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and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n debet_fw-la rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tenere_fw-la ista_fw-la verò_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la inspectis_fw-la &_o tactis_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequà m_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la page_n 138._o &_o page_n 142._o hence_o we_o see_v that_o judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la be_v essential_a to_o the_o english_a government_n without_o which_o right_a and_o justice_n can_v reign_v but_o a_o perverse_a will_n will_v rule_v the_o roast_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o 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against_o his_o crown_n and_o regality_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o the_o commons_o pray_v the_o king_n that_o since_o the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v such_o that_o upon_o the_o mischief_n and_o damage_n which_o happen_v to_o his_o realm_n he_o ought_v and_o be_v bind_v by_o his_o oath_n with_o the_o accord_n of_o his_o people_n in_o his_o parliament_n thereof_o to_o make_v remedy_n and_o law_n that_o it_o may_v please_v he_o thereupon_o to_o ordain_v remedy_n which_o he_o do_v according_o by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o great_a man_n and_o commonalty_n of_o the_o say_a realm_n have_v regard_n to_o a_o statute_n make_v in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o grandfather_n anno_fw-la 25_o edward_n the_o first_o against_o provision_n which_o hold_v his_o force_n and_o be_v never_o defeat_v repeal_v or_o annul_v in_o any_o point_n and_o by_o so_o much_o he_o be_v bind_v by_o 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alienigenae_fw-la copulavit_fw-la nunc_fw-la legatum_fw-la regni_fw-la totius_fw-la immutatorem_fw-la clam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la cantuariensis_n edmundus_n regem_fw-la talia_fw-la facientem_fw-la increpavit_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la de_fw-fr vocatione_n legati_fw-la sciens_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o suae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la magnam_fw-la regno_fw-la imminere_fw-la jacturam_fw-la matth._n par._n 440._o the_o historian_n blame_v those_o that_o go_v to_o meet_v this_o legate_n and_o that_o make_v he_o honourable_a present_n of_o scarlet_a cloth_n etc._n etc._n in_o quo_fw-la facto_fw-la say_v he_o nimis_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la reprehendi_fw-la tam_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la quà m_fw-la pro_fw-la dandi_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o panno_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la colore_fw-la videbatur_fw-la legationis_fw-la officium_fw-la &_o adventum_fw-la acceptari_fw-la which_o be_v a_o 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similiter_fw-la decimo_fw-la ego_fw-la henricus_fw-la providente_fw-la divina_fw-la clementia_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o normannorum_fw-la dux_n wilhelmi_n magni_fw-la regis_fw-la filius_fw-la qui_fw-la edwardo_n regi_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la successit_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la videns_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la messem_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la multam_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o agricolas_fw-la quidem_fw-la paucos_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la plurimum_fw-la laborantes_fw-la in_o messe_n et_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la lincolniensem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la multa_fw-la plebe_fw-la foecundam_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la predicti_fw-la papae_fw-la paschalis_n &_o assenfu_n simul_fw-la &_o prece_fw-la roberti_n lincolniensis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la capituli_fw-la svi_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la annuente_fw-la domino_fw-la anselmo_n beatae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o thoma_n secundo_fw-la venerabili_fw-la 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in_o quâ_fw-la presidebat_fw-la plegmundus_n archiepiscopus_fw-la tum_o sibi_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-fr plegmundus_n archiepiscopus_fw-la salubre_fw-la concilium_fw-la iniverunt_fw-la and_o constitute_v and_o elect_v five_o bishop_n in_o the_o province_n of_o the_o gewissi_n where_o there_o have_v till_o then_o be_v but_o two_o divide_v those_o two_o bishopric_n into_o five_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n spelman_n counc_n volume_n 1._o pag._n 387_o 388._o malmesbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la
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concessit_fw-la libera_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o quieta_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitute_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la humana_fw-la mens_fw-la excogitare_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n nec_fw-la liceat_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cicestrensi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la dioecesi_fw-la sit_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illa_fw-la vel_fw-la maneriis_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la hospitari_fw-la contra_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la abbatis_fw-la nec_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la aliquas_fw-la facere_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nec_fw-la abbatiam_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la gravare_fw-la sed_fw-la neque_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la dominationem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la aut_fw-la vim_o aut_fw-la potestatem_fw-la exerceat_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la mea_fw-la dominica_n capella_n libera_fw-la sit_fw-la omnino_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la ejus_fw-la exactione_n etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la regali_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o episcopolum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la meorum_fw-la attestatione_n constituo_fw-la quatenus_fw-la abbas_n ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o leugae_fw-la circumjacentis_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la judex_n sit_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la the_o fourteen_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n have_v by_o their_o writ_n command_v bishop_n to_o keep_v resident_a which_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n incumbent_a on_o they_o by_o law_n what_o great_a power_n do_v it_o argue_v in_o the_o king_n to_o command_v his_o subject_n to_o do_v what_o the_o law_n enjoin_v they_o the_o sixteenth_o be_v that_o they_o have_v command_v their_o bishop_n by_o reason_n of_o schism_n or_o vacancy_n in_o the_o popedom_n etc._n etc._n not_o to_o seek_v confirmation_n from_o rome_n but_o the_o metropolitan_o to_o be_v charge_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v to_o bestow_v it_o on_o the_o elect_v for_o this_o sir_n roger_n quote_v rot._n parl._n 16._o mart._n 3_o hen._n 5._o nu_fw-la 11._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 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