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have_v declare_v the_o way_n of_o pone_fw-la and_o distress_n to_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o great_a delay_n or_o that_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n make_v in_o the_o 23th_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o eigth_n 14._o for_o give_v process_n of_o capias_fw-la in_o writ_n of_o annuity_n which_o be_v make_v twenty-eight_a year_n after_o the_o make_n of_o that_o statute_n will_v have_v say_v there_o be_v many_o delay_n in_o action_n of_o annuity_n because_o no_o writ_n of_o capias_fw-la do_v lie_v in_o that_o action_n act_n of_o parliament_n in_o those_o day_n and_o long_o before_o &_o after_o have_v by_o our_o king_n be_v grant_v upon_o the_o petition_n and_o request_n of_o their_o subject_n and_o pen_v advise_v or_o careful_o peruse_v