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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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anno_fw-la 12_o 13._o 13._o an._n 12_o 13._o he_o disinherit_v some_o noble_a man_n without_o judgement_n of_o their_o peer_n he_o rob_v baynard_n castle_n in_o london_n poison_v maude_n the_o fair_a because_o she_o will_v not_o consent_v to_o his_o lust_n after_o he_o have_v spoil_v religious_a person_n when_o the_o foulness_n of_o those_o practice_n be_v like_a to_o undo_v he_o he_o constrain_v they_o to_o give_v he_o writing_n wherein_o they_o acknowledge_v that_o they_o have_v willing_o give_v he_o all_o that_o he_o have_v with_o violence_n take_v from_o they_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o baron_n so_o determinate_o demand_v the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n of_o that_o hen._n 3._o his_o son_n and_o successor_n without_o which_o they_o look_v on_o the_o whole_a land_n to_o be_v perfect_o enslave_v this_o he_o grant_v and_o it_o be_v with_o all_o possible_a faith_n and_o assurance_n public_o ratify_v and_o this_o be_v the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o this_o land_n concern_v the_o right_a and_o property_n of_o every_o subject_n both_o lay_v and_o clergy_n and_o if_o this_o be_v break_v there_o be_v no_o security_n of_o any_o man_n possession_n nay_o even_o those_o that_o hold_v by_o escuage_z serjeancy_n or_o by_o any_o other_o service_n if_o they_o perform_v those_o service_n as_o they_o be_v due_a no_o power_n without_o illegal_a and_o unconscionable_a violence_n and_o oppression_n can_v invade_v or_o disseise_v they_o without_o their_o consent_n this_o be_v a_o common_a principle_n and_o maxim_n in_o all_o law_n quod_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la facto_fw-la nostro_fw-la transferii_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la that_o which_o be_v i_o without_o my_o deed_n can_v be_v transfer_v to_o another_o thus_o far_o it_o be_v visible_a and_o clear_a that_o by_o apparent_a right_n and_o by_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o the_o land_n that_o the_o clergy_n stand_v on_o the_o same_o basis_n and_o ground_n in_o their_o estate_n and_o possession_n with_o the_o laity_n and_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v doubt_v what_o liberty_n be_v intend_v to_o be_v grant_v to_o they_o the_o law_n have_v in_o many_o thing_n explain_v they_o as_o the_o right_a of_o advowsons_n and_o presentation_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n to_o be_v keep_v inviolable_a 25_o edw._n 3.3.7_o 3.3.7_o 25_o edw._n 3.3.7_o the_o right_a of_o their_o forest_n and_o chase_n and_o park_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n 37._o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n c._n 4._o 9_o hen._n 3._o mag._n chart._n c_o 37._o cap._n 4._o the_o liberty_n of_o all_o their_o either_o right_n and_o possession_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la cap._n 37._o all_o that_o even_a before_o the_o conquest_n of_o dane_n or_o norman_n have_v belong_v unto_o they_o such_o as_o a_o exemption_n from_o murage_n pontage_n 175._o cook_n inst_z vol._n 2._o fol._n 1_o 2._o fitzherb_n nat._n brev._n fol._n 175._o cook_n institut_fw-la vol._n 2._o fol._n 1_o 2._o a_o exemption_n from_o secular_a office_n si_fw-mi home_n qui_fw-fr tient_fw-fr certain_a terres_fw-la ou_fw-fr tenement_n par_fw-fr reason_n de_fw-fr se_fw-la terres_fw-la dever_fw-fr estre_fw-fr elect_a baillie_n ou_fw-fr reve_n ou_fw-fr en_fw-fr auter_n tiel_fw-fr office_n pour_fw-fr se_fw-fr terres_fw-la ore_fw-la si_fw-la tiel_fw-fr home_fw-fr soit_fw-fr fait_fw-fr clerk_n ou_fw-fr dein_n sacres_fw-la order_n donc_fw-fr il_fw-fr ne_fw-fr devan_fw-mi estre_fw-fr elect_v pour_fw-fr se_fw-la terres_fw-la en_fw-fr tiel_fw-fr office_n and_o if_o he_o be_v return_v in_o such_o a_o office_n by_o the_o king_n writ_n he_o shall_v be_v discharge_v the_o word_n of_o which_o writ_n be_v these_o cum_fw-la secundum_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la infra_fw-la sacros_fw-la ordines_fw-la constituti_fw-la ad_fw-la officium_fw-la ballivi_fw-la etc._n etc._n eligi_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la and_o again_o acceperimus_fw-la quod_fw-la magistrum_fw-la c._n officium_fw-la ballivi_fw-la etc._n etc._n manerii_fw-la de_fw-la l._n assumere_fw-la compellere_fw-la nitimini_fw-la in_o ipsius_fw-la grave_n damnum_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la supradictas_fw-la precipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la districtioni_fw-la &_o compulsioni_fw-la etc._n etc._n omnino_fw-la supersedeatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o exemption_n from_o distress_n on_o glebe_n of_o ecclesiastical_a live_n a_o writ_n be_v issuable_a 174._o id._n fol._n 174._o quod_fw-la distress_n ne_fw-fr soit_fw-fr pris_fw-fr en_fw-fr le_fw-fr glebe_n de_fw-fr parson_n ne_o vicar_n ne_o auter_n minister_v find_v sur_fw-fr le_fw-fr statute_n de_fw-fr articulis_fw-la cleri_fw-la cap._n 6._o the_o word_n of_o which_o writ_n be_v these_o rex_fw-la vicicomiti_fw-la salutem_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o 9_o edw._n 2._o cum_fw-la nuper_fw-la ingressus_fw-la fuisti_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la rectoriae_n de_fw-fr c._n &_o dominum_fw-la s._n graviter_fw-la distrinxisti_fw-la &_o indy_n distringere_fw-la non_fw-la desistis_fw-la in_o ipsius_fw-la prejudicium_fw-la &_o libertatis_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la manifestam_fw-la laesionem_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la formam_fw-la articulorum_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la etc._n etc._n nos_fw-la libertates_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la illaesas_fw-la observari_fw-la volentes_fw-la precipimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o exemption_n of_o the_o clergy_n from_o pay_v subsidy_n among_o the_o laity_n or_o by_o their_o tax_n in_o which_o case_n a_o writ_n also_o lie_v 176._o id._n fol._n 176._o rex_fw-la taxatoribus_fw-la x._o &_o xv._o per_fw-la communitatem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la nobis_fw-la ultimo_fw-la concessarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la s._n prebenda_fw-la de_fw-fr b._n in_o propriis_fw-la bonis_fw-la suis_fw-la quae_fw-la inter_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la ad_fw-la decimam_fw-la taxantur_fw-la &_o de_fw-la quibus_fw-la that_fw-mi nobis_fw-la decimam_fw-la ratione_fw-la x._o &_o xv._o nobis_fw-la per_fw-la laicos_fw-la concessarum_fw-la non_fw-la molestetis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la gravetis_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o exempt_v they_o from_o they_o from_o nor_o do_v our_o law_n allow_v more_o in_o this_o than_o the_o pagan_a prince_n artaxerxes_n allow_v to_o the_o jewish_a priest_n and_o levite_n ezra_n 7.24_o who_o command_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o impose_v toll_n and_o custom_n on_o they_o passage_n castleguard_n murage_n pontage_n etc._n etc._n a_o writ_n also_o lie_v that_o no_o prohibition_n shall_v lie_v against_o the_o proceed_n of_o ecclesiastical_a court_n in_o case_n of_o tithe_n mortuary_n oblation_n or_o commutation_n of_o penance_n on_o the_o instance_n of_o a_o offender_n art_n cleri_fw-la 9_o edw._n 6.2.1_o 2.3_o that_o the_o king_n prohibition_n shall_v not_o lie_v in_o excommungement_n unless_o where_o the_o king_n liberty_n be_v prejudice_v art_n cleri_fw-la cap._n 12._o 2.12_o 9_o ed._n 2.12_o and_o several_a other_o the_o like_a liberty_n and_o immunity_n nor_o do_v the_o too_o frequent_a and_o impudent_a rapine_n of_o violent_a and_o tyrannical_a power_n make_v the_o depilation_n of_o the_o church_n or_o the_o plunder_v of_o the_o clergy_n become_v ever_o the_o less_o illegal_a or_o wicked_a consequentia_fw-la a_o facto_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la valet_fw-la consequentia_fw-la any_o more_o than_o frequent_a rape_n and_o adultery_n or_o numerous_a piracy_n and_o robbery_n can_v change_v the_o nature_n of_o those_o fact_n and_o make_v they_o ever_o the_o less_o villainy_n so_o that_o when_o on_o one_o side_n we_o shall_v read_v in_o our_o chronicle_n paris_z matthew_z paris_z the_o simony_n of_o william_n rufus_n or_o on_o the_o other_o side_n malmesbury_n will._n malmesbury_n his_o encouragement_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o fight_v against_o the_o christian_n promise_v that_o if_o they_o overcome_v he_o will_v become_v a_o jew_n we_o judge_v his_o justice_n and_o religion_n to_o be_v much_o of_o a_o sort_n in_o one_o and_o the_o other_o chron._n stow_n chron._n for_o king_n john_n to_o spoil_v and_o plunder_v the_o clergy_n or_o to_o disseise_v his_o baron_n to_o condemn_v they_o without_o judgement_n of_o their_o peer_n and_o convert_v their_o estate_n to_o his_o own_o use_n be_v practice_n a_o like_a justifiable_a by_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o this_o land_n and_o who_o will_v not_o have_v take_v it_o to_o have_v be_v a_o complete_a character_n that_o that_o insatiable_a gulf_n of_o lust_n and_o avarice_n hen._n 8._o give_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o never_o spare_v man_n in_o his_o rage_n nor_o woman_n in_o his_o lust_n if_o he_o have_v add_v but_o this_o one_o thing_n more_o that_o he_o never_o pity_v the_o helpless_a in_o his_o greediness_n but_o those_o practice_n against_o his_o own_o servant_n and_o these_o against_o god_n church_n have_v a_o like_a countenance_n by_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o more_o become_v a_o robber_n than_o a_o prince_n for_o subditos_fw-la spoliare_fw-la &_o opprimere_fw-la non_fw-la regnum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la latrocinium_fw-la to_o spoil_v and_o oppress_v subject_n be_v more_o like_o a_o robber_n than_o a_o king_n nay_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v question_v that_o this_o design_n of_o he_o for_o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o church_n have_v go_v on_o
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 body_n politic_n be_v dissolve_v the_o donor_n or_o grantor_n and_o his_o heir_n shall_v reenter_v and_o this_o law_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v new_a or_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o private_a person_n that_o it_o be_v urge_v by_o edw._n 3._o in_o the_o like_a case_n against_o the_o pope_n in_o a_o letter_n write_v to_o he_o for_o whereas_o the_o pope_n to_o make_v the_o dependence_n of_o all_o clergyman_n more_o absolute_o on_o himself_o have_v usurp_v a_o power_n of_o dispose_n of_o bishopric_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n without_o election_n of_o the_o chapter_n the_o king_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o crown_n let_v we_o he_o know_v walsingham_n this_o lerter_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o tho._n walsingham_n that_o forasmuch_o as_o at_o the_o request_n of_o divers_a pope_n his_o progenitor_n have_v gracious_o give_v the_o authority_n of_o election_n unto_o the_o particular_a chapter_n that_o if_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o use_v that_o freedom_n and_o authority_n that_o be_v so_o give_v they_o that_o right_o devolve_v again_o on_o the_o first_o grantor_n which_o be_v the_o king_n the_o equity_n of_o this_o law_n be_v so_o obvious_a that_o the_o pope_n a_o long_a time_n after_o never_o interpose_v for_o it_o be_v sure_a that_o no_o distance_n of_o time_n can_v defeat_v succeed_a heir_n of_o their_o right_n qui_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la longissimam_fw-la defuncto_fw-la haeredes_fw-la constiterunt_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la haeredes_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la quà m_fw-la qui_fw-la haeredes_fw-la principaliter_fw-la existunt_fw-la this_o therefore_o be_v a_o imply_v and_o tacit_a condition_n of_o all_o grantor_n but_o withal_o a_o most_o equitable_a condition_n that_o where_o they_o can_v have_v their_o end_n which_o be_v so_o honourable_a and_o pious_a their_o grant_n shall_v return_v unto_o themselves_o or_o which_o be_v instit_fw-la be_v viventis_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la haeres_fw-la a_o max_n i_o of_o the_o common_a law_n cook_n instit_fw-la equivalent_a to_o their_o heir_n which_o no_o succession_n can_v spoil_v he_o off_o but_o methinks_v there_o be_v one_o thing_n more_o that_o put_v the_o right_a and_o interest_n of_o the_o church_n in_o their_o land_n and_o revenue_n out_o of_o all_o dispute_n in_o the_o world_n and_o make_v they_o appear_v by_o law_n to_o be_v steadfast_a and_o unalienable_a for_o ever_o and_o that_o be_v the_o term_n that_o the_o law_n bestow_v on_o land_n that_o be_v dedicate_v to_o religious_a use_n viz._n that_o they_o be_v in_o mortmain_n which_o be_v thus_o define_v mortmain_n est_fw-la lou_z terres_fw-la dones_fw-la a_o deane_n &_o chapter_n ou_fw-fr a_fw-fr un_fw-fr auter_n company_n que_fw-fr sont_fw-fr corporate_a per_fw-mi le_fw-fr grant_n du_fw-fr roy_fw-fr donque_fw-fr cest_fw-fr terre_fw-fr est_fw-fr devenu_fw-fr en_fw-fr mortmain_n mortmain_n be_v where_o land_n be_v give_v to_o a_o dean_n and_o chapter_n or_o to_o any_o corporation_n which_o be_v incorporate_a by_o the_o king_n grant_v than_o this_o land_n be_v come_v into_o mortmain_n that_o be_v to_o say_v into_o a_o dead_a hand_n so_o that_o what_o be_v confirm_v by_o law_n so_o give_v to_o take_v it_o again_o be_v just_a so_o much_o honesty_n as_o it_o be_v to_o rob_v the_o dead_a 10._o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la cap._n 36._o 7_o ed._n 1._o w._n 2._o c._n 31._o 13_o ed._n 1.34_o ed._n 1.15_o ric_n 2._o c._n 5._o 23_o hen._n 8._o c._n 10._o now_o although_o the_o statute_n of_o mortmain_n do_v determine_v that_o all_o thing_n for_o the_o future_a give_v in_o mortmain_n without_o such_o a_o legal_a licence_n and_o allowance_n as_o they_o appoint_v shall_v be_v void_a and_o return_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n and_o for_o their_o neglect_n to_o the_o king_n yet_o do_v this_o beyond_o all_o question_n ratify_v all_o such_o estate_n give_v before_o those_o statute_n or_o at_o any_o time_n since_o those_o statute_n give_v with_o such_o licence_n for_o the_o obtain_n of_o which_o licence_n this_o be_v the_o process_n that_o a_o writ_n be_v issue_v out_o of_o the_o chancery_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la damnum_fw-la that_o be_v whether_o such_o a_o donation_n be_v any_o way_n detrimental_a to_o the_o king_n or_o other_o and_o if_o the_o inquest_n return_v that_o there_o be_v no_o wrong_n to_o the_o king_n nor_o other_o the_o king_n grant_v his_o licence_n which_o then_o make_v they_o firm_a and_o unalterable_a where_o by_o the_o way_n we_o may_v take_v notice_n how_o strict_o our_o law_n protect_v man_n property_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v wrong_v although_o it_o be_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o god_n much_o less_o that_o god_n and_o his_o servant_n shall_v have_v their_o property_n alienate_v to_o other_o without_o their_o consent_n the_o word_n of_o the_o writ_n be_v these_o domnum_fw-la fitz-herbert_n nat._n brevium_fw-la brief_a ad_fw-la quod_fw-la domnum_fw-la rex_fw-la dilecto_fw-la sibi_fw-la j._n de_fw-fr r._n escheatori_fw-la svo_fw-la 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 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