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The priviledges of the baronage of England, : vvhen they sit in Parliament. Collected (and of late revised) by John Selden of the Inner Temple Esquire out of the Parliament rolles, and journalls patent, and close rolls; the crowne rolls, the proceedings of the English courts at Westminster, the register of the arch-bishop of Canterbury, and the delegates yeare-bookes, of the common law, statutes & other good authorities, and in such sort that frequently the words of the chiefest testimonies are transcribed, least the freedome of the readers iudgement might be other wayes prevented by short collections. The recitalls of the French records in the 4th. chap. also newly translated into English for the benefit of others, as well as the students of the lawes of England
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