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have_v be_v exempt_v nay_o that_o their_o exemption_n from_o other_o lay_v duty_n be_v the_o first_o exemption_n they_o have_v and_o even_o that_o which_o above_o all_o other_o be_v most_o convenient_a they_o shall_v have_v as_o for_o example_n from_o all_o civil_a office_n of_o collector_n bailiff_n constable_n from_o the_o militia_n etc._n etc._n why_o then_o shall_v any_o divine_a be_v so_o unreasonable_a as_o to_o derive_v from_o a_o position_n so_o general_a so_o proper_a and_o so_o true_a of_o those_o father_n of_o colen_n a_o conclusion_n so_o particular_a so_o improper_a and_o so_o false_a as_o bellarmine_n do_v in_o our_o present_a case_n as_o for_o those_o other_o word_n of_o this_o of_o colen_n jure_fw-la pariter_fw-la divino_fw-la &_o humano_fw-la i_o have_v already_o say_v what_o we_o must_v rational_o think_v they_o understand_v by_o jus_o divinum_fw-la though_o only_o apply_v here_o to_o other_o exemption_n then_o that_o from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n for_o 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the_o city_n and_o palace_n behold_v all_o person_n whatsoever_o laic_n and_o ecclesiastic_n both_o priest_n and_o bishop_n observe_v himself_o with_o all_o demonstration_n of_o submissive_a reverence_n and_o with_o bare_a head_n and_o bend_a knee_n approach_v the_o kiss_n of_o his_o hand_n shall_v nevertheless_o present_o after_o be_v go_v to_o church_n lay_v himself_o bear_v head_v and_o bare_a kneed_a too_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o confessional_a seat_n the_o priest_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n cover_v still_o and_o fit_a and_o as_o a_o judge_n of_o another_o quality_n and_o in_o that_o holy_a place_n and_o function_n determine_v of_o he_o as_o a_o criminal_a and_o as_o this_o be_v not_o dishonourable_a nor_o undecent_a to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o very_a pope_n himself_o for_o even_o the_o pope_n too_o must_v behave_v himself_o so_o to_o a_o inferior_a priest_n if_o he_o will_v be_v forgive_v his_o sin_n by_o god_n notwithstanding_o that_o soto_n will_v confess_v 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king_n or_o emperor_n so_o this_o author_n plead_v this_o exemption_n also_o of_o their_o good_n to_o be_v not_o only_o congruent_a but_o necessary_a and_o therefore_o conclude_v it_o power_n in_o the_o church_n as_o a_o church_n to_o make_v a_o law_n for_o it_o whether_o prince_n will_v or_o not_o and_o we_o must_v know_v that_o his_o ground_n he_o borrow_v from_o st._n thomas_n out_o certain_o make_v use_v of_o it_o or_o derive_v a_o conclusion_n from_o it_o against_o the_o mind_n of_o st._n thomas_n that_o st._n thomas_n in_o his_o commentary_n on_o the_o 13._o of_o the_o roman_n where_o he_o have_v it_o intend_v no_o more_o by_o it_o but_o to_o prove_v the_o natural_a equity_n of_o clerk_n be_v free_a by_o the_o privilege_n of_o prince_n from_o pay_v tribut_n but_o express_o deny_v a_o necessity_n for_o such_o freedom_n that_o this_o to_o be_v the_o mind_n and_o word_n of_o st._n thomas_n appear_v plain_o out_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o franciscus_n victoria_n relect._n 1._o de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccles._n sect_n 7._o prop._n 2._o where_o he_o write_v thus_o clerici_fw-la sunt_fw-la exempti_fw-la a_o tributis_fw-la non_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la sed_fw-la priâ—ulegio_fw-la principuâ—_n hoc_fw-la express_v dicit_fw-la d._n thomas_n super_fw-la illum_fw-la locum_fw-la roman_n 13._o ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o tributa_fw-la praestatis_fw-la et_fw-la dicit_fw-la hanc_fw-la exemptionem_fw-la habere_fw-la equitatem_fw-la quamâ—â—â—_n non_fw-la autem_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la that_o final_o however_o this_o be_v certain_o true_a yet_o soto_n infer_v out_o of_o that_o reason_n of_o st._n thomas_n not_o a_o congruency_n but_o a_o necessity_n for_o as_o we_o have_v see_v before_o thus_o he_o discourse_v whereas_o tribut_n custom_n and_o other_o public_a tax_n be_v pay_v to_o king_n for_o their_o maintenance_n and_o as_o a_o reward_n or_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o labour_n they_o undergo_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o whereas_o 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purpose_n nothing_o but_o against_o oppressive_a tax_n contrary_a to_o law_n and_o former_a custom_n and_o tax_n too_o impose_v by_o the_o consul_n only_o and_o rector_n of_o particular_a city_n nothing_o in_o specie_fw-la against_o even_o any_o such_o oppressive_a tax_n tally_n exaction_n collection_n lay_v or_o make_v by_o a_o absolute_a order_n law_n or_o constitution_n of_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n or_o of_o king_n emperor_n state_n who_o certain_o be_v not_o understand_v by_o the_o name_n of_o consul_n and_o rector_n of_o city_n and_o however_o this_o of_o tax_n of_o clerk_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o the_o exemption_n of_o the_o person_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n in_o all_o other_o civil_a and_o criminal_a cause_n whatsoever_o which_o only_o be_v it_o we_o dispute_v of_o here_o nothing_o beside_o but_o what_o be_v convenient_a for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o people_n within_o the_o pope_n own_o temporal_a patrimony_n for_o which_o only_o 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quia_fw-la tunc_fw-la etiam_fw-la remissionis_fw-la seu_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la a_o peccatis_fw-la secundo_fw-la advertendum_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la seu_fw-la potestatem_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la immediate_a ipsam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la clavium_fw-la immo_fw-la separabiles_fw-la nec_fw-la actu_fw-la semper_fw-la conjungi_fw-la vel_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la vel_fw-la positivo_fw-la tertio_fw-la supponendum_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la sententia_fw-la secundum_fw-la absolutam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la posse_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la talem_fw-la laicis_fw-la concedere_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la express_v contra_fw-la jus_o divinum_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la soto_n 4._o do_v 20._o quaest_n 1._o art_n 4._o etc._n scot._n 4._o d._n 20_o q_o 1._o a._n 4._o mirand_n in_o manual_n q._n 3._o a._n 2._o d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la miranda_n in_fw-la manuali_fw-la quaest_n 3._o art_n 2._o &_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la virorum_fw-la sed_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la addit_fw-la tamen_fw-la miranda_n hoc_fw-la respectu_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la nusquam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la concessum_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la negate_fw-la d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la &_o abbatissis_fw-la c._n 22._o &_o citat_fw-la multa_fw-la jura_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la actu_fw-la conceditur_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la potestas_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipiendi_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ut_fw-la excommunicent_fw-la rebel_n &_o contumace_n moniale_n &_o hoc_fw-la valere_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la communi_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la vel_fw-la strictius_fw-la loquendo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la cum_fw-la laimanno_n lib._n 1._o 4._o laiman_n l._n 1._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 3._o &_o 4._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o cap._n 3._o num_fw-la 3._o &_o 4._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la proprie_fw-la sed_fw-la usuram_fw-la quandam_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la et_fw-la hinc_fw-la confer_v possunt_fw-la beneficia_fw-la &_o instituere_fw-la clericos_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la ad_fw-la monasterium_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la sensum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o re_fw-la tam_fw-la gravi_fw-la aperiam_fw-la dicendum_fw-la putem_fw-la nullo_n quidem_fw-la jure_fw-la ut_fw-la praetactum_fw-la est_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o spiritual_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la joannes_n de_fw-la parisiis_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la c._n 21._o quo_fw-la gratia_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la causatur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la papae_fw-la joan._n de_fw-fr paris_n c._n 21._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la papae_fw-la potestas_fw-la administrandi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la quae_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ex_fw-la priori_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la inflictio_fw-la poenae_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la expositio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la institutio_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la vel_fw-la examen_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la multa_fw-la quodvis_fw-la enim_fw-la horum_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la restringitur_fw-la praecise_a ad_fw-la homines_fw-la spirituales_fw-la sen_fw-la deo_fw-la sacros_fw-la ut_fw-la olim_fw-la definitum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o joan._n 22._o contra_fw-la marsilium_fw-la de_fw-la milan_n ut_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la turrecrem_fw-la l._n 4._o summae_fw-la sub_fw-la finem_fw-la summae_fw-la joan._n 22._o contra_fw-la mars_n de_fw-fr milan_n turrecr_n l._n 4._o summae_fw-la caeterum_fw-la quoad_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o antecedens_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o necessario_fw-la annexum_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la officiis_fw-la bene_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o laicis_fw-la subinde_fw-la residere_fw-la sicut_fw-la praesentatio_fw-la collatio_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la punitio_fw-la temporalis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la multa_fw-la ut_fw-la dixi_fw-la de_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praecipue_fw-la ex_fw-la concessione_n ecclesia_fw-la vel_fw-la long_fw-mi consuetudine_fw-la praescripta_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dixi_fw-la &_o merito_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concessio_fw-la 120._o innoc._n in_o c._n novit_fw-la etc._n etc._n salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n prael_n 3._o nu_fw-la 120._o sed_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tribuit_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la docet_fw-la innocent_n in_o cap._n novit_n de_fw-fr judic_n &_o multi_fw-la praesertion_n quando_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la exercitium_fw-la a_o tempore_fw-la immemoriali_fw-la probatur_fw-la ut_fw-la declarant_fw-la juristae_fw-la de_fw-fr quare_fw-la vide_fw-la salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o praelud_fw-la 3._o n._n 122_o &_o deinceps_fw-la dice_n hic_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concedi_fw-la principibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la seu_fw-la concessione_n sed_fw-la supremam_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la asseritur_fw-la quod_fw-la noâ—_n potest_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la doctores_fw-la tenent_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la doctores_fw-la praedicti_fw-la asserant_fw-la papaâ—_n non_fw-la posse_fw-la auferre_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la principum_fw-la ex_fw-la consuâ—tudine_fw-la vel_fw-la concessione_n firma_fw-la valide_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la introductam_fw-la 405._o nau._n c._n 27._o in_o enchir._n n_o 70._o salz_n sch_fw-mi ber._n diaz_n cap._n 55._o sect._n apud_fw-la gall._n duvall_n de_fw-fr disc_fw-fr eccl._n p._n 3_o fol._n 405._o sicut_fw-la satis_fw-la insinuat_fw-la navar._n c._n 27._o in_o
king_n absolution_n by_o the_o cardinal_n have_v this_o title_n charta_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la and_o begin_v thus_o henrico_n dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la illustri_fw-la regi_fw-la anglorum_fw-la albertus_n tituli_fw-la sancti_fw-la laurentii_fw-la in_o lucinia_n &_o theodinus_n tituli_fw-la sancti_fw-la vitalis_n presbyteri_fw-la cardinal_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la legati_fw-la salutem_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi salutem_fw-la regibus_fw-la ne_o in_o dubium_fw-la veniant_fw-la quae_fw-la geruntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o proceed_v to_o signify_v his_o say_a purgation_n and_o their_o own_o absolution_n give_v to_o he_o upon_o the_o fame_n condition_n now_o i_o demand_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o kind_n of_o likelihood_n that_o so_o know_v and_o so_o great_a a_o king_n as_o henry_n the_o second_o be_v then_o for_o he_o have_v conquer_a ireland_n that_o very_a year_n and_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o he_o sail_v immediate_o to_o normandy_n of_o 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legatus_fw-la cum_fw-la pallio_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la rediit_fw-la hic_fw-la electus_fw-la regi_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la juravit_fw-la salvo_fw-la ordine_fw-la svo_fw-la nulla_fw-la prorsus_fw-la facta_fw-la mentione_n de_fw-la prioribus_fw-la regni_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la observandis_fw-la behold_v eight_o several_a argument_n which_o if_o at_o least_o take_v all_o together_o and_o especial_o if_o they_o be_v also_o take_v together_o with_o all_o i_o have_v say_v before_o in_o this_o second_o appendix_n to_o answer_v such_o objection_n as_o myself_o frame_v against_o myself_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o can_v for_o my_o own_o part_n but_o judge_v they_o to_o be_v so_o many_o and_o so_o strong_a argument_n and_o presumption_n in_o law_n and_o reason_n to_o persuade_v we_o of_o the_o great_a unlikelihood_n may_v be_v of_o any_o such_o matter_n as_o treason_n possible_a to_o have_v be_v true_o charge_v at_o any_o time_n on_o st._n thomas_n of_o canterbury_n that_o i_o see_v not_o how_o 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caâ—tivavit_fw-la discipulum_fw-la comitem_fw-la christi_fw-la captivavit_fw-la &_o militem_fw-la custodem_fw-la sepulchri_fw-la as_o st._n austin_n say_v of_o judas_n who_o betray_v christ_n and_o of_o the_o soldiery_n that_o keep_v the_o sepulchre_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o also_o i_o conclude_v whatever_o i_o intend_v to_o say_v principal_o or_o incidental_o against_o the_o tacit_a objection_n of_o the_o divine_n of_o louvain_n of_o this_o glorious_a martyr_n contest_v with_o henry_n the_o second_o and_o of_o his_o opinion_n or_o judgement_n in_o such_o contest_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o ecclesiastical_a exemption_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n of_o temporal_a prince_n or_o to_o my_o own_o doctrine_n which_o i_o be_o sure_a be_v the_o catholic_n doctrine_n and_o whatever_a else_o i_o intend_v to_o say_v principal_o or_o occasional_o of_o the_o sanctity_n of_o his_o life_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o martyrdom_n and_o of_o the_o consistency_n of_o both_o with_o some_o humane_a invincible_a error_n of_o his_o side_n speak_v according_o to_o the_o objective_a verity_n or_o be_v of_o thing_n in_o themselves_o as_o we_o see_v that_o other_o great_a and_o undoubted_a saint_n and_o even_o the_o very_a prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v fall_v into_o such_o humane_a error_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o sanctity_n of_o their_o life_n or_o glory_n of_o their_o martyrdom_n that_o peter_n err_v so_o out_o of_o zeal_n to_o gain_v both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n in_o judaize_v among_o the_o jew_n etc._n etc._n and_o who_o reprehend_v he_o in_o that_o do_v no_o less_o himself_o err_v so_o in_o another_o occasion_n in_o make_v himself_o a_o nazarâ—te_n and_o in_o circumcise_n timothy_n so_o much_o against_o his_o own_o doctrine_n there_o si_fw-mi circumcidamini_fw-la christus_fw-la vobis_fw-la nihil_fw-la proderit_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o and_o final_o whatever_o i_o intend_v to_o say_v direct_o and_o of_o purpose_n to_o show_v that_o 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this_o day_n and_o have_v be_v so_o as_o to_o the_o punishment_n of_o criminal_a clergyman_n in_o case_n of_o treason_n murder_n felony_n etc._n etc._n a_o long_a time_n and_o perhaps_o several_a age_n in_o england_n as_o well_o in_o those_o immediate_o after_o henry_n the_o second_v day_n and_o notwithstanding_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o purgation_n absolution_n and_o satisfaction_n and_o then_o almost_o uninterrupted_o till_o the_o change_n and_o after_o the_o change_n by_o henry_n the_o viii_o until_o this_o present_a as_o in_o those_o before_o the_o day_n of_o that_o christian_a king_n of_o the_o saxon_n who_o ever_o he_o be_v that_o first_o give_v clergyman_n those_o privilege_n of_o exemption_n in_o criminal_a cause_n from_o lay_v judicatories_n which_o i_o quote_v before_o and_o prove_v to_o have_v not_o be_v repeal_v at_o any_o time_n after_o until_o henry_n the_o second_v reign_v and_o because_o they_o be_v the_o municipal_a law_n of_o the_o land_n which_o only_o can_v 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be_v to_o be_v allege_v obligation_n allege_v this_o only_a and_o no_o more_o for_o what_o concern_v this_o matter_n can_v be_v deduce_v out_o of_o c._n pastoralis_fw-la §._o verum_fw-la de_fw-fr appellat_fw-la cap._n legitima_fw-la eod_fw-la &_o gloss_n §_o legitima_fw-la in_o 6._o c._n romana_fw-la eod_a §._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la objiciatur_fw-la &_o glossa_fw-la ibid._n §._o vera_fw-la &_o nota_fw-la insuper_fw-la c._n cum_fw-la appellat_fw-la eod_a see_v all_o this_o confirm_v by_o c._n interposra_n de_fw-fr appellationibus_fw-la extr_n where_o it_o appear_v sufficient_o though_o it_o be_v for_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n produce_v that_o the_o validity_n of_o a_o appeal_n be_v to_o be_v prove_v before_o the_o judge_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la for_o the_o case_n of_o the_o say_a chapter_n be_v one_o appeal_v who_o express_v only_o a_o probable_a cause_n in_o his_o appeal_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o appellant_n to_o prove_v before_o the_o judge_n 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act_n all_o concern_v staple_n or_o native_a commodity_n of_o this_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v repeal_v if_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o think_v fit_a in_o the_o parliament_n except_v for_o wool_n and_o woolfells_a and_o that_o such_o indifferent_a person_n as_o shall_v be_v agree_v on_o by_o the_o say_a lord_n lieutenant_n and_o the_o say_v thomas_n lord_n viscount_n dillon_n of_o costelloe_n lord_n precedent_n of_o connaught_n donnogh_n lord_n viscount_n muskery_n francis_n lord_n baron_n of_o athunry_n alexander_n mac_n donnel_n esq_n sir_n lucas_n dillen_n knight_n sir_n nicholas_n plunket_n knight_n sir_n richard_z barnewall_n baronet_n geoffery_n browne_n donnogh_fw-mi o_o callaghane_a tirlagh_n o_o neil_n miles_n reilly_n and_o gerald_n fennel_n esquire_n or_o any_o seven_o or_o more_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v authorize_v by_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n to_o moderate_v and_o ascertain_v the_o rate_n of_o merchandise_n to_o be_v export_v or_o import_v out_o of_o or_o into_o this_o kingdom_n as_o they_o shall_v think_v fit_a xv._o item_n it_o be_v conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v by_o and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v gracious_o please_v that_o all_o and_o every_o person_n and_o person_n within_o this_o kingdom_n pretend_v to_o have_v suffer_v by_o office_n find_v of_o several_a country_n territory_n land_n and_o hereditament_n in_o the_o province_n of_o ulster_n and_o other_o province_n of_o this_o kingdom_n in_o or_o since_o the_o first_o year_n of_o king_n james_n reign_n or_o by_o attainder_n and_o forfeiture_n or_o by_o pretence_n or_o colour_n thereof_o since_o the_o say_v first_o year_n of_o king_n james_n or_o by_o other_o act_n depend_v on_o the_o say_a office_n attainder_n and_o forfeiture_n may_v petition_v his_o majesty_n in_o parliament_n for_o relief_n and_o redress_n and_o if_o after_o examination_n it_o shall_v appear_v to_o his_o majesty_n the_o say_a person_n or_o any_o of_o they_o have_v be_v injure_v than_o his_o majesty_n will_v prescribe_v a_o course_n to_o repair_v the_o person_n or_o person_n so_o suffer_v according_a to_o justice_n and_o honour_n xvi_o item_n it_o be_v further_a conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v upon_o by_z and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v further_a gracious_o please_v that_o as_o to_o the_o particular_a case_n of_o maurice_n lord_n viscount_n de_fw-fr rupe_n &_o fermoy_n arthur_n lord_n viscount_n jueagh_n sir_n edmond_n fitz-gerald_n of_o cloungliffe_n baronet_n charles_n mac_n charthy_a reagh_n roger_n moor_n anthony_n moor_n william_n fitz-gerard_n anthony_n lynch_n john_n lacie_n collo_fw-la mac_n bryen_n mac_n mahon_n donnel_n costingen_n edmond_n fitz-gerald_n of_o ballimartyr_n lucas_n keatinge_v theobald_n roch_n fitz-myles_n thomas_n fitz-gerald_n of_o the_o valley_n john_n bourke_n of_o loghmaske_n edmond_n fitz-gerald_n of_o ballimullo_n james_n fitz-william_n gerald_n of_o glysnan_n and_o edward_n sutton_n they_o 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shall_v be_v afford_v a_o valuable_a annual_a rent_n for_o the_o same_o until_o settlement_n in_o parliament_n at_o which_o time_n they_o shall_v be_v restore_v to_o those_o their_o possession_n and_o it_o be_v further_o agree_v and_o his_o majesty_n be_v gracious_o please_v that_o the_o say_a citizen_n freemen_n burgess_n and_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o say_a city_n of_o cork_n and_o town_n of_o youghal_n and_o dongarvan_n respective_o shall_v be_v enable_v in_o convenient_a time_n before_o the_o next_o parliament_n to_o be_v hold_v in_o this_o kingdom_n to_o choose_v and_o return_v burgess_n into_o the_o same_o parliament_n xviii_o item_n it_o be_v further_a conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v upon_o by_z and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v further_a gracious_o please_v that_o a_o act_n of_o oblivion_n be_v pass_v in_o the_o next_o parliament_n to_o extend_v to_o all_o his_o majesty_n subject_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o their_o adherent_n of_o all_o treason_n and_o offence_n capital_a criminal_a and_o personal_n and_o other_o
say_a article_n and_o before_o the_o say_a publication_n shall_v not_o be_v account_v take_v or_o construe_v or_o be_v treason_n felony_n or_o other_o offence_n to_o be_v except_v out_o of_o the_o say_a act_n of_o oblivion_n provide_v likewise_o that_o the_o say_a act_n of_o oblivion_n shall_v not_o extend_v unto_o any_o person_n or_o person_n that_o will_v not_o obey_v and_o submit_v unto_o the_o peace_n conclude_v and_o agree_v on_o by_o these_o article_n provide_v further_o that_o the_o say_a act_n of_o oblivion_n or_o any_o in_o this_o article_n contain_v shall_v not_o hinder_v or_o interrupt_v the_o say_a thomas_n lord_n viscount_n dillon_n of_o costelloe_n lord_n precedent_n of_o connaught_n donnogh_n lord_n viscount_n muskery_n francis_n lord_n baron_n of_o athunry_n alexander_n mac_n donnel_n esq_n sir_n lucas_n dillon_n knight_n sir_n nicholas_n plunket_n knight_n sir_n richard_z barnewall_n baronet_n geoffery_n browne_n donnogh_fw-mi o_o callaghane_a tirlagh_n o_o neil_n miles_n reilly_n and_o gerald_n fennel_n esquire_n or_o any_o seven_o or_o more_o of_o they_o to_o call_v to_o a_o account_n and_o proceed_v against_o the_o council_n and_o congregation_n and_o the_o respective_a supreme_a council_n commissioner_n general_n appoint_v hitherto_o from_o time_n to_o time_n by_o the_o confederate_a catholic_n to_o manage_v their_o affair_n or_o any_o other_o person_n or_o person_n accountable_a to_o a_o account_n for_o their_o respective_a receipt_n and_o disbursment_n since_o the_o begin_n of_o their_o respective_a employment_n under_o the_o say_v confederate_a catholic_n or_o to_o acquit_v or_o release_v any_o arrear_n of_o excise_n custom_n or_o public_a tax_n to_o be_v account_v for_o since_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o of_o october_n 1641._o and_o not_o dispose_v of_o hitherto_o to_o the_o public_a use_n but_o that_o the_o party_n therein_o concern_v may_v be_v call_v to_o a_o account_n for_o the_o same_o as_o aforesaid_a by_o the_o say_v thomas_n lord_n viscount_n dillon_n of_o costelloe_n lord_n precedent_n of_o connaught_n donnogh_n lord_n viscount_n muskery_n francis_n lord_n baron_n of_o athunry_n alexander_n mac_n donnel_n esq_n sir_n lucas_n dillon_n knight_n sir_n nicholas_n plunket_n knight_n sir_n richard_z barnewall_n baronet_n geoffery_n browne_n donnogh_fw-mi o_o callaghane_a tirlagh_n o_o neil_n miles_n reilly_n and_o gerald_n fennel_n esquire_n or_o any_o seven_o or_o more_o of_o they_o the_o say_a act_n or_o any_o thing_n therein_o contain_v to_o the_o contrary_a notwithstanding_o xix_o item_n it_o be_v further_a conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v upon_o by_z and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v gracious_o please_v that_o a_o act_n be_v pass_v in_o the_o next_o parliament_n prohibit_v that_o neither_o the_o lord_n deputy_n or_o other_o chief_a governor_n or_o governor_n lord_n chancellor_n lord_n high_a treasurer_n vice-treasurer_n chancellor_n or_o any_o of_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o exchequer_n privy_a council_n or_o judge_n of_o the_o four_o court_n be_v farmer_n of_o his_o majesty_n custom_n within_o this_o kingdom_n xx._n item_n it_o be_v likewise_o conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v and_o his_o majesty_n be_v gracious_o please_v that_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n pass_v in_o this_o kingdom_n against_o monopoly_n such_o as_o be_v enact_v in_o england_n 21_o jacobi_n regis_fw-la with_o a_o further_a clause_n of_o repeal_n of_o all_o grant_n of_o monopoly_n in_o this_o kingdom_n and_o that_o commissioner_n be_v agree_v upon_o by_o the_o say_a lord_n lieutenant_n and_o the_o say_v thomas_n lord_n viscount_n dillon_n of_o costelloe_n lord_n precedent_n of_o connaught_n donnogh_n lord_n viscount_n muskery_n francis_n lord_n baron_n of_o athunry_n alexander_n mac_n donnel_n esq_n sir_n lucas_n dillon_n knight_n sir_n nicholas_n plunket_n knight_n sir_n richard_z barnewall_n baronet_n geoffery_n browne_n donnogh_fw-mi o_o callaghane_a tirlagh_n o_o neil_n miles_n reilly_n and_o gerald_n fennel_n esquire_n or_o any_o seven_o or_o more_o of_o they_o to_o set_v down_o the_o rate_n for_o the_o custom_n and_o imposition_n to_o be_v lay_v on_o aquavitae_n wine_n oil_n yearn_n and_o tobacco_n xxi_o item_n it_o be_v conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v and_o his_o majesty_n be_v gracious_o please_v that_o such_o person_n as_o shall_v be_v agree_v on_o by_o the_o say_a lord_n lieutenant_n and_o the_o say_v thomas_n lord_n viscount_n dillon_n of_o costelloe_n lord_n precedent_n of_o connaught_n donnogh_n lord_n viscount_n muskery_n francis_n lord_n baron_n of_o athunry_n alexander_n mac_n donnel_n esq_n sir_n lucas_n dillon_n knight_n sir_n nicholas_n plunket_n knight_n sir_n richard_z barnewall_n baronet_n geoffery_n browne_n donnogh_fw-mi o_o callaghane_a tirlagh_n o_o neil_n miles_n reilly_n and_o gerald_n fennel_n esquire_n or_o any_o seven_o or_o more_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o soon_o as_o may_v be_v authorize_v by_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n to_o regulate_v the_o court_n of_o castle-chamber_n and_o such_o cause_n as_o shall_v be_v bring_v into_o and_o censure_v in_o the_o say_v court_n xxii_o item_n it_o be_v conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v upon_o and_o his_o majesty_n be_v gracious_o please_v that_o two_o act_n late_o pass_v in_o this_o kingdom_n the_o one_o prohibit_v the_o plough_v with_o horse_n by_o the_o tail_n and_o the_o other_o prohibit_v the_o burn_a of_o oat_n in_o the_o straw_n be_v repeal_v xxiii_o item_n it_o be_v further_a conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v by_o and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v further_a gracious_o please_v for_o as_o much_o as_o upon_o application_n of_o agent_n from_o this_o kingdom_n unto_o his_o majesty_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o late_o upon_o humble_a suit_n make_v unto_o his_o majesty_n by_o a_o committee_n of_o both_o house_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o this_o kingdom_n some_o order_n be_v give_v by_o his_o majesty_n for_o redress_n of_o several_a grievance_n and_o for_o so_o many_o of_o those_o as_o be_v not_o express_v in_o the_o article_n whereof_o both_o house_n in_o the_o next_o ensue_a parliament_n shall_v desire_v the_o benefit_n of_o his_o majesty_n say_v former_a direction_n for_o redress_n therein_o that_o the_o same_o be_v afford_v they_o yet_o so_o as_o for_o prevention_n of_o inconvenience_n to_o his_o majesty_n service_n that_o the_o warning_n mention_v in_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o article_n of_o the_o grace_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o majesty_n reign_n be_v so_o understand_v that_o the_o warning_n be_v leave_v at_o the_o person_n dwelling-house_n be_v hold_v sufficient_a warn_n and_o that_o as_o to_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o article_n of_o the_o say_a grace_n the_o process_n hitherto_o use_v in_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n do_v still_o continue_v as_o hitherto_o it_o have_v do_v in_o that_o and_o have_v be_v use_v in_o our_o english_a court_n but_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n be_v compound_v for_o so_o much_o of_o the_o aforesaid_a answer_n as_o concern_v warning_n and_o process_n shall_v be_v omit_v xxiv_o item_n it_o be_v further_a conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v by_o and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v further_a gracious_o please_v that_o maritime_a cause_n may_v be_v determine_v in_o this_o kingdom_n without_o drive_v of_o merchant_n or_o other_o to_o appeal_v and_o seek_v justice_n elsewhere_o and_o if_o it_o shall_v fall_v out_o that_o there_o be_v cause_n of_o a_o appeal_n the_o party_n grieve_v be_v to_o appeal_v to_o his_o majesty_n in_o the_o chancery_n of_o ireland_n and_o the_o sentence_n thereupon_o to_o be_v give_v by_o the_o delegate_n to_o be_v definitive_a and_o not_o to_o be_v question_v upon_o any_o further_a appeal_n except_o it_o be_v in_o the_o parliament_n of_o this_o kingdom_n if_o the_o parliament_n then_o shall_v be_v sit_v otherwise_o not_o this_o to_o be_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o until_o the_o say_a parliament_n the_o admiralty_n and_o maritime_a cause_n shall_v be_v order_v and_o settle_v by_o the_o say_a lord_n lieutenant_n or_o other_o chief_a governor_n or_o governor_n of_o this_o kingdom_n for_o the_o time_n be_v by_z and_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o say_v thomas_n lord_n viscount_n dillon_n of_o costelloe_n lord_n precedent_n of_o connaught_n donnogh_n lord_n viscount_n muskery_n francis_n lord_n baron_n of_o athunry_n alexander_n mac_n donnel_n esq_n sir_n lucas_n dillon_n knight_n sir_n nicholas_n plunket_n knight_n sir_n richard_z barnewall_n baronet_n geoffery_n browne_n donnogh_fw-mi o_o callaghane_a tirlagh_n o_o neil_n miles_n reilly_n and_o gerald_n fennel_n esquire_n or_o any_o seven_o or_o more_o of_o they_o xxv_o item_n it_o be_v further_a conclude_v accord_v and_o agree_v upon_o by_z and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n and_o his_o majesty_n be_v further_a gracious_o please_v that_o his_o majesty_n subject_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v ease_v of_o all_o rent_n and_o increase_v of_o rent_n late_o
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