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of_o they_o enemy_n to_o the_o english_a blood_n nor_o evil_a king_n but_o careful_a of_o their_o own_o safety_n for_o herein_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v neutral_a 5._o the_o roman_n with_o all_o their_o power_n and_o policy_n can_v never_o unite_v the_o heart_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n in_o peace_n nor_o hold_v the_o scot_n and_o north-irish_a in_o obedience_n of_o any_o authority_n reside_v in_o england_n what_o then_o be_v we_o to_o hope_v for_o of_o this_o king_n herein_o the_o religion_n of_o scotland_n unpleasing_a to_o our_o state_n his_o religion_n be_v neither_o fit_a for_o our_o state_n wherein_o archbishop_n etc._n etc._n and_o officer_n of_o cathedral_n church_n be_v of_o much_o dignity_n and_o there_o suppress_v nor_o will_v be_v please_v to_o our_o nobility_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o exorbitant_a and_o popular_a authority_n of_o a_o few_o ordinary_a minister_n which_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v there_o content_a to_o yield_v unto_o and_o therefore_o 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of_o annerdale_n who_o be_v alive_a long_o after_o her_o marriage_n with_o anguis_fw-la and_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a also_o that_o anguis_fw-la have_v another_o wife_n alive_a when_o he_o marry_v the_o say_a queen_n all_o this_o confirm_v by_o the_o lord_n william_n howard_n father_n to_o the_o now_o admiral_n send_v into_o scotland_n by_o henry_n 8._o of_o purpose_n to_o inquire_v thereof_o who_o report_v it_o to_o king_n henry_n queen_n mary_n and_o divers_a other_o for_o this_o cause_n king_n henry_n will_v have_v let_v the_o marriage_n between_o anguis_fw-la and_o his_o sister_n and_o chief_o cause_v he_o to_o exclude_v her_o issue_n 4._o she_o be_v a_o woman_n and_o it_o be_v perhaps_o a_o great_a inconvenience_n that_o three_o of_o the_o weak_a sex_n shall_v succeed_v one_o the_o other_o 5._o all_o her_o kindred_n by_o her_o father_n be_v mere_a scotish_a in_o england_n she_o have_v none_o but_o by_o her_o mother_n the_o candish_v a_o mean_a family_n and_o kindred_n for_o a_o princess_n cap._n vi_o examination_n of_o the_o title_n of_o the_o house_n of_o suffolk_n be_v derby_n and_o hartford_n sect._n 29._o 30._o the_o earl_n of_o hartford_n child_n illegitimate_a the_o child_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o hartford_n descend_v of_o lady_n frances_n the_o elder_a daughter_n of_o charles_n brandon_n be_v prove_v illegitimate_a 1._o because_o the_o lady_n katherine_n gray_n their_o mother_n be_v lawful_a wife_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n when_o they_o be_v bear_v not_o separate_v from_o he_o by_o lawful_a authority_n or_o for_o any_o just_a cause_n but_o abandon_v by_o he_o because_o her_o house_n be_v come_v into_o misery_n and_o disgrace_n 2._o it_o can_v never_o be_v lawful_o prove_v that_o the_o say_a earl_n and_o lady_n katherine_n be_v marry_v but_o only_o by_o their_o own_o assertion_n not_o sufficient_a in_o law_n therefore_o be_v the_o marriage_n disannul_v in_o the_o arch_n by_o public_a and_o definitive_a sentence_n of_o parker_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n not_o long_o after_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o say_a child_n 3._o when_o the_o marquess_n of_o dorset_n marry_v their_o grandmother_n the_o lady_n frances_n he_o have_v another_o lawful_a wife_n sister_n to_o h._n fitz-allen_n earl_n of_o arundel_n who_o he_o put_v away_o to_o obtain_v so_o great_a a_o marriage_n as_o be_v the_o lady_n frances_n this_o breed_v much_o hate_n between_o the_o marquess_n and_o earl_n ever_o after_o but_o the_o marquess_n favour_n with_o k._n henry_n deprive_v the_o other_o of_o all_o remedy_n and_o therefore_o may_v their_o mother_n the_o lady_n katherine_n seem_v illegitimate_a too_o bastardy_n in_o the_o issue_n of_o charles_n brandon_n charles_n brandon_n have_v a_o wife_n alive_a when_o he_o marry_v the_o queen_n of_o france_n by_o which_o wife_n he_o have_v issue_v the_o lady_n powyse_o wife_n of_o the_o lord_n powyse_o and_o this_o wife_n of_o his_o live_v some_o time_n after_o his_o marriage_n with_o the_o queen_n darby_n evasion_n this_o wife_n say_v the_o friend_n of_o derby_n die_v before_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o lady_n eleonor_n the_o young_a daughter_n their_o ancestor_n though_o after_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o lady_n francis_n hartford_n ancestor_n hartford_n confutation_n of_o the_o first_o bastardy_n to_o the_o first_o bastardy_n of_o hartford_n their_o friend_n affirm_v that_o the_o contract_n between_o the_o lady_n katherine_n and_o the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n be_v dissolve_v lawful_o and_o judicial_o in_o the_o time_n of_o queen_n mary_n hartford_n evasion_n of_o the_o second_o bastardy_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o his_o second_o bear_v edward_n seymore_n the_o lady_n katherine_n be_v find_v with_o child_n affirm_v the_o earl_n of_o hartford_n to_o be_v the_o father_n hereupon_o he_o be_v send_v for_o out_o of_o france_n where_o he_o be_v with_o sir_n n._n throgmorton_n and_o have_v get_v leave_n to_o
by_o she_o come_v to_o be_v exstinct_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o child_n of_o h._n 6._o there_o be_v no_o reason_n but_o the_o issue_n of_o his_o daughter_n those_o that_o claim_v by_o portugal_n sect._n 23_o shall_v succeed_v at_o least_o in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o that_o duchy_n the_o crown_n of_o england_n to_o john_n of_o somerset_n son_n to_o john_n of_o gant_n but_o for_o the_o right_a and_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n which_o come_v by_o john_n of_o gant_n himself_o three_o son_n of_o edw._n 3_o and_o elder_a that_o live_v when_o he_o die_v john_n earl_n of_o somerset_n though_o beget_v out_o of_o matrimony_n yet_o afterwards_o legitimate_a sect._n 25._o his_o elder_a son_n by_o katherine_n swinford_n be_v to_o inherit_v before_o the_o lady_n philippe_n his_o sister_n by_o the_o lady_n blanch_n the_o first_o reason_n of_o portugal_n against_o somerset_n against_o which_o the_o favourite_n of_o portugal_n allege_v divers_a reason_n 1._o be_v bear_v out_o of_o wedlock_n and_o in_o adultery_n sect._n 25._o and_o continue_v a_o bastard_n many_o year_n he_o can_v not_o be_v make_v legitimate_a afterwards_o by_o parliament_n to_o that_o effect_n of_o succession_n to_o the_o crown_n before_o q._n philippe_n of_o portugal_n and_o her_o child_n bear_v before_o his_o legitimation_n who_o thereby_o have_v vim_fw-la acquisitam_fw-la as_o the_o law_n say_v which_o can_v not_o be_v take_v away_o by_o any_o posterior_a act_n of_o parliament_n without_o consent_n of_o the_o party_n interest_v second_o reason_n john_n king_n of_o portugal_n marry_v the_o lady_n philippe_n with_o condition_n to_o enjoy_v all_o prerogative_n that_o at_o day_n be_v due_a unto_o she_o which_o be_v six_o or_o seven_o year_n before_o his_o legitimation_n for_o don_n alonso_n and_o don_n edwardo_n the_o two_o son_n of_o the_o say_a john_n and_o philippe_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n 1390_o and_o 1391._o and_o john_n of_o gant_n marry_v katherine_n swinford_n and_o legitimate_a her_o child_n in_o the_o year_n 1396_o and_o 1397._o three_o reason_n the_o marriage_n of_o john_n of_o gant_n with_o katherine_n swinford_n help_v little_a to_o better_v this_o legitimation_n which_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o common_a and_o civil_a law_n be_v but_o a_o bare_a deposition_n for_o their_o child_n be_v spurii_fw-la beget_v in_o plain_a adultery_n not_o in_o fornication_n only_o and_o consequent_o the_o privilege_n that_o the_o law_n give_v to_o the_o subsequent_a marriage_n of_o the_o party_n by_o legitimate_v such_o child_n as_o be_v bear_v in_o simple_a fornication_n where_o the_o party_n be_v single_a can_v take_v place_n here_o nor_o can_v any_o legitimation_n equal_a much_o less_o prefer_v the_o legitimate_a before_o the_o lawful_a and_o legitimate_a by_o birth_n the_o four_o reason_n allege_v by_o the_o favourer_n of_o portugal_n against_o the_o issue_n of_o john_n of_o somerset_n when_o henry_n 6._o and_o his_o son_n be_v extinguish_v and_o edw._n 4._o usurp_v the_o crown_n there_o remain_v of_o the_o lady_n philippe_n alfonse_n the_o five_o king_n of_o portugal_n her_o nephew_n of_o john_n of_o somerset_n margaret_n countess_n of_o richmond_n his_o niece_n the_o question_n be_v which_o of_o these_o two_o competitor_n of_o the_o house_n of_o lancaster_n and_o in_o equal_a degree_n from_o john_n of_o gant_n and_o henry_n 6._o shall_v have_v succession_n by_o right_a immediate_o after_o the_o death_n of_o henry_n 6._o alfonso_n say_v they_o for_o three_o reason_n first_o he_o be_v a_o man_n and_o margaret_n but_o a_o woman_n though_o she_o come_v of_o the_o man_n and_o he_o of_o the_o woman_n 2._o he_o descend_v of_o the_o lawful_a and_o elder_a daughter_n she_o of_o the_o young_a brother_n legitimate_a 3._o he_o be_v of_o the_o whole_a blood_n to_o h._n 6._o and_o she_o but_o of_o the_o half_a in_o which_o regard_n he_o be_v to_o be_v prefer_v at_o least_o in_o all_o the_o interest_n of_o succession_n which_o be_v to_o be_v have_v from_o 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