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to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v strict_a inquisition_n in_o his_o bishopric_n by_o his_o archdeacon_n and_o dean_n concern_v the_o chastity_n and_o manner_n as_o well_o of_o noble_a as_o ignoble_a upon_o oath_n to_o the_o enormous_a hurt_n and_o scandal_n of_o the_o reputation_n of_o many_o quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la antea_fw-la fieri_fw-la consueverat_fw-la the_o king_n hear_v the_o grievous_a complaint_n of_o his_o people_n consilio_fw-la curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la scripsit_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la hertfordiae_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la henricus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecipimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la quod_fw-la sicut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la tua_fw-la diligis_fw-la non_fw-la permittas_fw-la quod_fw-la aliqui_fw-la laici_fw-la de_fw-la balliuâ_fw-la tuâ_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la lincolniensis_fw-la achidiaconorum_fw-la vel_fw-la officialium_fw-la seu_fw-la decanorum_n ruralium_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la conveniant_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la ad_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la eorum_fw-la vel_fw-la attestationes_fw-la aliquas_fw-la faciendas_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la matrimonialibus_fw-la &_o testamentariis_fw-la matth._n par._n p._n 716._o and_o the_o very_a next_o year_n follow_v in_o pursuance_n hereof_o the_o king_n by_o parliament_n enact_v and_o command_v that_o if_o any_o layman_n be_v convent_v before_o any_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n for_o breach_n of_o faith_n and_o perjury_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n shall_v be_v prohibit_v to_o hold_v plea_n for_o all_o cause_n against_o layman_n unless_o they_o be_v of_o matrimony_n and_o testament_n all_o which_o matth._n paris_n precise_o relate_v pag._n 727._o which_o prohibition_n and_o statute_n nullify_v the_o constitution_n of_o otho_n and_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o this_o his_o innovation_n but_o yet_o about_o nine_o year_n after_o boniface_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n publish_v this_o peremptory_a constitution_n in_o affront_n to_o they_o both_o statuimus_fw-la quod_fw-la laici_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la subditorum_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o excessibus_fw-la corrigendis_fw-la per_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticos_fw-la judices_fw-la inquiritur_fw-la ad_fw-la praestandum_fw-la de_fw-la veritate_fw-la dicendâ_fw-la juramentum_fw-la per_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sententias_fw-la si_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la compellantur_fw-la impedientes_fw-la vero_fw-la ne_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la juramenta_fw-la praestentur_fw-la for_o the_o judge_n with_o many_o other_o then_o general_o oppugn_v and_o hinder_v the_o usher_v in_o of_o this_o innovation_n per_fw-la interdicti_fw-la &_o excommunicationis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la arceantur_fw-la to_o evacuate_v which_o illegal_a constitution_n trench_v both_o upon_o the_o people_n liberty_n and_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n too_o the_o judge_n frequent_o grant_v out_o sundry_a general_n prohibition_n to_o all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o sheriff_n of_o england_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o register_n of_o writ_n pars_fw-la 2._o fol._n 36.43.50_o fitzherbert_n nat._n brev._n fol._n 41._o a._n auxy_n home_fw-fr poit_fw-fr sure_a prohibition_n direct_v all_o viscount_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr viscount_n ne_fw-mi permit_v ne_o suffer_v les_fw-fr lay_v subject_n deal_v roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr vener_n a_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr lieu_fw-fr all_o citation_n del_fw-it evesque_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n aliquas_fw-la recognitiones_fw-la vel_fw-la sacrament_n prestand_v nisi_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la matrimonialibus_fw-la &_o testamentariis_fw-la rastal_n abridment_n of_o the_o statute_n title_n prohibit_v nu_fw-la 5._o upon_o which_o prohibition_n this_o attachment_n follow_v the_o king_n to_o the_o sheriff_n greeting_n cause_o such_o a_o bishop_n to_o put_v in_o surety_n to_o appear_v before_o our_o justice_n &c._n &c._n to_o show_v cause_n why_o he_o make_v certain_a lay_v person_n to_o be_v 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