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footmen. He should only show himself attended by a great train of
gentlemen of his household.
"A peer can be amerced only by his peers, and never to any greater
amount than five pounds, excepting in the case of a duke, who can be
amerced ten.
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A peer may retain six aliens born, any other Englishman but four.
A peer can have wine custom-free; an earl eight tuns.
A peer is alone exempt from presenting himself before the sheriff of
the circuit.
"A peer cannot be assessed towards the militia.
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When it pleases a peer he raises a regiment and gives it to the king;
thus have done their graces the Dukes of Athol, Hamilton, and
Northumberland.
"A peer can hold only of a peer.
"In a civil cause he can demand the adjournment of the case, if there be
not at least one knight on the jury.
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A peer nominates his own chaplains. A baron appoints three chaplains;
a viscount four; an earl and a marquis five; a duke six.
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