A Defwce of tbe Lord Cobham againjl Alanus Copus. 6 53 :.J.:~~ ~w;i,~!t:~~:~g&if~g?r~~§f~ ~i~~[!~~~~~~it~~i~f,g~1r~~~;~f~£ ob;••,•• orsir 'Job" 1obn 0/Jcajfle was a wond«f~l cn1~l T yrant and Mur- more ~lOllS to the proplc, IS lll)f fo prccJfe!y to be fGlmied ~~~~ ~~~\~Jr;~il~!~~iJt;,Ej~t~:~~~~ ~~if{:i~~~f:f;~:~~s{:~;~~~iF.~~r~~~~ ····~· but all together f11all be dcfi_roy«l . And wh::tt had all matter but of funnifc, and words ?f courfc, and mhcr thcfc Efbtcs <lone, thus fo mtfcrably to bcd&roycd ? AI- ~1\0nftcrs out of courfc, :md. many tnm·s riling ~pon falfe though ptrC:Jft.' the mood of this nun might h:t\"C been mform:nion, ~re n_ot alwars m thcmfdvcs marenal, or ncinccnftd and kmdltd againfi the King, and the Lords ~pi- ce«ary pro~:wonsm all po1nts tO be followed, as a_p)X'a_reth ritw.l, by whom he had been condemned, as is aforefatd.; both by thts Sr.nute, and alfo by the S.tatute of thts Kmgs s~ ,.;t /14,, yet why fllould all other manner of other E!httS bot? fpt· Father, Am1o 2. llmr. ~·cap. 15. lxguming ExuUmtiJ!i· .1:1•"·4· r.•s• ritual and tempor.:tl be killed? If none of all rhe El.lares mo, &c. And yet notwtrhH:mdmg, out of the(e (:~.me pre- ~l,£«~~:h~~:~:: :~t~:r~~~;~~~,~~::.~ ~~r:~ ~r;~;::.~~:~i1:::;;!~e,~~;,~~~~~~:~~:!~,~E:~,h~~:: PtttS, Noblt"S andGem!cmenofthe Realmag:unft hun, truth, a gnat part?fourChromckrs ~o oftt:~.l t<!ket hetr ib• mro-:i s~~EJI:::~~g,~~x~~~Y~~~:~;~ ff£1~gfi~~~fr~:~~~,~~~£~E'~:!: ~¥~~~ would, that rhofe hundred Knights lhould h::we bcrn by ~tcomc:th fotopafs, dJatth~youngrr~hroniclrr fol- ~~: ;~~o~;h!h~i~~~~f~!:~~~~cr,h~v';~ ~~~~er~.:~ !f,:•f~nr~~t~1~;';rt~ ~:~.1tlt~:f ;.:1 b~~;;~: ~;~ ~~: ;!~~7~Sft finally, 11 thtswashts purpofc, that all chef Efiat~sboth followmg the flcps of the fame, d~fa:m ltkewtfe to tu hi• Cluo~;~ fpiritual and temporal thould hlvt bet:~1 cut down, together with them for good fdlowfhap. And thus con- elm. what needc:d thendut he fhould have made himfdf a cerningthe faceofthisSmutehithertofufficiemly. Regrnt, whtn as he might liS wd~ have made him~ Now kt us conlider and ~ifcufs in lik~ m~nner fi~fr fdfa Kmg, or whatdfehe would, bring left then Prince the: ooher~nce, tha~ the partacu~r contents of tl~e fatd :dont? Statute. As touchmg th~ wluch coherenc~, 1! it be AR \~,{ tin~~j i~hilicPfl::~;~:;,~~;i,~ 1~nuen.:~ilindu;~~ ~:d}nex~1hi~~eda~ei~h;~l~~ lethl~~;dn1~~c~;~~t~ ~v~h!h~~~: "r: d n~;a~1 :;~r~rtb:~e~~wlh;;~~~~1 a~~tld~;~:1:,~ th~~fr~he~n~~l~~f ~~~:mf~:~~c: ~~~~~ h~ t~~~ ,,~;:~h~e d~·~~.a~~e~r~"I~~ ••nof~ Srr John 0/dcajlle wasalfo, TodrftrOJaOrnamttrofpol.- former thereof, fcemethto have forgot his Verk and Art Luoi. cy, and ti11llly, the Laws of the Ltmd, &c. .We read of poetical. WiUiam the Conquaor,otherwifenamed WiU1am & Hard, who being a puitb.nt Duke in his Com~try, when thlt ~he At111e ita mtntir~~r,Jic ~tris falf?' umiJc.tt. Crown of Entlantl was alotted to hma, and he: commg Pnm11m ne mtd1o, mtdmm ne tliftrtpet tmo. ovnw~thalllnsPms, Nobks::md.Barons o~ hiswhole Land, mrothis RQ]m, and hld wtth great dlfficulty ob- For whereJs the Preface: of the $r:J;tutc: fiandet.h only rained Vid'ory againft King Harold; ret to alter and d~- upon ~atter of!rcafon, COJKtivW by ~lfe fuggdhon and ~~;~c: k}~~~~ ~~t~\~:dof!\~td~t:t~~ =~f~~~o::;/;',~ ~h:hfa~~~~.~h ~~t~~~t%a~~~~ him to have proceeded fo f.n as hedid1 unl~ h(" had firll Hcrdie pe•tatmng to the Ordmanes, as by tvcry branch fi,'Ont to theNobl(SofthisLand, totttamfiiUthebws therrofmaylppcar. ~:n~~~ ~~:;;'i,i~f~lf,r~:k~~~~his AQ!r~l~i~~~~ qutS~~[rbe ~;,;~!:~eo~e,!~;~C~~~~r;;f,&~~ H~;~ rh~~~ and changing many of the forel3.id Laws, yet wtld ~c:, it appcareth,rhis to be nocaufeofTreafon nor Felony. For :!u'.":~~~:~ nild he, be could nut foddlroy them all (for thcwh~th thatevcrymanofduryisbound, and by the Laws of the ~~..,.11 ...,. I::~h~ ~':~)dbt~rcll~th:~~~r~,l~fh~~~ed~n~~l1o :~~ ~eca~~ ;1:~e~~~~h~1;! ircb;~J~;~;~~~;,to~;,0Qffi~~f;1;1~~ ~:?; uuD{· tt:~ltcd to allow and admit a gr~:lt par~ of the fa id Laws of bound to arrell him which olfendtth ~n cafe of ~his Statu~e, K!ng Edwartl. And if hcJxmg Kmg an~ Conqueror, without requclbm.de by. the Ordimnes or the;r CommJfWtth 3.11 his fircngth of Ijforma~s and Englijhmen about fari(S; l nd thertfore tlus olfence kemeth neaher to be :~~~;'of"~f~ ;d~:~~ o?'~~~,~~~dt~~~~~r~! 1~!~~~~;: Tr(~)~~~~~l~~Vh~re it followeth, that tht fame Ord~- (G) J~h:o}l~ftfem~~~~~u:h;1~r~~~~;of~j~~:~~ t~~; ;;;~:;:a,:;.~fili:g~~:~d:hfri,J~lrtt~r~1c~~!~~h~~~ ~p~~t,~~ aF~:~d:~~~~~~~~tt~:~~~:'~~:endh~r ~~~ off(~j'~;;Jii'rW~;~~cl~;S~~~;e willtth the King to be CH> ~frh:a;l~o~~ t~~d.th~~ ~~=ed it~·~lisc0h~fs;n;''fu~~ ~~h;~:t~:~~~~~·~a~:~~1'f!~l~~nt1~:r~~jir: exploit, after thefubvtFJion of Chriflian Faith, :lHd Law fon, the whole inhnitance", l trow, Mr. COfe (fpcaking as of God, after the fhughter of the King and all man- nogm.tskilfulLaw~cr) is forfeit tothePnnce. ~r ~!~~:t .fi~,~~:Pt.f:::;,:,:•mri:i/"~: ,~~~:: ,h,<~;,z;: ;~;:~:1-:~n'l:!J::::;u:;~,~:;:,;':tt (I) ddlroy alfo all nl<l:'llltt of policy, and tinal~y, the Lav.-s artholde.n oftht Or~mams, are 'lJIIUt~W.hoUJ ~o rtmam of the land.~ Whtch monlhous and incredable figmt:~Jt, to tht Kmg, arforf~lt, &c. Whereby tt IS mamfdi, that how ~ 1t may _fcem to ~. Copt, or to fome ot~r hte the Prelates ffor rhctrtrutltr.of JAUardJonly)wcrc the ocChront:lns of t.hc: hktcreduhty, I cannot tdl ; cntamly to CJ!ionc:rs and pr~rcrs of thlSStl~Ut~; and thcrclore were me:, and~ l thmk,toall indifferent Rcader.s, itappcareth barred oftht bcnditof lny forfeit nfi~lg thereby~ as good astrueasJSthtVnfeofthe ~atyr, whcrewnh itmaywdl rc:tfcnwas rhey.lhould.. And rh~ .'t is noronous, that be compared; the PrdJce runmng fpttt:~lly and prtnCJplll}' ~pon T rcafot~, andrheStatuterunmngaltogerber upon pomrsofHnelie, Jfilintratfl olram, nilextraeftin nHcedt~ri. do notwtllcohertnorjoyntogtther. lii 3 (K)fifthltf
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