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the_o common_a law_n and_o so_o it_o shall_v put_v the_o party_n plainant_a without_o remedy_n for_o so_o much_o as_o parliament_n as_o upon_o this_o ground_n 1._o r._n 2._o n._n 20._o 87._o 114._o 2._o r._n 2._o n._n 8._o 49._o 5._o r._n 2._o n._n 44._o 13_o r._n 2._o n._n 10._o 30._o 33._o 15._o r._n 2._o n._n 9_o 17._o r._n 2._o n._n 10_o we_o find_v the_o commons_o and_o parliament_n very_o zealous_a to_o maintain_v the_o common_a law_n and_o refer_v cause_n and_o petition_n to_o it_o when_o proper_a for_o it_o and_o unproper_a for_o the_o parliament_n action_n at_o common_a law_n be_v not_o determine_v in_o this_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n and_o if_o any_o person_n that_o be_v a_o member_n of_o this_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n be_v arrest_v in_o such_o case_n as_o be_v not_o for_o treason_n or_o felony_n or_o surety_n of_o the_o peace_n or_o for_o condemnation_n before_o the_o parliament_n it_o be_v use_v that_o all_o such_o person_n shall_v be_v release_v of_o all_o such_o arrest_n and_o make_v a_o attorney_n so_o that_o they_o may_v have_v the_o freedom_n and_o liberty_n free_o to_o attend_v upon_o the_o parliament_n after_o which_o answer_n and_o declaration_n it_o be_v thorough_o agree_v assent_v and_o conclude_v by_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a that_o the_o say_v thomas_n according_a to_o the_o law_n shall_v remain_v still_o in_o prison_n for_o the_o cause_n abovesaid_a the_o privilege_n of_o the_o parliament_n or_o that_o the_o same_o sir_n thomas_n be_v speaker_n of_o the_o parliament_n notwithstanding_o and_o that_o the_o premise_n shall_v be_v open_v and_o declare_v to_o they_o that_o be_v comâ—â—_n for_o the_o commons_o of_o this_o land_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v charge_v and_o command_v in_o the_o king_n name_n that_o they_o with_o all_o goodly_a haste_n and_o speed_n proceed_v to_o the_o election_n of_o another_o speaker_n the_o which_o premise_n for_o as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v matter_n of_o law_n by_o the_o 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the_o king_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o 39_o h._n 6._o n._n 9_o walter_n clerk_n one_o of_o the_o burgess_n of_o parliament_n for_o chippenham_n be_v arrest_v and_o imprison_v in_o the_o fleet_n for_o divers_a debt_n to_o the_o king_n and_o other_o upon_o a_o capias_fw-la uâ—lagatâ—m_fw-la whereupon_o the_o commons_o complain_v thereof_o to_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n and_o desire_v his_o release_n and_o tender_v they_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n ready_a draw_v for_o that_o purpose_n to_o which_o petition_n and_o biâ—â—_n of_o they_o the_o king_n by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a assent_v and_o thereupon_o he_o be_v free_v in_o like_a manner_n richard_n chedder_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o 35._o eliz._n thomas_n fitz-herbert_n of_o staffordshire_n be_v elect_v a_o burgess_n of_o parliament_n and_o two_o hour_n after_o before_o the_o indenture_n return_v the_o sheriff_n take_v he_o in_o upon_o a_o capiâ—â—_n utlagatum_fw-la whereupon_o he_o petition_v the_o house_n that_o he_o may_v have_v a_o writ_n of_o privilege_n and_o be_v enlarge_v after_o many_o day_n debate_n and_o argument_n of_o this_o case_n in_o the_o house_n by_o sundry_a lawyer_n and_o sir_n edward_n cook_n than_o speaker_n it_o be_v agree_v that_o no_o writ_n of_o privilege_n can_v in_o this_o case_n be_v return_v into_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o be_v but_o a_o member_n of_o parliament_n and_o no_o court_n of_o record_n but_o only_o into_o the_o chancery_n or_o house_n of_o peer_n and_o that_o this_o be_v a_o point_n of_o law_n it_o be_v meet_v the_o judge_n shall_v be_v advise_v with_o and_o determine_v it_o not_o the_o house_n and_o at_o last_o he_o be_v out_v of_o his_o privilege_n by_o the_o house_n resolution_n in_o 28._o h._n 8._o dyer_n 60._o the_o case_n of_o trewinnerd_a a_o commoner_n in_o point_n of_o privilege_n of_o parliament_n concern_v a_o arrest_n be_v argue_v and_o debate_v before_o the_o judge_n in_o the_o king_n bench_n and_o so_o be_v chedder_n case_n in_o 8._o h._n 4._o 12._o 13._o so_o as_o the_o commons_o only_o be_v not_o the_o sole_a judge_n of_o such_o privilege_n as_o many_o now_o conserve_v but_o the_o house_n of_o peer_n and_o king_n council_n and_o judge_n as_o well_o as_o they_o in_o these_o three_o case_n only_o and_o no_o other_o that_o i_o find_v sir_n edward_n cook_n admit_v the_o commons_o to_o be_v sole_a judge_n now_o though_o not_o ancient_o without_o the_o lord_n therefore_o to_o extend_v it_o general_o to_o all_o or_o any_o other_o case_n of_o commoner_n but_o these_o be_v to_o pervert_v his_o word_n and_o extend_v they_o far_o beyond_o his_o meaning_n now_o lilburnes_n &_o overton_n case_n be_v none_o of_o these_o but_o direct_o under_o the_o lord_n sole_a judicature_n because_o infringement_n of_o their_o privilege_n of_o which_o the_o lord_n only_o be_v the_o judge_n as_o the_o commons_o pretend_v they_o be_v of_o their_o privilege_n as_o his_o follow_a passage_n manifest_v three_o he_o 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to_o make_v such_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n lawful_a member_n of_o parliament_n and_o to_o represent_v the_o commons_o of_o england_n without_o any_o election_n of_o the_o people_n the_o law_n make_v by_o our_o ancestor_n in_o parliament_n etc._n see_v littleton_n fitz-herbert_n brut._n &_o ashly_n tit._n warranty_n obligat_fw-la covenant_n etc._n etc._n oblige_v their_o posterity_n while_o unrepealed_a as_o well_o as_o their_o warranties_n obligation_n statute_n feofement_n mortgage_n and_o alienation_n of_o their_o land_n as_o the_o objector_n must_v acknowledge_v therefore_o they_o must_v of_o necessity_n grant_v their_o present_a sit_v vote_v and_o judge_v too_o in_o parliament_n to_o be_v lawful_a because_o thus_o warrant_v by_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o realm_n 4._o if_o all_o power_n in_o government_n and_o right_a of_o sit_v judge_a and_o make_v law_n or_o ordinance_n in_o parliament_n be_v found_v upon_o the_o immediate_a free_a election_n of_o all_o 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