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and_o by_o his_o letter_n patent_n but_o not_o one_o of_o they_o good_a enough_o to_o deprive_v any_o one_o of_o the_o mean_a of_o the_o freeman_n of_o their_o right_n in_o those_o bondman_n the_o privilege_n of_o show_v mercy_n 8.12.13_o and_o grant_v pardon_n have_v be_v ancient_o betrust_v to_o the_o king_n as_o to_o a_o overseer_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o law_n yet_o he_o have_v not_o that_o prerogative_n to_o have_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v have_v mercy_n ever_o since_o this_o narion_n have_v learned_a to_o read_v the_o bible_n murder_n have_v be_v except_v from_o mercy_n nor_o do_v the_o law_n ever_o allow_v any_o king_n any_o prerogative_n to_o pardon_v that_o edward_n the_o three_o do_v not_o challenge_v any_o such_o not_o only_o bind_v thereto_o by_o his_o coronation_n oath_n 2._o but_o by_o public_a act_n of_o state_n declare_v the_o same_o yet_o because_o the_o parliament_n be_v not_o always_o sit_v and_o king_n be_v ever_o subject_a to_o this_o temptation_n to_o 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people_n so_o far_o as_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o king_n power_n extend_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o beyond_o the_o sphere_n of_o the_o parliament_n to_o interpose_v and_o qualify_v that_o influence_n so_o as_o it_o may_v be_v for_o the_o general_a good_a of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n for_o many_o time_n king_n be_v either_o above_o or_o beneath_o themselves_o and_o in_o such_o case_n if_o the_o council_n be_v of_o the_o king_n suit_n he_o be_v of_o the_o deep_o die_v and_o prove_v more_o malignant_a to_o the_o people_n edward_n the_o three_o grow_v into_o great_a opinion_n in_o the_o world_n his_o proportion_n exceed_v his_o own_o portion_n 55._o and_o the_o people_n good_a will_n to_o boot_n they_o think_v the_o fault_n be_v in_o the_o privy_a council_n and_o a_o inquisition_n set_v upon_o it_o so_o also_o they_o do_v in_o his_o fifty_o year_n when_o he_o grow_v downward_o 5â—_n and_o the_o like_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o richard_n the_o second_o reign_n he_o be_v now_o a_o 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the_o people_n by_o subsidy_n or_o otherwise_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o grant_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n rest_v in_o the_o two_o house_n and_o that_o the_o king_n assent_n be_v but_o pro_fw-la forma_fw-la as_o touch_v that_o matter_n and_o therefore_o such_o grant_n have_v be_v make_v as_o tend_v in_o some_o measure_n to_o derogate_v either_o from_o the_o king_n wisdom_n care_n or_o fidelity_n yet_o even_o these_o have_v pass_v with_o the_o royal_a assent_n though_o the_o full_a assent_n or_o good_a will_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n be_v not_o correspondent_a thereto_o as_o in_o these_o case_n former_o note_v where_o subsidy_n be_v give_v with_o limitation_n and_o condition_n and_o upon_o render_v account_n to_o the_o people_n and_o it_o be_v as_o evident_a that_o where_o the_o king_n person_n be_v
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