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sometime_o w_z t_z y_z e_z sword_n &_o other_o warlike_a weapon_n after_o the_o manner_n &_o guise_n of_o warrior_n accord_v to_o the_o use_n of_o martial_a discipline_n to_o assail_v &_o strike_v his_o companion_n i_o mean_v y_fw-fr e_o young_a man_n y_o e_o attend_v upon_o his_o ê‘son_n which_o thing_n when_o a_o certain_a ancient_a knight_n be_v chancellor_n to_o y_z e_z foresaid_a king_n of_o england_n see_v who_o also_o in_o y_z e_z miserable_a time_n do_v there_o remain_v in_o exile_n he_o speak_v thus_o to_o y_z e_z prince_n seuiente_fw-it dudum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la anglie_o nephandissima_fw-la rabie_fw-la illa_fw-la qua_fw-la piissimus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la rex_fw-la h._n sextus_fw-la cum_fw-la margareta_n regina_fw-la consort_n sva_fw-la filia_fw-la regis_fw-la iherusalem_fw-la et_fw-la sicily_n ac_fw-la eorum_fw-la unigenito_fw-la edwardo_n principe_fw-la wallie_n inde_fw-la propulsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la qua_fw-la et_fw-la demum_fw-la rex_fw-la ipse_fw-la h._n a_o subditis_fw-la suis_fw-la deprehensus_fw-la carceris_fw-la diutinun_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la horrorem_fw-la dum_fw-la regina_fw-la ipsa_fw-la cum_fw-la sobole_fw-la patria_fw-la sic_fw-la extorrens_fw-la in_fw-la ducatu_fw-la berren_n
facinus_fw-la liberis_fw-la gaudemus_fw-la habenis_fw-la solum_fw-la igitur_fw-la mihi_fw-la iam_fw-la superest_fw-la a_o te_fw-la sciscitandum_fw-la si_fw-la lex_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la cvius_fw-la disciplinatum_fw-la i_o provocas_fw-la bona_fw-la et_fw-la efficax_n est_fw-la ad_fw-la regimen_fw-la regni_fw-la illius_fw-la ut_fw-la lex_fw-la civilis_fw-la qua_fw-la sacrum_fw-la regulatur_fw-la imperium_fw-la sufficiens_fw-la arbitrat_fw-la ’_o ad_fw-la orbis_fw-la regimen_fw-la universi_fw-la si_fw-mi i_o in_o hoc_fw-la demonstrationibus_fw-la congruis_fw-la indubium_fw-la reddideris_fw-la ad_fw-la studium_fw-la legis_fw-la illius_fw-la illico_fw-la i_o conferam_fw-la nec_fw-la te_fw-la postulationibus_fw-la meis_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la apliê°_n fatigabo_fw-la ¶_o that_o all_o law_n be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n custom_n or_o statute_n cap._n 15._o the_o chauncelour_n answer_v sai_v you_o have_v well_o commit_v to_o memory_n most_o worthy_a prince_n all_o that_o i_o have_v hitherto_o declare_v unto_o you_o wherefore_o you_o be_v well_o worthy_a to_o have_v this_o doubt_n openyd_v whereupon_o now_o you_o have_v move_v your_o question_n you_o shall_v therefore_o understand_v y_o it_o all_o human_a law_n be_v either_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o custom_n or_o else_o statute_n which_o be_v also_o call_v constitution_n but_o custom_n &_o y_z e_z sentence_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n after_o that_o they_o be_v once_o put_v in_o writing_n &_o by_o y_z e_z sufficient_a authority_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o prince_n publish_v and_o command_v to_o be_v keep_v be_v change_v into_o y_o e_o nature_n of_o constitution_n or_o statute_n and_o do_v after_o that_o more_o penal_o then_o before_o bind_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o prince_n to_o the_o keepinge_v of_o they_o by_o the_o severitye_n of_o his_o commandment_n of_o this_o sort_n be_v the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o of_o the_o roman_a prince_n be_v digest_v in_o great_a volume_n &_o by_o their_o authority_n command_v to_o be_v observe_v and_o not_o theye_v only_o be_v call_v by_o y_z e_z name_z of_z y_z e_z civil_a law_n but_o also_o all_o the_o other_o statute_n of_o emperor_n now_o than_o if_o that_o among_o these_o three_o welspring_n of_o all_o law_n i_o prove_v the_o preeminence_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n to_o excel_v above_o y_o e_o rest_n i_o shall_v therewith_o prove_v the_o same_o law_n to_o be_v good_a and_o effectual_a for_o the_o government_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o kingdom_n and_o further_o if_o i_o do_v show_v it_o to_o be_v as_o commodious_a for_o the_o wealth_n of_o that_o royalme_n as_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v for_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o empire_n then_o shall_v i_o make_v evident_a and_o plain_a not_o only_o that_o this_o law_n be_v of_o much_o excellency_n but_o also_o that_o it_o be_v a_o elect_v and_o choose_a law_n aswell_o as_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v which_o be_v y_fw-fr e_o thing_n y_fw-fr t_o you_o require_v wherefore_o to_o the_o proof_n and_o declaration_n of_o these_o two_o point_n thus_o i_o ê“cede_v cancellarius_n memoriae_fw-la tuus_fw-la princeps_fw-la optime_fw-la commendasti_fw-la quae_fw-la tibi_fw-la hucusque_fw-la suggessi_fw-la quare_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la iam_fw-la interrogas_fw-la meritus_fw-la es_fw-la ut_fw-la pandam_fw-la scire_fw-la te_fw-la igitur_fw-la volo_fw-la qd_n oina_fw-la iura_fw-la humana_fw-la aut_fw-la sunt_fw-la lex_fw-la naturae_fw-la consuetudin_fw-fr vel_fw-la statuta_fw-la cue_n et_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la appellantur_fw-la say_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la et_fw-la legis_fw-la naturae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la postquam_fw-la in_o scripturam_fw-la redactae_fw-la et_fw-la sufficienti_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la principis_fw-la promulgatae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ac_fw-la custodiri_fw-la iubeantur_fw-la in_o constitutionum_fw-la sive_fw-la statutorum_fw-la naturam_fw-la mutantur_fw-la et_fw-la deinde_fw-la penalius_fw-la quam_fw-la antea_fw-la subditos_fw-la principis_fw-la ad_fw-la earum_fw-la custodian_fw-la constrin_n gunt_fw-la severitate_fw-la mandati_fw-la illius_fw-la qualis_fw-la est_fw-la legum_fw-la civilium_fw-la pars_fw-la non_fw-la modica_fw-la cue_n a_o romanorun_a principibê°_n in_o magnis_fw-la voluminibê°_n redigitur_fw-la et_fw-la eor_fw-la ’_o auctoritate_fw-la obseruari_fw-la mandatur_fw-la vnde_fw-la legis_fw-la civilis_fw-la ut_fw-la ceterus_fw-la imperatorun_n statuta_fw-la iam_fw-la pars_fw-la illa_fw-la nomen_fw-la sortita_fw-la en_fw-fr si_fw-mi igitur_fw-la in_o his_o tribus_fw-la quasi_fw-la onnis_fw-la iuris_fw-la fontibus_fw-la legis_fw-la angliae_fw-la prestantiam_fw-la probaverim_n prefulgere_fw-la legem_fw-la illam_fw-la bonam_fw-la esse_fw-la et_fw-la efficacen_n ad_fw-la regni_fw-la illius_fw-la regimen_fw-la etiam_fw-la comê“bavi_fw-la deinde_fw-la si_fw-la eam_fw-la ad_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la leges_fw-la civiles_fw-la ad_fw-la imperij_fw-la bonum_fw-la accomodam_fw-la esse_fw-la lucidè_fw-la ostenderim_fw-la nedum_fw-la tunc_fw-la legen_fw-mi illam_fw-la prestantem_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la leges_fw-la civiles_fw-la electam_fw-la ut_fw-la tu_fw-la optas_fw-la etiam_fw-la patefeci_fw-la igitur_fw-la hec_fw-la duo_fw-la tibi_fw-la ostendere_fw-la satagens_fw-la sic_fw-la progredior_fw-la ¶_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o all_o country_n be_v all_o one_o cap._n 16_o the_o law_n of_o england_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o by_o force_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n do_v ratify_v &_o establish_v be_v neither_o better_o nor_o worse_o in_o their_o judgement_n they_o y_z e_z law_n of_o all_o other_o nation_n be_v in_o y_z e_z like_o case_n for_o as_o aristotle_n in_o y_z e_z fifth_z book_n of_o his_o moral_a philosophy_n say_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v y_z t_z which_o among_o all_o people_n have_v like_o strength_n &_o power_n wherefore_o hereof_o to_o reason_n any_o long_o it_o shall_v not_o avayle_v but_o now_o hencefurth_o we_o will_v search_v out_o what_o manner_n of_o custone_n &_o statutz_n these_o of_o england_n be_v the_o first_o the_o quality_n of_o those_o custom_n we_o will_v consider_v leges_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o his_o cue_n ipae_fw-la sanctiunt_fw-la legis_fw-la naturae_fw-la ratione_fw-la non_fw-la meliores_fw-la peioresue_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o iudiciis_fw-la suis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o consimilibê°_n sunt_fw-la onnes_fw-fr leges_fw-la ceterarun_v nationum_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la dicit_fw-la phuns_fw-mi v._o ethicorun_v iê°_n naturale_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la eanden_fw-mi hent_v potentiam_fw-la quare_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la amplius_fw-la disceptare_fw-la non_fw-la expeditur_fw-la say_fw-la quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la angliae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la sl’er_o similiter_fw-la et_fw-la statuta_fw-la est_fw-la amodo_fw-la ê‘scrutandun_v et_fw-la primo_fw-la consuetudinun_fw-la illarum_fw-la visitabâ—mê°_n qualitates_fw-la ¶_o the_o custom_n of_o england_n be_v of_o most_o ancient_a antiquity_n practise_v and_o receive_v of_o v._o several_a nation_n from_o one_o to_o a_o other_o by_o succession_n cap._n 17_o the_o roialme_n of_o england_n be_v first_o inhabit_v of_o y_z e_z britons_z next_o after_o they_o y_fw-fr e_o roman_n have_v y_o e_o rule_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o land_n and_o they_o again_z y_z e_z britons_z pofess_z it_o after_o who_o the_o saxon_n invade_v it_o who_o change_v y_o e_o name_n thereof_o do_v for_o britain_n call_v it_o england_n after_o they_o for_o a_o certain_a time_n the_o dane_n have_v the_o dominion_n of_o the_o roialme_n &_o they_o saxon_n again_o but_o last_o of_o all_o the_o norman_n subdue_v it_o who_o descent_n continuethe_v in_o y_z e_z government_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o kingdom_n at_o this_o present_a and_o in_o all_o y_fw-es e_fw-la time_n of_o these_o several_a nation_n &_o of_o their_o king_n this_o roialme_n be_v still_o rule_v with_o the_o self_n same_o custom_n that_o it_o be_v now_o govern_v witheall_a which_o if_o theye_n have_v 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any_o patnime_fw-mi nation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v of_o so_o old_a and_o ancient_a year_n wherefore_o the_o contrary_n be_v not_o to_o be_v say_v nor_o think_v but_o that_o the_o englyshe_a custom_n be_v very_o good_a yea_o of_o all_o other_o the_o very_o best_a regnun_n angliae_fw-la primo_fw-la per_fw-la britones_n inhabitatum_fw-la est_fw-la deinde_fw-la per_fw-la romanos_fw-la regulatum_fw-la iterunque_fw-la per_fw-la britones_n ac_fw-la deinde_fw-la ê‘_n saxones_n possessun_fw-it qui_fw-la nomen_fw-la eius_fw-la ex_fw-la britamnia_n in_fw-la angliam_fw-la mutaverunt_fw-la ex_fw-la
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first_o lively_a thing_n have_v with_o tin_n it_o blood_n y_o it_o be_v to_o say_v politic_a provision_n for_o the_o utility_n &_o wealth_n of_o the_o same_o people_n which_o it_o deal_v forth_o &_o impart_v aswell_o to_o the_o head_n as_o to_o all_o y_z e_z member_n of_o the_o same_o body_n whereby_o y_a e_o body_n be_v nourish_v &_o maintain_v furthermore_o the_o law_n under_o the_o which_o a_o multitude_n of_o man_n be_v make_v a_o people_n represent_v the_o semblance_n of_o synew_n in_o y_z e_z body_z natural_a because_o that_o like_a as_o by_o sinew_n the_o join_n of_o the_o body_n be_v make_v sound_n so_o by_o the_o law_n which_o take_v the_o name_n a_fw-fr ligando_fw-la y_z t_o be_v to_o wit_n of_o bind_v such_o a_o mystical_a body_n be_v knytt_n and_o preserve_v together_o and_o the_o member_n &_o bone_n of_o the_o same_o body_n whereby_o be_v represent_v y_o e_o soundenes_n of_o the_o wealth_n whereby_o that_o body_n be_v sustain_v do_v by_o the_o law_n as_o the_o natural_a 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receave_v power_n of_o his_o people_n so_o y_z t_z he_o can_v not_o govern_v his_o people_n by_o any_o other_o power_n wherefore_o to_o satisfy_v your_o request_n in_o y_o t_o you_o desire_v to_o be_v certify_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o y_fw-fr e_fw-la power_n of_o king_n there_o be_v so_o great_a diversity_n sure_o in_o my_o opinion_n the_o diversity_n of_o the_o institutionz_n or_o first_o ordinance_n of_o those_o dignity_n which_o i_o have_v now_o declare_v be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o this_o foresay_a difference_n as_o of_o the_o premise_n by_o the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n you_o may_v easelye_o gather_v for_o thus_o you_o e_o kingdom_n of_o england_n out_o of_o brutus_n retinue_n of_o the_o trojan_n which_o he_o bring_v out_o of_o the_o coast_n of_o italy_n and_o greece_n first_o grow_v to_o a_o politic_a &_o regal_a dominion_n thus_o also_o scotland_n which_o sometime_o be_v subject_a to_o england_n as_o a_o dukedom_n thereof_o be_v advance_v to_o a_o politik_a and_o royal_a kingdom_n many_o other_o kingdon_n also_o have_v thus_o their_o first_o begin_v not_o only_a of_o regal_a but_o also_o of_o politic_a government_n wherefore_o diodorus_n siculus_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o old_a history_n thus_o write_v of_o the_o egyptian_n the_o egiptien_n king_n live_v first_o not_o after_o y_z e_z licentious_a manner_n of_o other_o ruler_n who_o will_n &_o pleasure_n be_v in_o steed_n of_o law_n but_o they_o keep_v themselves_o as_o private_a person_n in_o subjection_n of_o the_o law_n and_o this_o do_v they_o willing_o be_v persuade_v that_o by_o obey_v the_o law_n they_o shall_v be_v bless_v for_o of_o such_o ruler_n as_o follow_v their_o own_o lust_n they_o suppose_v many_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v whereby_o they_o be_v bring_v in_o danger_n of_o diverse_a harm_n and_o peril_n and_o in_o his_o fowerth_o book_n thus_o he_o writethe_v the_o ethiopian_a king_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v create_v he_o order_v his_o life_n accord_v to_o y_z e_z law_n and_o do_v all_o thing_n after_o y_z e_z manner_n and_o custom_n of_o his_o country_n assigninge_v neither_o reward_n nor_o punishment_n to_o any_o man_n otherthen_n the_o law_n make_v by_o his_o predecessor_n appointethe_v he_o reportethe_v likewise_o of_o the_o king_n of_o saba_n in_o arabia_n the_o happy_a and_o of_o certain_a other_o king_n which_o in_o old_a time_n honorablye_o reign_v sanctus_n augustinê°_n in_o libro_fw-la nineteeen_o de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la capitulo_fw-la xxiii_o dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la populus_fw-la encetus_fw-la hominum_fw-la iuris_fw-la consensu_fw-la et_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la communione_fw-la sociatus_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la populus_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la dum_fw-la acephelê°_n id_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la capite_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la vocare_fw-la meretur_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o naturalibus_fw-la capite_fw-la detruncato_fw-la residuum_fw-la non_fw-la corpê°_n sed_fw-la truncum_fw-la appellamê°_n sicet_fw-la in_o politicis_fw-la sine_fw-la capite_fw-la communitas_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la corporatur_fw-la quo_fw-la pmmo_fw-la politic_a dicit_fw-la philosophus_fw-la quôd_fw-la quamdocunque_fw-la ex_fw-la pluribê°_n constituitur_fw-la unum_fw-la inter_fw-la illa_fw-la unum_fw-la erit_fw-la regens_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la erunt_fw-la recta_fw-la quare_fw-la populum_fw-la se_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la aliudue_o corpê°_n politic_a erigere_fw-la volentem_fw-la senê‘_n oport_n ’_o unum_fw-la pficere_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la illiê°_n regitiwm_fw-la quem_fw-la regem_fw-la nonin_n solit_fw-la ’_o en_fw-fr hoc_fw-la ordin_fw-fr sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la embrione_fw-la corpê°_n surgit_fw-la phisi_fw-la cum_fw-la uno_fw-la capite_fw-la regulatum_fw-la sic_fw-la ex_fw-la populo_fw-la erumpit_fw-la regnum_fw-la qd_n corpus_fw-la extat_fw-la misticum_fw-la uno_fw-la hoine_fw-mi ut_fw-la capite_fw-la gubernatum_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o naturali_fw-la corê‘e_fw-la ut_fw-la dicit_fw-la philosophus_fw-la cor_fw-la est_fw-la primum_fw-la vivens_fw-la habens_fw-la in_o se_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la quem_fw-la emittit_fw-la in_o oina_fw-la eius_fw-la membra_fw-la unde_fw-la illa_fw-la vegetant_fw-la ’_o et_fw-fr viwnt_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o corê‘e_fw-la politico_fw-la intentio_fw-la populi_fw-la primum_fw-la vividun_fw-la est_fw-la habens_fw-la in_o se_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la uz_o ê“uisionem_fw-la politicam_fw-la utilit_fw-la ’_o populi_fw-la illiê°_n quam_fw-la in_o caput_fw-la et_fw-la in_o oina_fw-la membra_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la corê‘is_fw-la ipsa_fw-la transmittit_fw-la quo_fw-la corpus_fw-la illud_fw-la alitur_fw-la &_o vegetatur_fw-la lex_fw-la vero_fw-la sub_fw-la qua_fw-la cetê°_n hominum_fw-la populus_fw-la efficitur_fw-la neruorum_fw-la corporis_fw-la phisici_fw-la tenet_fw-la ration_n qa_fw-la sicut_fw-la ê‘_n neruos_fw-la compago_fw-la corporis_fw-la solidatur_fw-la sic_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o ligando_fw-la dicitur_fw-la corpus_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la misticum_fw-la ligatur_fw-la et_fw-la seruatur_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la et_fw-la eius_fw-la they_fw-mi corporis_fw-la membra_fw-la ac_fw-la ossa_fw-la quae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la qua_fw-la communitas_fw-la illa_fw-la sustentatur_fw-la soliditatem_fw-la denotant_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la naturale_fw-la per_fw-la neruos_fw-la propria_fw-la retinent_fw-la iura_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la caput_fw-la corporis_fw-la phisici_fw-la neruos_fw-la svos_fw-la commutare_fw-la neque_fw-la membris_fw-la suis_fw-la ê“pas_fw-la vires_fw-la et_fw-la ê“pa_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la alimnta_fw-la denegare_fw-la nec_fw-la rex_fw-la qui_fw-la caput_fw-la corpor_fw-la ’_o politici_fw-la en_fw-fr mutar_fw-it ’_o potest_fw-la leges_fw-la corpor_fw-la ’_o illiê°_n nec_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la populi_fw-la substantias_fw-la ê“prias_fw-la subtrahere_fw-la reclamantibê°_n eye_v aut_fw-la invitis_fw-la hen_n ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la iam_fw-la princeps_fw-la institutionis_fw-la politici_fw-la regni_fw-la formam_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la metiri_fw-la poteris_fw-la potesta_fw-la ten_o quam_fw-la rex_fw-la eiê°_n in_fw-la leges_fw-la ipsiê°_n aut_fw-la subditos_fw-la valeat_fw-la exercer_n ’_o ad_fw-la tutelan_o namque_fw-la legis_fw-la subditorum_fw-la ac_fw-la eorum_fw-la corpun_a et_fw-la bonorum_fw-la rex_fw-la hmodi_fw-la erectê°_n est_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la potestatem_fw-la a_o populo_fw-la effluxan_n ipse_fw-la hent_n quô_o ei_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la potestate_fw-la alia_fw-la svo_fw-la populo_fw-la dnari_fw-la quare_fw-la ut_fw-la
of_o justice_n cap._n 23._o moreover_o if_o by_o reason_n of_o bargayninge_v or_o by_o suffer_v of_o injury_n or_o by_o title_n of_o inheritance_n right_o do_v accrewe_v to_o aman_n to_o plead_v in_o judgement_n if_o there_o be_v no_o witnesseis_n or_o if_o such_o as_o be_v witnesseis_n be_v dead_a the_o plaintif_n must_v needs_o let_v his_o action_n fall_v except_o he_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v his_o right_a by_o inevitable_a conjecture_n which_o be_v seldom_o see_v wherefore_o concerning_a lordeshippe_n and_o other_o possession_n ruel_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o in_o all_o action_n falling_n under_o the_o same_o law_n the_o action_n of_o the_o plaintiff_n for_o want_n of_o witness_n many_o time_n be_v choke_v so_o that_o scant_a the_o half_a part_n of_o they_o atteyn_v to_o the_o desired_a end_n what_o manner_n of_o law_n than_o be_v this_o which_o to_o they_o y_z e_z sustain_v wrong_a thus_o fail_v in_o yeeldinge_n justice_n i_o doubt_v whether_o it_o deserve_v too_o be_v 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libere_fw-la tenentium_fw-la cue_n in_fw-la socagio_fw-it tenent_fw-la tenementa_fw-la sva_fw-la quo_fw-la ipi_fw-la ad_fw-la militian_n non_fw-la astringuntur_fw-la in_fw-la domo_fw-la consimilium_fw-la amicorum_fw-la svorum_fw-la educantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ê‘spicuè_fw-fr consideranti_fw-la lucidè_fw-la apparere_fw-la potest_fw-la ¶_o yet_o he_o rehearse_v other_o caseâ—_n wherein_o the_o foresaid_a law_n differ_v cap._n 46_o there_o be_v yette_v diverse_a other_o case_n quoth_v the_o chaunceloure_n wherein_o the_o law_n aforesaid_a do_v varye_a as_o in_o that_o the_o civil_a law_n do_v judge_v open_a theft_n to_o be_v satisfy_v by_o the_o recompense_n of_o four_o fold_n &_o privye_a theft_n by_o the_o recompense_n of_o double_a butte_n the_o law_n of_o england_n suffer_v neither_o of_o those_o offence_n to_o be_v more_o favorablye_o punish_v then_o with_o the_o offender_n death_n so_o that_o the_o value_n of_o the_o thing_n steal_v be_v above_o the_o value_n of_o twelve_o penny_n 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iudicant_fw-la furtum_fw-la manifestum_fw-la ê‘_n reddicionen_fw-mi quadrupli_fw-la et_fw-la furtum_fw-la non_fw-la manifestum_fw-la ê‘_n dupli_fw-la recompensationem_fw-la expiari_fw-la say_fw-la leges_fw-la angliae_fw-la neutrum_fw-la facinorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la mitius_fw-la quam_fw-la committentis_fw-la morte_fw-la puniri_fw-la permittunt_fw-la dummodo_fw-la ablati_fw-la valour_n duodecim_fw-la denariorum_fw-la valorem_fw-la excedat_fw-la iten_n libertinum_fw-la ingratum_fw-la leges_fw-la civiles_fw-la in_o pristinam_fw-la redigunt_fw-la seruitutem_fw-la sed_fw-la leges_fw-la angliae_fw-la semel_fw-la manumissum_fw-la semper_fw-la liberum_fw-la iudicant_fw-la gratum_fw-la et_fw-la ingratum_fw-la alij_fw-la quoque_fw-la sunt_fw-la casus_fw-la huiusce_fw-la modi_fw-la non_fw-la pauci_fw-la quos_fw-la iam_fw-la study_v brevitatis_fw-la pretereo_fw-la et_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o hijs_fw-la dvobus_fw-la casibus_fw-la predictarum_fw-la legum_fw-la prestancias_fw-la ego_fw-la iam_fw-la describo_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la magun_fw-ge sit_v indaginis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qualitates_fw-la nec_fw-la diffido_fw-la ingenij_fw-la tui_fw-la solerciam_fw-la eas_fw-la sufficienter_fw-la posse_fw-la rimari_fw-la ¶_o the_o prince_n regardethe_v not_o the_o case_n now_o rehearse_v cap._n 47._o no_o nor_o it_o boot_v not_o good_a chauncelloure_n herein_o much_o to_o tarry_v quoth_v the_o prince_n for_o though_o in_o england_n aswell_o open_a as_o pryvy_v thief_n be_v commenlye_o put_v to_o death_n yette_v cease_v they_o not_o there_o from_o steal_v as_o though_o theye_n have_v no_o fear_n of_o so_o great_a a_o punishment_n how_o much_o less_o than_o will_v they_o which_o tholde_v their_o hand_n from_o theft_n if_o they_o foresee_v once_o y_o t_o y_fw-fr e_o punishment_n be_v mitigate_v and_o godde_n forbid_v that_o he_o which_o once_o have_v escape_v miserable_a servitude_n shall_v ever_o after_o tremble_v and_o quake_v at_o the_o threatnynge_n of_o bondage_n special_o under_o the_o colour_n of_o ingratitude_n or_o unkindness_n see_v the_o kynde_n of_o ingratitude_n be_v so_o many_o that_o they_o can_v scant_v well_o be_v number_v and_o man_n nature_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o liberty_n or_o freedom_n more_o than_o in_o other_o cause_n require_v favour_n wherefore_o at_o this_o time_n good_a chancellor_n i_o beseech_v you_o hartelye_o meddle_v no_o more_o with_o the_o examination_n of_o any_o such_o case_n but_o now_o explain_v &_o open_v unto_o i_o why_o y_z e_z law_n of_o england_n be_v so_o good_a so_o fruitful_a and_o so_o commodious_a be_v not_o teach_v in_o the_o university_n as_o the_o civil_a and_o cannon_n law_n be_v and_o why_o in_o the_o same_o none_o be_v commence_v bachelor_n and_o doctor_n as_o in_o other_o faculty_n and_o science_n it_o be_v accustom_v princeps_fw-la nec_fw-la expedit_fw-la cancellarie_n in_fw-la hijs_fw-la multum_fw-la suadere_fw-la quia_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it fures_fw-la clandestini_fw-la et_fw-la manifesti_fw-la passim_fw-la morti_fw-la plectantur_fw-la non_fw-la cessant_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ibidem_fw-la omnino_fw-la pndari_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la penam_fw-la tantam_fw-la illiminime_fw-la formidarent_fw-la quamto_n tunc_fw-la minus_fw-la se_fw-la abstinerent_fw-la a_o crimine_fw-la si_fw-la penam_fw-la previderent_fw-la mitiorem_fw-la et_fw-la absit_fw-la a_o seruitute_fw-la semel_fw-la evasum_fw-la semper_fw-la deinde_fw-la sub_fw-la minis_fw-la tremere_fw-la seruitutis_fw-la maxim_n ingratitudinis_fw-la colore_fw-la cum_fw-la ingratitudinum_fw-la species_n vix_fw-la poterint_fw-la pre_fw-la multitudine_fw-la numerari_fw-la et_fw-la humana_fw-la natura_fw-la in_o libertatis_fw-la causa_fw-la favorem_fw-la semper_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la alijs_fw-la deprecetur_fw-la say_fw-la iam_fw-la cancellarie_n obnixè_fw-la te_fw-la imploro_fw-la ut_fw-la amodo_fw-la amissó_n plurium_fw-la casuum_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la examine_v michi_fw-la edicas_fw-la quare_fw-la leges_fw-la angliae_fw-la tam_fw-la bonae_fw-la frugi_fw-la et_fw-la optabiles_fw-la in_o universitatibus_fw-la non_fw-la docentur_fw-la ut_fw-la civiles_fw-la similiter_fw-la et_fw-la canonum_fw-la leges_fw-la et_fw-la quare_fw-la in_o eisden_n non_fw-la dantur_fw-la baccalariatus_fw-la et_fw-la doctoratus_fw-la gradus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o alijs_fw-la facultatibê°_n et_fw-la scientijs_fw-la est_fw-la dari_fw-la consuetum_fw-la ¶_o here_o the_o chauncelour_n show_v why_o the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v not_o teach_v in_o the_o university_n cap._n 48._o in_o the_o university_n of_o england_n quoth_v the_o chancellor_n science_n be_v not_o teach_v butt_n in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n and_o the_o law_n of_o that_o land_n be_v to_o be_v learn_v in_o three_o several_a tongue_n to_o wit_n in_o the_o english_a tongue_n y_z e_z french_fw-mi tongue_n &_o you_o e_o latin_a tongue_n in_o the_o english_a tongue_n because_o that_o law_n be_v most_o use_v and_o long_a continue_v amongst_o the_o english_a man_n 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