A proposal for the erecting of county registers for free-hold lands shewing the great use and benefit of them. By E.B. Esquire.
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             A proposal for the erecting of county registers for free-hold lands shewing the great use and benefit of them. By E.B. Esquire.
             Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.
          
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           A
           PROPOSAL
           FOR
           THE
           ERECTING
           OF
           County
           Registers
           FOR
           
             Free-hold
             Lands
             .
          
        
         
           Shewing
           the
           great
           Use
           and
           Benefit
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             B.
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Cumberland
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Angel
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ;
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Elizabeth
             Whitlock
             ,
          
           near
           
             Stationers-Hall
             ,
          
           1697.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           PROPOSAL
           For
           the
           Erecting
           of
           County
           Registers
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           A
           Motion
           being
           made
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           for
           leave
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Bill
           to
           prohibit
           
             Vsury
             ,
          
           a
           great
           States-man
           then
           in
           the
           House
           opposed
           it
           ,
           and
           concluded
           his
           Arguments
           for
           the
           continuance
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           this
           memorable
           Aphorism
           ,
           
             Let
             any
             Man
             shew
             me
             a
             Country
             without
             Vsury
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             shew
             him
             one
             without
             Trade
             or
             Riches
             .
          
           Than
           which
           none
           of
           the
           Mathematical
           Principles
           are
           more
           certain
           ,
           or
           self-evident
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           that
           no
           sort
           of
           Men
           are
           ,
           or
           deserved
           to
           be
           more
           odious
           than
           the
           
             Griping
             Vsurer
             ;
          
           but
           then
           it
           is
           the
           abuse
           of
           the
           thing
           that
           makes
           him
           so
           .
           Let
           him
           take
           a
           reasonable
           Interest
           for
           his
           Money
           ,
           and
           treat
           the
           Men
           he
           deals
           with
           fairly
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Square
           ,
           and
           no
           Man
           deserves
           more
           Love
           than
           he
           .
           But
           this
           is
           so
           hard
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           that
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           feared
           and
           suspected
           before
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           any
           ill
           thing
           .
           The
           Trust
           they
           give
           is
           too
           often
           abused
           ,
           and
           that
           often
           makes
           them
           think
           of
           taking
           Reprizals
           upon
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           that
           have
           not
           injured
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           distrust
           they
           shew
           is
           in
           some
           sort
           justified
           by
           the
           ill
           Actions
           of
           needy
           and
           designing
           Men
           ,
           that
           appear
           what
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           both
           for
           Colour
           and
           Substance
           ,
           Honesty
           and
           Ability
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           it
           that
           makes
           
             Banks
          
           and
           
             Registers
          
           for
           Lands
           so
           necessary
           ,
           that
           the
           Lender
           may
           have
           a
           certainty
           to
           receive
           his
           own
           again
           with
           Profit
           ,
           and
           the
           Borrower
           ,
           being
           delivered
           from
           the
           suspicion
           of
           Fraud
           ,
           or
           ill
           Designs
           ,
           may
           not
           pay
           for
           other
           Mens
           Perfidy
           and
           Breach
           of
           Trust
           .
           As
           to
           the
           several
           
             Banks
          
           now
           erected
           I
           am
           not
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           their
           Use
           as
           to
           some
           Men
           :
           But
           to
           turn
           all
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           Nation
           into
           these
           Channels
           ,
           must
           of
           Necessity
           ruin
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           because
           they
           will
           possess
           at
           all
           times
           such
           a
           Mass
           of
           Treasure
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           single
           Man
           ,
           how
           great
           soever
           ,
           can
           defend
           himself
           against
           their
           united
           Purse
           and
           Interest
           .
           And
           when
           they
           have
           ruined
           a
           few
           to
           shew
           their
           Power
           ,
           they
           will
           become
           so
           terrible
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           that
           there
           will
           be
           no
           other
           Remedy
           ,
           but
           to
           Petition
           them
           for
           Mercy
           ;
           a
           Virtue
           not
           often
           found
           in
           single
           Persons
           ,
           but
           much
           rarer
           in
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           ;
           who
           dividing
           or
           sharing
           the
           infamy
           of
           an
           ill
           Action
           ,
           
           account
           each
           Man's
           Share
           of
           it
           so
           small
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           regarding
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           every
           
             individuum
          
           of
           the
           whole
           Mass
           will
           pretend
           to
           have
           had
           no
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           against
           what
           the
           whole
           doth
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Poets
           Question
           is
           easily
           admitted
           ;
           
             Quid
             salvis
             infamia
             Nummis
             ?
          
           Who
           would
           not
           be
           infamous
           to
           be
           rich
           ?
        
         
           The
           Way
           between
           these
           Rocks
           on
           the
           Right
           and
           Left
           Hand
           is
           ,
           the
           opening
           
             County
             Registers
             ;
          
           Those
           of
           single
           Mannors
           being
           too
           small
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           or
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           too
           big
           both
           for
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           them
           that
           are
           to
           deal
           with
           them
           .
           In
           these
           latter
           
             Banks
          
           a
           Man
           is
           forced
           to
           put
           the
           Title
           of
           his
           Estate
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           unknown
           Men
           before
           he
           can
           be
           trusted
           ;
           and
           then
           is
           trusted
           no
           farther
           ,
           nor
           longer
           than
           they
           think
           fit
           ;
           because
           ,
           like
           a
           Bird
           ,
           they
           have
           him
           in
           their
           Talons
           ,
           and
           can
           crush
           him
           when
           they
           please
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           once
           falls
           (
           and
           who
           may
           not
           ?
           )
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           these
           his
           Masters
           ,
           he
           cannot
           deliver
           himself
           ,
           and
           no
           Man
           else
           will
           dare
           to
           do
           it
           .
           But
           in
           a
           County
           Register
           ,
           the
           Title
           as
           well
           as
           Possession
           of
           the
           Estate
           ,
           remains
           in
           the
           proper
           Owner
           till
           he
           willingly
           parts
           with
           it
           ,
           or
           is
           by
           Law
           ,
           for
           good
           Causes
           divested
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           has
           only
           his
           own
           Creditors
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           become
           unreasonable
           ,
           he
           may
           pay
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           be
           take
           himself
           to
           others
           that
           will
           treat
           him
           better
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           can
           be
           alledged
           for
           the
           
             Bank
          
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           but
           
             surmize
             of
             what
             may
             be
             ,
             but
             has
             never
             happened
             .
          
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           they
           are
           now
           like
           the
           rising
           Sun
           ,
           pleasant
           and
           easie
           to
           all
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           are
           once
           got
           up
           to
           the
           Meridian
           heighth
           of
           Power
           ,
           and
           setled
           ,
           then
           will
           their
           
             scorching
          
           Heat
           be
           felt
           like
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           much
           greater
           than
           the
           
             Libyan
             Ardors
             ,
          
           which
           reach
           not
           far
           into
           the
           parched
           Earth
           ;
           but
           these
           will
           penetrate
           to
           the
           Bowels
           ,
           and
           fire
           the
           Intrails
           of
           those
           Lands
           and
           Owners
           ,
           which
           lie
           under
           their
           torrid
           Influence
           ,
           till
           they
           become
           unhabitable
           as
           to
           their
           present
           Possessors
           .
        
         
           Yet
           in
           the
           present
           Circumstances
           ,
           what
           should
           miserable
           Men
           do
           ?
           The
           griping
           
             Vsurer
          
           hovers
           over
           them
           ,
           just
           ready
           to
           seize
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           these
           Dolphins
           are
           gaping
           under
           them
           ,
           to
           catch
           them
           in
           the
           descent
           ;
           and
           a
           Prey
           they
           must
           fall
           ,
           sooner
           or
           later
           ,
           to
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           the
           Mercy
           of
           our
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           do
           not
           deliver
           these
           persecuted
           Men.
           
        
         
           The
           Method
           I
           propose
           is
           none
           of
           my
           Invention
           ;
           one
           Mr.
           
             Yarrington
             ,
          
           about
           twenty
           Years
           agone
           ,
           first
           offered
           it
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           since
           that
           time
           it
           has
           ever
           been
           debated
           :
           Desired
           by
           all
           that
           had
           need
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           opposed
           by
           the
           rest
           ,
           upon
           very
           different
           Grounds
           and
           Reasons
           without
           doubt
           ,
           but
           those
           alledged
           publickly
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           best
           ;
           and
           in
           truth
           it
           has
           some
           Inconveniences
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           mention
           perhaps
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Paper
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           one
           Reason
           arising
           from
           the
           present
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           is
           strong
           enough
           to
           surmount
           all
           the
           Difficulties
           that
           are
           raised
           or
           pretended
           to
           ob●●ruct
           it
           ;
           Men
           have
           struggled
           as
           long
           
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Nation
           will
           not
           take
           care
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           take
           the
           best
           care
           they
           can
           of
           themselves
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Voice
           of
           these
           
             Voluntary
             Banks
             ;
          
           the
           Mischief
           of
           which
           I
           have
           hinted
           at
           .
           These
           going
           on
           ,
           will
           in
           length
           of
           time
           do
           all
           that
           the
           County
           Registers
           would
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           damage
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           Gentry
           and
           landed
           Men.
           The
           old
           Methods
           ,
           and
           Law-maxims
           were
           well
           enough
           two
           or
           three
           hundred
           years
           agone
           ,
           when
           we
           made
           no
           other
           use
           of
           our
           small
           Ships
           but
           Fishing
           and
           Transporting
           our
           Forces
           into
           
             France
             :
          
           When
           the
           elder
           Son
           was
           a
           Captain
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           younger
           Sons
           Soldiers
           under
           him
           or
           some
           other
           great
           Man.
           Then
           
             Lands
             pay
             no
             Debts
          
           was
           a
           prudent
           Provision
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Families
           ;
           but
           it
           has
           ruined
           more
           in
           the
           last
           Century
           than
           it
           has
           preserved
           ;
           for
           it
           they
           pay
           no
           Debts
           they
           deserve
           no
           Credit
           ;
           and
           cannot
           be
           useful
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Trade
           ,
           the
           much
           better
           way
           of
           imploying
           the
           younger
           Children
           than
           that
           of
           sending
           them
           into
           the
           Field
           to
           be
           returned
           back
           Beggars
           and
           Cripples
           for
           the
           remainder
           of
           their
           wretched
           Lives
           .
        
         
           Trade
           is
           now
           become
           the
           Darling
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           
             French
             Leviathan
          
           did
           not
           make
           War
           necessary
           would
           have
           beat
           our
           Swords
           into
           Plow-shares
           ,
           and
           our
           Spears
           into
           Pruning-hooks
           ,
           the
           much
           more
           useful
           and
           humane
           Instruments
           ,
           which
           are
           attended
           with
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           whilst
           the
           fruitless
           Lawrels
           of
           the
           proudest
           Victors
           have
           ever
           been
           deeply
           drenched
           in
           Blood
           and
           Tears
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           blasted
           by
           the
           Curses
           of
           both
           .
           But
           then
           
             Trade
          
           and
           
             Trust
          
           are
           such
           Reciprocals
           ,
           Correlatives
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           stand
           and
           fall
           together
           :
           Without
           
             Trust
          
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             Trade
             ,
          
           and
           without
           
             Trade
          
           there
           will
           not
           be
           much
           
             Wealth
             ,
          
           the
           Foundation
           of
           
             Trust
             .
          
        
         
           Were
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           imposed
           upon
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           it
           were
           no
           wonder
           if
           it
           met
           with
           opposition
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           is
           desired
           is
           a
           bare
           Permission
           for
           such
           as
           please
           to
           Register
           their
           Free-hold
           Lands
           ,
           their
           Quantity
           and
           Quality
           ,
           and
           the
           Values
           and
           Titles
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           all
           Mankind
           may
           know
           what
           Incumbrances
           are
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           they
           may
           with
           safety
           rely
           upon
           them
           by
           way
           of
           Mortgage
           or
           Purchase
           ,
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           Debts
           now
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Support
           of
           the
           Publick
           Charges
           ,
           the
           Provision
           for
           younger
           Children
           ,
           and
           the
           promoting
           thereby
           the
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           which
           seems
           not
           possible
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           without
           such
           an
           Assistance
           ,
           but
           be
           sure
           cannot
           so
           well
           be
           done
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           some
           Families
           ,
           so
           perhaps
           some
           Counties
           may
           not
           have
           an
           equal
           need
           or
           sence
           of
           this
           benefit
           :
           Let
           but
           the
           
             South-Eastern
          
           Counties
           that
           border
           near
           upon
           
             London
             ,
             Essex
             ,
             Hertfordshire
             ,
             Cambridgeshire
             ,
             Suffolk
             ,
          
           and
           
             Norfolk
             ,
          
           &c.
           have
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           rest
           that
           desire
           it
           not
           ,
           be
           left
           in
           
             statu
             quo
             ,
          
           till
           they
           see
           how
           those
           that
           desire
           it
           fare
           ,
           and
           then
           do
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Introduction
           ,
           a
           little
           opened
           my
           way
           ,
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           thing
           mainly
           intended
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           my
           Thoughts
           upon
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           Reasons
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           others
           may
           the
           better
           judge
           of
           them
           .
           And
           first
           ,
           The
           Reasons
           why
           I
           prefer
           County
           Registers
           before
           one
           General
           Register
           in
           
             London
          
           (
           which
           yet
           might
           perhaps
           do
           well
           enough
           for
           those
           Counties
           that
           border
           near
           upon
           
             London
          
           )
           is
           first
           ,
        
         
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           dispersing
           the
           Wealth
           ,
           the
           Vital
           Blood
           of
           a
           State
           ,
           proportionably
           alike
           to
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           Politick
           ;
           that
           some
           may
           not
           be
           over-nourished
           ,
           and
           others
           starved
           ,
           but
           that
           this
           nutritive
           Juice
           may
           be
           every
           where
           ,
           and
           near
           at
           hand
           to
           serve
           all
           Mens
           emergent
           Necessities
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           
             Borrower
          
           and
           
             Lender
          
           may
           the
           more
           easily
           transact
           their
           Affairs
           and
           be
           known
           each
           to
           other
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           great
           Foundation
           of
           that
           mutual
           Trust
           and
           Confidence
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           between
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           For
           the
           more
           easie
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Quantity
           ,
           Quality
           and
           Value
           of
           the
           Lands
           that
           are
           to
           be
           the
           Funds
           upon
           which
           the
           Trust
           is
           built
           ,
           these
           to
           many
           of
           the
           Creditors
           will
           be
           known
           before-hand
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           with
           small
           Expence
           ,
           may
           be
           viewed
           and
           enquired
           into
           ;
           which
           is
           difficult
           to
           be
           done
           in
           remote
           and
           very
           distant
           Counties
           ,
           which
           much
           alters
           the
           Value
           of
           Lands
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           the
           more
           easie
           Payment
           of
           Interest
           whilst
           the
           Trust
           continues
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Principal
           when
           it
           is
           to
           be
           paid
           in
           ,
           to
           me
           it
           seems
           but
           reasonable
           ,
           the
           Borrower
           and
           the
           Lender
           should
           live
           like
           Man
           and
           Wife
           together
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           an
           Eye
           upon
           each
           others
           Demeanour
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           liberty
           of
           taking
           out
           a
           Bill
           of
           Divorce
           in
           cause
           of
           
             Jealousie
          
           on
           either
           side
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           to
           that
           purpose
           I
           would
           have
           it
           as
           easie
           for
           them
           to
           part
           as
           it
           was
           at
           first
           to
           meet
           ;
           if
           there
           is
           in
           the
           same
           County
           a
           Center
           in
           which
           all
           the
           Money
           and
           much
           of
           the
           Lands
           may
           meet
           ,
           where
           the
           borrower
           will
           seldom
           fail
           of
           what
           he
           wants
           ,
           and
           the
           Lender
           as
           rarely
           be
           long
           without
           a
           Customer
           for
           his
           Money
           :
           So
           that
           a
           Man
           may
           pay
           a
           Debt
           when
           he
           please
           ,
           without
           any
           injury
           to
           his
           Creditor
           :
           The
           want
           of
           which
           liberty
           has
           been
           the
           ruin
           of
           many
           a
           Family
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           be
           taken
           care
           of
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Not
           only
           great
           ,
           but
           small
           Sums
           may
           be
           lodged
           here
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           a
           means
           to
           bring
           many
           a
           Family
           out
           of
           Debt
           .
           I
           have
           known
           a
           good
           Husband
           borrow
           an
           Hundred
           Pound
           of
           five
           several
           Men
           ,
           and
           pay
           them
           all
           off
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           that
           could
           never
           have
           paid
           an
           Hundred
           Pound
           at
           one
           single
           Payment
           .
           And
           this
           may
           easily
           be
           done
           in
           a
           County
           Register
           ,
           but
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           be
           done
           in
           a
           general
           one
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Register
             .
          
           Next
           the
           Place
           ,
           the
           Person
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Register
          
           that
           is
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           is
           of
           principal
           concern
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           good
           Education
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           Estate
           of
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           or
           four
           Hundred
           Pound
           Lands
           the
           Year
           within
           the
           County
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           above
           the
           Temptation
           or
           Suspicion
           of
           doing
           mean
           and
           unworthy
           things
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           may
           have
           wherewith
           to
           answer
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           shall
           knowingly
           be
           guilty
           of
           any
           Fraud
           or
           Cheat
           ,
           that
           Men
           may
           the
           more
           willingly
           trust
           him
           with
           the
           Custody
           of
           their
           Writings
           ,
           and
           of
           these
           precious
           
             Records
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           I
           think
           it
           were
           convenient
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           be
           a
           practising
           Lawyer
           ,
           but
           rather
           an
           Understanding
           and
           right
           honest
           Gentleman
           ,
           that
           scorns
           to
           trick
           or
           be
           trick'd
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           right
           to
           the
           Poorest
           and
           the
           Richest
           without
           any
           respect
           of
           Persons
           :
           Altho'
           there
           is
           not
           many
           such
           ,
           yet
           some
           such
           may
           be
           found
           in
           every
           County
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Person
           may
           at
           first
           be
           chosen
           by
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Free-men
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           having
           Lands
           and
           Tenements
           to
           the
           value
           of
           20
           ,
           30
           ,
           40
           ,
           or
           50
           
             l.
          
           the
           Year
           ,
           it
           being
           too
           great
           a
           Concern
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Cottagers
           of
           a
           County
           ,
           Men
           that
           have
           not
           Discretion
           to
           choose
           wisely
           ;
           nor
           very
           often
           will
           they
           be
           ruled
           by
           them
           that
           have
           :
           So
           that
           as
           the
           great
           Concern
           is
           that
           of
           the
           great
           Free-holders
           ,
           they
           only
           ought
           to
           choose
           the
           Man
           they
           will
           trust
           with
           their
           Estates
           :
           And
           this
           Register
           ought
           to
           be
           for
           Life
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           found
           guilty
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           he
           shall
           deserve
           to
           be
           displaced
           for
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           the
           Register
           is
           once
           established
           ,
           then
           the
           Election
           ought
           to
           be
           made
           only
           by
           those
           Free-holders
           whose
           Estates
           are
           registred
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           them
           who
           have
           no
           interest
           in
           the
           Person
           or
           Office.
           For
           what
           reason
           is
           it
           another
           Man
           ,
           who
           has
           neither
           Lands
           nor
           Writings
           in
           the
           Office
           ,
           should
           intermedle
           with
           that
           he
           is
           not
           concerned
           in
           :
           And
           if
           any
           Man
           should
           presume
           to
           give
           his
           Vote
           not
           being
           qualified
           as
           above
           ,
           not
           only
           his
           Vote
           should
           go
           for
           nothing
           ,
           but
           he
           deserves
           to
           be
           prosecuted
           and
           fined
           for
           invading
           the
           Property
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           possible
           too
           great
           a
           care
           should
           be
           taken
           in
           this
           Affair
           .
        
         
           The
           Election
           in
           all
           other
           things
           may
           be
           managed
           like
           that
           of
           the
           Kinghts
           of
           the
           Shire
           by
           the
           Sheriff
           in
           the
           County
           Court
           by
           Majority
           of
           such
           Voices
           ▪
           and
           the
           Election
           determined
           by
           the
           Sheriff
           and
           principal
           Gentry
           then
           assembled
           ,
           and
           declared
           by
           a
           Pair
           of
           Indentures
           ,
           one
           part
           to
           be
           filed
           in
           the
           high
           Court
           of
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           in
           the
           County
           Register
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Registers
           Commission
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           required
           ,
           a
           Poll
           and
           Scrutiny
           admitted
           ,
           than
           no
           doubt
           may
           be
           of
           the
           Majority
           of
           Voices
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           elected
           ,
           a
           very
           strict
           Oath
           may
           be
           given
           him
           by
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           the
           Sheriff
           and
           Gentry
           there
           present
           ,
           for
           the
           true
           ,
           impartial
           and
           faithful
           Administration
           of
           the
           said
           Office
           towards
           all
           concerned
           alike
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           constituted
           ,
           he
           may
           have
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Judge
           of
           Record
           ;
           and
           nothing
           that
           is
           entred
           or
           signed
           by
           him
           to
           be
           disputed
           as
           to
           the
           Fact
           in
           Law
           or
           Equity
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           allowed
           to
           take
           Recognizances
           for
           security
           of
           Money
           ,
           with
           the
           Assistance
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           two
           or
           three
           Persons
           of
           good
           Worth
           and
           Quality
           ;
           and
           to
           state
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           do
           all
           other
           Acts
           commonly
           done
           by
           the
           Masters
           in
           
             Chancery
             ;
          
           one
           of
           which
           in
           extraordinary
           ,
           it
           were
           convenient
           he
           should
           ever
           be
           reputed
           to
           be
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Act
           that
           appoints
           the
           Office.
           
        
         
           The
           Methods
           of
           the
           keeping
           and
           the
           entering
           the
           Lands
           and
           Tenements
           in
           this
           Register
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           same
           that
           is
           now
           used
           in
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           Brevity
           and
           Perspicuity
           ,
           reciting
           the
           Quantity
           ,
           Quality
           ,
           Value
           of
           the
           Lands
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Occupation
           they
           then
           are
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           Towns
           they
           lie
           .
           And
           this
           may
           be
           done
           in
           a
           few
           Words
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Close
           ,
           what
           Title
           the
           Claiment
           hath
           ,
           and
           what
           Incumbrances
           there
           are
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           if
           no
           more
           be
           proved
           within
           six
           Months
           after
           the
           said
           Entry
           ,
           then
           that
           to
           be
           the
           Title
           and
           State
           of
           the
           Lands
           so
           entered
           ,
           and
           
           for
           the
           future
           no
           charge
           to
           be
           brought
           upon
           them
           but
           what
           shall
           be
           there
           entred
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           order
           they
           are
           there
           entred
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Principal
           Evidences
           also
           ,
           or
           Deeds
           relating
           to
           the
           Lands
           so
           entred
           ,
           may
           at
           first
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           be
           left
           in
           the
           Custody
           of
           the
           Register
           till
           the
           Title
           is
           by
           the
           Act
           fixed
           ,
           or
           Transcripts
           of
           them
           to
           be
           declared
           by
           Law
           ,
           of
           equal
           Authority
           with
           the
           Originals
           ;
           and
           ever
           after
           ,
           one
           Deed
           signed
           and
           sealed
           by
           all
           the
           Parties
           ,
           that
           recourse
           may
           be
           had
           to
           it
           as
           often
           as
           there
           is
           occasion
           ;
           which
           will
           also
           be
           a
           means
           of
           preserving
           Deeds
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           Fires
           or
           other
           such
           Accidents
           .
        
         
           In
           case
           of
           non-payment
           ,
           the
           Register
           ,
           after
           summoning
           the
           Party
           concerned
           ,
           to
           deliver
           the
           Possession
           to
           the
           Creditors
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Suit
           in
           Law
           or
           Equity
           :
           Which
           would
           much
           encrease
           the
           Value
           of
           Lands
           so
           entered
           ,
           when
           the
           Creditor
           is
           sure
           to
           recover
           his
           own
           again
           ,
           with
           small
           Charge
           ,
           and
           no
           Hazard
           .
        
         
           The
           Register
           also
           to
           have
           power
           to
           receive
           both
           the
           Use
           and
           Principal
           in
           case
           of
           any
           difference
           between
           the
           Lender
           and
           the
           Borrower
           ,
           after
           the
           Methods
           of
           the
           
             King's
             Bench
             ,
          
           having
           first
           summoned
           the
           Lender
           to
           shew
           cause
           why
           the
           Money
           should
           not
           be
           paid
           in
           and
           the
           Security
           discharged
           :
           And
           the
           Money
           being
           so
           paid
           in
           ,
           to
           lie
           in
           the
           Office
           till
           the
           Lender
           will
           take
           it
           out
           ,
           or
           dispose
           of
           it
           otherwise
           ;
           the
           Borrower
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           being
           as
           fully
           discharged
           both
           in
           Law
           and
           Equity
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Lender
           had
           received
           the
           Money
           and
           acquitted
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Register
           being
           thus
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           accountable
           for
           all
           his
           Servants
           and
           under
           Officers
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           Fire
           ,
           Thieves
           or
           War
           ,
           if
           he
           has
           taken
           the
           best
           care
           he
           can
           to
           secure
           what
           is
           deposited
           in
           his
           Hands
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           it
           be
           thought
           too
           much
           to
           trust
           the
           Register
           both
           with
           the
           Money
           and
           the
           Records
           of
           this
           Register
           ,
           then
           there
           may
           be
           a
           Treasurer
           appointed
           for
           the
           Money
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           be
           only
           the
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Records
           ▪
           But
           then
           the
           uniting
           them
           in
           one
           Person
           comes
           the
           nearest
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Bank
           ,
           and
           no
           Man
           that
           distrusts
           him
           will
           be
           under
           any
           necessity
           of
           putting
           or
           leaving
           his
           Money
           in
           his
           Hands
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Trust
           ,
           if
           any
           be
           ,
           will
           be
           purely
           voluntary
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           to
           be
           entred
           after
           the
           first
           Entry
           but
           the
           Mortgages
           ;
           Sales
           or
           Assignments
           made
           upon
           any
           Estate
           ,
           which
           ought
           always
           to
           have
           reference
           to
           the
           first
           Entry
           ,
           till
           the
           right
           of
           the
           whole
           or
           any
           part
           is
           assigned
           ,
           and
           passed
           over
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           begin
           
             de
             novo
             ,
          
           as
           with
           a
           new
           Proprietor
           .
        
         
           No
           Mortgage
           ,
           Jointure
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           or
           Recognizance
           to
           be
           taken
           or
           admitted
           in
           other
           Order
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           the
           time
           when
           they
           are
           entred
           into
           the
           Register
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           place
           only
           upon
           the
           Remainder
           after
           all
           the
           Prior
           Creditors
           are
           paid
           both
           Use
           and
           Principal
           .
        
         
           When
           any
           Entry
           is
           to
           be
           made
           of
           Lands
           or
           Tenements
           ,
           the
           same
           shall
           be
           drawn
           up
           by
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           Possessor
           in
           Paper
           ;
           and
           then
           be
           transcribed
           fairly
           into
           the
           Register's
           Book
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           of
           Vellum
           ,
           or
           very
           good
           
           ment
           ,
           fairly
           and
           strongly
           bound
           for
           continuance
           :
           And
           the
           Party
           that
           makes
           the
           Entry
           shall
           have
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           in
           Vellum
           signed
           by
           the
           Register
           ,
           without
           any
           Rasure
           or
           Interlineation
           .
           And
           if
           afterwards
           any
           such
           thing
           appear
           in
           any
           Copy
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           taken
           for
           false
           ,
           if
           it
           differ
           from
           the
           Entry
           in
           the
           Book
           .
        
         
           This
           Book
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           
             English
             ,
          
           and
           written
           in
           a
           fair
           Hand
           that
           is
           known
           to
           all
           Men
           ,
           that
           every
           Man
           that
           can
           write
           and
           read
           may
           understand
           his
           own
           Copy
           .
        
         
           The
           Entry
           of
           any
           Money
           lent
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           some
           such
           short
           Form
           as
           this
           :
        
         
           
             MEmorandum
             .
          
           The
           
             _____
          
           day
           of
           
             _____
          
           in
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           J.
           S.
           of
           
             _____
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             _____
          
           Lent
           to
           
             D.
             G.
          
           the
           Proprietor
           of
           the
           
             _____
          
           Sum
           of
           one
           hundred
           Pounds
           ,
           to
           be
           paid
           with
           Interest
           at
           
             _____
          
           
             per
             cent
             .
          
           the
           
             _____
          
           day
           of
        
         
           This
           Form
           to
           be
           used
           when
           the
           Money
           is
           paid
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Register
           ;
           but
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           the
           Form
           to
           be
           ,
        
         
           Such
           an
           one
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           received
           of
           
             _____
          
        
         
           To
           prevent
           any
           possibility
           of
           Fraud
           ,
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Entry
           shall
           be
           given
           both
           to
           the
           Borrower
           and
           the
           Lender
           ,
           exactly
           compared
           and
           examined
           by
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           interchangeably
           signed
           by
           both
           Parties
           ,
           and
           also
           by
           the
           Register
           and
           his
           Clerk
           ;
           the
           same
           to
           be
           indented
           .
        
         
           The
           Register
           to
           have
           5
           
             s.
          
           for
           every
           Entry
           made
           in
           the
           said
           Book
           ,
           under
           ,
           or
           of
           an
           hundred
           Pounds
           the
           Year
           ,
           and
           one
           hundred
           Pounds
           in
           Money
           ;
           10
           
             s.
          
           for
           two
           hundred
           Pounds
           ,
           and
           so
           onward
           ;
           the
           greatest
           Sum
           to
           be
           50
           
             s.
          
           and
           no
           more
           to
           be
           paid
           for
           any
           Entry
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           To
           have
           10
           
             s.
          
           for
           every
           Transcript
           to
           be
           taken
           out
           ,
           besides
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Copy
           ,
           for
           searching
           and
           permitting
           the
           same
           to
           be
           transcribed
           .
           But
           if
           there
           be
           only
           a
           Search
           ,
           and
           no
           Transcript
           ,
           then
           5
           
             s.
          
           only
           to
           be
           paid
           .
        
         
           That
           Liberty
           may
           be
           given
           to
           any
           Mortgagee
           or
           Lender
           to
           enter
           his
           Right
           to
           any
           Free-hold
           Estate
           upon
           any
           Mortgage
           entered
           before
           the
           passing
           of
           the
           Act
           ,
           though
           the
           Owner
           of
           the
           Land
           has
           not
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           ,
           enter
           or
           register
           his
           Lands
           :
           And
           all
           Mortgages
           that
           are
           thus
           entred
           in
           the
           first
           six
           Months
           after
           the
           Office
           is
           opened
           ,
           to
           pass
           according
           to
           their
           Dates
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           any
           Mortgage
           ,
           of
           what
           date
           soever
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           entred
           within
           the
           six
           Months
           ,
           except
           the
           Mortgage
           prove
           ,
           that
           at
           that
           time
           he
           was
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           .
        
         
           To
           prevent
           Surprizes
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           fit
           that
           all
           the
           Free-hold
           Lands
           ,
           entred
           into
           the
           Register
           ,
           be
           fixed
           upon
           the
           Market-Cross
           of
           the
           next
           Market-Town
           to
           the
           Lands
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           the
           Parish
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           Lists
           of
           all
           Persons
           that
           shall
           so
           register
           their
           Lands
           ,
           be
           every
           Term
           hung
           
           up
           in
           
             minster-Hall
             ,
          
           so
           that
           all
           the
           World
           that
           can
           be
           any
           way
           concern'd
           in
           those
           Lands
           may
           have
           knowledge
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           may
           be
           declared
           Felony
           ,
           without
           benefit
           of
           Clergy
           ,
           for
           any
           Man
           to
           register
           as
           his
           own
           another
           Man's
           Lands
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Man
           be
           admitted
           ,
           to
           register
           till
           he
           has
           by
           Deeds
           ,
           exhibited
           ,
           proved
           his
           Title
           ,
           and
           those
           Deeds
           to
           be
           left
           for
           ●●x
           Months
           in
           the
           Register
           .
        
         
           No
           Debt
           or
           other
           Incumbrance
           to
           be
           entred
           upon
           any
           Lands
           in
           the
           Register
           but
           in
           the
           presece
           of
           the
           Owner
           ,
           or
           of
           an
           Attorney
           at
           Law
           ,
           authorized
           so
           to
           do
           by
           the
           Warrant
           of
           the
           Owner
           ,
           under
           his
           Hand
           and
           Seal
           ,
           attested
           by
           three
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           signed
           and
           certified
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           by
           the
           next
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           to
           the
           Proprietor
           or
           Owner
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           made
           good
           by
           the
           Affidavit
           of
           the
           Attorney
           sworn
           before
           the
           Register
           ,
           and
           filed
           in
           the
           said
           Office.
           And
           the
           Attorney
           that
           shall
           make
           any
           false
           Entry
           to
           suffer
           as
           in
           Case
           of
           Felony
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           many
           Objections
           made
           against
           these
           publick
           Registers
           ,
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           expose
           the
           Condition
           of
           every
           Man's
           Estate
           to
           all
           the
           World.
           This
           will
           in
           great
           part
           be
           prevented
           by
           the
           Prudence
           of
           the
           Register
           ,
           whoso
           Interest
           it
           will
           be
           to
           have
           the
           Love
           of
           all
           those
           that
           are
           in
           the
           Register
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           grow
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           his
           Profit
           .
           And
           yet
           he
           may
           by
           Law
           be
           bound
           not
           to
           expose
           the
           Condition
           of
           any
           Man's
           Estate
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           own
           consent
           ,
           and
           to
           such
           only
           as
           are
           to
           purchase
           or
           lend
           Money
           upon
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           such
           part
           only
           as
           they
           are
           to
           be
           concerned
           with
           .
        
         
           The
           Register
           ought
           also
           to
           have
           a
           competent
           Allowance
           for
           all
           Searches
           Certificates
           ,
           and
           Letters
           by
           him
           written
           or
           made
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           any
           Person
           that
           is
           to
           purchase
           or
           lend
           any
           Money
           upon
           any
           Estate
           that
           is
           entred
           in
           the
           said
           Register
           .
        
         
           Besides
           the
           Fees
           that
           will
           be
           fit
           to
           be
           allowed
           to
           the
           Register
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           but
           reasonable
           ,
           that
           some
           small
           Fees
           should
           be
           allowed
           to
           Clerks
           imployed
           to
           draw
           up
           Copies
           ,
           Bonds
           ,
           Recognizances
           ,
           Affidavits
           ,
           and
           other
           such-like
           Writings
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           of
           frequent
           use
           ;
           and
           these
           Fees
           may
           be
           regulated
           by
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           in
           their
           Quarter
           Session
           ,
           and
           Tables
           signed
           by
           them
           and
           the
           Register
           be
           hung
           up
           in
           the
           Office
           ,
           that
           every
           Man
           may
           be
           certain
           what
           he
           is
           to
           pay
           .
           And
           also
           all
           rules
           of
           Practice
           ,
           Bye-Laws
           and
           Orders
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           hung
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Method
           be
           used
           by
           and
           towards
           all
           that
           are
           to
           transact
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           said
           Office.
           
        
         
           The
           best
           place
           to
           fix
           this
           Office
           in
           ,
           is
           the
           County-Town
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           great
           place
           to
           which
           the
           Attorneys
           resort
           once
           in
           every
           Month
           for
           the
           holding
           the
           Sheriff's
           Court
           ;
           and
           by
           consequence
           this
           Affair
           may
           be
           then
           dispatched
           without
           making
           a
           Journey
           to
           no
           other
           purpose
           .
        
         
           The
           larger
           the
           Bounds
           of
           the
           Office
           is
           ,
           the
           less
           will
           the
           Fees
           of
           the
           Register
           be
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           if
           his
           Bounds
           are
           small
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           the
           greater
           Fees
           to
           make
           up
           a
           Sum
           worth
           his
           while
           :
           And
           it
           is
           the
           cheapness
           and
           facility
           of
           procuring
           Money
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Benefit
           designed
           to
           the
           Borrower
           ,
           as
           Certainty
           and
           Security
           is
           to
           the
           Lender
           .
           If
           we
           can
           gain
           these
           two
           Points
           ,
           the
           
           principal
           Benefit
           of
           Lands
           is
           gained
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           make
           the
           a
           Funds
           for
           carrying
           on
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           publick
           and
           private
           Benefit
           .
        
         
           That
           in
           case
           of
           any
           Misfeasance
           a
           Complaint
           ,
           Bill
           or
           Information
           may
           be
           filed
           against
           the
           
             Register
          
           in
           the
           publick
           Assizes
           for
           the
           County
           by
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Grand-Jury
           for
           the
           said
           County
           ;
           at
           which
           the
           
             Register
          
           shall
           ever
           be
           obliged
           to
           be
           present
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           he
           shall
           immediately
           plead
           ▪
           and
           the
           next
           following
           Assizes
           the
           thing
           shall
           be
           heard
           and
           tried
           by
           the
           next
           Grand-Jury
           :
           The
           
             Judge
          
           and
           the
           
             Bench
             ,
          
           who
           shall
           have
           a
           full
           and
           final
           Power
           agreeing
           altogether
           (
           for
           each
           of
           them
           is
           supposed
           to
           have
           a
           negative
           Voice
           )
           to
           discharge
           the
           said
           Register
           from
           his
           Employment
           ,
           or
           to
           fine
           him
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           ,
           without
           any
           Appeal
           to
           any
           other
           Court
           whatsoever
           .
           And
           no
           Complaint
           shall
           be
           received
           against
           the
           Register
           as
           concerning
           his
           Office
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Assizes
           of
           the
           same
           County
           .
           It
           may
           be
           presumed
           ill
           Men
           will
           bear
           ill
           will
           against
           a
           Person
           that
           is
           supposed
           to
           have
           Power
           to
           force
           them
           to
           be
           honest
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Inclination
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Office
           is
           once
           setled
           ,
           and
           appeareth
           to
           have
           any
           Profit
           in
           it
           ,
           then
           Envy
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           other
           ill
           Humours
           of
           Men
           will
           work
           powerfully
           against
           him
           to
           get
           him
           out
           that
           some
           factious
           and
           popular
           Man
           may
           get
           into
           the
           place
           ;
           against
           all
           which
           the
           utmost
           care
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           to
           secure
           an
           honest
           Man
           without
           encouraging
           a
           Knave
           (
           if
           such
           an
           one
           should
           happen
           to
           get
           in
           )
           to
           hope
           for
           impunity
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Free-holders
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           fit
           ,
           choose
           a
           Treasurer
           besides
           ,
           the
           Register
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           of
           all
           Moneys
           lodged
           for
           the
           said
           Office
           ,
           or
           paid
           into
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Register
           will
           only
           be
           charged
           with
           the
           keeping
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           said
           Office.
           In
           this
           Office
           all
           Deeds
           and
           Wills
           ,
           relating
           to
           Free-hold
           Estates
           especially
           ,
           might
           also
           be
           recorded
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           is
           desired
           is
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           will
           may
           have
           liberty
           to
           register
           their
           Free-hold
           Lands
           and
           Tenements
           ,
           to
           ascertain
           the
           Titles
           and
           incumbrances
           that
           are
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           not
           that
           any
           Man
           that
           needs
           it
           not
           should
           be
           compelled
           so
           to
           do
           .
           And
           that
           any
           Man
           that
           has
           entred
           his
           Lands
           ,
           may
           withdraw
           the
           same
           again
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           has
           discharged
           all
           the
           Debts
           that
           were
           due
           upon
           it
           ;
           there
           being
           nothing
           designed
           but
           the
           security
           of
           Purchasers
           and
           Lenders
           .
        
         
           This
           would
           have
           these
           good
           Effects
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           would
           make
           the
           Titles
           of
           Free-hold
           Estates
           as
           certain
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Copy-holds
           ;
           of
           which
           there
           is
           no
           certainty
           now
           by
           reason
           of
           latent
           Deeds
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           would
           prevent
           Frauds
           in
           Buying
           and
           Selling
           ,
           Borrowing
           and
           Lending
           .
           The
           Borrower
           could
           not
           impose
           upon
           the
           Lender
           ,
           because
           his
           Estate
           would
           appear
           in
           the
           Register
           as
           it
           was
           :
           Nor
           could
           the
           Lender
           impose
           
           any
           hard
           Terms
           upon
           the
           Borrower
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           be
           able
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           to
           pay
           him
           off
           ,
           and
           transfer
           the
           Debt
           to
           another
           Man.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           would
           certainly
           lower
           the
           Interest
           of
           Money
           ;
           encrease
           Trade
           and
           Husbandry
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           Liberty
           were
           given
           to
           transfer
           the
           Copies
           ,
           the
           Money
           lent
           might
           be
           assigned
           from
           one
           Man
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           the
           Bank
           Bills
           are
           :
           So
           that
           in
           time
           it
           would
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           County-Bank
           ;
           and
           Money
           there
           lodged
           would
           be
           better
           secured
           than
           in
           any
           private
           Man's
           House
           wheresoever
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           smallest
           Summ
           ,
           even
           to
           five
           Pound
           ,
           might
           have
           Land
           Security
           ,
           and
           the
           poorest
           Borrower
           ,
           or
           Lender
           ,
           an
           easie
           ,
           cheap
           ,
           and
           speedy
           Justice
           .
        
         
           There
           can
           nothing
           be
           so
           wisely
           contrived
           but
           it
           will
           be
           attended
           with
           some
           Inconveniences
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           most
           readily
           grant
           this
           has
           many
           and
           great
           Inconveniences
           which
           will
           follow
           upon
           the
           setling
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Prospect
           of
           which
           hath
           hitherto
           prevented
           the
           obtaining
           this
           desired
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           will
           prevent
           great
           numbers
           of
           Law-Suits
           ,
           for
           which
           there
           will
           then
           be
           no
           occasion
           ,
           frequent
           Fines
           ,
           Procuration
           and
           Continuation
           Money
           ;
           which
           will
           bring
           great
           loss
           to
           the
           Lawyers
           and
           Money-Scriveners
           ,
           and
           to
           some
           of
           the
           most
           thriving
           Usurers
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           will
           discover
           those
           Men
           that
           have
           mortgaged
           their
           Lands
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           or
           more
           times
           over
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           for
           more
           than
           they
           are
           worth
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           will
           reduce
           the
           greater
           Usurers
           to
           moderation
           and
           fair
           dealings
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           therefore
           expect
           all
           these
           Men
           will
           oppose
           it
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           their
           Interest
           to
           do
           :
           For
           though
           they
           cannot
           take
           away
           the
           Integrity
           of
           an
           honest
           Man
           ,
           yet
           great
           care
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           it
           may
           not
           be
           known
           which
           are
           such
           .
           For
           when
           
             Knaves
          
           are
           once
           detected
           they
           are
           undone
           ;
           and
           by
           them
           the
           Lawyer
           ,
           Money-Scrivener
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           get
           all
           their
           Wealth
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .