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A56468 A conference about the next succession to the crown of England divided into two parts : the first containeth the discourse of a civil lawyer, how and in what manner propinquity of bloud is to be preferred : the second containeth the speech of a temporal lawyer about the particular titles of all such as do, or may, pretend (within England or without) to the next succession : whereunto is also added a new and perfect arbor and genealogy of the descents of all the kings and princes of England, from the Conquest to the present day, whereby each mans pretence is made more plain ... / published by R. Doleman. Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.; Allen, William, 1532-1594.; Englefield, Francis, Sir, d. 1596? 1681 (1681) Wing P568; ESTC R36629 283,893 409

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example_n math._n 24._o regul_n 68_o in_o sine_fw-la 6._o decret_n decret_n greg._n l._n tit._n 24._o decret_n part_n 2._o ca●_n sa_o 22._o qu●_n 4._o c._n 5._o ●_o qu●_n 5._o per●●totu●_n two_o principle_n case_n when_o oath_n hold_v not_o ●●wards_o a_o prince_n aemil._n l._n 2._o hist._n franc._n belfor_n in_o vita_fw-la child_n girad_n lib._n 3._o the_o speech_n of_o the_o fren._n ambassador_n for_o deprivation_n of_o their_o king_n the_o conclusion_n how_o &_o when_o oath_n do_v not_o bind_v subject_n the_o difference_n between_o a_o king_n and_o a_o tyrant_n plat._n dial_n 1._o de_fw-la repub_fw-la arist._n li._n 2._o pol._n c._n 5._o bart._n li._n de_fw-fr tyrannide_fw-la cicero_n li._n 3._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la god_n l._n 1._o tit._n 14_o §._o digna_fw-la suet._n c._n 23._o in_o calig_n zoo_n tom_fw-mi 2_o in_o train●_n see_v in_o the_o chapter_n follow_v the_o speech_n of_o a_o soldier_n the_o occasion_n of_o the_o next_o chapter_n the_o
first_o ground_n of_o law_n and_o limit_n to_o prince_n entrance_n of_o tyrant_n into_o their_o government_n the_o rite_n of_o admit_v christian_n king_n the_o manner_n of_o admit_v greek_a emperor_n at_o their_o coronation_n zonar_n tom_fw-mi 3_o annal._n in_o vita_fw-la anastas_n niceph._n l._n 16._o c._n 29._o evagr._fw-la l._n 2._o ●ap_n 32._o ubi_fw-la supr_n the_o grecian_a emperor_n oath_n zon._n tom_n 3_o in_o vita_fw-la mich_n an._n 820._o saxo._n oram_n l._n 10_o cranzius_n l._n 3._o i_o trop_fw-fr c._n 12._o the_o crown_n of_o otho_n the_o first_o whiti●undus_fw-la hist._n saxon._n l._n 1._o ensign_n of_o the_o empire_n witicun_fw-fr l._n 2._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la election_n german_n elector_n blend_v decad_a 2._o l._n 3_o grant_n l._n 4._o cap._n 25._o sleyd_n l._n 1._o histor._n an._n 1519._o the_o manner_n of_o the_o emperor_n coronation_n at_o this_o day_n sleyd_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la interrogatory_n to_o the_o emperor_n imperial_a ornament_n second_o oath_n to_o be_v note_v the_o manner_n of_o coronation_n in_o polonia_n alex._n guaguinrerum_fw-la polon_n tom._n 1._o &_o oricho_n in_o chimer_n f._n 90_o &_o 106._o the_o king_n of_o poland_n oath_n bod._n de_fw-fr rep_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o the_o admission_n of_o king_n in_o spain_n amb._n mor._n l._n 11._o c._n 17._o hist._n hisp._n praefatejusdem_fw-la concilii_fw-la the_o humility_n of_o king_n sissinadus_n council_n tol._n 4._o c._n 74._o amb._n mor._n l._n 11._o c._n 17_o cap._n 74._o condition_n of_o reign_v in_o spain_n amb._n mor._n l._n 11._o c._n 23_o 14._o council_n 5._o c._n 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o &_o conc._n 6._o c_o 16_o 17_o 18_o conc._n tol._n 6._o c_o 3._o the_o king_n of_o spain_n oath_n at_o his_o admission_n amb._n mor._n l._n 1._o c._n 23._o destruction_n of_o spain_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o restitution_n of_o spain_n amb._n mor._n l._n 13._o c._n 1_o 8._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr chron._n de_fw-fr hispan_n kingdom_n in_o spain_n the_o gothish_a law_n of_o don_n pelayo_n king_n of_o spain_n amb._n mor._n l._n 13._o c._n 2._o lucas_n episcop_n tuyens_n in_o hist._n hispan_n ●lod_n de_fw-fr molin_n l._n the_o hered_a the_o old_a spanish_a ceremony_n in_o make_v their_o king_n the_o present_a manner_n of_o spain_n the_o manner_n of_o french_a coronation_n the_o old_a ceremony_n belfor_n l._n 3_o c._n 20._o thevet_fw-la cosmograph_n univer_n l._n 15._o c._n 2._o papir_n masson_n annal_a l._n 3._o p._n 2.15_o gerard_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr l._n estate_n f._n 238._o franc._n bel._n hist._n franc._n l._n 3._o c._n 20._o in_o vita_fw-la philip_n 1._o the_o coronation_n of_o king_n philip_n the_o first_o the_o speech_n of_o the_o father_n note_n upon_o the_o king_n speech_n memo●res_fw-fr du_fw-fr til._n c._n eu_fw-fr sacre_n des_fw-fr roy●s_fw-fr the_o particular_a manner_n of_o coronation_n proffsion_n of_o faith_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n belfor_n l._n 3._o c._n 20._o the_o people_n election_n and_o admission_n the_o late_a order_n of_o coronation_n in_o france_n the_o twelve_o peer_n of_o france_n and_o their_o office_n in_o the_o coronation_n temporal_a peer_n to_o be_v note_v gerard_n du●_n hailan_n lib._n ●_o 3._o de_fw-fr l'estat_fw-la pag._n 240._o 242._o &_o 258._o the_o ceremony_n use_v at_o this_o day_n francis_n belf._n in_o vita_fw-la augusti_fw-la the_o coronation_n of_o phil._n ii_o augustus_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o french_a king_n use_v at_o this_o day_n the_o archbishop_n blessing_n &_o speech_n to_o the_o new_a king_n the_o manner_n of_o coronation_n take_v from_o france_n 1._o reg._n 10.16_o 2_o reg._n 2._o 2._o reg._n 1._o the_o holy_a oil_n of_o rheims_n belfo._n l._n 3._o cap._n 57_o estevan_n garribay_n lib._n 22._o c._n 1._o king_n crown_v in_o navarre_n and_o not_o in_o spain_n the_o english_a coronation_n take_v from_o the_o french_a le_fw-fr sacré_fw-fr des_fw-fr roys_n folid_n lib._n 13._o hist._n angliae_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la henrici_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la d._n tho._n cant._n apud_fw-la surium_fw-la in_o man_n se_fw-la decembris_fw-la the_o speech_n of_o another_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n to_o the_o king_n stow_z in_o vita_fw-la hen._n iu._n holings_n in_o his_o chro._n pag._n 476._o &_o 1005._o the_o king_n of_o england_n regal_a ornament_n stow_z in_o vita_fw-la richardi_fw-la 2._o in_o fine_a admission_n and_o coronation_n of_o king_n henry_n 4._o the_o coronation_n of_o king_n edward_n 4._o stow_z in_o vita_fw-la hen._n v●_n p._n 709._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o chapter_n absurd_a assertion_n of_o belloy_n a_o pause_v gross_a flattery_n the_o proposition_n of_o belloy_n apolog_n cath_z part_n 2._o §_o 7._o matth._n 6._o 2._o apolog._n cathol_n part_n 1._o parag_n 7._o 3._o apolog._n pro_fw-la ●ege_fw-la c._n 6._o &_o 34._o 4._o apolog._n cathol_n part_n 2._o parag_n 7._o &_o pro_fw-la rege_fw-la cap._n 9_o 5._o apolog._n pro_fw-la rege_fw-la cap._n 20._o succession_n of_o prince_n by_o birth_n better_o than_o mere_a election_n and_o why_o i._o reason_n ii_o iii_o iv._o the_o pre-eminence_n of_o primogeniture_n genes_n 15._o &_o 49_o daut_n 21._o &_o 15._o 2_o paralip_n 21._o &_o 3_o exod._n 3._o &_o 2._o rom._n 9_o &_o 12._o genes_n 28._o &_o 27._o two_o point_n to_o be_v note_v genes_n 29._o &_o 49._o exod._n 1._o 2_o reg._n 5._o 1_o paral._n 3_o two_o case_n resolve_v the_o remedy_n of_o inconvenience_n by_o succession_n election_n and_o succession_n do_v help_v the_o one_o the_o other_o answer_v to_o the_o two_o principal_a question_n succession_n great_o to_o be_v respect_v what_o a_o heir_n apparent_a be_v before_o his_o coronation_n example_n of_o marriage_n what_o respect_n be_v due_a to_o a_o heir_n apparent_a why_o prince_n do_v count_v their_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o their_o predecessor_n gerard_n du_fw-fr hailan_n l._n 3._o de_fw-la pestare_fw-la pag._n 241._o no_o heir_n aarent_a king_n before_o his_o coronation_n a_o evident_a argument_n a_o rare_a example_n of_o king_n henry_n v._n polydor._fw-la virg._n lib._n 22._o histor._n angliae_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la henrici_fw-la v._o stow_z in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o life_n of_o king_n henry_n v._n note_n of_o this_o act._n admission_n of_o more_o importance_n than_o succession_n see_v their_o last_o word_n to_o their_o mriends_n sir_n thomas_n moor_n &_o stow._n why_o divers_a king_n cause_v their_o son_n to_o be_v crown_v in_o their_o own_o day_n aird_n du_fw-fr hailan_n lib._n 6._o hist._n an._n 1001._o an._n 1032._o an._n 1061._o an._n 1131._o an._n 1183._o 3_o reg._n 1._o polyd._n &_o stow_n in_o vita_fw-la henrici_fw-la ii_o the_o civilian_n cloy_v with_o copy_n objection_n the_o example_n of_o the_o jewe_n 1_o reg._n 8._o king_n saul_n 2_o reg._n 3._o &_o 21.21_o a_o objection_n answer_v king_n david_n make_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 2_o reg_n 2._o &_o 5._o psal_n 131._o 2_o papal_z 6._o adonias_n the_o el●er_a son_n reject_v 2_o reg._n 1._o the_o motive_n of_o adon●as_n persuasion_n to_o king_n david_n to_o make_v solomon_n his_o successor_n 3_o reg._n 1._o the_o coronation_n of_o solomon_n 3_o reg._n 1._o a_o point_n to_o be_v note_v the_o manner_n of_o admission_n of_o the_o prince_n rehoboam_n 3_o reg._n 12._o 3_o reg._n 11._o 5_o reg._n 12._o &_o 21._o four_o race_n of_o spanish_a king_n ambros._n moral_a lib._n 11._o hist._n c._n 12._o 2_o race_n ambros._n moral_a lib._n 13._o c._n 2._o moral_a lib._n 37._o c._n 42.43.44_o 3_o race_n ●●●bay_v lib._n ●0_n c._n 1_o 4_o race_n example_n of_o the_o first_o race_n council_n tol._n 5._o c._n 3._o conc._n tol._n 4._o cap._n 74._o example_n of_o the_o second_o race_n episcop_n tuyens_fw-fr l._n 1_o histoir_n ludou_n de_fw-fr molin_n li._n de_fw-fr hard._n king_n don_n pelayo_n ambros._n mor._n l._n 13._o cap._n 6.9.10_o sebast._n episc._n salam_n in_o hist._n hisp._n king_n don_z alonso_z &_o don_n fruela_n moral_a li._n 13._o cap._n 17._o an._n 761._o many_o breach_n of_o succession_n moral_a c._n 21_o king_n don_n aurelio_n king_n don_n silo._n king_n don_z alonso_z the_o chaste_a mor._n l._n 13._o cap._n 25._o a_o strange_a deliberation_n great_a authority_n of_o commonwealth_n king_n alonso_z the_o chaste_a reign_v the_o second_o time_n moral_a c._n 28._o &_o 29._o an._n 791._o moral_a li._n 13._o cap._n 45.46_o anno_fw-la 142._o a_o horrible_a tribute_n king_n don_n ramiro_n by_o election_n moral_a c._n 31._o the_o kingdom_n of_o spain_n a_o majorasgo_n king_n don_n ordonio_n an._n 924._o moral_a l._n 16._o cap._n 2._o an._n 924._o don_z alonso_z iu._n don_n ramiro_n moral_a lib._n 19_o cap._n 20._o an._n 930._o don_n ordonio_n iii_o an._n 950._o don_n sancho_n i._n moral_a l._n 16._o cap._n 29._o an._n 950._o mor._n l._n 17._o c._n 1.2.3.4_o the_o end_n of_o the_o race_n of_o don_n pelayo_n of_o the_o descent_n follow_v spanish_a example_n in_o the_o second_o descent_n an._n 1201_o garib_n li._n 11._o cap._n 12._o &_o 17._o lady_n elinor_n a_o english_a woman_n