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desolation_n part_n 1._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 77_o 78._o bradshaw_n the_o people_n of_o england_n as_o they_o be_v those_o that_o at_o the_o first_o as_o other_o country_n have_v do_v do_v choose_v to_o themselves_o this_o form_n of_o government_n even_o for_o justice_n sake_n that_o justice_n may_v be_v administer_v that_o peace_n may_v be_v preserve_v so_o sir_n they_o give_v law_n to_o their_o governor_n according_a to_o which_o they_o shall_v govern_v and_o if_o those_o law_n shall_v have_v prove_v inconvenient_a or_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o public_a they_o have_v a_o power_n in_o they_o and_o reserve_v to_o themselves_o to_o alter_v as_o they_o shall_v see_v cause_n king_n trial_n p._n 64._o charles_n stuart_n king_n of_o england_n the_o commons_o of_o england_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n according_a to_o the_o fundamental_a power_n that_o rest_v in_o themselves_o have_v resolve_v to_o bring_v you_o to_o trial_n and_o judgement_n p._n 29._o if_o so_o be_v the_o king_n will_v go_v contrary_a to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o government_n sir_n he_o must_v understand_v that_o he_o be_v but_o a_o officer_n of_o trust_n and_o he_o ought_v to_o discharge_v that_o trust_n and_o they_o be_v to_o take_v order_n for_o the_o animadversion_n and_o punishment_n of_o such_o a_o offend_a gover._n p._n 65._o sir_n parliament_n be_v ordain_v for_o that_o purpose_n to_o redress_v the_o grievance_n of_o the_o people_n and_o then_o sir_n the_o scripture_n say_v they_o that_o know_v their_o master_n will_v and_o do_v it_o not_o what_o follow_v the_o law_n be_v your_o master_n the_o act_n of_o parliament_n pag._n 66_o 67._o this_o we_o know_v to_o be_v law_n rex_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o curiam_fw-la and_o so_o say_v the_o same_o author_n and_o true_o sir_n he_o make_v bold_a to_o go_v a_o little_a further_o debent_fw-la ei_fw-la ponere_fw-la fraenum_fw-la they_o ought_v to_o bridle_v he_o pag._n 65._o that_o the_o say_v charles_n stuart_n be_v admit_v king_n of_o england_n and_o therein_o trust_v with_o a_o limit_v power_n with_fw-mi char._n p._n 30._o the_o house_n of_o commons_o the_o supreme_a authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o kingdom_n pag._n 48._o which_o authority_n require_v you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n of_o which_o you_o be_v elect_v king_n to_o answer_v they_o pag._n 36._o sir_n you_o may_v not_o demur_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o court_n they_o sit_v here_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n and_o all_o your_o predecessor_n and_o you_o be_v responsible_a to_o they_o pag_n 44._o for_o there_o be_v a_o contract_n and_o bargain_n between_o the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n and_o your_o oath_n be_v take_v and_o certain_o sir_n the_o bond_n be_v reciprocal_a sir_n if_o this_o bond_n be_v once_o break_v farewell_o sovereignty_n pag._n 72._o sir_n though_o you_o have_v it_o by_o inheritance_n in_o the_o way_n that_o be_v speak_v of_o yet_o it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v that_o your_o office_n be_v a_o office_n of_o trust_n now_o sir_n if_o it_o be_v a_o office_n of_o inheritance_n as_o you_o speak_v of_o your_o title_n by_o desient_a let_v all_o man_n know_v that_o great_a office_n be_v seizable_a and_o forfeitable_a as_o if_o you_o have_v it_o but_o for_o a_o year_n and_o for_o your_o life_n p._n 73._o and_o sir_n the_o people_n of_o england_n can_v be_v so_o far_o want_v to_o themselves_o which_o god_n have_v deal_v so_o miraculous_o and_o glorious_o for_o they_o have_v power_n in_o their_o hand_n and_o their_o great_a enemy_n they_o must_v proceed_v to_o do_v justice_n to_o themselves_o and_o to_o you._n p._n 75._o sidney_n and_o other_o of_o the_o true-protestant_n party_n god_n have_v leave_v nation_n unto_o the_o liberty_n of_o set_v up_o such_o government_n as_o best_a please_v themselves_o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o magistrate_n in_o every_o country_n be_v that_o which_o the_o law_n of_o that_o country_n 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yet_o ever_o pretend_v to_o it_o a_o legislative_a authority_n be_v necessary_a to_o every_o government_n and_o therefore_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o want_v it_o and_o therefore_o parliament_n in_o which_o our_o government_n have_v place_v the_o make_n of_o law_n can_v be_v long_o discontinue_v hunt_n postsc_n p._n 28._o bracton_n say_v that_o the_o king_n have_v three_o superior_n to_o wit_n deum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o parliamentum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o power_n original_o in_o the_o people_n of_o england_n be_v delegated_a unto_o the_o parliament_n sidn_n trial_n p._n 23._o all_o government_n be_v found_v in_o trust_n and_o settle_v in_o such_o a_o person_n or_o limit_v to_o such_o a_o family_n for_o the_o safety_n and_o advantage_n of_o the_o people_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o ruler_n it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o there_o be_v never_o a_o conveyance_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n to_o any_o person_n but_o upon_o the_o tacit_n concurrence_n and_o with_o the_o virtual_a or_o 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revenge_v take_v by_o those_o he_o have_v betray_v sid._n try_n p._n 23._o i_o will_v hope_v there_o be_v very_o few_o in_o this_o nation_n so_o ill_o instruct_v that_o do_v not_o think_v it_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n to_o depose_v a_o prince_n who_o real_o undertake_v to_o alienate_v his_o kingdom_n or_o that_o real_o act_v the_o destruction_n or_o the_o universal_a calamity_n of_o his_o people_n great_a consid_fw-la relate_v to_o d._n y._n consider_v p._n 6._o to_o give_v every_o one_o his_o due_a be_v to_o administer_v defence_n to_o the_o innocent_a and_o by_o authority_n of_o law_n to_o subdue_v the_o aggressor_n of_o mankind_n how_o great_a and_o mighty_a soever_o they_o be_v fiat_n justitia_fw-la therefore_o id._n pag._n 16._o
voluntate_fw-la quod_fw-la velit_fw-la tenentem_fw-la esse_fw-la defensum_fw-la cum_fw-la injuria_fw-la cum_fw-la tentatur_fw-la justitiam_fw-la totis_fw-la viribus_fw-la defensaro_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la erit_fw-la injuria_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la nec_fw-la poterit_fw-la ei_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aliquis_fw-la imponere_fw-la quod_fw-la illam_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la nisi_fw-la velit_fw-la cum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o satis_fw-la crit_fw-fr illi_fw-la pro_fw-la paena_fw-la quod_fw-la deum_fw-la expectat_fw-la ultoram_fw-la bracton_n lib._n 5._o the_o defaltis_n c._n 3._o sect._n 3._o fol._n 368_o if_o the_o king_n who_o be_v bind_v to_o administer_v justice_n to_o his_o utmost_a power_n will_v not_o recall_v the_o wrong_n he_o do_v upon_o a_o false_a suggestion_n in_o this_o case_n he_o injure_v his_o subject_n but_o no_o body_n can_v force_v he_o to_o do_v right_o because_o he_o have_v no_o superior_a 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nec_fw-la chartam_fw-la potest_fw-la quis_fw-la judicare_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la factum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la irretetur_fw-la sed_fw-la dicere_fw-la poterit_fw-la quis_fw-la quod_fw-la rex_fw-la justitiam_fw-la fecerit_fw-la &_o be_v &_o si_fw-la hoc_fw-la eadem_fw-la ratione_fw-la quod_fw-la male_a &_o ita_fw-la imponere_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la injuriam_fw-la emendet_fw-la ne_fw-la incidat_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o justice_n in_o judicium_fw-la viventis_fw-la dei_fw-la propter_fw-la injuriam_fw-la rex_fw-la autem_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la deum_fw-la s._n item_n legem_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la item_n curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la viz._n comites_fw-la barones_n quid_fw-la comites_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quasi_fw-la socii_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la habet_fw-la socium_fw-la habet_fw-la magistrum_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sine_fw-la fraeno_fw-la i._n e._n sine_fw-la lege_fw-la debent_fw-la ei_fw-la fraenum_fw-la 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passage_n rex_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v contain_v now_o as_o preparatory_a to_o a_o just_a explication_n it_o will_v be_v pertinent_a to_o consider_v these_o two_o thing_n first_o that_o all_o difficult_a and_o obscure_a place_n in_o any_o author_n aught_o to_o be_v determine_v by_o such_o as_o be_v plain_a and_o obvious_a but_o not_o e_fw-la conuerso_fw-la and_o therefore_o second_o when_o we_o doubt_v of_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o a_o author_n it_o be_v much_o more_o modest_a as_o well_o as_o charitable_a to_o confess_v our_o own_o ignorance_n and_o to_o say_v we_o do_v not_o know_v what_o he_o mean_v rather_o than_o to_o calumniate_v and_o mistake_v he_o by_o affix_v such_o a_o sense_n to_o his_o word_n as_o he_o never_o intend_v and_o consequent_o it_o may_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o affirm_v that_o since_o our_o bracton_n have_v so_o plain_o and_o so_o often_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o king_n be_v under_o none_o but_o god_n that_o all_o 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