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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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whether_o the_o parliament_n have_v enact_v it_o or_o no_o for_o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1532._o 8.24_o hen._n 8.24_o &_o anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 24._o he_o suppress_v the_o collegiate_n body_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n in_o london_n and_o give_v their_o plate_n and_o land_n to_o his_o new_a favourite_n and_o keeper_n sir_n thomas_n audley_n and_o do_v not_o tarry_v for_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o come_v not_o forth_o till_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1535._o 8._o 27_o h_n n_o 8._o &_o anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 27._o nor_o dare_v the_o parliament_n do_v less_o than_o humour_n he_o for_o fear_v of_o their_o head_n he_o have_v so_o awe_v they_o in_o not_o spare_v the_o blood_n of_o their_o predecessor_n and_o those_o who_o have_v the_o great_a integrity_n and_o courage_n he_o quick_o cut_v off_o out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o his_o design_n but_o do_v you_o judge_v now_o will_v it_o not_o have_v be_v think_v a_o bless_a and_o a_o just_a act_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o commons_o have_v they_o thus_o cut_v off_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o baron_n or_o if_o himself_o and_o the_o lord_n have_v thus_o devest_v the_o commons_o of_o their_o estate_n or_o if_o himself_o and_o the_o clergy_n in_o their_o convocation_n have_v thus_o enact_v the_o disseize_v of_o the_o laity_n but_o good_a god_n what_o will_v not_o a_o powerful_a lecher_n do_v when_o revenge_n and_o gain_n spur_v he_o on_o one_o side_n and_o he_o be_v sure_a to_o meet_v with_o nothing_o but_o helpless_a tear_n and_o word_n to_o oppose_v he_o it_o be_v certain_a there_o have_v not_o be_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n so_o great_a a_o dishonour_n and_o so_o vile_a a_o scandal_n to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n as_o the_o impious_a practice_n of_o this_o dissolute_a prince_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o that_o he_o may_v gather_v together_o the_o fragment_n of_o this_o shipwreck_v honour_n which_o he_o have_v so_o rash_o prostitute_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o christendom_n he_o begin_v at_o length_n to_o stick_v some_o little_a feather_n of_o the_o goose_n that_o he_o have_v pluck_v and_o make_v some_o small_a show_n of_o love_n to_o the_o church_n who_o he_o have_v ravish_v by_o raise_v towards_o his_o latter_a end_n here_o and_o there_o a_o little_a bishopric_n which_o by_o their_o endowment_n may_v be_v discern_v to_o have_v proceed_v from_o a_o very_a moderate_a zeal_n and_o by_o the_o slenderness_n of_o their_o revenue_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o the_o bishopric_n of_o oxon._n 8._o 31.32.33_o hen._n 8._o value_v in_o the_o king_n book_n at_o 354_o l._n 16_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la found_v hen._n 8.33_o peterborough_n value_v per_fw-la annum_fw-la in_o the_o king_n book_n 414_o l._n 19_o s._n 11_o d._n found_v hen._n 8.31_o gloucester_n value_v per_fw-la annum_fw-la 315_o l._n 17_o s._n 8_o d._n hen._n 8._o 31._o the_o bishopric_n of_o bristol_n value_v per_fw-la annum_fw-la 338_o l._n 8_o s._n 4_o l._n hen._n 8.31_o c._n 9_o and_o although_o he_o finger_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o bishopric_n of_o norwich_n yet_o he_o substitute_v other_o land_n and_o to_o excuse_v the_o exchange_n allege_v that_o they_o be_v of_o more_o value_n than_o those_o he_o take_v as_o be_v express_v in_o the_o statute_n hen._n 8.32.47_o 8.47_o 32_o hen._n 8.47_o this_o be_v a_o poor_a pittance_n in_o proportion_n to_o that_o he_o take_v and_o yet_o be_v engage_v by_o his_o promise_n and_o princely_a word_n to_o advance_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n without_o which_o the_o commons_o notwithstanding_o that_o dastardly_a fear_n they_o be_v possess_v with_o will_v never_o have_v past_o that_o act_n for_o the_o dissolution_n 27_o hen._n 8._o so_o that_o we_o have_v a_o here_o fair_a example_n how_o much_o such_o person_n design_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n or_o any_o countenance_n to_o religion_n nor_o do_v that_o argument_n which_o some_o have_v bring_v from_o any_o emergent_a necessity_n of_o affair_n for_o any_o robbery_n or_o depilation_n of_o the_o church_n signify_v any_o more_o to_o justify_v such_o a_o proceed_n than_o the_o former_a bring_v from_o a_o number_n of_o impious_a fact_n for_o first_o evil_a be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o and_o such_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v to_o be_v to_o take_v away_o man_n property_n and_o to_o spoil_v the_o innocent_a nor_o be_v every_o thing_n that_o be_v call_v a_o necessity_n such_o indeed_o or_o if_o it_o be_v 162._o justin_n jastitut_o tit_n digest_v 162._o quae_fw-la propter_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la recepta_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o argumentum_fw-la trahi_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o equal_a for_o any_o sort_n of_o man_n to_o spoil_v and_o disseise_v another_o sort_n on_o the_o pretence_n of_o pure_a necessity_n when_o it_o be_v indeed_o to_o the_o security_n and_o ease_n of_o themselves_o for_o this_o be_v to_o make_v those_o that_o be_v party_n judge_n which_o no_o law_n ever_o allow_v nor_o themselves_o will_v be_v content_a to_o suffer_v or_o suppose_v that_o necessity_n shall_v supersede_n all_o right_a suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a 11.50_o caiaphas_n maxim_n joh._n 11.50_o to_o kill_v one_o man_n to_o save_v a_o nation_n or_o to_o undo_v one_o sort_n of_o man_n to_o save_v the_o rest_n and_o withal_o that_o such_o a_o necessity_n shall_v fall_v on_o this_o kingdom_n i_o will_v fain_o know_v by_o what_o law_n of_o god_n or_o man_n the_o clergy_n only_o shall_v be_v the_o devovoted_a people_n and_o that_o their_o maintenance_n shall_v be_v sacrifice_v more_o than_o the_o estate_n of_o other_o joseph_n example_n in_o egypt_n will_v hardly_o allow_v this_o who_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o egyptian_n when_o he_o take_v the_o estate_n of_o other_o man_n to_o the_o king_n advantage_n meddle_v not_o with_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n 47.26_o gen._n 47.26_o but_o leave_v their_o revenue_n as_o free_a as_o pharaoh_n much_o less_o do_v he_o sell_v it_o to_o maintain_v or_o ease_v other_o if_o necessity_n must_v fall_v let_v it_o fall_v on_o all_o man_n alike_o where_o all_o lift_n together_o the_o great_a load_n will_v become_v portable_a and_o true_o law_n maxim_n of_o the_o common_a law_n in_o pari_fw-la necessitate_v potior_fw-la est_fw-la conditio_fw-la possidentis_fw-la in_o like_a necessity_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o possessor_n be_v most_o advantageous_a the_o law_n tell_v we_o 12._o bracton_n lib._n 2._o fol._n 12._o that_o the_o church_n be_v in_o the_o condition_n of_o aminor_a ecclesia_fw-la fungitur_fw-la vice_fw-la minoris_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a piece_n of_o degenerous_a inhumanity_n to_o spoil_v a_o minor_a 2._o justin_n jastitut_o tit_n digest_v 110._o §._o 2._o pupillus_n pati_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la that_o pupil_n shall_v be_v expose_v no_o government_n ever_o allow_v or_o endure_v it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v some_o cause_n for_o which_o clergyman_n as_o well_o as_o other_o may_v be_v disseise_v as_o in_o case_n of_o treason_n and_o the_o like_a 29._o mag._n char._n cap._n 29._o but_o no_o man_n must_v be_v disseise_v before_o he_o be_v convict_v nor_o when_o he_o be_v convict_v can_v he_o loose_v more_o than_o he_o have_v which_o in_o ecclesiastical_a preferment_n be_v only_o for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o clerk_n after_o his_o death_n they_o do_v cedere_fw-la successori_fw-la go_v to_o the_o successor_n and_o in_o the_o vacancy_n no_o waist_n be_v suffer_v by_o the_o law_n 5._o 14_o edw._n 3._o pro_fw-la clero_fw-la cap._n 4_o 5._o in_o manor_n park_n pond_n or_o warren_n etc._n etc._n no_o fine_n be_v to_o be_v levy_v of_o tenant_n nor_o any_o under_o wood_n to_o be_v fell_v nor_o any_o other_o thing_n do_v which_o may_v tend_v to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o church_n 14_o edw._n 3._o c._n 4._o &_o 5._o pro_fw-la clero_fw-la nor_o will_v any_o consent_n of_o the_o possessor_n if_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o perfidious_a make_v a_o alienation_n ever_o the_o more_o legal_a for_o though_o they_o be_v usufructuary_n their_o interest_n extend_v but_o to_o their_o own_o time_n 46._o ulpian_n lib._n 46._o nemo_fw-la plus_fw-la juris_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la transfer_v potest_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la haberet_fw-la no_o man_n can_v transfer_v to_o other_o a_o great_a right_o than_o himself_o have_v and_o if_o such_o estate_n shall_v ever_o discontinue_v from_o that_o use_n and_o end_n whereunto_o by_o the_o grant_v and_o will_n of_o the_o donor_n they_o be_v original_o design_v they_o ought_v both_o in_o equity_n and_o law_n to_o return_v to_o they_o again_o or_o to_o their_o heir_n this_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o reasonable_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v do_v what_o he_o think_v fit_a with_o his_o own_o and_o this_o be_v as_o certain_a that_o to_o pervert_v or_o frustrate_v the_o
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 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