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Magus, Manes, Manichæus, Photinus, and of Christ was not God otherwise than anointed the Anabaptists. Lord! What are we when God. 11. That Christ was not in the form of God leaves us? Did ever man maintain one God equal with God, that is, in substance of heresy, and but one heresy? Chains of dark- | God, but in righteousness and giving salvation. ness, we see, have their links, and errors are 12. That Christ by his Godhead wrought no complicated together. God may seem well-miracle. 13 That Christ is not to be prayed pleased with this seasonable severity. For the unto.-Wherein he the said Bartholomew Legut fire thus kindled, quickly went out for want of hath before the said reverend father, maintainfewel. I mean, there was none ever after thated his said most dangerous and blasphemous openly avowed these heretical doctrines. Only a Spanish Arian, who, condemned to die, was notwithstanding suffered to linger out his life in Newgate, where he ended the same. Indeed, such burning of heretics much startled common people, pitying all in pain, and prone to asperse justice itself with cruelty, because of the novelty and hideousness of the punish ment. And the purblind eyes of vulgar judgments looked only on what was next to them, (the suffering itself) which they beheld with compassion, not minding the demerit of the guilt, which deserved the same. Besides, such being unable to distinguish betwixt constancy and obstinacy were ready to entertain good thoughts ever of the opinions of those heretics, who sealed them so inanfully with their blood. { Wherefore king James politicly preferred, that heretics hereafter, though condemned, should silently, and privately waste themselves away in the prison, rather than to grace them and amuse others with the solemnity of a public execution, which in popular judgments usurped the honour of a persecution.

A Narration of the Burning of Bartholomew
Legatt.

James R. James by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our right trusty, and right well beloved Counsellor, Thomas, lord Ellesmere, our Chancellor of England, Greeting. Whereas the reverend father in God John bishop of London having judicially proceeded in a cause of heresie against Bartholomew Legatt, of the city of London, in the diocess of the said bishop of London, concerning divers wicked errors, heresies, and blasphemous opinions, holden, affirmed and published by the said Bartholomew Legatt, and chiefly in these thirteen blasphemous positions following, viz. That the creed called the Nicene Creed and Athanasius's creed, contain not a profession of the true Christian faith, or that he will not profess his faith according to the same creeds.~ 2. That Christ is not God of God begotten, not made, but begotten and made. 3. That there are no persons in the Godhead. 4. That Christ was not God from everlasting, but began to be God, when he took flesh of the Virgin Mary. 5. That the world was not made by Christ. 6. That the Apostles teach Christ to be Man only. 7. That there is no generation in God, but of creatures. That this assertion, God to be made Man, is contrary to the rule of faith, and monstrous blasphemy. 9. That Christ was not before the fulness of time, except by promise. 10. That

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opinions, as appeareth by many of his confessions publickly made and acknowledged. For which his dainable and heretical opinions, he is by diffinitive sentence, by the said reverend father, John, bishop of London, with the advice and consent of other reverend bishops, learned divines, and others learned in the laws, assisting him in judgment, justly adjudged, pronounced, and declared to be an obstinate and incorrigible heretic, and is left by them under the sentence of the great excommunication, and therefore, as a corrupt memt er, to be cut ull from the Church of Christ, and society of the faithful, and is to be, by our secular power and authority, as an heretick, punished; as by the Significavit of the said reverend father in God, the said bishop of London, bearing date at London the third of March, in the year of our Lord 1611, in the ninth year of our reign, and remaining in our court of Chancery, more at large appeareth. And although the said Bartholomew Legatt hath, since the said Sentence pronounced against him, heen often very charitably moved and exhorted, as well by the said bishop, as by many grave and learned divines, to disswade, revoke and remove him from the said blasphemous and beretical opinions, yet he arrogantly and willfully persisted and continueth in the same. We therefore, according to our regal function and oflice, minding the execution of justice in this behalf, and to give example to others, least they should attempt the like hereafter, have determined, by the assent of our council, to will and require, and do hereby authorize and require you, our said chancellor, immediately, upon the receipt hereof, to award and make out, under our great seal of England, our writ of execution according to the tenor in these presents ensuing. And these Presents shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge for the same.

Rex vicecomitibus London, salutem. Cùm reverendus in Christo pater, Johannes, London episcopus, nobis Significavit, quod, cum ipse in quodam hæreticæ pravitatis negotio contrà quendam Bartholomeum Legatt, subditum nostrum, civitatis London, dicti London episcopi diocess. et jurisdictionis, rite et legitimè procedens, per acta inactitata, deducta, proposita, et per confessiones ipsius Bartholomei Legatt, coràm præfato episcopo judicialiter factas et recognitas, comperit et invenit præfatum Bartholomeum, Legatt quamplurimos nephandos errores, falsas opiniones, hæreses, et blasphemias execrandas, et scelerata dogmata catholica et orthodoxæ fidei et religioni et sacrosancto Dei verbo expressè contraria et repugnantia, scienter, maliciose, animoque pertinaci, obdurato,

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errors, false opinions, heresies, and cursed blasphemies, and impious doctrines, expressly contrary and repugnant to the Catholick faith and religion, and the holy word of God, knowingly and maliciously, and with a pertinacious and obdurate plaiuly incorrigible mind, to believe, hold, athrin, and publish; the same reverend father, the bishop of London, with the advice and consent, as well of the reverend bishops and other divines, as also of men learned in the law, in judgment sitting and assisting; the same Bartholomew Legatt by his definitive sentence hath pronounced, decreed, and declared to be an obdurate, contumacious and incorrigi ble heretick, and upon that occasion as a stub

planèque incorrigibili, crederc, tenere, affirmare, et publicare; idem reverendus pater, London episcopus, cum consilio et consensu tam reverendorum episcoporum et aliorum theologorum quam juris etiam peritorum in judicio assiden. et assisten., eundem Bartholomewn Legatt, per sententiam suam difinitivam, obduratum, contumacem, et incorrigibilem hæreticum pronunciavit, decrevit, et declaravit, eâque occasione, tanquam protervum hæreticum et membrum putridum et contagiosum, ab ecclesiâ Christi et fidelium communione recisum et amputatum fore. Cum igitur saucta mater ecclcsia non habeat quod ulteriùs facere et exequi valeat in hac parte, idem reverendus pater præfatum Bartholomeum Legatt, ut blas-born heretick, and rotten contagious member phemum hæreticum brachio nostro seculari reliquit condignâ animadversione plectend', prout per literas patentes præfati reverendi in Christi patris, London episcopi, in hac parte superinde confect' nobis in chancellar' nostram certificat' est. Nos igitur ut zelator justitiæ et fidei catholicæ defensor, volentesque ecclesiam sanctam ac jura et libertates ejusdem et fidem catholicam manutenere et defendere, ac hujusmodi hæreses et errores ubique, quantum in nobis est, eradicare et extirpare, ac hæreticos sic convictos animadversione condigna puniri; attendentesq, hujusmodi hæreticum in forma præed' convictum et damnatum juxtà leges et consuetudines regni nostri Angliæ in hac parte consuet' ignis incendio comburi debere: Vobis præcipimus quod dictum Bartholomeum Legatt in custodia restrâ existen' apud West-Smithfield in loco publico et aperto ex causâ præmissâ coràm populo publicè igni committi, ac ipsum Bartholomeum Legatt in eodem igne resliter comburi fac' in hujusmodi criminis detestationem, aliorumque Christianorum exemplum manifestum, ut in simile crimen labantur. Et hoc sub periculo incumbenti nullatenus omittatis. Teste, &c. HENRY HIBIRTE.

to be cut off from the church of Christ, and the communion of the faithful; and whereas the holy mother church hath not power to do and execute any thing further in this matter, the same reverend father hath left the aforesaid Bartholomew Legatt as a blasphemous heretick to our secular power, to be punished with condign punishment; as by the letters patents of the said reverend father in Christ, the bishop of London, in this behalf, above made, is certified unto us in our chancery. We therefore, as a zealous promoter of justice, and a defender of the Catholic faith, and being willing to maintain and defend the holy church, and rights and liberties of the same, and the Catholic faith; and such heresies and errors every where, what in us lieth, to root out and extirpate, and to punish with condign punishment hereticks so convicted; and considering that such an heretic, in form aforesaid convicted and condemned, ought according to the laws and customs of this our kingdom of England in this part accustomed, to be burned with fire; We do command you, that the said Bartholomew Legatt, being in your custody, you do commit publicly to the ie, b. fore the people, in a public and open This containeth a Warrant to be granted by place in West-Smithfield, for the cause aforeyour majesty unto the lord chancellor of Eng-said, and that you cause the said Bartholomew land for the awarding of a writ under the great seal of England to the sheriff of the city of London, for the burning of Bartholomew Legatt, who is convicted of divers horrible heresies before the bishop of London, and by his sentence left to the secular power, as is by the said bishop certified to your majesty into your highness's court of Chancery. And is done by force of your majesty's commandment to me given under your highness's sign-manual.

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Legatt to be really burned in the same fire, in
detestation of the said crime, for the manifest
example of other Christians, lest they slide into
the same fault: And this you are in no wisa
to omit, under the peril that shall follow thereon.
Witness, &c.
HENRY HIBIRTE,

A Narration of the Burning of Edward
Wightman.

James R. James, by the Grace of God, HENRY HIBIRTE. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, The King to the Sheriffs of London, greeting. Defender of the Faith, &c. To our right trusty Whereas the reverend father in Christ, John, and right well-beloved Counsellor, Thomas, bishop of London, hath signified unto us, that, lord Ellesmere, our chancellor of England, when he in a certain business of heretical pra- Grecting. Whereas the reverend father in vity against one Bartholomew Legatt, our sub- God, Richard, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, ject, of the city of London, of the said bishop having judicially proceeded in the examination, of London's diocess and jurisdiction, rightly and hearing, and determining, of a cause of heresy lawfully proceeding, by acts enacted, drawn, pro- against Edward Wightman, of the parish of posed, and by the confessions of the said Bar-Burton upon Trent, in the diocess of Coventry tholomew Legatt, before the said bishop judicially made and acknowledged, hath found the said Bartholomew Legatt very many wicked

and Lichfield, concerning the wicked heresies of the Ebionites,. Cerinthiaus, Valentinians, Arians, Macedonians, of Simon Magus, of

Manes, Manichees, of Photinus, and Anabap- also before our commissioners, for causes eccletists, and of other heretical, execrable, and un-siastical within our realm of England, mainheard-of, opinions, by the instinct of Satan, by tained his said most perilous and dangerous him excogitated and holden, viz. opinions, as appeareth by many of his confes1. That there is not the trinity of persons, sions, as also by a book written and subscribed the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, in by him, and given to us. For the which his the unity of the Deity. 2. That Jesus Christ is damnable and heretical opinions, he is, by denot the true natural Son of God, perfect God, finitive sentence, declared by the said rev. faand of the same substance, eternity and mather, the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, with jesty with the Father in respect of his Godhead. the advice and consent of learned divines, and 3. That Jesus Christ is only man and a meer other persons learned in the laws assisting him creature, and not both God and man in one in judgment, justly adjudged, pronounced and person. 4. That Christ, our Saviour, took declared to be an obstinate and incorrigible henot human flesh of the substance of the Virgin retic, and is left by them under the sentence of Mary his Mother; and that, that Promise, the great excominunication, and therefore, as a The Seed of the Woman shall break the ser- corrupt member, to be cut off from the rest of pent's head,' was not fulfilled in Christ. 5. the flock of Christ, lest he should infect others That the person of the Holy Ghost is not God professing the true Christian faith: and is to coequal, coeternal, and coessential with the be by our secular power and authority, as an Father and the Son. 6. That the three creeds, heretic, punished: as by the Significavit of the The Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and said rev. father in God, the bishop of Coventry Athanasius's Creed, are the heresies of the Nico- and Lichfield, bearing date at Lichfield, the 14th laitanes. 7. That he the said Edward Wight- of December, in the 9th year of our reign, and man is that prophet spoken of in the eighteenth remaining in our court of Chancery, more at of Deuteronomy in these words, I will raise large appeareth. And, although the said Edthem up a prophet,' &c. And that, that place ward Wightman bath, since the said sentence of Isaiah, I alone, have troden the wine-pronounced against him, been often very chapress; and that place, Whose fan is in his hand,' are proper and personal to him, the said Edward Wightman. 8. And that he the said Wightman is that person of the Holy Ghost spoken of in the Scriptures; and the Comforter spoken of in the 16th of St. John's Gospel. 9. And that those words of our Saviour Christ of the Sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, are meant of his person. 10. And that, that place, the fourth of Malachy, of Elias to come, is likewise meant of his person. 11. That the soul doth sleep in the sleep of the first death, as well as the body, and is mortal as touching the sleep of the first death, as the body is: And that the soul of our Saviour Jesus Christ did sleep in that sleep of death as well as his body. 12. That the souls of the elect saints departed, are not members possessed of the triumphant Church in Heaven. 13. That the baptizing of infants is an abominable custom. 14. That there ought not to be in the church the use of the Lord's Supper to be celebrated in the Elements of Bread and Wine; and the use of Baptism to be celebrated in the Element of Water; as they are now practiced in the Church of England: But that the use of Baptism is to be administred in water, only to converts of sufficient age of understanding, converted from infidelity to the faith. 15. That God hath ordained and sent him, the said Edward Wightman, to perform his part in the work of the Salvation of the world, to deliver it by his teaching, or admonition, from the heresy of the Nicolaitanes; as Christ was ordained and sent to save the world, and by his death to deliver it from sin, and to reconcile it to God. 16. And that Christianity is not wholly professed and preached in the Church of England, but only in part. Wherein he the said Edward Wightman, hath before the said rev. father, as

ritably moved and exhorted, as well by the said bishop, as by many other godly, grave and learned divines, to dissuade, revoke, and remove him from the said blasphemous, heretical, and anabaptistical opinions; yet he arrogantly and wilfully persisteth and continueth in the same. We therefore, according to our regal function and office, minding the execution of justice in this behalf, and to give example to others, lest they should attempt the like hereafter, have determined, by the assent of our council, to will and require, and do hereby authorise and require you, our said chancellor, immediately upon the receipt hereof, to award and make out under our great seal of England, our writ of execution according to the tenour in these presents ensuing. And these presents shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge for the

same.

Rex vic' civitatis nostræ Lich. salutem. cum reverendus in Christo pater, Richardus, providen ia divina Coventr' et Lich' episcopus, nobis Significaverit, quod ipse contrà et adversùs quendam Edwarduin Wightman, parochiæ de Burton super Trent, Coventr' et Lich' dioces., de et super nephandis heresibus Ebionis, Cerinthi, Valentiniani, Arii, Macedonii, Simonis Magi, Manetis, Manechæorum, Photini, et Anabap tistarum, aliorumq; heresiarcharum, et insuper de aliis execrandis opinionibus instinctu Satana excogitatu et antehac inauditis, juxtà canonum ecclesiasticorum, legumque et consuetudinum hujus regni nostri Angi' exigentiam, judicialiť procedens, prædictus Edwardus Wightman, coràm præfato rev. patre, ac aliis theologis et jurisperitis sibi in judicio assistentibus, comparens, prædicta nephanda crimina, hæreses, ac alia detestanda blasphemia et errores, contumaciter et ex quadam pertinacia, scienter, maliciosè, animoq; obdurato, publicavit, defendebat, et

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Edward Wightman appearing before the aforesaid rev. father, and other divines, and persons learned in the law, assisting him in judgment, the aforesaid wicked crimes, heresies and other detestable blasphemies and errors stubbornly and pertinaciously, knowingly, maliciously, and with an hardened heart, published, defended and dispersed; by definitive sentence of the said rev. father, with the consent of divines, and persons learned in the law aforesaid, justly, lawfully and canonically against the said Edward Wightman in that part passed, stands adjudged and pronounced an heretic, and therefore, as a diseased sheep, out of the flock of the Lord, lest our subjects he do infect by his contagion, he hath decreed to be cast out and cut off. And whereas the holy mother church hath not power to do or execute any thing further in this matter, the same reverend father, the same Edward Wightman as a blasphemous and condeinned heretic, hath left to our secular power to be punished with condign punishment; as, by the letters patents of the aforesaid reverend father the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in this behalf thereupon made, is certified unto us into our Chancery. We therefore, as a zealous promoter of justice and a defender of the catholic faith, and being willing the holy church, and the

disseminabat, per sententiam definitivam ejusdem rev. patris, cum consensu theologorum et jurisperitorum prædictorum, juste, legitimè, et canonicè contrà eundem Edwardum Wightman in eâ parte latam, hereticus adjudicatus et pronunciatus existit; et ideô, tanquam oven morbidam, è grege Domini, ne subditos nostros suâ contagione inficiat, ejiciendum et eliminandum fore decreverit: Cum igitur Sancta Mater Ecclesia non habeat quod ulteriùs in hac parte facere et exequi debeat, idem rev. pater eundem Edwardum Wightman ut blasphemum et damnatum hæreticum brachio nostro seculari reliquit, condigna animadversione plectendum; prout per literas patentes præfati rev. patris, episcopi Coventr' et Lich', in hac parte superinde confectas nobis in cancellariam nostram certificatum est. Nos igitur, ut zelator justicia et fidei catholicæ defensor; volentesque ecclesiam sanctam, ac jura et libertates cjusdem, et fidem catholicam, manutenere et defendere, ac bujusmodi hæreses et errores ubique (quantum in nobis est) eradicare et extirpare, ac hæreticos sic convictos animadversione condigna puniri, attendentesq; hujusmodi hæreticum, in formâ prædictâ convictum et damnatum, juxtà leges et consuetudinem regni nostri Angliæ in hac parte consuetem ignis incendio comburi debere; tibi præcipimus quod dict. Edwardum Wight-rights and liberties of the same, and the cathoman, in custodiâ tuâ existentem, in aliquo loco publico et aperto infrâ civitatem prædictam, ex causâ premissâ, coràm populo publicè igni committi, et ipsum Edwardun Wightman in eodem igne realiter comburi facias, in hujusmodo criminis detestationem, aliorumque Christianorum exemplum manifestum, ne in simile crimen labantur. Et hoc sub periculo incumbenti nullatenus omittas. Teste, &c. HENRY HIBIRTE.

This containeth a Warrant to be granted by your majesty unto the lord chancellor of England, for the awarding of a writ under the great seal of England, to the sheriff of the city of Lichfield, for the burning of Edward Wightman, who is convicted of divers horrible heresies before the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and by his sentence left to the secular power, as is by the said bishop certified to your majesty, into your highness's court of Chancery.

And is done by force of your majesties commandment to me given under your highness's sign manual. HENRY HIBIRTE.

The King to the Sheriff of our city of Lichfield, Greeting. Whereas the rev. father in Christ, Richard, by Divine Providence of Co- | ventry and Lichfield, Bishop, bath signified unto us that he judicially proceeding, according to the exigence of the ecclesiastical canons, and of the laws and customs of this our kingdom of England, against one Edward Wightman of the parish of Burton upon Trent, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, of and upon the wicked beresies of Ebion, Cerinthus, Valentinian, Arius, Macedonius, Simon Magus, of Manes, the Manichees, Photinus, and of the Anabaptists, and other arch heretics; and moreover of other cursed opinions by the instinct of Satau excogitated and heretofore unheard of, the aforesaid

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lic faith, to maintain and defend, and such like heresies and errors every where, so much as in us lies, to root out and extirpate, and heretics so convicted, to punish with condign punishment; and considering that such an heretic inthe aforesaid form convicted and condemned, ought, according to the laws and customs of this our kingdom of England in this behalf accustomed, to be burned with fire; do command thee that thou cause the said Edward Wightman, being in thy custody, to be committed to the fire in some public and open place within the city aforesaid, for the cause aforesaid, bcfore the people, and the same Edward Wightman in the same fire cause really to be burned; in detestation of the said crime, and for a manifest example to other Christians, that they may not fall into the same crime. And this you are in no wise to omit, under the peril that shall follow thereon. Witness, &c.

Expeditum apud Westmonasterium, nono die Martii, 1611, Auno Regis Jacobi Angl' &c., nono. Per WINDEBANK.

The following two Cases of Pardon being found with the preceding Instruments are here printed, as being somewhat curious.

The PARDON of Theophilus Higgons. JAMES Rex; Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. salutem. Cum nobis dat' est intelligi, quod Theophilus Higgons de London, clericus, in partes transmarinas absque licencia nostrâ regia emigraverit, ibidemque duos annos et dimidium, vel eo circiter, commoratus, et cum Jesuitis et Presbyter' conversatus, fuerit, atque in eodem temporis spatio in seminarium Anglicum apud Doway et Sanct' Omer' aliquantisper permanserit, et se ecclesiæ Romane reconciliaverit.

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"I have no warrant for the drawing of this Bill, save that sir Edward Hoby, to whom the party bears special obligation, did by his letter to me signify your majesty's pleasure to this purpose: But, because the party's conversion was so notorious, and so generally liked, I have presumed to commend this Bill to your majesty's signature. FRANCIS BACON." Expeditum apud Westmonasterium, 24th die Julii, 1611, anno regis Jacobi nono. Per Windebank.

Necnon quædam scandalosa et periculosa con- habuimus seu in futurum habere poterimus, trà statuin hujus regni, nostri tam ecclesiasticum aut hered. seu successor. nostri habere poterint quam temporale, et verbis et scriptis protulerit, in futur. sectamque pac. nostræ quæ ad nos et enunciaverit, atque etiam quosdam è subdi- versus ipsum Theophilum Higgons pertinet seu tis nostris à religione in hoc regno nostro stabi- pertinere poterit in futur. et firmam pacem, et lità seducere et avertere operam et vires in hanc pardonation. nostram eidem Theophilo tenderit: Postea tamen, per sancta et bona Higgons inde damnus et concedimus per præsenmedia, et precipuè ex penitentia et instinctu tes. Aliquo statut. act. provisione seu restricmiscricordiæ et gratiæ divinæ, prædictam per- tione in contrar, inde in aliquo non obstante. versitatem suam, ac falsas et opprobriosas opi- In cujus rei, &c. teste, &c. FRANCIS BACON. niones prædictas, penitùs abnegaverit, seque re- "It may please your excelent majesty. ligioni veræ et reformata, et in hoc regno pro- This Bill containeth your majesty's gracious mulgatæ et stabilit conformem exhibuerit: pardon unto Theophilus Higgons, clerk, for Sciatis igitur, quod nos pietate moti, de gratiâ any offence or contempt in passing over the nostra speciali, ac ex certas scientia et mero seas, or reconciliation to the church of Rome, motu, nostris, pardonavimus, remisimus, et re- or remaining in seminaries, or conversing with laxavimus, ac per præsentes, pro nobis heredi- Jesuits or priests, or other offences of that nabus et successoribus nostris, pardonamus, re- ture; for which he is penitent, and hath conmittimus, et relaxamus, præd. Theophilo Hig-verted and conformed himself to the religion gons, de London, clerico, (seu quocunque alio established in this realm. nomine, cognomine, sive additione nominis vel cognominis, officii artis, dignitatis loci vel locorum, idem Theophilus Higgons censeatur, vocetur, sive nuncupetur, aut nuper censebatur, vocabatur, sive nuncupabatur,) omnes et omnimodas offensas de transeundo in partes transmarinas absque licencia nostra, ibidemque commorando, et cum Jesuitis et Presbyteris conversando, ac in seminaris Anglico apud Doway et Sanct. Omer. permanendo, atque Ecclesiæ Romanæ se reconciliando, ac scandaloso aliqua contrà statum regni hujus tam ecclesiasticum quam temporale, et scribendo et The PARTON of Sir Eustace Harte. loquendo, atque aliquos è subditis nostris à re- JAMES R.; Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. saluligione hujus regni nostri avertendo et seducen- tem. Sciatis, quod nos de gratià nostrâ specido; Atque omnes alias offensas delicta, con- ali, ac ex certâ scientia et mero motu nostris, temptus, malefacta, et transgressionis quascum- pardonavimus, remisimus, et relaxavimus, ac que, præmissa, aut eorum aliquod, vel aliqua, per præsentes, pro nobis, hæredibus et succesin aliquo tangentes, vel concernentes, per præ- soribus nostris, pardonamus, remittimus, et redictum Theophilum Higgons ante datam præ- | laxamus, Eustathio Harte, de viliâ de Southsentium qualitercunque commissas sive perpe-ampton, militi, (seu quocunque alio nomine, tratas atque etiam omnes et omnimodas olien- cognomine, seu additione nominis vel cognosas, proditiones, felonias, et prémunire ratione minis, dignitatis, officii loci, vel lecorum, idem alicujus vel aliquorum, facti, vel factorum supe- Eustathius Harte sciatur, censeatur, vocetur, rius mencionatorum commissas, perpetratas seu nuncupetur, aut nuper sciebatur, censeavel incursas, Licet idem Theophilus Higgons batur, vocabatur, sive nuncupabatur,) omnia de præmissis vel aliquo præmissorum indictatus, et singula crimina et offensas adulterii, fornicaimpetitus convictus, attinetus, adjudicatus, ut- tionis, et incontinentiæ, quascunque, per ipsum lega.us, seu condemnatus existit vel non existit, Eustathium Harte cum aliqua muliere sive aliaut inde indictari, imperiri, convinci, attingi, quibus mulieribus, ante datam præsentium, adjudicari, utlegari, seu condemnari, contigerit ubicunque, quandocunque, quon odocunque, et in futurum; Nec non omines et omnimod. qualitercunque, facta commissa sive perpetrautlegarias si quæ in ipsum Theophilum Higgons, ta: Necnon omnia et singula fectas, impetioccasionibus præd. sea earum aliqua, fuerint tiones, actiones, fines, panas, amerciamenta, promulgatæ sive promulgandæ. Ac omnia et et punitiones quascunque, tangentes seu conomnimoda judicia, attincturas, convictioncs, cernentes præmissa, seu eorum aliquod: Excondemnationes, pænas mortis, pænas corpo- ceptis semper extrà has præsentes omnibus et rales imprisonamente, ac omnes alias forisfactu- singulis raptibus mulierum Angl. vocat. rapes, - ras, executiones, punitiones, et penalitates, et omnibus et singulis incestiis et buggeriis, et quæcunque soper vel versus ipsum Theophilum, omnibus aliis criminibus et offensis, unde aliHiggous ratione seu occasione præmis, sive cor. qua. Lilla, actio, querela, aut informatio, ante alicujus habit. fact. reddit. sive adjudicat. aut datam præsentum exhibita fuit, et coràm nobis habend. faciend. reddend. seu adjudicand; et consilio nostro in Camera Stellata aut aliquiNecnon omn. et omnimod. action. sect. querel. bus aliis curis nostris apud Westmonasterium, impetition. et demand. quæcunque quæ nos aut in aliquâ, vel aliquibus curiis nostris cccleversus ipsum Theophilum Higgons ratione sive siasticis, aut coràm aliquo vel aliquibus judice occasione præmies. seu eor. alicujus habemus vel judicibus aut commissionariis nostris eccle

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