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man_n be_v inflame_v against_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n 109._o see_v p._n 109._o how_o watchful_a they_o be_v for_o the_o halt_n of_o their_o leader_n and_o how_o narrow_o they_o sift_v every_o syllable_n of_o the_o statute_n by_o which_o ecclesiastical_a live_n become_v void_a daily_a and_o continual_a example_n declare_v unto_o us._n if_o we_o compare_v the_o charge_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n in_o these_o our_o day_n with_o the_o immunitys_n they_o have_v heretofore_o enjoy_v if_o it_o be_v consider_v with_o what_o cold_a devotion_n all_o tithe_n be_v pay_v if_o you_o set_v before_o your_o eye_n how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o wring_v a_o free_a presentation_n from_o a_o lay-patron_n if_o it_o be_v remember_v how_o much_o every_o rectory_n want_v of_o that_o it_o have_v be_v worth_a heretofore_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o take_n of_o offertory_n lay_v down_o of_o tillage_n and_o nonpayment_n of_o tithe_n personal_a it_o will_v appear_v that_o a_o benefice_n of_o twenty_o pound_n in_o the_o queen_n book_n will_v now_o more_o hardly_o sustain_v the_o incumbent_n than_o heretofore_o a_o benefice_n of_o ten_o pound_n wherefore_o see_v the_o great_a charge_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n must_v needs_o increase_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o foreign_a enemy_n and_o the_o charity_n of_o man_n towards_o our_o call_v be_v like_a to_o decrease_v as_o also_o for_o that_o unto_o many_o poor_a honest_a minister_n the_o encombrance_n grow_v by_o pretend_a lapse_n ground_v for_o the_o most_o part_n upon_o false_a surmise_n have_v be_v more_o hurtful_a than_o all_o their_o payment_n to_o her_o most_o excellent_a majesty_n may_v it_o please_v this_o honourable_a synod_n that_o the_o reverend_a father_n and_o lord_n which_o present_v the_o free_a and_o voluntary_a subsidy_n of_o the_o clergy_n to_o her_o highness_n may_v be_v humble_a suitor_n to_o her_o gracious_a clemency_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o her_o majesty_n most_o faithful_a subject_n the_o clergy_n of_o england_n and_o wales_n that_o her_o highness_n free_a pardon_n may_v extend_v itself_o to_o the_o forgive_n of_o all_o lapse_n and_o irregularitys_n of_o her_o clergy_n whatsoever_o except_o only_a in_o case_n of_o high_a and_o petty_a treason_n wilful_a murder_n and_o felony_n and_o other_o enormous_a fault_n and_o her_o majesty_n most_o faithful_a subject_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n shall_v continual_o pray_v unto_o god_n for_o her_o majesty_n long_o gracious_a and_o prosperous_a reign_n ibid._n fol._n 123._o this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o petition_n of_o the_o low_a clergy_n out_o of_o convocation_n to_o the_o convocation_n itself_o however_o in_o that_o manuscript_n p._n 264._o i_o find_v a_o memorandum_n of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o petition_n present_v by_o the_o low_a to_o the_o upper_a house_n of_o convocation_n vi_o 1606._o petition_v of_o the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n to_o his_o majesty_n against_o prohibition_n 110._o see_v p._n 110._o most_o humble_o beseechen_a your_o most_o excellent_a majesty_n your_o most_o faithful_a subject_n the_o clergy_n of_o the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n for_o themselves_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o brethren_n in_o the_o ministry_n that_o whereas_o they_o have_v be_v very_o much_o of_o late_a year_n defraud_v of_o their_o tithe_n and_o debar_v from_o obtain_v their_o right_a due_a unto_o they_o by_o your_o excellent_a law_n of_o this_o church_n through_o prohibition_n procure_v by_o those_o which_o wrong_v they_o out_o of_o your_o majesty_n temporal_a court_n to_o your_o supplyants_n great_a hindrance_n molestation_n and_o utter_v impoverish_v in_o time_n if_o remedy_n be_v not_o provide_v beside_o the_o stop_n of_o justice_n occasion_n of_o perjury_n and_o further_o wrong_n and_o overthrow_v of_o your_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n as_o though_o it_o be_v a_o unjust_a usurpation_n of_o foreign_a power_n against_o your_o majesty_n and_o crown_n and_o not_o the_o due_a execution_n of_o your_o majesty_n own_o rightful_a power_n and_o just_a jurisdiction_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a it_o may_v please_v your_o most_o excellent_a majesty_n upon_o due_a notice_n give_v and_o in_o tender_a consideration_n of_o our_o grievance_n herein_o to_o take_v some_o speedy_a order_n for_o the_o help_n and_o relief_n of_o the_o same_o in_o such_o manner_n as_o to_o your_o highness_n wisdom_n piety_n and_o clemency_n shall_v seem_v just_a fit_a and_o convenient_a and_o your_o majesty_n supplyants_n shall_v ever_o more_o as_o they_o be_v bind_v with_o all_o due_a thankfulness_n pray_v unto_o god_n for_o your_o majesty_n long_a and_o happy_a life_n and_o prosperous_a reign_n ibid._n fol._n 364._o vii_o rex_fw-la venerabili_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la j._n eâdem_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la cant._n archiepiscopo_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la primati_fw-la 221._o see_v p._n 221._o sal._n quia_fw-la lewelinus_fw-la filius_fw-la griffini_n &_o wallenses_n complice_n svi_fw-la inimici_fw-la &_o rebel_n nostri_fw-la totiens_fw-la temporibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la pacem_fw-la regni_fw-la turbarunt_fw-la &_o rebellionem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o maliciam_fw-la jam_fw-la resumptam_fw-la continuare_fw-la non_fw-la desinunt_fw-la animo_fw-la indurato_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la negotium_fw-la quod_fw-la incepimus_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la communitatis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ad_fw-la praesens_fw-la proponimus_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la &_o tocius_fw-la regni_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o tranquillitatem_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la domino_fw-la concedente_fw-la finaliter_fw-la terminare_fw-la commodius_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o decentius_fw-la esse_fw-la perpendimus_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o incolae_fw-la terrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsius_fw-la maliciam_fw-la totaliter_fw-la destruendam_fw-la pro_fw-la communi_fw-la utilitate_fw-la laboribus_fw-la &_o expensis_fw-la fatigemur_fw-la hâc_fw-la vice_fw-la licet_fw-la onus_fw-la difficile_fw-la videatur_fw-la quà m_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la turbatione_fw-la per_fw-la wallenses_n ipsos_fw-la nunc_fw-la habitâ_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la suâ_fw-la futuris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la cruciari_fw-la pröut_fw-la tempore_fw-la nostro_fw-la &_o progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la contigit_fw-la manifestè_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la rogantes_fw-la quatenùs_fw-la suffrageneos_fw-la vestros_fw-la &_o abbate_n priores_fw-la ac_fw-la alios_fw-la singulos_fw-la domibus_fw-la religiosis_fw-la praefectos_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la &_o procuratores_fw-la decanorum_n &_o capitulorum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la collegiatarum_fw-la vestrae_fw-la &_o suffraganeorum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la diocesium_fw-la venire_fw-la faciatis_fw-la corà m_fw-la nobis_fw-la apud_fw-la northampton_n in_o octabis_n s_n ti_fw-mi hilarii_n vel_fw-la corà m_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la duximus_fw-la deputandos_fw-la &_o vos_fw-fr iisdem_fw-la die_n &_o loco_fw-la intersitis_fw-la ad_fw-la audiendum_fw-la &_o faciendum_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la republicâ_fw-la vobis_fw-la &_o eïs_fw-la super_fw-la hiis_fw-la ostendi_fw-la faciemus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la praestandum_fw-la nobis_fw-la consilium_fw-la &_o juvamen_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cùm_fw-la vestrâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la aliorum_fw-la intersit_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la negotium_fw-la jam_fw-la incaeptum_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o magnificentiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la sanè_fw-la ac_fw-la tocius_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o tranquillitatem_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la valeamus_fw-la hâc_fw-la vice_fw-la ut_fw-la intendimus_fw-la feliciter_fw-la consummare_fw-la t._n meïpso_fw-la apud_fw-la rothelan_n nou._n 22._o regni_fw-la 11._o rot._n walliae_fw-la 11_o e._n i._o m._n 4._o dor_n see_v pryn_n t._n 3._o eccl._n jurisd_v p._n 301._o viii_o 222._o see_v p._n 222._o rex_fw-la venerabilibus_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patribus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la prioribus_fw-la capitulis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la cathedralium_n &_o collegiatarum_fw-la de_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la eborum_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la ac_fw-la toti_fw-la communitati_fw-la cleri_fw-la provinciae_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la militibus_fw-la liberis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la communitatibus_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la ultrà _fw-la trentam_fw-la apud_fw-la eborum_fw-la in_o instantibus_fw-la octabis_n s_n ti_fw-mi hilarii_n conventuris_fw-la sal._n cum_fw-la nos_fw-la occasione_n praesentis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la expedicionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la walliae_fw-la ad_fw-la maliciam_fw-la &_o rebellionem_fw-la wallensium_n inimicorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la reprimendam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la pacem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la faciendam_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n intendimus_fw-la subsidio_fw-la fidelium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la opus_fw-la habeamus_fw-la ad_fw-la praesens_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la benevolentiâ_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la patris_fw-la w._n eborum_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la angliae_fw-la primatis_fw-la &_o the_o circumspectione_n dilecti_fw-la clerici_fw-la &_o secretarii_fw-la nostri_fw-la antonius_fw-la beke_n archidiaconi_n dunelmensis_n fiduciam_fw-la gerentes_fw-la specialem_fw-la eïsdem_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o antonio_n tenore_fw-la praesentium_fw-la plenam_fw-la damus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la petendi_fw-la &_o procurandi_fw-la nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la juxtà _fw-la formam_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la eye_n inde_fw-la traditam_fw-la &_o injunctam_fw-la subsidium_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la nostrum_fw-la à _fw-la fidelibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la singulorum_fw-la episcopatuum_fw-la &_o comitatuum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la ultrà _fw-la trentam_fw-la et_fw-la ideò_fw-la vobis_fw-la