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singuli_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n &_o eorum_fw-la pares_fw-la all_o earl_n and_o baron_n ought_v to_o be_v summon_v as_o also_o their_o peer_n i_o know_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o treatise_n have_v be_v question_v by_o some_o learned_a man_n but_o by_o none_o with_o more_o violence_n and_o less_o reason_n than_o by_o mr._n prin_fw-mi in_o his_o four_o part_n of_o his_o register_n of_o writ_n etc._n p._n 591._o to_o which_o easy_a answer_n may_v be_v give_v if_o we_o consider_v the_o translator_n out_o 743_o of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n may_v easy_o translate_v word_n which_o they_o think_v of_o a_o equivalent_a signification_n by_o word_n in_o use_n at_o that_o time_n as_o wittena_n gemot_n for_o parliament_n and_o the_o like_a other_o of_o as_o great_a judgement_n have_v as_o strenuous_o defend_v the_o authority_n of_o it_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o his_o jurisdiction_n court_n of_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n strong_o defend_v its_o antiquity_n and_o mr._n hakewell_n pag._n 135._o
in_o convocation_n as_o i_o have_v sufficient_o i_o hope_v make_v appear_v pag._n 19_o 20_o etc._n etc._n of_o this_o discourse_n as_o also_o that_o they_o have_v the_o appellation_n of_o baron_n and_o peer_n not_o that_o they_o real_o be_v so_o which_o must_v have_v ennoble_v their_o blood_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la sicut_fw-la baroniam_fw-la or_o per_fw-la servitium_n baroniae_fw-la and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n so_o call_v by_o themselves_o only_o our_o author_n suggestion_n p._n 151._o that_o they_o sit_v in_o parliament_n in_o a_o double_a capacity_n 151._o as_o it_o be_v new_a so_o be_v it_o not_o solid_a he_o say_v when_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o house_n in_o a_o judicial_a way_n they_o sit_v only_o in_o the_o capacity_n of_o temporal_a baron_n and_o that_o this_o appear_v by_o the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n where_o the_o king_n require_v their_o attendance_n as_o his_o baron_n but_o that_o in_o their_o legislative_a way_n they_o 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