Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	duke_n	lord_n	york_n	2,824	5	9.5352	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

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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seu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la absentiam_fw-la ulterius_fw-la prorogari_fw-la vobis_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la &_o dilectione_n quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la et_fw-la sub_fw-la periculo_fw-la quod_fw-la incumbit_fw-la districte_a iniungendo_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la omni_fw-la excusatione_fw-la cessanie_fw-la sitis_fw-la personaliter_fw-la apud_fw-la ebor._fw-la in_o dictis_fw-la octab._n nobiscum_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la super_fw-la dictis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractaturus_fw-la et_fw-la

baron_n be_v no_o such_o knight_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n as_o the_o writ_n enjoin_v they_o to_o elect_v and_o return_v 3._o by_o all_o the_o statute_n for_o elect_a knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n record_v in_o rastall_a tit._n parliament_n the_o lord_n be_v not_o within_o their_o word_n or_o intention_n 4._o by_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o king_n john_n and_o express_v statute_n of_o 5_o r._n 2._o stat._n 2._o c._n 4.31_o h._n 8._o c._n 10._o &_o rot._n par._n n._n 10._o which_o disable_v they_o to_o sit_v among_o the_o commons_o but_o only_o in_o the_o lord_n house_n among_o their_o peer_n 5._o by_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o patent_n of_o their_o creation_n which_o authorize_v and_o prescribe_v all_o duke_n earls_z viconts_n baron_n in_o direct_a term_n 563._o quod_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la tenerentur_fw-la tractentur_fw-la et_fw-la reputentur_fw-la ut_fw-la deuce_n comites_fw-la barones_n &_o quod_fw-la haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la masculi_fw-la et_fw-la eorum_fw-la 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baronet_n but_o also_o a_o baron_n and_o lord_n of_o parliament_n the_o lord_n camoyes_n be_v elect_v by_o the_o freeholder_n of_o the_o county_n of_o surrey_n for_o one_o of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n to_o serve_v in_o parliament_n for_o they_o anno_fw-la 7_o r._n 2._o thereupon_o the_o king_n by_o advice_n of_o council_n declare_v his_o election_n to_o be_v null_n and_o void_a in_o law_n and_o command_v a_o new_a election_n of_o some_o other_o fit_a person_n to_o be_v make_v in_o his_o place_n by_o this_o memorable_a writ_n extant_a on_o record_n 47._o rex_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la surriae_fw-la salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la accepimus_fw-la tu_fw-la thomam_fw-la camoyes_n chivaler_n qui_fw-la baronettus_n est_fw-la sicut_fw-la quamplures_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la extiterunt_fw-la ad_fw-la essendum_fw-la unum_fw-la militum_fw-la venientium_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la pro_fw-la communitate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la de_fw-la assensu_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la comitatus_fw-la eligisti_fw-la nos_fw-la advertentes_fw-la quod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la baronetti_n ante_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o milites_fw-la comitatus_fw-la ratione_fw-la alicujus_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la elegi_fw-la minime_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la ipsum_fw-la de_fw-la officio_fw-la militis_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la pro_fw-la communitate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la venturi_fw-la exonerari_fw-la volumus_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la quendam_fw-la a●ium_fw-la misi_fw-la they_o idoneum_fw-la et_fw-la discretum_fw-la gladio_fw-la cinctum_fw-la in_fw-la loco_fw-la ipsius_fw-la thomae_fw-la elegi_fw-la et_fw-la eum_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la locum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la praedicti_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la cum_fw-la plena_fw-la et_fw-la sufficienti_fw-la potestate_fw-la ad_fw-la consentiendum_fw-la hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la sicut_fw-la juxta_fw-la renorem_fw-la prioris_fw-la brevis_fw-la nostri_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la electione_n hujusmodi_fw-la militum_fw-la directi_fw-la et_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la nobis_fw-la sciri_n facias_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la octobris_fw-la 7_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n in_o their_o 724._o remonstrance_n of_o nou._n 2._o 1642._o declare_v and_o publish_v in_o print_n to_o all_o the_o world_n this_o to_o be_v so_o clear_a and_o fundamental_a a_o privilege_n of_o parliament_n that_o no_o member_n of_o either_o house_n of_o parliament_n be_v to_o be_v take_v away_o or_o detain_v from_o the_o service_n of_o the_o house_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o member_n until_o such_o time_n as_o that_o house_n have_v satisfaction_n concern_v the_o cause_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v hear_v in_o parliament_n first_o and_o dismiss_v from_o it_o that_o the_o whole_a freedom_n of_o parliament_n depend_v upon_o it_o for_o who_o see_v not_o that_o by_o this_o mean_n under_o false_a pretence_n of_o crime_n and_o accusation_n such_o or_o so_o many_o member_n of_o both_o or_o either_o house_n of_o parliament_n may_v be_v take_v out_o of_o it_o at_o any_o time_n by_o any_o person_n to_o serve_v a_o turn_n and_o to_o make_v a_o major_a part_n of_o who_o they_o will_v at_o pleasure_n so_o as_o the_o freedom_n of_o parliament_n depend_v in_o a_o great_a part_n on_o this_o privilege_n yea_o without_o it_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o parliament_n will_v be_v destroy_v by_o deprive_v it_o of_o its_o member_n by_o degree_n some_o at_o one_o time_n and_o other_o at_o another_o time_n as_o both_o house_n further_o remonstrate_v in_o their_o 654.655_o declaration_n of_o october_n 23._o 1642._o which_o as_o it_o infallible_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o lord_n house_n or_o member_n can_v be_v take_v away_o or_o take_v from_o they_o against_o their_o will_n without_o the_o destruction_n subversion_n of_o the_o whole_a 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so_o quite_o dissolve_v the_o lord_n house_n in_o high_a affront_n dishonour_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o their_o house_n and_o of_o the_o king_n sovereign_a royal_a authority_n the_o fountain_n of_o all_o honour_n and_o that_o without_o any_o legal_a trial_n or_o judgement_n by_o their_o peer_n or_o just_a cause_n of_o degradation_n on_o their_o part_n against_o the_o express_a word_n and_o meaning_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la c._n 29._o and_o if_o any_o lord_n upon_o such_o election_n shall_v so_o far_o degenerate_a debase_v or_o degrade_v themselves_o as_o to_o accept_v thereof_o and_o ignoble_o sit_v and_o vote_n as_o member_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n both_o they_o and_o their_o posterity_n for_o such_o a_o ignoble_a act_n meritorious_o deserve_v to_o be_v for_o ever_o degrade_v from_o their_o nobility_n and_o seclude_v from_o all_o future_a sit_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n as_o peer_n become_v thereby_o the_o very_a shame_n scorn_n scandal_n of_o nobility_n fit_a only_a to_o 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