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and_o poor_a rank_n of_o the_o people_n bring_v they_o to_o a_o very_a great_a assurance_n chap._n viii_o the_o pawn_n and_o engagement_n of_o the_o body_n be_v most_o common_o a_o better_a security_n than_o land_n or_o personal_a estate_n upon_o which_o the_o borrow_n of_o money_n be_v not_o only_o very_o troublesome_a but_o difficult_a that_o the_o pawn_n of_o the_o body_n and_o liberty_n of_o a_o debtor_n be_v so_o dear_a and_o precious_a to_o which_o the_o real_a and_o personal_a estate_n if_o they_o have_v any_o or_o shall_v have_v any_o be_v as_o it_o be_v annex_v and_o concomitant_a be_v most_o common_o the_o essentialia_fw-la consecutiva_fw-la and_o the_o collaterales_fw-la sequelae_fw-la &_o appendix_n to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o debtor_n and_o as_o to_o what_o be_v in_o his_o immediate_a possession_n or_o be_v other_o way_n in_o his_o dispose_n or_o power_n be_v as_o incorporate_v and_o consocate_v with_o it_o as_o the_o contenta_fw-mi be_v in_o or_o with_o the_o continens_fw-la the_o good_n and_o chattel_n be_v as_o it_o be_v ipsa_fw-la vita_fw-la hominis_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la alter_fw-la sanguis_fw-la as_o the_o life_n and_o life_n blood_n judic_n be_v the_o instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la the_o most_o easy_a most_o certain_a convenient_a and_o obligatory_a kind_n of_o security_n and_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o when_o the_o take_n of_o pledge_n or_o pawn_n have_v such_o a_o restraint_n lay_v upon_o it_o by_o god_n own_o most_o righteous_a law_n give_v to_o his_o choose_a people_n of_o israel_n 27._o not_o to_o keep_v the_o poor_a man_n raiment_n or_o cover_v after_o the_o sun_n be_v go_v down_o 12._o for_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v his_o cover_n and_o he_o that_o be_v to_o take_v it_o be_v not_o to_o go_v into_o his_o house_n to_o fetch_v it_o but_o stand_v abroad_o and_o the_o man_n be_v to_o bring_v the_o pledge_n unto_o he_o and_o by_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o make_n of_o several_a law_n by_o diverse_a king_n and_o prince_n in_o other_o 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be_v bear_v the_o party_n pledge_v desire_v to_o have_v it_o again_o be_v to_o allow_v the_o creditor_n the_o curiosity_n of_o his_o choice_n of_o one_o two_o or_o three_o surety_n none_o be_v to_o take_v pawn_n or_o pledge_n 124._o without_o licence_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o they_o which_o assign_v it_o over_o unto_o other_o whereby_o to_o exact_v more_o than_o be_v due_a be_v to_o loose_v their_o debt_n and_o if_o the_o creditor_n do_v take_v more_o than_o be_v pledge_v he_o be_v to_o pay_v four_o time_n the_o value_n if_o he_o be_v sue_v for_o it_o within_o a_o year_n if_o a_o creditor_n take_v it_o against_o the_o law_n ulmari_fw-la and_o a_o man_n take_v in_o pledge_n be_v kill_v or_o any_o other_o damage_n be_v do_v the_o creditor_n and_o not_o the_o owner_n of_o the_o pledge_n be_v to_o pay_v it_o if_o any_o
man_n take_v a_o freeman_n as_o a_o pledge_n by_o force_n and_o shut_v he_o up_o as_o a_o prisoner_n 24_o he_o be_v to_o pay_v forty_o shilling_n penalty_n if_o the_o time_n for_o the_o pawn_n be_v expire_v and_o it_o be_v not_o within_o that_o time_n redeem_v he_o be_v to_o bring_v it_o before_o the_o judge_n whereupon_o a_o apprisement_n make_v by_o three_o honest_a man_n 3._o he_o be_v to_o be_v license_v to_o sell_v it_o restore_v to_o the_o owner_n the_o overplus_n if_o man_n or_o maid_n be_v take_v in_o pledge_n and_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o custody_n of_o the_o creditor_n have_v steal_v any_o thing_n he_o be_v to_o endure_v the_o damage_n if_o ox_n horse_n minuta_fw-la animalia_fw-la or_o small_a cattle_n vestment_n jewel_n and_o utensil_n of_o husbandry_n remain_v as_o pawn_n with_o the_o creditor_n by_o the_o space_n of_o twelve_o night_n and_o they_o be_v not_o redeem_v he_o may_v make_v use_n of_o they_o as_o his_o own_o and_o if_o he_o that_o owe_v the_o pawn_n or_o pledge_n complain_v that_o they_o be_v misuse_v he_o can_v have_v nothing_o but_o the_o creditor_n oath_n concern_v it_o if_o any_o do_v pawn_v a_o man_n or_o maidservant_n of_o another_o man_n be_v by_o a_o mistake_n he_o be_v to_o procure_v they_o to_o be_v release_v 3._o and_o if_o the_o creditor_n be_v question_v for_o it_o by_o their_o master_n he_o be_v to_o take_v his_o oath_n that_o he_o think_v the_o debtor_n have_v pawn_v they_o if_o any_o debtor_n do_v against_o the_o law_n 4._o give_v any_o man_n in_o pawn_n or_o pledge_v without_o licence_n he_o be_v to_o pay_v forty_o shilling_n penalty_n and_o if_o the_o creditor_n take_v hog_n in_o pledge_n without_o order_n both_o he_o and_o the_o driver_n be_v to_o undergo_v severe_a penalty_n and_o the_o grievance_n and_o inconvenience_n do_v by_o pawn_v and_o pledge_v grow_v so_o high_a and_o burdensome_a 95._o as_o by_o theodorico_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n and_o italy_n the_o pawn_n of_o the_o child_n by_o their_o parent_n be_v forbid_v and_o charles_n the_o great_a or_o charlemagne_n add_v to_o his_o lombardy_n law_n concern_v pledge_v that_o he_o et_fw-la ille_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la the_o emperor_n and_o the_o creditor_n will_v as_o they_o please_v show_v mercy_n and_o ordain_v that_o no_o judge_n shall_v cause_v man_n to_o pawn_v any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o law_n especial_o their_o ox_n quia_fw-la audivimus_fw-la muâ—â—a_fw-la damna_fw-la &_o afflictiones_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la populum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la sustinuisse_fw-la 26._o for_o that_o he_o understand_v that_o his_o people_n have_v lie_v under_o many_o loss_n and_o affliction_n by_o it_o and_o the_o borrow_n of_o money_n by_o pawn_n and_o pledge_n and_o secure_v of_o it_o thoâ—gh_o with_o less_o usury_n and_o brocage_n then_o now_o be_v in_o the_o former_a age_n so_o very_o difficult_a and_o upon_o hard_a term_n as_o upon_o the_o put_n in_o a_o fidejussor_n or_o surety_n for_o a_o debt_n or_o money_n among_o the_o burgundian_n 19_o he_o that_o become_v the_o surety_n carry_v home_o to_o his_o house_n the_o debtor_n there_o to_o remain_v as_o his_o pledge_n for_o performance_n 24._o and_o where_o the_o surety_n have_v not_o so_o secure_v himself_o he_o be_v before_o witness_n to_o have_v three_o time_n more_o than_o the_o debt_n secure_v or_o gage_v unto_o he_o and_o if_o the_o debt_n be_v not_o pay_v within_o three_o month_n be_v to_o retain_v it_o to_o his_o own_o use_n and_o the_o old_a bavarian_o do_v use_v to_o take_v the_o body_n of_o man_n for_o pledge_n or_o security_n and_o shut_v they_o up_o as_o prisoner_n in_o their_o house_n nor_o be_v the_o borrow_n of_o money_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o pegu_n or_o brama_n very_o pleasant_a 1._o where_o the_o wife_n child_n and_o slave_n of_o the_o borrower_n be_v bind_v to_o the_o creditor_n who_o may_v carry_v they_o to_o their_o house_n and_o there_o shut_v they_o up_o or_o sell_v they_o and_o be_v not_o with_o we_o in_o the_o time_n of_o great_a charity_n which_o be_v then_o believe_v to_o be_v a_o scala_fw-la caelorum_fw-la very_o meritorious_a and_o the_o most_o ready_a way_n to_o blessedness_n so_o easy_a as_o it_o be_v now_o when_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o our_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o and_o long_o before_o and_o sometime_o after_o the_o lender_n of_o money_n if_o they_o be_v any_o thing_n suspicious_a of_o the_o return_n and_o payment_n thereof_o do_v not_o seldom_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o the_o borrower_n beside_o his_o bond_n or_o pledge_n which_o give_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n a_o occasion_n or_o pretence_n of_o take_v cognisance_n of_o debt_n and_o encroach_a upon_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o king_n temporal_a court_n of_o justice_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o many_o plea_n roll_n in_o our_o king_n court_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o reign_v of_o king_n henry_n the_o 3d._n edward_n the_o 1_o 2d_o and_o 3d._n where_o prohibition_n be_v send_v into_o the_o spiritual_a court_n by_o our_o king_n and_o their_o temporal_a court_n of_o justice_n and_o action_n be_v bring_v upon_o the_o disobey_v of_o they_o by_o the_o party_n grieve_v as_o well_o against_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n as_o the_o party_n therein_o prosecute_a 1._o quare_fw-la traxerunt_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o placitum_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la in_fw-la placito_fw-la debiti_fw-la contra_fw-la prohibitionem_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la and_o then_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o a_o sentence_n be_v give_v for_o the_o payment_n of_o the_o debt_n a_o excommunication_n be_v upon_o the_o non_fw-fr prrformance_n denounce_v and_o a_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicatum_fw-la capiendo_fw-la often_o grant_v by_o the_o secular_a power_n to_o arrest_v and_o take_v the_o body_n of_o the_o defendant_n which_o kind_n of_o writ_n and_o process_n be_v as_o early_o as_o the_o constitution_n or_o parliament_n of_o clarendon_n in_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o insomuch_o as_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o intus_fw-la to_o preserve_v the_o privilege_n of_o his_o menial_a household_n servant_n and_o prevent_v their_o arrest_n and_o imprisonment_n upon_o excommunication_n hold_v it_o necessary_a to_o make_v and_o issue_n out_o his_o writ_n de_fw-fr promulgatoribus_fw-la sententiam_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la in_o ministros_fw-la regis_fw-la capiendis_fw-la &_o imprisonandis_fw-la to_o take_v and_o imprison_v such_o as_o excommunicate_v any_o of_o they_o chap._n ix_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o borrow_v of_o money_n upon_o land_n and_o real_a estate_n and_o the_o procure_n of_o it_o upon_o personal_a security_n and_o that_o without_o trust_n and_o personal_a security_n trade_n can_v well_v or_o at_o all_o subsist_v and_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o borrow_n of_o money_n upon_o land_n and_o real_a estate_n and_o the_o procure_n of_o it_o upon_o personal_a security_n may_v by_o the_o borrower_n sad_o be_v evidence_v when_o security_n by_o land_n be_v now_o most_o common_o by_o way_n of_o leaf_n and_o release_n be_v a_o dark_a way_n of_o assurance_n and_o within_o the_o memory_n of_o man_n at_o first_o only_o purposely_o concontrive_v by_o sergeant_n francis_n moor_n at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o lord_n norris_n to_o the_o end_n that_o some_o of_o his_o kindred_n or_o near_a relation_n shall_v not_o take_v notice_n by_o any_o search_n of_o public_a record_n what_o conveyance_n or_o setlement_n he_o shall_v make_v of_o his_o estate_n and_o by_o the_o sad_a experience_n of_o sometime_o double_a or_o treble_a mortgage_n have_v not_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v so_o safe_a as_o the_o former_a which_o be_v more_o public_a and_o of_o record_n and_o when_o for_o a_o security_n of_o two_o thousand_o pound_n the_o borrower_n must_v upon_o strange_a scrutiny_n and_o almost_o a_o spanish_a inquisition_n the_o torture_n of_o the_o body_n only_o except_v have_v his_o estate_n evidence_n and_o credit_v put_v upon_o the_o rack_n and_o be_v bind_v with_o a_o abundance_n of_o over-jealous_a hard-hearted_a thorney_a covenant_n and_o unmerciful_a proviso_n and_o condition_n too_o near_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o scottish_a movable_a bond_n mort-gage_n land_n worth_a four_o or_o five_o thousand_o pound_n or_o more_o give_v his_o answer_n upon_o oath_n to_o a_o bill_n in_o chancery_n what_o judgement_n statute_n or_o encumbrance_n be_v upon_o it_o and_o so_o embroil_v that_o and_o the_o residue_n of_o his_o land_n and_o estate_n with_o statute_n judgement_n and_o recognizance_n of_o great_a penalty_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o those_o covenant_n as_o he_o shall_v hardly_o be_v able_a to_o have_v any_o more_o credit_n by_o it_o or_o money_n lend_v upon_o it_o or_o if_o the_o creditor_n who_o to_o be_v sure_a to_o keep_v he_o in_o the_o chain_n or_o thraldom_n of_o his_o power_n and_o threaten_a will_v seldom_o give_v he_o time_n for_o above_o one_o year_n or_o two_o for_o the_o repayment_n
do_v waste_v his_o estate_n and_o intend_v to_o defraud_v his_o creditor_n 9_o be_v a_o gamester_n 10._o have_v all_o the_o sign_n of_o a_o suspicious_a person_n 11._o make_v use_n of_o many_o man_n to_o be_v bind_v or_o engage_v for_o he_o 12._o engage_v himself_o in_o many_o business_n 13._o be_v look_v out_o or_o provide_v for_o another_o habitation_n 14._o be_v turn_v informer_n 15._o keep_v his_o shop_n shut_v up_o 16._o be_v a_o man_n of_o ill_a life_n or_o conversation_n 17._o or_o have_v be_v so_o former_o 18._o have_v be_v a_o offender_n in_o criminal_a matter_n 19_o lodge_v his_o good_n in_o some_o secret_a place_n 20._o and_o be_v pack_v up_o to_o be_v go_v but_o they_o that_o can_v dream_v of_o tyranny_n and_o oppression_n in_o our_o process_n of_o arrest_n and_o outlawry_n and_o know_v not_o how_o to_o prove_v it_o will_v rather_o than_o miscarry_v in_o their_o design_n of_o metamorphose_v our_o law_n and_o put_v they_o into_o as_o many_o new_a fashion_n as_o the_o 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