Rex v. Hugh

turneth to what place he will. The prisoner readeth as well as he can (God knoweth
sometime very slenderly:) then asketh of the Bishops commissarie, legit ut clericus [Can
he read like a cleric]? The commissarie must say legit [he reads] or non legit [he does not
read], for these be wordes formall, and our men of Lawe be verie precise in their words
formall. If he say legit, the Judge proceedeth no further to sentence of death: if he say
non, the Judge forthwith, or the next day proceedeth to sentence, which is doone by word
of mouth onelie:
[From http://www.constitution.org/eng/repang.htm, Ch 23. Edited by Prof. Klerman]
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