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will_v not_o come_v to_o they_o and_o yet_o the_o king_n desire_v to_o come_v but_o they_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o but_o keep_v he_o prisoner_n at_o holmby_n so_o well_o do_v their_o action_n and_o oath_n agree_v 5._o they_o swear_v now_o king_n charies_n be_v their_o only_a and_o supreme_a governor_n but_o with_o a_o resolution_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o oath_n take_v and_o before_o and_o after_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v only_o or_o supreme_a governor_n or_o only_o and_o supreme_a but_o not_o any_o governor_n at_o all_o for_o there_o be_v no_o point_n of_o government_n but_o for_o some_o year_n pass_v they_o have_v take_v to_o themselves_o and_o use_v his_o name_n only_o to_o abuse_v and_o deceive_v the_o people_n 6._o that_o this_o virtual_a power_n be_v a_o mere_a fiction_n their_o proposition_n send_v to_o oxford_n to_o neweastle_n to_o be_v sign_v by_o the_o king_n do_v prove_v it_o so_o what_o need_v this_o ado_n if_o they_o have_v the_o virtual_a power_n with_o 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chief_a justice_n of_o the_o common_a plea_n the_o l._n sanders_n l._n chief_a baron_n of_o the_o excheâ—ner_n &_o by_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o judge_n viz._n justice_n restall_v justice_n browne_n justice_n corbet_n justice_n weston_n baron_fw-fr frevylâ—_n carus_n and_o powâ—rel_n sergeant_n to_o the_o queen_n gerrard_n auturny_n general_n carell_n attorney_n of_o the_o duchy_n pâ—owdon_n the_o learnede_a man_n of_o that_o age_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o realm_n 8._o the_o law_n in_o all_o age_n without_o any_o controversy_n be_v and_o have_v be_v that_o no_o act_n of_o parliament_n bind_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o land_n without_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o king_n 7.20_o â—_o hâ—â—_n 3_o mogn_n charta_fw-la so_o in_o every_o age_n till_o this_o dâ—y_n and_o in_o every_o king_n time_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o act_n in_o print_n 1_o part_n of_o the_o justit_fw-la sect._n 234._o 〈◊〉_d fine_a where_o many_o of_o the_o law-booke_n be_v â—iied_v 7_o 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