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the_o whole_a book_n p._n 13_o chap._n x._o the_o druid_n reckon_v of_o time_n a_o age_n consist_v of_o thirty_o year_n what_o author_n treat_v of_o the_o druid_n their_o doctrine_n and_o custom_n savour_v of_o pythagoras_n and_o the_o cabalist_n they_o be_v the_o elder_a philosopher_n and_o lawyer_n among_o the_o gentile_n some_o odd_a image_n of_o they_o in_o stone_n in_o a_o abbey_n near_o voitland_n describe_v p._n 15_o chap._n xi_o the_o britan_n and_o gaul_n have_v law_n and_o custom_n much_o alike_o and_o whence_o that_o come_v some_o thing_n common_a to_o they_o both_o set_v down_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o breed_n of_o their_o child_n the_o marry_v of_o their_o wife_n the_o govern_n of_o their_o family_n burn_a woman_n that_o kill_v their_o husband_n and_o burn_v some_o servant_n with_o the_o dead_a master_n for_o company_n together_o with_o some_o remark_n of_o their_o public_a government_n p._n 16_o chap._n xii_o woman_n admit_v to_o public_a debate_n a_o large_a commendation_n of_o the_o sex_n together_o with_o a_o vindication_n of_o their_o fitness_n to_o govern_v against_o the_o salic_a law_n make_v out_o by_o several_a example_n of_o most_o nation_n p._n 18_o chap._n xiii_o their_o put_a themselves_o under_o protection_n by_o go_v into_o great_a man_n service_n their_o coin_n of_o money_n and_o their_o weigh_v of_o it_o some_o sort_n of_o flesh_n not_o lawful_a to_o be_v eat_v by_o they_o p._n 21_o chap._n fourteen_o community_n of_o wife_n among_o the_o britan_n use_v former_o by_o other_o nation_n also_o chalcondylas_n his_o mistake_n from_o our_o civil_a custom_n of_o salute_v a_o rÄ—buke_n of_o the_o foolish_a humour_n of_o jealousy_n p._n 22_o chap._n xv._n a_o account_n of_o the_o british_a state_n under_o the_o roman_n claudius_n win_v a_o battle_n and_o return_n to_o rome_n in_o triumph_n and_o leaf_n a._n plautius_n to_o order_n affair_n a_o colony_n be_v send_v to_o maldon_n in_o essex_n and_o to_o several_a other_o place_n the_o nature_n of_o these_o colony_n out_o of_o lipsius_n julius_n agricola_n government_n here_o in_o vespasian_n time_n p._n 24_o chap._n xvi_o in_o commodus_n his_o time_n king_n lucy_n embrace_v the_o christian_a religion_n and_o desire_n eleutherius_fw-la then_o pope_n to_o send_v he_o the_o roman_a law_n in_o stead_n of_o heathen_a priest_n he_o make_v three_o arch-bishop_n and_o twenty_o eight_o bishop_n he_o endow_v the_o church_n and_o make_v they_o sanctuary_n the_o manner_n of_o government_n in_o constantine_n time_n where_o end_v the_o roman_a account_n p._n 27_o chap._n xvii_o the_o saxon_n be_v send_v for_o in_o by_o vortigern_n against_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n who_o usurp_v the_o government_n set_v up_o the_o heptarchy_n the_o angles_n jute_n frison_n all_o call_v saxon_n a_o account_n of_o they_o and_o their_o law_n take_v out_o of_o adam_n of_o bremen_n p._n 29_o chap._n xviii_o the_o saxon_n division_n of_o their_o people_n into_o four_o rank_n no_o person_n to_o marry_v out_o of_o his_o own_o rank_n what_o proportion_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o marriage_n according_a to_o policy_n like_a to_o like_v the_o old_a rule_n now_o matrimony_n be_v make_v a_o matter_n of_o money_n p._n 30_o chap._n xix_o the_o saxon_n way_n of_o judge_v the_o event_n of_o war_n with_o a_o enemy_n their_o manner_n of_o approve_v a_o proposal_n in_o council_n by_o clatter_v their_o arms._n the_o original_a of_o hundred-court_n their_o dub_a their_o youth_n into_o men._n the_o privilege_n of_o young_a lad_n noble_o bear_v the_o morganheb_n or_o wedding-dowry_n p._n 32_o chap._n xx._n their_o severe_a punishment_n of_o adultery_n by_o maim_v some_o part_n of_o the_o body_n the_o reason_n of_o it_o give_v by_o bracton_n the_o like_a practise_v by_o dane_n and_o norman_n p._n 33_o chap._n xxi_o the_o manner_n of_o inherit_v among_o they_o of_o deadly_a feud_n of_o wergild_n or_o head-money_n for_o murder_n the_o nature_n of_o country-tenure_n and_o knight_n fee_n p._n 36_o chap._n xxii_o since_o the_o return_n of_o christianity_n into_o the_o island_n king_n ethelbert_n law_n against_o sacrilege_n thief_n former_o amerce_v in_o cattle_n a_o blot_n upon_o theodred_a the_o good_a bishop_n of_o london_n for_o hang_v thief_n the_o country_n call_v engelond_n by_o order_n of_o king_n egbert_n and_o why_o so_o call_v the_o law_n of_o king_n ina_n alfred_n ethelred_n etc._n etc._n be_v still_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o saxon._n those_o of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n and_o king_n knute_n the_o dane_n be_v put_v forth_o by_o mr._n lambard_n in_o his_o archaeonomia_fw-la p._n 37_o chap._n xxiii_o king_n alfred_n divide_v england_n into_o county_n or_o shire_n and_o into_o hundred_o and_o tything_n the_o original_a of_o decenna_n or_o courtleet_n friburg_n and_o mainpast_a form_n of_o law_n how_o people_n be_v to_o answer_v for_o those_o who_o they_o have_v in_o borgh_n or_o mainpast_a p._n 39_o chap._n xxiv_o king_n alfred_n first_o appoint_v sheriff_n by_o duns_n scotus_n his_o advice_n he_o give_v order_n for_o the_o breed_n up_o of_o youth_n in_o learning_n by_o the_o way_n what_o a_o hide_n of_o land_n be_v king_n edgar_n law_n for_o drink_v prelate_n investiture_n by_o the_o king_n ring_n and_o staff_n king_n knute_n law_n against_o any_o englishman_n that_o shall_v kill_v a_o dane_n hence_o englescyre_n the_o manner_n of_o subscribe_v and_o seal_v till_o edward_n the_o confessor_n time_n king_n harold_n law_n that_o no_o welshman_n shall_v come_v on_o this_o side_n offa_n dike_n with_o a_o weapon_n p._n 41_o chap._n xxv_o the_o royal_a consort_n great_a privilege_n of_o grant_v felon_n estate_n forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n estate_n grant_v by_o the_o king_n with_o three_o exception_n of_o expedition_n bridge_n and_o castle_n the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o king_n present_v a_o turf_n at_o the_o altar_n of_o that_o church_n to_o which_o he_o give_v land_n such_o a_o grant_n of_o king_n ethelbald_n comprise_v in_o old_a verse_n p._n 43_o the_o contetn_n book_n ii_o chap._n i._o william_n the_o conquerour_n title_n he_o bestow_v land_n upon_o his_o follower_n and_o bring_v bishop_n and_o abbot_n under_o military_a service_n a_o account_n of_o the_o old_a english_a law_n call_v merchenlage_n danelage_n and_o westsaxenlage_a he_o be_v prevail_v upon_o by_o the_o baron_n to_o govern_v according_a to_o king_n edward_n law_n and_o at_o s._n alban_n take_v his_o oath_n so_o to_o do_v yet_o some_o new_a law_n be_v add_v to_o those_o old_a one_o p._n 47_o chap._n ii_o the_o whole_a country_n enrol_v in_o doomsday_n book_n why_o that_o book_n so_o call_v robert_n of_o glocester_n verse_n to_o prove_v it_o the_o original_a of_o charter_n and_o seal_n from_o the_o norman_n practise_v of_o old_a among_o the_o french_a who_o among_o the_o roman_n have_v the_o privilege_n of_o use_v ring_n to_o seal_v with_o and_o who_o not_o p._n 51_o chap._n iii_o other_o way_n of_o grant_v and_o convey_v estate_n by_o a_o sword_n etc._n etc._n particular_o by_o a_o horn._n godwin_n trick_n to_o get_v boseham_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n plead_n in_o french_a the_o french_a language_n and_o hand_n when_o come_v in_o fashion_n coverfeu_n law_n against_o take_v of_o deer_n against_o murder_n against_o rape_n p._n 54_o chap._n iu_o sheriff_n and_o jury_n be_v before_o this_o time_n the_o four_o term_n judge_n to_o act_n without_o appeal_n justice_n of_o peace_n the_o king_n payment_n make_v at_o first_o in_o provision_n afterward_o change_v into_o money_n which_o the_o sheriff_n of_o each_o county_n be_v to_o pay_v in_o to_o the_o exchequer_n the_o constable_n of_o dover_n and_o warder_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n why_o make_v a_o disorder_n in_o church-affair_n reform_v p._n 56_o chap._n v._o william_n rufus_n succeed_v annats_n now_o pay_v to_o the_o king_n why_o claim_v by_o the_o pope_n no_o one_o to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o land_n without_o leave_n hunt_v of_o dear_n make_v felony_n p._n 59_o chap._n vi_o henry_n the_o first_o why_o call_v beauclerk_n his_o letter_n of_o repeal_n a_o order_n for_o the_o relief_n of_o land_n what_o a_o hereot_fw-la be_v of_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o king_n homager_n daughter_n etc._n etc._n of_o a_o orphan_n marriage_n of_o the_o widow_n dowry_n of_o other_o homager_n the_o like_a coynage-money_n remit_v of_o the_o disposal_n of_o estate_n the_o good_n of_o those_o that_o die_v intestate_a now_o and_o long_o since_o in_o the_o church_n jurisdiction_n as_o also_o the_o business_n of_o wi_n of_o forfeiture_n of_o misdemeanour_n of_o forest_n of_o the_o fee_n de_fw-fr hauberk_n king_n edward_n law_n restore_v p._n 60_o chap._n vii_o his_o order_n for_o the_o restraint_n of_o his_o courtier_n what_o the_o punishment_n of_o theft_n coiner_n to_o lose_v their_o hand_n and_o privy_a member_n gelding_n a_o kind_n of_o death_n what_o halfpence_n and_o
farthing_n to_o pass_v the_o right_a measure_n of_o the_o eln._n the_o king_n price_n set_v for_o provision_n p._n 63_o chap._n viii_o the_o regality_n claim_v by_o the_o pope_n but_o within_o a_o while_n resume_v by_o the_o king_n the_o coverfeu_n dispense_v with_o a_o subsidy_n for_o marry_v the_o king_n daughter_n the_o courtesy_n of_o england_n concern_v shipwreck_n a_o tax_n levy_v to_o raise_v and_o carry_v on_o a_o war_n p._n 65_o chap._n ix_o in_o king_n stephen_n reign_n all_o be_v to_o piece_n abundance_n of_o castle_n build_v of_o the_o privilege_n of_o coin_v appeal_v to_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n now_o set_v on_o foot_n the_o roman_a law_n bring_v in_o but_o disow_v a_o instance_n in_o the_o wonder-working_a parliament_n p._n 67_o chap._n x._o in_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o time_n the_o castle_n demolish_v a_o parliament_n hold_v at_o clarendon_n of_o the_o advowson_n and_o presentation_n of_o church_n estate_n not_o to_o be_v give_v to_o monastery_n without_o the_o king_n leave_n clergyman_n to_o answer_v in_o the_o king_n court_n a_o clergyman_n convict_v out_o of_o the_o church_n protection_n none_o to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n without_o the_o king_n leave_n this_o repeal_v by_o king_n john_n excommunicate_a person_n to_o find_v surety_n layman_n how_v to_o be_v implead_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n a_o lay-jury_n to_o swear_v there_o in_o what_o case_n no_o homager_n or_o officer_n of_o the_o king_n to_o be_v excommunicate_v till_o he_o or_o his_o justice_n be_v acquaint_v p._n 69_o chap._n xi_o other_o law_n of_o church_n affair_n concern_v appeal_n a_o suit_n betwixt_o a_o clergyman_n and_o a_o layman_n where_o to_o be_v try_v in_o what_o case_n one_o who_o relate_v to_o the_o king_n may_v be_v put_v under_o a_o interdict_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o that_o and_o excommunication_n bishop_n to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o trial_n of_o criminal_n until_o sentence_n of_o death_n etc._n etc._n pass_v profit_n of_o vacant_a bishopric_n etc._n etc._n belong_v to_o the_o king_n the_o next_o bishop_n to_o be_v choose_v in_o the_o king_n chapel_n and_o to_o do_v homage_n before_o consecration_n deforcement_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v right_v by_o the_o king_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a chattel_n forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n not_o to_o be_v detain_v by_o the_o church_n plea_n of_o debt_n whatsoever_o in_o the_o king_n court_n yeoman_n son_n not_o to_o go_v into_o order_n without_o the_o lord_n leave_v p._n 72_o chap._n xii_o the_o statute_n of_o clarendon_n misreported_n in_o matthew_n paris_n amend_v in_o quadrilegus_n these_o law_n occasion_v a_o quarrel_n between_o the_o king_n and_o thomas_n a_o becket_n witness_v robert_n of_o gloucester_n who_o he_o call_v yumen_n the_o same_o as_o rustic_n i._n e._n villain_n why_o a_o bishop_n of_o dublin_n call_v scorch-uillein_n villanage_v before_o the_o norman_n time_n p._n 74_o chap._n xiii_o the_o poet_n give_v account_v which_o of_o those_o law_n be_v grant_v by_o thomas_n a_o becket_n which_o withstand_v leudeman_n signify_v layman_n and_o more_o general_o all_o illiterate_a person_n p._n 77_o chap._n fourteen_o the_o pope_n absolve_v thomas_n a_o becket_n from_o his_o oath_n and_o damn_v the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n the_o king_n resent_v it_o write_v to_o his_o sheriff_n order_n a_o seizure_n penalty_n inflict_v on_o kindred_n he_o provide_v against_o a_o interdict_v from_o rome_n he_o summon_v the_o bishop_n of_o london_n and_o norwich_n a_o account_n of_o peter_n pence_n p._n 79_o chap._n xv._n a_o parliament_n at_o northampton_n six_o circuit_n order_v a_o list_n of_o the_o then_o justice_n the_o jury_n to_o be_v of_o twelve_o knight_n several_a sort_n of_o knight_n in_o what_o case_n honorary_a knight_n to_o serve_v in_o juries_n those_o who_o come_v to_o parliament_n by_o right_a of_o peerage_n sit_v as_o baron_n those_o who_o come_v by_o letter_n of_o summons_n be_v style_v chevalier_n p._n 81_o chap._n xvi_o the_o person_n convict_v by_o ordeal_o to_o quit_v the_o realm_n within_o forty_o day_n why_o forty_o day_n allow_v a_o account_n of_o the_o ordeal_v by_o fire_n and_o water_n lady_n emme_n clear_v by_o go_v over_o burn_a coulter_n two_o sort_n of_o trial_n by_o water_n learned_a conjecture_n at_o the_o rise_n and_o reason_n of_o these_o custom_n these_o ordeal_n as_o also_o that_o of_o single_a combat_n condemn_v by_o the_o church_n p._n 84_o chap._n xvii_o other_o law_n of_o entertain_v of_o stranger_n a_o uncuth_n a_o gust_n a_o hogenhine_n what_o of_o he_o who_o confess_v the_o murder_n etc._n etc._n of_o frank_n pledge_n of_o a_o heir_n under_o age_n of_o a_o widow_n dowry_n of_o take_v the_o king_n fealty_n of_o set_v a_o time_n to_o do_v homage_n of_o the_o justice_n duty_n of_o their_o demolish_n of_o castle_n of_o felon_n to_o be_v put_v into_o the_o sheriff_n hand_n of_o those_o who_o have_v depart_v the_o realm_n p._n 87_o chap._n xviii_o some_o law_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o 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surname_n of_o confessor_n be_v in_o reader_n hand_n these_o of_o the_o confessor_n be_v in_o latin_a those_o other_o of_o knute_n be_v not_o long_o since_o put_v into_o latin_a by_o william_n lambard_n a_o learned_a man_n and_o one_o very_o well_o verse_v in_o antiquity_n who_o have_v recover_v they_o both_o and_o publish_v the_o saxon_a original_a with_o his_o translation_n over_o against_o it_o print_v by_o john_n day_n at_o london_n anno_fw-la 1567._o under_o the_o title_n of_o archaeonomia_fw-la or_o a_o book_n concern_v the_o ancient_a law_n of_o the_o english_a may_v he_o have_v a_o good_a harvest_n of_o it_o as_o he_o deserve_v from_o historian_n let_v we_o borrow_v some_o other_o help_v for_o this_o service_n chap._n xxiii_o king_n alfred_n divide_v england_n into_o county_n or_o shire_n and_o into_o hundred_o and_o tything_n the_o original_a of_o decenna_n or_o courtleet_n friburg_n and_o mainpast_a form_n of_o law_n how_o people_n be_v to_o answer_v for_o those_o who_o 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to_o have_v it_o so_o understand_v 38._o king_n edgar_z like_o a_o king_n of_o good_a fellow_n or_o master_n of_o revel_n make_v a_o law_n for_o drink_v he_o give_v order_v that_o stud_n or_o knob_n of_o silver_n or_o gold_n so_o malmsbury_n tell_v we_o shall_v be_v fasten_v to_o the_o side_n of_o their_o cup_n or_o drink_a vessel_n that_o when_o every_o one_o know_v his_o mark_n or_o boundary_a he_o shall_v out_o of_o modesty_n not_o either_o himself_o covet_v or_o force_v another_o to_o desire_v more_o than_o his_o stint_n this_o be_v the_o only_a law_n before_o the_o first_o parliament_n under_o king_n james_n have_v be_v make_v against_o those_o swill-bowl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeneus_fw-la swabber_n of_o drunken_a feast_n and_o lusty_a rower_n in_o full_a brim_v rummer_n that_o do_v ply_v their_o oar_n who_o by_o their_o carouse_n tipple_a up_o nestor_n year_n as_o if_o they_o be_v celebrate_v the_o goddess_n anna_n perenna_n do_v at_o the_o same_o time_n drink_v other_o health_n and_o mischief_n and_o spoil_v their_o own_o and_o the_o public_a 39_o there_o be_v no_o choice_n of_o prelate_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o ingulph_n again_o that_o be_v mere_o free_a and_o canonical_a but_o the_o court_n confer_v all_o dignity_n as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o of_o abbot_n by_o the_o king_n ring_n and_o staff_n according_a to_o his_o good_a pleasure_n the_o election_n or_o choice_n be_v in_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o monk_n but_o they_o desire_v he_o who_o they_o have_v choose_v of_o the_o king_n edmund_n in_o king_n ethelred_n time_n be_v after_o this_o manner_n make_v bishop_n of_o the_o holy_a island_n on_o the_o coast_n of_o northumberland_n and_o king_n edgar_n in_o his_o patent_n 2._o which_o he_o sign_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o glastenbury_n retain_v to_o himself_o and_o his_o heir_n the_o power_n of_o bestow_v the_o pastoral_a staff_n to_o the_o brother_n elect._n 40._o to_o as_o many_o as_o king_n knute_n retain_v with_o he_o in_o england_n to_o 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of_o which_o punishment_n lie_v in_o this_o that_o the_o liver_n be_v repute_v the_o source_n and_o seat_n of_o all_o lust_n and_o unlawful_a desire_n and_o do_v natural_o as_o some_o physician_n hold_v receive_v the_o first_o taint_n of_o venereal_a distemper_n the_o reward_n of_o impure_a mixture_n according_a to_o that_o of_o solomon_n speak_v of_o a_o adulterer_n till_o a_o dart_n strike_v through_o his_o liver_n from_o whence_o they_o gather_v that_o that_o which_o we_o now_o call_v the_o french_a pox_n be_v not_o unknown_a even_o in_o that_o age_n of_o the_o world_n l._n 26._o prema_n and_o mutinus_fw-la this_o latter_a a_o title_n give_v to_o priapus_n muchwhat_a such_o a_o god_n as_o baal_n peor_n be_v the_o other_o a_o goddess_n forsooth_o much_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n for_o the_o old_a roman_n have_v god_n and_o goddess_n as_o the_o present_a roman_n have_v saint_n for_o every_o thing_n for_o every_o action_n of_o life_n but_o their_o office_n be_v such_o as_o the_o modest_a reader_n will_v easy_o excuse_v the_o want_n of_o explain_v they_o lin._n 38._o say_v progne_n to_o her_o sister_n philomela_n tereus_n king_n of_o thrace_n have_v marry_v progne_n daughter_n of_o pandion_n king_n of_o athens_n when_o he_o go_v to_o fetch_v her_o sister_n philomela_n ravish_v she_o by_o the_o way_n on_o shipboard_n which_o occasion_v a_o bloody_a revenge_n in_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o son_n itys_n at_o last_o they_o be_v turn_v all_o four_o into_o so_o many_o several_a sort_n of_o bird_n progne_n into_o a_o swallow_n philomela_n into_o a_o nightingale_n tereus_n into_o a_o lapwing_n and_o itys_n into_o a_o pheasant_n chap._n xxi_o pag._n 36._o lin_v 20._o with_o head-money_n call_v wergild_n a_o word_n compound_v of_o the_o saxon_a be_v the_o price_n or_o value_n or_o worth_n of_o a_o man_n and_o geld_v or_o gild_v a_o payment_n that_o be_v he_o that_o have_v kill_v another_o be_v to_o buy_v off_o his_o life_n by_o pay_v the_o full_a value_n of_o the_o person_n slay_v the_o prize_n or_o rate_n be_v set_v down_o in_o ethelstan_n law_n by_o thrimsa_n a_o kind_n of_o coin_n or_o piece_n of_o money_n of_o the_o value_n of_o three_o shilling_n say_v mr._n lambard_n which_o be_v reduce_v to_o our_o sterling_a stand_n thus_o a_o peasant_n 40_o l._n 1_o s._n a_o thane_n or_o one_o in_o order_n 300_o l._n a_o general_n or_o chieftain_n 600_o l._n a_o bishop_n or_o alderman_n 1200_o l._n a_o archbishop_n or_o peer_n 2250_o l._n and_o a_o king_n 4500_o l._n half_n of_o which_o last_o sum_n be_v to_o go_v to_o the_o kindred_n and_o the_o other_o half_a to_o the_o public_a and_o these_o rate_n be_v set_v he_o say_v by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o the_o english_a the_o reason_n of_o this_o pecuniary_a compensation_n be_v their_o tenderness_n of_o life_n that_o two_o man_n may_v not_o die_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o same_o mischance_n according_a to_o that_o say_n in_o a_o ancient_a law_n nulla_fw-la sit_fw-la culpa_fw-la tam_fw-la gravis_fw-la ut_fw-la vita_fw-la non_fw-la concedatur_fw-la propter_fw-la timorem_fw-la dei_fw-la but_o yet_o withal_o in_o some_o case_n of_o premeditate_a or_o clandestine_v murder_n they_o be_v not_o excuse_v from_o make_v satisfaction_n with_o their_o life_n or_o in_o case_n one_o be_v not_o able_a to_o pay_v the_o be_v or_o fine_a he_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n i_o call_v this_o head-money_n because_o in_o latin_a it_n be_v term_v capitis_fw-la aestimatio_fw-la the_o value_n or_o price_n of_o a_o man_n head_n not_o in_o that_o sense_n as_o either_o chevage_a or_o poll-money_n be_v so_o call_v chap._n xxii_o pag._n 37._o lin_v 42._o in_o the_o margin_n caxton_n be_v quote_v a_o book_n it_o seem_v rare_a of_o which_o he_o say_v that_o book_n that_o go_v up_o and_o down_o by_o this_o name_n mr._n war_n in_o townsend_n of_o lincolns-inn_n a_o gentleman_n noble_a by_o his_o descent_n and_o learning_n both_o very_o friendly_a lend_v i_o for_o my_o use_n in_o a_o very_a fair_a manuscript_n which_o courtesy_n of_o he_o i_o can_v but_o think_v it_o a_o foul_a shame_n for_o i_o not_o to_o own_o and_o acknowledge_v with_o all_o thankfulness_n pag._n 38._o lin_v 17_o 18._o even_o now_o in_o the_o time_n of_o those_o that_o be_v call_v the_o good_n it_o be_v william_n of_o malmesbury_n who_o he_o quote_v etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la tempore_fw-la bonorum_fw-la whether_o he_o mean_v good_a prince_n who_o will_v have_v those_o law_n observe_v or_o honest_a subject_n who_o will_v observe_v they_o or_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o sort_n of_o man_n in_o his_o time_n that_o go_v by_o that_o character_n of_o boni_fw-la good_a man_n be_v more_o than_o i_o have_v to_o say_v there_o be_v at_o one_o time_n a_o sort_n of_o religious_a person_n that_o go_v by_o the_o name_n of_o bon_fw-fr hommes_fw-fr but_o that_o can_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v in_o this_o business_n chap._n xxiii_o pag._n 39_o lin_v 14._o every_o native_a home-born_a lawful_a man_n in_o the_o latin_a it_o be_v indigena_fw-la legalis_fw-la in_o the_o saxon_a law-term_n it_o be_v inlaughe_v or_o inlaugh_n that_o be_v one_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n inlagatus_fw-la who_o be_v in_o frank_n pledge_v or_o belong_v to_o some_o court_n leet_n as_o all_o male_n from_o twelve_o year_n old_a and_o upward_o be_v oblige_v to_o be_v so_o bracton_n tell_v we_o lin._n 27._o decenna_n the_o same_o as_o decuria_n which_o be_v general_o render_v a_o tithing_n i.e._n a_o company_n of_o ten_o man_n with_o their_o family_n all_o of_o they_o bind_v to_o the_o king_n to_o answer_v for_o one_o another_o good_a and_o peaceable_a behaviour_n from_o the_o latin_a word_n it_o be_v call_v a_o dozein_n and_o the_o people_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o be_v call_v deciner_n or_o dozeniers_n that_o be_v decennarii_fw-la the_o chief_a of_o they_o be_v term_v decurio_fw-la or_o decanus_n friburgi_n the_o tithing-man_n or_o headborough_n and_o all_o male_n of_o twelve_o year_n age_n and_o upward_o except_o noble_n and_o religious_a person_n be_v oblige_v to_o be_v of_o some_o dozein_n or_o other_o but_o now_o there_o be_v no_o other_o dozein_n but_o leet_n and_o no_o other_o security_n there_o give_v for_o the_o king_n peace_n but_o the_o person_n own_o oath_n lin._n 29._o friborgh_n from_o the_o saxon_a freo_fw-la free_a and_o borgh_n a_o surety_n or_o security_n or_o as_o some_o write_v it_o fridburgh_n from_o frid_a peace_n and_o burgh_n a_o surety_n if_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o person_n it_o be_v the_o same_o that_o a_o deciner_n we_o now_o speak_v of_o if_o for_o the_o action_n it_o be_v their_o be_v surety_n for_o one_o another_o if_o for_o the_o company_n of_o these_o mutual_a ingager_n it_o be_v the_o same_o as_o decuria_n a_o tything_n in_o saxon_n tienmannatale_fw-la i._n e._n the_o number_n of_o ten_o man_n the_o norman_n retain_v the_o same_o custom_n but_o alter_v the_o name_n call_z it_o frankpledg_v from_o the_o french_a frank_n i._n e._n free_a and_o pledge_v i._n e._n surety_n and_o the_o compass_n or_o circuit_n of_o this_o frankpledg_n the_o same_o as_o that_o of_o friburg_n to_o wit_n the_o decenna_n or_o dozein_n i._n e._n ten_o household_n lin._n 40._o manupastus_n of_o this_o bracton_n set_v down_o a_o rule_n for_o law_n that_o every_o person_n whether_o freeman_n or_o servant_n either_o be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o frankpledge_a or_o of_o some_o body_n mainpast_a now_o he_o be_v of_o one_o mainpast_a say_v he_o who_o be_v allow_v victual_n and_o clothes_n or_o victual_n only_o and_o wage_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o great_a man_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o be_v of_o any_o ordinary_a dozein_n because_o bishop_n earl_n and_o baron_n as_o the_o same_o bracton_n inform_v we_o aught_o to_o have_v their_o menial_a servant_n in_o their_o own_o friborgh_n and_o to_o answer_v to_o the_o king_n for_o their_o behaviour_n and_o to_o pay_v what_o forfeit_v they_o shall_v make_v if_o they_o have_v not_o the_o person_n themselves_o forthcoming_a and_o this_o say_v he_o be_v the_o case_n of_o all_o those_o who_o be_v of_o any_o one_o mainpast_a chap._n xxiv_o p._n 41._o lin_v 16._o john_n scot_n erigena_n a_o school-man_n famous_a for_o his_o subtlety_n call_v in_o latin_a johannes_n duns_n scotus_n whether_o duns_n be_v the_o name_n of_o his_o family_n as_o it_o may_v be_v johannes_n de_fw-fr dunis_fw-la which_o in_o english_a will_v be_v john_n down_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o nickname_n give_v he_o for_o his_o slovenliness_n and_o seem_a blockishness_n from_o the_o word_n dunce_n which_o in_o barbarous_a latin_a be_v dunsa_n for_o so_o in_o camden_n remain_n we_o find_v the_o emperor_n charles_n as_o i_o take_v it_o put_v that_o question_n to_o he_o as_o he_o sit_v at_o table_n over_o against_o he_o quid_fw-la interest_n inter_fw-la scotum_n &_o
vel_fw-la illius_fw-la pro_fw-la praejudicio_fw-la accipitur_fw-la xvii_o unto_o the_o time_n before_o christianity_n among_o they_o be_v receive_v this_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v the_o first_o christian_a king_n ethelbert_n of_o kent_n inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la as_o venerable_a bede_n report_v bona_fw-la 5._o quae_fw-la genti_fw-la suae_fw-la consulendo_fw-la conferebat_fw-la etiam_fw-la decreta_fw-la illi_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la juxta_fw-la exempla_fw-la romanorum_fw-la cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la sapientum_fw-la instituit_fw-la quae_fw-la conscripta_fw-la anglorum_fw-la sermone_fw-la hactenus_fw-la say_v he_o habentur_fw-la &_o observantur_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la and_o very_o many_o constitution_n yet_o extant_a write_v in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n be_v attribute_v to_o ine_fw-mi alfred_n edward_n athelstan_n edmund_n edgar_z ethelred_n and_o canutus_n or_o knute_n translate_v into_o latin_a and_o publish_v long_o since_o by_o william_n lambard_n a_o learned_a gentleman_n with_o the_o law_n 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existeret_fw-la wintoniae_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la suspectus_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la latrocinio_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la centuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la decuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la condemnatus_fw-la vel_fw-la absolutus_fw-la invadiatus_fw-la poenam_fw-la demeritam_fw-la vel_fw-la incurreret_fw-la vel_fw-la vitaret_fw-la praefectos_fw-la verò_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la qui_fw-la antea_fw-la vicedomini_fw-la in_o duo_fw-la officia_fw-la divisit_fw-la i._n e._n in_o judices_fw-la quos_fw-la nunc_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la vocamus_fw-la &_o in_o vicecomite_n qui_fw-la adhuc_fw-la idem_fw-la nomen_fw-la retinent_fw-la 8._o xix_o of_o king_n edgar_n the_o monk_n of_o malmesbury_n write_v thus_o quia_fw-la compatriotae_fw-la in_o tabernis_fw-la convenientes_fw-la jamque_fw-la temulenti_fw-la pro_fw-la modo_fw-la bibendi_fw-la contenderent_fw-la ipse_fw-la clavos_fw-la argenteos_fw-la vasis_fw-la affigi_fw-la jussit_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la metam_fw-la svam_fw-la cuique_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la subserviente_fw-it verecundiâ_fw-la vel_fw-la ipse_fw-la appeteret_fw-la vel_fw-la alium_fw-la appetere_fw-la cogeret_fw-la constraint_n of_o such_o as_o be_v too_o indulgent_a to_o the_o desire_n of_o their_o sensual_a appetite_n by_o ingurgitation_n of_o brain-smoaking_a liquor_n be_v by_o the_o greek_a zaleucus_n and_o so_o receive_v among_o the_o locrian_n no_o less_o than_o capital_a deipnoloph_n but_o which_o have_v be_v always_o so_o far_o from_o this_o state_n that_o until_o the_o three_o session_n of_o the_o present_a parliament_n 5._o not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o pecuniary_a mulct_n endeavour_v to_o refrain_v that_o temporary_a and_o altogether_o voluntary_a madness_n 508._o xx._n nulla_fw-la say_v ingulphus_n electio_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la erat_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_fw-la &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quam_fw-la abbatum_fw-la per_fw-la annulum_fw-la &_o baculum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la complacentiâ_fw-la conferebat_fw-la xxi_o chirographa_fw-la until_o the_o confessor_n time_n fidelium_fw-la praesentium_fw-la subscriptionibus_fw-la cum_fw-la crucibus_fw-la aureis_fw-la aliisque_fw-la sacris_fw-la signaculis_fw-la firma_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la xxii_o conferebantur_fw-la primò_fw-la say_v he_o but_o i_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o norman_a state_n multa_fw-la praedia_fw-la nudo_fw-la verbo_fw-la absque_fw-la scripto_fw-la vel_fw-la chartâ_fw-la tantum_fw-la cum_fw-la domini_fw-la gladio_fw-la vel_fw-la galea_fw-la vel_fw-la cornu_fw-la vel_fw-la cratere_fw-la &_o plurima_fw-la tenementa_fw-la cum_fw-la calcari_fw-la cum_fw-la strigili_fw-la cum_fw-la arcu_fw-la &_o nonnulla_fw-la cum_fw-la sagittâ_fw-la this_o somewhat_o savour_v of_o obertus_n orto_n form_n of_o investiture_n in_o his_o feudal_n 491._o or_o his_o of_o this_o and_o differ_v much_o from_o our_o strict_a livery_n of_o seisin_n which_o regular_o ought_v to_o be_v make_v with_o 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clericorum_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la sunt_fw-la patres_fw-la matres_fw-la fratres_fw-la sorores_fw-la nepotes_fw-la &_o neptes_n pones_fw-la per_fw-la salvos_fw-la plegios_fw-la &_o catalla_fw-la eorum_fw-la donec_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la meam_fw-la inde_fw-la praecipiam_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la tecum_fw-la afferas_fw-la cum_fw-la summonitus_fw-la fueris_fw-la xx._n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la inventus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ferens_fw-la literas_fw-la d._n papae_fw-la this_o be_v speak_v of_o before_o in_o my_o poet_n vel_fw-la mandatum_fw-la aut_fw-la thomae_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la continens_fw-la interdictum_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la capiatur_fw-la &_o retineatur_fw-la donec_fw-la inde_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la meam_fw-la praecipiam_fw-la but_o in_o the_o annal_n of_o roger_n of_o hoveden_n 284._o dedo_n sicut_fw-la de_fw-la regis_fw-la traditore_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la sine_fw-la dilatione_fw-la justitia_fw-la fiat_fw-la xxi_o promulgation_n also_o by_o way_n of_o prohibition_n be_v make_v of_o most_o of_o the_o former_a diminution_n of_o papal_a or_o episcopal_a authority_n the_o clergyman_n that_o be_v beyond_o sea_n under_o forfeiture_n of_o their_o live_n be_v charge_v by_o summons_n in_o their_o place_n of_o due_a residence_n to_o return_v xxii_o londoniensis_n &_o norwicensis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la summoneantur_fw-la paris_n &_o sint_fw-la coram_fw-la justitiariis_fw-la regis_fw-la ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la faciendum_fw-la quod_fw-la contra_fw-la statuta_fw-la regni_fw-la interdixerunt_fw-la terram_fw-la comitis_fw-la hugonis_fw-la &_o in_o ipsum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la anathematis_fw-la intulerunt_fw-la xxiii_o denarii_fw-la s._n petri_n colligantur_fw-la &_o custodiantur_fw-la xxiv_o in_o the_o 22th_o of_o his_o reign_n at_o nottingham_n celebravit_fw-la say_v hoveden_n magnum_fw-la concilium_fw-la de_fw-la statutis_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o coram_fw-la rege_fw-la filio_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o coram_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 313._o comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la consilio_fw-la divisit_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o vi_o part_n per_fw-la quarum_fw-la singulas_fw-la tres_fw-la justitiarios_fw-la itinerantes_n constituit_fw-la 337._o here_o be_v the_o infancy_n of_o that_o form_n of_o circuit_n by_o justice_n in_o eyre_n who_o name_n and_o describe_v limit_n my_o author_n in_o a_o sexpartite_a division_n have_v remember_v et_fw-la postea_fw-la you_o hear_v he_o again_o fecit_fw-la d._n rex_fw-la omnes_fw-la praedictos_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la jurare_fw-la super_fw-la sacrosancta_fw-la evangelia_n quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la bonâ_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la malo_fw-la ingenio_fw-la have_v subscriptas_fw-la assisas_fw-la custodirent_fw-la &_o inviolabiliter_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la regni_fw-la facerent_fw-la custodiri_fw-la the_o subscribe_v article_n with_o this_o title_n thus_o he_o have_v record_v assisae_fw-la henrici_fw-la regis_fw-la factae_fw-la apud_fw-la clarendon_n &_o renovatae_fw-la apud_fw-la northamtune_n xxv_o si_fw-it quis_fw-la rectatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciis_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la de_fw-la murdro_fw-la vel_fw-la latrocinio_fw-la vis_fw-la vel_fw-la roberia_fw-la vel_fw-la receptatione_fw-la hominum_fw-la tale_n facientium_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la falsoneria_fw-la vel_fw-la iniquâ_fw-la combustione_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la xii_o militum_fw-la de_fw-la hundredo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la milites_fw-la non_fw-la adfuerint_fw-la i_o here_o understand_v by_o milites_fw-la no_o other_o than_o such_o as_o be_v fendatorii_fw-la or_o hold_v of_o some_o superior_a by_o knight_n service_n thereby_o distinguish_v from_o milites_fw-la solidarii_fw-la or_o servientes_fw-la i._n e._n hire_a soldier_n and_o both_o from_o the_o name_n of_o dignity_n use_v in_o ceremonious_a chivalry_n far_o separate_v per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la xii_o liberorum_fw-la &_o legalium_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la iu_o hominum_fw-la de_fw-la unaquâque_fw-la villa_n hundredi_n eat_v ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la aquae_fw-la i_o e._n to_o the_o watery_a ordeal_o describe_v with_o the_o fiery_a in_o lambard_n be_v exposition_n of_o word_n before_o his_o saxon_a law_n and_o in_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o brittany_n publish_v as_o i_o suppose_v by_o matthew_n parker_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n &_o si_fw-la perierit_fw-la alterum_fw-la pedem_fw-la amittat_fw-la and_o apud_fw-la northamtune_n additum_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la rigore_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quod_fw-la dexterum_fw-la similiter_fw-la pugnum_fw-la cum_fw-la pede_fw-la amittat_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la abjuret_fw-la &_o infra_fw-la xl._o dies_fw-la à _fw-la regno_fw-la exulet_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la aquam_fw-la mundus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inveniat_fw-la plegios_fw-la &_o remaneat_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la nisi_fw-la â—ectatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la de_fw-la murdro_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la 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&_o per_fw-la diem_fw-la xxvii_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la seisitus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la de_fw-la murdro_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la latrocinio_fw-la vel_fw-la roberia_fw-la vel_fw-la falsoneria_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la sit_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la felonia_fw-la quam_fw-la fecerit_fw-la coram_fw-la praeposito_fw-la hundredi_n vel_fw-la burgi_n &_o coram_fw-la legalibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la id_fw-la posteà _fw-la coram_fw-la justitiis_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la idem_fw-la sine_fw-la seisina_fw-la coram_fw-la eye_n aliquid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la recognoverit_fw-la hoc_fw-la simul_fw-la coram_fw-la justitiis_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la xxviii_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la obierit_fw-la francus_n tenens_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ipsius_fw-la remaneant_fw-la in_o tali_fw-la seisina_fw-la qualem_fw-la pater_fw-la suus_fw-la habuit_fw-la die_fw-la qua_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o 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