king_n before_o starchamber_n speech_n have_v magnify_v the_o king_n mercy_n for_o save_v the_o life_n of_o bourtoun_n and_o his_o companion_n be_v bold_a to_o advise_v the_o king_n not_o always_o to_o be_v so_o merciful_a in_o these_o word_n yet_o this_o i_o shall_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v that_o your_o majesty_n may_v consider_v of_o it_o in_o your_o wisdom_n that_o one_o way_n of_o government_n be_v not_o always_o either_o fit_a or_o safe_a when_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o people_n be_v in_o a_o continual_a change_n especial_o when_o such_o man_n as_o those_o shall_v work_v upon_o your_o people_n and_o labour_n to_o infuse_v into_o they_o such_o malignant_a principle_n to_o introduce_v a_o parity_n in_o the_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n etsi_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la sva_fw-la sponte_fw-la insaniant_fw-la instigare_fw-la heylen_n in_o his_o moderate_a answer_n pag._n 187._o have_v many_o reason_n and_o example_n to_o prove_v that_o burtoun_n and_o his_o like_a deserve_v no_o less_o than_o public_a execution_n and_o yet_o these_o man_n be_v so_o gentle_a to_o papist_n that_o they_o glory_n in_o their_o meekness_n towards_o they_o profess_v that_o to_o the_o bitter_a of_o the_o jesuit_n they_o have_v never_o give_v so_o much_o as_o a_o course_n word_n so_o canterbury_n in_o his_o epistle_n the_o other_o year_n to_o the_o king_n before_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o conference_n god_n forbid_v that_o i_o shall_v ever_o offer_v to_o persuade_v a_o persecution_n in_o any_o kind_n against_o the_o jesuit_n or_o practise_v it_o in_o the_o least_o for_o to_o my_o remembrance_n i_o have_v not_o give_v he_o or_o he_o so_o much_o as_o course_n language_n but_o alas_o it_o be_v go_v now_o beyond_o boast_n when_o they_o be_v the_o second_o time_n upon_o the_o very_a point_n to_o kill_v million_o of_o the_o king_n best_a subject_n to_o dash_v together_o all_o his_o dominion_n in_o a_o bloody_a war_n as_o pitcher_n one_o upon_o another_o for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o their_o intolerable_a tyranny_n where_o long_o it_o have_v be_v totter_v and_o the_o reerection_n of_o it_o where_o it_o be_v own_o unsupportable_a weight_n have_v cause_v it_o to_o fall_v as_o for_o the_o power_n of_o prince_n tyranny_n king_n charles_n hate_v all_o tyranny_n the_o most_o of_o those_o this_o day_n who_o be_v christian_n and_o especial_o our_o gracious_a sovereign_n be_v very_o well_o content_a to_o be_v limit_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o law_n which_o themselves_o and_o their_o predecessor_n have_v settle_v in_o the_o church_n and_o state_n of_o their_o dominion_n to_o make_v the_o preservation_n of_o those_o law_n and_o of_o their_o subject_n liberty_n ecclesiastic_a and_o civil_a according_a to_o they_o the_o great_a glory_n of_o their_o prerogative_n royal_a liberty_n royal_a his_o majesty_n speech_n in_o parliament_n 28._o p._n 75._o the_o people_n liberty_n strengthen_v the_o king_n prerogative_n and_o the_o king_n prerogative_n be_v to_o defend_v the_o people_n liberty_n to_o give_v assurance_n of_o their_o resolution_n never_o to_o abolish_v any_o old_a or_o bring_v in_o any_o new_a act_n either_o in_o church_n or_o state_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o assembly_n and_o parliament_n p_o neither_o to_o impose_v any_o taxation_n on_o their_o subject_n good_n without_o their_o free_a consent_n there_o to_o give_v by_o their_o commissioner_n in_o parliament_n require_v parliament_n proclam_fw-la at_o yorck_n april_n 25._o 1639._o we_o hearty_o declare_v and_o faithful_o promise_v that_o although_o we_o be_v now_o in_o arm_n they_o shall_v be_v no_o way_n use_v either_o to_o force_v upon_o that_o our_o native_a kingdom_n any_o innovation_n of_o religion_n or_o to_o infringe_v any_o of_o the_o civil_a liberty_n or_o the_o law_n thereof_o account_v it_o our_o glory_n to_o preserve_v liberty_n and_o freedom_n among_o they_o according_a to_o their_o law_n therefore_o we_o do_v once_o again_o by_o this_o renew_v our_o former_a promise_n for_o the_o mantenance_n of_o religion_n and_o law_n and_o this_o we_o do_v in_o all_o sincerity_n of_o heart_n we_o take_v god_n the_o searcher_n of_o all_o heart_n to_o witness_v that_o as_o we_o be_v defender_n of_o the_o true_a protestant_a religion_n which_o we_o from_o our_o heart_n profess_v so_o we_o trust_v we_o shall_v by_o his_o goodness_n continue_v in_o the_o same_o and_o never_o shall_v permit_v any_o innovation_n to_o creep_v in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o of_o our_o kingdom_n one_o of_o the_o article_n of_o dunce_n pacification_n be_v this_o we_o be_v further_a gracious_o please_v that_o according_a to_o the_o petitioner_n humble_a desire_n all_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a shall_v be_v determine_v by_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n and_o matter_n civil_a by_o the_o parliament_n and_o other_o inferior_a judicatories_n establish_v by_o law_n which_o according_o shall_v be_v keep_v once_o a_o year_n or_o so_o oft_o as_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o kingdom_n shall_v require_v the_o extend_v of_o the_o prerogative_n to_o the_o make_n of_o new_a law_n or_o abolish_n of_o old_a to_o the_o impose_v of_o tax_n by_o simple_a proclamation_n without_o parliament_n our_o prince_n do_v so_o far_o abhor_v that_o he_o condemn_v a_o certain_a writ_n for_o import_v his_o majesty_n entertainment_n of_o such_o motion_n yea_o his_o majesty_n by_o his_o attorney_n general_a call_v the_o earl_n of_o bedfoord_n and_o other_o noble_a personage_n to_o censure_n for_o keep_v such_o a_o writ_n wherein_o do_v lie_v so_o pernicious_a position_n kingdom_n position_n the_o which_o seditious_a discourse_n and_o write_v the_o author_n thereof_o intend_v shall_v be_v disperse_v as_o if_o the_o same_o have_v be_v entertain_v by_o your_o majesty_n with_o purpose_n to_o put_v it_o in_o execution_n and_o to_o alter_v the_o ancient_a law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o to_o draw_v all_o thing_n to_o your_o majesty_n absolute_a will_n and_o plessure_n and_o to_o dispose_v of_o your_o subject_n good_n without_o their_o consent_n and_o to_o make_v and_o repeal_v law_n by_o your_o maiestise_n proclamation_n only_o with_o out_o consent_n of_o parliament_n which_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v believe_v by_o your_o people_n can_v not_o but_o raise_v infinite_a discontentment_n among_o they_o the_o consequence_n whereof_o may_v be_v of_o extreme_a and_o almost_o inevitable_a danger_n to_o your_o majesty_n person_n and_o to_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o the_o kingdom_n where_o some_o prince_n mislead_v through_o passion_n &_o misinformation_n have_v deviat_v so_o far_o from_o the_o path_n of_o justice_n as_o to_o intend_v by_o violence_n and_o arm_n the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o ancient_a nunc_fw-la ancient_a cant._n relat_n p._n 112._o in_o some_o kingdom_n there_o be_v diverse_a business_n of_o great_a consequence_n which_o can_v be_v final_o and_o binede_o order_v but_o in_o and_o by_o parliament_n and_o particulary_a the_o statute_n law_n which_o must_v bind_v all_o the_o subject_n can_v not_o be_v make_v or_o ratify_v but_o there_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n in_o the_o civil_a state_n may_v not_o abrogat_fw-la law_n make_v in_o parliament_n though_o he_o may_v dispense_v with_o the_o penalty_n of_o the_o law_n quoad_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la liberty_n of_o their_o subject_n the_o opposition_n which_o the_o subject_n be_v force_v to_o make_v in_o this_o case_n against_o the_o oppression_n of_o their_o prince_n our_o gracious_a sovereign_n have_v be_v so_o far_o ever_o from_o count_v of_o it_o rebellion_n of_o which_o crime_n the_o great_a royalist_n in_o england_n wont_v always_o to_o absolve_v it_o devise_v it_o bilson_n of_o subjection_n pag._n 280._o neither_o will_v i_o rash_o pronounce_v all_o that_o resist_v to_o be_v rebel_n case_n may_v fall_v out_o even_o in_o christian_a kingdom_n where_o people_n may_v plead_v their_o right_n against_o the_o prince_n and_o not_o be_v charge_v with_o rebellion_n as_o for_o example_n if_o a_o prince_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o subject_v his_o kingdom_n to_o a_o foreign_a realm_n or_o change_v the_o form_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n from_o empire_n to_o tyranny_n or_o neglect_v the_o law_n establish_v by_o common_a consent_n of_o prince_n and_o people_n to_o execute_v his_o own_o pleasure_n in_o those_o and_o other_o case_n which_o may_v be_v name_v if_o the_o noble_n and_o commons_o join_v together_o to_o defend_v their_o ancient_a and_o accustom_a liberty_n regiment_n and_o law_n they_o may_v not_o well_o be_v count_v rebel_n ib._n by_o superior_a power_n ordain_v of_o god_n we_o do_v not_o mean_v the_o prince_n private_a will_n against_o his_o law_n but_o his_o precept_n derive_v from_o his_o law_n and_o agree_v with_o his_o law_n which_o though_o it_o be_v wicked_a yet_o may_v it_o not_o be_v resist_v by_o any_o subject_n with_o arm_a violence_n but_o when_o prince_n offer_v their_o subject_n no_o justice_n but_o force_n and_o despise_v all_o law_n to_o
principem_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la non_fw-la consiliarii_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la vi_fw-la consensus_fw-la &_o consilii_fw-la habiti_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la regius_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la â—i_fw-la obligantem_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 38._o non_fw-la erubescimus_fw-la juristaturum_n reiicere_fw-la opinionem_fw-la qui_fw-la volunt_fw-la in_o monarchiis_fw-la non_fw-la obligare_fw-la legem_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la acceptetur_fw-la cum_fw-la monarcha_fw-la sit_fw-la legislator_n &_o lex_fw-la lata_fw-la qualex_fw-la obliget_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la acceptandam_fw-la cogendi_fw-la sint_fw-la subditi_fw-la post_fw-la legis_fw-la a_o monarchae_fw-la lata_fw-la publicationem_fw-la temporisque_fw-la quoà d_fw-la populi_fw-la notitiam_fw-la pervenat_n sufficientis_fw-la lapsum_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la acceptatione_n publica_fw-la legis_fw-la observatio_fw-la praecisem_fw-la ingeri_fw-la heylyn_n antid_v pag._n 66._o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o majesty_n pleasure_n in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n gregory_n be_v to_o be_v extend_v to_o all_o other_o case_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n sententia_fw-la principis_fw-la ius_fw-la dubium_fw-la â—eclarans_fw-la ius_fw-la facit_fw-la quoad_fw-la omnes_fw-la item_n quodcunque_fw-la imperator_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la constituit_fw-la vel_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la decrevit_fw-la legem_fw-la esse_fw-la constat_fw-la id._n in_o his_o moderate_a answer_n pag._n 29._o only_o these_o command_n of_o the_o king_n be_v to_o be_v refuse_v which_o be_v direct_o against_o scripture_n or_o include_v manifest_a impiety_n he_o learn_v this_o from_o his_o opposite_a the_o lincobishire_n minister_n pag._n 68_o i_o say_v that_o all_o command_n of_o the_o king_n that_o be_v not_o upon_o the_o clear_a and_o immediate_a inference_n without_o all_o profylogismus_fw-la contrary_a to_o a_o clear_a passage_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o to_o a_o evident_a sunbeam_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v precise_o to_o be_v obey_v nor_o be_v it_o enough_o to_o find_v a_o remote_a and_o possible_a inconvenience_n that_o may_v ensue_v 2._o when_o he_o be_v please_v to_o call_v a_o parliament_n it_o be_v his_o due_a right_n by_o his_o letter_n to_o ordain_v such_o baron_n to_o be_v commissioner_n for_o the_o shire_n and_o such_o citizen_n to_o be_v commissioner_n for_o burrowes_n as_o he_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o name_n subjectum_fw-la name_n joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 23._o baronum_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o civium_fw-la ad_fw-la comitia_fw-la delegatos_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la absolute_a à _fw-la baronum_fw-la vel_fw-la civium_fw-la delectu_fw-la pendere_fw-la volumus_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la rex_fw-la quos_fw-la ille_fw-la maxim_n idoneos_fw-la censuerit_fw-la eligendos_fw-la nominare_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la pro_fw-la legibus_fw-la ferendis_fw-la ijsque_fw-la quae_fw-la administrationis_fw-la sunt_fw-la publicae_fw-la statuendis_fw-la comitia_fw-la indictae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la liberum_fw-la denegare_fw-la regi_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la quos_fw-la aestimarit_fw-la prudentissimos_fw-la quibuscum_fw-la deliberet_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o concilium_fw-la ascâ—scendi_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la rege_fw-la non_fw-la regem_fw-la eum_fw-la facere_fw-la statuumque_fw-la voluntati_fw-la ad_fw-la regiae_fw-la depressionem_fw-la eminent_a à _fw-la nimis_fw-la subjectum_fw-la 3._o that_o he_o may_v lawful_o exact_v when_o he_o have_v to_o do_v what_o portion_n of_o his_o subject_n good_n he_o think_v meet_v and_o by_o himself_o alone_o may_v make_v such_o law_n for_o exaction_n in_o time_n to_o come_v as_o seem_v to_o he_o best_o solvunt_fw-la best_o joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 19_o omnia_fw-la fatemur_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la sunt_fw-la regis_fw-la esse_fw-la qua_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la paternus_fw-la regni_fw-la dominus_fw-la adeoque_fw-la qua_fw-la postulat_fw-la ipsius_fw-la qua_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la publica_fw-la regni_fw-la conditio_fw-la posse_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-la singulorum_fw-la bonis_fw-la disponere_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ubi_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la terrae_fw-la in_o feuda_fw-la concessae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la aliquod_fw-la penes_fw-la se_fw-la dominium_fw-la retinente_fw-la id._n pag._n 17._o licet_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la omnium_fw-la bona_fw-la exigendo_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la leges_fw-la ferendo_fw-la sine_fw-la omnium_fw-la consensu_fw-la statuere_fw-la potest_fw-la montag_n orig_n pag._n 320._o omni_fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la naturali_fw-la vel_fw-la politica_fw-la licite_fw-la semper_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la tributa_fw-la &_o imposuerunt_fw-la &_o licitè_fw-fr quoque_fw-la exegerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la patriae_fw-la &_o reipublicae_fw-la desensionem_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la &_o familiae_fw-la honestam_fw-la procurationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la accurate_a tuetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la anglicana_n in_o qua_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la licet_fw-la magis_fw-la gaudere_fw-la &_o soleant_fw-la &_o debeant_fw-la immunitatibus_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o frequentius_fw-la &_o exuberantius_fw-la &_o libentius_fw-la quam_fw-la laici_fw-la decimarum_fw-la decimas_fw-la subsidia_fw-la annatas_fw-la primitias_fw-la solvunt_fw-la 4._o that_o no_o subject_n of_o his_o kingdom_n can_v have_v any_o hereditary_a jurisdiction_n but_o any_o jurisdiction_n that_o either_o any_o of_o the_o nobility_n or_o any_o other_o magistrate_n or_o officer_n possess_v they_o have_v it_o alone_o during_o his_o pleasure_n that_o at_o his_o presence_n the_o power_n of_o all_o other_o must_v cease_v and_o at_o his_o death_n evanish_v and_o be_v quite_o exstinguish_v till_o by_o his_o successor_n by_o new_a gift_n it_o be_v renew_v approbentur_fw-la renew_v joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 136._o cum_fw-la regis_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la regno_fw-la judices_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la constituere_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o judicando_fw-la &_o jubendo_fw-la vicarli_fw-la potest_fw-la tex_fw-la jubendi_fw-la judicandique_fw-la jus_o ac_fw-la magistratus_fw-la judicesque_fw-la constituendi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la concessam_fw-la prout_fw-la regno_fw-la utile_fw-la esse_fw-la visum_fw-la ei_fw-la fuerit_fw-la abutentibus_fw-la auferre_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la proprie_fw-la est_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la patrimonialis_fw-la &_o haereditaria_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la rege_fw-la solo_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la propriam_fw-la habente_fw-la aliisque_fw-la quibus_fw-la eam_fw-la non_fw-la that_fw-mi sed_fw-la communicate_v tanquam_fw-la depositam_fw-la accipientibus_fw-la igitur_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la terras_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o jurisdictionem_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la privative_a rex_fw-la alienare_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la rex_fw-la esse_fw-la desinat_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 157._o si_fw-mi judices_fw-la sint_fw-la principum_fw-la vicarii_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la principe_fw-la present_n potestas_fw-la cum_fw-la solius_fw-la absentis_fw-la teneat_fw-la quis_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la alicubi_fw-la &_o aliquando_fw-la videatur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la â—â—dicium_fw-la regium_fw-la volente_fw-la rege_fw-la declarandi_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la ex_fw-la judicam_fw-la ore_fw-la proferatur_fw-la regis_fw-la sententia_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 17._o in_o statuum_fw-la caetu_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la judicantibuâ—_n ipsis_fw-la quam_fw-la assistentibus_fw-la imperium_fw-la exercet_fw-la rex_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la praesente_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la scent_n evanescat_fw-la aboram_fw-la omnium_fw-la jurisdicâ—â—o_fw-la derivata_fw-la ut_fw-la fluviorum_fw-la perditum_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o potestas_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o mare_fw-la discenderint_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 143._o principus_fw-la occasis_fw-la evanescit_fw-la judicum_fw-la omnium_fw-la tam_fw-la ordinariorum_fw-la quam_fw-la delegatorum_fw-la jus_o negari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la tam_fw-la apud_fw-la romanos_fw-la quam_fw-la alios_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o demortuorum_fw-la succederent_fw-la locum_fw-la reges_fw-la quamprimum_fw-la regnorum_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la capesserent_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la judicumque_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la confirmarent_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderetur_fw-la extinctis_fw-la regibus_fw-la nullam_fw-la esse_fw-la inferiorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la successorum_fw-la edicto_fw-la confirmentur_fw-la saltem_fw-la patientia_fw-la tacit_a approbentur_fw-la 5._o that_o scotland_n be_v a_o subdue_a nation_n that_o fergus_n our_o first_o king_n do_v conquer_v we_o by_o the_o sword_n and_o establish_v a_o absolute_a monarchy_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o heir_n give_v to_o we_o 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sentence_n and_o execution_n who_o life_n be_v now_o legal_o devolve_v into_o our_o hand_n ibid._n pag._n 13._o we_o be_v gracious_o please_v that_o the_o fear_n and_o example_n may_v reach_v to_o all_o but_o the_o punishment_n only_o to_o one_o of_o they_o to_o pass_v by_o many_o who_o undoubted_o have_v be_v conclude_v and_o involve_v by_o our_o law_n in_o the_o same_o sentence_n if_o we_o have_v proceed_v against_o they_o that_o all_o this_o be_v but_o just_a severity_n and_o the_o very_a expedient_a means_n to_o advance_v their_o cause_n which_o they_o glory_v have_v well_o near_o already_o close_o undo_v their_o opposite_n god_n opposite_n studley_n about_o the_o end_n of_o his_o wicked_a story_n avow_v that_o since_o by_o severe_a punishment_n the_o number_n of_o the_o unconformist_n have_v decay_v that_o their_o cause_n can_v not_o be_v from_o god_n and_o which_o they_o boast_v shall_v still_o be_v use_v language_n use_v canterbury_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o
the_o king_n be_v to_o destroy_v his_o monarchike_a government_n to_o dethrone_v he_o and_o make_v he_o no_o king_n to_o subject_v he_o to_o his_o people_n and_o make_v they_o his_o master_n or_o at_o least_o colleg_n in_o the_o empire_n summa_fw-la empire_n joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 18._o quo_fw-la casu_fw-la dicerâ—m_fw-la non_fw-la proprie_fw-la esse_fw-la regnum_fw-la sed_fw-la aristocratiam_fw-la vel_fw-la democratiam_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 23._o hoc_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la rege_fw-la non_fw-la regem_fw-la eum_fw-la facere_fw-la ibid._n p._n 38._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la alicubi_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la rex_fw-la potestatem_fw-la leges_fw-la serendi_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la in_o comitiis_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la fundamentaliter_fw-la limitato_n propriè_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la acceptans_fw-la est_fw-la populus_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la rege_fw-la ut_fw-la collega_fw-la regem_fw-la ferens_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 53._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr imperium_fw-la illud_fw-la veer_fw-la monarchicum_fw-la sed_fw-la principatus_fw-la quidam_fw-la &_o imperans_fw-la ille_fw-la non_fw-la monarcha_fw-la aut_fw-la rex_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la princeps_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la venetorum_fw-la dux_fw-la resident_a in_fw-la optimatibus_fw-la aut_fw-la populo_fw-la imperii_fw-la summa_fw-la but_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n that_o our_o gracious_a prince_n have_v so_o oft_o declare_v himself_o to_o be_v far_o from_o all_o such_o thought_n yea_o that_o my_o lord_n of_o canterbury_n himself_o be_v force_v while_n to_o let_v drop_n from_o his_o finger_n clean_o contrare_fw-la maxim_n law_n maxim_n relat._n of_o the_o conference_n pag._n the_o statute_n law_n which_o must_v bind_v all_o the_o subject_n can_v not_o be_v make_v but_o in_o and_o by_o parliament_n the_o supreme_a magistrate_n in_o the_o civil_a state_n may_v not_o abrogat_fw-la law_n make_v in_o parliament_n ibid._n pag._n 158._o tiberius_n himself_o in_o the_o 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salvaret_fw-la propter_fw-la conservationem_fw-la boni_fw-la publici_fw-la singulis_fw-la a_o dempta_fw-la est_fw-la adversus_fw-la principem_fw-la quae_fw-la naturalis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la iuris_fw-la defensio_fw-la seu_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la depulsio_fw-la but_o the_o whole_a state_n can_v do_v nought_o without_o rebellion_n against_o god_n but_o flee_v or_o suffer_v when_o the_o prince_n whether_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o officer_n do_v destroy_v the_o true_a religion_n establish_v by_o all_o law_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o land_n dear_o buy_v of_o old_a &_o peaceable_o brook_v in_o many_o age_n also_o the_o life_n of_o many_o thousand_o of_o the_o best_a subject_n without_o the_o pretence_n or_o colour_n of_o any_o just_a cause_n show_v cause_n canterb._n relat_n pag._n 205._o where_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o faith_n be_v shake_v by_o prince_n there_o their_o ought_v to_o be_v prayer_n and_o patience_n but_o no_o opposition_n by_o force_n aberdeens_n duply_n pag._n 25._o 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