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anselm_n contempt_n consist_v in_o disobey_v the_o law_n and_o not_o the_o king_n be_v personal_a and_o arbitrary_a will_n and_o pleasure_n if_o any_o man_n depart_v the_o realm_n at_o this_o day_n after_o a_o writ_n of_o ne_fw-la exeat_fw-la regnum_fw-la serve_v upon_o he_o he_o become_v a_o fugitive_n and_o the_o king_n may_v seize_v his_o estate_n as_o he_o do_v the_o archbishop_n temporality_n and_o yet_o we_o have_v no_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o this_o now_o upon_o record_n but_o custom_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n which_o we_o call_v common-law_n yet_o among_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n this_o be_v one_o viz._n archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o personis_fw-la regni_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la exire_fw-la regnum_fw-la absque_fw-la licentia_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la decem_fw-la scriptores_fw-la pag._n 1386_o 1387._o matth._n paris_n pag._n 100_o and_o polydore_v virgil_n pag._n 171._o carry_v this_o law_n up_o as_o high_a as_o to_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n rufus_n publico_fw-la edicto_fw-la vetuit_fw-la say_v he_o vnumquemque_fw-la sine_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la exit_fw-la angliâ_fw-la egredi_fw-la qui_fw-la mos_fw-la lexve_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ne_fw-la exeas_fw-la regnum_fw-la quae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cùm_fw-la ita_fw-la res_fw-la requirit_fw-la usurpatur_fw-la and_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o register_n fol._n 193_o 194._o that_o religious_a person_n purchase_v licence_n to_o go_v beyond_o the_o sea._n and_o bracton_n tell_v we_o lib._n quinto_fw-la fol._n 413._o b._n that_o those_o writ_n be_v de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la concessa_fw-la &_o approbata_fw-la of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o and_o great_a reason_n there_o be_v that_o they_o who_o be_v then_o struggle_v with_o the_o government_n to_o introduce_v a_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n shall_v when_o they_o go_v beyond_o sea_n assecurare_fw-la regem_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o eundo_fw-la vel_fw-la redeundo_fw-la vel_fw-la moram_fw-la faciendo_fw-la perquirerent_fw-la malum_fw-la sive_fw-la damnum_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la constitution_n clarend_n suprad_n but_o as_o mr._n selden_n say_v in_o his_o metamorphosis_n anglorum_fw-la pag._n 237._o huc_fw-la referas_fw-la scil._n ad_fw-la temp_n henrici_fw-la secundi_fw-la a_o cum_n polydoro_n ad_fw-la rufum_fw-la a_o ad_fw-la posteriora_fw-la tempora_fw-la rescriptum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o regesto_fw-la ne_fw-fr exeas_fw-la regnum_fw-la habetur_fw-la haud_fw-la ità _fw-la multùm_fw-la interest_n nec_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la accurare_fw-la operae_fw-la pretium_fw-la est_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d tam_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d verum_fw-la potis_fw-la est_fw-la elicere_fw-la it_o be_v almost_o impossible_a to_o find_v out_o the_o original_a of_o this_o law_n and_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o register_n that_o whenever_o it_o do_v begin_v it_o begin_v by_o authority_n of_o parliament_n and_o since_o nothing_o be_v know_v to_o the_o 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ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitùs_fw-la disperdat_fw-la lambard_n leg_n pag._n 142._o and_o the_o several_a branch_n afterward_o lop_v off_o from_o the_o king_n supremacy_n be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v preserve_v and_o secure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n the_o three_o chapter_n of_o which_o provide_v against_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o king_n justice_n the_o eight_o against_o appeal_n to_o rome_n the_o twelve_o secure_v the_o king_n right_a and_o interest_n in_o the_o election_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o prior_n etc._n etc._n these_o constitution_n than_o call_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la archbishop_n becket_n promisit_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la custodire_fw-la similiter_fw-la episcopi_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la &_o juraverunt_fw-la geru._n dorob_n coll._n pag._n 1366._o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o modern_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n without_o any_o material_a difference_n the_o archbishop_n do_v not_o pretend_v that_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n as_o wicked_a and_o unjust_a as_o he_o may_v think_v they_o be_v any_o other_o than_o explanation_n and_o assertion_n of_o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o the_o realm_n his_o suffragans_fw-la tell_v he_o in_o a_o letter_n
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to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v strict_a inquisition_n in_o his_o bishopric_n by_o his_o archdeacon_n and_o dean_n concern_v the_o chastity_n and_o manner_n as_o well_o of_o noble_a as_o ignoble_a upon_o oath_n to_o the_o enormous_a hurt_n and_o scandal_n of_o the_o reputation_n of_o many_o quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la antea_fw-la fieri_fw-la consueverat_fw-la the_o king_n hear_v the_o grievous_a complaint_n of_o his_o people_n consilio_fw-la curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la scripsit_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la hertfordiae_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la henricus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecipimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la quod_fw-la sicut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la tua_fw-la diligis_fw-la non_fw-la permittas_fw-la quod_fw-la aliqui_fw-la laici_fw-la de_fw-la balliuâ_fw-la tuâ_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la lincolniensis_fw-la achidiaconorum_fw-la vel_fw-la officialium_fw-la seu_fw-la decanorum_n ruralium_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la conveniant_fw-la de_fw-la 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of_o canterbury_n publish_v this_o peremptory_a constitution_n in_o affront_n to_o they_o both_o statuimus_fw-la quod_fw-la laici_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la subditorum_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o excessibus_fw-la corrigendis_fw-la per_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticos_fw-la judices_fw-la inquiritur_fw-la ad_fw-la praestandum_fw-la de_fw-la veritate_fw-la dicendâ_fw-la juramentum_fw-la per_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sententias_fw-la si_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la compellantur_fw-la impedientes_fw-la vero_fw-la ne_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la juramenta_fw-la praestentur_fw-la for_o the_o judge_n with_o many_o other_o then_o general_o oppugn_v and_o hinder_v the_o usher_v in_o of_o this_o innovation_n per_fw-la interdicti_fw-la &_o excommunicationis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la arceantur_fw-la to_o evacuate_v which_o illegal_a constitution_n trench_v both_o upon_o the_o people_n liberty_n and_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n too_o the_o judge_n frequent_o grant_v out_o sundry_a general_n prohibition_n to_o all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o sheriff_n of_o england_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o register_n of_o writ_n pars_fw-la 2._o fol._n 36.43.50_o fitzherbert_n nat._n brev._n fol._n 41._o a._n auxy_n home_fw-fr poit_fw-fr sure_a prohibition_n direct_v all_o viscount_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr viscount_n ne_fw-mi permit_v ne_o suffer_v les_fw-fr lay_v subject_n deal_v roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr vener_n a_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr lieu_fw-fr all_o citation_n del_fw-it evesque_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n aliquas_fw-la recognitiones_fw-la vel_fw-la sacrament_n prestand_v nisi_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la matrimonialibus_fw-la &_o testamentariis_fw-la rastal_n abridment_n of_o the_o statute_n title_n prohibit_v nu_fw-la 5._o upon_o which_o prohibition_n this_o attachment_n follow_v the_o king_n to_o the_o sheriff_n greeting_n cause_o such_o a_o bishop_n to_o put_v in_o surety_n to_o appear_v before_o our_o justice_n &c._n &c._n to_o show_v cause_n why_o he_o make_v certain_a lay_v person_n to_o be_v summon_v and_o distrain_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n to_o appear_v before_o he_o at_o his_o pleasure_n to_o take_v a_o oath_n against_o their_o will_n in_o grave_a praejudicium_fw-la coronae_fw-la &_o dignitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la regiae_n necnon_fw-la contra_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la by_o all_o which_o and_o by_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n itself_o it_o appear_v evident_o that_o this_o juramentune_v calumniae_fw-la or_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la be_v utter_o against_o law._n for_o one_o of_o the_o grievance_n complain_v of_o in_o that_o petition_n be_v that_o the_o king_n subject_n have_v have_v a_o oath_n administer_v to_o
be_v assemble_v singulis_n tribubus_fw-la gervisiorum_n west-saxonum_n singulos_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la olim_fw-la duo_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la in_o quinque_fw-la diviserunt_fw-la spelm._n conc._n 387_o 388._o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o elder_a and_o guthrune_v the_o dane_n begin_v with_o this_o proaemium_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la senatus_n consulta_fw-la ac_fw-la instituta_fw-la quae_fw-la primò_fw-la aluredus_fw-la &_o guthrunus_fw-la reges_fw-la deindè_fw-la edwardus_fw-la &_o guthrunus_fw-la reges_fw-la illis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la tulêre_fw-la cum_fw-la pacis_fw-la faedus_fw-la daci_n &_o angli_fw-la ferierunt_fw-la quaeque_fw-la postea_fw-la à _fw-la sapientibus_fw-la tha_z witan_n saepiùs_fw-la recitata_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la communem_fw-la regni_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la aucta_fw-la atque_fw-la amplificata_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o title_n of_o some_o of_o these_o law_n be_v de_fw-fr apostatis_fw-la de_fw-fr 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