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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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¶ The father after he had deliberate the matter with his friends sendeth the dead body being so cut, to the senate venecius / and to him promiseth dedicion of the city, 1thus the Tyrant is oppressed, to this, Citizen, in a notorious injury and so cruel at all times is lawful for a man to be made an enemy to a tyrant be the law of the people. Thirdly, if the injury be not notorious rightly do the learned men 2in the law say, that the not doing of justice of y• magistrates ought to be tolerated & suffered, because the authority of things Judged may remain, for private persons ⟨image 31⟩ought not to dissolve the state of the commonweal, nor to invade empires, according to that saying, he that resisteth a magistrate resisteth Gods ordinance, wherefore Caius Cesar is not lawfully killed, who 3because I will not speak of the cause of battle, yet he occupied a magistracy & that given to him be the laws and consent of the people, neither he toke away fro the common weal laws nor judgements, he made no slaughter in the city as other conquerors of Civil wars did, neither he did any notorious or cruel injuries to the Citizens privily or openly, but he restored the enemies revocated to there old & pristine dignity, wherefore it was unlawful for him to be killed, for as I have said before, injuries not notorious ought to be ⟨image 31⟩forgiven to magistrates, as Jason 4Phereus saith, that he which in a sum doth look to Justice, do admit in the mean while many unlawful things in lighter matters, which ought to be forgiven to him, that defendeth the cheffest and chief part of the Empire & conserveth the form and shape of the common weal, Judgements and Laws.
¶ The father after he had delyberate the matter with his frendes sendeth the deade body beynge so cut, to the senate venecius / and to hym promiseth dedicion of the cyte,