The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills.
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The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills.
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Geneva (Switzerland)
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Printed at London :: By Rouland Hall [and Thomas Hacket], dwellyng in Gutter Lane, at the sygne of the halfe Egle and the Keye,
1562.
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Church discipline -- Early works to 1800.
Ecclesiastical law -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Early works to 1800.
Church and state -- Switzerland -- Early works to 1800.
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"The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01594.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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❧The forme of his othe.
I Promyse and swere to maynteyne
and defende with all my power the
honour and profite of ye commons, &
diligently to watche for the conser∣uacion
of the rightes of the citie, as if
they were myne owne proper: and to
pursue those to whom it shall apper∣teine,
& likewise to recouer withoute
supporting y• one or greuing y• other.
Item to haue an eye that no perti∣culer
person doe encroche vppon the
cōmunaltie, & if ani happen so do doe,
to reueale him or pursue him accor∣ding
as mine office importeth.
Item to make no bargain couenaūt
or agrement in anye wyse for to dy∣minyshe
the profyte of the towne, nor
to receyue presentes nor bribes, for to
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dissemble, nor to holde my peace whē
my dutie shalbe to speake.
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