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A25721
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An appendix to the queries upon the 25th of Hen. VIII, Cap. 21 containing some further considerations in behalf of the late illegally ejected officers of the Royal Hospital of St. Thomas Southwark, chiefly grounded upon certain passages in the grant of King Edward VI to the mayor and commonalty of the city of London : wherein the royal perogative as to the visitation and regulation of that and other hospitals is vindicated and asserted : and the late regulations in the time of King Charles II are more particularly consider'd and defended.
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Wing A3576; ESTC R25889
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now_o there_o be_v no_o place_n exempt_v from_o all_o manner_n of_o jurisdiction_n beside_o that_o its_o exemption_n be_v found_v upon_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o have_v be_v so_o often_o mention_v to_o deny_v the_o bishop_n visitation_n be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o unavoidable_a consequence_n to_o assert_v and_o recognize_v the_o king_n which_o be_v all_o that_o we_o contend_v for_o and_o so_o much_o the_o governor_n themselves_o must_v grant_v or_o they_o can_v maintain_v the_o privilege_n of_o their_o house_n when_o hughes_n a_o nonconformist_a be_v prefer_v by_o governor_n like_o himself_o to_o the_o chaplainship_n of_o this_o house_n it_o be_v upon_o supposition_n that_o the_o place_n be_v exempt_a from_o the_o bishop_n visitation_n for_o otherwise_o they_o dare_v not_o have_v do_v it_o but_o if_o it_o be_v exempt_a from_o the_o king_n be_v too_o they_o may_v as_o well_o have_v order_v the_o koran_n or_o the_o mass_n to_o be_v say_v or_o sing_v in_o the_o chapel_n if_o they_o have_v so_o please_v as_o either_o the_o extemporary_a rapture_n of_o their_o dissent_v chaplain_n or_o the_o state_v sober_a and_o true_o christian_a service_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n they_o may_v have_v make_v it_o if_o they_o please_v a_o mosch_n for_o turk_n a_o synagogue_n for_o jew_n or_o even_o a_o sanctuary_n for_o thief_n and_o robber_n and_o all_o this_o without_o any_o check_n or_o control_v from_o any_o but_o themselves_o they_o be_v very_o sensible_a of_o the_o exemption_n of_o the_o place_n whether_o they_o know_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o or_o no_o and_o they_o abuse_v the_o king_n power_n commit_v to_o they_o to_o such_o purpose_n as_o he_o himself_o can_v not_o have_v extend_v it_o to_o for_o king_n edward_n and_o all_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o house_n and_o other_o exempt_v charity_n commit_v to_o their_o charge_n have_v act_v under_o no_o other_o notion_n than_o that_o of_o successor_n to_o or_o rather_o 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be_v not_o knit_v unite_a and_o incorporate_v in_o so_o close_a a_o manner_n as_o the_o parish_n be_v than_o it_o hang_v more_o loose_a and_o be_v more_o independent_a from_o the_o city_n and_o its_o charter_n which_o will_v be_v so_o far_o from_o obstruct_v a_o royal_a visitation_n that_o it_o will_v but_o render_v it_o more_o natural_a and_o easy_a vi_o but_o it_o may_v be_v argue_v perhaps_o whatever_o become_v of_o the_o hospital_n itself_o that_o the_o parish_n be_v not_o under_o the_o king_n visitation_n it_o be_v give_v grant_v and_o consign_v over_o to_o the_o mayor_n and_o commonalty_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n without_o the_o impeachment_n or_o bindrance_n of_o we_o our_o heir_n and_o successor_n or_o of_o any_o archbishop_n or_o bishop_n archdeacon_n sheriff_n escheator_n justice_n commissioner_n or_o any_o other_o etc._n etc._n which_o word_n be_v so_o full_a and_o so_o plain_a that_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o exclude_v a_o visitation_n what_o then_o become_v of_o the_o late_a presentation_n by_o the_o commissioner_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o late_a king_n james_n to_o this_o it_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v reply_v first_o that_o all_o the_o grant_n which_o king_n edward_n can_v possible_o make_v can_v not_o recall_v what_o be_v past_a or_o make_v that_o not_o to_o have_v be_v which_o real_o be_v the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o visitation_n of_o all_o place_n which_o be_v exempt_a at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 21._o or_o before_o it_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o trust_n the_o true_a and_o faithful_a discharge_n of_o which_o his_o people_n in_o parliament_n expect_v from_o he_o so_o as_o he_o can_v not_o whole_o lay_v aside_o or_o neglect_v it_o or_o give_v away_o his_o right_n to_o visit_v and_o redress_n as_o occasion_n or_o emergency_n arise_v shall_v require_v without_o a_o breach_n of_o the_o faith_n and_o honour_n of_o a_o king_n by_o which_o he_o be_v bind_v not_o 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and_o successor_n as_o have_v be_v see_v a_o express_a power_n of_o visitation_n as_o often_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v fit_a and_o expedient_a in_o the_o same_o grant_n so_o that_o he_o may_v lawful_o have_v visit_v notwithstanding_o this_o incorporation_n that_o be_v notwithstanding_o the_o corporation_n to_o which_o it_o be_v annex_v shall_v always_o remain_v a_o body_n politic_a or_o corporate_a without_o any_o surrender_n seizure_n or_o avoidance_n of_o their_o charter_n 3._o from_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o hospital_n and_o the_o avoidance_n of_o the_o charter_n whether_o right_a or_o wrong_n be_v clear_o and_o manifest_o two_o distinct_a thing_n that_o they_o have_v no_o necessary_a dependence_n upon_o or_o connexion_n with_o each_o other_o and_o that_o a_o visitation_n of_o the_o hospital_n by_o the_o king_n be_v legal_a though_o the_o charter_n be_v stand_v and_o in_o full_a force_n 4._o from_o hence_o it_o further_o follow_v though_o the_o 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