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angliae_fw-la &_o navigii_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la quam_fw-la pro_fw-la expeditione_n guerrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la francia_fw-la noâ—…_n facere_fw-la oportebit_fw-la concesserint_fw-la nobis_fw-la quoddam_fw-la subsidium_fw-la viginti_fw-la &_o duorum_fw-la solidorum_fw-la &_o trium_fw-la denariorum_fw-la levand_n &_o percipiend_n de_fw-fr qualibet_fw-la parochia_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la parochia_fw-la majoris_fw-la valoris_fw-la auxilians_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o contributoria_fw-la alteri_fw-la parochiae_fw-la minoris_fw-la valoris_fw-la juxta_fw-la ratum_fw-la ea_fw-la intensione_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la subsidium_fw-la ad_fw-la summam_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la millium_fw-la librarum_fw-la se_fw-la attingeret_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la habita_fw-la super_fw-la levatione_fw-la subsidii_fw-la praedicti_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la deliberatione_n diligenti_fw-la videtur_fw-la eidem_fw-la consilio_fw-la 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1._o that_o no_o peer_n or_o baron_n of_o the_o realm_n may_v can_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v elect_v return_v kight_n of_o shire_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n of_o parliament_n and_o their_o election_n void_a if_o make_v be_v uncapable_a to_o sit_v or_o vote_n in_o the_o commons_o house_n as_o member_n thereof_o as_o i_o have_v large_o prove_v in_o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n and_o house_n of_o peer_n p._n 143_o to_o 148._o to_o which_o i_o shall_v refer_v the_o reader_n for_o full_a resolution_n 2_o that_o if_o any_o election_n be_v once_o make_v upon_o the_o the_o king_n first_o writ_n though_o void_a or_o illegal_a in_o itself_o yet_o the_o sheriff_n and_o county_n can_v proceed_v to_o a_o new_a election_n without_o a_o new_a writ_n from_o the_o king_n authorise_v they_o 3_o that_o if_o a_o mere_a void_a election_n of_o a_o peer_n or_o other_o person_n uncapable_a be_v make_v by_o the_o country_n and_o sheriff_n the_o king_n may_v thereupon_o by_o such_o a_o new_a writ_n as_o this_o declare_v it_o null_a yea_o discharge_v the_o peâ—…son_n elect_v from_o his_o undue_a election_n and_o command_v a_o new_a election_n to_o be_v make_v by_o such_o a_o writ_n as_o this_o before_o the_o parliament_n meet_v as_o well_o as_o alter_v it_o as_o he_o do_v here_o this_o parliament_n for_o which_o the_o lord_n camoyes_n be_v elect_v one_o of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o county_n for_o surry_n be_v summon_v to_o begin_v on_o the_o 25_o of_o october_n as_o the_o writ_n itself_o and_o parliament_n roll_n assure_v we_o and_o the_o writ_n for_o his_o discharge_n and_o a_o new_a election_n of_o another_o fit_a person_n and_o knight_n in_o his_o stead_n bear_v date_n the_o 8_o of_o october_n be_v 15_o day_n before_o the_o parliament_n be_v to_o meet_v 4_o that_o the_o king_n in_o this_o age_n not_o the_o commons_o house_n be_v the_o sole_a proper_a judge_n of_o void_a &_o double_a election_n who_o have_v no_o jurisdiction_n or_o authority_n to_o hear_v or_o determine_v any_o 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consilii_fw-la 385._o nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negogotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la statum_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la seu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n contingentibus_fw-la quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la in_o craftino_fw-la purificationis_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la prox_n futur_fw-la teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tractatum_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la com._n praedicti_fw-la &_o in_o debatis_fw-la modernis_fw-la magis_fw-la indifferentes_fw-la &_o de_fw-la qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la com._n duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la discretioribus_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la sufficientibus_fw-la eligi_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la ad_fw-la dictos_fw-la diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la windsor_n decimo_fw-la septimo_fw-la die_v decembr_n consimilia_fw-la brevia_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la singulis_fw-la vic._n per_fw-la angliam_fw-la the_o king_n before_o any_o election_n make_v be_v inform_v that_o this_o new_a insert_v clause_n in_o debatis_fw-la modernis_fw-la magis_fw-la indifferentes_fw-la relate_v only_o to_o knight_n of_o shire_n not_o citizen_n and_o burgess_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o form_n of_o election_n ancient_o use_v and_o against_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o of_o the_o realm_n till_o that_o time_n use_v do_v thereupon_o supersede_n and_o revoke_v these_o writ_n as_o to_o this_o unusual_a clause_n alone_o by_o this_o memorable_a writ_n 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praedicti_fw-la i._n b._n i._o d._n &_o alii_fw-la qui_fw-la procl_n praedictae_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitat_fw-la predict_v interfuerunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la formam_fw-la statutorum_fw-la in_o brevi_fw-la praedicto_fw-la specificatorum_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la exigen_n brovis_fw-la illius_fw-la eligerunt_fw-la w._n f._n &_o v._n s._n milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la pro_fw-la comitatu_fw-la praedicto_fw-la ad_fw-la essendum_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la brevi_fw-la specific_a qui_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la communitate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la prout_fw-la breve_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o se_fw-la exigit_fw-la &_o requirit_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la part_n praedictae_fw-la he_o indenturis_fw-la sigilla_fw-la sua_fw-la alternatim_fw-la apposuerunt_fw-la datum_n tali_fw-la die_fw-la &_o annâ—…_n plo._n 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house_n for_o breach_n of_o trust_n or_o other_o misdemeanour_n whatsoever_o no_o more_o than_o one_o judge_n justice_n commissioner_n committee_n or_o grand_a juryman_n to_o unjudge_v uncommission_n discharge_v or_o eject_v another_o be_v all_o equal_n equal_o entrust_v by_o the_o people_n and_o have_v no_o power_n of_o judicature_n over_o each_o other_o without_o the_o lord_n or_o king_n consent_n in_o who_o the_o sole_a judicature_n in_o our_o parliament_n reside_v much_o less_o than_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n sit_v under_o a_o visible_a force_n and_o keep_v four_o time_n their_o number_n of_o member_n out_o by_o arm_a guard_n which_o null_v all_o they_o vote_v or_o do_v to_o eject_v the_o majority_n of_o the_o house_n order_z new_a election_n of_o other_o in_o their_o place_n and_o make_v they_o uncapable_a to_o be_v elect_v by_o the_o mere_a club-law_n of_o pellitur_fw-la e_fw-la medio_fw-la sapientia_fw-la vi_fw-la geritur_fw-la res_fw-la which_o unparalleled_a injustice_n neither_o these_o exclude_v member_n nor_o yet_o the_o county_n city_n and_o borough_n for_o who_o they_o serve_v nor_o the_o freeborn_a english_a nation_n nor_o army-officer_n so_o late_o disoffice_v cashier_v for_o eject_v the_o secluder_n upon_o as_o good_a ground_n and_o by_o
the_o same_o law_n of_o the_o long_a sword_n they_o now_o make_v use_n of_o 498._o will_v patient_o endure_v to_o their_o own_o and_o the_o nation_n infamy_n the_o ruin_n of_o our_o parliament_n constitution_n and_o privilege_n if_o connive_v at_o in_o these_o time_n of_o sad_a distraction_n i_o shall_v desire_v these_o forcible_a secluder_n and_o voter_n of_o we_o out_o of_o the_o house_n serious_o to_o consider_v these_o passage_n of_o 657._o a_o declaration_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n to_o which_o many_o of_o they_o be_v party_n in_o answer_n to_o his_o majesty_n declaration_n 23._o october_n 1642._o if_o the_o tâ—…uth_n be_v that_o the_o dâ—…my_n of_o the_o king_n be_v raise_v to_o force_v some_o particular_a member_n of_o this_o parliament_n to_o be_v deliver_v up_o yet_o upon_o this_o ground_n will_v it_o follow_v that_o the_o same_o be_v levy_v against_o the_o parliament_n for_o we_o have_v often_o declare_v to_o his_o majesty_n and_o the_o 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it_o what_o they_o will_v when_o they_o will_v as_o our_o secluder_n have_v do_v by_o vote_v and_o keep_v out_o above_o 200._o by_o mere_a force_n before_o accusation_n or_o heat_n and_o in_o their_o 6._o declaration_n of_o august_n 4._o 1642._o wherewith_o i_o shall_v conclude_v if_o the_o king_n by_o his_o army_n may_v force_v this_o parliament_n as_o our_o secluder_n have_v do_v they_o may_v bid_v farewell_n to_o all_o parliament_n for_o ever_o receive_v good_a by_o they_o and_o if_o parliament_n be_v lose_v they_o the_o people_n be_v lose_v their_o law_n be_v lose_v as_o well_o â—…se_v lateâ—…y_o make_v as_o in_o former_a time_n all_o which_o will_v be_v cut_v in_o sunder_o with_o the_o same_o sword_n now_o draw_v for_o the_o destruction_n of_o this_o parliament_n as_o they_o be_v now_o by_o the_o forcible_a seclusion_n of_o the_o member_n by_o order_n and_o command_n of_o those_o now_o sit_v errata_fw-la page_n 8._o l._n 7._o r._n subortam_fw-la p._n 22._o l._n 7._o sustentari_fw-la l._n 18._o scire_fw-la p._n 26._o l._n 7._o comitum_fw-la p._n 26._o l._n 4._o et_fw-la de_fw-fr p._n 37._o l._n 6._o posset_n p._n 50._o l._n 2._o hertford_n r._n berks._n p._n 54._o 28._o extitit_fw-la p._n 63_o l._n 31._o r._n 〈◊〉_d wit_n p._n 79._o l._n 18._o their_o r._n this_o p._n 83._o l._n 3_o partium_fw-la p._n 94._o l._n 12._o et_fw-la per_fw-la p_o 95._o l._n 2._o 21_o r._n 27_o e._n 3._o p._n 119._o l._n 28._o unreasonable_a r._n unanswerable_a l._n 33._o a_o new_a writ_n for_o p._n 120._o l._n 26_o et_fw-la 〈◊〉_d per._n p._n 121._o l._n 14._o auunâ—…ulo_fw-la p_o 122_o l._n 15._o 16_o r._n 9_o e_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 13._o 7_o h._n 4_o p._n 126._o l._n 11._o 1_o r._n 7_o h_n 4._o p._n 128._o l._n 126._o brevi_fw-la p._n 145._o l._n 26._o baronis_fw-la p._n 171._o l._n 13_o 14._o imparred_a r._n iâ—…serted_v finis_fw-la the_o miscellaneous_n work_v of_o william_n prynne_n esquire_n utter-barrester_n of_o lincoln_n inn_n vol._n xxiv_o psalm_n 120._o v._n 5_o 6._o my_o soul_n have_v long_o dwell_v with_o they_o that_o be_v enemy_n unto_o peace_n i_o labour_v for_o peace_n but_o when_o i_o speak_v unto_o they_o thereof_o they_o make_v they_o ready_a to_o battle_n london_n print_v for_o the_o author_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o edward_n thomas_n dwell_v in_o green_a arbour_n arbour_n deuâ—…r_n 17._o 2_o to_o 14._o john_n 7._o 51._o act_n 23._o 30_o 35._o c._n 24._o 8_o etc._n etc._n c._n 25._o 16_o 17_o 18._o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la c._n 35._o 35._o act_n 25._o 27._o 27._o see_v the_o epistle_n to_o my_o speech_n dec._n 4._o 1648._o c_o luke_n 23_o 24._o d_o 1_o cor._n 12_o 25_o 26._o 26._o mat._n râ—…_n 31_o 32._o 32._o mr._n william_n lambard_n his_o archaion_n p._n 242._o to_o 273._o mr._n nathaniel_n bacon_n bacon_n 4_o inst._n p._n 12._o 349._o 1_o instit._fw-la p._n 110._o 2_o inst._n p._n 7_o 8._o 8._o page_n 18_o 19_o 20_o 40_o 85_o 87._o 87._o the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n p._n 2_o 3._o 3._o the_o freeholder_n grand_a inquest_n p._n 12_o 13._o 13._o posthuma_n p._n 346_o 347_o 348._o 348._o title_n of_o honour_n p._n 712._o 713_o 717._o 717._o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 30_o to_o 35._o 57_o to_o 128_o 203_o to_o 262._o the_o supplement_n to_o it_o p._n 401._o to_o 417._o and_o epistle_n before_o the_o 1._o part_v of_o the_o register_n etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v mat._n paris_n p._n 961._o and_o the_o catalogue_n of_o baron_n in_o the_o london_n edition_n of_o he_o 1640._o after_o the_o table_n cl._n 48_o h._n 3._o d._n 3._o 3._o claus._n 48_o h._n 3._o d._n 2._o objection_n answ._n answ._n the_o one_o 3._o aprilis_fw-la the_o other_o 4._o junii_fw-la &_o 1_o septemb_n follow_v after_o the_o war_n end_v and_o army_n dissolve_v which_o precede_v this_o parliament_n *_o pat._n 6._o johan_n regis_fw-la m_o 2._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la convictus_fw-la feodi_fw-la feodi_fw-la archaion_n p._n 261_o 262_o 263_o 263_o see_v here_o p._n 2_o 3._o 3._o hist._n angl._n p._n 201._o 201._o flores_n hist._n pars_fw-la 2._o ann._n 1204._o p._n 80._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n '_o p._n 707._o 707._o 7_o e._n 1._o stat._n of_o mortmain_n see_v part_n 1._o p._n 383._o 383._o mat._n paris_n 247._o 247._o mat._n paris_n hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 200_o 201_o 202._o 202._o see_v here_o p._n 4_o 5._o 5._o see_v mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 710._o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 374._o 374._o hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 224_o 229_o 230_o 231_o etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v here_o p._n p._n 4_o 5._o &_o part_v 1._o p._n 156._o to_o 180._o 180._o see_v malmsbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 13._o hoveden_n wigorniensis_n &_o bromton_n anno_fw-la 1051._o &_o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 308_o 308_o see_v here_o p._n 5._o aluredi_fw-la regis_fw-la lex_fw-la 41_o 42._o chron._n johan_n bromton_n col_fw-fr 825._o forma_fw-la directa_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o vicom_fw-la angliae_fw-la angliae_fw-la injungetis_fw-la injungetis_fw-la see_v mat._n paris_n mat._n west_n walsingham_n polychronicon_n polydore_n virgil_n fabian_n grafton_n holinsh_v speed_v and_o daniel_n ann._n 1261._o &_o 45_o h._n 3._o 3._o claus._n 45_o h._n 3._o m._n 5._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la part._n 1._o p._n 5._o 5._o see_v my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 379._o 379._o mat._n westm._fw-la anno_fw-la 1265._o p._n 340._o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 258_o 259._o cl._n 22_o e._n 1._o m._n 6._o dorso_fw-la de_fw-fr militibus_fw-la eligendis_fw-la &_o mittendis_fw-la ad_fw-la consilium_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la militibus_fw-la cum_fw-la prioribus_fw-la intendendis_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la de_fw-fr veniendo_fw-la pro_fw-la confirmatione_fw-la magnae_fw-la cartae_fw-la cartae_fw-la see_v part_n 1._o p._n 9_o 9_o see_v 25_o e._n 1_o c._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 7._o walsingham_n hist._n angl._n p._n 35._o to_o 42._o 42._o
settlement_n of_o our_o 3._o kingdom_n reduce_v to_o the_o brink_n of_o utter_a ruin_n by_o their_o dangerous_a 〈◊〉_d innovation_n and_o usurpation_n over_o their_o fellow-member_n â—…cers_n and_o king_n and_o restore_v our_o parliament_n to_o their_o ancient_a constitution_n right_n privilege_n without_o any_o injurious_a encroachment_n upon_o the_o people_n liberty_n or_o one_o house_n upon_o the_o other_o i_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d god_n for_o it_o and_o by_o his_o assistance_n proceed_v to_o publish_v the_o remain_a section_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o posterity_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o hope_v this_o fragment_n will_v demerit_n thy_o thanks_o too_o and_o thy_o servant_n prayer_n for_o thy_o friend_n the_o unfeigned_a unmercinary_a servant_n of_o his_o native_a country_n in_o his_o generation_n william_n prynn_n lincolns-inne_n jan._n 7._o 1659._o the_o second_o part_n of_o a_o brief_a register_n calendar_n and_o survey_v of_o the_o several_a kind_n form_n of_o parliamentary_a writ_n 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