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the_o book_n aforesaid_a that_o a_o man_n for_o his_o wife_n only_o may_v have_v action_n of_o trespass_n at_o the_o common_a law_n and_o also_o a_o write_v de_fw-fr uxore_fw-la abducta_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la viri_fw-la also_o for_o a_o man_n that_o live_v asunder_o from_o his_o wife_n there_o lie_v action_n in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a for_o he_o to_o receive_v she_o again_o and_o to_o cohabite_v with_o she_o as_o may_v be_v gather_v by_o 34._o by_o 13._o ed._n 1._o c._n 34._o that_o statute_n of_o westminster_n the_o second_o where_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o a_o woman_n elope_v from_o her_o husband_n shall_v loose_v her_o dower_n except_o the_o husband_n without_o compulsion_n ecclesiastical_a do_v receive_v she_o again_o therefore_o for_o a_o man_n to_o receive_v his_o wife_n again_o compulsion_n eccles._n may_v in_o some_o case_n be_v use_v with_o allowance_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o this_o realm_n last_o it_o remain_v to_o show_v here_o when_o and_o how_o good_n and_o chattel_n promise_v with_o a_o woman_n in_o marriage_n after_o the_o marriage_n accomplish_v be_v demandable_a and_o determinable_a in_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a for_o beside_o one_o or_o two_o case_n afore_o rehearse_v where_o by_o the_o way_n so_o much_o be_v imply_v it_o appear_v by_o many_o consonant_a judgement_n in_o the_o very_a point_n for_o if_o a_o 22._o a_o 22._o assisatum_fw-la fol._n 70._o per_fw-la thorpe_n cvi_fw-la concordat_fw-la m_n 16._o h._n 3._o per_fw-la fitzh_n proh_o 22._o contract_n be_v make_v between_o two_o man_n that_o if_o the_o one_o will_v take_v to_o wife_n the_o other_o daughter_n than_o he_o will_v give_v he_o ten_o pound_n in_o this_o case_n if_o the_o money_n be_v to_o be_v demand_v it_o shall_v be_v demand_v in_o the_o king_n court_n because_o he_o do_v not_o promise_v the_o money_n with_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n but_o by_o way_n of_o covenant_n that_o he_o shall_v marry_v his_o daughter_n but_o if_o he_o have_v promise_v the_o money_n with_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n than_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v demand_v in_o court_n christian._n likewise_o 6._o likewise_o 14._o ed._n 4._o 6._o in_o a_o action_n of_o debt_n the_o plaintiff_n declare_v that_o he_o have_v marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o defendant_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v twenty_o pound_n in_o respect_n thereof_o and_o by_o agreement_n of_o all_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o common_a plea_n without_o any_o answer_n of_o the_o defendant_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o the_o plaintiff_n shall_v have_v nothing_o upon_o his_o writ_n because_o it_o be_v determinable_a in_o a_o court_n christian_n and_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n as_o the_o very_a marriage_n be_v so_o do_v prohib_fw-la do_v reg._n fol._n 46._o &_o 48._o per_fw-la brook_n tit_n prohib_fw-la brooke_n also_o collect_v out_o of_o the_o register_n that_o for_o marriage_n money_n and_o pension_n the_o suit_n lie_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n and_o agreeable_a to_o the_o former_a distinction_n of_o thorpe_n fitzherbert_n fol._n fitzherbert_n fitzh_n no._n na_o br_n tit_n proh_o fol._n also_o report_v it_o in_o his_o novanatura_fw-la brevium_fw-la bracton_n in_o like_a manner_n affirm_v it_o 16._o it_o bracton_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 16._o and_o yield_v a_o reason_n thereof_o for_o he_o speak_v of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n say_v thus_o sic_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la datis_fw-la vel_fw-la promissis_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la principaliter_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la accidunt_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la ut_fw-la sipe_n cunia_fw-la promissa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la quia_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la iuris_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la iurisdictionis_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la accessorium_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la principale_v and_o albeit_o brook_n iutisdict_n brook_n brook_n t._n t._n iutisdict_n in_o his_o abridgement_n report_n that_o the_o same_o be_v also_o elsewhere_o hold_v by_o 4._o by_o 17._o e._n 4._o fol._n 4._o three_o viz._n chocke_n townesend_n and_o littleton_n yet_o he_o himself_o seem_v to_o doubt_v of_o it_o and_o say_v there_o be_v also_o great_a 9_o great_a 37._o h._n 6._o fol._n 9_o opinion_n against_o it_o because_o there_o be_v quid_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la and_o therefore_o likely_a to_o be_v determinable_a in_o a_o temporal_a court_n therefore_o it_o may_v probable_o be_v think_v that_o these_o opinion_n which_o he_o speak_v of_o in_o this_o behalf_n 37._o hen._n 6._o either_o be_v mean_v in_o such_o a_o case_n as_o grow_v to_o a_o lay_v contract_n such_o as_o thorpe_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o book_n of_o assize_n afore_o allege_v or_o else_o there_o be_v some_o covenant_n for_o the_o money_n by_o deed_n for_o 11._o for_o 45._o e._n 3._o fol._n 24._o per_fw-la br_n iurisdict_n 11._o in_o a_o action_n of_o debt_n bring_v upon_o a_o covenant_n by_o deed_n that_o if_o the_o plaintiff_n shall_v marry_v the_o defendant_n daughter_n the_o defendant_n shall_v give_v he_o a_o hundred_o pound_n which_o condition_n of_o marriage_n the_o plaintiff_n have_v perform_v it_o be_v adjudge_v that_o notwithstanding_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la the_o matter_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o temporal_a court_n because_o it_o be_v by_o deed_n but_o it_o have_v not_o belong_v to_o it_o but_o to_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a if_o it_o have_v be_v without_o deed_n and_o the_o rather_o may_v it_o be_v think_v because_o this_o have_v be_v take_v for_o law_n both_o afore_o and_o since_o notwithstanding_o those_o opinion_n mention_v by_o brooke_n first_o in_o the_o b._n the_o reg._n in_o br._n orig_n pag._n 46._o b._n register_n we_o find_v to_o this_o effect_n a_o certain_a woman_n in_o consideration_n of_o matrimony_n to_o be_v contract_v with_o her_o daughter_n promise_v 40._o mark_n the_o matrimony_n be_v according_o celebrate_v the_o woman_n die_v make_v executour_n then_o for_o not_o payment_n thereof_o the_o husband_n bring_v his_o action_n in_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a the_o executour_n obtain_v a_o prohibition_n whereupon_o the_o matter_n come_v to_o scan_n a_o consultation_n be_v nevertheless_o grant_v whereby_o be_v affirm_v that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n may_v lawful_o proceed_v therein_o yea_o and_o long_o after_o these_o opinion_n deliver_v fitzherbert_n affirm_v that_o such_o suit_n belong_v to_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a as_o have_v be_v allege_v and_o so_o do_v the_o little_a treatise_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o these_o clergy_n these_o goodall_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n word_n viz._n if_o he_o that_o promise_v money_n with_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n die_v he_o that_o marry_v she_o may_v sue_v the_o executour_n for_o the_o money_n in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n there_o be_v in_o the_o say_v little_a treatise_n another_o case_n touch_v &_o affirm_v to_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n which_o belong_v to_o this_o chapter_n it_o be_v ibidem_fw-la be_v ibidem_fw-la this_o if_o a_o man_n say_v he_o give_v good_n with_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n and_o after_o there_o be_v a_o divorce_n the_o same_o may_v sue_v for_o those_o good_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n but_o he_o show_v not_o whether_o upon_o any_o divorce_n whatsoever_o the_o good_n be_v there_o recoverable_a viz._n whether_o aswell_o when_o the_o divorce_n arise_v of_o the_o woman_n adultery_n as_o when_o it_o grow_v upon_o some_o consanguinity_n or_o other_o canonical_a impediment_n find_v out_o after_o marriage_n hitherto_o concern_v those_o kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a which_o i_o adjoin_v to_o cause_n testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a chap._n four_o general_n proof_n out_o of_o statute_n that_o sundry_a other_o cause_n beside_o testamentary_a or_o matrimonial_a be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conusance_n before_o i_o proceed_v further_o to_o show_v in_o particular_a what_o matter_n beside_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o how_o far_o i_o hold_v it_o nothing_o amiss_o to_o show_v in_o some_o generality_n first_o that_o there_o be_v some_o other_o such_o which_o be_v neither_o testamentary_a nor_o matrimonial_a nor_o yet_o any_o way_n depend_v or_o of_o affinity_n to_o they_o the_o great_a charter_n to_o the_o observation_n and_o propugnation_n whereof_o the_o king_n and_o the_o great_a noble_n and_o officer_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v swear_v lay_v this_o groundwork_n of_o all_o which_o follow_v we_o have_v grant_v to_o god_n and_o by_o this_o our_o present_a 1._o present_a mag._n chart._n cap._n 1._o charter_n confirm_v for_o we_o and_o our_o heir_n for_o evermore_o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v free_v and_o shall_v have_v all_o her_o whole_a right_n and_o liberty_n inviolable_a but_o that_o the_o church_n have_v these_o right_n and_o liberty_n then_o which_o be_v now_o claim_v the_o act_n of_o court_n ecclesiastical_a in_o those_o and_o former_a time_n and_o in_o all_o succeed_a age_n without_o prohibition_n or_o other_o oppugnation_n with_o the_o
the_o lay_v court_n shall_v have_v jurisdiction_n between_o they_o and_o not_o the_o spiritual_a court_n the_o last_o cause_n of_o draw_v a_o action_n for_o spoliation_n of_o tithe_n from_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a that_o i_o find_v be_v where_o the_o tithe_n in_o demand_n do_v amount_v to_o a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o yearly_a commodity_n of_o the_o whole_a benefice_n because_o hereby_o the_o right_a of_o patronage_n may_v be_v touch_v or_o prejudice_v which_o right_o of_o patronage_n be_v to_o be_v handle_v in_o a_o court_n temporal_a only_o and_o by_o no_o mean_n in_o ecclesiastical_a for_o so_o be_v it_o testify_v by_o 1260._o by_o lindwood_n c._n aeternae_fw-la sanct_n v._o iute-patronatus_a con_v prou._n de_fw-fr poenis_fw-la edita_fw-la 1260._o lindwood_n himself_o to_o be_v the_o old_a custom_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o the_o common_a law_n of_o the_o land_n but_o in_o another_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o notwithstanding_o no_o prejudice_n towards_o the_o patronage_n can_v grow_v though_o the_o suit_n for_o all_o the_o whole_a tithe_n and_o oblation_n shall_v be_v prosecute_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a for_o say_v he_o competenti_fw-la he_o lindwood_n in_o verbo_fw-la quarta_fw-la pars_fw-la bonorum_fw-la c._n 2._o prou._n con_v de_fw-fr foro_fw-la competenti_fw-la the_o right_a of_o patronage_n be_v found_v upon_o one_o of_o these_o three_o viz._n building_n sound_v or_o endow_v of_o a_o church_n so_o that_o the_o right_n of_o patronage_n do_v no_o way_n respect_v tithe_n or_o oblation_n come_v to_o the_o church_n but_o rather_o the_o build_n of_o it_o the_o ground_n whereon_o it_o be_v situate_a or_o the_o endowment_n as_o of_o glebe_n etc._n etc._n assign_v unto_o it_o this_o he_o write_v saluo_fw-la iudicio_fw-la meliori_fw-la and_o under_o the_o same_o reservation_n i_o do_v hold_v that_o where_o a_o great_a part_n of_o tithe_n be_v by_o suit_n evict_v from_o one_o church_n unto_o another_o the_o very_a patronage_n itself_o be_v much_o prejudice_v and_o endamage_v for_o if_o the_o patron_n happen_v to_o sell_v it_o the_o less_o value_n the_o benefice_n be_v of_o the_o less_o recompense_n shall_v he_o have_v for_o it_o beside_o if_o agatis_fw-la if_o stat._n circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la a_o pension_n be_v assign_v out_o of_o the_o benefice_n unto_o the_o patron_n as_o it_o may_v be_v pensionem_fw-la be_v lindwood_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la v._o pensionem_fw-la upon_o the_o foundation_n the_o more_o the_o benefice_n be_v impair_v the_o more_o hard_a will_v the_o pension_n be_v to_o recover_v last_o for_o somuch_o as_o the_o clerk_n present_v be_v by_o law_n bind_v to_o relieve_v his_o patron_n fall_v in_o decay_n in_o this_o respect_n great_a prejudice_n grow_v to_o the_o patron_n when_o a_o four_o or_o great_a part_n of_o the_o benefice_n be_v evict_v that_o which_o markham_n hold_v as_o be_v aforesaid_a viz._n that_o if_o any_o part_n of_o right_n of_o tithe_n do_v come_v in_o debate_n betwixt_o two_o patron_n there_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a can_v not_o hold_v plea_n seem_v to_o be_v borrow_v from_o a_o consultation_n in_o the_o a._n the_o reg._n pag._n 46._o a._n register_n in_o these_o word_n viz._n we_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o have_v any_o thing_n derogate_a from_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a do_v signify_v that_o you_o may_v proceed_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n in_o the_o plea_n aforesaid_a so_o as_o the_o action_n reach_v but_o unto_o spoliation_n of_o tithe_n and_o not_o to_o the_o advowson_n or_o right_n of_o patronage_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o church_n save_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o right_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o tithe_n and_o the_o register_n go_v to_o the_o right_n of_o patronage_n itself_o of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o church_n but_o where_o agatis_fw-la where_o stat._n circum_fw-la spectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la a_o four_o or_o great_a part_n of_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o in_o demand_n betwixt_o two_o parson_n of_o church_n there_o the_o plea_n go_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n the_o reà lme_n the_o goodall_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o reà lme_n book_n of_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n hereof_o write_v thus_o one_o parson_n of_o a_o church_n may_v sue_v another_o in_o case_n of_o spoliation_n or_o take_v of_o tithe_n or_o pension_n in_o court_n christian_n so_o that_o the_o matter_n in_o demand_n amount_v not_o to_o a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o church_n by_o reason_n thereby_o the_o right_n of_o patronage_n seem_v to_o come_v in_o question_n but_o if_o they_o be_v both_o of_o one_o man_n patronage_n they_o may_v be_v sue_v there_o to_o what_o value_n soever_o the_o thing_n demand_v shall_v amount_v unto_o that_o pension_n out_o of_o church_n be_v demaundable_a not_o only_o by_o statute_n but_o also_o at_o the_o common_a law_n in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a be_v make_v plain_a by_o supra_fw-la by_o reg._n pag._n 47._o 〈◊〉_d ibid._n pag._n 53._o 2._o goodall_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la two_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o by_o other_o book_n of_o law_n but_o goodall_n further_o add_v that_o for_o a_o pension_n there_o lie_v also_o a_o write_v of_o annuity_n at_o the_o common_a law_n so_o that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o plaintiff_n election_n where_o to_o sue_v but_o if_o there_o he_o do_v declare_v upon_o the_o prescription_n and_o after_o he_o sue_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o pension_n the_o other_o it_o seem_v may_v then_o have_v a_o prohibition_n for_o mortuary_n that_o they_o at_o the_o common_a law_n be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n read_v the_o two_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o the_o other_o which_o a._n which_o m._n 9_o h._n 4._o m._n 10._o h._n 4._o 1._o entre_n title_n of_o prohibition_n reg._n pag._n 45._o b._n reg._n pag._n 49._o a._n be_v here_o quote_v and_o likewise_o b._n likewise_o reg._n 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that_o he_o which_o by_o a_o stone_n swear_v false_o be_v perjure_a whereupon_o i_o infer_v that_o many_o be_v deceive_v who_o think_v in_o that_o the_o thing_n by_o which_o they_o swear_v be_v of_o no_o value_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o perjury_n true_o in_o this_o case_n thou_o be_v altogether_o perjure_a in_o that_o thou_o swear_v false_o by_o that_o thou_o take_v not_o to_o be_v holy_a if_o thou_o think_v the_o thing_n itself_o not_o to_o be_v holy_a yet_o account_v he_o holy_a to_o who_o in_o that_o sort_n thou_o swear_v for_o when_o thou_o so_o swear_v thou_o do_v not_o swear_v to_o thyself_o or_o unto_o a_o stone_n but_o thou_o swear_v to_o thy_o neighbour_n thou_o swear_v to_o a_o man_n before_o a_o stone_n but_o do_v thou_o not_o also_o swear_v before_o god_n and_o albeit_o the_o stone_n do_v not_o hear_v thy_o word_n yet_o god_n will_v punish_v thy_o falsehood_n and_o tyndall_n in_o the_o 208._o the_o tynd._n in_o 5._o matth._n pag._n 208._o aforesaid_a place_n to_o like_a effect_n when_o say_v he_o thou_o swear_v by_o any_o creature_n as_o by_o bread_n or_o salt_n the_o meaning_n be_v that_o thou_o desire_v that_o the_o creator_n thereof_o shall_v avenge_v it_o of_o thou_o if_o thoulie_o ulpianus_n though_o a_o great_a lawyer_n yet_o but_o a_o heathen_a man_n can_v see_v this_o meaning_n to_o be_v in_o such_o oath_n viz._n both_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o swear_v by_o god_n and_o that_o if_o our_o oath_n be_v conceive_v by_o any_o creature_n yet_o it_o have_v for_o the_o most_o part_n a_o respect_n unto_o god_n and_o thereby_o bind_v as_o if_o it_o be_v make_v by_o god_n himself_o iureiurando_fw-la himself_o l._n 33._o qui_fw-la per_fw-la salutem_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr iureiurando_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la salutem_fw-la svam_fw-la iurat_fw-la say_v he_o per_fw-la deum_fw-la iurare_fw-la videtur_fw-la respectu_fw-la eniâ—…_n divini_fw-la numinis_fw-la it_o a_o iurat_fw-la whereupon_o a_o great_a learned_a man_n of_o iuteiurando_fw-la of_o 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it_o in_o these_o word_n nam_n &_o jovis_fw-la iurandum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ut_fw-la ait_fw-la ennius_n the_o verse_n which_o he_o mean_v be_v allege_v by_o tully_n fides_n alma_fw-la apta_fw-la pennis_fw-la iurandum_fw-la jovis_fw-la the_o same_o etymology_n of_o jusiurandum_fw-la quasi_fw-la jovis_fw-la iurandum_fw-la do_v lipsius_n in_o the_o same_o place_n also_o prove_v out_o of_o this_o verse_n of_o naevius_n ius_n sacratum_fw-la jovis_fw-la iurandum_fw-la sagmine_fw-la so_o that_o we_o may_v conclude_v if_o the_o content_n of_o the_o holy_a bible_n be_v to_o be_v account_v in_o each_o respect_n but_o a_o creature_n yet_o with_o such_o regard_n and_o necessary_a reference_n that_o it_o have_v to_o god_n himself_o it_o be_v neither_o unusual_a nor_o unlawful_a thus_o much_o for_o the_o two_o opinion_n deliver_v against_o the_o ceremony_n in_o take_v and_o manner_n of_o charge_v by_o oath_n chap._n v._o