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habet_fw-la rex_fw-la diversas_fw-la curias_n in_o quibus_fw-la diversae_fw-la actiones_fw-la terminantur_fw-la say_v bracton_n and_o he_o live_v in_o one_o of_o these_o king_n reign_n viz_o that_o of_o king_n henry_n 3d_o whence_o sir_n edward_n coke_n draw_v this_o conclusion_n that_o the_o king_n have_v commit_v and_o distribute_v all_o his_o whole_a power_n of_o judicature_n to_o several_a court_n of_o justice_n and_o in_o this_o he_o refer_v to_o ecclesiastical_a court_n as_o well_o as_o temporal_a and_o from_o the_o statute_n 24_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 2._o he_o declare_v thus_o that_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a be_v and_o yet_o be_v administer_v adjudge_v and_o execute_v by_o sundry_a judge_n 70._o judge_n his_o jurisdiction_n of_o court_n cap._n 7._o p._n 70._o etc._n etc._n hence_o be_v that_o say_n that_o the_o king_n do_v judge_n by_o his_o judge_n thus_o in_o matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n the_o king_n judge_n by_o his_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n 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praemunire_n anno_fw-la 16._o richard_n 2d_o cap._n 5._o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o none_o shall_v purchase_v or_o pursue_v in_o the_o count_n of_o rome_n or_o elsewhere_o any_o process_n bull_n etc._n etc._n nor_o the_o same_o bring_v within_o the_o realm_n viz._n these_o his_o majesty_n dominion_n this_o be_v it_o speak_v under_o correction_n can_v rational_o be_v intend_v de_fw-la curia_fw-la episcopi_fw-la here_o within_o this_o blealm_n the_o reason_n be_v plain_a because_o curia_fw-la bomana_fw-la velâ—alibi_fw-la where_o such_o process_n and_o bull_n etc._n etc._n be_v purchase_v and_o pursue_v and_o from_o whence_o they_o be_v bring_v within_o the_o realm_n these_o i_o say_v must_v be_v somewhere_o out_o of_o the_o realm_n for_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o a_o thing_n exclude_v the_o obeing_n of_o that_o thing_n there_o already_o but_o the_o bishop_n court_n be_v within_o the_o realm_n and_o none_o of_o these_o process_n bring_v into_o the_o realm_n can_v be_v from_o they_o and_o 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the_o pope_n insolent_a carriage_n towards_o the_o king_n and_o his_o subject_n and_o declare_v that_o they_o will_v and_o aught_o to_o stand_v with_o the_o king_n in_o these_o case_n in_o lawful_o maintain_v of_o his_o crown_n and_o in_o all_o other_o case_n touch_v his_o crown_n and_o regality_n as_o they_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o allegiance_n whereupon_o say_v the_o statute_n it_o be_v ordain_v and_o enact_v that_o if_o any_o purchase_n or_o pursue_v etc._n etc._n from_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n or_o elsewhere_o etc._n etc._n may_v i_o not_o here_o well_o demand_v what_o relation_n either_o in_o the_o occasion_n or_o sense_n of_o the_o stature_n can_v be_v make_v up_o betwixt_o bishop_n consistory_n and_o this_o word_n alibi_n bishop_n in_o their_o jurisdiction_n be_v trouble_v by_o the_o pope_n as_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o crown_n both_o be_v complain_v of_o both_o redress_v by_o this_o statute_n how_o can_v that_o which_o be_v the_o grievance_n 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to_o fall_v into_o the_o great_a penalty_n and_o danger_n it_o have_v be_v say_v that_o a_o corrivality_n betwixt_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o common_a lawyer_n have_v still_o make_v the_o one_o seek_v his_o own_o elevation_n by_o the_o depression_n of_o the_o other_o but_o here_o the_o common_a lawyer_n have_v get_v a_o insuperable_a advantage_n over_o the_o other_o for_o let_v he_o but_o hold_v to_o this_o opinion_n and_o by_o his_o authority_n make_v it_o good_a that_o the_o bare_a hold_v plea_n of_o a_o temporal_a cause_n in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n make_v liable_a to_o the_o penalty_n of_o praemunire_n and_o the_o contest_v be_v at_o end_n there_o will_v then_o be_v few_o that_o will_v care_v to_o study_v the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n few_o that_o will_v dare_v to_o execute_v any_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n a_o grave_n and_o sober_a person_n deliver_v his_o mind_n touch_v this_o matter_n with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o ingenuous_a freedom_n and_o truth_n hoc_fw-la austerum_fw-la supplicium_fw-la speak_v of_o braemunire_n aliqui_fw-la jurisperiti_fw-la nostri_fw-la lucri_fw-la &_o ambitionis_fw-la aestu_fw-la accensi_fw-la verborum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la statuto_fw-la observant_a generalitatem_fw-la ad_fw-la quemvis_fw-la levem_fw-la judicum_fw-la lapsum_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la nimis_fw-la violent_a extendunt_fw-la sed_fw-la hic_fw-la corum_fw-la candorem_fw-la desideramus_fw-la aliquorum_fw-la etiam_fw-la inscitiam_fw-la lugemus_fw-la dr._n cowell_n instit_fw-la de_fw-fr publicis_fw-la judicis_fw-la sect._n 43._o king_n james_n a_o wise_a and_o discern_a prince_n easy_o discover_v the_o grievance_n that_o this_o profession_n labour_v under_o and_o be_v please_v earnest_o to_o concern_v himself_o in_o redress_v of_o they_o this_o great_a king_n speak_v of_o the_o usefulness_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n among_o his_o own_o subject_n in_o matter_n of_o piracy_n will_n marriage_n and_o thing_n of_o like_a 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