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A44191 Lord Hollis, his remains being a second letter to a friend, concerning the judicature of the bishops in Parliament, in the vindication of what he wrote in his first : and in answer to ... The rights of the bishops to judge in capital cases in Parliament, cleared, &c. : it contains likewise part of his intended answer to a second tractate, entituled, The grand question touching the bishops right to vote in Parliament, stated and argued : to which are added Considerations, in answer to the learned author of The grand question, &c., by another hand : and reflections upon some passages in Mr. Hunt's Argument upon that subject, &c., by a third.; Second letter to a friend concerning the judicature of the bishops in Parliament Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.; Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680. Letter of a gentleman to his friend.; Atwood, William, d. 1705? Reflections upon Antidotum Britannicum. 1682 (1682) Wing H2466; ESTC R17318 217,539 444

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patenter_fw-la reprimatur_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la et_fw-la vobiscedat_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la &_o exinde_fw-la vobis_fw-la ad_fw-la grate_v teneamur_fw-la speciales_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westmin_fw-la 25_o o_o die_v maij._n eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la phil._n basset_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o gentleman_n if_o he_o have_v think_v 156._o fit_a to_o have_v trust_v mr._n selden_n without_o take_v the_o impertinent_a pain_n as_o he_o term_v it_o 592._o of_o search_v the_o record_n may_v have_v know_v that_o about_o 130_o temporal_a baron_n have_v then_o their_o several_a writ_n but_o this_o author_n find_v a_o precept_n to_o a_o 148._o sheriff_n quod_fw-la summoneri_fw-la facias_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n abbates_n priores_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la liberos_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la etc._n etc._n conclude_v that_o this_o must_v necessary_o be_v a_o curia_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o distinction_n to_o a_o parliament_n because_o of_o the_o general_a writ_n of_o summons_n whereas_o a_o little_a insight_n into_o record_n will_v have_v acquaint_v he_o that_o the_o sheriff_n be_v oblige_v to_o summon_v all_o those_o by_o a_o general_n proclamation_n and_o then_o to_o deliver_v the_o particular_a writ_n to_o the_o great_a baron_n among_o they_o this_o record_n do_v not_o say_v how_o they_o be_v to_o be_v summon_v but_o notwithstanding_o this_o every_o one_o of_o those_o rank_n of_o man_n may_v have_v be_v summon_v particular_o but_o to_o prevent_v all_o mistake_v or_o evasion_n we_o have_v a_o record_n which_o explain_v that_o very_a instance_n which_o he_o insist_o upon_o it_o be_v of_o that_o very_a time_n rex_fw-la vicecom_v devon_n salutem_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la quâ_fw-la nobis_fw-la teneris_fw-la visis_fw-la literis_fw-la 10._o istis_fw-la scire_fw-la facias_fw-la omnibus_fw-la de_fw-la com._n 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