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ill_a counsellor_n about_o he_o neglect_v hate_v banish_v his_o own_o noble_n and_o natural_a subject_n as_o traitor_n without_o any_o just_a cause_n or_o legal_a trial_n and_o subvert_v confound_v their_o law_n liberty_n justice_n etc._n etc._n 2_o to_o manifest_v the_o proceed_n impeachment_n in_o these_o parliament_n against_o the_o earl_n and_o noble_n refuse_v to_o appear_v at_o these_o parliament_n upon_o the_o king_n these_o successive_a writ_n of_o summons_n his_o outlaw_v they_o of_o high_a treason_n and_o spoil_v burn_a seize_v their_o house_n land_n thereupon_o be_v adjudge_v by_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n to_o be_v illegal_a and_o afterward_o reverse_v as_o unjust_a and_o against_o the_o law_n claus_n 18._o h._n 3._o m._n 19_o 3ly_n to_o manifest_v that_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n will_v not_o act_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o these_o eminent_a lord_n refuse_v to_o appear_v 4_o to_o evidence_n the_o sentence_n and_o justice_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n against_o these_o ill_a counsellor_n alien_n and_o traitor_n to_o the_o public_a who_o they_o cause_v to_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o king_n court_n kingdom_n put_v from_o their_o public_a trust_n and_o office_n call_v to_o a_o account_n public_o arraign_v before_o the_o king_n himself_o and_o his_o justice_n by_o who_o they_o be_v imprison_v their_o land_n confiscate_v and_o better_a counsellor_n of_o state_n and_o judge_n put_v into_o their_o place_n 1531_o anno_fw-la 1240._o accusatus_fw-la est_fw-la graviter_fw-la comes_fw-la cantiae_fw-la hubertus_n de_fw-fr burgo_n coram_fw-la rege_fw-la et_fw-la curia_fw-la tota_n london_n ubi_fw-la post_fw-la multâ—s_fw-la disceptationes_fw-la ut_fw-la iraâ—undia_fw-la regis_fw-la quae_fw-la immoderate_a nimis_fw-la conâ—â—â—_n ipsum_fw-la excanduerat_fw-la quiesceret_fw-la adjudicaâ—um_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quatuor_fw-la castra_n sua_fw-la charissima_fw-la scilicet_fw-la blancum_fw-la castrum_n grosmunt_fw-la scenefrithz_n &_o haetfeild_n domino_fw-la regiâ—_n resignaret_fw-la ut_fw-la cetera_fw-la sibi_fw-la cum_fw-la regis_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la in_o pace_fw-la remanerent_fw-la 938._o anno_fw-la 1258._o the_o noble_n complain_v in_o parliamnnt_n of_o the_o king_n advance_v his_o half_a brother_n who_o be_v alien_n sway_v all_o thing_n and_o impoverish_v the_o realm_n and_o of_o their_o intolerable_a pride_n insolency_n and_o injury_n and_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n particular_o complain_v to_o the_o parliament_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr valentia_n non_o tamin_z regi_fw-la sed_fw-la universitati_fw-la praecordialiter_fw-la est_fw-la conquestus_fw-la exigens_fw-la instanter_fw-la sibi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la the_o 278._o same_o year_n the_o great_a man_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o land_n videntes_fw-la regnum_fw-la undique_fw-la desolatum_fw-la tum_fw-la exactionibus_fw-la &_o tallagiis_fw-la tam_fw-la curiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la quam_fw-la regis_fw-la quam_fw-la etiam_fw-la 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