[001] such threat as this, namely: ‘And so conduct yourself in this matter that we not be [002] forced to act severely toward you for your default.’ And let the same be done in the [003] other causes named above. In which case, though the writ makes mention of having [004] their bodies, an essoin of difficulty of coming will lie nonetheless, though it may seem [005] to be contrary to the usual rule on essoins, because, though the formality of attachments [006] is taken away, nevertheless an essoin of difficulty of coming will always follow [007] the lawful delay which the reus has up to the first day of the suit, so that he may have [008] a single essoin before he appears. In criminal cases, however, where a capital judgment [009] ought to follow, that is, loss of life or mutilation of members, there is no attachment, [010] but let the body of the criminal, whoever he is, be arrested by all who are in [011] the allegiance of the lord king, whether they have an order to do so or not.
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