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al._n viscount_n etc._n etc._n in_fw-la anno_fw-la 13._o slat_n de_fw-fr consultat_fw-la procedendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_fw-la anno_fw-la 24._o articuli_fw-la super_fw-la chartas_fw-la cap._n 5._o follow_v the_o king_n etc._n etc._n 6._o seal_n etc._n etc._n in_fw-la anno_fw-la 28._o of_o ed._n 1._o and_o in_o ed._n 3._o his_o time_n anno_fw-la t._n stat._n 2._o cap._n 15._o write_v by_o dures_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 14._o cap._n 8._o choose_v escheator_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 5._o stat._n carhal_n adymytt_n attorney_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 19_o sacrum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la cancellar._n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 20._o cap._n 3_o oath_n of_o justice_n chancery_n etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la cap._n 6._o chancellor_n and_o treasurer_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 25._o cap._n 2._o slay_v chancellor_n treason_n etc._n etc._n and_o ibid._n cap._n 4._o writ_n to_o mayor_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 31._o ca._n 3_o fifty_o wife_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o 29._o of_o the_o book_n of_o assize_n we_o may_v see_v partition_n before_o this_o
time_n make_v in_o the_o chancery_n and_o execution_n thereof_o by_o scire_fw-la fac_fw-la out_o of_o the_o come_v plea_n in_o the_o 20_o ed._n 3._o suit_n in_o the_o chancery_n by_o petition_n to_o repeal_v a_o patent_n etc._n etc._n so_o may_v we_o remember_v 15._o 18_o and_o 2._o edw._n 3._o for_o petition_n etc._n etc._n before_o this_o time_n and_o divers_a other_o case_n in_o 20._o of_o edw._n 3._o a_o absolute_a power_n be_v by_o statute_n give_v to_o the_o chancellor_n joint_o with_o the_o treasurer_n to_o punish_v divers_a offence_n therein_o mention_v according_a as_o law_n and_o reason_n require_v etc._n etc._n but_o whether_o this_o may_v be_v say_v to_o give_v they_o authority_n of_o extraordinary_a and_o absolute_a proceed_n against_o they_o i_o stand_v in_o some_o doubt_n how_o be_v it_o i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o chancery_n be_v thereby_o enlarge_v but_o it_o seem_v very_o probable_a that_o the_o statute_n of_o 36._o of_o the_o same_o king_n though_o it_o be_v not_o the_o foundation_n and_o erection_n of_o the_o chancery_n do_v notwithstanding_o add_v a_o great_a measure_n of_o jurisdiction_n unto_o the_o same_o for_o there_o it_o be_v agree_v by_o parliament_n that_o if_o any_o man_n be_v grieve_v contrary_a to_o the_o article_n in_o that_o statute_n mention_v which_o be_v many_o and_o general_a or_o other_o contain_v in_o divers_a statute_n he_o may_v come_v into_o the_o chancery_n or_o any_o for_o he_o and_o thereof_o make_v his_o complaint_n where_o he_o shall_v be_v relieve_v by_o force_n of_o the_o say_a article_n and_o statute_n without_o elsewhere_o pursue_v to_o have_v remedy_n by_o which_o law_n the_o chancellouâ—_z be_v not_o only_o make_v sole_a judge_n in_o this_o court_n but_o be_v enable_v also_o to_o proceed_v in_o judgement_n there_o after_o his_o own_o discretion_n for_o otherwise_o the_o wordâ—_z without_o other_o suit_n be_v not_o beneficial_a but_o save_v correction_n i_o take_v the_o statute_n of_o 17_o edw._n 2_o to_o be_v the_o especial_a groundwork_n of_o the_o chancellor_n his_o absolute_a power_n where_o authority_n be_v give_v he_o upon_o untrue_a suggestion_n to_o ordain_v and_o award_v damage_n according_a to_o his_o discretion_n by_o express_a word_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o time_n his_o power_n from_o time_n to_o time_n vires_fw-la accrevit_fw-la eundo_fw-la be_v enlarge_v by_o sundry_a parliament_n as_o by_o one_o to_o senâ—_n forth_o proclamation_n of_o rebellion_n etc._n etc._n against_o such_o as_o will_v not_o appear_v and_o by_o other_o both_o to_o grant_v commission_n of_o divers_a kind_n and_o to_o doâ—_z many_o other_o thing_n whereof_o mention_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o the_o case_n set_v down_o hereafter_o concerning_o his_o power_n absolute_a the_o which_o be_v intend_v the_o special_a but_o a_o object_n of_o this_o treatise_n now_o therefore_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n may_v we_o confident_o cali_fw-la the_o chancery_n the_o king_n high_a court_n of_o conscience_n make_v especial_o to_o redress_v private_a cause_n such_o as_o by_o extremity_n of_o law_n can_v have_v agreeable_a end_n to_o equity_n by_o reason_n of_o circumstance_n hinder_v wherein_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o conscience_n be_v so_o regard_v in_o this_o court_n that_o the_o law_n be_v not_o neglect_v but_o they_o must_v both_o meet_v and_o join_v in_o a_o three_o that_o be_v in_o a_o moderation_n of_o extremity_n it_o hold_v plea_n also_o of_o common_a or_o civil_a matter_n between_o the_o prince_n and_o his_o subject_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o the_o same_o have_v to_o do_v with_o petition_n traverse_n monstrance_n de_fw-fr droit_fw-fr and_o such_o like_a out_o of_o this_o court_n as_o from_o the_o person_n of_o the_o prince_n come_v all_o manner_n of_o original_a writ_n whereof_o some_o be_v commissional_a or_o commissary_n give_v authority_n to_o certain_a judge_n or_o officer_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v cause_n some_o be_v certificatory_a or_o remotary_n of_o record_n plea_n or_o other_o act_n some_o do_v command_v to_o proceed_v as_o writ_n de_fw-la procedendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n some_o inhibit_v or_o excuse_v as_o prohibition_n protection_n or_o graunty_n de_fw-fr jours_fw-fr and_o of_o essoin_n etc._n etc._n some_o be_v deductory_a to_o summon_v and_o bring_v the_o party_n impleat_v into_o the_o court_n to_o answer_v to_o the_o plaintiff_n out_o of_o this_o court_n come_v most_o common_o commission_n patent_n license_n inquisition_n etc._n etc._n of_o this_o court_n be_v say_v arâ—iculâ—_z super_fw-la narrationes_fw-la novas_fw-la that_o it_o be_v curia_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la pro_fw-la brevibus_fw-la originalibus_fw-la emendis_fw-la et_fw-la concedendis_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la placitis_fw-la communibus_fw-la habuendis_fw-la mean_v as_o it_o seem_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a law_n and_o in_o the_o treatise_n of_o diversity_n of_o court_n it_o be_v note_v that_o the_o court_n of_o chancery_n be_v a_o court_n of_o high_a nature_n out_o of_o the_o which_o do_v proceed_v writ_n original_a as_o be_v aforesaid_a and_o there_o a_o man_n may_v traverse_v office_n and_o in_o the_o same_o court_n the_o king_n widow_n shall_v be_v swear_v that_o they_o will_v not_o marry_v without_o the_o king_n leave_v before_o they_o be_v endow_v and_o it_o be_v there_o say_v that_o the_o error_n upon_o a_o patent_n or_o traverse_v there_o can_v be_v reverse_v anywhere_o else_o then_o in_o parliament_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o this_o court_n a_o man_n shall_v have_v remedy_n for_o such_o thing_n for_o therewith_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v remedy_n at_o the_o common_a law_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n in_o this_o court_n of_o chancery_n a_o man_n shall_v not_o be_v prejudice_v for_o his_o misplead_a or_o for_o default_n of_o form_n but_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n for_o that_o award_v there_o be_v to_o be_v make_v according_a unto_o conscience_n and_o not_o ex_fw-la rigore_fw-la juris_fw-la and_o further_o in_o fleta_n be_v these_o word_n fiant_fw-la autem_fw-la brevia_fw-la inde_fw-la audicialia_fw-la in_fw-la cancellaria_fw-la ea_fw-la recognitionibus_fw-la et_fw-la contractis_fw-la habitis_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la rotulis_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la irrotulatis_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la recordo_fw-la consellario_n and_o cloricis_fw-la sibi_fw-la assasiatus_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la constitut_fw-la concessae_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la hâ—s_fw-la quae_fw-la recordata_fw-la sunt_fw-la coram_fw-la cancellario_fw-la dom._n regis_fw-la et_fw-la ejus_fw-la justitiar_fw-la qui_fw-la recordum_fw-la habent_fw-la et_fw-la in_fw-la rotulis_fw-la eorum_fw-la irrotulantur_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la fieri_fw-la processus_fw-la placiti_fw-la per_fw-la summonationem_fw-la vel_fw-la attachiamenta_fw-la essonia_fw-la visus_fw-la terrae_fw-la et_fw-la alios_fw-la solempnitaâ—is_fw-la curiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la in_fw-la contractibus_fw-la et_fw-la commencionibus_fw-la factis_fw-la extra_fw-la curiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o court_n be_v also_o by_o some_o call_v oâ—ffic_n juris_fw-la civilis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la because_o out_o of_o this_o court_n issue_n all_o manner_n of_o process_n which_o give_v the_o party_n his_o cause_n of_o action_n in_o other_o court_n riae_fw-la the_o process_n in_o the_o chancery_n be_v a_o subpoena_n which_o be_v to_o call_v the_o party_n before_o the_o chancellor_n upon_o pain_n of_o one_o hundred_o pound_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o be_v the_o way_n use_v to_o bring_v in_o the_o party_n or_o else_o by_o the_o sergeant_n as_o shall_v be_v say_v afterwards_o and_o how_o the_o pain_n be_v but_o in_fw-la terrorem_fw-la for_o thereof_o shall_v be_v no_o forfeiture_n but_o if_o the_o party_n come_v not_o in_o or_o come_v in_o will_v not_o obey_v the_o order_n of_o the_o court_n he_o shall_v be_v imprison_v during_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n as_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o several_a handle_n of_o his_o absolute_a power_n where_o also_o will_v be_v remember_v the_o stat_n of_o 15._o h._n 6._o that_o no_o subpoena_n may_v be_v grant_v without_o surety_n to_o satisfy_v the_o defend._n for_o his_o damage_n and_o expense_n â—f_fw-mi the_o matter_n can_v be_v make_v good_a which_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o bill_n etc._n etc._n the_o order_n of_o proceed_v in_o the_o chancery_n be_v by_o injunction_n decree_n and_o order_n the_o which_o how_o far_o they_o bind_v the_o party_n and_o how_o he_o be_v punish_v by_o imprisonment_n for_o resist_v they_o shall_v be_v also_o show_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o power_n absolute_a hereafter_o plaeed_o judge_n the_o judge_n in_o this_o court_n be_v the_o lord_n chancellor_n only_o and_o he_o be_v keeper_n also_o of_o the_o great_a seal_n the_o which_o be_v usual_o carry_v with_o he_o wheresoever_o he_o go_v so_o he_o go_v not_o beyond_o the_o sea_n for_o than_o he_o be_v to_o leave_v it_o behind_o he_o to_o such_o for_o who_o fidelity_n he_o will_v answer_v as_o do_v john_n stratford_n chancellor_n and_o ambassador_n in_o the_o time_n of_o edw._n 3._o and_o so_o do_v stephen_n gardiner_n in_o the_o time_n