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example_n thereof_o tend_v to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o gentry_n and_o dishonour_n of_o the_o nobility_n of_o this_o kingdom_n 340._o p._n 340._o art_n xii_o he_o the_o say_a duke_n not_o content_v with_o the_o great_a advancement_n former_o receive_v from_o the_o late_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n by_o his_o procurement_n and_o practice_n in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o the_o say_a king_n for_o the_o support_n of_o the_o many_o place_n honour_n and_o dignity_n confer_v on_o he_o do_v obtain_v a_o grant_n of_o divers_a manner_n parcel_n of_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o of_o the_o duchy_n of_o lancaster_n to_o the_o yearly_a value_n of_o one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o ninety_o seven_o pound_n two_o shilling_n halfpenny_n farthing_n of_o the_o old_a rent_n with_o all_o wood_n timber_n tree_n and_o advowson_n part_v whereof_o amount_v to_o the_o sum_n of_o seven_o hundred_o forty_o seven_o pound_n thirteen_o shilling_n and_o four_o penny_n be_v rate_v at_o two_o 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that_o now_o be_v to_o a_o exceed_o great_a value_n and_o afterward_o he_o surrender_v to_o his_o say_a majesty_n divers_a manor_n and_o land_n parcel_n of_o those_o land_n former_o grant_v unto_o he_o to_o the_o value_n of_o seven_o hundred_o twenty_o three_o pound_n eighteen_o shilling_n and_o two_o penny_n halfpenny_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la in_o consideration_n of_o which_o surrender_n he_o procure_v divers_a other_o land_n of_o the_o say_v late_a king_n to_o be_v sell_v and_o contract_v for_o by_o his_o own_o servant_n and_o agent_n and_o thereupon_o have_v obtain_v grant_n of_o the_o same_o to_o pass_v from_o his_o late_a majesty_n to_o several_a person_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o have_v cause_v tally_n to_o be_v strike_v for_o the_o money_n be_v the_o consideration_n mention_v in_o those_o grant_n in_o the_o receipt_n of_o the_o exchequer_n as_o if_o any_o such_o money_n have_v real_o come_v to_o his_o majesty_n coffer_n whereas_o the_o duke_n or_o some_o other_o by_o his_o appointment_n have_v indeed_o receive_v the_o same_o sum_n and_o expend_v they_o upon_o his_o own_o occasion_n and_o notwithstanding_o the_o great_a and_o inestimable_a gain_n by_o he_o make_v by_o the_o sale_n of_o office_n honour_n and_o by_o other_o suit_n by_o he_o obtain_v from_o his_o majesty_n and_o for_o the_o countenance_v of_o divers_a project_n and_o other_o course_n burdensome_a to_o his_o majesty_n realm_n both_o of_o england_n and_o ireland_n the_o say_a duke_n have_v likewise_o by_o his_o procurement_n and_o practice_n receive_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o disburse_v to_o his_o own_o use_n exceed_v great_a sum_n that_o be_v the_o money_n of_o the_o late_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n as_o appear_v also_o in_o the_o say_a schedule_n hereunto_o annex_v and_o the_o better_a to_o colour_v his_o do_n in_o that_o behalf_n have_v obtain_v several_a privy-seal_n from_o his_o late_a majesty_n and_o his_o majesty_n that_o now_o be_v warrant_v the_o payment_n of_o great_a sum_n to_o person_n by_o he_o name_v cause_v it_o to_o be_v recite_v in_o such_o privy-seal_n as_o if_o those_o sum_n be_v direct_v for_o secret_n service_n concern_v the_o state_n whicâ—_n be_v notwithstanding_o dispose_v of_o to_o his_o own_o use_n and_o other_o privy-seal_n by_o he_o have_v be_v procure_v for_o the_o discharge_n of_o those_o person_n without_o account_n and_o by_o the_o like_a fraud_n and_o practice_n under_o colour_n of_o free_a gift_n from_o his_o majesty_n he_o have_v get_v into_o his_o hand_n great_a sum_n which_o be_v intend_v by_o his_o majesty_n to_o be_v disburse_v for_o the_o prepare_n furnish_v and_o victual_v of_o his_o royal_a navy_n by_o which_o secret_a and_o colourable_a device_n the_o constant_a and_o ordinary_a course_n of_o the_o exchequer_n have_v be_v break_v there_o be_v no_o mean_n by_o matter_n of_o record_n to_o charge_v either_o the_o treasurer_n or_o victualler_n of_o
jus_o regibus_fw-la tribuere_fw-la and_o a_o little_a before_o *_o subscribere_fw-la 8._o ibid._n n._n 8._o non_fw-la possumus_fw-la jurisconsultis_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la regulam_fw-la de_fw-la non_fw-la alienandis_fw-la imperii_fw-la partibus_fw-la adjiciunt_fw-la exceptiones_fw-la dvas_fw-la de_fw-la publica_fw-la utilitate_fw-la &_o the_o necessitate_v nisi_fw-la hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la utilitas_fw-la communis_fw-la &_o corporis_fw-la &_o partis_fw-la facile_fw-la ex_fw-la silentio_fw-la etiam_fw-la non_fw-la longi_fw-la temporis_fw-la consensus_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la &_o partis_fw-la intervenisse_fw-la videatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la vero_fw-la si_fw-la etiam_fw-la necessitas_fw-la appareat_fw-la at_o ubi_fw-la manifesta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la voluntas_fw-la aut_fw-la corporis_fw-la aut_fw-la partis_fw-la nihil_fw-la actum_fw-la debet_fw-la intelligi_fw-la and_o a_o little_a low_o he_o say_v 11._o ibid._n n._n 11._o *_o nec_fw-la admitto_fw-la exceptionem_fw-la si_fw-la res_fw-la modisticum_fw-la valeat_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la meum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ejus_fw-la nec_fw-la exiguam_fw-la partem_fw-la alienare_fw-la mihi_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la modicis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o magnis_fw-la consensus_fw-la populiex_n scientia_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la silentio_fw-la facilius_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la so_o that_o this_o great_a civilian_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o acquiescence_n and_o long_a silence_n of_o one_o of_o the_o constituent_a part_n of_o a_o state_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n a_o approbation_n of_o what_o the_o other_o do_v no_o doubt_v the_o people_n by_o their_o representative_n have_v a_o right_a to_o complain_v when_o they_o see_v that_o waste_v which_o must_v be_v supply_v out_o of_o their_o purse_n and_o they_o have_v a_o right_a to_o propose_v resumption_n when_o they_o become_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n but_o this_o right_n they_o may_v suspend_v for_o a_o season_n &_o pro_fw-la hac_fw-la vice_fw-la 4._o ibid._n cap_n 4._o n._n 4._o renounce_v *_o venit_fw-la enim_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la civili_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la quo_fw-la quâ—sque_fw-la suum_fw-la potest_fw-la abdicare_fw-la no_o doubt_v the_o people_n may_v lay_v claim_n to_o what_o the_o whole_a have_v a_o interest_n in_o to_o wit_v the_o public_a revenue_n but_o this_o claim_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v within_o some_o moderate_a compass_n of_o time_n so_o as_o not_o to_o produce_v any_o distraction_n or_o disturbance_n in_o man_n title_n and_o possession_n for_o otherwise_o such_o a_o claim_n will_v occasion_v more_o disorder_n than_o it_o can_v propose_v to_o remedy_n but_o when_o it_o have_v be_v forbear_v too_o long_o and_o when_o the_o people_n have_v be_v suffer_v to_o imagine_v that_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n admit_v of_o a_o such_o a_o profusion_n or_o that_o their_o representative_n have_v act_v upon_o some_o 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otherwise_o in_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n most_o of_o those_o estate_n have_v be_v sell_v over_o and_o over_o and_o from_o time_n to_o time_n have_v pass_v through_o so_o many_o hand_n that_o a_o resumption_n from_o the_o one_a day_n of_o his_o reign_n as_o they_o propose_v who_o will_v load_v this_o matter_n to_o perplex_v and_o defeat_v it_o can_v be_v make_v without_o break_v into_o so_o many_o private_a contract_n marriage_n settlement_n jointure_n mortgage_n and_o sales_n for_o valuable_a consideration_n that_o there_o be_v hardly_o any_o tax_n which_o probable_o the_o people_n of_o england_n will_v not_o consent_v to_o rather_o than_o bring_v so_o vast_a a_o disorder_n and_o ruin_n upon_o such_o a_o number_n of_o private_a family_n from_o what_o have_v be_v here_o lay_v down_o it_o will_v appear_v to_o any_o disintere_v reader_n that_o king_n charles_n grant_n and_o those_o late_o make_v do_v not_o stand_v upon_o the_o same_o foot_n and_o that_o the_o case_n differ_v 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a_o address_n be_v present_v that_o no_o grant_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o forfeit_a land_n in_o ireland_n and_o almost_o