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write_v a_o book_n to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o the_o house_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o tower_n for_o six_o month_n and_o fine_v five_o hundred_o mark_n and_o expel_v the_o house_n and_o in_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o be_v time_n this_o power_n over_o their_o fellow-member_n be_v great_o improve_v in_o which_o how_o far_o mr._n prynne_n then_o concur_v i_o know_v not_o but_o after_o he_o be_v seclude_v he_o every_o where_o write_v with_o great_a earnestness_n against_o this_o usage_n but_o whether_o with_o judgement_n law_n and_o reason_n i_o shall_v leave_v other_o to_o judge_n only_o i_o think_v fit_a to_o insert_v some_o of_o his_o invective_n against_o the_o proceed_n of_o that_o unparalleled_a house_n of_o commons_o first_o he_o say_v there_o can_v be_v no_o legal_a trial_n or_o judgement_n give_v in_o parliament_n in_o criminal_a cause_n or_o other_o usage_n id._n p._n 309._o mr._n prynne_n reason_n against_o this_o usage_n without_o examination_n of_o witness_n upon_o oath_n as_o in_o all_o other_o court_n of_o justice_n which_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o can_v do_v ibid._n littleton_n sect_n 212._o coke_n ibid._n second_o that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n both_o of_o law_n and_o justice_n that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v a_o informer_n prosecutor_n and_o judge_v too_o of_o the_o person_n prosecute_v and_o inform_v against_o the_o commons_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o grand_a inquest_n 24._o coke_n 4._o inst_z p._n 24._o be_v summon_v from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o present_v public_a grievance_n and_o delinquent_n to_o the_o king_n and_o peer_n for_o their_o redress_n 373._o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 373._o three_o that_o all_o the_o object_v precedent_n be_v of_o very_o puny_a date_n within_o time_n of_o memory_n therefore_o unable_a to_o create_v a_o law_n or_o custom_n of_o parliament_n or_o any_o right_n of_o sole_a judicature_n in_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o four_o 387._o id._n p._n 387._o that_o all_o these_o precedent_n be_v make_v by_o the_o commons_o themselves_o unfit_a judge_n in_o their_o own_o case_n much_o less_o over_o one_o another_o be_v all_o of_o equal_a authority_n so_o that_o in_o his_o opinion_n they_o can_v no_o more_o expel_v or_o eject_v any_o of_o their_o member_n by_o their_o own_o authority_n without_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n concurrent_a consent_n 10._o see_v legal_a vindication_n p._n 10._o than_o one_o justice_n of_o peace_n committeeman_n or_o militia-man_n can_v unjustice_n or_o remove_v another_o since_z par_fw-fr in_o parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la neither_o in_o ecclesiastical_a civil_a 373._o id._n p._n 373._o military_a or_o domestic_a affair_n five_o that_o they_o be_v all_o against_o law_n because_o coram_fw-la non_fw-la judice_fw-la he_o have_v throughout_o the_o whole_a discourse_n endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o commons_o have_v no_o right_a or_o power_n of_o judicature_n much_o less_o of_o sole_a judicature_n in_o our_o parliament_n but_o only_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n six_o that_o these_o precedent_n be_v but_o few_o never_o judicial_o argue_v and_o rather_o connive_v at_o than_o approve_v by_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n take_v up_o with_o other_o more_o public_a business_n therefore_o pass_v sub_fw-la silentio_fw-la they_o can_v make_v no_o law_n or_o right_n as_o be_v resolve_v in_o long_n 5_o e._n 4._o fol._n 110._o cook_n be_v four_a rep._n fol._n 93_o 94._o slade_n case_n and_o six_o rep._n fol._n 75._o drurie_n case_n seven_o in_o the_o long_a parliament_n of_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o they_o begin_v to_o seclude_v projector_n 558._o exact_a collection_n of_o ordinance_n p._n 541._o to_o 558._o monopolist_n etc._n etc._n though_o due_o elect_v then_o suspend_v and_o eject_v such_o who_o be_v royalist_n and_o adhere_v to_o the_o king_n then_o they_o proceed_v to_o imprison_v and_o eject_v those_o member_n left_a plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n
say_v that_o enrollment_n alfred_n enrollment_n pour_fw-fr le_fw-fr enrolment_n de_fw-fr pardon_v de_fw-fr roy_fw-fr in_o le_fw-fr chancery_n en_fw-fr temps_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr alfred_n of_o pardon_n of_o the_o king_n be_v in_o the_o chancery_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n alfred_n although_o mauricius_n regis_n cancellarius_n by_o that_o title_n subscribe_v as_o witness_v to_o the_o charter_n of_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n yet_o none_o of_o these_o prove_v that_o such_o a_o court_n be_v in_o those_o age_n constitute_v as_o we_o now_o call_v the_o chancery_n for_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n â—_o spelman_n gless_a p._n 107_o â—_o prove_v the_o chancery_n be_v no_o court_n but_o only_o the_o ship_n as_o he_o call_v it_o of_o the_o king_n writ_n and_o charter_n in_o old_a time_n now_o consist_v of_o three_o part_n sc_n è_fw-la collegio_fw-la scribarum_fw-la regiorum_fw-la è_fw-la foro_fw-la juris_fw-la communis_fw-la &_o è_fw-la praetorio_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o aqui_fw-la mr._n lambard_n 63._o lambard_n archaion_n p._n 62_o 63._o have_v prove_v that_o till_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o we_o find_v nothing_o of_o the_o chancellor_n hear_v and_o determine_v of_o civil_a cause_n for_o till_o then_o the_o justiciarius_n angliae_fw-la have_v the_o great_a power_n b._n sir_n william_n dugdale_n be_v origines_fw-la jurid_n fol._n 36._o b._n which_o be_v then_o restrain_v ad_fw-la placita_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la tenenda_fw-la the_o king_n together_o with_o the_o trust_n and_o charge_n of_o the_o great_a seal_n appoint_v he_o to_o represent_v his_o own_o royal_a and_o extraordinary_a pre-eminence_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o civil_a cause_n and_o he_o give_v this_o particular_a reason_n for_o his_o opinion_n that_o britton_n a_o learned_a lawyer_n in_o edward_n the_o first_o be_v time_n write_v of_o all_o other_o court_n from_o the_o high_a tribunal_n to_o a_o court_n baron_fw-fr make_v no_o 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keeper_n of_o the_o great_a seal_n proceed_v according_a to_o the_o right_a line_n angliae_fw-la line_n secundum_fw-la legen_n &_o consuetudinem_fw-la angliae_fw-la of_o the_o law_n and_o statute_n of_o the_o realm_n second_o extraordinary_a according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o equity_n secundum_fw-la aequum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la but_o it_o be_v not_o my_o business_n to_o enter_v into_o particular_n the_o curious_a may_v consult_v sir_n edward_n 8._o edward_n 4._o instit_fw-la c._n 8._o coke_n mr._n richard_n cromptom_n cap._n 3._o sir_n henry_n spelman_n 1._o glossar_n 1._o de_fw-la cancellario_fw-la à _fw-la pag._n 105._o ad_fw-la pag_n 113._o ryley_n appendix_n ash_n repertory_n tit_n court_n sect._n 2._o roll'_v abridgement_n p._n 374._o to_o 587._o prynne_n animadversion_n p._n 48._o anno_fw-la 5_o eliz._n 18._o eliz._n cap._n 18._o it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o lord_n keeper_n for_o the_o time_n be_v have_v always_o have_v use_v and_o execute_v and_o so_o may_v for_o the_o 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nor_o suffer_v the_o hurt_n or_o disherit_v of_o the_o king_n or_o that_o the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n be_v decrease_v by_o any_o mean_n as_o far_o as_o he_o may_v let_v it_o five_o that_o if_o he_o may_v not_o let_v it_o he_o shall_v make_v it_o clear_o and_o express_o to_o be_v know_v to_o the_o king_n with_o his_o true_a advice_n and_o counsel_n six_o that_o he_o shall_v do_v and_o purchase_v the_o king_n profit_n in_o all_o that_o he_o reasonable_o may_v as_o god_n help_v he_o and_o by_o the_o content_n of_o this_o book_n sect_n 6._o of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o exchequer_n sir_n edward_n coke_n say_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o court_n be_v of_o original_a jurisdiction_n without_o any_o commission_n bracton_n mention_v nothing_o of_o this_o court_n and_o fleta_n give_v a_o very_a short_a account_n that_o the_o king_n have_v his_o court_n and_o his_o justiciaries_n reside_v at_o his_o exchequer_n but_o descend_v to_o no_o particular_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n b._n 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charge_v and_o discharge_v