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deum_fw-la that_o idolatry_n be_v punishable_a by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a appear_v by_o the_o statute_n 23._o statute_n 5._o eliz._n cap._n 23._o de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la afore_o allege_v and_o touch_v heresy_n
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supra_fw-la by_o reg._n pag._n 47._o 〈◊〉_d ibid._n pag._n 53._o 2._o goodall_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la two_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o by_o other_o book_n of_o law_n but_o goodall_n further_o add_v that_o for_o a_o pension_n there_o lie_v also_o a_o write_v of_o annuity_n at_o the_o common_a law_n so_o that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o plaintiff_n election_n where_o to_o sue_v but_o if_o there_o he_o do_v declare_v upon_o the_o prescription_n and_o after_o he_o sue_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o pension_n the_o other_o it_o seem_v may_v then_o have_v a_o prohibition_n for_o mortuary_n that_o they_o at_o the_o common_a law_n be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n read_v the_o two_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o the_o other_o which_o a._n which_o m._n 9_o h._n 4._o m._n 10._o h._n 4._o 1._o entre_n title_n of_o prohibition_n reg._n pag._n 45._o b._n reg._n pag._n 49._o a._n be_v here_o quote_v and_o likewise_o b._n likewise_o reg._n 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temporal_a court_n to_o plead_v that_o the_o land_n be_v his_o churchyard_n the_o true_a reason_n hereof_o i_o take_v to_o be_v allege_v by_o bracton_n because_o it_o be_v dedicate_v and_o consecrate_v to_o god_n where_o thus_o he_o write_v 16._o write_v bra._n li._n 5._o ca._n 16._o negocium_fw-la terminabitur_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la seculari_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la laico_fw-la feodo_fw-la agatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dedicatum_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la sacratum_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la res_fw-la efficietur_fw-la sacra_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la diet_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-fr re_fw-mi in_o liberam_fw-la &_o perpetuam_fw-la eleemosynam_fw-la data_fw-la for_o though_o a_o thing_n be_v give_v in_o francke_n almoigne_z to_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n yet_o it_o remain_v of_o lay_v fee_n still_o and_o be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v consecrate_v to_o god_n therefore_o 20._o therefore_o 19_o h._n 6._o 20._o a_o trespass_n do_v upon_o a_o parson_n glebe_n land_n which_o be_v a_o frank_a tenement_n can_v be_v try_v in_o a_o spiritual_a court_n but_o it_o seem_v that_o in_o a_o trespass_n do_v in_o a_o churchyard_n it_o be_v otherwise_o for_o if_o a_o 26._o a_o h._n 17._o h._n 3._o fitz._n referente_fw-la tit_n prohib_fw-la 26._o man_n take_v tree_n that_o be_v grow_v in_o a_o churchyard_n the_o parson_n may_v sue_v for_o they_o in_o court_n christian._n sed_fw-la quaere_fw-la and_o that_o matter_n of_o burial_n do_v belong_v to_o conusance_n ecclesiastical_a be_v declare_v by_o a_o consultation_n in_o the_o b._n the_o reg._n pag._n 52._o b._n register_n very_o plain_o chap._n vii_o ofright_v to_o have_v a_o curate_n and_o of_o contribution_n to_o reparation_n and_o to_o other_o thing_n require_v in_o church_n now_o when_o a_o parish_n or_o hamlet_n have_v right_a to_o have_v a_o curate_n find_v in_o their_o chapel_n to_o say_v they_o divine_a service_n if_o this_o be_v deny_v they_o and_o no_o circumstance_n otherwise_o be_v incident_a thereto_o to_o
writ_n to_o the_o sheriff_n of_o london_n signifi_v that_o no_o clerk_n though_o he_o forfeit_v his_o recognizance_n of_o statute_n merchant_n shall_v be_v attach_v or_o imprison_v by_o his_o body_n except_o there_o be_v some_o cause_n why_o he_o shall_v not_o enjoy_v the_o privilege_n of_o a_o clerk_n beside_o it_o be_v no_o new_a or_o strange_a thing_n to_o have_v some_o form_n of_o a_o writ_n which_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o register_n to_o be_v upon_o better_a advice_n disallow_v for_o i_o have_v credible_o hear_v that_o it_o be_v not_o long_o since_o adjudge_v that_o in_o a_o action_n for_o trespass_n do_v in_o a_o warren_n of_o coney_n a_o man_n may_v not_o plead_v that_o they_o be_v cuniculi_fw-la svi_fw-la albeit_o the_o register_n in_o that_o behalf_n transgressione_n behalf_n reg._n fol_z 102._o tit_n de_fw-fr transgressione_n frame_v the_o writ_n so_o and_o in_o the_o self_n same_o title_n whence_o this_o form_n of_o prohibition_n be_v take_v a_o clause_n in_o a_o prohibition_n be_v 37._o be_v reg._n fol._n 37._o reject_v by_o the_o court_n for_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o margin_n curia_fw-la noluit_fw-la concedere_fw-la istam_fw-la clausulam_fw-la in_o prohibition_n but_o if_o it_o be_v law_n assure_v the_o judge_n will_v not_o have_v reject_v it_o fitzherbert_n who_o in_o his_o book_n g._n book_n no._n na_o br_n fol._n 37._o g._n of_o nature_n of_o writ_n be_v the_o first_o that_o suck_v this_o conceit_n thence_o in_o the_o self_n same_o book_n touch_v this_o rule_n set_v down_o in_o the_o register_n viz._n notandum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la quando_fw-la rex_fw-la praesentat_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la tunc_fw-la incurrit_fw-la ei_fw-la tempus_fw-la say_v thus_o now_o this_o rule_n be_v not_o hold_v for_o law_n but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o fitzherbert_n himself_o and_o sundry_a that_o follow_v he_o since_o do_v hold_v this_o point_n we_o speak_v of_o for_o law_n this_o no_o doubt_n carry_v a_o great_a presumption_n with_o it_o &_o that_o worthy_o for_o the_o worth_n of_o the_o learning_n &_o judgement_n of_o such_o man_n yet_o i_o will_v show_v that_o his_o say_n from_o who_o they_o all_o since_o do_v take_v it_o be_v none_o undoubted_a rule_n of_o law_n &_o therefore_o they_o neither_o that_o do_v gather_v from_o he_o i_o protest_v before_o god_n i_o will_v not_o seek_v after_o objection_n against_o his_o book_n but_o take_v only_o such_o two_o in_o stead_n of_o mo_z which_o i_o have_v in_o my_o mind_n because_o they_o do_v touch_v ecclesiastical_a matter_n he_o say_v that_o d._n that_o fitzh_n ibid._n fol._n 269._o d._n at_o the_o common_a law_n a_o heretic_n ere_o he_o can_v be_v condemn_v must_v be_v convict_v of_o heresy_n before_o the_o archbishop_n &_o the_o whole_a clergy_n of_o the_o province_n &_o after_o abjure_v thereupon_o &_o after_o that_o of_o fresh_a convict_v &_o condemn_v by_o the_o clergy_n of_o that_o province_n &_o this_o must_v be_v in_o their_o general_a council_n of_o convocation_n &_o hold_v there_o that_o at_o the_o common_a law_n a_o bishop_n in_o his_o dioecesse_n may_v not_o condemn_v a_o heretic_n until_o 2._o h._n 4._o 15._o 4._o 2._o h._n 4._o cap._n 15._o do_v give_v he_o authority_n &_o that_o then_o he_o may_v not_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o secular_a power_n to_o be_v burn_v until_o he_o have_v once_o abjure_v &_o be_v again_o relapse_v into_o that_o or_o some_o other_o heresy_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o point_n be_v law_n &_o so_o i_o have_v hear_v the_o two_o chief_a justice_n the_o l._n chief_a baron_n &_o some_o other_o judge_n &_o the_o queen_n learned_a council_n resolve_v in_o a_o special_a consultation_n hold_v about_o the_o matter_n of_o heresy_n for_o albeit_o the_o convocation_n may_v in_o deed_n condemn_v a_o heretic_n yet_o every_o b._n at_o the_o common_a law_n before_o any_o statute_n may_v &_o at_o this_o day_n may_v also_o in_o his_o own_o dioecesse_n so_o condemn_v as_o the_o preamble_n of_o that_o very_a statute_n make_v manifest_a &_o so_o by_o they_o all_o be_v it_o then_o hold_v for_o law_n notwithstanding_o fitzh_n opinion_n there_o which_o be_v full_o by_o they_o consider_v of_o and_o albeit_o it_o may_v seem_v needless_a yet_o for_o further_a strengthen_v of_o these_o reverend_a man_n opinion_n there_o be_v a_o 17._o a_o 10._o h._n 7._o fol._n 17._o book_n in_o the_o very_a point_n for_o it_o be_v say_v that_o for_o heresy_n or_o any_o point_n against_o the_o faith_n the_o bb._n have_v none_o other_o power_n to_o bring_v they_o in_o but_o to_o make_v process_n against_o they_o by_o citation_n until_o the_o statute_n of_o heresy_n 2._o h._n 4._o ergo_fw-la afore_o that_o statute_n they_o have_v power_n to_o proceed_v against_o heretic_n in_o ordinary_a course_n of_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a which_o assertion_n the_o very_a notegatherer_n also_o make_v in_o his_o title_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n yet_o to_o another_o purpose_n howsoever_o in_o the_o main_a point_fw-fr y_fw-fr t_o we_o now_o treat_v of_o he_o stick_v fast_o to_o fitzherbert_n likewise_o f._n likewise_o fitzh_n no._n na_o br_n fol._n 30._o f._n he_o say_v it_o appear_v that_o before_o the_o statute_n make_v pro_fw-la clero_fw-la in_o the_o 18._o of_o king_n edw._n 3._o cap._n 7._o the_o right_a of_o tithe_n be_v determinable_a in_o the_o temporal_a court_n of_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o law_n be_v alter_v at_o that_o time_n herein_o by_o that_o statute_n whereas_o in_o very_a truth_n there_o appear_v no_o such_o matter_n other_o than_o a_o grievance_n offer_v in_o this_o behalf_n to_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n which_o then_o be_v determine_v that_o it_o shall_v afterward_o cease_v i_o know_v that_o gooddall_n write_v of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n concur_v in_o this_o point_n with_o fitzherbert_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v it_o seem_v that_o before_o the_o statute_n the_o right_a of_o tithe_n be_v determinable_a in_o the_o temporal_a court_n but_o that_o statute_n have_v alter_v the_o law_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v conjecture_v the_o one_o of_o they_o borrow_v it_o of_o the_o other_o but_o this_o whole_a doubt_n whether_o cause_n of_o tithe_n before_o that_o statute_n of_o edw._n 3._o be_v determinable_a in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n or_o no_o be_v resolve_v by_o a_o treatise_n nip_a in_o truth_n whole_o at_o the_o clergy_n and_o law_n ecclesiastical_a and_o so_o indifferent_a a_o umpire_n as_o that_o the_o notegatherer_n allege_v he_o for_o his_o purpose_n therefore_o in_o this_o case_n not_o to_o be_v refuse_v by_o they_o who_o produce_v he_o for_o their_o witness_n for_o that_o 15._o that_o of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n cap._n 15._o treatise_n write_v thus_o viz._n long_o after_o that_o the_o king_n court_n of_o his_o bench_n &_o common_a plea_n &_o also_o all_o inferior_a court_n be_v put_v out_o of_o jurisdiction_n for_o tithe_n yet_o nevertheless_o writ_n of_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la be_v common_o sue_v in_o the_o chancery_n for_o tithe_n and_o the_o defendant_n be_v thereupon_o put_v to_o answer_v wherefore_o at_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o in_o consideration_n of_o a_o disme_n that_o the_o clergy_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n it_o be_v enact_v 18._o e._n 3._o ca._n ult._n that_o such_o writ_n of_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la thenceforth_o shall_v not_o be_v grant_v for_o tithe_n and_o a_o little_a afore_o ibidem_fw-la afore_o ibidem_fw-la thus_o viz._n that_o suit_n for_o tithe_n shall_v be_v take_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n be_v only_o ground_v upon_o a_o favour_n that_o the_o king_n of_o this_o realm_n &_o the_o whole_a realm_n have_v in_o time_n past_o bear_v to_o the_o clergy_n and_o ibidem_fw-la and_o ibidem_fw-la again_o in_o this_o sort_n we_o think_v that_o the_o king_n court_n be_v put_v out_o of_o jurisdiction_n for_o tithe_n by_o a_o custom_n of_o the_o realm_n &_o not_o by_o the_o immediate_a power_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n therefore_o by_o this_o man_n opinion_n it_o be_v the_o common_a law_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o land_n and_o not_o that_o statute_n which_o make_v tithe_n of_o conisance_n ecclesiastical_a and_o in_o very_a truth_n that_o tithe_n be_v demandable_a in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a before_o this_o may_v appear_v by_o statute_n afore_o that_o time_n &_o by_o report_n after_o testify_v that_o the_o conusance_n of_o right_n of_o tithe_n at_o the_o common_a law_n be_v incident_a to_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a as_o in_o the_o peculiar_a partis_fw-la peculiar_a ca._n 4_o 5_o &_o 6._o huius_fw-la partis_fw-la treatise_n thereof_o be_v afore_o show_v last_o to_o shut_v up_o this_o first_o point_n a_o precedent_n of_o a_o prohibition_n of_o all_o other_o writ_n that_o can_v be_v devise_v may_v with_o least_o reason_n be_v say_v
s._n c._n turpillian_n notorium_fw-la or_o as_o other_o read_v it_o in_o the_o feminine_a gender_n notoria_n which_o be_v a_o relation_n or_o a_o presentment_n unto_o a_o judge_n of_o some_o crime_n and_o so_o it_o be_v take_v in_o those_o word_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n accusat_fw-la law_n l._n ea_fw-la quidem_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr accusat_fw-la nuntiatores_fw-la notorijs_fw-la suis_fw-la assistere_fw-la iubentur_fw-la presenter_n viz._n voluntary_a relatour_n and_o not_o officer_n thereunto_o special_o appoint_v except_o their_o calumniation_n be_v manifest_a and_o apparent_a as_o the_o best_a writer_n do_v interpret_v must_v make_v good_a and_o justify_v that_o which_o they_o present_v and_o again_o claudio_n again_o vide_fw-la august_n epist_n 150._o &_o 160._o &_o trebel_n pol._n in_o claudio_n verùm_fw-la si_fw-la falsis_fw-la necne_fw-la notorijs_fw-la insimulatus_fw-la sit_fw-la perpenso_fw-la iudicio_fw-la dispici_fw-la debet_fw-la now_o the_o second_o of_o these_o two_o notoria_n do_v open_a sufficient_a way_n to_o special_a enquirie_n but_o the_o first_o 9_o first_o clarus_n ibid._n qu._n 9_o serve_v not_o only_o hereunto_o but_o even_o to_o the_o conviction_n also_o of_o such_o notorious_a offender_n yet_o before_o the_o party_n may_v upon_o such_o notorietie_n be_v pronounce_v convict_v it_o be_v require_v 240._o require_v pract._n conrade_n fol._n 240._o that_o this_o notorietie_n be_v make_v to_o appear_v judicial_o in_o act_n unto_o the_o judge_n unto_o the_o speed_n whereof_o the_o defendant_n also_o must_v be_v call_v and_o not_o only_o by_o extraiudiciall_a information_n bring_v unto_o he_o upon_o which_o judicial_a 35._o judicial_a ferret_n cons._n 31._o nu_fw-la 5._o &_o 35._o proceed_n have_v the_o judge_n before_o he_o proceed_v to_o sentence_v of_o condemnation_n must_v by_o interlocutorie_a decree_n pronounce_v such_o a_o fact_n to_o be_v notorious_a a_o seven_o mean_v serve_v to_o produce_v first_o enquirie_n in_o processu_fw-la informativo_fw-la and_o after_o in_o punitivo_fw-la be_v that_o which_o be_v call_v incidens_fw-la cognitio_fw-la when_o upon_o examination_n of_o one_o offendor_n it_o fall_v out_o another_o of_o his_o complice_n to_o be_v discover_v for_o thereupon_o as_o it_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n syllan_n opinion_n lud._n rom._n in_o l._n &_o si_fw-la certus_fw-la ff_n ad_fw-la s._n c._n syllan_n of_o writer_n the_o judge_n may_v ground_v his_o further_a enquiry_n and_o take_n of_o information_n albeit_o the_o suppose_a offendor_n publico_fw-la offendor_n bart._n in_o l._n 2._o ff_n de_fw-fr adult_n §_o si_fw-mi publico_fw-la be_v not_o at_o first_o cite_v thereunto_o but_o this_o appeachment_n make_v by_o he_o that_o be_v partaker_n in_o a_o crime_n be_v not_o to_o be_v hold_v so_o good_a as_o the_o say_n of_o a_o witness_n 21._o witness_n clarus_n ibid._n q._n 21._o but_o as_o of_o a_o bare_a relatour_n which_o yet_o may_v give_v just_a occasion_n unto_o the_o judge_n to_o enter_v into_o 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accuser_n alph._n villag_n li._n 3._o c._n 17._o concl_n 18._o to_o collude_v with_o the_o accuse_a or_o to_o go_v about_o to_o transact_v &_o by_o secret_a composition_n to_o shut_v up_o the_o matter_n betwixt_o they_o so_o if_o he_o which_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v rob_v furtis_fw-la rob_v bart._n in_o l._n inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la §_o rectè_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr furtis_fw-la will_v collude_v with_o the_o thief_n and_o say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o rob_v yet_o if_o there_o be_v likelihood_n to_o the_o contrary_a he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v believe_v but_o the_o judge_n thereupon_o be_v to_o make_v special_a enquiry_n quia_fw-la interest_n reipub_fw-la puniri_fw-la furtum_fw-la a_o ten_o mean_n beside_o presentment_n or_o any_o of_o the_o former_a which_o may_v justify_v a_o judge_n proceed_v in_o this_o behalf_n be_v when_o it_o be_v grow_v so_o far_o without_o 6._o without_o gl_n in_o c._n 1._o de_fw-fr elect_v c._n 2._o de_fw-la accus_fw-la in_o 6._o the_o defendant_n allege_v that_o 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rather_o upon_o sound_n and_o good_a detection_n and_o presumption_n may_v this_o be_v urge_v by_o a_o magistrate_n and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v by_o the_o subject_n where_o a_o common_a good_a to_o a_o whole_a christian_a state_n be_v seek_v and_o the_o party_n own_o reformation_n by_o due_a correction_n and_o punishment_n concur_v beside_o with_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n that_o iequire_v this_o part_n of_o obedience_n in_o all_o subject_n this_o judicial_a and_o decisorie_a oath_n here_o speak_v of_o the_o treatisour_n call_v a_o public_a oath_n in_o respect_n as_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v open_o and_o judicial_o give_v before_o the_o magistrate_n and_o confess_v it_o to_o be_v necessary_a notwithstanding_o it_o be_v but_o touch_v a_o private_a matter_n of_o good_n betwixt_o party_n and_o party_n and_o therefore_o à _fw-la minori_fw-la ad_fw-la maius_fw-la or_o as_o lawyer_n speak_v à _fw-la fortiori_fw-la it_o must_v needs_o be_v more_o necessary_a for_o a_o public_a crime_n then_o for_o a_o private_a trespass_n because_o the_o poison_n and_o malignity_n of_o the_o public_a may_v prejudice_n and_o plague_v the_o whole_a common_a weal_n if_o not_o always_o direct_o yet_o by_o the_o lewdness_n of_o the_o example_n and_o may_v give_v cause_n of_o offence_n unto_o the_o well_o dispose_v if_o a_o man_n 14._o man_n num._n 5._o ver_fw-la 14._o bemoove_v with_o a_o jealous_a mind_n or_o as_o the_o hebrew_n utter_v it_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o jealousy_n come_v upon_o he_o so_o that_o he_o be_v jealous_a of_o his_o wife_n that_o perhaps_o be_v defile_v or_o if_o he_o have_v a_o jealous_a mind_n so_o that_o he_o be_v jealous_a over_o his_o wife_n which_o be_v not_o defile_v and_o so_o the_o matter_n doubtful_a 22._o doubtful_a ibid._n vers_fw-la 13._o ibid._n vers_fw-la 15._o ibid._n vers_fw-la 19_o 20_o 21_o &_o 22._o then_o the_o lord_n in_o such_o case_n appoint_v that_o the_o man_n shall_v bring_v his_o wife_n to_o the_o priest_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o priest_n shall_v charge_v she_o by_o a_o oath_n and_o say_v unto_o the_o woman_n if_o no_o man_n have_v lyen_fw-we with_o thou_o neither_o thou_o have_v turn_v to_o uncleanness_n from_o thy_o husband_n be_v free_a from_o this_o bitter_a and_o curse_a water_n but_o if_o thou_o have_v turn_v from_o thy_o husband_n and_o so_o thou_o be_v defile_v and_o some_o man_n have_v lie_v with_o thou_o beside_o thy_o husband_n than_o the_o priest_n shall_v charge_v the_o woman_n with_o a_o oath_n of_o curse_v and_o he_o shall_v say_v unto_o she_o the_o lord_n make_v thou_o to_o be_v accurse_v and_o detestable_a for_o the_o oath_n among_o thy_o people_n and_o the_o lord_n cause_n thy_o thigh_n to_o rot_v and_o thy_o belly_n to_o swell_v and_o that_o this_o câ—…rsed_a water_n may_v go_v into_o thy_o bowel_n to_o cause_v thy_o belly_n to_o swell_v anâ—…_n thy_o thigh_n to_o rot_v then_o the_o woman_n shall_v answer_v amen_o amen_n in_o which_o course_n of_o proceed_v i_o observe_v to_o the_o 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