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and_o yet_o that_o it_o will_v not_o allow_v they_o any_o mean_n or_o possibility_n whereby_o to_o hold_v such_o plea_n for_o if_o no_o lay_v man_n may_v be_v cite_v to_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o there_o order_v to_o take_v oath_n in_o any_o other_o cause_n then_o those_o two_o then_o first_o the_o party_n convent_v if_o by_o law_n he_o need_v not_o will_v never_o answer_v to_o the_o libel_n upon_o his_o oath_n yet_o have_v this_o be_v a_o course_n continual_o practise_v and_o by_o law_n so_o appoint_v not_o only_o in_o ecclesiastical_a but_o also_o in_o all_o court_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n both_o here_o and_o throughout_o the_o rest_n of_o christendom_n again_o if_o no_o lay_v witness_n may_v be_v call_v to_o testify_v in_o any_o other_o matter_n then_o shall_v most_o man_n in_o those_o cause_n be_v hereby_o either_o quite_o foreclose_v of_o their_o right_n and_o many_o gross_a sin_n shall_v pass_v whole_o without_o reformation_n or_o punishment_n or_o else_o all_o such_o 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who_o not_o only_o common_a speech_n but_o also_o sundry_a statute_n do_v term_v accuser_n and_o therefore_o do_v hold_v at_o least_o for_o party_n and_o man_n not_o indifferent_a may_v not_o many_o other_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n be_v of_o as_o great_a importance_n &_o prejudice_n as_o perhaps_o a_o will_n of_o good_n under_o xl_o s._n or_o a_o trifle_a legacy_n or_o a_o x._o pound_n matter_n promise_v with_o a_o woman_n in_o marriage_n and_o if_o the_o law_n have_v be_v so_o can_v no_o man_n hit_v of_o it_o from_o the_o conquest_n until_o our_o father_n time_n when_o fitzherbert_n write_v his_o novanatura_fw-la brevium_fw-la be_v none_o of_o skill_n in_o edw._n the_o 1._o time_n to_o put_v it_o into_o the_o statute_n of_o circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la or_o in_o ed._n the_o 2._o time_n to_o mention_v it_o in_o the_o statute_n of_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la do_v none_o read_v
direct_o move_v for_o the_o crime_n and_o not_o by_o way_n of_o exception_n or_o bar_n only_o witness_n be_v to_o be_v compel_v save_v that_o by_o late_a canon_n clerk_n be_v not_o to_o be_v compel_v to_o testify_v in_o cause_n of_o blood_n but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v touch_v a_o crime_n by_o way_n of_o exception_n then_o either_o there_o may_v ensue_v thereupon_o some_o effect_n of_o punishment_n as_o upon_o except_v a_o man_n to_o be_v criminous_a who_o then_o be_v to_o be_v prefer_v to_o a_o dignity_n to_o a_o benefice_n or_o unto_o order_n in_o which_o case_n any_o witness_n may_v be_v compel_v to_o give_v testimony_n or_o else_o no_o penalty_n can_v thereupon_o follow_v as_o when_o the_o exception_n be_v take_v only_o to_o repel_v a_o man_n from_o testimony_n or_o accusation_n and_o in_o this_o case_n witness_n be_v not_o compellable_n except_o the_o party_n who_o except_v be_v like_a to_o be_v grievous_o thereby_o prejudice_v if_o his_o witness_n can_v be_v get_v to_o 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require_v it_o as_o be_v show_v and_o not_o reason_n or_o equity_n lead_v to_o admit_v it_o rather_o in_o those_o two_o cause_n then_o in_o other_o of_o the_o same_o conisance_n therefore_o may_v any_o witness_n whatsoever_o be_v urge_v to_o take_v oath_n and_o depose_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o in_o other_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a than_o either_o testamentary_a or_o matrimonial_a but_o to_o descend_v yet_o to_o more_o particular_n the_o king_n tenant_n may_v 12._o may_v artic._n cleri_fw-la 9_o ed._n 2_o cap._n 12._o be_v cite_v before_o their_o ordinary_n as_o other_o therefore_o both_o they_o and_o other_o though_o lay_v person_n may_v be_v cite_v in_o all_o cause_n of_o that_o jurisdiction_n neither_o be_v it_o there_o distinguish_v whether_o they_o come_v in_o as_o witness_n or_o as_o party_n also_o they_o may_v ibidem_fw-la may_v ibidem_fw-la as_o other_o be_v excommunicate_v for_o their_o manifest_a contumacy_n this_o contumacy_n after_o appearance_n grow_v only_o 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to_o answer_v or_o testify_v upon_o oath_n be_v a_o decree_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n ergo_fw-la may_v not_o be_v contemn_v the_o ordinary_a ibidem_fw-la ordinary_a ibidem_fw-la in_o a_o suit_n of_o tithe_n for_o any_o contempt_n contumacy_n disobedience_n or_o other_o misdemeanour_n upon_o complaint_n may_v have_v the_o party_n commit_v till_o he_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o give_v due_a obedience_n to_o the_o process_n etc._n etc._n decree_n and_o sentence_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n of_o the_o roalme_n but_o require_v a_o party_n or_o a_o witness_n oath_n be_v such_o a_o decree_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n likewise_o by_o another_o statute_n 7._o statute_n 32._o h._n 8._o cap._n 7._o the_o ordinary_n may_v convent_n for_o withhold_v tithe_n according_a to_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a therefore_o he_o may_v convent_n and_o cite_v a_o man_n lay_v or_o other_o if_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v a_o withholder_n to_o answer_v upon_o his_o oath_n for_o so_o be_v the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n further_o by_o that_o statute_n the_o ibidem_fw-la the_o ibidem_fw-la ordinary_n may_v proceed_v to_o hear_v and_o determination_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o the_o course_n and_o process_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n but_o the_o process_n and_o course_n of_o hear_v by_o that_o law_n be_v by_o the_o party_n personal_a answer_n upon_o oath_n if_o it_o be_v require_v and_o by_o compulsory_n of_o witness_n to_o depose_v by_o oath_n as_o be_v afore_o touch_v therefore_o etc._n etc._n the_o statute_n of_o 13._o of_o 2._o &_o 3_o edw._n 6._o cap._n 13._o king_n edward_n touch_v tithe_n provide_v that_o both_o they_o and_o the_o cost_n charge_n and_o expense_n in_o the_o suit_n shall_v be_v recover_v before_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n according_a to_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n but_o for_o recovery_n of_o they_o those_o law_n require_v in_o case_n aforesaid_a both_o oath_n of_o party_n and_o of_o witness_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o that_o 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