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question_n 6._o but_o after_o all_o lest_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o colour_n for_o dispute_v this_o matter_n leave_v according_a to_o the_o express_a letter_n of_o the_o law_n therefore_o it_o be_v declare_v 8_o eliz._n 1._o 3_o that_o not_o only_o the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n but_o the_o form_n of_o consecrate_v archbishop_n bishop_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v set_v forth_o in_o edward_n the_o sixth_n time_n and_o add_v to_o the_o common_a prayer_n shall_v stand_v and_o be_v in_o full_a force_n and_o effect_n and_o all_o act_n do_v by_o it_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v good_a and_o perfect_a to_o all_o intent_n and_o purpose_n so_o that_o this_o act_n of_o parliament_n do_v rather_o overthrow_v a_o dispense_v power_n for_o if_o there_o be_v then_o such_o a_o supreme_a and_o absolute_a power_n in_o the_o crown_n as_o to_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n what_o need_v such_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n to_o confirm_v and_o ratify_v what_o our_o author_n suppose_v do_v by_o virtue_n of_o it_o but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o 25_o of_o h._n 8._o in_o the_o same_o act_n of_o parliament_n care_n be_v take_v for_o the_o visit_v exempt_a place_n as_o monastery_n college_n and_o hospital_n by_o a_o particular_a commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n but_o that_o which_o come_v near_a to_o our_o business_n be_v that_o 26_o h._n 8._o c._n 1._o another_o act_n pass_v wherein_o the_o king_n supremacy_n be_v acknowledge_v and_o a_o power_n give_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o he_o to_o visit_v redress_n and_o amend_v all_o error_n heresy_n abuse_n contempt_n and_o enormity_n whatsoever_o which_o by_o any_o manner_n of_o spiritual_a authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n ought_v or_o may_v lawful_o be_v reform_v in_o any_o usage_n custom_n foreign_a law_n foreign_a authority_n prescription_n or_o any_o thing_n or_o thing_n to_o the_o contrary_a hereof_o notwithstanding_o if_o the_o king_n have_v this_o power_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o supremacy_n and_o prerogative_n royal_a can_v we_o imagine_v h._n 8._o so_o weak_a a_o prince_n and_o so_o little_a a_o valuer_n of_o his_o own_o prerogative_n as_o to_o have_v that_o give_v he_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v in_o he_o before_o but_o the_o word_n be_v express_v and_o that_o our_o sovereign_a lord_n etc._n etc._n shall_v have_v full_a power_n and_o authority_n from_o time_n to_o time_n to_o visit_v etc._n etc._n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o h._n 8._o and_o the_o parliament_n such_o a_o power_n be_v not_o personal_o inherent_a in_o he_o but_o that_o it_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o legislative_a power_n and_o therefore_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n be_v require_v for_o it_o so_o that_o the_o supremacy_n as_o then_o settle_v by_o law_n lay_v in_o a_o total_a reject_v any_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n
land_n c._n 43._o and_o therefore_o the_o feudist_n say_v that_o felony_n be_v delictum_fw-la vasalli_n adversus_fw-la dominum_fw-la from_o the_o gothick_n fall_v or_o fehl_n which_o signify_v in_o general_a a_o fault_n and_o in_o this_o case_n the_o breach_n of_o trust_n towards_o his_o lord_n of_o which_o sort_n of_o felony_n the_o feudist_n reckon_v up_o some_o twenty_o some_o thirty_o any_o one_o of_o which_o make_v a_o forfeifeiture_n so_o that_o here_o be_v no_o such_o mighty_a difference_n that_o the_o poor_a clergyman_n must_v only_o have_v conditional_a and_o attendant_n freehold_v as_o though_o other_o man_n be_v absolute_a whereas_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n affirm_v all_o in_o england_n be_v 10._o fiduciary_a i._n e._n conditional_a freeholder_n beside_o the_o king._n it_o be_v easy_a enough_o for_o any_o one_o to_o frame_v such_o a_o distinction_n of_o freehold_n and_o to_o say_v that_o these_o who_o have_v but_o such_o a_o freehold_n may_v be_v eject_v without_o any_o trial_n at_o common_a law_n but_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v show_v that_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la or_o the_o ancient_a law_n make_v such_o a_o difference_n between_o ecclesiastical_a freehold_n and_o other_o which_o he_o have_v not_o preend_v to_o do_v and_o therefore_o such_o a_o distinction_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v allow_v especial_o since_o i_o have_v produce_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n 14_o edward_n 3._o c._n 3._o which_o say_v that_o 51._o clergyman_n shall_v not_o be_v eject_v out_o of_o their_o temporalty_n without_o a_o true_a and_o just_a cause_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n this_o be_v none_o of_o those_o statute_n which_o be_v in_o print_n but_o never_o enroll_v for_o sir_n robert_n cotton_n own_v 23._o the_o enrolment_n of_o it_o and_o that_o it_o be_v make_v into_o a_o statute_n and_o mr._n pryn_n himself_o have_v nothing_o to_o object_n against_o it_o but_o now_o it_o seem_v their_o conditional_a frehold_n may_v be_v take_v from_o they_o without_o any_o due_a course_n of_o law._n ii_o there_o be_v more_o to_o be_v say_v concern_v the_o right_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n in_o college_n because_o they_o be_v lay_v 84._o corporation_n for_o in_o appleford_n case_n it_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o all_o the_o judge_n in_o pattrick_n be_v case_n that_o a_o college_n be_v a_o temporal_a corporation_n and_o therefore_o some_o notable_a difference_n in_o point_n of_o law_n must_v be_v show_v why_o man_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o some_o freehold_v without_o due_a course_n of_o law_n and_o not_o of_o other_o for_o i_o can_v imagine_v that_o college_n be_v found_v for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o learning_n shall_v lay_v man_n more_o open_a to_o arbitrary_a proceed_n than_o any_o other_o legal_a society_n be_v however_o deprivation_n in_o coveney_n case_n be_v agree_v to_o be_v a_o temporal_a thing_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n his_o appeal_n 209._o be_v reject_v as_o not_o relate_v to_o a_o matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n which_o be_v only_o provide_v for_o 24._o and_o 25._o henr._n 8._o but_o it_o be_v allow_v that_o he_o may_v bring_v a_o action_n at_o 320._o common_a law._n our_o author_n several_a time_n mention_n this_o case_n but_o put_v it_o off_o till_o he_o come_v to_o treat_v of_o appeal_n i._n e._n to_o the_o place_n he_o know_v it_o to_o be_v improper_a in_o for_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o a_o appeal_n do_v lie_v to_o the_o king_n in_o chancery_n in_o a_o case_n of_o deprivation_n but_o whether_o there_o be_v not_o a_o remedy_n at_o common_a law_n if_o a_o person_n be_v deprive_v of_o a_o freehold_n without_o due_a form_n of_o law_n and_o after_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o impertinency_n 224._o about_o the_o manner_n of_o appeal_n he_o at_o last_o conclude_v the_o remedy_n have_v be_v at_o common_a law_n only_o which_o be_v clear_a give_v up_o the_o point_n for_o then_o in_o case_n a_o person_n be_v deprive_v without_o due_a course_n of_o law_n of_o his_o freehold_n he_o grant_v that_o he_o be_v to_o have_v his_o remedy_n at_o law_n and_o consequent_o that_o a_o deprivation_n of_o such_o a_o freehold_n without_o due_a course_n of_o law_n be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o the_o law_n provide_v no_o remedy_n where_o there_o be_v no_o injury_n do_v nor_o just_a cause_n to_o seek_v for_o redress_v and_o so_o i_o come_v to_o the_o second_o objection_n which_o be_v this_o 2._o that_o to_o deny_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o this_o court_n be_v to_o deny_v the_o king_n supremacy_n and_o that_o be_v a_o dangerous_a thing_n by_o the_o law._n the_o case_n be_v this_o dr._n f._n of_o magdalen_n college_n in_o 313._o oxford_n be_v summon_v before_o the_o commissioner_n deny_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o court_n and_o persist_v in_o so_o do_v which_o our_o author_n say_v in_o another_o king_n reign_n perhaps_o may_v have_v be_v interpret_v a_o question_n the_o very_a supremacy_n itself_o which_o how_o fatal_a it_o be_v to_o john_n fisher_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n and_o sir_n thomas_n moor_n be_v worthy_a to_o be_v consider_v both_o as_o a_o demonstration_n of_o our_o king_n clemency_n and_o that_o the_o doctor_n have_v not_o so_o much_o reason_n to_o complain_v of_o his_o hard_a usage_n the_o mean_v whereof_o be_v this_o that_o if_o they_o have_v proceed_v in_o justice_n against_o he_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v suffer_v as_o bishop_n fisher_n and_o sir_n thomas_n moor_n do_v this_o be_v more_o than_o a_o bare_a insinuation_n that_o to_o deny_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o this_o court_n be_v to_o deny_v the_o king_n supremacy_n and_o that_o it_o be_v mere_a clemency_n not_o to_o deal_v by_o they_o who_o do_v it_o as_o h._n 8._o do_v by_o bishop_n fisher_n and_o sir_n thomas_n moor._n but_o 1._o it_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n evident_a that_o those_o two_o person_n suffer_v mere_o on_o that_o account_n for_o their_o attainder_n in_o parliament_n be_v for_o refuse_v the_o oath_n of_o succession_n and_o king_n james_n i._o mention_n the_o word_n of_o sir_n thomas_n 283._o moor_n to_o that_o purpose_n which_o he_o speak_v to_o the_o lord_n when_o he_o be_v condemn_v and_o their_o attainder_n if_o i_o mistake_v not_o be_v in_o the_o same_o parliament_n which_o make_v it_o treason_n to_o deprive_v the_o king_n of_o his_o dignity_n title_n or_o name_n of_o his_o royal_a estate_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o be_v by_o a_o act_n not_o then_o pass_v but_o 2._o suppose_v that_o they_o be_v at_o last_o proceed_v against_o on_o the_o act_n then_o pass_v what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o present_a case_n when_o coke_n say_v this_o act_n be_v twice_o repeal_v and_o it_o be_v no_o 42._o extraordinary_a clemency_n not_o to_o be_v proceed_v against_o by_o a_o law_n that_o have_v no_o force_n 3._o the_o statute_n in_o force_n 5_o eliz._n c._n 1._o be_v against_o those_o who_o defend_v or_o maintain_v the_o authority_n jurisdiction_n or_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o of_o his_o see_n heretofore_o claim_v use_v or_o usurp_v within_o this_o realm_n or_o by_o any_o speech_n open_a deed_n or_o act_n advise_o witting_o attribute_v any_o such_o manner_n of_o jurisdiction_n authority_n or_o pre-eminence_n to_o the_o say_v see_v of_o rome_n or_o any_o bishop_n of_o the_o same_o for_o the_o time_n be_v within_o this_o realm_n so_o that_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o there_o be_v occasion_n for_o his_o majesty_n clemency_n but_o it_o be_v to_o another_o sort_n of_o men._n 4._o it_o be_v very_o hard_o strain_v to_o make_v the_o deny_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o this_o court_n to_o be_v deny_v the_o king_n supremacy_n when_o a_o person_n have_v do_v all_o which_o the_o law_n require_v he_o to_o do_v towards_o own_v the_o supremacy_n if_o he_o have_v say_v dr._n f._n have_v take_v possession_n of_o his_o fellowship_n there_o without_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n which_o the_o law_n require_v he_o have_v then_o indeed_o give_v ground_n to_o suspect_v he_o for_o deny_v the_o king_n supremacy_n but_o to_o 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