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the_o like_a the_o word_n of_o glanvil_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o be_v quilibet_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la terram_fw-la habens_fw-la quandam_fw-la partem_fw-la terrae_fw-la sva_fw-la cùm_fw-la filiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la qualibet_fw-la muliere_fw-la potest_fw-la dare_v in_fw-la maritagium_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o bare_o cùm_fw-la qualibet_fw-la muliere_fw-la pag._n 2._o of_o his_o answer_n to_o my_o two_o book_n here_o he_o say_v i_o tell_v he_o that_o i_o have_v prove_v geva_n to_o be_v a_o bastard_n out_o of_o a_o historian_n contemporary_a by_o which_o ordericus_n vitalis_n be_v mean_v and_o yet_o ordericus_n say_v no_o such_o thing_n my_o reply_n it_o be_v true_a i_o say_v so_o and_o have_v prove_v it_o too_o see_v my_o answer_n to_o his_o defence_n of_o amicia_n pag._n 34_o 35._o for_o though_o he_o have_v not_o these_o very_a word_n geva_n be_v a_o bastard_n yet_o by_o sure_a consequence_n it_o follow_v out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o ordericus_n that_o she_o be_v a_o bastard_n which_o be_v all_o to_o one_o effect_n and_o here_o be_v another_o trip_n of_o a_o fallacy_n in_o sir_n thomas_n pag._n 2._o of_o his_o answer_n to_o my_o two_o book_n 1._o here_o he_o also_o say_v that_o i_o affirm_v the_o common_a law_n be_v now_o alter_v otherwise_o than_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n without_o quote_v any_o author_n 2._o and_o also_o that_o i_o brag_v of_o several_a precedent_n where_o land_n be_v give_v in_o free_a marriage_n with_o bastard_n and_o yet_o i_o prove_v not_o these_o necessary_a word_n of_o liberum_fw-la maritagium_fw-la as_o the_o lord_n cook_n call_v they_o be_v use_v in_o any_o of_o those_o grant_n or_o that_o any_o of_o those_o person_n with_o who_o such_o land_n be_v give_v be_v bastard_n my_o reply_n here_o be_v another_o trip_v of_o sir_n thomas_n for_o i_o have_v quote_v the_o lord_n cook_n himself_o in_o several_a case_n for_o it_o see_v my_o answer_n to_o his_o defence_n of_o amicia_n pag._n 23_o 24_o 25_o 26._o and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v here_o i_o quote_v no_o author_n for_o it_o and_o i_o can_v yet_o produce_v a_o number_n of_o case_n more_o wherein_o the_o law_n be_v alter_v without_o any_o act_n of_o parliament_n if_o it_o be_v necessary_a 2._o to_o the_o second_o i_o produce_v those_o ancient_a precedent_n to_o show_v that_o those_o word_n in_o liberum_fw-la maritagium_fw-la be_v not_o ancient_o so_o necessary_a in_o grant_n of_o free_a marriage_n as_o the_o lord_n cook_n will_v now_o have_v they_o to_o be_v and_o then_o sir_n thomas_n say_v that_o i_o have_v not_o prove_v any_o of_o those_o person_n with_o who_o such_o land_n be_v give_v in_o free_a marriage_n be_v bastard_n sit_fw-la libre_fw-la judex_fw-la as_o to_o that_o of_o geva_n see_v also_o my_o former_a reply_n pag._n 38._o where_o joan_n princess_n of_o wales_n be_v clear_o prove_v to_o be_v a_o bastard_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o most_o of_o our_o historian_n but_o none_o say_v she_o be_v a_o lawful_a daughter_n and_o that_o she_o have_v land_n give_v she_o in_o free_a marriage_n by_o king_n john_n her_o father_n see_v my_o advertisement_n to_o the_o reader_n at_o the_o end_n of_o my_o two_o say_a book_n also_o my_o addenda_fw-la pag._n 3_o 4._o and_o my_o former_a reply_n pag._n 25._o pag._n 3._o of_o his_o answer_n to_o my_o two_o book_n here_o he_o say_v i_o tell_v he_o lewellyn_n prince_n of_o north-wales_n be_v divorce_v from_o his_o wife_n joan_n for_o which_o i_o can_v neither_o show_v author_n nor_o record_n my_o reply_n i_o do_v not_o positive_o affirm_v it_o the_o word_n in_o my_o former_a reply_n pag._n 44._o be_v these_o if_o she_o be_v remarried_n to_o audley_n anno_fw-la 14._o
that_fw-mi cum_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la muliere_fw-la alicui_fw-la in_o maritagium_fw-la ità _fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la terra_fw-la illa_fw-la sit_fw-la quieta_fw-la &_o à _fw-la se_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la versus_fw-la capitalem_fw-la dominum_fw-la acquietanda_fw-la and_o bracton_n express_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o quoniam_fw-la terra_fw-la data_fw-la bastado_n in_fw-la maritagium_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la vel_fw-la bastardo_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la tacitam_fw-la habet_fw-la conditionem_fw-la vel_fw-la expressam_fw-la de_fw-la reversione_n etc._n etc._n see_v also_o sir_n thomas_n manwaring_n lawcase_n mistake_v pag._n 10_o 11._o so_o that_o land_n may_v be_v give_v in_o free-marriage_n to_o any_o man_n with_o any_o woman_n whosoever_o without_o any_o exception_n and_o if_o with_o any_o woman_n whosoever_o then_o certain_o with_o a_o bastard_n and_o bracton_n more_o express_o that_o land_n may_v then_o be_v give_v to_o a_o bastard_n in_o marriage_n neither_o be_v bastard_n any_o where_o disallow_v by_o the_o law_n either_o in_o glanvil_n or_o bracton_n for_o have_v land_n give_v in_o free-marriage_n 2._o that_o the_o law_n be_v so_o take_v in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n john_n and_o upward_o appear_v by_o sundry_a precedent_n of_o those_o elder_a age_n whereby_o land_n be_v give_v in_o free-marriage_n with_o bastard_n see_v one_o in_o my_o book_n of_o antiquity_n pag._n 112._o wherein_o randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n surnamed_n the_o gernoun_n give_v unto_o geva_n ridel_n daughter_n of_o earl_n hugh_n that_o be_v hugh_n lupus_n drayton_n in_o free-marriage_n with_o the_o appurtenance_n even_o as_o earl_n hugh_n give_v the_o same_o unto_o she_o in_o free-marrige_n this_o deed_n be_v make_v about_o the_o end_n of_o hen._n i._n or_o king_n stephen_n and_o that_o geva_n be_v a_o bastard_n ordericus_n a_o historian_n of_o good_a credit_n and_o contemporary_a with_o geva_n plain_o show_v for_o lib._n 4._o ecclesiasticae_fw-la historia_fw-la pag._n 522._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o hugh_n lupus_n have_v many_o bastard-son_n &_o bastard-daughter_n yet_o name_v none_o of_o they_o in_o particular_a è_fw-la pellicibus_fw-la plurimam_fw-la sobolem_fw-la utriusque_fw-la sexûs_fw-la genuit_fw-la quae_fw-la diversis_fw-la infortunijs_fw-la absorpta_fw-la penè_fw-la tota_fw-la periit_fw-la exmentrudem_fw-la filiam_fw-la hugonis_fw-la de_fw-fr claromonte_n beluacensi_fw-la vxorem_fw-la duxit_fw-la ex_fw-la quâ_fw-la ricardum_fw-la cestrensis_fw-la comitatûs_fw-la haeredem_fw-la genuit_fw-la qui_fw-la jnvenis_fw-la liberisque_fw-la carens_fw-la naufragio_fw-la periit_fw-la so_o that_o have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n by_o she_o who_o die_v young_a and_o without_o child_n he_o will_v certain_o have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o other_o child_n by_o his_o wife_n if_o he_o have_v have_v any_o other_o by_o she_o but_o â—o_o put_v it_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n he_o tell_v we_o afterward_o lib._n 10._o eccles_n hist_o pag._n 787._o ricardus_n pulcherrimus_fw-la pver_fw-la quem_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la ermentrude_v filiâ_fw-la hugonis_fw-la de_fw-fr claromonte_n genuit_fw-la consulatum_fw-la cestriae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la tenuit_fw-la so_o that_o earl_n hugh_n only_o beget_v richard_n on_o ermentrude_v his_o wife_n &_o then_o by_o sure_a consequence_n out_o of_o his_o word_n it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o geva_n be_v be_v one_o of_o the_o earl_n bastard_n she_o be_v no_o child_n by_o ermentrude_v his_o wife_n which_o be_v clear_o prove_v without_o a_o point_n of_o law_n and_o can_v by_o any_o point_n of_o law_n be_v take_v off_o again_o if_o geva_n have_v be_v a_o lawful_a daughter_n by_o ermentrude_v than_o she_o will_v have_v be_v sole_a heir_n to_o her_o brother_n richard_n and_o aught_o to_o have_v have_v the_o earldom_n of_o chester_n which_o she_o never_o have_v nor_o ever_o claim_v see_v this_o more_o full_o in_o my_o answer_n to_o the_o 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inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la de_fw-la terrâ_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la maritagio_fw-la factis_fw-la etc._n etc._n dated_n anno_fw-la sexto_fw-la johannis_n regis_fw-la 1204._o see_v the_o deed_n at_o large_a in_o the_o advertisement_n to_o the_o reader_n at_o the_o end_n of_o my_o book_n style_v sir_n thomas_n manwaring_n lawcase_n mistake_v pag._n 53._o transcribe_v from_o the_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n 2._o another_o see_v in_o my_o book_n of_o antiquity_n pag._n 152._o wherein_o it_o be_v covenant_v that_o john_n the_o scot_n nephew_n of_o randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n and_o lincoln_n by_o his_o elder_a sister_n shall_v marry_v helen_n daughter_n of_o lewellyn_n prince_n of_o north-wales_n and_o that_o the_o say_v lewellyn_n shall_v give_v to_o the_o say_v john_n in_o free-marriage_n all_o the_o manor_n of_o budford_n in_o warwickeshire_n and_o the_o manor_n of_o suttehele_n in_o worcester_n shire_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la sicut_fw-la 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