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his_o 114._o page_n cit_v a_o old_a version_n of_o the_o 19_o and_o 21._o of_o king_n ina_n law_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v make_v thereby_o to_o signify_v villanus_fw-la or_o colonus_n and_o it_o be_v convict_v by_o domesdey_n book_n survey_v in_o sudsexe_n thus_o radulfus_n tenet_fw-la de_fw-fr willielmo_n viz._n de_fw-mi warene_n bristelmestune_n brictric_n tenuit_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la godwini_fw-la comitis_fw-la t._n r._n e._n &_o modo_fw-la se_fw-la defendit_fw-la pro_fw-la v._n hide_v &_o dim_a tran_n est_fw-la iii_o car_n in_o dnino_fw-la est_fw-la dimid_n car_fw-fr &_o xviii_o villain_n &_o ix_o bordarii_fw-la cum_fw-la iii_o car_n &_o uno_fw-la servo_fw-la de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi iv_o milia_fw-la alletium_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la villa_n tenet_fw-la widardus_fw-la de_fw-fr willo_n vi_o hide_v &_o unam_fw-la vs._n &_o proâ—tanto_fw-la se_fw-la defendit_fw-la tres_n aloarn_v tenuerunt_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la edwardo_n &_o potuerunt_fw-la ire_n 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their_o name_n by_o which_o i_o believe_v they_o be_v of_o a_o very_a ancient_a stand_n for_o that_o i_o find_v they_o know_v by_o the_o britain_n by_o that_o title_n as_o they_o be_v often_o mention_v in_o the_o law_n of_o howel-dha_a in_o a_o law_n which_o before_o in_o this_o 〈◊〉_d i_o mention_v be_v notice_n take_v of_o a_o king_n villain_n and_o of_o a_o nobleman_n villain_n and_o then_o another_o that_o give_v a_o right_a to_o the_o foster-children_n of_o divide_v land_n with_o the_o child_n of_o the_o villain_n but_o a_o little_a more_o plain_o to_o bring_v the_o proof_n in_o those_o law_n it_o be_v demonstrate_v how_o that_o tres_fw-la homines_fw-la promoveri_fw-la possunt_fw-la uâ—a_fw-la die_v that_o be_v to_o say_v as_o i_o guess_v it_o they_o be_v make_v gentleman_n in_o one_o day_n here_o you_o must_v take_v the_o latin_a as_o i_o find_v it_o captivus_fw-la si_fw-la movetus_fw-la in_o swyd_n de_fw-fr xxiv_o officialibus_fw-la swyd_n be_v dignitas_fw-la dignity_n so_o that_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o be_v this_o if_o the_o prince_n bestow_v upon_o a_o caprive_n the_o dignity_n of_o be_v one_o of_o the_o twenty_o four_o chief_a officer_n of_o his_o court_n it_o be_v a_o advancement_n peculiar_a or_o he_o become_v by_o it_o a_o gentleman_n secundus_fw-la filius_fw-la villani_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la clericus_fw-la our_o common_a law_n do_v differ_v from_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o say_v partus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ventrem_fw-la where_o as_o the_o common_a law_n have_v it_o partus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la patrem_fw-la but_o here_o provision_n be_v make_v that_o the_o son_n of_o a_o villain_n be_v a_o clergy_n man_n shall_v become_v a_o gentleman_n which_o be_v somewhat_o explain_v by_o the_o next_o tertius_fw-la homo_fw-la ex_fw-la captiva_fw-la villa_n si_fw-fr villa_n habeat_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la patrie_fw-fr licentiam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la aedificare_fw-la &_o in_o cimiterio_fw-la ejus_fw-la corpora_fw-la sepeliri_fw-la tunc_fw-la villa_n siâ—_n &_o omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la postea_fw-la sunt_fw-la liberi_fw-la that_o
and_o thule_n call_v britain_n fol._n 145_o italian_a partition_n fol._n 12_o 13_o jurye_n fol._n 61_o 62_o 63_o jurye_n among_o the_o welsh_a fol._n 64_o jus_fw-la angliae_fw-la both_o in_o socage_n and_o knights-fee_n fol._n 139_o k._n kentish-british_a law_n not_o alter_v by_o hengist_n fol._n 46_o kent_n invest_v in_o hengist_n examine_v fol._n 37_o kent_n change_v her_o gavelkind_n fol._n 81_o kenneth_n king_n of_o scot_n expel_v the_o pict_n fol._n 163_o kent_n have_v four_o king_n at_o one_o time_n fol._n 45_o kingsland_n fol._n 44_o king_n ethelmund_n ibid._n king_n pibanus_n of_o ergin_n fol._n 44._o 91_o king_n gorvodius_n milfrith_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 45_o kings-bench_n fol._n 69_o kindred_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 130_o 131_o knave_n whence_o and_o what_o fol._n 176_o gods-cnave_a ibid._n knight-service_n in_o wales_n fol._n 103._o 107_o knights-fee_n descend_v to_o the_o elder_a fol._n 138_o kind_a fol._n 27._o 130_o 131._o 133_o l._n landscheutan_a german_a tenure_n fol._n 135_o 136_o 137._o land-shifting_a landskistan_n fol._n 136_o the_o saxon_a denomination_n of_o partition_n fol._n 143_o the_o proper_a kentish_a appellation_n fol._n 144_o 145_o land_n ancient_o not_o valuable_a fol._n 6._o 28_o language_n of_o scotland_n fol._n 76_o saxon_n english_a and_z french_z fol._n 75_o 76_o english_a not_o change_v by_o the_o norman_a conquest_n fol._n 75_o welsh_n the_o remain_v of_o the_o gallic_a and_o british_a fol._n 17_o law_n of_o king_n edward_n confirm_v by_o the_o norman_n fol._n 58_o 59_o lawes-common_a not_o write_v fol._n 69_o lawcase_n ibid._n law_n of_o england_n overthrow_v norman_n intruder_n fol._n 65_o learning_n of_o the_o druid_n fol._n 17_o legales_fw-la homines_fw-la or_o yeoman_n mark_fw-mi fol._n 63_o lieutenant_n of_o the_o saxon_a shore_n in_o britain_n fol._n 39_o lempster_n from_o a_o church_n of_o nun_n fol._n 44_o lewes_n in_o sussex_n fol._n 71_o lesley_n bishop_n of_o ross_n in_o scotland_n a_o historian_n fol._n 163_o lewis_n island_n in_o scotland_n hold_v gavelkind_a fol._n 160_o liberty_n of_o englishman_n fol._n 81_o liberi_fw-la sokemanni_n what_o fol._n 148_o llâ—â—_n what_o fol._n 90_o llanfrawtwt_v a_o college_n ancient_o found_v fol._n 90_o llangattock_n gafael_n meâ—bon_n ibid._n litthfield_n chronicle_n fol._n 58_o loager_n loegria_n fol._n 86_o lonaâ—â—_n fol._n 87_o london_n a_o memorial_n of_o troy_n fol._n 83_o london_n its_o law_n very_o ancient_a fol._n 55_o lower_v germany_n use_v partition_n fol._n 11_o m._n mail_v fol._n 120._o 133_o manor_n or_o circuit_n in_o wales_n ancient_o fol._n 96_o marquess_n lord_n marcher_n fol._n 42_o mayor_n whence_o derive_v fol._n 49_o menavians_n understand_v welsh_a and_o irish_a fol._n 146_o merewoldus_n a_o king_n fol._n 43_o merimnus_n a_o king_n fol._n 44_o mercelin_n a_o king_n ibid._n merchenlaege_n what_o fol._n 54_o 57_o mate-gavel_a fol._n 118_o mickel-gemote_a fol._n 65_o military_a fee_n fol._n 149_o morgan_n fol._n 132_o 133_o monmouthshire_n conquer_a fol._n 93_o mortimer_n radulf_n fol._n 78_o mulct_n different_a in_o rate_n in_o england_n fol._n 59_o mulmuâ—us_n dunwallo_n british_a legisâ—tor_n fol._n 154_o his_o law_n translate_v into_o saxon_a fol._n 54._o 154_o n._n neife_n what_o ancient_o fol._n 169_o norman_n of_o their_o conquest_n fol._n 56_o 57_o of_o their_o alteration_n ibid._n they_o alter_v not_o the_o english_a law_n fol._n 57_o of_o their_o law_n in_o normandy_n or_o neustria_n ibid._n employ_v in_o england_n before_o william_n the_o first_o fol._n 78_o their_o enter_a into_o wales_n fol._n 93_o their_o original_a from_o norway_n fol._n 58_o o._n oath_n of_o allegiance_n fol._n 55._o 61_o oat_n or_o oale-gavel_a fol._n 113_o doin_n what_o fol._n 174_o ollavintone_n in_o berkshire_n fol._n 73_o offa_n ditch_n a_o limit_n fol._n 43_o opinion_n receive_v hardly_o remove_v fol._n 1_o ostorius_n publius_n fol._n 34_o p._n paganus_fw-la pagan_a what_o fol._n 168._o 175_o 176_o palatinate_n cheshire_n and_o glamorganshire_n fol._n 94_o pandeborn_n in_o berkshire_n fol._n 68_o parliament_n fol._n 65_o parcener_n per_fw-la le_fw-fr custom_n fol._n 147_o 148_o partition_n use_v in_o first_o plantation_n fol._n 6_o use_v by_o the_o israelite_n fol._n 8_o antiquity_n of_o it_o by_o sacred_a and_o profane_a authority_n fol._n 9_o 10_o make_a use_n of_o by_o brute_n to_o his_o son_n fol._n 15_o 16_o the_o custom_n of_o wales_n fol._n 28._o 103._o 156_o among_o male_n and_o female_n fol._n 100_o 101_o use_v by_o the_o saxon_n fol._n 141_o 142_o 143_o use_v by_o the_o english_a norman_n fol._n 144_o not_o in_o the_o term_n gavelkind_n fol._n 147_o 148_o whether_o ratione_fw-la rei_fw-la aut_fw-la ratione_fw-la terrae_fw-la fol._n 149_o continue_v in_o wales_n by_o statute_n fol._n 153_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o among_o the_o welsh_a fol._n 156_o pencennedl_n or_o chief_n among_o the_o britain_n fol._n 23._o 97._o 132_o jew_n fol._n 23_o scot_n fol._n 24_o irish_a fol._n 97_o pelagian_a heresy_n set_v against_o fol._n 90_o penda_fw-la pibanus_n king_n of_o urchenfield_n fol._n 44._o 91_o piben_fw-ge wat_fw-mi fol._n 174_o pict_n they_o injure_v and_o repulse_v the_o britain_n fol._n 36_o the_o pict_n wall_n ibid._n planter_n at_o first_o the_o condition_n of_o they_o fol._n 5_o placita_fw-la what_o and_o plead_n ancient_o fol._n 68_o 69_o plead_n in_o french_a fol._n 69_o pluntune_v fol._n 116_o powisland_n divide_v subdivide_v and_o parcele_v fol._n 25_o 26_o polydore_v virgil_n examine_v fol._n 83_o privilege_n of_o urchenfield_n fol._n 108._o 156_o primogeniture_n prefer_v fol._n 82._o 138_o price_n sir_n john_n his_o defence_n hist_o brit._n fol._n 84_o pride-gavel_a what_o fol._n 112_o 113_o primogeniture_n in_o scotland_n wâ—y_n fol._n 166_o r._n read-gavel_a fol._n 119_o reguli_fw-la or_o petty_a king_n fol._n 15_o 45_o regulus_n and_o rex_fw-la fol._n 42_o referree_n of_o howel-dha_a what_o they_o do_v fol._n 155_o relief_n fol._n 108_o rent_n reserve_v fol._n 7_o rent_n how_o to_o be_v understand_v fol._n 115_o 116_o rent_n several_a sort_n fol._n 117_o rend_v land_n what_o ancient_o call_v fol._n 119_o rhandir_n what_o fol._n 96_o rodeley_n in_o gloucestershire_n fol._n 112_o roderic_n the_o great_a fol._n 24_o rogerus_fw-la deus_fw-la salvet_fw-la dominas_fw-la fol._n 177_o rochborn_n in_o hampshire_n fol._n 66_o roturier_n of_o france_n fol._n 11_o 95_o rowena_n hengist_n daughter_n fol._n 39_o 41_o roman_a empire_n part_v fol._n 87_o 88_o roman_n alter_v not_o the_o british_a law_n or_o custom_n fol._n 29_o greedy_a of_o conquest_n fol._n 30_o their_o proceed_n in_o the_o conquest_n of_o judaea_n fol._n 30_o of_o greece_n ibid._n of_o britain_n fol._n 30_o 31_o they_o use_v word_n of_o the_o british_a language_n fol._n 31_o set_v up_o a_o false_a will_n for_o the_o emperor_n fol._n 32_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o fol._n 32_o 33_o they_o desert_n britain_n fol._n 35_o s._n saisson_n and_o saisnaeg_n how_o to_o be_v understand_v fol._n 86_o saxon_n they_o co-inhabit_a with_o the_o britain_n fol._n 37_o they_o defend_v the_o pict_n wall_n fol._n 38_o whether_o they_o extirpate_v the_o britain_n or_o no_v ibid._n they_o break_v their_o article_n with_o the_o britain_n fol._n 38_o their_o piracy_n fol._n 41_o they_o fail_v in_o their_o trust_n fol._n 42_o they_o expel_v not_o the_o britain_n fol._n 47_o they_o borrow_v many_o british_a word_n fol._n 48_o 49_o they_o use_v british_a law_n and_o custom_n fol._n 49_o they_o intermix_v their_o saxon_n with_o british_a fol._n 50_o their_o law_n provide_v for_o the_o british_a inhabitant_n fol._n 50_o 51_o 52_o they_o use_v partition_n of_o land_n fol._n 141_o their_o nobility_n who_o and_o what_o fol._n 70_o concern_v their_o character_n fol._n 76_o they_o write_v latin_a ancient_o in_o roman_a letter_n fol._n 76_o they_o change_v their_o form_n of_o fight_a fol._n 77_o sand-gavel_a what_o fol._n 113_o seal_v and_o sign_v of_o charter_n fol._n 72_o 73_o serjeanty_n grand_a and_o petit_n fol._n 171_o servi_n what_o ancient_o fol._n 169._o 172_o servitude_n not_o in_o england_n fol._n 81_o scotish_n language_n fol._n 76_o scot_n and_o lot_n what_o fol._n 78_o scotland_n fol._n 87_o scotish-socage-land_n fol._n 159_o 160_o scotish_n with_o their_o language_n have_v the_o saxon_a custom_n fol._n 161_o scotish_n tongue_n before_o william_n the_o conqueror_n ibid._n scot_n receive_v the_o english_a temp_n willielmi_n primi_fw-la fol._n 162_o scotish_n tongue_n when_o first_o receive_v fol._n 162_o 163_o scotish_n bound_n in_o scotland_n fol._n 165_o sherborn_n against_o warren_n fol._n 65_o shire_n not_o ancient_o in_o wales_n fol._n 94_o soc_n and_o sac_n what_o fol._n 177_o 178_o 179_o socage_n land_n change_v fol._n 139_o socage_n land_n ancient_o partible_a fol._n 89_o 139_o spersold_v in_o berkshire_n fol._n 73_o surname_n when_o first_o use_v fol._n 176_o 177_o suit_n and_o doom_n in_o urchenfield_n fol._n 111_o swyddog_n a_o magistrate_n in_o welsh_a fol._n 93_o 173_o swine-gavel_a what_o fol._n 115_o
order_v their_o own_o land_n and_o tenement_n one_o part_n they_o keep_v in_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o in_o they_o stately_a house_n and_o castle_n be_v erect_v and_o make_v for_o their_o habitation_n and_o defence_n of_o their_o person_n and_o the_o realm_n also_o forest_n and_o park_n be_v make_v there_o for_o the_o pleasure_n solace_n and_o delight_n some_o be_v of_o a_o round_a building_n of_o stone_n for_o the_o most_o part_n build_v upon_o a_o round_a pile_n of_o earth_n either_o natural_a but_o most_o common_o cast_v up_o by_o man_n industry_n other_o upon_o a_o small_a rise_n or_o a_o plain_a ground_n seldom_o more_o capacious_a than_o to_o receive_v about_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o man_n and_o be_v make_v rather_o to_o preserve_v the_o person_n and_o good_n of_o the_o owner_n and_o his_o servant_n and_o tenant_n than_o to_o endure_v a_o long_a siege_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o be_v many_o in_o ireland_n because_o of_o their_o ancient_a intestine_a feud_n but_o more_o upon_o the_o english_a and_o scotish_n border_n many_o of_o which_o i_o have_v see_v but_o with_o this_o difference_n as_o i_o say_v before_o that_o those_o the_o english_a do_v ancient_o build_v be_v round_o and_o these_o for_o the_o most_o part_n square_v with_o one_o round_a tower_n at_o one_o of_o the_o angle_n both_o sort_n of_o which_o be_v ancient_o call_v fortalice_n and_o seldom_o make_v use_n of_o for_o habitation_n because_o i_o find_v their_o mean_a dwell_v house_n be_v make_v common_o under_o it_o or_o very_o near_o adjoin_v to_o it_o and_o i_o discern_v a_o difference_n make_v betwixt_o those_o for_o habitation_n and_o those_o i_o speak_v of_o that_o be_v only_o for_o a_o safeguard_n against_o sudden_a inroad_n and_o incursion_n for_o in_o domesdey_n book_n in_o the_o survey_n of_o erdisley_n in_o herefordshire_n it_o be_v there_o record_v that_o ibi_fw-la est_fw-la domus_fw-la defensabilis_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v there_o be_v a_o dwell_a house_n fortify_v which_o be_v now_o call_v the_o castle_n of_o erdisley_n and_o be_v build_v because_o of_o its_o vicinity_n to_o the_o welsh_a border_n and_o be_v intend_v by_o that_o denomination_n to_o signify_v more_o than_o one_o of_o those_o small_a casty_n or_o fortalice_n i_o late_o speak_v of_o these_o be_v the_o strength_n and_o fortification_n of_o those_o time_n most_o frequent_o in_o use_n i_o come_v last_o to_o speak_v of_o their_o building_n in_o which_o there_o be_v something_o of_o a_o advantageous_a or_o at_o least_o a_o honourable_a change_n by_o the_o difference_n that_o be_v in_o the_o mode_n of_o they_o i_o must_v confess_v the_o norman_a manner_n be_v very_o noble_a and_o magnificent_a which_o by_o their_o church_n may_v be_v observe_v for_o the_o saxon_n make_v they_o with_o descent_n into_o they_o the_o norman_n with_o ascent_n the_o first_o make_v their_o light_n small_a and_o mean_a the_o second_o make_v they_o high_a and_o large_a these_o make_v their_o arch_n stately_a with_o height_n 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england_n i_o have_v meet_v with_o another_o kind_n and_o fort_n of_o partition_n which_o i_o dare_v venture_v to_o call_v gavelkind_a and_o be_v very_o unusual_a because_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o place_n both_o male_n and_o female_n have_v a_o right_n equal_o in_o the_o partition_n i_o think_v it_o may_v not_o prove_v displease_v to_o insert_v the_o record_n as_o it_o be_v show_v to_o i_o by_o my_o industrious_a friend_n mr._n falconbridge_n to_o who_o for_o this_o and_o many_o other_o favour_n i_o must_v acknowledge_v myself_o with_o much-gratefulness_n indebt_v and_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o office_n of_o the_o chamberlain_n of_o the_o exchequer_n of_o receipt_n be_v the_o like_a as_o i_o find_v it_o in_o flanders_n and_o the_o same_o with_o that_o in_o ireland_n dorset_n placita_fw-la de_fw-la jurat_fw-la be_v &_o assiss_n anno_fw-la 16._o edw._n 1._o metingh_n edwardus_fw-la kaynel_n maria_fw-la filia_fw-la roberti_n de_fw-la camma_fw-la report_n the_o irish_a have_v the_o same_o manner_n of_o partition_n davies-irish_a report_n jobanne_n bereset_v &_o matill_o uxor_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o johanna_n soror_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la matill_o petunt_fw-la versus_fw-la johannem_fw-la alfrith_n de_fw-fr warham_n unum_fw-la toftum_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o warham_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la johannes_n gerard._n consanguineus_fw-la predictorum_fw-la edwardi_fw-la mariae_fw-la matill_o &_o johannae_n cujus_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la fuit_fw-la seisitus_fw-la in_o dominico_n svo_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la obiit_fw-la etc._n etc._n unde_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la johannes_n venit_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la tenementa_fw-la in_o warham_n sunt_fw-la partibilia_fw-la inter_fw-la mascuâ—os_fw-la &_o femellas_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la predictus_fw-la edwardus_fw-la habet_fw-la quasdam_fw-la gunnoram_fw-la matill_o christianam_fw-la albredam_fw-la &_o eufemiam_fw-la sorores_fw-la &_o participes_fw-la ipsius_fw-la edwardi_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la petentium_fw-la &_o que_fw-la tantum_fw-la jus_o habent_fw-la in_o re_fw-la petita_fw-la sicut_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o que_fw-la non_fw-la nominantur_fw-la in_o bâ—evi_fw-la unde_fw-la petit_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-fr brevi_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o edwardus_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la dedicere_fw-la ideo_fw-la consideratum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la praedictus_fw-la johannes_n eat_v inde_fw-la sine_fw-la die_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o though_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a yet_o may_v proper_o enough_o be_v call_v a_o gavelkind_n for_o let_v the_o custom_n of_o any_o place_n be_v according_a to_o the_o usual_a or_o unusual_a way_n of_o partition_n it_o be_v but_o the_o tenure_n of_o that_o place_n and_o will_v come_v well_o enough_o under_o that_o denomination_n and_o that_o which_o mr._n s._n bring_v in_o his_o 49_o page_n as_o a_o solution_n to_o a_o objection_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o custom_n general_o spread_v itself_o throughout_o the_o whole_a country_n in_o land_n of_o that_o nature_n shall_v have_v be_v thus_o lay_v down_o without_o confine_v it_o to_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n viz._n throughout_o any_o country_n or_o all_o country_n in_o land_n of_o that_o nature_n for_o so_o indeed_o it_o be_v in_o the_o village_n round_o the_o city_n of_o hereford_n 211._o item_n lou_n per_fw-la custonie_n appel_n burgh-english_a en_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr burgh_n le_fw-fr fit_v puisn_a inherita_fw-la tout_fw-fr les_fw-fr tenement_n etc._n etc._n littleton_n lib._n 2._o sect._n 211._o i_o find_v their_o land_n be_v all_o hold_v in_o the_o tenure_n of_o borough-english_a where_o without_o difficulty_n i_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v a_o custom_n spread_v itself_o throughout_o those_o parish_n and_o village_n in_o land_n of_o that_o nature_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v otherwise_o but_o that_o the_o young_a son_n ought_v to_o be_v and_o must_v by_o law_n be_v find_v heir_n so_o long_o as_o that_o land_n remain_v under_o the_o same_o service_n and_o copy-holdings_a of_o their_o respective_a manor_n and_o the_o suitor_n here_o do_v as_o much_o stand_v upon_o their_o custom_n as_o in_o urchenfield_n they_o insist_v upon_o their_o custom_n of_o partition_n among_o the_o male_n or_o as_o wareham_n in_o dorsetshire_n among_o both_o male_n and_o female_n another_o sort_n of_o usage_n in_o the_o tenure_n of_o burgh-english_a be_v mention_v by_o sir_n edward_n coke_n upon_o 211._o upon_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 11._o sect._n 211._o littleton_n in_o these_o word_n within_o the_o manor_n of_o b._n in_o the_o county_n of_o berk_n there_o be_v such_o a_o custom_n that_o if_o a_o man_n have_v divers_a daughter_n and_o no_o son_n and_o die_v the_o elder_a daughter_n shall_v only_o inherit_v and_o if_o he_o have_v no_o daughter_n but_o sister_n the_o elder_a sister_n by_o the_o custom_n shall_v inherit_v and_o sometime_o the_o young_a and_o divers_a other_o custom_n there_o be_v in_o like_a case_n and_o bring_v in_o britton_n to_o strengthen_v he_o and_o to_o confirm_v what_o i_o have_v say_v say_v de_fw-fr terres_fw-la des_fw-fr ancienes_fw-fr
officinas_fw-la aâ—â—â—as_fw-la habent_fw-la vinum_fw-la quoque_fw-la sive_fw-la uvae_fw-la colligaâ—tur_fw-la sive_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o râ—gâ—o_n divendatur_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o exteras_fw-la regiones_fw-la navibus_fw-la deseratur_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 78._o alcabala_n or_o alcavala_n which_o as_o minshew_n do_v expound_v it_o be_v datio_fw-la redditus_fw-la census_n tributum_fw-la vectigal_n portorium_n and_o in_o english_a be_v render_v a_o impost_n custom_n tax_n toll_n or_o tribute_n and_o from_o our_o use_n of_o it_o be_v call_v gabell_n gabella_n gablum_fw-la he_o add_v that_o it_o come_v of_o the_o french_a word_n gabelle_n that_o be_v vecligal_n and_o have_v the_o same_o signification_n among_o our_o old_a writer_n as_o gabelle_n have_v in_o the_o french_a and_o then_o conclude_v gabella_n as_o cassan_n define_v it_o the_o consuet_n burg._n f._n 119._o est_fw-fr vectigal_a quod_fw-la solvitur_fw-la pro_fw-la bonis_fw-la mobilibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la vehunâ—ur_fw-la distinguish_v it_o from_o tributum_fw-la for_o this_o reason_n quia_fw-la tributum_fw-la est_fw-la propriè_fw-la quod_fw-la fisco_fw-la vel_fw-la principi_fw-la solvatur_fw-la pro_fw-la rebus_fw-la immobilibus_fw-la and_o be_v the_o fame_n which_o mr._n s._n pag._n 23._o upon_o swine-gavel_a do_v cite_v et_fw-fr de_fw-fr viis._n xd._n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la porcis_fw-la de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi venditis_fw-la in_o which_o place_n this_o de_fw-mi gablo_fw-mi signify_v for_o gable_n or_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o that_o imposition_n and_o certain_o may_v without_o any_o force_n upon_o the_o word_n be_v render_v at_o large_a as_o mr._n s._n have_v do_v it_o a_o rent_n for_o rent_n in_o latin_a be_v redditus_fw-la which_o be_v a_o payment_n make_v or_o give_v for_o any_o thing_n whatever_o and_o sir_n edward_n coke_n upon_o littleton_n write_v of_o rent_n say_v 213._o l._n 2._o c._n 12._o s_o 213._o that_o bysome_a redditus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la à _fw-la redeundo_fw-la quia_fw-la retro_fw-la it_o &_o quotannis_fw-la reddit_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o reddendo_fw-la inde_fw-la or_o reservando_fw-la inde_fw-la or_o the_o like_a be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o that_o the_o tenant_n or_o lessee_n shall_v pay_v so_o much_o out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n for_o reddere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la acceptum_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquam_fw-la partem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la restituere_fw-la seu_fw-la reddere_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la retro_fw-la dare_v and_o hereof_o come_v redditus_fw-la for_o a_o rent_n and_o add_v this_o to_o it_o here_o note_v say_v he_o for_o the_o better_a understanding_n of_o ancient_a record_n statute_n charter_n etc._n etc._n that_o gabell_n or_o gavel_n gablum_fw-la gabellum_fw-la gabellettum_n galbellettum_n and_o gavillettum_n do_v signify_v a_o rent_n custom_n duty_n or_o service_n yield_v or_o do_v to_o the_o king_n or_o any_o other_o lord_n and_o then_o cite_v domesdey_n book_n which_o he_o have_v thus_o wallingford_n continet_fw-la cclxxvi_o hagas_n i_o e._n domos_fw-la reddentes_fw-la ix_o liberas_fw-la de_fw-la gablo_fw-mi i._n e._n de_fw-la redditu_fw-la the_o which_o i_o myself_o transcribe_v out_o of_o the_o original_a book_n find_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o in_o burgo_n de_fw-fr wallingeford_n habuit_fw-la rex_fw-la edw._n viii_o virgat_fw-la terre_fw-fr &_o in_o his_o erant_fw-la 276._o hage_n reddentes_fw-la xi_o lib._n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi so_o that_o liberas_fw-la shall_v be_v correct_v and_o read_v libras_fw-la the_o other_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o two_o citation_n be_v only_a sir_n edward_n coke_n his_o comment_n or_o construction_n of_o it_o berrochescire_fw-la xi_o lib._n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi &_o qui_fw-la ibi_fw-la manebant_fw-la faciebant_fw-la servitium_fw-la regis_fw-la cum_fw-la equis_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la blidberiam_fw-la reddinge_n sudtone_n besentone_n &_o hoc_fw-la facientibus_fw-la dabat_fw-la prepositus_fw-la conredium_fw-la mercedem_fw-la non_fw-fr de_fw-fr censu_fw-la regis_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la exit_fw-la domesd_v in_o berrochescire_fw-la but_o this_o it_o seem_v he_o take_v for_o grant_v that_o gablum_fw-la have_v no_o other_o signification_n than_o rent_n for_o by_o the_o same_o record_n to_o be_v sure_a that_o that_o rent_n of_o xil._n not_o ixl._n shall_v come_v into_o the_o king_n coffer_n there_o be_v a_o paragraph_n that_o provide_v for_o it_o where_o it_o be_v write_v what_o and_o how_o the_o soldier_n that_o the_o burrow_n shall_v find_v upon_o all_o occasion_n for_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v provide_v for_o and_o be_v thus_o order_v conredium_fw-la mercedem_fw-la non_fw-fr de_fw-fr censu_fw-la regis_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la all_o the_o cen_n or_o rent_n that_o the_o king_n have_v that_o i_o can_v find_v be_v that_o gablum_fw-la of_o eleven_o pound_n and_o this_o gablum_fw-la be_v not_o always_o pay_v in_o money_n for_o in_o sudsexe_n under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o land_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr warene_n in_o the_o same_o record_n be_v this_o that_o radulfus_n tenet_fw-la de_fw-fr willielmo_n that_o be_v of_o william_n of_o warren_n bristelmestune_n brictric_n tenuit_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la godwini_fw-la comitis_fw-la t._n r._n e._n in_o dominio_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi iu._n milia_fw-la alletium_n and_o under_o the_o same_o title_n it_o be_v there_o remember_v pluntune_v hugo_n filius_fw-la ranulsi_n tenet_fw-la de_fw-fr willielmo_n etc._n etc._n ibi_fw-la etc._n etc._n silua_fw-la de_fw-la xx._n porc_n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi xvii_o porc_n but_o that_o gablum_fw-la do_v as_o well_o relate_v to_o money_n as_o to_o other_o thing_n in_o kind_n either_o herring_n or_o swine_n be_v very_o plain_a by_o that_o record_n in_o domesdey_n book_n in_o windesore_n in_o berkshire_n where_o it_o be_v say_v rex_fw-la willielmus_fw-la tenet_fw-la windesore_n in_o dominio_fw-la rex_fw-la edw._n tenuit_fw-la ibi_fw-la xx_o hide_v etc._n etc._n &_o adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o villa_n c._n hage_n v._o minus_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la sunt_fw-la xxvi_o quiet_a de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi &_o de_fw-fr aliis_fw-la exeunt_fw-la xxx_o solid_a and_o last_o out_o of_o the_o same_o book_n i_o still_o write_v in_o sommersetshire_n it_o be_v thus_o express_v under_o the_o title_n of_o terra_fw-la regis_fw-la which_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v rex_fw-la tenet_fw-la cedre_n i_o suppose_v it_o be_v that_o chedder_n so_o famous_a for_o its_o cheese_n rex_fw-la edw._n tenuit_fw-la nunquam_fw-la geldavit_fw-la nec_fw-la scitur_fw-la quot_fw-la hide_v sunt_fw-la ibi_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o dominio_fw-la etc._n etc._n xx._n bord._n cum_fw-la xvii_o car_fw-fr &_o vii_o gablatores_fw-la red_a xvii_o s._n these_o seven_o gablatores_fw-la do_v pay_v for_o rent_n 17_o shilling_n and_o from_o their_o pay_v of_o rent_n be_v term_v gablatores_fw-la to_o i_o it_o seem_v probable_a that_o this_o gablum_fw-la 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word_n gafol_n which_o he_o describe_v vary_v in_o the_o dialect_n saxonic_fw-la testament_n saxonic_fw-la be_v write_v gafol_n gavel_n gaful_a and_o gafel_v and_o show_v how_o it_o pass_v in_o matth._n 17._o verse_n 24_o &_o 2_o and_o cap._n 22._o vers_fw-la 17_o &_o 19_o to_o signify_v tribute_n which_o i_o think_v may_v prove_v a_o acceptation_n thereof_o natural_o enough_o and_o in_o matth._n 25._o vers_fw-la 27._o it_o serve_v to_o express_v advantage_n or_o usury_n and_o in_o king_n withred_n law_n of_o sr._n henry_n spelmans_fw-mi edition_n of_o his_o ancient_a council_n it_o be_v expound_v to_o we_o by_o what_o it_o be_v common_o receive_v redditus_fw-la vel_fw-la persio_fw-la and_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o eadmerus_n render_v geÆ¿â—â—ic_a gaful_a to_o signify_v solitus_fw-la census_fw-la the_o wont_a or_o usual_a payment_n or_o rent_n but_o mr._n s._n conclude_v thus_o to_o be_v short_a say_v he_o gafol_n be_v a_o word_n which_o as_o gablum_fw-la in_o domesdey_n 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perhaps_o in_o other_o place_n also_o then_o do_v it_o destroy_v the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o etymologye_n but_o with_o this_o part_n upon_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o word_n gavel_n in_o those_o compound_v mention_v i_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o and_o further_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n patience_n about_o it_o in_o the_o next_o place_n here_o be_v chap._n x._o several_a deed_n cite_v by_o mr._n s._n that_o have_v their_o tenenda_n ad_fw-la gavilikendam_fw-la examine_v and_o expound_v i_o be_o constrain_v to_o run_v over_o the_o examination_n of_o several_a deed_n produce_v in_o transcript_n by_o mr._n s._n and_o have_v finish_v the_o discourse_n of_o the_o word_n single_n and_o in_o composition_n i_o be_o come_v to_o experiment_n the_o trial_n of_o it_o in_o the_o term_n proper_a with_o its_o affix_v of_o which_o mr._n s._n say_v pag._n 38._o thus_o for_o example_n in_o a_o number_n of_o deed_n and_o conveyance_n which_o i_o have_v see_v record_v in_o the_o leiger-book_n of_o the_o cathedral_n at_o canterbury_n and_z st._n augustine_n late_a abbey_n there_o phrased_a all_o of_o they_o after_o this_o manner_n tenendum_fw-la ad_fw-la or_o in_o gavelikendam_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o presume_v he_o have_v cite_v the_o principall_a of_o they_o and_o if_o so_o then_o i_o assure_v you_o i_o be_o not_o stumble_v at_o any_o of_o they_o and_o first_o 39_o pag._n 39_o for_o that_o deed_n of_o the_o son_n of_o wibaldus_n who_o do_v grant_v infirmis_fw-la de_fw-la herbaldune_fw-la unam_fw-la acram_fw-la &_o dimidiam_fw-la terrae_fw-la scil_n langenekre_n cum_fw-la fratre_fw-la svo_fw-la wiberto_n infirmo_fw-la in_o perpetuam_fw-la eleemâ—synam_n and_o to_o gavelkynd_n reddendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la dvos_fw-la denarios_fw-la etc._n etc._n mr._n s._n right_o collect_v from_o the_o mould_n and_o cast_v of_o that_o deed_n the_o bind_n of_o the_o heir_n in_o relation_n to_o their_o gift_n for_o these_o son_n of_o wibaldus_n and_o their_o son_n and_o heir_n and_o their_o daughter_n do_v all_o join_v in_o the_o alienation_n of_o this_o acre_n and_o a_o half_a to_o herbaldune_v hospital_n i_o will_v not_o trouble_v myself_o about_o the_o deed_n to_o quarrel_v at_o their_o scrivener_n who_o seldom_o find_v dimidiam_fw-la write_v for_o dimidium_fw-la or_o believe_v that_o he_o may_v in_o his_o intermixture_n of_o and_o to_o gavelkynd_n make_v a_o ignorant_a coherence_n we_o will_v grant_v it_o all_o right_a and_o straight_o and_o take_v along_o with_o we_o what_o mr._n s._n say_v pag._n 51._o that_o such_o a_o expression_n as_o tenendum_fw-la in_fw-la or_o ad_fw-la gavelkynd_n or_o the_o like_a be_v necessary_a to_o render_v the_o grant_v land_n partible_a after_o the_o custom_n of_o gavelkind_n without_o the_o help_n of_o prescription_n requisite_a in_o partible_a land_n else_o where_o out_o of_o kent_n and_o hereupon_o refer_v to_o the_o plead_n of_o burga_n the_o wife_n of_o peter_n the_o bend_v put_v down_o and_o publish_v in_o the_o appendix_n to_o his_o book_n script_n 5._o but_o the_o first_o he_o will_v have_v to_o be_v a_o gift_n or_o grant_n in_o perpetuam_fw-la but_o not_o in_o puram_fw-la eleemosynam_fw-la there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o perpetuam_fw-la which_o whether_o it_o be_v or_o not_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o purpose_n but_o the_o reddendum_fw-la as_o well_o as_o the_o tenendum_fw-la in_o that_o deed_n have_v somewhat_o not_o familiar_a for_o it_o be_v say_v there_o reddendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la dvos_fw-la denarios_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o sibi_fw-la have_v relation_n to_o wiberto_n infirmo_fw-la the_o last_o immediate_o before_o mention_v rather_o than_o to_o any_o other_o in_o that_o deed_n for_o all_o other_o person_n therein_o comprehend_v be_v by_o double_n as_o nos_fw-la filios_fw-la wibaldi_n herbwinum_fw-la &_o eilwardum_fw-la haeredes_fw-la suos_fw-la thomam_fw-la &_o paganum_fw-la with_o this_o also_o hoc_fw-la concedunt_fw-la filiae_fw-la suae_fw-la basilia_n &_o
hawisia_n so_o that_o sibi_fw-la in_o the_o singular_a number_n have_v not_o relation_n to_o any_o else_o but_o to_o the_o infirm_a wibert_n to_o he_o it_o be_v that_o the_o two_o penny_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v and_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n in_o common_a to_o all_o the_o infirm_a of_o that_o house_n in_o perpetual_a alm_n and_o to_o gavel-kind_n that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o all_o the_o brethren_n of_o that_o hospital_n shall_v have_v the_o like_a share_n and_o propriety_n in_o that_o acre_n and_o the_o half_n as_o the_o son_n of_o any_o one_o can_v have_v in_o their_o father_n land_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o if_o not_o by_o this_o way_n i_o can_v find_v no_o other_o to_o make_v any_o sense_n of_o it_o for_o this_o clause_n and_o to_o gavel_n kind_n have_v reference_n clear_o to_o the_o concession_n and_o habendum_fw-la and_o not_o to_o the_o reddendum_fw-la and_o if_o so_o who_o be_v those_o that_o shall_v hold_v it_o in_o gavelkind_n the_o infirmes_fw-la no_o for_o they_o be_v a_o body_n though_o sickly_a that_o can_v not_o die_v nor_o the_o son_n or_o grandchild_n of_o wibaldus_n for_o they_o have_v divess_v themselves_o of_o this_o land_n and_o invest_v their_o decrepit_a brother_n wibert_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o infirmes_fw-la of_o that_o hospital_n with_o it_o nor_o can_v the_o tenant_n claim_v any_o right_n by_o this_o deed_n for_o that_o it_o have_v not_o relation_n to_o any_o tenancy_n beside_o hospital_n in_o those_o day_n do_v not_o use_v to_o create_v unprosetable_a tenor_n to_o themselves_o and_o where_o land_n be_v say_v to_o be_v hold_v in_o gavelkynd_n there_o be_v a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n they_o be_v syncategorematical_a or_o relative_n in_o the_o like_a sense_n be_v that_o deed_n which_o mr._n s._n make_v his_o script_n 〈◊〉_d pag._n 184._o where_o radun_v from_o wadidit_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o fratribus_fw-la hospitalis_n sancti_fw-la laurentii_fw-la juxtà _fw-la gantunriam_fw-la by_o his_o deed_n septem_fw-la acras_fw-la terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la say_v he_o tenendas_fw-la in_fw-la gavel-kind_n de_fw-fr i_o &_o heredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la â—â—berâ—_n &_o quiâ—â—â—_n reddendo_fw-la inde_fw-la annuatim_fw-la mihi_fw-la vel_fw-la beredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la xlii_o denarios_fw-la etc._n etc._n pro_fw-la hac_fw-la donatione_fw-la &_o confirmatione_fw-la dederunt_fw-la mihi_fw-la praedicti_fw-la fratres_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la quinque_fw-la marcas_fw-la â—ierlingorum_fw-la all_o that_o i_o can_v gather_v out_o of_o this_o be_v that_o ralph_n erone_n sell_v to_o the_o brethren_n of_o st._n lawrences_n hospital_n seven_o acre_n for_o five_o mark_v and_o reserve_v a_o rent_n of_o two_o and_o forty_o penny_n the_o land_n to_o be_v hold_v of_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n in_o gavel-kind_n which_o as_o in_o the_o other_o of_o herbaldune_n so_o be_v this_o to_o be_v understand_v to_o be_v to_o the_o common_a land_n 〈…〉_o and_o behalf_n of_o all_o the_o brethren_n for_o if_o not_o so_o i_o desire_v 〈◊〉_d inform_v how_o it_o can_v ruâ—_a into_o the_o tenor_n of_o glaver-lâ—ynd_a among_o they_o any_o other_o way_n and_o here_o alsoâ—eâ—_n i_o caution_n you_o to_o observe_v that_o in_o the_o first_o deed_n it_o be_v saiâ—_n to_o be_v grant_v in_o perpetuam_fw-la eleemosyndm_n and_o 〈…〉_o and_o then_o come_v in_o with_o the_o reddendum_fw-la so_o like_o wise_a in_o the_o second_o deed_n where_o the_o tenondum_fw-la and_o the_o reddendum_fw-la be_v at_o a_o distance_n that_o by_o mean_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a at_o all_o that_o gavel-kind_n shall_v have_v any_o relation_n to_o the_o reddenda_fw-la in_o either_o and_o serious_o consider_v do_v plain_o contain_v a_o different_a use_n from_o either_o rent_n or_o purchase_n but_o to_o proceed_v to_o those_o several_a grant_n produce_v by_o mr._n s._n in_o relation_n to_o the_o term_n as_o that_o of_o r._n dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la sancti_fw-la augustini_fw-la cantuar_n 4._o script_n 4._o shere_v somewhat_o be_v want_v i_o believe_v it_o shall_v be_v 〈…〉_o &_o ejusâ—am_fw-la loci_fw-la conventus_fw-la make_v to_o jordanus_n â—e_v sâ—res_n much_o his_o heir_n of_o xl._n acre_n of_o marshland_n be_v long_v to_o their_o manor_n of_o cistelet_n 6._o script_n 6._o and_o that_o of_o alan_n the_o prior_n and_o the_o convent_n of_o christ-church_n in_o canterbury_n unto_o theb._n de_fw-fr einesford_n and_o his_o heir_n of_o fourscore_o acre_n of_o land_n in_o their_o lordship_n of_o northocholt_n by_o they_o to_o be_v hold_v by_o rent_n and_o suit_n of_o court_n at_o orpinton_n add_v gavilikende_v 7._o script_n 7._o as_o also_o that_o of_o the_o same_o prior_n and_o convent_n to_o stephen_n de_fw-fr kinardentone_n of_o 〈◊〉_d acre_n and_o to_o his_o heir_n add_v gaveliâ—hinde_v again_o that_o deed_n of_o gaufridus_n the_o prior_n and_o the_o convent_n of_o christ-church_n canterbury_n to_o joni_n and_o his_o heir_n of_o a_o sheep_n pasture_n in_o osmundeseye_n tenend_n 8._o script_n 8._o say_v they_o de_fw-fr nobissuccessiuè_fw-la ad_fw-la gavel-kind_n by_o rent_n and_o that_o his_o heir_n successive_o shall_v give_v de_fw-fr relevio_fw-la lvis._n and_o suit_n of_o court_n at_o leysdum_fw-la all_o these_o grantee_n have_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o these_o several_a grant_v a_o instatement_n into_o the_o tenure_n of_o gavel-kind_n which_o be_v a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n and_o be_v to_o run_v in_o a_o parallel_n line_n with_o land_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n that_o be_v that_o the_o son_n or_o child_n of_o the_o possessor_n when_o decease_a shall_v hold_v those_o land_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o partition_n in_o gavelkynd_n and_o there_o be_v no_o difficulty_n in_o they_o as_o i_o can_v perceive_v all_o that_o i_o find_v be_v that_o the_o granter_n have_v create_v a_o estate_n of_o the_o tenure_n of_o gavel-kind_n in_o case_n there_o have_v be_v none_o before_o none_o of_o they_o to_o my_o apprehension_n carry_v with_o they_o any_o notable_a antiquity_n lest_o of_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n be_v that_o 5._o script_n 5._o in_o pag._n 178._o where_o it_o be_v say_v predecessores_fw-la dni_fw-la regis_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la manerium_fw-la de_fw-la wells_n in_o come_v cant._n postea_fw-la concessum_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o puram_fw-la &_o perpetuam_fw-la elcemosynam_n nunquam_fw-la partitum_fw-la fuit_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la portibile_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v never_o part_v nor_o be_v partible_a to_o which_o all_o that_o i_o can_v say_v be_v that_o it_o never_o be_v nor_o be_v like_a to_o be_v so_o hold_v gavel-kynd-land_n but_o the_o pass_a discourse_n in_o this_o chapter_n only_o show_v the_o nature_n and_o tenure_n of_o such_o land_n and_o make_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o etymology_n or_o the_o investigation_n of_o the_o true_a derivation_n of_o the_o word_n in_o contest_v to_o conclude_v mr._n s._n in_o page_n 150._o draw_v from_o his_o several_a discourse_n a_o double_a consectary_n as_o he_o be_v please_v to_o term_v it_o 1._o that_o the_o 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for_o and_o towards_o the_o furniture_n of_o the_o war_n and_o his_o subject_n and_o farmer_n complain_v that_o they_o be_v grievous_o trouble_v by_o carriage_n of_o victual_n into_o sundry_a part_n of_o the_o realm_n far_o distant_a from_o their_o dwelling_n the_o king_n direct_v commission_n to_o certain_a discreet_a person_n who_o have_v a_o regard_n of_o those_o victual_n shall_v reduce_v they_o into_o reasonable_a sum_n of_o money_n the_o levy_n of_o which_o sum_n they_o appoint_v to_o the_o sheriff_n taking_z order_z withal_o that_o he_o shall_v pay_v they_o at_o the_o scale_n or_o beam_n that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v pay_v sixpence_n over_o and_o above_o every_o pound_n weight_n of_o money_n because_o they_o think_v that_o the_o money_n in_o time_n will_v wax_v so_o much_o the_o worse_o for_o the_o wear_n exit_fw-la camden_n &_o littleton_n treatise_n of_o nobility_n pag._n 118_o 119._o pecunia_n in_o our_o ancient_a saxon_a law_n be_v often_o make_v use_n of_o for_o pecus_fw-la and_o then_o we_o must_v imagine_v they_o rather_o pastor_n than_o landlord_n such_o who_o change_v their_o land_n at_o pleasure_n and_o their_o habitation_n together_o for_o the_o better_a accommodation_n of_o their_o stock_n whose_o wealth_n be_v sum_v up_o as_o job_n by_o servant_n and_o catel_n but_o as_o people_n multiply_v and_o their_o number_n increase_v so_o that_o they_o have_v not_o conveniency_n of_o wander_v as_o former_o by_o the_o reason_n that_o land_n be_v general_o occupy_v according_a to_o the_o ability_n of_o family_n in_o their_o stock_n and_o number_n of_o catel_n than_o do_v land_n also_o by_o degree_n become_v impropriate_v observe_v nevertheless_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o partition_n of_o such_o land_n as_o before_o they_o have_v do_v of_o good_n for_o as_o before_o when_o they_o may_v have_v have_v land_n enough_o what_o shall_v they_o have_v do_v with_o it_o without_o stock_n so_o now_o when_o land_n be_v impropriate_v what_o shall_v 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their_o ancient_a manner_n of_o reserve_v rent_n not_o unlike_o those_o which_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o in_o scotland_n and_o believe_v be_v in_o
practice_n in_o all_o such_o place_n where_o pecus_fw-la be_v in_o great_a abundance_n than_o pecunia_n and_o for_o the_o antiquity_n of_o partition_n of_o land_n we_o shall_v find_v a_o example_n thereof_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n where_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o the_o community_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o be_v both_o take_v for_o grant_v this_o be_v a_o case_n of_o law_n resolve_v upon_o a_o question_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o 21_o chapter_n of_o deuteronomy_n verse_n 7._o where_o though_o the_o case_n be_v in_o bigamy_n yet_o there_o we_o find_v a_o order_n of_o partition_n which_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v even_o nolenti_fw-la patre_fw-la if_o a_o man_n have_v two_o wife_n say_v the_o text_n one_o belove_v and_o another_o hate_a and_o they_o have_v bear_v he_o child_n both_o the_o belove_a and_o the_o hate_a and_o if_o the_o first-born_a son_n be_v she_o that_o be_v hate_v than_o it_o shall_v be_v when_o he_o make_v his_o son_n to_o inherit_v that_o which_o he_o have_v that_o he_o may_v not_o make_v the_o son_n of_o the_o belove_a first-born_a before_o the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a which_o be_v indeed_o the_o first-born_a but_o he_o shall_v acknowledge_v the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a for_o the_o first-born_a by_o give_v he_o a_o double_a portion_n of_o all_o that_o be_v find_v with_o he_o for_o he_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o his_o strength_n the_o right_a of_o the_o first-born_a be_v he_o this_o law_n provide_v that_o the_o eldestson_n notwithstanding_o the_o father_n hatred_n shall_v have_v his_o right_n in_o all_o whereof_o the_o father_n be_v possess_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o right_n which_o be_v thus_o in_o case_n a_o man_n have_v five_o son_n the_o father_n possession_n be_v divide_v into_o six_o part_n and_o the_o elder_a have_v by_o right_a two_o of_o those_o part_n by_o this_o we_o may_v observe_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o partition_n of_o land_n and_o good_n constitute_v even_o among_o those_o people_n to_o who_o god_n himself_o be_v legislator_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n where_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v that_o this_o law_n glance_v at_o the_o fundamental_a of_o divide_v bind_v up_o the_o father_n to_o do_v this_o rectify_v justice_n to_o his_o son_n get_v of_o the_o woman_n hate_v traxit_fw-la hate_v which_o law_n as_o mr._n selden_n illustrate_v it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o practice_n of_o noah_n noachus_n &_o tres_fw-la silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la semus_n chamus_n &_o laphetus_n qui_fw-la velut_fw-la adae_fw-la in_fw-la generis_fw-la humaai_fw-la post_fw-la diluvium_fw-la instaurationem_fw-la personam_fw-la jam_fw-la simul_fw-la induerant_fw-la domini_fw-la pro_fw-la indiviso_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la sacti_fw-la sunt_fw-la formula_fw-la donationt_n est_fw-la genes_n cap._n 9.2_o crescite_fw-la &_o multiplicamini_fw-la &_o replete_a terram_fw-la pavor_n vester_fw-ge &_o tremor_n vester_fw-ge erit_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la animal_n terrae_fw-la &_o super_fw-la cunctum_fw-la volatile_a coeli_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la scimus_fw-la ex_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la tellurem_fw-la à _fw-la noachid_n be_v seculis_fw-la aliquot_fw-la post_fw-la diluvium_fw-la esse_fw-la divisam_fw-la a_o japeto_n &_o filiis_fw-la ejus_fw-la divisae_fw-la sunt_fw-la insulae_fw-la gentium_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la suis_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la juxta_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o juxta_fw-la familias_fw-la svas_fw-la in_o nationibus_fw-la suis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o genes_n 10.25_o &_o 3._o ait_fw-fr moses_n scilicet_fw-la à _fw-la tanai_n fluvio_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o mare_fw-la atlanticum_n sâ—u_fw-la per_fw-la magnam_fw-la asiae_n occidentalis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o septentrionem_fw-la vergit_fw-la partem_fw-la praeter_fw-la totam_fw-la europam_fw-la limitibus_fw-la juxta_fw-la familiaruâ—_n rumerum_fw-la designatis_fw-la sedes_fw-la ut_fw-la domini_fw-la privati_fw-la accipere_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la chamus_n posterique_a ejus_fw-la non_fw-la dissimili_fw-la modo_fw-la quod_fw-la austro_n &_o africo_fw-la expofitum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o semus_n plagas_fw-la orientales_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la indiam_fw-la invaluit_fw-la etiam_fw-la traditio_fw-la ipsum_fw-la noachum_fw-la perinde_v ac_fw-la si_fw-la totius_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la aut_fw-la arbiter_n per_fw-la comoromissum_fw-la suisset_fw-la distributionis_fw-la huius_fw-la sâ—â—l_fw-la privati_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la dominii_fw-la post_fw-la diluvium_fw-la instaurationis_fw-la autorem_fw-la suisse_fw-la idque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d juxta_fw-la oraculnm_fw-la divinitus_fw-la acceptum_fw-la eamque_fw-la anno_fw-la aetatis_fw-la sva_fw-la 930._o qui_fw-la à _fw-la diluvio_fw-la erat_fw-la 330._o &_o ante_fw-la obitum_fw-la ejus_fw-la vigesimus_fw-la testamento_fw-la firmâsse_fw-la atque_fw-la moribundum_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o semi_a silii_fw-la primogeniti_fw-la maâ—us_fw-la tradidisse_fw-la cunctosque_fw-la simul_fw-la monuisse_fw-la nequis_fw-la corum_fw-la fratris_fw-la fine_n invaderet_fw-la nec_fw-la injuriâ_fw-la alter_fw-la alterum_fw-la afficeret_fw-la quoniam_fw-la inde_fw-la ut_fw-la discordiarum_fw-la atque_fw-la bellorum_fw-la intestinorum_fw-la causa_fw-la oriretur_fw-la foret_fw-la necessum_fw-la selden_n mare_fw-la clausum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o to_o which_o i_o think_v fit_a to_o subjoin_v what_o he_o write_v in_o the_o same_o book_n cap._n 8._o how_o this_o partition_n be_v mystical_o in_o the_o mist_n of_o their_o invention_n observe_v by_o the_o heathen_a vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la poetae_fw-la ut_fw-la rect_n è_fw-mi lactantius_n sed_fw-la obtentu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la specieque_fw-la velata_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la veritatem_fw-la mendacio_fw-la velaverunt_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la persuasioni_fw-la publicae_fw-la nihil_fw-la derogaret_fw-la fabuloso_n quod_fw-la diximus_fw-la tempore_fw-la devictis_fw-la scribunt_fw-la titanibus_fw-la sort_n mundum_fw-la divisisse_fw-la deos_fw-la fratres_fw-la jupiter_fw-la pluronem_fw-la neptunum_n jovi_fw-la coelum_fw-la plutoni_fw-la inferna_fw-la neptuno_n mare_fw-la cessisse_fw-la rejectis_fw-la autem_fw-la augis_fw-la illis_fw-la de_fw-la sydereo_fw-la heic_fw-la coelo_fw-la seu_fw-la aethere_fw-la de_fw-la infernorum_fw-la seu_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la regno_fw-la &_o demum_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la tota_fw-la fratrum_fw-la omnium_fw-la post_fw-la divisionem_fw-la communi_fw-la quibus_fw-la patient_fw-la sibi_fw-la imponi_fw-la vulgus_fw-la sinebat_fw-la res_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o larvatâ_fw-la hâc_fw-la historiâ_fw-la latere_fw-la veterum_fw-la aliquot_fw-la docuere_fw-la alia_fw-la omnine_a erat_fw-la non_fw-la deos_fw-la hosce_fw-la sed_fw-la homines_fw-la fuisse_fw-la asserunt_fw-la nec_fw-la coeli_fw-la sed_fw-la plagae_fw-la orientalis_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la lux_fw-la datur_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o superior_a visa_fw-la est_fw-la ideoque_fw-la coelum_fw-la dictum_fw-la jupiter_fw-la regem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la plutonem_fw-la autem_fw-la accidentis_fw-la quae_fw-la solis_fw-la recessum_fw-la noctemque_fw-la â—stendit_fw-la unde_fw-la inferior_a ea_fw-la dicta_fw-la &_o inferna_fw-la maris_fw-la denique_fw-la &_o interjectarum_fw-la insularum_fw-la dominum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la neptunum_n è_fw-la lactantio_n porra_fw-la scribit_fw-la jupiter_n neptuno_n imperium_fw-la that_fw-mi maris_fw-la ut_fw-la insulis_fw-la emnibus_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la loca_fw-la essent_fw-la secus_fw-la mare_fw-la omnibus_fw-la regnaret_fw-la johannis_n gryphiander_n de_fw-fr insulis_fw-la cap._n 31._o s._n 75._o de_fw-la tribus_fw-la noachi_n filiis_fw-la rem_fw-la totam_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la diis_fw-la narratam_fw-la fidentèr_fw-la capiat_fw-la verba_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la id_fw-la â—roculdubio_fw-it ex_fw-la partitione_n terrarum_fw-la inter_fw-la tres_fw-la filios_fw-la noachi_n ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la japheto_fw-la insulae_fw-la obvenerunt_fw-la causam_fw-la traxit_fw-la sir_n henry_n spelman_n in_o verb._n gaveletum_n think_v gavelkind_a to_o be_v of_o a_o sà xon_a original_a affirm_v it_o to_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o germany_n and_o describe_v the_o tenure_n of_o it_o very_o just_o qua_fw-la omnes_fw-la silij_fw-la ex_fw-la aequis_fw-la portionibus_fw-la patris_fw-la adeunt_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la and_o out_o of_o tacitus_n prove_v it_o to_o be_v mos_fw-la vetus_fw-la germaniae_fw-la out_o of_o who_o i_o shall_v add_v by_o way_n of_o explanation_n what_o he_o in_o his_o tract_n de_fw-la moribus_fw-la germanorum_n say_v haeredes_fw-la tamen_fw-la successoresque_fw-la svi_fw-la cuique_fw-la liberi_fw-la &_o nullum_fw-la test_n amentum_fw-la si_fw-la liberi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la proximus_fw-la gradus_fw-la in_o possessione_n fratres_fw-la patrui_fw-la avunculi_fw-la this_o proximus_fw-la gradus_fw-la argue_v precise_o for_o this_o ancient_a usage_n 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