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A68659 A vievv of the civile and ecclesiasticall law and wherein the practice of them is streitned, and may be releeved within this land. VVritten by Sr Thomas Ridley Knight, and Doctor of the Civile Law. Ridley, Thomas, Sir, 1550?-1629.; Gregory, John, 1607-1646. 1634 (1634) STC 21055.5; ESTC S115990 285,847 357

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erga_fw-la christ_n pauperes_fw-la effusiores_fw-la sinius_fw-la tum_fw-la sabbato_fw-la sub_fw-la vesperum_fw-la orationem_fw-la parochialem_fw-la communem_fw-la celebremus_fw-la qua_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la spe_fw-la foelicitatis_fw-la aterna_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la currimus_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la sacra_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quam_fw-la eo_fw-la die_v a_o reverendissimo_fw-la episcopo_fw-la haberi_fw-la solenne_fw-fr est_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la ●is_fw-la commodis_fw-la qua_fw-la singulorum_fw-la annorum_fw-la revolutione_n consequimur_fw-la deo_fw-la omnipotents_a gratias_fw-la agamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n tom._n council_n 4._o edit_fw-la bin._n these_o four_o fast_n at_o this_o present_a day_n be_v observe_v in_o our_o own_o church_n and_o be_v know_v unto_o we_o by_o the_o name_n of_o emberweeke_n and_o so_o i_o find_v it_o in_o thomas_n becon_n by_o opinion_n of_o much_o people_n these_o day_n be_v call_v imberdaye_n because_o that_o our_o elder_a father_n will_v on_o 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beginning_n thereof_o chap._n iu._n sect_n 1._o of_o privilege_n and_o how_o they_o come_v in_o and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o frequency_n of_o privilege_n statute_n of_o mortmain_n come_v in_o now_o it_o follow_v that_o i_o speak_v of_o privilege_n which_o be_v immunity_n grant_v unto_o private_a man_n beside_o the_o law_n of_o these_o some_o be_v very_o ancient_a such_o as_o true_a zeal_n towards_o the_o church_n breed_v and_o the_o just_a admiration_n of_o the_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n for_o their_o sanctimony_n of_o life_n their_o great_a knowledge_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n their_o great_a parience_n in_o persecution_n for_o christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n the_o vigilancy_n and_o care_n they_o have_v in_o their_o office_n stir_v up_o both_o in_o prince_n and_o people_n so_o constantine_n the_o great_a be_v ravish_v with_o the_o love_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o good_a opinion_n he_o have_v of_o the_o minister_n of_o his_o time_n erect_v church_n and_o endow_v they_o 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degree_n do_v earnest_o follow_v that_o right_n which_o to_o he_o belong_v especial_o god_n minister_n the_o bishop_n abbot_n monk_n votary_n canon_n and_o nun_n that_o they_o take_v a_o right_a course_n and_o live_v according_a to_o rule_n that_o they_o call_v to_o christ_n night_n and_o day_n much_o and_o oft_o and_o that_o they_o do_v it_o earnest_o for_o all_o christian_a folk_n and_o we_o command_v and_o teach_v all_o god_n minister_n especial_o priest_n that_o they_o harken_v to_o god_n and_o love_v chastity_n that_o they_o may_v deliver_v themselves_o from_o god_n ire_n and_o from_o the_o torment_a flame_n that_o burn_v in_o hell_n full_o true_o they_o wit_n that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o right_a to_o meddle_v with_o woman_n for_o lust_n sake_n and_o those_o that_o will_v abstain_v from_o these_o thing_n and_o cleanness_n hold_v they_o shall_v have_v god_n mercy_n and_o in_o worldly_a worship_n they_o shall_v have_v equal_a right_n with_o a_o noble_a man_n it_o seem_v also_o 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council_n according_a to_o the_o manuscript_n copy_n the_o great_a estimation_n that_o be_v have_v of_o these_o holy_a man_n enforce_v such_o a_o immoderate_a charity_n in_o devout_a mind_n that_o they_o obtain_v most_o especial_a privilege_n &_o exemption_n and_o no_o man_n think_v any_o thing_n too_o good_a or_o too_o much_o to_o bestow_v upon_o a_o monastery_n but_o two_o great_a inconvenience_n follow_v upon_o the_o confluence_n of_o these_o large_a and_o ample_a endowment_n one_o be_v the_o luxuriant_a demeanour_n of_o these_o religious_a order_n degenerate_v from_o their_o old_a sanctimony_n this_o be_v note_v and_o provide_v against_o by_o the_o novel_a of_o nicephorus_n about_o the_o year_n 963._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v but_o now_o perceive_v among_o the_o monastery_n and_o religious_a house_n a_o notable_a
he_o that_o be_v charge_v with_o the_o bastardy_n be_v bear_v in_o lawful_a matrimony_n or_o out_o of_o matrimony_n or_o whether_o he_o be_v bear_v before_o 35._o lib._n intr●c_n fol._n 35._o his_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v lawful_o contract_v together_o in_o matrimony_n or_o after_o all_o which_o the_o ordinary_n make_v inquiry_n upon_o by_o his_o own_o ordinary_a and_o pastoral_a authority_n for_o that_o matter_n of_o bastardy_n do_v original_o belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o not_o to_o the_o temporal_a and_o as_o he_o find_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n by_o due_a examination_n to_o be_v this_o or_o that_o so_o he_o pronounce_v for_o the_o same_o in_o his_o own_o consistory_n and_o make_v certificate_n thereupon_o to_o the_o king_n court_n according_o and_o as_o he_o pronounce_v so_o the_o temporal_a judge_n follow_v his_o sentence_n in_o their_o judgement_n either_o for_o or_o against_o the_o inheritance_n that_o be_v in_o question_n special_a bastardy_n they_o say_v be_v that_o where_o the_o matrimony_n bracton_n bracton_n be_v confess_v but_o the_o priority_n or_o posterioritie_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o he_o who_o birth_n be_v in_o question_n be_v controverse_v which_o to_o my_o think_n if_o i_o conceive_v aright_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o the_o general_a bastardy_n transport_v in_o word_n but_o agree_v in_o substance_n &_o matter_n with_o the_o other_o for_o even_o these_o thing_n which_o they_o pretend_v make_v special_a bastardy_n be_v part_n and_o member_n of_o the_o general_a bastardy_n and_o be_v either_o confess_v or_o inquire_v upon_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o king_n write_v in_o the_o same_o for_o first_o for_o the_o matrimony_n that_o be_v here_o mention_v it_o be_v there_o agnise_v both_o by_o the_o plaintiff_n in_o plead_v of_o it_o and_o the_o defendant_n in_o the_o answer_v thereto_o and_o therefore_o the_o plaintiff_n plea_n be_v thus_o thou_o be_v a_o bastard_n for_o that_o thou_o be_v bear_v before_o thy_o 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traversable_a in_o the_o special_a bastardy_n and_o therefore_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o ordinary_a for_o general_a bastardy_n be_v conceive_v in_o this_o manner_n viz._n inqutratis_fw-la utrum_fw-la praedictus_fw-la a._n pars_fw-la rea_fw-la genitus_fw-la vel_fw-la natus_fw-la 35._o lib._n intrac_n fol._n 35._o fuit_fw-la anto_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la contractum_fw-la inter_fw-la talem_fw-la patrem_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o talem_fw-la matrom_n svam_fw-la vel_fw-la post_fw-la so_o that_o either_o they_o 15._o glanvill_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 15._o must_v confess_v there_o be_v no_o such_o bastardy_n as_o they_o make_v show_v there_o be_v diverse_a from_o that_o that_o be_v try_v before_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n or_o that_o themselves_o do_v confound_v the_o member_n that_o shall_v divide_v the_o same_o and_o make_v they_o one_o or_o the_o other_o as_o they_o list_n for_o both_o simple_o they_o can_v be_v unless_o they_o be_v distinguish_v with_o other_o note_n and_o difference_n than_o 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to_o the_o other_o because_o they_o be_v the_o same_o in_o substance_n and_o nature_n as_o the_o other_o be_v and_o therefore_o eodem_fw-la jure_fw-la conseri_fw-la debent_fw-la and_o also_o ne_fw-la continentiae_fw-la causarum_fw-la dividantur_fw-la cognorimus_fw-la 〈…〉_o q._n c._n 2._o cognorimus_fw-la which_o be_v no_o less_o absurdity_n in_o law_n than_o it_o be_v a_o grossness_n in_o other_o learning_n to_o deny_v a_o principle_n or_o general_a maxim_n of_o the_o profession_n and_o so_o far_o hitherto_o as_o concern_v the_o reason_n and_o argument_n that_o may_v be_v bring_v against_o this_o special_a bastardy_n now_o it_o rest_v that_o i_o show_v by_o ancient_a precedent_n that_o both_o these_o sort_n of_o bastardy_n have_v appertain_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n only_o and_o the_o first_o precedent_n be_v in_o the_o incident_a the_o other_o in_o the_o principal_a and_o the_o precedent_n be_v no_o less_o ancient_a than_o henry_n the_o second_o time_n as_o that_o which_o 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and_o the_o abbot_n of_o hereford_n with_o order_n that_o if_o the_o say_v m._n h._n shall_v not_o within_o two_o month_n prove_v that_o which_o he_o object_v against_o c._n h._n that_o then_o they_o shall_v intimate_v the_o same_o to_o the_o secular_a judge_n before_o who_o the_o inheritance_n be_v in_o question_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o stay_v any_o long_o upon_o the_o question_n of_o legitimation_n but_o proceed_v to_o judgement_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o inheritance_n which_o precedent_n though_o it_o be_v long_o before_o the_o statute_n of_o bastardy_n make_v by_o henry_n the_o 6._o and_o so_o no_o writ_n go_v from_o the_o temporal_a court_n for_o the_o certificate_n thereof_o yet_o it_o show_v that_o the_o temporal_a judge_n in_o those_o day_n do_v not_o proceed_v to_o judgement_n in_o the_o principal_a cause_n before_o the_o incident_a be_v decide_v by_o the_o ordinary_a and_o that_o they_o count_v bastardy_n then_o to_o be_v of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n and_o 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