An old mould to cast new lawes by compiled by the Honourable Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, doctor of both lawes, and one of the principall secretaries unto two most worthy princes, King Edward & Queen Elizabeth ; reprinted out of the Common-wealth of England by a friend to old bookes and an enemy to new opinions ; together with King James his declaration to both Houses at White-hall, of the kings power in the Parliament of Scotland in making lawes, March 31, 1607.
         Common-wealth of England. Selections. 1643
         Smith, Thomas, Sir, 1513-1577.
      
       
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             An old mould to cast new lawes by compiled by the Honourable Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, doctor of both lawes, and one of the principall secretaries unto two most worthy princes, King Edward & Queen Elizabeth ; reprinted out of the Common-wealth of England by a friend to old bookes and an enemy to new opinions ; together with King James his declaration to both Houses at White-hall, of the kings power in the Parliament of Scotland in making lawes, March 31, 1607.
             Common-wealth of England. Selections. 1643
             Smith, Thomas, Sir, 1513-1577.
             James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
          
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           AN
           OLD
           MOULD
           TO
           CAST
           NEW
           LAWES
           BY
           ;
           COMPILED
           By
           the
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Smith
          
           Knight
           ,
           Doctor
           of
           both
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Principall
           Secretaries
           unto
           two
           
             most
             worthy
             Princes
             ,
          
           King
           EDWARD
           ,
           &
           Queen
           ELIZABETH
           .
           Reprinted
           out
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           
             by
             a
             friend
             to
             old
             Bookes
             ,
             and
             an
             Enimy
             to
             new
             Opinions
             .
             TOGETHER
             ,
          
           With
           King
           JAMES
           His
           Declaration
           to
           both
           Houses
           at
           
             White-hall
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Kings
           Power
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           in
           making
           Lawes
           .
           March
           31.
           1607.
           
        
         
           
             Remember
             the
             dayes
             of
             old
             ,
             Consider
             the
             years
             of
             many
             Generations
             ;
             ask
             thy
             Father
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             shew
             thee
             ,
             thy
             Elders
             and
             they
             will
             tell
             thee
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             7.
             
          
        
         
           
             Vir
             bonus
             est
             Quis
             ?
             
               Answer
               is
               made
               ,
            
          
           
             Qui
             consulta
             Patrum
             ,
             qui
             Leges
             juraque
             servat
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           M.DC.XLIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           OF
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           thereof
           .
        
         
           THe
           most
           high
           and
           absolute
           power
           of
           the
           Realme
           of
           England
           consisteth
           in
           the
           Parliament
           .
           For
           as
           in
           Warre
           where
           the
           King
           himselfe
           in
           Person
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Gentility
           and
           the
           Yeomanry
           are
           ,
           is
           the
           force
           and
           power
           of
           England
           :
           so
           in
           Peace
           and
           Consultation
           where
           the
           Prince
           is
           to
           give
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           and
           highest
           Commandement
           :
           the
           Barrony
           or
           the
           Nobility
           for
           the
           higher
           :
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Esquires
           ,
           Gentlemen
           and
           Commons
           for
           the
           lower
           part
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           for
           the
           Clergy
           be
           present
           to
           advertise
           ,
           consult
           ,
           and
           shew
           what
           is
           good
           and
           necessary
           for
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           to
           consult
           together
           ,
           and
           upon
           mature
           deliberation
           every
           Bill
           or
           Law
           being
           thrice
           read
           and
           disputed
           upon
           in
           either
           House
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           parts
           ,
           first
           each
           a
           part
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Prince
           himselfe
           in
           presence
           of
           both
           the
           partyes
           doth
           consent
           unto
           ,
           &
           alloweth
           .
           That
           is
           the
           Prince's
           and
           the
           whole
           Realmes
           deed
           :
           whereupon
           justly
           no
           man
           can
           complain
           ,
           but
           must
           accommodate
           himselfe
           to
           find
           it
           good
           and
           obey
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           is
           done
           by
           this
           consent
           is
           called
           Firme
           ,
           Stable
           ,
           and
           
             Sanctum
             ,
          
           and
           is
           taken
           for
           Law
           .
           The
           Parliament
           abrogateth
           old
           Lawes
           ,
           maketh
           new
           ,
           giveth
           order
           for
           things
           past
           ,
           and
           for
           things
           hereafter
           to
           be
           followed
           ,
           changeth
           rights
           and
           possessions
           of
           private
           men
           ,
           legitimateth
           bastards
           ,
           establisheth
           formes
           of
           Religion
           ,
           altereth
           waights
           and
           measures
           ,
           giveth
           forme
           of
           succession
           to
           the
           
           Crown
           ,
           defineth
           of
           doubtfull
           rights
           ,
           whereof
           is
           no
           Law
           already
           made
           ,
           appoynteth
           Subsidies
           ,
           Tailes
           ,
           Taxes
           and
           impositions
           ,
           giveth
           most
           free
           pardons
           &
           absolutions
           ,
           restoreth
           in
           blood
           &
           name
           ,
           as
           the
           highest
           Court
           ,
           condemneth
           or
           absolveth
           them
           whom
           the
           Prince
           will
           put
           to
           that
           tryall
           .
           And
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           all
           that
           ever
           the
           People
           of
           Rome
           might
           doe
           ,
           either
           in
           
             Centuriatis
             Comitiis
          
           or
           
             tributis
             ,
          
           the
           same
           may
           be
           done
           by
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           representeth
           and
           hath
           the
           power
           of
           the
           whole
           Realme
           ,
           both
           the
           head
           and
           the
           body
           .
           For
           every
           English
           man
           is
           intended
           to
           be
           there
           present
           ,
           either
           in
           Person
           ,
           or
           by
           Procuration
           ,
           or
           Atturney
           of
           what
           Preheminence
           ,
           State
           ,
           Dignity
           or
           Quality
           soever
           he
           be
           ,
           from
           the
           Prince
           (
           be
           he
           King
           or
           Queen
           )
           to
           the
           lowest
           person
           of
           England
           .
           And
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Parliament
           is
           taken
           to
           be
           every
           mans
           consent
           .
        
         
           The
           Iudges
           in
           Parliament
           are
           the
           King
           or
           Queens
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Temporall
           and
           Spirituall
           ,
           the
           Commons
           presented
           by
           the
           Knights
           and
           Burgesses
           of
           every
           Shire
           and
           Burrough
           Town
           .
           These
           all
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Prince
           for
           the
           time
           being
           must
           agree
           to
           the
           making
           of
           Lawes
           .
        
         
           The
           officers
           in
           Parliament
           are
           the
           Speakers
           ,
           two
           Clarkes
           ,
           the
           one
           for
           the
           Higher
           House
           ,
           the
           other
           for
           the
           Lower
           ,
           and
           Committees
           .
        
         
           The
           Speaker
           is
           he
           that
           doth
           commend
           and
           preferre
           the
           Bills
           exhibited
           into
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           He
           is
           commonly
           appoynted
           by
           the
           King
           or
           Queen
           ,
           though
           accepted
           by
           the
           assent
           of
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           The
           Clarkes
           are
           the
           keepers
           of
           the
           Parliament
           Rolles
           and
           Records
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Statutes
           made
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           custody
           of
           the
           private
           Statutes
           not
           Printed
           .
        
         
           The
           Committees
           are
           such
           as
           either
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Higher
           House
           ,
           or
           Burgesses
           in
           the
           Lower
           House
           ,
           doe
           chuse
           to
           frame
           the
           Lawes
           upon
           such
           Billes
           as
           are
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           and
           afterward
           to
           be
           ratified
           by
           the
           same
           Houses
           .
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             forme
             of
             holding
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prince
             sendeth
             forth
             His
             rescripts
             or
             writs
             to
             every
             Duke
             ,
             Marquesse
             ,
             Baron
             ,
             and
             every
             other
             Lord
             Temporall
             or
             Spirituall
             ,
             
             who
             hath
             voyce
             in
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             be
             at
             his
             great
             Councell
             of
             Parliament
             such
             a
             day
             (
             the
             space
             from
             the
             date
             of
             the
             writ
             is
             cōmonly
             at
             the
             least
             40.
             dayes
             )
             he
             sendeth
             also
             writs
             to
             the
             Sheriffes
             of
             every
             Shire
             ,
             to
             admonish
             the
             whole
             Shire
             to
             chuse
             two
             Knights
             of
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             to
             heare
             ,
             and
             reason
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             their
             advice
             and
             consent
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             present
             at
             that
             day
             :
             likewise
             to
             every
             Citty
             and
             Towne
             ,
             which
             of
             ancient
             time
             hath
             been
             wont
             to
             find
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             so
             to
             make
             election
             that
             they
             may
             be
             present
             at
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             Parliament
             .
             The
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shire
             be
             chosen
             by
             all
             the
             Gentlemen
             and
             Yeomen
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             present
             at
             the
             day
             assigned
             for
             the
             election
             〈◊〉
             voyce
             of
             any
             absent
             can
             be
             counted
             for
             none
             .
             Yeomen
             I
             call
             here
             (
             as
             before
             )
             that
             may
             dispend
             at
             the
             least
             40s
             .
             of
             yearly
             rent
             of
             free
             land
             of
             his
             own
             .
             These
             meeting
             at
             one
             day
             ,
             the
             two
             who
             have
             the
             more
             of
             their
             voyces
             ,
             be
             chosen
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shire
             for
             that
             Parliament
             :
             likewise
             by
             the
             plurality
             of
             the
             voyces
             of
             the
             Cittizens
             &
             Burgesses
             ,
             be
             the
             Burgesses
             elected
             .
             The
             first
             day
             of
             the
             Parliament
             the
             Prince
             and
             all
             the
             Lords
             in
             their
             Robes
             of
             Parliament
             doe
             meet
             in
             the
             Higher
             House
             ,
             where
             after
             prayers
             made
             ,
             they
             that
             be
             present
             are
             written
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             be
             absent
             upon
             sicknesse
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             reasonable
             cause
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Prince
             will
             allow
             )
             doe
             constitute
             under
             their
             hand
             and
             Seale
             ,
             some
             one
             of
             these
             who
             be
             present
             ,
             as
             their
             Procurer
             ,
             or
             Atturney
             ,
             to
             give
             voyce
             for
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             by
             presence
             or
             Atturney
             and
             Proxy
             they
             be
             all
             there
             ,
             all
             the
             Princes
             and
             Barons
             ,
             and
             all
             Arch-Bishops
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             (
             when
             Abbots
             were
             )
             so
             many
             Abbots
             as
             had
             voyce
             in
             Parliament
             .
             The
             place
             where
             the
             assembly
             is
             ,
             is
             richly
             Tapessed
             and
             Hanged
             ,
             a
             Princely
             and
             Royall
             Throne
             as
             appertaineth
             to
             a
             King
             ,
             set
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             higher
             place
             thereof
             .
             Next
             under
             the
             Prince
             sitteth
             the
             Chancellor
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             voyce
             and
             Orator
             of
             the
             Prince
             .
             On
             the
             one
             side
             of
             that
             House
             or
             Chamber
             ,
             sitteth
             the
             Arch-bishops
             &
             Bishops
             each
             in
             his
             ranke
             ;
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Dukes
             and
             Barons
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             midst
             thereof
             upon
             Woolsacks
             sit
             the
             Iudges
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Rolles
             ,
             and
             the
             Secretaries
             of
             State
             .
             But
             these
             that
             sit
             on
             the
             Woolsacks
             have
             no
             voyce
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             but
             only
             sit
             there
             to
             answer
             their
             knowledge
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             when
             they
             be
             askt
             if
             any
             doubt
             arise
             among
             the
             Lords
             .
             The
             Secretaries
             doe
             answer
             
             of
             such
             Letters
             or
             things
             passed
             in
             Councell
             whereof
             they
             have
             the
             custody
             and
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             called
             the
             Vpper
             House
             ,
             whose
             consent
             and
             dissent
             is
             given
             by
             each
             man
             severally
             ,
             and
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             first
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             then
             severally
             for
             as
             many
             as
             he
             hath
             Letters
             and
             Proxies
             ,
             when
             it
             cometh
             to
             the
             question
             ,
             saying
             only
             content
             or
             not
             content
             ,
             without
             farther
             reasoning
             or
             replying
             .
             In
             this
             mean
             time
             the
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shires
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             Parliament
             (
             for
             so
             they
             are
             called
             that
             have
             voyce
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             are
             Chosen
             as
             I
             have
             said
             before
             to
             the
             number
             betwixt
             three
             and
             foure
             Hundred
             )
             are
             called
             by
             such
             as
             it
             pleaseth
             the
             Prince
             to
             appoynt
             ,
             into
             an
             open
             great
             house
             or
             chamber
             by
             name
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             answer
             :
             and
             declaring
             for
             what
             Shire
             or
             Town
             they
             answer
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             willed
             to
             choose
             an
             able
             and
             discreet
             man
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             it
             were
             the
             mouth
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             speak
             for
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             name
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             present
             him
             so
             chosen
             by
             them
             to
             the
             Prince
             :
             which
             done
             they
             comming
             all
             with
             him
             to
             the
             Barre
             ,
             which
             is
             at
             the
             nether
             end
             of
             the
             upper
             House
             ,
             there
             he
             first
             prayseth
             the
             Prince
             ,
             then
             maketh
             his
             excuse
             of
             inability
             ,
             and
             prayeth
             the
             Prince
             that
             He
             would
             command
             the
             Commons
             to
             choose
             another
             .
             The
             Chancellor
             in
             the
             Princes
             name
             doth
             so
             much
             declare
             him
             able
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             declare
             himselfe
             unable
             ,
             and
             thanketh
             the
             Commons
             for
             choosing
             so
             wise
             discreet
             and
             eloquent
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             willeth
             them
             to
             goe
             and
             consult
             of
             Lawes
             for
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
             Then
             the
             Speaker
             maketh
             certain
             requests
             to
             the
             Prince
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             First
             ,
             that
             His
             Majesty
             would
             be
             content
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             use
             and
             injoy
             all
             their
             Liberties
             &
             priviledges
             that
             the
             Commons
             House
             was
             wont
             to
             injoy
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             frankly
             and
             freely
             say
             their
             minds
             in
             disputing
             of
             such
             matters
             as
             may
             come
             in
             question
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             offence
             to
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             if
             any
             should
             chance
             of
             that
             Lower
             House
             to
             offend
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             doe
             or
             say
             as
             should
             become
             him
             ,
             or
             if
             any
             should
             offend
             any
             of
             them
             being
             called
             to
             that
             His
             Majesties
             Highnesse
             Court
             ,
             that
             they
             themselves
             (
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             custome
             )
             might
             have
             the
             punishment
             of
             them
             .
             And
             fourthly
             ,
             that
             if
             there
             came
             any
             doubt
             whereupon
             they
             shall
             desire
             to
             have
             the
             advice
             ,
             or
             conference
             with
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             with
             any
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             doe
             it
             ;
             all
             
             which
             he
             promiseth
             in
             the
             Commons
             names
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             abuse
             ,
             but
             have
             such
             regard
             ,
             as
             most
             faithfull
             ,
             true
             ,
             and
             loving
             Subjects
             ought
             to
             have
             to
             their
             Prince
             .
          
           
             The
             Chancellor
             answereth
             in
             the
             Princes
             Name
             as
             appertaineth
             .
             And
             this
             is
             all
             that
             is
             done
             for
             one
             day
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             for
             two
             .
             Besides
             the
             Chancellor
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             in
             the
             upper
             House
             ,
             who
             is
             called
             the
             Clarke
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             who
             readeth
             the
             Bills
             .
             For
             all
             that
             commeth
             in
             consultation
             either
             in
             the
             upper
             House
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             neather
             House
             ,
             is
             put
             in
             writing
             first
             in
             paper
             ,
             which
             being
             once
             read
             he
             that
             will
             ,
             riseth
             up
             ,
             and
             speaketh
             with
             it
             or
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             one
             after
             another
             so
             long
             as
             they
             shall
             thinke
             good
             :
             That
             done
             ,
             they
             go
             to
             another
             ,
             &
             so
             to
             another
             Bill
             .
             After
             it
             hath
             been
             once
             or
             twice
             read
             ,
             and
             doth
             appeare
             that
             it
             is
             somewhat
             liked
             as
             reasonable
             ,
             with
             such
             amendment
             in
             words
             and
             peradventure
             some
             sentences
             ,
             as
             by
             disputation
             seemeth
             to
             be
             amended
             ,
             in
             the
             upper
             House
             the
             Chancellor
             asketh
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             have
             it
             ingrossed
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             put
             into
             Parchment
             :
             which
             done
             ;
             &
             read
             the
             third
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             eft-soones
             ,
             if
             any
             be
             disposed
             to
             objected
             ,
             disputed
             againe
             among
             them
             ,
             the
             Chancellor
             asketh
             if
             they
             will
             go
             to
             the
             question
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             agree
             to
             go
             to
             the
             question
             ,
             then
             he
             saith
             ,
             here
             is
             such
             a
             Law
             ,
             or
             Act
             concerning
             such
             a
             matter
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             thrice
             read
             here
             in
             this
             House
             ,
             are
             ye
             content
             that
             it
             be
             enacted
             or
             no
             ?
             If
             the
             not
             contents
             be
             more
             ,
             then
             the
             Bill
             is
             dashed
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Law
             is
             annihilated
             ,
             and
             goeth
             no
             farther
             .
             If
             the
             contents
             be
             the
             more
             ,
             then
             the
             Clarke
             writeth
             underneath
             :
             
               Soit
               baille
               aux
               Commons
               .
            
             And
             so
             when
             they
             see
             time
             ,
             they
             send
             such
             Bills
             as
             they
             have
             approved
             ,
             by
             two
             or
             three
             of
             those
             which
             doe
             sit
             on
             the
             wool-sacks
             to
             the
             Commons
             ,
             who
             asking
             licence
             ,
             and
             comming
             into
             the
             house
             with
             due
             reverence
             ,
             saith
             to
             the
             speaker
             :
             Maister
             speaker
             ,
             my
             Lords
             of
             the
             upper
             House
             ,
             have
             passed
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             thinke
             good
             that
             there
             should
             be
             enacted
             by
             Parliament
             such
             an
             Act
             ,
             &
             such
             an
             Act
             ,
             and
             so
             readeth
             the
             titles
             of
             that
             Act
             or
             Acts.
             They
             pray
             you
             to
             consider
             of
             them
             ,
             &
             shew
             them
             your
             advise
             ;
             which
             done
             ,
             they
             go
             their
             way
             .
             They
             being
             gone
             ,
             and
             the
             doore
             againe
             being
             shut
             ,
             the
             Speaker
             rehearseth
             to
             the
             house
             what
             they
             said
             .
             And
             if
             they
             be
             not
             busie
             disputing
             at
             the
             time
             in
             another
             Bill
             ,
             he
             asketh
             them
             straight
             way
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             have
             that
             Bill
             ,
             or
             (
             if
             there
             be
             moe
             )
             one
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             In
             like
             manner
             in
             the
             lower
             House
             ,
             the
             Speaker
             sitting
             in
             a
             seat
             or
             chayre
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             somewhat
             higher
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             see
             ,
             and
             be
             seene
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             hath
             before
             him
             in
             a
             lower
             seat
             his
             Clarke
             ,
             who
             readeth
             such
             Bills
             as
             be
             first
             propounded
             in
             the
             lower
             House
             ,
             or
             be
             sent
             down
             from
             the
             Lords
             .
             For
             in
             that
             point
             each
             House
             hath
             equall
             authority
             to
             propound
             what
             they
             thinke
             meet
             ,
             either
             for
             the
             abrogating
             of
             some
             Law
             made
             before
             ,
             or
             for
             making
             of
             a
             new
             .
             All
             Bills
             be
             thrice
             in
             three
             divers
             dayes
             read
             ,
             and
             disputed
             upon
             before
             they
             come
             to
             question
             .
             In
             the
             disputing
             is
             a
             marvailous
             good
             order
             used
             in
             the
             lower
             House
             .
             He
             that
             standeth
             up
             bare-headed
             ,
             is
             understanded
             that
             he
             will
             speake
             to
             the
             Bill
             .
             If
             more
             stand
             up
             ,
             who
             that
             is
             first
             judged
             to
             arise
             ,
             is
             first
             heard
             ,
             though
             the
             one
             doe
             praise
             the
             Law
             ,
             the
             other
             disswade
             it
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             alteration
             .
             For
             every
             man
             speaketh
             as
             to
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             not
             as
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             against
             the
             order
             of
             the
             house
             .
             It
             is
             also
             taken
             against
             the
             order
             to
             name
             him
             ,
             whom
             ye
             doe
             confute
             ,
             but
             by
             circumlocution
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             speaketh
             with
             the
             Bill
             ,
             or
             he
             that
             speaketh
             against
             the
             Bill
             ,
             and
             gave
             this
             and
             this
             reason
             .
             And
             so
             with
             perpetuall
             oration
             ,
             not
             with
             alteration
             ,
             he
             goeth
             through
             till
             he
             have
             made
             an
             end
             .
             He
             that
             once
             hath
             spoken
             in
             a
             Bill
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             confuted
             strait
             ,
             that
             day
             may
             not
             reply
             ,
             no
             though
             he
             would
             change
             his
             opinion
             .
             So
             that
             to
             one
             Bill
             in
             one
             day
             ,
             one
             may
             not
             in
             that
             House
             speake
             twice
             ,
             for
             else
             one
             or
             two
             with
             alteration
             would
             spend
             all
             the
             time
             ;
             the
             next
             day
             he
             may
             ,
             but
             then
             also
             but
             once
             .
             No
             reviling
             or
             nipping
             words
             must
             be
             used
             .
             For
             then
             all
             the
             House
             will
             cry
             't
             is
             against
             the
             order
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             speake
             irreverently
             or
             seditiously
             against
             the
             Prince
             or
             the
             privy
             Counsell
             ,
             I
             have
             seene
             them
             not
             only
             interrupted
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             been
             moved
             after
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             sent
             them
             to
             the
             Tower
             .
             So
             that
             in
             such
             a
             multitude
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             a
             diversity
             of
             minds
             ,
             and
             opinions
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             greatest
             modesty
             and
             temperance
             of
             speech
             that
             can
             be
             used
             .
             Neverthelesse
             with
             much
             dulce
             and
             gentle
             termes
             ,
             they
             make
             their
             reasons
             as
             violent
             ,
             and
             as
             vehement
             the
             one
             against
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             they
             may
             ordinarily
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             for
             urgent
             causes
             ,
             and
             hasting
             of
             time
             .
             At
             the
             afternoone
             they
             keep
             no
             Parliament
             .
             The
             Speaker
             hath
             no
             voice
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             nor
             will
             they
             suffer
             him
             to
             speake
             in
             any
             Bill
             to
             move
             or
             disswade
             it
             .
             But
             when
             any
             Bill
             is
             read
             ,
             the
             Speakers
             office
             is
             ,
             as
             briefly
             and
             as
             plainly
             as
             he
             may
             ,
             to
             declare
             the
             effect
             thereof
             
             to
             the
             House
             .
             If
             the
             Commons
             doe
             assent
             to
             such
             Bills
             as
             be
             sent
             to
             them
             ,
             first
             agreed
             upon
             from
             the
             Lords
             thus
             subscribed
             ,
             
               Les
               Commons
               ont
               assentus
               ;
            
             so
             if
             the
             Lords
             doe
             agree
             to
             such
             Bills
             as
             be
             first
             agreed
             upon
             by
             the
             Commons
             ,
             they
             send
             them
             downe
             to
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             thus
             subscribed
             ,
             
               Les
               Seigneurs
               ont
               assentus
               :
            
             if
             they
             cannot
             agree
             ,
             the
             two
             Houses
             (
             for
             every
             Bill
             from
             whence
             soever
             it
             doth
             come
             is
             thrice
             read
             in
             each
             of
             the
             Houses
             )
             if
             it
             be
             understood
             that
             there
             is
             any
             sticking
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             Lords
             to
             the
             Commons
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             Commons
             to
             the
             Lords
             doe
             require
             that
             a
             certaine
             of
             each
             House
             may
             meet
             together
             ,
             and
             so
             each
             part
             be
             informed
             of
             others
             meaning
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             alwayes
             granted
             .
             After
             which
             meeting
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             not
             alwayes
             ,
             either
             part
             agrees
             to
             others
             Bills
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             upper
             House
             they
             give
             their
             assent
             and
             dissent
             each
             man
             severally
             by
             himselfe
             ;
             first
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             then
             for
             so
             many
             as
             he
             hath
             Proxy
             .
             When
             the
             Chancellor
             hath
             demanded
             of
             them
             ,
             whether
             they
             will
             go
             to
             the
             question
             ,
             after
             the
             Bill
             hath
             been
             thrice
             read
             ?
             they
             saying
             only
             content
             or
             not
             content
             ,
             without
             further
             reasoning
             or
             replying
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             more
             number
             doth
             agree
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             agreed
             on
             or
             dashed
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             neather
             House
             none
             of
             them
             that
             is
             elected
             ,
             either
             Knight
             or
             Burgesse
             can
             give
             his
             voyce
             to
             another
             ,
             nor
             his
             consent
             or
             dissent
             by
             Proxy
             .
             The
             more
             part
             of
             them
             that
             be
             present
             only
             maketh
             the
             consent
             or
             dissent
             .
             After
             the
             Bill
             hath
             been
             twice
             read
             ,
             and
             then
             ingrossed
             ,
             and
             est-soones
             read
             and
             disputed
             on
             enough
             as
             is
             thought
             ,
             the
             Speaker
             asketh
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             go
             to
             the
             question
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             agree
             ?
             he
             holdeth
             the
             Bill
             up
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             as
             many
             as
             will
             have
             this
             Bill
             go
             forward
             ,
             which
             is
             concerning
             such
             a
             matter
             ,
             say
             ,
             yea
             .
             Then
             they
             which
             allow
             the
             Bill
             ,
             cry
             yea
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             as
             will
             not
             ,
             say
             no
             :
             as
             the
             cry
             of
             yea
             ,
             or
             no
             is
             bigger
             ,
             so
             the
             Bill
             is
             allowd
             or
             dashed
             .
             If
             it
             be
             a
             doubt
             which
             cry
             is
             bigger
             ,
             they
             divide
             the
             House
             ,
             the
             Speaker
             saying
             ,
             as
             many
             as
             doe
             allow
             the
             Bill
             ,
             go
             downe
             with
             the
             Bill
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             as
             doe
             ,
             not
             sit
             still
             .
             So
             they
             divide
             themselves
             ,
             and
             being
             so
             divided
             ,
             they
             are
             numbred
             who
             made
             the
             more
             part
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Bill
             doth
             speed
             .
             It
             chanceth
             sometime
             that
             some
             part
             of
             the
             Bill
             is
             allowed
             ,
             some
             other
             part
             hath
             much
             controversie
             and
             doubt
             made
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             thought
             if
             it
             were
             amended
             it
             would
             go
             forward
             .
             Then
             they
             chuse
             certaine
             
               Committees
            
             of
             them
             who
             have
             
             spoken
             with
             the
             Bill
             ,
             and
             against
             it
             ,
             to
             amend
             it
             ,
             and
             bring
             it
             again
             so
             amended
             ,
             as
             they
             amongst
             them
             shall
             think
             meet
             :
             and
             this
             is
             before
             it
             is
             ingrossed
             ,
             yea
             and
             sometime
             after
             .
             But
             the
             agreement
             of
             these
             Committees
             is
             no
             prejudice
             to
             the
             House
             .
             For
             at
             the
             last
             question
             they
             will
             accept
             it
             or
             dash
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             shall
             seem
             good
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             whatsoever
             the
             Committees
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             Thus
             no
             Bill
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             Ordinance
             ,
             or
             Edict
             of
             Law
             ,
             untill
             both
             the
             Houses
             have
             severally
             agreed
             unto
             it
             after
             the
             order
             aforesaid
             ,
             no
             nor
             then
             neither
             .
             But
             the
             last
             day
             of
             that
             Parliament
             or
             Session
             ,
             the
             Prince
             cometh
             in
             Person
             in
             His
             Parliament
             Robes
             ,
             and
             sitteth
             in
             His
             State
             ,
             all
             the
             upper
             house
             sitteth
             about
             the
             Prince
             in
             their
             States
             and
             order
             in
             their
             Robes
             .
             The
             Speaker
             with
             all
             the
             Commons
             House
             cometh
             to
             the
             Barre
             ,
             and
             there
             after
             thanks-giving
             first
             in
             the
             Lords
             name
             by
             the
             Chancellor
             &c.
             
             And
             in
             the
             Commons
             name
             by
             the
             Speaker
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             for
             that
             He
             hath
             so
             great
             care
             of
             the
             government
             of
             His
             People
             ,
             and
             for
             calling
             them
             together
             to
             advise
             of
             such
             things
             as
             should
             be
             for
             the
             Reformation
             ;
             establishing
             and
             ornament
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
             The
             Chancellor
             in
             the
             Princes
             name
             giveth
             thankes
             to
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             for
             their
             pains
             and
             travailes
             taken
             ,
             which
             he
             the
             said
             Prince
             will
             remember
             and
             recompence
             when
             time
             and
             occasion
             shall
             serve
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             for
             his
             part
             is
             ready
             to
             declare
             his
             pleasure
             concerning
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             whereby
             the
             same
             may
             have
             perfect
             life
             and
             accomplishment
             ,
             by
             His
             Princely
             authority
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             the
             whole
             consent
             of
             the
             Realme
             .
             Then
             one
             reads
             the
             Titles
             of
             every
             Act
             ,
             which
             hath
             passed
             at
             that
             Session
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             this
             fashon
             :
             An
             Act
             concerning
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             &c.
             
             It
             is
             marked
             there
             what
             the
             Prince
             doth
             allow
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             he
             saith
             
               Le
               Roy
               ,
            
             or
             
               La
               Royn
               le
               vults
            
             And
             those
             be
             taken
             now
             as
             perfect
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             Ordinances
             of
             the
             Realme
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             none
             other
             ,
             and
             as
             shortly
             as
             may
             be
             put
             in
             Print
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             some
             private
             cause
             ,
             or
             Law
             made
             for
             the
             benefit
             or
             prejudice
             of
             some
             private
             man
             ,
             which
             the
             Romans
             were
             wont
             to
             call
             
               Privilegia
               .
            
             These
             be
             only
             exemplified
             under
             the
             Seale
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             not
             Printed
             .
             To
             those
             which
             the
             Prince
             liketh
             not
             he
             answereth
             
               Le
               Roy
            
             or
             
               La
               Royne
               saduisera
               ,
            
             and
             those
             be
             accounted
             utterly
             dasned
             and
             of
             none
             effect
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Order
             and
             Forme
             of
             the
             highest
             and
             most
             authenticall
             
             Court
             of
             England
             ,
             by
             virtue
             whereof
             all
             those
             things
             be
             established
             whereof
             I
             spake
             before
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             means
             accounted
             availeable
             to
             make
             any
             new
             for
             feiture
             of
             Life
             ,
             Member
             ,
             or
             Lands
             of
             any
             English
             man
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             no
             Law
             ordained
             for
             it
             before
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           King
           IAMES
           His
           Declaration
           to
           both
           Houses
           at
           White-Hall
           ,
           of
           the
           Kings
           power
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           SCOTLAND
           in
           making
           Lawes
           .
           
             March
             31.
             1607.
             
          
        
         
           IT
           hath
           been
           objected
           as
           another
           impediment
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           the
           King
           hath
           not
           a
           Negative
           voyce
           ,
           but
           must
           passe
           all
           the
           Lawes
           agreed
           on
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           I
           can
           best
           resolve
           you
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           the
           eldest
           Parliament
           man
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           have
           sate
           in
           more
           Parliaments
           then
           all
           my
           Predecessors
           .
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           forme
           of
           Parliament
           there
           is
           nothing
           inclined
           to
           Popularity
           .
           About
           a
           twenty
           dayes
           or
           such
           a
           time
           before
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           Proclamation
           is
           made
           through
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           deliver
           into
           the
           Kings
           Clark
           of
           Register
           (
           whom
           ye
           here
           call
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Rolles
           )
           all
           Billes
           to
           be
           exhibited
           that
           Sessions
           ,
           before
           a
           certain
           day
           .
           Then
           are
           they
           brought
           unto
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           perused
           and
           considered
           by
           Him
           ;
           and
           only
           such
           as
           I
           allow
           of
           are
           put
           into
           the
           Chancellors
           hands
           ,
           to
           be
           propounded
           to
           the
           Parliament
           and
           none
           others
           .
           And
           if
           any
           man
           in
           Parliament
           speak
           of
           any
           other
           matter
           ,
           then
           is
           in
           this
           forme
           first
           allowed
           by
           me
           ,
           the
           Chancellor
           tells
           him
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Bill
           allowed
           by
           the
           King
           .
        
         
         
           Besides
           when
           they
           have
           passed
           them
           for
           Lawes
           ,
           they
           are
           presented
           unto
           Mee
           ,
           and
           I
           with
           my
           Scepter
           put
           into
           my
           hand
           by
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           must
           say
           ,
           I
           ratify
           and
           approve
           all
           things
           done
           in
           this
           present
           Parliament
           :
           And
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           dislike
           they
           race
           it
           out
           before
           :
           If
           this
           may
           be
           called
           a
           Negative
           Voyce
           ;
           then
           I
           have
           one
           I
           am
           sure
           in
           that
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             If
             I
             have
             spoken
             evill
             bear
             witnesse
             of
             the
             evill
             ,
             but
             if
             well
             ,
             why
             smitest
             thou
             mee
             ?
          
           
             Ioh.
             18.
             23.
             
          
        
         
           
             If
             I
             have
             said
             any
             thing
             amisse
             tell
             me
             .
          
           
             Eras.
             Paraph.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .