Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n
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A29948
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Jus primogeniti, or, The dignity, right, and priviledge of the first-born inquisited and defended against the impious practice of some fathers in disinheriting their first-begotten son in a letter to a friend in the country / by B.J., Esq.
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Brydall, John, b. 1635?
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1699
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Wing B5262; ESTC R2489
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jus_fw-la primogeniti_fw-la or_o the_o dignity_n right_o and_o privilege_n of_o the_o first-born_a inquisited_a and_o defend_v against_o the_o impious_a practice_n of_o some_o father_n in_o disinherit_n their_o first-begotten_a son_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o a_o friend_n in_o the_o country_n by_o b._n j._n esq_n most_o worthy_a sir_n i_o have_v receive_v and_o read_v your_o letter_n wherein_o you_o be_v please_v to_o tell_v i_o that_o there_o be_v a_o person_n a_o neighbour_n of_o you_o of_o good_a quality_n and_o of_o a_o very_a plentiful_a estate_n in_o land_n who_o be_v a_o bigamist_n or_o one_o that_o have_v have_v two_o wife_n by_o the_o former_a wife_n he_o have_v a_o son_n now_o live_v and_o by_o the_o latter_a another_o son_n and_o that_o he_o have_v be_v so_o profuse_a in_o his_o love_n towards_o this_o last_o wife_n and_o her_o son_n that_o he_o have_v settle_v all_o his_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n after_o his_o own_o decease_n on_o this_o young_a son_n to_o the_o absolute_a exclusion_n and_o exhaeredation_n of_o his_o 7._o grotius_n tell_v we_o that_o if_o a_o person_n disinherit_v do_v not_o by_o his_o crime_n deserve_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n he_o be_v to_o be_v allow_v sufficient_a to_o sustain_v nature_n lib._n 2._o 1._o 7._o sect._n 7._o first_o beget_v son_n that_o have_v be_v in_o his_o life_n and_o conversation_n no_o way_n guilty_a of_o any_o filthy_a and_o dishonest_a act_n as_o to_o forfeit_v his_o birthright_a and_o inheritance_n yea_o he_o have_v not_o only_o you_o say_v deprive_v the_o elder_a son_n of_o the_o inheritance_n but_o also_o deny_v to_o allow_v he_o any_o present_a sustenance_n to_o preserve_v that_o life_n which_o his_o father_n have_v give_v he_o which_o kind_n of_o behaviour_n in_o a_o father_n you_o look_v upon_o as_o prodigious_a and_o unnatural_a and_o so_o indeed_o do_v i_o as_o well_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o abdication_n or_o exhaeredation_n as_o of_o the_o father_n denial_n of_o allow_v the_o son_n a_o present_a subsistance_n as_o for_o aliment_n or_o sustenance_n you_o must_v know_v all_o divine_n lawyer_n and_o casuist_n do_v hold_v that_o parent_n do_v owe_v it_o to_o their_o child_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o do_v pronounce_v it_o to_o be_v a_o debt_n though_o not_o strict_o take_v for_o that_o which_o by_o commutative_a justice_n we_o be_v oblige_v to_o do_v eremo_fw-la parent_n nos_fw-la aleâ—do_fw-la nepotum_fw-la nutriendorum_fw-la debito_fw-la alligarunt_fw-la liberi_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la debitam_fw-la exspectant_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la cler._n &_o ser._n 52._o adfrat_fw-la in_o eremo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d large_o and_o in_o a_o loose_a sense_n for_o that_o which_o can_v with_o honour_n and_o honesty_n be_v leave_v undo_v in_o which_o loose_a sense_n it_o be_v conceive_v that_o of_o val._n maximus_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v our_o parent_n by_o nourish_v we_o have_v lay_v this_o obligation_n upon_o we_o to_o nourish_v our_o child_n and_o that_o also_o of_o plutarch_n in_o his_o elegant_a oration_n concern_v the_o love_n of_o parent_n towards_o their_o child_n our_o child_n look_v for_o our_o estate_n as_o due_a unto_o they_o after_o our_o death_n so_o great_a be_v the_o equity_n of_o this_o that_o st._n augustine_n will_v not_o admit_v that_o the_o good_n of_o such_o as_o have_v exhaeredate_v their_o own_o child_n shall_v be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n and_o as_o procopius_n in_o his_o persian_a war_n observe_v though_o humane_a law_n do_v in_o other_o thing_n extreme_o differ_v one_o from_o another_o yet_o all_o nation_n as_o well_o romans_z as_o barbarian_n in_o this_o agree_v that_o child_n shall_v succeed_v to_o their_o parent_n as_o the_o right_a owner_n of_o what_o they_o leave_v aristotle_n qui_fw-la that_fw-mi formam_fw-la that_fw-mi quae_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la sunt_fw-la necessaria_fw-la aristotle_n but_o far_a yet_o sir_n it_o be_v a_o establish_v maxim_n among_o philosopher_n he_o that_o give_v the_o form_n give_v thing_n necessary_a to_o that_o form_n therefore_o he_o that_o give_v man_n his_o existence_n aught_o as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v to_o provide_v for_o he_o all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o a_o natural_a and_o sociable_a life_n for_o hereunto_o he_o be_v born_n there_o need_v no_o law_n to_o bind_v we_o to_o this_o duty_n for_o all_o other_o creature_n even_o by_o nature_n instinct_n do_v 7._o instit_fw-la 1._o 2._o in_o princ_fw-la d._n 1._o 1._o 3._o bracton_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o num_fw-la 7._o feed_v their_o young_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o ancient_a civilian_n do_v refer_v the_o education_n of_o child_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o euripides_n comprehend_v all_o creature_n under_o one_o and_o the_o same_o law_n which_o say_v he_o be_v common_a as_o well_o to_o man_n among_o themselves_o as_o to_o they_o with_o all_o other_o sensible_a creature_n for_o that_o which_o natural_a instinct_n commend_v to_o they_o sileat_fw-la ipse_fw-la naturalis_fw-la stimulus_n parent_n add_v liberorum_fw-la educationem_fw-la hortatur_fw-la c._n 5._o 13._o sileat_fw-la the_o same_o do_v reason_n unto_o we_o of_o such_o force_n be_v natural_a affection_n that_o it_o easy_o persuade_v we_o to_o nourish_v our_o child_n say_v the_o emperor_n justinian_n these_o two_o thing_n say_v cicero_n can_v agree_v together_o to_o wit_n that_o nature_n will_v have_v procreation_n and_o it_o will_v not_o have_v the_o creature_n when_o it_o be_v bear_v to_o be_v belove_v and_o conserve_v the_o which_o appear_v quoth_v he_o evident_o in_o brute_n beast_n who_o labour_n and_o care_n in_o the_o conservation_n of_o finibus_fw-la cicero_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la finibus_fw-la that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o they_o be_v such_o that_o we_o may_v acknowledge_v the_o force_n and_o voice_n of_o nature_n therein_o wherefore_o it_o be_v manifest_a say_v he_o that_o as_o we_o natural_o shun_v and_o abhor_v all_o kind_n of_o grief_n so_o also_o we_o be_v natural_o move_v to_o love_v the_o issue_n of_o our_o body_n the_o same_z cicero_z other_z where_o express_v 1._o cicero_n offic._n lib._n 1._o himself_o thus_o whereas_o it_o be_v common_a to_o all_o live_a creature_n to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v bring_v forth_o nature_n have_v give_v especial_o to_o man_n a_o love_n to_o his_o child_n and_o a_o care_n to_o provide_v they_o thing_n necessary_a to_o be_v short_a sallust_n condemn_v that_o testament_n as_o impious_a and_o unnatural_a by_o which_o the_o son_n be_v exclude_v from_o his_o part_n of_o the_o inheritance_n and_o because_o this_o be_v a_o debt_n that_o we_o owe_v to_o nature_n therefore_o 4._o d._n 25._o 35._o 4._o the_o mother_n be_v bind_v to_o nourish_v the_o child_n that_o have_v no_o certain_a father_n these_o forementioned_a authority_n be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v that_o parent_n owe_v a_o part_n of_o their_o good_n to_o their_o child_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n i_o shall_v here_o subjoin_v what_o foreign_a legislator_n have_v enact_v for_o the_o enforce_v the_o piety_n of_o father_n towards_o their_o child_n and_o i_o will_v begin_v with_o those_o text_n that_o i_o have_v meet_v withal_o in_o justinian_o digest_v code_n and_o authentic_o 1675._o d._n 25._o 3._o de_fw-la agnoscendis_fw-la &_o alendis_fw-la libre_fw-la etc._n etc._n c._n 5._o 25._o de_fw-la alendis_fw-la liberis_fw-la ac_fw-la parentibus_fw-la d._n 25._o 4._o de_fw-la inspiciendo_fw-la ventre_fw-fr custodiendoque_fw-la partu_fw-la ridley_n view_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n part_n 4._o cap._n 2._o sect_n 1_o pag._n 376._o edit_n 1675._o in_o the_o digest_v there_o be_v a_o purveyance_n make_v whereby_o both_o the_o father_n be_v compel_v to_o acknowledge_v his_o child_n if_o there_o be_v any_o variance_n between_o the_o husband_n and_o the_o wife_n upon_o any_o jealousy_n or_o suspicion_n of_o adultery_n if_o the_o same_o can_v be_v prove_v by_o the_o woman_n own_o confession_n by_o witness_n by_o the_o act_n itself_o or_o some_o other_o violent_a presumption_n and_o to_o nourish_v and_o maintain_v the_o same_o but_o if_o the_o fault_n appear_v against_o she_o and_o it_o be_v so_o sentence_v by_o the_o judge_n then_o may_v he_o as_o well_o refuse_v the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o but_o for_o other_o child_n upon_o who_o there_o be_v no_o such_o doubt_n the_o parent_n may_v be_v constrain_v to_o maintain_v cloth_n and_o feed_v they_o and_o to_o set_v they_o out_o a_o portion_n of_o their_o good_n so_o that_o either_o the_o state_n and_o faculty_n of_o the_o parent_n will_v bear_v it_o or_o the_o child_n have_v not_o deserve_v to_o the_o contrary_a wherefore_o they_o shall_v not_o in_o that_o sort_n be_v provide_v for_o nuptijs_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n de_fw-la secundis_fw-la nuptijs_fw-la in_o the_o code_n of_o justinian_n there_o be_v a_o ancient_a law_n extant_a make_v by_o gratianus_n valentin_n and_o theodosius_n to_o this_o purpose_n that_o neither_o the_o