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sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la erecti_fw-la justum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la et_fw-la prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la saeculi_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_n judiciis_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illinc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la and_o to_o avoid_v all_o arbitrary_a proceed_n oppression_n and_o injustice_n in_o all_o thing_n this_o council_n by_o positive_a law_n ascertain_v all_o fine_n amerciament_n imprisonment_n and_o corporal_a punishment_n for_o criminal_a offence_n from_o which_o the_o judge_n may_v not_o vary_v and_o withal_o define_v what_o arm_n every_o man_n shall_v find_v in_o those_o time_n of_o war_n against_o the_o dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n by_o his_o positive_a law_n lex_fw-la 21._o sax._n 16._o omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la habebit_fw-la duos_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la â—_o equis_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la carucâ_fw-la king_n ethelstane_n after_o this_o council_n at_o grate_o what_o year_n be_v not_o express_v assemble_v several_a other_o parliamentary_a 5._o council_n at_o exeter_n feuresham_n and_o thunderfeld_n wherein_o he_o and_o his_o wiseman_n by_o common_a consent_n confirm_v the_o law_n make_v at_o grate_o alter_v some_o of_o they_o in_o certain_a particular_n and_o add_v some_o new_a law_n unto_o they_o as_o you_o may_v
seculum_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la requiret_fw-la regem_fw-la pro_fw-la aliqua_fw-la causa_fw-la nisi_fw-la domi_fw-la negatur_fw-la ei_fw-la omne_fw-la dignum_fw-la recti_fw-la vel_fw-la rectum_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr nulla_fw-la emendabili_fw-la re_fw-la foris_fw-la faciat_fw-la homo_fw-la plusquam_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la agreeable_a to_o our_o king_n coronation_n oath_n and_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la et_fw-la judex_fw-la qui_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicabit_fw-la alicui_fw-la det_fw-la regi_fw-la cxx_o s._n nisi_fw-la jurare_fw-la audeat_fw-la quod_fw-la rectius_fw-la judicare_fw-la nescivit_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la injust_a superdicere_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la vita_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la linguae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 969._o there_o be_v 969._o a_o general_a council_n 966._o assemble_v at_o london_n by_o king_n edgar_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o pope_n john_n and_o archbishop_n dunstan_n wherein_o as_o i_o conceive_v the_o king_n make_v that_o elegant_a oration_n against_o the_o vicious_a life_n of_o the_o clergy_n thus_o express_v his_o own_o duty_n and_o supremacy_n over_o all_o person_n and_o cause_n both_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a justum_fw-la proinde_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la subjecit_fw-la sub_fw-la pedibus_fw-la nostril_n subjiciamus_fw-la illi_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la et_fw-la animas_fw-la nostraâ—_n et_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o quos_fw-la nobis_fw-la subdidit_fw-la ejus_fw-la subdantur_fw-la legibus_fw-la non_fw-la segniter_fw-la elâ—â—oremus_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la quidem_fw-la interesâ—_n laicos_fw-la cum_fw-la aequitatis_fw-la jure_fw-la tractare_fw-la inter_fw-la virum_fw-la et_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la justum_fw-la judicium_fw-la facere_fw-la punire_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la rebel_n supprimere_fw-la eripere_fw-la inopem_fw-la de_fw-la manufortiorum_fw-la ejus_fw-la egenum_fw-la et_fw-la pauperem_fw-la à _fw-la deripientibus_fw-la eum_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ministris_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la necessaria_fw-la procurare_fw-la et_fw-la paci_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la quieti_fw-la consulere_fw-la de_fw-fr quorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la moribus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la spectat_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la vivunt_fw-la continenter_fw-la si_fw-la honest_a se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_fw-la solliciti_fw-la si_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la populo_fw-la assidui_fw-la si_fw-la victu_fw-la sobrii_fw-la si_fw-la moderati_fw-la habituâ—_n si_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la discreti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la jungamus_fw-la dextras_fw-la gladium_fw-la gladio_fw-la copulemus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la iextra_fw-la castra_fw-la leprosi_fw-la ut_fw-la purgetur_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la silij_fw-la levi_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o direct_v his_o speech_n to_o dunstan_n aethelwald_n and_o oswald_n he_o conclude_v thus_o vobis_fw-la istud_fw-la committo_fw-la negotium_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopali_fw-la censura_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la turpiteriviventes_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ejiciamur_fw-la &_o ordinatè_fw-la viventes_fw-la introducantur_fw-la herupon_o there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v in_o this_o general_n council_n that_o all_o canon_n priest_n deacon_n and_o subdeacon_n shall_v live_v chaste_o that_o be_v put_v away_o their_o lawful_a wife_n vow_v chastity_n and_o become_v 4._o monk_n or_o relinquish_v the_o church_n they_o then_o hold_v the_o execution_n whereof_o be_v commit_v to_o oswald_n and_o ethelwald_n who_o thereupon_o compel_v the_o clergy_n in_o worcester_n winchester_n and_o other_o church_n to_o become_v monk_n renuentes_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spoliarunt_fw-la deprive_v those_o who_o refuse_v of_o all_o their_o benefice_n and_o put_v monk_n into_o they_o qui_fw-la novo_fw-la quidem_fw-la splendore_fw-la universam_fw-la insulam_fw-la illustrarunt_fw-la as_o our_o monkish_a writer_n record_v or_o rather_o novo_fw-la foetore_fw-la contaminarunt_fw-la as_o other_o write_v 868._o john_n bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o nun_n of_o ely_n by_o inguar_n and_o hubba_n the_o secular_a priest_n enjoy_v that_o monastery_n one_o hundred_o year_n space_n who_o king_n edgar_n de_fw-fr concilio_n beati_fw-la 4._o dunstani_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la etheâ—waâ—di_fw-la aâ—_n mâ—gnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n expulit_fw-la &_o fugavit_fw-la for_o their_o dishonest_a conversation_n bishop_n oswald_z have_v eject_v the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n out_o of_o his_o church_n at_o worcester_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n sâ—â—lman_n compute_v it_o 158._o 〈◊〉_d king_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o 6_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o fiscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n of_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officer_n exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n â—dntra_fw-la hostem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o 970._o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o ratify_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la dptimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la &c._n &c._n toll_n &_o team_n italibere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la eandem_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o puniendo_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducitnr_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eriâ—iendi_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 qnamvis_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 â—unâ—itur_fw-la â—ccirco_fw-mi profuâ—â—_n unâ—â—uccedenâ—ibus_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 itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiam_fw-la er_fw-mi annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 10._o abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la eagar_n divina_fw-la dispositione_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la pagina_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n amnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o
malis_fw-la accessit_fw-la civilis_fw-la discordia_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la quis_fw-la cui_fw-la crederet_fw-la quis_fw-la cui_fw-la mentis_fw-la suae_fw-la secreta_fw-la commitâ—eret_fw-la nesciretur_fw-la plena_fw-la erat_fw-la proditoribus_fw-la insula_fw-la nusquam_fw-la tuta_fw-la fides_fw-la nusquam_fw-la sine_fw-la suspitione_n amor_fw-la sermo_n sine_fw-la simulatione_fw-la tandem_fw-la cousque_fw-la proditio_fw-la civilis_fw-la et_fw-la astutia_fw-la processit_fw-la hostilis_fw-la ut_fw-la ac_fw-la functo_fw-la rege_fw-la magna_fw-la pars_fw-la insulae_fw-la legitimis_fw-la abdicatis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la cnutoni_fw-la qui_fw-la regnum_fw-la invaserat_fw-la manus_fw-la darent_fw-la peremptoque_fw-la invictissimo_fw-la rege_fw-la edmundo_n paterni_fw-la honoris_fw-la simul_fw-la et_fw-la laboris_fw-la haerede_fw-la etiam_fw-la filios_fw-la ejus_fw-la adâ—uc_fw-la in_o cunis_fw-la agentes_fw-la barbaris_fw-la mitterent_fw-la occidendos_fw-la king_n cnute_n hear_v this_o their_o palpable_a flattery_n and_o contemptuous_a rejection_n of_o edwin_n and_o the_o saxon_a regal_a line_n go_v joyful_o into_o his_o chamber_n and_o call_v perfidious_a duke_n edric_n to_o he_o demand_v of_o he_o how_o he_o may_v deceive_v prince_n edwin_n so_o as_o to_o have_v he_o murder_v who_o thereupon_o inform_v he_o how_o and_o by_o who_o his_o murder_n may_v be_v accomplish_v by_o promise_a reward_n of_o money_n and_o preferment_n which_o be_v according_o effect_v soon_o after_o by_o cnutes_n procurement_n and_o command_n this_o edric_n likewise_o persuade_v cnute_n to_o slay_v prince_n edward_n and_o edmond_n king_n edmond_n son_n whereupon_o statuit_fw-la cnuto_fw-mi mirabiliter_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la svo_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la gentis_fw-la regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la perdere_fw-la vel_fw-la exilio_fw-la perenni_fw-la eliminare_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la jure_fw-la haerâ—ditario_fw-la reservare_fw-la curaret_fw-la write_v matthew_n westminster_n p._n 402._o but_o because_o it_o may_v seem_v a_o great_a disgrace_n to_o he_o to_o murder_v these_o infant_n prince_n in_o england_n he_o afterward_o send_v they_o over_o sea_n to_o king_n swain_n to_o slay_v they_o in_o denmark_n who_o abhor_v the_o fact_n instead_o thereof_o send_v they_o to_o solomon_n king_n of_o hungary_n to_o be_v preserve_v and_o educate_v cnute_n have_v thus_o through_o the_o flattery_n perjury_n and_o treachery_n of_o the_o english_a prelate_n and_o noble_n gain_v the_o entire_a monarchy_n of_o england_n fly_v or_o banish_v all_o those_o perfidious_a english_a sycophant_n temporizer_n who_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o this_o false_a testimony_n abjuration_n &_o treacherous_a bloody_a advice_n against_o the_o saxon_a royal_a family_n by_o who_o counsel_n he_o slay_v or_o banisheâ—_n all_o the_o blood-royal_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n that_o so_o he_o may_v jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la reserve_v and_o perpetuate_v the_o 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