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A91268 A seasonable, vindication, of the good old fuudamental [sic] rights, and governments of all English freemen By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes Inne. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1659 (1659) Wing P4070A; ESTC R232121 273,664 397

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quam_fw-la dona_fw-la aliorum_fw-la fidelium_fw-la praeterit_fw-la orum_fw-la ac_fw-la praesentium_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o istud_fw-la regium_fw-la chirographum_fw-la meum_fw-la anno_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la 868._o calendis_fw-la augusti_fw-la apud_fw-la snothingham_n coram_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o amiciss_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la in_o obsidione_fw-la paganorum_fw-la congregatis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la munimine_fw-la confirmavi_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n and_o confirmation_n of_o ceolnoth_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 5_o bishop_n 3_o abbot_n ethelred_n king_n of_o westsaxon_n and_o alfred_n his_o brother_n edmund_z kingof_o east-angle_n 2_o duke_n and_o twelve_o earl_n who_o all_o ratify_v this_o charter_n after_o which_o charter_n confirm_v this_o king_n beor_v render_v special_a thanks_o to_o all_o his_o army_n for_o their_o assistance_n against_o the_o dane_n especial_o to_o the_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o other_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a person_n for_o their_o voluntary_a assistance_n of_o he_o in_o those_o war_n against_o these_o enemy_n norwithstand_v his_o father_n exemption_n of_o they_o by_o his_o charter_n from_o all_o military_a expedition_n and_o secular_a service_n thus_o record_v by_o 865._o ingulphus_n and_o most_o worthy_a observation_n ego_fw-la beorredus_fw-la rex_fw-la merciorum_fw-la intimo_fw-la animi_fw-la affectu_fw-la totisque_fw-la praecordiis_fw-la gratias_fw-la exolvo_fw-la speciales_fw-la omni_fw-la exercitui_fw-la meo_fw-la maximè_fw-la tamen_fw-la viris_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la etiam_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la status_fw-la &_o dignitatis_fw-la qui_fw-la licèt_fw-la piissimae_fw-la 8._o memoriae_fw-la rex_fw-la quondam_a ethelwulfus_n pater_fw-la meus_fw-la per_fw-la sacratissimam_fw-la chartam_fw-la svam_fw-la ●ab_fw-la omni_fw-la expeditione_n militari_fw-la vos_fw-la liberos_fw-la reddiderit_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la saeculari_fw-la penitus_fw-la absolutos_fw-la digniss●mâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la miseratione_n super_fw-la oppressiones_fw-la christianae_n plebis_fw-la ecclesiarumque_fw-la &_o monasteriorum_fw-la destructiones_fw-la luctuosas_fw-la benignissimè_fw-la compassi_fw-la contra_fw-la nefandissimos_fw-la paganos_fw-la in_o exercitum_fw-la domini_fw-la prompti_fw-la &_o spontanei_fw-la convenistis_fw-la ut_fw-la tanquam_fw-la martyr_n christi_fw-la cultus_fw-la sanguine_fw-la vestro_fw-la augeatur_fw-la &_o barbarorum_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la effugetur_fw-la from_o these_o last_o passage_n it_o be_v apparent_a first_o that_o in_o those_o day_n our_o saxon_a king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n by_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o their_o noble_n and_o parliamentary_a great_a council_n 2_o that_o in_o case_n of_o common_a invasion_n and_o danger_n by_o foreign_a enemy_n all_o the_o force_n raise_v 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the_o realm_n contra_fw-la danos_n quoque_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la primò_fw-la insulam_fw-la infestabant_fw-la regis_fw-la aethelulfi_n saevitiam_fw-la exacuit_fw-la ipse_fw-la ex_fw-la fisco_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la accipiens_fw-la ipse_fw-la excercitum_fw-la componens_fw-la martiis_fw-la felix_fw-la eventibus_fw-la contra_fw-la host_n bella_fw-la plurima_fw-la constant_a 3._o peregit_fw-la receive_v money_n out_o of_o the_o king_n exchequer_n not_o the_o people_n purse_n or_o conrribution_n to_o manage_v these_o war_n and_o not_o war_a on_o his_o own_o expense_n 4_o that_o the_o noble_n gentry_z and_o people_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v the_o only_a stand_a militia_n in_o that_o age_n to_o defend_v it_o against_o foreign_a enemy_n in_o time_n of_o danger_n or_o actual_a invasion_n when_o they_o march_v out_o of_o their_o own_o counry_n against_o they_o voluntary_o and_o free_o adventure_v their_o life_n for_o defence_n of_o their_o king_n country_n religion_n liberty_n property_n as_o 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dissolve_v their_o rank_n and_o disperse_v themselves_o to_o pursue_v the_o dane_n they_o sudden_o return_v and_o slay_v most_o of_o the_o english_a who_o fight_v gallant_o with_o they_o to_o the_o last_o gasp_n some_o few_o of_o they_o only_o escape_v after_o which_o the_o dane_n march_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o croyland_n put_v the_o abbot_n with_o all_o the_o monk_n and_o person_n they_o there_o find_v one_o child_n except_v to_o the_o sword_n after_o they_o have_v extreme_o torture_v they_o to_o discover_v where_o their_o treasure_n be_v break_v up_o all_o the_o tomb_n pillage_v and_o burn_v the_o abbey_n with_o all_o the_o edifice_n thereof_o leave_v it_o a_o mere_a ruinous_a heap_n then_o
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itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la at_o que_fw-fr oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiamer_n annuente_fw-la 10._o brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la edgar_n divina_fw-la d●●po●…one_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la ●agin●_n &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n omnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o sublunary_a thing_n the_o self_n same_o year_n anno_fw-la 970._o 883._o king_n edgar_z by_o his_o charter_n grant_v and_o confirm_v sundry_a land_n and_o privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o medeshamsted_n former_o demolish_v by_o the_o dane_n which_o bishop_n aethelwold_n have_v repair_v and_o name_v burgh_n perpetual_o exempt_n it_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n yoke_n and_o exaction_n quatenus_fw-la nec_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la comes_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praeter_fw-la christian●●atem_fw-la attinentium_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la nec_fw-la vicecome_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la major_a minorve_fw-la persona_fw-la ulla_fw-la dominatione_fw-la occupari_fw-la praesumat_fw-la excepta_fw-la moderata_fw-la expeditione_n &_o pontis_fw-la arcisve_fw-la constructione_n which_o charter_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o king_n own_o subscription_n both_o the_o archbishop_n sundry_a bishop_n abbot_n duke_n and_o other_o chief_a officer_n and_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n after_o each_o of_o their_o name_n in_o the_o year_n 973._o 426_o king_n edgar_z after_o his_o seven_o 973._o year_n penance_n expire_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n in_o the_o 12_o 30_o year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v solemn_o crown_v and_o consecrate_a king_n and_o wear_v his_o crown_n with_o great_a glory_n at_o akemancester_n alias_o bath_n both_o the_o archbishop_n dunstan_n and_o oswald_n with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n ac_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la universis_fw-la and_o all_o the_o noble_n be_v there_o pre●ent_a at_o his_o coronation_n and_o receive_v the_o accustom_a gift_n usual_o give_v to_o the_o noble_n be_v at_o such_o inauguration_n soon_o after_o the_o same_o year_n this_o king_n with_o a_o very_a great_a 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annis_fw-la reguum_fw-la potius_fw-la obsidit_fw-la quam_fw-la rexit_fw-la nam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la cursus_fw-la saevus_fw-la et_fw-la infaustus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la principio_fw-la miser_n in_o medio_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la turpis_fw-la et_fw-la reprobus_fw-la iste_fw-la tenuit_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la magna_fw-la angustia_fw-la nes_fw-la mirum_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la felonice_n et_fw-la injust_a intrusus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la rex_fw-la suorum_fw-la per_fw-la fidia_fw-la ducum_fw-la avito_fw-la ex_fw-la terris_fw-la solio_fw-la et_fw-la opis_fw-la egens_fw-la alienae_n in_o cujus_fw-la manu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la solebat_fw-la salus_fw-la pendere_fw-la e_o normannia_n accercitus_fw-la londoniae_n agebat_fw-la propter_fw-la proditores_fw-la nunquam_fw-la procedens_fw-la ubi_fw-la animam_fw-la laboribus_fw-la et_fw-la miseriis_fw-la natam_fw-la efflavit_fw-la post_fw-la cujus_fw-la mortem_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la 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monasterio_n aliquanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la scilicet_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la by_o which_o passage_n it_o be_v apparent_a what_o tax_n exaction_n predure_v the_o monastery_n and_o other_o suffer_v both_o from_o king_n ethelred_n his_o captain_n and_o officer_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o from_o the_o dane_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o how_o they_o be_v enforce_v to_o hire_v and_o bribe_v great_a soldier_n and_o courtier_n by_o lease_n and_o money_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o utter_a ruin_n 416._o john_n speed_z affirm_v that_o the_o clergy_n as_o backward_o as_o any_o deny_v to_o king_n ethelred_n their_o assistance_n plead_v their_o exemption_n from_o war_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n when_o the_o land_n lie_v bleed_v and_o deplore_a for_o help_n and_o scandalize_v all_o his_o other_o proceed_n for_o demand_v their_o aid_n but_o this_o passage_n of_o abbot_n ingulphus_n so_o near_o that_o age_n out_o of_o the_o register_n book_n of_o croyland_n whereof_o he_o be_v abbot_n not_o long_o after_o prove_v they_o pay_v great_a annual_a contribution_n to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o officer_n which_o consume_v all_o their_o money_n plate_n jewel_n chalice_n and_o the_o very_a shrine_n of_o their_o saint_n notwithstanding_o all_o charter_n and_o exemption_n and_o as_o for_o the_o laity_n 4._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n radulphus_fw-la cistrensis_fw-la mr._n fox_n and_o other_o write_v that_o king_n ethelred_n have_v such_o a_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v light_o disinherit_v englishman_n of_o their_o land_n and_o possession_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o redeem_v the_o same_o with_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o that_o he_o give_v himself_o to_o poll_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o frame_v trespass_n for_o to_o gain_v their_o money_n and_o good_n for_o that_o he_o pay_v great_a tribute_n to_o the_o dane_n yearly_o whereby_o he_o lose_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o people_n who_o at_o last_o desert_v he_o and_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o danish_a invader_n who_o usurp_v the_o sovereign_a power_n and_o force_v he_o out_o of_o england_n with_o his_o queen_n and_o child_n these_o unrighteous_a oppression_n disinherisons_a and_o exaction_n of_o his_o be_v special_o provide_v against_o by_o his_o noble_n prelate_n and_o wiseman_n in_o the_o 903._o council_n of_o aenham_n and_o habam_fw-la forecited_a by_o special_a law_n and_o special_a excellent_a prayer_n and_o humiliation_n prescribe_v to_o be_v make_v to_o god_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o his_o judgement_n and_o the_o invade_v oppress_a bloody_a dane_n worthy_a perusal_n yet_o pretend_a necessity_n and_o war_n lay_v all_o those_o law_n asleep_a in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1013._o the_o very_a next_o after_o 1013._o the_o englishman_n dear_a purchase_a peace_n which_o the_o perfidious_a gold-thirsty_a dane_n never_o real_o intend_v to_o observe_v king_n swain_n by_o the_o secret_a instigation_n of_o turkel_n the_o dane_n who_o king_n ethelred_n unadvised_o hire_v to_o guard_v he_o with_o his_o danish_a shi●s_n from_o foreign_a invasion_n who_o send_v he_o this_o message_n 69._o angliam_fw-la praeclaram_fw-la esse_fw-la patriam_fw-la &_o opimam_fw-la sed_fw-la regem_fw-la stertere_fw-la illum_fw-la venere_n vino_fw-la que_fw-la studentem_fw-la nihil_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la bellum_fw-la cogitare_fw-la quapropter_fw-la odiosum_fw-la suis_fw-la ridiculum_fw-la alienis_fw-la deuce_n invidos_fw-la provinciales_fw-la infirmos_fw-la primo_fw-la stridore_fw-la lituorum_fw-la proelio_fw-la cessuros_fw-la fox_n arrive_v at_o sandwich_n with_o a_o great_a fleet_n and_o army_n of_o dane_n in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n where_o rest_v themselves_o a_o few_o day_n he_o fail_v round_o the_o east_n part_n of_o england_n to_o the_o mouth_n of_o humber_n and_o from_o thence_o into_o the_o river_n of_o trent_n to_o gainsborough_n where_o he_o quit_v his_o ship_n intend_v to_o was●e_v the_o country_n hereupon_o first_o of_o all_o 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rebuilt_a and_o finish_v this_o monastery_n he_o send_v aeldred_n archb._n of_o york_n guiso_n bishop_n of_o wells_n and_o walter_n bish_n of_o herefo●d_n again_o to_o rome_n to_o pope_n nicholas_n with_o a_o letter_n and_o peter_n penny_n and_o royal_a present_n desire_v his_o absolution_n from_o his_o former_a vow_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o liberty_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n and_o the_o land_n confer_v on_o it_o who_o thereupon_o grant_v to_o this_o abbey_n ut_fw-la amplius_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la regiae_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la &_o consecrationis_fw-la locus_fw-la sit_fw-la atque_fw-la repos●…orium_fw-la regalium_fw-la insignium_fw-la &_o habitatio_fw-la perpetua_fw-la monachorum_fw-la qui_fw-la nulli_fw-la omnino_fw-la personae_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la subdantur_fw-la habeant_fw-la que_fw-la potestatem_fw-la secundum_fw-la regulam_fw-la sancti_fw-la benedicti_fw-la per_fw-la successores_fw-la eligere_fw-la idoneos_fw-la abbates_n etc._n etc._n absolve_v and_o exempt_n the_o abbey_n from_o all_o episcopal_a service_n exaction_n dominion_n &_o jurisdictior_fw-la ratify_v all_o their_o land_n and_o liberty_n denounce_v a_o perpetual_a anathema_n against_o the_o invader_n diminisher_n disperser_n or_o seller_n of_o they_o with_o judas_z the_o traitor_n close_v his_o bull_n and_o letter_n thus_o vobis_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o posteris_fw-la vestris_fw-la regibus_fw-la committimus_fw-la advocationem_fw-la &_o ●uiti_fw-la nem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ut_fw-la vice_fw-la nostra_fw-la cum_fw-la concilio_n episcoporum_fw-la et_fw-la abbatum_fw-la constituas_fw-la ubique_fw-la quae_fw-la justa_n sunt_fw-la scientes_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la vos_fw-la recepturos_fw-la dignam_fw-la mercedem_fw-la abeo_fw-la cujus_fw-la regnum_fw-la &_o imperium_fw-la non_fw-la desin●t_fw-la nec_fw-la m●nu●tur_fw-la in_o seculum_fw-la the_o king_n and_o pope_n letter_n be_v at_o 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and_o confirm_v sundry_a land_n and_o privilege_n to_o this_o abbey_n of_o westm_n which_o all_o the_o prelate_n confirm_v not_o only_o with_o their_o subscription_n and_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n but_o likewise_o with_o a_o solemn_a excommunication_n in_o the_o first_o of_o which_o charter_n there_o be_v this_o memorable_a recital_n agree_v with_o abbot_n ailreds_n relation_n 628._o edwardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la anglorum_fw-la rex_fw-la etc._n etc._n scire_fw-la vos_fw-la volo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la tempore_fw-la avorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la patrisque_fw-la mei_fw-la multa_fw-la &_o gravia_fw-la bellorum_fw-la pericula_fw-la afflixerunt_fw-la gentem_fw-la
anglorum_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la tam_fw-la â_fw-la suis_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la extraneis_fw-la concitata_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la penè_fw-la periclitata_fw-la sit_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la regum_fw-la successio_fw-la magnumque_fw-la interstitium_fw-la inter_fw-la fratrem_fw-la meum_fw-la edmundum_n qui_fw-la patri_fw-la meo_fw-la mortuo_fw-la successit_fw-la meque_fw-la habitum_fw-la sit_fw-la invadentibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la swegeno_n &_o cnutho_n filio_fw-la ejus_fw-la regibus_fw-la danorum_fw-la ac_fw-la filiis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cnuthi_fw-la haroldo_n &_o harde-cnutho_a à_fw-la quibus_fw-la &_o alter_fw-la meus_fw-la frater_fw-la alfredus_fw-la crudeliter_fw-la est_fw-la occisus_fw-la solusque_fw-la sicut_fw-la joas_n occisionem_fw-la otholiae_fw-la sic_fw-la ego_fw-la crudelitatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la evasi_fw-la tandem_fw-la respectu_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la post_z plures_fw-la annos_fw-la ego_fw-la edwardus_fw-la ad_fw-la paternum_n solum_fw-la reaccessi_fw-it et_fw-la eo_fw-la potitus_n sine_fw-la ullo_n bellorum_fw-la labour_n sicut_fw-la amabilis_fw-la deo_fw-la solomon_n tantâ_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la opulentiâ_fw-la abundavi_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la antecedentium_fw-la regum_fw-la similis_fw-la mei_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o gloria_fw-la &_o divitiis_fw-la sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la i_o ut_fw-la assolet_fw-la ex_fw-la opulentia_fw-la &_o superbia_fw-la contemptus_fw-la invasit_fw-la immo_fw-la coepi_fw-la cogitare_fw-la cujus_fw-la dono_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la ad_fw-la regni_fw-la culmen_fw-la evasi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la &_o cui_fw-la vult_fw-la dare_v illud_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la mundus_fw-la transit_fw-la &_o concupiscentia_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la totum_fw-la se_fw-la subdit_fw-la deo_fw-la feliciter_fw-la regnat_fw-la &_o perpetualiter_fw-la dive_v est_fw-la itaque_fw-la deliberavi_fw-la i_o ire_n ad_fw-la lumina_fw-la subliminum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petri_n &_o paul●_n &_o ibi_fw-la gratias_fw-la agere_fw-la pro_fw-la collatis_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la king_n edward_n in_o the_o year_n 1051._o release_v the_o english_a 1051._o from_o the_o heavy_a tribute_n or_o danegeld_n which_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n and_o simeon_n dunelmensis_n thus_o express_v rex_fw-la edvardus_fw-la absolvit_fw-la anglos_n a_fw-la gravi_fw-la vectigali_fw-la 38._o 1._o anno_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la rex_fw-la athelredus_fw-la danicos_fw-la solidarios_fw-la solvi_fw-la mandavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la eye_v pater_fw-la suus_fw-la propter_fw-la danicos_fw-la solidarios_fw-la imposuerat_fw-la as_o 943._o brompton_n render_v it_o in_o another_o place_n roger_n the_o hunedon_n annalium_fw-la pars_fw-la 1._o p._n 441._o rodolphus_n de_fw-fr diceto_fw-la abbreviatione_fw-la chronicorum_fw-la col_fw-fr 145._o use_v the_o same_o word_n ailredus_fw-la abbas_n rievallis_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o miraculis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la confessoris_fw-la col._n 383._o thus_o relate_v it_o insuper_fw-la &_o tributum_fw-la illud_fw-la gravissimum_fw-la quod_fw-la tempore_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la primo_fw-la classi_fw-la danicae_fw-la pendebatur_fw-la postmodum_fw-la vero_fw-la fisco_fw-la regio_fw-la annis_n singulis_fw-la inferebatur_fw-la regius_fw-la liberalitate_fw-la remisit_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la onere_fw-la hoc_fw-la importabili_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la angliam_fw-la absolvit_fw-la vnde_fw-la sancto_fw-la huic_fw-la regi_fw-la non_fw-la inconuenienter_fw-la aptatur_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la beatus_fw-la vir_fw-la qui_fw-la inventus_fw-la sine_fw-la macula_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la post_fw-la aurum_fw-la non_fw-la abiit_fw-la nec_fw-la speravit_fw-la in_o pecuniae_fw-la the_o sauris_fw-la post_fw-la aurum_fw-la non_fw-la abiit_fw-la quod_fw-la potius_fw-la dispersit_fw-la nec_fw-la speravit_fw-la in_o the_o sauris_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la opere_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la minuit_fw-la quam_fw-la consumpsit_fw-la 418._o matthew_n westminster_n record_v it_o in_o these_o word_n anno_fw-la gratiae_fw-la 1051._o rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la a_fw-la vectigali_fw-la gravissimo_fw-la anglos_n absolvit_fw-la quod_fw-la patre_fw-la vivente_fw-la danicis_n stipendiariis_fw-la triginto_fw-la octo_fw-la millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la solvi_fw-la consuevit_fw-la henry_n de_fw-fr knighton_n de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o fol._n 233._o 1_o and_o higden_n in_o his_o polychronicon_n lib._n 6._o c._n 24._o f._n 254._o thus_o relate_v it_o rex_fw-la edvardus_fw-la absolvit_fw-la anglos_n a_o gravi_fw-la tributo_fw-la quod_fw-la pa●ur_fw-la ejus_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la danicis_n solidariis_fw-la solvi_fw-la fecerat_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la per_fw-la 40._o annos_fw-la duraverat_fw-la which_o fabian_n in_o his_o chronicle_n part_v 8._o c._n 210._o p._n 282._o graston_n in_o his_o chronicle_n p._n 170._o speed_z in_o his_o history_n p._n 410._o holinshead_n and_o other_o thus_o express_v this_o king_n 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