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abbes_n prior_n count_n baron_n &_o tout_fw-fr le_fw-fr commonalty_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr terre_fw-fr illonques_fw-la summone_n the_o statute_n de_fw-fr asportatis_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la 580._o 35_o e._n 1._o though_o make_v anno_fw-la 34_o of_o say_v that_o dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la post_fw-la deliberationem_fw-la plenariam_fw-la &_o tractatum_fw-la cum_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la &_o communitatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la habitum_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la de_fw-la consensu_fw-la eorum_fw-la unanimi_fw-la &_o concordi_fw-la ordain_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v observe_v but_o upon_o the_o produce_v the_o roll_n in_o the_o parliament_n 17_o e._n 3._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o petition_n for_o the_o statute_n be_v per_fw-la countess_n barones_n &_o commune_v du_fw-fr royalme_n and_o so_o under_o the_o word_n commune_v the_o alii_fw-la nobiles_fw-la be_v include_v 4._o the_o communitas_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la 417._o regni_fw-la or_o universality_n of_o the_o county_n of_o the_o kingdom_n represent_v by_o the_o magnate_v chivaler_n or_o grandz_n of_o the_o county_n of_o which_o appellation_n i_o shall_v give_v some_o few_o instance_n inter_fw-la communia_fw-la brevia_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la reâinend_n sanctae_fw-la trin._n s._n mich._n a_o o_o 34_o o_fw-la e._n 1._o penes_fw-la rememoratorem_fw-la domini_fw-la thes._n in_o scaccario_n the_o milites_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la and_o barones_n quinque_fw-la portuum_fw-la be_v call_v magnate_v rot._n claus._n 3_o e._n 2._o m._n 16._o dorso_fw-la inhibitio_fw-la ne_fw-la qui_fw-la magnates_fw-la viz._n come_v baro_n miles_n seu_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la notabilis_fw-la persona_fw-la transeat_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n transmarinas_fw-la exit_fw-la libro_fw-la statutorum_fw-la impress_n lingua_fw-la gallica_n penes_fw-la meipsum_fw-la 15_o e._n 3._o cap._n 4._o rastall_v stat._n pag._n 85._o item_n que_fw-fr les_fw-fr prelate_n countz_n baron_n chivaler_n &_o autres_fw-fr grandes_fw-fr de_fw-fr chescun_fw-fr paiis_fw-la statutum_n de_fw-fr servientibus_fw-la 25_o e._n 3._o per_fw-la assent_n de_fw-fr les_fw-fr ditz_fw-fr prelatz_n countess_n barones_n &_o autres_fw-fr graunde_v de_fw-fr la_fw-fr dite_fw-fr communalte_n illonques_fw-la assemblez_fw-fr ms._n penes_fw-la meipsum_fw-la stat._n 27_o e._n 3._o statutum_n stapulae_fw-la grantz_n des_fw-fr counties_n 5._o apply_v to_o the_o community_n or_o society_n of_o the_o city_n and_o borough_n rot._n de_fw-fr superioritate_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la scotiae_fw-la anno_fw-la 19_o e._n 1._o omnes_fw-la &_o singuli_fw-la tam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la praelati_fw-la quam_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n magnates_n proceres_fw-la civitatum_fw-la &_o burgorum_n communitates_fw-la rot._n parl._n 17_o e._n 3._o n._n 8._o chivalier_n des_fw-fr countees_n &_o commune_v rastall_n stat._n 27_o e._n 3._o fol._n 102._o statute_n staple_n whereas_o good_a deliberation_n have_v with_o the_o prelate_n duke_n earls_z baron_n and_o grandes_fw-fr des_fw-fr countees_n 13._o de_fw-fr chescun_fw-fr countee_n un_fw-fr pour_fw-fr tout_fw-fr le_fw-fr countee_n and_o of_o the_o commons_o of_o the_o city_n and_o borough_n of_o our_o realm_n of_o england_n 6._o to_o the_o commune_fw-la or_o generality_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o parliament_n monster_n la_fw-fr commune_fw-la de_fw-fr la_fw-fr clergy_n &_o 69._o per_fw-la la_fw-fr ou_fw-fr diverse_n abbe_v priores_fw-la esglise_n cathedrale_n &_o collegiate_n &_o autres_fw-fr gentz_n de_fw-fr seinte_v esglise_fw-fr ount_n diverse_v rentz_n observation_n ii_o 2._o the_o several_a denomination_n by_o which_o our_o ancient_a general_n or_o common_a council_n or_o parliament_n be_v express_v if_o any_o man_n will_v be_v at_o the_o expense_n of_o so_o great_a a_o charge_n and_o trouble_v as_o to_o compare_v the_o various_a lection_n of_o historian_n and_o record_n together_o and_o the_o manner_n and_o phrase_n of_o word_n and_o speech_n proper_a to_o particular_a age_n and_o time_n he_o may_v satisfy_v himself_o what_o those_o council_n be_v and_o their_o constituent_a part_n who_o the_o ancient_a historian_n mean_v when_o they_o say_v convocati_fw-la or_o congregati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la nobiles_fw-la angliae_fw-la omnes_fw-la regni_fw-la nobiles_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la 602._o tota_n nobilitas_fw-la angliae_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la magnates_fw-la angliae_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la magnates_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la proceres_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la regni_fw-la universitas_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la nobilium_fw-la universitas_fw-la regni_fw-la barones_n angliae_fw-la terrae_fw-la or_o regni_fw-la universitas_fw-la baronagii_fw-la or_o barnagii_fw-la angliae_fw-la baronagium_n or_o barnagium_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o angliae_fw-la regni_fw-la totalis_fw-la universitas_fw-la pontifices_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la anglicani_n primorde_n &_o magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la principes_fw-la regni_fw-la praesules_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la regni_fw-la optimates_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o angliae_fw-la primate_fw-la regni_fw-la majores_fw-la regni_fw-la majores_fw-la angliae_fw-la assisa_fw-la regni_fw-la discretio_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la generale_fw-mi placitum_fw-la clerus_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la communitas_fw-la regni_fw-la generale_fw-mi concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o such_o like_a expression_n and_o phrase_n vary_v in_o several_a age_n till_o at_o last_o they_o fix_v on_o the_o word_n parliamentum_fw-la to_o demonstrate_v all_o which_o will_v require_v a_o long_a discourse_n than_o i_o here_o intend_v however_o have_v before_o touch_v upon_o the_o parliament_n of_o 17_o johannis_n and_o 37_o h._n 3._o i_o will_v give_v instance_n how_o they_o have_v be_v name_v in_o record_n and_o history_n anno_fw-la 17_o o_fw-la regis_fw-la johannis_n ãâ¦ã_z 1._o archiepiscopus_fw-la c_o ãâ¦ã_z episcopi_fw-la barones_n &_o magnates_n 2._o generale_fw-mi concitium_fw-la dorso_fw-la 3._o barones_n &_o liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la 4._o barones_n &_o liberi_fw-la homines_fw-la dominii_fw-la dorso_fw-la nostri_fw-la 5._o magnates_fw-la 255._o 6._o fuerunt_fw-la autem_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la stephanus_n cantuariensis_n &_o h._n dublinensis_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n illos_fw-la quoque_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la baronum_fw-la affuerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la fuere_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la numerare_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la angliae_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la collecta_fw-la quasi_fw-la sub_fw-la numero_fw-la non_fw-la cadebat_fw-la
7._o barones_n 81._o 8._o parliamentum_fw-la 9_o barones_n angliae_fw-la 10._o baronagium_fw-la angliae_fw-la 11._o enprime_n est_fw-la accord_n &_o assentu_fw-la q'_fw-fr le_fw-fr franchise_n de_fw-mi seinte_v esglise_fw-fr &_o la_fw-fr grand_fw-fr chartre_fw-fr &_o la_fw-fr chartre_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr forest_n &_o les_fw-fr autres_fw-fr statute_n faitz_fw-fr per_fw-la nostre_fw-fr dit_fw-fr seignour_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr &_o say_v progenitor_n peer_n &_o la_fw-fr commune_fw-la de_fw-fr sa_fw-fr terre_fw-fr anno_fw-la 37_o o_fw-la h._n 3._o 1._o tota_n nobilitas_fw-la angliae_fw-la dorso_fw-la 2._o parliamentum_fw-la 3._o archiepiscopi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la abbates_n priores_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n milites_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la 4._o magnates_n &_o communitas_fw-la populi_n 5._o anno_fw-la 1253._o 37_o h._n 3._o hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la 84._o h._n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la comitum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la cartas_fw-la dvas_fw-la eye_n concessit_fw-la unam_fw-la de_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la quae_fw-la magna_fw-la charta_fw-la dicitur_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la de_fw-la foresta_n pro_fw-la qua_fw-la concessione_n communitas_fw-la angliae_fw-la concessit_fw-la regi_fw-la quintam_fw-la decimam_fw-la partem_fw-la omnium_fw-la bonorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la mobilium_fw-la per_fw-la totam_fw-la angliam_fw-la baronagium_fw-la 970._o in_o the_o parliament_n at_o oxford_n 42_o 3._o h._n 3._o parliamento_fw-la autem_fw-la incipiente_fw-la solidabatur_fw-la magnum_fw-la propositum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la immutabile_fw-la exigendo_fw-la constantissime_fw-la ut_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la cartam_fw-la libertatum_fw-la angliae_fw-la quam_fw-la johannes_n rex_fw-la pater_fw-la suis_fw-la anglis_fw-la confecit_fw-la &_o confectam_fw-la concessit_fw-la quamque_fw-la idem_fw-la johannes_n tenere_fw-la 3._o juravit_fw-la fideliter_fw-la teneat_fw-la &_o conservet_fw-la quamque_fw-la idem_fw-la rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la multoties_fw-la concesserat_fw-la &_o tenere_fw-la juraverat_fw-la ejusque_fw-la infractores_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o praesentia_fw-la sua_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la baronagii_fw-la horribiliter_fw-la fecit_fw-la excommunicari_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la unus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la excommunicantium_fw-la so_o as_o the_o excommunication_n here_o mean_v be_v that_o of_o 37_o h._n 3._o then_o make_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o king_n great_a man_n and_o communitatis_fw-la populi_n be_v here_o say_v to_o be_v do_v in_o praesentia_fw-la totius_fw-la baronagii_fw-la angliae_fw-la and_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la i_o will_v conclude_v this_o head_n with_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n that_o valiant_a and_o great_a prince_n e._n 4._o after_o the_o overthrow_n 7._o of_o his_o enemy_n and_o peaceful_a possession_n of_o the_o crown_n assist_v with_o the_o judge_n of_o england_n archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n his_o duke_n earls_z viscount_n and_o baron_n with_o the_o great_a man_n or_o knight_n of_o the_o county_n and_o commons_o in_o full_a parliament_n have_v leave_v this_o record_v to_o posterity_n they_o call_v this_o great_a charter_n the_o laudable_a statute_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la which_o statute_n be_v make_v for_o the_o great_a wealth_n of_o this_o land_n upon_o which_o magna_n charta_fw-la the_o great_a sentence_n and_o apostolic_a curse_n by_o a_o great_a number_n of_o bishop_n be_v pronounce_v against_o the_o breaker_n of_o the_o same_o and_o the_o same_o sentence_n be_v four_o time_n in_o the_o year_n open_o declare_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n and_o in_o affirmance_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n of_o the_o say_v great_a charter_n divers_a statute_n have_v be_v make_v and_o ordain_v and_o great_a reason_n certain_o they_o have_v to_o put_v so_o high_a a_o value_n on_o that_o so_o famous_a charter_n since_o the_o 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prince_n afterward_o great_a edward_n the_o three_o beyond_o sea_n and_o prevail_v with_o e._n 2._o to_o declare_v the_o queen_n and_o prince_n traitor_n they_o monopolise_v the_o king_n eye_n ear_n and_o his_o whole_a understanding_n so_o that_o the_o king_n nothing_o do_v or_o will_v do_v but_o what_o they_o do_v counsel_v he_o 65._o be_v it_o never_o so_o great_a wrong_n and_o if_o any_o have_v the_o courage_n to_o complain_v against_o they_o or_o so_o much_o as_o fetch_v a_o loyal_a sigh_n or_o lament_v the_o hard_a fate_n of_o the_o king_n then_o impose_v upon_o by_o those_o favourite_n they_o be_v brand_v with_o arraign_v the_o government_n strike_v at_o the_o foundation_n of_o state_n and_o be_v guilty_a of_o treason_n and_o what_o not_o the_o consequence_n of_o who_o unhappy_a counsel_n and_o policy_n be_v too_o well_o know_v in_o history_n to_o have_v be_v the_o ruin_n both_o of_o the_o king_n and_o themselves_o the_o priest_n and_o confessor_n be_v chartam_fw-la strict_o command_v to_o frame_v and_o direct_v the_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n to_o the_o observation_n and_o obedience_n of_o the_o great_a charter_n and_o they_o do_v so_o not_o like_o the_o sibthorps_n and_o manwaring_n of_o late_a time_n who_o by_o their_o flattery_n of_o prerogative_n for_o their_o own_o promotion_n seek_v to_o ruin_v the_o subject_n property_n observation_n iii_o the_o various_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n baro_n and_o that_o under_o the_o phrase_n of_o baronagium_fw-la angliae_fw-la both_o lord_n and_o commons_o be_v comprehend_v as_o to_o the_o word_n baro_n it_o be_v 3._o not_o much_o more_o in_o use_n before_o â73_n william_n i._o obtain_v the_o english_a diadem_n that_o i_o can_v find_v than_o the_o word_n commune_v baro_n britanni_n pro_fw-la svo_fw-la non_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la in_o anglo-saxonic_a be_v legibus_fw-la nusquam_fw-la comparet_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o alfrici_fw-la glossario_fw-la saxonico_n inter_fw-la dignitatum_fw-la vocabula_fw-la habetur_fw-la for_o the_o english_a saxon_n call_v those_o in_o their_o own_o language_n âalâepmen_n which_o in_o latin_a be_v name_v comites_fw-la and_o the_o dane_n earl_n but_o of_o so_o extensive_a a_o import_n in_o its_o signification_n as_o we_o read_v of_o aldermani_fw-la regis_fw-la aldermani_fw-la comitatus_fw-la 25._o civitatis_fw-la burgi_n castelli_n hundredi_n sive_fw-la wapentachii_fw-la &_o novem_fw-la decimorum_fw-la so_o according_a to_o the_o strict_a word_n they_o have_v whole_a regiment_n of_o earl_n the_o great_a title_n of_o which_o 71._o seldom_o if_o at_o all_o descend_v hereditary_o till_o the_o confessor_n time_n and_o after_o will._n i._o become_v king_n the_o word_n âalâepman_n begin_v to_o change_v and_o vary_v its_o signification_n and_o in_o room_n of_o aldermani_n regis_n we_o find_v barones_n regis_fw-la for_o aldermani_fw-la comitatus_fw-la barones_n comitatus_fw-la for_o aldermani_fw-la civitatis_fw-la barones_n civitatis_fw-la for_o aldermani_n burgorum_n barones_n burgorum_n for_o aldermani_fw-la castellorum_fw-la barones_n castellorum_fw-la for_o aldermani_fw-la hundredorum_fw-la barones_n hundredorum_fw-la sive_fw-la wapentachiorum_fw-la sir_n henry_n spelman_n say_v that_o simplices_fw-la 70._o villarum_fw-la maneriorum_fw-la domini_fw-la de_fw-la quocunque_fw-la tenentes_fw-la qui_fw-la sacham_n &_o socham_n habent_fw-la be_v ancient_o call_v barones_n and_o all_o freeholder_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la 658._o in_o soccagio_fw-it quam_fw-la per_fw-la servitium_fw-la militare_fw-la have_v the_o title_n of_o barones_n
as_o bracton_n before_o cite_v consensâ_n communi_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la 3._o those_o aide_n be_v give_v tam_fw-la de_fw-la tenentibus_fw-la aliorum_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la tenentibus_fw-la de_fw-fr domino_fw-la rege_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la levanda_fw-la quo_fw-la praetexta_fw-la dictus_fw-la compotus_fw-la de_fw-la auxiliis_fw-la praedictis_fw-la be_v as_o well_o for_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o tenant_n of_o the_o then_o prior_n as_o for_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o prior_n himself_o which_o the_o prior_n say_v will_v clear_o appear_v to_o the_o court_n by_o the_o certificate_n of_o the_o prior_n his_o prodecâssor_n in_o the_o time_n of_o h._n 3._o make_v to_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o exchequer_n so_o that_o the_o tenant_n of_o the_o prior_n do_v grant_v a_o aid_n as_o well_o as_o the_o prior_n himself_o and_o that_o in_o parliament_n for_o as_o i_o have_v observe_v before_o rot._n claus._n 32_o h._n 3._o m._n 13._o dorâo_o there_o be_v a_o parliament_n then_o hold_v 4._o that_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o h._n 3._o and_o precede_a time_n when_o the_o knight_n and_o freeholder_n who_o hold_v not_o of_o the_o king_n but_o other_o lord_n do_v in_o the_o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la or_o parliament_n graââ_n ãâã_d auââlium_n or_o aid_n to_o the_o crown_n the_o great_a lord_n or_o baron_n of_o the_o fee_n of_o who_o ãâ¦ã_z the_o freeholder_n hold_v be_v ãâã_d in_o the_o exchequer_n to_o answer_v for_o ãâ¦ã_z thereof_o under_o the_o title_n of_o his_o ãâã_d as_o the_o bishop_n of_o every_o ãâã_d ãâã_d till_o queen_n elizabeth_n time_n be_v by_o law_n chargeable_a for_o the_o coll_n ãâ¦ã_z of_o ãâã_d grant_v by_o the_o clergy_n within_o his_o diocese_n yet_o certain_o as_o the_o bishop_n ãâã_d ãâã_d any_o power_n to_o give_v for_o or_o tax_v his_o ãâã_d no_o more_o can_v or_o do_v any_o great_a lord_n of_o the_o fâââither_o jure_v t_o ãâ¦ã_z or_o ãâã_d tâtionis_fw-la charge_n or_o give_v away_o the_o ãâã_d of_o his_o free_a t_o ãâ¦ã_z who_o be_v independent_a in_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d solummodo_fw-la ãâã_d this_o p_o ãâ¦ã_z not_o well_o observe_v and_o understand_v ãâã_d late_a author_n have_v cause_v the_o ãâã_d about_o the_o t_o ãâ¦ã_z ãâã_d represent_v the_o ãâã_d in_o parliament_n 5._o ãâ¦ã_z hold_v of_o the_o king_n in_o capite_fw-la yet_o very_o considerable_a in_o number_n and_o all_o the_o citizen_n and_o burgess_n shall_v till_o 49_o h._n 3._o either_o be_v total_o exclude_v from_o be_v any_o part_n of_o the_o generale_fw-mi concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o parliament_n or_o else_o by_o a_o law_n of_o which_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o footstep_n in_o history_n or_o law_n be_v for_o so_o many_o age_n to_o be_v represent_v by_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la only_o in_o parliament_n the_o transcendent_a power_n of_o which_o council_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o king_n as_o head_n thereof_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n that_o great_a and_o learned_a man_n who_o be_v secretary_n and_o privy-councillor_n to_o our_o famous_a queen_n a_o old_a parliament-man_n when_o he_o come_v to_o write_v of_o the_o parliament_n and_o its_o largeness_n of_o power_n say_v thus_o in_o comitiis_fw-la parliamentariis_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la 51._o omnis_fw-la augustae_fw-la absolutae_fw-la que_fw-la potestatis_fw-la vis_fw-la quip_n quemadmodum_fw-la robur_n &_o virtus_fw-la angliae_fw-la dieuntur_fw-la in_o acie_n residere_fw-la parliamentaria_fw-la comitia_fw-la veteres_fw-la leges_fw-la jubent_fw-la esse_fw-la irritas_fw-la novas_fw-la indueunt_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la juxta_fw-la ac_fw-la futuris_fw-la modum_fw-la constituunt_fw-la jura_fw-la &_o posseâsiones_fw-la hominum_fw-la privatorum_fw-la commutant_fw-la spurios_fw-la natalibus_n restituunt_fw-la cultum_fw-la divinum_fw-la sanctioribus_fw-la corroborant_fw-la pondera_fw-la &_o mensuras_fw-la variant_n incerti_fw-la juris_fw-la contreverââas_fw-la dirimunt_fw-la ubi_fw-la nihil_fw-la lege_fw-la cautum_fw-la fuit_fw-la censum_fw-la agunt_fw-la capitationes_fw-la &_o vectigalia_fw-la indicunt_fw-la delictorum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la afflictas_fw-la &_o majorum_fw-la sceleribus_fw-la perditas_fw-la familias_fw-la erigunt_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nââisque_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o choose_fw-la obtinent_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la disquisitiones_fw-la princeps_fw-la advocaverat_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la concludam_fw-la breviter_fw-la quiâquid_fw-la in_o centuriatis_fw-la comitiis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o tribunitiis_fw-la populus_fw-la romanus_n efficere_fw-la potuisset_fw-la ãâã_d omne_fw-la in_o comitiis_fw-la anglicanis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o coetu_fw-la principem_fw-la populumque_fw-la represent_v ante_fw-la commode_v transigitur_fw-la interest_n enim_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la conventu_fw-la omnes_fw-la intelligimur_fw-la âujuâcunque_fw-la amplitudinis_fw-la status_fw-la aut_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la princepsve_fw-la aut_fw-la plebs_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la hoc_fw-la fiat_fw-la five_o per_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la nam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la peraeque_fw-la gratum_fw-la esse_fw-la oportet_fw-la quââquid_fw-la ex_fw-la senatusconsulto_fw-la parliamentario_n profectum_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o prescription_n of_o progenitores_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o the_o record_n of_o the_o prior_n of_o coventry_n tempore_fw-la e._n 3._o do_v express_o extend_v to_o the_o reign_n of_o h._n 3._o his_o great_a grandfather_n ãâ¦ã_z and_o high_a too_o so_o that_o i_o have_v good_a authority_n and_o warrant_n to_o say_v before_o that_o when_o the_o burgess_n of_o st._n alban_n in_o the_o parliament_n 8_o e._n 2._o affirm_v that_o they_o and_o their_o predecessor_n sicuâ_n caeteri_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la regno_fw-la as_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o burgess_n of_o the_o kingdom_n have_v totis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la in_o all_o time_n past_a in_o the_o time_n of_o f._n 1._o &_o pregenitorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la and_o of_o his_o progenitor_n send_v two_o burgess_n to_o every_o parliament_n they_o have_v as_o well_o as_o other_o borough_n of_o england_n send_v burgess_n to_o the_o generale_fw-mi corailium_fw-la or_o parliament_n before_o mention_v in_o the_o 17_o year_n of_o king_n john_n grandfather_n to_o e._n 1._o at_o least_o and_o so_o by_o clear_a evidence_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o from_o the_o aforesaid_a authority_n and_o reason_n we_o may_v with_o good_a consequence_n conclude_v 1._o that_o the_o people_n or_o commons_o of_o england_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o norman_a conquest_n till_o 49_o h._n 3._o be_v not_o represent_v in_o the_o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o parliament_n by_o such_o only_a as_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n in_o capââe_n 2._o and_o that_o the_o commons_o or_o people_n ãâã_d ãâã_d âââin_o to_o be_v represent_v by_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n in_o the_o say_v 40_o h._n 3._o and_o now_o i_o shall_v subjoin_v some_o material_a record_n relate_v to_o my_o former_a discourse_n inter_fw-la communia_fw-la de_fw-la term._n ãâã_d trin._n anno_fw-la 7_o e._n 2._o adhuc_fw-la recorda_fw-la pjn_n nomine_fw-la poliarcât_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la salvatoâis_fw-la mundi_fw-la totiusque_fw-la t._n creature_n creatoris_fw-la cujus_fw-la divino_fw-la dominatui_fw-la quique_fw-la donatores_fw-la debito_fw-la servitio_fw-la subnixe_v deserviunt_fw-la cujus_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnipotentatui_fw-la universi_fw-la potentatus_fw-la obsecundari_fw-la examussim_fw-la preproperant_fw-la quia_fw-la bonitas_fw-la ejus_fw-la bon_fw-fr ãâ¦ã_z atis_fw-gr est_fw-la incomprehensibilis_fw-la &_o miseratio_fw-la inter_fw-la minabilis_fw-la dapsilitas_fw-la bomtatis_fw-la ineffabilis_fw-la longanimitas_fw-la quoque_fw-la super_fw-la pravorum_fw-la nequitias_fw-la quantitatis_fw-la prosixitate_fw-la cujusâibet_fw-la longior_fw-la qui_fw-la coâidiaââs_fw-la admonitionibus_fw-la religiosam_fw-la conversationem_fw-la duccntes_fw-la monet_fw-la ut_fw-la pie_n seâtando_fw-la justitiae_fw-la culturam_fw-la non_fw-la eam_fw-la deseren_n dolinquant_a quin_fw-la potius_fw-la perseverabilt_n instantia_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la cultura_fw-la ut_fw-la permaneant_fw-la patârno_fw-la affectu_fw-la hortatux_fw-la qui_fw-la nihilomânus_fw-la eadem_fw-la affectione_n mandat_fw-la peccatoâibus_fw-la ut_fw-la resipiscant_fw-la a_o suis_fw-la iniquitatibus_fw-la convertentes_fw-la quia_fw-la eorum_fw-la execratut_o mortem_fw-la ejus_fw-la amoris_fw-la stimulo_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la suffultus_fw-la cujus_fw-la largifâua_fw-la miseratione_n ego_fw-la cnut_n rex_fw-la totius_fw-la albionis_fw-la insule_n aliarum_fw-la nationum_fw-la plurimarum_fw-la in_o cathedra_fw-la regali_fw-la promotus_fw-la cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o decreto_fw-la archiepiscoporum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la 223._o abbatum_fw-la comitum_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la omnium_fw-la fidelium_fw-la eligi_fw-la sanciend_n atque_fw-la perpeti_fw-la stabilimento_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la confirmandum_fw-la ut_fw-la monasterium_fw-la quod_fw-la biadricesworth_n nuncupatur_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la evum_fw-la monachorum_fw-la gregibus_fw-la deputatum_fw-la ad_fw-la inhabitandum_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la dominatione_fw-la omnium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la comitatus_fw-la illius_fw-la funditus_fw-la liberum_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la domino_fw-la servientes_fw-la monachi_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la inquietudine_fw-la pro_fw-la statu_fw-la regni_fw-la domini_fw-la prevaleant_fw-la precari_fw-la placuit_fw-la etiam_fw-la mihi_fw-la hanc_fw-la optionis_fw-la electionem_fw-la roborare_fw-la privilegio_fw-la isto_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la indere_fw-la prccepi_fw-la libertatis_fw-la donum_fw-la quod_fw-la jam_fw-la olim_fw-la edmundus_n rex_fw-la occidentalium_fw-la saxonn_n largitus_fw-la est_fw-la svo_fw-la equivoco_fw-la pro_fw-la nanciscenda_fw-la ejus_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o mercede_fw-la aeterna_fw-la scilicet_fw-la edmundo_n regi_fw-la &_o martiri_fw-la quod_fw-la bene_fw-la
adjornatur_fw-la ulterius_fw-la usque_fw-la quindenam_fw-la sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la eo_fw-la statu_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la diem_fw-la when_fw-mi &_o datus_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la dies_fw-la ulterius_fw-la usque_fw-la octabas_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la anno_fw-la viz._n decimo_fw-la nono_fw-la regis_fw-la huius_fw-la ea_fw-la finis_fw-la spelm._n council_n tom._n 1._o p._n 34._o erac_n beltaunia_n viginti_fw-la &_o octo_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la quondam_a nobiliââimis_fw-la insignita_fw-la praeter_fw-la casteila_fw-la innumera_fw-la quae_fw-la ãâã_d ipsa_fw-la muris_fw-la turribus_fw-la portis_fw-la ac_fw-la seris_fw-la eraut_v instructa_fw-la âârmââsimis_fw-la ãâã_d erâl_n hâât_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d cââ_n ãâã_d xiphilin_n è_fw-fr dione_n cassio_n p._n 601._o impress_n basiliae_fw-la spââm_fw-la con_fw-mi ãâ¦ã_z toââ_n 1._o p._n 126._o idem_fw-la tom._n 1._o pag._n 219._o âed_a eccles._n histor._n lib._n 1._o antiquit._fw-la britanniae_fw-la p._n 75._o parliamentum_fw-la synodus_fw-la magna_fw-la nuncupatur_fw-la somnââi_fw-la ãâã_d malmeâb_n lib._n 3_o p._n 56._o l._n 24._o ãâ¦ã_z m._n gloss._n ãâã_d gemotum_fw-la âol_fw-la 261._o camd._n britan._n in_o 8_o o._n impress_n 1586._o fol._n 63._o lambard_n de_fw-fr priseis_n anglor_n legibus_fw-la cap._n 8._o sol_fw-la 139._o bracton_n ãâã_d 134._o coke_n 12._o rep._n sol_o 65._o plouden_n come_v sol_fw-it 236_o 237._o ãâã_d conâilia_n pag._n 39_o 397._o chron._n âoâannis_fw-la br_n ãâ¦ã_z pton_fw-gr col._n 841._o i_o ãâ¦ã_z o_o commu_n ãâ¦ã_z de_fw-fr term._n s_o ãâ¦ã_z ae_z ãâã_d ãâã_d 7_o ãâã_d 2._o p_o ãâ¦ã_z r_o ãâ¦ã_z domini_fw-la thesaur_n in_o sâââcaâio_n rema_v ãâ¦ã_z chaââa_fw-la regis_fw-la ãâã_d will_n malmâb_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la reg._n anglor_n l._n 2._o pag._n 4â_n b._n ãâã_d 16._o âg_z 42._o l._n 21._o lib._n 1._o mat._n ãâã_d pag._n ãâã_d ãâ¦ã_z a_o ãâ¦ã_z lamberdum_fw-la s_o ãâ¦ã_z review_n of_o his_o history_n of_o tithe_n sir_n âohâ_n da_z ãâ¦ã_z report_v in_o his_o c_o ãâ¦ã_z of_o ãâã_d ãâã_d 4â_n camd._n britan._n spelman_n glossary_a verbo_fw-la drench_n pag._n 184._o shaâd_n in_o caâ_n in_o etin_n temp._n e._n 3._o fol._n 143._o b._n johannes_n shardelowe_n unus_fw-la justiâ_n de_fw-fr banco_n rot._n pat._n 16_o e._n 3._o parâ_n 1._o m._n 2._o in_o ore_fw-la gladii_fw-la say_v he_o regnum_fw-la adeptus_fw-la sum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la devicto_fw-la haraldo_n rege_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la complicibus_fw-la qui_fw-la mihi_fw-la regnum_fw-la cum_fw-la providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la destinatum_fw-la &_o beneficio_fw-la concessionis_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o cognati_fw-la mei_fw-la gloriosi_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la concesaââ_n conati_fw-la sunt_fw-la aâsârre_fw-la etc._n etc._n chart._n ãâã_d in_o inspex_fw-la part._n 7._o 1â_n e._n 4._o membr_n 26_o ms._n penes_fw-la meipsum_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z ãâ¦ã_z mainâââsh_v de_fw-fr gest._n pontif._n pag._n 154._o b._n ãâã_d council_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 3â1_n 342._o ãâã_d pi_n ãâ¦ã_z be_v ãâã_d say_v pag._n ââ8_n nulli_fw-la gallo_n datum_fw-la quod_fw-la anglo_n cviquam_fw-la injustè_fw-fr sterit_fw-la ablatum_fw-la sâldeni_n ad_fw-la eadmârum_fw-la spiceleg_n pag._n 190._o net_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d conquest_n ãâã_d pag._n ââ5_n 257._o ãâ¦ã_z sââââns_n title_n of_o honour_n pag._n 580._o âem_v pag_n 523._o mat._n ãâã_d in_o ââta_n sanctâ_n ãâã_d abbot_n ãâ¦ã_z pag._n 48._o mat._n pare_v in_o vita_fw-la ãâã_d abbat_n ãâ¦ã_z ãâã_d l._n 3â_n hoviden_fw-mi pars_fw-la prio_fw-la pag._n 260._o mat._n paris_n in_o âââa_o s._n aâbani_n abbatum_n pag._n 48._o 48._o naturalium_fw-la mirror_n of_o justice_n chap._n 1._o pag._n 9_o de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la anglia_fw-it lib._n 5._o sol_fw-la 2681._o col._n 1_o 2._o âeââaâ_n dorob_n act._n pont._n cantuar_n p._n 1653._o ãâã_d 5._o relat._n ãâã_d primi_fw-la ad_fw-la ãâã_d tractat_fw-la de_fw-fr ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d pag._n 194._o ãâã_d tiâ_n of_o honour_n pag._n 58â_n exit_fw-la carââlario_n coenobii_fw-la ãâã_d in_fw-la bibliotheca_fw-la câtton_n sub_fw-la effigy_n ãâã_d a._n 3._o provincia_n ãâã_d co_z ãâ¦ã_z ãâã_d tiâ_n of_o honour_n pag._n 2ââ_n ãâã_d gloââ_n tiâ_n provincia_n pag._n 4ââ_n parliaâântum_fw-la synodus_fw-la ãâã_d âgnâ_n ãâã_d s_o ãâ¦ã_z ãâã_d ãâã_d 3._o fol._n 60._o eadmââ_n ãâã_d vita_fw-la ãâã_d 2._o sol_fw-la 13._o l._n 5._o an._n dom._n 1187._o ãâ¦ã_z hoveden_n pars_fw-la prio_fw-la pag._n 264._o lin._n 40._o b._n b._n ãâ¦ã_z ruin_a ãâã_d ãâã_d 1._o rot._n parl._n 1_o ãâã_d 4._o art_n 1â_n pultons_n stat._n 20_o e._n 3._o sol_fw-la 137._o king_n james_n first_o speech_n to_o his_o first_o parlialiament_n in_o england_n pulton_n stat._n 1_o jacobi_n cap._n 2._o sol_fw-la 1157._o king_n charies_n the_o first_o be_v declaration_n to_o all_o his_o love_a subject_n publish_v with_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o privy_a council_n exact_v collectious_a of_o declaraâons_n pag._n 28_o 29._o mat._n par._n a._n d._n 11â0_n pag._n 55._o l._n 20._o in_o ãâ¦ã_z itio_fw-la ne_fw-fr qui_fw-la magnates_fw-la viz._n come_v baro_n miles_n seu_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alâ_n notabiââs_fw-la persona_fw-la transeat_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n transmarinas_fw-la roâ_n câaus_n 3_o e._n 2._o m._n 1â_n dorâo_o sie_z igitur_fw-la istâ_n modo_fw-la williâââoâortuo_fw-la âortuo_z ãâ¦ã_z rtas_fw-la frater_fw-la ãâã_d in_o ãâã_d contra_fw-la inimicos_fw-la fibi_fw-la infestos_fw-la in_fw-la guerra_fw-mi sua_fw-la occupatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la codem_fw-la tempore_fw-la jot_n ro_n ãâ¦ã_z s_o semper_fw-la contrarius_fw-la &_o adeo_fw-la innaturalis_fw-la extiterat_fw-la baroni_n bus_fw-la regââ_n arglie_fw-mi quod_fw-la plenario_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la totius_fw-la communi_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z s_o râgââ_n imposuerunt_fw-la ei_fw-la illegitimitatem_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la fuerat_fw-la procreatus_fw-la de_fw-la legitimo_fw-la thârâ_n willielmi_fw-la conquestoris_n unde_fw-la unanimi_fw-la assensu_fw-la svo_fw-la ipsum_fw-la recutarunt_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la rege_fw-la omnino_fw-la recusaverunt_fw-la &_o hânricum_fw-la fratren_n in_fw-la regem_fw-la ãâã_d henr._n de_fw-fr knighton_n coll._n 2374._o cap._n 8._o l._n 14._o ll._n guliâââni_fw-la primi_fw-la lamb._n sol_fw-la 175_o 176._o hac_fw-la etiam_fw-la carta_n habeatur_fw-la apud_fw-la mat._n paâis_fw-la an._n dom._n 1118_o and_o 1213._o carta_n moderaâioni_fw-la ââodi_fw-la magni_fw-la siââlli_fw-la anno_fw-la ãâã_d âahannis_fw-la exit_fw-la veteââ_n registro_fw-la in_o archivis_fw-la cantuar._n archiepiscopi_fw-la rot._n pat._n ãâã_d h._n 3._o m._n 12._o cake_n 2._o instir._n sol_fw-la 79._o rastal_n stat._n 1_o e._n 3._o ll._n g_o ãâ¦ã_z ni_fw-fr primi_fw-la lâââ_n sol_fw-it 175_o 176._o camd._n britanin_n 8._o de_fw-fr ordin_fw-fr angli_fw-la e_o sol_fw-mi 61._o wâââ_n malmesb._n histor._n novel_a lib._n 1._o pag._n 101._o l._n 15._o b._n hoveden_n pars_fw-la posterior_n pag._n 282._o l._n 13._o ms._n vita_fw-la thoâe_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la cant._n in_o bibl._n cotton_n sâlâeâs_n title_n of_o honour_n fol._n 585._o carta_n moderationis_fw-la seodi_fw-la magni_fw-la sigilli_fw-la mat._n westââ_n pag._n 397._o l._n 57_o rot._n pat._n 50_o h._n 3._o m._n 3._o dorso_fw-la rastall_v stat._n pag._n 12._o mat._n wâââm_n sol_fw-it 393._o l._n 1._o dâ_n hâylins_n stumble_v block_n pag._n 189._o rot_v parl._n 40_o e._n 3._o n._n 78._o mat._n ãâã_d an._n 1245._o p._n 191_o 197._o malmisb_n lib._n ãâã_d pag._n 56._o oratio_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la ad_fw-la anglos_n mat._n paris_n in_o vita_fw-la h._n 1._o pag._n 62_o 63._o inhibitio_fw-la nèqui_fw-la magnates_fw-la viz._n come_v baro_n miles_n sevaliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la notabilis_fw-la persona_fw-la transeat_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n transmarinas_fw-la rot._n claus._n 3_o e._n 2._o m._n 16._o dorso_fw-la rot._n parl._n 8_o e._n 2._o n._n 233._o pro_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-fr sanââo_n a_o ãâ¦ã_z who_o send_v burgesles_fw-mi to_o parliament_n 28_o e._n 1._o 35_o e._n 1._o 1_o ãâã_d 2._o 2_o e._n 2._o 5_o e._n 2._o p_o ãâ¦ã_z be_v 4._o part_n of_o parliamentary_a wry_n pag._n ãâã_d those_o roll_n lose_v or_o destroy_v the_o statute_n of_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la make_v the_o next_o year_n after_o this_o record_n cell_n we_o that_o there_o be_v divirsa_fw-la parliamenta_fw-la temporibus_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la suorââ_n regum_fw-la angâââ_n coke_n 2._o instit._fw-la ãâã_d 618._o respon_n est_fw-la per_fw-la concilium_fw-la nota_fw-la roll_n of_o summons_n to_o parliament_n be_v extant_a this_o very_a parliament_n rot._n claus._n 8_o e._n 2._o m._n 25._o selden_n title_n of_o honour_n fol._n 604_o 605._o it_o appear_v by_o the_o patent_n roll_v of_o 26_o e._n 3._o that_o there_o be_v parliamenta_fw-la and_o summons_n to_o parliament_n temporibus_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la annum_fw-la 49_o h._n 3._o rot._n pat._n 26_o e._n 3._o pars_fw-la 1._o m._n 23._o rot._n pat._n 15_o joh._n pars_fw-la 2._o m._n 2._o in_o the_o ancient_a subsidy_n roll_v we_o often_o meet_v with_o the_o tenant_n in_o ancient_a demesne_n in_o parliament_n and_o give_v subsidy_n and_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o my_o lord_n hobart_n sol_fw-mi 48._o that_o by_o continuance_n of_o time_n they_o be_v discontinue_v and_o it_o may_v be_v one_o reason_n thereof_o be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o ease_n grant_v they_o by_o the_o king_n in_o favour_n of_o their_o labour_n of_o the_o earth_n vide_fw-la rot._n de_fw-la 20._o &_o 15_o ed._n 2._o apud_fw-la northampton_n an._n regni_fw-la svi_fw-la primo_fw-la à _fw-la laicis_fw-la concessis_fw-la rot._n the_o 15._o burgorum_n regi_fw-la