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design_n the_o person_n what_o that_o be_v refer_v to_o
common_a council_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o indemnity_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o for_o repress_v the_o insolence_n of_o malefactor_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o as_o appear_v from_o the_o word_n and_o subsequent_a as_o well_o as_o former_a practice_n beside_o the_o opinion_n of_o ancient_a lawyer_n do_v not_o except_v the_o king_n himself_o whatever_o care_n be_v take_v of_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o kingdom_n however_o it_o be_v certain_a the_o parliament_n 12_o r._n 2._o refer_v to_o a_o know_a statute_n when_o they_o mind_v he_o of_o a_o ancient_a one_o not_o long_o before_o put_v in_o practice_n whereby_o if_o the_o king_n 2._o knighton_n f._n 2683._o meaning_n the_o case_n of_o e._n 2._o through_o a_o foolish_a obstinacy_n contempt_n of_o his_o people_n or_o perverse_a froward_a will_n or_o any_o other_o irregular_a way_n shall_v alienate_v himself_o from_o his_o people_n and_o will_v not_o be_v govern_v and_o regulate_v by_o the_o 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missionibus_fw-la &_o supplicationibus_fw-la advertat_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la potius_fw-la facere_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la tum_fw-la pro_fw-la bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la licebit_fw-la seneschallo_n &_o constabulario_fw-la angliae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la regni_fw-la capere_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la ejus_fw-la salvum_fw-la custodire_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la &_o seisire_v res_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la donec_fw-la judicium_fw-la suum_fw-la attenderit_fw-la &_o subierit_n per_fw-la considerationem_fw-la istius_fw-la rni_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la n._n viii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 72._o johannes_n dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la nos_fw-la concessisse_fw-la &_o presenti_fw-la cartâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la confirmasse_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la nostro_fw-la willielmo_n marescallo_n comiti_fw-la pembroke_n &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la marescalciae_fw-la curiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la quem_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gilbertus_n marescallus_fw-la h._n rs._n avi_fw-la patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o johannes_n filius_fw-la ipsius_fw-la gilberti_n disrationaverunt_fw-la coram_fw-la praed_fw-we rege_fw-la h._n in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la contra_fw-la rob._n de_fw-fr venoiz_n &_o contra_fw-la willielmum_fw-la de_fw-la hastings_n qui_fw-la ipsum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la calumpniabantur_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la quia_fw-la defecerunt_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la quem_fw-la eye_n inde_fw-la constituerat_fw-la quare_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la precipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la predictus_fw-la willielmus_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la post_fw-la eum_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la breed_fw-mi magistratum_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la pertinen_n be_v &_o in_o pace_n liberè_fw-la &_o quietè_fw-la integrè_fw-la &_o honorificè_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la testibus_fw-la w._n lond._n e._n elyens_n &_o h._n sarum_n ep._n dat._n per_fw-la manus_fw-la h._n cant._n arch._n n._n ix_o vid._n cap._n 9_o f._n 93._o praelocutoris_fw-la rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 7._o presentatio_fw-la praelocutoris_fw-la subsequenterque_fw-la idem_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la prefatis_fw-la communibus_fw-la ore_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la eloquens_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la suum_fw-la adventum_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o &_o coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la fore_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la justum_fw-la titulum_fw-la haereditanciae_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la verum_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_fw-la tribuendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la victoriam_fw-la de_fw-la inimico_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o campo_n declaravit_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la subditi_fw-la svi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la statûs_fw-la gradûs_fw-la seu_fw-la conditionis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la &_o haberent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omne_fw-la terras_fw-la tenementa_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o haereditamenta_fw-la sva_fw-la eisdemque_fw-la gauderent_fw-la exceptis_fw-la talibus_fw-la personis_fw-la quales_fw-la svam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la ostenderunt_fw-la qui_fw-la juxta_fw-la eorum_fw-la demerita_fw-la in_o presentis_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la curiâ_fw-la aliter_fw-la essent_fw-la plectendi_fw-la regis_fw-la titulus_fw-la regis_fw-la item_n quaedam_fw-la billa_z exhibita_fw-la fuit_fw-la praefato_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la per_fw-la communitates_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la parliamento_fw-la existentes_fw-la hanc_fw-la seriem_fw-la verborum_fw-la continens_fw-la to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o almighty_n god_n the_o wealth_n prosperity_n and_o surety_n of_o this_o realm_n of_o england_n to_o the_o singular_a comforth_o of_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n of_o the_o same_o and_o in_o avoid_v of_o all_o ambiguity_n and_o question_n be_v it_o ordeign_v establish_v and_o enact_v by_o auctoritee_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n that_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n and_o of_o france_n with_o all_o the_o preeminence_n and_o dignity_n royal_a to_o the_o same_o pertain_v and_o all_o other_o signery_n to_o the_o king_n belong_v beyond_o the_o see_v with_o the_o appurtenaunce_n thereto_o in_o eny_z wise_a due_a or_o perteine_a be_v rest_n remain_v and_o abide_v in_o the_o moo_v royal_a personn_n of_o our_o now_o sovereign_a lord_n king_n henry_n the_o seven_o the_o and_o in_o the_o heir_n of_o his_o body_n lawful_o come_v perpetual_o with_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n so_o to_o endure_v and_o in_o none_o other_o quà _fw-la quidem_fw-la billâ_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la lectâ_fw-la auditâ_fw-la &_o maturâ_fw-la deliberatione_n intellectâ_fw-la eidem_fw-la billae_fw-la de_fw-la assensu_fw-la dominorum_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la &_o temporalium_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la existen_v ad_fw-la requisitionem_fw-la communitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la necnon_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la respondebat_fw-la eidem_fw-la in_fw-la formâ_fw-la sequenti_fw-la nostre_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr del_fw-it assent_n des_fw-fr signior_n espirituelx_fw-fr &_o temporelex_n esteaniz_fw-fr en_fw-fr cest_fw-fr parliament_n &_o a_o la_fw-fr request_n des_fw-fr commons_n avantditz_fw-fr le_fw-fr voet_n en_fw-fr toutz_fw-fr poyntz_n the_o king_n our_o sovereign_a lord_n remember_v 16._o restitutio_fw-la henrici_fw-la sexti_fw-la 1._o h._n 7._o n._n 16._o how_o against_o all_o rightwisnes_n