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king_n which_o have_v do_v they_o be_v common_o dismiss_v without_o enter_v on_o any_o other_o business_n pp._n 106_o 107._o however_o the_o king_n usual_o add_v a_o conciliary_a summons_n to_o his_o parliamentary_a writ_n yet_o still_o the_o design_n be_v in_o both_o the_o same_o that_o they_o may_v thereby_o more_o effectual_o confirm_v what_o have_v in_o parliament_n be_v grant_v to_o the_o king_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n the_o main_a design_n our_o prince_n seem_v to_o have_v have_v in_o assemble_v these_o convocation_n either_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o do_v their_o parliament_n or_o not_o long_o after_o be_v to_o get_v money_n from_o they_o p._n 227._o this_o be_v the_o great_a use_v the_o king_n be_v wont_a to_o make_v of_o our_o convocation_n and_o from_o thence_o it_o come_v to_o be_v the_o custom_n to_o summon_v they_o for_o the_o most_o part_n as_o often_o as_o the_o parliament_n meet_v p._n 229._o for_o the_o most_o part_n what_o be_v do_v by_o the_o convocation_n when_o they_o meet_v be_v only_o to_o confirm_v or_o make_v a_o order_n for_o money_n p._n 228._o for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o great_a end_n our_o king_n have_v in_o summon_v they_o be_v to_o get_v money_n from_o they_o p._n 245._o as_o long_o as_o the_o clergy_n in_o convocation_n have_v continue_v to_o assist_v the_o government_n by_o grant_v subsidy_n it_o have_v be_v allow_v to_o sit_v as_o often_o as_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o that_o purpose_n though_o it_o have_v seldom_o do_v any_o thing_n beside_o p._n 250._o as_o to_o the_o second_o that_o the_o convocation_n when_o it_o use_v to_o sit_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o parliament_n be_v a_o member_n of_o parliament_n but_o not_o be_v so_o now_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o it_o shall_v sit_v with_o it_o 107._o it_o pp._n 105_o 106_o 107._o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v so_o false_a and_o scandalous_a a_o reflection_n upon_o our_o prince_n and_o those_o meeting_n and_o upon_o the_o constitution_n itself_o that_o i_o 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to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o they_o than_o that_o they_o give_v the_o king_n such_o and_o such_o supply_n and_o though_o they_o meet_v often_o in_o former_a time_n yet_o as_o for_o ecclesiastical_a business_n for_o aught_o he_o can_v find_v they_o do_v as_o little_a with_o their_o often_o meet_v then_o as_o they_o do_v with_o their_o seldom_o meet_v now_o 283._o now_o p._n 283._o but_o first_o allow_v all_o this_o to_o be_v true_a do_v it_o follow_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o convocation_n sit_v be_v to_o give_v money_n may_v not_o frequent_a opportunity_n be_v take_v of_o press_v the_o clergy_n to_o grant_n and_o yet_o that_o not_o be_v the_o end_n of_o their_o meeting_n money_n have_v be_v as_o frequent_o give_v by_o parliament_n as_o by_o convocation_n and_o have_v be_v as_o much_o the_o design_n of_o call_v they_o so_o that_o once_o upon_o a_o time_n 53._o time_n cl._n rot._n 21_o e._n 3._o ps_n 2._o m._n 9_o dor_n et_fw-la scire_fw-la vos_fw-fr volumus_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la auxilia_fw-la seu_fw-la tallagia_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la petenda_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la alia_fw-la onera_fw-la eidem_fw-la populo_fw-la imponenda_fw-la set_v duntaxat_fw-la pro_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la ipsi_fw-la populo_fw-la nostro_fw-la super_fw-la dampnis_fw-la &_o gravaminibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la illatis_fw-la faciendâ_fw-la see_v pryn._n parliam_fw-la writ_n vol._n 1._o p._n 53._o when_o the_o king_n insert_v a_o clause_n in_o the_o commons_o writ_n to_o assure_v they_o that_o that_o parliament_n be_v not_o call_v in_o order_n to_o a_o supply_n it_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o our_o antiquary_n as_o a_o wonder_n nevertheless_o the_o reason_n and_o end_v of_o those_o state-meeting_n be_v not_o i_o
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