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favour_n unto_o man_n in_o succession_n of_o collateral_n of_o which_o quality_n be_v this_o now_o in_o question_n do_v sometime_o dispose_v tab._n dispose_v inst_z de_fw-fr leg._n agnat_fw-la succ_fw-la succ_fw-la câterum_fw-la ubi_fw-la benè_fw-la facit_fw-la ratio_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la posita_fw-la ibi_fw-la quod_fw-la ideò_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr leg._n by'r_a l._n lege_fw-la xii_o tab._n that_o inheritance_n shall_v pass_v from_o one_o to_o another_o among_o the_o male_a kindred_n althô_o they_o be_v in_o a_o very_a distant_a degree_n but_o the_o woman_n kindred_n shall_v then_o only_o succeed_v in_o case_n they_o be_v sister_n if_o they_o be_v more_o remote_a whether_o descend_v of_o sister_n or_o any_o other_o they_o be_v hold_v incapable_a for_o if_o that_o law_n can_v exclude_v woman_n kindred_n from_o lawful_a succession_n as_o it_o do_v because_o otherwise_o the_o correction_n thereof_o comprise_v in_o these_o cite_a law_n have_v not_o be_v necessary_a for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o eâsi_fw-la not_o ff_n de_fw-fr injust_a rupt_n &_o irrit_n test_n l._n nam_fw-la eâsi_fw-la can_v be_v abolish_v break_v or_o correct_v then_o this_o similibus_fw-la this_o arg._n praemiss_a &_o ff_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n non_fw-la est_fw-la novum_fw-la &_o l._n de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la cum_fw-la similibus_fw-la statute_n may_v do_v the_o same_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n again_o that_o the_o right_n of_o a_o kingdom_n be_v carry_v by_o hereditary_a succession_n or_o by_o prerogative_n of_o custom_n it_o be_v bring_v in_o only_o by_o positive_a and_o civil_a law_n archid._n law_n le._n &_o no._n 8._o q._n 1._o c._n moses_n ibi_fw-la glow_n &_o archid._n to_o wit_n custom_n therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o it_o may_v be_v take_v away_o by_o the_o same_o law_n and_o consequent_o by_o the_o law_n of_o this_o statute_n fi._n statute_n ar._n ff_n de_fw-fr reg._n jur_n l._n nil_fw-la tam_fw-la naturale_fw-la inst_z de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr nature_n gent._n &_o civ_o civ_o sed_fw-la naturalia_fw-la &_o inst_z de_fw-fr legit_fw-la agnat_fw-la tutela_fw-la tutela_fw-la fi._n or_o custom_n by_o which_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o light_n that_o the_o lady_n isabella_n can_v not_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o france_n as_o be_v altogether_o disable_v and_o exclude_v by_o statute_n so_o then_o upon_o this_o foundation_n thus_o lay_v beforehand_o many_o reason_n may_v be_v raise_v against_o king_n edward_n for_o lawful_a succession_n proceed_v by_o degree_n that_o be_v from_o one_o degree_n to_o another_o so_o that_o as_o a_o man_n be_v near_o in_o order_n of_o degree_n so_o not_o so_o inst_z de_fw-fr legit_fw-la agnat_fw-la success_n success_n placebat_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la not_o be_v he_o strong_a in_o right_a of_o succession_n but_o in_o case_n of_o our_o question_n the_o near_a and_o strong_a degree_n of_o isabella_n be_v plain_o disable_v from_o succession_n by_o statute_n therefore_o this_o lawful_a succession_n as_o interrupt_v or_o stop_v by_o she_o can_v proceed_v to_o a_o further_a degree_n viz._n to_o king_n edward_n because_o succession_n go_v on_o by_o step_n and_o not_o per_fw-la saltum_fw-la senateribus_fw-la saltum_fw-la in._n tit_n qui_fw-fr feud_n da._n poss_n poss_n &_o quia_fw-la &_o facit_fw-fr l._n ut_fw-la gradatim_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr munere_fw-la &_o oner_n injunct_a l._n qui_fw-la indignus_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr senateribus_fw-la as_o baldus_n note_v and_o this_o sequel_n be_v prove_v for_o praed_fw-we for_o lâtria_n praedia_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr seruit_fw-la rust_n praed_fw-we that_o the_o overthrow_n of_o order_n be_v also_o the_o overthrow_n of_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v order_v and_o upon_o argumentum_fw-la upon_o ff_n de_fw-fr officâejus_n cvi_fw-la mandaest_n jurisdictio_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o hajus_fw-la rei_fw-la argumentum_fw-la destruction_n of_o the_o antecedent_n the_o destruction_n of_o the_o consequent_a do_v ensue_v again_o if_o king_n edward_n shall_v make_v claim_n of_o any_o such_o succession_n this_o must_v be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o royal_a blood_n derive_v unto_o he_o from_o king_n philip_n his_o grandfather_n by_o the_o mother_n side_n by_o the_o mean_a of_o his_o mother_n but_o the_o mother_n have_v no_o such_o blood_n in_o herself_o capable_a of_o succession_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v ergo_fw-la dommie_n ergo_fw-la arg._n l._n nemo_n ff_n de_fw-fr reg._n jur._n &_o l._n traditio_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr acquirendo_fw-la rerum_fw-la dommie_n she_o can_v not_o convey_v the_o same_o unto_o she_o son._n again_o every_o hab_fw-mi every_o ff_n l._n plenum_fw-la ff_n sinsus_fw-la minister_n two_o ff_n de_fw-fr usu_fw-la &_o hab_fw-mi right_n by_o derivation_n thereof_o be_v make_v more_o feeble_a therefore_o if_o this_o blood_n be_v not_o of_o ability_n to_o succeed_v in_o the_o mother_n as_o it_o appear_v before_o much_o less_o shall_v it_o be_v of_o that_o ability_n be_v convey_v and_o derive_v into_o king_n edward_n the_o form_n of_o proof_n be_v take_v à _fw-la majori_fw-la ad_fw-la minus_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_v a_o argument_n may_v be_v draw_v from_o haered_a from_o filius_fw-la familiâs_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr acquir_n haered_a another_o law_n where_o a_o son_n be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o his_o father_n can_v appoint_v his_o son_n and_o the_o grandchild_n of_o his_o father_n who_o hold_v authority_n over_o both_o to_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o his_o mother_n decease_v upon_o consideration_n of_o this_o reason_n that_o the_o father_n who_o give_v authority_n be_v in_o that_o case_n that_o by_o himself_o in_o person_n he_o can_v enter_v into_o such_o a_o inheritance_n therefore_o by_o parity_n of_o reason_n in_o the_o case_n of_o this_o question_n the_o mother_n isabella_n can_v give_v right_o of_o succession_n to_o king_n edward_n because_o by_o herself_o in_o person_n she_o be_v not_o able_a to_o succeed_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n serve_v the_o law_n filium_fw-la habeo_fw-la ff_n ad_fw-la senatusconsultum_fw-la macedonianum_fw-la again_o where_o a_o nephew_n or_o grandchild_n have_v a_o grandfather_n and_o a_o father_n of_o divers_a condition_n the_o
nephew_n shall_v bear_v the_o condition_n not_o of_o his_o grandfather_n but_o of_o his_o father_n from_o who_o immediate_o he_o descend_v and_o to_o who_o only_o he_o shall_v succeed_v 10._o succeed_v c._n de_fw-fr decurionib_fw-la l._n privilegio_fw-la lib._n 10._o althô_o the_o father_n shall_v be_v of_o worse_a condition_n than_o be_v the_o grandfather_n therefore_o this_o king_n edward_n shall_v succeed_v only_o the_o disable_v condition_n of_o his_o mother_n which_o be_v his_o immediate_a parent_n and_o not_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o grandfather_n who_o be_v mediate_o his_o ancestor_n because_o a_o disposition_n to_o this_o effect_n can_v descend_v to_o he_o but_o by_o a_o mean_a by_o which_o mean_a he_o can_v succeed_v no_o more_o than_o she_o herself_o can_v again_o the_o state_n of_o the_o mother_n charge_v the_o son_n with_o no_o condition_n 10._o condition_n l._n nullus_fw-la solius_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr decuricnibus_fw-la l._n 10._o from_o which_o she_o herself_o be_v free_a therefore_o the_o state_n of_o the_o mother_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o her_o son_n have_v no_o right_a of_o succession_n from_o which_o she_o herself_o be_v exclude_v the_o consequent_a be_v prove_v because_o a_o argument_n be_v good_a in_o law_n prin._n law_n arg._n l._n secund_a naturam_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr reg._n jur_n adident_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o come_v facit_fw-la l._n si_fw-la pater_fw-la ff_n quae_fw-la in_o fraud_n credit_n in_o prin._n from_o a_o charge_n to_o a_o benefit_n and_o likewise_o to_o the_o contrary_a again_o in_o succession_n of_o collateral_n of_o which_o quality_n be_v this_o in_o question_n the_o son_n of_o the_o brother_n or_o sister_n decease_v be_v raise_v in_o the_o rank_n and_o place_n of_o their_o father_n or_o mother_n and_o do_v represent_v their_o person_n only_o and_o not_o their_o own_o as_o by_o many_o example_n it_o do_v appear_v for_o when_o brother_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n do_v concur_v with_o brother_n by_o the_o father_n 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represent_v the_o person_n of_o their_o father_n and_o possess_v his_o right_n they_o ix_o they_o auth._n de_fw-fr her._n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la inte_v inte_v siquis_fw-la consanguineus_fw-la coll._n ix_o exclude_v the_o brother_n of_o the_o decease_a by_o the_o father_n or_o by_o the_o mother_n only_o now_o therefore_o in_o the_o case_n in_o question_n concern_v the_o succession_n of_o a_o brother_n decease_v see_v edward_n the_o son_n of_o the_o sister_n isabella_n shall_v represent_v in_o such_o succession_n the_o person_n only_o of_o his_o mother_n and_o see_v she_o be_v disable_v by_o that_o which_o be_v before_o allege_v and_o can_v not_o succeed_v neither_o can_v he._n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n serve_v the_o law_n patron_n law_n lâqui_fw-la contra_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr âure_fw-fr patron_n which_o say_v that_o if_o a_o patron_n use_v violence_n to_o his_o libertine_n or_o freedman_n and_o thereby_o disable_v himself_o that_o he_o can_v succeed_v he_o this_o disability_n do_v not_o only_o affect_v his_o own_o person_n but_o also_o extend_v to_o his_o posterity_n that_o as_o well_o they_o who_o be_v descend_v of_o he_o as_o himself_o do_v thereby_o lose_v the_o right_n of_o succession_n in_o like_a manner_n here_o the_o disability_n of_o the_o mother_n extend_v unto_o her_o posterity_n and_o consequent_o unto_o king_n edward_n again_o the_o disable_v mean_a corrupt_v or_o make_v void_a poss_n void_a l._n à _fw-la divo_fw-la marco_n c._n the_o quest_n &_o &_o hâc_fw-la autem_fw-la notandum_fw-la do_fw-mi qui_fw-fr feud_n da._n poss_n as_o in_o the_o law_n which_o ordain_v that_o a_o blemish_n or_o disability_n in_o a_o former_a degree_n infect_v those_o that_o follow_v so_o that_o they_o can_v claim_v the_o right_n of_o succession_n or_o privilege_n of_o their_o ancestor_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n again_o in_o succession_n of_o collateral_n a_o 1_o a_o c._n de_o his_o qui_fw-la ante_fw-la apart_a tab_v l._n vinc_fw-la arg_fw-mi à _fw-la contrario_fw-la sensu_fw-la junct_n ib._n no._n at_o cy._n in_o vii_o quest_n sva_fw-la arg_n &_o l._n si_fw-la ita_fw-la legate_n legate_n si_fw-mi uâlet_n ff_n de_fw-fr leg_n 1_o right_a never_o possess_v by_o that_o person_n who_o have_v former_a place_n in_o degree_n be_v not_o transmit_v to_o those_o that_o follow_v but_o this_o isabella_n who_o be_v before_o king_n edward_n in_o degree_n be_v never_o in_o possession_n of_o that_o right_n because_o she_o can_v not_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o statute_n and_o therefore_o she_o do_v not_o transmit_v it_o to_o her_o son._n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n a_o argument_n may_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o law_n liberis_fw-la law_n l._n fi_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr naturalibus_fw-la liberis_fw-la which_o say_v that_o if_o a_o father_n have_v a_o natural_a son_n who_o can_v succeed_v he_o althô_o his_o son_n beget_v a_o natural_a and_o lawful_a son_n yet_o that_o nephew_n or_o grandchild_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o grandfather_n shall_v be_v only_o natural_a and_o be_v not_o 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