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the_o realm_n they_o be_v to_o be_v inquire_v and_o find_v by_o knight_n and_o esquire_n though_o their_o trial_n shall_v be_v only_o by_o their_o peer_n and_o in_o 38_o hen._n 8._o henry_n howard_n earl_n of_o surrey_n son_n and_o heir_n apparent_a of_o thomas_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n be_v attaint_v of_o high_a treason_n and_o be_v try_v also_o by_o knight_n esquire_n and_o gentleman_n and_o not_o by_o lord_n or_o peer_n of_o the_o realm_n because_o he_o be_v not_o of_o that_o dignity_n by_o creation_n since_o the_o use_n of_o make_v every_o earl_n first_o a_o baron_n of_o some_o place_n which_o begin_v as_o most_o writer_n treat_v about_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o eight_o it_o have_v be_v a_o custom_n to_o style_v their_o heir_n apparent_a lord_n and_o baron_n with_o the_o title_n of_o their_o father_n barony_n when_o viscount_n or_o baron_n heir_n apparent_a be_v only_o style_v esquire_n but_o this_o be_v only_o a_o piece_n of_o civility_n and_o of_o mere_a fashion_n yet_o it_o 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and_o other_o good_a author_n it_o be_v thus_o find_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o gentry_n 1._o pro_fw-la honore_fw-la sustinendo_fw-la if_o a_o churl_n or_o peasant_n do_v detract_v from_o the_o honour_n of_o gentleman_n he_o have_v a_o remedy_n in_o law_n actione_n injuriarum_fw-la but_o if_o by_o one_o gentleman_n to_o another_o the_o combat_n be_v ancient_o allow_v 2._o in_o equal_a crime_n a_o gentleman_n shall_v be_v punishable_a with_o more_o favour_n than_o the_o churl_n provide_v the_o crime_n be_v not_o heresy_n treason_n or_o excessive_a contumacy_n 3._o the_o many_o observance_n and_o ceremonial_a respect_n that_o a_o gentleman_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v honour_v with_o by_o the_o churl_n or_o ungentle_a 4._o in_o give_v evidence_n the_o testimony_n of_o a_o gentleman_n be_v more_o authentic_a than_o a_o clown_n 5._o in_o election_n of_o magistrate_n and_o officer_n by_o vote_n the_o suffrage_n of_o a_o gentleman_n shall_v take_v place_n of_o a_o ignoble_a person_n 6._o a_o gentleman_n shall_v be_v excuse_v from_o base_a service_n imposition_n and_o duty_n both_o real_a and_o personal_a 7._o a_o â—â—ntleman_n condemn_v to_o death_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v â—anged_v but_o behead_v and_o his_o examination_n take_v without_o torture_n 8._o to_o take_v down_o the_o coat-armour_n of_o any_o gentleman_n to_o deface_v his_o monument_n or_o offer_v violence_n to_o any_o ensign_n of_o the_o deceased_a noble_a be_v as_o to_o lay_v buffet_n on_o the_o face_n of_o he_o if_o alive_a and_o punishment_n be_v due_a according_o 9_o a_o clown_n may_v not_o challenge_v a_o gentleman_n to_o combat_n quia_fw-la conditione_n â—mpares_v many_o other_o be_v the_o privilege_n due_a to_o gentleman_n which_o i_o forbear_v to_o repeat_v refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o book_n before_o cite_v for_o the_o protection_n and_o defence_n of_o
this_o civil_a dignity_n they_o have_v three_o law_n the_o first_o ius_n agnitionis_fw-la the_o right_a or_o law_n of_o descent_n for_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o father_n side_n the_o second_o ius_n stirpis_fw-la for_o the_o family_n in_o general_a the_o three_o ius_n gentilitatis_fw-la a_o law_n for_o the_o descent_n in_o noble_a family_n which_o tully_n esteem_v most_o excellent_a by_o which_o law_n a_o gentleman_n of_o blood_n and_o coat-armour_n perfect_o possess_v virtue_n be_v only_o privilege_v to_o make_v that_o perfection_n in_o blood_n a_o lineal_a descent_n from_o atavus_n proavus_fw-la auus_n and_o pater_fw-la on_o the_o father_n side_n be_v require_v and_o as_o much_o on_o his_o mother_n line_n than_o he_o be_v not_o only_o a_o gentleman_n of_o perfect_a blood_n but_o of_o his_o ancestor_n too_o the_o neglect_n of_o which_o law_n have_v introduce_v other_o sort_n of_o gentleman_n viz._n man_n that_o assume_v that_o dignity_n but_o be_v neither_o so_o by_o blood_n nor_o 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