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earl_n of_o strafford_n and_o so_o declare_v by_o several_a law_n and_o be_v one_o of_o the_o charge_n of_o treason_n against_o the_o lord_n of_o canterbury_n ir_z be_v contrary_a to_o all_o divine_a and_o human_a law_n that_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v condemn_v unheard_a or_o untried_a trial_n 5._o the_o prescribe_n of_o their_o fellow_n subject_n without_o trial_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n in_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la order_v that_o no_o man_n lose_v life_n or_o estate_n but_o per_fw-la judicium_fw-la parium_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la terrae_fw-la and_o the_o stat._n 2._o phil._n and_o ma._n that_o all_o trial_n for_o treason_n be_v by_o course_n of_o the_o law_n petition_n of_o right_n 3_o car._n it_o be_v a_o inherent_a flower_n of_o the_o crown_n k._n 6._o to_o grant_v pardon_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o k._n and_o by_o the_o common_a law_n mercy_n belong_v to_o he_o
as_o well_o as_o justice_n and_o be_v so_o express_o declare_v and_o annex_v unto_o the_o king_n by_o the_o stat._n of_o the_o 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 24._o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v annex_v unto_o it_o for_o the_o better_a part_n of_o one_o thousand_o year_n church_n 7._o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o land_n of_o bishop_n and_o cathedral_n church_n confirm_v by_o many_o charter_n from_o all_o our_o king_n have_v prescription_n of_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n and_o be_v firm_o annex_v to_o the_o church_n as_o law_n charter_n or_o prescription_n can_v settle_v they_o now_o if_o these_o revenue_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o and_o dispose_v of_o without_o process_n of_o law_n without_o the_o king_n consent_n who_o be_v swear_v to_o uphold_v they_o and_o be_v founder_n of_o they_o all_o without_o the_o consent_n or_o forfeiture_n of_o the_o possessor_n what_o man_n can_v think_v he_o have_v a_o better_a title_n to_o any_o thing_n he_o hold_v or_o assure_v himself_o of_o 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collection_n of_o their_o own_o order_n pag._n 159.160.908.910_o and_o we_o find_v the_o two_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n the_o first_o in_o 1._o eliz._n the_o second_o in_o 3_o iac._n be_v both_o frame_v and_o enjoin_v to_o be_v take_v in_o and_o by_o several_a act_n of_o parliament_n and_o yet_o now_o do_v the_o house_n press_v oath_n upon_o their_o fellow_n subject_n utter_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o other_o legal_a oath_n which_o they_o have_v former_o take_v and_o for_o the_o refusal_n of_o their_o oath_n of_o covenant_n and_o of_o their_o negative_a oath_n in_o express_a term_n to_o abjure_v their_o allegiance_n to_o their_o sovereign_n they_o condemn_v they_o of_o malignancy_n a_o new_a word_n of_o art_n not_o former_o know_v to_o the_o law_n of_o england_n treason_n 11._o concerning_o treason_n it_o be_v define_v by_o the_o act_n of_o the_o 25._o ed._n 3._o cap._n 2._o and_o afterward_o 1_o h._n 4._o and_o 2_o ma._n that_o act_n be_v confirm_v and_o enact_v 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