recognized, this symbolic position is ascribed to the king in parliament jointly, as a single body or corporation Wilkinson 1949: 502-9: Brown 1939: 29: 1905: 239). Thus the king-in- parliament that governs the realm is also seen as its mystic equivalent or embodiment. These various ideas and doctrines converge quite naturally. The king in parliament is the mystic equivalent or embodiment of the whole realm, and everyone in the realm is to be considered present in it. The Lords and bishops and the king himself are present in person; the Commons as a whole (as an estate, for a time) are present through their procurators as a group (Chrimes 1936: 81-126) Finally, each knight or burgess is thought of as acting for all the common people, and for the entire realm. A neat summary of the state to which these