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not_o heal_v but_o rather_o be_v much_o worse_o to_o this_o end_n let_v we_o consider_v a_o little_a of_o some_o of_o their_o late_a &_o principal_a writer_n in_o this_o case_n still_o case_n the_o 13._o wound_n not_o heal_v for_o popery_n allow_v sanctuary_n for_o wilful_a murder_n still_o a_o great_a clerk_n of_o rome_n a_o favourite_n of_o pope_n gregory_n the_o xiiii_o and_o one_o of_o his_o principal_a secretary_n some_o 12._o year_n ago_o write_v a_o great_a volume_n of_o this_o and_o other_o immunity_n which_o he_o say_v by_o their_o religion_n belong_v to_o holy_a person_n and_o place_n let_v we_o observe_v a_o few_o of_o his_o word_n etc._n word_n vide_fw-la anaslasium_fw-la germonium_fw-la de_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la immunitatibus_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 16._o art_n 1._o etc._n etc._n not_o clergy_n man_n only_o but_o even_o the_o very_a church_n themselves_o have_v their_o privilege_n for_o malefactor_n fly_v to_o they_o be_v in_o a_o sort_n make_v sacred_a or_o holy_a thereby_o insomuch_o as_o they_o may_v not_o be_v take_v away_o thence_o nor_o be_v cast_v into_o prison_n nor_o be_v touch_v in_o life_n nor_o limb_n but_o shall_v there_o be_v safe_a from_o all_o pursuer_n as_o in_o a_o castle_n or_o most_o strong_a hold_v etc._n etc._n and_o not_o only_o put_v he_o down_o this_o for_o catholic_a doctrine_n but_o he_o will_v also_o needs_o have_v it_o to_o be_v ex_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la and_o whereas_o covarruvias_n as_o learned_a as_o himself_o at_o least_o disprove_v it_o very_o sufficient_o 3._o sufficient_o didac_n covarruvias_n variarum_fw-la resolut_a lib._n 2._o cap._n 20._o num._n 2._o v._n 2_o &_o 3._o &_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v but_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la positivo_fw-la this_o darling_n of_o the_o pope_n will_v not_o suffer_v so_o much_o amendment_n as_o this_o but_o condemn_v covarruvias_n though_o he_o can_v confute_v his_o reason_n and_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la 7._o divino_fw-la idem_fw-la germonius_a ibid._n art_n 7._o and_o whereas_o one_o johannes_n ferrariensis_n a_o famous_a and_o learned_a lawyer_n argue_v sound_o and_o true_o that_o church_n shall_v not_o receive_v murderer_n not_o be_v sanctuary_n for_o thief_n see_v christ_n cast_v out_o even_o buyer_n and_o seller_n which_o be_v not_o so_o ill_a potest_fw-la ill_a joh._n pet._n de_fw-fr ferrar._n practica_fw-la papiensis_fw-la cap_fw-es de_fw-es forma_fw-la inquisi_fw-la vers_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o pope_n secretary_n scornful_o cast_v away_o both_o his_o opinion_n &_o his_o reason_n 15._o reason_n germonius_a ibid._n art_n 15._o yet_o be_v he_o never_o able_a to_o overthrow_v either_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o opinion_n or_o strength_n of_o his_o reason_n but_o so_o unwilling_a be_v they_o to_o be_v heal_v in_o any_o thing_n that_o if_o any_o one_o of_o they_o do_v begin_v to_o see_v the_o truth_n &_o do_v but_o glance_v at_o it_o or_o incline_v to_o it_o present_o he_o be_v nip_v in_o the_o head_n &_o condemn_v as_o here_o the_o old_a lawyer_n be_v reprove_v by_o the_o late_a and_o when_o he_o will_v have_v have_v this_o wound_n heal_v this_o favourite_n of_o the_o pope_n will_v not_o suffer_v he_o but_o answer_n that_o his_o reason_n be_v naught_o and_o not_o worth_a a_o rush_n and_o yet_o not_o content_a he_o go_v further_a and_o faith_n that_o not_o only_a church_n consecrate_v but_o though_o they_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o consecrate_v 24._o consecrate_v idem_fw-la ibid._n art_n 23._o 24._o yet_o they_o be_v sanctuary_n and_o not_o the_o church_n only_o but_o even_o the_o churchyard_n yea_o though_o it_o be_v disjoin_v from_o the_o church_n 34._o church_n idem_fw-la ibid._n art_n 30._o &_o 34._o nay_o further_o that_o even_o hospital_n 27._o hospital_n idem_fw-la ibid._n art_n 27._o yea_o private_a chapel_n in_o man_n house_n if_o they_o be_v build_v by_o the_o bishop_n authority_n 29._o authority_n idem_fw-la ibid._n art_n 29._o have_v privilege_n of_o sanctuary_n to_o receive_v a_o murderer_n fly_v unto_o they_o and_o least_o murder_n shall_v not_o find_v sufficient_a shelter_n in_o romish_a religion_n he_o tell_v we_o further_o that_o even_o the_o bishop_n palace_n be_v a_o sanctuary_n if_o a_o murderer_n fly_v unto_o it_o if_o it_o be_v within_o 40._o pase_n of_o the_o church_n or_o though_o it_o be_v more_o than_o 40._o pase_n off_o if_o it_o have_v a_o chapel_n in_o it_o etc._n it_o lden_a ibid._n artâ—_n 43_o etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o further_o if_o a_o murderer_n go_v to_o execution_n after_o a_o just_a sentence_n or_o afore_o trial_n be_v pursue_v do_v meet_v a_o priest_n carry_v his_o breaden_a god_n and_o do_v fly_v to_o he_o he_o be_v privilege_v from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o law_n 52._o law_n idem_fw-la ibid._n art_n 52._o and_o lest_o we_o shall_v think_v it_o strange_a to_o give_v this_o honour_n to_o the_o church_n that_o be_v god_n house_n or_o to_o the_o bread_n which_o they_o say_v be_v their_o god_n he_o go_v yet_o one_o step_n further_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o etc._n that_o idem_fw-la germonius_a ibid._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o art_n 51._o etc._n etc._n a_o cardinal_n of_o rome_n not_o only_o be_v so_o holy_a a_o person_n in_o himself_o that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v touch_v without_o sacrilege_n but_o if_o a_o murderer_n or_o malefactor_n that_o be_v carry_v to_o executiou_n have_v the_o good_a hap_n to_o meet_v a_o cardinal_n and_o can_v touch_v either_o his_o hat_n or_o his_o robe_n he_o be_v discharge_v from_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o law_n loe_o here_o be_v a_o holy_a person_n indeed_o a_o cardinal_n coat_n or_o hat_n shall_v have_v more_o privilege_n than_o have_v either_o the_o coat_n or_o the_o flesh_n itself_o of_o christ_n jesus_n he_o will_v not_o deliver_v any_o murderer_n from_o death_n only_o one_o he_o deliver_v namely_o barrabas_n but_o he_o himself_o die_v in_o his_o room_n passion_n room_n see_v the_o story_n of_o the_o passion_n and_o if_o my_o lord_n the_o cardinal_n shall_v do_v so_o sure_o they_o will_v meet_v no_o murderer_n in_o the_o street_n but_o to_o go_v forward_o the_o law_n say_v the_o murderer_n shall_v die_v 6._o die_v gen._n 9_o 6._o and_o christ_n say_v he_o come_v not_o to_o dissolve_v the_o lawâ—_n but_o to_o fulfil_v it_o â—8_o it_o math._n 5._o â—8_o but_o the_o cardinal_n will_v not_o fulfil_v the_o law_n but_o dissolve_v it_o the_o murderer_n shall_v die_v say_v god_n true_a say_v the_o pope_n unless_o he_o hap_n to_o touch_v the_o hem_n of_o one_o of_o my_o cardinal_n coat_n for_o they_o he_o be_v acquit_v but_o be_v this_o heal_v and_o reform_v nay_o alas_o one_o antonius_n corsetus_n a_o learned_a lawyer_n mislike_v this_o because_o as_o he_o say_v true_o l_o this_o be_v so_o there_o will_v be_v a_o occasion_n give_v of_o much_o evil_a &_o bloody_a man_n will_v hereby_o take_v liberty_n to_o offend_v he_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o make_v any_o motion_n for_o reform_v of_o anything_o but_o be_v contrariwise_o turn_v away_o with_o this_o censure_n that_o his_o reason_n be_v slender_a and_o nothing_o worth_a and_o thus_o when_o he_o be_v dash_v out_o of_o countenance_n who_o will_v have_v heal_v this_o wound_n then_o come_v the_o pope_n secretary_n a_o true_a child_n of_o babylon_n that_o will_v not_o be_v heal_v and_o to_o make_v the_o wound_n wide_o &_o deep_o bring_v a_o reason_n for_o this_o power_n of_o cardinal_n worthy_a of_o himself_o 51._o himself_o idem_fw-la germonius_a ibid._n cap._n 6._o art_n 51._o if_o say_v he_o the_o virgin-vestals_a in_o rome_n heathenish_a have_v this_o power_n that_o if_o a_o person_n condemn_v meet_v one_o of_o they_o in_o his_o way_n to_o execution_n &_o can_v get_v to_o touch_v they_o he_o be_v thereby_o deliver_v from_o death_n as_o he_o prove_v out_o of_o aul._n gellius_n 15._o gellius_n aul._n gellius_n noct_n att._n lib._n 10_o capâ—_n 15._o then_o much_o
christian_n from_o such_o vow_n but_o that_o this_o true_a i_o say_v let_v bellarmine_n judge_v ibid._n judge_v bellarâ—_n ibid._n she_o that_o marry_v after_o a_o simple_a vow_n in_o some_o sort_n sin_v more_o grievous_o than_o she_o that_o commit_v fornication_n because_o mark_v his_o reason_n she_o that_o marry_v make_v herself_o unable_a to_o keep_v her_o vow_n which_o she_o do_v not_o that_o commit_v fornication_n thus_o it_o be_v plain_a popery_n vow_v against_o marriage_n not_o against_o whoredom_n adultery_n nor_o fornication_n and_o thus_o three_o great_a jesuite_n have_v make_v good_a what_o pighius_fw-la teach_v and_o that_o more_o plain_o and_o palpable_o than_o he_o do_v and_o to_o make_v up_o a_o mess_n of_o jesuite_n possevinus_n their_o grand_a censor_n come_v to_o give_v his_o censure_n of_o pighius_fw-la a._n pighius_fw-la possevinus_fw-la in_o appar_fw-la sac_fw-la tom_fw-mi 1._o lit_fw-fr a._n find_v many_o fault_n and_o error_n in_o his_o book_n but_o as_o for_o this_o he_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v against_o it_o but_o pass_v it_o over_o as_o good_a holy_a catholic_a romish_a doctrine_n therefore_o see_v as_o bellarmine_n say_v afore_o say_v we_o what_o we_o can_v they_o will_v not_o forsake_v nor_o amend_v this_o doctrine_n let_v they_o keep_v it_o and_o let_v it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o sweet_a flower_n of_o the_o pope_n garland_n the_o seventeenth_o wound_n the_o next_o woâ—nd_n be_v near_o akin_a to_o this_o rent_n this_o the_o 17._o wound_n priest_n in_o popery_n may_v not_o marry_v but_o be_v permit_v to_o keep_v their_o whore_n under_o a_o yearly_a rent_n namely_o that_o their_o church_n have_v always_o forbid_a marriage_n to_o their_o clergy_n have_v notwithstanding_o either_o tolerate_v and_o permit_v they_o concubine_n or_o at_o least_o not_o punish_v it_o to_o reformation_n thus_o be_v it_o complain_v of_o almost_o a_o hundred_o year_n ago_o by_o the_o german_a nation_n then_o be_v papist_n 91._o papist_n vide_fw-la centum_fw-la gravamina_fw-la germanicae_fw-la nationis_fw-la gravamen_fw-la 75._o &_o 91._o in_o most_o place_n say_v they_o bishop_n and_o their_o official_o do_v tolerate_v and_o suffer_v the_o priest_n to_o have_v concubine_n under_o payment_n of_o a_o certain_a annual_a rent_n of_o money_n and_o further_o do_v even_o permit_v they_o to_o keep_v their_o whore_n open_o and_o have_v they_o in_o their_o house_n and_o to_o beget_v child_n of_o they_o etc._n etc._n of_o these_o and_o certain_a other_o grievance_n one_o hundred_o in_o all_o the_o german_a nation_n complain_v to_o their_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n in_o their_o own_o diet_n or_o parliament_n hold_v at_o home_n but_o have_v no_o redress_n they_o go_v further_o and_o about_o the_o year_n 1522._o complain_v to_o the_o pope_n legate_n and_o nuntio_n at_o noremberg_n who_o give_v they_o good_a word_n and_o promise_v they_o will_v make_v report_n thereof_o to_o his_o holiness_n and_o procure_v they_o a_o gracious_a answer_n but_o have_v long_o wait_v to_o no_o end_n they_o publish_v their_o grievance_n and_o send_v they_o to_o the_o pope_n crave_v with_o much_o humility_n audience_n redress_n and_o reformation_n promise_v upon_o that_o condition_n they_o will_v still_o and_o ever_o show_v themselves_o dutiful_a and_o obedient_a child_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o all_o who_o he_o set_v over_o they_o but_o if_o they_o have_v no_o redress_n they_o assure_v he_o they_o can_v not_o nor_o will_v endure_v they_o long_o hereupon_o the_o pope_n not_o willing_a to_o venture_v the_o loss_n of_o so_o fair_a a_o child_n as_o germany_n pacify_v they_o for_o a_o time_n with_o goodly_a promise_n but_o what_o reformation_n follow_v in_o whole_a or_o in_o any_o part_n the_o story_n of_o those_o age_n make_v it_o apparent_a but_o for_o the_o particular_a i_o have_v in_o hand_n they_o hand_n the_o 17._o wound_n not_o heal_v for_o still_o in_o popery_n to_o this_o day_n their_o clergy_n be_v forbid_v marriage_n but_o whore_n and_o concubine_n be_v not_o take_v from_o they_o what_o notable_a reformation_n be_v wrought_v herein_o let_v a_o bishop_n of_o their_o owneâ—_n espencaeus_fw-la as_o wise_a and_o learned_a as_o that_o age_n do_v yield_v let_v he_o i_o say_v deliver_v for_o i_o who_o forty_o year_n after_o write_v of_o this_o matter_n say_v 17â—_n say_v espencaeus_fw-la de_fw-la continentia_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 7_o pag_n 17â—_n in_o stead_n of_o pure_a and_o honest_a single_a life_n succeed_v impure_a fornication_n and_o filthy_a keep_n of_o concubine_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o neither_o can_v they_o be_v conceal_v for_o multitude_n nor_o seek_v they_o to_o be_v they_o be_v so_o shameless_a nay_o of_o late_a time_n this_o tolerancie_n have_v spread_v further_o insomuch_o as_o in_o some_o place_n both_o clergy_n &_o laity_n have_v their_o whore_n permit_v they_o under_o a_o yearly_a rent_n whereof_o say_v he_o the_o german_a nation_n complain_v long_o ago_o too_o true_o and_o upon_o too_o great_a cause_n but_o be_v not_o 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