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A54682 The antiquity, legality, reason, duty and necessity of præ-emption and prourveyance, for the King, or, Compositions for his pourveyance as they were used and taken for the provisions of the Kings household, the small charge and burthen thereof to the people, and the many for the author, great mischiefs and inconveniences which will inevitably follow the taking of them away / by Fabian Philipps. Philipps, Fabian, 1601-1690. 1663 (1663) Wing P2004; ESTC R10010 306,442 558

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exact_a survey_n of_o many_o other_o kingdom_n and_o their_o policy_n have_v public_o declare_v that_o no_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n go_v beyond_o our_o britain_n in_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o king_n court_n and_o household_n politic._n in_o maggior_n numero_fw-la di_fw-it servitori_fw-mi con_fw-mi maggior_fw-la distinctioni_fw-la d'_fw-fr officii_fw-la e_fw-la gradi_fw-la multitude_n of_o servant_n officer_n and_o distinction_n of_o degree_n and_o can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o respect_n and_o honour_n do_v by_o all_o nation_n to_o foreign_a prince_n though_o no_o monarch_n or_o their_o superior_n in_o their_o passage_n and_o journey_n through_o any_o town_n or_o city_n beyond_o the_o sea_n by_o make_v they_o present_v of_o wine_n fish_n oat_n and_o the_o best_a of_o household_n provision_n which_o those_o place_n afford_v and_o that_o even_o those_o mechanic_n soul_n of_o hamborough_n and_o amsterdam_n can_v think_v it_o worthy_a their_o imitation_n shall_v find_v the_o king_n of_o england_n who_o ancestor_n offa_n king_n of_o the_o mercian_n in_o anno_fw-la dom._n 760._o will_v be_v so_o little_a want_v to_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n in_o the_o preserve_n the_o honour_n and_o right_n of_o majesty_n as_o he_o ordain_v that_o even_o in_o time_n of_o peace_n himself_o and_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o crown_n alban_n shall_v as_o they_o pass_v through_o any_o city_n have_v trumpet_n sound_v before_o they_o to_o show_v that_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n say_v the_o leaguer_n book_n of_o st._n alban_n shall_v breed_v both_o fear_n and_o honour_n in_o all_o which_o either_o see_v he_o or_o hear_v of_o he_o to_o be_v so_o scant_v de_fw-la ea_fw-la sublimitate_fw-la &_o amplitudine_fw-la augustaque_fw-la illa_fw-la majestate_fw-la in_o that_o honour_n and_o reverence_n which_o his_o predecessor_n will_v never_o abate_v any_o thing_n of_o as_o his_o officer_n and_o servant_n like_o some_o beggar_n who_o be_v not_o use_v to_o be_v trust_v with_o a_o 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h._n 8._o c_o 8._o 8._o ibid._n ca._n 14.25_o h._n 8._o ca._n 11._o 11._o 24_o h._n 8._o ca._n 3._o &_o 4.25_o h_n 8_o ca._n 2._o 2._o 28_o h._n 8.14.37_o h._n 8.23.5_o e._n 6.17_o 6.17_o 32_o h._n 8._o ca._n 8_o ibidem_fw-la ca_fw-mi 14._o 14._o 37_o h._n 8_o 23._o 23._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la 2_o &_o 3_o e._n 6._o ca._n 3._o 3._o 3_o &_o 4_o e._n 6._o ca._n 1●_n 1●_n 5_o &_o 6_o e._n 6._o c._n 14._o 14._o 5_o eliz._n ca_fw-mi 12_o 12_o 6._o parliament_n james_n the_o second_o &_o reg._n majest_n majest_n ezekiel_n 16.49_o 16.49_o claus._n 3_o e._n 2._o ●_o 2._o in_o d●●s_n d●●s_n pat_o 15_o e_z 2._o m._n 5._o 5._o pat._n 7_o e_z 2._o part_n 1._o m_o 2d_o claus._n 37_o e._n 3._o part_n 1._o m._n 26._o pat._n 1._o part_n 3_o r._n 2_o m._n ●9_n pat._n 1_o h_n 4_o part_n m._n 8._o 8._o 23_o e._n 3._o c._n 6._o lambard_n 〈◊〉_d 4●3_n 448._o 448._o book_n of_o entry_n 49_o ●_o hill_n 2_o h._n 7._o ●ol_n 11_o pl._n 11._o 11._o 2_o reg._n c●_n 6._o 6._o 1_o reg._n 18._o 18._o spelman_n gloss●●_n in_o voce_fw-la before_o fang_n &_o l.l._n inae_fw-la cap._n altero_fw-la ante_fw-la penult_fw-la m._n s._n s._n summoner_n treatise_n of_o gavelkind_a custom_n in_o kent_n kent_n spelman_n glossar_n in_o u●cibus_fw-la fodrum_n sigonius_n de_fw-fr regno_fw-la italiae_fw-la lib._n 7._o 7._o radenicus_n in_o gestis_fw-la friderici_fw-la lib._n 2._o ca._n 5._o 5._o somner_n of_o gavelkind_n 116_o 116_o coke_n 2._o par_fw-fr instit._fw-la p._n 204._o 204._o somner_n treatise_n of_o gavelkind_n coke_n 2._o par●_n 5._o report_n 81._o 81._o coke_n 2._o part_n 5._o relat._n case_n the_o by-lawe_n and_o ordinance_n ordinance_n 44_o e._n 3_o 19_o lind●wood_n const●tutiones_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o constitut_v o._n bo●oni_fw-la johnson_n of_o the_o order_n and_o government_n of_o ludgate_n ludgate_n bodin_n de_fw-fr repub._n ca._n 7._o 7._o in_o baga_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la warranto_fw-la in_o com._n not._n &_o placitis_fw-la de_fw-la ragemannis_fw-la coram_fw-la justic._n itinerant_n in_o com._n nott._n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la 8._o incipiend_n nono_fw-la in_o recept_n scacar●i_fw-la estate_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr france_n par_fw-fr n._n besog●e_fw-fr en_fw-fr l'_fw-fr an._n 1661._o 1661._o skene_n de_fw-fr verborum_fw-la significatione_n significatione_n register_n of_o ●_o writ_n 87._o 87._o ske●eu●_n ad_fw-la tit._n de_fw-fr herezeldis_n in_o quon_n attach_v ca._n 25._o alciat_fw-la lib._n 1._o parerg_fw-mi ca._n 45._o &_o spelman_n glossar_n in_o voce_fw-mi heriotum_fw-la &_o neo●●acitus_n the_o feudi●_n hollandici●_n hollandici●_n repetit_fw-la l._n imperial_a in_o bartholmeo_n camerari_fw-la 769._o 769._o ●esoldus_fw-la discur_n politic_a 741._o &_o commentar_n dua●eni_fw-la wesenbech_n &_o contii_fw-la in_o consuetudine_fw-la veud●rum_fw-la obertu●_n de_fw-la feudis_fw-la lib._n 2._o ●t_a 24_o &_o 28._o spelman_n glossar_n in_o voce_fw-la auxilium_fw-la littleton_n ca._n 3._o escuage_z claus._n h._n 3._o 3._o bract●n_fw-fr lib._n 2._o tract_n 1._o cap_n 16._o num_fw-la 8._o 8._o spelman_n glossar_n in_o voce_fw-la auxilium_fw-la auxilium_fw-la spelman_n glossar_n in_o voce_fw-la ebed●●_n ebed●●_n exit_fw-la nigro_n libro_fw-la in_o a●chiu●●iscali_n sive_fw-la recept_n fine_n 6_o johannis_n mat._n paris_n 336._o 336._o spelman_n glossar_n in_o unce_n corredio_fw-la &_o f._n n._n ●_o 230._o 230._o fitz_n herbert_n novel_a natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la 230._o a._n a._n genes_n 21._o v._n 23.26_o 23.26_o 2_o sam._n ca._n 24._o v._n 21_o 22_o &_o 23._o 1_o reg._n 10._o 2_o reg._n 5._o 5._o charles_n loys●a●_n traite_n des_fw-fr s●igneuri●s_fw-fr stow_n survey_n of_o london_n 421._o 421._o gervasius_n tilburiensis_n in_o archizo_n fiscali_fw-la apud_fw-la recept_n scacc●●ii_n &_o spelman_n glosser_n in_o verbo_fw-la firma_n firma_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la regis_fw-la johannis_n apud_fw-la mat._n paris_n 255._o &_o 256._o 9_o h._n ca._n 2._o selden_n 2_o part_n title_n of_o honour_n charta_fw-la h._n 1_o in_o mat._n paris_n 240._o mat._n paris_n 380._o anno_fw-la 4_o car._n 1._o instruction_n of_o king_n james_n to_o his_o council_n of_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n and_o livery_n petit_fw-fr parliament_n 21_o ed._n 3._o n._n 43_o 43_o 34_o h._n ●_o ca._n 26._o charta_fw-la gulielmi_n conquestori●_n in_o notis_fw-la seldeni_n ad_fw-la hist._n edmeri_fw-la edmeri_fw-la stephen_n discourse_n of_o procuration_n synodal_n etc._n etc._n 44._o 44._o stephen_n ibidem_fw-la 13._o 13._o mat._n parker_n antiquitates_fw-la britannicae_n 244.348_o 244.348_o camde●_n 1._o part_n annal_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n in_o anno_fw-la 1560._o 1560._o spelman_n in_o voce_fw-mi heren●ciis_fw-la heren●ciis_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o artic._n super_fw-la chartas_n 542_o 543._o 543._o vide_fw-la act_n for_o subsidy_n in_o anno_fw-la 4_o car._n 1._o leviticus_n 38._o v_o 32_o 33._o number_n 18._o v_o 21._o number_n ca._n 7._o number_n 9_o five_o 13._o fleta_n lib._n 8._o ca._n 47._o spelman_n glossar_n in_o voce_fw-la ciricksceat_fw-la inae_fw-la ll._n ca._n 4._o canuti_n ll._n ca._n 10._o zach·_fw-la 9.9_o mark_v 11._o v_o 3._o bracton_n de_fw-fr actionibus_fw-la ca._n 2._o &_o oldendorpius_n in_o locis_fw-la communibus_fw-la actionum_fw-la juris_fw-la civilis_fw-la 9_o &_o 11._o glos._n in_o verb_n usque_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempus_fw-la c._n servi●tium_fw-la 18_o q._n 2._o camd●●_n 1_o 〈◊〉_d annal_n of_o queen_n el●zabeth_n a●ciat_fw-la lib_n 5._o a●●ust_n camden_n 1._o part_n annal_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n in_o anno_fw-la 1560._o weaver_n funeral_n monument_n 176._o &_o si●_n roger_n twisdens_n vindication_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 77._o conquestoris●9_n ●9_z cokes●_n part_n 5._o report_n glanvil_n lib._n ●2_n cap._n 9_o and_o coke_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la ca._n 10._o fitz._n he●bert_n brief_a the_o droir_n patent_n n._n ●_o b_o &_o register_n of_o writ_n c●ke_v 4_o ●h_a part_n institutes_n pe●er_o martyr_n commen●_n in_o lib_n 1._o reg_n besoldus_n in_o discur_n politic_a de_fw-fr aerar●o_n ca._n 1._o &_o bullinger_n de_fw-fr vec●igal_n ca._n 1._o cas●_n de_fw-fr swan_n coke_n 7._o ●elat_fw-la stamford_n plea_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o bracton_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la corona_fw-la pat._n 20_o ed._n 3._o m._n 1._o exit_fw-la libr●_n c●mput_fw-la garderobe_v 34_o ed._n 1._o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rememb_v reg._n pa●_n 33_o ed._n 3._o pat_o 3._o m._n 4._o 1_o reg._n 10.28_o pat._n 11_o e._n 3._o m_o 5.3_o part_n 22_o e._n 3_o part_n 1._o m._n 20._o pat._n 24_o e._n 3._o part_n 2._o m._n 16.25_o e._n 3._o part_n 2._o m._n 9.28_o e._n 3._o part_n m._n 4._o pat._n 12_o e._n 3._o part_n m._n 15._o pat._n 12_o e._n 3._o part_n 1._o m._n 2._o pat._n 11_o e._n 3._o part_n 3._o m._n 5._o rot._n parl._n 2_o r._n 2._o &_o selden'_v ma●e_n clausum_fw-la ●_o parliament_n james_n 1._o ca._n 8._o spelman_n in_o verb._n ●o●row_n mealis_fw-la borrow_v law_n ca._n 39_o statute_n of_o david_n the_o second_o an●o_v 13●7_n 5._o parliament_n mary_n 1551._o 7._o parliament_n king_n james_n 6._o an._n 1581._o 9_o parliament_n james_n 6._o 1585._o 15._o parliament_n james_n the_o six_o pat._n ●_o h._n 5._o m._n 9_o cam●en_n 2_o part_n annal_n of_o q_o elizabeth_n de_fw-fr anno_fw-la 1576._o rex_fw-la jacobus_n in_o his_o ●asilicon_fw-la doron_n or_o instruction_n to_o his_o son_n prince_n henry_n stow_n survey_v of_o london_n m._n s._n of_o the_o ancient_a order_n and_o government_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n pat._n 8_o ed._n 2._o p●rt_n 2._o m._n 7._o &_o 21._o pat._n 10_o ed._n 2._o part_n 2._o m._n 11._o 1_o reg._n c●_n 10_o spelman_n ●loss_n in_o voc●_n 〈◊〉_d nehemiah_n 5._o v_o 10._o stow_n survey_v of_o london_n 925._o in_o quarto_fw-la jud._n ca._n 18._o inquis_fw-la 10_o e._n 2._o n._n 142._o esc●et_v 23_o e._n 3._o post_fw-la mortem_fw-la roberti_n de_fw-fr byker_n claus._n 10_o h._n 3._o m._n 13._o in_o dorso_fw-la mat._n paris_n 86●_n claus._n 9_o h._n 3._o m._n 9_o calvin_n case_n in_o coke_n 2_o part_n 5._o report_n &_o 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coram_fw-la ●eg●_n genes_n 6_o 19_o
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