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A54688 Ligeancia lugens, or, Loyaltie lamenting the many great mischiefs and inconveniences which will fatally and inevitably follow the taking away of the royal pourveyances and tenures in capite and by knight-service, which being ancient and long before the conquest were not then, or are now, any slavery, publick or general grievence with some expedients humbly offered for the prevention thereof / by Fabian Philipps. Philipps, Fabian, 1601-1690. 1661 (1661) Wing P2010; ESTC R7943 37,109 71

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prince_n may_v not_o be_v impair_v or_o diminish_v and_o that_o our_o path_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o our_o lebanon_n and_o excellency_n of_o sharon_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o many_o generation_n may_v be_v restore_v casus_fw-la cassandra_n canebat_fw-la finis_fw-la spelmans_fw-mi glossar_n 261._o 1_o reg._n 10._o 24_o 25._o 2_o reg_n 4._o 21_o 22_o 23._o nchem._n 5._o 18._o sigonius_n de_fw-fr repub._n athen._n lib._n 4._o 540._o &_o 541._o martin_n cromerus_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la regno_fw-la poloniae_fw-la bignonius_n in_o notis_fw-la ad_fw-la lib._n 1._o marculfi_n 465._o rosinus_n de_fw-fr antiquitat_fw-la rom._n lib._n 7._o 14._o 24._o lib._n 10._o cap._n 22._o ll_o wisigoth_n lib._n 9_o tit_n 6._o ll_o ripuar_n do_fw-mi 65._o cujacius_n tit_n 48._o ad_fw-la 10._o cod_n justinian_n 14_o 29_o tacitus_n in_o vita_fw-la ridley_n view_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n 9_o h._n 3._o cap._n 21._o 2_o reg._n 24._o v._n 20._o &_o 22._o 1_o sam._n 25._o 10._o claus._n 31_o h._n 3._o socage_n copyhold_n northern_a tenant-right_a lease-holders_n free_a socage_n beraultus_fw-la in_o commentar_n &_o spelmans_fw-mi glossar_n 261._o &_o in_o verb._n leta_fw-la 431._o trin._n 18._o e._n 1._o in_o placit_fw-la inter_fw-la abbatem_fw-la de_fw-la leicester_n &_o abbatem_fw-la de_fw-la selby_n escuage_z homage_n relief_n primer_n seisin_n livery_n mesne_fw-la race_n marriage_n rent_n licence_n to_o widow_n hold_v in_o capite_fw-la by_o knight_n service_n to_o marry_v to_o compound_v with_o copy-holders_n fine_n take_v by_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n upon_o the_o grant_n of_o land_n in_o minority_n bodin_n de_fw-fr repub_fw-la coke_n in_o praefat_fw-la 9_o relat._n instruction_n or_o direction_n of_o king_n james_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n coke_n 1._o part_n institut_n 126._o fitz_n herbert_n n_o b._n 82._o 25._o e._n 3._o cap._n 11._o rot._n parl._n 20._o r._n 2._o n._n 27._o mat._n paris_n 240_o 241._o la_fw-fr noüe_fw-fr discourse_n politicque_n bodin_n lib._n 6_o de_fw-fr repub._n
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