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The historie of tithes that is, the practice of payment of them, the positiue laws made for them, the opinions touching the right of them : a review of it is also annext, which both confirmes it and directs in the vse of it / by I. Selden.
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Selden, John, 1586-1654.
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STC 22172.3; ESTC S117046
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at_o this_o day_n so_o be_v the_o law_n 14._o ancient_o also_o beside_o these_o discharge_v some_o may_v here_o expect_v that_o part_n of_o our_o law_n which_o with_o we_o as_o the_o philippine_n in_o france_n and_o the_o carolines_n in_o spain_n discharge_v some_o thing_n from_o payment_n of_o tithe_n and_o seem_v to_o permit_v some_o custom_n de_fw-fr non_fw-la decimando_fw-la but_o for_o that_o matter_n so_o much_o as_o upon_o consideration_n be_v think_v fit_a to_o be_v spare_o say_v of_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o passage_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n that_o touch_v ancient_a prohibition_n de_fw-fr non_fw-la decimando_fw-la neither_o indeed_o do_v that_o part_n of_o our_o english_a custom_n belong_v to_o the_o title_n of_o exemption_n or_o discharge_v for_o exemption_n and_o discharge_v be_v proper_o singular_a right_n to_o this_o or_o that_o person_n or_o land_n and_o against_o the_o currant_n of_o the_o practise_v law_n but_o those_o thing_n touch_v which_o any_o such_o prohibition_n de_fw-fr non_fw-fr etc._n etc._n by_o our_o law_n shall_v be_v grant_v be_v suppose_v general_o according_a to_o the_o reason_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n of_o their_o own_o nature_n not_o titheable_a so_o that_o not_o so_o much_o a_o discharge_n be_v find_v in_o that_o course_n as_o a_o prevention_n of_o a_o unlawful_a charge_n which_o the_o canon_n will_v lay_v upon_o that_o which_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n account_v not_o at_o all_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n chargeable_a but_o thereof_o somewhat_o more_o anon_o cap._n fourteen_o i._o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o ecclesiastic_a cause_n in_o the_o saxon_a time_n exercise_v by_o the_o shrife_n and_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o county_n court_n and_o among_o they_o that_o of_o tithe_n also_o be_v then_o to_o have_v be_v there_o determine_v the_o bishop_n consistory_n sever_v from_o the_o county_n court_n by_o william_n the_o first_o ii_o after_o the_o norman_n original_a suit_n for_o tithe_n be_v 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the_o alpeâ—_n but_o as_o it_o be_v law_n it_o neither_o bind_v nor_o rule_v with_o they_o no_o more_o than_o the_o old_a story_n of_o heredotus_n thucydides_n diodore_n polybius_n josephus_n liute_v tacitus_n and_o the_o like_a or_o cicero_n and_o demosthenes_n or_o plato_n law_n and_o other_o of_o that_o kind_n which_o be_v equal_o sometime_o use_v for_o reason_n or_o example_n special_o by_o the_o practiser_n of_o france_n and_o so_o the_o old_a imperial_a civil_a law_n valet_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la as_o bertrand_n d'_fw-fr argentre_fw-fr precedent_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o rennes_n rubricam_fw-la say_v non_fw-la pro_fw-la inducto_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la only_a quantum_fw-la reges_fw-la dynastae_fw-la &_o respublicae_fw-la intra_fw-la potestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la fine_n valere_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la and_o in_o france_n and_o spain_n law_n roâ—ni_n be_v some_o ccc_o year_n since_o express_o make_v that_o the_o imperial_o shall_v have_v no_o force_n in_o 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