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judgement_n if_o woâ—â—_n ground_v nothing_o can_v be_v more_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o all_o roman-catholic_n in_o the_o world_n in_o keep_v his_o festivity_n and_o honour_v his_o memory_n and_o beg_v his_o intercession_n for_o they_o to_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n that_o it_o have_v be_v engrounded_n i_o do_v my_o devoir_n to_o show_v and_o prove_v from_o pag._n 439_o to_o pag._n 462._o where_o i_o answer_v first_o all_o that_o have_v be_v or_o can_v be_v allege_v against_o he_o and_o then_o produce_v eight_o several_a argument_n even_o very_o strong_a presumption_n both_o in_o law_n and_o reason_n for_o he_o i_o mean_v as_o to_o this_o controvert_v point_n whether_o he_o can_v be_v just_o say_v to_o have_v either_o die_v or_o even_o at_o any_o time_n live_v or_o be_v a_o traitor_n against_o the_o king_n people_z or_o law_n of_o england_n xiii_o where_o i_o seem_v pag._n 438._o somewhat_o too_o severe_a on_o matthew_n parker_n the_o first_o protestant_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n under_o queen_n elizabeth_n you_o must_v not_o persuade_v yourself_o i_o do_v at_o all_o
procurator_n and_o his_o maintain_n or_o assert_v the_o diffusive_a church_n only_o to_o be_v infallible_a prove_v false_a 69_o etc._n etc._n their_o four_o allegation_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n prove_v false_a 76._o their_o other_o impertinent_a or_o unconclude_a allegation_n consider_v but_o more_o especial_o at_o large_a their_o example_n or_o precedent_n of_o mattathias_n and_o the_o maccabee_n against_o antiochus_n 79_o etc._n etc._n their_o latin_a postscript_n consider_v 83._o three_o several_a formulary_n of_o a_o profession_n of_o allegiance_n make_v by_o they_o and_o a_o four_o offer_v 85_o 86_o 87._o the_o provincial_a and_o diffinitory_a of_o the_o franciscan_n deal_v with_o at_o multifernan_n by_o the_o procurator_n to_o sign_n the_o remonstrance_n delay_n and_o why_o 69_o 90._o they_o before_o with_o some_o other_o disclaim_v the_o remonstrance_n by_o a_o public_a instrument_n and_o send_v a_o agent_n to_o flanders_n to_o get_v it_o condemn_v 91._o nevertheless_o 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98_o etc._n etc._n censure_n and_o condemnation_n of_o the_o remonstrance_n by_o the_o faculty_n of_o divine_n at_o louvain_n 102._o letter_n of_o father_n james_n de_fw-fr riddere_fw-la a_o dutchman_n and_o commissary_n general_n over_o the_o franciscan_a order_n in_o the_o province_n as_o well_o of_o the_o low-countries_n and_o some_o of_o those_o of_o upper_a germany_n as_o those_o of_o england_n ireland_n scotland_n denmark_n to_o father_n redmund_n charon_n cite_v he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o irish_a franciscan_a subscriber_n of_o the_o remonstrance_n to_o appear_v at_o rome_n or_o brussels_n 104._o father_n caron_n brief_a reply_n from_o london_n 105._o father_n walsh_n the_o procurator_n more_o diffuse_v reply_n expostulate_v the_o case_n with_o the_o say_a commissary_n at_o large_a out_o of_o the_o canon_n and_o reason_n 106._o from_o thence_o to_o 115._o the_o say_a commissary_n general_n be_v brief_a answer_n to_o the_o procurator_n 115._o act_n of_o a_o national_a 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the_o spaniard_n renounce_v their_o own_o principality_n and_o yield_v themselves_o to_o that_o of_o france_n but_o if_o bellarmine_n understand_v or_o mean_v that_o city_n so_o exempt_v to_o be_v no_o more_o of_o the_o kingdom_n then_o be_v the_o similitude_n to_o no_o purpose_n be_v himself_o grant_v and_o averr_v that_o after_o and_o notwithstanding_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n king_n be_v not_o only_a king_n of_o the_o layman_n but_o also_o of_o the_o clergieman_n reges_fw-la esse_fw-la nonsolum_fw-la laicorum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la reges_fw-la yet_o as_o for_o the_o reason_n which_o he_o give_v for_o this_o concession_n and_o asseveration_n i_o must_v say_v they_o be_v childish_a and_o unworthy_a of_o bellarmine_n the_o first_o be_v that_o clerk_n do_v free_o observe_v the_o politic_a law_n but_o i_o have_v reject_v this_o present_o or_o a_o little_a before_o nor_o indeed_o can_v it_o be_v say_v with_o any_o colour_n that_o it_o some_o nation_n as_o for_o 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no_o other_o subjection_n of_o clerk_n herein_o but_o such_o as_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o mere_a stranger_n foreigner_n alien_n and_o such_o as_o be_v necessary_a in_o all_o kind_n of_o judicial_a proceed_n if_o a_o frenchman_n have_v a_o suit_n with_o a_o spaniard_n if_o any_o man_n of_o this_o king_n be_v natural_a and_o legal_a subject_n commence_v a_o suit_n against_o the_o subject_a of_o a_o other_o king_n and_o live_v still_o in_o the_o dominion_n of_o this_o other_o king_n must_v not_o such_o a_o plaintiff_n or_o such_o a_o actor_n apply_v himself_o to_o the_o court_n or_o judicatories_n of_o the_o defendant_n that_o be_v to_o those_o of_o this_o other_o king_n will_v the_o plaintiff_n therefore_o acknowledge_v this_o other_o king_n to_o be_v simple_o or_o absolute_o his_o own_o king_n will_v a_o spaniard_n if_o he_o sue_v in_o france_n and_o before_o french_a judge_n acknowledge_v therefore_o the_o french_a king_n to_o be_v his_o own_o king_n or_o will_v a_o hollander_n sue_v a_o englishman_n in_o england_n therefore_o acknowledge_v the_o king_n of_o england_n to_o be_v his_o own_o mere_a trifle_n actor_n sequitur_fw-la forum_n rei_fw-la and_o therefore_o as_o you_o right_o conclude_v that_o he_o be_v the_o defender_n king_n simple_o and_o absolute_o before_o who_o in_o the_o case_n he_o be_v convent_v so_o be_v it_o unreasonable_o infer_v that_o he_o be_v the_o actor_n king_n before_o who_o such_o actor_n convent_v a_o other_o but_o say_v bellarmine_n clerk_n do_v pray_v in_o specie_fw-la for_o the_o king_n and_o pray_v thus_o pro_fw-la rege_fw-la nostro_fw-la n._n for_o our_o king_n n._n etc._n etc._n and_o what_o be_v more_o against_o bellarmine_n for_o hence_o nothing_o follow_v more_o direct_o than_o that_o the_o king_n be_v king_n of_o clerk_n also_o and_o that_o clerk_n be_v his_o subject_n for_o who_o can_v conceive_v the_o king_n to_o be_v king_n of_o clerk_n and_o yet_o that_o clerk_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o subject_n be_v that_o as_o almainus_a the_o sup_n potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n q._n 2._o cap._n 5._o teach_v aliquem_fw-la esse_fw-la regem_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la habere_fw-la superioritatem_fw-la erga_fw-la subditos_fw-la &_o in_o subditis_fw-la esse_fw-la obligationem_fw-la parendi_fw-la regi_fw-la etc._n etc._n one_o to_o be_v a_o king_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o have_v a_o politic_a both_o directive_n and_o coercive_a power_n of_o superiority_n over_o all_o the_o people_n of_o his_o dominion_n and_o that_o consequent_o there_o be_v obligation_n answerable_a on_o the_o same_o people_n as_o subject_n to_o obey_v he_o however_o bellarmine_n will_v needs_o by_o so_o many_o absurd_a argument_n uphold_v his_o very_a absurd_a sentence_n which_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n the_o king_n to_o be_v king_n of_o clerk_n and_o yet_o clerk_n not_o to_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o king_n a_o city_n or_o people_n to_o be_v absolute_o free_a and_o yet_o have_v the_o king_n for_o their_o king_n and_o 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and_o coercive_a of_o all_o clerk_n within_o their_o dominion_n may_v not_o divest_v themselves_o of_o the_o power_n of_o direct_v and_o coerce_v the_o same_o clerk_n unless_o they_o do_v withal_o divest_v themselves_o of_o that_o office_n as_o towards_o the_o self_n same_o clerk_n because_o they_o can_v divest_v themselves_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o that_o which_o they_o hold_v still_o or_o while_o they_o hold_v it_o or_o for_o the_o time_n wherein_o they_o be_v to_o hold_v it_o this_o argue_v a_o plain_a contradiction_n but_o the_o office_n of_o king_n involve_v a_o power_n supreme_a both_o directive_n and_o coercive_a of_o all_o clerk_n within_o their_o dominion_n for_o this_o i_o have_v prove_v already_o and_o at_o large_a by_o very_o natural_a reason_n ergo_fw-la whoever_o have_v the_o office_n of_o king_n may_v not_o divest_v themselves_o of_o a_o power_n supreme_a both_o directive_n and_o coercive_a of_o all_o clerk_n within_o their_o dominion_n unless_o with_o all_o they_o divest_v themselves_o of_o the_o office_n king_n as_o towards_o the_o self_n same_o person_n now_o we_o have_v see_v hitherto_o that_o not_o only_o by_o reason_n and_o experience_n but_o even_o by_o our_o learned_a cardinal_n own_o concession_n and_o allegation_n king_n have_v not_o devest_v do_v not_o divest_v themselves_o of_o the_o office_n of_o king_n towards_o the_o clerk_n of_o their_o dominion_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a that_o king_n be_v true_o proper_o and_o essential_o king_n also_o of_o such_o clerk_n and_o consequent_o too_o we_o have_v see_v that_o while_o the_o case_n be_v so_o and_o for_o the_o time_n it_o shall_v be_v so_o with_o they_o they_o can_v by_o any_o privilege_n at_o all_o they_o have_v give_v hitherto_o or_o shall_v give_v hereafter_o so_o exempt_a clerk_n as_o to_o exempt_v they_o from_o their_o own_o supreme_a directive_n and_o coercive_a power_n and_o so_o i_o end_v this_o lxxii_o section_n of_o my_o three_o grand_a argument_n &_o of_o all_o their_o appendage_n compose_v partly_o of_o undoubted_a theological_a
west_n yet_o i_o confess_v the_o first_o occasion_n of_o that_o write_n of_o innocent_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n or_o that_o which_o he_o intend_v or_o at_o least_o pretend_a final_o to_o instruct_v or_o advise_v the_o emperor_n in_o be_v very_o just_a viz_o that_o the_o same_o emperor_n shall_v bear_v a_o great_a respect_n to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n then_o to_o make_v he_o sit_v at_o the_o left_a side_n of_o his_o footstool_n so_o contrary_a to_o the_o laudable_a custom_n of_o other_o christian_a emperor_n and_o king_n cum_fw-la alij_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la say_v he_o archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopissuis_fw-la sicut_fw-la debent_fw-la reverenter_fw-la assurgant_fw-la &_o eye_v juxta_fw-la sevenerabilem_fw-la sedem_fw-la assignent_fw-la but_o for_o any_o thing_n else_o in_o that_o epistle_n of_o innocent_a which_o relate_v either_o direct_o or_o indirect_o to_o our_o present_a purpose_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o see_v nothing_o at_o 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atque_fw-la in_o excusatione_fw-la afferenda_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la penes_fw-la esto_fw-la ejus_fw-la rei_fw-la judicium_fw-la now_o for_o st._n edward_n the_o confessor_n law_n which_o indeed_o be_v chief_o or_o above_o all_o other_o the_o law_n for_o which_o the_o people_n of_o england_n be_v so_o often_o at_o variance_n with_o some_o of_o the_o norman_a king_n or_o william_n the_o conqueror_n successor_n and_o which_o too_o ingulphus_n and_o the_o chronicle_n of_o lichfield_n tell_v we_o be_v first_o enact_v by_o king_n edgar_n and_o but_o only_o revive_v with_o some_o amendment_n or_o addition_n by_o his_o say_a grand_a child_n edwardus_fw-la bone_fw-la be_v likewise_o plain_a the_o first_o of_o they_o be_v in_o these_o word_n omnis_fw-la clericus_fw-la aliter_fw-la clerus_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la scholar_n &_o omnis_fw-la eorum_fw-la res_fw-la &_o possessiones_fw-la ubicumque_fw-la fuerint_fw-la pacem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la habeant_fw-la 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