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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
may_v as_o well_o signify_v all_o the_o king_n child_n as_o one_o though_o even_o among_o the_o welsh_a some_o honourable_a mark_n be_v afford_v to_o the_o elder_a above_o the_o rest_n perhaps_o as_o it_o be_v find_v in_o the_o german_a it_o may_v be_v a_o relic_n of_o the_o old_a gallic_a language_n i_o can_v tire_v the_o reader_n by_o cite_v number_n of_o the_o like_a but_o by_o these_o and_o the_o like_a it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o the_o saxon_n coinhabiting_a with_o the_o britain_n do_v by_o that_o mean_v graft_v a_o mongrel_n speech_n entertain_v much_o of_o a_o mixture_n participate_v both_o of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o british_a and_o saxon_a which_o the_o saxon_n first_o receive_v by_o observation_n of_o a_o conveniency_n or_o at_o least_o of_o find_v nothing_o repugnant_a to_o reason_n in_o their_o custom_n and_o usage_n for_o when_o they_o first_o come_v over_o they_o be_v barbarous_a whereas_o they_o find_v the_o britain_n civil_a they_o be_v heathen_n the_o britain_n most_o christians_o so_o that_o the_o saxon_n either_o out_o of_o a_o desire_n of_o quiet_a or_o else_o upon_o good_a like_n and_o approbation_n do_v yield_v to_o the_o reception_n of_o most_o of_o those_o confessoris_fw-la those_o similiter_fw-la olim_fw-la apud_fw-la britones_n temporibus_fw-la remanorum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la isto_fw-la britanniae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d senatores_fw-la qui_fw-la postea_fw-la temporibus_fw-la saxonum_n vocabantur_fw-la aldermannâ—_n non_fw-la propter_fw-la aetatem_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o leg_n 35._o edovardi_fw-la confessoris_fw-la law_n they_o find_v the_o british_a possess_v of_o and_o those_o the_o saxon_a proceres_fw-la or_o optimates_fw-la do_v confirm_v as_o by_o the_o compare_v of_o the_o saxon_a and_o the_o british_a law_n together_o i_o can_v affirm_v yet_o add_v some_o term_n of_o their_o own_o to_o cause_v they_o to_o carry_v a_o signification_n also_o to_o their_o understanding_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o british_a from_o this_o reason_n it_o be_v that_o we_o find_v most_o of_o our_o ancient_a law_n term_n to_o be_v british_a and_o not_o as_o they_o be_v mistake_v to_o be_v saxon_n as_o murder_n bastard_z etc._n etc._n in_o denomination_n of_o place_n they_o intermix_v the_o two_o language_n winfreton_n a_o village_n in_o the_o county_n of_o hereford_n participate_v of_o winsre_n which_o out_o of_o the_o british_a turn_v into_o latin_a be_v fluxus_fw-la vagae_fw-la vaga_n be_v the_o latin_a name_n of_o the_o river_n wye_n and_o tun_n which_o be_v pure_o saxon_n be_v a_o addition_n of_o they_o have_v no_o affinity_n with_o the_o british_a so_o it_o be_v in_o wintreton_n or_o winterton_n which_o be_v compound_v of_o the_o british_a wen-tre_a i._n e._n villa_n alba_fw-la with_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o saxon_a tun_n which_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o signification_n with_o the_o british_a three_fw-mi so_o in_o winton_n the_o ordinary_a use_v name_n for_o winchester_n from_o the_o british_a venta_n and_o by_o the_o romans_n have_v the_o addition_n of_o belgarum_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o many_o other_o venta_n tun_n be_v only_o the_o saxon_a affix_v to_o venta_n or_o went._n these_o be_v enough_o to_o confirm_v what_o i_o have_v already_o say_v in_o relation_n to_o their_o probability_n of_o coinhabitation_n which_o be_v of_o so_o great_a a_o value_n to_o find_v prove_v in_o relation_n to_o our_o matter_n in_o hand_n i_o shall_v notwithstanding_o proceed_v to_o prove_v it_o further_o by_o some_o authentic_a record_n which_o have_v relation_n thereunto_o this_o may_v be_v plain_o gather_v from_o the_o law_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o elder_a saxon_a king_n for_o inas_fw-la in_o his_o two_o and_o twenty_o law_n have_v this_o expression_n wallus_fw-la censum_fw-la pendens_fw-la annuum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o wallus_fw-la virgarum_fw-la metum_fw-la duodecim_fw-la solidis_fw-la redimito_fw-la and_o wallus_fw-la quinque_fw-la terrae_fw-la hidas_fw-la possidens_fw-la 600._o solid_a estimanaus_fw-la est_fw-la this_o inas_fw-la be_v king_n of_o the_o westsaxons_a and_o have_v as_o it_o plain_o appear_v by_o these_o law_n britain_n dwelling_n with_o his_o saxon_n i_o purposely_o pretermit_v the_o 55_o law_n of_o the_o say_a king_n and_o the_o 32._o which_o be_v only_o de_fw-fr regis_fw-la equisone_fw-mi wallo_n and_o be_v a_o concernment_n only_o of_o the_o king_n post_n or_o messenger_n but_o there_o be_v in_o the_o 73d._o law_n of_o the_o same_o king_n not_o only_o a_o difference_n of_o nation_n as_o in_o other_o but_o also_o of_o estate_n and_o condition_n for_o there_o it_o be_v that_o a_o note_n be_v make_v of_o wallus_n servilis_fw-la conditionis_fw-la which_o suppose_v there_o be_v other_o walli_n that_o be_v of_o a_o more_o free_a condition_n as_o in_o the_o title_n of_o that_o law_n it_o be_v manifest_a where_o it_o be_v be_v ðon_o ðe_a ðeoÆ¿_n Æ¿ealh_n frigne_a man_n ofslea_n of_o a_o servile_a welshman_n that_o kill_v a_o freeman_n though_o in_o the_o body_n of_o that_o law_n this_o freeman_n be_v call_v a_o englishman_n and_o in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o 31._o law_n be_v this_o note_n be_v cirlisce_n moan_n land_n haefene_v which_o by_o mr._n lambard_n be_v thus_o render_v de_fw-fr pagano_fw-la fundum_fw-la possidente_fw-la and_o the_o law_n do_v thus_o begin_v wallus_fw-la integram_fw-la terrae_fw-la hydam_n si_fw-la possederit_fw-la esto_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o which_o law_n it_o seem_v that_o these_o walli_n be_v the_o only_a pagani_n for_o that_o the_o whole_a law_n refer_v to_o wallus_n but_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n giveâ—_n we_o a_o more_o particular_a note_n hereof_o write_v what_o nation_n may_v de_fw-la jure_fw-la claim_v privilege_n with_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o england_n and_o say_v brytone_n vero_fw-la armorici_n cum_fw-la venerint_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la isto_fw-la suscipi_fw-la debent_fw-la &_o in_o regno_fw-la protegi_fw-la sicut_fw-la probi_fw-la cives_fw-la de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la regni_fw-la huius_fw-la exierunt_fw-la quondam_a the_o sanguine_a brytonum_fw-la regni_fw-la huius_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la constituit_fw-la optimus_fw-la ina_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la qui_fw-la electus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la per_fw-la angelum_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la primò_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la huius_fw-la post_fw-la adventum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la in_o britanniam_fw-la primus_fw-la enim_fw-la fuit_fw-la rex_fw-la coronatus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la observe_v this_o &_o btytonum_fw-la simul_fw-la manentium_fw-la in_o brytannia_n post_fw-la adventum_fw-la saxonum_n germaniae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la post_fw-la acceptam_fw-la sidem_fw-la à _fw-la beato_n gregorio_n per_fw-la sanctum_fw-la augustinum_n etc._n etc._n et_fw-la universi_fw-la angli_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la exiterunt_fw-la vxores_fw-la svas_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la de_fw-la brytonum_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o brytone_n vxores_fw-la svas_fw-la de_fw-la illustri_fw-la sanguine_fw-la &_o genere_fw-la anglorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la genere_fw-la saxonum_n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la common_a consilium_fw-la &_o assensum_fw-la omnium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o principum_fw-la procerum_fw-la comitum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la saptentum_fw-la seniorum_fw-la &_o popuiorum_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o per_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la regis_fw-la inae_fw-la praedicti_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la tali_fw-la modo_fw-la effecti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la gens_n una_fw-la &_o popolus_fw-la unus_fw-la per_fw-la universum_fw-la regnum_fw-la brytanniae_fw-la miseratione_n divina_fw-la etc._n etc._n universi_fw-la praedicti_fw-la semper_fw-la postea_fw-la pro_fw-la communi_fw-la utilitate_fw-la coronae_fw-la regni_fw-la insimul_fw-la &_o in_fw-la unum_fw-la viriliter_fw-la contra_fw-la danos_n &_o norwegienses_fw-la semper_fw-la steterunt_fw-la &_o atrocissime_fw-la unanimi_fw-la voluntate_fw-la contra_fw-la inimicos_fw-la pugnave_n unt_fw-la &_o bella_fw-la atrocissima_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la gesserunt_fw-la by_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a there_o be_v a_o most_o ancient_a accord_n and_o a_o equal_a respect_n to_o the_o britain_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o saxon_n so_o may_v we_o see_v in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n where_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o si_fw-mi wallus_n in_o eas_fw-la opes_fw-la creverit_fw-la ut_fw-la familiam_fw-la alat_fw-la fundum_fw-la possideat_fw-la annuumque_fw-la regi_fw-la censum_fw-la pendat_fw-la 220._o solidis_fw-la valeto_fw-la atque_fw-la si_fw-la dimidiatam_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la terrae_fw-la hydam_n possederit_fw-la 80._o solidis_fw-la aestimator_fw-la quin_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la prorsus_fw-la nullam_fw-la habuerit_fw-la capitis_fw-la tamen_fw-la aestimatio_fw-la ac_fw-la biþ_n freoh_n siquidem_fw-la be_v fuerit_fw-la ingenuus_fw-la if_o he_o be_v a_o freeman_n 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