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and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n debet_fw-la rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tenere_fw-la ista_fw-la verò_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la inspectis_fw-la &_o tactis_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequà m_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la page_n 138._o &_o page_n 142._o hence_o we_o see_v that_o judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la be_v essential_a to_o the_o english_a government_n without_o which_o right_a and_o justice_n can_v reign_v but_o a_o perverse_a will_n will_v rule_v the_o roast_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o 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alienigenae_fw-la copulavit_fw-la nunc_fw-la legatum_fw-la regni_fw-la totius_fw-la immutatorem_fw-la clam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la cantuariensis_n edmundus_n regem_fw-la talia_fw-la facientem_fw-la increpavit_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la de_fw-fr vocatione_n legati_fw-la sciens_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o suae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la magnam_fw-la regno_fw-la imminere_fw-la jacturam_fw-la matth._n par._n 440._o the_o historian_n blame_v those_o that_o go_v to_o meet_v this_o legate_n and_o that_o make_v he_o honourable_a present_n of_o scarlet_a cloth_n etc._n etc._n in_o quo_fw-la facto_fw-la say_v he_o nimis_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la reprehendi_fw-la tam_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la quà m_fw-la pro_fw-la dandi_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o panno_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la colore_fw-la videbatur_fw-la legationis_fw-la officium_fw-la &_o adventum_fw-la acceptari_fw-la which_o be_v a_o 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cùm_fw-la praemissa_fw-la cederent_fw-la in_o exhaeredationem_fw-la juris_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o regiae_n dignitatis_fw-la ac_fw-la subversionem_fw-la status_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la notoriam_fw-la necnon_fw-la in_o praejudicium_fw-la libertatum_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la ac_fw-la legum_n paternarum_fw-la seal_v by_o one_o hundred_o and_o four_o earl_n and_o baron_n and_o in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o commonalty_n of_o england_n v._o co._n 2d_o inst_z pag._n 196._o and_o fox_n his_o book_n of_o martyr_n vol._n 1._o pag._n 387_o 388_o 389._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o king_n can_v not_o legal_o if_o he_o will_v have_v give_v way_n to_o the_o pope_n determine_v the_o controversy_n about_o the_o succession_n in_o scotland_n since_o it_o belong_v to_o himself_o in_o
will_v have_v we_o believe_v be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o king_n be_v personal_a authority_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n be_v a_o parliamentary_a charter_n or_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n willielmus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la leges_fw-la episcopales_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la benè_fw-la nec_fw-la secundum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la praecepta_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mea_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la anglorum_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la archiepiscoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la &_o caeterorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la emendandas_fw-la judicavi_fw-la propterea_fw-la mando_fw-la &_o praecipio_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vel_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la de_fw-la legibus_fw-la episcopalibus_fw-la amplius_fw-la in_o hundret_fw-la placita_fw-la teneat_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o mr._n selden_n understand_v to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o diaploma_n to_o battle-abbey_n and_o recite_v it_o at_o length_n in_o his_o note_n &_o specilegium_fw-la ad_fw-la eadmerum_fw-la p._n 165_o 166._o which_o be_v grant_v assensu_fw-la lanfranci_n archiepiscopi_fw-la cantuariensis_n &_o stigandi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cicestrensis_fw-la &_o concilio_n etiam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la meorum_fw-la say_v he_o id_fw-la genus_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la sancitum_fw-la ejus_fw-la quo_fw-la sacrum_n à _fw-la civili_fw-la discriminavit_fw-la forum_n the_o same_o author_n speak_v in_o another_o of_o his_o work_n of_o king_n william_n the_o conquerour_n bring_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n under_o military_a service_n of_o which_o though_o roger_n wendover_n out_o of_o who_o matthew_n paris_n take_v the_o relation_n say_v that_o episcopatus_fw-la &_o abbathias_n omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la baronias_fw-la tenebant_fw-la in_o purâ_fw-la &_o perpetuâ_fw-la 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