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Show The Chronicles ofIreland. The order and maner how to _ frammon theparlement. gelles Within bis countie, that thep de thofe ante lect among themfelues tivocitizens fo cuerte citie, and tive burgeficsfor cucrie borough, acco:ding to We king ought to fend out bis tyzits of fume their old cuftonie ans Blage. And thele bean omicers ought then to affemble themfelues ¢ the alaermen mons fo all the effates of bis realme, at leatt and contmon councell of eurrie citie 0: totone, and fortie Bates before the beginning of the parlement; to make choife among themfelues of tive able and firft to all bis lozds am barons, that ts to twit arch: fufficient men of eucrie citie 02 totone, to ferue fo, bithops,bithops pubesmarquetles,carls,vicounts and in the fato parlement. and barons; and everte of thefe mutt baue a {peciall inzit. Then to theclergie,and the tuztt of their (ums 10 U thetwife at the next countie daic tobe holden in fhe fatd countie after the receipt of this inzit, the hiv mons mutt be andzeficd to eueric particular bithop riffe ought opentie in the court of bis thire o2 cour for theclergie of bis dioceffe . All thefe inzits tbich fie,bettoeene the boures of eight ard nineof the fore are fo the clergie, the king altvaies fendeth to the ‘nae, make proclamation; that euerie freeboloer arcbitgops of Canturburie and Borke,and by them hall come into the court, and chofe tivo fuffictent thep are fertt and difperfed abzoad to eucrie particu: men tobe Bnights for the parlement; ¢ then be mult lar bifhop twithin thete feuerall prouinces, and f the cane the tuzit to be opentie ¢ di ftindltc read. Wheres bitbops giue fummonsto the clorgte. Dpon the (aid freeboloers, then and there prefent, Laftlie,foz the fummoning of the commons, be ought to dole tivo knights accordinglie , but be fendeth bis tozit to the lozd warden of the fiue ports, foz fhe election of the barons thereof, and to enerie 20 himfelfe cantiot giue ante bofce,neither be chofen, Shele elections aforefaid fo paft and done,there fenerall thiriffe for the chotfe and election of knights, ought to be feucrall indentures made bettvene the cittseng,and burgefics within bis countic. thiriffe ¢the frebolbers of the choife of the knights, anb betineente the mato? and the beadofficers of curs Howandwhatperfons ought tobe rte particular citie ¢ totone of the chotfe of thetr ctr chofenforthe clergie,andoftheir tisens ¢ burgeffes ¢ of their names,¢ of theft main allowances. petners and {nerties. Df thefe indentures,the one part being fealen by the thirifte, ought to be retnt ane biop ought bpon the receipt of the tuzit ned to the clerke ofthe parlement;andthe other part fent bnte him fothe fammioning ofbis clergie, fo2thinith to fummon and twarne all deanes and 30 of the indentures,fealed bp (uch as madechotfe of the knights, ¢fachas made chotfe of the citizens ¢ bure archdeacons within bis dfocefle to-aypeere in proper gefles biider the feucrall commonfealesof theit cl perfor at the parlement,onleffe thep bauc fone fufs ficient and reafonable caufeof abfence,tn thich cafe ties and fotones,ongbt fo remaine twith the thirifte, ozrather with the parties fo elected and chofen. be map ampere by bis procto2,baning a toarrant 02 Hhe charges of encrie knight and citizen was prorie fo: the fame, fuonttobe alike, bich was thirtcene thillings and hen mutt be allo fend the Ifke fummons fo the foure penceby the bate : but notw bythe fatute ttis Deane and chapter'of bis cathenzall church, Aho thail but eight thillings,that is, tocuerte knight and ence forthinith aflemble ther chapter,and make chot{eof tie cittsen foure fhillings, and to eucric burgetle the foe one of themfelues to apeere in their bebalfe, and this man thus chofen mutt baue theft commifly 4o old bfage to baue fine Mhillings : but nowtt is but On o2 pzorie. thie thillings and foure pence limited by the far Be mak alo fend ont bis fummons to euerie archdeacontie and peculiar,tequiring that the ubole tute, ih{ch allotpancets to be giuen from the art tlergie dw aypeere before bim, bis chantcello2 02 offte the latk daie of thefr returne from thenfe.qdz0ufded, eer,at acerteine daie, time, amdplace: tho being fo alfemblen,(yall make chotfe and election of tivo men offhe-fatd clergte to appeere foz them, and thefe hall baue their commuiffton 02 prorie for the fame. that euerie fuch perfor thal be allowed fo; fo mante Hhele procoysthus tobe chofen oughtto be gtaue, bate of thett fournete towardsthe parlement, bntill daies as bp tourneteng fir and tinentie miles evetie bate itt the tointer,and thirtie miles in the fummet, be map come ¢refurne to and from the parlement. Jn choite of thefe knights,cittsens,and burgelies, Intfe,md learned men, being pzofefiors either of dic 5° godregardis tobe bad that the latves and cuffoms of the realme be bereft kept and obferucd ; for none tinitieo2 of the ecclefiafticall lates; and that can, ought to be chofen, bnlefle be be reffant and divcle Will, and beable fo vifpute tn caufe of controuerfie, connincting of hereticsapeating of {chtfmes,and bee ling twithin the thie, citie, 02 totune for hich bets uifing of god and godlie conflitutions concerning chofen. And be ought to be graue, wile, learned, troereligton and oversof the church. fiilfull, ad of qreat erperfence in cafes of policies and of fucy audacitie as both can and twill bololie bt hele proctors(thus elected) ought to haue refonas ble allotvances for thelr charges, accozding to the ter and {peake bis mind according to butte, and a8 fate,qualitic,o2 condition of the perfon,as allo ares occafion thalferue;for no manonght to be filent {pect had fo the time. Lhe proctozs of the Deane and bumin that bonfe, but according to bis talent be chapter are to be paid ont of the ercheber of the car 60 muff and ought to fpeake in the furtherance of HF thendgall church). he proctors of the clergie are to be bing md commonwealth, patof the clergie, among abonra collectionis tobe Gnd the knights alfo oughtfo be fetlfall in mate lented for the fame,accosding fo an old ozder bfed ar fiall affatresand therfore the toozdsof the turits are mong them, that {uch (honld be chofen for knights as be com Howand whatmanerofknights,citizens,andburge([esought tobe chofen, andoftheir allowances, We thirifte of euerie countie, baning recefucn bis its, ought foxthinith to fend bis precepts and fummons fo tke mators,baillffes, and head off cers of euierie citie, totone cozporate, borough, and (uch places as baue bene accuftomed to fend bure gladio:not bicaufe thep fhall come into the parle ment boufetn armout,o2 Lith thetr fwozds: but bis caufe thep fhoule be fuch as baue geod erperiente amp knotwlengein feats of warre and mattiall affaires, uberebp thep map in (ach cafes qiue the king an . The Chronielesof Ireland. shiefe infttce of Crgland, as pleateth the king, The degrees of the parlement. ther thanto intreat incaufes of religion,abich from themis to be commended to other effates. famebelonging andawerteinng , which all be affige hed and aypointed by the king, and all bane allotvans ces for their charges at the kings hands, of abich ofs Ofthe places and houfes of ficers that thep are, tat ts cuerie of thetr offices, and &bhat allowances thep baue, Mall be writtentn o2der hereafter, theparlement. AP it lieth tthe king fo alfigne and appoint the andfirst ofthepeaker , and of his office. be mate name and appoint the place there it thall be kept.iBut sherefocuertt be kept,the old blage and Maner twas', that all the whole degrees of the parle, TZ cheefelf officer of the higher houfe is the {pear ker, tbo ts appointed by the king, aw commons Bent fat togither in one boufe;and eucrie man that lic he is the lozd chancelo2 02 keeperof the great feale, bad there to {peabe,did it opentie before the bing ama o2 lon cheefe inftice of Cngland, his office confitety in dinerfe points, Fitri, be muk on the firtk daie of the parlement bis thole pariemtent, Wut hereof did gro manic inconuentences, and therfore to auotd the great cons fuffons tbich ave in fuch great aflemblies, as alfo to cut off the occafions of difpleafures hich efifones make bis ozation in the bigber boule, before the king, bis lozds and comunons; and then and there des clare the canfes thp the king bath fammoned that pariement,erboating and adutfing cuerie man fo doo bie office and date, in {ach fozt as mate be to the glas didbawen, ahen a meane man (peaking his confcis ence frdlic,cither conld not be heard, 02 fell into the Difpleafure of bis betters;and fo; {und;ie other great Greefs,did diutde this one houte into the houles,that vic of God, bonoof the king,mubenefit of the com ts to tit, the bigher houte, the lotver honte, and the monivealth, tonnocation heute, Alfo he mu make one other oration, but in toate Bnthe firk Gtteth the king,md his los fpiritnall a of antler to the {peakers ozation,bert be ts prefer: mid temporal, called by the name of barons , and ted to the king, this houfe is called the higher boute, Wtkewwile he mutt makethe like on the latk pate of fhe parlement, Andypou hall oudertand, that bporw he {econdis there the knights, citisens and bur: elles do fit, and thep be called by the name of com: thefe three dates he ffandeth on the right band of the mons,and this boufets called the loiver boufe, hing neere tobis feat, ata barre there apointen fox Zhe third ts, there the prelats andthe proctors of the cleargie, being called by the name of the tleargic., ap this houfe is called the conuocation bimsbut atall other times he Gitteth inthe niipale of the boufe, as ts befoze fatd, When he hath ended bis oratton byon the firfk dap, boufe. Dfeuerte of thefe honfes,their o2vers and of: o bemutt giue oder bnto the lower boute in the kings bebalfe, willing them to repaire onto their boufe, and tyere (accoading to their ancient o2dersand cur ffoms) make chotfe of thetr {peaker. ficcrs,Wwe twill bzeeflie fabnect and declare particulars licin oper as followeth, Ofthe higher houfe. Be bigher boufe (as ts fatd) is there the hing and bis barons do fit in parlement , there the King fitteth bighett , and the lords barons beneath All bils prefented bnito the bigher boule he mufk receiue, which be hath forthiwith to deliucr dutothe clearks to be fafelie kept. All bils be mut caule to be read ttotfe before thep be irigroffed, and being read thre times be muff put bim,cach man in bis Degree: the oeristhis. The fhe fame to queffton. the bigher end thereof in the nunbdie is the hings feat © throne banged richlie with cloth of eftate,ann there the bing fitteth altwaics alone. OQnbis right banw Here isa long bendy nert fo the wall ofthe boule, Shih reacherh not fo farre vp as the kings feat, and Dpon this fit the archbithops mo bithops, eucrie one in bis degre. Dn bis lett band there are two like benches , vpon the inner fit the Dules , marquefles, fent, thenthe fame muff be fent to the lower boule, onleffedt cante firft from thenfe , and in that cafe it mutt be kept ontill the end of the parlement, $f anipbill be oenied, impugned,anv clecre ours frowne, the fame isno moze to be thonfefosth re- Doufe ts much moze in length than in breadth:, and 64- eatles and bicounts. Dn tse Other which ts the bin Dermott ¢ nert to the tall , fit all the barons eucrie or otberinife infamous: for fuch perfons ought we a the acchbithops {cat and the Dukes feat , fits 2 Ge {praiset, tho commontlic ts lox chancelloz, baue place o2 be adntitted into the parlement rh Oftheofficers ofthe higher houfe, fime tben the pariement thal begin , fo that be give at the lealk fortie Dates fummmons ; fo Ifketwife relute god aduife andcounfell, Liketoife they ought tobe late menand of gwd fame,bonetfie,and credit, being notontlatwed, ercommiumicated,o2 periured, tha doth appoint him + andbe hath before him bis tye SP times patk there were fir degrees 02 effates of clerks fitting at a table before them,bpon thicy thep the parlement,tabich euctte of them had their feuc, do Waite and late heir bokes, In the mindle rome rail officers and miniffers of attendance; but now beneath themfit the chiefe iaftices and tndgesof the the fameare reduced into foure oegrees, realnie,the baronsof the excheker, the kings forges Whe firll is the hing who in bis perfonage tga fall ants,and all fudyas be of the bings learned councell, amd thole degree of bimfelfe, and without whom no cither in the commonlatves ofthe realme, o20f fhe thing canbe done. ecclefiafticall latws, and all thefe fit bpon great folk he fecond deqrecis of the lords of the clergie and facks,couered with redcloth. of the fempozaltic, and are all calicd by the names 1° At the lower end of ail thefe feats is a barre o2 of barons, railebetweene hich ¢ the lower endof the houleisa he third ts of bifghfs, cittsens, and burgettes, Daid rome fering fox the lotwer boule, and fo all ethefebecalled bp the names of the communaltte, futozs that hall haue caufe and occafion to repaire The fourth ts of the clergie, ubich ave called by the fo the king 92 to the lords. Dis boule as tt is vigine nante of connocation, € thefe perfons haue no voice from the others, fo there be dfffinct officers to the in the parlement; neither can thep do ante thing Atanie bill put to quettion dw palfe with thetr cons ceiued. $f any bill be put to queffion,s it be Doubtfall thes ther fine is the greater, ¢ giucth moft boices; thenhe mutt caufe the boute to be diufeed, and then innge of maninbisdegre, 3n the middle of the boufe,bes the bill according to the greater number, Sante bill be onperfect, 02 requtreth to be amen, &Beeper of the great (cale of England, 03 the 1020 bed, he mufk cole a certeine number of that honfe, as be tall thinke god,and to (yer commit that bilt to be refozmicd andamended, Ph at |