A07402:56
A civil nosegayA ciuile nosgay
A civil nosegay wherein is contained not only the office and duty of all magistrates and judges but also of of [sic] all subjects with a preface concerning the liberty of justice in this our time newly collected and gathered out of latin and so translated in to the English tongue by I.G.A ciuile nosgay wherin is contayned not onelye the offyce and dewty of all magestrates and iudges but also of of [sic] all subiectes with a preface concernynge the lyberty of iustice in this our tyme newly collected and gethered out of latyn and so translated in to the Inglyshe tonge by I.G.
printed for John goodale, 1550printed for Ihon goodale, 1550
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¶ Patroclus be chance in play killed 1his fellow, here the dissimilitude of cases requireth some mitigation of pain. The constitution of the 2sabbath day doth principally forbid workings, that plucketh fro public ceremonies. Then if labours be done, which do not abduce fro ceremonies, do neither let nor hurt the example, the case is unlike therefore equity judgeth such doings not to be forbidden. The ecclesiastical traditions were first ordained & 3made, principally that things should be don in order, since that publicly it is convenient for the Church, therefore equity did Judge traditions without fault ⟨image 24⟩or blame to be violated, where as 4the public order was not dissipated. This distinction doth show where equity hath place / as who 5saith in a case whereof the Law written do not principally speak,
¶ Patroclus be chaūce in play killed 1his felow, here the dissimilitud of cases requireth some mitigaciō of payne. The constitucion of the 2saboth day doth principally forbid workynges, that plucketh fro publike ceremonies. Then yf labors be done, which do not abduce fro ceremonies, do neither let nor hurte the example, the case is vnlyke therfore euqite iudgeth suche doynges not to be forbiddē. Theclesiasticall tradicions were fyrst ordeyned & 3made, principally that thingꝭ shuld be don in order, since that puplically it is couenient for the Churche, therfore equite dyd Iudge tradicions without fawte ⟨image 24⟩