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parium_fw-la suorum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la terrae_fw-la nulli_fw-la vendemus_fw-la nulli_fw-la negabimus_fw-la aut_fw-la differemus_fw-la justitiam_fw-la vel_fw-la rectum_fw-la that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v arrest_v imprison_v disseise_v of_o his_o freehold_n of_o his_o liberty_n or_o free_a custom_n or_o outlawed_a banish_v or_o otherwise_o destroy_v but_o by_o the_o verdict_n of_o his_o equal_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n neither_o shall_v law_n and_o justice_n be_v delay_v sell_v or_o deny_v to_o any_o man_n but_o the_o king_n in_o judgement_n of_o law_n be_v present_a in_o all_o his_o court_n of_o justice_n repeat_v these_o word_n we_o will_v sell_v deny_v nor_o delay_v justice_n and_o right_n to_o no_o man_n inst_n 2.55_o o_o magnificent_a bless_a and_o golden_a oration_n it_o proceed_v from_o the_o lip_n of_o king_n and_o we_o shall_v never_o hear_v such_o doctrine_n preach_v again_o in_o any_o of_o our_o court_n of_o justice_n until_o our_o king_n be_v
his_o majesty_n before_o he_o be_v crown_v king_n but_o it_o be_v clear_o resolve_v by_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o england_n that_o present_o by_o the_o descent_n his_o majesty_n be_v complete_o and_o absolute_o king_n without_o any_o essential_a ceremony_n or_o act_n to_o be_v do_v exit_fw-la post_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o that_o coronation_n be_v but_o a_o royal_a ornament_n and_o outward_a solemniation_n of_o the_o descent_n and_o this_o evident_o appear_v by_o infinite_a precedent_n and_o book_n case_n where_o such_o execrable_a opinion_n have_v be_v no_o soon_o hatch_v than_o destroy_v and_o if_o the_o judge_n of_o our_o age_n have_v be_v so_o honest_a as_o to_o have_v crop_v in_o the_o bud_n such_o like_a opinion_n broach_v by_o the_o rebel_n charles_n the_o first_o have_v still_o be_v our_o king_n and_o we_o a_o flourish_a and_o happy_a kingdom_n although_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v two_o capacity_n the_o one_o by_o nature_n the_o other_o by_o policy_n yet_o ligeance_n be_v due_a to_o the_o king_n in_o his_o natural_a capacity_n and_o his_o natural_a and_o politic_a body_n make_v but_o one_o indivisible_a body_n plo._n 213._o the_o oath_n of_o alligeance_n be_v make_v to_o the_o natural_a person_n of_o the_o king_n so_o be_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o all_o inditement_n of_o treason_n when_o any_o do_v intend_v or_o compass_v mortâ—_n et_fw-la destructionem_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la the_o death_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o lord_n our_o king_n which_o must_v needs_o be_v understand_v of_o his_o natural_a body_n for_o his_o politic_a body_n be_v immortal_a and_o not_o subject_a to_o death_n the_o indictment_n conclude_v contra_fw-la ligeantiae_fw-la suae_fw-la debitum_fw-la ergo_fw-la the_o ligeance_n be_v due_a to_o the_o natural_a body_n vid._n fit_a justice_n of_o peace_n 53._o plo._n com._n 384._o in_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n case_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o king_n in_o genere_fw-la die_v not_o but_o no_o question_n in_o 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