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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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¶ Therefore he saith the Law is as lesbia, That is to Say, a leady or a heavy Rule / which is to be Moderated / and apply••• ⟨image 25⟩fellows one or equal. and the principal fine or conclusion of the magistrate to be the conservation and keeping of the law. &c. The magistrate 1which beareth y• sword ought to prohibit also heresies .i. wicked & ungodly teachings & punish heretics, that is authors of evil & wicked teachings, but in obscure things the cognition of the church goeth before, & thus properly the magistrate serveth the glory of god, & his function is y• worshipping of god when he studieth to defend to propage & ornate true learning & contrary wise to prohibit wicked teachings, who that doth thus doth his principal office which properly pertaineth to the glory of God / which properly deserveth that title wherewith magistrates be to garnished in the salme. I ⟨image 25⟩said ye be Gods, as who saith because they have their office divinely constituted & ordained. And they ought to give to men divine things, religion, Justice, discipline peace and such other.
¶ Therfore he saythe the Lawe is as lesbia, That is to Saye, a leady or a heauye Rule / which• is to be Moderated / and apply••• ⟨image 25⟩felowes one or equal. and the principall fyne or cōclusiō of the magestrat to be the consernuacion and keping of the lawe. &c. The magestrat 1which bereth y• sword ought to prohibit also hereses .i. wyeked & vngodly techinges & punishe heretykes, that is auctors of euyll & wycked tecahinges, but in obscure thynges the cognicion of the churche goeth before, & thus properly the magestrat seruith the glory of god, & his fūction is y worshyppinge of god whē he studieth to defēd to propage & ornate true lernyng & cōtrary wese to prohibit wicked teachynges, who that doth thus dothe his principall office whiche properly perteineth to the glory of God / whiche properly deserueth that title wherwith magestrates be to garnysshed in the salme. I