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             Respublica de decimis. Written by Sir VVilliam Cockburne of Langtoun Knight
             Cockburn, William, Sir, d. 1628.
          
           [2], 16, [2] p. : ill.
           
             Printed by Iohn Wreittoun,
             Edinburgh :
             anno Domini 1627.
          
           
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             Addressing abuses in tithing.
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           RESPVBLICA
           DE
           DECIMIS
           .
        
         
           WRITTEN
           BY
           Sir
           VVilliam
           Cockburne
           of
           LANGTOVN
           Knight
           .
        
         
         
           EDINBVRGH
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Wreittoun
          
           Anno
           Domini
           1627.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           right
           honourable
           and
           my
           noble
           parts
           ,
           My
           
             LORDS
             COMMISSIONERS
          
           appoynted
           for
           reformation
           of
           diuerse
           abuses
           ,
           and
           first
           of
           Tithes
           .
        
         
           REason
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           secreet
           surmising
           (
           beleeued
           by
           the
           weaker
           minds
           ,
           and
           fostred
           by
           the
           more
           particularie
           inclined
           )
           that
           no
           reformation
           annent
           that
           matter
           of
           Tithes
           is
           intended
           ,
           hath
           imployed
           mee
           (
           as
           one
           ,
           whose
           interest
           it
           principally
           or
           rather
           onlie
           concernes
           ,
           )
           Faithfully
           to
           report
           vnto
           your
           LL.
           the
           true
           mind
           of
           every
           severall
           part
           of
           my
           composition
           :
           as
           I
           haue
           receaued
           it
           from
           him
           my
           over
           Lord
           directour
           and
           resumer
           of
           euery
           particulare
           thought
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           euery
           particular
           partie
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           but
           euen
           of
           euerie
           particular
           person
           in
           whatsoeuer
           businesse
           hath
           potentia
           truely
           to
           thinke
           .
           But
           if
           any
           man
           bee
           curious
           to
           see
           my
           procuratory
           ,
           let
           him
           search
           the
           hollow
           of
           his
           owne
           breast
           ,
           there
           shall
           hee
           finde
           it
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             THE
             MIND
             OF
             THE
             KING
             MY
             HEAD
             .
          
           
             OVr
             gratious
             Soueraigne
             aimes
             nowise
             to
             prejudge
             any
             mans
             right
             ,
             nor
             to
             vrge
             any
             man
             further
             than
             what
             hee
             is
             tyed
             vnto
             by
             Law
             :
             But
             only
             out
             of
             his
             princely
             care
             ,
             of
             my
             benefite
             intends
             a
             reformation
             of
             all
             abuses
             ,
             and
             first
             of
             Tithes
             ;
             which
             is
             vnderstood
             to
             bee
             threefold
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             the
             abuse
             of
             their
             dedication
             by
             him
             who
             only
             is
             proprietar
             therof
             ,
             God
             ,
             
               The
               tithes
               are
               mine
               ,
               and
               I
               haue
               giuen
               them
               to
               the
               Leuite
               ,
            
             whereby
             is
             easily
             perceiued
             that
             the
             Pastors
             and
             Instructers
             in
             true
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             [
             
               ante
               omnia
            
             ]
             to
             bee
             sustained
             ,
             entertained
             and
             maintained
             ,
             euery
             man
             in
             his
             place
             or
             degree
             of
             imployment
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             Church
             is
             builded
             ,
             and
             euery
             particular
             person
             is
             formed
             a
             liuing
             stone
             for
             raising
             thereof
             ,
             the
             chiefe
             corner
             remaining
             ,
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             of
             vplifting
             the
             same
             ,
             whereby
             the
             fruites
             of
             the
             ground
             are
             subject
             to
             many
             inconvenients
             ,
             partly
             by
             the
             sloath
             ,
             and
             partly
             by
             the
             malice
             of
             Tith-possessours
             the
             one
             beeing
             carelesse
             to
             separate
             the
             same
             from
             the
             stocke
             in
             due
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             maliciously
             refusing
             to
             doe
             it
             in
             due
             time
             ;
             wherby
             the
             stock
             in
             these
             cold
             and
             Northerne
             partes
             are
             subject
             to
             the
             hazard
             of
             many
             inconvenients
             ,
             by
             tempestuous
             weather
             :
             As
             also
             comming
             to
             Tithe
             ,
             they
             bring
             with
             them
             such
             a
             confluence
             of
             men
             and
             beasts
             ,
             like
             locustes
             ouershadowing
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             running
             through
             euery
             corne
             field
             ,
             that
             the
             poore
             labourer
             of
             the
             ground
             is
             not
             able
             to
             see
             the
             destruction
             of
             his
             fruites
             ,
             his
             body
             not
             beeing
             vbiquiter
             ,
             and
             therfore
             cannot
             tell
             of
             what
             to
             complaine
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             by
             vsurpation
             vnder
             the
             cullour
             of
             tithing
             to
             intromet
             with
             the
             stock
             ,
             or
             a
             great
             part
             thereof
             ,
             against
             all
             reason
             ,
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             man
             :
             And
             for
             reformation
             of
             these
             abuses
             ,
             Willes
             that
             the
             parties
             justly
             grieued
             ,
             giue
             in
             their
             best
             ouertures
             unto
             your
             LL.
             of
             whose
             duetiefull
             care
             his
             Majestie
             rests
             sufficientlie
             assured
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             MINDE
             OF
             THE
             CHVRCH
             MY
             HEART
             .
          
           
             THE
             Church
             is
             heerewith
             well
             pleased
             ,
             for
             howbeit
             
             it
             bee
             without
             contraversie
             ,
             that
             the
             Tith
             is
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             giuen
             to
             the
             Levite
             :
             and
             therefore
             may
             not
             vnjustly
             bee
             acclaimed
             by
             the
             Pastours
             ,
             successours
             to
             their
             function
             ,
             hauing
             the
             charge
             of
             Gods
             Tabernacle
             .
             Yet
             considering
             that
             their
             office
             is
             not
             naturally
             hereditarie
             ,
             but
             by
             grace
             and
             election
             .
             And
             therefore
             their
             present
             maintainance
             is
             only
             to
             be
             desired
             ;
             since
             their
             naturall
             successours
             (
             as
             they
             are
             their
             naturall
             successours
             )
             haue
             no
             right
             to
             their
             spirituall
             possessions
             :
             as
             the
             Levites
             ,
             whose
             children
             were
             Levites
             ,
             whereby
             all
             the
             Church
             goodes
             were
             euer
             possessed
             by
             Church-men
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             considering
             that
             they
             are
             not
             restrained
             from
             purchasing
             possessions
             amongst
             their
             brethren
             the
             Laicks
             ,
             as
             the
             Leuites
             might
             not
             inherite
             nor
             possesse
             any
             possessions
             among
             the
             other
             Tribes
             ,
             whereby
             the
             superabundance
             of
             goods
             ,
             if
             any
             they
             had
             ;
             of
             necessitie
             behoved
             flow
             backe
             to
             their
             brethren
             the
             Laicks
             from
             whence
             it
             sprang
             :
             otherwise
             their
             commodities
             beeing
             great
             ,
             and
             their
             labour
             easie
             in
             purchasing
             the
             same
             ,
             they
             might
             happily
             haue
             conquered
             all
             their
             brethrens
             possessions
             ,
             and
             so
             twelue
             Tribes
             should
             bee
             reduced
             in
             one
             :
             And
             therfore
             since
             they
             are
             not
             thus
             restrained
             ,
             they
             desire
             no
             more
             but
             a
             competent
             allowance
             according
             to
             his
             Majesties
             royall
             intention
             aboue
             specified
             .
          
           
             As
             also
             ,
             they
             are
             content
             that
             the
             superplus
             bee
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Power
             to
             bee
             employed
             for
             the
             publicke
             benefite
             of
             the
             Kirke
             and
             common-wealth
             ,
             and
             for
             recompensing
             in
             some
             sort
             of
             such
             particular
             persons
             as
             his
             Majestie
             out
             of
             his
             royall
             disposition
             shall
             thinke
             himselfe
             in
             conscience
             tyed
             to
             considder
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             forme
             of
             their
             acquiring
             of
             possession
             of
             Tythes
             ,
             howsoeuer
             the
             right
             cannot
             stand
             in
             Law.
             But
             first
             of
             all
             they
             
             desire
             your
             LL.
             consider
             ,
             how
             nothing
             is
             more
             necessare
             for
             instruction
             in
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             than
             the
             knowledge
             of
             letters
             ,
             the
             first
             medium
             whereby
             a
             man
             ,
             or
             rather
             the
             Jmage
             of
             God
             potentiall
             ,
             is
             reduced
             in
             act
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             very
             requisite
             that
             every
             man
             bee
             instructed
             in
             his
             youth
             in
             the
             first
             degree
             thereof
             ,
             which
             is
             reading
             ,
             whereby
             hee
             is
             not
             onlie
             able
             to
             see
             the
             ground
             of
             all
             their
             doctrine
             [
             
               the
               Scriptures
            
             ]
             whereof
             they
             are
             the
             explicators
             ,
             but
             even
             to
             see
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             explicatours
             thereof
             ,
             in
             their
             best
             show
             from
             the
             beginning
             :
             and
             so
             may
             become
             a
             noble
             Berean
             deseruing
             preferment
             before
             the
             Thessalonian
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             purpose
             it
             is
             very
             necessarie
             ,
             that
             no
             Paroche
             bee
             without
             a
             reader
             and
             instructer
             in
             reading
             ;
             the
             principall
             entrance
             to
             true
             vnderstanding
             .
             The
             next
             degrie
             of
             letters
             ,
             is
             the
             vnderstanding
             of
             subtilities
             and
             schoole
             questions
             ,
             whereby
             the
             deepe
             of
             Theologie
             and
             Philosophy
             may
             bee
             dived
             into
             .
             This
             is
             not
             so
             necessare
             to
             bee
             commonly
             instructed
             in
             euery
             Paroch
             ,
             Yet
             it
             is
             very
             necessarie
             it
             be
             sufficiently
             instructed
             within
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             wherby
             the
             enemies
             of
             Gods
             flock
             may
             finde
             to
             their
             feare
             not
             only
             barking
             but
             byting
             Dogs
             keeping
             the
             Folds
             .
             For
             this
             purpose
             it
             is
             necessare
             that
             Colledges
             or
             seminaries
             bee
             erected
             and
             provyded
             for
             ,
             in
             some
             the
             most
             eminent
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             Thus
             for
             the
             generall
             overtures
             at
             this
             time
             when
             your
             LL.
             shall
             think
             good
             to
             put
             the
             same
             in
             practise
             ,
             J
             shall
             more
             particularly
             giue
             ouertures
             [
             
               de
               modo
            
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
             THE
             MINDE
             OF
             THE
             BARRONS
             MY
             BODY
             .
          
           
             THE
             Barrons
             with
             all
             humilitie
             would
             beg
             this
             reformation
             ,
             and
             craues
             no
             other
             favour
             .
             For
             howbeit
             
             the
             heeretofore
             vnjust
             imployment
             of
             tithes
             ,
             may
             not
             vnjustly
             furnish
             them
             a
             ground
             to
             protest
             against
             all
             payment
             of
             tyths
             ,
             and
             desire
             a
             libertie
             to
             contribute
             among
             themselues
             for
             the
             entertainment
             of
             their
             instructers
             :
             yet
             their
             hearts
             can
             neuer
             harbour
             such
             a
             thought
             ,
             when
             once
             they
             remember
             .
             First
             ,
             how
             forcible
             nature
             forces
             from
             vs
             that
             duetie
             .
             For
             who
             is
             so
             beastly
             minded
             or
             so
             sensually
             addicted
             ,
             to
             the
             only
             care
             of
             his
             sensible
             part
             that
             will
             not
             bee
             content
             to
             count
             with
             himselfe
             till
             hee
             can
             count
             no
             further
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             that
             count
             pay
             but
             one
             for
             the
             nourishment
             of
             his
             Soule
             ?
             Now
             who
             is
             able
             to
             reckon
             aboue
             ten
             ?
             Who
             then
             shall
             bee
             so
             beastly
             as
             to
             refuse
             one
             of
             ten
             ,
             except
             hee
             bee
             idem
             with
             the
             beast
             ?
             what
             is
             more
             to
             bee
             said
             heereanent
             ,
             J
             referre
             to
             the
             more
             learned
             Pithagorean
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             when
             they
             considder
             the
             antiquitie
             of
             this
             duetie
             which
             Cain
             and
             Abel
             are
             thought
             by
             some
             to
             haue
             payed
             by
             their
             offerings
             :
             but
             it
             is
             specially
             expressed
             they
             were
             payed
             in
             the
             days
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             where
             the
             authorities
             both
             of
             the
             giuer
             and
             receauer
             is
             notable
             ,
             viz.
             the
             first
             Father
             of
             the
             faithfull
             is
             the
             giuer
             ,
             the
             receaver
             wherof
             is
             the
             Priest
             of
             the
             most
             hie
             God
             ,
             without
             Father
             ,
             without
             Mother
             ,
             without
             kinred
             hauing
             neither
             beginning
             of
             dayes
             ,
             nor
             end
             of
             time
             ;
             not
             that
             he
             was
             without
             them
             all
             in
             respect
             of
             nature
             :
             but
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             supernaturall
             internall
             separation
             from
             all
             thinges
             carnall
             and
             temporarie
             to
             teache
             moste
             high
             Mysteries
             for
             accomplishing
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             wherein
             was
             his
             only
             confidence
             ,
             delyte
             and
             solace
             :
             and
             so
             the
             doers
             thereof
             his
             only
             kinred
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             likened
             to
             the
             sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             professed
             the
             doers
             of
             Gods
             will
             to
             bee
             his
             Mother
             ,
             Brother
             ,
             and
             Sister
             ,
             hee
             also
             is
             called
             King
             of
             rightwysnesse
             ;
             
             and
             after
             ,
             his
             dwelling
             Citie
             is
             said
             to
             be
             Salem
             ,
             which
             is
             peace
             ;
             for
             true
             wisedome
             is
             euer
             King
             of
             peace
             .
             But
             thirdly
             and
             most
             of
             all
             ,
             when
             wee
             remember
             his
             divine
             majestie
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             are
             acclaimed
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             a
             type
             of
             that
             eternall
             Priesthood
             ,
             wherevnto
             the
             true
             Melch●sedecke
             was
             internally
             separate
             )
             did
             externally
             separate
             the
             Levite
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             were
             giuen
             for
             their
             entertainment
             alanerly
             .
             Or
             what
             was
             more
             ,
             to
             bee
             eaten
             by
             the
             stranger
             the
             Fatherles
             or
             the
             Widow
             :
             and
             on
             no
             wayes
             to
             bee
             imployed
             for
             their
             further
             enriching
             than
             present
             necessitie
             .
          
           
             Those
             things
             considered
             ,
             they
             euen
             feare
             to
             think
             of
             witholding
             the
             same
             ,
             like
             as
             J
             thinke
             euery
             man
             should
             tremble
             to
             intromet
             with
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             intrometting
             therwith
             ,
             should
             dare
             to
             employ
             it
             for
             any
             private
             vse
             ,
             to
             enriching
             his
             Children
             ,
             or
             acquyring
             new
             possessions
             :
             but
             I
             leaue
             every
             man
             to
             his
             own
             conscience
             ;
             for
             they
             (
             being
             cōscious
             to
             themselues
             ,
             that
             the
             Tithes
             belongs
             not
             to
             them
             )
             will
             none
             of
             them
             ,
             howsoever
             they
             bee
             used
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             will
             onely
             proceede
             to
             their
             ouertures
             for
             reforming
             these
             abuses
             noted
             by
             our
             most
             gratious
             Soveraigne
             .
             Of
             these
             abuses
             concerning
             them
             in
             particular
             ,
             the
             first
             is
             by
             the
             sloath
             and
             malice
             of
             the
             Tithe
             possessours
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             vnnecessare
             confluence
             of
             men
             and
             beastes
             ,
             the
             time
             of
             Tithing
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             part
             of
             this
             abuse
             is
             in
             some
             sort
             already
             prouided
             for
             ,
             by
             that
             statute
             .
             22.
             
             Parliament
             28
             June
             .
             1617.
             
             Act
             9.
             
             But
             if
             your
             LL.
             think
             it
             better
             that
             the
             Tiths
             be
             valued
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             their
             valuation
             ,
             euery
             Heretour
             to
             pay
             for
             his
             owne
             Tith
             ,
             J
             shall
             be
             glad
             to
             haue
             it
             aggried
             vpon
             .
             The
             second
             part
             of
             ●●is
             abuse
             is
             easily
             helped
             ,
             the
             vnformall
             form
             of
             tything
             being
             reformed
             .
             For
             it
             carrys
             no
             reason
             that
             the
             
             Tith
             possessour
             ,
             should
             (
             with
             the
             Tith
             corne
             ;
             )
             carry
             away
             also
             the
             strae
             ,
             which
             belongs
             nothing
             vnto
             them
             :
             for
             it
             is
             no
             encresse
             to
             the
             owner
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             ordained
             to
             rott
             vpon
             the
             ground
             for
             maintaining
             the
             same
             in
             the
             owne
             strength
             :
             and
             is
             only
             taken
             from
             the
             ground
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             for
             better
             collecting
             the
             cornes
             :
             wherefrom
             beeing
             once
             separate
             it
             is
             againe
             sent
             vnto
             the
             ground
             ,
             which
             is
             therby
             the
             better
             enabled
             to
             yeild
             her
             encrease
             ;
             wherof
             the
             benefite
             redounds
             aswell
             to
             the
             Tithe
             as
             to
             the
             stock
             ,
             and
             so
             no
             man
             is
             loser
             .
             But
             if
             some
             object
             ;
             the
             straw
             is
             vsed
             for
             fodder
             and
             entertainment
             of
             beasts
             in
             this
             Country
             .
             J
             answere
             ,
             in
             that
             same
             respect
             it
             ought
             to
             bee
             free
             of
             Tithe
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             foode
             of
             the
             labourer
             for
             it
             feedes
             the
             beastes
             that
             tille
             the
             ground
             :
             and
             there
             can
             bee
             neither
             law
             nor
             reason
             why
             either
             the
             hyre
             or
             food
             of
             the
             labourer
             should
             pay
             tith
             :
             especially
             these
             by
             whose
             labour
             the
             tith
             it selfe
             is
             encreased
             .
             Neither
             haue
             I
             heereby
             any
             designe
             to
             stay
             the
             tithe
             possessour
             from
             leading
             his
             tithe
             in
             the
             sheaue
             ,
             being
             doubtfull
             to
             haue
             a
             good
             count
             thereof
             out
             of
             the
             labourers
             barne-floore
             ,
             a
             certaine
             yearly
             valuation
             not
             aggried
             vpon
             .
             They
             only
             desire
             ,
             that
             the
             tithes
             may
             bee
             led
             ,
             and
             set
             in
             the
             labourers
             Barne-yard
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             corne
             is
             separate
             from
             the
             straw
             ,
             the
             straw
             may
             remaine
             with
             the
             labourer
             as
             
               proprium
               fundi
            
             .
             And
             for
             this
             cause
             ,
             euery
             man
             shall
             bee
             astricted
             to
             lead
             home
             the
             Tithe
             ,
             to
             the
             vse
             of
             the
             Tithe
             possessour
             ;
             as
             also
             to
             furnish
             sufficient
             Barns
             for
             threshing
             the
             same
             at
             needfull
             times
             .
             So
             shall
             this
             confused
             confluence
             bee
             needlesse
             .
          
           
             
               The
               third
               abuse
               is
               by
               vsurpation
               .
            
             
               For
               reformation
               of
               this
               abuse
               :
               they
               desire
               a
               declaration
               may
               bee
               made
               what
               is
               tithe
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               stocke
               ,
               
               that
               a
               valuation
               of
               the
               Tithe
               with
               the
               stocke
               may
               also
               bee
               more
               easilie
               aggried
               vpon
               .
               Now
               if
               any
               man
               in
               estimating
               of
               tithes
               ,
               can
               both
               say
               and
               thinke
               that
               the
               Tith
               is
               in
               value
               a
               fourth
               part
               of
               the
               land
               duetie
               ,
               I
               wold
               gladlie
               heare
               his
               argument
               in
               reason
               ,
               for
               J
               haue
               no
               Logick
               to
               proue
               in
               Arithmetick
               the
               tenth
               to
               be
               the
               fourth
               part
               .
               But
               if
               it
               shall
               bee
               answered
               ,
               the
               tenth
               of
               the
               stock
               ,
               and
               encresse
               will
               be
               the
               fourth
               of
               the
               free
               encresse
               ,
               (
               for
               without
               it
               bee
               free
               it
               is
               no
               encresse
               .
               )
               To
               this
               J
               answere
               :
               the
               tenth
               of
               the
               stocke
               will
               bee
               more
               than
               the
               halfe
               ,
               if
               not
               more
               all
               the
               encresse
               :
               for
               if
               it
               bee
               lawfull
               to
               tithe
               any
               part
               of
               the
               stocke
               with
               the
               encresse
               ,
               it
               is
               lawfull
               to
               tithe
               all
               the
               stock
               ,
               and
               consequently
               ,
               the
               oxen
               ,
               horse
               ,
               nolt
               ,
               kyne
               ,
               calfes
               ,
               yowes
               ,
               lambes
               ,
               and
               all
               must
               bee
               tithed
               ,
               since
               all
               is
               either
               stocke
               or
               encresse
               ,
               yea
               ,
               the
               very
               ground
               it selfe
               must
               bee
               tithed
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               also
               a
               part
               of
               the
               stocke
               .
               And
               this
               J
               hope
               beeing
               vsed
               but
               few
               yeares
               ,
               the
               contestation
               for
               tithes
               will
               expire
               [
               
                 ipso
                 facto
              
               ]
               Now
               as
               this
               is
               against
               all
               naturall
               reason
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               without
               any
               speciall
               Law
               ,
               for
               the
               law
               of
               Tithes
               is
               plaine
               ,
               
               
                 Thou
                 shall
                 truely
                 tithe
                 all
                 the
                 encresse
                 of
                 thy
                 seed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 ground
                 bringeth
                 foorth
                 yeare
                 by
                 yeare
                 .
              
               By
               what
               law
               then
               is
               the
               tithe
               of
               the
               stocke
               vsurped
               ?
               It
               will
               perhaps
               bee
               said
               it
               is
               a
               common
               practicke
               in
               our
               Judicatories
               so
               to
               determine
               .
               But
               I
               answere
               ,
               as
               it
               seemes
               not
               good
               that
               the
               equitie
               of
               euery
               practick
               should
               bee
               narrowly
               searched
               vnto
               ▪
               so
               it
               is
               lesse
               good
               that
               every
               practick
               whereof
               the
               equitie
               is
               not
               narrowly
               searched
               into
               ,
               should
               bee
               esteemed
               a
               law
               for
               the
               common
               well
               .
               But
               of
               what
               reputation
               shall
               the
               practicks
               of
               inferior
               Judges
               bee
               esteemed
               ,
               when
               they
               agrie
               not
               with
               the
               practick
               of
               the
               supreme
               Parliament
               ?
               For
               in
               publick
               Parliament
               the
               practick
               is
               past
               ,
               and
               a
               declaration
               made
               of
               the
               
               validitie
               of
               tithes
               compared
               with
               the
               value
               of
               the
               land
               ,
               read
               the
               statute
               .
               Ia
               :
               6.
               
               Parl.
               11.
               chap
               29.
               where
               it
               is
               declared
               ,
               the
               tenth
               part
               of
               that
               duetie
               payed
               for
               the
               rowme
               ,
               stocke
               and
               tyth
               should
               bee
               giuen
               to
               the
               tithemaster
               ,
               and
               nyne
               partes
               to
               the
               King
               ●●
               Landslord
               or
               superiour
               .
               Is
               not
               this
               reason
               ?
               or
               hath
               any
               judge
               in
               the
               Kingdome
               greater
               authority
               ,
               whereby
               he
               may
               vilipend
               this
               practick
               ,
               or
               proceed
               with
               another
               sort
               of
               valuation
               ?
               or
               if
               they
               will
               doe
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               sentence
               reduceable
               ?
               since
               by
               the
               statute
               it
               is
               plainly
               ordained
               
                 That
                 all
                 the
                 Iudges
                 and
                 Ministers
                 of
                 his
                 Majesties
                 lawes
                 within
                 this
                 Realme
                 ,
                 judge
                 and
                 decyde
                 according
                 to
                 this
                 statute
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 other
                 wayes
                 how
                 oft
                 that
                 question
                 shall
                 bee
                 moued
                 .
              
               But
               I
               know
               some
               would
               build
               much
               ,
               or
               rather
               in
               effect
               overthrow
               all
               ,
               by
               these
               subsequent
               vvords
               ,
               
                 In
                 the
                 case
                 foresaid
              
               .
               To
               the
               which
               I
               answere
               it
               lacketh
               alanerly
               .
               But
               I
               will
               not
               trouble
               your
               LL.
               to
               dispute
               vpon
               such
               pen-dashes
               ,
               whether
               they
               haue
               beene
               by
               accident
               ,
               or
               of
               set
               purpose
               ,
               either
               adjected
               or
               omitted
               ,
               since
               I
               doubt
               nothing
               your
               LL.
               will
               easily
               perceaue
               the
               verie
               ordinance
               it selfe
               to
               be
               superfluous
               :
               for
               thus
               I
               reason
               ,
            
             
               Every
               Judge
               imitating
               a
               just
               and
               equitable
               sentence
               judgeth
               rightly
               .
            
             
               But
               euery
               Iudge
               judging
               according
               to
               this
               sentence
               ,
               imitates
               a
               just
               and
               equitable
               sentence
               ,
               Ergo
               ,
            
             
               The
               Major
               is
               cleare
               ,
               the
               Minor
               shall
               be
               proven
               when
               J
               shall
               beare
               it
               publicklie
               denyed
               .
               What
               necessitie
               is
               there
               then
               of
               any
               ordinance
               for
               imitation
               heereof
               ?
               euen
               asmuch
               as
               if
               a
               command
               should
               passe
               ;
               That
               Fish
               should
               not
               liue
               without
               water
               ,
               for
               the
               naturall
               element
               of
               an
               vpright
               Judge
               is
               equitie
               ,
               whereof
               hee
               is
               no
               sooner
               sensible
               but
               with
               a
               gaping
               greedie
               appetite
               he
               followes
               vpon
               it
               ,
               therby
               refreshing
               his
               spirits
               ,
               and
               strengthening
               his
               powers
               against
               euery
               storme
               .
            
             
             
               But
               it
               will
               bee
               said
               the
               cornes
               haue
               beene
               in
               vse
               to
               pay
               tith
               both
               stocke
               and
               encresse
               .
               J
               answere
               ,
               heere
               is
               the
               abuse
               :
               if
               there
               bee
               either
               law
               or
               reason
               for
               it
               ,
               let
               it
               so
               continue
               :
               But
               if
               there
               bee
               neither
               law
               nor
               reason
               for
               it
               ,
               reason
               it
               bee
               reformed
               .
               For
               euerie
               use
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               so
               from
               the
               beginning
               requires
               reformation
               ;
               yea
               ,
               sometimes
               although
               it
               bee
               licenced
               by
               authoritie
               ,
               as
               is
               euident
               by
               that
               dispute
               betwixt
               our
               Sauiour
               and
               the
               Pharises
               .
               Now
               it
               is
               cleare
               that
               this
               forme
               of
               tithing
               was
               not
               in
               vse
               from
               the
               beginning
               :
               for
               Abraham
               ;
               (
               whom
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               faithfull
               we
               claime
               for
               our
               Father
               ▪
               and
               therefore
               are
               tyed
               if
               not
               by
               Law
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               by
               example
               to
               pay
               tythes
               )
               is
               said
               only
               to
               giue
               the
               tithes
               of
               the
               spoyle
               .
               Like
               as
               also
               this
               vse
               was
               never
               among
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               for
               their
               Law
               is
               expresse
               against
               it
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               .
               As
               for
               any
               vse
               crept
               in
               of
               late
               within
               this
               Kingdome
               :
               there
               was
               many
               causes
               for
               it
               ,
               which
               now
               are
               not
               ,
               and
               therefore
               
                 deficiente
                 causa
                 ,
                 deficit
                 effectus
              
               .
               First
               that
               statute
               .
               Ja.
               2
               ,
               Parl.
               14.
               chap.
               82.
               
            
             
               Ordaining
               euery
               pleugh
               to
               sow
               a
               firlot
               wheate
               ,
               halfe
               an
               firlot
               pease
               ,
               and
               fourtie
               beanes
               ,
               is
               nor
               as
               yet
               two
               hundreth
               yeare
               old
               :
               whereby
               it
               may
               appeare
               how
               small
               vse
               there
               was
               for
               labouring
               for
               cornes
               ,
               some
               two
               ,
               three
               ,
               or
               foure
               hundreth
               yeare
               before
               ;
               which
               all
               is
               but
               a
               small
               time
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               that
               time
               ,
               since
               tithing
               first
               began
               to
               bee
               in
               vse
               .
               Hence
               it
               is
               easily
               conjectured
               that
               the
               first
               cause
               of
               this
               use
               ,
               to
               tith
               corne
               vpon
               the
               ground
               both
               stocke
               and
               encresse
               ,
               was
               ,
               because
               so
               small
               partes
               were
               laboured
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               that
               the
               tith
               was
               not
               much
               regarded
               :
               as
               also
               some
               choyse
               partes
               were
               only
               manurde
               ,
               which
               beeing
               fertile
               in
               themselues
               ,
               both
               by
               nature
               and
               long
               rest
               ,
               yeelded
               such
               encresse
               ,
               as
               the
               stocke
               and
               labour
               were
               forgotten
               by
               the
               labourer
               ,
               rejoycing
               in
               the
               
               good
               successe
               of
               his
               new
               husbandry
               :
               whereas
               now
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               manured
               grounds
               will
               scarce
               free
               the
               charges
               ,
               if
               the
               aire
               happen
               to
               be
               tempestuous
               :
               and
               euen
               in
               yeares
               of
               plentie
               ,
               where
               the
               ground
               also
               is
               fertile
               ,
               the
               third
               of
               the
               grouth
               can
               hardly
               be
               made
               free
               to
               the
               Landlord
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               cause
               ,
               whereby
               this
               custome
               hath
               beene
               continued
               ,
               was
               ,
               the
               zeale
               of
               the
               people
               ;
               who
               were
               not
               only
               content
               to
               continue
               any
               custome
               ,
               for
               commoditie
               of
               the
               Church-men
               ,
               but
               even
               to
               dispone
               their
               particular
               lands
               and
               heritages
               vnto
               them
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               I
               hope
               is
               by
               Pandora
               sufficiently
               cooled
               ;
               since
               men
               are
               now
               in
               greater
               danger
               to
               bee
               esteemed
               eaters
               vp
               thereof
               ,
               than
               to
               bee
               eaten
               vp
               with
               the
               zeale
               of
               Gods
               house
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               cause
               ,
               and
               connexor
               of
               all
               ,
               was
               ,
               the
               small
               or
               no
               damnage
               they
               found
               by
               so
               ouerseeing
               themselues
               for
               as
               all
               waters
               running
               to
               the
               sea
               ,
               doe
               neither
               augment
               the
               same
               ,
               nor
               diminish
               themselues
               .
               For
               
                 as
                 the
                 Rivers
                 returne
                 to
                 goe
                 vnto
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 whence
                 they
                 came
              
               ;
               euen
               so
               ,
               what
               they
               bestowed
               vpon
               Church-men
               reflowed
               againe
               vnto
               themselues
               ;
               their
               poore
               ,
               their
               orphants
               ,
               widowes
               and
               strangers
               all
               finding
               hospitalitie
               with
               the
               Church
               :
               whereas
               now
               the
               traueller
               ,
               at
               their
               ancient
               dwelling
               house
               ,
               in
               stead
               of
               that
               hospitable
               welcome
               ,
               
                 peace
                 bee
                 with
                 thee
                 ;
                 howsoeuer
                 ,
                 let
                 all
                 thy
                 wants
                 ly
                 vpon
                 me
                 ;
                 only
                 ludge
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 street
              
               ;
               shall
               find
               nothing
               of
               what
               he
               wants
               ,
               but
               peace
               or
               if
               he
               happen
               to
               heare
               any
               noise
               ,
               it
               shal
               be
               commanding
               him
               peace
               and
               without
               a
               peece
               to
               turne
               some
               other
               way
               .
            
             
               But
               suppose
               these
               causes
               were
               not
               remoued
               :
               no
               voluntary
               ouersight
               of
               any
               abuse
               can
               enforce
               a
               perpetuall
               obligation
               to
               continue
               the
               same
               .
            
             
             
               Jt
               will
               bee
               yet
               said
               ,
               this
               custome
               hath
               beene
               long
               practised
               in
               all
               countries
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               Judicatories
               approven
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               is
               easily
               denyed
               ,
               for
               a
               great
               many
               parts
               ,
               if
               not
               the
               most
               part
               of
               Christendome
               ,
               haue
               neuer
               beene
               in
               vse
               to
               haue
               the
               tithe
               of
               their
               cornes
               drawne
               after
               this
               forme
               :
               yea
               ,
               many
               parts
               are
               in
               vse
               only
               to
               pay
               some
               small
               acknowledgment
               ,
               farre
               short
               of
               the
               worth
               of
               the
               tithe
               ,
               of
               their
               encresse
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               no
               further
               can
               bee
               exacted
               of
               them
               according
               to
               the
               canon
               lawe
               ,
               
                 Illae
                 decimae
                 necessario
                 solvendae
                 sunt
                 ,
                 quae
                 divina
                 lege
                 debentur
                 ,
                 vel
                 loci
                 consuetudine
                 approbata
                 ,
              
               whereby
               it
               is
               evident
               that
               the
               moste
               that
               can
               bee
               craued
               is
               the
               whole
               tithes
               according
               to
               the
               divine
               Law
               aboue-said
               :
               like
               as
               the
               least
               that
               can
               be
               offered
               is
               the
               accustomed
               or
               ancient
               duetie
               ;
               neither
               will
               I
               disagree
               from
               that
               (
               indeed
               )
               judicious
               note
               of
               Card.
               Bellarmine
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Sicut
                 consuetudo
                 tollit
                 legem
                 ,
                 sic
                 lex
                 tollit
                 consuetudinem
                 .
              
               For
               it
               is
               verie
               true
               that
               the
               authoritie
               vpon
               just
               and
               necessare
               considerations
               ,
               may
               abolish
               the
               vse
               of
               paying
               lesse
               than
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               command
               payment
               according
               to
               the
               Law.
               But
               to
               command
               anie
               more
               ,
               can
               neuer
               bee
               done
               by
               any
               authority
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               no
               authority
               can
               command
               to
               pay
               more
               in
               name
               of
               tith
               than
               according
               to
               the
               law
               of
               tiths
               .
               Much
               lesse
               it
               is
               reason
               that
               authoritie
               should
               suffer
               to
               bee
               vsurped
               and
               brought
               in
               custome
               ,
               more
               than
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               against
               all
               reason
               .
               This
               (
               I
               am
               sure
               )
               will
               cut
               off
               all
               necessitie
               to
               value
               these
               tithes
               which
               of
               old
               hath
               beene
               valued
               ,
               and
               according
               whereto
               the
               possessour
               hath
               beene
               accustomed
               to
               pay
               :
               who
               so
               list
               to
               detaine
               the
               same
               according
               to
               the
               pryce
               ;
               as
               by
               the
               particular
               parties
               will
               easily
               bee
               defended
               in
               anie
               judicatorie
               ,
               remouing
               ,
               
                 sic
                 volo
                 ,
                 ,
                 sic
                 iubeo
                 ,
                 stat
                 pro
                 ratione
                 voluntas
                 .
              
               
               From
               the
               rest
               ,
               neuer
               more
               can
               bee
               required
               ,
               but
               according
               to
               the
               divine
               Law
               abouesaid
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               suppose
               this
               alledged
               custome
               hath
               beene
               indeed
               long
               vniversally
               approuen
               by
               all
               Judicatories
               ,
               and
               practised
               by
               all
               Countries
               :
               then
               say
               I
               ,
               there
               hath
               the
               more
               need
               of
               a
               reformation
               to
               be
               begun
               in
               some
               Judicatory
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               Country
               :
               and
               by
               what
               Judicatory
               more
               proper
               than
               this
               ?
               since
               for
               this
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               ,
               your
               LL.
               are
               conveened
               .
               Can
               any
               ordinance
               passe
               for
               the
               benefite
               of
               the
               common
               weale
               ,
               forcing
               a
               titular
               to
               set
               according
               to
               the
               valuation
               ,
               that
               which
               in
               Law
               hee
               may
               justly
               lifte
               without
               giuing
               any
               compt
               of
               the
               value
               thereof
               ?
               and
               shall
               all
               ordinances
               bee
               neglected
               for
               remeeding
               that
               common
               euill
               vsed
               by
               the
               titulars
               ,
               vplifting
               that
               ,
               wherevnto
               by
               neither
               law
               nor
               reason
               they
               haue
               right
               ?
               This
               were
               but
               to
               divide
               ,
               not
               to
               remeed
               wrong
               .
               Now
               as
               heere
               is
               the
               fittest
               Iudicatory
               to
               begin
               this
               reformation
               ,
               so
               is
               this
               Kingdome
               the
               fittest
               to
               begin
               the
               practise
               therof
               .
               Haue
               we
               already
               proceded
               so
               far
               in
               so
               faire
               a
               course
               ,
               for
               reformation
               of
               matters
               in
               substance
               ,
               and
               now
               beginne
               to
               stay
               at
               straes
               ?
               shall
               we
               continue
               an
               abuse
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               the
               vse
               of
               our
               neighbours
               ?
               
                 legibus
                 non
                 exemplis
                 vivitur
              
               .
               Shall
               we
               not
               know
               our selues
               ?
               Was
               not
               the
               woman
               caryed
               into
               the
               wildernesse
               vpon
               the
               great
               Eagles
               wings
               there
               to
               bee
               nourished
               till
               the
               tymes
               should
               bee
               perfyted
               ?
               Was
               not
               this
               land
               vnknown
               to
               the
               then
               ,
               tyrannicall
               powers
               ?
               or
               ,
               if
               it
               was
               knowne
               ,
               was
               it
               not
               knowne
               but
               as
               a
               desert
               ,
               a
               wildernesse
               ,
               yea
               ,
               a
               wildernesse
               where
               the
               Lyon
               is
               King
               ?
               hath
               the
               Church
               then
               beene
               so
               long
               nourished
               among
               vs
               ?
               and
               shall
               wee
               produce
               no
               euidence
               thereof
               to
               the
               World
               ?
               or
               shall
               wee
               stay
               to
               produce
               any
               evidence
               ,
               whereby
               it
               may
               be
               knowne
               ,
               by
               whom
               
               wee
               haue
               beene
               instructed
               .
               
                 Is
                 not
                 the
                 Lyon
                 appoynted
                 the
                 Worlds
                 reprouer
                 ,
                 and
                 refresher
                 of
                 Gods
                 people
                 ?
              
               And
               shall
               he
               not
               first
               reforme
               what
               is
               worthy
               reproofe
               in
               his
               owne
               Forrest
               ?
               But
               if
               any
               man
               doubt
               thus
               to
               apply
               the
               text
               :
               behold
               the
               testimonies
               of
               antiquitie
               ,
               whereby
               euen
               stones
               are
               beleeued
               to
               be
               metamorphosed
               into
               men
               .
               As
               for
               men
               to
               bee
               changed
               into
               stones
               is
               easie
               and
               common
               at
               the
               sight
               of
               a
               Gorgons
               head
               .
               Ovid
               ,
               that
               neuer
               sufficientlie
               commended
               collector
               of
               antiquities
               ,
               shews
               directlie
               that
               from
               the
               North
               must
               come
               the
               illuminators
               of
               blind
               Phinius
               ,
               and
               the
               banishers
               of
               these
               filthy
               abusers
               of
               princely
               food
               :
               which
               is
               more
               enlarged
               by
               that
               divine
               poet
               Ariosto
               .
               Doth
               he
               begesse
               ascriue
               vnto
               the
               English
               Duke
               the
               horriblie
               affrighting
               of
               that
               famell
               faction
               ,
               cruell
               tyrannizers
               ouer
               those
               without
               whom
               themselues
               were
               nothing
               or
               worse
               ?
               and
               (
               howsoeuer
               forsaken
               of
               his
               feareful
               friends
               )
               couragiously
               going
               on
               to
               the
               entrapping
               of
               Caligorant
               in
               his
               owne
               net
               ;
               howsoever
               reserued
               aliue
               as
               a
               not
               vnfit
               drudge
               for
               building
               the
               walles
               of
               Jerusalem
               ?
               the
               killing
               of
               Orillo
               ;
               howsoeuer
               easily
               dismembered
               yet
               alwayes
               rejoyned
               by
               the
               power
               of
               only
               one
               excrement
               of
               his
               head
               ?
               The
               dissolving
               of
               the
               enchanted
               palace
               ;
               how
               manifoldly
               soeuer
               his
               shape
               at
               the
               first
               appeare
               deformed
               ,
               to
               the
               notablie
               deceaued
               Jndwellers
               ?
               Js
               without
               a
               ground
               ascrived
               vnto
               him
               the
               banishing
               of
               the
               Harpyes
               ,
               noble
               indeed
               vnsheathing
               his
               sword
               against
               them
               ,
               but
               to
               small
               purpose
               till
               from
               the
               sound
               of
               his
               horne
               they
               hid
               themselues
               in
               Hell.
               No
               surely
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               most
               certaine
               that
               the
               solide
               subject
               wherevpon
               all
               true
               Poets
               buildes
               ,
               is
               laide
               by
               antiquity
               they
               are
               the
               planets
               of
               Heauen
               (
               of
               whom
               the
               Sun
               is
               the
               chiefe
               or
               rather
               the
               lyfe
               )
               The
               lightes
               of
               the
               earth
               .
               The
               revivers
               of
               the
               dead
               ,
               the
               renuers
               of
               antiquitie
               ,
               the
               revelators
               
               of
               Fate
               ,
               the
               heraulds
               of
               vertue
               ,
               the
               vncasers
               of
               vice
               .
               And
               howsoeuer
               to
               the
               vulgar
               eye
               they
               seeme
               but
               erring
               starres
               ,
               yet
               the
               more
               learned
               astrologi●
               doeth
               easily
               perceaue
               ●
               most
               sweet
               harmony
               ,
               most
               powerfull
               effects
               with
               most
               solide
               conclusions
               :
               for
               ,
               beeing
               all
               conveened
               in
               their
               first
               house
               ,
               all
               shall
               bee
               found
               to
               aggrie
               in
               one
               :
               for
               the
               daughter
               of
               antiquitie
               is
               vna
               ,
               poore
               vna
               who
               long
               must
               wander
               to
               seeke
               relief
               for
               her
               beleagured
               parents
               against
               that
               direfull
               Dragon
               ,
               till
               shee
               finde
               a
               S.
               George
               a
               Britaine
               by
               birth
               ,
               but
               of
               fair●
               land
               by
               education
               .
               Behold
               ,
               with
               what
               heauenly
               trumpets
               our
               commission
               is
               proclamed
               .
               Shall
               wee
               then
               the
               now
               winged
               twines
               of
               Boreas
               begin
               to
               frieze
               for
               feare
               ,
               when
               our
               shout
               is
               able
               to
               kindle
               afreshe
               the
               powers
               of
               our
               Iason
               ?
               shall
               the
               booke
               of
               wisedome
               lye
               hid
               in
               the
               pocket
               ?
               shall
               the
               horne
               of
               trueth
               hang
               mute
               on
               the
               Cassoke
               ?
               Hou
               then
               ;
               shall
               vertue
               forseeing
               her
               slauery
               bee
               able
               to
               escape
               the
               female
               yoke
               ?
               how
               shall
               that
               double
               statured
               Gyant
               beeing
               stupified
               with
               feare
               bee
               forced
               to
               beare
               burdings
               for
               building
               our
               walles
               ?
               how
               shall
               superstition
               bee
               shav●●
               from
               the
               scalpe
               of
               errour
               ?
               And
               how
               shall
               magnanimitie
               tyed
               in
               the
               darke
               be
               strengthened
               to
               burst
               his
               golden
               halter
               ?
               that
               Astolpho
               in
               paradice
               being
               taught
               by
               S.
               Iohn
               ,
               may
               returneing
               restore
               the
               sight
               of
               Senapo
               ,
               and
               wit
               of
               Orlando
               to
               the
               vtter
               vndoeing
               of
               Pagan-pride
               .
               Since
               thus
               wee
               see
               for
               what
               wee
               are
               borne
               ,
               let
               vs
               couragiouslly
               follow
               our
               fate
               .
               Shall
               the
               poorest
               groome
               not
               spare
               to
               pushe
               his
               fortoun
               ?
               And
               shall
               wee
               by
               destinie
               appoynted
               the
               〈◊〉
               of
               Gods
               house
               bee
               abasht
               of
               our
               office
               ?
               No
               surelie
               :
               since
               the
               Almighty
               hath
               made
               vs
               divulgators
               of
               his
               Law
               ,
               let
               the
               brightnesse
               of
               our
               face
               abash
               the
               more
               vulgar
               .
            
             
             
               And
               now
               haue
               your
               LL.
               sufficient
               ouertures
               (
               grounded
               vpon
               Law
               ,
               and
               true
               reason
               )
               whereby
               custome
               may
               be
               reformed
               .
               But
               if
               custome
               bee
               growne
               to
               a
               second
               nature
               (
               which
               is
               too
               common
               in
               euil
               customs
               as
               the
               Prophet
               complains
               
                 Can
                 the
                 blackmore
                 change
                 his
                 skin
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Leopard
                 his
                 spots
                 .
                 No
                 more
                 can
                 you
                 that
                 are
                 accustomed
                 to
                 doe
                 euill
                 ,
                 doe
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 good
              
               )
               My
               passive
               body
               〈◊〉
               comport
               with
               the
               tims
               and
               so
               acquiesce
               ;
               only
               protesting
               that
               which
               is
               now
               done
               bee
               not
               prejudiciall
               to
               a
               better
               reformation
               ,
               when
               the
               Planets
               shall
               look
               with
               more
               myld
               aspect
               :
               Thus
               haue
               I
               faithfully
               delivered
               my
               charge
               for
               your
               LL.
               ease
               ,
               and
               my
               owne
               health
               .
               But
               if
               any
               man
               shall
               suppose
               mee
               not
               to
               be
               what
               J
               professe
               :
               let
               noble
               Arthegall
               whose
               presence
               J
               long
               for
               ,
               and
               who
               at
               length
               I
               hope
               shall
               proue
               master
               of
               this
               feast
               to
               the
               vncasing
               of
               Bragadochia
               ,
               and
               restoring
               Guyon
               to
               his
               horse
               and
               armour
               .
               Let
               him
               J
               say
               confront
               mee
               with
               another
               ,
               professing
               the
               same
               name
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               contrarie
               disposition
               .
            
             
               
                 Then
                 shall
                 your
                 LL.
                 easily
                 know
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 of
                 vs
                 twaine
                 are
                 〈…〉
                 snow
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Your
                 LL.
                 totum
                 RESPVBLICA
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
        
         
         
           
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A19043-e140
           
             Deut.
             14.21
             .