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second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n because_o he_o be_v arrive_v to_o a_o incorrigible_a pitch_n of_o pride_n and_o wickedness_n the_o noble_n and_o the_o people_z of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n assemble_v together_o and_o upon_o mature_a deliberation_n do_v by_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o they_o all_z drive_v he_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o who_o stead_n they_o choose_v kenwolph_n a_o excellent_a youth_n and_o of_o the_o royal_a blood_n to_o be_v king_n over_o the_o people_n and_o kingdom_n of_o the_o westsaxons_a collect._n p._n 769_o 770._o ibid._n p._n 795_o 796._o cudredo_fw-la rege_fw-la west-saxiae_a defuncto_fw-la sigebertus_n cognatus_fw-la ejus_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la regno_fw-la successit_fw-la brevi_fw-la tamen_fw-la tempore_fw-la regnum_fw-la tenens_fw-la nam_fw-la ex_fw-la cudredi_n regis_fw-la precessoris_fw-la svi_fw-la eventibus_fw-la tumefactus_fw-la &_o insolens_fw-la intolerabilis_fw-la suis_fw-la fuit_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la eos_fw-la modis_fw-la 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oath_n of_o allegiance_n nor_o have_v we_o any_o reason_n to_o wonder_v that_o the_o english_a nation_n shall_v free_v themselves_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n from_o oppression_n if_o we_o consider_v that_o by_o a_o ancient_a positive_a law_n enact_v in_o k._n edward_n the_o conf._n time_n and_o confirm_v by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v liable_a to_o be_v depose_v if_o they_o turn_v tyrant_n the_o king_n because_o he_o be_v the_o vicar_n of_o the_o supreme_a king_n be_v constitute_v to_o this_o end_n and_o purpose_n that_o he_o may_v govern_v his_o earthly_a kingdom_n and_o the_o people_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o especial_o to_o govern_v and_o reverence_n god_n holy_a church_n and_o defend_v it_o from_o injury_n and_o root_v out_o destroy_v and_o whole_o to_o extirpate_v all_o wrong-doer_n which_o if_o he_o do_v not_o perform_v he_o shall_v not_o retain_v so_o much_o as_o the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o king_n must_v act_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o law_n and_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la for_o right_o and_o justice_n ought_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o realm_n rather_o than_o a_o perverse_a will._n it_o be_v the_o law_n that_o make_v right_o but_o wilfulness_n violence_n and_o force_n be_v not_o right_o the_o king_n ought_v above_o all_o thing_n to_o fear_n and_o love_n god_n and_o to_o keep_v his_o commandment_n throughout_o his_o kingdom_n he_o ought_v also_o to_o preserve_v to_o cherish_v maintain_v govern_v and_o defend_v against_o its_o adversary_n the_o church_n within_o his_o kingdom_n entire_o and_o in_o all_o freedom_n according_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o his_o predecessor_n that_o god_n may_v be_v honour_v above_o all_o thing_n and_o always_o be_v have_v before_o man_n eye_n he_o ought_v also_o to_o set_v up_o good_a law_n and_o approve_a custom_n and_o to_o abolish_v evil_a one_o and_o put_v they_o away_o in_o his_o kingdom_n he_o ought_v to_o do_v right_a judgement_n in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o maintain_v justice_n by_o advice_n of_o the_o proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la all_o these_o thing_n the_o king_n in_o proper_a person_n look_v upon_o and_o touch_v the_o holy_a gospel_n and_o upon_o the_o holy_a and_o sacred_a relic_n must_v swear_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o people_n and_o clergy_n to_o do_v before_o he_o be_v crown_v by_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o kingdom_n lamb._n of_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o england_n pag._n 142._o rex_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la vicarius_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la sanctam_fw-la veneretur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o regat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la injuriosis_n defendat_fw-la &_o maleficos_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitus_fw-la disper_n quod_fw-la nisi_fw-la fecerit_fw-la nec_fw-la nomen_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la constabit_fw-la et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la debet_fw-la rex_fw-la omne_fw-la ritè_fw-la facere_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la &_o per_fw-la judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la debet_fw-la enim_fw-la jus_fw-la &_o justitia_fw-la magis_fw-la regnare_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la quà m_fw-la voluntas_fw-la prava_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la quod_fw-la jus_fw-la facit_fw-la voluntas_fw-la autem_fw-la violentia_fw-la &_o vis_fw-fr non_fw-fr est_fw-fr jus._n debet_fw-la verò_fw-la rex_fw-la deum_fw-la timere_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o diligere_fw-la &_o mandata_fw-la ejus_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la regum_fw-la suum_fw-la seruare_fw-la debet_fw-la etiam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la integritate_fw-la &_o libertate_fw-la juxta_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o praedecessorum_fw-la seruare_fw-la fovere_fw-la manutenere_fw-la regere_fw-la &_o contrainimicos_fw-la defendere_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la deus_fw-la prae_fw-la coeteris_fw-la honoretur_fw-la &_o prae_fw-la oculis_fw-la semper_fw-la habeatur_fw-la debet_fw-la etiam_fw-la bonas_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la approbat_fw-la as_o erigere_fw-la pravas_fw-la autem_fw-la delere_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la à _fw-la regno_fw-la deponere_fw-la debet_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilâ—um_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 evangeli_fw-la be_v
&_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la &_o sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequam_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lamb._n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la p._n 142._o another_o instance_n of_o the_o deposition_n of_o a_o king_n of_o england_n subsequent_a to_o this_o law_n we_o find_v in_o king_n john_n time_n who_o oppression_n and_o tyrannical_a government_n our_o history_n be_v full_a of_o of_o which_o take_v this_o follow_a account_n out_o of_o a_o very_a ancient_a historian_n whereas_o the_o say_v john_n have_v swear_v solemn_o at_o his_o coronation_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v that_o he_o will_v preserve_v the_o right_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o church_n and_o realm_n of_o england_n yet_o contrary_a to_o his_o oath_n he_o subject_v as_o far_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n which_o have_v always_o be_v free_a and_o make_v it_o tributary_n to_o the_o pope_n without_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o his_o baron_n subvert_v good_a custom_n and_o introduce_v evil_a one_o endeavour_v by_o many_o oppression_n and_o many_o way_n to_o enslave_v both_o the_o church_n and_o the_o realm_n which_o oppression_n you_o know_v better_o than_o i_o as_o have_v feel_v they_o by_o manifold_a experience_n for_o which_o cause_n when_o after_o many_o application_n make_v war_n be_v wage_v against_o he_o by_o his_o baron_n at_o last_o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v agree_v with_o his_o express_a consent_n that_o in_o case_n the_o say_v john_n shall_v return_v to_o his_o former_a villainy_n the_o baron_n shall_v be_v at_o liberty_n to_o recede_v from_o their_o allegiance_n to_o he_o never_o to_o return_v to_o he_o more_o but_o he_o after_o a_o few_o day_n make_v his_o latter_a end_n worse_o than_o his_o beginning_n endeavour_v not_o only_a to_o oppress_v his_o baron_n but_o whole_o to_o exterminate_v they_o who_o therefore_o in_o a_o general_z assembly_n and_o with_o the_o approbation_n of_o all_o the_o realm_n adjudge_v he_o unworthy_a to_o be_v king_n choose_v we_o for_o their_o lord_n and_o king_n collect._n p._n 1868_o 1869._o chron._n w._n thorn_n cum_fw-la praefatus_fw-la johannes_n in_fw-la coronatione_fw-la suâ_fw-la solennitèr_fw-la prout_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la jurasset_fw-la se_fw-la jura_n &_o consuetudines_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la conservaturum_fw-la contra_fw-la juramentum_fw-la suum_fw-la absque_fw-la consilio_fw-la vel_fw-la consensu_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la idem_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la liberum_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la fuit_fw-la domino_fw-la papa_n subjecit_fw-la &_o fecit_fw-la tributarium_fw-la bonas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la subvertens_fw-la malas_fw-la indutens_fw-la tam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quam_fw-la regnum_fw-la multis_fw-la oppressionibus_fw-la multisque_fw-la modis_fw-la student_n ancellare_v quas_fw-la oppressiones_fw-la vos_fw-la meliùs_fw-la nostis_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la eas_fw-la familiari_fw-la sensistis_fw-la experimento_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la cum_fw-la post_fw-la multas_fw-la requisitione_n guerra_fw-mi mota_fw-la esset_fw-la contra_fw-la ipsum_fw-la à _fw-la baronibus_fw-la suis_fw-la tandem_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la expresso_fw-la consensu_fw-la it_o à _fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la idem_fw-la johannes_n ad_fw-la flagitia_fw-la prima_fw-la rediret_fw-la ipse_fw-la barones_n ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la recederent_fw-la nunquam_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la postmodùm_fw-la reversuri_fw-la verùm_fw-la ipse_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la paucis_fw-la diebus_fw-la evolutis_fw-la fecit_fw-la novissima_fw-la sva_fw-la pejora_fw-la prioribus_fw-la students_n barones_n suos_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la opprimere_fw-la sed_fw-la potiùs_fw-la penitùs_fw-la exterminare_fw-la qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr communi_fw-la regni_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o approbatione_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regno_fw-la judicantes_fw-la indignum_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la collect._n 1868_o 1869._o chron._n w._n thorn_n lewis_n his_o letter_n to_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n augustine_n canterbury_n the_o next_o instance_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o king_n edward_n the_o second_o the_o record_n of_o who_o deposition_n if_o it_o be_v extant_a will_v probable_o disclose_v all_o the_o legal_a formality_n that_o be_v then_o account_v proper_a for_o the_o depose_n a_o unjust_a oppressive_a king_n but_o they_o be_v cancel_v and_o embezzle_v as_o be_v high_o probable_a from_o rastal_n stat._n pag._n 170_o 171._o compare_v with_o the_o article_n exhibit_v in_o parliament_n against_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o of_o which_o hereafter_o in_o king_n richard_n the_o second_v time_n and_o by_o his_o order_n yet_o the_o article_n themselves_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o collect._n and_o be_v as_o follow_v viz._n accord_n est_fw-fr que_fw-fr sire_n edward_n fitz_n aisnè_fw-la du_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ait_fw-fr le_fw-fr government_n du_fw-fr royalme_n &_o soit_fw-fr roy_fw-fr couronne_fw-fr pour_fw-fr les_fw-fr cause_n que_fw-fr s'_fw-fr ensuent_n 1._o pur_fw-it ceo_fw-la que_fw-fr la_fw-fr person_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr n'_fw-fr est_fw-fr pas_fw-fr suffisant_fw-fr de_fw-fr governer_n car_fw-fr en_fw-fr tout_fw-fr son_fw-fr temps_fw-fr il_fw-fr ad_fw-la estre_fw-fr mean_n &_o govern_v per_fw-la auter_n que_fw-fr lie_v ont_fw-fr mavaisement_n conseillez_fw-fr à _fw-fr deshonour_n de_fw-fr lie_n &_o destruction_n the_o saint_n esglise_fw-fr &_o de_fw-fr tout_fw-fr son_fw-fr people_n sanz_fw-fr ceo_fw-la que_fw-fr il_fw-fr le_fw-fr vousi_v veer_v ou_fw-fr conuster_n lequel_fw-fr il_fw-fr fust_v bon_fw-fr ou_fw-fr mauvays_fw-fr ou_fw-fr remedy_n mettre_fw-fr au_fw-fr fair_a le_fw-fr voufist_n quant_fw-fr il_fw-fr fuit_fw-la requis_fw-la par_fw-fr les_fw-fr grant_v &_o sage_n the_o son_n royalme_n 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