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ſhould impudently be denied to him; for it is lawful for every body to uſe whoſe and what counſel he will. And ſo it is lawful for every matter of a family to prefer any one of his houſe to this or that office, or put him by it, or turn him out, which you raſhly preſume to deny even to our lord the King. And this preſumption is ſtill the greater, ſeeing ſervants ought by no means to judge their maſter, nor tie him to their conditions, nor vaſſals to do the like to their prince; but all inferiors whatſoever, are to be ordered and directed by the will and pleaſure of their lord and maſter; for the ſervant is not above his lord, as neither the diſciple above his maſter; and truly he ſhould not be your king, but may paſs for your ſervant, if he ſhould be thus brought to your will. Wherefore, neither will he remove, nor chancellor, nor juſticiary, nor treaſurer, as you have propounded to order the maſter; neither will he put any other in their room.” After the ſame faſhion, ſays Matt. Paris, there was a cavilling anſwer to the other wholeſome articles which were ſufficiently for the King’s intereſt. “But he aſks of you an aid of money to enable him to recover his rights in the parts beyond the ſeas, wherein you yourſelves are alike concerned.”

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