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monastery_n and_o other_o superstition_n and_o reverence_v they_o more_o then_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o as_o they_o believe_v the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la and_o indeed_o little_o less_o than_o a_o god_n and_o that_o no_o man_n may_v rule_v who_o have_v not_o that_o title_n because_o that_o 112._o that_o blow_n com._n foe_o 177._o b._n &_o 129._o b._n bodin_n repub._n l._n 1._o p._n 112._o name_n must_v never_o die_v so_o they_o think_v that_o the_o law_n which_o they_o and_o other_o call_v the_o 1._o the_o coke_n tit_n cawdreys_n case_n l._n 5._o par_fw-fr 1._o foe_n 1._o king_n law_n be_v as_o the_o town-clerk_n tell_v the_o ephesian_n 19.35_o ephesian_n act_n 19.35_o concern_v their_o idol_n diana_n the_o image_n which_o fall_v down_o from_o jupiter_n and_o of_o so_o 1630._o so_o lex_fw-la illa_fw-la sanctio_n specialiter_fw-la dicitur_fw-la cowel_n instit_fw-la jur._n angl._n l._n 2._o tit._n 1._o sect_n 10._o impr._n anno_fw-la 1630._o 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but_o the_o power_n to_o pardon_n murder_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o king_n these_o be_v wicked_a law_n repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n as_o shall_v appear_v in_o their_o proper_a place_n in_o action_n bring_v for_o the_o king_n debt_n in_o other_o man_n name_n unto_o who_o they_o be_v bind_v although_o the_o suit_n pass_v for_o the_o defendant_n the_o plaintiff_n shall_v pay_v no_o cost_v 24_o h._n 8._o chap._n 8._o appeal_v to_o rome_n in_o case_n testamentary_a and_o concern_v matrimony_n divorce_n tithe_n oblation_n church_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v seem_v be_v allow_v at_o the_o common_a law_n be_v a_o great_a oppression_n see_v the_o statute_n 24_o h._n 8._o chap._n 12._o the_o like_a statute_n be_v make_v 25_o h._n 8._o chap._n 19_o whereby_o appeal_n to_o rome_n be_v prohibit_v but_o there_o be_v power_n give_v to_o the_o clergy_n as_o they_o be_v call_v to_o mâ—ke_v canon_n which_o be_v law_n to_o bind_v and_o ensnare_v man_n conscience_n which_o law_n be_v repeal_v 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prescription_n of_o a_o writ_n of_o right_n assize_n cozenage_n ayle_n etc._n etc._n to_o no_o less_o than_o threescore_o year_n and_o in_o a_o writ_n of_o entry_n sur_fw-fr disseisin_n to_o fifty_o year_n this_o statute_n do_v more_o harm_n then_o good_a that_o a_o man_n hand_n shall_v he_o strike_v off_o for_o strike_v in_o the_o king_n palace_n and_o the_o party_n to_o have_v perpetual_a imprisonment_n a_o severe_a law_n 31_o h._n 8._o 12._o that_o none_o may_v pardon_v felony_n or_o murder_n but_o the_o kâ—ng_n and_o that_o he_o may_v pardon_v murder_n be_v a_o impious_a law_n 27_o h._n 8._o chap._n 24._o that_o it_o shall_v be_v treason_n for_o a_o popish_a priest_n to_o be_v find_v remain_v in_o england_n give_v no_o offence_n nor_o make_v any_o disturbance_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v a_o hard_a law_n 27_o eliz._n 2._o the_o statute_n concern_v reformation_n of_o disorder_n in_o minister_n a_o superstitious_a law_n 13_o eliz._n 12._o divers_a office_n expose_v to_o sale_n 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subpoena_n about_o easter-term_n 1634._o a_o nobleman_n can_v not_o be_v arrest_v nor_o his_o person_n imprison_v upon_o mesne_n process_n in_o any_o personal_a action_n neither_o can_v a_o subpoena_n be_v make_v forth_o against_o he_o in_o the_o first_o case_n there_o be_v only_o 291._o only_o cowel_n inst_z jur._n angl._n l._n 4._o tit._n 2._o sect_n 5._o p._n 291._o a_o summons_n and_o thereupon_o a_o distress_n and_o so_o issue_n return_v until_o the_o defendant_n appear_v and_o in_o the_o late_a case_n the_o lord_n commissioner_n than_o lord_n keeper_n or_o lord_n chancellor_n use_v to_o write_v his_o or_o their_o letter_n to_o such_o nobleman_n to_o give_v he_o notice_n of_o the_o suit_n desire_v he_o to_o appear_v and_o answer_v now_o nobleman_n be_v use_v as_o other_o be_v their_o privilege_n of_o peerage_n be_v not_o allow_v to_o they_o this_o be_v a_o alteration_n of_o the_o law_n in_o point_n of_o practice_n now_o upon_o consideration_n of_o all_o this_o it_o be_v evident_a 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