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ensue_v on_o the_o contrary_a he_o declare_v more_o than_o once_o that_o he_o will_v not_o presume_v to_o judge_v of_o the_o secret_a method_n of_o god_n providence_n but_o only_o relate_v plain_a matter_n of_o fact_n and_o leave_v every_o man_n to_o make_v his_o own_o application_n though_o it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o many_o of_o the_o instance_n and_o those_o well_o assert_v be_v so_o terrible_a in_o the_o event_n and_o in_o the_o circumstance_n so_o surprise_v that_o no_o consider_v man_n can_v well_o pass_v they_o over_o without_o a_o serious_a reflection_n this_o discourse_n may_v have_v appear_v among_o his_o other_o posthumous_n work_v but_o that_o some_o person_n in_o the_o present_a age_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o interpret_v the_o mention_n of_o their_o predecessor_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n and_o on_o such_o a_o occasion_n as_o a_o unpardonable_a reflection_n upon_o their_o family_n ms._n these_o i_o think_v be_v all_o the_o treatise_n that_o he_o either_o write_v or_o publish_v about_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n the_o next_o work_n that_o i_o shall_v mention_v be_v a_o history_n of_o the_o civil_a affair_n of_o the_o kingdom_n from_o the_o conquest_n to_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la take_v from_o our_o best_a historian_n and_o general_o set_v down_o in_o their_o own_o word_n it_o be_v a_o manuscript_n in_o the_o bodleian_n library_n and_o the_o title_n which_o sir_n henry_n have_v give_v it_o be_v this_o codex_fw-la legum_n veterum_fw-la &_o statutorum_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la gulielmi_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la nonum_fw-la henrici_fw-la tertii_fw-la edita_fw-la sunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ante_fw-la primum_fw-la statutum_n omnium_fw-la impressorum_fw-la in_o libris_fw-la juridicis_fw-la quod_fw-la magna_fw-la charta_fw-la appellatur_fw-la ab_fw-la edwardo_n i._n confirmata_fw-la e_o variis_fw-la monimentis_fw-la authoribus_fw-la manuscriptis_fw-la &_o antiquis_fw-la paginis_fw-la concinnatum_fw-la opere_fw-la &_o study_n henrici_fw-la spelman_n collecta_fw-la anno_fw-la
majesty_n will_v please_v to_o consider_v his_o son_n according_o the_o king_n send_v for_o mr._n spelman_n and_o with_o many_o expression_n of_o kindness_n immediate_o spelman_n confer_v on_o he_o the_o honour_n of_o knighthood_n after_o the_o civil_a war_n break_v out_o his_o majesty_n by_o a_o letter_n under_o his_o own_o hand_n command_v he_o from_o his_o own_o house_n in_o norfolk_n to_o give_v his_o attendance_n at_o oxford_n where_o he_o be_v oftentimes_o call_v to_o private_a council_n and_o employ_v to_o write_v several_a paper_n in_o vindication_n of_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o court_n but_o while_o he_o be_v thus_o attend_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o public_a and_o when_o these_o will_v give_v he_o leave_v his_o own_o private_a study_n he_o fall_v sick_a and_o die_v the_o 25._o of_o july_n 1643._o his_o funeral_n sermon_n by_o his_o majesty_n be_v special_a order_n be_v preach_v by_o archbishop_n usher_n a_o intimate_a acquaintance_n both_o of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n in_o the_o year_n 1640._o he_o have_v publish_v the_o saxon_a psalter_n from_o a_o ancient_a ms._n of_o sir_n henry_n which_o as_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o preface_n be_v a_o task_n enjoin_v he_o by_o his_o father_n he_o also_o write_v the_o life_n of_o king_n alfred_n in_o english_a which_o have_v lie_v several_a year_n in_o manuscript_n be_v at_o last_o translate_v into_o latin_a and_o publish_v in_o 1678._o with_o mr._n walker_n commentary_n upon_o it_o spelman_n clement_n spelman_n young_a son_n to_o sir_n henry_n be_v a_o councillor_n and_o make_v puny_a baron_n of_o the_o exchequer_n upon_o the_o restoration_n of_o king_n charles_n ii_o he_o 2._o publish_v some_o piece_n relate_v to_o the_o government_n and_o a_o large_a preface_n to_o his_o father_n book_n de_fw-fr non_fw-la temerandis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la die_v in_o june_n 1679._o he_o be_v bury_v in_o st._n dunstan_n church_n in_o fleetstreet_n 〈…〉_z to_o return_v to_o sir_n henry_n he_o die_v in_o london_n at_o the_o house_n of_o sir_n ralph_n whitfeild_n his_o son-in-law_n be_v about_o 80._o year_n of_o age._n his_o body_n by_o the_o favour_n of_o king_n charles_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v inter_v in_o westminster-abbey_n whither_o it_o be_v carry_v with_o great_a solemnity_n on_o the_o 24_o the_o of_o october_n 1641._o and_o bury_v at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o pillar_n over_o against_o mr._n camden_n monument_n the_o several_a discourse_n contain_a in_o this_o volume_n 1._o the_o original_a growth_n propagation_n and_o condition_n of_o feud_n and_o tenor_n by_o knight-service_n in_o england_n pag._n 1._o chap._n i._n the_o occasion_n of_o this_o discourse_n and_o what_o a_o feud_n be_v p._n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o original_a growth_n and_o propagation_n of_o feud_n first_o in_o general_n then_o in_o england_n p._n 2._o chap._n iii_o that_o none_o of_o our_o feodal_n word_n nor_o word_n of_o tenure_n be_v find_v in_o any_o law_n or_o ancient_a charter_n of_o the_o saxon_n p._n 7._o chap._n iu._n of_o tenor_n in_o capite_fw-la more_o particular_o p._n 10._o chap._n v._o what_o degree_n and_o distinction_n of_o person_n be_v among_o the_o saxon_n and_o of_o what_o condition_n their_o land_n be_v p._n 11._o chap._n vi_o of_o earl_n among_o our_o saxon_n p._n 13._o chap._n vii_o of_o ceorl_n and_o that_o they_o be_v ordinary_o but_o as_o tenant_n at_o will_n or_o have_v land_n hold_v not_o by_o knight-service_n p._n 14._o chap._n viii_o of_o thanes_z and_o their_o several_a kind_n p._n 16._o chap._n ix_o charter_n of_o thaneland_n grant_v by_o saxon_a king_n not_o only_o without_o mention_n of_o tenure_n or_o feodal-service_n but_o with_o all_o immunity_n except_o expedition_n etc._n etc._n p._n 19_o chap._n x._o observation_n upon_o the_o precedent_n charter_n show_v that_o the_o thaneland_n or_o expedition_n be_v not_o feodal_n or_o do_v lie_v in_o tenure_n p._n 21._o chap._n xi_o more_o touch_v the_o freedom_n of_o thaneland_n out_o of_o doomsday_n p._n 23._o chap._n xii_o the_o fruit_n of_o feodal_n tenor_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o find_v among_o the_o saxon_n or_o not_o after_o our_o manner_n p._n 24._o chap._n xiii_o no_o profit_n of_o land_n by_o wardship_n in_o the_o saxon_n time_n p._n 25._o chap._n fourteen_o no_o wardship_n in_o england_n among_o the_o saxon_n objection_n answer_v p._n 25._o caap._n xv._n no_o marriage_n of_o ward_n p._n 29._o chap._n xvi_o no_o livery_n no_o primer-seisin_a p._n 30._o chap._n xvii_o that_o relief_n whereon_o the_o report_n most_o rely_v be_v not_o in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n nor_o like_o their_o heriot_n p._n 31._o chap._n xviii_o difference_n between_o heriot_n and_o relief_n p._n 32._o chap._n xix_o no_o fine_n for_o licence_n of_o alienation_n p._n 33._o chap._n xx._n no_o feodal_n homage_n among_o the_o saxon_n p._n 34._o chap._n xxi_o what_o manner_n of_o fealty_n among_o the_o saxon_n p._n 34._o chap._n xxii_o no_o escuage_z among_o the_o saxon_n what_o in_o the_o empire_n p._n 36._o chap._n xxiii_o no_o feodal_n escheat_n of_o hereditary_a land_n among_o the_o saxon_n p._n 37._o chap._n xxiv_o thaneland_n and_o reveland_n what_o no_o mark_n of_o tenure_n but_o distinction_n of_o land-holders_n p._n 38._o chap._n xxv_o how_o the_o saxon_n hold_v their_o land_n and_o what_o oblige_v they_o to_o so_o many_o kind_n of_o service_n p._n 40._o chap._n xxvi_o the_o charter_n whereby_o oswald_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n dispose_v divers_a land_n of_o his_o church_n after_o the_o feodal_n manner_n of_o that_o time_n entitle_v indiculum_fw-la libertatis_fw-la de_fw-la oswalds-laws-hundred_n p._n 41._o chap._n xxvii_o inducement_n to_o the_o conclusion_n p._n 43._o chap._n xxviii_o the_o conclusion_n p._n 46._o ii_o of_o the_o ancient_a government_n of_o england_n p._n 49._o iii_o of_o parliament_n p._n 57_o iv._o the_o original_a of_o the_o four_o term_n of_o the_o year_n p._n 67._o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o discourse_n p._n 69._o sect_n i._o of_o the_o term_n in_o general_a p._n 71._o sect_n ii_o of_o the_o name_n of_o term_n ibid._n sect_n iii_o of_o the_o original_a of_o term_n or_o law-day_n p._n 73_o sect_n iv._o of_o the_o time_n assign_v to_o law-matter_n call_v the_o term_n ibid._n chap._n i._o of_o law-day_n among_o the_o ancient_n p._n 74._o chap._n ii_o of_o law-day_n among_o the_o roman_n use_v choice_a day_n p._n 75._o chap._n iii_o of_o law-day_n among_o the_o first_o christian_n use_v all_o time_n alike_o p._n 75._o chap._n iu._n how_o sunday_n come_v to_o be_v exempt_v p._n 76._o chap._n v._o how_o other_o festival_n and_o vacation-day_n be_v exempt_v ibid._n chap._n vi_o that_o our_o term_n take_v their_o original_n from_o the_o canon-law_n p._n 77._o chap._n vii_o the_o constitution_n of_o our_o saxon_a king_n in_o this_o matter_n ibid._n chap._n viii_o the_o constitution_n of_o canutus_n more_o particular_a p._n 78._o chap._n ix_o the_o constitution_n of_o edw._n the_o confessor_n most_o material_a p._n 79._o chap._n x._o the_o constitution_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n p._n 80._o chap._n xi_o what_o do_v by_o will._n rufus_n henry_n i._n k._n stephen_n and_o hen._n ii_o p._n 81._o chap._n xii_o the_o term_n lay_v out_o according_a to_o their_o ancient_a law_n p._n 82._o chap._n xiii_o easter-term_n p._n 83._o chap._n fourteen_o trinity-term_n p._n 84._o chap._n xv._n of_o michaelmass-term_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a constitution_n p._n 85._o chap._n xvi_o the_o late_a constitution_n of_o the_o term_n p._n 86._o chap._n xvii_o how_o trinity_n term_n be_v alter_v and_o shorten_v p._n 87._o chap._n xviii_o how_n michaelmass-term_n be_v abbreviate_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n 16._o car._n i._o cap._n 6._o p._n 81._o sect_n v._o other_o consideration_n concern_v termtime_n ibid._n chap._n i._n why_o the_o high-court_n sit_v not_o in_o the_o afternoon_n p._n 89._o chap._n ii_o why_o they_o sit_v not_o at_o all_o some_o day_n p._n 90._o chap._n iii_o why_o some_o law_n business_n may_v be_v do_v on_o day_n exempt_v p._n 93._o chap._n iu._n why_o the_o end_n of_o michaelmass-term_n be_v sometime_o hold_v in_o advent_n and_o of_o hilary_n in_o septuagesima_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 95._o chap._n v._o why_o assize_n be_v hold_v in_o lent_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o return_v p._n 96._o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o quarta_fw-la dies_fw-la post_fw-la p._n 97._o chap._n viii_o why_o there_o be_v so_o much_o canon_n and_o foreign_a law_n use_v in_o this_o discourse_n with_o a_o excursion_n into_o the_o original_n of_o our_o law_n p._n 98._o appendix_n p._n 104._o v._o a_o apology_n for_o archbishop_n abbot_n touch_v the_o death_n of_o peter_n hawkins_n the_o keeper_n wound_v in_o the_o park_n at_o bramsil_n july_n 24._o 1621._o p._n 107._o vi_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o say_a apology_n p._n 111._o vii_o letter_n and_o instrument_n relate_v to_o the_o kill_n of_o hawkins_n by_o the_o a._n b._n
the_o place_n of_o azorius_fw-la and_o ivo_n be_v true_o cite_v and_o i_o doubt_v they_o not_o to_o be_v law_n that_o be_v to_o this_o effect_n that_o it_o work_v no_o irregularity_n where_o in_o a_o lawful_a action_n a_o clerk_n kill_v a_o man_n casual_o have_v first_o use_v all_o diligence_n to_o prevent_v it_o and_o it_o appear_v that_o his_o lordship_n do_v this_o so_o careful_o that_o all_o be_v continual_o call_v upon_o not_o only_o to_o stand_v off_o but_o so_o far_o off_o as_o show_v his_o lordship_n to_o be_v very_o unskilful_a in_o the_o use_n of_o his_o bow_n and_o may_v therefore_o touch_v he_o in_o discretion_n for_o meddle_v with_o so_o dangerous_a a_o engine_n in_o so_o great_a a_o assembly_n and_o consequent_o produce_v irregularity_n even_o by_o the_o word_n of_o azorius_fw-la allege_v to_o excuse_v he_o though_o the_o action_n be_v lawful_a nam_fw-la tunc_fw-la quamvis_fw-la homicidium_fw-la casu_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ob_fw-la culpam_fw-la nostram_fw-la levem_fw-la vel_fw-la levissimam_fw-la multorum_fw-la est_fw-la opinio_fw-la irregularitatem_fw-la contrahi_fw-la but_o not_o to_o fall_v from_o the_o tree_n by_o reach_v at_o a_o twig_n we_o will_v rest_v upon_o the_o chief_a station_n in_o the_o case_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o action_n which_o though_o it_o be_v forbid_v yet_o according_a to_o soto_n covarruvias_n and_o suarez_n as_o it_o be_v allege_v induce_v not_o irregularity_n when_o homicide_n follow_v thereon_o if_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o forbid_v because_o it_o may_v draw_v on_o homicide_n conclude_v that_o though_o hunt_v be_v forbid_v to_o a_o clergyman_n yet_o for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o forbid_v in_o respect_n of_o danger_n of_o life_n but_o for_o decency_n etc._n etc._n irregularity_n follow_v not_o thereupon_o as_o for_o covarruvias_n and_o suarez_n i_o have_v they_o not_o but_o soto_n be_v not_o happy_o allege_v for_o though_o he_o incline_v to_o that_o opinion_n with_o cajetan_a yet_o he_o take_v a_o a_o distinction_n that_o wound_v the_o case_n in_o question_n and_o that_o be_v venatione_fw-la quae_fw-la armis_fw-la &_o telis_fw-la fit_a profecto_fw-la siet_fw-la clericus_fw-la irregularis_fw-la and_o this_o fall_v out_o to_o be_v now_o the_o case_n for_o this_o hunt_n be_v perform_v with_o a_o cross-bow_n a_o deadly_a and_o a_o dangerous_a weapon_n that_o have_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o many_o bloody_a misfortune_n but_o in_o a_o former_a passage_n soto_n also_o say_v that_o cajetan_a and_o sylvester_n and_o doctores_fw-la â—uris_fw-la canonici_fw-la universalem_fw-la regulam_fw-la astruunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi operam_fw-la rei_fw-la illiâ—itae_fw-la quandocunque_fw-la ex_fw-la illa_fw-la datione_fw-la sequatur_fw-la homicidium_fw-la fiat_fw-la irregularis_fw-la and_o azpilcuâ—ta_n navarrus_n say_v that_o cajetan_a in_o the_o other_o place_n and_o by_o consequence_n sotus_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v with_o a_o limitation_n as_o mean_v venationem_fw-la passerum_fw-la &_o perdiâ—um_fw-la ad_fw-la aucupis_fw-la cantum_fw-la vel_fw-la accipitris_n sine_fw-la armis_fw-la in_o provinciis_fw-la non_fw-la venationem_fw-la ursorum_fw-la aprorum_fw-la &_o cervorum_fw-la quae_fw-la armis_fw-la exercetur_fw-la enchirid._n cap._n 27._o sect._n 237._o wherein_o the_o distinction_n he_o take_v make_v a_o main_a difference_n between_o venationem_fw-la ludiâ—ram_fw-la and_o venationem_fw-la martiam_fw-la conclude_v plain_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n to_o have_v wrought_v irregularity_n and_o the_o apologist_n find_v no_o sure_a ground_n in_o this_o assertion_n build_v no_o otherwise_o upon_o it_o than_o if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o out_o of_o great_a reason_n he_o say_v it_o may_v be_v so_o hold_v and_o pass_v from_o it_o to_o his_o chief_a place_n of_o refuge_n show_v that_o the_o canon_n that_o make_v hunt_v to_o be_v actio_fw-la illicita_fw-la do_v no_o way_n touch_v his_o lordship_n first_o for_o that_o upon_o the_o matter_n there_o be_v no_o such_o canon_n insomuch_o as_o gratian_n himself_o that_o collect_v the_o canon_n brand_v this_o to_o be_v palea_fw-la and_o no_o better_o than_o chaff_n it_o be_v true_a he_o brand_v it_o with_o the_o term_n palea_fw-la and_o be_v a_o worthy_a man_n but_o note_v general_o to_o have_v mistake_v many_o thing_n and_o some_o extreme_o but_o if_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n his_o error_n seem_v very_o perspicuous_a as_o find_v this_o canon_n ascribe_v to_o the_o council_n of_o orleans_n and_o not_o find_v it_o there_o he_o present_o brand_v it_o palea_fw-la but_o the_o canonist_n have_v many_o other_o opinion_n of_o it_o as_o to_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiqua_fw-la or_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rursum_fw-la john_n andrea_n imota_n alexandrinus_n and_o jason_n famous_a professor_n think_v this_o title_n to_o be_v put_v over_o the_o head_n of_o many_o canon_n to_o signify_v they_o be_v add_v by_o protopalea_n a_o cardinal_n since_o gratian_n time_n and_o experience_n exclude_v the_o first_o interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n for_o that_o the_o canon_n so_o entitle_v be_v very_o many_o and_o not_o reject_v as_o spurii_fw-la or_o palea_fw-la beside_o burchard_n bishop_n of_o worm_n who_o live_v long_o before_o gratian_n have_v this_o very_a canon_n in_o his_o second_o book_n cap._n 213._o and_o there_o ascribe_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o the_o council_n of_o meldis_n as_o also_o by_o ivo_n part_n 6._o ca._n 288._o if_o then_o it_o be_v any_o where_o in_o the_o council_n it_o suffice_v though_o the_o collector_n mistake_v the_o place_n which_o be_v easy_o do_v as_o even_o the_o evangelist_n matthew_n ca._n 27._o 9_o cit_v a_o place_n out_o of_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n which_o be_v not_o find_v there_o but_o in_o zachariah_n it_o be_v apparent_a also_o that_o many_o copy_n of_o council_n be_v unperfect_a and_o want_v some_o of_o the_o true_a canon_n as_o neglect_v or_o not_o finish_v by_o the_o notary_n but_o if_o need_v be_v this_o canon_n have_v further_a warrant_n even_o from_o the_o time_n almost_o of_o the_o primitive_a church_n for_o in_o council_n agathensi_fw-la of_o 35._o bishop_n in_o an._n 435._o ca._n 55._o it_o be_v say_v sacerdotes_fw-la &_o levitae_fw-la canibus_fw-la ad_fw-la venandum_fw-la &_o accipitribus_fw-la non_fw-la utantur_fw-la and_o in_o council_n epaunensi_fw-la of_o 70._o bishop_n in_o an._n 492._o 30._o ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la venatores_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la nec_fw-la accipitres_fw-la alant_fw-la the_o capitulary_n also_o of_o ludovicus_n imp._n take_v notice_n of_o it_o about_o the_o year_n 820._o prohibit_v priest_n ut_fw-la venationes_fw-la ferarum_fw-la vel_fw-la avium_fw-la minime_fw-la sectentur_fw-la addit_fw-la 3._o ca._n 43._o so_o that_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o account_v this_o canon_n either_o supposititium_fw-la or_o paleam_fw-la but_o rather_o to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiquum_fw-la or_o ex_fw-la antiquis_fw-la according_a to_o which_o sense_n the_o canon_n of_o like_a nature_n in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o wisigoth_n or_o western-goth_n be_v in_o every_o passage_n entitle_v by_o the_o very_a latin_a word_n not_o the_o greek_a antiqua_fw-la and_o justinian_n himself_o seem_v to_o have_v have_v this_o distinction_n in_o his_o eye_n when_o he_o call_v his_o late_a constitution_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n novellas_fw-la that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v mark_v from_o those_o of_o old_a which_o cedrinus_fw-la in_o justinian_n life_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leges_fw-la antiquas_fw-la his_o second_o objection_n be_v that_o it_o be_v cite_v out_o of_o the_o four_o council_n of_o orleans_n and_o it_o be_v not_o there_o this_o we_o have_v already_o answer_v and_o show_v where_o it_o be_v three_o he_o say_v it_o forbid_v hunt_v cum_fw-la canibus_fw-la &_o accipitribus_fw-la and_o none_o of_o these_o be_v there_o it_o be_v strange_a a_o keeper_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o strike_v a_o deer_n and_o not_o have_v his_o lyme-hound_n to_o draw_v after_o he_o but_o the_o canon_n go_v further_a cane_n ad_fw-la venandum_fw-la aut_fw-la accipitres_fw-la aut_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la res_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la where_o hujusmodi_fw-la res_fw-la seem_v to_o contain_v all_o instrument_n use_v in_o hunting_n four_o voluptatis_fw-la causa_fw-la not_o recreationis_fw-la or_o valetudinis_fw-la which_o the_o book_n say_v be_v permit_v etiam_fw-la episcopo_fw-la what_o his_o book_n say_v i_o know_v not_o but_o my_o book_n say_v thus_o dic_fw-la breviter_fw-la quod_fw-la venari_fw-la causa_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la est_fw-la mortale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la &_o in_o laico_fw-la sed_fw-la venari_fw-la causa_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la vel_fw-la indigentiae_fw-la corporis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mortale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o clerico_n tamen_fw-la potius_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la but_o he_o adjoin_v in_o venatione_n potius_fw-la delectatio_fw-la quam_fw-la actus_fw-la attenditur_fw-la atho_n in_o othob_n fol._n 114._o b._n neither_o be_v there_o here_o any_o mention_n of_o recreatio_fw-la unless_o delectatio_fw-la and_o it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o common_o we_o use_v it_o and_o then_o forbid_v beside_o what_o action_n or_o recreation_n belong_v to_o
for_o some_o portion_n also_o of_o their_o out-land_n these_o be_v after_o call_v feoda_fw-it rustica_fw-la beyond_o the_o sea_n with_o we_o socage-land_n and_o be_v hold_v at_o pleasure_n of_o their_o lord_n either_o by_o render_v part_n of_o the_o profit_n thereupon_o grow_v or_o rear_v as_o victual_n especial_o in_o saxon_a call_v feorm_n etc._n etc._n whereof_o see_v the_o rate_n in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n ina_n chap._n 70._o or_o by_o do_v some_o work_n of_o husbandry_n upon_o the_o lord_n inland_n now_o call_v his_o demean_n as_o tillage_n carriage_n harvest-work_n etc._n etc._n among_o all_o these_o diversity_n of_o service_n none_o come_v so_o near_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o feud_n and_o tenor_n as_o the_o beneficiary_n do_v let_v we_o therefore_o consider_v they_o the_o more_o serious_o by_o that_o notable_a pattern_n of_o they_o leave_v unto_o we_o from_o bishop_n oswald_n who_o divide_v much_o of_o the_o land_n of_o his_o church_n of_o worcester_n into_o those_o kind_n of_o portion_n which_o after_o the_o feodal_n word_n then_o in_o use_n he_o call_v beneficia_fw-la grant_v the_o same_o unto_o his_o thanes_z and_o follower_n not_o by_o the_o name_n of_o his_o milites_fw-la or_o tenentes_fw-la but_o of_o his_o fidos_fw-la subditos_fw-la for_o the_o term_n of_o three_o life_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n which_o they_o retain_v in_o those_o part_n even_o to_o this_o day_n and_o reserve_v to_o his_o church_n and_o successor_n not_o homagium_fw-la &_o sâ—rvitium_fw-la the_o material_a word_n in_o tenure_n to_o create_v knights-service_n in_o the_o feodal_n law_n but_o the_o service_n mention_v in_o his_o charter_n secundum_fw-la conventionem_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n factam_fw-la &_o sponsionem_fw-la svam_fw-la as_o the_o very_a word_n be_v there_o express_o but_o hear_v the_o charter_n or_o rather_o epistle_n as_o he_o himself_o call_v it_o which_o the_o king_n confirm_v and_o a_o council_n the_o aranga_n or_o preamble_n of_o it_o be_v a_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n of_o king_n edgar_n bounty_n and_o goodness_n to_o he_o the_o bishop_n and_o his_o church_n the_o conclusion_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o time_n a_o curse_n and_o heavy_a imprecation_n against_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v spoil_v or_o violate_v the_o same_o both_o which_o be_v long_o and_o nothing_o to_o our_o purpose_n i_o think_v convenient_a here_o to_o pretermit_v the_o rest_n be_v as_o follow_v under_o the_o title_n give_v it_o in_o the_o manuscript_n chap._n xxvi_o the_o charter_n whereby_o oswald_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n dispose_v divers_a land_n of_o his_o church_n after_o the_o feodal_n manner_n of_o that_o time_n entitle_v indiculum_fw-la libertatis_fw-la de_fw-la oswaldes-lawes-hundred_n domino_fw-la meo_fw-la charissimo_fw-la regi_fw-la anglorum_fw-la edgaro_n ego_fw-la oswaldus_n wigorniensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la episcopus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quare_fw-la quomodo_fw-la fidos_fw-la mihi_fw-la subditos_fw-la telluribus_fw-la quae_fw-la meae_fw-la traditae_fw-la sunt_fw-la potestati_fw-la per_fw-la spatium_fw-la temporis_fw-la trium_fw-la hominum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la duorum_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la haeredum_fw-la condonarem_fw-la placuit_fw-la tam_fw-la mihi_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsis_fw-la fautoribus_fw-la &_o consiliariis_fw-la meis_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la mei_fw-la regis_fw-la licentia_fw-la &_o attestatione_n ut_fw-la fratribus_fw-la meis_fw-la successoribus_fw-la scil_n episcopis_fw-la per_fw-la chirographi_fw-la cautionem_fw-la apertius_fw-la enuclearem_fw-la ut_fw-la sciant_fw-la quid_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n extorquere_fw-la just_a debeant_fw-la secundum_fw-la conventionem_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n factam_fw-la &_o sponsionem_fw-la svam_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o hanc_fw-la epistolam_fw-la ob_fw-la cautelae_fw-la causam_fw-la componere_fw-la studui_fw-la nequis_fw-la malignae_fw-la cupiditatis_fw-la instinctu_fw-la hoc_fw-la sequenti_fw-la tempore_fw-la mutare_fw-la volens_fw-la abjurare_fw-la a_o servitio_fw-la 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upon_o the_o king_n thane_n but_o say_v plena_fw-la glorietur_fw-la libertate_fw-la excepta_fw-la expeditione_n rata_fw-la pontis_fw-la arcisve_fw-la constructione_n the_o common_a exception_n in_o grant_n unto_o the_o king_n thanes_z as_o before_z appear_z and_o yet_o the_o service_n thereby_o except_v belong_v not_o either_o to_o the_o bishop_n or_o the_o king_n himself_o otherwise_o than_o pro_fw-la bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la and_o common_a necessity_n after_o all_o this_o i_o beat_v still_o upon_o the_o old_a string_n that_o here_o yet_o be_v nothing_o to_o prove_v wardship_n or_o marriage_n or_o as_o the_o law_n then_o stand_v a_o tenure_n by_o knights-service_n for_o we_o have_v make_v it_o manifest_v that_o expedition_n and_o build_n of_o castle_n and_o bridges_n be_v no_o feodal_n service_n nor_o grow_v by_o tenure_n and_o as_o for_o these_o that_o be_v tie_v to_o ride_v and_o go_v up_o and_o down_o with_o their_o lord_n baraterius_n a_o old_a 8._o feudist_n say_v that_o a_o knight_n fee_n may_v be_v give_v so_o ut_fw-la vassallus_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la festivis_fw-la cum_fw-la uxore_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la vadat_fw-la and_o the_o feudal_a law_n itself_o infer_v as_o much_o lib._n 2._o tit._n 3._o but_o our_o bracton_n speak_v of_o our_o law_n here_o in_o england_n the_o invest_v feud_n in_o his_o time_n touch_v such_o tenant_n call_v they_o rodknight_n alias_o radknight_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 35._o nu_fw-la 6._o ut_fw-la siquis_fw-la debeat_fw-la equitare_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la manerio_fw-la in_o manerium_fw-la and_o say_v not_o that_o it_o be_v knight-service_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o serjantie_n and_o that_o although_o such_o sometime_o do_v homage_n yet_o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o have_v ward_n and_o marriage_n admit_v notwithstanding_o that_o it_o be_v knight-service_n and_o that_o the_o land_n thus_o hold_v be_v knight_n fee_n during_o the_o life_n of_o the_o tenant_n yet_o where_o be_v the_o wardship_n marriage_n and_o relief_n who_o shall_v undergo_v these_o servitude_n since_o the_o tenure_n and_o all_o the_o service_n be_v determine_v with_o the_o life_n of_o the_o tenant_n chap._n xxvii_o inducement_n to_o the_o conclusion_n see_v then_o that_o neither_o the_o great_a thanes_z nor_o the_o lesser_a thanes_z among_o the_o saxon_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o our_o knight-service_n upon_o who_o then_o if_o it_o be_v in_o use_n among_o they_o do_v it_o lie_v for_o as_o touch_v the_o clergy_n it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o law_n of_o edw._n the_o confessor_n cap._n 11._o that_o the_o king_n and_o the_o people_n magis_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la confidebant_fw-la orationibus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o armorum_fw-la defensionibus_fw-la and_o the_o report_n itself_o confess_v pag._n 3._o in_o pede_fw-la that_o the_o possession_n of_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n be_v first_o make_v subject_n to_o knight-service_n in_o capite_fw-la by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o 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