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A91268 A seasonable, vindication, of the good old fuudamental [sic] rights, and governments of all English freemen By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes Inne. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1659 (1659) Wing P4070A; ESTC R232121 273,664 397

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mercia_n in_o a_o hostile_a manner_n burn_v all_o the_o town_n and_o village_n and_o slay_v all_o the_o man_n they_o meet_v with_o in_o warwickshire_n and_o other_o place_n whereupon_o king_n ethelred_n as_o
ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sed_fw-la justitia_fw-la pacificans_fw-la pro_fw-la necessitate_v populi_fw-la exquiratur_fw-la ne_fw-la pro_fw-la levi_fw-la re_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pretium_fw-la quod_fw-la profundè_fw-la redemit_fw-la desperet_fw-la lex_fw-la 26._o praecipimus_fw-la nè_fw-la christiani_n passim_fw-la in_o exilio_fw-la vendantur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o gentilitatem_fw-la nè_fw-la forte_fw-fr pereant_fw-la animae_fw-la quas_fw-la propria_fw-la vita_fw-la sua_fw-la mercatus_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la lex_fw-la 31._o omnis_fw-la injustitia_fw-la deinceps_fw-la opprimatur_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la 9_o &_o brigbotam_fw-la &_o scipforthunga_n &_o frothunga_n qui_fw-la navigii_fw-la vel_fw-la expeditionis_fw-la sonant_fw-la apparatum_fw-la sedulo_fw-la procuremus_fw-la cum_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la common_a regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la commodum_fw-la et_fw-la perquiramus_fw-la simul_fw-la modis_fw-la o●…_n quo_fw-la modo_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la possit_fw-la consilium_fw-la ad_fw-la profectum_fw-la populi_fw-la obtineri_fw-la rectaque_fw-la christianitas_fw-la propensius_fw-la erigi_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la injustum_fw-la est_fw-la solertius_fw-la en●rvari_fw-la lex_fw-la 34._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la deinceps_fw-la vnlage_n i._n e._n non_fw-la legem_fw-la erigat_fw-la vel_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicet_fw-la pro_fw-la laesione_n vel_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la susceptione_n sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la cxx_o s._n reus_fw-la in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la juramento_fw-la audeat_fw-la inveritare_fw-la quod_fw-la rectin_n nescivit_fw-la judicare_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la suae_fw-la legalitatis_fw-la semper_fw-la amittat_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la eam_fw-la redimat_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la sicut_fw-la ei_fw-la permittetur_fw-la in_o denelaga_n lathslithes_n reus_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la juret_fw-la quod_fw-la melius_fw-la nescivit_fw-la lex_fw-la 36._o qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la accusare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la pecunia_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pernoscatur_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la perdat_fw-la vel_fw-la weregildo_n redimatur_fw-la lex_fw-la 37._o nemo_fw-la regem_fw-la requiret_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la facienda_fw-la dum_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o requiratur_fw-la hundredum_fw-la secundum_fw-la witam_n sicut_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 38._o et_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la ter_z burgimotus_fw-la &_o scyremotus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannus_n et_fw-la doceant_fw-la ibi_fw-la deirectum_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la injustitia_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la injustitia_fw-la est_fw-la festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la locis_fw-la propensius_fw-la interdicta_fw-la semperque_fw-la sicui_fw-la homo_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la majoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sic_fw-la debet_fw-la solertius_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la seculo_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la emenda●e_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la gratam_fw-mi emendationem_fw-la sedulo_fw-la per_fw-la quiramus_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la et_fw-la se●_n cularem_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 83._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la quoquo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d modo_fw-la traectaverit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la ●t_z omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la nisi_fw-la triplici_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la lex_fw-la 91._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la vel_fw-la brigbotam_fw-la 1._o burgi_fw-la vel_fw-la pontis_fw-la refectionem_fw-la vel_fw-la firdfare_n 1._o in_o exercitum_fw-la ire_n supersedeat_fw-la emendet_fw-la hoc_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la c._n xx_o s._n in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la in_o denelaga_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la stetit_fw-la antea_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la nominentur_fw-la ei_fw-la 14._o et_fw-la acquirat_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v 11._o lex_fw-la 96._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la alleviatio_fw-la quam_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la praevidere_fw-la volo_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuerant_fw-la aggravati_fw-la praecipio_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la rogem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundnm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la it_o à_fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la equi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la lorica_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la 9_o in_o expeditione_n navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la per_fw-la that_fw-mi omne_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la transeat_fw-la lex_fw-la 105._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la sit_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la relevatitone_n condonatae_fw-la et_fw-la habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la terram_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la rect●_n dividant_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la lex_fw-la 107._o et_fw-la volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la pacem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eundo_fw-la ad_fw-la gemotum_fw-la vel_fw-la rediens_fw-la de_fw-la gemoto_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la placito_fw-la nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la fur_n probatus_fw-la lex_fw-la 110._o qui_fw-la leges_fw-la istas_fw-la apostabit_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la modo_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la indulsit_fw-la sit_fw-la dacus_n sit_fw-la anglus_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la faciat_fw-la reddat_fw-la bis_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la addat_fw-la tertio_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o law_n all_o corporal_a and_o pecuniary_a penalty_n and_o fine_n for_o all_o sort_n of_o offence_n and_o crime_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o certainty_n and_o none_o leave_v arbitrary_a and_o by_o lex_fw-la 104_o 105._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o military_a law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o civil_a &_o ecclesiastical_a be_v make_v in_o and_o by_o advice_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o great_a council_n the_o 913._o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o king_n cnute_n per_fw-la chartam_fw-la svam_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la dedit_fw-la quam_fw-la cito_fw-la post_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la svo_fw-la apud_fw-la wintoniam_fw-la when_o and_o where_o those_o law_n be_v make_v coram_fw-la omnibus_fw-la 10._o regni_fw-la svi_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la give_v and_o confirm_v the_o manor_n of_o horning_n ludham_n and_o netershede_v to_o the_o monastery_n of_o cowholm_n in_o norfolk_n and_o that_o one_o maynard_n ride_v towards_o this_o parliamentary_a council_n break_v his_o neck_n who_o have_v so_o incense_v the_o king_n against_o wulfric_n and_o the_o monk_n of_o this_o monastery_n that_o he_o threaten_v to_o put_v they_o to_o death_n what_o land_n and_o privilege_n he_o give_v by_o his_o charter_n to_o st._n cuthberts_n church_n in_o durham_n christs-church_n in_o canterbury_n and_o other_o monastery_n the_o t_o marginal_a author_n will_v inform_v 1910._o we_o about_o the_o year_n 1034._o life_n king_n cnute_n have_v obtain_v 1034._o the_o sovereign_a dominion_n of_o england_n scotland_n norwey_n a_o great_a part_n of_o sweden_n and_o of_o all_o denmark_n principal_o by_o the_o sword_n through_o the_o flattery_n of_o his_o follower_n who_o style_v he_o a_o king_n of_o all_o king_n most_o mighty_a
post_fw-la mortem_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la ei_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la sacramento_n firmavit_fw-la subjoin_v thereto_o tradunt_fw-la autem_fw-la aliter_fw-la alii_fw-la quod_fw-la videlicet_fw-la haroldus_n a_o rege_fw-la edwardo_n fuerat_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o normanniam_fw-la missus_fw-la ut_fw-la ducem_fw-la gulihelmum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la conduceret_fw-la qnem_fw-la idem_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la haeredem_fw-la sibi_fw-la constituere_fw-la cogitavit_fw-la roger_n de_fw-fr hoved._n annal._n pars_fw-la prio_fw-la p._n 449._o radulph_n de_fw-fr diceto_fw-it abbr._n chron._n col_fw-fr 480_o 481._o eadmerus_n hist_o novorum_n l._n 1._o p._n 4_o 5._o sim._n dunel_n hist_o col_fw-fr 195._o jo._n bromton_n in_o his_o chronicle_n col_fw-fr 947._o hygden_n in_o his_o polychron_n l._n 6._o c._n 27._o with_o other_o record_v the_o matter_n somewhat_o different_a from_o our_o other_o historian_n that_o harold_n after_o his_o father_n death_n crave_v leave_n of_o king_n edward_n to_o go_v into_o normandy_n to_o free_a and_o bring_v into_o england_n his_o brother_n wulnoth_n &_o nephew_n hake_n there_o detain_v hostage_n the_o king_n will_v not_o permit_v he_o to_o go_v as_o send_v by_o he_o but_o yet_o leave_v he_o free_a to_o do_v what_o he_o please_v of_o himself_o therein_o add_v praesentio_fw-la tament_fw-it ad_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la tendere_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o detrimentum_fw-la totius_fw-la anglici_fw-la regni_fw-la et_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la tui_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ita_fw-la novi_fw-la comitem_fw-la mentis_fw-la expertem_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la velit_fw-la concedere_fw-la tibi_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la praescie_a ●it_n in_o hoc_fw-la magnum_fw-la proficuum_fw-la svi_fw-la harold_n notwithstanding_o take_v ship_n to_o go_v into_o normandy_n upon_o this_o occasion_n be_v drive_v by_o storm_n into_o ponthieu_n and_o there_o imprison_v as_o aforesaid_a and_o by_o duke_n william_n mean_n and_o threat_n after_o two_o denial_n release_v who_o honourable_o entertain_v he_o for_o some_o day_n to_o advance_v his_o own_o design_n by_o he_o at_o last_o open_v his_o mind_n thus_o to_o he_o dicebat_fw-la itaque_fw-la regem_fw-la edwardum_fw-la quando_fw-la secum_fw-la inveneolim_fw-la juvenis_fw-la in_o normanniae_fw-la demoraretur_fw-la sibi_fw-la interposita_fw-la fide_fw-la sua_fw-la pollicitum_fw-la suisse_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la foret_fw-la jusregni_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la transferret_fw-la &_o subdens_fw-la ait_fw-la tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la si_fw-la mihi_fw-la te_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la adminiculaturum_fw-la sposponderis_fw-la et_fw-la insuper_fw-la castellum_fw-la dofris_fw-fr cum_fw-la puteo_fw-la aquae_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la meum_fw-la te_fw-la facturum_fw-la sororemque_fw-la tuam_fw-la uni_fw-la de_fw-la principibus_fw-la meis_fw-la dederis_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o temport_v quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la conveniet_fw-la destinaturum_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la filiam_fw-la meam_fw-la in_o conjugem_fw-la accepturum_fw-la promiseris_fw-la tunc_fw-la et_fw-la modo_fw-la nepotem_fw-la tuum_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la venero_fw-la regnaturus_fw-la sratrem_fw-la tuum_fw-la incolumem_fw-la recipies_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la regno_fw-la si_fw-la tuo_fw-la favore_fw-la confirmatus_fw-la fuero_fw-la spondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la i_o rationabiliter_fw-la tibi_fw-la postulaveris_fw-la obtinebis_fw-la hereupon_o harold_n perceive_v danger_n on_o every_o side_n and_o not_o know_v how_o to_o escape_v unless_o he_o condescend_v to_o william_n will_n in_o all_o thing_n he_o thereupon_o consent_v to_o his_o request_n but_o he_o that_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v ratify_v bring_v forth_o the_o relic_n of_o saint_n bring_v harold_n to_o this_o that_o he_o shall_v swear_v upon_o they_o that_o he_o will_v actual_o perform_v all_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v agree_v between_o they_o these_o thing_n thus_o do_v harold_n receive_v his_o nephew_n return_v into_o his_o country_n where_o he_o relate_v to_o the_o king_n upon_o his_o demand_n what_o have_v happen_v and_o what_o he_o have_v do_v who_o say_v do_v i_o not_o tell_v thou_o i_o know_v william_n and_o that_o many_o mischief_n may_v happen_v to_o this_o kingdom_n in_o thy_o journey_n i_o foresee_v in_o this_o thy_o deed_n that_o great_a calamity_n will_v come_v upon_o our_o nation_n which_o i_o beseech_v god_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n to_o grant_v that_o they_o may_v not_o happen_v in_o my_o day_n 213._o mr._n fox_n relate_v this_o story_n more_o brief_o conclude_v thus_o whereby_o it_o may_v be_v ather_v that_o king_n edward_n be_v right_o willing_a that_o duke_n william_n shall_v reign_v after_o he_o and_o also_o it_o seem_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o he_o have_v give_v he_o his_o promise_n thereunto_o before_o the_o same_o hoveden_n annalium_fw-la pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 608_o 609_o 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