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nevil_n duke_n of_o bedford_n who_o be_v degrade_v by_o act_n of_o parl._n 17._o edward_n the_o four_o of_o which_o act_n this_o be_v the_o tenor_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v open_o know_v that_o the_o say_v george_n have_v not_o nor_o by_o inheritance_n may_v have_v any_o livelihood_n to_o support_v the_o say_a name_n estate_n and_o dignity_n or_o any_o name_n of_o estate_n as_o oftentimes_o it_o be_v see_v that_o when_o any_o lord_n be_v call_v to_o high_a estate_n and_o have_v not_o livelihood_n convenient_a to_o support_v the_o same_o dignity_n it_o induce_v great_a poverty_n and_o indigence_n and_o cause_v oftentimes_o extortion_n embracery_n and_o maintenance_n to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o great_a trouble_n of_o such_o country_n where_o such_o estate_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v inhabit_v wherefore_o the_o king_n by_o advice_n of_o his_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v and_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o same_o ordain_v establish_v and_o enact_v that_o from_o henceforth_o the_o same_o erection_n and_o make_v of_o the_o same_o duke_n and_o all_o the_o name_n of_o dignity_n to_o the_o say_v george_n or_o to_o john_n nevil_n his_o father_n be_v from_o henceforth_o void_a and_o of_o none_o effect_n etc._n etc._n from_o which_o act_n three_o thing_n may_v be_v well_o observe_v first_o that_o the_o say_a duke_n have_v not_o any_o possession_n to_o support_v his_o dignity_n yet_o his_o dignity_n can_v not_o be_v take_v away_o from_o he_o without_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n second_o the_o inconvenience_n appear_v where_o a_o great_a estate_n or_o dignity_n be_v not_o accompany_v with_o a_o livelihood_n three_o this_o be_v a_o good_a cause_n to_o take_v away_o the_o dignity_n by_o parliament_n for_o reconcile_a which_o opinion_n it_o seem_v indeed_o that_o though_o a_o person_n who_o be_v noble_a by_o birth_n shall_v fall_v into_o poverty_n yet_o that_o poverty_n can_v no_o more_o degrade_v he_o from_o his_o nobility_n than_o it_o can_v taint_v his_o blood_n but_o though_o it_o can_v root_v out_o that_o noble_a character_n from_o his_o blood_n and_o make_v he_o no_o gentleman_n yet_o it_o seem_v a_o good_a reason_n why_o he_o may_v be_v degrade_v from_o be_v a_o peer_n of_o the_o realm_n for_o the_o be_v a_o peer_n be_v no_o necessary_a effect_n of_o blood_n but_o a_o mark_n of_o the_o royal_a bounty_n bestow_v for_o the_o better_a government_n and_o advantage_n of_o the_o kingdom_n earl_n be_v by_o their_o original_a praepositi_fw-la comitatus_fw-la or_o commander_n of_o the_o county_n and_o county_n or_o shire_n be_v so_o call_v because_o they_o be_v the_o government_n of_o a_o count_n or_o earl_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n find_v that_o they_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o bear_v this_o quality_n they_o may_v just_o take_v away_o that_o honour_n that_o be_v give_v nor_o can_v there_o be_v any_o thing_n so_o inconvenient_a as_o that_o these_o shall_v represent_v the_o kingdom_n in_o its_o great_a concern_v and_o burden_n it_o with_o with_o tax_n who_o have_v no_o interest_n in_o the_o one_o nor_o can_v bear_v any_o share_n in_o the_o other_o and_o that_o these_o feudal_n dignity_n and_o mark_n of_o nobility_n may_v be_v take_v off_o by_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o fews_n be_v clear_a by_o bartolus_n in_o l._n inam_fw-la cod._n de_fw-fr dignitatibus_fw-la and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o sicily_n be_v clear_a afflictus_fw-la col._n non_fw-la in_o 6._o not_o it_o may_v likewise_o seem_v reasonable_a that_o as_o the_o king_n only_o can_v bestow_v nobility_n so_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v only_o proper_a for_o he_o to_o degrade_v and_o since_o he_o may_v create_v any_o nobleman_n though_o he_o be_v poor_a so_o he_o may_v continue_v he_o so_o notwithstanding_o of_o his_o poverty_n special_o see_v the_o be_v a_o peer_n be_v but_o to_o be_v the_o prince_n counsellor_n nor_o can_v any_o judge_n who_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v his_o counselor_n but_o himself_o nor_o be_v the_o parliament_n any_o thing_n but_o his_o great_a council_n but_o since_o this_o degradation_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o forfeitur_fw-la it_o seem_v that_o the_o parliament_n only_o can_v be_v judge_n therein_o since_o the_o king_n do_v not_o use_v to_o forfeit_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n and_o though_o the_o former_a argument_n may_v prove_v that_o a_o peer_n can_v be_v degrade_v for_o poverty_n except_o the_o king_n please_v which_o be_v certain_o true_a since_o no_o act_n of_o parliament_n can_v pass_v without_o his_o royal_a consent_n yet_o they_o prove_v not_o that_o the_o king_n may_v degrade_v a_o nobleman_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n except_o he_o may_v judge_v all_o case_n immediate_o by_o himself_o question_v xxvii_o whether_o be_v a_o patent_n never_o make_v use_n of_o by_o the_o father_n valid_a after_o his_o death_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o though_o the_o patent_n be_v grant_v to_o such_o a_o man_n therein_o design_v seem_v to_o die_v with_o he_o and_o that_o the_o father_n die_v with_o this_o quality_n can_v transmit_v it_o to_o his_o son_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o patent_n be_v valid_a to_o his_o posterity_n for_o except_v where_o it_o be_v design_v to_o be_v personal_a it_o be_v conceive_v in_o favour_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o heir_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v judge_v in_o the_o cause_n of_o quesnel_n advocate_n in_o rowan_n 4._o may_v 1623._o vid._n la_o rocque_n cap._n 67._o question_n xxviii_o whether_o if_o the_o father_n use_v any_o low_a or_o base_a trade_n which_o derogate_v from_o nobility_n will_v his_o child_n and_o descendants_n lose_v it_o thereby_o in_o answer_v to_o this_o case_n we_o must_v distinguish_v betwixt_o such_o as_o derive_v their_o nobility_n from_o their_o father_n only_a and_o some_o think_v that_o in_o that_o case_n the_o misbehaviour_n of_o the_o father_n do_v extinguish_v the_o nobility_n of_o the_o race_n and_o that_o the_o descendant_n be_v no_o more_o noble_a except_o they_o be_v restore_v by_o a_o express_a gift_n or_o otherwise_o the_o nobility_n of_o the_o race_n have_v descend_v from_o a_o long_a series_n of_o predecessor_n and_o then_o the_o father_n deed_n do_v not_o prejudge_v they_o since_o they_o do_v not_o owe_v their_o nobility_n to_o he_o and_o the_o prince_n have_v nobilitat_fw-la such_o a_o man_n and_o his_o posterity_n they_o owe_v their_o nobility_n to_o the_o king_n and_o derive_v it_o from_o he_o equal_o with_o the_o father_n which_o distinction_n i_o find_v in_o the_o learned_a faber_n cod._n l._n 9_o t._n 28._o def._n 1._o but_o it_o seem_v that_o by_o this_o last_o reason_n even_o that_o nobility_n which_o be_v begin_v in_o the_o father_n can_v be_v lose_v by_o his_o fault_n and_o therefore_o some_o lawyer_n have_v be_v of_o opinion_n that_o that_o nobility_n which_o descend_v by_o immemorial_n possession_n and_o which_o flow_v not_o from_o a_o particular_a privilege_n and_o concession_n can_v never_o be_v take_v away_o by_o the_o father_n baseness_n or_o crime_n warnaesius_fw-la tom_n 1._o responsorum_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la pontificio_fw-la consil._n 20._o numb_a 7._o and_o thus_o we_o find_v in_o the_o roman_a story_n that_o marcus_n emilius_n scaurus_n be_v find_v not_o to_o have_v lose_v his_o nobility_n by_o his_o father_n become_v a_o bearer_n of_o coal_n curt._n conjectur_n jur_fw-fr civil_a lib._n 2._o cap._n 20._o and_o other_o think_v that_o as_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o acquire_v nobility_n that_o the_o grandfather_n and_o father_n have_v be_v repute_n noble_a so_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o contrary_n it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o extinguish_v nobility_n that_o the_o father_n and_o grandfather_n have_v be_v repute_n ignoble_a and_o though_o the_o right_n of_o blood_n can_v be_v lose_v by_o prescription_n yet_o nobility_n may_v be_v lose_v as_o all_o other_o privilege_n can_v by_o not_o exerse_v or_o own_v
it_o time_n out_o of_o mind_n it_o be_v fit_a to_o know_v that_o in_o this_o isle_n not_o only_o that_o nobility_n which_o come_v by_o succession_n and_o immemorial_n possession_n but_o even_o that_o which_o come_v by_o privilege_n and_o concession_n can_v be_v forfeit_v by_o the_o father_n crime_n and_o in_o this_o we_o differ_v from_o warnesius_fw-la opinion_n and_o therefore_o the_o child_n must_v be_v rehabilitat_fw-la and_o restore_v by_o the_o king_n but_o the_o father_n unworthiness_n in_o exercise_v mean_a shift_n and_o trade_n do_v not_o among_o we_o derogate_v from_o the_o child_n nobility_n as_o in_o other_o nation_n nor_o do_v i_o see_v any_o reason_n for_o the_o distinction_n use_v by_o warnesius_fw-la for_o all_o nobility_n must_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o have_v flow_v original_o from_o the_o king_n by_o concession_n and_o even_o that_o nobility_n which_o come_v by_o privilege_n do_v descend_v upon_o the_o child_n by_o the_o king_n grant_v to_o they_o aswell_o as_o the_o father_n and_o so_o can_v be_v prejudge_v by_o any_o personal_a deed_n of_o he_o except_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o crime_n against_o the_o king_n for_o that_o be_v still_o employ_v in_o the_o concession_n and_o it_o be_v not_o just_a that_o the_o child_n of_o traitor_n shall_v enjoy_v those_o title_n and_o that_o nobility_n which_o may_v be_v useful_a to_o they_o in_o revenge_v their_o unjust_a quarrel_n question_v xxix_o one_o have_v resign_v a_o dignity_n or_o employment_n and_o return_v thereafter_o thereto_o whether_o do_v he_o who_o have_v so_o resign_v return_n to_o his_o former_a precedency_n to_o this_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o he_o do_v not_o but_o have_v embrace_v again_o the_o employment_n he_o have_v former_o resign_v he_o be_v only_o to_o have_v precedency_n according_a to_o his_o last_o reinstallment_n langleus_fw-la 7._o seme_a 8._o where_o it_o be_v lay_v down_o as_o a_o rule_n that_o precedency_n once_o lose_v be_v never_o recover_v and_o a_o instance_n of_o this_o be_v give_v cap._n ex_fw-la insinuatione_fw-la 26._o in_o a_o cannon_n who_o have_v once_o renunce_v his_o benefice_n and_o have_v thereafter_o embrace_v it_o be_v only_o to_o be_v prefer_v according_a to_o the_o date_n of_o his_o last_o title_n from_o this_o last_o rule_n viz._n that_o a_o precedency_n once_o lose_v can_v be_v recover_v gothofred_n de_fw-mi prece_v cap._n 6._o num_fw-la 43._o observe_v these_o exception_n first_o if_o the_o person_n who_o renounce_v his_o dignity_n be_v prefer_v to_o a_o high_a or_o more_o noble_a in_o which_o case_n if_o he_o return_v to_o his_o first_o employment_n he_o lose_v not_o the_o precedency_n due_a to_o it_o for_o a_o great_a dignity_n never_o prejudge_v the_o lesser_a l._n 3._o c._n de_fw-fr dignitatibus_fw-la rupanus_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 27._o and_o contain_v in_o it_o the_o lesser_a per_fw-la eminentiam_fw-la as_o lawyer_n speak_v superveniens_fw-la major_n dignitas_fw-la auget_fw-la non_fw-la minuit_fw-la statum_fw-la except_o the_o two_o office_n be_v incompatible_a in_o themselves_o for_o then_o the_o lesser_a be_v extinguish_v by_o the_o great_a l._n si_fw-la debitoris_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr fidejussor_n the_o second_o exception_n be_v if_o the_o person_n in_o who_o favour_n the_o resignation_n be_v make_v will_v not_o accept_v and_o upon_o his_o refusal_n the_o resigner_n do_v present_o return_v to_o his_o precedency_n l._n si_fw-fr forte_fw-fr ff_fw-mi de_fw-fr offic._n presid_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o resignation_n be_v there_o make_v in_o favour_n of_o another_o have_v that_o tacit_n condition_n in_o it_o that_o if_o the_o other_o in_o who_o favour_n it_o be_v make_v accept_v not_o the_o resignation_n shall_v be_v null_a and_o this_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o all_o resignation_n in_o favorem_fw-la with_o we_o as_o to_o all_o fews_n as_o craig_n well_o observe_v the_o three_o exception_n be_v if_o he_o who_o make_v the_o resignation_n do_v present_o repent_v for_o in_o that_o case_n likewise_o he_o be_v in_o the_o condition_n as_o if_o he_o resign_v not_o and_o thus_o the_o law_n take_v not_o advantage_n of_o our_o sudden_a and_o undigested_a thought_n et_fw-la uxor_fw-la quae_fw-la mox_fw-la rediit_fw-la divertisse_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la the_o four_o exception_n give_v by_o he_o be_v if_o he_o who_o resign_v reserve_v to_o himself_o his_o former_a precedency_n for_o which_o though_o there_o be_v several_a roman_a decision_n yet_o it_o be_v very_o debateable_a how_o far_o a_o man_n can_v by_o protestation_n or_o paction_n distinguish_v and_o reserve_v a_o precedency_n when_o he_o have_v resign_v or_o dispone_v the_o employment_n to_o which_o it_o be_v annex_v for_o since_o the_o precedency_n be_v only_o due_a upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o employment_n it_o will_v seem_v that_o he_o who_o have_v resign_v the_o employment_n can_v retain_v the_o precedency_n and_o to_o do_v so_o be_v to_o retain_v accidens_fw-la sine_fw-la subjecto_fw-la question_v xxx_o whether_o 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the_o noble_a person_n himself_o to_o choose_v a_o fit_a successor_n like_a as_o this_o be_v so_o decide_v in_o the_o case_n of_o robert_n king_n of_o sicily_n cl._n pastoral_a de_fw-mi re_fw-mi jud._n and_o many_o lawyer_n have_v be_v of_o opinion_n that_o even_o elder_a brother_n may_v resign_v their_o right_n of_o succession_n and_o primo-genitur_a in_o favour_n of_o the_o three_o brother_n pass_v by_o the_o second_o vid._n c._n 1._o §_o praeterea_fw-la do_fw-mi quib_n mod_a feud_n amit_v &_o bald._n consil._n 389._o but_o other_o conclude_v that_o the_o near_a by_o blood_n be_v not_o prejudge_v by_o such_o resignation_n because_o this_o be_v a_o right_n flow_v from_o the_o favour_n of_o nature_n and_o law_n naturae_fw-la &_o legis_fw-la donum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la auferri_fw-la l._n si_fw-la arrogater_fw-la ff_fw-mi §_o sed_fw-la a_o ff_n de_fw-mi adopt_v nor_o be_v dignity_n exposable_a to_o sale_n or_o in_o commerce_n l._n julianus_n ff_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la 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opinion_n that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v prefer_v to_o the_o same_o dignity_n in_o all_o promiscuous_a and_o indifferent_a act_n which_o fall_v in_o during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o representation_n and_o thus_o cautuccius_fw-la decis_fw-la 582._o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o bishop_n vicar_n send_v by_o he_o to_o hold_v a_o synod_n be_v to_o have_v precedency_n before_o all_o the_o chapter_n not_o only_o in_o the_o synod_n itself_o but_o likewise_o in_o all_o other_o assembly_n visit_n and_o intertainment_n during_o his_o commission_n but_o the_o contrare_fw-la of_o this_o be_v mantain_v by_o menoch_n consil._n 51._o and_o in_o my_o opinion_n these_o doctor_n may_v be_v thus_o reconcile_v viz._n if_o the_o representation_n flow_v immediate_o from_o the_o law_n as_o for_o instance_n if_o the_o council_n shall_v delegat_n any_o man_n to_o be_v sheriff_n there_o the_o person_n substitut_o will_v have_v in_o all_o case_n during_o his_o commission_n the_o same_o place_n that_o be_v due_a 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question_n thirty-nine_o what_o precedency_n be_v due_a to_o assessor_n appoint_v for_o judge_n and_o to_o extraordinary_a judge_n i_o conceive_v that_o assessor_n choose_v by_o a_o judge_n get_v no_o precedency_n thereby_o since_o subject_n can_v bestow_v dignity_n but_o that_o where_o the_o prince_n name_v any_o man_n assessor_n to_o a_o judicature_n the_o person_n so_o name_v have_v thereby_o the_o precedency_n next_o to_o the_o judge_n to_o who_o he_o be_v name_v assessor_n nam_fw-la est_fw-la ejus_fw-la umbra_fw-la his_o shadow_n as_o the_o law_n speak_v and_o the_o shadow_n shall_v follow_v the_o body_n and_o with_o we_o when_o the_o council_n name_v assessor_n to_o the_o justice_n the_o assessor_n vote_v only_o after_o the_o justice_n and_o yet_o in_o france_n i_o find_v that_o assessor_n take_v place_n after_o the_o precedent_n and_o before_o the_o other_o counsellor_n and_o so_o it_o be_v decide_v at_o paris_n 1608._o it_o may_v be_v also_o doubt_v whether_o our_o 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the_o speciality_n of_o officer_n of_o state_n be_v that_o in_o all_o act_n or_o meeting_n which_o concern_v the_o state_n they_o sit_v as_o member_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o office_n as_o in_o parliament_n convention_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o chamberlain_n and_o admiral_n come_v not_o as_o such_o nor_o the_o constable_n and_o marishal_n if_o they_o be_v not_o earl_n the_o officer_n of_o state_n have_v oft_o contend_v for_o precedency_n among_o themselves_o and_o therefore_o king_n james_n do_v in_o privy_a council_n upon_o the_o 17._o of_o june_n 1617._o declare_v that_o in_o that_o and_o all_o other_o parliament_n none_o shall_v sit_v as_o officer_n of_o state_n save_o eight_o and_o though_o there_o shall_v be_v more_o of_o the_o say_n officer_n by_o deputation_n division_n or_o otherwise_o yet_o eight_o only_o shall_v sit_v which_o eight_z he_o do_v thus_o rank_a by_o act_n of_o council_n thesaurer_n privy-seal_n secretary_n register_n advocate_n justice_n clerk_n 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precedency_n from_o privy_a councillor_n in_o scotland_n otherwise_o any_o counsellor_n of_o a_o elder_a admission_n will_v be_v prefer_v to_o they_o and_o yet_o in_o england_n privy_a councillor_n be_v prefer_v to_o all_o the_o judge_n and_o even_o to_o the_o chief_a justice_n and_o with_o we_o i_o find_v no_o privy_a councillor_n take_v place_n as_o such_o from_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o which_o seem_v very_o strange_a for_o since_o the_o judicatur_fw-la itself_o be_v place_v before_o the_o session_n and_o that_o its_o precedent_n have_v precedency_n from_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o session_n that_o therefore_o its_o judge_n ought_v to_o precede_v the_o judge_n of_o the_o session_n 2_o do_v though_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n be_v lord_n of_o council_n and_o session_n yet_o there_o be_v secret_a councillor_n give_v they_o a_o great_a nearness_n and_o argue_v a_o great_a trust_n and_o in_o all_o matter_n of_o precedency_n these_o be_v the_o chief_a topic_n for_o precedency_n 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