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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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" Of these articles and all other thyngs concernyng your 

 p'sons vicars anil p'ests tliat is to be reformyd ye shall 

 inquyre therof ami p'seut it, by the vertue of your othis. 

 " The thirde pee of your charge is concernyng the lyfe 

 and conersacion of the lay people of the piche ye come 

 fro. 



" Ffirst ye shall inquyre whether tber be any p'sons 

 that be infamyd or suspectid of heresie whichecrafte 

 Incantacions or of any sup'sticiows opynyon agenst the 

 determynacion of the Church or woll dispute or reason of 

 dowbts of devynite if ye knowe any suche ye shall p'nte 

 them. 



" Also ye shall inqwyre whetlier any p'sone doo com'itte 

 any nsary yn lendyng money or corne or any other thinge 

 for to have jnricate and avauntage for the lone, the3 

 p'sons be excoicate if ye knowe any suche ye shall p'sent 

 them. 



" Also ye shall inquyre whether ther be any p'sons that 

 hath comitted inceste that is to say if any p'sone hath 

 carnally knowen his kyns woman If ye know any suche 

 yc shall p'nte them. 



" Also whether any p'sone hath comyttid any sacrilege 

 that is to sey if any p'son hath carnally offended w' any 

 religiows woman or takyn any thing oute of Churche or 

 churche yarde or any other halo wed place, If ye knowe 

 any suche ye shall p'nte them. 



"Also whether anj p'sons lyvyth in adowtry that is 

 to say if any weddid man lyvith incontynentl)' w' ano- 

 ther woman beside his wife, Aud 3'n lykewiae a weddid 

 woman beside hir husband, yf ye knowe any suche ye 

 shall p'nte them. 



" Also whether any p'sons w'in yo r piches lyvith in 

 fornicaeion that is to say a single man carnally doth of- 

 fende w' a single woman being not married or if any 

 p'sone hath deflowred and begikle any woman of hir 

 virginitie if ye know any suche ye shall p'nte them. 



"Also if their be any p'sons that doith admistre a dede 

 mans goods w'oute autorite of thordinary tor lette a 

 dede mans testament and last wyll, or doith w« holde any 

 bequest or legacy made jn his testament or doo make 

 any dede of a yeste of his goodis to thyntente to def'rawde 

 the churche th'ordinary or his creditors, All thes p'sons 

 soo doyng be excoicate yf ye knowe any suche ye shall 

 p'nte them. 



" Also if ther be an}' p'sons that doith w' holde 

 any tethes as well p'sonall comyng by his crafte as 

 p'diall comyng or growyng yn the ffeldis or mixle or 

 customable oblations, or geveth counsaile to other to 

 w'holde there tythes or oblacions, all the? p'sons be ex- 

 coicate if ye knowe any suche ye shall p'nte them. 



" Also whether ther be any p"sons that doith lay violente 

 handis upon prcests they be excoicate, yf ye knowe any 

 suche ye shall p'nte them. 



"Also whether there be any p'sons that doith brck the 

 liberties ot the churche in takvng any man that taketh 

 the p'vilege of the churche and violently pullith hym 

 ouie lit Churche or Churche yarde, they soo doyng be ex- 

 eon ate. If ye knowe any suche ye shall present them. 



"Also whether there lie any p'sons I hut be unlawfully 

 maried together havvng any impediment ol consan- 

 guinite carnall or spirall or w'owte banys uxyng, or 

 niakn uny p'vy contracts, If ye knowe any suche ye 

 shall p'nte them. 



'• AUo whether ther be any p'sons that doith not 

 sancliue their holydays and comytll nott to their piche 

 eburchis soudaius & holydays, and those (hues lorlow 

 their labors and werks, If yw knowe any suche ye shall 

 p'nte them. 



" Also if their be any comm'n slawnderers of their ney- 



bors or scoldis or detractors, If ye knowe any suche ye 

 shall p'nte them. 



" Also if there be any that be opyn swerers or piured 

 psons if ye know any suche ye shall pnte them. 



"Also if their be any psons that doith lette thordinarie 

 Jurisdiction of the exercise of the same If ye knowe 

 any such ye shall pnte them. 



"Also if there be any women that doo oppresse there 

 childryn in leyng of them yn the bedde w* them If ye 

 knowe any suche ye shall p'nte them. 



"Also if there be any lay man or woman woll p'sume 

 to sitt in the Chauncell yn tyme of devyne s'vice agenst 

 the Curatt'a myude If ye knowe any suche ye shall 

 p'nte them. 



"Also if their be any p'sons that usith talkyng and 

 langehyng yn the Church yn tyme of devyne s'vice, or 

 doo lette devyne s'vice ye shall truly p'nte them. 



"Also if there be any p'sons that leith violent handis 

 uppon his (father and mother naturall or godfather or 

 godmother they be excoicate And if ye knowe any suche 

 ye shall p'nte them. 



" Of these articles inspeciall and of all other things in 

 gen'all that concernyth the state of yo r Churchis the life 

 and con'ersacion of p'sons vicars Curatts and other my- 

 nysters of the same and also the lyfe and con'ersacion of 

 the lay people of the piche ye come fro, that ye shall 

 fynde to be redressid and reformyd, ye shall truly serche 

 and inquire therof, and p'sente it to the Courte, & nott 

 lette soo to doo for favo r lore affection or drede of any 

 p'son, uppon payne of p'iury, and goo to gethir, and ruak 

 yo r bills, and bring them into the Courte." 



"THE TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT OF THE 

 POPE'S STATE." 



Among the memoranda of an old friend I have 

 found the notice of a work which I think may be 

 interesting to many readers at the present mo- 

 ment, though I am at present unable to refer 

 them to a copy. The following is the title: — The 

 Temporal Government of the Popes Stute. Lond. 

 1788, 8vo., Johnson, pp. 2GS.* 



This book, my friend's memorandum says, was 

 written by an English gentleman (Denham), who 

 was Providitor of Corn at Civita Vecchia under 

 Clement XIV. (Ganganelli.J He was removed by 

 Pope Pius VI., which accounts for the acrimony 

 he discovers against him and his projects. The 

 work consists of thirty chapters : — 



1. Introduction. The Papal power, too vicious 

 to maintain itself, has been supported by the con- 

 tributions of-other nations. These were, a d. 1788, 

 2,435,002 Roman crowns, 506,279 at, 10 3 crowns 

 =one pound. 



2. The Pope is absolute as a temporal prince. 



3. Pope's Domestic Revenue. — Farms of lands, 

 taxes and duties on wines and brandies; taxes 

 upon meat and wheat; duties on all goods imported, 

 and a lotto. 



4. Debts of the Siate. — Luoghi di Monte, a 

 species of bank of loan. II Moute di Pietd and 11 



[* This work is in the King's Library, Pritish Mu- 

 seum. — Ed.] 



