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stay the suit, as that the cause hath heen formerly 

 dismissed, or that the plaintiff is outlawed, or excom 

 municated ; or there is another bill depending for 

 the same cause, or the like : and such plea may be 

 put in without oath, in case where the matter of the 

 plea appear upon record; but if it be any thing 

 that doth not appear upon record, the plea must be 

 upon oath. 



59. No plea of outlawry shall be allowed with 

 out pleading the record &quot; sub pede sigilli ;&quot; nor plea 

 of excommunication, without the seal of the ordi 

 nary. 



60. Where any suit appeareth upon the bill to 

 be of the natures which are regularly to be dismissed 

 according to the fifteenth ordinance, such matter is 

 to be set forth by way of demurrer. 



61. Where an answer shall be certified insuffi 

 cient, the defendant is to pay costs : and if a second 

 answer be returned insufficient, in the points before 

 certified insufficient, then double costs, and upon 

 the third treble costs, and upon the fourth quadru 

 ple costs, and then to be committed also until he 

 hath made a perfect answer, and to be examined 

 upon interrogatories touching the points defective 

 in his answer ; but if any answer be certified suffi 

 cient, the plaintiff is to pay costs. 



62. No insufficient answer can be taken hold of 

 after replication put in, because it is admitted suf 

 ficient by the replication. 



63. An answer to a matter charged as the de 

 fendant s own fact must be direct, without saying it 



