and_o no_o certificate_n of_o bishop_n have_v power_n to_o take_v that_o right_n from_o they_o 7._o here_o the_o wantonness_n of_o widow_n be_v forbid_v who_o be_v for_o new_a husband_n as_o soon_o as_o the_o old_a be_v put_v in_o his_o grave_n whereby_o who_o be_v father_n of_o their_o child_n be_v make_v uncertain_a 8._o here_o be_v no_o false_a father_n of_o child_n on_o those_o who_o be_v within_o four_o sea_n 9_o here_o be_v no_o punish_v man_n twice_o for_o one_o offence_n once_o by_o the_o temporal_a court_n and_o then_o by_o the_o spiritual_a court_n or_o contrary_a punishment_n by_o contrary_a court_n one_o by_o the_o contentious_a court_n and_o another_o by_o the_o penitential_a court_n 10._o here_o be_v no_o auricular_a confession_n of_o their_o wife_n or_o daughter_n by_o priest_n in_o temple_n or_o chamber_n and_o defile_v thereby_o of_o their_o family_n 11._o here_o be_v no_o punish_v of_o woman_n for_o bring_v forth_o child_n nor_o the_o murder_n of_o so_o many_o 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5.1_o part_n 40._o in_o cawdryes_n case_n that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n be_v a_o absolute_a monarchy_n and_o if_o the_o king_n can_v authorize_v by_o his_o commission_n or_o writ_n ecclesiastical_a judge_n to_o determine_v and_o judge_v those_o great_a and_o important_a cause_n of_o matrimony_n divorce_n and_o general_a bastardy_n by_o certificate_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o be_v the_o ecclesiastical_a witness_n and_o judge_n both_o of_o fact_n and_o law_n and_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n which_o by_o use_n and_o custom_n be_v now_o our_o ecclesiastical_a law_n then_o he_o be_v disable_v to_o be_v supreme_a governor_n of_o this_o realm_n in_o all_o spiritual_a thing_n or_o cause_n as_o well_o as_o temporal_a according_a to_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n due_a to_o he_o and_o that_o he_o can_v not_o then_o cause_n justice_n to_o be_v administer_v to_o his_o subject_n in_o these_o so_o great_a and_o important_a cause_n of_o matrimony_n divorce_n and_o general_a bastardy_n on_o 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the_o superscription_n be_v which_o first_o come_v to_o be_v read_v and_o be_v direct_v thus_o to_o my_o very_a good_a lord_n i._n l._n d._n these_o this_o
the_o servande_n of_o the_o house_n or_o other_o famous_a witness_n and_o shall_v execute_v their_o office_n and_o charge_n and_o thereafter_o shall_v offer_v the_o copy_n of_o the_o saidis_fw-la letter_n or_o precept_n to_o any_o of_o the_o servand_n quhilk_fw-mi give_v they_o refuse_v to_o do_v that_o they_o affix_v the_o samin_n upon_o the_o Èett_n or_o dure_n of_o the_o person_n summoun_v and_o siklike_a give_v they_o get_v na_z entress_n they_o first_fw-mi knockand_fw-mi at_o the_o dure_n sex_n knock_n they_o shall_v execute_v their_o office_n before_o famous_a witness_n at_o the_o say_a house_n and_o dwell_a place_n and_o affix_v the_o copy_n upon_o the_o Èett_n or_o dure_n thereof_o as_o say_v be_v quhilk_fw-mi shall_v be_v leiful_a and_o sufficient_a summound_v and_o deliver_v of_o the_o copy_n and_o the_o party_n and_o officiar_fw-la shall_v not_o be_v halden_a to_o give_v any_o usher_v copy_n bot_n at_o their_o awin_n pleasure_n and_o every_o officiar_fw-la in_o his_o 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negabimus_fw-la justitiam_fw-la for_o if_o a_o poor_a man_n sue_v a_o nobleman_n there_o a_o chancellor_n will_v deny_v a_o poor_a man_n his_o terrible_a writ_n which_o he_o use_v to_o grant_v under_o a_o hundred_o pound_v penalty_n in_o terrorem_fw-la pauperum_fw-la and_o he_o shall_v get_v no_o more_o of_o he_o if_o he_o do_v that_o at_o a_o great_a price_n than_o the_o writ_n will_v have_v cost_v but_o a_o poor_a beg_a letter_n to_o the_o nobleman_n to_o send_v his_o answer_n to_o the_o complaint_n against_o his_o oppression_n which_o be_v no_o other_o than_o to_o bring_v into_o england_n the_o old_a slavery_n of_o rome_n whereby_o no_o slave_n be_v permit_v to_o sue_v their_o lord_n before_o the_o praetor_n or_o any_o other_o judge_n be_v their_o tyranny_n over_o they_o never_o so_o great_a and_o unjust_a what_o a_o wretched_a dishonour_n be_v it_o to_o public_a justice_n which_o heretofore_o be_v blind_a to_o the_o person_n that_o she_o turn_v now_o blind_a to_o the_o cause_n 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to_o imprison_v the_o
i._o the_o episcopal_a synod_n to_o judge_n it_o in_o one_o to_o k._n in_o the_o other_o to_o l._n in_o the_o other_o to_o m._n the_o persian_n do_v better_a who_o make_v but_o one_o judge_n though_o it_o be_v a_o horse_n by_o first_o neigh_v at_o the_o sunrising_n to_o declare_v his_o master_n successor_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o persia_n than_o to_o dispute_v it_o with_o thousand_o of_o man_n and_o horse_n vomit_v their_o vote_n in_o blood_n how_o joyful_o will_v rome_n triumph_v in_o the_o spoil_n of_o self-divided_n protestant_n slaughter_v with_o their_o own_o hand_n this_o will_v be_v the_o sad_a effect_n of_o divide_a parliament_n divide_a house_n and_o divide_v kingdom_n according_a to_o what_o christ_n himself_o deel_v res_fw-la matth._n 12.25_o every_o kingdom_n divide_v against_o itself_o be_v bring_v to_o desolation_n and_o every_o city_n or_o house_n divide_v against_o itself_o can_v stand_v 3._o it_o divide_v the_o head_n from_o the_o body_n for_o a_o prince_n can_v be_v 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