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le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ust_o compaignions_n pur_fw-it oyer_n &_o terminer_n aux_fw-fr parliament_n trestouts_fw-fr les_fw-fr breves_fw-la &_o plaint_n the_o tort_v de_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr roigne_n &_o the_o lour_v infans_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr eux_fw-fr especialment_n de_fw-fr que_fw-fr tort_v leu_fw-fr ne_fw-fr poit_fw-fr aver_v autrement_fw-fr common_a droit_fw-fr and_o for_o this_o purpose_n as_o well_o as_o to_o make_v law_n for_o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v ordain_v in_o king_n alfred_n time_n for_o a_o perpetual_a usage_n that_o a_o parliament_n shall_v meet_v twice_o a_o year_n at_o london_n and_o often_o if_o need_n be_v as_o you_o have_v it_o p._n 10._o and_o you_o have_v a_o great_a many_o particular_a law_n which_o be_v make_v in_o those_o parliament_n p._n 15._o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o all_o plaintiff_n shall_v have_v writ_n of_o remedy_n in_o the_o king_n court_n aussi_fw-fr bien_fw-fr sur_fw-fr le_fw-fr 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in_o subjection_n to_o the_o pope_n which_o make_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o our_o author_n purpose_n but_o very_o much_o against_o it_o if_o he_o do_v not_o stifle_v they_o with_o et_fw-la cetera_fw-la and_o long_a stroke_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o those_o statute_n and_o shall_v only_o set_v down_o 25_o h._n 8._o cap._n 21._o for_o i_o be_o not_o at_o leisure_n either_o to_o transcribe_v the_o statute-book_n or_o to_o winnow_v all_o our_o author_n chaff_n he_o say_v pag._n 212._o the_o parliament_n direct_v their_o declaration_n to_o the_o king_n enact_v and_o declare_v that_o this_o your_o grace_n realm_n recognise_v no_o superior_a under_o god_n but_o only_o your_o grace_n have_v be_v and_o be_v free_a from_o subjection_n etc._n etc._n now_o the_o follow_a word_n be_v these_o to_o any_o man_n law_n but_o such_o as_o have_v be_v devise_v make_v and_o ordain_v within_o this_o realm_n for_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o same_o or_o to_o such_o 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