the_o common_a law_n of_o the_o say_a realm_n at_o all_o time_n use_v another_o statute_n mention_v citation_n out_o of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n and_o provision_n of_o benefice_n and_o office_n in_o the_o church_n say_v that_o by_o mean_n thereof_o the_o good_a ancient_a law_n franchise_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n have_v be_v great_o impeach_v blemish_v and_o confound_v the_o crown_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n abate_v and_o the_o great_a man_n commons_o and_o subject_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o body_n and_o good_n damnify_v 38_o statute_n edwardi_fw-la tertii_fw-la cap._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o the_o statute_n of_o 16_o rich._n 2._o cap._n 5._o entitle_v praemunire_n for_o purchase_v bull_n from_o rome_n the_o crown_n of_o england_n subject_n to_o none_o mention_n frequent_o all_o these_o thing_n as_o be_v to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o king_n crown_n and_o against_o his_o crown_n and_o regality_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o the_o commons_o pray_v the_o king_n that_o since_o the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v such_o that_o upon_o the_o mischief_n and_o damage_n which_o happen_v to_o his_o realm_n he_o ought_v and_o be_v bind_v by_o his_o oath_n with_o the_o accord_n of_o his_o people_n in_o his_o parliament_n thereof_o to_o make_v remedy_n and_o law_n that_o it_o may_v please_v he_o thereupon_o to_o ordain_v remedy_n which_o he_o do_v according_o by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o great_a man_n and_o commonalty_n of_o the_o say_a realm_n have_v regard_n to_o a_o statute_n make_v in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o grandfather_n anno_fw-la 25_o edward_n the_o first_o against_o provision_n which_o hold_v his_o force_n and_o be_v never_o defeat_v repeal_v or_o annul_v in_o any_o point_n and_o by_o so_o much_o he_o be_v bind_v by_o his_o oath_n to_o cause_v the_o same_o to_o be_v keep_v as_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land._n the_o law_n of_o praemunire_n and_o against_o provision_n be_v but_o declaratory_a law_n of_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o opposition_n to_o papal_a bull_n etc._n etc._n and_o here_o we_o see_v our_o
king_n do_v not_o scruple_n to_o own_o that_o they_o be_v under_o the_o obligation_n of_o their_o coronation_n oath_n to_o see_v to_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o anno_fw-la grat._n 1225._o magister_fw-la otto_n domini_fw-la papae_fw-la nuncius_fw-la in_fw-la angliam_fw-la veniens_fw-la pro_fw-la magnis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la negotiis_fw-la regi_fw-la litteras_fw-la praesentavit_fw-la sed_fw-la rex_fw-la cognito_fw-la litterarum_fw-la tenore_fw-la respondit_fw-la quod_fw-la solus_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la definire_fw-la nec_fw-la debuit_fw-la negotium_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la clericos_fw-la &_o laicos_fw-la generaliter_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la tangebat_fw-la matth._n par._n pag._n 325._o it_o be_v a_o old_a rule_n of_o law_n in_o this_o nation_n the_o very_a foundation_n upon_o which_o our_o government_n be_v build_v and_o the_o only_a thing_n that_o difference_n freedom_n from_o slavery_n that_o quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la tangit_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la tractari_fw-la debet_fw-la and_o the_o commons_o tell_v the_o king_n in_o statute_n twenty_o five_o of_o henry_n 8._o cap._n 21._o that_o his_o grace_n realm_n recognise_v no_o superior_a under_o god_n but_o his_o grace_n have_v be_v and_o be_v free_a from_o subjection_n to_o any_o man_n law_n but_o only_o to_o such_o as_o have_v be_v devise_v within_o the_o same_o for_o the_o wealth_n thereof_o or_o to_o such_o other_o as_o by_o sufferance_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o his_o progenitor_n the_o people_n of_o his_o realm_n have_v take_v at_o their_o free_a liberty_n by_o their_o own_o consent_n to_o be_v use_v among_o they_o and_o have_v bind_v themselves_o by_o long_a use_n and_o custom_n to_o the_o observance_n of_o the_o same_o as_o to_z law_n establish_v by_o the_o say_a sufferance_n consent_n and_o custom_n and_o none_o otherwise_o and_o the_o judge_n resolve_v in_o 12_o jacobi_n primi_fw-la that_o the_o king_n can_v not_o change_v the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o the_o realm_n 12_o co._n report_n pag._n but_o if_o he_o can_v let_v in_o foreign_a canon_n and_o by_o his_o allowance_n give_v they_o the_o force_n of_o law_n here_o than_o he_o can_v change_v the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o then_o may_v the_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o other_o law_n than_o such_o as_o by_o their_o own_o sufferance_n and_o consent_n they_o have_v submit_v to_o and_o then_o can_v the_o king_n do_v thing_n solus_fw-la which_o concern_v general_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n of_o england_n if_o the_o king_n allowance_n can_v subject_v his_o people_n to_o process_n from_o rome_n than_o he_o can_v by_o law_n depart_v with_o the_o right_n of_o his_o crown_n which_o by_o his_o coronation_n oath_n he_o be_v bind_v to_o maintain_v as_o he_o have_v so_o often_o and_o so_o public_o acknowledge_v the_o doctor_n tell_v we_o pag._n 145._o out_o of_o eadmerus_n lib._n primo_fw-la pag._n 6._o that_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n introduce_v this_o here_o that_o none_o 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to_o be_v amend_v but_o how_o do_v he_o do_v it_o of_o his_o own_o head_n or_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o such_o only_a as_o himself_o think_v fit_a to_o consult_v with_o no_o it_o be_v do_v communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la archiepiscoporum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la v._o seldeni_n not._n &_o specileg_n ad_fw-la eadmerum_fw-la pag._n 167_o 168._o and_o the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n pag._n 580_o 581_o have_v these_o word_n viz._n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n reign_v or_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la mlxx._n which_o be_v the_o year_n wherein_o he_o first_o bring_v the_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n under_o the_o tenure_n of_o barony_n consilio_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la say_v hoveden_n out_o of_o a_o collection_n of_o law_n write_v by_o glanvill_n as_o also_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o litchfield_n fecit_fw-la summoneri_fw-la per_fw-la 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