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or_o wrinkle_n be_v make_v deform_a and_o ill-favoured_a as_o say_v esaias_n the_o faithful_a city_n be_v become_v a_o harlot_n chap._n 1._o ver_fw-la 21._o she_o have_v play_v the_o whore_n with_o many_o lover_n jer._n 3.1_o whereby_o she_o have_v conceive_v many_o seed_n of_o wickedness_n and_o daily_o bring_v forth_o very_o foul_a fruit_n wherefore_o i_o come_v hither_o to_o day_n father_n to_o warn_v you_o that_o in_o this_o your_o council_n you_o bestow_v your_o whole_a thought_n upon_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n but_o indeed_o i_o come_v not_o willing_o be_v sufficient_o conscious_a of_o my_o own_o unworthiness_n and_o foresee_v how_o hard_o it_o will_v be_v to_o please_v the_o precise_a judgement_n of_o so_o many_o man_n i_o esteem_v it_o very_o unmeet_a almost_o too_o malapert_a that_o i_o a_o servant_n shall_v counsel_v my_o lord_n that_o i_o a_o son_n shall_v teach_v you_o my_o father_n true_o this_o have_v be_v
or_o whosoever_o they_o be_v with_o who_o approbation_n the_o mark_n and_o recognizante_n of_o all_o learning_n be_v bestow_v will_v think_v the_o apostle_n caution_n against_o unadvised_a ordination_n not_o impertinent_a or_o unnecessary_a to_o be_v bear_v in_o mind_n even_o when_o they_o grant_v those_o degree_n of_o school_n which_o degree_n be_v not_o gratiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d datae_fw-la kindness_n bestow_v by_o way_n of_o humanity_n but_o they_o be_v gratiae_fw-la gratum_fw-la facientes_fw-la favour_n which_o always_o imply_v a_o testimony_n give_v to_o the_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n concern_v man_n sufficiency_n for_o manner_n and_o knowledge_n a_o testimony_n upon_o the_o credit_n whereof_o sundry_a statute_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v build_v a_o testimony_n so_o far_o available_a that_o nothing_o be_v more_o respect_v for_o the_o warrant_n of_o divers_a man_n ability_n to_o serve_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o realm_n a_o testimony_n wherein_o if_o they_o violate_v that_o religion_n wherewith_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v always_o give_v and_o do_v thereby_o induce_v into_o error_n such_o as_o deem_v it_o a_o thing_n uncivil_a to_o call_v the_o credit_n thereof_o in_o question_n let_v they_o look_v that_o god_n shall_v return_v back_o upon_o their_o head_n and_o cause_v they_o in_o the_o state_n of_o their_o own_o corporation_n to_o feel_v either_o one_o way_n or_o other_o the_o punishment_n of_o those_o harm_n which_o the_o church_n through_o their_o negligence_n do_v sustain_v in_o that_o behalf_n e_o simony_n also_o to_o avoid_v the_o detestable_a sin_n of_o simony_n because_o buy_v and_o sell_v of_o benefice_n be_v execrable_a before_o god_n therefore_o all_o such_o person_n as_o buy_v any_o benefice_n or_o come_v to_o they_o by_o fraud_n or_o deceit_n shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o such_o benefice_n and_o be_v make_v unable_a at_o any_o time_n after_o to_o receive_v any_o other_o spiritual_a promotion_n and_o such_o as_o do_v sell_v they_o or_o by_o any_o colour_n do_v bestow_v they_o for_o their_o own_o gain_n and_o profit_n shall_v loose_v their_o right_n and_o title_n of_o patronage_n and_o presentment_n for_o that_o time_n and_o the_o gift_n thereof_o for_o that_o vacation_n shall_v appertain_v to_o the_o queen_n majesty_n q._n eliz._n injunct_a 9_o vide_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr patronis_fw-la and_o whoever_o 〈◊〉_d admit_v institute_v or_o install_v into_o any_o ecclefiastical_a dignity_n or_o benefice_n aught_o to_o take_v a_o solemn_a oath_n before_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n etc._n etc._n prescribe_v by_o the_o canon_n in_o these_o word_n i_o n._n n._n do_v swear_v that_o i_o have_v make_v no_o simoniacal_a payment_n contract_n or_o promise_n direct_o or_o indirect_o by_o myself_o or_o by_o any_o other_o to_o my_o knowledge_n or_o with_o my_o consent_n to_o any_o person_n or_o person_n whatsoever_o for_o or_o concern_v the_o procure_n and_o obtain_v of_o this_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n name_v it_o nor_o will_v at_o any_o time_n hereafter_o perform_v or_o satisfy_v any_o such_o kind_n of_o payment_n contract_n or_o promise_v make_v by_o any_o other_o without_o my_o knowledge_n or_o consent_n so_o help_v i_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ._n constitutiones_fw-la jacobi_n 41._o f_o residence_n of_o curate_n solerter_fw-la cavendum_fw-la est_fw-la nè_fw-la talibus_fw-la cura_fw-la gregis_fw-la dominici_n committatur_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la negligunt_fw-la aut_fw-la ignorant_a custodiae_fw-la sibi_fw-la commissae_fw-la ut_fw-la decet_fw-la intendere_fw-la vigilanter_fw-la statuimus_fw-la itaque_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la vicariam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d admittat_fw-la nisi_fw-la velit_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la ei_fw-la vicaria_fw-la conceditur_fw-la personaliter_fw-la ministrare_fw-la ac_fw-la talis_fw-la existat_fw-la qui_fw-la infra_fw-la breve_fw-la tempus_fw-la valeat_fw-la in_o presbyterum_fw-la ordinari_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la admissus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la &_o noluerit_fw-la in_o presbyterum_fw-la ordinari_fw-la vicariae_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spolietur_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la inhonestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la propter_fw-la minores_fw-la redditus_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la maneant_fw-la desolatae_fw-la praesenti_fw-la decreto_fw-la statuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o redditibus_fw-la ultra_fw-la quinque_fw-la marcha_v non_fw-la habent_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la talibus_fw-la personis_fw-la conferantur_fw-la quae_fw-la resideant_fw-la in_o eisdem_fw-la &_o in_fw-la propria_fw-la persona_fw-la ministrent_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr tale_n admissi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la qui_fw-la residere_fw-la noluerint_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ministrare_fw-la cùm_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d panis_fw-la dominicus_n sit_fw-la largiendus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la praemissâ_fw-la admonitione_n debitâ_fw-la per_fw-la diocesanum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la spolientur_fw-la council_n oxon._n 1_o o._n linwood_n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la non_fw-la residen_n c._n cùm_fw-la hostess_fw-la absentia_fw-la pastoris_fw-la à _fw-la dominico_n grege_fw-la &_o secura_fw-la illa_fw-la negligentia_fw-la quam_fw-la videmus_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la &_o destitutio_fw-la ministerii_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la &_o in_fw-la se_fw-la foeda_fw-la &_o odiosa_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d &_o perniciosa_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la canon_n eliz._n anno_o 1571._o hooker_n 〈◊〉_d policy_n lib._n 5._o §_o 81._o begin_v thus_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o of_o all_o thing_n hitherto_o mention_v the_o great_a be_v that_o threefold_a blot_n or_o blemish_n of_o notable_a ignorance_n unconscionable_a absence_n from_o the_o cure_n whereof_o man_n have_v take_v charge_n and_o unsatiable_a hunt_n after_o spiritual_a preferment_n without_o either_o care_n or_o conscience_n of_o the_o public_a good_a against_o these_o no_o man_n be_v so_o raw_a and_o dull_a but_o that_o the_o volume_n which_o have_v be_v write_v both_o of_o old_a and_o late_a may_v make_v he_o in_o so_o plentiful_a a_o cause_n eloquent_a p._n 445._o as_o it_o fare_v in_o such_o case_n the_o gap_n which_o for_o just_a consideration_n we_o open_v to_o some_o let_v in_o other_o through_o corrupt_a practice_n to_o who_o such_o favour_n be_v never_o mean_v nor_o shall_v be_v communicate_v and_o have_v propound_v several_a expedient_n for_o reformation_n p._n 451_o 452._o he_o conclude_v the_o book_n with_o desire_v that_o a_o voluntary_a reformation_n hereof_o be_v make_v on_o all_o side_n of_o that_o which_o may_v give_v passage_n unto_o any_o abuse_n g_o merchandise_n constitutio_fw-la othoboni_n p._n 73._o b._n quòd_fw-la religiosi_fw-la non_fw-la ement_fw-la vel_fw-la vendent_fw-la arctiùs_fw-la inhibemus_fw-la nè_fw-la monachi_fw-la moniale_n aut_fw-la religiosi_fw-la quilibet_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la religionis_fw-la existunt_fw-la mercationes_fw-la quae_fw-la in_fw-la emendo_fw-la vel_fw-la vendendo_fw-la consistunt_fw-la in_fw-la mundanis_fw-la mercatis_fw-la vel_fw-la alias_o aùdeant_n in_o quibusdam_fw-la rebus_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la exercere_fw-la alioquin_fw-la ab_fw-la officio_fw-la sint_fw-la suspensi_fw-la quae_fw-la suspensio_fw-la per_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quousque_fw-la satisfecerint_fw-la de_fw-la praemissis_fw-la saxonicus_n canon_n 〈◊〉_d in_o spelmanno_n p._n 579._o §_o 30._o ne_fw-fr beo_fw-la etc._n etc._n presbyter_n nec_fw-la sit_fw-la mercator_fw-la nec_fw-la mercaturae_fw-la cupidus_fw-la nec_fw-la omisso_fw-la theologiae_n study_v se_fw-la ad_fw-la mundanas_fw-la conferat_fw-la sermocinationes_fw-la nec_fw-la arma_fw-la ferat_fw-la nec_fw-la light_n agate_n nec_fw-la in_o oenopoliis_fw-la bibat_fw-la more_fw-it secularium_fw-la h_o usurer_n usurarios_fw-la prohibet_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la confessarius_fw-la nè_fw-la remaneret_fw-la aliquis_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la leges_fw-la eccles._n 〈◊〉_d edw._n in_o spelman_n p._n 623._o §_o 23_o &_o p._n 299._o §_o 17._o i_o hunter_n venationes_fw-la &_o silvaticas_fw-la vagationes_fw-la cum_fw-la canibus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o falcones_fw-la habeant_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la spelman_n p._n 238._o §_o 4._o de_fw-fr clerico_fw-la venatore_fw-la statuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la clericus_fw-la etc._n etc._n linwood_n p._n 232._o si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la venationes_fw-la exercuerit_fw-la unum_fw-la annum_fw-la poeniteat_fw-la cum_fw-la pane_fw-la &_o aqua_fw-la diaconus_fw-la dvos_fw-la presbyter_n tres_fw-fr theodori_n canon_n paenit_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr venatione_fw-la k_o gammer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d siquis_fw-la clericus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ludat_fw-la deponatur_fw-la si_fw-la laicus_fw-la segregetur_fw-la council_n constantinopol_n in_o trullo_n can_v 50._o ecclesiastical_a person_n shall_v in_o no_o wise_a at_o any_o unlawful_a time_n nor_o for_o any_o other_o cause_n then_o for_o their_o honest_a necessity_n haunt_v or_o resort_v to_o any_o tavern_n or_o alehouse_n and_o after_o their_o meat_n they_o shall_v not_o give_v themselves_o to_o drink_v or_o riot_n spend_v their_o time_n idle_o by_o day_n or_o by_o night_n at_o dice_n card_n or_o tables-playing_a or_o any_o unlawful_a game_n but_o at_o all_o time_n as_o they_o shall_v have_v leisure_n they_o shall_v hear_v or_o read_v somewhat_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n or_o shall_v occupy_v themselves_o with_o some_o other_o honest_a study_n or_o exercise_v and_o that_o they_o always_o do_v the_o thing_n which_o appertain_v to_o honesty_n and_o endeavour_v to_o profit_v the_o commonwealth_n have_v always_o in_o mind_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o excel_v all_o other_o in_o purity_n of_o life_n and_o shall_v be_v example_n to_o