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in_o his_o absence_n be_v conservient_fw-fr unto_o he_o be_v in_o his_o stead_n and_o not_o under_o he_o for_o the_o very_a place_n suppose_v he_o as_o not_o because_o not_o present_a and_o this_o be_v by_o a_o law_n declarative_o publish_v at_o such_o time_n as_o henry_n the_o five_o be_v regent_n of_o france_n and_o therefore_o by_o common_a presumption_n 1._o be_v likely_a to_o have_v much_o occasion_n of_o residence_n in_o that_o kingdom_n and_o it_o hold_v in_o equal_a force_n with_o all_o other_o law_n of_o the_o high_a size_n which_o be_v the_o rather_o to_o be_v note_v because_o it_o be_v though_o under_o a_o protector_n obligatory_a to_o the_o king_n and_o make_v his_o personal_a presence_n no_o more_o considerable_a than_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o shadow_n for_o the_o king_n spend_v three_o whole_a year_n in_o the_o french_a war_n and_o during_o that_o time_n never_o see_v england_n where_o
to_o year_n of_o discretion_n and_o shall_v declare_v that_o he_o will_v take_v that_o place_n upon_o himself_o 7._o the_o ground_n hereof_o be_v say_v to_o be_v that_o the_o king_n be_v gravi_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la detentus_fw-la which_o can_v not_o be_v intend_v of_o any_o bodily_a distemper_n for_o neither_o do_v any_o such_o thing_n appear_v by_o any_o author_n or_o record_n nor_o if_o such_o have_v be_v yet_o have_v it_o be_v a_o irrational_a thing_n in_o the_o parliament_n to_o determine_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o prince_n discretion_n and_o acceptance_n of_o the_o charge_n upon_o himself_o it_o seem_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v gravis_fw-la infirmitas_fw-la animi_fw-la and_o that_o this_o way_n of_o the_o parliament_n tend_v to_o a_o tacit_a slide_v he_o out_o of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o a_o moderate_a expression_n of_o a_o general_n incapacity_n in_o his_o person_n the_o conclusion_n of_o all_o that_o have_v be_v say_v concern_v this_o title_n be_v double_a one_o that_o both_o the_o custos_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o protector_n be_v not_o subsistent_a but_o consistent_a with_o that_o of_o a_o king_n because_o it_o suppose_v a_o king_n under_o incapacity_n second_o that_o they_o tend_v to_o teach_v the_o people_n a_o necessity_n of_o have_v one_o chief_a although_o it_o may_v in_o truth_n seem_v to_o be_v but_o a_o trick_n of_o state_n like_o some_o pretty_a carve_a cherubim_n in_o the_o roof_n of_o a_o building_n that_o do_v seem_v to_o bear_v it_o up_o when_o as_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v the_o pillar_n that_o support_v both_o it_o and_o they_o chap._n xvi_o concern_v the_o privy_a council_n have_v doe_n meet_v with_o their_o exigency_n as_o well_o as_o person_n and_o in_o such_o condition_n resolution_n take_v up_o by_o sudden_a conceit_n be_v many_o time_n more_o effectual_a than_o more_o mature_a deliberation_n which_o require_v more_o time_n in_o compose_v be_v more_o slow_a in_o conclusion_n let_v slip_v opportunity_n and_o fall_v short_a of_o expectation_n in_o the_o end_n such_o be_v the_o way_n of_o debate_n in_o the_o grand_a representative_a of_o the_o kingdom_n add_v hereunto_o that_o in_o put_v the_o law_n in_o execution_n great_a discretion_n be_v require_v then_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o head_n of_o any_o one_o man_n and_o great_a speed_n than_o can_v stand_v with_o debate_n among_o many_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v beyond_o all_o doubt_n that_o the_o conventicle_n of_o council_n be_v no_o less_o necessary_a in_o their_o degree_n than_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o this_o nation_n in_o their_o grand_a convention_n yet_o with_o this_o caveat_n that_o one_o genius_n may_v move_v in_o both_o for_o otherwise_o the_o motion_n of_o government_n must_v needs_o be_v inconstant_a inconsistent_a and_o like_o that_o of_o a_o hypocrite_n one_o way_n abroad_o another_o way_n at_o home_n neither_o comfortable_a to_o itself_o nor_o confide_v to_o other_o and_o therefore_o can_v these_o privater_a counsel_n by_o any_o proportion_n of_o reason_n be_v better_o constitute_v then_o by_o the_o representative_a itself_o that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o creature_n make_v in_o its_o own_o image_n one_o and_o the_o same_o with_o the_o image_n of_o the_o maker_n this_o be_v the_o wisdom_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o these_o time_n 31._o more_o ordinary_o then_o in_o the_o former_a for_o the_o parliament_n be_v no_o less_o jealous_a of_o the_o power_n of_o henry_n the_o four_o then_o of_o the_o infirmity_n of_o henry_n the_o six_o nor_o more_o assure_v in_o the_o aim_n of_o any_o of_o they_o all_o than_o themselves_o be_v in_o their_o own_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n neither_o be_v this_o sufficient_a for_o the_o parliament_n look_v upon_o themselves_o as_o a_o body_n that_o sometime_o must_v retire_v to_o rest_n and_o upon_o the_o privy_a council_n as_o watchman_n subject_a to_o change_v and_o therefore_o they_o not_o only_o give_v they_o instruction_n 16._o but_o engage_v they_o unto_o observance_n their_o instruction_n be_v sometime_o occasional_a but_o some_o more_o general_a of_o which_o i_o shall_v instance_n only_o in_o two_o which_o be_v to_o be_v of_o everlasting_a regard_n first_o that_o they_o shall_v hold_v no_o plea_n before_o they_o that_o be_v to_o say_v at_o the_o council_n table_n or_o at_o the_o privy_a council_n nor_o before_o any_o of_o they_o unless_o as_o judge_n in_o the_o chancery_n exchequer_n or_o bench_n at_o westminster_n 76._o so_o as_o whatsoever_o miscarriage_n be_v have_v by_o the_o privy_a council_n in_o case_n of_o judicature_n in_o the_o star-chamber_n former_o be_v now_o reduce_v the_o second_o rule_n be_v this_o 73._o that_o no_o dispatch_n shall_v be_v make_v at_o the_o council_n table_n of_o any_o matter_n there_o agitate_a but_o by_o general_a consent_n unity_n give_v life_n to_o action_n carry_v therewith_o both_o authority_n and_o power_n and_o when_o all_o be_v do_v must_v derive_v its_o original_n from_o without_o 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