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any_o court_n a_o plaint_n of_o detinue_n for_o any_o charter_n that_o touch_v and_o concern_v freehold_a if_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o court_n of_o common_a plea_n by_o writ_n of_o the_o king_n where_o what_o concern_v freehold_n ought_v to_o be_v sue_v the_o party_n may_v sue_v a_o prohibition_n to_o forbid_v it_o the_o word_n any_o court_n must_v undoubted_o comprehend_v the_o chancery_n court_n of_o equity_n but_o yet_o more_o plain_o in_o that_o point_n see_v the_o form_n of_o that_o prohibition_n viz._n cum_fw-la placita_fw-la de_fw-la detentione_fw-la chartarum_fw-la sive_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la liberum_fw-la tenementum_fw-la tangentium_fw-la in_o aliquibus_fw-la curiis_fw-la quae_fw-la recordum_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la sine_fw-la brevi_fw-la nostro_fw-la placitari_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la etc._n etc._n 4_o instit._n of_o sir_n e._n c._n fol._n 71._o it_o belong_v proper_o to_o the_o court_n of_o king_n bench_n by_o grant_v prohibition_n to_o court_n temporal_a to_o keep_v they_o within_o their_o proper_a jurisdiction_n and_o in_o the_o 2_o instit._n fol._n 601_o &_o 602_o &_o 615._o in_o answer_n to_o the_o 21th_o article_n the_o temporal_a court_n must_v always_o have_v a_o eye_n that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n usurp_v not_o upon_o the_o temporal_a and_o fol._n 618._o at_o the_o upper_a part_n of_o that_o folio_n the_o judge_n be_v bind_v by_o their_o oath_n to_o grant_v prohibition_n and_o in_o the_o same_o 2_o instit._n foe_n 607._o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o 10_o object_n that_o prohibition_n be_v not_o of_o favour_n but_o of_o justice_n to_o be_v grant_v this_o be_v affirm_v by_o all_o the_o judge_n hooker_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a polity_n pag._n 26._o stout_o affirm_v that_o for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o right_n of_o govern_v the_o assent_n of_o they_o that_o be_v to_o be_v govern_v seem_v necessary_a and_o pag._n 27._o he_o further_o assert_n that_o all_o public_a regiment_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o seem_v evident_o to_o have_v arisen_a from_o deliberate_a advice_n consultation_n and_o composition_n between_o men._n if_o so_o than_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v assume_v mere_o by_o a_o man_n be_v own_o will_n and_o pleasure_n or_o without_o any_o lawful_a ground_n and_o against_o the_o know_a rule_n of_o law_n thus_o much_o for_o the_o title_n and_o right_n of_o administer_a justice_n then_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o exercise_n of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v so_o assume_v it_o be_v most_o common_o suit_v to_o the_o usurp_v right_o and_o title_n and_o therefore_o learned_a hooker_n proceed_v further_a to_o speak_v also_o to_o that_o point_n ibid._n to_o live_v say_v he_o by_o one_o man_n will_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o man_n misery_n this_o say_v he_o constrain_v man_n to_o come_v to_o law_n that_o all_o man_n may_v see_v their_o duty_n beforehand_o and_o know_v the_o penalty_n of_o transgress_v but_o if_o under_o the_o specious_a pretence_n of_o the_o law_n be_v in_o some_o case_n rigorous_a and_o of_o relieve_v against_o that_o rigour_n by_o the_o wide_a rule_n of_o secundum_fw-la aequum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o breast_n of_o one_o man_n of_o great_a power_n and_o in_o great_a favour_n to_o dispense_v with_o those_o law_n or_o to_o judge_n according_a to_o his_o discretion_n by_o a_o absolute_a and_o arbitrary_a and_o dictatorian_a power_n what_o become_v of_o my_o best_a gascoign_n birthright_n my_o freehold_a and_o inheritance_n which_o i_o have_v in_o the_o know_a law_n of_o england_n and_o what_o become_v of_o my_o property_n which_o that_o know_v law_n give_v i_o by_o which_o know_a law_n i_o square_v my_o action_n and_o affair_n and_o think_v myself_o secure_a by_o it_o and_o myself_o my_o family_n and_o posterity_n well_o provide_v for_o and_o after_o all_o because_o i_o can_v not_o divine_a