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england_n	earl_n	king_n	lancaster_n	4,569	5	11.5733	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20768	The yonger brother his apology by it selfe. Or A fathers free power disputed for the disposition of his lands, or other his fortunes to his sonne, sonnes, or any one of them: as right reason, the laws of God and nature, the ciuill, canon, and municipall lawes of this kingdome do command. By I. Ap-Robert Gent.	J. A. (John Ap Robert)	1618 (1618)	STC 715; ESTC S115725	30,207	72

Henry the first was surrogated to Rufus his Brother VVilliam Rufus and still kept Robert out The title of more sufficiency not of more propinquity made Stephen K. Stephen as being then a man growne to step in before Matildes the Empresse and her Infant sonne Henry Plantagenet I will not speake of King Iohns succession before his nephew Arthur the sonne of Geffr●y the elder brother to Iohn Henry the 4. K. Iohn King of England did in open Parliament pretend a descent from Edmund Earle of Lancaster Edmund Earle of Lancaster sōne of Henry the third king of England in preiudice of king Richard 2. auering that Edmund was disinherited for deformity and his brother Edward afterward by the name of king Edward 1. preferred Which though it were not so yet is it sufficient to shew that Henry 4. did hould that his ancestour king Henry 3. might haue done such an act if the cause had bene sufficient And what interest had Henry of Ri●hmoud to his Diademe being neyther of the right bloud nor of the Royall Name when neuerthelesse of the true Plantagenets sundry Males were aliue and one of them at that very tyme king of England also in possession But to leane Kings affaires If all must necessufily haue gone to one how came it then to passe that in this kingdome there were at one tyme so many great and honorable families of one bloud disinyned in their seats and distinguished in their Annories by different arguments Our whous to meanly seeme in our antiquities and stories as not to knowe it was so And that many renowned houses to speake as de magis notis● Plantag●nets Sundry grint Families of one 〈◊〉 at a tyme. Mortiniers Beaufords B●●●champ● 1 Disla-Poles Neuill Grayes and the like haue growne and flourished out of one common Ancestour It can neuer be refelled Of disinherisions in worthy Families M. William Camden ●● L●renceaux King of Arnies giues vs two eminent examples And who is he that remembers not one or other in this owne knowledge or acquaintance Ianc Daughter of Hugh Courtney and heyre to her Mother Carewes wife of Nirold Lord Carew disinaerited her eldest sonne Thomas cùm mirùs reuerenter matrem haberet and parted her lands which were goodly among her three younger sonnes of whom are sprung three seuerall worshipfull bouses of the Carewes called Haccombe Anthony and Bury So that God hath by the successe confirmed the lawfulnes of the fact And this is the first of Maister Caindens examples The other is this Bryand Lile or Fitz-Earle Lord of Abergeuenny hauing two sonnes Brientius de insula both leprous built for them a Lazaretto or spittall gaue to Miles Earle of Heresord far the greatest part of his patrimony from his Children The one of these exāples is in the descriptiō of Deuonshire and this other in Monmouthshire And this Chapter may suffice for the illustration and clearing the former Doctrine and the subiect of this whole discourse by examples CHAP. X. That the Law of Naturall Equity Reason confirme iust Disinherision that the riotous liues of Elder Brothers deserue that vehement reproofe with which the Author closeth vp this Treatise LET vs now looke into the Nature of equity and examine whether in Naturall reason which is the law of all lawes the temperate ought to be subiect to intemperate Fooles Madmen to whom no law imputes sinne are not punished for theft or murther or for any other offence which they do being mad or vnreasonable For though humanely they cannot offend yet in this sort according to equity they many be punished The reason is That all law being grounded on Naturall equity for otherwise it is no law doth not only punish offences cōmitted but also preuents offēces which may be done by reasonable or vnreasonable creatures And since that Fooles and Madmen cannot offend to be punished or by punishment can be reformed and yet they with whom they shall liue shall surely be offended if not ouerthrowne by them hauing power as Namely Brothers Sisters and all their whole family put in daunger of misery and ruine the law according to all Natural equity takes al power from them I haue inserted this clause according to Naturall equity for that it is against Nature that men should be subiect to beasts or insensible creatures Heerupon Aristotle disputing the nature of rule and subiection saith That none are borne slaues but such as Nature hath abridged of the vse of reason who being truly slaues are altogether vnfit to gouerne Vpō which ground also the same great Philosopher disputing whether a Monarchy or Comonweale is the better forme of Policy he saith a Comonweale Because the wisest best mē are admitted to sway therein But it may be said What is all this to our purpose Yes thus far it may be well applied If Nature intent to make al mankind reasonable according to their species being hindered by some ineuitable accident shall so blemish and maime those in whom such want and Natural weaknes shal be found that they according to diuine and humane law may and ought to be depriued of all right and clayme to any thing more then to sustaine Nature as other creatures may do and not to giue vnto them any soueraignty rule or gouernement which by law or custome might otherwise haue falne on them Because according to naturall diuine equity neither man nor yet the creature made for mans vse ought to be gouerned by Beastes and such do fooles and madmen seeme If this be so as according to Natures rule it cannot be otherwise what punishment shall we think due to that reasonable creature borne in a ciuill society of men vnto whom Nature hath not bene a Stepdame in bestowing of her blessings whose name and Family hath bene ennobled and enriched by the industry and vertue of many worthy Predecessors who shall through disorder and inordinate desires habituated in him by custome euill conuersation become vnreasonable yea a sinfull-creature a wilfull and most punishable madman and a thing vnworthy the name of man a Prodigall who contrary to all rule law or order of the most barbarous society of men takes away the soule as I haue said before of all his Ancestors who being dead yet long might liue in their posterity and consumes the womb his family I meane wherein he was borne and without all remembrance of his obligation to the dead whom as hauing his being from them he ought to honour or respect to the huing to whome he should be a comfort deuoures in some sort them of his owne species society and bloud All which the Anthropophages do not For though they feed on their species which are men like to themselues yet they hunt after straungers and nourish then nearest bloud with others flesh obseruing still some law of society among themselues which our ciuill monster doth not For he contrary to all course of Nature sucks out oftentimes the b●oud of his nearest and dearest friends namely his children brothers and sisters Ariotous heyre is a ciuill Monster yea some haue brought their all-tender-harted parents to the greatest of all woes ●b●●●ary in their old age And all this to maintaine by force of fraud a damned crew of Diuells in the shapes of men Nature hath giuen yea she so strongly hath inhabituated a laudable desire in all creatures to preserue them species that directly or in directly to vndergo the contrary wore not onely vnnatural and mo●●●rous b●●●worthy also of seuerest punishment Families let them be Princely Noble Gentle or Vulgar are in a manner particuler kindes or species allowed of by Natures law to be raised or maintaine of vnder or in their cheife genus mankind vniuersall which to ouerthrow either directly or indirectly let the Philosopher either Naturall or Morall the Lawier either Ciull or Ca●●●● the Diuine Scholeman or Casuist iudge how punishable Morall Law-makers for many ages pretermitted to make lawes against this sort of oftenders being asked why they answeared That no man could be so ingratefull or inhumane By which wee see how grieuous the offence was deemed by them and how seuere punishment were they to make lawes in these our corrupted times they would prescribe for such offenders Thus much for our present matter in question In the arguing whereof if what I write in defence of younger Brothers as here the case is put I seem to haue taken vpon trust rather then vpon knowledge or reading the wiser sort will I hope not blame me For my intent was nor but onely as at first I promised to set downe a Table-discourse and not a Controuersy discussed in Schooles If I haue spoken according to dialecticall reason as I belieue then may I safely think that my discourse is armed with strong Authority For what hath bene spoken heretofore truely which reason hath not dictated to all Authors pens If therefore I were able to cite a thousand great Writers for what I haue said yet should they be no more but that which Naturall reason hath or may teach daily All which with my self I intrust to the gentle and equall Censure of my Courtuous Reader FINIS