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be_v have_v therefore_o the_o next_o year_n after_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o 19_o that_o 25._o h._n 8._o c._n 19_o all_o manner_n of_o appeal_n of_o what_o nature_n or_o condition_n soever_o they_o be_v or_o what_o cause_n or_o matter_n soever_o they_o concern_v shall_v be_v make_v and_o have_v by_o the_o party_n grieve_v etc._n etc._n after_o such_o manner_n as_o be_v limit_v for_o cause_n of_o appeal_n in_o matter_n testamentary_a matrimonial_a tithe_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o say_v former_a statute_n mention_v in_o a_o statute_n of_o king_n 2._o king_n 1._o ed._n 6._o c._n 2._o edward_n the_o 6._o beside_o matter_n of_o voluntary_a jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a as_o collation_n presentation_n institution_n induction_n letter_n of_o order_n and_o dimissory_n be_v reckon_v in_o general_a as_o ecclesiastical_a all_o suit_n and_o cause_n of_o instance_n betwixt_o party_n and_o party_n and_o all_o cause_n of_o correction_n and_o in_o particular_a all_o cause_n of_o bastardy_n or_o 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resignation_n deprivation_n creation_n and_o session_n but_o whether_o it_o may_v be_v deem_v void_a in_o law_n upon_o any_o of_o the_o last_o four_o mean_n of_o avoidance_n be_v by_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a determinable_a and_o by_o the_o book_n of_o the_o common_a law_n 24._o law_n m._n 22._o edw._n 4._o fol._n 24._o whether_o the_o church_n be_v full_a or_o not_o full_a or_o the_o clerk_n able_a or_o not_o able_a be_v triable_a in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n townesend_n for_o if_o a_o b._n a_o regist._n in_o br_n orig_n pag._n 55._o b._n inferior_a ordinary_n shall_v differ_v or_o refuse_v to_o admit_v or_o institute_v a_o clerk_n present_v and_o the_o clerk_n bring_v his_o double_a querele_n be_v of_o the_o nature_n in_o some_o sort_n of_o a_o appellation_n from_o the_o archbishop_n court_n and_o the_o adverse_a part_n do_v bring_v a_o prohibition_n the_o say_a clerk_n may_v have_v hereupon_o his_o consultation_n so_o that_o the_o court_n eccles_n by_o colour_n hereof_o 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not_o have_v conusance_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o a_o oath_n voluntary_o take_v be_v when_o there_o lie_v a_o action_n for_o the_o matter_n whereof_o the_o oath_n be_v confirmatorie_n at_o the_o common_a law_n therefore_o it_o be_v hold_v by_o brian_n 20._o brian_n t._n 22._o ed._n 4._o fol._n 20._o not_o long_o after_o that_o if_o a_o man_n swear_v to_o pay_v twenty_o pound_n that_o he_o owe_v at_o a_o certain_a time_n and_o pay_v it_o not_o and_o for_o the_o perjury_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o spiritual_a court_n there_o shall_v lie_v a_o prohibition_n because_o say_v he_o a_o action_n of_o debt_n lie_v at_o the_o common_a law_n i_o make_v this_o a_o several_a cause_n and_o reason_n from_o the_o former_a because_o a_o oath_n may_v grow_v upon_o a_o temporal_a matter_n which_o be_v the_o former_a cause_n and_o yet_o none_o action_n lie_v for_o it_o and_o if_o i_o promise_v without_o any_o consideration_n to_o give_v you_o twenty_o pound_n and_o bind_v it_o with_o a_o voluntary_a 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be_v that_o whereas_o prelate_n do_v take_v conisance_n of_o sin_n and_o of_o misdemeanour_n of_o such_o as_o be_v under_o their_o jurisdiction_n as_o of_o perjury_n or_o breach_n of_o faith_n of_o sacrilege_n of_o violation_n of_o church_n liberty_n for_o infringe_v of_o which_o even_o by_o the_o king_n charter_n grant_v to_o the_o church_n of_o england_n such_o disturber_n do_v fall_v into_o excommunication_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o of_o such_o like_a cause_n which_o be_v mere_o of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n yet_o be_v prohibition_n direct_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o king_n court_n and_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a be_v call_v thither_o to_o answer_v as_o if_o they_o deal_v not_o concern_v perjury_n and_o breach_n of_o faith_n but_o suggest_v that_o they_o deal_v touch_v chattel_n therefore_o a_o little_a after_o be_v add_v this_o viz._n const._n viz._n dicta_fw-la prou._n const._n and_o if_o perhaps_o the_o king_n in_o his_o attachement_n prohibition_n and_o summons_n shall_v 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in_o those_o respect_n only_o grant_v yea_o and_o lindwood_n who_o write_v anno_fw-la 1423_o and_o long_o after_o that_o writ_n be_v frame_v who_o also_o by_o reason_n he_o be_v official_a principal_n of_o canterbury_n or_o deane_n of_o the_o arch_n have_v good_a experience_n in_o these_o cause_n make_v no_o periurio_fw-la no_o lindw_n ibidem_fw-la v._o periurio_fw-la doubt_n but_o that_o matter_n of_o perjury_n or_o of_o breach_n of_o faith_n arise_v upon_o what_o cause_n soever_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o concern_v doubt_v whether_o such_o oath_n be_v lawful_a or_o not_o and_o do_v bind_v in_o conscience_n or_o not_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n and_o therefore_o teach_v how_o the_o libel_n in_o that_o case_n be_v to_o be_v frame_v that_o no_o cause_n of_o prohibition_n be_v give_v viz._n the_o party_n have_v damnable_o break_v his_o oath_n make_v for_o payment_n of_o so_o much_o money_n unlawful_o pretend_v that_o he_o be_v not_o thereby_o bind_v or_o tie_v the_o 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will_v willing_o redeem_v it_o for_o so_o fitzherbert_n 2._o fitzherbert_n fitzherberts_n abridgement_n tit_n prohibition_n num_fw-la 2._o read_v those_o last_o word_n of_o exception_n more_o true_o than_o my_o book_n of_o assize_n as_o it_o be_v print_v carry_v indeed_o therein_o no_o sense_n at_o all_o the_o like_a appear_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o sixth_o for_o there_o it_o 2._o it_o 34._o h._n 6._o 70._o ut_fw-la brooke_n allegat_fw-la tit_n jurisdiction_n num_fw-la 2._o be_v hold_v that_o if_o a_o man_n buy_v a_o horse_n of_o i_o and_o swear_v upon_o the_o evangelist_n to_o pay_v i_o ten_o pound_n for_o he_o such_o a_o day_n and_o pay_v it_o not_o i_o shall_v have_v action_n of_o debt_n at_o the_o common_a law_n and_o also_o a_o citation_n pro_fw-la laesione_n fidei_fw-la at_o the_o spiritual_a law_n and_o shall_v not_o therein_o offend_v the_o common_a law_n because_o they_o be_v diverse_a thing_n as_o for_o opinion_n afterward_o we_o find_v it_o be_v hold_v 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debere_fw-la a._n eidem_fw-la a._n soluendos_fw-la intra_fw-la certum_fw-la tempus_fw-la iam_fw-la praeteritum_fw-la monuistis_fw-la &_o in_o ipsum_fw-la i._o pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la praedictos_fw-la viginti_fw-la solidos_fw-la intra_fw-la tempus_fw-la praedictum_fw-la ad_fw-la monitionem_fw-la vestram_fw-la soluere_fw-la recusavit_fw-la quanquam_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la recognitio_fw-la testamentum_fw-la vel_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la non_fw-la tangat_fw-la etc._n etc._n excommunicationis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la fulminastis_fw-la etc._n etc._n vobis_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o very_a like_o word_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n and_o with_o like_a exception_n be_v there_o use_v in_o the_o five_o precedent_n of_o prohibition_n next_o in_o order_n follow_v and_o in_o the_o old_a write_a register_n afore_o speak_v of_o there_o be_v many_o copy_n of_o prohibition_n set_v down_o in_o all_o which_o whensoever_o that_o exception_n of_o cause_n testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a be_v mention_v that_o clause_n de_fw-fr catallis_fw-la &_o debitis_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr testam_fw-la &c_n &c_n come_v in_o with_o all_o in_o the_o print_a register_n among_o the_o writ_n judicial_a we_o have_v these_o a._n these_o regist._n in_o br._n judic._n fol._n 38._o a._n word_n quare_fw-la secuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la placitum_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la de_fw-la catallis_fw-la &_o debitis_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr testamento_fw-la vel_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la and_o again_o a._n again_o ibid._n fol._n 39_o a._n
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by_o statute_n in_o this_o behalf_n among_o other_o thing_n viz._n 1._o viz._n circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la 13._o ed._n 1._o prelate_n may_v punish_v for_o leave_v churchyard_n unclosed_a or_o for_o that_o the_o church_n be_v uncover_v or_o not_o conventent_o deck_v in_o which_o case_n none_o other_o penance_n can_v be_v enjoin_v but_o pecuniary_a chap._n viii_o proof_n in_o general_a that_o sundry_a crime_n and_o offence_n be_v punishable_a by_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o namely_o idolatry_n heresy_n perjury_n or_o laesio_fw-la fidei_fw-la and_o how_o far_o the_o last_o of_o these_o be_v there_o to_o be_v correct_v also_o of_o disturbance_n of_o divine_a service_n or_o not_o frequent_v of_o it_o and_o neglect_v of_o the_o sacrament_n last_o do_v follow_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n for_o proof_n that_o many_o crime_n also_o and_o offence_n be_v punishable_a by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a and_o first_o in_o general_n then_o in_o particular_a for_o sundry_a of_o they_o the_o king_n write_v thus_o to_o his_o judge_n 1._o judge_n statut._n circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la 13._o e._n 1._o use_v yourselves_o circumspect_o in_o all_o matter_n concern_v the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n &_o his_o clergy_n not_o punish_v they_o if_o they_o hold_v plea_n in_o court_n christian_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v mere_o spiritual_a that_o be_v to_o wit_n of_o penance_n enjoin_v for_o mortal_a sin_n etc._n etc._n in_o hospital_n 1._o hospital_n 2._o h._n 5._o ca_fw-mi 1._o that_o be_v of_o any_o other_o foundation_n than_o the_o king_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o ordinary_n shall_v inquire_v of_o the_o foundation_n erection_n and_o governance_n of_o they_o and_o of_o all_o other_o matter_n necessary_a in_o that_o behalf_n and_o thereupon_o make_v thereof_o correction_n and_o reformation_n after_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n as_o to_o they_o belong_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o citation_n it_o be_v permit_v that_o a_o man_n may_v 9_o may_v 23._o h._n 8._o ca._n 9_o be_v cite_v out_o of_o the_o dioece_n where_o he_o dwell_v when_o some_o spiritual_a offence_n or_o cause_n be_v commit_v and_o do_v or_o omit_v neglect_v or_o foreslow_v to_o be_v do_v by_o some_o have_v spiritual_a jurisdiction_n in_o a_o statute_n of_o k._n edward_n the_o 6._o 2._o 6._o 1._o ed._n 6._o cap._n 2._o cause_n of_o correction_n be_v reckon_v as_o ecclesiastical_a which_o statute_n though_o it_o be_v repeal_v for_o the_o principal_a purport_n there_o of_o be_v touch_v ordinary_n seal_n and_o name_v not_o to_o be_v use_v any_o more_o in_o their_o citation_n and_o process_n yet_o it_o bring_v sufficient_a evidence_n that_o sundry_a matter_n of_o correction_n be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o so_o bracton_n testify_v that_o it_o be_v use_v and_o hold_v in_o his_o time_n for_o he_o say_v in_o 2._o in_o bracton_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 2._o causis_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la vel_fw-la spiritualitati_fw-la annexis_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la propeccato_n well_fw-mi transgressione_n fuerit_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la iniungenda_fw-la iudex_fw-la ecclesiasticus_fw-la habet_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la iniungere_fw-la poenitentias_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la iudicem_fw-la secularem_fw-la the_o sundry_a consultation_n set_v down_o in_o the_o register_n do_v show_v that_o when_o the_o proceed_n be_v ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la animae_fw-la for_o some_o sin_n not_o punishable_a in_o the_o temporal_a court_n the_o conisance_n be_v ecclesiastical_a one_o b._n one_o regist._n 45._o a._n b._n example_n shall_v suffice_v viz._n nolumus_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la in_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la forum_n ecclesiae_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la animae_fw-la pertinent_a contra_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la impedire_fw-la but_o to_o descend_v to_o more_o particular_n and_o first_o concern_v those_o which_o be_v contrary_a pietati_fw-la in_o 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
assize_n and_o the_o other_o book_n case_n of_o 34._o h._n 6._o both_v which_o admit_v a_o party_n to_o sue_v in_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a do_v seem_v to_o i_o only_o therefore_o to_o reject_v a_o party_n and_o to_o require_v proceed_v ex_fw-la officio_fw-la judicis_fw-la because_o it_o be_v presume_v that_o a_o party_n will_v not_o prosecute_v to_o have_v the_o sin_n alone_o punish_v but_o rather_o for_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o thing_n promise_v to_o he_o yet_o this_o in_o truth_n may_v be_v otherwise_o by_o the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a so_o that_o upon_o all_o that_o which_o have_v herein_o be_v last_o speak_v it_o may_v probable_o seem_v to_o some_o that_o punishment_n of_o perjury_n or_o breach_n of_o faith_n even_o arise_v upon_o a_o temporal_a cause_n shall_v be_v still_o by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n so_o that_o penance_n for_o the_o sin_n be_v but_o enjoin_v and_o no_o temporal_a amends_n require_v which_o doubt_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o reverend_a judge_n resolution_n that_o disturbance_n of_o divine_a service_n be_v also_o punishable_a by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a the_o statute_n thereof_o make_v in_o the_o time_n 3._o time_n 1._o mar._n cap._n 3._o of_o q._n marry_o do_v prove_v for_o though_o it_o do_v provide_v punishment_n temporal_a therefore_o yet_o it_o reserve_v the_o jurisdiction_n that_o ordinary_n have_v for_o punishment_n thereof_o by_o law_n ecclesiastical_a not_o to_o frequent_v or_o come_v to_o divine_a service_n at_o time_n appoint_v be_v declare_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o proceed_v and_o censure_n ecclesiastical_a aswell_o as_o to_o other_o punishment_n by_o the_o statute_n 2._o statute_n 1._o eliz._n cap._n 2._o for_o uniformity_n of_o common_a prayer_n and_o so_o be_v both_o that_o and_o neglect_v of_o the_o sacrament_n by_o the_o statute_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la heretofore_o often_o allege_v prove_v to_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conusance_n long_o afore_o 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simony_n first_o as_o participate_v also_o not_o a_o little_a with_o the_o former_a sort_n yet_o right_o sort_v hither_o because_o it_o be_v as_o a_o buy_n and_o sell_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v not_o in_o truth_n res_fw-la mancipi_fw-la as_o the_o old_a roman_n speak_v thing_n lie_v not_o in_o commerce_n between_o man_n to_o be_v buy_v and_o sell_v this_o fault_n the_o say_a fine_a say_a ibid._n in_o fine_a statute_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la show_v to_o be_v punishable_a by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a that_o usury_n be_v likewise_o it_o do_v appear_v by_o authority_n of_o diverse_a parliament_n the_o king_n and_o he_o 5._o he_o 15._o e._n 3._o cap._n 5._o shall_v have_v the_o conusance_n of_o the_o usurer_n dead_a and_o the_o ordinary_n of_o holy_a church_n shall_v have_v the_o conusance_n of_o usurer_n on_o live_v as_o to_o they_o appertain_v to_o make_v compulsion_n by_o the_o censure_n of_o holy_a church_n for_o the_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v restitution_n of_o the_o usury_n take_v against_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n by_o another_o late_a act_n make_v against_o usury_n 8._o usury_n 11._o h._n 7._o cap_n 8._o there_o be_v reserve_v to_o the_o spiritnall_a jurisdiction_n their_o lawful_a punishment_n in_o every_o cause_n of_o usury_n and_o so_o be_v it_o express_o also_o mention_v in_o the_o aforenamed_a statute_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la but_o this_o jurisdiction_n be_v since_o somewhat_o restrain_v because_o 8._o because_o 13_o eliz._n cap._n 8._o usury_n can_v not_o now_o thereby_o be_v punish_v nor_o correct_v except_o it_o reach_v above_o the_o rate_n of_o ten_o in_o the_o hundred_o by_o year_n by_o a_o consultation_n in_o the_o b._n the_o reg._n pag_n 49._o b._n register_n which_o be_v grant_v in_o allowance_n of_o proceed_v against_o one_o for_o his_o usury_n it_o be_v thus_o say_v in_o this_o behalf_n quta_n in_o articulis_fw-la cleri_fw-la continetur_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la praelati_fw-la imponant_fw-la alicui_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la prohibitioni_fw-la nostrae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la vobis_fw-la significamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la animae_fw-la praefati_fw-la s._n in_fw-la hac_fw-la parte_fw-la viz._n pro_fw-la usura_fw-la dum_fw-la tamen_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la attentetis_fw-la quod_fw-la cedat_fw-la in_o laesionem_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la in_fw-la curia_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la procedere_fw-la poteritis_fw-la prohibition_n nostra_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la but_o this_o fault_n &_o sin_n of_o usury_n be_v mixti_fw-la fori_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o some_o respect_n be_v of_o temporal_a &_o in_o other_o regard_n of_o eccllesiasticall_a conisance_n not_o only_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o realm_n as_o you_o have_v hear_v but_o also_o even_o by_o the_o law_n civil_a albeit_o in_o a_o diverse_a sort_n for_o in_o country_n where_o that_o law_n have_v place_n if_o it_o be_v 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83._o si_fw-mi illos_fw-la negligant_fw-la &_o perire_fw-la permittant_fw-la ista_fw-la potiùs_fw-la falsa_fw-la mansuctudo_fw-la est_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la and_o again_o error_n cvi_fw-la non_fw-la resistitur_fw-la approbatur_fw-la but_o of_o that_o magistrate_n which_o punish_v offender_n it_o be_v thus_o say_v 72._o say_v aug._n in_o enchirid_n cap._n 72._o qui_fw-la emendat_fw-la verbere_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la potestas_fw-la datur_fw-la vel_fw-la coërcet_a aliqua_fw-la disciplina_fw-la etc._n etc._n eleemosynam_fw-la facit_fw-la quia_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la praestat_fw-la to_o a_o offender_n himself_o it_o be_v behooveful_a that_o he_o may_v be_v recall_v thereby_o from_o his_o wicked_a course_n for_o 14._o for_o cassiod_n lib._n 3._o var._n epist_n 14._o malum_fw-la cùm_fw-la perseverat_fw-la augetur_fw-la and_o consuetudine_fw-la and_o c._n cum_fw-la tanto_fw-la de_fw-fr consuetudine_fw-la tanto_fw-la sunt_fw-la graviora_fw-la peccata_fw-la quanto_fw-la diutiùs_fw-la 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