Imprimis,  That  one  William  Swinderby,  pretending  himself  priest,  was  of
certain  articles  and  conclusions  erroneous,  false,  schismatical,  and  heretical,  by
him  preached,  at  divers  places  and  times,  before  a  great  multitude  of  faithful
christians  judicially  convinced;  and  the  same  articles  and  conclusions  did  he,
enforced  by  necessity  of  law,  revoke  and  abjure,  some  as  heretical,  and  others
as  erroneous  and  false  ;  and  for  such  did  he  avouch  them  ever  afterwards,  pro-
mising so  to  take  and  believe  them,  and  that  from  thenceforth  he  would  openly
or  privily  preach,  teach,  or  alfirm  none  of  them ;  nor  that  he  should  make  ser-
mon or  preach  within  your  diocese,  without  license  demanded  and  obtained.
And  in  case  he  should  to  the  contrary  presume,  by  preaching  or  avouching,
thattlien  he  should  be  subject  to  the  severity  of  the  canons,  even  as  he  judicially
sware,  accordingly  as  the  law  enforced.  Also  the  conclusions  abjured  by  the
said  William  do  follow,  and  are  these.
I.  Imprimis,  That  men,  by  the  rule  of  charity,  may  demand  debts,  but  by  no
means  imprison  any  man  for  debts ;  and  that  the  party  so  imprisoning  a  body,
is  excommunicated.
II.  Item,  That  if  the  parishioners  shall  know  their  curate  to  be  incontinent
and  naughty,  they  ought  to  withdraw  from  him  their  tithes,  &c.
III.  Item,  That  tithes  are  mere  alms;  and  in  case  that  the  curates  shall  be
ill,  they  may  be  lawfully  bestowed  upon  others  by  the  temporal  owners,  &c.
IV.  Item,  That  an  evil  curate  to  excommunicate  any  under  his  jurisdiction
for  withholding  of  tithes,  is  naught  else,  &c.
