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that_o such_o a_o witness_n shall_v pay_v what_o the_o plaintiff_n by_o mean_n of_o his_o falsehood_n be_v adjuge_v to_o pay_v may_v just_o be_v inflict_v upon_o suâ—h_a a_o witness_n and_o the_o same_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n exod._n 21.24_o leu._n 24.20_o bodin_n republ._n l._n 40._o p._n 470._o and_o be_v ask_v at_o the_o bar_n if_o he_o do_v not_o say_v such_o and_o such_o word_n contrary_a to_o that_o he_o swear_v he_o have_v impudent_o answer_v or_o the_o counsel_n have_v answer_v for_o he_o that_o he_o do_v former_o but_o discourse_n with_o the_o party_n to_o please_v he_o because_o he_o be_v earnest_a with_o he_o but_o now_o he_o be_v upon_o his_o oath_n he_o must_v and_o do_v speak_v the_o truth_n and_o yet_o no_o punishment_n be_v ever_o inflict_v upon_o such_o a_o knave_n for_o his_o lie_n levit._fw-la 19.16_o prov._n 18.21_o jam._n 3.8_o raise_v of_o lie_n and_o false_a rumour_n be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o law_n of_o geneva_n pag._n 32_o 37._o 29._o there_o want_v a_o law_n to_o suppress_v the_o rudiment_n of_o unlawful_a 18.10.11_o unlawful_a perkins_n 1._o vol._n come_v p_o 43._o deut._n 13.1_o 3._o aâ—d_n 18.10.11_o magic_n and_o 16._o and_o tit._n livius_n l._n 8._o pag._n 294._o and_o lib._n 39_o p._n 1033._o c._n wizard_n and_o fortune_n teller_n seuâ—rall_a time_n banish_v by_o the_o roman_n and_o thâ—ir_a book_n burn_v seâ—_n the_o place_n last_o above_o mention_v tac._n annal._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o p._n 43._o and_o hâ—st_a tac._n lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 16._o observation_n of_o heathenish_a custom_n and_o for_o surppress_v of_o book_n of_o magic_n conjure_a &_o judicial_a astrology_n and_o many_o other_o devilish_a art_n and_o usage_n now_o very_o common_a in_o england_n which_o prepare_v man_n for_o consultation_n with_o the_o devil_n and_o bring_v they_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o witchcraft_n before_o they_o be_v aware_a i_o can_v name_v many_o of_o these_o trick_n and_o device_n and_o tell_v the_o author_n who_o 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the_o 14._o the_o sueton_n trang_z in_o vita_fw-la augusti_fw-la caesaris_fw-la sect._n 31._o idem_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la tiberii_n sect._n 56._o &_o in_o vita_fw-la auli_n vitelii_n sect._n 14._o heathen_a roman_a emperor_n and_o their_o book_n likewise_o burn_v and_o astrologer_n and_o these_o astrologer_n be_v reckon_v with_o the_o soothsayer_n and_o conjurer_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n dan._n 2.2_o jer._n 10.2_o isa_n 8.19_o 20._o 1_o jam._n 4.14_o mirand_n 4.14_o wall_n on_o 1_o corint_n 2.2_o ex._n pico_n mirand_n the_o astrologer_n attribute_v those_o thing_n to_o the_o star_n which_o belong_v to_o god_n alone_o to_o conjecture_n of_o man_n fortune_n end_n virtue_n vice_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o star_n be_v impious_a and_o who_o see_v not_o but_o that_o these_o deceiver_n be_v ignorant_a of_o what_o shall_v befall_v themselves_o
this_o annex_v a_o proviso_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o covenanter_n at_o any_o time_n during_o his_o life_n to_o revoke_v any_o of_o those_o use_v this_o be_v good_a in_o law_n the_o proviso_n be_v couple_v with_o a_o use_n but_o at_o common_a law_n if_o a_o feoffment_n or_o other_o conveyance_n have_v be_v make_v with_o such_o proviso_n the_o proviso_n have_v be_v repugnant_a and_o void_a 42._o by_o the_o common_a law_n all_o man_n be_v at_o liberty_n and_o may_v use_v what_o trade_n they_o will_v without_o be_v bind_a apprentice_n 17._o 5_o el._n c._n 4._o 11_o el._n c._n 11._o 1_o jac._n c._n 16._o 1_o jac._n c._n 17._o but_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 5_o eliz._n chap._n 4_o the_o whole_a business_n of_o servant_n and_o apprentice_n be_v settle_v and_o all_o man_n who_o use_v any_o trade_n art_n or_o occupation_n which_o be_v a_o trade_n at_o the_o make_n of_o that_o act_n be_v bind_v to_o serve_v as_o apprentice_n seven_o year_n and_o in_o some_o case_n 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subpoena_n about_o easter-term_n 1634._o a_o nobleman_n can_v not_o be_v arrest_v nor_o his_o person_n imprison_v upon_o mesne_n process_n in_o any_o personal_a action_n neither_o can_v a_o subpoena_n be_v make_v forth_o against_o he_o in_o the_o first_o case_n there_o be_v only_o 291._o only_o cowel_n inst_z jur._n angl._n l._n 4._o tit._n 2._o sect_n 5._o p._n 291._o a_o summons_n and_o thereupon_o a_o distress_n and_o so_o issue_n return_v until_o the_o defendant_n appear_v and_o in_o the_o late_a case_n the_o lord_n commissioner_n than_o lord_n keeper_n or_o lord_n chancellor_n use_v to_o write_v his_o or_o their_o letter_n to_o such_o nobleman_n to_o give_v he_o notice_n of_o the_o suit_n desire_v he_o to_o appear_v and_o answer_v now_o nobleman_n be_v use_v as_o other_o be_v their_o privilege_n of_o peerage_n be_v not_o allow_v to_o they_o this_o be_v a_o alteration_n of_o the_o law_n in_o point_n of_o practice_n now_o upon_o consideration_n of_o all_o this_o it_o be_v evident_a 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