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this_o certificate_n of_o excommunication_n by_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o other_o be_v most_o in_o use_n and_o will_v be_v of_o more_o use_n to_o the_o great_a commodity_n of_o her_o majesty_n especial_o upon_o the_o statute_n de_fw-fr excom_n capiendo_fw-la and_o to_o the_o terror_n of_o sundry_a malefactor_n be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o chargeablenes_n of_o that_o course_n unto_o ordinary_n who_o the_o ten_o man_n that_o be_v certify_v do_v not_o satisfy_v again_o and_o for_o the_o manifold_a abuse_n about_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o write_v commit_v by_o under_o officer_n and_o be_v it_o not_o that_o iura_fw-la &_o libertates_fw-la the_o law_n or_o right_n and_o liberty_n of_o holy_a church_n grant_v and_o confirm_v by_o the_o great_a charter_n be_v not_o so_o inviolable_o in_o these_o day_n maintain_v as_o be_v mean_v by_o 3._o by_o 15._o ed._n 3._o ca._n 3._o those_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o do_v exact_v oath_n for_o observation_n and_o defence_n of_o they_o it_o be_v a_o liberty_n peculiar_a to_o this_o church_n of_o england_n above_o all_o the_o realm_n in_o christendom_n that_o i_o read_v of_o that_o if_o a_o man_n stand_v wilful_o forty_o day_n together_o excommunicate_a and_o be_v according_o b._n according_o nota_fw-la interlin_n pag._n regist._n 65._o b._n certify_v by_o the_o bishop_n into_o the_o chancery_n that_o then_o he_o be_v to_o be_v commit_v to_o prison_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o write_v direct_v to_o the_o sheriff_n notwithstanding_o that_o in_o one_o precedent_n in_o the_o register_n of_o this_o writ_n it_o a._n it_o regist._n in_o breu_fw-fr original_n pag._n 68_o a._n be_v say_v quòd_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la breve_fw-la nostrum_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la nostra_fw-la procedat_fw-la for_o a_o note_n in_o the_o same_o book_n upon_o the_o same_o word_n use_v in_o another_o write_v do_v teach_v we_o that_o such_o clause_n be_v but_o use_v pro_fw-la honore_fw-la regio_fw-la etiamsiad_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la teneatur_fw-la and_o it_o appear_v by_o sundry_a old_a precedent_n of_o writ_n there_o that_o the_o grant_v of_o this_o writ_n be_v by_o law_n require_v as_o where_o in_o a_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la 65._o capiendo_fw-la reg._n in_o br_n orig_n pag._n 65._o it_o be_v say_v quòd_fw-la potestas_fw-la regius_fw-la sacrosanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la querelis_fw-la deesse_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la and_o in_o sundry_a other_o writ_n of_o that_o kind_n it_o be_v b._n be_v ibid._n &_o pag._n 66._o a._n &_o b._n 68_o a._n &_o 69._o b._n &_o 65._o b._n affirm_v to_o be_v secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la angliae_fw-la which_o be_v the_o common_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o therefore_o in_o other_o precedent_n of_o the_o same_o write_v the_o king_n say_v a._n say_v ibid._n pag._n 69._o a._n thus_o nolumus_fw-la quod_fw-la libertas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la vel_fw-la ministros_fw-la nostros_fw-la quoscumque_fw-la aliqualiter_fw-la violetur_fw-la and_o again_o ibidem_fw-la again_o ibidem_fw-la jura_n &_o libertates_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la illaesa_fw-la volentes_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la obseruari_fw-la in_o these_o certificate_n the_o bishop_n and_o other_o have_v in_o some_o case_n authority_n to_o certify_v as_o the_o chancellor_n of_o oxford_n the_o custos_fw-la spiritualitatis_fw-la of_o a_o vacant_a see_v and_o the_o bishop_n official_a and_o vicar_n general_a ipso_fw-la in_o remotis_fw-la agente_fw-la that_o they_o make_v none_o error_n must_v remember_v to_o observe_v these_o three_o thing_n first_o that_o it_o be_v f._n be_v nova_fw-la nat_n breu_n pag._n 64._o f._n express_v therein_o that_o the_o party_n against_o who_o they_o do_v certify_v be_v excommunicate_v maiori_fw-la excommunicatione_n because_o for_o the_o lesser_a excommunication_n as_o happy_o for_o company_v with_o a_o excommunicate_a person_n a_o man_n shall_v not_o be_v imprison_v second_o that_o ibidem_fw-la that_o ibidem_fw-la it_o be_v certify_v that_o he_o be_v by_o name_n and_o particular_o so_o excommunicate_v and_o not_o in_o gross_a in_o company_n of_o a_o multitude_n as_o be_v often_o do_v in_o elder_a time_n or_o indefinite_o and_o in_o generality_n as_o when_o the_o bb._n excommunicate_v all_o whosoever_o shall_v violate_v any_o part_n of_o the_o great_a charter_n for_o that_o excommunication_n say_v fitzherbert_n in_o that_o place_n must_v grow_v upon_o a_o special_a suit_n against_o a_o man_n either_o ex_fw-la officio_fw-la or_o by_o a_o party_n whereupon_o a_o significant_fw-la may_v be_v ground_v three_o b._n three_o reg._n in_o breed_v orig_n pag_n 69._o b._n &_o notainterlin_n pag._n 65._o b._n if_o any_o inferior_a officer_n under_o the_o bishop_n or_o his_o archdeacon_n do_v excommunicate_v the_o party_n certify_v yet_o must_v the_o bishop_n certificate_n run_v that_o it_o be_v do_v nostra_fw-la autoritate_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la but_o that_o the_o express_v in_o the_o certificate_n of_o a_o particular_a cause_n of_o the_o excommunication_n be_v at_o the_o common_a law_n of_o necessity_n require_v i_o can_v gather_v out_o of_o any_o place_n of_o the_o register_n or_o of_o fitzherberts_n natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la it_o be_v true_a that_o when_o the_o proceed_n be_v upon_o any_o of_o the_o ten_o crime_n mention_v 23._o mention_v 5._o eliz._n ca._n 23._o in_o the_o statute_n make_v for_o that_o purpose_n the_o particular_a original_a cause_n must_v be_v express_v in_o the_o certificate_n nevertheless_o when_o the_o proceed_n be_v upon_o any_o other_o crime_n of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n orin_v matter_n testamentary_a matrimonial_a or_o for_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n whether_o move_v of_o office_n or_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o party_n therethe_v common_a law_n as_o it_o be_v afore_o be_v retain_v now_o i_o find_v precedent_n of_o these_o writ_n in_o the_o register_n wherein_o no_o particular_a original_a cause_n but_o only_o general_a be_v express_v which_o as_o in_o other_o certificate_n of_o bishop_n as_o touch_v bastardy_n etc._n etc._n the_o court_n believe_v without_o further_a traverse_n or_o examination_n namely_o
conceive_v thereof_o sundry_a take_v occasion_n to_o wrangle_v &_o quarrel_n with_o that_o which_o be_v after_o enjoin_v unto_o they_o as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o contain_v within_o the_o word_n or_o meaning_n of_o their_o caution_n and_o therefore_o that_o clause_n that_o such_o shall_v satisfy_v for_o their_o contempt_n &_o for_o the_o injury_n to_o the_o church_n be_v often_o use_v in_o the_o king_n writ_n of_o that_o nature_n to_o avoid_v all_o cavil_n and_o for_o more_o full_a explanation_n in_o such_o caution_n two_o thing_n beside_o be_v require_v the_o one_o that_o it_o be_v idonea_fw-la &_o sufficiens_fw-la as_o appear_v by_o all_o the_o writ_n in_o this_o behalf_n that_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o register_n the_o other_o that_o it_o be_v offer_v by_o the_o party_n who_o be_v to_o submit_v himself_o for_o it_o be_v c._n be_v ibid._n pag._n 66._o b._n &_o 67._o a._n nou._n nat_n br_n pag._n 63._o c._n say_v in_o one_o of_o those_o writ_n thus_o viz._n idem_fw-la w._n cautionem_fw-la saltem_fw-la pignoratitiam_fw-la iuxta_fw-la intentionem_fw-la mandati_fw-la nostri_fw-la praedicti_fw-la de_fw-la satisfaciendo_fw-la de_fw-fr huiusmodi_fw-la contemptu_fw-la &_o iniuria_fw-la antequam_fw-la à _fw-la prisona_fw-la praedicta_fw-la deliberetur_fw-la offer_n debet_fw-la &_o tenetur_fw-la for_o a_o caution_n be_v not_o impose_v by_o the_o ordinary_a but_o be_v accept_v by_o he_o upon_o the_o party_n submission_n and_o offer_v thereof_o when_o he_o seek_v to_o be_v absolve_v from_o the_o censure_n and_o deliver_v out_o of_o prison_n but_o what_o may_v be_v reckon_v to_o be_v idonea_fw-la &_o sufficiens_fw-la cautio_fw-la i_o find_v not_o determine_v or_o colligible_a out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o common_a law_n one_o kind_n thereof_o which_o be_v pignoratitia_fw-la a_o caution_n real_a or_o by_o gage_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o next_o allegation_n afore_o and_o in_o that_o it_o be_v there_o say_v the_o party_n shall_v put_v in_o cautionem_fw-la saltem_fw-la pignoratitiam_fw-la we_o be_v thereby_o give_v to_o understand_v that_o the_o court_n of_o common_a law_n do_v take_v knowledge_n of_o some_o other_o kind_n of_o caution_n beside_o this_o and_o account_v of_o this_o as_o be_v not_o of_o the_o most_o grievous_a sort_n of_o caution_n unto_o the_o party_n the_o word_n cautio_fw-la be_v a_o term_n take_v out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n for_o which_o at_o the_o common_a law_n they_o c._n they_o nou._n nat_n br_n pag._n 63._o c._n use_v security_n or_o obligation_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o what_o be_v the_o several_a kind_n of_o caution_n must_v be_v take_v out_o of_o that_o learning_n caution_n in_o civil_a law_n be_v of_o three_o sort_n one_o be_v fideiussoria_n as_o when_o a_o man_n bind_v himself_o with_o surety_n to_o perform_v somewhat_o another_o be_v pignoratitia_n or_o realis_fw-la cautio_fw-la as_o when_o a_o man_n gage_v his_o plate_n or_o morgage_v his_o land_n for_o performance_n the_o last_o be_v luratoria_fw-la cautio_fw-la as_o when_o the_o party_n which_o be_v to_o perform_v any_o thing_n take_v a_o corporal_a oath_n to_o do_v it_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n a_o judge_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o accept_v of_o this_o last_o unless_o the_o party_n will_v also_o swear_v that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o put_v in_o either_o of_o the_o other_o and_o therefore_o where_o ordinary_n do_v promiscuous_o at_o absolution_n accept_v this_o juratorie_n caution_n offer_v de_fw-la parendo_fw-la iuri_fw-la &_o stando_fw-la mandatis_fw-la ecelesiae_fw-la in_fw-la forma_fw-la iuris_fw-la they_o do_v more_o than_o they_o simple_o need_v to_o do_v and_o rather_o gratify_v than_o do_v any_o grievance_n to_o the_o party_n as_o some_o have_v think_v for_o see_v this_o have_v be_v the_o most_o usual_a nay_o for_o a_o long_a time_n almost_o the_o only_a caution_n give_v at_o absolution_n that_o they_o may_v lawful_o still_o accept_v it_o be_v make_v manifest_a by_o statute_n viz._n save_v and_o reserve_v to_o allarchbishop_n and_o bishop_n and_o all_o other_o have_v authority_n to_o certify_v any_o person_n excommunicate_v like_o authority_n to_o accept_v and_o receive_v the_o submission_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o say_a person_n so_o excommunicate_v in_o manner_n and_o form_n heretofore_o use_v and_o he_o to_o absolve_v and_o release_v etc._n etc._n 5._o eliz._n cap._n 23._o yet_o be_v not_o any_o of_o they_o so_o simple_a but_o he_o will_v think_v either_o of_o the_o other_o two_o if_o they_o be_v offer_v to_o be_v better_a security_n than_o the_o party_n bare_a oath_n a_o matter_n so_o little_o regard_v of_o most_o man_n in_o these_o latter_a time_n of_o this_o bad_a world_n for_o satius_fw-la est_fw-la incumbere_fw-la rei_fw-la quà m_fw-la personae_fw-la real_a security_n be_v more_o safe_a than_o personal_a now_o when_o such_o caution_n be_v offer_v as_o the_o ordinary_n do_v accept_v of_o for_o the_o party_n performance_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v enjoin_v unto_o he_o shall_v he_o needs_o be_v force_v to_o send_v for_o a_o writ_n of_o deliverance_n unto_o the_o chancery_n no_o very_o for_o the_o bishop_n himself_o if_o he_o will_v may_v enjoin_v the_o sheriff_n to_o deliver_v he_o accedas_fw-la say_v d._n say_v reg._n in_o br_n orig_n pag._n 66._o a._n &_o now_o nat_n br_n pag._n 63._o c._n d._n the_o writ_n unto_o the_o sheriff_n in_o propria_fw-la persona_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostra_fw-la moneas_fw-la &_o efficaciter_fw-la indicas_fw-la ut_fw-la accepta_fw-la cautione_n praedicta_fw-la ipsum_fw-la mandet_fw-la deliberari_fw-la à _fw-la prisona_fw-la and_o again_o a_o writ_n to_o a_o bishop_n run_v thus_o mandamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la accepta_fw-la cautione_n praedicta_fw-la ipsum_fw-la deliberari_fw-la mandetis_fw-la alioquin_fw-la quòd_fw-la nostri_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la exequemur_fw-la and_o therefore_o fitzherbert_n g._n fitzherbert_n nou._n nat_n br_n pag._n 63._o g._n say_v plain_o that_o the_o bishop_n or_o he_o at_o who_o certificate_n the_o party_n be_v take_v may_v command_v the_o sheriff_n to_o deliver_v he_o out_o of_o prison_n but_o what_o if_o the_o ordinary_n shall_v refuse_v to_o admit_v of_o the_o caution_n offer_v and_o thereupon_o to_o release_v he_o albeit_o the_o caution_n be_v good_a and_o sufficient_a shall_v the_o party_n remain_v still_o in_o prison_n nay_o the_o write_v the_o cautione_n admittenda_fw-la be_v provide_v for_o remedy_n in_o such_o a_o case_n this_n not_o deliverance_n after_o sufficient_a caution_n offer_v may_v happen_v either_o upon_o negligence_n &_o delay_n in_o the_o bishop_n under-officer_n or_o upon_o his_o own_o wilfulness_n upon_o such_o under-officer_n delay_v as_o when_o the_o bishop_n will_v they_o to_o absolve_v the_o party_n excommunicate_v in_o which_o case_n f._n case_n reg._n in_o br_n orig_n pag._n 65._o b._n nou._n nat_n breu_n pag._n 63._o f._n the_o sheriff_n be_v not_o to_o make_v deliverance_n till_o it_o appear_v unto_o he_o that_o the_o party_n be_v indeed_o absolve_v neither_o be_v ibidem_fw-la be_v ibidem_fw-la such_o official_a or_o archdeacon_n bind_v to_o certify_v the_o sheriff_n that_o they_o have_v receive_v letter_n from_o the_o bishop_n to_o absolve_v he_o but_o the_o sheriff_n ought_v to_o go_v or_o sen_fw-mi to_o they_o to_o know_v the_o truth_n and_o according_o to_o make_v deliverance_n if_o it_o happen_v upon_o the_o bishop_n own_o wilfulness_n in_o such_o case_n i_o find_v two_o degree_n observe_v in_o proceed_v for_o first_o d._n first_o reg._n pag._n 66._o a._n nou._n nat_n breu_n pag._n 63._o d._n there_o go_v a_o write_v to_o the_o bishop_n himself_o that_o he_o admit_v of_o the_o caution_n and_o also_o that_o he_o command_v the_o party_n imprison_v to_o be_v deliver_v or_o else_o the_o king_n will_v do_v that_o which_o appertain_v to_o he_o in_o like_a case_n to_o be_v do_v but_o if_o this_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n than_o second_o may_v the_o party_n have_v a_o d._n a_o reg._n in_o br_n orig_n pag._n 66._o a._n nou._n nat_n breu_n pag._n 63._o d._n write_v direct_v to_o the_o sheriff_n that_o in_o his_o own_o person_n he_o repair_v to_o the_o bishop_n and_o on_o the_o queen_n behalf_n monish_v he_o and_o effectual_o require_v he_o that_o take_v first_o such_o caution_n he_o command_v the_o prisoner_n deliverance_n and_o that_o if_o he_o shall_v refuse_v in_o the_o shiriffe_n presence_n to_o do_v it_o than_o the_o sheriff_n himself_o take_v a._n take_v reg._n pag._n 67._o a._n such_o sufficient_a caution_n of_o he_o do_v deliver_v he_o and_o if_o the_o sheriff_n also_o shall_v appear_v to_o be_v negligent_a or_o wilful_a the_o a._n the_o reg._n 66._o a._n party_n may_v have_v the_o like_a write_v to_o the_o coroner_n but_o they_o must_v likewise_o first_o before_o they_o deliver_v he_o take_v sufficient_a caution_n of_o he_o viz._n de_fw-fr parendo_fw-la mandatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la iuris_fw-la &_o de_fw-la satisfaciendo_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-la contemptu_fw-la quà m_fw-la de_fw-la iniuria_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la illata_fw-la
may_v belong_v to_o a_o temporal_a judge_n at_o least_o touch_v the_o corporal_a penalty_n but_o not_o concern_v the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n that_o aught_o to_o be_v lay_v upon_o such_o 4._o such_o 15._o &_o 6._o ed._n 6._o cap._n 4._o concern_v fight_n quarrel_a and_o brawl_v in_o church_n or_o churchyard_n the_o ordinary_a in_o some_o degree_n be_v to_o punish_v it_o by_o suspension_n ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o a_o lie_v man_n and_o from_o ministration_n in_o his_o office_n in_o a_o clerk_n and_o in_o another_o degree_n in_o either_o sort_n lay_v or_o ecclesiastical_a by_o denounce_v the_o party_n offend_v to_o be_v excommunicate_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la by_o virtue_n of_o that_o statute_n dilapidation_n likewise_o &_o waste_v make_v upon_o a_o live_a ecclesiastical_a be_v determinable_a &_o 10._o &_o 13._o eliz._n ca._n 10._o punishable_a by_o ordinary_n for_o the_o statute_n make_v in_o her_o majesty_n time_n for_o remedy_n in_o dilapidation_n provide_v that_o as_o afore_o by_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a just_a action_n and_o remedy_n may_v be_v have_v against_o executor_n and_o administrator_n of_o decease_a incumbent_n so_o they_o shall_v by_o virtue_n thereof_o be_v use_v against_o alienee_n and_o donee_n of_o the_o good_n of_o such_o incumbent_n the_o treatise_n of_o the_o clergy_n liberty_n say_v that_o for_o realm_n for_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n dilapidation_n the_o parson_n may_v sue_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a the_o executor_n of_o his_o predecessor_n so_o at_o the_o 9_o the_o m._n 2._o h._n 4._o sol_fw-la 9_o common_a law_n tirwhit_o do_v hold_v that_o if_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n make_v waste_n of_o his_o benefice_n he_o shall_v be_v depose_v as_o a_o dilapidator_n of_o his_o church_n but_o deposition_n can_v be_v justify_v but_o by_o authority_n ecclesiastical_a those_o crime_n which_o i_o say_v be_v opposite_a to_o sobriety_n in_o a_o man_n own_o self_n be_v also_o punishable_a by_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n 1._o authority_n stat._n circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la 13._o ed._n 1._o for_o the_o clergy_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v for_o hold_v plea_n in_o court_n christian_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v meerelie_o spiritual_a that_o be_v to_o wit_n of_o penance_n enjoin_v for_o deadly_a sin_n as_o fornication_n adultery_n and_o such_o like_a in_o which_o word_n of_o such_o like_a i_o doubt_v not_o but_o other_o incontinency_n as_o incest_n stuprum_fw-la and_o polygamy_n be_v also_o understand_v be_v all_o more_o grievous_a than_o fornication_n and_o two_o of_o they_o more_o execrable_a than_o adultery_n and_o so_o do_v lyndwood_n interpret_v the_o word_n huiusmodi_fw-la such_o like_a that_o competenti_fw-la that_o lyndw._n v._o huiusmodi_fw-la c._n circumspectè_fw-la de_fw-fr foro_fw-la competenti_fw-la be_v to_o say_v say_v he_o incest_n whoredom_n and_o other_o which_o be_v contain_v under_o the_o sin_n of_o lechery_n and_o to_o these_o 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