the_o code_n the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o code_n treat_v of_o religion_n and_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n thereto_o belong_v whereof_o i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o special_a tractate_n in_o the_o digest_v save_v that_o it_o devide_v the_o public_a right_n into_o that_o which_o concern_v the_o church_n and_o churchman_n and_o the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n prosecute_a the_o late_a branch_n thereof_o only_o and_o omit_v the_o first_o because_o out_o of_o that_o heathenish_a religion_n which_o be_v use_v in_o those_o ancient_a lawyer_n day_n and_o those_o superstitious_a rite_n whereof_o their_o book_n be_v full_a nothing_o can_v be_v take_v that_o may_v serve_v for_o our_o religion_n whereupon_o he_o institute_v a_o new_a discourse_n thereof_o in_o the_o code_n begin_v first_o with_o the_o bless_a trinity_n one_o in_o essence_n and_o three_o in_o person_n wherein_o he_o set_v down_o a_o brief_a sum_n of_o our_o christian_a faith_n agreeable_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n and_o the_o four_o first_o general_a counsel_n the_o nicene_n constantinopolitan_n ephesine_n &_o chalcedon_n forbid_v any_o man_n public_o to_o dispute_v or_o strive_v thereabouts_o take_v occasion_n upon_o the_o nestorian_a heresy_n which_o not_o long_o before_o have_v spring_v up_o and_o have_v mighty_o infect_v the_o church_n which_o justinian_n by_o this_o confession_n of_o faith_n so_o publish_v to_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o a_o penal_a edict_n join_v thereunto_o hope_v to_o repress_v after_o he_o have_v set_v down_o a_o full_a and_o sound_a confession_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n conformable_a to_o the_o primitive_a church_n next_o he_o add_v a_o title_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n itself_o and_o of_o her_o privilege_n which_o either_o concern_v ecclesiastical_a man_n person_n themselves_o or_o their_o state_n and_o substance_n or_o the_o action_n one_o ecclesiastical_a man_n have_v against_o a_o other_o or_o with_o or_o against_o lie_v person_n where_o also_o he_o prosecute_v the_o degree_n of_o priest_n or_o minister_n their_o office_n order_n and_o how_o the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v come_v by_o that_o be_v without_o bribe_n or_o simony_n or_o other_o worldly_a respect_n save_v the_o worth_n of_o the_o person_n only_o and_o the_o right_n of_o holy_a place_n priest_n in_o the_o law_n be_v call_v from_o the_o latin_a sacerdotes_fw-la either_o because_o their_o office_n be_v deo_n saera_n dare_v to_o sacrifice_v to_o god_n or_o else_o because_o they_o be_v consecrate_v and_o as_o it_o be_v sever_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o people_n and_o give_v up_o to_o god_n they_o be_v also_o call_v elder_n answerable_a to_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o for_o that_o they_o be_v so_o in_o age_n 9_o age_n in_o authent_n de_fw-fr sanct_a episcop_n §_o presbyterum_fw-la collat._n 9_o the_o law_n have_v provide_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v promote_v to_o the_o dignity_n of_o a_o priest_n till_o he_o be_v 35_o year_n old_a or_o else_o because_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v such_o in_o manner_n and_o careful_a carriage_n of_o themselves_o among_o priest_n or_o minister_n bishop_n have_v the_o first_o place_n who_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d overseer_n and_o superintendent_o of_o the_o rest_n so_o call_v of_o their_o watchfulness_n care_n labour_n and_o faithfulness_n in_o teach_v the_o people_n and_o do_v other_o duty_n which_o they_o owe_v unto_o the_o church_n the_o low_a degree_n of_o man_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n be_v the_o clerk_n as_o the_o word_n clericus_fw-la be_v restrain_v to_o a_o narrow_a acception_n for_o in_o the_o general_a it_o be_v most_o proper_o apply_v to_o all_o degree_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o be_v a_o term_n contradistinct_a to_o the_o laity_n and_o they_o be_v call_v clergy_n from_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la de_fw-fr sort_n domini_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la dominus_fw-la sor_n est_fw-la &_o part_n clericornm_n either_o because_o god_n be_v their_o portion_n and_o lot_n or_o because_o they_o be_v he_o as_o papias_n have_v observe_v to_o bishop_n priest_n and_o other_o of_o that_o rank_n do_v appertain_v the_o care_n of_o hospital_n whereof_o some_o be_v for_o orphan_n some_o for_o infant_n some_o for_o impotent_a and_o disease_a person_n some_o for_o poor_a people_n some_o for_o stranger_n and_o other_o like_a miserable_a person_n and_o therefore_o together_o with_o the_o title_n of_o bishop_n and_o clerk_n be_v join_v the_o title_n of_o hospital_n or_o almshouse_n in_o place_n next_o after_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o come_v their_o power_n and_o audience_n for_o albeit_o the_o chief_a office_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v to_o instruct_v the_o people_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o word_n and_o in_o good_a example_n of_o life_n yet_o forasmuch_o as_o all_o will_v not_o be_v obedient_a unto_o the_o word_n neither_o bring_v by_o the_o persuasion_n thereof_o to_o good_a nurture_n and_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o order_n and_o the_o eminency_n of_o the_o degree_n wherein_o the_o bishop_n be_v place_v be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o keep_v the_o people_n in_o obedience_n without_o some_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o because_o the_o church_n itself_o be_v the_o mother_n and_o maintainer_n of_o justice_n therefore_o there_o be_v by_o the_o emperor_n himself_o and_o his_o predecessor_n as_o many_o as_o profess_a christianity_n certain_a peculiar_a jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a assign_v to_o the_o bishop_n more_o worthy_a than_o the_o civil_a over_o person_n and_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o touch_v the_o soul_n and_o conscience_n or_o do_v appertein_a to_o any_o charitable_a or_o godly_a use_n and_o over_o the_o laity_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o either_o the_o laity_n themselves_o have_v be_v content_a to_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o their_o government_n that_o be_v so_o far_o as_o either_o it_o concern_v their_o soul_n health_n or_o the_o outward_a government_n of_o the_o church_n in_o thing_n decent_a or_o comely_a or_o that_o it_o concern_v poor_a and_o miserable_a person_n such_o as_o widow_n orphan_n captive_n and_o such_o other_o like_o helpless_a people_n be_v or_o where_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n can_v be_v come_v by_o or_o do_v voluntary_o delay_v judgement_n in_o all_o which_o ancient_o a_o bishop_n be_v to_o perform_v double_a faith_n and_o sanctity_n first_o of_o a_o uncorrupt_a judge_n and_o then_o of_o a_o holy_a bishop_n but_o in_o many_o of_o these_o matter_n in_o these_o day_n the_o laity_n will_v not_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v control_v and_o therefore_o have_v take_v away_o most_o of_o these_o deal_n from_o they_o yea_o even_o in_o charitable_a cause_n immediate_o follow_v a_o title_n of_o heretic_n manichee_n samaritan_n anabaptist_n apostate_n abuser_n of_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n jew_n and_o worshipper_n of_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n pagan_n and_o of_o their_o temple_n and_o sacrifice_n who_o the_o bishop_n be_v not_o only_o to_o confute_v by_o learning_n but_o also_o to_o suppress_v by_o authority_n for_o he_o have_v not_o the_o spiritual_a sword_n in_o vain_a the_o heretic_n jew_n and_o pagan_n shall_v not_o have_v christian_a man_n and_o woman_n to_o be_v their_o servant_n that_o such_o as_o fly_v to_o the_o church_n for_o sanctuary_n or_o claim_v the_o aid_n thereof_o shall_v not_o be_v draw_v from_o thence_o unless_o the_o offence_n be_v heinous_a and_o do_v of_o a_o pretence_a and_o purpose_a malice_n in_o which_o case_n no_o immunity_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v they_o but_o wicked_a people_n be_v to_o be_v punish_v according_a to_o their_o desert_n agreeable_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n itself_o which_o will_v not_o have_v his_o altar_n to_o be_v a_o refuge_n unto_o the_o wicked_a and_o so_o far_o of_o that_o part_n of_o public_a right_n which_o appertain_v to_o the_o priest_n or_o minister_n and_o their_o function_n which_o be_v omit_v in_o the_o digest_v but_o prosecute_v in_o the_o code_n now_o it_o follow_v that_o with_o like_a brevity_n i_o run_v over_o the_o three_o last_o book_n of_o the_o code_n which_o themselves_o be_v rather_o shadow_v in_o the_o digest_v in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o exchequer_n than_o in_o any_o just_a proportion_n handle_v sect_n 3._o the_o argument_n of_o the_o 10._o book_n of_o the_o code_n the_o first_o therefore_o of_o they_o set_v out_o what_o be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o exchequer_n and_o in_o what_o thing_n it_o stand_v as_o in_o good_n exchete_v because_o there_o be_v no_o heir_n unto_o they_o or_o that_o they_o be_v forfeit_v by_o any_o offence_n worthy_a death_n or_o otherwise_o how_o such_o as_o be_v in_o debt_n to_o the_o exchequer_n and_o their_o surety_n be_v to_o be_v sue_v of_o the_o right_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o exchequer_n sell_v by_o outcry_n where_o he_o that_o offer_v most_o
if_o the_o usage_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o payment_n itself_o have_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n for_o in_o vain_a shall_v a_o man_n sue_v for_o that_o the_o law_n allow_v he_o no_o course_n to_o come_v by_o if_o it_o be_v deny_v in_o the_o speciall_a legata_fw-la l._n final_n ff_n de_fw-fr officio_fw-la ejus_fw-la cut_n mandata_fw-la est_fw-la turisd_v &_o l._n 3._o ff_n de_fw-fr penu_fw-fr legata_fw-la point_n belong_v to_o that_o suit_n for_o this_o be_v undoubted_a law_n where_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n grant_v there_o be_v in_o like_a manner_n grant_v all_o those_o thing_n without_o which_o that_o authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n can_v be_v perfect_v or_o perform_v sect_n 3._o that_o custom_n of_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v triable_a only_o at_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v without_o question_n as_o tithe_n by_o the_o say_a statute_n be_v only_o recoverable_a by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o not_o elsewhere_o so_o also_o the_o custom_n whereby_o they_o be_v pay_v be_v only_o triable_a at_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n otherwise_o this_o inconvenience_n will_v follow_v thereupon_o which_o in_o all_o other_o law_n beside_o this_o of_o we_o be_v a_o great_a absurdity_n iudicijs_fw-la bartol_n l._n nulli_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr iudicijs_fw-la glos._n c._n significaverunt_fw-la de_fw-la iudicijs_fw-la that_o the_o connexitie_n of_o the_o cause_n which_o the_o civilian_n call_v continentiam_fw-la causarum_fw-la will_v be_v dismember_v and_o disjoin_v which_o by_o all_o good_a policy_n together_o with_o all_o her_o part_n emergent_a or_o annex_v aught_o to_o be_v handle_v discuss_v and_o determine_v before_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o judge_n one_o i_o mean_v not_o in_o number_n but_o one_o in_o profession_n for_o otherwise_o i_o shall_v by_o this_o assertion_n bar_n appeal_v which_o be_v not_o my_o intent_n which_o course_n if_o it_o be_v hold_v here_o in_o england_n cause_n shall_v not_o be_v draw_v piecemeal_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o medea_n tear_v her_o brother_n limme-meale_n and_o one_o part_n of_o it_o carry_v to_o this_o murena_n cicero_n pro_fw-la murena_n court_n another_z to_z that_o like_v unto_o the_o rend_a limb_n of_o the_o child_n that_o be_v cast_v here_o and_o there_o by_o medea_n thereby_o to_o hinder_v her_o father_n from_o pursue_v she_o but_o all_o shall_v be_v end_v in_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o court_n which_o will_v be_v a_o great_a ease_n to_o the_o subject_n who_o now_o to_o his_o intolerable_a vexation_n and_o excessive_a charge_n be_v compel_v to_o run_v from_o court_n to_o court_n and_o to_o gather_v up_o as_o it_o be_v one_o limb_n of_o his_o cause_n here_o and_o another_o there_o and_o yet_o happy_o in_o the_o end_n can_v make_v a_o whole_a and_o perfect_a body_n of_o it_o beside_o it_o be_v a_o mighty_a disorder_n in_o a_o commonwealth_n thus_o to_o jumble_v one_o jurisdiction_n with_o another_o &_o the_o very_a confusion_n as_o well_o of_o the_o one_o law_n as_o the_o other_o for_o as_o kingdom_n be_v preserve_v by_o know_v their_o bound_n and_o keep_v their_o limit_n so_o also_o jurisdiction_n be_v maintain_v and_o uphold_v by_o contain_v themselves_o within_o the_o list_n or_o bank_n of_o their_o authority_n further_o unless_o they_o will_v grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a custom_n as_o there_o be_v a_o secular_a custom_n and_o that_o the_o one_o be_v as_o well_o to_o be_v try_v in_o the_o one_o court_n as_o the_o other_o be_v in_o the_o other_o they_o will_v make_v their_o own_o doctrine_n in_o the_o before_o rehearse_v prohibition_n void_a where_o they_o will_v have_v it_o certain_a that_o there_o be_v a_o secular_a custom_n &_o if_o there_o be_v a_o secular_a custom_n then_o doubtless_o there_o be_v also_o a_o ecclesiastical_a or_o spiritual_a custom_n for_o the_o word_n secular_a be_v not_o put_v in_o that_o catholica_fw-la glow_n 〈…〉_o clem._n unica_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la aternaliter_fw-la de_fw-la summa_fw-la tâ—â—nit_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la catholica_fw-la place_n absolute_o but_o relative_o and_o the_o nature_n of_o relative_n be_v one_o to_o put_v another_o and_o one_o to_o remove_v another_o but_o in_o the_o secular_a custom_n they_o bar_v the_o civilian_n therefore_o they_o grant_v he_o the_o spiritual_a for_o of_o contrary_a thing_n there_o be_v contrary_a reason_n and_o contrary_a effect_n and_o what_o that_o which_o be_v propose_v do_v work_n in_o that_o which_o be_v propound_v angel_n l._n fin._n §._o plus_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-fr legatis_fw-la 3._o &_o â—bâ—_n angel_n the_o same_o again_o that_o which_o be_v oppose_v do_v work_n in_o that_o which_o be_v oppone_v by_o which_o rule_n as_o temporal_a lawyer_n be_v to_o deal_v in_o temporal_a custom_n and_o spiritual_a man_n be_v not_o to_o intermeddle_v therein_o so_o also_o ecclesiastical_a lawyer_n be_v to_o deal_v in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n and_o temporal_a lawyer_n be_v not_o to_o busy_v themselves_o thereabouts_o and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o intent_n of_o the_o king_n when_o he_o first_o receive_v the_o church_n into_o his_o protection_n with_o all_o the_o privilege_n thereof_o may_v appear_v hereby_o that_o have_v unite_v both_o the_o jurisdiction_n in_o his_o own_o person_n he_o do_v not_o jumble_v they_o both_o together_o as_o now_o they_o be_v but_o keep_v they_o distinct_a one_o from_o the_o other_o not_o only_o in_o authorise_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n that_o be_v before_o but_o also_o in_o use_v the_o very_a word_n and_o phrase_n that_o the_o jurisdictionary_n ecclesiastical_a do_v use_v every_o where_n in_o their_o writing_n even_o these_o word_n whereupon_o man_n now_o take_v hold_v to_o frame_v prohibition_n viz._n according_a to_o the_o laudable_a custom_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o parish_n and_o place_n where_o such_o tithe_n grow_v which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o innocent_a the_o three_o in_o the_o decretal_n upon_o the_o title_n of_o tithe_n long_o before_o these_o statute_n be_v make_v or_o any_o other_o statute_n concern_v the_o true_a payment_n of_o tithe_n and_o linwod_n in_o the_o same_o title_n of_o tithe_n often_o use_v the_o very_a self_n same_o word_n and_o phrase_n that_o the_o other_o do_v so_o that_o if_o these_o word_n make_v no_o prohibition_n before_o the_o statute_n as_o i_o think_v it_o can_v well_o be_v show_v to_o the_o contrary_a neither_o ought_v they_o to_o do_v it_o now_o since_o the_o statute_n for_o that_o they_o be_v speak_v still_o in_o the_o church_n business_n and_o not_o in_o a_o temporal_a matter_n who_o government_n although_o it_o be_v under_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o prince_n that_o the_o temporal_a state_n be_v yet_o be_v it_o distinct_a from_o the_o same_o as_o ever_o it_o have_v be_v since_o there_o have_v be_v any_o settle_a form_n of_o church-government_n in_o any_o 5._o 1_o cor._n 5._o commonwealth_n as_o may_v appear_v both_o by_o the_o example_n of_o s._n paul_n which_o never_o go_v to_o any_o temporal_a power_n to_o punish_v the_o incestuous_a person_n although_o there_o be_v sundry_a law_n then_o both_o in_o greek_a and_o latin_a write_v of_o these_o matter_n but_o do_v it_o by_o the_o spiritual_a sword_n alone_o and_o also_o by_o that_o that_o in_o matter_n of_o jar_n for_o worldly_a cause_n between_o brother_n and_o brother_n he_o forbid_v such_o as_o be_v new_a christian_n to_o go_v to_o 6._o 1_o cor._n 6._o law_n before_o infidel_n but_o advise_v they_o rather_o to_o appoint_v judge_n among_o themselves_o to_o decide_v such_o controversy_n which_o albeit_o in_o those_o day_n be_v mean_v as_o well_o of_o lay_v christian_n as_o of_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o that_o the_o number_n of_o they_o then_o be_v small_a and_o the_o cause_n of_o suit_n they_o have_v one_o against_o a_o other_o be_v not_o many_o and_o may_v easy_o be_v end_v by_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o consistory_n yet_o when_o the_o number_n of_o the_o christian_n increase_v and_o the_o church_n get_v some_o rest_n from_o persecution_n the_o jurisdiction_n be_v again_o divide_v and_o as_o there_o be_v secular_a court_n appoint_v by_o prince_n wherein_o temporal_a man_n cause_n and_o lay_v business_n be_v hear_v so_o there_o be_v also_o by_o the_o same_o authority_n erect_v ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o bishop_n audience_n wherein_o either_o ecclesiastical_a man_n cause_n alone_o or_o such_o as_o they_o have_v against_o â—ertia_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr episcopali_fw-la audienta_fw-la â—ertia_fw-la lay_v man_n or_o lay_v man_n against_o they_o be_v treat_v of_o and_o determine_v so_o that_o this_o be_v no_o new_a devise_n of_o henry_n the_o eigth_n or_o edward_n his_o son_n that_o when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o supremacy_n over_o the_o church_n as_o they_o have_v before_o over_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o do_v not_o mishmash_v both_o the_o state_n together_o and_o make_v one_o confuse_v heap_n
we_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v that_o i_o find_v glanvill_n angliae_fw-la glanvill_n lib._n 12._o cap._n 15_o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la who_o himself_o live_v under_o henry_n the_o second_o and_o be_v lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n in_o his_o day_n sort_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n the_o plea_n of_o tenement_n where_o the_o suit_n be_v between_o two_o clerk_n or_o between_o a_o clerk_n and_o a_o lay_v man_n and_o the_o plea_n be_v de_fw-fr libera_fw-la eleemosina_fw-la feodi_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la &_o non_fw-la petitur_fw-la inde_fw-la recognitio_fw-la whether_o the_o frank_a fee_n be_v lay_v or_o ecclesiastical_a where_o also_o be_v far_o add_v that_o if_o it_o be_v find_v 25._o idem_fw-la lib._n 13._o cap._n 25._o by_o the_o verdict_n of_o legal_a and_o sufficient_a man_n that_o it_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a fee_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v after_o draw_v to_o lay_v fee_n no_o though_o it_o be_v hold_v of_o the_o church_n by_o service_n thereunto_o due_a and_o accustom_a second_o whereas_o land_n be_v demand_v in_o 18._o idem_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 18._o marriage_n by_o the_o husband_n or_o the_o wife_n or_o their_o heir_n and_o the_o demand_n be_v against_o the_o giver_n or_o his_o heir_n than_o it_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o demander_n whether_o he_o will_v sue_v for_o the_o same_o in_o the_o court_n christian_n or_o in_o the_o secular_a court_n for_o say_v he_o it_o pertain_v unto_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n to_o hold_v plea_n of_o dowry_n which_o he_o call_v maritagia_n if_o so_o be_v the_o plaintiff_n so_o make_v choice_n of_o those_o court_n for_o the_o mutual_a affiance_n that_o be_v there_o make_v between_o the_o man_n and_o the_o wife_n for_o marriage_n to_o be_v have_v between_o they_o and_o there_o be_v a_o dowry_n promise_v unto_o the_o man_n by_o the_o woman_n friend_n neither_o shall_v this_o plea_n be_v carry_v unto_o the_o temporal_a court_n no_o though_o the_o land_n be_v of_o lay_v fee_n so_o that_o it_o be_v certain_a the_o suit_n be_v for_o a_o dowry_n but_o if_o the_o suit_n be_v against_o a_o stranger_n it_o be_v otherwise_o again_o the_o king_n prohibition_n for_o bid_v the_o clergy_n the_o deal_n in_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v of_o lay_n fee_n forbid_v they_o 1._o anno_fw-la 24._o ed._n 1._o no_o one_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a fee_n and_o to_o show_v the_o prince_n meaning_n precise_o therein_o that_o it_o be_v not_o his_o intent_n by_o that_o prohibition_n to_o restrain_v the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n for_o proceed_v in_o matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a fee_n he_o set_v down_o in_o very_a term_n these_o word_n recognizance_n touch_v lay_v fee_n as_o though_o he_o will_v hereby_o signify_v to_o all_o man_n that_o he_o will_v not_o touch_v matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a fee_n which_o do_v then_o whole_o and_o proper_o appertain_v to_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o christian_a court_n as_o have_v be_v before_o vouch_v out_o of_o glanvill_n who_o for_o the_o place_n he_o then_o hold_v may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v know_v the_o law_n of_o england_n as_o than_o they_o stand_v and_o the_o right_a interpretation_n thereof_o as_o well_o as_o any_o man_n then_o or_o now_o live_v and_o yet_o because_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n of_o lay_n fee_n which_o the_o clergy_n than_o have_v cognisance_n of_o and_o as_o yet_o have_v in_o some_o measure_n as_o cause_n and_o matter_n of_o money_n chattel_n and_o debt_n rise_v out_o of_o testament_n or_o matrimony_n because_o he_o will_v have_v whatsoever_o belong_v to_o the_o clergy_n to_o be_v undoubted_a except_v they_o from_o those_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o dignity_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o christian_a court_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o affirmance_n of_o that_o which_o glanvill_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o ancient_a english_a lawyer_n bracton_n and_o britton_n say_v before_o add_v hereunto_o the_o provincial_a constitution_n aeterna_fw-la de_fw-la poenis_fw-la make_v in_o the_o day_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o which_o plain_o show_v that_o in_o those_o day_n all_o personal_a suit_n between_o either_o clerk_n &_o clerk_n or_o between_o layman_n complaynant_n &_o clerk_n defendant_n for_o ever_o the_o plaintiff_n must_v follow_v the_o court_n of_o the_o defendant_n which_o to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a man_n than_o be_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v try_v by_o the_o spiritual_a law_n &_o not_o by_o the_o temporal_a law_n which_o practice_n for_o that_o it_o do_v accord_n with_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o ancient_a lawyer_n that_o have_v be_v before_o cite_v and_o with_o the_o prohibition_n itself_o which_o there_o restrain_v only_o call_v of_o lay_v man_n to_o make_v recognizance_n of_o matter_n of_o lay_v see_v it_o may_v be_v a_o great_a argument_n that_o these_o thing_n be_v of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a right_n in_o those_o day_n from_o which_o i_o see_v not_o how_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v fall_v for_o i_o see_v neither_o law_n nor_o statute_n to_o the_o contrary_a unless_o perhaps_o they_o will_v say_v the_o statute_n of_o the_o 25._o of_o henry_n 8._o cap._n 19_o take_v the_o same_o away_o as_o be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o king_n prerogative_n royal_a and_o repugnant_a 19_o 25._o h._n 8._o cap._n 19_o to_o the_o law_n statute_n &_o custom_n of_o this_o realm_n which_o whether_o they_o be_v or_o be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o the_o stroke_n of_o that_o statute_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n of_o better_a experience_n in_o these_o matter_n than_o myself_o to_o judge_v but_o yet_o this_o i_o find_v by_o experience_n to_o be_v true_a that_o where_o there_o be_v two_o divers_a jurisdiction_n in_o one_o commonwealth_n unless_o they_o be_v careful_o bound_v by_o the_o prince_n &_o a_o equal_a respect_n carry_v to_o both_o of_o they_o so_o far_o as_o their_o place_n and_o the_o necessary_a use_n of_o they_o in_o the_o commonwealth_n require_v as_o the_o advancement_n of_o the_o one_o increase_v so_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o other_o decrease_v special_o if_o one_o have_v get_v the_o countenance_n of_o the_o state_n more_o than_o the_o other_o which_o be_v the_o only_a cause_n at_o this_o day_n of_o the_o overflow_a of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o ebb_a of_o the_o other_o but_o it_o be_v in_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n to_o redress_v it_o not_o by_o take_v any_o thing_n from_o that_o profession_n that_o be_v they_o but_o restore_v to_o this_o profession_n that_o which_o be_v their_o own_o but_o hereof_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect_n 5._o that_o some_o title_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n be_v grant_v to_o be_v of_o absolute_a use_n with_o we_o and_o that_o of_o some_o other_o there_o be_v question_v make_v for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o matter_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n some_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v absolute_o in_o use_n some_o other_o be_v challenge_v to_o be_v but_o in_o a_o certain_a measure_n in_o use_n in_o absolute_a use_n be_v those_o which_o never_o have_v any_o opposition_n against_o they_o which_o almost_o be_v those_o alone_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n degree_n or_o order_n for_o all_o thing_n which_o come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v either_o belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n degree_n or_o his_o jurisdiction_n to_o his_o degree_n or_o order_n belong_v the_o order_n of_o minister_n &_o deacon_n the_o confirmation_n of_o child_n the_o dedication_n of_o church_n and_o churchyard_n and_o such_o like_a none_o of_o which_o have_v be_v challenge_v at_o any_o time_n to_o belong_v to_o any_o other_o law_n the_o second_o sort_n be_v of_o they_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n which_o be_v partly_o voluntary_a partly_o litigious_a voluntary_a be_v when_o those_o with_o who_o the_o deal_n be_v stand_v not_o against_o it_o but_o litigious_a it_o be_v when_o it_o be_v oppugn_v by_o the_o one_o part_n or_o the_o other_o of_o this_o latter_a sort_n many_o thing_n in_o sundry_a age_n have_v be_v call_v in_o question_n but_o yet_o rescue_v and_o recover_v again_o by_o the_o wise_a and_o grave_a judge_n themselves_o who_o have_v find_v the_o challenge_n of_o they_o to_o be_v unjust_a but_o what_o do_v belong_v to_o either_o of_o they_o in_o private_a or_o what_o cause_n do_v appertain_v to_o the_o whole_a jurisdiction_n in_o general_a because_o they_o have_v be_v already_o particular_o set_v down_o by_o that_o famous_a man_n of_o worthy_a memory_n doctor_n cousin_n in_o his_o 2._o cousin_n in_o his_o apology_n part_v 1._o c._n 2._o learned_a apology_n for_o certain_a proceed_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n i_o will_v not_o make_v a_o new_a catalogue_n of_o they_o but_o send_v the_o reader_n for_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o unto_o his_o book_n but_o yet_o in_o my_o
passage_n will_v i_o note_v which_o of_o they_o have_v be_v most_o chief_o oppugn_v and_o as_o occasion_n shall_v fall_v out_o speak_v of_o they_o part_n iii_o chap._n i._n sect_n 1._o how_o the_o jurisdiction_n which_o be_v of_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n be_v impeach_v by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o this_o land_n and_o first_o of_o the_o impeachment_n thereof_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o praemunire_n facias_fw-la and_o thus_o much_o as_o concern_v those_o part_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n which_o be_v here_o in_o use_n with_o we_o now_o it_o follow_v to_o show_v whereby_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o jurisdiction_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o be_v of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n be_v defeat_v and_o impeach_v by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o this_o land_n which_o be_v the_o three_o part_n of_o this_o division_n the_o impeachment_n therefore_o be_v by_o one_o of_o these_o mean_n by_o praemunire_n by_o prohibition_n by_o injunction_n by_o supersedeas_fw-la by_o indicavit_fw-la or_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la but_o because_o the_o four_o last_o be_v nothing_o so_o frequent_a nor_o so_o harmful_a as_o the_o other_o and_o that_o this_o book_n will_v grow_v into_o a_o huge_a volume_n if_o i_o shall_v prosecute_v they_o all_o i_o will_v only_o treat_v of_o the_o two_o first_o and_o put_v over_o the_o rest_n unto_o some_o better_a opportunity_n a_o praemunire_n therefore_o be_v a_o write_v award_v out_o of_o the_o king_n praemunire_n what_o be_v a_o praemunire_n bench_n against_o one_o who_o have_v procure_v out_o any_o bull_n or_o like_o process_n of_o the_o pope_n from_o rome_n or_o elsewhere_o for_o any_o ecclesiastical_a place_n or_o preferment_n within_o this_o realm_n or_o do_v sue_v in_o any_o foreign_a ecclesiastical_a court_n to_o defeat_v or_o impeach_v any_o judgement_n give_v in_o the_o king_n court_n whereby_o the_o body_n of_o the_o offender_n be_v to_o be_v imprison_v during_o the_o king_n pleasure_n his_o good_n forfeit_v and_o his_o land_n seize_v into_o the_o king_n hand_n so_o long_o as_o the_o offender_n live_v this_o writ_n be_v much_o in_o use_n during_o the_o time_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n authority_n be_v in_o credit_n in_o this_o land_n and_o very_o necessary_a it_o be_v it_o shall_v be_v so_o for_o be_v then_o two_o like_o principal_a authority_n acknowledge_v within_o this_o land_n the_o spiritual_a in_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o temporal_a in_o the_o king_n the_o spiritual_a 3._o 25._o ed._n 2._o 27._o ed._n 3_o c._n 1._o 38_o ed._n 3._o c_o 1._o &_o 2._o 7._o rich._n 2._o c._n 12._o 13._o rich_a 2._o c._n 2._o 2._o h._n 4_o cap._n 3._o grow_v on_o so_o fast_o on_o the_o temporal_a that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v have_v not_o interpreter_n not_o nevertheless_o even_o out_o of_o these_o statute_n have_v our_o professor_n of_o the_o common_a law_n wrought_v many_o danger_n to_o the_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a threaten_v the_o punishment_n contain_v in_o the_o statute_n ann._n 27._o edw._n 3._o &_o 38._o ejusdem_fw-la almost_o to_o every_o thing_n that_o the_o court_n christian_n deal_v in_o pretend_v all_o thing_n deal_v with_o in_o those_o court_n to_o be_v the_o disherison_n of_o the_o crown_n from_o the_o which_o and_o none_o other_o fountain_n all_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n be_v now_o derive_v whereas_o in_o truth_n sir_n thomas_n smith_n say_v very_o right_o and_o charitable_o that_o the_o unite_n of_o the_o supremacy_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a in_o the_o king_n utter_o void_v the_o use_n of_o all_o those_o statute_n nam_fw-la cessante_fw-la ratione_fw-la cessat_fw-la lex_fw-la and_o whatsoever_o be_v now_o wrought_v or_o threaten_v against_o the_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a be_v but_o in_o emulation_n of_o one_o court_n to_o a_o other_o and_o by_o consequent_a a_o derogation_n of_o that_o authority_n from_o which_o all_o jurisdiction_n be_v now_o derive_v and_o the_o maintenance_n whereof_o be_v by_o those_o prince_n especial_o purpose_v d._n cowel_n in_o the_o interpreter_n these_o statute_n be_v provide_v to_o restrain_v the_o pope_n enterprise_n the_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n have_v devour_v up_o the_o temporal_a as_o the_o temporal_a now_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n have_v almost_o swallow_v up_o the_o spiritual_a but_o since_o the_o foreign_a authority_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n be_v abolish_v and_o either_o jurisdiction_n be_v agnise_v to_o be_v settle_v whole_o and_o only_o in_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o land_n sundry_a wise_a man_n opinion_n be_v there_o can_v lie_v no_o praemunire_n by_o those_o statute_n at_o this_o day_n against_o any_o man_n exercise_v any_o subordinate_a jurisdiction_n under_o the_o king_n whether_o the_o same_o be_v in_o the_o king_n name_n or_o in_o his_o name_n who_o have_v the_o same_o immediate_o from_o the_o king_n for_o that_o now_o all_o jurisdiction_n whether_o it_o be_v temporal_a or_o ecclesiastical_a be_v the_o king_n and_o such_o ecclesiastical_a law_n as_o now_o be_v in_o force_n be_v call_v the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a court_n for_o that_o the_o king_n can_v have_v in_o himself_o a_o contrariety_n of_o jurisdiction_n fight_v one_o against_o the_o other_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n between_o himself_o and_o the_o pope_n although_o he_o may_v have_v diversity_n of_o jurisdiction_n within_o himself_o which_o for_o order_n sake_n and_o for_o avoid_v of_o confusion_n in_o government_n he_o may_v restrain_v to_o certain_a several_a kind_n of_o cause_n and_o inflict_v punishment_n upon_o those_o that_o shall_v go_v beyond_o the_o bound_n or_o limit_n that_o be_v prescribe_v they_o but_o to_o take_v they_o as_o enemy_n or_o underminer_n of_o his_o state_n he_o can_v for_o the_o question_n here_o be_v not_o who_o be_v head_n of_o the_o cause_n or_o jurisdiction_n in_o controversy_n but_o who_o be_v to_o hold_v plea_n thereof_o or_o exercise_v the_o jurisdiction_n under_o that_o head_n the_o ecclesiastical_a or_o temporal_a judge_n neither_o be_v that_o to_o move_v any_o man_n that_o the_o statute_n make_v in_o former_a time_n against_o such_o provisor_n which_o vex_v the_o king_n and_o people_n of_o this_o land_n with_o such_o unjust_a suit_n do_v not_o only_o provide_v against_o such_o process_n as_o come_v from_o rome_n but_o against_o all_o other_o that_o come_v elsewhere_o be_v like_o condition_a as_o they_o for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o those_o statute_n or_o any_o of_o they_o thereby_o to_o tax_v the_o bishop_n court_n or_o any_o consistory_n within_o this_o land_n for_o that_o none_o of_o they_o ever_o use_v such_o malepert_a sauciness_n against_o the_o king_n as_o to_o call_v the_o judgement_n of_o his_o court_n into_o question_n although_o they_o go_v far_o in_o strain_v upon_o those_o thing_n and_o cause_n which_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v of_o the_o king_n temporal_a cognisance_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o king_n prohibition_n thereon_o frame_v and_o beside_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o other_o prelate_n of_o this_o land_n in_o the_o great_a heat_n of_o all_o this_o business_n be_v then_o present_a in_o the_o parliament_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nobility_n disavow_v the_o pope_n insolency_n towards_o the_o king_n in_o this_o behalf_n and_o assure_v he_o they_o will_v and_o ought_v to_o stand_v with_o his_o majesty_n against_o the_o pope_n in_o these_o and_o all_o other_o case_n touch_v his_o crown_n and_o regality_n as_o they_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o allegiance_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o these_o enterprise_n against_o the_o king_n but_o in_o as_o great_a a_o measure_n trouble_v in_o their_o own_o jurisdiction_n by_o the_o pope_n as_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o crown_n as_o may_v appear_v out_o of_o the_o course_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n the_o word_n elsewhere_o can_v in_o no_o right_a sense_n be_v understand_v of_o they_o or_o in_o their_o consistory_n although_o facias_fw-la et_fw-fr le_fw-fr stat_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la curia_fw-la romana_fw-la vel_fw-la alibi_fw-la le_fw-fr quel_fw-fr alibi_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr entender_v en_fw-fr la_fw-fr court_n l'euesque_fw-fr issint_fw-la que_fw-fr si_fw-fr homme_fw-fr soit_fw-fr sue_v la_fw-fr pur_fw-mi choose_v que_fw-fr appent_v all_o come_v ley_fw-fr il_fw-fr aura_fw-fr praemunire_n fitzherb_n nat._n bre._n tit._n praemunire_n facias_fw-la some_o of_o late_a time_n think_v all_o be_v good_a service_n to_o the_o realm_n that_o be_v do_v for_o the_o advancement_n of_o the_o common_a law_n and_o depress_v of_o the_o civil_a law_n have_v so_o interpret_v it_o but_o without_o ground_n or_o warrant_v of_o the_o statute_n themselves_o who_o whole_o make_v provision_n against_o foreign_a authority_n and_o speak_v no_o word_n of_o domestical_a proceed_n but_o the_o same_o word_n elsewhere_o be_v to_o be_v mean_v and_o conceive_v of_o the_o place_n of_o remove_v the_o pope_n use_v in_o those_o day_n be_v
prohibition_n of_o fact_n or_o of_o man_n be_v both_o infinite_a and_o odious_a for_o that_o there_o be_v well_o nigh_o no_o matter_n either_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a be_v it_o never_o so_o clear_a or_o absolute_a but_o they_o clog_n and_o encumber_v it_o with_o some_o prohibition_n and_o the_o matter_n they_o contain_v be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n absurd_a and_o frivolous_a as_o shall_v first_o appear_v in_o marine_a cause_n and_o after_o in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n sect_n 3._o conoern_v the_o common_a lawyer_n action_n of_o trover_n and_o what_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o law_n by_o a_o fiction_n to_o show_v how_o the_o civil_a jurisdiction_n be_v impeach_v in_o matter_n of_o admiralty_n for_o marine_n cause_v it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o all_o such_o bargain_n and_o contract_n or_o as_o it_o be_v contract_n as_o be_v make_v by_o any_o person_n either_o in_o any_o foreign_a country_n or_o any_o haven_n or_o creek_n of_o the_o sea_n or_o any_o shore_n thereof_o as_o far_o as_o the_o great_a winter_n wave_n do_v run_v out_o or_o upon_o any_o great_a river_n to_o the_o first_o bridge_n next_o to_o the_o sea_n for_o any_o merchandise_n ship_n tackle_n or_o other_o negotiation_n belong_v to_o the_o sea_n or_o to_o any_o merchandise_n bring_v from_o beyond_o the_o sea_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v of_o the_o admiral_n cognisance_n and_o so_o evermore_o have_v be_v since_o the_o court_n of_o the_o admiralty_n be_v first_o erect_v and_o yet_o the_o common_a lawyer_n to_o defeat_v the_o civil_a law_n of_o the_o trial_n thereof_o have_v devise_v sundry_a action_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n a_o action_n of_o trover_n whereby_o they_o feign_v that_o a_o ship_n arrive_v in_o cheapfide_a or_o some_o other_o like_o place_n within_o the_o city_n and_o there_o the_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n meet_v together_o bargain_v upon_o some_o merchandise_n or_o other_o like_a seafaring_a matter_n by_o which_o fiction_n they_o pretend_v the_o bargain_n now_o be_v to_o be_v try_v in_o the_o common_a law_n and_o not_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n as_o be_v do_v in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o county_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o main_a sea_n or_o any_o other_o place_n subject_n to_o the_o admiral_n jurisdiction_n but_o that_o this_o fiction_n or_o any_o other_o like_v quality_v to_o this_o shall_v have_v any_o such_o force_n as_o to_o work_v any_o effect_n in_o law_n i_o will_v show_v first_o by_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o fiction_n then_o by_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v necessary_o attendant_a thereon_o a_o fiction_n therefore_o be_v define_v by_o bartol_n who_o also_o the_o rest_n bartol_n lâ—_n si_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la pro_fw-la emptore_fw-la §._o 3._o ff_n de_fw-fr usucapionib_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la bartol_n of_o the_o doctor_n do_v follow_v to_o be_v a_o assumption_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o a_o untruth_n for_o a_o truth_n in_o a_o certain_a thing_n possible_a to_o be_v do_v and_o yet_o not_o do_v upon_o which_o fiction_n the_o doctor_n hold_v there_o wait_v two_o thing_n the_o one_o be_v equity_n the_o other_o possibility_n for_o first_o unless_o there_o be_v cause_n why_o that_o which_o be_v not_o shall_v be_v feign_v to_o be_v and_o that_o which_o be_v shall_v be_v account_v not_o to_o be_v and_o that_o which_o be_v do_v in_o one_o sort_n or_o at_o one_o time_n or_o in_o one_o place_n shall_v be_v imagine_v to_o be_v do_v in_o a_o other_o sort_n at_o a_o other_o time_n and_o in_o a_o other_o place_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n a_o fiction_n shall_v be_v admit_v for_o the_o law_n allow_v no_o man_n to_o come_v to_o extraordinary_a remedy_n but_o where_o ordinary_a remedy_n fail_v and_o therefore_o if_o that_o which_o be_v in_o controversy_n may_v be_v obtain_v by_o any_o other_o mean_n than_o by_o a_o fiction_n a_o fiction_n be_v not_o to_o be_v afford_v but_o if_o ordinary_a mean_n can_v be_v have_v than_o fiction_n may_v be_v entertain_v minorib_n l._n in_o causa_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr minorib_n to_o supply_v the_o defect_n of_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n that_o thereby_o although_o the_o truth_n be_v otherwise_o yet_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o law_n may_v be_v all_o one_o so_o then_o the_o law_n feign_v a_o infant_n not_o yet_o bear_v to_o be_v testamento_fw-la l._n qui_fw-la in_o utero_fw-la &_o penult_fw-la de_fw-fr statu_fw-la hominis_fw-la ff_n l._n 1._o §._o fi_fw-la filius_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr suis_fw-fr et_fw-fr legit_fw-la l._n 2_o l._n 3._o l._n 4._o c._n eod_n l._n gallus_n 29._o §._o &_o benè_fw-la et_fw-fr §._o videndum_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr liberis_fw-la et_fw-la posthumis_fw-la §_o cùm_fw-la filius_fw-la instit_fw-la de_fw-mi haer_v a_o ante_fw-la nato_fw-la l._n veris_fw-la est_fw-la §._o ult_n ff_fw-mi pro_fw-la socio_fw-la l._n actione_n §._o publicatione_n ff_o eod_a l._n absentem_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr verborum_fw-la significat_fw-la l_o lege_fw-la cornel._n ff_n de_fw-fr testamento_fw-la bear_v for_o his_o benefit_n for_o that_o happy_o without_o that_o fiction_n the_o poor_a infant_n shall_v be_v remediless_a of_o his_o filial_a portion_n legacy_n or_o other_o right_n in_o conscience_n due_a unto_o he_o so_o nephew_n and_o niece_n succeed_v together_o with_o their_o uncle_n and_o aunt_n in_o their_o grandfather_n and_o grandmother_n good_n for_o such_o portion_n as_o shall_v have_v come_v to_o their_o parent_n if_o they_o have_v live_v for_o that_o the_o law_n presume_v they_o to_o represent_v the_o person_n of_o their_o parent_n so_o he_o that_o be_v dead_a be_v feign_v to_o be_v alive_a to_o many_o construction_n in_o law_n special_o if_o many_o of_o his_o equal_n in_o age_n be_v alive_a at_o the_o time_n that_o he_o be_v feign_v to_o be_v alive_a so_o he_o that_o be_v alive_a and_o be_v in_o captivity_n for_o the_o uphold_v of_o his_o will_n which_o he_o make_v in_o liberty_n be_v feign_v to_o be_v dead_a the_o hour_n before_o he_o become_v captive_a so_o he_o that_o be_v obstinate_a and_o will_v not_o appear_v in_o judgement_n be_v lawful_o call_v thereto_o be_v feign_v to_o be_v present_a that_o neither_o himself_n shall_v take_v benefit_n out_o of_o his_o obstinacy_n neither_o his_o adversary_n hurt_v by_o his_o absence_n and_o injury_n infinite_a more_o example_n may_v be_v bring_v of_o this_o sort_n but_o it_o will_v be_v too_o long_o to_o run_v through_o they_o all_o and_o this_o shall_v suffice_v to_o have_v show_v that_o the_o law_n approve_v fiction_n but_o where_o there_o be_v equity_n for_o it_o and_o the_o law_n itself_o otherwise_o can_v have_v poetica_fw-la l_o gallus_n §_o fi_fw-la ejus_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr liberis_fw-la &_o posthumis_fw-la l._n si_fw-la pater_fw-la §_o si_fw-mi cum_fw-la ff_n de_fw-mi adopt_v horat._n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la poetica_fw-la her_o effect_n and_o as_o the_o law_n can_v proceed_v to_o a_o fiction_n without_o equity_n so_o neither_o can_v it_o feign_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v impossible_a for_o art_n evermore_o follow_v nature_n and_o therefore_o if_o a_o man_n will_v feign_v disproportionable_a thing_n such_o as_o the_o painter_n do_v in_o horace_n who_o make_v boar_n wallow_v in_o the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o dolphin_n wander_v in_o the_o wood_n these_o fiction_n in_o no_o sense_n can_v be_v admit_v for_o that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o neither_o nature_n nor_o reason_n can_v brook_v in_o like_a sort_n if_o a_o man_n will_v feign_v one_o to_o live_v who_o be_v dead_a two_o hundred_o year_n since_o tib_n bartol_n l_o fi_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la pro_fw-la emptore_fw-la num_fw-la 21._o 22._o 23._o &_o sequen_o tib_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o he_o or_o any_o of_o his_o equal_n shall_v live_v at_o that_o age_n this_o will_v not_o hold_v in_o law_n for_o that_o it_o be_v above_o the_o age_n that_o the_o law_n do_v presume_v any_o man_n may_v live_v by_o nature_n although_o the_o law_n do_v presume_v such_o as_o die_v in_o war_n for_o defence_n of_o their_o country_n for_o the_o better_a encouragement_n of_o those_o that_o be_v alive_a to_o venture_v themselves_o in_o like_a service_n for_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o live_v for_o ever_o because_o their_o fame_n do_v flourish_v for_o ever_o and_o upon_o like_a reason_n the_o law_n will_v not_o suffer_v any_o person_n to_o adopt_v a_o other_o for_o his_o child_n who_o be_v either_o elder_a or_o equal_a in_o age_n unto_o himself_o or_o be_v not_o so_o far_o under_o his_o year_n as_o by_o course_n of_o nature_n he_o may_v be_v his_o natural_a child_n indeed_o so_o much_o the_o law_n detest_v impossibility_n that_o it_o will_v not_o suffer_v a_o man_n to_o fain_o that_o which_o in_o common_a sense_n and_o nature_n may_v not_o be_v true_a indeed_o now_o if_o these_o thing_n be_v true_a as_o in_o all_o reason_n and_o show_v by_o former_a precedent_n they_o appear_v to_o be_v true_a i_o will_v glad_o see_v how_o action_n of_o trover_n whereby_o the_o common_a lawyer_n
good_n and_o land_n but_o news_n be_v after_o bring_v that_o the_o say_v ralphe_n be_v dead_a beyond_o the_o sea_n francis_n the_o brother_n of_o the_o say_a ralphe_n spoil_v the_o say_a richard_n of_o the_o possession_n of_o all_o the_o good_n and_o land_n he_o have_v of_o the_o say_v ralphe_n his_o grandfather_n for_o that_o he_o do_v pretend_v the_o say_a agatha_n his_o niece_n and_o mother_n of_o the_o say_v richard_n be_v not_o bear_v of_o lawful_a matrimony_n so_o that_o neither_o she_o herself_o nor_o her_o son_n ought_v to_o succeed_v the_o brother_n of_o the_o say_v francis_n but_o that_o the_o inheritance_n thereof_o do_v belong_v unto_o himself_o whereupon_o the_o say_v richard_n be_v thus_o spoil_v by_o francis_n his_o great_a uncle_n obtain_v letter_n of_o restitution_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n the_o b._n of_o worcester_n and_z the_o b._n of_o excester_n under_o this_o form_n that_o before_o they_o enter_v into_o the_o principal_a cause_n which_o be_v this_o whether_o the_o say_v agatha_n be_v bear_v in_o lawful_a matrimony_n or_o not_o they_o shall_v restore_v the_o say_a richard_n to_o his_o grandfather_n inheritance_n but_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n after_o understand_v by_o the_o say_a delegate_n that_o the_o plea_n of_o inheritance_n within_o this_o realm_n do_v not_o belong_v unto_o the_o church_n but_o unto_o the_o king_n recall_v that_o part_n of_o his_o rescript_n which_o concern_v the_o restitution_n of_o the_o say_v richard_n to_o his_o inheritance_n and_o give_v order_n to_o the_o foresay_a bishop_n to_o proceed_v in_o the_o cause_n of_o legitimation_n will_v they_o to_o inquire_v whether_o the_o say_v agatha_n be_v bear_v of_o the_o say_v aneline_n in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o her_o husband_n allin_n &_o when_o she_o dwell_v and_o cohabit_v with_o he_o as_o with_o her_o husband_n or_o whether_o the_o say_a ralphe_n father_n of_o the_o say_v agatha_n keep_v the_o say_a aneline_n open_o and_o public_o while_o the_o say_v allin_n yet_o live_v and_o if_o they_o find_v it_o to_o be_v so_o than_o they_o shall_v pronounce_v she_o the_o say_a agatha_n to_o be_v a_o bastard_n for_o that_o anelina_n her_o mother_n can_v not_o be_v count_v to_o be_v a_o wife_n but_o a_o whore_n which_o defile_v her_o husband_n bed_n presume_v to_o keep_v company_n with_o a_o other_o her_o husband_n yet_o be_v alive_a but_o if_o they_o find_v it_o otherwise_o than_o they_o shall_v pronounce_v she_o the_o say_a agatha_n to_o be_v legitimate_a all_o which_o be_v do_v after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o say_v ralph_n and_o aneline_n as_o the_o decretal_a itself_o show_v neither_o be_v there_o any_o authority_n that_o oppose_v itself_o against_o that_o proceed_n but_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v good_a and_o lawful_a though_o it_o be_v in_o term_n of_o special_a bastardy_n for_o than_o that_o which_o they_o now_o call_v special_a bastardy_n be_v not_o bear_v beside_o hereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o ordinary_n than_o do_v not_o only_o proceed_v in_o case_n of_o bastardy_n incident_o that_o be_v when_o a_o suit_n be_v before_o begin_v in_o the_o common_a law_n upon_o a_o trial_n of_o inheritance_n and_o that_o by_o writ_n from_o the_o temporal_a court_n but_o even_o original_o and_o that_o to_o prepare_v way_n unto_o inheritance_n or_o any_o other_o good_a that_o be_v like_a to_o accrue_v unto_o a_o man_n by_o succession_n or_o to_o avoid_v any_o inconvenience_n that_o may_v keep_v he_o from_o promotion_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o this_o practice_n follow_v priest_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o 3._o amovendis_fw-la constitut_n otho_n innotuit_fw-la de_fw-la uxoratis_fw-la à _fw-la benefic_n 〈…〉_o amovendis_fw-la yet_o marry_v secret_o and_o their_o child_n be_v count_v capable_a of_o all_o inheritance_n and_o other_o benefit_n that_o may_v grow_v unto_o they_o by_o lawful_a marriage_n so_o that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v that_o their_o parent_n be_v lawful_o marry_v together_o by_o witness_n or_o instrument_n which_o many_o child_n do_v either_o upon_o hope_n of_o some_o preferment_n that_o by_o succession_n or_o otherwise_o be_v like_a to_o come_v unto_o they_o or_o to_o avoid_v some_o inconvenience_n that_o otherwise_o may_v light_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o want_n of_o that_o proof_n some_o their_o parent_n yet_o live_v other_o their_o parent_n be_v dead_a and_o the_o proceed_n before_o the_o ordinary_a be_v hold_v good_a to_o all_o intent_n and_o purpose_n even_o in_o the_o common_a law_n for_o otherwise_o they_o will_v not_o have_v so_o frequent_v it_o for_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v make_v no_o positive_a law_n against_o marriage_n of_o priest_n and_o minister_n but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n then_o plot_v against_o it_o for_o that_o by_o that_o they_o pretend_v the_o cure_n of_o soul_n be_v neglect_v and_o the_o substanc_fw-la of_o the_o church_n waste_v and_o dissipate_v do_v by_o otho_n then_o legate_n à _fw-fr latere_fw-la to_o gregory_n the_o nine_o order_n by_o a_o constitution_n that_o all_o such_o minister_n as_o be_v marry_v shall_v be_v expel_v from_o their_o benefice_n and_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n shall_v be_v exclude_v from_o all_o such_o livelihood_n as_o the_o father_n have_v get_v during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o marriage_n either_o by_o themselves_o or_o by_o any_o middle_a person_n and_o that_o the_o same_o shall_v become_v due_a unto_o the_o church_n wherein_o they_o do_v reside_v and_o that_o their_o child_n from_o that_o time_n forth_o shall_v be_v disable_v to_o enjoy_v holy_a order_n unless_o they_o be_v otherwise_o favourable_o dispense_v withal_o which_o constitution_n although_o it_o wrought_v to_o that_o effect_n to_o bar_v priest_n for_o that_o time_n of_o their_o marriage_n until_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n burst_v out_o and_o show_v that_o that_o doctrine_n be_v erroneous_a yet_o to_o all_o other_o effect_n the_o proceed_n in_o the_o case_n of_o bastardy_n stand_v good_a as_o a_o thing_n due_a to_o be_v do_v by_o holy_a church_n and_o therefore_o linwod_n come_v long_o after_o in_o his_o catalogue_n that_o he_o make_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n recite_v legitimation_n for_o one_o among_o the_o rest_n for_o that_o in_o those_o day_n there_o be_v no_o dispute_n or_o practice_v to_o the_o contrary_n and_o thus_o far_o as_o concern_v those_o thing_n wherein_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v hinder_v by_o the_o temporal_a in_o their_o proceed_n contrary_v to_o law_n statute_n and_o custom_n ancient_o observe_v which_o be_v the_o three_o part_n of_o my_o general_a division_n now_o it_o follow_v that_o i_o show_v wherein_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n may_v be_v relieve_v and_o so_o both_o the_o law_n know_v their_o own_o bound_n and_o not_o one_o to_o overbeare_a the_o other_o as_o they_o do_v at_o this_o day_n to_o the_o great_a vexation_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o the_o intolerable_a confusion_n of_o they_o both_o which_o be_v the_o last_o part_n of_o this_o treatise_n part_n iv_o chap._n i._n sect_n 1._o the_o mean_n how_o to_o relieve_v the_o civil_a law_n that_o they_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n that_o two_o thing_n be_v require_v to_o the_o first_o mean_v and_o that_o the_o former_a of_o these_o be_v the_o right_a interpretation_n of_o law_n and_o what_o that_o be_v the_o mean_n therefore_o to_o relieve_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v two_o the_o first_o be_v by_o the_o restore_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v be_v powerful_o by_o the_o common-law_n take_v from_o they_o and_o the_o bring_n of_o they_o back_o again_o unto_o their_o old_a and_o wont_a course_n the_o other_o be_v by_o allow_v they_o the_o practice_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v grievance_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o fit_a to_o be_v reform_v by_o some_o court_n but_o yet_o be_v by_o no_o home-law_n provide_v for_o the_o first_o of_o these_o stand_v in_o two_o thing_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v the_o right_a interpretation_n of_o the_o law_n statute_n and_o custom_n which_o be_v write_v and_o devise_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n the_o other_o consist_v in_o the_o correct_a and_o supply_v of_o such_o law_n and_o statute_n that_o be_v either_o superfluous_a or_o defective_a in_o the_o pen_n make_v in_o the_o behalf_n as_o it_o be_v pretend_v of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a profession_n but_o yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o unperfect_a pe_fw-es 〈…〉_o g_o thereof_o be_v construe_v for_o the_o most_o part_n against_o they_o the_o right_a interpretation_n of_o the_o law_n statutes_n and_o custom_n pertain_v to_o the_o practice_n stand_v as_o be_v pretend_v in_o the_o judge_n mouth_n who_o notwithstanding_o have_v that_o authority_n from_o the_o sovereign_n and_o that_o not_o to_o judge_v according_a as_o he_o best_o like_v but_o according_a as_o the_o right_n of_o the_o cause_n do_v require_v the_o supply_n or_o
wherefore_o near_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o same_o statute_n the_o statute_n order_v that_o all_o person_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o other_o of_o the_o king_n dominion_n shall_v true_o and_o effectual_o set_v out_o and_o pay_v all_o and_o singular_a tithe_n according_a to_o the_o lawful_a custom_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o parish_n where_o they_o grow_v and_o become_v due_a because_o there_o be_v a_o question_n make_v where_o these_o custom_n and_o usage_n shall_v be_v try_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a or_o temporal_a law_n if_o these_o or_o the_o like_a word_n have_v be_v add_v to_o the_o same_o to_o be_v prove_v before_o a_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n after_o the_o form_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o not_o elsewhere_o the_o whole_a matter_n have_v be_v clear_a for_o that_o point_n and_o whereas_o again_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o same_o statute_n there_o be_v some_o good_a word_n tend_v to_o the_o appropriate_a of_o these_o matter_n of_o tithe_n and_o obligation_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o that_o the_o remedy_n for_o they_o shall_v be_v have_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n according_a to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o that_o act_n and_o not_o otherwise_o yet_o because_o there_o be_v no_o penalty_n to_o that_o act_n busy_a man_n easy_o make_v a_o breach_n thereinto_o for_o that_o law_n without_o penalty_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v weak_a &_o of_o no_o force_n if_o therefore_o this_o or_o the_o like_a supply_n be_v make_v if_o any_o man_n sue_v for_o these_o or_o like_a duty_n in_o any_o other_o court_n than_o in_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a court_n the_o party_n so_o sue_v to_o forfeit_v the_o treble_a value_n of_o that_o which_o he_o sue_v for_o to_o be_v recover_v in_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a court_n where_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v commence_v by_o the_o way_n of_o libel_n or_o article_n the_o one_o half_a thereof_o shall_v be_v to_o the_o king_n the_o other_o to_o the_o party_n grieve_v many_o of_o these_o suit_n will_v easy_o be_v meet_v withal_o neither_o be_v it_o to_o the_o purpose_n that_o this_o be_v matter_n of_o money_n and_o layfee_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o this_o sort_n forfeit_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o regular_o to_o be_v sue_v for_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n for_o see_v the_o cause_n be_v ecclesiastical_a upon_o which_o the_o matter_n of_o forfeiture_n arise_v it_o may_v be_v very_o well_o allow_v ne_o continentiae_fw-la causarum_fw-la dividantur_fw-la and_o for_o that_o ordinary_o every_o jurisdiction_n that_o be_v wrong_v may_v defend_v itself_o with_o a_o penalty_n beside_o we_o do_v by_o the_o like_a right_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n recover_v expense_n of_o suit_n in_o law_n fee_n of_o advocate_n &_o proctor_n &_o money_n for_o redemption_n of_o sin_n so_o that_o it_o will_v be_v no_o strange_a matter_n to_o have_v this_o kind_n of_o suit_n allow_v unto_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n further_o whereas_o there_o be_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o edward_n the_o sixth_o chapter_n 13._o in_o the_o begin_n almost_o of_o the_o say_a statute_n two_o clause_n under_o pain_n of_o forfeiture_n one_o of_o treble_a value_n for_o tithe_n carry_v away_o before_o they_o be_v divide_v set_v out_o or_o agree_v for_o the_o other_o of_o double_a value_n where_o the_o tithe_n be_v hurt_v or_o impair_v by_o the_o party_n stop_v or_o let_v he_o that_o have_v interest_n thereunto_o to_o carry_v they_o away_o or_o by_o withdraw_v or_o carry_v they_o away_o himself_o &_o the_o same_o be_v order_v by_o a_o clause_n in_o the_o second_o branch_n thereof_o reach_v unto_o they_o both_o for_o that_o a_o clause_n put_v in_o the_o end_n of_o two_o sentence_n stretch_v itself_o indifferent_o unto_o they_o both_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o reason_n it_o shall_v belong_v to_o the_o one_o than_o the_o other_o as_o there_o be_v not_o in_o this_o case_n for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o the_o first_o penalty_n have_v no_o order_n set_v down_o how_o it_o may_v be_v recover_v that_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v recover_v according_a to_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n to_o which_o if_o there_o be_v add_v this_o word_n only_a and_o not_o elsewhere_o or_o otherwise_o and_o they_o martial_v in_o their_o right_a place_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o sure_a or_o strong_a moreover_o whereas_o in_o the_o first_o proviso_n of_o that_o statute_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o none_o shall_v be_v compel_v to_o pay_v any_o manner_n of_o tithe_n for_o any_o hereditament_n which_o by_o the_o law_n or_o statute_n of_o the_o realm_n or_o by_o any_o privilege_n prescription_n or_o composition_n real_a be_v not_o chargeable_a therewithal_o whereby_o it_o be_v doubtful_a in_o what_o court_n the_o say_a exemption_n be_v to_o be_v allege_v if_o there_o be_v insert_v these_o word_n or_o other_o of_o like_a nature_n the_o say_v law_n statute_n privilege_n prescription_n or_o composition_n real_a to_o be_v allege_v argue_v traverse_v and_o determine_v before_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n only_o according_a to_o the_o form_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o not_o elsewhere_o upon_o like_a forfeiture_n of_o treble_a damage_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a it_o will_v make_v this_o point_n sure_a unto_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n over_o and_o beside_o this_o whereas_o in_o the_o same_o statute_n there_o be_v a_o discharge_n allow_v to_o barren_a heath_n and_o waste_v ground_n in_o some_o for_o not_o payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o other_o for_o the_o manner_n of_o payment_n of_o they_o for_o the_o space_n of_o 7._o year_n after_o the_o improve_n and_o convert_v of_o they_o into_o arable_a ground_n or_o meadow_n it_o will_v make_v the_o matter_n plain_a which_o law_n shall_v have_v the_o pronounce_v thereupon_o if_o there_o be_v add_v these_o or_o the_o like_a word_n so_o the_o same_o ground_n be_v prove_v in_o form_n of_o law_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n to_o be_v barren_a heath_n and_o waste_v last_o whereas_o in_o the_o say_a statute_n among_o other_o limitation_n of_o cause_n wherein_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v not_o to_o deal_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n there_o be_v one_o in_o these_o word_n near_o the_o end_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n ne_fw-la in_o any_o matter_n whereof_o the_o king_n court_n of_o right_a aught_o to_o have_v jurisdiction_n which_o limitation_n be_v so_o vage_fw-la &_o large_a that_o thereout_o there_o may_v be_v forge_v as_o many_o divers_a kind_n of_o prohibition_n as_o the_o poet_n sain_v vulcan_n ever_o make_v thunderbolt_n for_o jupiter_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v very_o well_o and_o consonant_a to_o the_o good_a meaning_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n that_o this_o vagenesse_n be_v restrain_v and_o reduce_v to_o a_o more_o certainty_n of_o matter_n by_o these_o or_o like_a word_n by_o any_o ancient_a law_n or_o statute_n of_o this_o land_n and_o so_o far_o as_o concern_v the_o imperfection_n of_o the_o say_v three_o statute_n and_o how_o they_o may_v be_v amend_v and_o make_v reducible_a to_o the_o first_o meaning_n and_o intent_n of_o the_o maker_n thereof_o by_o some_o small_a supply_n alteration_n or_o change_v of_o word_n the_o sense_n and_o groundwork_n stand_v ever_o the_o same_o according_a to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o his_o majestic_a and_o his_o great_a council_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n chap._n ii_o sect_n 1._o the_o second_o mean_a to_o relieve_v the_o civil_a law_n which_o be_v by_o allow_v it_o the_o practice_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v greevance_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o fit_a to_o be_v reform_v by_o some_o court_n but_o yet_o be_v not_o otherwise_o provide_v for_o and_o first_o of_o the_o greevance_n which_o concern_v parent_n and_o child_n and_o how_o they_o may_v be_v relieve_v now_o it_o follow_v that_o i_o show_v wherein_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n under_o which_o i_o comprise_v the_o civil_a law_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v in_o use_n amongstus_fw-la may_v be_v increase_v to_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o the_o enlargement_n of_o the_o profession_n without_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o common_a law_n and_o that_o i_o may_v first_o begin_v with_o the_o piety_n of_o father_n towards_o their_o child_n &_o child_n again_o towards_o their_o parent_n which_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o commonwealth_n for_o even_o nature_n itself_o have_v teach_v that_o not_o only_o in_o the_o most_o brutish_a people_n that_o be_v but_o also_o settle_v it_o in_o the_o savage_a kind_n of_o beast_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n the_o one_o to_o cherish_v that_o which_o itself_o have_v bring_v out_o and_o the_o other_o to_o love_v again_o that_o which_o have_v bring_v it_o out_o and_o yet_o what_o law_n be_v here_o in_o england_n which_o provide_v for_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o unless_o
that_o all_o the_o law_n thereof_o appertain_v unto_o your_o majesty_n care_n &_o comfort_v alike_o for_o which_o not_o only_o the_o whole_a profession_n of_o your_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a lawyer_n that_o now_o be_v but_o those_o which_o shall_v succeed_v in_o those_o place_n for_o ever_o hereafter_o unto_o the_o world_n end_n will_v praise_v and_o magnify_v your_o majesty_n gracious_a favour_n towards_o they_o and_o we_o that_o now_o be_v will_v pray_v to_o god_n for_o the_o long_a and_o happy_a prosperity_n of_o your_o highness_n and_o your_o posterity_n over_o we_o during_o the_o continuance_n of_o this_o heaven_n and_o this_o earth_n and_o after_o the_o pass_v away_o thereof_o a_o perpetual_a fruition_n of_o the_o new_a heaven_n and_o the_o new_a earth_n wherein_o righteousness_n only_o shall_v dwell_v for_o ever_o your_o majesty_n most_o humble_a and_o dutiful_a subject_n thomas_n ridley_n to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n i_o confess_v as_o i_o meditate_a this_o treatise_n upon_o my_o own_o motion_n as_o i_o do_v sometime_o matter_n of_o other_o argument_n when_o my_o leisure_n serve_v i_o thereto_o so_o also_o i_o do_v not_o set_v it_o out_o to_o the_o view_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o my_o own_o motion_n but_o be_v desirous_a it_o shall_v have_v be_v keep_v in_o save_v that_o i_o must_v obey_v where_o i_o be_o bind_v the_o thing_n that_o give_v i_o cause_n to_o this_o meditation_n be_v that_o i_o see_v many_o time_n how_o mean_o man_n esteem_v of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o this_o land_n value_v they_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o so_o much_o of_o they_o as_o we_o have_v among_o we_o and_o therefore_o i_o think_v good_a although_o not_o whole_o to_o unfold_v the_o riches_n of_o they_o yet_o to_o make_v show_n of_o they_o fold_v up_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o mercer_n make_v show_v of_o their_o silk_n and_o velvet_n lay_v up_o in_o whole_a piece_n in_o their_o shop_n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v see_v what_o great_a variety_n they_o have_v of_o all_o these_o kind_n of_o ware_n although_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o ware_n itself_o can_v be_v discern_v because_o it_o be_v fold_v up_o beside_o see_v how_o frequent_a prohibition_n be_v in_o these_o day_n in_o cause_n of_o either_o cognisance_n more_o than_o have_v be_v in_o former_a time_n i_o think_v it_o not_o unworthy_a my_o labour_n to_o inquire_v and_o see_v upon_o what_o just_a ground_n they_o be_v raise_v up_o in_o this_o multitude_n not_o of_o any_o humour_n i_o have_v to_o gainsay_v the_o lawful_a proceed_n of_o any_o court_n which_o i_o reverence_v and_o most_o ready_o acknowledge_v their_o authority_n in_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o their_o place_n but_o to_o know_v and_o search_v out_o the_o truth_n of_o those_o suggestion_n that_o give_v cause_n unto_o these_o prohibition_n for_o whenas_o such_o law_n as_o be_v write_v of_o these_o business_n be_v write_v indifferent_o as_o well_o for_o the_o one_o jurisdiction_n as_o the_o other_o no_o man_n be_v to_o be_v offend_v if_o the_o one_o jurisdiction_n find_v itself_o pres_fw-fr sed_fw-la by_o the_o partial_a interpretation_n as_o it_o suppose_v of_o the_o other_o inquire_v the_o ground_n of_o such_o interpretation_n and_o labour_n to_o redress_v it_o if_o it_o may_v be_v by_o the_o right_a interpretation_n thereof_o to_o the_o end_n that_o either_o jurisdiction_n may_v retain_v their_o own_o right_n and_o not_o the_o one_o be_v overtop_v by_o the_o other_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v at_o this_o day_n and_o that_o in_o such_o matter_n as_o they_o concern_v of_o their_o own_o right_n as_o depend_v of_o no_o other_o authority_n but_o of_o the_o prince_n alone_o which_o be_v the_o thing_n only_o that_o be_v seek_v in_o this_o little_a treatise_n and_o therefore_o the_o reverend_a judge_n of_o this_o land_n be_v to_o be_v entreat_v that_o they_o will_v vouchsafe_v a_o equal_a interpretation_n of_o these_o matter_n as_o well_o to_o the_o one_o jurisdiction_n as_o the_o other_o for_o so_o it_o be_v comely_a for_o they_o to_o do_v and_o if_o they_o do_v it_o not_o the_o other_o be_v not_o so_o dull-senced_n but_o they_o can_v perceive_v it_o nor_o so_o daunt_v but_o that_o they_o can_v fly_v for_o succour_v unto_o he_o to_o who_o high_a place_n and_o wisdom_n the_o decide_n of_o these_o difference_n do_v of_o right_a appertain_v penelope_n be_v say_v to_o have_v have_v many_o wooer_n comely_a in_o person_n and_o eloquent_a in_o speech_n but_o she_o respect_v none_o but_o her_o own_o ulysses_z such_o shall_v be_v the_o mind_n of_o a_o judge_n that_o whatsoever_o other_o appearance_n or_o show_v of_o truth_n be_v offer_v one_o say_v this_o be_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o law_n and_o a_o other_o that_o yet_o the_o judge_n shall_v respect_v none_o but_o the_o very_a true_a germane_a and_o genuine_a sense_n thereof_o indeed_o which_o if_o it_o be_v religious_o or_o indifferent_o observe_v in_o every_o court_n than_o need_v not_o this_o complaint_n that_o now_o be_v but_o every_o jurisdiction_n shall_v peaceable_o hold_v his_o own_o right_n such_o as_o the_o prince_n law_n or_o custom_n have_v afford_v unto_o it_o thomas_n ridley_n a_o view_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n also_o wherein_o it_o be_v straighten_v and_o wherein_o it_o may_v be_v relieve_v part_n i._o chap._n i._n sect_n 1._o the_o division_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n into_o four_o part_n what_o right_a or_o law_n be_v in_o general_n what_o be_v the_o law_n public_a and_o what_o the_o law_n private_a what_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n what_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nation_n what_o be_v the_o law_n civil_a before_o i_o show_v how_o necessary_a it_o be_v for_o his_o majesty_n and_o the_o realm_n to_o maintain_v the_o civil_a &_o ecclesiastical_a law_n as_o they_o be_v now_o practise_v among_o we_o in_o this_o realm_n i_o will_v set_v down_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o brief_a what_o the_o civil_a and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v then_o will_v i_o show_v how_o far_o forth_o they_o be_v here_o in_o use_n and_o practice_v among_o we_o three_o wherein_o we_o be_v abridge_v and_o put_v beside_o the_o use_n and_o possession_n thereof_o by_o the_o common_a law_n even_o contrary_a to_o the_o old_a practice_n thereof_o and_o the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o the_o law_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o the_o statute_n in_o this_o behalf_n provide_v and_o last_o wherein_o we_o may_v be_v relieve_v and_o admit_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o many_o thing_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o common_a law_n and_o so_o both_o the_o law_n may_v know_v their_o own_o ground_n and_o proper_a subject_n and_o not_o one_o to_o be_v jumble_v with_o the_o other_o as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n to_o the_o great_a vexation_n of_o the_o subject_a but_o before_o i_o speak_v of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o particular_a i_o will_v define_v what_o right_n or_o be_v what_o law_n be_v law_n be_v in_o general_a law_n therefore_o be_v as_o ulpian_n say_v l._n 10._o in_o fin_n ff_n de_fw-fr justicia_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la the_o knowledge_n of_o civil_a and_o humane_a thing_n the_o understanding_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v just_a and_o unjust_a this_o law_n be_v primary_o divide_v into_o the_o law_n public_a and_o the_o law_n private_a the_o publicum_fw-la 1._o jus_fw-la publicum_fw-la public_a be_v that_o which_o appertain_v to_o the_o general_a state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n for_o i_o mean_v the_o law_n public_a not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o form_n that_o they_o be_v public_o make_v as_o we_o make_v law_n in_o our_o parliament_n for_o so_o all_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v public_a as_o make_v by_o public_a authority_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o object_n or_o end_v thereof_o for_o that_o they_o concern_v the_o church_n the_o clergy_n the_o magistrate_n and_o other_o like_a public_a function_n none_o of_o which_o level_v at_o the_o rule_n of_o equity_n or_o equality_n between_o man_n and_o man_n as_o private_a law_n do_v but_o aim_n at_o that_o which_o be_v most_o fit_a ingenerall_n for_o the_o common_a state_n privatum_fw-la 2._o jus_fw-la privatum_fw-la the_o private_a law_n or_o the_o private_a man_n law_n be_v that_o which_o concern_v every_o singular_a man_n state_n which_o for_o that_o it_o be_v occupy_v in_o give_v every_o man_n his_o own_o it_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v proportionable_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o equity_n and_o justice_n private_a law_n be_v of_o three_o sort_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o the_o law_n civil_a the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v that_o which_o nature_n have_v teach_v every_o live_a creature_n as_o the_o care_n and_o defence_n of_o every_o nature_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n creature_n life_n desire_v of_o liberty_n the_o conjunction_n of_o male_a
and_o that_o no_o post-horse_n or_o carriage_n be_v take_v but_o for_o public_a use_n of_o poast-letter_n to_o who_o they_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v and_o for_o what_o time_n of_o the_o apparitor_n sergeant_n sumners_n or_o bailiff_n of_o sundry_a great_a officer_n and_o of_o their_o scribe_n and_o register_n and_o of_o their_o trial_n of_o the_o fee_n of_o advocate_n and_o of_o the_o extortion_n of_o apparitor_n and_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v special_o contain_v in_o the_o code_n beside_o other_o thing_n which_o it_o have_v common_a with_o the_o digest_v the_o knowledge_n whereof_o at_o this_o day_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a for_o the_o civilian_n who_o in_o this_o age_n have_v little_a use_n thereof_o as_o it_o be_v expedient_a for_o counsellor_n of_o state_n and_o such_o as_o be_v call_v to_o place_n in_o court_n who_o may_v there-out_a mark_v many_o thing_n to_o direct_v they_o in_o their_o place_n as_o the_o variety_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v herein_o handle_v do_v very_o well_o show_v chap._n iii_o sect_n 1._o what_o the_o authentic_o be_v and_o why_o they_o be_v so_o call_v the_o three_o volume_n of_o the_o law_n be_v call_v the_o authentic_o of_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o because_o they_o have_v authority_n in_o themselves_o as_o proceed_v from_o the_o emperor_n own_o mouth_n or_o that_o they_o be_v original_n to_o other_o writing_n that_o be_v transcribe_v out_o of_o they_o the_o authentic_o therefore_o be_v a_o volume_n of_o new_a constitution_n set_v out_o by_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n after_o the_o code_n and_o bring_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n under_o one_o book_n in_o the_o authentic_o be_v not_o that_o order_n observe_v in_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o law_n as_o be_v either_o in_o the_o digest_v or_o the_o code_n but_o as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v of_o any_o doubt_n wherein_o the_o prince_n resolution_n be_v necessary_a to_o every_o thing_n so_o it_o be_v set_v down_o without_o any_o other_o method_n or_o form_n the_o whole_a volume_n be_v divide_v into_o collation_n into_o in_o the_o latin_a translation_n for_o the_o greek_a text_n acknowledge_v not_o this_o division_n into_o collation_n 9_o collation_n constitution_n or_o section_n and_o they_o again_o into_o 168._o novel_n which_o also_o be_v distribute_v into_o certain_a chapter_n they_o be_v call_v etc._n call_v quòd_fw-la novissimè_fw-la promulgatae_fw-la sint_fw-la post_fw-la cod._n justin._n repetitae_fw-la praeâ—ectionis_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o greek_a call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o likewise_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o emperor_n which_o be_v new_o publish_v after_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v call_v the_o novel_n of_o leo_n nirephorus_n michael_n etc._n etc._n novel_n because_o they_o be_v new_a law_n compare_v to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o digest_v or_o the_o code_n of_o these_o constitution_n some_o be_v general_a and_o do_v concern_v all_o who_o have_v like_o cause_n of_o doubt_n some_o other_o be_v private_a and_o do_v concern_v only_o the_o place_n or_o person_n they_o be_v write_v for_o which_o i_o will_v overpasse_v with_o silence_n sect_n 2._o the_o sum_n of_o the_o first_o collation_n of_o the_o general_a the_o first_o title_n and_o first_o novel_a of_o the_o first_o collation_n be_v that_o heir_n feoffee_n executor_n administrator_n and_o their_o successor_n shall_v fulfil_v the_o will_n of_o the_o decease_a and_o within_o one_o year_n after_o his_o decease_n shall_v pay_v his_o legacy_n and_o bequest_n and_o if_o they_o be_v once_o sue_v for_o it_o they_o shall_v forthwith_o pay_v that_o which_o be_v due_a upon_o the_o will_n deduct_v only_o a_o four_o part_n which_o be_v due_a unto_o the_o heir_n by_o the_o law_n falcidia_n or_o else_o to_o lose_v such_o bequest_n as_o themselves_o have_v in_o the_o will._n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o widow_n come_v to_o a_o second_o marriage_n after_o her_o first_o husband_n be_v dead_a to_o sequester_v one_o of_o her_o child_n from_o the_o rest_n upon_o who_o she_o will_v bestow_v such_o thing_n as_o her_o first_o husband_n give_v she_o before_o marriage_n but_o that_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o shall_v be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o neither_o that_o she_o convey_v it_o over_o to_o her_o second_o husband_n or_o his_o child_n and_o so_o defraud_v her_o first_o husband_n child_n and_o that_o a_o man_n in_o like_a sort_n survive_v his_o wife_n shall_v do_v the_o like_a towards_o his_o first_o wife_n child_n as_o concern_v such_o dowry_n as_o the_o first_o wife_n bring_v to_o her_o husband_n of_o surety_n and_o warranties_n that_o the_o creditor_n shall_v first_o sue_v their_o debtor_n and_o take_v execution_n against_o their_o good_n and_o find_v they_o not_o payable_a shall_v then_o take_v their_o remedy_n against_o the_o surety_n of_o monk_n that_o they_o build_v no_o monastery_n but_o with_o the_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o be_v there_o with_o prayer_n to_o *_o lay_n 1565._o but_o the_o emperor_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o this_o rite_n for_o thus_o say_v the_o law_n none_o shall_v presume_v to_o erect_v a_o church_n or_o monastery_n till_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o place_n belove_v of_o god_n have_v be_v make_v acquaint_v with_o it_o shall_v come_v and_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n to_o heaven_n and_o consecrate_v the_o place_n to_o god_n by_o prayer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o there_o erect_v the_o symbol_n of_o our_o salvation_n we_o mean_v the_o venerable_a and_o true_o precious_a rood_n in_o auth._n de_fw-fr monach._n §_o illudigitur_fw-la coll._n 1._o see_v also_o novel_a 123._o &_o 131._o and_o the_o like_a be_v command_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o that_o this_o ceremony_n of_o lay_v the_o first_o stone_n have_v be_v of_o ancient_a use_n in_o the_o greek_a church_n may_v be_v observe_v out_o of_o their_o euchologue_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o bishop_n after_o some_o other_o rite_n perform_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stand_v in_o the_o place_n where_o the_o holy_a altar_n shall_v be_v set_v say_v a_o prayer_n which_o be_v end_v he_o give_v the_o item_fw-la missaest_n and_o then_o take_v up_o one_o of_o the_o stone_n and_o have_v cut_v a_o cross_n upon_o it_o himself_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n lay_v it_o upon_o the_o groundwork_n than_o he_o pronounce_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o so_o the_o workman_n begin_v the_o build_n that_o which_o follow_v in_o the_o euchologue_n discover_v the_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o set_v up_o the_o crucifix_n which_o the_o law_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o reader_n may_v see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o euchologue_n the_o like_a ceremony_n be_v use_v in_o the_o latin_a church_n at_o this_o day_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o their_o pontificale_fw-la page_n the_o 281._o of_o that_o which_o clement_n the_o 8._o set_v out_o at_o rome_n in_o the_o year_n 1565._o the_o first_o stone_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v appoint_v such_o a_o abbot_n over_o the_o monk_n as_o in_o virtue_n and_o in_o merit_n excel_v the_o rest_n and_o beside_o of_o their_o habit_n conversation_n profession_n and_o change_v of_o life_n and_o who_o be_v to_o succeed_v they_o in_o their_o good_n and_o inheritance_n of_o bishop_n and_o clerk_n that_o be_v that_o bishop_n and_o clerk_n be_v of_o good_a fame_n of_o competent_a learning_n and_o age_n and_o that_o they_o be_v ordain_v and_o promote_v without_o simony_n or_o bribery_n or_o the_o injury_n of_o the_o present_a incumbent_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o set_a number_n of_o clerk_n in_o every_o church_n lest_o the_o church_n and_o parishioner_n thereby_o be_v overcharge_v sect_n 3._o what_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o second_o collation_n the_o second_o collation_n treat_v of_o the_o church_n state_n that_o the_o land_n of_o the_o church_n be_v neither_o sell_v alien_v nor_o change_v away_o but_o upon_o necessity_n or_o that_o they_o be_v let_v to_o farm_n for_o a_o time_n or_o upon_o other_o just_a cause_n no_v not_o with_o the_o prince_n himself_o unless_o the_o change_n be_v as_o good_a or_o better_o than_o that_o which_o he_o receive_v from_o the_o church_n and_o if_o any_o man_n presume_v contrary_a to_o this_o form_n to_o change_v with_o the_o church_n he_o shall_v lose_v both_o the_o thing_n he_o change_v and_o the_o thing_n he_o will_v have_v change_v for_o it_o and_o both_o of_o they_o shall_v remain_v in_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o no_o man_n give_v or_o change_v a_o barren_a piece_n of_o ground_n with_o the_o church_n that_o judge_n and_o ruler_n of_o province_n be_v make_v without_o gift_n of_o their_o office_n power_n authority_n
holy_a place_n further_o it_o provide_v that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o prince_n for_o the_o time_n be_v be_v put_v in_o all_o instrument_n and_o the_o day_n and_o year_n when_o the_o instrument_n be_v make_v that_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o decease_a as_o concern_v the_o quantity_n of_o his_o good_n so_o far_o as_o it_o touch_v the_o division_n of_o the_o same_o among_o his_o child_n be_v hold_v for_o good_a but_o that_o it_o be_v in_o no_o sort_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o creditor_n of_o woman_n tumbler_n and_o such_o other_o of_o like_a sort_n which_o with_o the_o feat_n of_o their_o body_n maintain_v themselves_o that_o no_o oath_n or_o surety_n be_v take_v of_o they_o that_o will_v not_o leave_v that_o kind_n of_o life_n since_o such_o oath_n be_v against_o good_a manner_n and_o be_v of_o no_o value_n in_o law_n that_o such_o gift_n as_o be_v give_v by_o private_a man_n to_o their_o prince_n need_v no_o record_n but_o be_v good_a without_o enrol_v of_o they_o and_o in_o like_a sort_n such_o thing_n as_o be_v give_v by_o the_o prince_n to_o private_a man_n that_o no_o person_n thing_n or_o gold_n of_o a_o other_o man_n be_v arrest_v for_o a_o other_o man_n debt_n which_o they_o now_o call_v reprisal_n and_o that_o he_o which_o be_v hurt_v by_o such_o reprisal_n shall_v recover_v the_o four_o double_a of_o the_o damage_n that_o he_o have_v suffer_v thereby_o and_o that_o one_o man_n be_v not_o beat_v or_o strike_v for_o another_o that_o he_o that_o call_v a_o man_n into_o law_n out_o of_o his_o territory_n or_o province_n where_o he_o dwell_v shall_v enter_v caution_n if_o he_o obtain_v not_o in_o the_o suit_n against_o he_o he_o shall_v pay_v he_o so_o much_o as_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o court_n shall_v condemn_v he_o in_o and_o that_o he_o who_o have_v give_v his_o oath_n in_o judgement_n shall_v pay_v the_o whole_a cost_n of_o the_o suit_n but_o after_o shall_v be_v admit_v to_o prosecute_v the_o same_o if_o he_o will_v so_o that_o he_o put_v in_o surety_n to_o perform_v it_o that_o such_o woman_n as_o be_v unindow_v shall_v have_v the_o four_o part_n of_o their_o husband_n substance_n after_o his_o death_n and_o in_o like_a sort_n the_o man_n in_o the_o woman_n if_o the_o man_n or_o woman_n that_o survive_v be_v poor_a that_o church_n or_o religious_a person_n may_v change_v ground_n one_o with_o a_o other_o for_o that_o one_o privilege_a person_n right_o cease_v against_o a_o other_o that_o be_v in_o like_a sort_n privilege_v that_o such_o change_n of_o manor_n land_n tenement_n and_o hereditament_n as_o be_v make_v by_o churchman_n to_o the_o prince_n be_v not_o feign_a matter_n and_o so_o by_o the_o prince_n come_v to_o other_o man_n hand_n who_o have_v set_v on_o the_o prince_n to_o make_v this_o change_n and_o that_o the_o change_n be_v make_v to_o the_o prince_n house_n only_o and_o if_o the_o prince_n after_o convey_v or_o confer_v the_o same_o upon_o any_o private_a man_n it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o church_n to_o reenter_v upon_o the_o same_o again_o and_o to_o repossess_v it_o as_o in_o her_o former_a right_n that_o in_o great_a church_n clerk_n may_v pay_v something_o for_o their_o first_o admittance_n but_o in_o lesser_a church_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a that_o such_o as_o build_v find_v or_o endow_v church_n which_o must_v go_v before_o the_o rest_n do_v the_o same_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o that_o such_o as_o be_v call_v patron_n may_v present_v their_o clerk_n unto_o the_o bishop_n but_o that_o they_o can_v make_v or_o ordain_v clerk_n therein_o themselves_o that_o the_o sacred_a mystery_n or_o ministery_n be_v not_o do_v in_o private_a house_n but_o be_v celebrate_v in_o public_a place_n lest_o thereby_o thing_n be_v do_v contrary_a to_o the_o catholic_n and_o apostolic_a faith_n unless_o they_o call_v to_o the_o celebrate_n of_o the_o same_o such_o clerk_n of_o who_o faith_n &_o conformity_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n make_v or_o those_o who_o be_v depute_v thereto_o by_o the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o place_n to_o pray_v in_o every_o man_n may_v have_v in_o his_o own_o house_n if_o any_o thing_n be_v do_v to_o the_o contrary_a the_o house_n wherein_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v shall_v be_v confiscate_v and_o themselves_o shall_v be_v punish_v at_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o prince_n that_o neither_o such_o as_o be_v dead_a nor_o the_o corpse_n or_o funeral_n of_o they_o be_v injure_v by_o the_o creditor_n but_o that_o they_o be_v bury_v in_o peace_n that_o woman_n jointure_n be_v not_o sell_v or_o make_v away_o no_o not_o even_o with_o their_o own_o consent_n in_o what_o place_n number_n form_n manner_n and_o order_v the_o prince_n council_n be_v to_o sit_v and_o come_v together_o that_o he_o that_o be_v convent_v in_o judgement_n if_o he_o wilful_o absent_v himself_o may_v be_v condemn_v after_o issue_n be_v join_v that_o no_o man_n build_v a_o chapel_n or_o oratory_n in_o his_o house_n without_o the_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o before_o he_o consecrate_v the_o place_n by_o prayer_n and_o set_v up_o the_o cross_n there_o and_o make_v procession_n in_o the_o place_n and_o that_o before_o he_o build_v it_o he_o allot_v out_o land_n necessary_a for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o same_o and_o those_o that_o shall_v attend_v on_o god_n service_n in_o the_o place_n and_o that_o bishop_n be_v not_o non-residents_a in_o their_o church_n that_o all_o obey_v the_o prince_n judge_n whether_o the_o cause_n be_v civil_a or_o criminal_a they_o judge_v in_o and_o that_o the_o cause_n be_v examine_v before_o they_o without_o respect_n of_o person_n and_o in_o what_o sort_n the_o process_n be_v to_o be_v frame_v against_o such_o as_o be_v present_a and_o how_o against_o those_o that_o be_v absent_a sect_n 7._o what_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o six_o collation_n the_o six_o collation_n show_v by_o what_o mean_n child_n illegitimate_a may_v be_v make_v legitimate_a that_o be_v either_o by_o the_o prince_n dispensation_n or_o by_o the_o father_n testament_n or_o by_o make_v instrument_n of_o marriage_n between_o the_o mother_n and_o father_n of_o the_o child_n so_o that_o the_o mother_n die_v not_o before_o the_o perfect_a of_o they_o or_o that_o she_o live_v riotous_o with_o other_o man_n and_o so_o make_v herself_o unworthy_a to_o be_v a_o wife_n that_o noble_a personage_n marry_v not_o without_o instrument_n of_o dowry_n and_o such_o other_o solemnity_n as_o be_v usual_a in_o this_o behalf_n that_o be_v that_o they_o profess_v the_o same_o before_o the_o bishop_n or_o minister_v of_o the_o place_n and_o three_o or_o four_o witness_n at_o the_o least_o and_o that_o a_o remembrance_n thereof_o be_v leave_v in_o writing_n and_o keep_v with_o the_o monument_n of_o the_o church_n but_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v needful_a for_o mean_a person_n to_o observe_v the_o former_a solemnity_n that_o such_o as_o be_v indebt_v to_o the_o testator_n or_o they_o to_o who_o the_o testator_n be_v indebt_v be_v not_o left_a tutor_n or_o guardian_n to_o their_o child_n that_o if_o any_o such_o be_v appoint_v a_o tutor_n a_o curator_n be_v join_v to_o he_o to_o have_v a_o oversight_n of_o his_o deal_n that_o tutor_n or_o curator_n be_v not_o bind_v by_o law_n to_o let_v out_o the_o minor_n money_n but_o if_o they_o do_v the_o interest_n shall_v be_v the_o minor_n and_o the_o tutor_n shall_v have_v every_o year_n two_o month_n to_o find_v out_o sufficient_a man_n to_o who_o he_o may_v let_v the_o money_n out_o to_o high_a for_o that_o it_o be_v let_v out_o at_o his_o peril_n that_o if_o the_o minor_n state_n be_v great_a so_o that_o there_o will_v be_v a_o yearly_a profit_n above_o his_o find_n the_o tutor_n shall_v lay_v up_o the_o residue_n for_o a_o stock_n against_o he_o come_v to_o age_n or_o buy_v land_n therewith_o if_o he_o can_v find_v out_o a_o good_a bargain_n and_o a_o sure_a title_n but_o if_o the_o child_n portion_n be_v small_a so_o that_o it_o will_v not_o find_v he_o than_o the_o tutor_n or_o curatot_n shall_v dispose_v of_o the_o minor_n state_n as_o he_o will_v dispose_v of_o his_o own_o to_o which_o also_o he_o be_v bind_v by_o oath_n how_o such_o instrument_n as_o be_v enrol_v before_o judge_n concern_v matter_n of_o borrow_v and_o lend_v and_o such_o like_a may_v have_v credit_n how_o man_n may_v safe_o bargain_n either_o with_o writing_n or_o without_o writing_n if_o themselves_o be_v ignorant_a man_n and_o of_o the_o comparison_n of_o letter_n and_o what_o credit_n there_o be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o a_o instrument_n when_o the_o writing_n and_o witness_n do_v vary_v among_o themselves_o of_o unchaste_a people_n and_o such_o as_o riot_n against_o nature_n who_o punishment_n
be_v death_n of_o such_o as_o despiteful_o on_o every_o light_a trifle_n swear_v by_o god_n and_o sancti_fw-la and_o the_o crime_n of_o blasphemy_n be_v so_o odious_a to_o the_o emperor_n that_o he_o think_v god_n will_v never_o suffer_v a_o blasphemer_n to_o go_v unpunished_a &_o for_o sin_n of_o this_o nature_n say_v he_o the_o world_n be_v visit_v with_o famine_n plague_n and_o pestilence_n therefore_o the_o law_n here_o provide_v that_o a_o blasphemer_n shall_v undergo_v ultimum_fw-la suppltoium_fw-la if_o thou_o meet_v say_v chrysostome_n a_o man_n blaspheme_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s_o 〈…〉_o ke_v he_o a_o box_n on_o the_o ear_n give_v he_o a_o dash_n in_o the_o mouth_n and_o sanctify_v thy_o hand_n with_o a_o 〈…〉_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a._n free_a hom._n 1._o ad_fw-la pâ—p_n a_o 〈…〉_o chenum_fw-la pag._n 46â—_n edâ—_n sancti_fw-la blaspheme_v his_o holy_a name_n against_o who_o also_o be_v provide_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n that_o the_o justice_n of_o peace_n or_o other_o officer_n to_o that_o purpose_n appoint_v speedy_o dispatch_v the_o business_n of_o those_o which_o be_v of_o their_o jurisdiction_n that_o such_o as_o come_v as_o stranger_n and_o foreigner_n out_o of_o other_o country_n have_v no_o just_a cause_n of_o their_o come_n be_v send_v back_o again_o with_o their_o substance_n to_o such_o place_n as_o they_o come_v from_o but_o if_o they_o be_v idle_a vagabond_n and_o rogue_n or_o other_o like_a valiant_a beggar_n they_o either_o drive_v they_o out_o of_o the_o place_n or_o compel_v they_o to_o labour_n yet_o evermore_o have_v regard_n to_o provide_v for_o such_o as_o be_v honest_a poor_a old_a sick_a or_o impotent_a that_o clerk_n be_v first_o convent_v before_o their_o ordinary_n and_o that_o the_o ordinary_n do_v speedy_o end_v the_o matter_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v long_o absent_a from_o their_o benefice_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o draw_v before_o temporal_a judge_n unless_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o cause_n do_v so_o require_v it_o as_o that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a civil_a cause_n or_o a_o criminal_a cause_n belong_v whole_o to_o the_o temporal_a court_n wherein_o if_o a_o clerk_n shall_v be_v find_v guilty_a he_o shall_v first_o be_v deprive_v from_o his_o ministry_n and_o then_o shall_v be_v deliver_v over_o into_o the_o secular_a hand_n but_o if_o the_o crime_n be_v sole_o ecclesiastical_a the_o bishop_n alone_o shall_v take_v knowledge_n thereof_o and_o punish_v it_o according_a as_o the_o canon_n do_v require_v that_o where_o one_o die_v without_o issue_n leave_v behind_o he_o brethren_n of_o the_o whole_a blood_n &_o brethren_n of_o the_o half_a blood_n the_o brethren_n of_o the_o whole_a blood_n have_v the_o pre-eminence_n in_o the_o land_n and_o good_n of_o the_o decease_a before_o the_o brethten_v of_o the_o half_a blood_n whether_o they_o be_v of_o the_o father_n side_n or_o the_o mother_n side_n that_o no_o man_n make_v armour_n or_o sell_v it_o without_o the_o prince_n leave_n unless_o they_o be_v knife_n or_o other_o such_o like_a small_a weapon_n sect_n 8._o what_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o seven_o collation_n that_o proof_n by_o witness_n be_v devise_v to_o that_o end_n that_o the_o truth_n shall_v not_o be_v conceal_v and_o yet_o all_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v witness_n but_o such_o alone_a as_o be_v of_o honest_a name_n and_o fame_n and_o be_v without_o all_o suspicion_n of_o love_n hatred_n or_o corruption_n and_o that_o their_o disposition_n be_v put_v in_o writing_n that_o after_o the_o witness_n be_v publish_v and_o their_o deposition_n be_v know_v there_o be_v no_o more_o production_n of_o witness_n unless_o the_o party_n swear_v those_o proof_n come_v a_o new_a unto_o his_o knowledge_n if_o parent_n give_v profuse_o to_o one_o of_o their_o child_n the_o other_o notwithstanding_o shall_v have_v their_o lawful_a portion_n unless_o they_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v unkind_a towards_o their_o parent_n that_o woman_n albeit_o they_o be_v debtor_n or_o creditor_n may_v be_v tutor_n or_o curator_n to_o their_o child_n and_o that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o oath_n to_o be_v exact_v of_o they_o that_o they_o will_v not_o marry_v again_o so_o that_o they_o renounce_v their_o privilege_n grant_v unto_o they_o per_fw-la senatûs_fw-la consultum_fw-la velleian_n and_o perform_v all_o other_o thing_n as_o other_o tutor_n do_v that_o governor_n of_o province_n be_v not_o to_o leave_v their_o charge_n before_o they_o be_v call_v from_o thence_o by_o the_o prince_n otherwise_o they_o incur_v the_o danger_n of_o treason_n that_o woman_n dowry_n have_v a_o privilege_n before_o all_o other_o kind_n of_o debt_n that_o what_o dowry_n a_o woman_n have_v in_o her_o first_o marriage_n she_o shall_v have_v the_o same_o in_o her_o second_o marriage_n neither_o shall_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o her_o father_n to_o diminish_v it_o if_o it_o return_v again_o unto_o his_o hand_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o property_n of_o his_o wife_n dowry_n neither_o a_o woman_n the_o property_n of_o that_o which_o be_v give_v she_o before_o marriage_n but_o the_o property_n of_o either_o of_o they_o shall_v come_v unto_o their_o child_n yea_o though_o they_o marry_v not_o again_o sect_n 9_o what_o be_v comprise_v in_o the_o eigth_n collation_n will_n or_o testament_n make_v in_o the_o behoof_n of_o child_n stand_v good_a howsoever_o imperfect_a otherwise_o they_o 〈…〉_o de_fw-fr testament_n imperfect_a §_o nos_fw-la â—g_z 〈…〉_o be_v but_o they_o be_v not_o available_a for_o stranger_n but_o stranger_n be_v they_o which_o be_v not_o child_n neither_o matter_v it_o whether_o the_o will_n or_o testament_n be_v write_v by_o the_o father_n hand_n only_o or_o by_o some_o other_o body_n by_o his_o appointment_n and_o as_o the_o father_n divide_v the_o good_n among_o the_o child_n so_o they_o be_v to_o have_v their_o part_n of_o heretic_n and_o that_o such_o be_v heretic_n which_o do_v refuse_v to_o receive_v the_o holy_a communion_n at_o the_o minister_n hand_n in_o the_o catholic_n church_n that_o heretic_n be_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v to_o room_n and_o place_n of_o honour_n and_o that_o women-heretick_n may_v not_o have_v such_o privilege_n as_o other_o woman_n have_v in_o their_o dowry_n that_o be_v call_v mariner_n usury_n that_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v lend_v to_o mariner_n or_o merchantman_n special_o such_o as_o trade_v by_o sea_n which_o kind_n of_o lend_v the_o law_n call_v passage-money_n in_o which_o kind_n of_o usury_n a_o man_n can_v go_v beyond_o the_o 100_o part_n that_o church_n enjoy_v a_o 100_o yard_n prescription_n that_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v litigious_a during_o the_o controversy_n be_v not_o to_o be_v sell_v away_o a_o litigious_a thing_n be_v that_o which_o be_v in_o suit_n between_o the_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n that_o while_o the_o suit_n depend_v there_o be_v no_o letter_n or_o edict_n procure_v from_o the_o prince_n concern_v the_o cause_n in_o question_n but_o that_o the_o cause_n be_v decide_v according_a to_o the_o general_a law_n in_o use_n that_o in_o divorce_n the_o child_n be_v bring_v up_o with_o the_o innocent_a party_n but_o at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o nocent_a and_o that_o divorce_n be_v not_o admit_v but_o upon_o cause_n in_o law_n express_v that_o no_o woman_n who_o husband_n be_v in_o warfare_n or_o otherwise_o absent_a shall_v marry_v again_o before_o she_o have_v certain_a intelligence_n of_o the_o death_n of_o her_o former_a husband_n either_o from_o the_o captain_n under_o who_o he_o serve_v or_o from_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o place_n where_o he_o die_v and_o if_o any_o woman_n marry_v again_o without_o such_o certain_a intelligence_n how_o long_o soever_o otherwise_o her_o husband_n be_v absent_a from_o she_o both_o she_o and_o he_o who_o marry_v she_o shall_v be_v punish_v as_o adulterer_n and_o if_o her_o former_a husband_n after_o such_o marriage_n return_v back_o again_o she_o shall_v return_v again_o to_o her_o former_a husband_n if_o he_o will_v receive_v she_o otherwise_o she_o shall_v live_v apart_o from_o they_o both_o if_o any_o man_n beat_v his_o wife_n for_o any_o other_o cause_n than_o for_o which_o he_o may_v be_v just_o sever_v or_o divorce_v from_o she_o he_o autem_fw-la de_fw-fr haered_a 〈◊〉_d inteslat_a §_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la autem_fw-la shall_v for_o such_o injury_n be_v punish_v if_o any_o man_n conceive_v a_o jealousy_n against_o his_o wife_n as_o that_o she_o use_v any_o other_o man_n more_o familiar_o than_o be_v meet_v she_o shall_v let_v he_o three_o several_a time_n admonish_v he_o thereof_o before_o three_o honest_a and_o substantial_a man_n and_o if_o after_o such_o admonition_n he_o be_v find_v to_o commune_v with_o she_o let_v he_o be_v accuse_v of_o adultery_n before_o such_o a_o judge_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o correct_v such_o offence_n sect_n 10._o what_o be_v the_o
there_o be_v any_o right_a use_n within_o the_o church_n some_o other_o be_v out_o of_o use_n as_o well_o among_o the_o civil_a as_o criminal_a title_n because_o the_o matter_n that_o be_v therein_o treat_v of_o be_v know_v notorious_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o conusance_n of_o the_o common_a law_n at_o this_o day_n as_o the_o title_n of_o buy_v and_o sell_v of_o lease_v let_v and_o take_v to_o farm_n of_o mortgage_v and_o pledge_v of_o give_v by_o deed_n of_o gift_n of_o detect_v of_o collusion_n and_o cozenage_n of_o murder_n of_o theft_n and_o receive_v of_o thief_n and_o such_o like_a sect_n 2._o that_o the_o title_n last_o mention_v do_v ancient_o belong_v unto_o the_o court_n spiritual_a and_o the_o reason_n which_o move_v the_o author_n so_o to_o believe_v the_o first_o reason_n and_o yet_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o even_o these_o matter_n as_o well_o civil_a as_o criminal_a or_o most_o of_o they_o be_v ancient_o in_o practice_n and_o allow_v in_o bishop_n court_n in_o this_o land_n among_o clerk_n to_o the_o which_o i_o be_o induce_v by_o three_o reason_n first_o that_o i_o find_v not_o only_o the_o foreign_a author_n of_o the_o decretal_n but_o also_o the_o domestical_a author_n of_o the_o legatines_n be_v all_o most_o excellent_a wise_a man_n as_o the_o story_n of_o their_o several_a age_n do_v report_n to_o have_v enact_v these_o several_a constitution_n and_o to_o have_v insert_v they_o not_o only_o in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n but_o also_o in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o this_o land_n and_o that_o some_o wise_a man_n sundry_a year_n after_o their_o age_n do_v write_v and_o comment_n upon_o the_o same_o as_o thing_n expedient_a and_o profitable_a for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o government_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o those_o day_n neither_o of_o which_o i_o do_v presume_v they_o will_v have_v do_v if_o in_o those_o age_n there_o have_v not_o be_v good_a use_n and_o free_a practice_n of_o they_o sect_n 3._o the_o second_o reason_n second_o that_o i_o find_v in_o the_o code_n of_o justinian_n by_o sundry_a law_n some_o of_o his_o own_o make_n some_z other_o of_o other_o emperor_n before_o his_o time_n even_o from_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a bishop_n in_o their_o episcopal_a audience_n have_v the_o practice_n of_o these_o matter_n as_o well_o criminal_a as_o civil_a and_o to_o that_o end_n have_v they_o their_o official_o or_o chancellor_n who_o the_o law_n call_v ecclesiecdici_n or_o episcoporum_fw-la ecditi_fw-la that_o be_v church-lawyer_n or_o bishops-lawyer_n man_n train_v up_o in_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n of_o those_o age_n to_o direct_v they_o in_o matter_n of_o judgement_n as_o well_o in_o ecclesiastical_a criminals_n matter_n as_o ecclesiastical_a civil_a matter_n and_o that_o these_o which_o now_o be_v bishop_n chancellor_n be_v the_o very_a self_n same_o person_n in_o office_n that_o ancient_o exercise_v ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n under_o bishop_n and_o be_v call_v ecclesiecdici_n it_o may_v appear_v by_o that_o which_o papias_n a_o old_a ancient_a historiographer_n cite_v by_o gothofred_n in_o his_o annotation_n upon_o the_o foresay_a law_n omnem_fw-la in_o the_o code_n &_o title_n de_fw-fr episcopis_fw-la and_o clericis_fw-la and_o upon_o the_o §_o praeterea_fw-la write_v of_o they_o who_o say_v thus_o that_o ecclesiecdici_n or_o ecdici_fw-la be_v those_o that_o be_v aider_n &_o assister_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o jurisdiction_n not_o astrict_n or_o bind_v to_o one_o place_n but_o every_o where_n through_o the_o whole_a diocese_n supply_v the_o absence_n of_o the_o bishop_n which_o be_v the_o very_a right_a description_n of_o the_o bishop_n chancellor_n that_o now_o be_v who_o for_o that_o they_o carry_v the_o bishop_n authority_n with_o they_o every_o where_o for_o matter_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o that_o the_o b._n and_o they_o make_v but_o one_o consistory_n be_v call_v the_o bishop_n vicar_n general_n both_o in_o respect_n their_o authority_n stretch_v itself_o throughout_o the_o whole_a diocese_n and_o also_o to_o distinguish_v they_o from_o the_o commissary_n of_o bishop_n who_o authority_n be_v only_o in_o some_o certain_a place_n of_o the_o diocese_n and_o some_o certain_a cause_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n limit_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o be_v call_v by_o the_o law_n judices_fw-la or_o officiales_fw-la foranei_fw-la as_o if_o you_o will_v say_v officiales_fw-la astricti_fw-la cuidam_fw-la foro_fw-la dioeceseos_fw-la tantùm_fw-la rescrip_n gloss_n in_o clement_n 2._o the_o rescrip_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a mere_a conceit_n that_o a_o certain_a gentleman_n very_o learned_a and_o eloquent_a of_o late_a have_v write_v that_o chancellor_n be_v man_n but_o of_o late_a upstart_n in_o the_o world_n and_o that_o the_o sloth_n of_o bishop_n have_v bring_v in_o chancellor_n whereas_o in_o very_a deed_n chancellor_n be_v equal_a or_o near_o equal_a in_o time_n to_o bishop_n themselves_o as_o both_o the_o law_n itself_o and_o 13._o baldus_n l._n aliquando_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr officio_fw-la proconsulis_fw-la covar_n li._n 3._o variarum_fw-la resolut_a c._n 10._o num_fw-la 4._o shrozius_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la vicario_fw-la epis_fw-la q._n 46._o num_fw-la 2._o 4._o 12._o &_o 13._o story_n do_v show_v yea_o chancellor_n be_v so_o necessary_a officer_n to_o bishop_n that_o every_o bishop_n must_v of_o necessity_n have_v a_o chancellor_n and_o if_o any_o bishop_n will_v seem_v to_o be_v so_o complete_a within_o himself_o as_o that_o he_o need_v not_o a_o chancellor_n yet_o may_v the_o archbishop_n of_o the_o province_n wherein_o he_o be_v compel_v he_o to_o take_v a_o chancellor_n or_o if_o he_o refuse_v so_o to_o do_v put_v a_o chancellor_n on_o he_o for_o that_o the_o law_n do_v presume_v it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o more_o weight_n than_o one_o man_n be_v able_a to_o sustain_v to_o govern_v a_o whole_a diocese_n by_o himself_o alone_o and_o therefore_o howsoever_o the_o nomination_n of_o the_o chancellor_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n yet_o his_o authority_n come_v from_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o recipiunt_fw-la hostiensis_n in_o sumusa_fw-la de_fw-la officio_fw-la vicarii_fw-la numero_fw-la 2._o in_o fine_a nominationem_fw-la ab_fw-la episc_n potestatem_fw-la verò_fw-la à _fw-la â—ure_fw-la recipiunt_fw-la he_o be_v no_o less_o account_v a_o ordinary_a by_o the_o law_n than_o the_o bishop_n be_v but_o truth_n it_o be_v not_o the_o sloth_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o the_o multitude_n and_o variety_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n bring_v they_o in_o which_o can_v not_o be_v define_v by_o like_o former_a precedent_n but_o need_v every_o one_o almost_o a_o new_a decision_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o prince_n in_o the_o beginning_n grant_v to_o clergy_n man_n these_o cause_n &_o their_o consistory_n for_o from_o prince_n be_v derive_v in_o the_o begin_n all_o these_o authority_n as_o also_o the_o religion_n itself_o be_v settle_v &_o protect_v in_o kingdom_n by_o prince_n before_o there_o can_v be_v have_v a_o free_a passage_n thereof_o be_v first_o that_o the_o clergyman_n thereby_o may_v not_o be_v draw_v from_o their_o prayer_n and_o exercise_n of_o divine_a service_n to_o follow_v matter_n of_o suit_n abroad_o 2_o that_o they_o be_v like_a to_o have_v a_o more_o speedy_a &_o better_a dispatch_n &_o more_o indifferency_n before_o a_o judge_n of_o their_o own_o learning_n than_o before_o a_o judge_n of_o a_o other_o profession_n for_o this_o be_v true_a and_o ever_o have_v be_v and_o i_o fear_v ever_o will_v be_v unto_o the_o end_n that_o be_v say_v in_o the_o gloss_n and_o be_v in_o common_a see_v laici_fw-la oppidò_fw-la semper_fw-la infesti_fw-la sunt_fw-la clericis_fw-la last_o that_o clerk_n suit_n and_o quarrel_n shall_v not_o be_v divulge_v and_o spread_v abroad_o among_o the_o lay_v people_n and_o that_o many_o time_n to_o the_o great_a discredit_n of_o the_o whole_a profession_n special_o in_o criminal_a matter_n wherein_o prince_n ancient_o so_o much_o tender_v the_o clergy_n that_o if_o any_o man_n among_o they_o have_v commit_v any_o thing_n worthy_a death_n or_o open_a shame_n he_o be_v not_o first_o execute_v or_o put_v to_o his_o public_a disgrace_n before_o he_o be_v degrade_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o his_o clergy_n and_o so_o be_v execute_v and_o put_v to_o shame_n not_o as_o a_o clerk_n but_o as_o a_o lay_v malefactor_n which_o regard_n towards_o ecclesiastical_a man_n it_o be_v well_o it_o be_v still_o retain_v both_o because_o the_o consideration_n thereof_o be_v reverend_a and_o worthy_a the_o dignity_n of_o the_o ministry_n who_o office_n be_v most_o honourable_a and_o also_o for_o that_o it_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o any_o papistical_a immunity_n be_v sect_n 4._o the_o three_o and_o last_o reason_n the_o three_o reason_n that_o move_v more_o that_o i_o shall_v believe_v that_o these_o title_n sometime_o be_v here_o in_o exercise_n among_o
sometime_o at_o rome_n in_o italy_n sometime_o at_o avignion_n in_o france_n sometime_o in_o other_o place_n as_o by_o the_o date_n of_o the_o bull_n and_o other_o process_n of_o that_o age_n may_v be_v see_v which_o several_a remove_n of_o he_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o parliament_n of_o insert_v the_o word_n elsewhere_o in_o the_o body_n of_o those_o statute_n that_o thereby_o the_o statute_n provide_v against_o process_n date_v at_o rome_n they_o may_v not_o be_v elude_v by_o like_a process_n date_v at_o avignion_n or_o any_o other_o place_n of_o the_o pope_n abode_n and_o so_o the_o penalty_n thereof_o towards_o the_o offender_n may_v become_v void_a and_o be_v frustrate_v neither_o do_v the_o law_n of_o this_o land_n at_o any_o time_n while_o the_o pope_n authority_n be_v in_o his_o great_a pride_n within_o this_o realm_n ever_o impute_v a_o praemunire_n to_o any_o spiritual_a subject_n deal_v in_o any_o temporal_a matter_n by_o any_o ordinary_a power_n within_o the_o land_n but_o restrain_v they_o by_o prohibition_n only_o as_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o king_n prohibition_n wherein_o be_v the_o great_a matter_n that_o ever_o the_o clergy_n attempt_v by_o ordinary_a and_o domestical_a authority_n and_o yet_o be_v refute_v only_o by_o prohibition_n but_o when_o as_o certain_a busie-headed_n fellow_n be_v not_o content_a to_o press_v upon_o the_o king_n regal_a jurisdiction_n at_o home_n but_o will_v seek_v for_o mean_n for_o preferment_n for_o foreign_a authority_n to_o control_v the_o judgement_n give_v in_o the_o king_n court_n by_o process_n from_o the_o pope_n then_o be_v praemunires_fw-la decree_v both_o to_o punish_v those_o audacious_a enterprise_n of_o those_o factious_a subject_n and_o also_o to_o check_v the_o pope_n insolency_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o venture_v hereafter_o to_o enterprise_v such_o designment_n against_o the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n but_o now_o since_o the_o fear_n thereof_o be_v past_a by_o reason_n all_o intercourse_n be_v take_v away_o between_o the_o king_n good_a subject_n and_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v the_o meaning_n of_o good_a and_o merciful_a prince_n of_o this_o land_n be_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o these_o statute_n be_v take_v away_o the_o effect_n thereof_o shall_v remain_v and_o that_o good_a and_o dutiful_a subject_n step_v happy_o awry_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o some_o part_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n but_o yet_o without_o prejudice_n of_o the_o prince_n or_o his_o regal_a power_n shall_v be_v punish_v with_o like_a rigour_n of_o law_n as_o those_o which_o be_v molester_n greever_n and_o disquieter_n of_o the_o whole_a estate_n but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o the_o edge_n of_o those_o praemunires_fw-la which_o be_v then_o frame_v remain_v sharp_a and_o unblunted_a still_o against_o priest_n jesuit_n and_o other_o like_a runagate_n which_o be_v not_o content_a with_o their_o own_o natural_a prince_n government_n seek_v to_o bring_v in_o again_o that_o and_o like_o foreign_a authority_n which_o those_o statute_n make_v provision_n against_o but_o these_o thing_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o reverend_a judge_n of_o the_o land_n &_o other_o that_o be_v skilful_a in_o that_o profession_n only_o wish_v that_o some_o which_o have_v most_o insight_n into_o these_o matter_n will_v add_v some_o light_n unto_o they_o that_o man_n may_v not_o stumble_v at_o they_o and_o fall_v into_o the_o danger_n of_o they_o unaware_o but_o now_o to_o prohibition_n sect_n 2._o the_o impeachment_n thereof_o by_o prohibition_n and_o what_o it_o be_v a_o prohibition_n be_v a_o commandment_n send_v out_o of_o some_o of_o the_o king_n high_a court_n of_o record_n where_o prohibition_n have_v be_v use_v to_o be_v grant_v in_o the_o king_n name_n seal_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o that_o court_n and_o subscribe_v with_o the_o testae_fw-la of_o the_o chief_a judge_n or_o justice_n of_o the_o court_n from_o whence_o the_o say_a prohibition_n do_v come_v at_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o plaintiff_n pretend_v himself_o to_o be_v grieve_v by_o some_o ecclesiastical_a or_o marine_a judge_n in_o not_o admittance_n of_o some_o matter_n or_o do_v some_o other_o thing_n against_o his_o right_n in_o his_o or_o their_o judicial_a proceed_n command_v the_o say_v ecclesiastical_a or_o marine_a judge_n to_o proceed_v no_o further_o in_o that_o cause_n and_o if_o they_o have_v send_v out_o any_o censure_n ecclesiastical_a or_o marine_a against_o the_o plaintiff_n they_o recall_v it_o and_o loose_v he_o from_o the_o same_o under_o pain_n of_o the_o king_n high_a indignation_n upon_o pretence_n that_o the_o same_o cause_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a or_o marine_a judge_n but_o be_v of_o the_o temporal_a cognisance_n and_o do_v appertain_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o dignity_n of_o prohibition_n some_o be_v prohibition_n of_o law_n some_o other_o be_v prohibition_n of_o fact_n prohibition_n of_o law_n be_v those_o which_o be_v set_v down_o by_o any_o law_n or_o statute_n of_o this_o land_n whereby_o ecclesiastical_a law_n what_o be_v prohibition_n of_o law_n court_n be_v interdict_v to_o deal_v in_o the_o matter_n therein_o contain_v such_o as_o be_v all_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v express_v in_o the_o king_n prohibition_n as_o be_v also_o those_o which_o be_v mention_v by_o the_o second_o of_o edward_n the_o six_o where_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a be_v forbid_v to_o hold_v plea_n of_o any_o matter_n contrary_a to_o the_o effect_n intent_n or_o meaning_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o w._n 2._o capite_fw-la 3._o the_o statute_n of_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la sylva_n caedua_fw-la the_o treaty_n de_fw-fr regius_fw-la prohibition_n the_o statute_n anno_fw-la 1._o edwardi_fw-la 3._o capite_fw-la 10._o or_o aught_o else_o wherein_o the_o king_n court_n ought_v to_o have_v jurisdiction_n prohibition_n of_o fact_n be_v such_o which_o have_v no_o precise_a word_n or_o letter_n of_o law_n or_o statute_n for_o they_o as_o have_v the_o other_o but_o fact_n what_o be_v prohibition_n of_o fact_n be_v raise_v up_o by_o argument_n out_o of_o the_o wit_n of_o the_o devisor_n these_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v mere_a quirk_n and_o subtlety_n of_o law_n and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o have_v no_o more_o favour_n in_o any_o wise_a honourable_a or_o well_o order_v consistory_n than_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o cause_n itself_o do_v deserve_v for_o such_o manner_n of_o shift_n for_o the_o most_o part_n breed_n nought_o else_o but_o matter_n of_o vexation_n and_o have_v no_o other_o commendable_a end_n in_o they_o though_o they_o pretend_v the_o right_n of_o the_o king_n court_n as_o those_o other_o prohibition_n of_o the_o law_n do_v but_o the_o king_n right_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v by_o imagination_n but_o be_v to_o be_v make_v plain_a by_o demonstration_n and_o so_o both_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 18._o of_o edward_n the_o three_o capite_fw-la 5._o be_v where_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o no_o prohibition_n shall_v go_v out_o but_o where_o the_o king_n have_v the_o cognisance_n and_o of_o right_a aught_o to_o have_v and_o also_o by_o the_o forenamed_a statute_n of_o edward_n the_o six_o which_o forbid_v that_o any_o prohibition_n shall_v be_v grant_v out_o but_o upon_o sight_n of_o the_o libel_n and_o other_o wary_a circumstance_n in_o the_o say_a statute_n express_v by_o which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v intend_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n be_v not_o that_o every_o idle_a suggestion_n of_o every_o attorney_n shall_v breed_v a_o prohibition_n but_o such_o only_a shall_v be_v grant_v as_o the_o judge_n in_o his_o wisdom_n shall_v think_v worthy_a of_o that_o favour_n and_o if_o right_a and_o equity_n do_v deserve_v it_o although_o as_o i_o must_v needs_o confess_v the_o statute_n be_v defective_a in_o this_o behalf_n for_o to_o exact_v any_o such_o precise_a examination_n of_o he_o in_o these_o case_n as_o it_o be_v also_o in_o other_o point_n and_o be_v almost_o the_o general_a imperfection_n of_o all_o statute_n that_o be_v make_v upon_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n but_o i_o fear_v i_o as_o emulation_n between_o the_o two_o law_n in_o the_o beginning_n bring_v in_o these_o multitude_n of_o prohibition_n either_o against_o or_o beside_o law_n so_o the_o gain_n they_o bring_v unto_o the_o temporal_a court_n maintain_v they_o which_o also_o make_v the_o judge_n they_o cease_v not_o cost_n and_o damage_n in_o case_n of_o consultation_n although_o the_o statute_n precise_o require_v their_o assent_n and_o assignment_n therein_o because_o they_o will_v not_o deter_v other_o man_n from_o sue_v out_o of_o prohibition_n and_o pursue_v of_o the_o same_o the_o prohibition_n of_o the_o law_n as_o have_v be_v before_o show_v be_v neither_o many_o nor_o much_o repine_v at_o because_o they_o contain_v a_o necessary_a distinction_n between_o jurisdiction_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o imply_v the_o king_n right_a and_o subject_n benefit_n but_o the_o
translate_v unto_o themselves_o matter_n of_o marine_a trial_n if_o they_o be_v square_v to_o these_o rule_n of_o fiction_n can_v be_v maintain_v for_o first_o to_o speak_v of_o equity_n which_o the_o law_n require_v in_o these_o manner_n of_o proceed_n what_o equity_n can_v it_o be_v to_o take_v away_o the_o trial_n of_o such_o business_n as_o belong_v to_o one_o court_n and_o to_o pull_v it_o to_o a_o other_o court_n special_o when_o as_o the_o court_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v draw_v be_v more_o fit_a for_o it_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o fullness_n of_o knowledge_n that_o that_o court_n have_v to_o deal_v in_o such_o business_n and_o also_o of_o the_o competency_n of_o skill_n that_o be_v in_o the_o judge_n &_o professor_n of_o those_o court_n correspondent_a to_o these_o cause_n more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o judge_n and_o professor_n of_o the_o other_o court_n for_o the_o decide_n and_o determine_v of_o these_o matter_n for_o albeit_o otherwise_o they_o be_v very_o wise_a and_o sufficient_a man_n in_o the_o understanding_n of_o their_o own_o profession_n yet_o have_v they_o small_a skill_n or_o knowledge_n in_o matter_n pertain_v to_o the_o civil_a profession_n for_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o write_v in_o their_o book_n of_o these_o matter_n more_o than_o be_v to_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o a_o few_o statute_n of_o former_a time_n who_o drift_n be_v not_o to_o open_v any_o door_n unto_o they_o to_o enter_v upon_o the_o admiral_n profession_n but_o to_o preserve_v the_o king_n jurisdiction_n from_o the_o admiral_n encroachment_n as_o may_v by_o the_o say_a statute_n appear_v whereas_o contrary_o the_o civil_a law_n have_v sundry_a title_n include_v in_o the_o body_n thereof_o concern_v these_o kind_n of_o cause_n whereupon_o the_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n have_v large_o comment_v and_o other_o have_v make_v several_a tractate_v thereof_o so_o that_o by_o all_o likelihood_n these_o man_n be_v more_o fit_a and_o better_o furnish_v to_o deal_v in_o this_o business_n than_o any_o man_n of_o any_o other_o profession_n as_o have_v beside_o the_o strength_n of_o their_o own_o wit_n other_o man_n help_n and_o labour_n to_o rely_v upon_o beside_o this_o business_n many_o time_n concern_v not_o only_o our_o own_o countryman_n but_o also_o stranger_n who_o be_v party_n to_o the_o suit_n who_o be_v bear_v and_o do_v live_v in_o country_n order_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n whereby_o they_o may_v be_v presume_v to_o have_v more_o skill_n and_o better_a like_n of_o that_o law_n than_o they_o can_v be_v think_v to_o have_v of_o our_o law_n and_o our_o proceed_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o indifferency_n to_o call_v they_o from_o the_o trial_n of_o that_o law_n which_o they_o in_o some_o part_n know_v and_o be_v the_o law_n of_o their_o country_n as_o it_o be_v almost_o to_o all_o christendom_n beside_o to_o the_o trial_n of_o a_o law_n which_o they_o know_v in_o no_o part_n and_o be_v mere_a foreign_a unto_o they_o special_o when_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o land_n have_v ancient_o allow_v the_o civil_a law_n to_o be_v a_o common_a law_n in_o these_o cause_n as_o well_o to_o their_o own_o subject_n as_o it_o be_v to_o stranger_n further_o the_o avocate_a away_o of_o cause_n in_o this_o sort_n from_o one_o jurisdiction_n to_o another_o special_o when_o the_o cause_n have_v long_o depend_v in_o the_o court_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v call_v insomuch_o as_o now_o it_o be_v ready_a for_o sentence_n or_o rather_o be_v past_a sentence_n and_o stand_v at_o execution_n can_v be_v but_o great_a injury_n to_o the_o subject_n after_o so_o much_o labour_v lose_v and_o money_n spend_v in_o waste_n to_o begin_v his_o suit_n anew_o again_o which_o be_v like_a to_o sisyphus_n punishment_n who_o when_o he_o have_v with_o all_o his_o might_n force_v his_o stone_n up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o hill_n and_o so_o be_v as_o himself_o hope_v at_o a_o end_n of_o his_o labour_n yet_o the_o stone_n roll_v down_o again_o on_o he_o and_o so_o his_o second_o labour_n his_o strength_n be_v spend_v with_o the_o toil_n of_o the_o first_o be_v more_o grievous_a than_o the_o former_a be_v which_o be_v semblable_o true_a in_o a_o poor_a client_n who_o have_v his_o cause_n in_o hear_v there_o can_v be_v no_o equity_n in_o this_o fiction_n whereby_o a_o cause_n so_o near_o end_v shall_v again_o be_v put_v upon_o the_o anvil_n as_o though_o it_o be_v still_o rough_a work_n and_o new_a to_o be_v begin_v and_o sure_o as_o there_o be_v no_o equity_n in_o it_o so_o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n such_o a_o fiction_n shall_v be_v maintain_v by_o law_n for_o that_o it_o have_v no_o ground_n of_o reason_n to_o rest_v his_o foot_n on_o for_o if_o this_o be_v grant_v that_o such_o a_o fiction_n by_o law_n may_v be_v make_v than_o one_o of_o these_o absurdity_n must_v needs_o follow_v either_o that_o a_o ship_n may_v arrive_v in_o a_o place_n where_o no_o water_n be_v to_o carry_v it_o or_o if_o that_o it_o arrive_v according_a to_o the_o fiction_n either_o the_o people_n their_o house_n and_o their_o wealth_n shall_v be_v all_o overwhelm_v in_o the_o water_n as_o the_o world_n be_v in_o noah_n flood_n &_o ducalions_n deluge_n and_o so_o no_o body_n there_o shall_v be_v leave_v alive_a to_o make_v any_o bargain_n or_o contract_n with_o the_o mariner_n &_o shipman_n that_o arrive_v there_o or_o that_o the_o people_n that_o dwell_v there_o shall_v walk_v upon_o the_o water_n as_o people_n do_v on_o land_n which_o peter_n himself_o be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v but_o have_v sink_v if_o christ_n have_v not_o reach_v his_o hand_n unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o far_o less_o possible_a for_o any_o other_o man_n to_o do_v so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v well_o say_v these_o thing_n stand_v as_o they_o do_v not_o such_o fiction_n can_v hold_v and_o that_o no_o action_n can_v be_v frame_v upon_o it_o for_o as_o there_o be_v no_o obligation_n of_o impossible_a thing_n so_o there_o be_v no_o action_n of_o thing_n that_o neither_o nature_n nor_o reason_n will_v afford_v to_o be_v do_v neither_o be_v it_o to_o the_o purpose_n that_o the_o maintainer_n of_o these_o fiction_n do_v say_v that_o in_o this_o case_n the_o place_n where_o the_o contract_n be_v make_v be_v not_o considerable_a which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v far_o otherwise_o for_o that_o when_o that_o themselves_o will_v convey_v a_o marine_a cause_n from_o the_o sea_n unto_o the_o land_n they_o will_v lay_v it_o to_o be_v do_v in_o some_o special_a place_n of_o a_o country_n be_v the_o place_n never_o so_o unproper_a for_o such_o a_o action_n for_o that_o the_o foundation_n of_o these_o action_n be_v the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v do_v as_o namely_o that_o they_o be_v do_v in_o the_o body_n of_o such_o a_o country_n or_o such_o a_o country_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o main_a sea_n or_o beneath_o the_o low_a bridge_n that_o be_v upon_o any_o great_a river_n next_o the_o sea_n and_o therefore_o in_o two_o emulous_a jurisdiction_n when_o they_o be_v so_o divide_v as_o that_o one_o be_v assign_v the_o sea_n the_o other_o the_o land_n the_o place_n of_o the_o action_n can_v in_o no_o sort_n be_v suppress_v and_o another_o supply_v in_o the_o room_n thereof_o quod_fw-la enim_fw-la una_fw-la via_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la alia_fw-la via_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la permittendum_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la est_fw-la directo_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la obliguum_fw-la for_o if_o this_o be_v grant_v than_o matter_n enough_o will_v be_v offer_v to_o one_o jurisdiction_n to_o devour_v up_o the_o other_o and_o the_o law_n will_v be_v easy_o elude_v which_o to_o restrain_v either_o of_o these_o jurisdiction_n to_o their_o own_o place_n and_o to_o provide_v that_o one_o in_o his_o greatness_n do_v not_o swell_v up_o against_o the_o other_o have_v set_v either_o of_o they_o their_o bound_n and_o limit_n which_o they_o shall_v not_o pass_v which_o as_o it_o be_v the_o good_a provision_n of_o the_o law_n so_o ought_v either_o jurisdiction_n in_o all_o obedience_n to_o submit_v itself_o thereunto_o for_o that_o the_o diminish_n of_o either_o of_o they_o be_v a_o wrong_n to_o the_o prince_n from_o who_o they_o be_v derive_v who_o be_v no_o less_o lord_n of_o the_o sea_n than_o he_o be_v king_n of_o the_o land_n and_o therefore_o in_o no_o sort_n such_o liberty_n must_v be_v allow_v to_o the_o one_o direct_o or_o indirect_o as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o spoil_n unto_o the_o other_o which_o will_v easy_o come_v to_o pass_v if_o when_o as_o the_o law_n allow_v not_o any_o man_n to_o sue_v a_o marine_a matter_n by_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o the_o law_n of_o this_o land_n yet_o a_o man_n will_v follow_v it_o by_o a_o extraordinary_a but_o where_o there_o be_v a_o
hold_v plea_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o the_o say_a proviso_n contain_v but_o it_o be_v rather_o directive_n and_o show_v where_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v to_o give_v way_n to_o immunity_n and_o to_o pronounce_v for_o they_o so_o that_o for_o any_o thing_n be_v contain_v in_o this_o proviso_n to_o the_o contrary_a the_o cognisance_n of_o these_o matter_n especial_o privilege_n prescription_n and_o composition_n still_o remain_v at_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n as_o they_o do_v before_o this_o proviso_n be_v make_v for_o 33._o deprascript_n lib._n 2._o tit_n 26._o de_fw-fr privileg_n lib._n 5._o tit_n 33._o tithe_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o several_a title_n in_o the_o same_o law_n hereon_o write_v and_o for_o the_o other_o word_n law_n and_o statute_n therein_o mention_v when_o as_o the_o king_n have_v two_o capacity_n of_o government_n in_o he_o the_o one_o spiritual_a the_o other_o temporal_a and_o his_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n wherein_o law_n be_v make_v do_v stand_v as_o well_o of_o spiritual_a man_n as_o temporal_a man_n and_o so_o ought_v to_o stand_v in_o both_o house_n if_o the_o ancient_a book_n de_fw-fr modo_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la be_v true_a and_o authentical_a which_o make_v the_o upper_a house_n of_o three_o state_n the_o king_n majesty_n the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o the_o lord_n temporal_a and_o the_o low_a house_n in_o like_a sort_n of_o three_o other_o the_o knight_n the_o procurator_n for_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o burgess_n and_o his_o majesty_n have_v within_o this_o realm_n aswell_o ecclesiastical_a lawyer_n as_o temporal_a which_o be_v no_o less_o able_a to_o judge_v and_o determine_v of_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n than_o the_o temporal_a lawyer_n of_o temporal_a business_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v but_o as_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n will_v have_v those_o law_n to_o be_v hold_v temporal_a and_o to_o have_v their_o construction_n from_o temporal_a lawyer_n which_o be_v make_v and_o promulge_v upon_o temporal_a right_n and_o cause_n so_o also_o his_o highness_n pleasure_n be_v and_o ever_o have_v be_v of_o all_o his_o predecessor_n king_n and_o queen_n of_o this_o land_n that_o such_o law_n and_o statute_n as_o be_v set_v out_o and_o publish_v upon_o ecclesiastical_a thing_n and_o matter_n shall_v be_v take_v and_o account_v ecclesiastical_a and_o interpret_v by_o ecclesiastical_a lawyer_n although_o either_o of_o they_o have_v interchangeable_o each_o other_o voice_n in_o they_o to_o make_v they_o a_o law_n and_o that_o the_o king_n do_v infuse_v life_n into_o either_o of_o the_o law_n when_o as_o yet_o their_o substance_n be_v unperfect_a and_o they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v embryo_n be_v in_o temporal_a matter_n by_o his_o temporal_a authority_n and_o in_o spiritual_a matter_n by_o his_o spiritual_a authority_n for_o to_o that_o end_n he_o have_v his_o double_a dignity_n in_o that_o place_n as_o also_o the_o ecclesiastical_a prelate_n sustain_v two_o person_n in_o that_o place_n the_o one_o as_o they_o be_v baron_n the_o other_o as_o they_o be_v bishop_n so_o that_o even_o the_o order_n of_o the_o house_n do_v evince_n that_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o law_n in_o that_o place_n unconfound_v both_o in_o the_o head_n and_o the_o body_n although_o for_o communion_n sake_n and_o to_o add_v more_o strength_n to_o each_o of_o they_o the_o general_a allowance_n pass_v over_o they_o all_o and_o as_o they_o rest_v unconfound_v in_o the_o creation_n of_o they_o so_o ought_v they_o to_o be_v likewise_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o &_o as_o the_o temporal_a law_n sort_v to_o the_o temporal_a lawyer_n so_o the_o spiritual_a law_n or_o statute_n shall_v be_v allow_v and_o allot_v unto_o the_o spiritual_a lawyer_n and_o as_o the_o nomination_n of_o these_o word_n law_n or_o statute_n in_o this_o precedent_a proviso_n make_v not_o the_o law_n or_o statute_n temporal_a but_o that_o it_o may_v remain_v whole_o ecclesiastical_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o spiritual_a matter_n it_o do_v contain_v &_o the_o power_n of_o he_o that_o quicken_v it_o &_o pour_v life_n thereinto_o so_o much_o less_o can_v the_o insert_v of_o these_o term_n privilege_n prescription_n or_o composition_n real_a entitle_v the_o common_a law_n to_o the_o right_a thereof_o or_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o say_a law_n to_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o for_o that_o matter_n of_o these_o title_n so_o far_o as_o they_o concern_v tithe_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n have_v be_v evermore_o since_o there_o have_v be_v any_o ecclesiastical_a law_n in_o this_o land_n which_o have_v be_v near_o as_o long_o as_o there_o have_v be_v any_o profession_n of_o christianity_n with_o we_o of_o ecclesiastical_a ordinance_n neither_o ever_o be_v of_o the_o temporal_a cognisance_n until_o now_o of_o late_a that_o they_o transubstantiate_v every_o thing_n into_o their_o own_o profession_n as_o midas_n turn_v or_o transubstantiate_v every_o thing_n that_o he_o touch_v into_o gold_n chap._n iii_o sect_n 1._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o when_o tithe_n be_v never_o clog_v with_o custom_n prescription_n or_o composition_n under_o the_o law_n they_o be_v clog_v with_o the_o same_o under_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o but_o here_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o inquire_v since_o tithe_n come_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n within_o a_o little_a time_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o jew_n policy_n unto_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o commonwealth_n void_a of_o all_o these_o encumbrance_n as_o shall_v appear_v after_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o sundry_a of_o the_o ancient_a father_n which_o be_v near_o the_o apostle_n time_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v since_o tithe_n be_v no_o less_o the_o lord_n portion_n now_o than_o they_o be_v then_o and_o in_o the_o patriarch_n time_n before_o they_o that_o these_o greevance_n have_v come_v upon_o they_o more_o under_o the_o gospel_n than_o ever_o they_o do_v under_o the_o law_n for_o than_o never_o any_o lay_v man_n dare_v stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n unto_o 3_o malach._n 3_o they_o to_o diminish_v any_o part_n thereof_o but_o he_o be_v charge_v with_o robbery_n by_o the_o lord_n own_o mouth_n and_o in_o punishment_n thereof_o the_o heaven_n be_v shut_v up_o for_o give_v rain_n unto_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o palmerworm_n and_o grasshopper_n be_v send_v to_o devour_v all_o the_o green_a thing_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o for_o ecclesiastical_a man_n it_o be_v not_o read_v any_o where_n in_o the_o scripture_n that_o ever_o they_o attempt_v to_o grant_v out_o any_o privilege_n of_o tithe_n to_o any_o person_n other_o than_o to_o who_o they_o be_v dispose_v by_o the_o law_n or_o to_o make_v any_o composition_n thereof_o between_o the_o lay_n jew_n and_o the_o lord_n levite_n every_o of_o the_o which_o have_v be_v not_o only_o attempt_v against_o the_o church_n in_o christianity_n but_o execute_v with_o great_a greediness_n so_o far_o worse_o have_v be_v the_o state_n of_o the_o ministry_n under_o the_o gospel_n than_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n under_o the_o law_n sect_n 2._o that_o the_o cause_n be_v two_o fold_n first_o the_o violent_a intrusion_n of_o lay_v man_n and_o second_o the_o overmuch_o curiosity_n of_o school_n man_n and_o first_o of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o therein_o concern_v charles_n martel_n infeudation_n and_o the_o violent_a prescription_n ensue_v thereupon_o the_o beginning_n whereof_o although_o it_o be_v hard_a for_o i_o to_o find_v out_o because_o there_o be_v small_a memory_n thereof_o leave_v in_o story_n yet_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v by_o all_o probability_n conjecture_v this_o great_a alteration_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n come_v by_o two_o occasion_n the_o one_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o laity_n thrust_v themselves_o into_o these_o ecclesiastical_a right_n contrary_a to_o the_o first_o institution_n thereof_o for_o when_o they_o be_v first_o receive_v into_o the_o christian_a world_n they_o be_v receive_v and_o yield_v to_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o clergy_n only_o as_o in_o former_a time_n under_o the_o law_n they_o have_v be_v for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n only_o the_o other_o be_v the_o too_o too_o much_o curiosity_n of_o schoolman_n who_o be_v not_o content_a with_o the_o simple_a entertainment_n of_o tithe_n into_o the_o church_n as_o the_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n receive_v they_o will_v needs_o seek_v out_o how_o and_o in_o what_o right_n and_o in_o what_o quantity_n this_o provision_n belong_v unto_o the_o church_n wherein_o they_o do_v by_o their_o overmuch_a subtlety_n rather_o confound_v the_o truth_n than_o make_v that_o appear_v which_o they_o intend_v to_o do_v by_o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v
church_n of_o any_o right_n or_o make_v of_o holy_a church_n any_o layfee_n that_o be_v hallow_v or_o sanctify_v and_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o withhold_v the_o rite_n of_o holy_a church_n that_o be_v for_o to_o say_v offering_n tithe_n rent_n or_o freedom_n of_o holy_a church_n let_v or_o distrouble_v or_o break_v that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o any_o man_n flee_v to_o the_o church_n or_o church-yard_n who_o so_o he_o outdraw_v and_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o thereto_o procure_v or_o assent_v and_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o purchasen_a letter_n of_o any_o lordys_n court_n that_o process_n of_o right_n may_v not_o be_v determine_v or_o end_v and_o the_o canterbury_n book_n say_v all_o thoe_fw-mi ben_fw-mi accurse_v that_o purchasen_a writ_n or_o letter_n of_o any_o lewd_a court_n or_o to_o let_v the_o process_n of_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n of_o cause_n that_o longen_fw-mi skilful_o unto_o christian_a court_n the_o which_o shall_v not_o be_v deem_v by_o none_o other_o law_n etc._n etc._n and_o all_o that_o malycyous_o biriveâ—_n holy_a church_n of_o her_o right_a or_o maken_v holy_a church_n layfee_n that_o be_v hallow_v &_o bless_v and_o also_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o for_o malice_n or_o wrath_n of_o person_n vicar_n or_o preiste_n or_o of_o any_o other_o or_o for_o wrongful_a covetyse_n of_o himself_o withheld_a rightful_a tithe_n and_o offering_n rent_n or_o mortuarye_n from_o her_o own_o parish_n church_n and_o by_o way_n of_o coveryse_o fallelyche_a again_o take_v to_o god_n the_o worse_o and_o to_o hem_v self_n the_o better_a or_o else_o turn_v they_o into_o another_o use_n than_o hem_n dw_v or_o do_v hem_n in_o other_o place_n after_o the_o rowne_n will_v so_o that_o they_o he_o not_o do_v to_o the_o same_o place_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v or_o let_v by_o word_n or_o by_o deed_n any_o man_n or_o woman_n for_o to_o do_v her_o good_a will_n and_o she_o devotion_n to_o god_n and_o to_o holy_a church_n for_o all_o christian_a man_n and_o woman_n be_v hard_o bind_v upon_o pain_n of_o deadly_a sin_n not_o oneliche_fw-it by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o man_n but_o both_o in_o the_o old_a law_n and_o also_o in_o the_o new_a law_n for_o to_o pay_v truitche_n to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n the_o tithe_n part_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o increase_n that_o they_o winnen_n truliche_fw-it by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n both_o with_o her_o travel_n and_o also_o with_o her_o craft_n whatsoe_o they_o be_v truliche_fw-it get_v alsoe_o the_o tithe_n part_n of_o all_o manner_n fish_n and_o fowl_n and_o beast_n both_o wild_a and_o tame_a and_o all_o manner_n of_o fruit_n that_o grow_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n alsoe_o all_o that_o witting_o or_o wilful_o tythen_a false_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o give_fw-ge not_o to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n the_o ten_o part_n of_o every_o wynning_n leeful_o woâ—nen_n in_o merchandise_n or_o in_o any_o other_o craft_n withdraw_v only_o that_o expense_n and_o the_o costage_n that_o needful_o must_v be_v make_v about_o the_o thing_n whereof_o the_o win_n be_v get_v not_o tthe_v the_o win_n of_o one_o merchandise_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o another_o and_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n or_o of_o beast_n or_o of_o any_o thing_n that_o new_v in_o the_o year_n give_fw-ge not_o the_o tithe_n whole_o without_o any_o costage_n all_o though_o that_o false_o tythen_a take_v to_o god_n the_o worse_o and_o hold_v the_o better_a to_o her_o own_o profit_n against_o the_o ordinance_n of_o boniface_n sometime_o the_o archbyshope_n of_o cantorbury_n by_o the_o which_o ordinance_n throughout_o the_o province_n of_o cantorbury_n shall_v be_v one_o manner_n ax_v of_o tithe_n in_o this_o manner_n wise_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o fruit_n of_o earbis_fw-la of_o garden_n without_o any_o manner_n of_o cost_n abate_v of_o hey_o where_o ever_o it_o grow_v in_o great_a mede_n or_o in_o small_a as_o oft_o as_o it_o new_v of_o newe_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o besteal_n of_o calf_n or_o of_o lamb_n from_o seven_o upward_a into_o the_o ten_o and_o fro_o syx_n downward_o for_o everyche_n of_o they_o a_o half_a penny_n but_o if_o the_o person_n or_o vicarye_n will_v abide_v till_o another_o year_n and_o tell_v thilk_o that_o leeven_a and_o take_v the_o other_o beast_n that_o follow_v of_o wool_n that_o be_v wax_v of_o fellis_fw-la from_o purification_n of_o our_o lady_n of_o milk_n all_o the_o while_n that_o it_o dure_v as_o well_o in_o winter_n as_o in_o summer_n but_o if_o they_o will_v do_v gree_n therefore_o to_o the_o person_n or_o to_o the_o vicary_n for_o the_o profit_n of_o holy_a church_n of_o fish_v of_o 〈…〉_o eing_v of_o venison_n oâ—_n be_v of_o all_o other_o good_a rightful_o wonnen_fw-mi that_o newen_v by_o the_o year_n of_o profit_n of_o mill_n and_o weris_n of_o fish_v no_o cost_n abate_v but_o to_o the_o very_a value_n shall_v the_o tithe_n be_v pay_v of_o lesewy_n communy_n severelis_fw-la shall_v the_o tithe_v trulyche_a be_v pay_v after_o the_o number_n of_o the_o beeseis_n or_o the_o day_n as_o it_o be_v most_o profit_n to_o holy_a church_n all_o werkeman_n and_o chapman_n that_o wynnen_n on_o her_o craft_n and_o on_o her_o merchandise_n shulen_a trulyche_n pay_v she_o lie_v to_o god_n and_o to_o holy_a church_n alsoe_o carpenter_n and_o smith_n and_o weeveris_n and_o all_o other_o crafty_a man_n and_o all_o other_o hire_a man_n and_o wiman_n shulen_a tythen_a of_o all_o they_o get_v but_o if_o they_o wulle_v give_v any_o certain_a thereof_o to_o holy_a church_n at_o the_o person_n or_o vicarye_n will_n alsoe_o of_o fowl_n of_o calf_n of_o pig_n of_o goose_n of_o hen_n of_o flaâ—e_n of_o hemp_n of_o corn_n and_o of_o all_o thing_n that_o new_v by_o the_o year_n alsoe_o of_o shryde_v of_o tree_n and_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o underwood_n wore_v or_o hew_v alsoe_o man_n of_o holy_a church_n moune_n curse_n by_o name_n hem_v that_o wolen_a not_o pay_v her_o tithe_n as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o many_o place_n of_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n at_o the_o repeat_n of_o these_o article_n the_o prelate_n stand_v in_o the_o pulpit_n in_o his_o albe_n the_o cross_n be_v lift_v up_o and_o the_o candle_n light_v after_o the_o repetition_n these_o or_o the_o like_a formal_a word_n of_o execration_n be_v denounce_v exit_fw-la authoritate_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la beatâ—_n mariae_fw-la virgin_n &_o omnâ—â—m_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la excommunicamus_fw-la and_o thematizamus_fw-la &_o diabolo_fw-it commendamus_fw-la omnes_fw-la supradictus_fw-la malefactores_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la sunt_fw-la anathematizati_fw-la &_o diabolo_fw-it commendati_fw-la maledict_v sunt_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la in_fw-la campis_fw-la in_o vus_o in_o semitis_fw-la in_fw-la domibus_fw-la extradome_n &_o iâ—omnibasâ—atâ—is_fw-la locu_fw-la stando_fw-la jacendo_fw-la surgendo_fw-la ambulando_fw-la currendo_fw-la vigilando_fw-la dormiendo_fw-la comedendo_fw-la bibendo_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la opus_fw-la faciendo_fw-la or_o as_o the_o canterbury_n book_n say_v but_o through_o authority_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n almighty_a and_o our_o lady_n s._n marry_o and_o all_o saint_n of_o heaven_n of_o all_o angel_n or_o archanger_n patriarch_n and_o prophet_n evangelist_n apostle_n martyr_n confessor_n and_o virgin_n alsoe_o by_o the_o power_n of_o all_o holy_a church_n that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n give_v to_o s._n peter_n we_o denounce_v all_o though_o accurse_a that_o we_o have_v thus_o receive_v to_o you_o and_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o maintain_v they_o in_o her_o sin_n or_o give_v they_o hereto_o either_o help_v or_o council_n so_o that_o they_o be_v depart_v from_o god_n and_o all_o holy_a church_n and_o that_o they_o have_v no_o of_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n jesu_n christ_n ne_o of_o no_o sacrament_n that_o be_v in_o holy_a church_n he_o no_o part_n of_o the_o prayer_n among_o christian_a folk_n but_o that_o they_o be_v accurse_v of_o god_n and_o of_o holy_a church_n from_o the_o soole_n of_o their_o foot_n unto_o the_o crown_n of_o her_o head_n sleap_v and_o wake_v sit_v and_o stand_v and_o in_o all_o her_o word_n and_o in_o all_o her_o work_n and_o but_o if_o they_o have_v grace_n of_o god_n for_o to_o amend_v they_o here_o in_o this_o life_n for_o to_o dwell_v in_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n for_o ever_o without_o end_n fiat_n fiat_n do_v to_o the_o book_n quench_v the_o candle_n ring_v the_o bell_n amen_n amen_n this_o general_n sentence_n be_v solemn_o thunder_v out_o once_o in_o every_o quarter_n that_o be_v as_o my_o old_a book_n say_v the_o first_o sunday_n of_o advent_n at_o come_v of_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n cryst_n the_o first_o sunday_n of_o leenten_n the_o sondaye_n in_o the_o feste_z of_o the_o trynyte_n and_o the_o sunday_n within_o the_o utus_fw-la octavesweesay_n of_o the_o blessyd_v vyrgyn_v our_o lady_n s._n marry_o damnation_n neither_o do_v all_o such_o as_o do_v then_o
restore_v they_o restore_v they_o to_o the_o church_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v take_v which_o have_v be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n set_v down_o by_o dionysius_n who_o first_o divide_v parish_n and_o assign_v unto_o they_o tithe_n as_o have_v be_v aforesaid_a and_o also_o to_o the_o scripture_n itself_o deut._n 18._o from_o whence_o dionysius_n take_v his_o light_n to_o divide_v parish_n and_o dispose_v of_o tithe_n as_o he_o do_v by_o which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o he_o that_o pay_v his_o tithe_n to_o pay_v they_o to_o what_o priest_n or_o levite_n doctrine_n thus_o much_o we_o have_v set_v down_o concern_v the_o general_n curse_n not_o hope_v to_o fright_v any_o man_n into_o devotion_n with_o this_o black_a sentence_n or_o to_o propose_v such_o distemper_a piety_n for_o a_o example_n but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v consider_v how_o horrible_a a_o crime_n it_o be_v in_o our_o forefather_n account_v to_o rob_v the_o church_n in_o the_o least_o particular_a and_o indeed_o they_o conceive_v no_o more_o hope_n of_o a_o man_n that_o die_v under_o this_o damnosum_fw-la theta_n than_o of_o he_o that_o die_v in_o a_o mortal_a sin_n nay_o much_o less_o for_o the_o canterbury_n book_n say_v that_o many_o clerk_n preven_v at_o the_o day_n of_o dumb_a will_v our_o lady_n saint_n mary_n and_o saint_n john_n baptist_n and_o all_o saint_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n knee_n down_o at_o once_o before_o the_o bless_a face_n of_o almighty_a god_n they_o shulen_v not_o in_o that_o time_n through_o the_o prayer_n of_o they_o all_o deliver_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n or_o woman_n that_o die_v in_o deadly_a sin_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o the_o day_n of_o dumb_a shall_v be_v so_o hear_v to_o all_o thoe_fw-mi that_o dyen_fw-mi in_o any_o deadly_a sin_n by_o all_o reason_n full_a much_o hard_a shall_v it_o be_v at_o that_o time_n with_o all_o those_o that_o be_v find_fw-mi open_o curse_a of_o god_n and_o of_o holy_a church_n etc._n etc._n thus_o we_o see_v what_o fury_n follow_v this_o sacrilege_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o our_o forefather_n who_o be_v so_o confident_a that_o a_o church-robber_n can_v not_o escape_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n that_o they_o deliver_v he_o over_o to_o satan_n or_o as_o they_o say_v curse_v he_o with_o the_o more_o and_o with_o the_o less_o curse_n with_o bell_n book_n and_o candle_n the_o clergy_n of_o the_o present_a time_n give_v better_a language_n than_o thus_o what_o cause_n they_o may_v have_v i_o will_v not_o say_v it_o may_v be_v account_v for_o wisdom_n that_o their_o injury_n can_v be_v judge_v by_o their_o clamour_n yet_o the_o age_n to_o come_v must_v not_o say_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v nobis_fw-la dormientibus_fw-la the_o experience_n of_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o great_a and_z lewis_z the_o godly_a will_v be_v note_v to_o this_o purpose_n out_o of_o their_o capitular_n novimus_fw-la say_v they_o multa_fw-la regna_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la eorum_fw-la propterea_fw-la cecidissè_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la spolia_fw-la verunt_fw-la résque_fw-la earum_fw-la vastaverunt_fw-la abstulerunt_fw-la alienaverunt_fw-la vel_fw-la diripuerunt_fw-la episcopisque_fw-la &_o sacerdotibus_fw-la atque_fw-la quod_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesus_fw-la eorum_fw-la abstulerunt_fw-la &_o pugnantibus_fw-la dederunt_fw-la quapiopter_fw-la nec_fw-la fortes_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la stabiles_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la nec_fw-la victores_fw-la extiterunt_fw-la sed_fw-la terga_fw-la multi_fw-la vulneratt_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plures_fw-la interfect_v vexterunt_fw-la regnaque_fw-la &_o regionem_fw-la &_o quoth_v peâ—us_a est_fw-la regna_fw-la coelesta_fw-it perdiderunt_fw-la atque_fw-la proprus_a haereditatibus_fw-la caruerunt_fw-la &_o hactenus_fw-la carent_fw-la so_o they_o in_o the_o 7._o book_n of_o the_o capâ—â—ul_a c._n 104._o fol._n 214._o edit_fw-la paris_n 1603._o whereas_o the_o capitular_a attribute_v those_o grand_a enormity_n &_o their_o ill_a success_n to_o the_o king_n of_o that_o time_n it_o be_v not_o now_o to_o be_v so_o understand_v far_o be_v it_o ever_o from_o we_o to_o think_v otherwise_o than_o divine_o of_o these_o our_o most_o religious_a prince_n by_o who_o gracious_a protection_n the_o church_n have_v be_v of_o late_a so_o miraculous_o blessed_v as_o for_o other_o among_o we_o they_o may_v apply_v this_o to_o themselves_o as_o they_o shall_v be_v trouble_v with_o cause_n and_o occasion_n the_o great_a impostor_n in_o his_o alcoran_n though_o he_o cozen_v all_o the_o world_n beside_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o defraud_v the_o church_n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la sum_n say_v he_o &_o inde_fw-la secundum_fw-la morem_fw-la consuetum_fw-la operare_fw-la inscus_fw-la te_fw-la subtrahe_fw-la semper_fw-la so_o our_o robert_n of_o reading_n translate_v but_o he_o that_o read_v robert_n translation_n must_v not_o always_o think_v he_o read_v he_o alcoran_n the_o prophet_n own_o text_n be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d surato_fw-la laaraph_n which_o in_o our_o manuscript_n alcorans_n be_v the_o 8._o c._n &_o the_o 17._o in_o robert_n translation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v give_v command_n concern_v tithe_n and_o beware_v of_o clown_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v otherwise_o understand_v but_o if_o this_o be_v not_o mahumet_n meaning_n the_o matter_n be_v not_o great_a for_o we_o have_v better_a prophet_n to_o preach_v this_o doctrine_n he_o like_v but_o he_o must_v pay_v they_o to_o the_o priest_n or_o levite_n that_o dwell_v in_o the_o place_n where_o himself_o make_v his_o abode_n but_o yet_o this_o liberty_n that_o be_v give_v they_o by_o the_o council_n than_o give_v cause_n unto_o the_o error_n that_o the_o common_a lawyer_n hold_v at_o this_o day_n not_o know_v the_o ancient_a proceed_n of_o the_o church_n in_o these_o case_n that_o before_o the_o lateran_n council_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o every_o man_n to_o give_v his_o tithe_n to_o what_o church_n he_o will_v which_o be_v so_o far_o otherwise_o as_o that_o before_o this_o violence_n offer_v unto_o the_o church_n there_o be_v a_o flat_a canon_n more_o ancient_a than_o the_o fact_n of_o charles_n eccl._n leo_fw-la 4._o 13._o 9_o 1_o c._n eccl._n martellus_n which_o do_v precise_o forbid_v any_o man_n to_o pay_v or_o a_o bishop_n to_o give_v leave_n to_o any_o man_n to_o pay_v his_o tithe_n from_o the_o be_v the_o the_o rite_n of_o baptism_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n be_v perform_v in_o river_n and_o fountain_n where_o the_o person_n to_o be_v baptize_v stand_v up_o and_o receive_v that_o sacrament_n therefore_o it_o be_v that_o the_o son_n of_o azalkefat_n in_o the_o arabic_a gospel_n use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d amada_n to_o baptize_v which_o word_n also_o bear_v the_o same_o sense_n in_o the_o syriack_n and_o be_v often_o mention_v by_o patriarch_n severus_n in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o order_n of_o baptise_v the_o saint_n the_o reason_n in_o both_o dialect_v be_v the_o same_o for_o that_o the_o word_n amada_n be_v by_o the_o syrian_n and_o arabian_n derive_v from_o the_o hebrew_n amad_a which_o signify_v to_o stand_v up_o this_o manner_n of_o baptise_v the_o ancient_a church_n entertain_v from_o the_o example_n of_o our_o saviour_n who_o baptize_v john_n in_o jordan_n and_o some_o say_v that_o this_o be_v very_o tolerable_a in_o those_o eastern_a part_n but_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o it_o be_v most_o convenient_a for_o that_o time_n because_o their_o convert_v be_v many_o and_o man_n of_o year_n a_o reason_n also_o may_v be_v for_o that_o those_o age_n be_v otherwise_o unprovided_a of_o font_n and_o such_o convenience_n which_o be_v now_o in_o use_n and_o this_o have_v be_v a_o cause_n why_o this_o manner_n of_o baptise_v be_v resume_v in_o aftertime_n and_o other_o place_n for_o our_o venerable_a bede_n tell_v we_o of_o some_o that_o be_v baptize_v here_o in_o england_n in_o the_o river_n small_a which_o run_v through_o a_o part_n of_o yorkshire_n in_o the_o north_n ride_v and_o he_o give_v the_o same_o reason_n nondum_fw-la enim_fw-la oratoria_fw-la vel_fw-la baptisteria_fw-it in_fw-la ipso_fw-la exordio_fw-la nascentis_fw-la thy_o ecclesia_fw-la poterant_fw-la adificari_fw-la ecclesiast_fw-la hist_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 14._o the_o day_n we_o now_o live_v in_o have_v no_o other_o remainder_n of_o this_o rite_n of_o baptise_v in_o river_n and_o fountain_n than_o the_o very_a name_n for_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o call_v our_o vessel_n that_o contain_v the_o water_n of_o baptism_n font_n or_o fountain_n this_o custom_n of_o baptise_v in_o river_n and_o fountain_n be_v discontinue_v font_n be_v erect_v in_o private_a house_n but_o the_o violent_a persecution_n of_o those_o time_n bar_v the_o christian_n of_o that_o convenience_n therefore_o their_o next_o recourse_n be_v to_o wood_n and_o devious_a place_n and_o there_o they_o accommodate_v themselves_o with_o such_o baptisterials_n as_o they_o can_v in_o more_o
church_n to_o a_o other_o and_o that_o the_o contrary_n be_v yield_v to_o in_o the_o lateran_n council_n be_v not_o that_o they_o hold_v it_o lawful_a to_o enrich_v one_o church_n in_o this_o sort_n with_o the_o impoverishment_n of_o a_o other_o but_o the_o cause_n be_v the_o hardness_n of_o man_n heart_n who_o scarce_o can_v be_v win_v by_o this_o favour_n to_o restore_v that_o little_a again_o unto_o the_o church_n that_o their_o forefather_n have_v in_o such_o abundance_n take_v away_o from_o it_o and_o that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o say_a council_n do_v yield_v thereunto_o although_o it_o be_v a_o inconvenience_n thus_o to_o do_v be_v for_o that_o they_o do_v count_v although_o they_o do_v admit_v that_o it_o may_v be_v for_o the_o present_a yet_o there_o may_v be_v a_o better_a time_n find_v out_o after_o for_o the_o reformation_n thereof_o and_o so_o sustain_v the_o inconvenience_n for_o the_o present_a upon_o this_o reason_n that_o the_o universal_a church_n of_o christ_n be_v one_o body_n and_o every_o particular_a church_n a_o part_n of_o that_o body_n and_o so_o it_o less_o matter_v to_o what_o particular_a church_n they_o be_v restore_v so_o that_o they_o be_v restore_v at_o all_o for_o that_o by_o the_o restitution_n to_o one_o they_o hope_v in_o time_n they_o may_v with_o more_o likelihood_n come_v unto_o the_o other_o for_o those_o thing_n wherein_o there_o be_v a_o identity_n or_o like_o representation_n of_o nature_n and_o condition_n as_o be_v between_o church_n and_o church_n have_v a_o easy_a passage_n the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o than_o those_o that_o be_v of_o different_a nature_n and_o disposition_n as_o a_o lay_v man_n and_o a_o church_n sect_n 3._o that_o out_o of_o that_o violent_a prescription_n many_o other_o prescription_n arise_v but_o of_o less_o moment_n out_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o this_o violent_a and_o presumptuous_a prescription_n which_o have_v now_o obtain_v strength_n of_o a_o statute_n in_o the_o world_n have_v issue_v out_o sundry_a petty_a prescription_n which_o also_o be_v confirm_v by_o law_n and_o custom_n as_o the_o other_o be_v as_o the_o prescription_n wherein_o one_o church_n prescribe_v tithe_n against_o a_o other_o church_n the_o law_n punish_v therein_o the_o negligence_n of_o the_o one_o and_o reward_v the_o vigilancy_n of_o the_o other_o prescription_n wherein_o one_o ecclesiastical_a body_n corporate_a or_o politic_a prescribe_v tithe_n or_o other_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n against_o the_o parson_n or_o vicar_n of_o the_o parish_n and_o the_o parson_n and_o vicar_n again_o against_o they_o a_o prescription_n whereby_o a_o lay_v man_n have_v no_o right_a to_o prescribe_v tithe_n because_o he_o can_v in_o no_o right_a possess_v tithe_n 6._o regul_n sine_fw-la possessione_n de_fw-la regulis_fw-la juris_fw-la in_o 6._o and_o prescription_n can_v proceed_v without_o possession_n do_v notwithstanding_o by_o pernancie_n or_o give_v some_o part_n of_o his_o ground_n or_o pension_n in_o money_n in_o lieu_n thereof_o prescribe_v a_o discharge_n thereof_o a_o prescription_n wherein_o a_o lay_v man_n do_v prescribe_v the_o manner_n of_o tything_n which_o albeit_o by_o the_o common_a law_n be_v count_v to_o be_v good_a by_o pay_v a_o thing_n never_o so_o small_a in_o lieu_n thereof_o yet_o neither_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n neither_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n itself_o can_v it_o ever_o be_v less_o than_o the_o just_a ten_o itself_o so_o that_o the_o manner_n of_o tything_n with_o they_o be_v not_o understand_v in_o that_o sense_n as_o the_o common_a lawyer_n do_v take_v it_o by_o pay_v any_o thing_n whatsoever_o in_o place_n of_o the_o just_a ten_o but_o their_o intendment_n hereby_o be_v that_o no_o country_n can_v be_v bind_v to_o a_o uniformity_n of_o payment_n of_o tithe_n to_o be_v use_v every_o where_o but_o every_o man_n be_v decim_fw-la linwod_n provin_n quaniam_fw-la verbo_fw-la uniformis_fw-la in_o glo._n de_fw-fr decim_fw-la to_o pay_v tithe_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o country_n where_o he_o dwell_v that_o be_v that_o one_o pay_v his_o tythe-corne_n and_o bind_v up_o the_o same_o in_o sheaf_n a_o other_o leave_v it_o scatter_v in_o the_o furrow_n a_o other_o tithe_n it_o in_o cock_n or_o pooke_n and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o they_o mean_v that_o there_o can_v be_v a_o uniformity_n of_o tything_n prescribe_v to_o every_o man_n after_o which_o he_o be_v of_o necessity_n to_o set_v out_o his_o tithe_n but_o that_o he_o may_v prescribe_v some_o other_o manner_n of_o tything_n against_o the_o parson_n or_o vicar_n but_o against_o that_o uniformity_n that_o the_o whole_a tithe_n consuetudines_fw-la eod_n verbo_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la shall_v not_o be_v pay_v be_v never_o any_o prescription_n allow_v among_o they_o for_o they_o evermore_o have_v be_v of_o this_o mind_n contrary_a to_o that_o which_o the_o schoolman_n bold_a that_o tithe_n be_v part_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o not_o of_o the_o udiciall_a or_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o that_o in_o the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n there_o be_v a_o glos._n cap._n à _fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-fr decimas_fw-la in_o glos._n double_a consideration_n one_o of_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o retain_v tithe_n unto_o himself_o in_o sign_n of_o his_o universal_a lordship_n over_o the_o whole_a world_n which_o be_v irremissable_a the_o other_o of_o the_o profit_n or_o utility_n of_o man_n in_o that_o it_o concern_v the_o provision_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o all_o age_n which_o be_v undispensable_a sect_n 4._o that_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n admit_v plea_n in_o discharge_n of_o tithe_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o tything_n contrary_a to_o the_o conceit_n that_o be_v have_v of_o they_o and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n admit_v all_o kind_n of_o prescription_n beforenamed_n and_o according_a to_o the_o proof_n thereon_o bring_v give_v sentence_n either_o to_o absolution_n or_o condemnation_n albeit_o the_o reverent_a judge_n of_o the_o land_n upon_o a_o erroneous_a report_n make_v in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o four_o have_v a_o conceit_n to_o the_o contrary_a viz._n that_o no_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n will_v admit_v any_o plea_n in_o discharge_n of_o tithe_n or_o the_o manner_n of_o tything_n as_o it_o be_v in_o their_o sense_n take_v and_o therefore_o they_o hold_v whatsoever_o the_o defendant_n do_v allege_v in_o his_o suit_n for_o a_o consultation_n and_o namely_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n do_v allow_v of_o the_o plaintiff_n plea_n and_o allegation_n and_o do_v admit_v he_o to_o the_o proof_n thereon_o without_o denial_n be_v idle_a speech_n &_o rather_o word_n of_o course_n than_o of_o effect_n and_o substance_n and_o therefore_o notwithstanding_o whatsoever_o be_v allege_v by_o the_o defendant_n as_o concern_v the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n well_o acceptance_n thereof_o it_o be_v count_v nothing_o material_a by_o the_o temporal_a judge_n for_o that_o they_o have_v a_o prejudicate_a opinion_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n in_o these_o case_n and_o therefore_o howsoever_o the_o refusal_n be_v or_o be_v not_o they_o grant_v out_o their_o prohibition_n in_o these_o case_n and_o yet_o if_o the_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a proceed_n may_v be_v see_v and_o vouchsafe_v to_o be_v read_v before_o they_o it_o will_v be_v plain_a there_o be_v no_o such_o cause_n of_o their_o hard_a opinion_n against_o they_o for_o every_o where_o they_o do_v allow_v such_o and_o like_a allegation_n and_o if_o perhaps_o one_o inferior_a judge_n shall_v make_v refusal_n as_o they_o pretend_v yet_o can_v it_o not_o be_v reform_v by_o a_o other_o in_o a_o ordinary_a course_n of_o appeal_n but_o that_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v bring_v a_o prohibition_n out_o of_o the_o common_a law_n to_o redress_v the_o same_o unless_o happy_o they_o can_v show_v it_o be_v a_o general_a conspiracy_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n or_o a_o maxim_n in_o their_o learning_n that_o they_o will_v not_o or_o can_v admit_v any_o plea_n of_o discharge_n in_o this_o case_n which_o they_o can_v never_o do_v and_o therefore_o they_o be_v to_o be_v in_o treat_v to_o change_v their_o opinion_n in_o this_o point_n and_o not_o do_v the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n that_o wrong_v as_o to_o charge_v they_o with_o such_o a_o imputation_n whereof_o their_o whole_a practice_n be_v witness_n to_o the_o contrary_a for_o it_o be_v unworthy_a such_o man_n gravity_n as_o they_o be_v who_o propound_v unto_o themselves_o the_o inquiry_n of_o the_o truth_n in_o all_o matter_n thus_o to_o be_v misconceive_v and_o mask_v in_o a_o error_n and_o that_o for_o so_o many_o year_n and_o not_o to_o be_v willing_a to_o hear_v the_o contrary_a which_o be_v a_o obstinacy_n in_o policy_n no_o less_o obdurate_a than_o the_o papist_n be_v in_o religion_n who_o see_v the_o truth_n and_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o and_o so_o far_o as_o concern_v prescription_n and_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o
and_o carnal_a man_n seek_v for_o very_o greedy_o humble_v themselves_o only_a to_o god_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o their_o master_n which_o thing_n breed_v such_o a_o admiration_n of_o he_o and_o of_o his_o scholar_n that_o not_o only_o many_o other_o orde_n spring_v out_o from_o they_o within_o few_o year_n as_o the_o praemonstratense_n cluniacenses_fw-la templarians_n hospitaller_n cystertians_n and_o the_o order_n of_o saint_n john_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o even_o pope_n prince_n and_o people_n be_v whole_o carry_v away_o with_o the_o wonderment_n of_o they_o insomuch_o as_o every_o of_o they_o do_v as_o it_o be_v strive_v who_o may_v show_v themselves_o most_o kind_a unto_o they_o whereupon_o prince_n build_v they_o house_n every_o one_o in_o his_o kingdom_n as_o clito_n ethelbald_n king_n of_o mercia_n build_v the_o monastery_n of_o crowland_n here_o in_o england_n of_o black_a monk_n under_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o say_v benedict_n in_o the_o year_n 716._o pope_n and_o prince_n grant_v they_o privilege_n so_o far_o as_o it_o concern_v either_o of_o their_o particular_n the_o clergy_n nobility_n and_o people_n confer_v good_n and_o land_n upon_o they_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o ability_n sect_n 3._o that_o the_o admiration_n which_o these_o religious_a man_n do_v breed_v of_o themselves_o in_o the_o head_n of_o prince_n and_o pope_n do_v procure_v appropriation_n of_o parsonage_n and_o immunity_n from_o tithe_n and_o that_o the_o over-conceit_n which_o man_n have_v of_o prayer_n above_o preach_v in_o the_o church_n be_v a_o adjuvant_fw-la cause_n thereunto_o in_o this_o zealous_a bounty_n of_o every_o degree_n towards_o these_o new_a sort_n of_o man_n there_o be_v two_o undigested_a privilege_n grant_v they_o both_o of_o they_o so_o hurtful_a and_o injurious_a to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n as_o never_o any_o be_v the_o like_a the_o one_o be_v the_o annexation_n or_o appropriation_n of_o presentative_a benefice_n to_o these_o religious_a house_n the_o other_o the_o free_n of_o such_o land_n or_o hereditament_n as_o they_o hold_v in_o sundry_a parish_n from_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n to_o the_o parson_n and_o vicar_n thereof_o to_o both_o of_o which_o the_o schoolmen_n divinity_n give_v great_a advantage_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v hereafter_o either_o of_o these_o have_v their_o beginning_n of_o one_o root_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o this_o false_a ground_n that_o preach_v which_o be_v the_o most_o true_a and_o most_o natural_a food_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o a_o congregation_n that_o be_v come_v to_o the_o profession_n of_o religion_n already_o and_o know_v but_o only_o the_o article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n the_o lord_n prayer_n the_o ten_o commandment_n archipresbyter_n linwood_n provin_n eisdem_fw-la de_fw-fr offic_n archidiacont_n &_o cap._n igncrantia_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la de_fw-la officio_fw-la archipresbyter_n and_o other_o principle_n and_o rudiment_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v nothing_o so_o necessary_a for_o the_o salvation_n of_o a_o man_n soul_n as_o prayer_n be_v beside_o that_o preach_v oftentimes_o give_v more_o cause_n of_o schism_n and_o dispute_v in_o religion_n than_o it_o do_v of_o profit_v and_o edify_v the_o soul_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o permit_v by_o the_o provincial_n constitution_n of_o this_o realm_n that_o parson_n or_o vicar_n of_o church_n shall_v expound_v or_o preach_v any_o other_o matter_n or_o doctrine_n than_o the_o lord_n prayer_n the_o ten_o commandment_n the_o two_o precept_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o the_o love_n of_o a_o man_n neighbour_n the_o six_o work_n of_o mercy_n the_o seven_o principal_a virtue_n the_o seven_o sacrament_n for_o so_o many_o than_o the_o romish_a church_n hold_v the_o seven_o deadly_a sin_n with_o their_o progeny_n and_o this_o to_o be_v do_v vulgar_o and_o plain_o absque_fw-la cujustibet_fw-la subtilitatis_fw-la texturafautastica_fw-la for_o so_o they_o call_v learn_v and_o orderly_o preach_v whereas_o notwithstanding_o prayer_n be_v evermore_o profitable_a every_o where_o necessary_a and_o never_o dangerous_a furthermore_o preach_v only_o profit_v those_o that_o be_v present_a and_o do_v bear_v it_o and_o attend_v upon_o it_o but_o prayer_n be_v available_a even_o to_o those_o that_o be_v far_o distant_a yea_o though_o they_o be_v in_o the_o remote_a place_n of_o the_o world_n by_o which_o and_o other_o like_a argument_n they_o translate_v away_o that_o maintenance_n that_o be_v provide_v for_o the_o home_n pastor_n who_o by_o god_n own_o institution_n be_v to_o watch_v over_o their_o soul_n to_o foreign_a and_o strange_a guide_n who_o never_o communicate_v to_o their_o necessity_n in_o any_o heavenly_a comfort_n but_o only_o take_v the_o milk_n of_o the_o flock_n and_o feed_v themselves_o withal_o but_o by_o this_o pretence_n of_o they_o ought_v not_o preach_v to_o have_v be_v disgrace_v for_o albeit_o prayer_n be_v a_o necessary_a piece_n of_o god_n service_n and_o so_o necessary_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v as_o it_o be_v dead_a without_o it_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o prayer_n not_o but_o here_o it_o will_v need_v that_o the_o reader_n use_v a_o sober_a judgement_n for_o it_o can_v but_o be_v think_v unequal_a that_o prayer_n and_o preach_a shall_v be_v so_o unwary_o place_v in_o competition_n as_o that_o prayer_n shall_v lose_v by_o the_o comparison_n there_o may_v be_v always_o need_v of_o preach_v but_o then_o most_o of_o all_o when_o the_o auditory_a be_v unchristian_a this_o reason_n prevail_v for_o all_o place_n in_o the_o first_o time_n but_o in_o these_o last_o only_a for_o some_o according_a to_o which_o it_o be_v unprofitable_a to_o go_v about_o to_o convert_v the_o indies_n no_o otherwise_o than_o by_o our_o prayer_n yet_o even_o in_o those_o primitive_a time_n which_o have_v most_o cause_n to_o call_v for_o preach_v we_o shall_v find_v that_o this_o duty_n be_v of_o rare_a exercise_n &_o less_o solemnity_n than_o that_o of_o prayer_n as_o it_o may_v abundant_o be_v discover_v out_o of_o the_o liturgy_n of_o both_o the_o charche_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o where_o preach_v have_v be_v of_o the_o great_a account_n it_o have_v be_v so_o much_o behold_v to_o prayer_n that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o begin_v and_o end_v but_o also_o discontinue_v by_o devotion_n for_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o reverend_a father_n chrysostome_n and_o basil_n of_o seleucia_n at_o prayer_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o a_o sermon_n see_v the_o one_o in_o his_o 39_o orat._n the_o other_o in_o his_o 3._o hom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n moses_n the_o son_n of_o maimon_n that_o profound_a doctor_n of_o the_o jew_n institute_v a_o comparison_n betwixt_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o the_o more_o substantial_a service_n require_v in_o stead_n of_o all_o other_o name_v that_o of_o prayer_n and_o invocation_n and_o of_o these_o he_o say_v that_o they_o be_v etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o to_o god_n first_o intention_n and_o that_o our_o way_n thereunto_o be_v bythem_n &_o afterward_o he_o say_v that_o these_o be_v necessary_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o all_o time_n in_o all_o place_n and_o for_o every_o man_n see_v his_o more_o nevoch_n helec_n 3._o c._n 32._o p._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o holy_a antioch_n in_o his_o 106_o hom._n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v of_o prayer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v of_o a_o more_o sublime_a condition_n than_o any_o other_o virtue_n and_o how_o our_o lord_n himself_o stand_v affect_v to_o this_o we_o may_v acknowledge_v by_o that_o where_o he_o call_v the_o church_n his_o house_n of_o prayer_n not_o preach_v which_o take_v so_o well_o in_o the_o elder_a time_n that_o all_o their_o temple_n be_v know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oratory_n nay_o the_o preacher_n himself_o prov._n 15._o be_v so_o confident_a of_o a_o just_a man_n prayer_n that_o he_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n will_v even_o be_v obedient_a to_o it_o for_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o the_o interpreter_n of_o the_o forename_a antiochus_n however_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v so_o for_o when_o all_o the_o preach_a of_o lot_n can_v prevail_v no_o otherwise_o than_o to_o bring_v vexation_n to_o his_o righteous_a soul_n the_o prayer_n of_o abraham_n may_v have_v save_v sodom_n if_o among_o so_o many_o thousand_o there_o have_v be_v but_o ten_o just_a man_n all_o this_o while_n we_o will_v not_o detract_v anything_o from_o preach_v but_o consider_v ourselves_o to_o live_v under_o a_o state_n so_o mature_o compose_v and_o so_o thorough_o advise_v and_o settle_v in_o the_o faith_n it_o will_v be_v expect_v that_o we_o shall_v so_o far_o moderate_v our_o opinion_n of_o preach_v as_o that_o our_o magnify_v thereof_o may_v no_o way_n
or_o force_v to_o forbear_v for_o want_v of_o character_n as_o the_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v look_v after_o by_o those_o that_o will_v come_v into_o a_o religious_a house_n so_o also_o by_o those_o that_o will_v go_v out_o so_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o law_n of_o alfred_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nunnan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o any_o lead_v a_o nanne_n out_o of_o a_o monastery_n without_o the_o king_n leave_n or_o the_o bishop_n he_o shall_v pay_v 120_o shilling_n in_o the_o fill_n of_o appropriation_n which_o be_v make_v over_o to_o the_o religious_a house_n the_o law_n say_v that_o the_o bishop_n have_v this_o power_n that_o he_o can_v bind_v the_o proprietary_n to_o set_v out_o for_o the_o vicar_n incumbent_a such_o a_o convenable_a portion_n of_o the_o income_n as_o the_o bishop_n in_o his_o judgement_n shall_v be_v please_v to_o allot_v see_v alexand._n 3._o to_o the_o *_o bishop_n of_o worcester_n de_fw-fr prab_n &_o dig_v c._n de_fw-fr monach._n and_o there_o be_v that_o be_v well_o enough_o persuade_v that_o the_o b._n even_o now_o also_o ought_v in_o this_o right_n to_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o the_o ground_n be_v for_o that_o it_o may_v be_v likely_a to_o stand_v without_o injury_n to_o the_o statute_n of_o dissolution_n for_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o 27._o of_o h._n 8._o c._n 28._o that_o these_o land_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v in_o as_o large_a and_o ample_a manner_n as_o the_o proprietary_n do_v then_o hold_v they_o or_o aught_o to_o have_v do_v and_o a_o other_o clause_n of_o the_o same_o statute_n save_v to_o every_o person_n and_o person_n and_o body_n politic_a etc._n etc._n other_o than_o abbot_n etc._n etc._n all_o such_o right_a title_n interest_n etc._n etc._n as_o they_o or_o any_o of_o they_o have_v aught_o or_o may_v have_v have_v etc._n etc._n but_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o i_o restore_v to_o he_o from_o who_o i_o have_v it_o the_o late_a learned_a civilian_n in_o the_o poor_a vicar_n plea_n where_o the_o reader_n who_o desire_v more_o of_o it_o may_v be_v further_o satisfy_v now_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v how_o far_o forth_o the_o patron_n be_v to_o depend_v upon_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o fill_n of_o any_o other_o church_n or_o oratory_n most_o proper_a to_o this_o purpose_n be_v the_o emperor_n novel_a which_o be_v decree_v little_o less_o than_o eleven_o hundred_o year_n past_a about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o 5_o centurie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v if_o any_o man_n shall_v erect_v a_o oratory_n and_o his_o desire_n be_v to_o present_v a_o clerk_n thereunto_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o heir_n if_o they_o furnish_v the_o clerk_n with_o a_o competency_n and_o nominate_v to_o the_o bishop_n such_o as_o be_v worthy_a they_o may_v be_v ordain_v but_o if_o those_o who_o be_v intimate_v by_o they_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o canon_n as_o unworthy_a of_o the_o ministry_n then_o let_v it_o be_v the_o care_n of_o the_o most_o reverent_a diocesan_n of_o the_o place_n to_o present_v such_o as_o in_o his_o discretion_n he_o shall_v conceive_v better_o of_o that_o we_o may_v the_o more_o certain_o know_v what_o the_o emperor_n mind_n be_v it_o must_v be_v consider_v out_o of_o panormitan_n what_o be_v the_o meaning_n and_o original_n of_o the_o patron_n right_o which_o by_o the_o canon_n be_v call_v ius_n patronatus_fw-la and_o by_o the_o common_a law_n advouson_n the_o abbot_n out_o of_o the_o law_n say_v that_o this_o be_v ius_n honorificum_fw-la onerosum_fw-la &_o utile_fw-la alicus_fw-la competens_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la diocesani_fw-la consensu_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la fundavit_fw-la construxit_fw-la veldotavit_fw-la ipse_fw-la vel_fw-la be_v à _fw-la quo_fw-la causam_fw-la habuit_fw-la abb._n in_o rubric_n he_o therefore_o that_o found_v a_o church_n that_o be_v fundum_fw-la dedit_fw-la give_v a_o piece_n of_o ground_n de_n jer._n pat._n c._n nobu_n he_o also_o that_o build_v a_o church_n upon_o it_o 16._o q._n 7._o c._n monasterium_fw-la or_o last_o he_o that_o endow_v the_o church_n build_v c._n piae_fw-la mentesibid_fw-la be_v thenceforth_o qualify_v with_o this_o right_n of_o patronage_n but_o all_o this_o while_o it_o be_v especial_o to_o be_v note_v that_o all_o this_o be_v do_v consensu_fw-la dioesanâ—_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v so_o requisite_a by_o that_o of_o clement_n c._n nobis_fw-la de_fw-fr jur._n patron_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la cum_fw-la assensu_fw-la dioecesanâ—_n construxit_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la lus_z patronatus_fw-la acquirit_fw-la that_o if_o exit_fw-la eo_fw-la shall_v be_v refer_v to_o assensu_fw-la nothing_o make_v a_o patron_n but_o the_o will_n of_o the_o diocesan_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o when_o a_o man_n dispend_v of_o his_o temporal_a estate_n towards_o the_o sound_n erect_v or_o endow_v of_o a_o church_n whatsoever_o shall_v be_v so_o confer_v after_o consecration_n be_v actual_o deliver_v up_o and_o make_v over_o to_o god_n himself_o therefore_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o from_o henceforth_o these_o thing_n can_v proper_o belong_v either_o to_o the_o bishop_n or_o the_o patron_n for_o the_o emperor_n say_v quod_fw-la divini_fw-la juris_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la nullius_fw-la est_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la instit_fw-la de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la divisione_n §._o nullius_fw-la rate_n that_o neither_o of_o they_o shall_v press_v too_o much_o the_o one_o upon_o the_o other_o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o beginning_n the_o usual_a rate_n that_o they_o set_v down_o between_o the_o benefice_a man_n and_o the_o religious_a person_n be_v the_o one_o half_a of_o the_o benefice_n for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o think_v that_o the_o pope_n will_v charge_v a_o church_n above_o that_o rate_n but_o after_o by_o the_o covetousness_n of_o monk_n and_o friar_n themselves_o and_o the_o remissness_n of_o bishop_n who_o have_v the_o manage_n of_o this_o business_n under_o the_o apostolic_a see_v the_o incumbent_n part_n come_v to_o so_o small_a a_o portion_n that_o vrban_n the_o five_o by_o othobon_n his_o legate_n here_o in_o england_n in_o the_o year_n of_o salvation_n 1262._o be_v fain_o to_o make_v a_o legantine_n whereby_o he_o forbid_v all_o bishop_n of_o this_o land_n to_o appropriate_v any_o more_o church_n to_o any_o monastery_n or_o other_o religious_a house_n but_o in_o case_n only_o where_o the_o person_n or_o place_n to_o who_o they_o be_v appropriate_v be_v so_o poor_a as_o that_o otherwise_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o sustain_v themselves_o or_o that_o the_o cause_n be_v so_o just_a that_o it_o may_v be_v take_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o work_n of_o charity_n than_o any_o enforcement_n against_o law_n and_o that_o beside_o with_o this_o provisâ—_n as_o that_o if_o the_o new_a proprietary_n within_o six_o month_n next_o after_o shall_v not_o set_v out_o a_o competent_a portion_n for_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o benefice_n themselves_o shall_v assign_v out_o a_o sufficience_n thereout_o according_a to_o the_o quantity_n thereof_o which_o constitution_n because_o it_o take_v not_o the_o effect_n that_o be_v hope_v there_o be_v two_o statute_n lantherne_a only_o the_o dispensation_n of_o those_o thing_n must_v be_v refer_v to_o man_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n who_o of_o all_o man_n can_v be_v more_o fit_a than_o the_o bishop_n it_o seem_v therefore_o that_o the_o right_n of_o presentation_n may_v be_v original_o in_o the_o diocesan_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o have_v be_v so_o by_o a_o certain_a passage_n record_v in_o the_o life_n of_o bishop_n vlrick_n where_o the_o author_n faith_n that_o when_o any_o will_v build_v a_o church_n in_o his_o territory_n the_o bishop_n free_o consent_v both_o to_o the_o erection_n and_o consecration_n si_fw-mi confestim_fw-la ille_fw-la consecrata_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la legitimam_fw-la dotem_fw-la in_o terrâ—s_n &_o mancip_fw-mi 〈…〉_o s_o in_o manum_fw-la ejus_fw-la celsitudinis_fw-la dare_v non_fw-la differret_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o be_v answerable_a to_o what_o be_v before_o say_v concern_v the_o dowry_n of_o a_o church_n it_o follow_v in_o the_o author_n consecrationeque_fw-la per_fw-la act_n à _fw-la doteque_fw-la contradita_fw-la comprobato_fw-la illic_fw-la prâ—sbytero_fw-la altaris_fw-la procurationem_fw-la commendarit_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la advocationem_fw-la firmiter_fw-la legitimo_fw-la hared_n panno_fw-la imposito_fw-la commendavit_fw-la that_o the_o consecration_n be_v end_v and_o the_o endowment_n deliver_v up_o the_o care_n of_o the_o altar_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o priest_n allow_v and_o the_o advouson_n firm_o convey_v to_o the_o lawful_a heir_n by_o the_o put_n on_o of_o a_o robe_n author_n vita_fw-la vdalrici_fw-la c._n 7._o p._n 52._o edit_n august_n vindel._n 1595._o it_o be_v now_o time_n to_o consider_v how_o far_o forth_o the_o bishop_n depart_v with_o this_o right_n to_o the_o lay_v patron_n and_o for_o what_o cause_v we_o have_v say_v that_o the_o bishop_n right_o be_v not_o to_o the_o thing_n
reform_v of_o that_o which_o be_v overplus_n or_o defective_a be_v in_o the_o parliament_n so_o notwithstanding_o as_o that_o the_o prince_n evermore_o breathe_v life_n into_o that_o which_o be_v do_v law_n statute_n or_o custom_n be_v then_o best_o interpret_v when_o as_o the_o very_a plain_a and_o natural_a sense_n of_o they_o be_v seek_v after_o and_o no_o foreign_a or_o strain_a exposition_n be_v mix_v with_o they_o for_o that_o turn_v justice_n into_o wormwood_n and_o judgement_n into_o gall_n then_o that_o the_o judge_n be_v not_o too_o subtle_a in_o his_o interpretation_n but_o follow_v such_o exposition_n of_o the_o law_n as_o man_n of_o former_a age_n have_v use_v to_o make_v if_o they_o be_v not_o plain_o absurd_a and_o erroneous_a for_o oft_o shift_v of_o interpretation_n breed_v great_a variance_n in_o man_n state_n among_o such_o as_o have_v busy_a head_n and_o much_o discredit_v the_o law_n itself_o as_o though_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n in_o it_o with_o which_o although_o the_o fage_n judge_n of_o our_o time_n can_v be_v charge_v for_o aught_o that_o i_o know_v yet_o i_o can_v tell_v how_o man_n much_o complain_v that_o law_n be_v far_o otherwise_o construe_v in_o these_o day_n than_o they_o be_v in_o former_a age_n which_o as_o it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a complaint_n in_o the_o temporal_a court_n so_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n much_o lament_v at_o the_o spiritual_a court_n where_o the_o interpretation_n upon_o the_o three_o statute_n of_o tithe_n make_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o and_o edward_n his_o son_n among_o other_o inconstancy_n of_o other_o law_n have_v such_o great_a variety_n of_o sense_n and_o understanding_n in_o sundry_a point_n thereof_o as_o that_o if_o the_o maker_n thereof_o be_v now_o alive_a and_o the_o first_o expositor_n thereof_o sit_v in_o place_n of_o judgement_n again_o the_o statute_n be_v measure_v by_o the_o interpretation_n they_o now_o make_v of_o they_o will_v hardly_o acknowledge_v they_o either_o to_o be_v the_o statute_n that_o they_o then_o make_v or_o the_o other_o do_v after_o expound_v and_o declare_v for_o every_o of_o these_o statute_n and_o the_o sense_n that_o be_v give_v of_o they_o be_v whole_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n according_a to_o the_o tenor_n thereof_o but_o as_o they_o now_o receive_v explication_n they_o be_v not_o only_o not_o beneficial_a unto_o the_o church_n but_o the_o great_a hindrance_n to_o the_o same_o that_o may_v be_v for_o the_o word_n be_v make_v to_o jar_v with_o the_o sense_n and_o the_o sense_n with_o the_o word_n neither_o be_v there_o keep_v any_o right_a analogy_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o reverend_a judge_n be_v to_o be_v entreat_v because_o they_o challenge_v unto_o themselves_o the_o open_v of_o the_o statute_n alone_o albeit_o peradventure_o that_o be_v yet_o subjudice_n where_o the_o statute_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n be_v to_o be_v interpret_v that_o they_o will_v recall_v such_o exorbitant_a interpretation_n as_o have_v of_o late_o go_v abroad_o upon_o these_o statute_n and_o restore_v they_o to_o their_o ancient_a sense_n and_o understanding_n no_o man_n can_v so_o cunning_o cloak_n a_o interpretation_n but_o another_o will_v be_v as_o cunning_a as_o he_o to_o spy_v it_o out_o and_o then_o the_o discredit_n will_v be_v the_o law_n politâ—â—_n lib._n 1._o politâ—â—_n a_o small_a error_n say_v aristotle_n in_o the_o beginning_n be_v a_o great_a one_o in_o the_o end_n and_o he_o that_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n a_o little_a the_o long_o he_o go_v on_o the_o further_o he_o be_v off_o from_o the_o place_n his_o voyage_n be_v to_o and_o therefore_o the_o speedy_a return_n into_o the_o way_n again_o be_v best_o the_o old_a proverb_n be_v he_o that_o go_v plain_o go_v sure_o which_o may_v be_v best_a verify_v in_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o law_n if_o any_o where_o else_o for_o common_o man_n offend_v no_o where_n more_o dangerous_o than_o under_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o one_o say_v very_o well_o that_o there_o be_v two_o salt_n require_v in_o a_o judge_n the_o one_o of_o knowledge_n whereby_o he_o may_v have_v skill_n to_o judge_n upright_o the_o other_o of_o conscience_n whereby_o he_o may_v be_v willing_a to_o judge_v according_a to_o that_o as_o his_o skill_n lead_v he_o unto_o both_o which_o be_v in_o the_o grave_a judge_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o they_o will_v be_v easy_o induce_v to_o review_v their_o own_o and_o their_o predecessor_n interpretation_n and_o reduce_v such_o exorbitant_a exposition_n as_o have_v escape_v out_o thereof_o unto_o the_o right_n and_o natural_a sense_n thereof_o which_o if_o perhaps_o they_o shall_v be_v loath_a to_o do_v for_o because_o it_o make_v for_o they_o or_o for_o some_o other_o like_o partial_a respect_n then_o humble_a supplication_n be_v to_o be_v make_v unto_o his_o majesty_n that_o he_o himself_o will_v be_v please_v to_o give_v the_o right_a sense_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o controversy_n between_o both_o the_o jurisdiction_n for_o his_o majesty_n by_o communicate_v his_o authority_n to_o his_o judge_n to_o expound_v his_o law_n do_v not_o thereby_o abdicate_v the_o same_o from_o himself_o but_o that_o he_o may_v assume_v it_o again_o unto_o he_o when_o and_o as_o often_o as_o he_o please_v who_o interpretation_n in_o that_o be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o they_o first_o for_o that_o his_o interpretation_n be_v impartial_a as_o he_o that_o will_v not_o weaken_v his_o left_a side_n to_o make_v strong_a his_o right_n for_o so_o be_v these_o jurisdiction_n as_o they_o be_v refer_v unto_o his_o politic_a body_n but_o will_v afford_v they_o equal_a grace_n jure_fw-la l._n 1._o num_fw-la 8._o c._n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n 1._o num_fw-la 7._o c._n codâ—_n omnes_fw-la populi_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr justit_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la and_o favour_n that_o he_o may_v have_v like_o use_n of_o they_o both_o either_o in_o foreign_a or_o domestical_a business_n as_o occasion_n shall_v serve_v then_o that_o his_o judge_n interpretation_n make_v right_a only_o to_o they_o between_o who_o the_o cause_n be_v but_o his_o highness_n exposition_n be_v a_o law_n unto_o all_o from_o which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o subject_n to_o recede_v neither_o be_v it_o reverseable_a by_o any_o but_o by_o himself_o upon_o a_o second_o cogitation_n or_o he_o that_o have_v like_o authority_n as_o himself_o have_v and_o therefore_o most_o fit_a to_o be_v interpose_v between_o jurisdiction_n and_o jurisdiction_n that_o the_o one_o party_n be_v not_o judge_n against_o the_o other_o in_o his_o own_o cause_n which_o be_v both_o absurd_a and_o dangerous_a and_o let_v this_o suffice_v for_o the_o right_a interpretation_n of_o law_n and_o statute_n now_o it_o follow_v that_o i_o speak_v something_o of_o the_o supply_n that_o may_v be_v make_v to_o the_o defect_n that_o be_v in_o the_o same_o sect_n 2._o the_o second_o thing_n require_v to_o the_o first_o correct_v of_o superstition_n and_o supply_v of_o defective_a statute_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o it_o be_v the_o full_a mind_n and_o intent_n of_o the_o lawmaker_n which_o make_v those_o three_o statute_n to_o infeoff_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o all_o those_o cause_n that_o be_v comprise_v in_o those_o statute_n save_o those_o that_o be_v by_o special_a name_n exempt_v and_o that_o they_o do_v by_o the_o say_a statute_n as_o it_o be_v deliver_v unto_o they_o full_a and_o quiet_a possession_n of_o the_o same_o for_o even_o so_o sundry_a branch_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n do_v show_v as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o make_v it_o manifest_v and_o that_o there_o have_v grow_v question_n upon_o many_o point_n thereof_o and_o that_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n have_v be_v interupt_v in_o the_o quiet_a possession_n thereof_o come_v of_o the_o unperfect_a pen_n of_o the_o same_o and_o not_o of_o any_o just_a title_n or_o claim_n that_o may_v be_v make_v by_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o other_o law_n thereunto_o but_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n not_o only_o proper_a to_o these_o three_o statute_n but_o also_o common_a to_o all_o other_o statute_n which_o be_v write_v of_o any_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n within_o this_o land_n which_o notwithstanding_o may_v be_v remedy_v if_o it_o seem_v good_a unto_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o land_n assemble_v together_o at_o any_o time_n for_o the_o make_n of_o wholesome_a law_n and_o the_o reform_v of_o the_o same_o by_o supply_n of_o a_o few_o word_n in_o some_o place_n or_o period_n that_o be_v defective_a and_o yet_o keep_v the_o true_a meaning_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o same_o as_o for_o example_n in_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o two_o and_o thirty_o of_o henry_n the_o eight_o in_o the_o §_o
censure_v 204_o arbitrement_n what_o 79_o arm_n and_o the_o case_n incident_a 99_o how_o get_v 100_o how_o to_o be_v bear_v 101_o 102_o armour_n by_o who_o to_o be_v make_v 60_o artificer_n immunity_n from_o service_n 41_o auditor_n deny_v that_o immunity_n which_o professor_n enjoy_v 40_o aventine_n pain_n in_o compile_v his_o annal_n 169_o augustus_n why_o so_o call_v 108._o his_o title_n to_o the_o empire_n ib._n augustine_n the_o monk_n 142_o avocation_n of_o cause_n inconvenient_a 131._o 132_o aurum_fw-la glebale_n what_o 45_o authentic_o what_o 50._o why_o so_o call_v ib._n their_o content_n seq_fw-la b_o baptism_n how_o primitive_o administer_v 176_o a_o baptismal_a church_n what_o 177_o barcinius_n the_o collectour_n of_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o the_o decretal_n 75_o barren_a ground_n what_o 223._o vid._n waste_n what_o ground_n to_o be_v account_v harren_a 224._o absolute_a and_o comparative_a 223._o how_o distinguish_v from_o heath_n 225._o barren_a money_n wat_fw-mi 224_o bastard_n by_o law_n those_o that_o be_v bear_v eleven_o month_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o the_o woman_n husband_n 55._o several_a sort_n of_o bastard_n 244._o not_o to_o bear_v their_o father_n arm_n 245._o nor_o to_o inherit_v ib._n how_o they_o may_v be_v legitimate_a 146_o bastardy_n what_o 243._o the_o effect_n thereof_o 245._o to_o what_o jurisdiction_n the_o trial_n thereof_o belong_v 246_o propound_v either_o incident_o 247._o or_o principal_o 248._o general_n bastardy_n define_v ib._n special_a define_v 249._o refute_v 250._o both_o of_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n 251._o as_o be_v prove_v by_o several_a precedent_n 251._o 252_o battle_n abbey_n by_o who_o found_v and_o how_o endow_v 190_o bawd_n how_o punishable_a 53_o benedict_n the_o first_o founder_n of_o cloister_v monk_n 187_o benefice_n how_o long_o they_o may_v be_v vacant_a 81._o not_o to_o be_v impair_v during_o the_o vacancy_n 82._o some_o appropriate_v to_o bishop_n and_o why_o 216_o bequest_n vid._n legacy_n bertricks_n will._n 194_o berytus_n the_o privilege_n thereof_o 43_o bigamy_n 83_o bishop_n why_o so_o call_v 34._o their_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n 35._o and_o degree_n 120._o 121._o place_n in_o parliament_n 159._o 160._o their_o power_n in_o ordination_n of_o clerk_n 57_o in_o consecration_n of_o church_n 191._o 192._o 193._o &_o seq_n &_o chapel_n 58._o in_o division_n of_o church_n due_n 154._o in_o decision_n of_o controversy_n 54._o in_o permission_n or_o prohibition_n of_o build_v church_n 191._o and_o endow_v they_o 194._o and_o fill_v they_o 195._o 196._o &_o seq_n their_o manner_n 51._o 52._o who_o to_o be_v elect_v 64._o not_o hunter_n nor_o severe_a 85._o to_o be_v resident_a 58._o 65._o not_o to_o be_v call_v before_o a_o temporal_a judge_n 65._o nor_o detain_v the_o tithe_n of_o any_o benefice_n by_o they_o found_v 206._o 207._o nor_o pass_v they_o over_o to_o lay_v man_n 208._o in_o what_o case_n they_o may_v hold_v they_o in_o fee._n ib._n their_o primitive_a endowment_n 209._o 210._o their_o different_a right_n in_o tithe_n and_o demean_n 215._o they_o sometime_o present_a at_o patron_n will_n 194_o bishop_n of_o rome_n priority_n 66_o blasphemy_n capital_a 59_o boniface_n the_o 8._o collectour_n of_o the_o second_o volume_n of_o the_o decretal_n 75_o border_n ground_n 61_o bough_n of_o great_a tree_n tytheable_a 229._o 230._o etc._n etc._n not_o accessory_n to_o the_o tree_n 233._o bound_n of_o parish_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n 151._o vi_fw-la parish_n but_o of_o bishopric_n temporal_a 155_o brethren_n of_o the_o whole_a blood_n prefer_v before_o other_o 60_o bribery_n how_o punish_v 23_o 24_o burglary_n how_o punish_v 21_o burner_n of_o house_n how_o punish_v 19_o c_o cacus_n his_o fact_n 157._o apply_v 158_o canon_n law_n what_o 73._o divide_v 74._o vid._n law_n canon_n of_o nice_a 153._o of_o antioch_n 154._o of_o the_o apostle_n question_v 194_o cardinal_n original_a 152_o captive_n 27._o feign_v by_o the_o law_n to_o be_v dead_a when_o they_o be_v take_v 129_o cassiopea_n new_a star_n 170_o castalia_n castle-ward_n what_o 70_o castellians_n who_o 47_o censure_n to_o be_v judicial_o execute_v 85_o cesser_n for_o what_o institute_v 44_o ceremony_n use_v at_o the_o dedication_n of_o a_o church_n 191_o chamberlain_n place_n 46_o chancellor_n what_o 115_o 116._o how_o they_o differ_v from_o commissary_n ib._n their_o antiquity_n ib._n lord_n chancellor_n why_o provide_v of_o assessor_n 275_o change_n of_o church_n land_n 57_o chapel_n how_o to_o be_v build_v 58_o charles_n martel_n vid._n martel_n child_n not_o to_o be_v punish_v so_o severe_o as_o man_n 85._o after_o divorce_n how_o to_o be_v educate_v 62._o their_o maintenance_n how_o it_o may_v be_v provide_v for_o 263_o chorepiscopi_fw-la their_o office_n 153_o 154_o church_n affinity_n with_o the_o commonwealth_n 211._o their_o privilege_n 34_o 293._o prescription_n 62._o building_n 65_o 66_o not_o to_o be_v build_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n 193._o nor_o endow_v 194._o manner_n of_o dedication_n 52._o 191._o their_o land_n not_o to_o be_v alienate_v 52._o 54._o 63._o nor_o good_n immovable_a 56._o nor_o vessel_n 64._o yet_o may_v they_o be_v exchange_v 57_o at_o the_o bishop_n disposal_n 193_o 194._o church_n former_o both_o few_o and_o mean_a 197_o church_n due_n how_v divide_v 153_o 154_o church_n peace-breaker_n how_o mulct_v 178_o church-robber_n curse_v 172._o 173._o the_o crime_n fatal_a to_o kingdom_n 175_o church-shot_a 138_o circumstance_n considerable_a in_o punish_v 99_o civilian_n disrespect_a 274_o civil_a law_n vid._n law_n pope_n clement_n sentence_n for_o the_o k._n of_o sicily_n 113._o clementines_n what_o 75_o clergy_n order_n 54._o most_o beneficial_a to_o the_o prince_n 186_o clerk_n why_o so_o call_v 34._o who_o to_o be_v admit_v 65._o where_n to_o pay_v for_o admittance_n 57_o their_o behaviour_n and_o number_n 51_o 52_o 53._o strictness_n of_o conversation_n 184._o to_o be_v reverence_v 117._o not_o to_o hunt_v 85._o nor_o to_o meddle_v in_o civil_a affair_n 82_o their_o immunity_n 64._o 66._o how_o to_o be_v judge_v 60._o by_o who_o 65_o cloister_a monk_n their_o original_n 187._o privilege_n 188_o client_n compare_v to_o sisyphus_n 132_o cnute_n law_n 140_o code_n what_o why_o so_o call_v why_o compile_v 31._o how_o distinguish_v from_o the_o digest_v 32._o 33._o content_n s_o for_o who_o most_o useful_a 49_o cognisance_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a 158._o vid._n ecclesiastical_a collation_n the_o section_n of_o the_o authentic_o 50_o collector_n of_o subsidy_n how_o to_o be_v punish_v for_o exact_v 14._o their_o office_n 38_o colour_n their_o dignity_n in_o armoury_n 102_o combat_n permit_v by_o the_o common_a law_n 86_o commissary_n what_o 116_o commonwealth_n ally_v to_o the_o church_n 211._o consist_v of_o two_o part_n 271._o rule_v by_o peace_n vid._n war_n ib._n competency_n to_o be_v allow_v to_o the_o minister_n 95._o 196_o commutation_n of_o church_n land_n how_o former_o tolerate_v and_o how_o in_o the_o present_a age_n 210._o 211_o confiscation_n in_o whole_a or_o in_o part_n 25._o good_n confiscate_v how_o to_o be_v dispose_v 37_o connexitie_n of_o cause_n not_o to_o be_v take_v away_o 148._o 157_o consecration_n of_o church_n with_o what_o ceremony_n perform_v 191_o consent_n of_o parent_n requisite_a co_fw-la the_o marriage_n of_o child_n 67_o consistory_n why_o grant_v 117_o constantine_n great_a bounty_n towards_o the_o church_n 182._o his_o law_n concern_v executor_n 267_o constantinoples_n privilege_n 43_o consul_n what_o 45_o contract_n marine_a 88_o 89_o contribution_n for_o ejectment_n 92_o controller_n office_n 39_o controversy_n how_o decide_v 9_o corruption_n in_o judgement_n how_o punish_v 20_o corpse_n not_o to_o be_v prohibit_v burial_n 6_o cozenage_n how_o punish_v 21_o counsellor_n vid._n advocates_n counsel_n decree_n as_o law_n 66._o council_n of_o nice_a 153._o of_o antioch_n 154._o lateran_n of_o gangra_n and_o antioch_n make_v bishop_n disposer_n of_o church_n good_n 194._o as_o also_o the_o toledan_a bracaran_n etc._n etc._n 195_o court_n spiritual_a abbridge_v of_o what_o they_o former_o have_v have_v 114._o 115._o 146._o 147._o why_o first_o grant_v 117._o court_n of_o chancery_n 275._o of_o request_n 276_o crime_n extraordinary_a 19_o 20_o criminal_a matter_n triable_a in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n 48._o 115_o cross_n with_o what_o ceremony_n set_v up_o in_o church_n 191._o use_v for_o want_n of_o church_n 197_o curiosity_n of_o schoolman_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o church_n 162._o 202_o curse_n the_o more_o and_o the_o less_o 172._o the_o manner_n of_o curse_v 173._o the_o form_n of_o the_o general_a curse_n with_o bell_n book_n and_o candle_n 174_o custom_n of_o tything_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n 147._o 148_o cystercians_n exempt_v by_o the_o pope_n 100l_n but_o compel_v by_o the_o parliament_n to_o pay_v tithe_n 143_o d_o damage_n why_o not_o cess_v in_o case_n of_o consultation_n 127._o treble_a