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where_o you_o see_v that_o beside_o falsehood_n he_o charge_v i_o with_o presumption_n and_o thence_o belike_o with_o lack_n of_o modesty_n for_o presume_v to_o charge_n so_o upright_o a_o man_n as_o he_o with_o falsity_n wherefore_o let_v we_o make_v the_o account_n friendly_a and_o see_v where_o the_o measure_n either_o of_o modesty_n or_o truth_n or_o want_v of_o both_o will_v be_v find_v the_o charge_n give_v by_o p._n r._n 78._o first_o i_o do_v show_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o my_o treatise_n of_o mitigation_n about_o rebellion_n that_o m._n moâ—ton_n leave_v the_o question_n of_o divinity_n &_o attend_v principal_o to_o sedition_n exacerbation_n &_o matter_n of_o mere_a sycophancie_n against_o catholic_n in_o general_a in_o respect_n of_o their_o receive_a doctrine_n to_o make_v they_o thereby_o diffident_a and_o odious_a to_o his_o majesty_n of_o england_n set_v down_o this_o minor_a proposition_n out_o of_o a_o calumnious_a syllogism_n frame_v by_o he_o morton_n but_o all_o popish_a priest_n upon_o this_o pretend_a supremacy_n and_o prerogative_n of_o pope_n and_o people_n do_v utter_o abolish_v the_o title_n of_o succession_n in_o all_o protestant_a prince_n ergo_fw-la and_o his_o ergo_fw-la be_v to_o a_o good_a purpose_n as_o you_o may_v assure_v yourself_o in_o which_o heinous_a slander_n you_o may_v note_v first_o that_o albeit_o he_o name_v here_o only_a priest_n yet_o do_v he_o mean_v it_o also_o of_o all_o lay-man_n that_o hold_v the_o same_o doctrine_n with_o priest_n &_o thereby_o strikâ—th_v at_o all_o their_o throat_n at_o once_o so_o rank_n be_v his_o malice_n 79._o after_o this_o i_o show_v sundry_a sort_n of_o malignant_a falsity_n to_o be_v contain_v in_o this_o minor_a proposition_n of_o he_o that_o all_o priest_n without_o exception_n upon_o this_o pretend_a supremacy_n and_o prerogative_n of_o pope_n and_o people_n do_v utter_o abolish_v all_o title_n of_o succession_n in_o all_o protestant_a prince_n for_o first_o i_o show_v that_o catholic_a doctrine_n give_v not_o supremacy_n 3._o or_o prerogative_n over_o prince_n to_o the_o people_n but_o that_o this_o be_v rather_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o chief_a protestant_n of_o our_o time_n so_o teach_v and_o so_o practise_v by_o they_o in_o all_o country_n where_o they_o have_v deal_v against_o their_o superior_n and_o especial_o in_o england_n and_o scotland_n 80._o second_o i_o do_v show_v that_o for_o so_o much_o as_o no_o such_o prerogative_n of_o people_n be_v pretend_v by_o our_o doctrine_n it_o can_v true_o be_v say_v that_o upon_o this_o pretend_a prerogative_n all_o popish_a priest_n do_v abolish_v etc._n etc._n no_o nor_o upon_o the_o supremacy_n or_o prerogative_n which_o we_o ascribe_v to_o the_o pope_n himself_o for_o that_o the_o right_n or_o not_o right_a of_o protestant_a prince_n succession_n to_o kingdom_n depend_v not_o of_o the_o pope_n prerogative_n but_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n and_o temporal_a statute_n of_o particular_a realm_n and_o kingdom_n three_o that_o it_o be_v a_o exaggeration_n to_o say_v as_o he_o do_v that_o all_o priest_n do_v utter_o abolish_v etc._n etc._n in_o all_o protestant_a prince_n etc._n etc._n and_o now_o you_o know_v that_o exaggeration_n in_o capital_a accusation_n be_v heinous_a crime_n and_o show_v great_a lack_n of_o conscience_n and_o charity_n in_o the_o accuser_n 81._o and_o to_o prove_v this_o to_o be_v a_o exaggeration_n that_o all_o priest_n do_v utter_o aâ—olish_a the_o title_n of_o succession_n in_o all_o protestant_a prince_n i_o allege_v contrary_a example_n in_o all_o the_o protestant_n prince_n that_o ever_o succeed_v in_o england_n since_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n who_o be_v know_v to_o be_v but_o three_o in_o number_n king_n edward_n queen_n eliâ—abeth_n and_o king_n james_n who_o be_v admit_v both_o by_o priest_n and_o lay-man_n ergo_fw-la all_o priest_n do_v not_o utter_o abolish_v all_o succession_n in_o all_o protestant_n prince_n etc._n etc._n and_o consequent_o some_o moderation_n must_v be_v grant_v on_o our_o side_n against_o this_o odious_a exaggeration_n 82_o next_o after_o this_o m._n morton_n bring_v in_o no_o less_o envious_a and_o hateful_a a_o proposition_n out_o of_o doleman_n say_v that_o doleman_n do_v pronounce_v sentence_n that_o whosoever_o shall_v consent_v to_o the_o succession_n of_o a_o protestant_a prince_n be_v a_o most_o grievous_a and_o damnable_a sinner_n 216._o but_o the_o book_n be_v examine_v dolemans_n word_n be_v find_v to_o be_v these_o only_a that_o for_o any_o man_n tâ—_n give_v his_o help_n consent_n or_o assistance_n towards_o the_o make_n of_o a_o king_n who_o he_o judge_v or_o believe_v to_o be_v faulty_a in_o religion_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o most_o grievous_a and_o damnable_a sin_n in_o he_o that_o do_v it_o oâ—_n what_o side_n soever_o the_o truth_n be_v or_o how_o good_a or_o bad_a soever_o the_o party_n be_v that_o be_v prefer_v which_o last_o word_n do_v show_v m._n morton_n to_o be_v a_o calumniator_n in_o suppress_v they_o and_o affirm_v that_o to_o be_v speak_v only_o against_o the_o succession_n of_o protestant_n prince_n which_o be_v speak_v as_o well_o against_o catholic_n as_o protestant_n and_o mean_v more_o principal_o of_o election_n than_o succession_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o these_o word_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v give_v his_o help_n to_o the_o make_n of_o a_o king_n etc._n etc._n 83._o here_o now_o m._n morton_n run_v aside_o from_o the_o purpose_n and_o to_o avoid_v the_o necessity_n of_o defend_v himself_o direct_o allege_v out_o of_o m._n reynolds_n d._n stapleton_n and_o simancas_n diverse_a sentence_n whereby_o they_o signify_v that_o in_o prefer_v of_o a_o prince_n religion_n ought_v to_o have_v the_o first_o place_n in_o consideration_n which_o he_o apply_v to_o we_o that_o do_v condemn_v protestant_n religion_n will_v needs_o infer_v thereof_o that_o we_o do_v utter_o abolish_v all_o till_o oâ—_n succession_n in_o protestant_a prince_n 84._o but_o do_v not_o the_o malicious_a man_n see_v that_o the_o same_o inference_n may_v be_v make_v of_o all_o professor_n of_o other_o religion_n in_o like_a manner_n as_o for_o example_n if_o protestant_n be_v to_o admit_v a_o king_n in_o france_n and_o it_o lay_v in_o their_o hand_n to_o prefer_v either_o a_o protestant_n or_o a_o catholic_a will_v any_o man_n doubt_v who_o they_o will_v prefer_v or_o who_o they_o ought_v to_o prefer_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o their_o own_o conscience_n or_o will_v any_o learned_a or_o honest_a protestant_n deny_v either_o that_o religion_n in_o general_n be_v chief_o to_o be_v respect_v or_o that_o his_o one_o religion_n be_v not_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o other_o if_o it_o lay_v in_o his_o power_n let_v we_o put_v the_o case_n that_o a_o king_n of_o england_n or_o france_n have_v diverse_a princely_a child_n and_o one_o of_o they_o be_v take_v by_o the_o turk_n or_o
the_o testimony_n of_o all_o other_o writer_n especial_o of_o italy_n that_o live_v with_o he_o &_o thereby_o know_v best_o both_o his_o life_n and_o death_n and_o yet_o say_v i_o all_o this_o notwithstanding_o will_v this_o false_a lad_n t._n m._n needs_o set_v down_o this_o history_n as_o true_a affirm_v it_o for_o such_o and_o never_o so_o much_o as_o give_v his_o reader_n to_o understand_v that_o any_o other_o deny_v the_o same_o or_o that_o the_o only_a author_n himself_o of_o this_o fiction_n doubt_v thereof_o and_o be_v not_o this_o perfidious_a deal_n or_o can_v any_o man_n excuse_v he_o from_o falsehood_n and_o malice_n in_o this_o open_a treachery_n the_o pretend_a discharge_n 22._o this_o be_v the_o charge_n what_o do_v he_o now_o answer_v for_o the_o discharge_n of_o this_o imputation_n first_o for_o a_o ground_n of_o evasion_n he_o say_v i_o do_v true_o protest_v for_o the_o man_n be_v every_o where_o full_a of_o protestation_n that_o i_o do_v not_o write_v this_o out_o oâ—_n the_o author_n himself_o confession_n which_o i_o have_v never_o see_v but_o from_o collection_n out_o of_o some_o other_o book_n so_o he_o which_o though_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n little_a stand_v with_o his_o own_o credit_n to_o confess_v yet_o in_o this_o protestation_n he_o must_v give_v i_o leave_v not_o easy_o to_o believe_v he_o and_o this_o â—or_a two_o or_o three_o reason_n reason_n first_o for_o that_o he_o have_v make_v many_o protestation_n in_o his_o former_a book_n to_o god_n the_o king_n the_o l._n of_o salisbury_n and_o other_o of_o true_a and_o sincere_a proceed_n and_o do_v iterate_v the_o same_o here_o again_o in_o many_o place_n and_o especial_o in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o preamble_n with_o great_a solemnity_n under_o the_o name_n of_o new_a challenge_n wherein_o notwithstanding_o i_o find_v he_o to_o have_v practise_v the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o protestation_n 23._o the_o second_o reason_n be_v reason_n for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o he_o have_v to_o lay_v so_o great_a and_o grievous_a a_o accusation_n upon_o our_o english_a pope_n adrian_n hold_v by_o the_o christâ—an_a world_n of_o his_o time_n for_o a_o holy_a and_o renown_a man_n and_o this_o upon_o the_o only_a testimony_n of_o nauclerus_fw-la he_o will_v presume_v to_o do_v it_o without_o look_v upon_o the_o author_n himself_o or_o if_o he_o do_v it_o must_v needs_o argue_v he_o of_o great_a temerity_n and_o of_o the_o same_o crime_n that_o here_o he_o will_v avoid_v to_o wit_n of_o falsehood_n and_o malice_n and_o perfidious_a deal_n credit_n for_o iâ—_n in_o england_n one_o shall_v accuse_v another_o of_o murder_n or_o any_o other_o like_o grievous_a crime_n and_o that_o resolut_o and_o affirmative_o in_o public_a judgement_n as_o this_o be_v present_v by_o he_o to_o the_o king_n majesty_n of_o england_n and_o to_o all_o englishman_n beside_o in_o a_o print_a book_n and_o this_o only_a upon_o hear-say_n that_o some_o man_n have_v speak_v it_o and_o the_o man_n be_v in_o the_o city_n to_o be_v find_v out_o as_o nauclerus_fw-la book_n be_v in_o london_n yet_o that_o he_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o seek_v he_o out_o nor_o speak_v with_o he_o but_o go_v present_o to_o the_o king_n bench_n and_o accuse_v the_o other_o and_o cause_v the_o arraignment_n to_o be_v make_v and_o when_o the_o witness_n deny_v the_o same_o he_o shall_v excuse_v himself_o say_v as_o m._n morton_n do_v here_o it_o be_v true_a and_o i_o do_v true_o protest_v that_o i_o do_v never_o see_v the_o man_n or_o speak_v with_o he_o but_o frame_v my_o accusation_n upon_o hear-say_n be_v not_o this_o sufficient_a to_o condemn_v this_o man_n of_o falsehood_n and_o malice_n 24._o my_o three_o reason_n be_v for_o that_o he_o set_v down_o in_o the_o citation_n the_o very_a latin_a word_n themselves_o of_o nauclerus_fw-la thus_o reason_n hadrianus_n pontifex_fw-la excommunicationem_fw-la henrico_n secundo_fw-la dâ—nuncians_n ipse_fw-la à _fw-la dâ—o_fw-la maledictus_fw-la a_o musca_fw-la suffocatus_fw-la est_fw-la naucler_n gever_n 139._o adrian_z the_o pope_n pronounce_v excommunication_n against_o the_o emperor_n henry_n the_o second_o himself_o be_v curse_v by_o god_n be_v choke_v with_o a_o fly_n which_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o nauclerus_fw-la as_o here_o they_o lie_v nor_o yet_o in_o vrspergensis_n out_o of_o who_o nauclerus_fw-la recite_v this_o fable_n deal_n but_o his_o word_n be_v these_o cumque_fw-la venisset_fw-la ad_fw-la quendaâ—_n fontem_fw-la haâ—sit_fw-la et_fw-la bibit_fw-la ac_fw-la continuò_fw-la ut_fw-la fertur_fw-la musca_fw-la os_fw-la cius_fw-la intravit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o when_o as_o he_o come_v to_o a_o certain_a well_o he_o take_v water_n and_o drink_v it_o and_o present_o as_o it_o be_v report_v a_o fly_v enter_v into_o his_o mouth_n &_o can_v not_o be_v get_v forth_o until_o he_o die_v so_o vrspengensis_n say_v nauclâ—rus_n and_o then_o refute_v it_o both_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o all_o italian_a writer_n which_o he_o can_v read_v &_o of_o john_n salisburiâ—nsis_n who_o he_o call_v falsboriensis_fw-la who_o be_v familiar_a with_o adrian_n himself_o and_o testify_v his_o virtue_n and_o if_o m._n morton_n have_v not_o see_v nor_o read_v nauclerus_fw-la as_o here_o to_o excuse_v himself_o he_o say_v how_o do_v he_o presume_v to_o set_v down_o his_o latin_a word_n so_o precise_o as_o his_o reader_n can_v have_v no_o probable_a cause_n to_o doubt_v but_o that_o they_o be_v his_o own_o proper_a word_n be_v not_o this_o crafty_a perfidious_a deal_n so_o as_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v that_o m._n morton_n by_o this_o first_o part_n of_o this_o evasion_n which_o consist_v in_o his_o protestation_n that_o he_o he_o have_v not_o see_v nor_o read_v the_o book_n do_v more_o entangle_v himself_o in_o the_o crime_n of_o falsity_n and_o malice_n which_o he_o pretend_v to_o avoid_v then_o if_o he_o have_v simple_o confess_v the_o same_o but_o let_v we_o see_v the_o other_o part_n of_o his_o answer_n answer_n 25_o second_o than_o he_o confess_v that_o he_o err_v in_o the_o misquotation_n of_o the_o generation_n cite_v out_o of_o nauclerus_fw-la to_o wit_n 139._o for_o 39_o and_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o malice_n therein_o which_o i_o easy_o grant_v nor_o do_v i_o object_v it_o as_o any_o corruption_n but_o only_o advise_v he_o of_o it_o as_o a_o error_n and_o therefore_o his_o long_a excuse_n of_o that_o matter_n 92._o which_o be_v never_o urge_v against_o he_o show_v that_o he_o seek_v occasion_n to_o entertain_v himself_o and_o to_o make_v a_o show_n that_o he_o answer_v somewhat_o where_o in_o effect_n he_o say_v nothing_o 26._o three_o he_o confess_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v frederick_n the_o first_o for_o henry_n the_o second_o part_n against_o who_o he_o accuse_v pope_n adrian_n to_o have_v move_v sedition_n and_o say_v for_o his_o excuse_n what_o skill_v it_o whether_o it_o be_v henry_n a_o emperor_n or_o frederick_n a_o emperor_n that_o 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crown_n and_o dignity_n 70._o thus_o far_o m._n morton_n out_o of_o sir_n edward_n cook_n then_o he_o add_v many_o other_o example_n of_o like_a nature_n i_o pretermit_v and_o remit_v the_o reader_n desirous_a to_o be_v further_o satisfy_v unto_o the_o book_n oâ—_n report_v habet_fw-la enim_fw-la ille_fw-la quod_fw-la det_fw-la &_o that_o nemo_fw-la largiùs_fw-la for_o he_o have_v to_o give_v and_o no_o man_n give_v more_o abundant_o this_o be_v his_o encomium_n but_o what_o do_v he_o give_v truth_n or_o falsehood_n sincere_a or_o wrest_a allegation_n matter_n to_o the_o purpose_n or_o impertinent_a that_o we_o shall_v here_o now_o discuss_v &_o show_v that_o neither_o the_o example_n themselves_o be_v altogether_o true_a as_o here_o they_o be_v set_v down_o nor_o if_o they_o be_v yet_o do_v they_o not_o prove_v the_o purpose_n for_o which_o they_o be_v allege_v and_o first_o we_o shall_v prove_v the_o second_o which_o most_o import_v and_o it_o be_v easy_o prove_v 71._o for_o first_o sir_n edward_n purpose_n &_o obligation_n be_v to_o prove_v that_o q._n elizabeth_n by_o force_n of_o her_o temporal_a crown_n have_v all_o manner_n of_o supreme_a authority_n in_o spiritual_a affair_n no_o less_o than_o any_o person_n ever_o have_v do_v or_o can_v exercise_v in_o england_n as_o the_o word_n of_o the_o statute_n have_v allege_v by_o he_o and_o the_o purpose_n of_o m._n morton_n be_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o title_n of_o his_o treatise_n to_o improve_v the_o pope_n supreme_a authority_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a so_o as_o both_o their_o end_n and_o purpose_n be_v by_o different_a mean_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o supreme_a authority_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n for_o time_n pass_v in_o england_n the_o one_o by_o ascribe_v all_o to_o the_o king_n the_o other_o by_o deny_v it_o to_o the_o pope_n but_o this_o purpose_n of_o they_o
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the_o like_a law_n at_o this_o day_n in_o spain_n and_o sicily_n and_o else_o where_o against_o they_o that_o transgress_v ordination_n of_o those_o realm_n about_o like_a affair_n or_o do_v this_o prove_v that_o those_o catholic_a realm_n do_v not_o acknowledge_v the_o pope_n ecclesiastical_a supremacy_n every_o child_n may_v see_v the_o weakness_n of_o these_o inference_n and_o yet_o upon_o these_o and_o the_o like_a do_v all_o m._n attorney_n treatise_n lie_v and_o consist_v 92._o as_o for_o the_o other_o case_n under_o k._n richard_n 2._o where_o it_o be_v propound_v by_o the_o commons_o in_o a_o certain_a narration_n that_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n have_v be_v at_o all_o time_n â—ree_a and_o in_o subjection_n to_o no_o realm_n crown_n nor_o to_o the_o b._n of_o rome_n touch_v the_o regality_n of_o the_o crown_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v so_o full_o answer_v by_o the_o divine_a in_o his_o reply_n to_o the_o report_n as_o no_o more_o need_v to_o be_v say_v 211._o for_o that_o 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