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parliament_n ibid._n privilege_n of_o parliament_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n protestation_n page_n 98_o the_o king_n none_o of_o the_o three_o estate_n ibid._n proceed_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commone_n page_n 99_o age_n of_o parliament-man_n page_n 102_o election_n of_o parliament-man_n page_n 103_o the_o great_a number_n of_o borough_n and_o corporation_n ibid._n touch_v the_o manner_n of_o proceed_v in_o parliament_n page_n 104_o a_o competent_a number_n of_o parliament-man_n to_o be_v at_o every_o debate_n page_n 107_o the_o manner_n how_o it_o may_v be_v constant_o observe_v ibid._n fee_n of_o the_o officer_n of_o parliament_n page_n 108_o touch_v new_a law_n ibid._n act_n of_o oblivion_n etc._n etc._n page_n 109_o restitution_n of_o some_o good_n where_o the_o property_n be_v not_o alter_v page_n 110_o reparation_n to_o person_n spoil_v page_n 111_o touch_v the_o long_a parliament_n ibid._n the_o keep_v the_o record_n of_o the_o tower_n page_n 113_o the_o militia_n ibid._n oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o supremacy_n explain_v ibid._n robbery_n the_o law_n to_o be_v alter_v page_n 114_o against_o condemnation_n upon_o a_o single_a testimony_n page_n 115_o touch_v jury_n page_n 116_o new_a law_n to_o be_v make_v upon_o new_a accident_n page_n 117_o make_v of_o eunuch_n ibid._n steal_v of_o winding-sheet_n ibid._n steal_v of_o man_n page_n 118_o against_o delay_n in_o court_n ibid._n fee_n in_o all_o court_n ibid._n about_o examination_n of_o witness_n in_o defence_n ibid._n against_o the_o examination_n of_o witness_n in_o the_o hear_n of_o one_o another_o page_n 119_o reparation_n to_o person_n wrongful_o accuse_v page_n 120_o the_o act_n touch_v the_o court_n of_o ward_n and_o tenor_n to_o be_v repeat_v page_n 120_o rate_n to_o be_v set_v for_o buy_v commodity_n page_n 121_o about_o dignity_n and_o precedency_n ibid._n against_o the_o act_n for_o limitation_n of_o action_n page_n 122_o against_o multiplicity_n of_o statute_n upon_o the_o same_o subject_n ibid._n the_o clergy_n proctor_n in_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o page_n 123_o about_o augmentation_n of_o vicaridge_n ibid._n against_o mensal_n page_n 124_o touch_v the_o bound_n of_o jurisdiction_n page_n 125_o the_o ordinary_n power_n about_o distribution_n of_o portion_n ibid._n against_o concurrence_n of_o jurisdiction_n ibid._n will_n to_o be_v transmit_v into_o the_o several_a county_n page_n 126_o degree_n of_o marriage_n prohibit_v ibid._n about_o the_o suppression_n of_o sedition_n book_n page_n 127_o spenser_n treason_n ibid._n goodwin_n book_n ibid._n buck_n book_n ibid._n sir_n edward_n cook_n writing_n page_n 128_o illegal_a and_o sedition_n speech_n ibid._n the_o illegal_a preface_n to_o the_o proposition_n at_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n page_n 129_o rectify_v the_o translation_n of_o some_o word_n ibid._n illegal_a declaration_n page_n 130_o the_o printing-press_a ibid._n a_o body_n of_o the_o law_n to_o be_v frame_v ibid._n ecclesiastical_a court_n to_o be_v court_n of_o record_n ibid._n read_v the_o article_n of_o religion_n ibid._n sign_v with_o the_o cross_n in_o baptism_n ibid._n church_a of_o woman_n private_o page_n 131_o touch_v absolution_n ibid._n touch_v the_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la page_n 132_o finis_fw-la
and_o therefore_o tully_n say_v as_o he_o be_v quote_v by_o carbe_n 〈◊〉_d carbe_n tractâ—â—_n de_fw-fr legib_fw-la lib._n 6._o do_v 〈◊〉_d nos_fw-la legem_fw-la bonaurd_n mala_fw-la nulla_fw-la alia_fw-la ratione_fw-la nisi_fw-la naturae_fw-la normâ_fw-la dividere_fw-la possumus_fw-la we_o can_v discern_v a_o good_a law_n from_o a_o bad_a otherwise_o then_o by_o compare_v it_o with_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o he_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v justorum_fw-la injustorumque_fw-la distinctio_fw-la ad_fw-la iâ—â—am_fw-la antiquissimans_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la principâ—m_fw-la naturam_fw-la expressâ—_fw-la a_o rule_n discriminate_v that_o which_o be_v just_a from_o that_o which_o be_v unjust_a delineate_v and_o draw_v forth_o by_o the_o old_a original_a of_o nature_n and_o say_v it_o be_v the_o high_a or_o chief_a reason_n graft_v in_o nature_n command_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v and_o forbid_v the_o contrary_a and_o again_o inven._n again_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr inven._n initium_fw-la juris_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la profectum_fw-la deinde_fw-la quaedam_fw-la in_o consuetudinem_fw-la ex_fw-la utilitate_fw-la rational_a venerunt_fw-la postea_fw-la res_fw-la à _fw-la nacura_fw-la profectas_fw-la &_o à _fw-la consuetudine_fw-la probatas_fw-la legum_fw-la metus_fw-la &_o religio_fw-la sanxit_fw-la the_o beginning_n of_o all_o law_n do_v proceed_v from_o nature_n itself_o but_o afterward_o there_o be_v certain_a thing_n which_o be_v by_o evidence_n of_o reason_n find_v necessary_a and_o thereupon_o bring_v into_o common_a practice_n and_o at_o length_n the_o fear_n and_o reverence_n of_o law_n do_v settle_v and_o enforce_v what_o have_v be_v so_o teach_v by_o nature_n and_o custom_n itself_o have_v allow_v of_o so_o that_o the_o act_n of_o the_o law_n be_v but_o to_o see_v that_o effectual_o observe_v and_o execute_v which_o nature_n have_v ordain_v and_o which_o the_o common_a reason_n &_o custom_n of_o man_n do_v declare_v to_o be_v just_a equal_a and_o necessary_a and_o sometime_o the_o same_o 1._o same_o lib._n delegâ—â—_n lib._n 1._o tully_n style_v law_n the_o very_a force_n of_o nature_n the_o understanding_n and_o reason_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n the_o rule_n of_o right_n and_o wrong_n and_o rep_n and_o lib._n 3._o the_o rep_n define_v law_n as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v rather_o than_o what_o general_o it_o be_v he_o term_v it_o right_a reason_n spread_v over_o all_o people_n durable_a everlasting_a which_o as_o fire_n burn_v every_o where_o alike_o be_v not_o one_o at_o rome_n and_o another_o at_o athens_n one_o now_o and_o another_o hereafter_o but_o be_v the_o same_o and_o unalterable_a serve_v for_o all_o time_n and_o run_v through_o all_o people_n which_o begin_v not_o when_o it_o be_v first_o write_v but_o when_o it_o first_o spring_v forth_o from_o nature_n plato_n delegib_n plato_n in_o min._n the_o rep_n &_o delegib_n will_v also_o have_v it_o a_o reasonable_a rule_n lead_v and_o direct_v man_n to_o their_o due_a end_n for_o a_o public_a good_a ordain_v penalty_n for_o they_o that_o transgress_v and_o reward_n for_o they_o that_o obey_v and_o isidore_n who_o require_v other_o property_n in_o a_o law_n require_v this_o of_o reason_n too_o for_o in_o his_o 3._o his_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o etymology_n he_o say_v lex_fw-la erit_fw-la omne_fw-la quòd_fw-la ratione_fw-la constiterit_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la quòd_fw-la religioni_fw-la congruat_fw-la quòd_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la conveniat_fw-la quòd_fw-la saluti_fw-la proficiat_fw-la a_o law_n shall_v be_v that_o which_o may_v stand_v with_o reason_n agree_v with_o religion_n suit_n with_o the_o education_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o people_n and_o be_v beneficial_a to_o the_o public_a welfare_n with_o 1._o with_o prima_fw-la fecunâ—ae_fw-la qu._n 97._o ar._n 1._o aquinas_n also_o lex_fw-la humana_fw-la est_fw-la quoddam_fw-la dictamen_fw-la rationis_fw-la quo_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la humani_fw-la actus_fw-la humane_a law_n 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punishment_n neither_o the_o expiration_n of_o a_o year_n nor_o the_o efflux_n of_o any_o time_n shall_v bar_v he_o but_o that_o he_o may_v still_o be_v hear_v to_o defend_v himself_o rei_fw-la himself_o l._n 2._o co_fw-la de_n requirend_n rei_fw-la for_o self-preservation_n be_v so_o mâ—l_o so_o hoc_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la doct_n &_o morgentibuâ—_n &_o serâ—â—_n natura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la prascripsiâ—_n ut_fw-la omnem_fw-la semper_fw-la vim_o à _fw-la corpore_fw-la à _fw-la capite_fw-la à _fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la propuisarent_fw-la cic._n pâ—o_o mâ—l_o natural_a that_o a_o law_n that_o be_v set_v up_o to_o infringe_v it_o may_v just_o seem_v to_o fight_v against_o nature_n these_o law_n therefore_o and_o such_o like_a as_o do_v thus_o cross_v and_o encounter_v common_a sense_n and_o natural_a reason_n be_v no_o fit_a to_o be_v style_v law_n than_o the_o dead_a carcase_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v destitute_a of_o the_o essential_o of_o life_n soul_n and_o reason_n can_v be_v call_v a_o man._n and_o therefore_o tully_n do_v set_v down_o the_o truth_n when_o he_o teach_v legib_n teach_v l._n 1._o de_fw-fr legib_n eos_n qui_fw-la perniciosa_fw-la &_o injusta_fw-la populis_fw-la jussa_fw-la descripserint_fw-la cùm_fw-la
come_v to_o be_v overthrow_v this_o shall_v not_o prejudice_v the_o legatary_n for_o they_o shall_v notwithstanding_o this_o judgement_n thus_o by_o fraud_n obtain_v be_v hear_v to_o maintain_v and_o set_v up_o this_o will_v again_o appellat_fw-la again_o lib._n 14._o dig._n de_fw-fr appellat_fw-la and_o as_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v prejudice_v so_o none_o shall_v reap_v any_o advantage_n by_o the_o fraudulent_a practice_n of_o another_o neither_o though_o he_o be_v no_o party_n nor_o actor_n in_o the_o fraud_n himself_o alterius_fw-la circumventio_fw-la alii_fw-la non_fw-la praebet_fw-la actionem_fw-la jur_fw-fr actionem_fw-la lib._n 49._o dig._n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr one_o mans-fraud_n shall_v not_o create_v in_o another_o any_o right_a to_o sue_v the_o civil_a law_n can_v as_o little_a endure_v that_o the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o a_o law_n shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o a_o fraudulent_a interpretation_n that_o keep_v the_o word_n but_o pervert_v the_o end_n for_o which_o it_o be_v make_v in_o fraudem_fw-la legis_fw-la facit_fw-la qui_fw-la salvis_fw-la verbis_fw-la legis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la circumvenit_fw-la fraus_fw-la legis_fw-la fit_a ubi_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la noluit_fw-la fieri_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la vetuit_fw-la id_fw-la fit_n legib_n fit_n lib._n 29.30_o dig._n the_o legib_n he_o deal_v deceitful_o with_o the_o law_n that_o transgress_v the_o true_a intent_n of_o it_o though_o he_o do_v not_o trespass_n against_o the_o formal_a and_o precise_a word_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o law_n forbid_v a_o man_n to_o settle_v any_o more_o upon_o his_o bastard_n than_o what_o will_v bare_o keep_v he_o alive_a it_o will_v not_o permit_v he_o to_o settle_v any_o superfluous_a estate_n upon_o any_o other_o person_n for_o that_o bastard_n use_n or_o the_o bastard_n to_o receive_v any_o such_o estate_n from_o his_o parent_n by_o another_o hand_n cum_fw-la quid_fw-la una_fw-la via_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la alicui_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la alia_fw-la via_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la admitti_fw-la that_o 6._o that_o reg._n 84._o de_fw-la reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr in_o 6._o which_o can_v lawful_o be_v do_v one_o way_n or_o direct_o must_v not_o be_v do_v indirect_o or_o by_o another_o in_o like_a manner_n as_o nothing_o be_v more_o precious_a among_o man_n than_o life_n property_n good_a name_n liberty_n and_o the_o right_n of_o contract_n in_o the_o which_o the_o whole_a civil_a interest_n and_o welfare_n of_o all_o people_n may_v be_v right_o say_v to_o be_v comprise_v so_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o provide_v in_o a_o general_a way_n for_o they_o neither_o for_o it_o do_v not_o suffice_v to_o declare_v by_o a_o law_n that_o neither_o the_o life_n property_n nor_o liberty_n of_o any_o subject_a shall_v be_v take_v away_o but_o by_o course_n of_o law_n and_o a_o lawful_a trial_n first_o have_v nor_o to_o forbid_v calumny_n and_o slander_n nor_o to_o command_v that_o the_o contract_n and_o agreement_n of_o man_n 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can_v be_v prosecute_v against_o any_o person_n after_o two_o year_n time_n end_v so_o that_o all_o the_o proceed_n that_o shall_v follow_v and_o be_v make_v after_o such_o time_n end_v be_v absolute_o null_a and_o void_a judic_n void_a lib._n 13._o co._n de_fw-fr judic_n last_o so_o careful_a it_o be_v to_o preserve_v and_o uphold_v the_o right_n of_o man_n that_o it_o do_v not_o make_v any_o single_a judgement_n to_o be_v absolute_o conclusive_a and_o final_a if_o he_o that_o be_v cast_v be_v desirous_a to_o bring_v his_o cause_n to_o be_v try_v again_o by_o another_o tribunal_n so_o much_o more_o fit_v be_v it_o that_o the_o sentence_n of_o any_o judge_n shall_v be_v impeach_v and_o overthrow_v than_o that_o truth_n shall_v suffer_v or_o any_o man_n right_n shall_v be_v injurious_o take_v away_o within_o ten_o day_n therefore_o after_o sentence_n give_v he_o that_o be_v condemn_v may_v by_o appeal_n to_o the_o next_o superior_a judge_n complain_v thereof_o and_o upon_o sufficient_a 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si_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la competit_fw-la citra_fw-la invidiam_fw-la fisci_fw-la mei_fw-la tueri_fw-la solenniter_fw-la cura_fw-la eod_a cura_fw-la l._n 2._o co._n eod_a that_o be_v it_o agree_v not_o with_o my_o fashion_n or_o government_n so_o to_o do_v if_o therefore_o you_o have_v a_o right_n prosecute_v it_o in_o your_o own_o name_n without_o draw_v into_o odium_fw-la my_o exchequer_n the_o emperor_n dioclesian_n and_o maximilian_n to_o the_o same_o thing_n peremptory_o say_v abhorret_fw-la à _fw-la seculo_fw-la nostro_fw-la eod_a nostro_fw-la l._n 3._o co._n eod_a it_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o he_o and_o all_o of_o his_o time_n abhor_v and_o again_o eod_a again_o l._n 4._o co._n eod_a that_o it_o be_v contra_fw-la seculi_fw-la svi_fw-la tranquillitatem_fw-la it_o will_v be_v a_o inlet_n to_o a_o general_a distemper_n to_o permit_v it_o it_o will_v not_o endure_v any_o fraudulent_a fallacious_a or_o deceitful_a deal_n mal_fw-fr deal_n tot._n tit._n dig._n &_o co._n de_fw-fr dol._n mal_fw-fr if_o a_o man_n do_v wilful_o alien_a to_o defraud_v his_o adversary_n his_o act_n be_v vain_a for_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o law_n he_o be_v take_v to_o be_v in_o possession_n still_o qui_fw-la dolo_fw-la desierit_fw-la possidere_fw-la pro_fw-la possidente_fw-la damnatur_fw-la quia_fw-la pro_fw-la possessione_n dolus_fw-la est_fw-la jur_fw-fr est_fw-la l._n 131._o dig._n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr especial_o it_o hate_v deceit_n most_o in_o those_o who_o it_o be_v most_o forward_o to_o relieve_v when_o they_o be_v deceive_v the_o civil_a law_n allow_v not_o a_o woman_n a_o capacity_n to_o be_v surety_n or_o to_o be_v bind_v for_o other_o though_o she_o may_v contract_v for_o herself_o propter_fw-la inbecillitatem_fw-la sexus_fw-la be_v prone_a to_o be_v draw_v in_o and_o to_o be_v wrought_v upon_o vellcian_n upon_o tot._n tit._n dig._n ad_fw-la s._n c._n vellcian_n which_o restraint_n do_v bind_v she_o from_o be_v bind_v for_o she_o own_o husband_n eod_a husband_n l._n 2._o dig._n eod_a but_o if_o when_o she_o know_v her_o privilege_n and_o will_v cunning_o dissemble_v it_o and_o offer_v to_o be_v bind_v notwithstanding_o and_o the_o creditor_n be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o may_v be_v just_o ignorant_a of_o the_o law_n in_o that_o particular_a or_o if_o she_o present_v herself_o in_o man_n apparel_n the_o law_n will_v not_o relieve_v she_o but_o she_o remain_v subject_a to_o action_n for_o ita_fw-la demum_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la subvenitur_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la callidè_fw-la sint_fw-la versatae_fw-la infirmitas_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la non_fw-la calliditas_fw-la auxilium_fw-la meruit_fw-la 3._o meruit_fw-la d._n l._n 2._o parag_n 3._o it_o be_v their_o ignorance_n and_o weakness_n that_o the_o law_n favour_n and_o not_o their_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n so_o no_o act_n be_v bind_v to_o he_o that_o be_v under_o age_n minor_fw-la age_n tot._n tit._n dig._n de_fw-fr minor_fw-la but_o if_o he_o shall_v fallaci_fw-la majoris_fw-la aetatis_fw-la mendacio_fw-la aliquem_fw-la decipere_fw-la say_v and_o pretend_v to_o he_o that_o deal_v with_o he_o that_o he_o be_v of_o full_a age_n when_o he_o be_v not_o in_o that_o case_n he_o stand_v oblige_v and_o be_v remediless_a nam_fw-la errantibus_fw-la non_fw-la fallentibus_fw-la publica_fw-la jura_fw-la subveniunt_fw-la dixer_n subveniunt_fw-la l._n 2._o co._n si_fw-mi min._n se_fw-mi major_a dixer_n it_o be_v error_n and_o imprudence_n and_o not_o fraud_n that_o the_o law_n will_v succour_v ingratitude_n be_v so_o odious_a in_o the_o civil_a law_n that_o if_o a_o slave_n that_o have_v be_v manumise_v shall_v bear_v himself_o unthankful_a towards_o his_o master_n or_o if_o a_o son_n shall_v recompense_v the_o benefit_n of_o be_v quit_v of_o his_o father_n power_n and_o command_v with_o some_o injurious_a act_n or_o office_n against_o his_o father_n they_o may_v both_o for_o their_o ingratitude_n be_v bring_v into_o their_o former_a yoke_n again_o praestand_v again_o welenb_n parat_fw-la dig_v de_fw-fr obsequ_fw-fr parent_n &_o patron_n praestand_v and_o general_o if_o i_o have_v out_o of_o my_o free_a bounty_n bestow_v any_o thing_n upon_o another_o if_o he_o shall_v attempt_v to_o betray_v my_o life_n or_o estate_n to_o mischief_n or_o pass_v upon_o i_o any_o weighty_a injury_n i_o need_v not_o suffer_v my_o bounty_n to_o remain_v with_o so_o unworthy_a a_o person_n but_o may_v recall_v it_o again_o from_o he_o donat._n he_o l._n 10._o co._n de_fw-fr revocand_a donat._n cùm_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la collata_fw-la liberalitas_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequium_fw-la eos_fw-la inclinare_fw-la deberet_fw-la quà m_fw-la ad_fw-la insolentiam_fw-la erigere_fw-la eod_a erigere_fw-la l._n 1._o co._n eod_a since_o bounty_n to_o aught_o to_o invite_v man_n to_o be_v rather_o obsequious_a then_o insolent_a howbeit_o my_o heir_n if_o i_o die_v shall_v not_o sue_v to_o recovet_v it_o etenim_fw-la si_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la 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non_fw-la castigantur_fw-la 83._o castigantur_fw-la idem_fw-la ep_n 50._o ad_fw-la bonifac._n c._n error_n do_v 83._o error_n cvi_fw-la non_fw-la resistitur_fw-la approbatur_fw-la 14._o approbatur_fw-la cassiod_n l._n 3._o uac_n epist_n 14._o malum_fw-la cum_fw-la perseveret_fw-la augetur_fw-la tudine_fw-la augetur_fw-la c._n cum_fw-la tanto_fw-la de_fw-la consu_fw-la tudine_fw-la tanto_fw-la sunt_fw-la graviora_fw-la peccata_fw-la quanto_fw-la diutiùs_fw-la animam_fw-la detinent_fw-la illigatam_fw-la tully_n say_v mâ—lone_a say_v cicer._n pro_fw-la mâ—lone_a impunitatis_fw-la spes_fw-la magna_fw-la peccandi_fw-la illecebra_fw-la 45._o illecebra_fw-la c._n sed_fw-la and._n do_v 45._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la misericordia_fw-la quae_fw-la bonitas_fw-la uni_fw-la parcere_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la in_o discrimen_fw-la adducere_fw-la the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n do_v teach_v even_o heathen_a man_n thus_o vulnerat_fw-la thus_o f._n ad_fw-la l._n aquil_n l._n ita_fw-la 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