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yield_v these_o right_n to_o be_v more_o than_o precarious_a for_o according_a to_o he_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la be_v the_o only_a member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o and_o if_o other_o be_v after_o it_o be_v by_o usurp_a upon_o the_o right_n of_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la 42._o ib._n p._n 210._o ib._n 42._o who_o and_o not_o other_o when_o the_o 〈◊〉_d government_n be_v set_v up_o represent_v how_o be_v city_n and_o burrough_n hold_v in_o capite_fw-la represent_v according_o to_o this_o and_o how_o come_v they_o ever_o to_o be_v represent_v begin_v to_o be_v represent_v by_o two_o knight_n for_o every_o county_n out_o of_o their_o own_o number_n and_o they_o at_o first_o that_o be_v then_o elect_v their_o own_o representative_n and_o yet_o these_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la may_v be_v set_v aside_o if_o the_o king_n and_o his_o council_n please_v nor_o be_v any_o power_n give_v to_o other_o to_o choose_v till_o â—0_n h._n 6._o c._n 2._o which_o give_v no_o new_a power_n 79._o ib._n p._n 79._o and_o the_o lord_n depend_v upon_o the_o king_n pleasure_n 42._o ib._n p._n 42._o therefore_o what_o the_o design_n be_v 228._o ib._n p._n 227._o &_o 228._o and_o at_o who_o door_n the_o crime_n of_o it_o lie_v the_o thing_n itself_o speak_v though_o i_o shall_v be_v silent_a but_o for_o fear_v he_o shall_v seduce_v unwary_a reader_n i_o must_v observe_v his_o artifice_n in_o impose_v upon_o they_o the_o belief_n that_o as_o it_o have_v ever_o since_o 49_o h._n 3_o be_v at_o the_o king_n pleasure_n that_o any_o lord_n come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n so_o the_o king_n can_v of_o right_a name_n to_o the_o sheriff_n what_o representative_n for_o the_o county_n 249._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p_o 249._o city_n and_o burrough_n he_o please_v as_o he_o observe_v in_o the_o margin_n upon_o a_o record_n 31_o e._n 3._o but_o he_o be_v not_o so_o candid_a to_o observe_v that_o though_o indeed_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v such_o a_o 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242._o 26_o e._n 3._o they_o be_v empower_v to_o consent_v to_o what_o the_o communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la contigerit_fw-la ordinari_fw-la 3._o p._n 246._o 27_o e._n 3._o and_o that_o such_o a_o council_n make_v law_n as_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o staple_n make_v the_o 21_o and_o e._n 3._o to_o which_o the_o answer_n be_v very_o obvious_a that_o they_o make_v only_a ordinance_n not_o law_n and_o that_o these_o be_v magna_fw-la consilia_fw-la take_v in_o a_o sense_n total_o different_a from_o the_o generalia_fw-la concilia_fw-la or_o parliament_n and_o all_o this_o appear_v above_o the_o power_n and_o subtlety_n of_o our_o learned_a doctor_n evasion_n in_o that_o the_o record_v cite_v by_o himself_o in_o the_o 26_o e._n 3._o call_v the_o assembly_n they_o be_v summon_v to_o concilium_fw-la only_a and_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o twenty_o eight_o of_o that_o king_n call_v what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o ordinance_n 13._o 28_o e._n 3._o c._n 13._o and_o that_o 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know_v from_o himself_o when_o he_o have_v consider_v a_o little_a better_o and_o then_o he_o may_v think_v the_o government_n as_o it_o be_v now_o establish_v â—ighly_o concern_v in_o his_o error_n perhaps_o it_o will_v be_v say_v i_o injure_v this_o good_a man_n in_o impute_v to_o he_o a_o design_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o present_a government_n since_o he_o own_v that_o the_o most_o excellent_a great_a council_n 229._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 229._o and_o go_v to_o prove_v it_o evident_o from_o record_n receive_v its_o perfection_n from_o the_o king_n authority_n and_o time_n but_o it_o be_v obvious_a that_o its_o perfection_n must_v be_v mean_v of_o such_o its_o perfection_n as_o his_o book_n allow_v and_o he_o will_v make_v evident_a but_o what_o be_v that_o that_o lord_n shall_v to_o the_o time_n of_o his_o excellent_a discovery_n be_v summon_v to_o parliament_n 228._o ib._n p._n 227._o &_o 228._o or_o pass_v by_o at_o the_o king_n pleasure_n and_o that_o if_o the_o king_n please_v he_o may_v summon_v one_o knight_n for_o a_o county_n 249._o ib._n p._n 249._o one_o citizen_n for_o a_o city_n one_o burgess_n for_o a_o burgh_n and_o those_o name_v to_o the_o sheriff_n and_o this_o design_n will_v be_v very_o evident_a if_o we_o observe_v his_o airy_a ambuscade_n to_o return_v his_o own_o phrase_n and_o mere_a juggle_n in_o join_v the_o king_n authority_n and_o time_n together_o we_o think_v we_o have_v something_o but_o by_o a_o hocus_n pocus_fw-la trick_n it_o be_v go_v for_o admit_v that_o its_o perfection_n be_v such_o as_o we_o say_v it_o have_v at_o this_o day_n viz._n for_o lord_n to_o come_v of_o right_n in_o their_o own_o person_n and_o that_o the_o commons_o shall_v send_v representative_n of_o their_o free_a choice_n yet_o let_v we_o see_v what_o setlement_n he_o give_v this_o great_a council_n for_o which_o purpose_n we_o must_v divide_v the_o two_o authority_n which_o sometime_o may_v differ_v and_o 1._o suppose_v that_o though_o time_n will_v 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four_o of_o william_n the_o first_o regni_fw-la rex_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rite_n facere_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la &_o per_fw-la judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o by_o positive_a law_n or_o custom_n the_o king_n use_v to_o send_v special_a writ_n for_o some_o general_a for_o other_o the_o prescribe_v to_o special_a writ_n which_o be_v not_o of_o substance_n as_o to_o the_o legislative_a interest_n be_v no_o diminution_n of_o prerogative_n because_o no_o more_o in_o effect_n be_v out_o of_o the_o king_n than_o be_v before_o which_o be_v that_o this_o man_n shall_v one_o way_n or_o other_o have_v a_o share_n in_o the_o legislature_n if_o this_o solution_n of_o i_o will_v not_o pass_v i_o can_v help_v it_o i_o be_o sure_a the_o law_n for_o a_o right_n ground_v upon_o one_o or_o more_o special_a writ_n of_o summons_n stand_v fast_o though_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o shall_v be_v above_o my_o reach_n have_v run_v through_o a_o book_n so_o ill-natured_a to_o the_o government_n and_o so_o impotent_a in_o its_o settle_a anger_n as_o that_o which_o some_o may_v think_v to_o have_v no_o other_o design_n 81._o above_o all_o vid._n title_n page_n against_o mr._n petyt_n &_o p._n 81._o than_o that_o of_o expose_v mr._n petyt_n and_o i_o the_o one_o for_o artifice_n â—â—nhandsom_a deal_n with_o and_o false_a application_n of_o record_n etc._n etc._n the_o other_o among_o other_o thing_n for_o ignorance_n confidence_n and_o cheat_v his_o reader_n i_o may_v hope_v notwithstanding_o the_o disparity_n of_o year_n and_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o place_n to_o be_v very_o excusable_a in_o use_v our_o answerer_n with_o no_o more_o respect_n when_o a_o man_n render_v himself_o cheap_a by_o his_o folly_n and_o yet_o meer_v with_o many_o so_o weak_a that_o they_o be_v disciple_v by_o he_o to_o notion_n of_o dangerous_a and_o pernicious_a consequence_n to_o the_o state_n ridentem_fw-la dicere_fw-la verum_fw-la quis_fw-la vetat_fw-la in_o sum_v up_o the_o product_n of_o his_o many_o year_n labour_n which_o my_o preface_n charge_v he_o with_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o i_o omit_v one_o considerable_a head_n however_o i_o leave_v to_o other_o if_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o add_v for_o a_o seven_o that_o both_o lord_n and_o commons_o may_v be_v deprive_v of_o all_o share_n or_o vote_n in_o make_v of_o law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o kingdom_n when_o ever_o any_o future_a king_n shall_v please_v to_o resume_v the_o regality_n some_o perhaps_o may_v add_v a_o eight_o that_o the_o parliament_n be_v nothing_o but_o magna_fw-la concilia_fw-la such_o as_o be_v call_v only_o to_o advise_v upon_o what_o shall_v be_v give_v in_o direction_n but_o no_o consent_n of_o they_o require_v to_o make_v the_o king_n determination_n a_o bind_v law_n and_o vice_n versâ_fw-la every_o great_a council_n such_o as_o that_o call_v to_o york_n 1640._o 〈◊〉_d 1640._o be_v a_o parliament_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la page_n 12._o l._n 6._o add_v drs._n before_o interdict_v p._n 15._o in_o mark_fw-mi add_v p._n 239._o p._n 16._o l._n 11._o read_v vicinata_fw-la p._n 18._o l._n 10._o r._n 25._o p._n 28._o l._n 12._o r._n in_o chief_a p._n 39_o l._n 5._o r._n have_v p._n 47._o l._n 21._o r._n endure_v l._n 23._o r._n deposceret_fw-la p._n 82._o in_o mark_fw-mi deal_n shire_n after_o cambridg_n p._n 100_o l._n 17._o r._n sharnborn_a p._n 110._o in_o mark_fw-mi towards_o the_o bottom_n add_v domesday_n p._n 124._o l._n 6._o r._n paragio_fw-it p._n 133._o l._n 24._o add_v and_o according_a to_o their_o chattel_n p._n 139._o add_v of_o before_o a_o title_n p._n 151._o l._n 13._o r._n conticuissent_fw-la p._n 156._o in_o mark_fw-mi r._n lord_n for_o knight_n p._n 163._o l._n 2._o r._n â—it_n l._n 10._o r._n integra_fw-la p._n 201._o l._n 8._o r._n title_n in_o the_o addition_n page_n 8._o l._n 5._o r._n article_n p._n 23._o in_o mark_fw-mi leges_fw-la sancti_fw-la ed._n p._n 25._o l._n 12._o r._n of_o king_n john_n charter_n viz._n tenant_n etc._n etc._n ib._n l._n 25._o r._n nocton_n
the_o iniquity_n of_o mâ—nkind_n and_o whatsoever_o act_n precede_v from_o the_o king_n minister_n or_o whatever_o malice_n be_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o any_o of_o his_o subject_n the_o law_n that_o angel_n with_o a_o flame_a sword_n deâ—ending_v his_o throne_n will_v not_o suffer_v it_o to_o affect_v he_o nay_o if_o through_o misunderstand_a of_o the_o law_n it_o shall_v happen_v that_o a_o king_n go_v contrary_a to_o his_o own_o justice_n it_o be_v as_o if_o no_o such_o thing_n have_v be_v do_v so_o 〈◊〉_d plowden_n 〈◊〉_d iâ—_n he_o have_v a_o estate_n in_o tail_n alien_n though_o from_o a_o common_a person_n it_o will_v work_v a_o discontinuance_n yet_o from_o he_o it_o have_v no_o effect_n because_o it_o will_v be_v a_o wrongful_a action_n though_o he_o have_v more_o power_n than_o any_o subject_a yet_o subject_n may_v be_v and_o be_v more_o able_a to_o do_v mischief_n and_o for_o a_o full_a proof_n what_o confidence_n the_o law_n have_v always_o have_v in_o the_o king_n be_v do_v 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suis_fw-la priâ—s_fw-la habito_fw-la quem_fw-la quidem_fw-la processum_fw-la idem_fw-la rogerus_fw-la per_fw-la breve_fw-la regis_fw-la consilio_fw-la regis_fw-la apud_fw-la lincolnum_fw-la liberavit_fw-la &_o mandetur_fw-la eye_v per_fw-la â—reve_n quod_fw-la examinato_fw-la diligenter_n toto_fw-la negoâ—io_fw-la praedicto_fw-la &_o vocatis_fw-la servientibus_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la qui_fw-la fuerint_fw-la evocandi_fw-la in_o negotio_fw-la illo_fw-la â—rocedant_fw-la prout_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la fuerit_fw-la faciendum_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la rex_fw-la super_fw-la recordo_fw-la &_o processu_fw-la dicti_fw-la negotii_fw-la certioretur_fw-la antequam_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la redditionem_fw-la judicii_fw-la procedatur_fw-la &_o serutendum_fw-la insuper_fw-la in_o cancellaria_fw-la &_o in_o scaccario_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la rationes_fw-la &_o evidentiae_fw-la siquae_fw-la pro_fw-la jure_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la poterint_fw-la inveniri_fw-la spirit_n si_fw-mi necesse_fw-la spirit_n it_o seem_v the_o justice_n of_o the_o common_a plea_n brabanzon_n and_o his_o fellow_n not_o be_v particular_o commission_v can_v not_o proceed_v to_o judgement_n for_o want_v of_o power_n to_o look_v into_o the_o roll_n of_o chancery_n nor_o can_v the_o judge_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n though_o they_o have_v power_n of_o inspection_n then_o give_v they_o proceed_v with_o effect_n till_o they_o have_v certify_v the_o king_n in_o his_o more_o immediate_a curia_n the_o heir_n of_o bartholomew_n redman_n 114._o â—â—t_n parâ—_n 8_o ed._n 2._o n._n 114._o petition_n that_o whereas_o they_o hold_v land_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n bennet_n by_o certain_a service_n which_o land_n they_o have_v let_v to_o the_o queen_n she_o oblige_v herself_o to_o discharge_v the_o service_n but_o have_v not_o they_o may_v have_v grace_n and_o remedy_n this_o be_v to_o be_v examine_v in_o chancery_n iâ—m_fw-la responsa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la coâ—ci_fw-la iâ—m_fw-la but_o the_o judgement_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o curia_fw-la reseratur_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o rex_fw-la saciet_fw-la justitiam_fw-la to_o this_o curia_n all_o manner_n of_o justice_n be_v accountable_a for_o their_o action_n so_o the_o judge_n of_o assize_n in_o cornwalâ—_n be_v complain_v against_o for_o act_v irregular_o 2._o rot._n parl_n 8_o ed._n 2._o two_o be_v appoint_v to_o examine_v the_o matter_n and_o to_o certify_v the_o council_n who_o have_v reserve_v the_o judgement_n to_o themselves_o in_o short_a the_o supreme_a judicature_n over_o all_o cause_n be_v in_o this_o curia_fw-la the_o house_n of_o lord_n the_o very_a same_o which_o the_o court_n of_o tenant_n in_o chief_a with_o such_o other_o as_o use_v to_o come_v pro_fw-la more_o have_v before_o and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o common_a or_o ordinary_a administration_n in_o the_o judge_n but_o our_o author_n who_o be_v by_o fit_n the_o kind_a heart_a man_n in_o the_o world_n prove_v my_o notion_n to_o my_o hand_n out_o of_o britton_n 29._o against_o jan._n etc._n etc._n p._n 28._o &_o 29._o nous_fw-fr voluns_fw-la quae_fw-la nostre_fw-fr jurisdiction_n soit_fw-fr sur_fw-fr tout_fw-fr jurisdiction_n en_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr royalme_n which_o where_o it_o relate_v to_o judicature_n must_v be_v mean_v of_o the_o king_n in_o his_o curia_n or_o house_n of_o lord_n and_o there_o as_o judge_n the_o king_n have_v power_n in_o all_o felony_n trespass_n contract_n and_o in_o all_o other_o action_n personal_a or_o real_a but_o because_o it_o will_v be_v too_o great_a a_o trouble_n for_o the_o king_n in_o that_o court_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v in_o all_o plaint_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o en_fw-fr prime_n en_fw-fr droit_fw-fr de_fw-fr nous_fw-fr mesm_n &_o de_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr court_n avouns_o issint_fw-la ordyne_n que_fw-fr pour_fw-fr ceo_fw-la que_fw-fr nous_fw-fr ne_fw-fr sufficens_fw-la my_o en_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr proprie_fw-la person_n à _fw-la oyer_n &_o terminer_n 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petyt_n p._n 228._o nor_o early_a commencement_n than_o the_o commons_o what_o king_n henry_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n begin_v that_o be_v to_o call_v such_o earl_n and_o baron_n 228._o ib._n p._n 228._o quos_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la such_o as_o he_o please_v edward_n the_o first_o and_o his_o successor_n constant_o observe_v this_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n 210._o viz._n the_o rebellious_a baron_n who_o frame_v the_o new_a government_n p._n 210._o the_o lord_n make_v the_o commons_o and_o the_o king_n make_v the_o lord_n the_o king_n follow_v montfort_n pattern_n 229._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 229._o for_o call_v the_o commons_o to_o parliament_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o montfort_n alone_a for_o they_o the_o rebellious_a baron_n frame_v and_o set_v up_o the_o new_a government_n 210._o p._n 210._o after_o which_o they_o send_v out_o writ_n in_o the_o king_n name_n to_o summon_v a_o parliament_n with_o commons_o as_o well_o as_o 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huic_fw-la monasterio_n cum_fw-la soca_fw-la saca_n cum_fw-la telonio_fw-la &_o theme_n cum_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la ubique_fw-la sicut_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la edwardo_n melius_fw-la unquam_fw-la tenui_fw-la cum_fw-la hiis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la libertates_fw-la huic_fw-la monasterio_n dedimus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la abbas_n ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la soli_fw-la regi_fw-la angliae_fw-la sit_fw-la subjectus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la recitatur_fw-la charta_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la quas_fw-la donationes_fw-la &_o concessiones_fw-la diversi_fw-la alii_fw-la reges_fw-la confirmaverunt_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la postea_fw-la per_fw-la processum_fw-la temporis_fw-la â—â—men_fw-la abbatiae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la divertebatur_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la prioratus_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la leofwinus_fw-la ad_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la creatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o episcopum_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o ordinavit_fw-la per_fw-la assensum_fw-la monachorum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la quod_fw-la abbatia_n praedicta_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la foret_fw-la prioratus_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la superiores_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la forent_fw-la priores_fw-la successive_a in_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la leofrico_fw-it quia_fw-la obiit_fw-la sine_fw-la herede_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la svo_fw-la descendente_fw-la advocatio_fw-la ecclesie_n predicte_n tempore_fw-la willielm_n '_o conquest_n '_o angliae_fw-la cuidam_fw-la hugoni_n comiti_fw-la cestriae_fw-la ut_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la leofrici_fw-la chester_n na._n this_o be_v the_o hugh_n to_o who_o he_o imagine_v that_o william_n give_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o county_n of_o chester_n viz._n filio_fw-la erminelde_v sororis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la leofrici_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la hugone_n cuidam_fw-la ricardo_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la ricardo_n cuidam_fw-la ranulpho_n ut_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la viz._n filio_fw-la matildis_n sororis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la hugonis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la ranulpho_n cuidam_fw-la ranulpho_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la ranulpho_n filio_fw-la ranulphi_n quia_fw-la obiit_fw-la sine_fw-la herede_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la svo_fw-la descendente_fw-la advocatio_fw-la praedicta_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestre_n &_o huntingdon_n &_o aliis_fw-la diversis_fw-la castris_fw-la maneriis_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it &_o wallia_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la matildae_fw-la mabilliae_fw-la ceciliae_fw-la &_o margeriae_fw-la ut_fw-la sororibus_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la predicti_fw-la ranulphi_n inter_fw-la quas_fw-la propertia_fw-la facta_fw-la fuit_fw-la de_fw-la predictis_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la advocationibus_fw-la &_o castris_fw-la maneriis_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la supradictis_fw-la et_fw-la predicta_fw-la advocatio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la toto_fw-la predicto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la allocata_fw-la fuit_fw-la predicte_n matilde_n pro_fw-la proparte_v sva_fw-la in_o allocationem_fw-la diversorum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la castrorum_fw-la maneriorum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la &_o tenementorum_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la praedictis_fw-la mabilliae_fw-la ceciliae_fw-la &_o margeriae_fw-la seperatim_fw-la allocatorum_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipsa_fw-la matilda_n descendebant_fw-la predicta_fw-la advocatio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la praedicto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la post_fw-la propertiam_fw-la predictam_fw-la cuidam_fw-la johanni_n scot_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o heredi_fw-la praedictae_fw-la matildae_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la johannes_n scot_n advocationem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la praedicto_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la dedit_fw-la henrico_n quondam_a regi_fw-la angliae_fw-la filio_fw-la regis_fw-la johannis_n &_o heredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la etc._n etc._n praedictus_fw-la prio_fw-la sine_fw-la die_fw-la this_o be_v a_o judgement_n upon_o solemn_a debate_n and_o trial_n and_o it_o can_v be_v believe_v but_o the_o judge_n and_o king_n council_n so_o many_o hundred_o year_n ago_o know_v as_o much_o of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o conquest_n as_o our_o doctor_n can_v discover_v it_o will_v be_v say_v notwithstanding_o this_o record_n that_o hugh_n have_v the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o kinsman_n the_o conqueror_n admit_v he_o have_v he_o be_v his_o kinsman_n will_v either_o thereby_o wheedle_n other_o in_o to_o the_o like_a acknowledgement_n of_o william_n power_n or_o else_o have_v the_o government_n of_o the_o county_n will_v do_v this_o in_o compliment_n to_o the_o supreme_a governor_n but_o that_o such_o confirmation_n as_o to_o the_o land_n he_o have_v there_o and_o all_o appendant_o or_o appurtenance_n to_o they_o be_v whole_o neeedless_a appear_v in_o that_o the_o title_n be_v lay_v only_o in_o descent_n nor_o do_v it_o in_o the_o least_o appear_v that_o william_n either_o grant_v or_o confirm_v more_o than_o the_o comitatus_fw-la government_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o it_o or_o that_o more_o than_o that_o be_v hold_v by_o the_o sword_n which_o the_o doctor_n make_v tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la let_v he_o show_v how_o by_o what_o manner_n of_o tenure_n his_o land_n be_v hold_v not_o be_v aware_a that_o so_o great_a a_o author_n as_o the_o doctor_n will_v have_v condemn_v for_o precarious_a 89._o against_o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 89._o all_o that_o i_o think_v i_o have_v prove_v from_o the_o record_n and_o history_n which_o i_o cite_v for_o the_o foundation_n of_o my_o former_a essay_n 264._o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 264._o viz._n that_o till_o the_o 48._o and_o 49th_o h._n 3._o all_o proprietor_n of_o land_n come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n without_o exclusion_n 264._o ib._n p._n 264._o i_o have_v assert_v that_o the_o probi_fw-la homines_fw-la or_o bonae_fw-la conversationis_fw-la come_v to_o the_o great_a council_n which_o in_o
he_o be_v leigeman_n to_o and_o receive_v law_n from_o the_o french_a monarch_n though_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n have_v always_o be_v imperial_a subject_a to_o none_o upon_o earth_n yet_o he_o that_o wear_v it_o unless_o he_o be_v so_o free_a that_o he_o can_v go_v with_o his_o land_n voluit_fw-la potuit_fw-la ire_n cum_fw-la terrâ_fw-la quo_fw-la voluit_fw-la whither_o he_o will_v which_o to_o be_v sure_a be_v inconsistent_a with_o this_o feudal_n law_n he_o can_v not_o quit_v his_o dependence_n sect_n 4._o the_o notion_n of_o the_o feudal_n right_o consider_v and_o the_o right_n of_o tenant_n in_o free_a and_o common_a socage_n to_o come_v in_o theâ—â—_n own_o person_n to_o the_o great_a council_n show_v from_o thence_o but_o since_o the_o mention_n of_o jus_n feodale_n as_o advance_v in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o glos._n ascribe_v to_o sir_n h._n spelman_n occasion_n a_o little_a consideration_n of_o the_o feudal_n law_n ay_o out_o of_o a_o zeal_n to_o clear_v his_o reputation_n from_o the_o charge_n of_o thing_n false_a or_o frivolous_a and_o have_v at_o present_a no_o other_o authority_n for_o his_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o than_o one_o who_o have_v a_o excellent_a faculty_n of_o story_v except_o against_o what_o be_v there_o say_v to_o be_v ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la feodali_fw-la as_o none_o of_o he_o it_o be_v there_o take_v for_o grant_v to_o be_v the_o very_o right_o of_o feud_n derive_v from_o the_o feudal_n law_n that_o the_o superior_a lord_n of_o the_o feud_n shall_v give_v law_n jus_o dicere_fw-la to_o they_o that_o be_v under_o he_o and_o it_o be_v evident_a this_o be_v not_o mean_v of_o a_o ordinary_a jurisdiction_n because_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o it_o be_v fancy_v that_o the_o lord_n represent_v their_o tenant_n in_o the_o extraordinary_a at_o the_o great_a council_n and_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o assertion_n of_o a_o judge_n censure_v in_o parliament_n be_v justifiable_a viz._n that_o the_o king_n be_v the_o only_a representative_a but_o i_o must_v observe_v that_o this_o must_v be_v from_o either_o 1._o the_o general_a law_n which_o guide_v the_o feud_n in_o all_o place_n where_o feudal_n law_n be_v receive_v or_o 2._o the_o particular_a feudal_n law_n of_o england_n 1._o our_o author_n evident_o take_v this_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n be_v to_o prove_v what_o be_v the_o feudal_n law_n here_o 4._o new_a glos_n p._n 4._o he_o cite_v the_o foreign_a feudist_n who_o acquaint_v we_o with_o the_o law_n of_o feud_n among_o they_o but_o this_o first_o sense_n be_v not_o supposable_a in_o that_o this_o law_n upon_o that_o account_n will_v be_v as_o much_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n as_o the_o law_n for_o the_o advantage_n of_o ambassador_n wherever_o they_o come_v and_o this_o can_v not_o general_o prevail_v but_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o catholic_n reason_n that_o shall_v require_v it_o but_o that_o i_o do_v not_o find_v since_o the_o lord_n may_v have_v the_o utile_fw-la dominium_fw-la which_o the_o feudist_n speak_v of_o as_o incident_a to_o feud_n without_o the_o despotic_a power_n and_o the_o end_n or_o nature_n of_o they_o be_v answer_v from_o whence_o will_v the_o argument_n be_v bring_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o i_o will_v grant_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o feud_n unless_o there_o be_v utile_fw-la dominium_fw-la for_o that_o distinguish_v it_o from_o a_o alodium_fw-la which_o sometime_o may_v yield_v no_o profit_n to_o any_o superior_a but_o those_o who_o well_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o feud_n teach_v we_o that_o it_o be_v the_o infancy_n of_o feud_n when_o they_o whole_o depend_v on_o the_o lord_n and_o can_v not_o stand_v without_o be_v support_v by_o his_o pleasure_n than_o indeed_o which_o be_v before_o feud_n be_v spread_v into_o many_o nation_n 20._o cragius_fw-la de_fw-la feudis_fw-la fol._n 20._o nec_fw-la servientibus_fw-la aliud_fw-la jus_o erat_fw-la in_o his_o proediis_fw-la quam_fw-la precarium_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la diu_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la vult_fw-la sed_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la concedit_fw-la patitur_fw-la eo_fw-la frui_fw-la this_o indeed_o agree_v with_o that_o law_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v obtain_v even_o till_o the_o 49_o h._n 3._o whereas_o from_o hence_o feudal_n tenure_n advance_v to_o a_o estate_n for_o life_n 464._o solet_fw-la usus_fw-la fructus_fw-la constitui_fw-la in_o personam_fw-la tantum_fw-la cujacius_n de_fw-fr feudis_fw-la tom._n 4._o foe_n 464._o and_o all_o this_o before_o the_o year_n 650_o from_o which_o time_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a who_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o year_n 800_o unless_o one_o be_v particular_o assign_v by_o the_o gift_n the_o land_n descend_v 21._o craglus_fw-la fol._n 21._o by_o right_a of_o inheritance_n to_o all_o the_o son_n it_o be_v state_n of_o maturity_n be_v when_o it_o descend_v to_o one_o but_o still_o there_o be_v a_o inheritance_n by_o the_o law_n of_o feud_n before_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o first_o and_o above_o 450_o year_n before_o the_o 49th_o of_o h._n 3._o and_o i_o will_v rather_o believe_v cujacius_n for_o the_o jus_n feodale_n or_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o than_o what_o we_o find_v under_o the_o title_n parliament_n in_o the_o glossary_a cujacius_n define_v a_o feud_n 4._o cujacius_n de_fw-fr feudis_fw-la foe_fw-mi 464._o tom._n 4._o jus_fw-la praedio_fw-la alieno_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la utendi_fw-la fruendi_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la beneficio_fw-la dominus_fw-la that_fw-mi eâ_fw-la lege_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la accipit_fw-la sibi_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o militiae_fw-la munus_fw-la aliudve_fw-la servitium_fw-la exhibeat_fw-la a_o usufructuary_n right_o in_o another_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n give_v for_o a_o benefice_n upon_o condition_n that_o the_o grantee_n shall_v be_v faithful_a and_o true_a to_o he_o and_o perform_v military_a or_o other_o service_n this_o be_v a_o perpetual_a right_n therefore_o not_o to_o be_v dispose_v of_o by_o the_o lord_n will_n or_o the_o law_n which_o he_o shall_v give_v it_o be_v indeed_o vsufructuary_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v the_o forfeiture_n and_o escheat_n according_a to_o the_o law_n settle_v in_o any_o particular_a place_n for_o i_o take_v it_o that_o in_o one_o place_n they_o differ_v from_o another_o and_o in_o confutation_n of_o this_o conjecture_n that_o ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la feodali_fw-la the_o lord_n jus_o dicit_fw-la take_v this_o as_o the_o general_a law_n of_o feud_n it_o be_v enough_o that_o in_o any_o place_n where_o the_o feudal_n law_n be_v receive_v it_o be_v otherwise_o andeg_n choppinus_n de_fw-fr juridic_n andeg_n choppinus_n say_v that_o among_o the_o french_a a_o feud_n imply_v not_o juridica_fw-la potestas_fw-la nil_fw-la common_a cum_fw-la juridica_fw-la potestate_fw-la which_o if_o as_o jurisdiction_n be_v often_o use_v to_o signify_v a_o power_n inferiors_n to_o jus_fw-la dicere_fw-la it_o be_v but_o a_o judicial_a power_n it_o follow_v that_o the_o lord_n can_v not_o have_v the_o great_a where_o he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o less_o and_o far_o feud_n have_v in_o all_o country_n be_v guide_v by_o the_o law_n of_o property_n their_o common_a law_n thus_o say_v cujacius_n nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la jus_o feudorum_fw-la quo_fw-la italia_n utitur_fw-la sequimur_fw-la non_fw-la inviti_fw-la nisi_fw-la siqua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la pugnet_fw-la cum_fw-la legibus_fw-la aut_fw-la moribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la we_o also_o willing_o follow_v the_o law_n of_o feud_n which_o italy_n use_v unless_o in_o any_o thing_n it_o fight_v with_o our_o law_n or_o custom_n and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o end_n of_o raise_v feud_n have_v often_o prevail_v to_o introduce_v a_o custom_n without_o any_o express_a law_n and_o beyond_o the_o foreign_a law_n of_o feud_n 1._o without_o express_v law_n and_o thus_o to_o preserve_v the_o head_n of_o a_o barony_n that_o be_v never_o to_o be_v divide_v whereas_o any_o other_o part_n be_v often_o so_o in_o which_o the_o common_a law_n prevail_v from_o the_o end_n of_o raise_v the_o feud_n which_o require_v the_o preservation_n of_o that_o entire_a though_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o barony_n may_v be_v divide_v bracton_n and_o fleta_n suppose_v the_o barony_n to_o descend_v to_o several_a as_o well_o male_n as_o female_n 76._o bracton_n lib._n 2._o foe_n 76._o primogenitus_fw-la vel_fw-la primogenita_fw-la habeat_fw-la electionem_fw-la propter_fw-la svam_fw-la eisneciam_fw-la say_v bracton_n 313._o fleta_n lib._n 5._o foe_n 313._o who_o word_n only_o i_o repeat_v let_v the_o first_o bear_v male_a or_o female_a have_v election_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o elder_a share_n and_o with_o this_o agree_v a_o record_n in_o king_n john_n reign_n thomas_n de_fw-fr scoteney_n petit_fw-la versus_fw-la willielm_n scoteney_n capital_a mesuag_n quod_fw-la habere_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o steinton_n cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la sicut_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la eisneciam_fw-la svam_fw-la de_fw-la baronia_fw-la quae_fw-la fuit_fw-la lamberti_n scoteny_n thomas_n de_fw-fr scoteny_n dorso_fw-la