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for_o he_o though_o the_o prince_n the_o head_n of_o the_o assembly_n be_v against_o he_o this_o controversy_n be_v adjourn_v to_o the_o curia_n 31._o on_o whitsuntide_n which_o still_o be_v no_o ordinary_a one_o anselm_n be_v celebrate_v a_o curia_n by_o himself_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v attend_v at_o the_o king_n be_v according_a to_o the_o adjournment_n but_o it_o seem_v he_o expect_v special_a summons_n which_o he_o have_v according_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n no_o formal_a writ_n but_o messenger_n the_o king_n tenuit_fw-la curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o ipsâ_fw-la festivitate_fw-la apud_fw-la windlesoram_fw-la and_o there_o be_v proceres_fw-la 34._o et_fw-la coadunata_fw-la multitudo_fw-la a_o very_a solemn_a convention_n the_o authority_n cite_v by_o sir_n hen._n spelman_n say_v that_o the_o clergy_n be_v not_o at_o the_o council_n at_o roch._n 16._o in_o quo_fw-la fermè_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la praeter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o clerum_fw-la convenitur_fw-la 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their_o sense_n then_o deliver_v they_o give_v a_o far_a day_n till_o whitsuntide_n so_o that_o in_o effect_n it_o be_v judgement_n nisi_fw-la then_o indeed_o anselm_n with_o a_o side_n wind_v get_v a_o advantage_n of_o the_o king_n he_o cunning_o wave_v the_o question_n whether_o he_o may_v swear_v obedience_n to_o the_o king_n and_o put_v it_o only_o whether_o the_o pall_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v from_o the_o pope_n or_o the_o king_n and_o carry_v that_o point_n that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o singular_a authority_n of_o saint_n peter_n 34._o this_o be_v a_o general_n council_n on_o the_o feast_n day_n adquievit_fw-la multitudo_fw-la omnis_fw-la unde_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la silentio_fw-la pressi_fw-la conticuissent_fw-la statutum_n est_fw-la it_o seem_v till_o the_o multitude_n rest_v satisfy_v the_o law_n can_v not_o pass_v but_o two_o year_n after_o on_o whitsuntide_n be_v hold_v no_o more_o than_o the_o ordinary_a curia_n 2._o cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la in_o pentecoste_n festivitatis_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la regiae_n curiae_fw-la se_fw-la presentasset_fw-la peractis_fw-la igitur_fw-la festivioribus_fw-la diebus_fw-la diversorum_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la causae_fw-la in_o medium_n duci_fw-la ex_fw-la more_fw-it coeperunt_fw-la that_o it_o be_v usual_a when_o the_o height_n of_o the_o feast_n be_v over_o to_o go_v to_o the_o trial_n of_o cause_n or_o matter_n of_o ordinary_a judicature_n in_o august_n follow_v be_v hold_v a_o great_a council_n the_o king_n be_v de_fw-fr statu_fw-la regni_fw-la acturus_fw-la then_o he_o send_v out_o a_o general_n summons_n in_o sequenti_fw-la autem_fw-la mense_fw-la augusto_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la regni_fw-la acturus_fw-la rex_fw-la 38._o episcopos_fw-la abbates_n &_o quosque_fw-la regni_fw-la proceres_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la praecepti_fw-la svi_fw-la sanctione_n egisset_fw-la &_o dispositis_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la adunationis_fw-la illius_fw-la causae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la etc._n etc._n anselm_n ask_v leave_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n but_o be_v deny_v it_o in_o october_n follow_v there_o be_v a_o general_a council_n at_o winchester_n wintoniae_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la ex_fw-la condicto_fw-la venimus_fw-la eadmerus_fw-la be_v there_o himself_o the_o first_o day_n the_o tumult_n from_o the_o vast_a multitude_n be_v so_o great_a that_o they_o can_v do_v nothing_o and_o therefore_o break_v up_o the_o court_n and_o adjourn_v to_o the_o next_o day_n orta_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quaedam_fw-la magna_fw-la tempestas_fw-la diversis_fw-la diversae_fw-la parti_fw-la acclamantibus_fw-la 38._o the_o sense_n of_o the_o assembly_n be_v that_o anselm_n shall_v observe_v the_o king_n law_n upon_o which_o he_o depart_v the_o realm_n in_o a_o pet_n it_o be_v pity_n eadmerus_n go_v with_o he_o so_o that_o we_o lose_v the_o account_n of_o what_o pass_v in_o his_o absence_n i_o think_v however_o we_o have_v enough_o to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v then_o no_o less_o nay_o great_a assembly_n than_o what_o now_o compose_v our_o parliament_n nay_o the_o very_a word_n parliament_n be_v not_o unknown_a in_o that_o time_n parliamentum_fw-la dixêre_fw-la croylandenses_n caenobitae_n sub_fw-la tempore_fw-la willielmi_n secundi_fw-la par._n for_o far_a proof_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o this_o king_n stand_v upon_o it_o that_o malcolm_n king_n of_o scot_n 218._o secundum_fw-la judicium_fw-la tantum_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la in_o curiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la ei_fw-la faceret_fw-la 1093._o that_o be_v be_v to_o do_v he_o right_o or_o answer_v his_o demand_n according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o curia_n or_o ordinary_a court_n of_o justice_n malcolm_n plead_v that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o both_o kingdom_n secundum_fw-la judicium_fw-la primorum_fw-la utriusque_fw-la regni_fw-la that_o be_v according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o great_a or_o general_a council_n of_o both_o kingdom_n unite_v and_o who_o be_v the_o primores_fw-la that_fw-mi constitute_v the_o great_a council_n of_o scotland_n even_o till_o the_o 23._o of_o james_n the_o first_o be_v evident_a by_o his_o act_n of_o alteration_n or_o recommendation_n of_o a_o change_n honour_n which_o have_v it_o that_o the_o small_a baron_n and_o fee-tenant_n or_o freeholder_n need_v not_o to_o come_v to_o parliament_n 287._o nor_o general_n council_n without_o election_n which_o show_v that_o till_o than_o they_o do_v and_o how_o they_o come_v here_o in_o this_o king_n time_n i_o leave_v any_o body_n to_o think_v as_o they_o please_v sure_o i_o be_o here_o be_v more_o than_o tenant_n in_o chief_a there_o be_v one_o council_n in_o his_o reign_n which_o have_v no_o addition_n to_o it_o 492._o the_o author_n say_v only_o celebravit_fw-la concilium_fw-la and_o this_o i_o take_v it_o court_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a curia_n especial_o it_o be_v octabis_n epiphaniae_fw-la and_o there_o be_v a_o legal_a trial_n by_o duel_n and_o by_o judgement_n of_o the_o court_n the_o party_n conquer_v have_v his_o eye_n pull_v out_o and_o his_o stone_n cut_v off_o that_o beside_o the_o great_a council_n this_o king_n above_o mention_v hold_v the_o ordinary_a curia_n sive_fw-la de_fw-la more_o we_o have_v clear_a authority_n 578._o cum_fw-la gloriosè_fw-la &_o patrio_fw-la honore_fw-la curiam_fw-la tenuisset_fw-la ad_fw-la natale_n apud_fw-la gloucester_n ad_fw-la pascha_fw-la apud_fw-la winchester_n ad_fw-la pentecosten_n apud_fw-la londoniam_fw-la by_o the_o forego_n instance_n we_o may_v see_v notwithstanding_o virgil_n suppress_n eight_o as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v the_o mss._n which_o may_v take_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o history_n how_o many_o rise_v up_o in_o judgement_n against_o his_o assertion_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n h._n 1._o illud_fw-la oppositè_fw-fr habeo_fw-la dicere_fw-la reges_fw-la ante_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la non_fw-la consuevisse_fw-la populi_fw-la conventum_fw-la consultandi_fw-la causâ_fw-la nisi_fw-la perrarò_fw-la facere_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la henrico_n id_fw-la institutum_fw-la jure_fw-la manâsse_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la and_o it_o seem_v the_o great_a mr._n lambert_n who_o possible_o be_v the_o first_o that_o after_o the_o age_n in_o which_o the_o word_n baronagium_n be_v use_v and_o know_v to_o express_v the_o full_a great_a council_n or_o parliament_n receive_v its_o true_a notion_n 263._o viz._n that_o both_o the_o nobility_n and_o commonalty_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v mean_v under_o these_o word_n the_o baron_n of_o the_o realm_n this_o great_a man_n it_o seem_v have_v not_o meet_v with_o those_o mss._n which_o since_o have_v offer_v their_o light_n to_o the_o world_n otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o have_v subscribe_v to_o the_o forego_n opinion_n of_o polydore_n virgil_n 237._o however_o polydore_v himself_o as_o far_o as_o his_o authority_n go_v give_v we_o to_o believe_v the_o frequency_n of_o such_o solemn_a council_n from_o this_o king_n time_n downward_o this_o prince_n be_v so_o please_v with_o his_o people_n and_o they_o so_o much_o at_o ease_n under_o his_o gentle_a reign_n there_o be_v that_o mutual_a confidence_n in_o each_o other_o that_o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o he_o ever_o hold_v a_o solitary_a curia_fw-la of_o tenant_n and_o officer_n only_o we_o find_v 49._o tota_n nobilitas_fw-la cum_fw-la populi_fw-la