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person_n to_o adjust_a their_o parliamentary_a expense_n westminster_n be_v ancient_o the_o king_n court_n and_o still_o within_o its_o verge_n and_o his_o lordship_n jurisdiction_n 4._o his_o place_n be_v appoint_v by_o the_o act_n of_o precedency_n in_o this_o order_n not_o but_o that_o he_o be_v summon_v to_o parliament_n before_o that_o act_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o several_a clause-roll_n of_o rich._n the_o second_o etc._n etc._n but_o after_o the_o say_a act_n viz._n 36._o h._n 8._o charles_n duke_n of_o suffolk_n be_v summon_v and_o his_o writ_n direct_v magno_fw-la magistro_fw-la hospitij_fw-la svi_fw-la but_o after_o that_o as_o in_o this_o very_a parliament_n 1661._o the_o writ_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o ormond_n be_v jacobo_n d'no_n brecon_n be_v his_o english_a title_n by_o which_o he_o sit_v in_o parliament_n vid._n cap._n 2._o senescallo_fw-la hospitij_fw-la magnus_fw-la magister_fw-la &_o senescallus_fw-la be_v still_o the_o same_o officer_n though_o vary_v in_o title_n 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d'no_n darcy_n chevaleer_n camerario_fw-la hospitij_fw-la svi_fw-la and_o in_o the_o 43._o eliz._n to_o tho._n cary_n lord_n hunsden_n camerario_fw-la hospitij_fw-la and_o continue_v in_o the_o same_o office_n he_o be_v summon_v again_o primo_fw-la jacobi_n and_o in_o the_o 15._o car._n 1._o philip_n earl_n of_o penbrook_n be_v summon_v camerario_fw-la hospiti_fw-la svi_fw-la and_o to_o this_o parliament_n first_o edward_z earl_n of_o manchester_n camerario_fw-la hospitij_fw-la then_o henry_n earl_n of_o st._n alban_n camerario_fw-la hospitij_fw-la and_o after_o he_o hen._n earl_n of_o arlington_n camerario_fw-la hospitij_fw-la who_o continue_v his_o place_n and_o precedency_n in_o this_o parliament_n to_o the_o dissolution_n of_o it_o 3._o edward_n earl_n of_o manchester_n lord_n chamberlain_n of_o the_o king_n household_n be_v summon_v so_o by_o writ_n 18._o feb._n 1661._o vid._n cap._n 2._o sect_n xvi_o of_o the_o principal_a secretary_n of_o state_n he_o bring_v up_o the_o honourable_a rear_n to_o all_o the_o 12._o officer_n of_o state_n both_o in_o this_o act_n of_o precedency_n and_o in_o the_o pawn_n and_o therefore_o i_o may_v the_o more_o justifiable_o defer_v my_o discourse_n of_o he_o till_o i_o come_v to_o his_o writ_n of_o summons_n and_o past_o the_o method_n of_o the_o pawn_n as_o i_o have_v do_v the_o method_n use_v in_o the_o act_n of_o precedency_n and_o so_o conclude_v these_o section_n with_o some_o few_o observation_n observation_n when_o the_o act_n of_o 31._o h._n 8._o be_v make_v i._o obs_n i._o the_o state_n officer_n though_o now_o but_o 9_o in_o use_n be_v then_o 12._o a_o number_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v agreeable_a to_o the_o 12_o judge_n 12_o master_n of_o chancery_n 12_o constitute_v a_o jury_n and_o much_o more_o of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o that_o number_n cite_v by_o the_o learned_a institutor_n and_o petrus_n bongus_fw-la de_fw-la sacris_fw-la numeris_fw-la and_o this_o number_n be_v thus_o use_v by_o we_o as_o it_o be_v 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general_n most_o author_n derive_v the_o word_n nobiles_fw-la or_o nobles_n in_o the_o plural_a from_o noscibiles_fw-la viz._n viri_fw-la nobiles_fw-la or_o person_n endue_v with_o great_a knowledge_n than_o other_o man_n and_o so_o conceive_v it_o may_v admit_v of_o another_o etymology_n viz._n nobilis_fw-la quasi_fw-la non-bilis_a i._n e._n man_n of_o such_o debonair_a and_o complacent_fw-la temper_n and_o so_o much_o master_n of_o their_o passion_n that_o they_o be_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o better_a education_n subject_a to_o choler_n wrath_n or_o fierceness_n for_o so_o the_o word_n bilis_fw-la be_v englisht_v but_o of_o even_a and_o serene_a temper_n which_o disposition_n be_v fit_a for_o affair_n relate_v to_o government_n but_o to_o pass_v these_o nicety_n the_o question_n be_v among_o some_o 2._o how_o far_o the_o degree_n of_o nobility_n do_v extend_v which_o be_v partly_o resolve_v by_o sir_n tho._n smith_n in_o his_o republica_n who_o say_v there_o be_v two_o 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this_o treatise_n
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by_o their_o writ_n to_o summon_v deacon_n archdeans_n and_o proctor_n to_o attend_v the_o parliament_n as_o representative_n of_o the_o clergy_n who_o be_v meet_v at_o place_n appoint_v distinct_a from_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n or_o house_n of_o commons_o those_o place_n where_o they_o meet_v have_v the_o title_n of_o convocation_n the_o bishop_n make_v the_o upper_a convocation_n the_o representative_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o low_a suit_v to_o those_o two_o of_o the_o laity_n one_o call_v sometime_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n or_o peer_n or_o upper_a house_n the_o other_o sometime_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o or_o low_a house_n the_o general_a writ_n for_o this_o parliament_n be_v date_v as_o i_o have_v show_v the_o 18_o of_o febr._n 1661._o to_o meet_v the_o 8_o of_o may_n 1661._o but_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o bishop_n be_v not_o date_v till_o the_o 29._o of_o august_n follow_v yet_o by_o these_o writ_n they_o be_v appoint_v to_o meet_v die_n &_o loco_fw-la at_o the_o day_n 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nature_n of_o their_o employment_n so_o it_o may_v suffice_v only_o to_o instance_n here_o that_o in_o the_o 36_o hen._n 8._o william_n packet_n mil._n have_v his_o