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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intellig_v it_o singulos_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gerentes_fw-la quibus_fw-la singulis_fw-la bini_fw-la erant_fw-la additi_fw-la adsessores_fw-la periti_fw-la juris_fw-la quos_fw-la josephus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la septem_fw-la ergo_fw-la municipes_fw-la loci_fw-la erant_fw-la judices_fw-la praeterea_fw-la adsessores_fw-la quatuordecim_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la maxim_n sumebantur_fw-la his_o supernumer_n arii_fw-la accessisse_fw-la videntur_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o alter_fw-la so_o grotius_n in_o mat._n 5._o 21._o and_o so_o also_o the_o english_a translation_n do_v render_v the_o place_n in_o every_o city_n or_o township_n let_v there_o be_v seven_o governor_n such_o as_o be_v approve_v in_o virtue_n and_o famous_a for_o their_o justice_n and_o let_v each_o of_o these_o magistrate_n have_v two_o minister_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi._n in_o this_o court_n of_o judgement_n all_o manner_n of_o 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civil_a law_n say_v patritii_fw-la cum_fw-la plebeis_fw-la conjugia_fw-la ne_fw-la contrahunto_fw-la and_o in_o our_o law_n it_o be_v repute_v a_o disparagement_n for_o a_o ward_n in_o chivalry_n which_o in_o old_a time_n be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v a_o gentleman_n to_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o daughter_n of_o one_o that_o dwell_v in_o a_o burrow_n as_o lambard_n show_v in_o his_o perambulation_n of_o kent_n pag._n 504._o so_o the_o old_a statute_n of_o merton_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1235._o cap._n 7._o de_fw-fr dominis_n qui_fw-la maritaverint_fw-la illos_fw-la quos_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o custodia_fw-la sua_fw-la villanis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la sicut_fw-la burgensibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la disparagentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n lord_n coke_n show_v what_o cause_n belong_v to_o the_o court_n christian_n viz._n probate_a of_o will_n and_o testament_n legacy_n reparation_n of_o church_n and_o churchyard_n tyth_n oblation_n mortuary_n and_o such_o like_a duty_n matrimonial_a cause_n degree_n of_o 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infinite_a number_n of_o bastard_n get_v and_o the_o justice_n of_o peace_n only_o take_v care_n for_o keep_v the_o bastard_n but_o there_o be_v no_o punishment_n or_o correction_n for_o the_o scandal_n to_o religion_n and_o the_o vulgar_a people_n go_v together_o like_a dog_n and_o bitch_n without_o licence_n or_o publication_n of_o bane_n in_o any_o parish_n the_o holy_a communion_n be_v cast_v aside_o and_o neglect_v in_o most_o parish_n most_o shameful_o the_o common-people_n in_o most_o parish_n will_v rather_o be_v without_o the_o sacrament_n then_o give_v one_o penny_n to_o buy_v bread_n and_o wine_n for_o it_o that_o they_o be_v become_v atheist_n in_o most_o place_n and_o many_o sectary_n profess_v public_o that_o they_o will_v not_o have_v church_n or_o stone-house_n nor_o minister_n or_o magistrate_n and_o yet_o the_o parliament_n pretend_v to_o reform_v all_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o all_o thing_n to_o advance_v the_o throne_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n with_o all_o his_o holy_a ordinance_n in_o full_a force_n and_o power_n as_o the_o language_n be_v of_o the_o presbyterian_a minister_n chap._n viii_o some_o observation_n out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o empire_n concern_v the_o separation_n of_o court_n and_o some_o also_o out_o of_o the_o ancient_a statute_n as_o selden_n have_v relate_v they_o lord_n cook_n defence_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v in_o parliament_n and_o of_o the_o convocation_n and_o high_a commission_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a court_n as_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a be_v separate_v in_o our_o kingdom_n so_o ancient_o there_o be_v some_o such_o division_n in_o the_o empire_n yet_o the_o emperor_n give_v great_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n according_a to_o that_o which_o justinian_n say_v of_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o the_o novel_a 123._o si_fw-la pro_fw-la criminal_a si_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la negotium_fw-la sit_fw-la â—ullam_n communionem_fw-la habento_fw-la civiles_fw-la magistratus_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la disceptatione_n sed_fw-la religiosissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la finem_fw-la imponunto_fw-la if_o it_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a suit_n let_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v there_o with_o that_o plea_n but_o let_v the_o bishop_n end_v it_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o prohibition_n from_o the_o temporal_a court_n be_v not_o then_o allowable_a which_o certain_o come_v not_o into_o use_n till_o after_o
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