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tell_v we_o the_o peer_n anâ—…_n prelate_n have_v oft_o translate_v the_o crown_n from_o the_o right_a heâ—…_n 1_o elect_v and_o crown_v edward_n who_o be_v illegitimate_a and_o put_v by_o ethelred_n the_o right_a heir_n after_o edgar_n decease_n 2._o elect_v and_o crown_v canutus_n a_o mere_a foreigner_n in_o opposition_n to_o edmund_n the_o right_a heir_n to_o king_n ethelred_n 3._o harold_n and_o hardiknute_n both_o elect_a king_n successive_o without_o title_n edmund_n and_o alfred_n the_o right_a heir_n be_v dispossess_v 4._o the_o english_a nobility_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o harold_n enact_v that_o none_o of_o the_o danish_a blood_n shall_v any_o more_o reign_n over_o they_o 5._o edgar_z etheling_n who_o have_v best_a title_n be_v reject_v and_o harold_n elect_v and_o crown_v king_n 6._o in_o the_o second_o and_o three_o year_n of_o edw._n 2._o the_o peer_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o land_n see_v themselves_o contemn_v entreat_v the_o king_n to_o manage_v the_o affair_n of_o 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no_o good_a title_n assemble_v the_o bishop_n and_o peer_n promise_v the_o amendment_n of_o the_o lawâ—…_n according_a to_o all_o their_o pleasure_n and_o like_n be_v by_o thâ—…_n all_o proclaim_v king_n 10._o lewis_n of_o france_n crown_v king_n by_o the_o baron_n in_o stead_n of_o king_n john_n all_o these_o testimony_n from_o mr._n pryn_n may_v satisfy_v that_o ancient_o the_o baron_n be_v the_o common_a council_n or_o parliament_n of_o england_n and_o if_o mr._n pryn_n can_v have_v find_v so_o much_o antiquity_n and_o proof_n for_o thâ—…_n knight_n citizens_z and_o burgess_n be_v of_o the_o common_a council_n i_o make_v no_o doubt_n but_o we_o shall_v have_v hear_v from_o he_o in_o capital_a character_n but_o alas_o he_o meet_v not_o with_o so_o much_o as_o these_o name_n in_o those_o elder_a age_n he_o dare_v not_o say_v the_o baron_n be_v assign_v by_o the_o people_n councillor_n to_o the_o king_n for_o he_o tell_v we_o every_o baron_n in_o parliament_n do_v represent_v hiâ—…_n 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