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to_o yourself_o such_o thing_n be_v irrational_a innovation_n because_o you_o affirm_v they_o be_v contrary_a to_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o yet_o you_o know_v well_o the_o power_n and_o majesty_n of_o england_n the_o same_o as_o create_v magna_fw-la charta_n itself_o by_o several_a statute_n and_o by_o a_o continual_a confirmation_n of_o practice_n for_o the_o space_n of_o above_o 300._o year_n have_v declare_v they_o neither_o to_o be_v innovation_n nor_o contrariant_n to_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la wherefore_o since_o your_o judgement_n can_v bow_v to_o any_o nor_o can_v pay_v a_o reverent_a submission_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o so_o many_o parliament_n or_o to_o the_o prudence_n of_o so_o many_o age_n what_o satisfaction_n be_v you_o capable_a of_o you_o will_v say_v this_o parliament_n in_o 1641._o when_o it_o consist_v of_o 4._o or_o 5._o hundred_o member_n and_o when_o it_o be_v a_o undeflowred_a counsel_n condemn_v and_o abolish_v the_o northern_a