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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91268	A seasonable, vindication, of the good old fuudamental [sic] rights, and governments of all English freemen By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes Inne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4070A; ESTC R232121	273,664	397

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call_v colybrand_n the_o strong_a and_o most_o famous_a at_o that_o time_n throughout_o the_o world_n whereupon_o king_n aethelstan_n hear_v of_o their_o come_n congregavit_fw-la magnates_fw-la assemble_v his_o nobleman_n at_o winchester_n to_o advice_n with_o they_o how_o they_o may_v resist_v the_o enemy_n and_o fight_v with_o they_o in_o battle_n thar_z while_n king_n aethelstan_n vacaret_fw-la tali_fw-la coneilio_fw-la et_fw-la congregatione_fw-la populi_fw-la svi_fw-la in_o wintonia_n the_o foresay_a king_n come_v upon_o he_o with_o their_o army_n and_o besiege_v he_o cum_fw-la baronia_fw-la sua_fw-la with_o his_o baton_n in_o that_o city_n for_o two_o year_n space_n neither_o dare_v the_o english_a sight_n with_o they_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o multitude_n and_o power_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o make_v this_o agteement_n that_o king_n aethelstan_n shall_v find_v out_o one_o champion_n to_o fight_v a_o single_a duel_n with_o colybrand_n that_o in_o all_o future_a time_n 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frequent_o accuse_v to_o he_o but_o especial_o for_o countenance_v and_o harbour_v the_o rebellious_a perjure_a northumberlander_n and_o the_o dane_n a_o heathen_a people_n who_o not_o only_o seek_v to_o destroy_v his_o native_a country_n but_o also_o to_o root_v out_o christian_a religion_n for_o which_o he_o deserve_v a_o thousand_o death_n and_o exciting_a they_o both_o against_o his_o sovereign_a king_n edred_n contrary_a to_o their_o oath_n and_o for_o kill_v the_o citizen_n of_o thetford_n in_o a_o tumultuous_a manner_n in_o revenge_n of_o the_o death_n of_o abbot_n adelm_n who_o they_o have_v causeless_o murder_v norwithstand_v all_o which_o about_o a_o year_n after_o he_o be_v enlarge_v and_o restore_v to_o his_o bishopric_n malmesbury_n and_o abbot_n ethelred_n record_v of_o king_n edred_n that_o he_o make_v his_o palace_n altogether_o a_o school_n of_o virtue_n obey_v dunstan_n counsel_n in_o all_o thing_n et_fw-la justissimis_fw-la legibus_fw-la subditos_fw-la regens_fw-la 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noble_n who_o give_v both_o their_o counsel_n and_o assent_n thereto_o as_o their_o subscriptiens_n testify_v that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v firm_a and_o perpetual_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o which_o charter_n this_o king_n to_o show_v that_o he_o hold_v his_o crown_n only_o from_o and_o under_o god_n thus_o style_v himself_o ego_fw-la edredus_fw-la rex_fw-la terrenus_fw-la sub_fw-la imperiali_fw-la potentia_fw-la regis_fw-la saeculorum_fw-la aetern●que_fw-la principis_fw-la magnae_fw-la britanniae_fw-la gerens_fw-la imperium_fw-la etc._n etc._n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 950_o 530._o nogui_n a_o welsh_a king_n be_v overmuch_o incense_v with_o one_o arcoit_n waste_v 955._o his_o land_n and_o with_o too_o much_o fury_n violate_v the_o sanctuary_n to_o which_o he_o flee_v whereupon_o pater_n bishop_n of_o landaffe_n assemble_v all_o the_o clerk_n of_o his_o diocese_n in_o a_o synod_n to_o punish_v this_o sacrilege_n and_o breach_n of_o sanctuary_n 10._o which_o the_o king_n hear_v of_o desire_a pardon_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o whole_a synod_n for_o these_o offence_n in_o the_o church_n of_o mainnon_n restore_v all_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o church_n he_o have_v take_v away_o with_o satisfaction_n and_o effusion_n of_o tear_n whereupon_o to_o obtain_v pardon_n and_o absolution_n for_o the_o penance_n they_o enjoin_v he_o he_o give_v the_o parish_n of_o guidcon_n with_o all_o the_o land_n liberty_n and_o commons_o appertain_v there_o unto_o to_o god_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaffe_n for_o ever_o to_o be_v hold_v in_o frankalmoighne_n some_o five_o year_n after_o anno_fw-la 955._o y_o a_o deacon_n slay_v one_o merduter_n and_o fly_v into_o a_o church_n for_o sanctuary_n there_o upon_o his_o kinsfolk_n and_o some_o of_o king_n nogui_n his_o family_n forcible_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n fly_v ili_n before_o the_o altar_n sprinkle_v his_o blood_n both_o upon_o the_o altar_n and_o wall_n of_o the_o church_n whereupon_o pater_n bishop_n of_o landaffe_n assemble_v a_o synod_n of_o all_o the_o priest_n deacon_n and_o ecclesiastical_a person_n within_o his_o diocese_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o delinquent_n which_o king_n nogui_n and_o his_o noble_n hear_v of_o fear_v the_o malediction_n of_o the_o church_n the_o weight_n whereof_o they_o dare_v not_o undergo_v send_v for_o the_o bishop_n and_o upon_o consultation_n by_o advice_n of_o the_o doctor_n of_o both_o side_n deliver_v up_o the_o murderer_n into_o the_o bishop_n hand_n who_o send_v they_o to_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n teliavi_n where_o they_o be_v keep_v 6_o month_n in_o iron_n chain_n after_o which_o they_o be_v excommunicate_v synodo_fw-la quoque_fw-la judicante_fw-la definitum_fw-la est_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eorum_fw-la suum_fw-la agrum_fw-la suamque_fw-la totam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o pretium_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la septem_fw-la libras_fw-la argenti_n redderet_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la maculaverat_fw-la 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an._n 955._o but_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n 957._o the_o mercian_n and_o northumberians_n whole_o cast_v off_o their_o obedience_n to_o he_o and_o conspire_v altogether_o by_o unanimous_a consent_n reject_v he_o from_o be_v their_o king_n elect_v his_o brother_n edgar_n for_o their_o sovereign_a lord_n deo_fw-la dictante_fw-la &_o annuente_fw-la populo_fw-la whereupon_o the_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v between_o they_o by_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o river_n of_o thames_n what_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o this_o deposition_n and_o rejection_n of_o edwin_n be_v very_o doubtful_a william_n of_o malmesbury_n hovedeu_n matthew_n westminster_n dunelmensis_n bromton_n henry_n de_fw-fr knighton_n abbot_n ethelred_n hygden_n florence_n of_o worcester_n and_o most_o of_o our_o old_a historian_n be_v monk_n and_o overmuch_o devote_v to_o their_o arch-patron_n dunstan_n record_n that_o the_o true_a cause_n thereof_o be_v first_o his_o ill_a lascivious_a life_n and_o incontinency_n with_o alfgiva_n his_o concubine_n as_o they_o write_v and_o near_o kinswoman_n from_o who_o archbishop_n odo_n divorce_v he_o and_o likewise_o with_o sundry_a other_o concubine_n which_o he_o entertain_v in_o his_o court_n who_o odo_n excommunicate_v and_o banish_v thence_o 2._o his_o indiscreet_a and_o tyrannical_a gvernment_n contrary_a to_o his_o law_n 1._o in_o slight_v 4._o depress_v and_o

periculum_fw-la ducit●●_n in_fw-la itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eripiendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la ●…itur_fw-la iccirco_fw-mi profu●…_n succedentibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la 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all_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n assemble_v in_o a_o great_a parliamentary_a council_n or_o court_n at_o oxford_n that_o they_o may_v consult_v about_o the_o electiction_n of_o a_o new_a king_n which_o they_o will_v not_o have_v do_v have_v harold_n be_v make_v king_n of_o england_n before_o by_o cnute_n in_o his_o life_n time_n leofric_n earl_n of_o chester_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o noble_n on_o the_o northside_n of_o the_o thames_n with_o all_o the_o danish_a prince_n and_o londoner_n who_o by_o converse_v with_o the_o dane_n among_o they_o be_v corrupt_v with_o their_o vice_n and_o addict_v to_o their_o party_n elect_a harold_n son_n of_o cnute_n by_o his_o concubine_n algiva_n who_o some_o aver_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o tailor_n for_o their_o king_n but_o godwin_n earl_n of_o kent_n with_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o western_a part_n of_o england_n contradict_v they_o will_v rather_o have_v elect_v hardecnute_a son_n of_o cnute_n by_o queen_n emma_n or_o one_o of_o 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thereof_o and_o harde-cnutes_a friend_n retain_v the_o southern_a part_n of_o it_o for_o his_o use_n no_o soon_o be_v harold_n crown_v king_n but_o to_o secure_v himself_o the_o better_a in_o his_o throne_n he_o present_o post_v to_o winchester_n with_o his_o force_n where_o tyrannical_o and_o forcible_o take_v away_o all_o the_o treasure_n and_o good_n which_o cnute_n have_v leave_v to_o queen_n emma_n his_o mother-in-law_n he_o 2_o banish_v she_o out_o of_o england_n into_o flanders_n some_o write_v she_o be_v thus_o banish_v by_o the_o secret_a counsel_n and_o treachery_n of_o earl_n godwin_n who_o she_o have_v make_v general_n of_o her_o force_n for_o her_o preservation_n who_o prove_v unconstant_a and_o a_o traitor_n to_o she_o and_o her_o child_n where_o in_o this_o her_o distress_n she_o be_v honourable_o entertain_v by_o earl_n baldwin_n in_o the_o year_n 1036._o alfred_n elder_a son_n of_o king_n ethelred_n come_v over_o to_o claim_v his_o

anglorum_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la tam_fw-la â_fw-la suis_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la extraneis_fw-la concitata_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la penè_fw-la periclitata_fw-la sit_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la regum_fw-la successio_fw-la magnumque_fw-la interstitium_fw-la inter_fw-la fratrem_fw-la meum_fw-la edmundum_n qui_fw-la patri_fw-la meo_fw-la mortuo_fw-la successit_fw-la meque_fw-la habitum_fw-la sit_fw-la invadentibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la swegeno_n &_o cnutho_n filio_fw-la ejus_fw-la regibus_fw-la danorum_fw-la ac_fw-la filiis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cnuthi_fw-la haroldo_n &_o harde-cnutho_a à_fw-la quibus_fw-la &_o alter_fw-la meus_fw-la frater_fw-la alfredus_fw-la crudeliter_fw-la est_fw-la occisus_fw-la solusque_fw-la sicut_fw-la joas_n occisionem_fw-la otholiae_fw-la sic_fw-la ego_fw-la crudelitatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la evasi_fw-la tandem_fw-la respectu_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la post_z plures_fw-la annos_fw-la ego_fw-la edwardus_fw-la ad_fw-la paternum_n solum_fw-la reaccessi_fw-it et_fw-la eo_fw-la potitus_n sine_fw-la ullo_n bellorum_fw-la labour_n sicut_fw-la amabilis_fw-la deo_fw-la solomon_n tantâ_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la opulentiâ_fw-la abundavi_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la antecedentium_fw-la regum_fw-la similis_fw-la mei_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o gloria_fw-la &_o divitiis_fw-la sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la i_o ut_fw-la assolet_fw-la ex_fw-la opulentia_fw-la &_o superbia_fw-la contemptus_fw-la invasit_fw-la immo_fw-la coepi_fw-la cogitare_fw-la cujus_fw-la dono_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la ad_fw-la regni_fw-la culmen_fw-la evasi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la &_o cui_fw-la vult_fw-la dare_v illud_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la mundus_fw-la transit_fw-la &_o concupiscentia_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la totum_fw-la se_fw-la subdit_fw-la deo_fw-la feliciter_fw-la regnat_fw-la &_o perpetualiter_fw-la dive_v est_fw-la itaque_fw-la deliberavi_fw-la i_o ire_n ad_fw-la lumina_fw-la subliminum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petri_n &_o paul●_n &_o ibi_fw-la gratias_fw-la agere_fw-la pro_fw-la collatis_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la king_n edward_n in_o the_o year_n 1051._o release_v the_o english_a 1051._o from_o the_o heavy_a tribute_n or_o danegeld_n which_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n and_o simeon_n dunelmensis_n thus_o express_v rex_fw-la edvardus_fw-la absolvit_fw-la anglos_n a_fw-la gravi_fw-la vectigali_fw-la 38._o 1._o anno_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la rex_fw-la athelredus_fw-la danicos_fw-la solidarios_fw-la solvi_fw-la mandavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la eye_v pater_fw-la suus_fw-la propter_fw-la danicos_fw-la solidarios_fw-la imposuerat_fw-la as_o 943._o brompton_n render_v it_o in_o another_o place_n roger_n the_o hunedon_n annalium_fw-la pars_fw-la 1._o p._n 441._o rodolphus_n de_fw-fr diceto_fw-la abbreviatione_fw-la chronicorum_fw-la col_fw-fr 145._o use_v the_o same_o word_n ailredus_fw-la abbas_n rievallis_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o miraculis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la confessoris_fw-la col._n 383._o thus_o relate_v it_o insuper_fw-la &_o tributum_fw-la illud_fw-la gravissimum_fw-la quod_fw-la tempore_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la primo_fw-la classi_fw-la danicae_fw-la pendebatur_fw-la postmodum_fw-la vero_fw-la fisco_fw-la regio_fw-la annis_n singulis_fw-la inferebatur_fw-la regius_fw-la liberalitate_fw-la remisit_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la onere_fw-la hoc_fw-la importabili_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la angliam_fw-la absolvit_fw-la vnde_fw-la sancto_fw-la huic_fw-la regi_fw-la non_fw-la inconuenienter_fw-la aptatur_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la beatus_fw-la vir_fw-la qui_fw-la inventus_fw-la sine_fw-la macula_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la post_fw-la aurum_fw-la non_fw-la abiit_fw-la nec_fw-la speravit_fw-la in_o pecuniae_fw-la the_o sauris_fw-la post_fw-la aurum_fw-la non_fw-la abiit_fw-la quod_fw-la potius_fw-la dispersit_fw-la nec_fw-la speravit_fw-la in_o the_o sauris_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la opere_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la minuit_fw-la quam_fw-la consumpsit_fw-la 418._o 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