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modus_fw-la be_v make_v before_o the_o copy-holds_a hold_n be_v grant_v which_o be_v not_o offer_v but_o only_o that_o it_o may_v be_v so_o which_o deserve_v no_o other_o answer_n but_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v so_o and_o it_o be_v hard_o indeed_o when_o judgement_n be_v give_v upon_o possibility_n and_o for_o the_o distinction_n of_o decima_fw-la garba_fw-la and_o decimae_fw-la garbarum_fw-la 278._o in_o a_o composition_n for_o tithe_n 398._o be_v the_o same_o thing_n mr._n selden_n as_o to_o this_o case_n of_o pigot_n and_o hern_n say_v it_o be_v a_o inheritance_n of_o tithe_n from_o immemorial_n time_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o ancient_a composition_n and_o he_o will_v not_o understand_v the_o judge_n in_o any_o other_o sense_n for_o no_o kind_n of_o infeodation_n of_o tithe_n be_v allowable_a here_o he_o say_v so_o as_o to_o create_v in_o layman_n a_o perpetual_a right_n to_o they_o except_o only_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o dissolution_n of_o monastery_n unless_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o some_o ancient_n grant_v of_o discharge_n from_o the_o parson_n patron_n and_o ordinary_a with_o a_o consideration_n of_o recompense_n to_o the_o parson_n and_o that_o either_o from_o time_n immemorial_n or_o ancient_a composition_n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o speak_v in_o another_o place_n 285._o where_o he_o own_v that_o by_o our_o law_n every_o parson_n have_v a_o common_a right_n to_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o annual_a increase_n praedial_a or_o mix_v within_o the_o limit_n of_o his_o parish_n and_o any_o title_n or_o discharge_v must_v be_v special_o plead_v 2._o where_o a_o prescription_n be_v plead_v de_fw-la modo_fw-la decimandi_fw-la the_o actual_a recompense_n by_o composition_n must_v be_v show_v for_o as_o my_o lord_n coke_n say_v a_o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la be_v intend_v as_o a_o yearly_a sum_n in_o way_n of_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o tithe_n to_o the_o parson_n 43._o which_o roll_n call_v the_o actual_a recompense_n in_o the_o register_n 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