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cancellario_fw-la angliae_fw-la emergat_fw-la seu_fw-la judicium_fw-la difficile_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la reddendum_fw-la &_o hujusmodi_fw-la &_o si_fw-fr forte_fw-fr in_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la deliberationibus_fw-la omnes_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la major_a pars_fw-la concordare_fw-la non_fw-la valeant_fw-la tunc_fw-la comes_fw-la senescallus_fw-la comes_fw-la constabularius_fw-la &_o comes_fw-la marescallus_fw-la vel_fw-la duo_fw-la illorum_fw-la eligent_fw-la viginti_fw-la &_o quinque_fw-la personas_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la paribus_fw-la regni_fw-la scilicet_fw-la dvos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o tres_fw-la procuratores_fw-la pro_fw-la clero_fw-la dvos_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o tres_fw-fr barones_n quinque_fw-la milites_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la quinque_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o quinque_fw-la burgenses_n qui_fw-la faciunt_fw-la viginti_fw-la quinque_fw-la et_fw-la illi_fw-la viginti_fw-la quinque_fw-la possunt_fw-la eligere_fw-la ex_fw-la seipsis_fw-la duodecim_fw-la &_o condescendere_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o ipsi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la sex_n &_o condescendere_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o ipsi_fw-la sex_n ad_fw-la tres_fw-la &_o condescendere_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o illi_fw-la tres_fw-la in_o paucioribus_fw-la se_fw-la condescendere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la optentâ_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la consenceat_n ipsis_fw-la tres_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_o dvos_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr illis_fw-la duobus_fw-la aliter_fw-la poterit_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la descendere_fw-la et_fw-la ita_fw-la demum_fw-la stabit_fw-la sva_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la super_fw-la totum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la condescendendo_fw-la à _fw-la viginti_fw-la quinque_fw-la personis_fw-la usque_fw-la unam_fw-la solam_fw-la personam_fw-la nisi_fw-la numerus_fw-la major_a concordare_fw-la valeat_fw-la &_o ordinare_fw-la tandem_fw-la una_fw-la persona_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la dictum_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ordinabit_fw-la quòd_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsâ_fw-la discordare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la salvo_n domino_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la consilio_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la postquam_fw-la scriptae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la examinare_fw-la &_o emendare_fw-la valeant_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o velint_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciant_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_fw-la pleno_fw-la parliamento_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la retro_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la n._n vii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 70._o seneschallia_n angliae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la comitem_fw-la leicester_n &_o pertinet_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la et_fw-la sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la sir_n john_n cotton_n be_v library_n tit._n tiberius_n n._n 8_o de_fw-fr officio_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la supervidere_fw-la &_o regular_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o immediate_a post_fw-la regem_fw-la totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la ministros_fw-la legum_fw-la infra_fw-la idem_fw-la regnum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o guerrae_fw-la etc._n etc._n item_n officium_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la habeat_fw-la malos_fw-la consiliarios_fw-la circa_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la daunt_v consilia_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n talia_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la apta_fw-la &_o prona_fw-la ad_fw-la dedecus_fw-la suum_fw-la aut_fw-la exhaeredationem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la publicum_fw-la malum_fw-la &_o destructionem_fw-la populi_fw-la svi_fw-la tunc_fw-la seneschallus_fw-la angliae_fw-la assumpto_fw-la secum_fw-la constabulario_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la mittent_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la consiliarium_fw-la regis_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la ita_fw-la ducere_fw-la &_o consulere_fw-la &_o desistat_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la malis_fw-la consiliis_fw-la prius_fw-la regi_fw-la factis_fw-la mentionem_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la presentiâ_fw-la recedat_fw-la &_o moram_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la dedecus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o damnum_fw-la publicum_fw-la ut_fw-la predictum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la faciat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la vero_fw-la faciat_fw-la tum_fw-la mittent_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la amoveri_fw-la faciat_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la consilium_fw-la non_fw-la audiat_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la toto_fw-la populo_fw-la malus_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la inter_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la populum_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la aliâs_fw-la &_o plury_n mittent_fw-la tam_fw-la regi_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la demum_fw-la non_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la missionibus_fw-la &_o supplicationibus_fw-la advertat_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la potius_fw-la facere_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la tum_fw-la pro_fw-la bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la licebit_fw-la seneschallo_n &_o constabulario_fw-la angliae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la regni_fw-la capere_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la ejus_fw-la salvum_fw-la custodire_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la &_o seisire_v res_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la donec_fw-la judicium_fw-la suum_fw-la attenderit_fw-la &_o subierit_n per_fw-la considerationem_fw-la istius_fw-la rni_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la n._n viii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 72._o johannes_n dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la nos_fw-la concessisse_fw-la &_o presenti_fw-la cartâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la confirmasse_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la nostro_fw-la willielmo_n marescallo_n comiti_fw-la pembroke_n &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la marescalciae_fw-la curiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la quem_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gilbertus_n marescallus_fw-la h._n rs._n avi_fw-la patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o johannes_n filius_fw-la ipsius_fw-la gilberti_n disrationaverunt_fw-la coram_fw-la praed_fw-we rege_fw-la h._n in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la contra_fw-la rob._n de_fw-fr venoiz_n &_o contra_fw-la willielmum_fw-la de_fw-la hastings_n qui_fw-la ipsum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la calumpniabantur_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la quia_fw-la defecerunt_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la quem_fw-la eye_n inde_fw-la constituerat_fw-la quare_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la precipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la predictus_fw-la willielmus_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la post_fw-la eum_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la breed_fw-mi magistratum_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la pertinen_n be_v &_o in_o pace_n liberè_fw-la &_o quietè_fw-la integrè_fw-la &_o honorificè_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la testibus_fw-la w._n lond._n e._n elyens_n &_o h._n sarum_n ep._n dat._n per_fw-la manus_fw-la h._n cant._n arch._n n._n ix_o vid._n cap._n 9_o f._n 93._o praelocutoris_fw-la rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 7._o presentatio_fw-la praelocutoris_fw-la subsequenterque_fw-la idem_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la prefatis_fw-la communibus_fw-la ore_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la eloquens_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la suum_fw-la adventum_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o &_o coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la fore_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la justum_fw-la titulum_fw-la haereditanciae_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la verum_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_fw-la tribuendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la victoriam_fw-la de_fw-la inimico_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o campo_n declaravit_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la subditi_fw-la svi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la statûs_fw-la gradûs_fw-la seu_fw-la conditionis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la &_o haberent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omne_fw-la terras_fw-la tenementa_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o haereditamenta_fw-la sva_fw-la eisdemque_fw-la gauderent_fw-la exceptis_fw-la talibus_fw-la personis_fw-la quales_fw-la svam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la ostenderunt_fw-la qui_fw-la juxta_fw-la eorum_fw-la demerita_fw-la in_o presentis_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la curiâ_fw-la aliter_fw-la essent_fw-la plectendi_fw-la regis_fw-la titulus_fw-la regis_fw-la item_n quaedam_fw-la billa_z exhibita_fw-la fuit_fw-la praefato_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la per_fw-la communitates_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la parliamento_fw-la existentes_fw-la hanc_fw-la seriem_fw-la verborum_fw-la continens_fw-la to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o almighty_n god_n the_o wealth_n prosperity_n and_o surety_n of_o this_o realm_n of_o england_n to_o the_o singular_a comforth_o of_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n of_o the_o same_o and_o in_o avoid_v of_o all_o ambiguity_n and_o question_n be_v it_o ordeign_v establish_v and_o enact_v by_o auctoritee_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n that_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n and_o of_o france_n with_o all_o the_o preeminence_n and_o dignity_n royal_a to_o the_o same_o pertain_v and_o all_o other_o signery_n to_o the_o king_n belong_v beyond_o the_o see_v with_o the_o appurtenaunce_n thereto_o in_o eny_z wise_a due_a or_o perteine_a be_v rest_n remain_v and_o abide_v in_o the_o moo_v royal_a personn_n of_o our_o now_o sovereign_a lord_n king_n henry_n the_o seven_o the_o and_o in_o the_o heir_n of_o his_o body_n lawful_o come_v perpetual_o with_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n so_o to_o endure_v and_o in_o none_o other_o quà _fw-la quidem_fw-la billâ_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la lectâ_fw-la auditâ_fw-la &_o maturâ_fw-la deliberatione_n intellectâ_fw-la eidem_fw-la billae_fw-la de_fw-la assensu_fw-la dominorum_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la &_o temporalium_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la existen_v ad_fw-la requisitionem_fw-la communitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la necnon_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la respondebat_fw-la eidem_fw-la in_fw-la formâ_fw-la sequenti_fw-la nostre_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr del_fw-it assent_n des_fw-fr signior_n espirituelx_fw-fr &_o temporelex_n esteaniz_fw-fr en_fw-fr cest_fw-fr parliament_n &_o a_o la_fw-fr request_n des_fw-fr commons_n avantditz_fw-fr le_fw-fr voet_n en_fw-fr toutz_fw-fr poyntz_n the_o king_n our_o sovereign_a lord_n remember_v 16._o restitutio_fw-la henrici_fw-la sexti_fw-la 1._o h._n 7._o n._n 16._o how_o against_o all_o rightwisnes_n
omit_v the_o objection_n from_o the_o oath_n against_o take_v arm_n and_o from_o the_o declaration_n against_o a_o coercive_a power_n over_o king_n remove_v by_o sherringham_n and_o the_o triennial_n act_n 16_o car._n 1._o pufendorf_n due_a restraint_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n instance_n of_o the_o like_a power_n in_o other_o nation_n particular_o denmark_n swedeland_n and_o norway_n when_o under_o the_o same_o king_n for_o france_n hottoman_n sesellius_fw-la the_o author_n of_o les_fw-fr soupir_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr france_n esclave_n bodin_n explain_v and_o show_v to_o justify_v king_n william_n in_o his_o descent_n hither_o and_o the_o people_n of_o england_n in_o their_o assert_v the_o true_a constitution_n of_o the_o government_n for_o the_o german_a empire_n bodin_n and_o conringius_n a_o occasion_n take_v from_o he_o to_o show_v the_o antiquity_n and_o power_n of_o a_o palatine_a in_o germany_n and_o england_n gunterus_n use_v to_o show_v that_o office_n in_o several_a country_n loyseau_n concern_v it_o in_o france_n the_o distinction_n in_o the_o author_n of_o les_fw-fr soupir_n between_o officer_n of_o the_o king_n house_n and_o officer_n of_o the_o crown_n the_o antiquity_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o office_n of_o constable_n of_o england_n of_o the_o high_a steward_n and_o the_o earl_n marshal_n which_o with_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n have_v be_v as_o so_o many_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n pag._n 57_o chap._n viii_o the_o three_o head_n of_o positive_a law_n the_o kingdom_n found_v in_o monarchy_n yet_o elective_a sub_fw-la modo_fw-la the_o form_n of_o government_n not_o dissolve_v with_o the_o contract_n between_o prince_n and_o people_n the_o argument_n from_o election_n of_o king_n as_o it_o be_v use_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o sigh_n of_o france_n enslave_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n prove_v elective_a sub_fw-la modo_fw-la 1._o from_o the_o saxon_a pontifical_a and_o the_o council_n of_o calcuth_n an._n 789._o 2._o from_o the_o practice_n till_o the_o suppose_a conquest_n 3._o from_o the_o confessor_n law_n receive_v by_o w._n 1._o and_o the_o expression_n of_o ancient_a historian_n and_o lawyer_n since_o the_o time_n of_o w._n 1._o 4._o the_o common_a usage_n in_o ask_v the_o people_n consent_n at_o coronation_n 5._o the_o opinion_n of_o king_n themselves_o 6._o the_o old_a oath_n of_o allegiance_n 7._o the_o liberty_n even_o after_o a_o settlement_n of_o the_o crown_n 8._o the_o breach_n in_o the_o succession_n 9_o the_o statute_n 11_o h._n 7._o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n 1._o that_o the_o king_n never_o die_v 2._o the_o supposition_n of_o a_o testamentary_a heir_n 3._o the_o declaration_n temp_n e._n 3._o against_o consent_v to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n 4._o the_o claim_n of_o right_n between_o two_o family_n 10._o a_o qualify_a election_n of_o king_n of_o england_n confirm_v by_o observe_v how_o it_o have_v be_v in_o other_o nation_n descend_v from_o the_o 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