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they_o unto_o and_o sir_n robert_n filmer_n fol._n 40._o allow_v neither_o lord_n nor_o commons_o any_o power_n but_o by_o the_o king_n be_v bare_a permission_n and_o thus_o they_o be_v grow_v in_o their_o invasion_n against_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n and_o impeach_v one_o first_o and_o the_o other_o will_v follow_v more_o easy_o and_o sir_n robert_n filmer_n further_o hold_v the_o legislative_a power_n rest_v sole_o in_o the_o king_n and_o fol._n 39_o he_o have_v these_o word_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v say_v he_o the_o liberty_n and_o privilege_n of_o both_o house_n have_v but_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_a foundation_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o mere_a and_o sole_a grace_n of_o king_n and_o doctor_n heylin_n in_o his_o life_n of_o archbishop_n laud_n fol._n 91._o deny_v the_o privilege_n of_o parliament_n to_o be_v the_o people_n birthright_a but_o hold_v they_o not_o otherwise_o exercise_v than_o by_o the_o grace_n and_o goodness_n of_o the_o king._n mr._n 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now_o extant_a for_o the_o summon_v of_o the_o commons_o by_o election_n viz._n 49_o h._n 3._o run_v in_o these_o word_n nobiscum_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la praedictis_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la at_o que_fw-la consilium_fw-la impensuri_fw-la dugd._n orig._n jur._n pag_n 18._o the_o writ_n 1._o de_fw-fr expensis_fw-la militum_fw-la qui_fw-la venerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la venientibus_fw-la say_v that_o writ_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ibidem_fw-la de_fw-la diversis_fw-la negâ—ciis_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la tractaturis_fw-la see_v mr._n pryn_n four_o part_n of_o a_o register_n of_o parliament_n writ_n fol._n 8._o in_o mr._n ryley_n placita_fw-la parliamentaria_fw-la 1._o it_o appear_v that_o as_o the_o summons_n to_o the_o temporal_a lord_n fol._n 318._o be_v ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la and_o so_o likewise_o the_o summons_n to_o the_o prelate_n fol._n 319._o so_o also_o fol._n 320._o it_o be_v enter_v in_o these_o word_n mandatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la singulis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la comitatu_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_fw-la duos_fw-la burgenses_n eligi_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la venire_fw-la facerent_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o same_o book_n 2._o fol._n 570._o an._n 15_o e._n 2._o there_o be_v mention_n of_o a_o writ_n of_o summons_n for_o knight_n out_o of_o wales_n to_o a_o parliament_n at_o york_n ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la impendendum_fw-la in_o mr._n pryn_n 3._o brevia_fw-la parliamentaria_fw-la rediviva_fw-la fol._n 274._o there_o be_v the_o very_a indenture_n return_v by_o the_o sheriff_n of_o norsolk_n for_o great_a yarmouth_n ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la consulendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la and_o fol._n 68_o 2._o of_o that_o book_n 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