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deny_v major_a or_o minor_a yet_o the_o conclution_n thereupon_o be_v absurd_a but_o in_o mr._n pryn_n case_n admit_v the_o king_n shall_v die_v without_o heir_n although_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o people_n have_v thereby_o power_n to_o make_v law_n yet_o gross_a it_o be_v to_o conclude_v upon_o it_o that_o the_o member_n of_o the_o two_o house_n may_v so_o do_v for_o if_o the_o king_n and_o that_o stem_n royal_a be_v extinct_a without_o issue_n the_o two_o house_n will_v be_v extinct_a too_o by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n if_o the_o king_n die_v during_o a_o parliament_n 26._o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la the_o parliament_n be_v dissolve_v because_o the_o king_n who_o be_v head_n to_o advise_v with_o who_o and_o by_o who_o writ_n and_o command_v the_o member_n be_v summon_v be_v dead_a yet_o in_o that_o case_n the_o successor_n king_n if_o he_o please_v may_v call_v a_o new_a parl._n but_o when_o the_o king_n die_v without_o heir_n there_o be_v no_o succeed_v king_n to_o summon_v 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pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la west_n 1._o die_v maii_n prox_n futur_n '_o teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la cum_fw-la prelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tractatum_fw-la vobis_fw-la sub_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o ligeantiis_fw-la quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la personaliter_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o to_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o the_o power_n which_o the_o member_n of_o that_o assembly_n have_v to_o sit_v and_o vote_n in_o parliament_n the_o people_n be_v not_o at_o all_o consult_v with_o in_o any_o particular_a and_o for_o the_o commons_o house_n the_o institution_n thereof_o and_o the_o commission_n which_o the_o member_n of_o that_o assembly_n have_v be_v derive_v from_o the_o king_n too_o that_o which_o the_o people_n act_n and_o do_v therein_o be_v only_o to_o elect_v the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n and_o therein_o too_o their_o authority_n be_v by_o the_o king_n writ_n the_o direction_n whereof_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o pursue_v it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o any_o county_n or_o town_n to_o add_v unto_o or_o lessen_v the_o number_n of_o person_n to_o be_v elect_v or_o to_o enlarge_v or_o limit_v the_o authority_n of_o those_o choose_v but_o former_a king_n as_o before_o be_v show_v sometime_o call_v more_o sometime_o few_o and_o at_o their_o pleasure_n create_v new_a corporation_n and_o give_v they_o power_n to_o send_v burgess_n and_o every_o king_n have_v and_o at_o this_o day_n have_v authority_n to_o enable_v and_o command_v every_o town_n in_o england_n to_o send_v burgess_n to_o parliament_n and_o when_o the_o knight_n and_o burgess_n be_v elect_v the_o people_n power_n be_v end_v than_o the_o person_n choose_v be_v to_o perform_v their_o duty_n wherein_o they_o must_v be_v guide_v by_o their_o commission_n it_o be_v that_o which_o do_v distinguish_v they_o from_o other_o man_n else_o every_o one_o in_o the_o kingdom_n have_v equal_a power_n to_o sit_v and_o vote_n in_o parliament_n and_o they_o have_v no_o other_o commission_n than_o the_o king_n write_v of_o summons_n which_o follow_v in_o these_o word_n viz._n rex_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la salut_n '_o quia_fw-la de_fw-la avisamento_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la consilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la statum_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concern_v quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la westm_n '_o tertio_fw-la die_fw-la novembris_fw-la prox_n '_o futur_n '_o teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tract_n '_o tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la facta_fw-la proclam_n '_o in_o prox_n comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la post_fw-la receptionem_fw-la huius_fw-la brevis_fw-la nostri_fw-la tenend_n die_v &_o loco_fw-la predict_v '_o duos_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la commit_v '_o praedicti_fw-la &_o the_o qualib_a '_o civitate_fw-la com'_v illius_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la discretior_fw-la '_o &_o magis_fw-la sufficientibus_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o indifferenter_fw-la per_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la proclam_fw-la '_o hujusmodi_fw-la interfuer_n '_o juxta_fw-la formam_fw-la statutorum_fw-la inde_fw-la edit_n '_o &_o provis_fw-la eligi_fw-la &_o nomina_fw-la eorundum_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_fw-la sic_fw-la electorum_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la indentur_fw-la '_o inter_fw-la te_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la election_n '_o interfuerint_fw-la inde_fw-la conficiend_n '_o sive_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la elect_v '_o present_n fuerint_fw-la vel_fw-la absentes_fw-la inter_fw-la eosque_fw-la ad_fw-la dict'_fw-it diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la iidem_fw-la milites_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o communitate_fw-la commit_v '_o civitatum_fw-la &_o burgorun_n praedictorum_fw-la divisim_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibid._n '_o de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la dicti_fw-la regis_fw-la nostri_fw-la favente_fw-la deo_fw-la contigerint_fw-la ordinari_fw-la super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ante_fw-la dictis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la 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