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... terms , gave a very different construction to the proceeding , and therefore took a handle to introduce not only the rigorous doctrines which prevailed in the duchy of Normandy , but also such fruits and dependencies , such hardships ...
... terms , gave a very different construction to the proceeding , and therefore took a handle to introduce not only the rigorous doctrines which prevailed in the duchy of Normandy , but also such fruits and dependencies , such hardships ...
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... term generally settled as the measure of military service , during which time the tenant of a knight's fee was bound to be in the field at his own expense . But the length of service diminished with the quantity of land : for half a ...
... term generally settled as the measure of military service , during which time the tenant of a knight's fee was bound to be in the field at his own expense . But the length of service diminished with the quantity of land : for half a ...
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... terms assigned , so help me God and his saints . " Homage done to the king was called leige homage , and was accompanied with the oath of allegiance expressed in these words ; " I become your liege man , of life and limb , and of ...
... terms assigned , so help me God and his saints . " Homage done to the king was called leige homage , and was accompanied with the oath of allegiance expressed in these words ; " I become your liege man , of life and limb , and of ...
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... terms . ” In Scotland , the earl of Errol is hereditary lord high Constable , and the powers attached to that office are very transcendent . In all royal armies and expeditions , the Constable was lieutenant - general , and supreme ...
... terms . ” In Scotland , the earl of Errol is hereditary lord high Constable , and the powers attached to that office are very transcendent . In all royal armies and expeditions , the Constable was lieutenant - general , and supreme ...
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... term of the Croisaders , ex- cept those concerning which a plea had been moved , or an inquisition taken , by our precept , before our taking the cross . But as soon as we shall return from our expedition , or if by chance we shall not ...
... term of the Croisaders , ex- cept those concerning which a plea had been moved , or an inquisition taken , by our precept , before our taking the cross . But as soon as we shall return from our expedition , or if by chance we shall not ...
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Page 46 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 629 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 139 - Do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 326 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 139 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 628 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 628 - But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his wife.
Page 328 - I do declare, that I do not believe, that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 93 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 45 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.