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A38840
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The Evil eye plucked out, or, A discourse proving that church revenues cannot be alienated by any secular persons or powers without a manifest violation of the known fundamental laws of this kingdom, and of publick justice, and a common-honesty
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Wing E3555; ESTC R6758
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this_o course_n to_o caress_n they_o to_o infranchise_v they_o and_o remit_v the_o stand_a revenue_n that_o have_v be_v former_o pay_v to_o the_o crown_n in_o acknowledgement_n of_o their_o vassalage_n call_v daneguilt_a be_v 40000_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la and_o that_o their_o person_n or_o estate_n may_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o will_n of_o any_o violent_a person_n but_o be_v protect_v by_o a_o law_n he_o digest_v a_o body_n of_o law_n out_o of_o the_o custom_n and_o ordinance_n of_o four_o country_n 1044._o an._n 1044._o which_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o our_o common_a law_n but_o when_o william_n duke_n of_o normandy_n come_v on_o this_o kingdom_n 1066._o an._n 1066._o and_o make_v a_o new_a conquest_n his_o sword_n cut_v all_o former_a charter_n asunder_o those_o that_o be_v then_o his_o vassal_n must_v submit_v to_o his_o pleasure_n both_o for_o life_n and_o estate_n he_o that_o have_v get_v a_o great_a kingdom_n with_o great_a danger_n and_o difficulty_n use_v 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the_o reign_n of_o hen._n 3._o which_o particular_o and_o in_o the_o first_o place_n do_v enfranchise_v the_o church_n c.1_n 9_o hen._n 3_o c.1_n we_o have_v grant_v to_o god_n and_o by_o this_o our_o present_a charter_n have_v confirm_v for_o we_o and_o for_o our_o heir_n for_o evermore_o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v free_a and_o shall_v have_v all_o her_o holy_a right_n and_o liberty_n inviolable_a and_o true_o before_o the_o promulgation_n of_o that_o charter_n all_o the_o kingdom_n be_v slave_n and_o at_o the_o will_n of_o the_o sword_n both_o for_o their_o estate_n and_o life_n nay_o even_o after_o this_o charter_n many_o great_a pregogative_n be_v claim_v and_o hold_v by_o the_o succeed_a king_n as_o the_o bestow_n of_o the_o young_a daughter_n of_o any_o decease_a baron_n in_o marriage_n as_o he_o please_v with_o all_o her_o father_n inheritance_n although_o the_o elder_a be_v marry_v in_o their_o father_n life_n time_n and_o with_o his_o like_n si_fw-mi 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will_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v most_o inhuman_a testamentum_fw-la authenticum_fw-la nullus_fw-la abrogat_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ei_fw-la superaddit_fw-la gal._n 3.15_o a_o testament_n though_o it_o be_v but_o a_o man_n yet_o no_o man_n disannul_v or_o add_v thereto_o and_o true_o if_o the_o design_n of_o those_o donor_n shall_v ever_o be_v frustrate_v why_o shall_v the_o estate_n go_v any_o other_o way_n than_o to_o their_o posterity_n for_o this_o be_v most_o sure_a that_o if_o they_o can_v have_v but_o suspect_v that_o these_o estate_n shall_v ever_o be_v take_v from_o those_o body_n to_o who_o they_o grant_v they_o they_o will_v never_o have_v grant_v they_o from_o their_o own_o family_n and_o therefore_o that_o oracle_n of_o the_o law_n my_o lord_n cook_n 13._o cook_n on_o littleton_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 13._o plain_o affirm_v that_o if_o land_n be_v give_v to_o a_o body_n politic_n such_o as_o a_o mayor_n and_o communality_n or_o to_o a_o dean_n and_o chapter_n if_o the_o 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in_o comitatu_fw-la l._n salutem_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la proborum_fw-la &_o legalium_fw-la hominum_fw-la de_fw-la baliva_fw-la tua_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la rei_fw-la veritatem_fw-la melius_fw-la sciri_fw-la poterit_fw-la diligenter_n inquiras_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la damnum_fw-la vel_fw-la prejudicium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vel_fw-la aliorum_fw-la si_fw-la concedamus_fw-la b._n quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la unum_fw-la mesuagium_fw-la centum_fw-la acras_fw-la terrae_fw-la decano_fw-la &_o capitulo_fw-la de_fw-la m._n &_o eorum_fw-la successoribus_fw-la dare_v possit_fw-la &_o assignare_fw-la what_o then_o can_v be_v more_o clear_a than_o this_o that_o if_o land_n give_v in_o mortmain_n without_o the_o king_n licence_n since_o those_o statute_n shall_v be_v forfeit_n then_o those_o land_n give_v before_o those_o statute_n or_o since_o those_o statute_n with_o such_o licence_n be_v confirm_v this_o be_v a_o most_o confess_a axiom_n among_o all_o 3_o cook_n institut_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o sect._n 3_o exceptionem_fw-la confirmare_fw-la regulam_fw-la that_o a_o exception_n confirm_v the_o rule_n to_o be_v plain_a the_o interest_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o steadfast_o found_v by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n that_o those_o that_o have_v be_v any_o time_n the_o author_n of_o sacrilegious-designe_n against_o the_o church_n have_v think_v it_o their_o most_o successful_a method_n to_o bring_v some_o slurre_n and_o contempt_n on_o those_o that_o be_v the_o dispenser_n of_o public_a justice_n and_o who_o continual_a study_n and_o business_n the_o law_n be_v and_o therefore_o besure_n as_o there_o shall_v be_v occasion_n they_o will_v speak_v mean_o and_o unworthy_o of_o they_o that_o they_o may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v person_n of_o little_a use_n or_o illend_n nay_o sometime_o have_v the_o professor_n of_o the_o law_n when_o there_o have_v be_v aim_n at_o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o church_n be_v prohibit_v the_o parliament_n that_o they_o may_v do_v thing_n without_o consideration_n of_o right_n or_o wrong_n of_o what_o be_v legal_a or_o illegal_a and_o by_o express_a order_n be_v render_v uncapable_a of_o be_v elect_v as_o in_o 6_o hen._n 4._o 1402._o stow_z chron._n anno_fw-la 1402._o the_o parliament_n at_o coventry_n be_v hold_v without_o lawyer_n be_v by_o the_o writ_n forbid_v to_o be_v choose_v the_o word_n of_o the_o writ_n be_v these_o nolumus_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la sive_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la vicecome_v regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la praedicti_fw-la aut_fw-la apprenticius_fw-la aut_fw-la alius_fw-la homo_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la aliqualitur_fw-la sit_fw-la electus_fw-la we_o will_v that_o neither_o yourself_o nor_o any_o other_o sheriff_n or_o under-sheriff_n for_o so_o i_o conceive_v the_o word_n apprenticius_fw-la signify_v there_o nor_o any_o other_o person_n any_o way_n relate_v to_o the_o law_n be_v choose_v on_o occasion_n of_o which_o our_o historian_n call_v this_o parliament_n parliamentum_fw-la laicorum_fw-la a_o parliament_n of_o mere_a laic_n for_o although_o this_o exceed_a learned_a and_o excellent_a function_n which_o require_v vast_a study_n