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singuli_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n &_o eorum_fw-la pares_fw-la all_o earl_n and_o baron_n ought_v to_o be_v summon_v as_o also_o their_o peer_n i_o know_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o treatise_n have_v be_v question_v by_o some_o learned_a man_n but_o by_o none_o with_o more_o violence_n and_o less_o reason_n than_o by_o mr._n prin_fw-mi in_o his_o four_o part_n of_o his_o register_n of_o writ_n etc._n p._n 591._o to_o which_o easy_a answer_n may_v be_v give_v if_o we_o consider_v the_o translator_n out_o 743_o of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n may_v easy_o translate_v word_n which_o they_o think_v of_o a_o equivalent_a signification_n by_o word_n in_o use_n at_o that_o time_n as_o wittena_n gemot_n for_o parliament_n and_o the_o like_a other_o of_o as_o great_a judgement_n have_v as_o strenuous_o defend_v the_o authority_n of_o it_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o his_o jurisdiction_n court_n of_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n strong_o defend_v its_o antiquity_n and_o mr._n hakewell_n pag._n 135._o
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regis_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la sibique_fw-la super_fw-la reliquias_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la ligeantias_n 10â—…1_n &_o fidelitates_fw-la jurare_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la semper_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la suâ_fw-la saluâ_fw-la but_o if_o the_o fidejussores_fw-la mention_v in_o gervasius_n nature_n be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o manucaptores_fw-la which_o use_v to_o answer_v for_o the_o appearance_n of_o they_o that_o be_v choose_v to_o represent_v the_o county_n city_n and_o borough_n in_o parliament_n than_o here_o be_v positive_a proof_n of_o such_o representation_n of_o the_o commons_o as_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o edw._n i._n edw._n ii_o and_o so_o downward_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o the_o pledge_n or_o manucaptor_n for_o the_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n choose_v to_o parliament_n be_v introduce_v long_o after_o this_o time_n instead_o of_o the_o fidejussor_n or_o frank-pledge_n when_o that_o admirable_a ancient_a polity_n about_o frank-pledge_n become_v 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king_n john_n charter_n be_v where_o not_o incorporate_v to_o be_v summon_v in_o general_a to_o the_o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la or_o curia_fw-la regis_fw-la many_o of_o these_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o such_o immunity_n as_o belong_v to_o free_a borough_n consent_v to_o be_v incorporate_v and_o thereupon_o they_o be_v one_o entire_a body_n natural_o fall_v into_o a_o representation_n and_o answer_v together_o by_o their_o head-borough_n or_o any_o other_o that_o they_o choose_v as_o one_o tenant_n st._n alban_n i_o take_v it_o be_v of_o this_o kind_n the_o burgess_n of_o which_o plead_v that_o they_o hold_v the_o say_a vill_n of_o the_o king_n in_o capite_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la sicut_fw-la caeteri_fw-la burgenses_n regni_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamenta_fw-la 233._o regis_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la summoneri_fw-la contigerit_fw-la per_fw-la duos_fw-la comburgenses_fw-la suos_fw-la venire_fw-la debeant_fw-la prout_fw-la totis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la venire_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servitus_fw-la regi_fw-la faciendis_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la servitia_fw-la iidem_fw-la burgenses_n &_o antecessores_fw-la svi_fw-la burgenses_n villae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la tam_fw-la tempore_fw-la domini_fw-la edwardi_fw-la nuper_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la patris_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o progenitorum_fw-la quam_fw-la tempore_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la semper_fw-la ante_fw-la instans_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la ut_fw-la pâ—…ittatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nomina_fw-la quorum_fw-la burgonsium_fw-la sic_fw-la praedictâ_fw-la villâ_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamenta_fw-la regis_fw-la veâ—…entium_fw-la in_o rotulis_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la semper_fw-la irrotulata_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la i_o before_o have_v occasion_n to_o examine_v dr._n brady_n interpretation_n of_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o â—…ea_n here_o the_o plea_n itself_o come_v to_o be_v consider_v and_o whereas_o he_o render_v pâ—…o_o oâ—…us_a servitus_fw-la in_o lieu_n of_o all_o service_n 78._o i_o 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represent_v in_o the_o general_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o one_o entire_a body_n we_o find_v that_o it_o send_v burgess_n to_o parliament_n 26_o edw._n 1._o and_o from_o its_o first_o corporation_n must_v needs_o have_v do_v so_o according_a to_o its_o plea_n which_o be_v allow_v 34_o edw._n 1._o for_o it_o plead_v that_o it_o be_v neither_o civitas_n burgus_n nor_o dominicum_fw-la regis_fw-la that_o therefore_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v 241._o tax_v or_o taliate_v as_o such_o but_o be_v to_o be_v charge_v only_o when_o the_o whole_a county_n be_v charge_v or_o in_o the_o like_a proportion_n and_o they_o pray_v that_o the_o taxor_n and_o collector_n may_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o distrain_v among_o they_o otherwise_o than_o it_o have_v be_v totis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la in_o all_o time_n past_a since_o they_o large_a become_v one_o body_n that_o be_v that_o ever_o since_o they_o be_v a_o body_n they_o use_v not_o to_o be_v tax_v as_o the_o king_n demesne_n 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within_o frank-pledge_n and_o be_v bind_v with_o surety_n to_o their_o good_a behaviour_n which_o dr._n brady_n tell_v we_o 31._o and_o right_o enough_o if_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o time_n of_o edw._n 1._o be_v only_o for_o the_o ordinary_a freeman_n or_o the_o bulk_n and_o multitude_n of_o the_o freeman_n or_o small_a freeholders_n all_o that_o look_v upon_o themselves_o as_o gentleman_n at_o the_o least_o be_v without_o any_o manner_n of_o representation_n and_o wherever_o they_o be_v interest_v appear_v in_o person_n and_o sometime_o in_o very_o disorderly_a multitude_n some_o sensible_a of_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o it_o and_o expense_n and_o trouble_n to_o themselves_o of_o their_o free_a choice_n become_v incorporate_v by_o charter_n as_o aforesaid_a be_v either_o the_o king_n tenant_n or_o some_o inferior_a lord_n or_o it_o may_v be_v the_o tenant_n of_o several_a manor_n join_v together_o and_o their_o come_n to_o parliament_n or_o as_o the_o burrow_n of_o st._n alban_n 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