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the_o clergy_n and_o three_o entire_a subsidy_n and_o three_o fifteenth_n and_o ten_o and_o three_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o pound_n for_o subsidy_n unpaid_a to_o queen_n elizabeth_n anno_fw-la 7._o a_o aid_n to_o make_v his_o son_n prince_n henry_n a_o knight_n anno_fw-la 18._o two_o subsidy_n of_o the_o laity_n and_o three_o of_o the_o crergy_n anno_fw-la 21._o three_o subsidy_n and_o three_o fifteen_o of_o the_o temporalty_n and_o some_o subsidy_n of_o the_o clergy_n primo_fw-la car._n primi_fw-la three_o entire_a subside_n by_o the_o spiritualty_n 3._o car._n five_o entire_a subsidy_n grant_v by_o the_o spiritualty_n and_o as_o many_o by_o the_o temporalty_n great_a sum_n of_o money_n raise_v by_o ship-money_n and_o by_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o poll-money_n pawn_v all_o his_o jewel_n and_o the_o benefit_n for_o some_o year_n of_o coinage_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o pound_n of_o spanish_a bullion_n and_o return_v the_o value_n in_o english_a commodity_n 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and_o notwithstanding_o the_o care_n and_o provision_n of_o divers_a parliament_n to_o have_v the_o crown_n land_n not_o alien_v or_o waste_v and_o the_o care_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n that_o the_o grant_v of_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v void_a where_o he_o be_v deceive_v or_o not_o true_o inform_v the_o ordinance_n in_o the_o 21_o of_o richard_n the_o second_o that_o whatsoever_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o king_n by_o judgement_n escheat_n wardship_n or_o any_o otherways_o shall_v not_o be_v give_v away_o that_o of_o primo_fw-la king_n h._n 4._o ca._n 6._o that_o in_o a_o petition_n to_o the_o king_n for_o land_n office_n or_o any_o gift_n the_o value_n thereof_o shall_v be_v mention_v and_o of_o that_o also_o which_o they_o have_v have_v of_o the_o king_n gift_n or_o of_o other_o his_o pregenitor_n or_o predecessor_n before_o and_o in_o case_n it_o be_v not_o their_o grant_n shall_v be_v void_a and_o repeal_v the_o ordinance_n of_o 21_o r._n 2._o that_o the_o procurer_n of_o 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