... Pro consequendis honoribus & privilegiis doctoralibus, in utroque iure, ... miscellaneas ..., secundum ordinem decretalium epistolarum conscriptas quinq. quaestiones, publice examinandas proponit Ioannes Dauth Iunior Francus, ad diem 4. mensis Maii ...

gloss 1 on the Law "in copulandis." gloss 1 on the Law "viduae." gloss on the Law "un.," on the words "oportet." with many similar [authorities], and especially the scholastic Doctors on the 4th Book of Sentences, distinction 28.

III.

But, since the ancient Canons also require the consent of parents and relatives for a legitimate marriage: as are the texts of the said canon 1, distinct. [?]; canon "nostrates," and canon "qualis," 30, q. 5; and canon "fin.," 32, q. 2; so that the knot here may not be untied by the difference between Civil and Canon law:

IV.

And since the distinction between necessity and propriety is deservedly rejected by the Reformed, both by Theologians and by Jurists:

V.

We willingly accede to the opinion of those who understand the ancient Canons and the most recent Civil laws simply, without [that] distinction (namely, of propriety and necessity):

VI.

And who judge that virgins and widows, on account of their fragile judgment and the irretractable and great prejudice that threatens them throughout their whole lives, are to be under perpetual guardianship regarding the contract of marriage:

VII.

But in such a way that there is a tempering: by which the authority of elders is not suppressed, nor does the virgins' or widows' liberty perish.

QUESTION FIVE

SINCE THIEVES, ON ACCOUNT OF SIMPLE PECUNIARY THEFTS, in Germany, and elsewhere also widely, are flogged, and suspen-