Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	england_n	king_n	people_n	13,931	5	5.0853	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56189	A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers, or, A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the parliaments of England wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons as peers ... / by William Prynne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4035; ESTC R33925	413,000	574

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tenemento_fw-it possidet_fw-la retinendo_fw-la duell●_n casum_fw-la declinare_fw-la possunt_fw-la homines_fw-la ambiguum_fw-la etc._n etc._n exit_fw-la aequitate_fw-la autem_fw-la maxi●_n prodita_fw-la est_fw-la legalis_fw-la ista_fw-la institutio_fw-la jus_fw-la enim_fw-la quod_fw-la post_fw-la multas_fw-la &_o longas_fw-la dilationes_fw-la vix_fw-la evincitur_fw-la per_fw-la duellum_fw-la per_fw-la beneficium_fw-la istius_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la commodius_fw-la et_fw-la acceleratius_fw-la expeditur_fw-la by_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o grand_a assize_n be_v no_o original_a process_n or_o trial_n at_o the_o common_a law_n but_o a_o legal_a institution_n and_o beneficial_a constitution_n proceed_v from_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o indulge_v to_o the_o people_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n assemble_v together_o in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n which_o lib._n 2._o c._n 9_o glanvil_n style_v recordum_fw-la per_fw-la assisam_fw-la de_fw-fr consilio_fw-la regni_fw-la inde_fw-la factum_fw-la for_o the_o speedy_a and_o better_a recovery_n of_o their_o freehold_n without_o endanger_v their_o life_n by_o a_o duel_n to_o recover_v they_o which_o be_v full_a of_o delay_n but_o less_o certain_a and_o more_o unjust_a than_o a_o recovery_n by_o verdict_n in_o this_o new_a

mat._n westm_n an._n 1244._o p._n 180_o 181._o 181._o mat._n paris_n p._n 638_o 639._o mat._n westm_n an._n 1245._o 1245._o mat._n paris_n p._n 646_o 647_o 648._o mat._n west_n an._n 1245._o 1245._o ypodigmae_fw-la neustriae_fw-la p._n 60._o 60._o mat._n westm_n p._n 191._o 191._o mat._n paris_n p._n 674_o 675_o 677_o 678_o 679_o 680._o mat._n westm_n an._n 1246._o p._n 206_o 207._o etc._n etc._n etc._n mat._n westm_n p._n 207_o 207_o mat._n paris_n p._n 679._o 679._o mat._n westm_n an._n 1146._o p._n 208._o 208._o mat._n paris_n p._n 687._o 687._o mat._n paris_n p._n 694._o 694._o mat._n paris_n p._n 697_o 698_o 706_o 707._o mat._n westm_n p._n 220_o 221_o 223._o 223._o mat._n westm_n p._n 222._o 222._o mat._n westm_n p._n 326._o 326._o walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 48._o to_o 56._o ypodig_n neustriae_fw-la p._n 88_o to_o 95._o mat._n westm_n p._n 435_o 436._o 436._o 2_o institutes_n p._n 98._o nota._n nota._n mat._n westm_n p._n 463_o 464._o 464._o tho._n walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 76._o 76._o walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 74_o 75_o etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v a_o exact_a abridgement_n of_o the_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n p._n 64_o 65.120_o 121_o 122._o 122._o which_o some_o have_v disclaim_v by_o unpeer_v themselves_o themselves_o style_v magna_fw-la farta_fw-la by_o some_o grandee_n grandee_n see_v my_o new_a discovery_n of_o free-state_n tyranny_n tyranny_n see_v the_o whitehall_n ordinance_n for_o excise_n march_v 17._o 1653._o &_o other_o since_o since_o my_o first_o part_n of_o a_o legal_a vindication_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o england_n p._n 67._o to_o 72._o my_o protestation_n against_o excise_n excise_n see_v my_o speech_n in_o parliament_n and_o epistle_n to_o my_o legal_a vindication_n etc._n etc._n etc._n mat._n westm_n p._n 409._o walsingham_n ypodigmae_fw-la neustriae_fw-la p._n 83_o 84._o 84._o anno_fw-la 1265._o p._n 339._o 4_o 4_o see_v mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n part._n 2._o chap._n 5._o and_o coke_n 4_o instit_n p._n 1._o 1._o 11_o h._n 4.13_o cook_n 6_o report_n f._n 52_o 53._o 53._o coke_n 4_o inst_n p._n 3._o 3._o as_o both_o house_n resolve_v in_o their_o declaration_n of_o august_n 1642._o exact_a collection_n p._n 492._o 492._o modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliament_n vowel_n cox_n 4._o inst_n c._n 1._o 1._o 12_o r._n 2._o c._n 12.23_o h._n 6._o c._n 12.23_o h._n 6_o c._n 11.9_o h._n 6._o c._n 16.31_o h._n 8._o c._n 11.50_o e._n 3._o m._n 209._o 1_o r._n 2._o n._n 137._o 137._o mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n part_n 2._o ch_z 5._o p._n 732._o to_o 736._o 736._o exact_a collection_n p._n 320_o 321_o 322._o object_n answer_n answer_n cook_n 4_o instit_n p._n 16._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 736_o 737_o 715_o 716.747.721.722_o 724_o 725._o 725._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n part_n 2._o c._n 5._o p._n 663_o 665.747_o 748_o 751_o 757_o 563._o 563._o claus_n 7_o r._n 2._o man_n 32._o dorso_fw-la selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 737._o cook_n 4_o instit_n p._n 47._o 47._o exact_a collection_n p._n 723_o 724._o 724._o exact_a collection_n p._n 654.655_o 654.655_o stat._n of_o ma●lbridge_n 52_o h._n 2._o prologue_n 33_o h._n 8._o c._n 1._o 1._o coke_n 4._o institutes_n p._n 45._o 45._o coke_n 4_o instit_n p._n 4_o 5.44_o 45._o 45._o fol._n 9_o b._n 16._o b._n b._n plowden_n f._n 333_o 334_o 501_o dyer_n 348._o a._n 21_o e._n 4.46_o 48.57.43_o aff._n 15._o coke_n 1_o report_n f._n 48.52.3_o rep._n f._n 73_o 74._o 8_o rep._n f._n 55.167_o ash_n table_n grant_v le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr 46._o 46._o title_n of_o honour_n lib._n 2._o p._n 663_o 665_o 747_o 748_o 751_o 757_o 763._o 763._o 1_o inst_n f._n 16.8_o 16.8_o ro._n pa●_n 26._o e._n 3._o part_n 1._o m._n 21._o see_v rot._n claus_n in_o dor_n 11._o e._n 3._o part_n 2._o m._n 11._o religious_a qui_fw-la teignunt_fw-la per_fw-la barony_n sont_fw-fr tenus_fw-la de_fw-fr venier_n au_fw-fr parliament_n vid._n ibid._n 13_o e._n 3._o part_n 2._o m._n 8._o &_o 1_o 1_o modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parl._n c._n 2._o 2._o dor_n claus_n 27_o h._n 8._o m._n 24._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 541._o 541._o pat._n 5._o h._n 8._o part_n 2._o m._n 12_o selden_n title_n of_o honour_n p._n 750_o 751._o sir_n edward_n cook_n 4_o inst_n p._n 45._o 45._o see_v cook_n 4_o inst_n p._n 45._o abbot_n banhams_n case_n case_n title_n of_o honour_n 730_o 731_o 732_o 733._o 733._o pat._n 26_o e._n 3._o part_n 2._o m._n 22._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 734_o 735._o 735._o selden_n ib._n p._n 727._o 727._o title_n of_o honour_n p._n 727._o 727._o claus_n 49_o h._n 3._o m._n 10_o dor_n in_o schedula_n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 723_o 724._o 724._o title_n of_o honour_n p._n 720._o to_o 736._o 736._o claus_n 18_o e._n 2._o m._n 5._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 721.726_o 721.726_o title_n of_o honour_n p._n 720._o 720._o see_v a_o exact_a abridgement_n of_o the_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n and_o my_o first_o table_n thereunto_o thereunto_o and_o john_n de_fw-fr leyburn_n ●m_n 14.17_o &_o 18._o e._n 3._o 3._o chron._n joh._n bromton_n col_fw-fr 1108._o mat._n paris_n p._n 431_o 826._o hen._n de_fw-fr knyghton_n de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la angl._n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 17_o 18_o 19_o to_o 23.25.32_o 33.42.49_o to_o 56._o 56._o ypodigmae_fw-la neustriae_fw-la p._n 101._o 101._o walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 86._o 86._o claus_n 5_o e._n 2._o m._n 27._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la claus_n 5._o e._n 2._o m._n 26._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la 7_o h._n 6.16_o m._n 19_o h._n 6.63_o 64_o 30_o h._n 6.26_o a._n 33_o h._n 6.18_o a._n 21_o h._n 7.1_o br._n parliament_n 28._o 14_o h._n 8.9_o b._n dyer_n f._n 60._o st._n germin_n l._n 1._o c._n 26._o plowden_n f._n 126.388_o 389._o &_o 398._o cook_n 8_o rep._n f._n 120.9_o report_n in_o the_o epistle_n 1_o institute_n f._n 109_o 110.4_o instit_n c._n 1._o cromptons_n jurisdiction_n of_o court_n f._n 1_o 2._o ash_n table_n parliament_n sect_n 15._o cowel_n interpreter_n minshawes_n dictionary_n tit_n parliament_n sir_n thomas_z smith_n de_fw-fr republica_n angl._n l._n 2._o c._n 1_o 2._o vowel_n cambdens_fw-la britannia_fw-la justice_n doderidge_n mr._n tate_n mr._n agar_n agar_n my_o historical_a collection_n of_o the_o ancient_a parliament_n of_o england_n and_o 2._o &_o 3_o part_v of_o my_o legal_a vindication_n and_o historical_a collection_n of_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o england_n england_n chron._n vol._n 3._o p._n 38._o 38._o hist_o of_o great_a britain_n p._n 438._o 438._o hist_o novor_n l._n 5._o p._n 117._o 117._o annal._n pars_fw-la prio_fw-la p._n 473_o 473_o mat._n par._n anno_fw-la 1114._o p._n 63._o mat._n westm_n p._n 28._o 28._o de_fw-fr gest_n reg._n angl._n col_fw-fr 237._o 237._o col._n 1005._o 1005._o mat._n paris_n anno_fw-la 1115._o p._n 62._o hen._n huntindon_n hist_o l._n 7._o p._n 380._o antiq_n eccles_n brit._n p._n 112_o 113._o radulph_n de_fw-fr diceto_n anno_fw-la 1115._o col_fw-fr 502_o 504._o gervasius_n actus_fw-la pontif._n cantuar._n col_fw-fr 1661._o thomas_n stub_n actus_fw-la pontif._n eboracensium_fw-la col_fw-fr 1714._o henry_n de_fw-fr knighton_n de_fw-fr event_n angl._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o col_fw-fr 2379._o will._n malmsbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontif_n l._n 1._o p._n 232._o 232._o eadmerus_n l_o 5._o p._n 125_o 126._o 126._o mat._n paris_n p._n 53_o 54._o eadmerus_n hist_o novor_n l._n 3._o chron._n johan_n bromton_n col_fw-fr 1201_o 1202._o malmsbury_n de_fw-fr gest_n regum_fw-la l._n 5._o p._n 156._o see_v holinsh_v speed_v daniel_n daniel_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n col_fw-fr 226._o chronicon_fw-la johannis_n bromton_n col_fw-fr 998._o hovede●_n annal_n pars_fw-la 1._o p._n 408._o 408._o eadmerus_n hist_o novorum_n l._n 3._o page_n 56_o 57_o 58._o 58._o eadmerus_fw-la l._n 3._o p._n 58_o 59_o will._n malmsburiensis_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontif._n l._n 1._o p._n 124_o 125._o 125._o mat._n paris_n p._n 55._o chronicon_fw-la johan_n bromton_n col_fw-fr 998._o 998._o matth._n westm_n mat._n paris_n hoveden_n huntindon_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n chronicon_fw-la johan_n bromton_n a_o 1101._o henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n de_fw-fr eventib._n angl._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o 8._o eadmerus_n hist_o novorum_n l._n 3._o p._n 61_o 62._o malmsburien_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontif._n l._n 1._o p._n 225._o 225._o eadmerus_fw-la l._n 3._o p._n 66._o 66._o eadmerus_n l._n 3._o p._n 67._o will_n malmsbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontif._n angl._n l._n 1._o p._n 228._o hoveden_n an._n 1._o p._n 469._o mat._n par._n p._n 56._o matthew_n westm_n p._n 23._o simeon_n dunelm_n hist_o col_fw-fr 227_o 228._o abbreu._n chron._n col_fw-fr 499._o chron._n johan_n bromton_n col_fw-fr 1000_o antiquitates_fw-la eccles_n brit._n p._n 104_o 106._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 763._o 763._o eadmerus_n hist_o nou._n l._n 3._o p._n 69_o 70._o wil._n malmsbury_n de_fw-fr jest_n pontif_n l._n 1._o p._n 226._o antiq._n eccles_n b●it_fw-la p._n

this_o king_n daniel_n who_o as_o some_o erroneous_o assert_v first_o summon_v knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n to_o our_o parliament_n in_o the_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o clarindon_n under_o king_n h._n the_o 2._o an._n 1164._o jo._n de_fw-fr oxonia_n by_o the_o king_n command_n there_o present_a sit_v precedent_n presentibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la archiep●scopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la prioribus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la et_fw-la proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la wherein_o they_o make_v a_o recognition_n of_o the_o custom_n and_o liberty_n of_o his_o grandfather_n king_n henry_n the_o 1._o and_o other_o his_o ancestor_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o all_o person_n within_o the_o realm_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o discord_n often_o happen_v between_o the_o clergy_n and_o temporal_a justice_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n these_o they_o reduce_v to_o 16_o article_n very_o much_o eclipse_v the_o pope_n and_o bishop_n ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n this_o 1433._o recognition_n the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n clergy_n cum_fw-la comitibus_fw-la proceribus_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la cunctis_fw-la una_fw-la voce_fw-la firm_o promise_v in_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n bona_fw-la fide_fw-la to_o observe_v and_o keep_v to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o without_o male_a engine_n the_o 11_o of_o these_o article_n run_v thus_o archiepiscopi_fw-la et_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sicut_fw-la caeteri_fw-la barones_n debent_fw-la interest_n judiciis_fw-la curiae_fw-la to_o wit_n of_o parliament_n cum_fw-la baronibus_fw-la quousque_fw-la perveniatur_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la ad_fw-la d●minutionem_fw-la membrorum_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la which_o prove_v the_o judicial_a power_n of_o parliament_n to_o be_v then_o only_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o baron_n in_o the_o year_n 1170._o the_o 16_o of_o henry●_n ●_z on_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n bernard_n rex_fw-la magnum_fw-la celebravit_fw-la concilium_fw-la londoniis_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la et_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la de_fw-la coronatione_fw-la henrici_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la so_o 518._o hoveden_n anno_fw-la 1172._o rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la henricus_fw-la convocatis_fw-la regui_fw-la primoribus_fw-la apud_fw-la northamptoniam_fw-la renove●unt_fw-la assis●m_fw-la clarindoniae_n eamque_fw-la praecepit_fw-la observari_fw-la 544._o in_o the_o year_n 1175._o king_n henry_n the_o second_o and_o his_o son_n hold_v a_o great_a council_n at_o york_n where_o the_o agreement_n between_o he_o and_o the_o king_n of_o scot_n there_o present_a with_o most_o of_o his_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o noble_n be_v read_v and_o confirm_v before_o the_o king_n and_o his_o son_n the_o arehbishop_n of_o york_n the_o bishop_n of_o durham_n &_o comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la the_o 95._o s●me_a year_n rex_fw-la magnum_fw-la congregavit_fw-la coneslium●pud_fw-la ●pud_z windeshore_n in_fw-la octavis_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la &_o rege_fw-la filio_fw-la richardo_n cant._n archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o laurent●o_fw-la dubli●ensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la e●i●m_fw-la comitibus_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o which_o some_o controversy_n in_o ireland_n be_v ce●cided_v in_o the_o year_n 548._o 1176._o king_n henry_n come_v to_o no●ingham_n on_o the_o feast_n of_o sr._n paul_n conversion_n ibi_fw-la celebravit_fw-la magnum_fw-la concilium_fw-la de_fw-fr statute_n regni_fw-la svi_fw-la et_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la filio_fw-la su●_n archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la regne_n svi_fw-la communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la concilio_n divisit_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o sex_n part_n per_fw-la quarum_fw-la singular_a tres_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la itinerante_n constituit_fw-la who_o name_n commission_n and_o article_n be_v there_o at_o large_a record_v and_o the_o same_o year_n this_o king_n hold_v another_o 551._o great_a council_n at_o london_n in_o which_o the_o king_n consilio_fw-la universorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la comitum_fw-la et_fw-la baronum_fw-la regni_fw-la concessit_fw-la regi_fw-la siciliae_fw-la filiam_fw-la svam_fw-la 127._o in_o the_o year_n 1177._o king_n henry_n the_o 2._o summon_v a_o great_a council_n to_o determine_v the_o great_a controversy_n between_o sanctius_n king_n of_o navarr_n and_o alphonsus_n king_n of_o castille_n who_o advocate_n propound_v and_o debate_v their_o case_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o his_o bishop_n earl_n and_o baron_n the_o king_n habito_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la cum_fw-la deiiberatione_n consilio_fw-la draw_v up_o by_o their_o advice_n a_o award_n between_o they_o under_o his_o great_a seal_n record_v at_o large_a in_o hoveden_n who_o write_v comites_fw-la et_fw-la barones_n regalis_fw-la 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comitibus_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la regnorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la as_o they_o have_v former_o do_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o place_n an._n 1173._o and_o as_o they_o do_v afterward_o an._n 1189._o cum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la suis_fw-la 641.556.653_o so_o as_o during_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o whole_a reign_n we_o read_v of_o no_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n electct_v by_o the_o people_n present_a in_o our_o parliamentary_a council_n but_o only_o the_o king_n prelate_n earl_n baron_n and_o noble_n always_o mention_v by_o name_n and_o judge_n in_o they_o only_o i_o find_v this_o one_o expression_n in_o 643._o hoveden_n an._n 1188._o rex_fw-la statim_fw-la apud_fw-la gaintington_n congregavit_fw-la magnum_fw-la concilium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la comitum_fw-la et_fw-la baronum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la multorum_fw-la tam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la quam_fw-la laicorum_fw-la but_o that_o these_o be_v knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n elect_v by_o the_o people_n and_o not_o person_n particular_o summon_v and_o nominate_v by_o the_o king_n himself_o to_o be_v assessor_n &_o collector_n of_o the_o ten_o there_o to_o receive_v their_o instruction_n for_o it_o which_o be_v most_o probable_a can_v be_v thence_o infer_v ubi_fw-la in_fw-la publica_fw-la audientia_fw-la recitari_fw-la fecit_fw-la omne_fw-la supradicta_fw-la capitula_fw-la quae_fw-la constituerat_fw-la de_fw-la cruse_n capienda_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la misit_fw-la servientes_fw-la suos_fw-la clericos_fw-la &_o laicos_fw-la per_fw-la singulos_fw-la comitatus_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la decim_fw-la as_o colligendas_fw-la most_o likely_a the_o aliorum_fw-la muliorum_fw-la tam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la quam_fw-la laicorum_fw-la present_a at_o this_o great_a council_n secundum_fw-la praedictam_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la suis_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la constitutam_fw-la to_o wit_n at_o cenomanum_fw-la ubi_fw-la consilio_fw-la suorum_fw-la to_o wit_n of_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n earl_n and_o baron_n there_o with_o he_o ordinavit_fw-la quod_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la decimam_fw-la redditorum_fw-la et_fw-la mobilium_fw-la suorum_fw-la in_o eleemo_fw-la sinam_fw-la dabit_fw-la ad_fw-la subventionem_fw-la terrae_fw-la jerosolymitanae_n hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la exceptis_fw-la armis_fw-la &_o equis_fw-la &_o vestibus_fw-la militum_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la urbibus_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la fecit_fw-la elegi_fw-la omnes_fw-la ditiores_fw-la videlicet_fw-la de_fw-la londonio_fw-la 200_o &_o de_fw-fr eboraco_n 100_o &_o de_fw-fr aliis_fw-la urbibus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la &_o numerum_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o fecit_fw-la omnes_fw-la sibi_fw-la praesentari_fw-la diebus_fw-la &_o locis_fw-la statutis_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la caepit_fw-la decimam_fw-la mobilium_fw-la suorum_fw-la secundum_fw-la aestimationem_fw-la virorum_fw-la fidelium_fw-la qui_fw-la noverant_fw-la redditus_fw-la et_fw-la mobilia_fw-la eorum_fw-la si_fw-la quos_fw-la autem_fw-la invenisset_fw-la rebel_n statim_fw-la fecit_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o carcerari_fw-la et_fw-la in_o vinculis_fw-la teneri_fw-la donec_fw-la ultimum_fw-la quadrantem_fw-la persolverent_fw-la similiter_fw-la fecit_fw-la de_fw-la judaeis_n terrae_fw-la suae_fw-la unde_fw-la inaestimabilem_fw-la sibi_fw-la acquisivit_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la andrew_n horn_n in_o his_o 9_o mirror_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o writes_z that_o our_o saxon_a king_n divide_v the_o realm_n of_o england_n after_o it_o be_v turn_v into_o a_o heritage_n into_o 38_o county_n over_o which_o they_o set_v so_o many_o count_n or_o earl_n and_o although_o the_o king_n ought_v to_o have_v no_o peer_n in_o his_o land_n yet_o for_o that_o if_o the_o king_n shall_v do_v wrong_a to_o or_o offend_v any_o of_o his_o people_n neither_o he_o nor_o any_o of_o his_o commissary_n ought_v to_o

59_o the_o same_o year_n 408._o majores_fw-la natu_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la magnates_fw-la terrae_fw-la congregavit_fw-la londonii_fw-la by_o who_o advice_n h●_n marry_v mawde_z daughter_n of_o the_o king_n of_o scot_n right_a heir_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o saxon_a line_n and_o anoint_a and_o crown_v her_o queen_n there_o be_v a_o great_a debate_n 58._o whether_o she_o may_v lawful_o marry_v have_v wear_v a_o veil_n ●n_o a_o monastery_n while_o she_o be_v young_a which_o be_v resolve_v in_o a_o council_n at_o lambeth_n where_o episcopi_fw-la abbates_n nobiles_fw-la quique_fw-la ac_fw-la religiosi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la viri_fw-la be_v a●embled_v ●o_o de●cide_v i●_n who_o upon_o debate_n resolve_v she_o may_v lawful_o marry_v as_o eadmerus_n record_v at_o large_a the_o next_o year_n anno_fw-la 1001._o 125._o duke_n robert_n return_v from_o the_o holy_a land_n and_o lay_v claim_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n as_o right_a heir_n and_o elder_a brother_n thereupon_o king_n henry_n principes_fw-la suspectos_fw-la habentes_fw-la ne_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la instabili_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la fide_fw-la dissilirent_fw-la and_o they_o suspect_v he_o ne_fw-la undique_fw-la pace_fw-la potitu_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la legibus_fw-la efferatis_fw-la desaeviret_fw-la actum_fw-la ex_fw-la consulto_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la certitudo_fw-la talis_fw-la exinde_fw-la fieret_fw-la quae_fw-la utrinque_fw-la quod_fw-la verebatur_fw-la excluderet_fw-la sed_fw-la ubi_fw-la ad_fw-la sponsionem_fw-la fidei_fw-la ventum_fw-la est_fw-la tota_n regni_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la assemble_v in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n cum_fw-la populi_fw-la numerositate_fw-la who_o depend_v on_o their_o advice_n anselmum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la &_o regem_fw-la medium_n fecerunt_fw-la quanta_fw-la ei_fw-la vice_fw-la svi_fw-la manu_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la porrecta_fw-la promitteret_fw-la justis_fw-la et_fw-la sanctis_fw-la legibus_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la quo●d_fw-la viveret_fw-la in_o 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