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the_o whole_a
and_o sometime_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v call_v the_o noble_n of_o ireland_n to_o come_v to_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n coke_n 4_o inst_z 350._o and_o by_o special_a word_n the_o parliament_n of_o england_n may_v bind_v the_o subject_n of_o ireland_n co._n 4_o inst_z ibid._n and_o see_v good_a act_n of_o parliament_n make_v in_o england_n since_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n john_n extend_v not_o to_o ireland_n unless_o it_o be_v especial_o name_v or_o by_o general_a word_n include_v a_o right_n profitable_a act_n be_v make_v at_o a_o parliament_n hold_v in_o ireland_n anno_fw-la 10_o hen._n 7._o before_o sir_n edward_n poynings_n than_o deputy_n or_o prorex_a in_o ireland_n and_o thereupon_o call_v poyning_n law_n that_o all_o statute_n late_o make_v in_o england_n concern_v the_o public_a weal_n shall_v be_v accept_v use_v and_o execute_v in_o ireland_n co._n 4_o inst._n 351._o in_o what_o manner_n a_o parliament_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v in_o ireland_n and_o how_o bill_n offer_v to_o the_o parliament_n there_o shall_v be_v first_o transmit_v hither_o under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o that_o kingdom_n and_o have_v receive_v approbation_n here_o shall_v be_v return_v hither_o to_o be_v prefer_v to_o the_o parliament_n and_o several_a question_n and_o doubt_v resolve_v concern_v this_o matter_n vide_fw-la co._n 4_o inst_z 353._o by_o the_o statute_n of_o 3_o hen._n 2._o all_o person_n have_v land_n tenement_n or_o office_n ecclesiastical_a or_o temporal_a shall_v reside_v upon_o the_o same_o and_o those_o that_o have_v castle_n must_v there_o reside_v and_o repair_v and_o fortify_v they_o and_o if_o they_o depart_v they_o must_v appoint_v some_o able_a to_o supply_v their_o room_n or_o the_o governor_n may_v dispose_v half_a their_o live_n to_o such_o defence_n co._n 4_o inst_z 356._o at_o a_o synod_n hold_v by_o st._n patrick_n in_o ireland_n it_o be_v unanimous_o agree_v that_o irish_a priest_n shall_v have_v wife_n co._n 4_o inst_z 356._o there_o be_v a_o ancient_a record_n concern_v ireland_n necessary_a to_o be_v explain_v in_o these_o word_n rex_fw-la thesaurario_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la solutem_fw-la cum_fw-la edwardus_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la noster_fw-la terram_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la habeat_fw-la &_o teneat_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la nostro_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la suis_fw-la adeo_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o quiet_a sicut_fw-la eam_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la nostra_fw-la teneremus_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la charissima_fw-la filia_fw-la nostra_fw-la alianora_n censor_n dicti_fw-la silij_fw-la nostri_fw-la aurum_fw-la suum_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-la finibus_fw-la quam_fw-la sponte_fw-la oblatis_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la habere_fw-la debet_fw-la sicut_fw-la charissima_fw-la censor_n nostra_fw-la alianora_n regina_fw-la angliae_fw-la aurum_fw-la suum_fw-la habet_fw-la de_fw-la eisdem_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la angliae_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quatenus_fw-la 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the_o follow_a record_n will_v manifest_v the_o truth_n therein_o altitonantis_fw-la dei_fw-la largiflua_fw-la clementia_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la regum_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la dominantium_fw-la ego_fw-la edgarus_n anglorum_fw-la basileus_n omniumque_fw-la rerum_fw-la insularum_fw-la oceani_fw-la qui_fw-la britanniam_fw-la circumjacent_a cunctarumque_fw-la nationum_fw-la quae_fw-la infra_fw-la eam_fw-la includuntur_fw-la imperator_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la gratias_fw-la ago_o ipsi_fw-la deo_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la regi_fw-la meo_fw-la qui_fw-la meum_fw-la imperium_fw-la sic_fw-la ampliavit_fw-la &_o exaltavit_fw-la super_fw-la regnum_fw-la patrum_fw-la meorum_fw-la qui_fw-la licet_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la adepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la athelstani_fw-la qui_fw-la primus_fw-la regum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la omnes_fw-la nationes_fw-la quae_fw-la britanniam_fw-la incolunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la armis_fw-la subegit_fw-la nullus_fw-la tamen_fw-la eorum_fw-la ultra_fw-la fine_n imperium_fw-la suum_fw-la dilatare_fw-la aggressus_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la tamen_fw-la concessit_fw-la propitia_fw-la divinitas_fw-la cum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la imperio_fw-la omne_fw-la regna_fw-la insularum_fw-la oceani_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la ferotissimis_fw-la regibus_fw-la usque_fw-la norvegiam_fw-la maximamque_fw-la partem_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la cum_fw-la sva_fw-la nobilissima_fw-la civitate_fw-la de_fw-la dublina_fw-la anglorum_fw-la regno_fw-la subjugare_fw-la quos_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la meis_fw-la imperiis_fw-la colla_fw-la subdere_fw-la dei_fw-la favente_fw-la gratia_fw-la coegi_fw-la quapropter_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la christi_fw-la gloriam_fw-la &_o laudem_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la exaltarâ—_n &_o ejus_fw-la servicium_fw-la amplificare_fw-la devotus_fw-la deposui_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la meos_fw-la fideles_fw-la fautores_fw-la dunstanum_n viz._n archiepiscopum_fw-la ayelyolanum_n ac_fw-la oswaldum_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la quos_fw-la mihi_fw-la patres_fw-la spirituales_fw-la &_o consiliatores_fw-la eligi_fw-la magna_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la disposui_fw-la etc._n etc._n facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 964_o indictione_n 8._o regni_fw-la vero_fw-la edgari_fw-la anglorum_fw-la regis_fw-la 6_o in_fw-la regius_fw-la urbe_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la incolis_fw-la ocleayeceastrie_n nominatur_fw-la in_o natale_fw-la domini_fw-la festivitate_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la innocentium_n feria_fw-la 4_o etc._n etc._n ✚_o ego_fw-la edgar_n basileus_n anglorum_fw-la &_o imperator_fw-la regum_fw-la gentium_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o principrim_fw-la &_o
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be_v for_o that_o the_o king_n be_v enforce_v to_o go_v in_o person_n to_o gloucestershire_n to_o repress_v a_o rebellion_n there_o the_o king_n person_n may_v be_v represent_v by_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n etc._n etc._n as_o before_o be_v say_v to_o certain_a lord_n of_o parliament_n authorise_v they_o to_o begin_v the_o parliament_n both_o the_o guardian_n and_o such_o commissioner_n do_v sit_v on_o a_o form_n place_v near_o the_o degree_n that_o go_v up_o to_o the_o cloth_n of_o estate_n coke_n four_o inst_z cap._n 1._o foe_n 6_o &_o 7._o to_o the_o court_n of_o equity_n in_o the_o exchequer-chamber_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o 33_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 39_o the_o judge_n of_o this_o court_n have_v full_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o discharge_v cancel_v and_o make_v void_a all_o and_o singular_a recognizance_n and_o bond_n make_v to_o the_o king_n for_o payment_n of_o any_o debt_n or_o sum_n of_o money_n or_o for_o performance_n of_o condition_n etc._n etc._n upon_o 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