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actio_fw-la vel_fw-la accusatio_fw-la criminalis_fw-la civiliter_fw-la or_o to_o the_o end_n of_o a_o public_a punishment_n call_v accusatio_fw-la criminalis_fw-la criminaliter_fw-la mota_fw-la the_o crime_n that_o be_v public_a be_v those_o that_o be_v heinous_a as_o more_o deep_o touch_v the_o state_n of_o the_o whole_a common_a wealth_n and_o public_a peace_n than_o the_o former_a and_o therefore_o may_v be_v prosecute_v by_o any_o man_n be_v call_v populares_fw-la actiones_fw-la quia_fw-la competunt_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la possunt_fw-la populo_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr his_o c._n qui_fw-la accusare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la save_v that_o certain_a person_n for_o especial_a cause_n be_v by_o law_n from_o accusation_n to_o be_v repel_v under_o the_o word_n of_o solemn_a judgement_n be_v three_o thing_n contain_v and_o understand_v that_o such_o a_o accusour_n must_v undergo_v first_o accus_fw-la first_o l._n finali_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr accus_fw-la he_o must_v 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bring_v another_o man_n into_o so_o deep_a danger_n a_o 13._o a_o dan._n cap._n 13._o example_n hereof_o we_o have_v in_o the_o ston_a of_o the_o two_o elder_n that_o calumnious_o accuse_v or_o witness_v against_o susanna_n this_o poenatalionis_fw-la or_o retaliation_n be_v also_o allow_v by_o sundry_a ecclesiastical_a writer_n in_o like_a case_n as_o by_o siciliae_fw-la by_o epist._n 2._o ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la siciliae_fw-la eutychianus_n and_o orientales_fw-la and_o sixtus_n 3_o epist._n 2._o ca._n 4._o ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la orientales_fw-la sixtus_n ancient_a bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o witness_n be_v sometime_o compel_v to_o bear_v witness_n who_o perhaps_o may_v slip_v by_o affection_n inconsideration_n or_o want_v of_o remembrance_n which_o be_v therefore_o more_o excusable_a in_o they_o then_o in_o accuser_n insomuch_o as_o these_o accuser_n come_v willing_o without_o any_o excitation_n of_o other_o to_o do_v it_o for_o nemo_fw-la invitus_fw-la agere_fw-la vel_fw-la ag_n vel_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la invitus_fw-la ag_n accusare_fw-la compellitur_fw-la no_o man_n be_v compel_v to_o bring_v a_o action_n or_o a_o accusation_n save_v in_o especial_a case_n as_o haeret_fw-la as_o l._n manichaeos_n c._n de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la in_o heresy_n omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la haereticum_fw-la prodere_fw-la atque_fw-la accusare_fw-la debent_fw-la and_o in_o treason_n also_o thus_o far_o that_o he_o which_o do_v not_o at_o least_o reveile_v it_o though_o a_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o prosecute_v therein_o as_o a_o accuser_n be_v to_o be_v punish_v as_o partaker_n of_o the_o treason_n but_o this_o inscription_n ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la talionis_fw-la to_o endure_v the_o penalty_n due_a if_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o prove_v his_o accusation_n be_v furtis_fw-la be_v l._n fin._n ff_n de_fw-fr priu_fw-fr delict_n l._n fin_n ff_n de_fw-fr furtis_fw-la not_o require_v in_o accusation_n of_o private_a crime_n whether_o they_o be_v civil_o or_o criminallie_o move_v and_o prosecute_v here_o perhaps_o some_o will_v marvel_v how_o this_o prosecution_n of_o crime_n by_o way_n of_o accusation_n can_v be_v so_o usual_a as_o it_o be_v in_o former_a time_n in_o the_o common_a weal_n of_o athens_n rome_n and_o such_o like_a insomuch_o as_o it_o become_v there_o to_o be_v the_o most_o ordinary_a mean_v of_o all_o other_o to_o bring_v crime_n and_o offence_n into_o question_n consider_v the_o great_a trouble_n and_o danger_n that_o by_o law_n do_v accompany_v the_o accuser_n such_o therefore_o be_v to_o understand_v that_o few_o or_o none_o accuser_n will_v deal_v so_o unconsiderat_o as_o to_o undertake_v it_o until_o they_o think_v themselves_o sufficient_o furnish_v with_o witness_n and_o other_o proof_n able_a to_o convince_v they_o who_o they_o accuse_v next_o they_o be_v to_o remember_v the_o use_n of_o it_o to_o have_v be_v great_a in_o popular_fw-la common_a weal_n where_o the_o ready_a step_n to_o attain_v unto_o most_o honourable_a office_n and_o dignity_n next_o unto_o service_n in_o war_n be_v to_o be_v able_a to_o speak_v and_o deliver_v their_o mind_n eloquent_o before_o the_o whole_a people_n who_o be_v the_o sovereign_a judge_n in_o most_o of_o those_o cause_n either_o by_o way_n of_o accusation_n or_o else_o in_o dâ—…fence_n of_o other_o be_v by_o accusation_n call_v into_o dangerous_a question_n of_o their_o life_n limb_n honour_n liberty_n country_n or_o of_o their_o good_n and_o land_n three_o that_o when_o it_o be_v in_o most_o frequent_a use_n the_o people_n be_v heathen_a and_o uninstruct_v in_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n so_o that_o they_o think_v to_o put_v up_o a_o injury_n do_v either_o to_o themselves_o or_o to_o their_o friend_n to_o be_v great_a pusillanimity_n and_o a_o token_n of_o a_o base_a mind_a man_n and_o to_o be_v in_o deed_n a_o vice_n very_o discommendable_a even_o as_o the_o contrary_a vice_n thereunto_o be_v viz._n of_o do_v injury_n for_o so_o ethic._n so_o arist._n lib._n 5._o ethic._n aristotle_n teach_v in_o his_o moral_a philosophy_n
the_o defendant_n be_v regard_v always_o be_v have_v to_o his_o dignity_n possunt_fw-la dignity_n l._n qui_fw-la crimen_fw-la c._n qui_fw-la accus_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la he_o be_v also_o then_o bind_v with_o good_a caution_n of_o surety_n to_o prosecute_v the_o suit_n much_o like_a to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v that_o law_n which_o be_v establish_v by_o crem_n bulgar_a crem_n suidas_n in_o verbo_fw-la bulgar_a the_o lawegiver_n unto_o the_o bulgarian_n who_o provide_v that_o none_o accuser_n shall_v have_v audience_n give_v until_o be_v bind_v and_o bring_v to_o the_o torture_n it_o be_v by_o his_o own_o examination_n find_v out_o upon_o what_o probable_a ground_n his_o accusation_n rest_v in_o the_o course_n of_o prosecution_n much_o trouble_n may_v grow_v unto_o accuser_n especial_o 117._o especial_o carrer_n de_fw-fr hae._n res_fw-la cons_n 117._o in_o the_o crime_n of_o treason_n or_o heresy_n for_o in_o both_o these_o not_o only_o the_o defendant_n but_o the_o accuser_n also_o be_v subject_a to_o examination_n by_o torture_n ubi_fw-la non_fw-la subsunt_fw-la indicia_fw-la where_o no_o plain_a or_o probable_a matter_n appear_v whether_o of_o they_o say_v true_a the_o inscription_n also_o aforesaid_a bind_v the_o accuser_n to_o endure_v some_o punishment_n upon_o detection_n of_o any_o rash_a or_o undue_a practice_n in_o the_o accusation_n this_o rashness_n turpillianum_fw-la rashness_n l._n 1._o ad_fw-la s._n c._n turpillianum_fw-la or_o lewd_a practice_n consist_v in_o three_o several_a point_n and_o every_o of_o they_o subject_n to_o their_o punishment_n the_o first_o be_v when_o the_o accuser_n do_v praevaricari_fw-la that_o be_v collude_v with_o the_o defendant_n in_o deal_v against_o he_o dicis_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la forma_fw-la tantùm_fw-la for_o fashion_n sake_n perhaps_o to_o keep_v other_o from_o it_o as_o by_o suppress_v or_o conceal_v the_o best_a proof_n and_o by_o admit_v of_o false_a and_o slender_a defence_n bring_v and_o allege_v in_o the_o defendant_n excuse_v the_o second_o be_v when_o he_o do_v tergiversari_fw-la that_o be_v give_v over_o and_o desist_v from_o his_o prosecution_n upon_o corruption_n etc._n etc._n the_o last_o be_v when_o he_o do_v calumniari_fw-la that_o be_v wilful_o iudicat_fw-la wilful_o gloss._n in_o clem._n 1._o de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr &_o re_fw-la iudicat_fw-la impute_v false_a crime_n unto_o the_o defendant_n which_o he_o can_v prove_v or_o make_v any_o unjust_a petition_n or_o by_o any_o other_o mean_n deal_v deceitful_o &_o malicious_o this_o may_v be_v resemble_v to_o that_o which_o we_o call_v at_o the_o common_a law_n conspiracy_n save_v that_o only_a damage_n in_o money_n be_v give_v thereupon_o and_o this_o peril_n do_v fall_v out_o chief_o and_o be_v discover_v upon_o the_o event_n of_o the_o suit_n when_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o a_o end_n for_o if_o the_o accuser_n be_v pronounce_v guilty_a of_o such_o calumniation_n then_o must_v he_o endure_v the_o same_o punishment_n which_o the_o accuse_a party_n ought_v to_o have_v suffer_v if_o he_o have_v be_v find_v guilty_a call_v by_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o other_o poena_fw-la talionis_fw-la this_o appear_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o be_v allow_v also_o by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a by_o the_o civil_a as_o namely_o by_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o emperor_n honorius_n and_o theodosius_n where_o it_o be_v say_v to_o a_o accuser_n inscrip_n accuser_n l._n 17._o c._n de_fw-fr accus_fw-la &_o inscrip_n necimpunitam_fw-la fore_fw-la noverit_fw-la licentiam_fw-la mentiendi_fw-la cum_fw-la calumniantes_fw-la ad_fw-la vindictam_fw-la poscat_fw-la similitudo_fw-la supplicij_fw-la let_v he_o not_o think_v he_o have_v free_a liberty_n give_v false_o to_o accuse_v other_o &_o that_o without_o punishment_n see_v the_o course_n of_o justice_n require_v that_o for_o due_a revenge_n calumniator_n do_v suffer_v the_o like_a punishment_n which_o they_o unjust_o will_v have_v bring_v upon_o other_o it_o be_v also_o allow_v by_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a archiepisc_n ecclesiastical_a damalus_fw-la ep_n 3._o ad_fw-la steph._n archiepisc_n for_o calumniator_n si_fw-la in_o accusatione_fw-la defecerit_fw-la talionem_fw-la recipiat_fw-la if_o a_o accuser_n be_v find_v to_o calumniate_v let_v he_o receive_v the_o punishment_n due_a to_o the_o crime_n impute_v non_fw-la impute_v hadâ—…ianus_n 2._o q_o 3._o c._n qui_fw-la non_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la probaverit_fw-la quod_fw-la obiecit_fw-la poenam_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la intulerit_fw-la patiatur_fw-la he_o that_o proove_v not_o his_o accusation_n let_v he_o suffer_v the_o same_o punishment_n into_o the_o danger_n of_o which_o he_o bring_v another_o man_n and_o to_o the_o council_n the_o sixtus_n c._n 4._o in_o 1._o volume_n council_n very_a same_o effect_n do_v sixtus_n a_o ancient_a bishop_n of_o rome_n write_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n part_n yea_o beside_o the_o like_a penalty_n it_o be_v decree_v in_o a_o council_n 610._o council_n council_n braccar_n 2._o can._n 8._o an._n dom._n 610._o that_o the_o accuser_n that_o fail_v in_o proof_n shall_v be_v excommunicate_a if_o the_o accuser_n can_v not_o say_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n prove_v by_o witness_n that_o which_o he_o object_v then_o let_v he_o endure_v that_o excommunication_n which_o the_o party_n accuse_v shall_v have_v do_v if_o he_o have_v be_v convict_v neither_o can_v this_o be_v think_v too_o grievous_a for_o he_o that_o willing_o and_o malicious_o without_o just_a cause_n will_v conspire_v against_o a_o other_o let_v he_o impute_v his_o punishment_n to_o his_o own_o folly_n actor_n debet_fw-la venire_fw-la paratus_fw-la beside_o the_o like_a punishment_n such_o a_o accuser_n by_o the_o old_a quis_fw-la old_a gelasius_n ibid._n c._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la canon_n be_v also_o pronounce_v a_o infamous_a person_n but_o from_o the_o grievousnesse_n of_o this_o poena_fw-la talionis_fw-la or_o for_o 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utrum_fw-la ff_n ad_fw-la s._n c._n syllanianum_fw-la unto_o themselves_o by_o part_n of_o the_o penalty_n or_o fine_a whereby_o they_o may_v be_v corrupt_v or_o draw_v to_o do_v more_o they_o otherwise_o be_v expedient_a and_o therefore_o in_o both_o these_o respect_v such_o be_v free_v from_o all_o suspicion_n of_o wilful_a calumniation_n or_o revengeful_a bring_n of_o man_n unto_o a_o dangerous_a question_n and_o trial_n thus_o much_o how_o perilous_a this_o accusation_n be_v how_o hateful_a it_o be_v unto_o other_o and_o detest_a of_o most_o man_n for_o one_o willing_o as_o with_o delight_n to_o become_v a_o public_a accuser_n may_v appear_v first_o by_o the_o restraint_n thereof_o 5._o thereof_o arist._n 6._o l._n polit._n cap._n 5._o aristotle_n say_v that_o in_o a_o well_o order_v common_a weal_n accusation_n ought_v to_o be_v most_o rare_a that_o very_a law_n by_o authority_n whereof_o it_o be_v most_o use_v provide_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a at_o any_o time_n 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