page_n 118._o cap._n ii_o whither_o necessary_a in_o the_o present_a juncture_n of_o affair_n for_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n to_o declare_v a_o protestant_a successor_n to_o the_o three_o kingdom_n page_n 121._o objection_n against_o it_o answer_v obj._n 1_o declare_v a_o protestant_a successor_n by_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n make_v a_o kingdom_n elective_a and_o not_o hereditary_a ibid._n obj._n 2._o act_n of_o precedent_n parliament_n can_v bind_v subsequent_a from_o repeal_n page_n 122._o obj._n 3_o act_n of_o parliament_n can_v bind_v the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n from_o cut_v off_o those_o act_n by_o conquest_n page_n 123._o obj._n 4._o declare_v a_o successor_n by_o act_n of_o parliament_n incite_v he_o to_o be_v disobedient_a and_o rebellious_a ibid._n obj._n 5._o the_o ottoman_a emperor_n never_o declare_v a_o successor_n page_n 124._o obj._n 6._o queen_n elizabeth_z refuse_v to_o declare_v a_o successor_n page_n 127._o reason_n for_o declare_v a_o protestant_a successor_n by_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n with_o the_o great_a danger_n ensue_v the_o neglect_n page_n 132._o 1._o danger_n to_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o prince_n ibid._n 2._o danger_n by_o the_o incertainty_n of_o the_o law_n of_o succession_n of_o the_o crown_n page_n 133._o 3._o danger_n of_o the_o arbitrary_a dispose_n of_o the_o crown_n by_o rome_n or_o canterbury_n page_n 134._o 4._o danger_n of_o the_o predominancy_n of_o papal_n and_o episcopal_a law_n of_o marriage_n filiation_n and_o succession_n above_o the_o moral_a law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n ibid._n 5._o danger_n to_o the_o king_n person_n his_o lineal_a heir_n and_o house_n page_n 135._o 6._o danger_n of_o lineal_a and_o collateral_a heir_n to_o destroy_v one_o another_o ibid._n 7._o danger_n if_o the_o king_n be_v elder_a son_n shall_v happen_v to_o die_v before_o his_o father_n leave_v his_o heir_n and_o young_a child_n in_o minority_n ibid._n 8._o danger_n of_o a_o successor_n without_o assent_n of_o the_o people_n page_n 137._o 9_o danger_n of_o a_o papist_n successor_n page_n 138._o a_o papist_n successor_n more_o dangerous_a to_o papist_n themselves_o than_o a_o protestant_a successor_n ibid._n a_o papist_n successor_n or_o male_n utter_o destructive_a to_o protestant_n and_o a_o female_a double_o destructive_a page_n 160._o 10._o danger_n in_o regard_n of_o foreign_a prince_n page_n 182._o 11._o danger_n of_o expose_v succession_n to_o counterfeit_n will_n and_o testament_n page_n 190._o 12._o danger_n of_o encourage_v usurper_n page_n 191._o 13._o danger_n in_o doubtful_a title_n of_o interregnum_n page_n 192._o 14._o danger_n of_o cantonize_a the_o kingdom_n ibid._n 15._o danger_n of_o expose_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o sale_n page_n 193._o 16._o danger_n of_o expose_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o conquest_n page_n 197._o lib_fw-la iii_o chap._n i._n the_o word_n of_o the_o statute_n 25_o e._n 3._o cap._n 2._o de_fw-fr proditionibus_fw-la as_o in_o the_o original_a french_a auxint_fw-fr pour_fw-fr ceo_fw-la que_fw-fr divers_a opinion_n ont_fw-fr estre_fw-fr eins_fw-ge ceax_n heurs_fw-fr quel_fw-fr case_n doit_fw-fr estre_fw-fr dit_fw-fr treason_n et_fw-fr en_fw-fr quel_fw-fr nemy_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr a_fw-fr le_fw-fr request_n des_fw-fr signor_n et_fw-fr commons_o ad_fw-la fait_fw-fr declarisment_n que_fw-fr ensuist_n cestassavoire_n quant_fw-fr home_fw-fr fait_fw-fr compasser_n ou_fw-fr imaginer_n la_fw-fr mort_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr signior_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr madame_fw-fr sa_fw-fr compaigne_n ou_fw-fr de_fw-fr lour_v fit_v eigne_n et_fw-fr heir_n the_o word_n as_o translate_v by_o pulton_n and_o coke_n into_o english_a whereas_o divers_a opinion_n have_v be_v before_o this_o time_n in_o what_o case_n treason_n shall_v be_v say_v and_o in_o what_o not_o the_o king_n at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o have_v make_v a_o declaration_n in_o the_o manner_n as_o hereafter_o 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cap._n 33._o de_fw-fr nepote_fw-la ex_fw-la primogenito_fw-la filio_fw-la nepos_n ex_fw-la filio_fw-la primogenito_fw-la mortuo_fw-la jure_fw-la representationis_fw-la succedit_fw-la avo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la postnatum_fw-la avi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la auunculum_fw-la suum_fw-la excludit_fw-la english_v the_o elder_a son_n be_v dead_a before_o the_o father_n the_o nephew_n by_o the_o elder_a son_n shall_v in_o right_n of_o representation_n succeed_v to_o his_o grandfather_n and_o exclude_v any_o young_a son_n of_o his_o grandfather_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o uncle_n this_o law_n of_o scotland_n be_v take_v out_o of_o glanvil_n lib._n 7._o c._n 3._o which_o show_v it_o be_v the_o unquestionable_a law_n of_o england_n as_o well_o as_o of_o scotland_n and_o likewise_o out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n l._n 3._o c._n de_fw-fr suis_fw-fr &_o legit_fw-la haered_a l._n posthumorum_fw-la 13._o h._n the_o injust_a testamento_fw-la etc._n etc._n 33._o ex_fw-la l._n 1._o §_o 6._o 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as_o heir_n lineal_a to_o his_o grandfather_n and_o exclude_v the_o grandfather_n young_a son_n who_o be_v his_o uncle_n à _fw-la fortiori_fw-la must_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o if_o both_o grandfather_n and_o father_n die_v the_o elder_a son_n who_o be_v the_o grandchild_n surviving_n he_o ought_v to_o exclude_v his_o uncle_n for_o he_o now_o come_v in_o jure_fw-la proprio_fw-la which_o be_v a_o great_a right_o than_o jure_fw-la representationis_fw-la and_o if_o the_o less_o right_o exclude_v the_o uncle_n much_o more_o must_v the_o great_a conclusion_n 2._o when_o the_o right_a of_o the_o crown_n shall_v actual_a descend_v from_o the_o king_n in_o possession_n on_o the_o elder_a son_n in_o possession_n who_o be_v the_o next_o lineal_a heir_n of_o his_o blood_n then_o be_v the_o son_n actual_o king_n both_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la and_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la as_o be_v his_o father_n who_o die_v in_o possession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o all_o the_o forementioned_a act_n of_o 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