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curiae_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la galâ—icis_fw-la so_o likewise_o in_o france_n as_o tilius_fw-la say_v haec_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la ratio_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la feudalibus_fw-la judicent_fw-la feudales_n pares_fw-la 96._o in_o gallia_n est_fw-la perantiqua_fw-la so_o in_o fulbertus_n one_o count_n send_v word_n to_o another_o that_o their_o cause_n shall_v not_o be_v determine_v nisi_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la parium_n suorum_fw-la and_o many_o other_o example_n may_v be_v produce_v but_o these_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v we_o understand_v the_o true_a original_a of_o this_o right_n of_o peerage_n which_o be_v from_o the_o feodal_n law_n and_o all_o those_o who_o hold_v of_o the_o same_o lord_n and_o by_o the_o same_o tenure_n be_v say_v to_o be_v pares_fw-la peer_n and_o therefore_o since_o the_o bishop_n in_o england_n be_v baron_n by_o tenure_n ever_o since_o william_n i._o by_o consequence_n they_o be_v peer_n to_o other_o baron_n and_o have_v the_o same_o original_n 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court_n of_o judicature_n in_o like_a manner_n as_o the_o other_o baron_n do_v from_o all_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a i_o think_v beyond_o contradiction_n that_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o law_n be_v not_o the_o ambition_n of_o the_o prelate_n 73._o as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o letter_n suggest_v to_o thrust_v themselves_o into_o this_o kind_n of_o judicature_n but_o a_o ambition_n of_o a_o worse_a kind_n though_o quite_o contrary_a viz._n under_o a_o pretence_n of_o ecclesiastical_a liberty_n and_o privilege_n to_o exempt_v themselves_o from_o the_o service_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n to_o which_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o barony_n they_o be_v bind_v sicut_fw-la caeteri_fw-la barones_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o baron_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v true_a that_o the_o bishop_n exercise_n of_o this_o jurisdiction_n together_o with_o the_o temporal_a lord_n be_v a_o relic_n of_o popery_n and_o one_o of_o the_o encroachment_n of_o the_o clergy_n 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