Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	common_a	judge_n	king_n	5,902	5	4.0897	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91297	The third part of a seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great Parliamentary Councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolutions of state, with the sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured perfidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns o [sic] four Saxon and Danish Kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. / By William Prynne esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 3	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1657 (1657)	Wing P4102; Thomason E905_1; ESTC R207432	279,958	400

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chapter_n be_v the_o viii_o in_o bromtons_n translation_n but_o the_o xi_o in_o the_o saxon_a copy_n be_v this_o volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la habeat_fw-la gemotum_fw-la a_o hundred_o court_n semper_fw-la ad_fw-la quatuor_fw-la hebdomadas_fw-la et_fw-la efficiat_a ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la rectum_fw-la habeat_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la placitum_fw-la capiat_fw-la terminum_fw-la quando_fw-la perveniat_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la siquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la excipiat_fw-la emendet_fw-la sicut_fw-la antè_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la king_n edward_z decease_a life_n aethelstan_n his_o elder_a 924._o son_n design_v by_o his_o father_n will_n to_o succeed_v he_o be_v

read_v at_o large_a in_o bromton_n and_o as_o the_o first_o chapter_n and_o this_o prologue_n to_o those_o law_n assure_v we_o 850._o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la sapientes_fw-la exoniae_fw-la consilio_fw-la adelstani_fw-la regis_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la feuresham_n et_fw-la tertia_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la definitum_fw-la simul_fw-la et_fw-la confitmatum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la imprimis_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la observentur_fw-la omne_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n 6._o imposita_fw-la fuerint_fw-la praeter_fw-la mercatum_fw-la civitatis_fw-la et_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la the_o cause_n of_o make_v these_o new_a law_n and_o confirm_v the_o old_a be_v a_o complaint_n to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o council_n at_o exeter_n that_o the_o peace_n and_o law_n make_v at_o grateley_n be_v not_o so_o well_o keep_v as_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o that_o theives_n and_o malefactor_n abound_v as_o this_o prologue_n manifest_v 850._o ego_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la notifico_fw-la vobis_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la michi_n quod_fw-la pax_fw-la nostra_fw-la pejus_fw-la observata_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la michi_n placet_fw-la vel_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n fuerit_fw-la institutum_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la michi_n dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la hocdiutius_fw-la 6._o pertuli_fw-la quam_fw-la debueram_fw-la nunc_fw-la inveni_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la exoniam_fw-la fuerint_fw-la mecum_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-la natali_n domini_fw-la quod_fw-la parati_fw-la sunt_fw-la omninò_fw-la quando_fw-la velim_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsis_fw-la &_o uxoribus_fw-la &_o pecunia_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la re_fw-la suâ_fw-la ire_n quo_fw-la tunc_fw-la voluero_fw-la nisi_fw-la malefactores_fw-la requiescant_fw-la eo_fw-la tenore_fw-la quo_fw-la nunquam_fw-la deinceps_fw-la in_o patriam_fw-la istam_fw-la redeant_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o council_n of_o feuresham_n in_o kent_n the_o king_n by_o some_o of_o his_o wise-counsellor_n send_v thither_o to_o it_o propound_v some_o thing_n for_o the_o weal_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o country_n together_o with_o his_o pardon_n for_o forepast_a offence_n which_o they_o upon_o debate_n assent_v to_o and_o draw_v up_o into_o sundry_a head_n return_v to_o the_o king_n for_o his_o royal_a assent_n with_o this_o memorable_a gratulatory_a prologue_n which_o most_o true_o represent_v unto_o we_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o that_o age_n i_o think_v meet_v entire_o to_o transcribe_v 851._o karissime_fw-la episcopi_fw-la tui_fw-la de_fw-fr kent_n &_o omnis_fw-la kentescire_fw-la thayni_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_n tibi_fw-la domino_fw-la dilectissimo_fw-la svo_fw-la gratias_fw-la agunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la nostra_fw-la praecipere_fw-la voluisti_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr commodo_fw-la nostro_fw-la perquirere_fw-la &_o consulere_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la inde_fw-la nobis_fw-la divitibus_fw-la &_o egenis_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la incepimus_fw-la quanta_fw-la diligentia_fw-la potuimus_fw-la consilio_fw-la horum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la misisti_fw-la unde_fw-la karissime_fw-la domine_fw-la primum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr nostra_fw-la decima_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la valdè_fw-la cupidi_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o voluntarii_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la supplices_fw-la gra●ias_fw-la agimus_fw-la admonitionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la secundum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr pace_n nostrá_fw-fr quam_fw-la omnis_fw-la populus_fw-la teneri_fw-la desiderat_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n sapientes_fw-la tui_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o concilio_n apud_fw-la fefresham_n tertium_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratiant_a omnes_fw-la misericorditur_fw-la hermerum_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la quod_fw-la forisfactis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la concessi●ti_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la pardonatur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la forisfactura_fw-la de_fw-la quocunque_fw-la furto_fw-la quod_fw-la antè_fw-la concilium_fw-la de_fw-la fefresham_n factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la eo_fw-la tenore_fw-la quo_fw-la semper_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la quiescant_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la latrocinium_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la et_fw-la emendent_fw-la hinc_fw-la ad_fw-la augustum_fw-la quartum_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la recipiat_fw-la hominem_fw-la alterius_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cui_fw-la prius_fw-la folgavit_fw-la nec_fw-la intra_fw-la marcam_fw-la nec_fw-la extra_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la ne_fw-la dominus_fw-la libero_fw-la homini_fw-la hlasocnam_fw-la interdicat_fw-la si_fw-la rectè_fw-la custodierit_fw-la eum_fw-la quintum_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la discedat_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la iin_n scripto_fw-la pacis_fw-la habentur_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n institutum_fw-la est_fw-la sextum_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la homo_fw-la fit_a adeo_fw-la dive_v vel_fw-la tantae_fw-la parentelae_fw-la quod_fw-la castigari_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la vel_fw-la illud_fw-la cessare_fw-la nolit_fw-la ut_fw-la efficias_fw-la qualiter_fw-la abstrahatur_fw-la in_o aliam_fw-la partem_fw-la regni_fw-la tui_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o occiduis_fw-la partibus_fw-la sit_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la sit_fw-la comitum_fw-la sit_fw-la villanorum_fw-la septimum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la teneat_fw-la homines_fw-la suos_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la jussione_n suâ_fw-la contrà_fw-la omne_fw-la furtum_fw-la si_fw-mi tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la qui_fw-la tot_fw-la homines_fw-la habea●_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la omnes_fw-la custodire_fw-la praepositum_fw-la talem_fw-la praeponat_fw-la sibi_fw-la singulis_fw-la villis_fw-la qui_fw-la credibilis_fw-la ei_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la concredat_fw-la hominibus_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la praepositis_fw-la alicui_fw-la eorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la concredere_fw-la non_fw-la audeat_fw-la inveniat_fw-la xii_o plegios_fw-la cognationis_fw-la suae_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la stint_v in_fw-la fide_fw-la jussione_n et_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la infringat_fw-la vel_fw-la abhinc_fw-la exeat_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la magis_fw-la place_n at_o alia_fw-la justitia_fw-la octavum_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la plac●it_fw-la de_fw-la scutorum_fw-la opere_fw-la sicut_fw-la dixisti_fw-la precamur_fw-la domine_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la sit_v in_o hoc_fw-la sit_v in_o alterutrum_fw-la velnimis_fw-la velminus_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la emendare_fw-la jubeas_fw-la juxta_fw-la velletuum_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la devotè_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipere_fw-la velis_fw-la quae_fw-la unquam_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la implere_fw-la valeamus_fw-la after_o this_o there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o parliamentary_a council_n hold_v at_o london_n &_o not_o long_o after_o that_o another_o at_o thithamberig_n wherein_o many_o consultation_n be_v have_v &_o proposition_n make_v for_o suppression_n &_o punishment_n of_o thief_n and_o keep_n of_o the_o peace_n which_o the_o justice_n commissioner_n and_o other_o appoint_v to_o keep_v the_o peace_n and_o to_o take_v surety_n of_o all_o man_n to_o the_o keep_n thereof_o conclude_v upon_o at_o london_n and_o after_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n council_n to_o enlarge_v or_o alter_v as_o he_o shall_v see_v cause_n who_o thereupon_o make_v some_o alteration_n and_o mitigation_n at_o thithamberig_n of_o what_o the_o king_n think_v over-severe_a in_o put_v to_o death_n those_o who_o be_v above_o 12_o year_n of_o age_n for_o 12d_o value_n as_o these_o passage_n attest_v declare_v the_o proceed_n of_o that_o parliamentary_a council_n h_z hoc_fw-la consultum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-la praepositi_fw-la qui_fw-la 856._o londoniensi_fw-la curiae_fw-la pertinent_a edixerunt_fw-la &_o jurejurando_fw-la confirmavernnt_n in_fw-la svo_fw-la fridgildo_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_fw-la in_o adjectione_n judiciorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n &_o exoniam_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n cap._n 1._o et_fw-la est_fw-la imprimis_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la parcatur_fw-la alicui_fw-la latroni_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o annos_fw-la et_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o d._n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la verè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquisitum_fw-la quod_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la quin_fw-la occidatnr_fw-la &_o capiatur_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap_n 14._o nec_fw-la tacendum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la praerereundum_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ullum_fw-la augmentum_fw-la excogitare_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrum_fw-la fridgildum_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la gratanter_fw-la excipiamus_fw-la sicut_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o nostrum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o in_o deo_fw-la confidimus_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la domino_fw-la cap._n 15._o si_fw-mi totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la complere_fw-la volumus_fw-la res_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la meliorabitur_fw-la contra_fw-la fures_fw-la quam_fw-la antea_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la remissius_fw-la egerimus_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o vadiis_fw-la quae_fw-la simul_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la rex_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipit_fw-la timere_fw-la possumus_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la scire_fw-la quod_fw-la fures_fw-la isti_fw-la regnabunt_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la fec_fw-la erunt_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la teneamus_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la sicut_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la placeat_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la insistamus_fw-la et_fw-la peragamn_v quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la amplius_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la jocunditate_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la votione_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la cap._n 17._o item_n quod_fw-la sapientes_fw-la omnes_fw-la dederunt_fw-la vadium_fw-la suum_fw-la insimul_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n quando_fw-la ealpheagus_fw-la scyb_n et_fw-fr

brithnodus_n odonis_fw-la filius_fw-la veneruut_n ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la regis_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vadium_fw-la capiat_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la comitatu_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la servandâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la apud_fw-la fefresham_n et_fw-la quartâ_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n coram_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la et_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la quas_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la nominavit_fw-la qui_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la judicia_fw-la conservaverunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n fuerunt_fw-la instituta_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap._n 18._o item_n quod_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la praecepit_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praepositis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la pacem_fw-la it_o a_o custodiant_fw-la sicut_fw-la recitavit_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la svi_fw-la cap._n 19_o item_n rex_fw-la dixit_fw-la nunc_fw-la iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thitlan_n birig_n sapientibus_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ostendi_fw-la atchiepiscopo_n et_fw-la caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la miserabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la tàm_fw-la juvenis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la vel_fw-la protàm_fw-la paruâ_fw-la re_fw-la sicut_fw-la innotuit_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la ubique_fw-la fiebat_fw-la dixit_fw-la itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la videbatur_fw-la et_fw-la eye_n cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la egerat_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la junior_a quam_fw-la quindecim_fw-la annorum_fw-la nisise_n defendere_fw-la velit_fw-la vel_fw-la aufugere_fw-la et_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ire_n velit_fw-la ut_fw-la tunc_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sir_n major_n sit_v minor_a qualiscunque_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la dederit_fw-la ponatur_fw-la in_o carcere_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la greateleyam_n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la idem_fw-la redimatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecepit_fw-la 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introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n s●●lman_n compute_v it_o 158._o 〈◊〉_d king_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o 6_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o fiscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n of_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officer_n exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n ●dntra_fw-la hostem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o 970._o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o ratify_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la dptimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la &c._n &c._n toll_n &_o team_n italibere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la eandem_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o puniendo_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducitnr_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eri●iendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qnamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la ●un●itur_fw-la ●ccirco_fw-mi profu●●_n un●●ucceden●ibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiam_fw-la er_fw-mi annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 10._o abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la eagar_n divina_fw-la dispositione_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la pagina_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n amnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o

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superstitiosa_fw-la subtle_a que_fw-fr ejus_fw-la discept●tione_fw-la a_o sapientibn_n meis_fw-la audita_fw-la et_fw-la conflictatione_fw-la illius_fw-la mendosa_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la i_o praesente_fw-la convicta_fw-la monasteriali_fw-la a_o i_o rea●_n ta_fw-fr est_fw-fr usui_fw-la if_o the_o council_n of_o winchester_n hereafter_o cite_v anno_fw-la 975._o be_v hold_v in_o king_n edgar_n life_n time_n as_o 491._o some_o affirm_v most_o probable_o this_o debate_n here_o mention_v touch_v these_o land_n be_v hold_v in_o and_o before_o that_o council_n and_o this_o charter_n therein_o make_v and_o ratify_v with_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o king_n archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o duke_n thereto_o annex_v according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o age_n although_o king_n other_o edgar_n in_o his_o young_a day_n be_v subject_a to_o many_o vice_n and_o commit_v some_o injurious_a tyrannical_a act_n record_v by_o malmesbury_n fox_n speed_n and_o other_o yet_o repent_v of_o 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melius_fw-la nescivit_fw-la lex_fw-la 36._o qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la accusare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la pecunia_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pernoscatur_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la perdat_fw-la vel_fw-la weregildo_n redimatur_fw-la lex_fw-la 37._o nemo_fw-la regem_fw-la requiret_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la facienda_fw-la dum_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o requiratur_fw-la hundredum_fw-la secundum_fw-la witam_n sicut_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 38._o et_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la ter_z burgimotus_fw-la &_o scyremotus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannus_n et_fw-la doceant_fw-la ibi_fw-la dei_fw-la rectum_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la injustitia_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la injustitia_fw-la est_fw-la festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la locis_fw-la propensius_fw-la interdicta_fw-la semperque_fw-la sicui_fw-la homo_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la majoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sic_fw-la debet_fw-la solertius_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la seculo_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la emenda●e_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la gratam_fw-mi emendationem_fw-la sedulo_fw-la per_fw-la quiramus_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la et_fw-la secularem_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 83._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la traectaverit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la 8._o nisi_fw-la triplici_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la lex_fw-la 91._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la vel_fw-la brigbotam_fw-la 1._o burgi_fw-la vel_fw-la pontis_fw-la refectionem_fw-la vel_fw-la firdfare_n 1._o in_o exercitum_fw-la ire_n supersedeat_fw-la emendet_fw-la hoc_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la c._n xx_o s._n in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la in_o denelaga_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la stetit_fw-la antea_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la nominentur_fw-la ei_fw-la 14._o et_fw-la acquirat_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v 11._o lex_fw-la 96._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la alleviatio_fw-la quam_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la praevidere_fw-la volo_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuerant_fw-la aggravati_fw-la praecipio_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la ità_fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la loricasua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la in_o expeditione_n navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la perdat_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la 9_o suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la transeat_fw-la lex_fw-la 105._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la s●t_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la relevatitone_n condonatae_fw-la et_fw-la habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la terram_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la rectè_fw-la dividant_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la lex_fw-la 107._o et_fw-la volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la pacem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eundo_fw-la ad_fw-la gemotum_fw-la vel_fw-la rediens_fw-la de_fw-la gemoto_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la placito_fw-la nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la fur_n probatus_fw-la lex_fw-la 110._o qui_fw-la leges_fw-la istas_fw-la apostabit_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la modo_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la indulsit_fw-la sit_fw-la dacus_n sit_fw-la anglus_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la faciat_fw-la reddat_fw-la bis_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la addat_fw-la tertio_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o law_n all_o corporal_a and_o pecuniary_a penalty_n and_o fine_n for_o all_o sort_n of_o offence_n and_o crime_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o certainty_n and_o none_o leave_v arbitrary_a and_o by_o lex_fw-la 104_o 105._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o military_a law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o 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the_o sin_n of_o the_o english_a reign_v for_o some_o year_n over_o they_o with_o rigour_n and_o be_v soon_o cut_v off_o by_o death_n chapter_n 6._o comprise_v the_o historical_a passage_n relate_v to_o the_o parliamentary_a council_n law_n liberty_n property_n right_n government_n of_o england_n anno_fw-la 1066._o under_o the_o short_a reign_n of_o the_o usurper_n king_n harold_n till_o the_o coronation_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o false_o surname_v the_o conqueror_n though_o never_o claim_v the_o crown_n by_o conquest_n but_o title_n king_n edward_n decease_a without_o any_o issue_n 1066._o of_o his_o body_n to_o succeed_v he_o refuse_v all_o carnal_a copulation_n with_o his_o queen_n either_o out_o of_o a_o vow_a virginity_n as_o most_o historian_n conclude_v or_o out_o of_o a_o detestation_n of_o earl_n godwin_n traitorous_a race_n quod_fw-la rex_fw-la religiosus_fw-la de_fw-la genere_fw-la proditoris_fw-la haeredes_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la succederent_fw-la corrupto_fw-la semine_fw-la regio_fw-la noluerit_fw-la procreari_fw-la as_o 900._o ingulphus_n 13._o matthew_n westminster_n and_o other_o record_n thereby_o expose_v the_o kingdom_n for_o a_o prey_n to_o the_o ambitious_a pretender_n aspire_v after_o it_o upon_o which_o consideration_n praesentiebant_fw-la plures_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la morte_fw-la desolationem_fw-la patriae_fw-la plebis_fw-la exterminium_fw-la totius_fw-la anglia_fw-it nobilitatis_fw-la excidium_fw-la finem_fw-la libertatis_fw-la honoris_fw-la rvinam_fw-la as_o 399._o abbot_n ailred_n inform_v we_o the_o english_a prelate_n and_o noble_n be_v then_o all_o assemble_v at_o westminster_n to_o the_o solemn_a consecration_n of_o the_o abbey_n be_v much_o perplex_v and_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o people_n exceed_o grieve_v at_o his_o death_n for_o although_o he_o be_v 79._o vir_fw-la propter_fw-la morum_fw-la simplicitatem_fw-la parum_fw-la imperio_fw-la idoneus_fw-la yet_o he_o be_v deo_fw-la devotus_fw-la ideoque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la directus_fw-la denique_fw-la eo_fw-la regnante_fw-la nullus_fw-la tumultus_fw-la domesticus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la cito_fw-la comprimeretur_fw-la nullum_fw-la bellum_fw-la forinsecus_fw-la omne_fw-la domi_fw-la forisque_fw-la quieta_fw-la omne_fw-la tranquilla_fw-la quod_fw-la eo_fw-la magis_fw-la stupendum_fw-la quia_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la mansuete_fw-la ageret_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la viles_fw-la homunculos_fw-la verbo_fw-la laedere_fw-la noscet_fw-la nam_fw-la dum_fw-la quadam_fw-la vice_fw-la venatum_fw-la isset_fw-la et_fw-la agr_a be_v quidem_fw-la stabulata_fw-la illa_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o cass_n cervi_fw-la urgentur_fw-la confudisset_fw-la ille_fw-la sua_fw-la nobili_fw-la percitus_fw-la ira_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la inquit_fw-la et_fw-la matrem_fw-la ejus_fw-la tantundem_fw-la tibi_fw-la nocebo_fw-la si_fw-la potero_fw-la egregius_fw-la animus_n quise_z regem_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la non_fw-la meminisset_fw-la nec_fw-la abjectae_fw-la 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as_o special_o design_v by_o king_n edward_n to_o succeed_v he_o other_o of_o they_o incline_v to_o prince_n edgar_n atheling_n as_o the_o next_o and_o right_a heir_n to_o the_o crown_n cui_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la debebatur_fw-la other_o of_o they_o favour_a harold_n earl_n godwin_n son_n as_o be_v a_o person_n then_o of_o great_a power_n and_o valour_n in_o the_o realm_n 99_o anglia_fw-it dubio_fw-la favore_fw-la nutabat_fw-la cui_fw-la se_fw-la rectori_fw-la committeret_fw-la incerta_fw-la a_o haraldo_n a_o willielmo_n a_o edgaro_n no_o &_o illum_fw-la pro_fw-la genere_fw-la proximum_fw-la regno_fw-la proceribus_fw-la rex_fw-la commendaverat_fw-la harold_n be_v a_o crafty_a subtle_a man_n know_v that_o delay_n be_v hurtful_a to_o those_o who_o be_v prepare_v on_o the_o very_a day_n of_o epiphany_n whereon_o king_n edward_n be_v bury_v have_v the_o command_n of_o all_o the_o militia_n and_o force_n of_o the_o realm_n as_o general_n and_o viceroy_n to_o the_o decease_a king_n by_o 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post_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la fecerat_fw-la &_o

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