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tot_fw-la chartae_fw-la quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la comitatus_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it et_fw-la rege_fw-la jubente_fw-la positae_fw-la in_o abbatiis_fw-la singulorum_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la ad_fw-la monimentum_fw-la so_o matthew_n paris_n relate_v 156._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n record_v in_o regem_fw-la electus_fw-la est_fw-la aliquantis_fw-la tamen_fw-la ante_fw-la controversiis_fw-la inter_fw-la proceres_fw-la agitatis_fw-la atque_fw-la sopitis_fw-la which_o do_v aliquarum_fw-la moderationem_fw-la legum_fw-la revocavit_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la &_o sacramento_n svo_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la procerum_fw-la ne_fw-la luderentur_fw-la corroboravit_fw-la 226._o simeon_n dunelmensis_n record_v that_o consecrationis_fw-la suae_fw-la die_fw-la sanctam_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la liberam_fw-la fecit_fw-la ac_fw-la omnes_fw-la malas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la et_fw-la injustas_fw-la exactiones_fw-la quibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la opprimebatur_fw-la abstulit_fw-la legem_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o common_a reddidit_fw-la etc._n etc._n majores_fw-la natu_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o magnates_fw-la terrae_fw-la congregavit_fw-la londoniae_n the_o 997._o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n record_v the_o same_o in_o the_o selfsame_a word_n and_o so_o do_v henry_n knyghton_n de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 8_o 9_o polychron_n l._n 7._o c._n 12._o roger_n de_fw-fr hoveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la 1._o p._n 468._o and_o that_o the_o lord_n procure_v this_o charter_n king_n 10._o stephen_n be_v elect_v and_o crown_v king_n à _fw-la primoribus_fw-la regni_fw-la against_o his_o own_o and_o their_o former_a oath_n omnes_fw-la tam_fw-la praesules_fw-la quam_fw-la comites_fw-la et_fw-la barones_n qui_fw-la filiae_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la suis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la juraverant_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la consensum_fw-la stephano_n praebentes_fw-la in_o pursuance_n of_o his_o coronation_n oath_n anno_fw-la 1136._o episcopos_fw-la &_o 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earl_n and_o baron_n who_o procure_v it_o in_o this_o common_a council_n at_o oxford_n which_o they_o promise_v inviolable_o to_o observe_v &_o generaliter_fw-la se_fw-la servaturum_fw-la juravit_fw-la sed_fw-la nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la quae_fw-la deo_fw-la promiserat_fw-la observavit_fw-la write_v matthew_n paris_n henry_n huntindon_n holinsh_v and_o other_o observe_v that_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o noble_n who_o contrary_a to_o their_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o henry_n the_o 1._o mawde_z and_o their_o heir_n elect_a stephen_n king_n for_o this_o their_o detestable_a perjury_n soon_o after_o come_v to_o exemplary_a end_n especial_o roger_n the_o great_a bishop_n of_o salisbury_n qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la illud_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la praefatum_fw-la fecerat_fw-la et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la praedicaverat_fw-la unde_fw-la justo_fw-la deo_fw-la judicio_fw-la postea_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la stephano_n quem_fw-la creavit_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la captus_fw-la et_fw-la 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in_o bar_n of_o the_o writ_n of_o summons_n direct_v to_o they_o because_o those_o writ_n themselves_o do_v ennoble_v and_o make_v they_o their_o posterity_n &_o successor_n peer_n of_o parliament_n though_o they_o hold_v no_o land_n by_o barony_n 8_o it_o be_v undeniable_a by_o sundry_a precedent_n that_o the_o king_n general_a writ_n of_o summons_n create_v none_o lord_n or_o peer_n of_o parliament_n for_o life_n or_o inheritance_n if_o they_o hold_v not_o by_o barony_n which_o i_o shall_v evidence_n by_o these_o precedent_n in_o point_n 724._o to_o the_o parliament_n of_o 49_o h._n 3._o there_o be_v no_o less_o than_o 64_o abbot_n 36_o prior_n the_o master_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o 5._o dean_n of_o cathedral_n church_n namely_o of_o york_n exeter_z salisbury_z lincoln_n bath_n and_o wells_n summon_v by_o general_a writ_n as_o the_o bishop_n earls_z baron_n and_o other_o noble_n be_v yet_o this_o do_v not_o make_v themselves_o nor_o their_o successor_n baron_n or_o peer_n of_o 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the_o lord_n upon_o this_o account_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o he_o thou_o shall_v feed_v my_o people_n israel_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o captain_n over_o israel_n 2_o sam._n 5.1_o 2_o 3._o acknowledge_v thereby_o the_o choice_n of_o their_o king_n to_o be_v god_n peculiar_a right_n not_o they_o after_o which_o god_n himself_o to_o manifest_v the_o choice_n of_o their_o king_n to_o be_v not_o in_o the_o people_n but_o in_o his_o own_o disposal_n be_v but_o his_o vicegerent_n substitute_n and_o sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n to_o be_v king_n for_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n 2_o chron._n 9.8_o isaiah_n 44.28_o act_n 13.22_o settle_a the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n in_o david_n his_o son_n and_o posterity_n for_o ever_o appoint_v solomon_n his_o son_n immediate_o to_o succeed_v he_o and_o make_v he_o king_n over_o his_o people_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o 2_o sam._n 7.8_o to_o the_o end_n 1_o king_n 5.5_o c._n 6.12_o c._n 8.20_o 1_o chron._n 22.20_o c._n 28.4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 2_o chron._n 1.8_o 9_o c._n 2.11_o psal_n 89.3_o 4_o 20._o to_o 38_o 2_o chr._n 23.3_o c._n 6_o 16._o c._n 7.18_o 1_o king_n 15.4_o 5._o jer._n 33.15.17.20_o 21._o c._n 23.5_o 6._o c._n 30.9_o ezech._n 34.23_o 24._o c._n 37.24_o 29._o hos_fw-la 3.5_o lu._n 1.32_o 33._o upon_o which_o account_n afterward_o when_o the_o ten_o tribe_n revolt_v from_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o house_n of_o 22._o david_n against_o god_n institution_n and_o make_v jeroboam_n their_o king_n god_n thereupon_o charge_v it_o upon_o they_o as_o a_o high_a encroachment_n upon_o his_o prerogative_n in_o these_o term_n hosea_n 8.4_o they_o have_v set_v up_o king_n but_o not_o by_o i_o they_o have_v make_v prince_n and_o i_o know_v it_o not_o and_o hereupon_o abijah_n heir_n by_o hereditary_a succession_n to_o david_n thus_o charge_v jeroboam_n and_o all_o israel_n with_o rebellion_n against_o god_n and_o rehoboam_n therein_o 2_o chron._n 13_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o ought_v you_o 〈◊〉_d to_o know_v that_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israâ—â—ave_v the_o kingdom_n overdo_n israel_n to_o â—d_a for_o ever_o even_o unto_o he_o and_o to_o his_o son_n by_o a_o covenant_n of_o salt_n but_o jeroboam_n the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la the_o servant_n of_o solomon_n the_o son_n of_o david_n be_v rise_v up_o and_o have_v rebel_v against_o his_o lord_n and_o there_o be_v gather_v unto_o he_o vain_a man_n the_o child_n of_o belial_n and_o have_v strengthen_v themselves_o against_o rehoboam_n the_o son_n of_o solomon_n when_o rehoboam_n be_v young_a and_o tender_a heart_a and_o now_o you_o think_v to_o withstand_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o hands_z of_o the_o son_n of_o david_n and_o you_o have_v a_o great_a multitude_n etc._n etc._n o_o child_n of_o israel_n fight_v you_o not_o against_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o your_o father_n for_o you_o shall_v not_o prosper_v and_o god_n smite_v jeroboam_n and_o all_o israel_n before_o abijah_n the_o right_a heir_n and_o judah_n 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adjudge_v a_o la_fw-fr mort_fw-fr as_o the_o king_n himself_o recite_v in_o his_o writ_n and_o letter_n to_o all_o sheriff_n claus_n 4_o e._n 3._o m._n 16._o dorso_fw-la demorte_n edmundi_fw-la nuper_fw-la comitis_fw-la cantii_n publicanda_fw-la command_v they_o to_o publish_v this_o as_o the_o cause_n and_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n and_o to_o arrest_v all_o those_o that_o say_v king_n edward_n the_o 2._o be_v alive_a or_o that_o the_o say_a earl_n of_o kent_n be_v otherwise_o put_v to_o death_n so_o that_o by_o this_o record_n be_v a_o peer_n he_o be_v adjudge_v to_o death_n only_o by_o the_o earl_n baron_n great_a man_n and_o noble_n in_o parliament_n without_o the_o commons_o not_o name_v in_o this_o record_n and_o therefore_o 349._o the_o king_n letter_n to_o the_o pope_n in_o 4_o e._n 3._o relate_v the_o proceed_n and_o judgement_n against_o the_o earl_n in_o these_o word_n if_o true_o recite_v comitibus_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la 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juramentum_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la ad_fw-la standum_fw-la regulationi_fw-la procerum_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o cunctis_fw-la regni_fw-la incolis_fw-la idem_fw-la juramentum_fw-la est_fw-la expetitum_fw-la in_o the_o 392._o parliament_n of_o 14_o r._n 2._o n._n 14._o the_o king_n and_o lord_n without_o the_o commons_o declare_v that_o in_o the_o 7_o year_n of_o this_o king_n the_o earldom_n of_o richmond_n with_o the_o appartenance_n be_v adjudge_v by_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n to_o be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o adherence_n of_o john_n duke_n of_o britain_n than_o earl_n of_o richmond_n to_o the_o french_a against_o his_o allegiance_n to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o father_n king_n edward_n the_o 3._o which_o judgement_n be_v not_o then_o enroll_v in_o the_o roll_n of_o parliament_n for_o certain_a cause_n know_v to_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n but_o be_v now_o enrol_v and_o the_o land_n grant_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o 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regal_a power_n and_o execute_v the_o commission_n of_o 10_o r._n 2._o when_o he_o be_v chancellor_n pray_v that_o he_o may_v be_v keep_v under_o safe_a custody_n with_o a_o protestation_n of_o make_v for_o her_o accusation_n during_o the_o parliament_n against_o he_o and_o other_o after_o which_o they_o pray_v the_o king_n to_o give_v judgement_n against_o the_o archbishop_n according_a to_o his_o desert_n who_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o king_n mercy_n 39â—_n whereupon_o the_o king_n &_o lord_n and_o sir_n thomas_n piercy_n the_o general_a proctor_n for_o the_o bishop_n in_o this_o case_n adjudge_v the_o fact_n of_o the_o archbishop_n to_o be_v treason_n and_o himself_o a_o traitor_n and_o that_o thereupon_o he_o shall_v be_v banish_v his_o temporalty_n seize_v and_o all_o his_o land_n in_o proper_a possession_n or_o use_n together_o with_o his_o good_n forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n and_o present_v the_o day_n and_o place_n of_o his_o departure_n into_o exile_n after_o this_o in_o 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firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la dorso_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la et_fw-la discretâ—s_fw-la com._n prad_a et_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d debatis_fw-la â—dernis_fw-la magis_fw-la indifferentes_fw-la eligi_fw-la 〈…〉_z parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n in_o crist_n 〈◊〉_d purifiecationis_fw-la bâ—atae_fw-la mariae_fw-la proâ—_n futur_fw-la tenâ—re_v ordiâ—avimuâ—_n ad_fw-la eâ—sdem_fw-la idem_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d venire_a facereâ—_n nos_fw-la tamen_fw-la attendentâ—s_fw-la dictam_fw-la clausulam_fw-la in_fw-la debatis_fw-la modernis_fw-la magis_fw-la indifferentes_fw-la contra_fw-la formam_fw-la electionis_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la usitatae_fw-la ac_fw-la contra_fw-la libertatem_fw-la dominorum_fw-la et_fw-la communitatis_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la hactenus_fw-la obtentam_fw-la existere_fw-la volenâ—esque_fw-la proinde_fw-la praedictos_fw-la milites_fw-la 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than_o the_o private_a or_o public_a good_a law_n liberty_n property_n peace_n ease_n of_o the_o nation_n from_o importable_a tax_n excize_n slaverie_n and_o arm_a guard_n and_o to_o set_v up_o private_a conventicle_n party_n instead_o of_o free_a public_a english_a parliament_n due_o elect_v and_o constitute_v these_o the_o sad_a effect_n of_o this_o innovation_n and_o usurpation_n of_o the_o commons_o over_o their_o own_o member_n by_o the_o object_v precedent_n which_o by_o divine_a justice_n have_v make_v all_o their_o new_a model_v convention_n abortive_a successess_v yea_o to_o end_n in_o sudden_a confusion_n and_o unexpected_a dissolution_n ever_o since_o beside_o from_o this_o their_o late_a fine_v imprison_a and_o judge_v of_o their_o fellow_n member_n in_o the_o house_n they_o proceed_v in_o the_o last_o long_a parl._n to_o make_v almost_o every_o committee_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n a_o most_o arbitrary_a &_o tyrannical_a court_n of_o justice_n independent_a on_o the_o
error_n there_o be_v a_o great_a grievance_n in_o all_o ill_a public_a act_n which_o concern_v many_o than_o in_o ill_a judgement_n which_o concern_v but_o one_o or_o two_o particular_a person_n which_o yet_o can_v be_v repeal_v but_o by_o another_o parliament_n as_o the_o error_n and_o decree_n of_o one_o general_n council_n can_v be_v rectify_v or_o reverse_v but_o by_o and_o till_o another_o general_a council_n meet_v to_o do_v it_o the_o same_o mischief_n be_v and_o be_v in_o error_n judgement_n and_o decree_v give_v in_o the_o king_n bench_n chancery_n &_o in_o illegal_a commitment_n by_o they_o for_o which_o there_o be_v no_o relief_n out_o of_o parliament_n but_o to_o wait_v till_o a_o new_a parliament_n be_v call_v for_o this_o i_o shall_v cite_v one_o memorable_a record_n beside_o the_o forecited_a case_n of_o the_o two_o spencer_n roger_n mortimer_n matravers_n earl_n of_o arundel_n salisbury_n and_o other_o relate_v to_o the_o parliament_n of_o ireland_n claus_n 46_o e._n 3._o m._n 25._o pro_fw-la hominibus_fw-la de_fw-fr hybernia_n de_fw-fr custumae_fw-la oneribus_fw-la revocandis_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr ashton_n justice_a hyberniae_fw-la a_o complaint_n be_v make_v from_o some_o of_o ireland_n to_o the_o king_n that_o willielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr windsor_n be_v lieutenant_n of_o ireland_n at_o the_o first_o parliament_n hold_v there_o after_o his_o come_n desire_z diversa_fw-la custumae_fw-la et_fw-la onera_fw-la quae_fw-la antea_fw-la alique_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la non_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la viz._n de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la lasto_fw-la halicium_fw-la 3_o s._n with_o divers_a imposition_n more_o on_o most_o commodity_n there_o express_v et_fw-la licet_fw-la praelati_fw-la magnates_fw-la et_fw-la alii_fw-la ligei_n nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la majori_fw-la parte_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la existentes_fw-la concessionem_fw-la levationem_fw-la et_fw-la solutionem_fw-la custumae_fw-la et_fw-la onerum_fw-la supradictorum_fw-la absque_fw-la assensu_fw-la minoris_fw-la partis_fw-la dicti_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la per_fw-la tres_fw-la annos_fw-la tantum_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la ultra_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la praefatus_fw-la tamen_fw-la willielmus_fw-la et_fw-la alii_fw-la de_fw-fr consilio_fw-la svo_fw-la â—_o rotulo_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la terrae_fw-la irrotulari_fw-la et_fw-la registrari_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la quod_fw-la dictae_fw-la custumae_fw-la et_fw-la onera_fw-la per_fw-la ommes_fw-fr in_fw-la dicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la praesentes_fw-la perpetuis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la percipienda_fw-la concessa_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la in_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la ligeorum_fw-la terrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la predict_v destructionem_fw-la et_fw-la depauperationem_fw-la manifestam_fw-la unde_fw-la nobis_fw-la supplicarunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la ideo_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la praemissa_fw-la omne_fw-la et_fw-la singula_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la modo_fw-la et_fw-la forma_fw-la quibus_fw-la gesta_fw-la et_fw-la act_n a_fw-fr fuerunt_fw-la in_o proximo_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la praedicta_fw-la tenendo_fw-la coram_fw-la praelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la eâ—_n communitate_fw-la dicti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la recitari_fw-la ac_fw-la decâ—arari_fw-la facias_fw-la etsi_fw-la per_fw-la expositionem_fw-la et_fw-la examinationem_fw-la vobis_fw-la constare_fw-la poterit_fw-la praemissa_fw-la veritatem_fw-la continere_fw-la tunc_fw-la irrotulationem_fw-la ac_fw-la recordum_fw-la concessionâ—s_fw-la custumae_fw-la et_fw-la onerum_fw-la predict_v de_fw-fr assensv_fw-la dicti_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la cancellari_fw-la et_fw-la damnari_fw-la et_fw-la levationem_fw-la et_fw-la exactionem_fw-la custumae_fw-la predict_v ratione_fw-la concessionis_fw-la antedictae_fw-la post_fw-la dictum_fw-la triennium_fw-la supersederi_fw-la facias_fw-la omnino_fw-la testae_fw-la etc._n etc._n 28_o maii._n it_o appear_v likewise_o by_o claus_n 47._o e._n 3._o m._n 3._o de_fw-fr quodam_fw-la subsidio_fw-la in_o hybernia_n levando_fw-la that_o they_o likewise_o complain_v by_o petition_n to_o the_o king_n that_o the_o say_v william_n de_fw-fr windsor_n while_o he_o be_v lieutenant_n of_o ireland_n have_v impose_v on_o they_o a_o subsidy_n of_o 5000_o l._n in_o the_o two_o last_o parliament_n there_o hold_v at_o kilkenny_n and_o balydoill_n against_o their_o will_n and_o their_o free_a grant_n whereupon_o the_o king_n have_v send_v a_o writ_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v levy_v pro_fw-la eo_fw-la tamen_fw-la that_o we_o be_v since_o inform_v by_o the_o great_a man_n and_o other_o credible_a person_n of_o ireland_n that_o the_o 5000_o l._n be_v free_o give_v and_o grant_v by_o the_o lord_n great-man_n and_o commons_o in_o these_o parliament_n et_fw-fr non_fw-fr per_fw-la viam_fw-la impositionis_fw-la exact_a as_o be_v suggest_v volumus_fw-la de_fw-la avisamento_fw-la concilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la denarios_fw-la de_fw-la dicta_fw-la summa_fw-la 5000._o librarum_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o retro_fw-la existunt_fw-la &_o nondum_fw-la levati_fw-la de_fw-la hominibus_fw-la et_fw-la ligeis_n nostris_fw-la terrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la juxta_fw-la formam_fw-la concessionis_fw-la eorundem_fw-la leventur_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la 20_o decembris_fw-la final_o he_o that_o suffer_v by_o and_o under_o a_o unjust_a censure_n will_v have_v the_o comfort_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n to_o support_v he_o till_o he_o be_v relieve_v and_o therefore_o he_o 34._o must_v possess_v his_o soul_n with_o patience_n and_o rejoice_v under_o his_o cross_n and_o not_o rail_v murmur_n and_o play_v the_o bedlam_n as_o lilburn_n his_o companion_n overton_n larnar_n and_o other_o sectary_n do_v against_o our_o 53.7_o saviour_n own_o precept_n and_o example_n and_o then_o god_n in_o his_o due_a season_n will_v 46._o relieve_v and_o right_v they_o in_o a_o legal_a way_n whereas_o their_o impatience_n rave_v and_o libellous_a rail_a pamphlet_n and_o petition_n not_o savour_v of_o a_o christian_a meek_a and_o humble_a spirit_n will_v but_o create_v they_o new_a trouble_n expose_v they_o unto_o just_a and_o heavy_a censure_n and_o rob_v they_o both_o of_o the_o comfort_n and_o glory_n of_o all_o their_o former_a suffering_n against_o law_n and_o reason_n have_v answer_v these_o objection_n i_o shall_v now_o earnest_o desire_v all_o lilburn_n and_o overton_n seduce_v disciple_n whether_o member_n or_o other_o serious_o to_o weigh_v and_o consider_v the_o premise_n that_o so_o they_o may_v see_v how_o gross_o they_o have_v be_v delude_v abuse_v and_o mislead_v by_o these_o two_o ignes_fw-la fatui_fw-la or_o new-light_n of_o the_o law_n and_o circumscriber_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o parliament_n jurisdiction_n which_o god_n know_v they_o no_o more_o know_v nor_o understand_v than_o balam_n ass_n as_o the_o premise_n demonstrate_v and_o i_o shall_v serious_o adjure_v they_o if_o they_o have_v any_o grace_n shame_n or_o remainder_n of_o ingenuity_n leave_v in_o they_o ingenious_o to_o recant_v and_o public_o to_o retract_v all_o their_o seditious_a rail_a libel_n and_o scurrilous_a invective_n against_o the_o lord_n 9.16_o undoubted_a privilege_n jurisdiction_n and_o judicature_n which_o i_o have_v here_o unanswerable_o make_v good_a by_o undeniable_a testimony_n history_n record_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o policy_n and_o right_a reason_n which_o they_o be_v unable_a to_o gainsay_v to_o undeceive_v the_o many_o ignorant_a over-credulous_a poor_a soul_n they_o have_v corrupt_v and_o mislead_v to_o the_o public_a disturbance_n of_o our_o kingdom_n peace_n and_o let_v all_o their_o follower_n consider_v well_o of_o our_o saviour_n caution_n mat._n 15.14_o if_o the_o blind_a lead_v the_o blind_a as_o these_o blind-guids_a do_v they_o both_o of_o they_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o ditch_n and_o there_o perish_v together_o o_o consider_v therefore_o what_o i_o have_v here_o write_v to_o undeceive_v your_o judgement_n and_o reform_v your_o practice_n consider_v that_o dominion_n principality_n regality_n magistracy_n and_o nobility_n be_v found_v in_o the_o very_a law_n of_o nature_n and_o 9.8_o god_n own_o institution_n who_o subject_v not_o only_o all_o beast_n and_o live_a creature_n to_o the_o sovereign_a lordship_n of_o man_n to_o who_o he_o give_v dominion_n over_o they_o gen._n 1.28_o 29._o c._n 9.2_o 3_o 5·_a psal_n 8.6_o 7_o 8._o by_o virtue_n whereof_o man_n still_o enjoy_v dominion_n over_o the_o beast_n but_o likewise_o one_o man_n unto_o another_o as_o 8.9_o child_n to_o their_o parent_n wife_n to_o their_o husband_n servant_n to_o their_o master_n subject_n to_o their_o king_n prince_n magistrate_n soldier_n to_o their_o captain_n mariner_n to_o their_o ship-master_n scholtar_n to_o their_o tutor_n people_n to_o their_o minister_n which_o order_n if_o deny_v or_o disturb_v will_v bring_v absolute_a and_o speedy_a confusion_n in_o all_o family_n corporation_n state_n kingdom_n army_n garrison_n school_n church_n and_o dissolve_v all_o humane_a society_n which_o subsist_v by_o order_n and_o subordination_n only_o to_o one_o another_o and_o see_v god_n himself_o and_o jesus_n christ_n be_v frequent_o style_v in_o scripture_n not_o only_a king_n lord_n the_o head_n of_o all_o principality_n power_n throne_n dominion_n but_o also_o king_n of_o king_n and_o lord_n of_o lord_n deut._n 10.17_o ps_n 136.3_o 1_o tim._n 6.15_o rev._n 1.5_o c._n 17.14_o c._n 10.6_o which_o glorious_a title_n they_o must_v lose_v if_o all_o king_n and_o lord_n be_v total_o abolish_v and_o since_o
la_fw-fr terre_fw-fr countess_n et_fw-la baron_n without_o mention_v any_o commons_o that_o at_o what_o time_n soever_o hereafter_o the_o bishop_n or_o any_o of_o his_o successor_n shall_v go_v against_o the_o point_n of_o the_o foundation_n or_o exemption_n of_o the_o say_a abbey_n that_o he_o who_o shall_v be_v bishop_n for_o the_o time_n shall_v pay_v to_o the_o king_n or_o his_o heir_n thirty_o talent_n of_o gold_n the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n in_o 21._o e._n 3._o contrary_a to_o the_o king_n prohibition_n not_o to_o enter_v the_o franchise_n nor_o entrench_v upon_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o say_a abbey_n against_o this_o ancient_a ordinance_n visit_v in_o the_o foresay_a abbey_n and_o summon_v they_o to_o show_v the_o charter_n of_o their_o foundation_n wrongful_o and_o in_o despite_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n whereupon_o the_o king_n sue_v forth_o a_o writ_n of_o contempt_n against_o the_o bishop_n to_o which_o the_o bishop_n appear_v by_o his_o attorney_n plead_v not_o guilty_a whereupon_o he_o be_v find_v guilty_a by_o inquest_n upon_o which_o it_o be_v award_v that_o his_o temporalty_n shall_v be_v seize_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n by_o force_n whereof_o his_o temporalty_n be_v seize_v and_o a_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la issue_v against_o the_o bishop_n to_o appear_v before_o the_o chancellor_n to_o show_v cause_n why_o he_o shall_v not_o likewise_o pay_v the_o thirty_o talent_n to_o the_o king_n according_a to_o this_o ordinance_n to_o which_o the_o bishop_n plead_v that_o the_o bishop_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o ordinance_n make_v may_v charge_v himself_o with_o these_o talent_n but_o not_o his_o successor_n in_o perpetuity_n neither_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o bishop_n himself_o be_v present_a in_o parliament_n when_o this_o ordinance_n be_v make_v and_o the_o other_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n to_o charge_v he_o or_o his_o successor_n without_o his_o consent_n but_o because_o it_o be_v do_v by_o ordinance_n make_v in_o parliament_n and_o there_o of_o record_n it_o be_v adjudge_v it_o shall_v bind_v he_o and_o his_o successor_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v pay_v the_o thirty_o talent_n of_o gold_n to_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o king_n himself_o shall_v set_v the_o price_n of_o they_o be_v it_o more_o or_o less_o 214._o odo_n bishop_n of_o bayon_n earl_n of_o kent_n brother_z to_z william_n the_o conqueror_n by_o his_o great_a power_n and_o favour_n about_o the_o year_n 1071._o non_fw-la modo_fw-la terras_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o libertates_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cantuariensis_n nullo_n ei_fw-la resistente_fw-la multipliciter_fw-la invaserat_fw-la oppresserat_fw-la tenebat_fw-la before_o lanfranc_n his_o investiture_n in_o this_o see_n lanfranc_n be_v make_v archbishop_n and_o inform_v of_o this_o rapine_n complain_v thereof_o to_o the_o king_n whereupon_o king_n william_n anno_fw-la 1074._o praecepit_fw-la rex_fw-la quatenus_fw-la adunatis_fw-la primoribus_fw-la &_o probis_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la de_fw-fr comitatu_fw-la cantiae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o de_fw-la aliis_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la querelae_fw-la lanfranci_n in_o medium_n ducerentur_fw-la examinarentur_fw-la determinarentur_fw-la disposito_fw-la itaque_fw-la apud_fw-la pinnedene_n principum_fw-la conbentu_fw-la galfridus_n episcopus_fw-la constantiensis_n vir_fw-la ea_fw-la tempestate_fw-la praedives_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it vice_n regis_fw-la lanfranco_n justitiam_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la querelis_fw-la strenuissimè_fw-la facere_fw-la jussus_fw-la fecit_fw-la lanfrancus_fw-la enim_fw-la valida_fw-la ratione_fw-la subnixus_fw-la exit_fw-la communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la astipulatione_fw-la et_fw-la judicio_fw-la ibi_fw-la cuncta_fw-la recuperavit_fw-la quae_fw-la ostensa_fw-la sunt_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la ad_fw-la jura_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la cantuariensis_n pertinuisse_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la he_o there_o recover_v no_o less_o 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bear_v before_o matrimony_n may_v be_v legitimare_n as_o well_o as_o those_o bear_v after_o marriage_n as_o to_o hereditary_a succession_n because_o the_o church_n hold_v such_o for_o legitimate_a et_fw-la omnes_fw-la comites_fw-la et_fw-la barones_n una_fw-la voce_fw-la responderunt_fw-la nolumus_fw-la leges_fw-la angliae_fw-la mutare_fw-la quae_fw-la hucusque_fw-la usitatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o approbatae_fw-la upon_o which_o 79._o sir_n edw_n cook_n observe_v that_o the_o nobility_n of_o england_n have_v ever_o have_v the_o law_n sf_n england_n in_o great_a estimation_n and_o reverence_n as_o their_o best_a birthright_n 177._o anno_fw-la 1244._o the_o 28_o of_o henry_n the_o three_o pope_n innocent_n send_v one_o martin_n his_o legate_n into_o england_n with_o letter_n demand_v a_o large_a contribution_n from_o the_o prelate_n abbat_n and_o clergy_n to_o be_v speedy_o collect_v as_o he_o shall_v direct_v which_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o all_o the_o lord_n and_o great_a man_n omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la praelatos_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la ut_fw-la uno_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la consilio_fw-la uterentur_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la negotium_fw-la generalem_fw-la statum_fw-la regni_fw-la contingebat_fw-la whereupon_o all_o the_o prelate_n by_o the_o lord_n advice_n and_o encouragement_n deny_v to_o grant_v the_o pope_n any_o aid_n at_o all_o &_o sic_fw-la soluto_fw-la concilio_n recesserunt_fw-la 181._o moreover_o this_o same_o year_n romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la rubore_fw-la deposito_fw-la tempore_fw-la novi_fw-la papae_fw-la innocentii_fw-la 4._o non_fw-la cessabat_fw-la provisiones_fw-la cotidianas_fw-la redditus_fw-la impudenter_fw-la extorquere_fw-la a_o via_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la non_fw-la exorbitando_fw-la imo_fw-la manum_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la aggravando_fw-la exiit_fw-la igitur_fw-la murmur_n licet_fw-la sero_fw-la in_fw-la cordibus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la diu_fw-la conceptum_fw-la et_fw-la retentum_fw-la in_fw-la manifestam_fw-la querimoniam_fw-la et_fw-la quasi_fw-la parturientes_fw-la loqui_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la amplius_fw-la se_fw-la continere_fw-la patientia_fw-la enim_fw-la eorum_fw-la desidiosa_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o humilitas_fw-la infructuosa_fw-la est_fw-la imo_fw-la potius_fw-la &_o damnosa_fw-la et_fw-la ipsa_fw-la abutebatur_fw-la romana_fw-la protervitas_fw-la insatiabilis_fw-la et_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la convenientes_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nobiles_fw-la regem_fw-la efficacissime_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la conâ—enâ—rum_fw-la asserentes_fw-la se_fw-la it_fw-la mori_fw-la quam_fw-la amplius_fw-la tale_n enormitates_fw-la tollerare_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la eorum_fw-la neque_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la intentio_fw-la fuit_fw-la quando_fw-la contulerint_fw-la bona_fw-la viris_fw-la religiosis_fw-la et_fw-la aliis_fw-la locis_fw-la pia_fw-la consideratione_n constructis_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ad_fw-la aâ—bitrium_fw-la papae_fw-la viris_fw-la italicis_fw-la ignotis_fw-la et_fw-la eye_n quos_fw-la noverant_fw-la simoniis_fw-la &_o usuris_fw-la pollutos_fw-la &_o viciis_fw-la multimodis_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cura_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la vel_fw-la hospitalitas_fw-la christi_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la impendenda_fw-la contribuerent_fw-la rex_fw-la igitur_fw-la non_fw-la mediocriter_fw-la ad_fw-la iram_fw-la provocatus_fw-la sciens_fw-la ac_fw-la sentiens_fw-la talibus_fw-la queremoniis_fw-la inesâ—e_fw-la veritatem_fw-la scripsit_fw-la domino_fw-la papae_fw-la verbis_fw-la humilibus_fw-la &_o efficacissimis_fw-la ut_fw-la talia_fw-la studeret_fw-la paterna_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la corrigere_fw-la 1245._o the_o next_o year_n anno_fw-la 1245._o this_o martin_n violent_o seize_v on_o the_o land_n and_o profit_n of_o divers_a church_n and_o religious_a person_n prorerva_fw-mi &_o injuriosa_fw-la authoritate_fw-la wherein_o the_o king_n protect_v he_o against_o all_o man_n whereby_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o realm_n become_v most_o miserable_a thereupon_o urgente_fw-la igitur_fw-la necessitate_v totius_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la maxim_n praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la tempore_fw-la exit_fw-la parte_fw-la aliquorum_fw-la magnatum_fw-la pro_fw-la multiformi_fw-la et_fw-la incessabile_fw-la oppressionne_fw-fr et_fw-fr depraedatione_fw-la regni_fw-la dolentium_fw-la et_fw-la miserantium_fw-la &_o diligenter_fw-la die_v &_o nocte_fw-la custoditis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la partibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la papale_v literae_fw-la quae_fw-la quotidie_fw-la ad_fw-la emungendam_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la portabantur_fw-la caperentur_fw-la whereupon_o the_o governor_n of_o dover_n take_v one_o of_o the_o pope_n post_n lade_v with_o such_o bull_n and_o letter_n to_o exact_a money_n by_o divers_a mean_n as_o he_o arrive_v at_o dover_n and_o take_v away_o all_o his_o bull_n and_o letter_n as_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o lord_n imprison_v the_o post_n in_o dover_n castle_n who_o the_o king_n upon_o martin_n complaint_n release_v 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over-execrable_a exaction_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o manifold_a exaction_n of_o his_o legate_n and_o of_o certain_a man_n exercise_v a_o unheard_a of_o power_n be_v contain_v wherewith_o 6_o noble_a and_o discreet_a man_n elect_v by_o the_o parliament_n and_o universality_n be_v send_v to_o the_o council_n of_o lion_n gravem_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la super_fw-la exactione_n tributi_fw-la in_o quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la consensit_fw-la regni_fw-la universitas_fw-la coram_fw-la concilio_n querimoniam_fw-la reposituri_fw-la et_fw-la talium_fw-la relevamen_fw-la onerum_fw-la importabilium_fw-la regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la miserecorditer_fw-la impendi_fw-la rogaturi_fw-la the_o proxy_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o universality_n of_o england_n arrive_v at_o the_o council_n of_o lion_n by_o 1245._o william_n de_fw-fr poweric_n their_o proctor_n propound_v their_o grievance_n complain_v that_o in_o time_n of_o war_n a_o tribute_n be_v injurious_o extort_a by_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n 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send_v both_o 207_o solemn_a letter_n and_o messenger_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o humble_o to_o entreat_v he_o to_o remove_v these_o intolerable_a grievance_n and_o yoke_n of_o bondage_n all_o the_o abbot_n and_o prior_n by_o themselves_o the_o bishop_n by_o themselves_o the_o king_n by_o himself_o and_o all_o the_o earl_n and_o baron_n by_o themselves_o in_o their_o own_o name_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a clergy_n and_o people_n of_o england_n write_v several_a letter_n to_o the_o pope_n for_o