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coin_v during_o the_o minority_n of_o king_n james_n the_o six_o the_o constable_n with_o we_o be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o king_n malcolm_n cap._n 6._o judge_n to_o all_o crime_n commit_v within_o twelve_o mile_n to_o the_o king_n house_n or_o habitation_n though_o skeen_n observe_v that_o the_o best_a manuscript_n bear_v only_o two_o league_n but_o now_o his_o jurisdiction_n be_v only_o exercise_v either_o as_o to_o crime_n or_o otherwise_o during_o the_o time_n of_o parliament_n which_o some_o extend_v likewise_o to_o all_o general_a convention_n the_o marischal_n be_v a_o german_a word_n and_o office_n original_o as_o the_o learned_a tillet_n prove_v full_o a_o marker_n of_o camp_n and_o the_o axe_n which_o he_o bear_v as_o the_o badge_n of_o his_o office_n be_v that_o instrument_n wherewith_o he_o do_v break_v the_o ground_n though_o now_o this_o part_n of_o his_o office_n be_v delegated_a to_o the_o marischal_n du_fw-fr camp_n the_o marischal_n command_v the_o horse_n as_o tillet_n 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of_o old_a the_o secretary_n be_v a_o very_a honourable_a employment_n for_o as_o
upon_o the_o 20._o of_o may_n 1619._o declare_v that_o the_o lady_n of_o the_o privy_a chamber_n shall_v in_o time_n of_o mourning_n take_v their_o place_n as_o if_o the_o queen_n be_v live_v till_o the_o funeral_n be_v end_v and_o that_o the_o queen_n chamberer_n shall_v for_o the_o present_a funeral_n go_v before_o countess_n woman_n without_o prejudice_n to_o countess_n woman_n at_o any_o time_n thereafter_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o observe_v that_o the_o wife_n and_o daughter_n of_o all_o duke_n marquess_n earl_n etc._n etc._n do_v take_v the_o same_o place_n that_o the_o husband_n and_o son_n do_v conform_v to_o the_o precedency_n former_o express_v pag._n 35._o and_o i_o find_v in_o the_o herald_n office_n of_o england_n a_o establishment_n settle_v thus_o among_o woman_n by_o jasper_n duke_n of_o bedford_n and_o other_o nobleman_n by_o warrant_n from_o henry_n the_o four_o the_o wife_n of_o duke_n of_o the_o blood_n royal_a the_o wife_n of_o other_o duke_n the_o wife_n of_o the_o 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as_o a_o countess_n precede_v the_o lady_n of_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o the_o precede_a degree_n as_o of_o a_o marquis_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o marquis_n 3_o o._n this_o hold_v not_o only_o in_o compare_v degree_n among_o themselves_o but_o also_o in_o compare_v family_n of_o the_o same_o degree_n among_o themselves_o as_o for_o instance_n though_o the_o marquis_n of_o dowglas_n lady_n will_v give_v place_n to_o the_o marquis_n of_o huntlys_n lady_n yet_o the_o wife_n of_o the_o marquis_n of_o dowglas_n elder_a son_n will_v take_v place_n from_o the_o marquis_n of_o huntlys_n daughter_n 4_o o._n though_o of_o old_a with_o we_o in_o scotland_n the_o wife_n of_o lord_n do_v contend_v that_o they_o have_v the_o precedency_n from_o the_o daughter_n of_o earl_n yet_o since_o that_o letter_n write_v by_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o at_o his_o coronation_n we_o follow_v the_o custom_n of_o england_n in_o prefer_v the_o earl_n daughter_n who_o take_v place_n immediate_o after_o 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precedency_n resolve_v question_n i._n whither_o in_o competition_n betwixt_o kingdom_n state_n and_o town_n be_v their_o present_a condition_n to_o be_v consider_v or_o what_o they_o be_v former_o to_o which_o it_o be_v answer_v with_o this_o distinction_n viz._n either_o the_o kingdom_n or_o other_o place_n betwixt_o which_o competition_n be_v state_v remain_v the_o same_o that_o they_o be_v in_o their_o substantial_o and_o then_o the_o former_a precedency_n be_v still_o continue_v as_o for_o instance_n though_o rome_n whilst_o it_o be_v a_o commonwealth_n do_v sometime_o admit_v of_o a_o dictator_n who_o have_v indeed_o the_o power_n of_o a_o king_n yet_o they_o remain_v still_o the_o same_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o same_o in_o substantial_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v the_o same_o degree_n of_o precedency_n continue_v or_o when_o two_o or_o three_o kingdom_n be_v without_o any_o alteration_n unite_v in_o one_o as_o the_o kingdom_n of_o scotland_n and_o england_n be_v unite_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o great_a britain_n under_o king_n in_o the_o same_o race_n who_o succeed_v to_o both_o as_o be_v full_o demonstrate_v by_o alb._n gentil_n pag._n 82._o and_o this_o be_v likewise_o clear_a from_o l._n proponebatur_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr judiciis_fw-la &_o l._n 24._o ff_n de_fw-fr legat._n 1._o but_o where_o there_o be_v a_o substantial_a alteration_n call_v by_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o the_o former_a condition_n be_v not_o consider_v but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o present_a condition_n of_o the_o place_n in_o competition_n be_v that_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v consider_v and_o thus_o when_o a_o kingdom_n come_v to_o be_v conquer_a by_o a_o stranger_n and_o by_o a_o strange_a and_o foreign_a nation_n there_o the_o state_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v absolute_o innovate_v especial_o if_o the_o law_n of_o the_o state_n be_v alter_v and_o therefore_o the_o french_a lawyer_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o precedency_n of_o england_n ought_v only_o to_o be_v compute_v from_o william_n the_o conqueror_n because_o at_o that_o time_n a_o stranger_n and_o a_o strange_a nation_n do_v conquer_v the_o say_a kingdom_n and_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o it_o be_v much_o innovat_fw-la and_o if_o this_o be_v not_o a_o alteration_n none_o can_v be_v for_o the_o antiquity_n of_o land_n can_v give_v precedency_n for_o all_o land_n be_v create_v together_o and_o there_o be_v few_o nation_n so_o conquest_n as_o that_o the_o former_a people_n do_v not_o remain_v so_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o precedency_n upon_o that_o account_n though_o some_o who_o be_v extravagant_a in_o their_o zeal_n for_o their_o country_n do_v argue_v its_o precedency_n from_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n as_o vasquius_fw-la do_v that_o of_o the_o spanish_a empire_n in_o deryve_v it_o from_o tubal_n cain_n praefatio_fw-la in_o contravers_n illust._n question_n ii_o whether_o a_o kingdom_n become_v a_o commonwealth_n or_o a_o commonwealth_n a_o kingdom_n do_v their_o former_a precedency_n remain_v this_o question_n have_v two_o branch_n wherein_o the_o difficulty_n differ_v the_o first_o be_v whether_o that_o town_n or_o place_n which_o be_v a_o republic_n have_v become_v a_o monarchy_n or_o principality_n ought_v it_o to_o retain_v the_o precedency_n due_a to_o the_o former_a commonwealth_n and_o that_o it_o ought_v to_o retain_v the_o same_o precedency_n may_v be_v argue_v because_o when_o one_o thing_n be_v surrogate_n in_o the_o place_n of_o another_o that_o which_o be_v surrogate_n ought_v to_o have_v the_o same_o privilege_n with_o that_o in_o who_o place_n it_o be_v surrogate_n surrogatum_fw-la subit_fw-la naturam_fw-la surrogati_fw-la but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o the_o subsequent_a principality_n be_v surrogate_n in_o place_n of_o the_o former_a commonwealth_n and_o