The reforming registry, or, A representation of the very many mischiefs and inconveniences which will unavoidably happen by the needless, chargeable, and destructive way of registries proposed to be erected in every county of England and Wales, for the recording of all deeds, evidences, bonds, bills, and other incumbrances : written in the year 1656 when Oliver and the Levelling-party made it their design to ruine monarchy ... / by Fabian Philipps.
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           THE
           Reforming
           Registry
           ,
           OR
           A
           
             Representation
          
           of
           the
           very
           many
           mischiefs
           and
           Inconveniences
           which
           will
           unavoidably
           happen
           by
           the
           needless
           ,
           chargeable
           ,
           and
           destructive
           way
           OF
           Registries
           ,
           Proposed
           to
           be
           erected
           in
           every
           County
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Recording
           of
           all
           Deeds
           ,
           Evidences
           ,
           Bonds
           ,
           Bills
           ,
           and
           other
           Incumbrances
           .
           Written
           in
           the
           year
           1656
           ,
           when
           
             Oliver
          
           and
           the
           Levelling-Party
           made
           it
           their
           Design
           to
           ruine
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           impoverished
           
             Loyal
          
           party
           ;
           and
           is
           now
           published
           to
           prevent
           the
           more
           then
           a
           few
           Evils
           and
           sad
           Consequences
           which
           may
           hereafter
           be
           introduced
           by
           it
           .
           By
           
             Fabian
             Philipps
             .
          
        
         
           
             Plato
          
           lib.
           6.
           de
           Legibus
           .
        
         
           Omnes
           eas
           leges
           colunt
           &
           Innovare
           formidant
           in
           quibus
           educati
           sunt
           ,
           si
           illae
           divina
           quadam
           fortuna
           longis
           temporibus
           stabilitae
           fuerint
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Newcomb
          
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Abel
             Roper
          
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Sun
          
           over
           against
           St
           
           Dunstans-Church
           in
           
             Fleet-street
             .
          
           1662.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Contents
           of
           the
           CHAPTERS
           .
        
         
           
             
               Chapter
               1.
               
            
             THat
             the
             Registring
             or
             Inrolling
             of
             Deeds
             of
             Bargain
             and
             Sale
             ,
             whereby
             an
             Estate
             of
             Freehold
             doth
             pass
             ,
             is
             provided
             for
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               27
               H.
               8.
               cap.
               16.
            
             wherein
             it
             being
             left
             to
             the
             peoples
             choyce
             where
             to
             Inroll
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             rather
             chosen
             to
             do
             it
             in
             Chancery
             ,
             and
             at
             
               London
               ,
            
             then
             in
             the
             several
             Counties
             ,
             
               p.
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               2.
               
            
             The
             Inconveniences
             of
             an
             inforced
             Registry
             of
             such
             ,
             Deeds
             in
             the
             proper
             Counties
             .
             
               pag.
               8.
               
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               3.
               
            
             The
             Inconveniencies
             if
             all
             Deeds
             ,
             of
             Bargain
             and
             Sale
             shall
             be
             Enacted
             to
             have
             the
             force
             and
             effect
             of
             Fines
             with
             Proclamations
             ,
             or
             of
             Recoveries
             ,
             and
             to
             Bar
             as
             they
             doe
             :
             
               pag.
               20.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Chap.
               4.
               
            
             Of
             the
             Registring
             of
             all
             mens
             former
             Deeds
             or
             other
             Evidences
             ,
             if
             but
             for
             ten
             or
             twenty
             years
             past
             ,
             under
             a
             penalty
             to
             be
             ,
             otherwise
             of
             no
             effect
             or
             less
             then
             they
             would
             formerly
             have
             been
             .
             
               pag.
               31
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               5.
               
            
             Of
             the
             Registring
             of
             all
             Bonds
             ,
             Bills
             ,
             Leases
             Releases
             Feoffments
             ,
             Contracts
             in
             writing
             and
             all
             other
             writings
             which
             may
             incumber
             reall
             or
             personal
             Estates
             .
             
               pag.
               49
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               6.
               
            
             Of
             New
             Courts
             or
             Judicatories
             to
             be
             erected
             in
             every
             County
             ,
             to
             hear
             and
             determine
             Causes
             .
             
               pag.
               75
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               7
            
             That
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             provide
             against
             all
             things
             which
             may
             happen
             to
             be
             Incumbrances
             .
             
               pag.
               87
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               8.
               
            
             That
             (
             if
             it
             could
             be
             possible
             )
             the
             people
             will
             not
             willingly
             be
             at
             the
             trouble
             or
             charges
             in
             all
             their
             Contracts
             ,
             to
             search
             in
             so
             many
             County
             Registries
             to
             discover
             Incumbrances
             .
             
               pag.
               92
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
          
           That
           the
           Registring
           or
           Inrolling
           of
           Deeds
           of
           Bargain
           and
           Sale
           ,
           whereby
           an
           Estate
           of
           Freehold
           doth
           pass
           ,
           is
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             27
             Hen.
             8.
             cap.
             16.
             
          
           Wherein
           it
           being
           left
           to
           the
           Peoples
           choice
           where
           to
           Inrol
           th●●
           ,
           they
           have
           rather
           chosen
           to
           do
           it
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           and
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           then
           in
           the
           several
           Counties
           .
        
         
           THe
           erecting
           of
           
             Offices
          
           for
           the
           
             Registring
          
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           and
           
             Conveyances
             Indented
          
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           by
           which
           any
           
             Estate
          
           of
           
             Freehold
          
           or
           
             Inheritance
          
           is
           to
           pass
           ,
           or
           be
           conveyed
           by
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           will
           be
           needless
           .
        
         
         
           For
           that
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           27
           
             H.
          
           8.
           
             c.
          
           16.
           which
           is
           yet
           in
           force
           and
           unrepealed
           ,
           it
           is
           already
           provided
           for
           .
        
         
           And
           being
           ever
           since
           (
           now
           almost
           One
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           years
           ago
           )
           left
           to
           the
           Peoples
           liberty
           ,
           Whether
           they
           will
           Inrol
           with
           the
           
             Clerk
          
           of
           the
           
             Peace
          
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           
             Chancery
          
           and
           Courts
           of
           
             Record
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             .
          
        
         
           They
           have
           so
           much
           liked
           of
           the
           better
           and
           more
           proper
           way
           of
           Inrolling
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           being
           the
           
             Officina
             Justiciae
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           
             Repository
          
           of
           most
           of
           the
           
             Records
          
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           into
           which
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           greatest
           concernment
           ,
           are
           by
           
             Law
          
           and
           several
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           certified
           ,
           and
           disliked
           the
           other
           ;
           as
           there
           is
           not
           one
           
             Deed
          
           or
           
             Indenture
          
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           for
           every
           Hundred
           which
           are
           in
           the
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           Inrolled
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
             ,
             Common
             Pleas
          
           and
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           Statute
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           one
           almost
           in
           a
           year
           Inrolled
           with
           the
           
             Clerk
          
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           every
           County
           where
           the
           Lands
           do
           lie
           ,
           either
           because
           where
           it
           was
           done
           in
           the
           proper
           County
           ,
           it
           was
           by
           that
           Statute
           appointed
           to
           be
           done
           
           by
           the
           
             Custos
             Rotulorum
             ,
          
           and
           two
           
             Justices
          
           of
           the
           
             Peace
          
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Clerk
          
           of
           the
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           or
           two
           of
           them
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           whereof
           the
           
             Clerk
          
           of
           the
           
             Peace
          
           to
           be
           one
           ;
           who
           by
           their
           distances
           or
           remote
           Habitations
           ,
           were
           not
           often
           or
           easily
           to
           be
           found
           or
           got
           together
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           people
           were
           not
           so
           willing
           to
           trust
           their
           
             Deeds
          
           or
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Records
          
           thereof
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Clerks
          
           of
           the
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           as
           they
           are
           with
           an
           Officer
           of
           Trust
           in
           
             Chancery
             ;
          
           which
           being
           the
           
             Registry
          
           of
           the
           Supream
           Authority
           ,
           is
           a
           Court
           always
           open
           ,
           and
           kept
           in
           a
           known
           place
           of
           strength
           and
           security
           .
        
         
           And
           was
           very
           long
           before
           in
           use
           and
           practice
           amongst
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           sure
           keeping
           and
           memory
           of
           their
           
             Deeds
          
           and
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           as
           
             Grants
          
           and
           
             Releases
          
           for
           Lands
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           amongst
           the
           
             Records
          
           of
           their
           
             Kings
          
           and
           
             Supream
             Magistrates
             ,
          
           where
           they
           thought
           them
           safest
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           close
           
             Rolls
          
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           ever
           since
           the
           raign
           of
           King
           
             John
             ;
          
           and
           so
           frequently
           in
           the
           raign
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Seventh
           ,
           being
           forty
           years
           before
           the
           making
           of
           the
           said
           Statute
           of
           27
           H.
           8.
           as
           
           there
           are
           many
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
          
           of
           
             Lands
             ,
             Releases
          
           of
           
             Right
          
           and
           
             Title
          
           to
           
             Lands
             ,
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Gift
             ,
          
           or
           
             Bargains
          
           and
           
             Sales
          
           of
           
             Goods
          
           and
           
             Chattels
             ,
             Bonds
          
           for
           payment
           of
           Money
           ,
           
             Acquittances
          
           for
           Money
           paid
           ,
           
             Letters
          
           of
           
             Attorney
             ,
          
           and
           
             Agreements
          
           betwixt
           private
           persons
           ,
           to
           be
           seen
           Recorded
           and
           Inrolled
           in
           the
           close
           Rolls
           of
           8
           
             H.
          
           7.
           with
           the
           now
           usual
           
             Form
          
           or
           
             Memorandums
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Parties
           acknowledging
           ,
           did
           come
           into
           the
           
             Chancery
          
           and
           acknowledge
           them
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           And
           which
           was
           anciently
           held
           to
           be
           so
           much
           assistant
           ,
           and
           contributing
           to
           the
           welbeing
           and
           preservation
           of
           Mens
           Deeds
           ,
           by
           
             Inrollments
             ,
          
           or
           
             Records
             ,
          
           or
           
             Exemplifications
          
           made
           thereof
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           20
           
             E.
          
           1.
           
           adjudged
           ,
           That
           if
           a
           
             Deed
          
           be
           shewed
           in
           Court
           ,
           or
           be
           in
           the
           custody
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Seal
          
           be
           by
           mischance
           broken
           off
           ,
           the
           Court
           shall
           Inroll
           the
           
             Deed
          
           for
           the
           avail
           of
           the
           Party
           :
        
         
           Which
           is
           not
           onely
           an
           evident
           Demonstration
           of
           the
           Peoples
           long
           approving
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           disallowing
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           of
           the
           ease
           and
           benefit
           which
           
           they
           have
           had
           by
           
             Inrolling
          
           of
           their
           
             Deeds
          
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Courts
           at
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           every
           mans
           private
           
             Deeds
          
           and
           
             Conveyances
             ,
          
           being
           to
           take
           their
           
             Original
          
           and
           
             Principal
          
           force
           from
           the
           Parties
           consent
           ,
           and
           contract
           ,
           and
           the
           confirmation
           and
           power
           which
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
             Nature
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Common
          
           and
           
             Statute
             Laws
          
           of
           this
           
             Nation
          
           hath
           allowed
           them
           ,
           in
           making
           them
           to
           be
           of
           force
           and
           valid
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           27
           
             H.
          
           8.
           16.
           for
           
             Inrolling
          
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           being
           made
           in
           the
           same
           
             Parliament
          
           when
           the
           Statute
           of
           27
           
             Hen.
          
           8.
           10.
           for
           transferring
           of
           
             Uses
          
           into
           
             Possession
             ,
          
           was
           
             Enacted
             ,
          
           did
           in
           the
           supplying
           of
           many
           defects
           in
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           of
           and
           concerning
           
             Freehold
          
           and
           
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           and
           the
           want
           of
           
             Livery
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seisin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Attornment
             .
          
        
         
           Not
           forbid
           or
           take
           away
           the
           use
           and
           force
           of
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
             Leases
          
           with
           
             Releases
             ,
          
           and
           
             Feoffments
          
           with
           
             Livery
          
           and
           
             Seisin
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           extent
           and
           validity
           thereof
           ,
           are
           far
           better
           Assurances
           ;
           but
           onely
           ordain
           ,
           That
           all
           
             Deeds
          
           whereby
           
             Estates
          
           of
           
             Inheritances
          
           or
           
             Freehold
             ,
          
           should
           pass
           or
           
           or
           be
           altered
           ,
           or
           changed
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           should
           not
           be
           good
           ,
           unless
           they
           should
           be
           Indented
           and
           Inrolled
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Act
          
           appointed
           ;
           and
           restraining
           onely
           the
           execution
           and
           effect
           thereof
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Inrolment
          
           within
           the
           time
           prefixed
           ,
           did
           leave
           the
           people
           to
           Inrol
           them
           where
           it
           might
           seem
           best
           ,
           or
           their
           own
           conveniences
           perswade
           them
           .
           Wherefore
           an
           
             Inforced
             Registry
          
           or
           
             Inrolment
          
           of
           all
           such
           
             Deeds
          
           in
           the
           proper
           
             Counties
             ,
          
           if
           it
           should
           keep
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           that
           
             Act
             ,
          
           and
           onely
           injoyn
           
             Inrolments
          
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           by
           
             Indenture
             ,
          
           where
           
             Estates
          
           of
           
             Freehold
          
           and
           
             Inheritance
          
           are
           to
           pass
           by
           way
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           will
           unavoidably
           produce
           many
           
             Inconveniences
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
          
           The
           inconveniencies
           of
           an
           inforced
           
             Registry
          
           of
           such
           
             Deeds
          
           in
           the
           proper
           Counties
           .
        
         
           THey
           will
           be
           illiterately
           ,
           carelesly
           ,
           and
           
           ill-favoredly
           
             Registred
             ,
          
           and
           kept
           in
           the
           proper
           Counties
           ,
           if
           either
           the
           pay
           or
           number
           of
           them
           ,
           shall
           not
           come
           up
           to
           the
           care
           and
           time
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           bestowed
           upon
           
           them
           ,
           or
           receive
           no
           other
           or
           greater
           Fees
           then
           are
           allowed
           by
           that
           Statute
           for
           
             Inrollments
             .
          
        
         
           As
           it
           hath
           demonstrably
           already
           hapned
           in
           the
           taking
           and
           inrolling
           of
           
             Statutes
             Merchant
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             Majors
          
           of
           the
           
             Staple
          
           in
           all
           Cities
           ,
           Burroughs
           ,
           and
           good
           Towns
           ,
           and
           their
           Officers
           thereunto
           appointed
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           
             Statutes
          
           or
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           
             Acton
             Burnel
          
           in
           11
           
             E.
          
           1.
           and
           the
           Statute
           
             de
             Mercatoribus
          
           in
           13
           
             E.
          
           1.
           which
           have
           since
           the
           erecting
           of
           the
           Statute
           Office
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           23
           H.
           8.
           6.
           to
           attend
           the
           Lord
           Cheif
           Justices
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
             ,
          
           or
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ;
          
           and
           in
           their
           absence
           ,
           the
           
             Major
          
           of
           the
           
             Staple
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           
             Recorder
          
           of
           
             London
             :
          
           For
           acknowledging
           of
           Statutes
           for
           Debts
           have
           been
           so
           much
           disused
           ,
           and
           the
           course
           of
           
             Statutes
             Merchant
          
           which
           are
           yet
           in
           force
           for
           Merchandise
           so
           neglected
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           above
           a
           hundred
           such
           Statutes
           entred
           ,
           to
           or
           for
           every
           one
           
             Statute
             Merchant
             :
          
           And
           whereas
           the
           
             Clerk
          
           of
           the
           
             Statutes
             ,
          
           who
           was
           by
           that
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           ordered
           to
           reside
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           doth
           fairly
           
           and
           orderly
           enter
           and
           keep
           his
           
             Books
          
           and
           
             Records
             ,
          
           and
           after
           certain
           years
           ,
           lodg
           and
           lay
           them
           up
           for
           safety
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           It
           will
           upon
           search
           and
           inquiry
           appear
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           every
           
             Statute
             ,
          
           whether
           for
           Merchandise
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           duly
           Inrolled
           by
           the
           
             Clerks
          
           or
           
             Officers
             ,
          
           upon
           pain
           of
           forfeiting
           of
           Twenty
           pounds
           for
           every
           
             Statute
          
           not
           entred
           or
           Inrolled
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           found
           very
           few
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
          
           or
           
             Books
          
           of
           the
           
             Statutes
             Merchant
          
           since
           23
           
             H.
          
           8.
           and
           none
           at
           all
           of
           those
           that
           were
           taken
           and
           Inrolled
           in
           Two
           hundred
           years
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           now
           
             Statute
             Office
             ,
          
           which
           is
           inperpetual
           succession
           to
           such
           a
           capital
           City
           ,
           and
           superior
           
             Courts
             ,
          
           as
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
          
           and
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
          
           and
           annexed
           as
           it
           were
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Town
             ▪
             Clerks
          
           or
           
             Majors
             ,
          
           or
           
             Constables
          
           of
           the
           
             Staple
          
           in
           the
           other
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           which
           do
           so
           often
           change
           ,
           and
           are
           by
           election
           ,
           as
           they
           become
           little
           more
           then
           as
           private
           persons
           ,
           giving
           us
           the
           reason
           why
           those
           
             Writings
          
           or
           
             Records
          
           in
           their
           custody
           ,
           coming
           afterwards
           
           through
           so
           many
           changes
           ,
           to
           so
           many
           several
           hands
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           can
           no
           way
           ,
           as
           it
           seems
           ,
           escape
           imbezelling
           .
           We
           may
           well
           enough
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           
             fate
          
           may
           attend
           these
           Country
           
             Registers
             ,
          
           if
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           made
           to
           be
           as
           a
           
             Court
             of
             Record
             ,
          
           and
           in
           perpetual
           Succession
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           made
           to
           be
           as
           so
           many
           
             Judicatures
          
           and
           
             Courts
             of
             Record
             ,
          
           will
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           more
           inconveniences
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           then
           the
           loss
           and
           imbezeling
           of
           their
           
             Records
          
           or
           
             Inrollments
             ,
          
           can
           come
           unto
           .
        
         
           The
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           which
           did
           
           use
           to
           Inroll
           such
           
             Deeds
          
           in
           the
           
             Hustings
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           and
           Towns
           Corporate
           ,
           who
           did
           use
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           had
           therefore
           their
           Rights
           expresly
           saved
           by
           the
           
             Proviso
          
           of
           that
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Anno
          
           27
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eight
           for
           
             Inrollments
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           should
           not
           extend
           to
           any
           
             Manors
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             Tenements
             ,
          
           or
           
             Hereditaments
             ,
          
           within
           the
           said
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           or
           Towns
           Corporate
           ;
           for
           that
           they
           did
           anciently
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           making
           of
           that
           
             Act
             ,
          
           use
           to
           Inroll
           such
           
             Deeds
             ,
          
           will
           by
           these
           new
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           without
           any
           forfeiture
           ,
           or
           
           cause
           given
           to
           loose
           them
           ,
           be
           deprived
           of
           those
           their
           very
           ancient
           
             Rights
          
           and
           
             Liberties
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           a
           constrained
           way
           of
           
             Registring
          
           
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           which
           concern
           onely
           Estates
           of
           
             Freehold
          
           and
           
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           will
           be
           very
           inconvenient
           to
           
             Purchasors
          
           (
           who
           most
           commonly
           do
           reside
           at
           or
           near
           
             London
             ,
          
           or
           Trade
           or
           come
           thither
           ,
           where
           the
           richest
           and
           most
           moneyed
           men
           and
           
             Purchasors
          
           amongst
           the
           people
           are
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           and
           whose
           
             Inhabitants
          
           or
           near
           dwellers
           ,
           do
           amount
           to
           almost
           the
           one
           half
           of
           the
           
             Commonwealth
             ,
          
           and
           added
           to
           such
           as
           upon
           Merchandise
           ,
           or
           other
           occasions
           do
           come
           thither
           ,
           and
           pass
           to
           and
           fro
           from
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Foreign
           parts
           ,
           will
           make
           up
           in
           number
           as
           many
           as
           the
           whole
           people
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           )
           and
           be
           not
           a
           little
           prejudicial
           to
           such
           also
           as
           live
           in
           the
           
             Countreys
          
           more
           remote
           ;
           who
           for
           any
           thing
           of
           value
           ,
           do
           usually
           ,
           either
           come
           themselves
           on
           purpose
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           or
           employ
           their
           
             Attorneys
          
           or
           
             Lawyers
          
           to
           procure
           their
           
             Conveyances
          
           to
           be
           there
           made
           ,
           where
           the
           best
           of
           
             Lawyers
             ,
          
           and
           most
           
           variety
           are
           most
           easily
           to
           be
           found
           and
           advised
           withal
           in
           the
           
             Term
          
           times
           )
           to
           travel
           or
           send
           to
           those
           several
           
             Counties
          
           where
           the
           Lands
           do
           lie
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           
             Deeds
          
           Inrolled
           ,
           or
           for
           such
           as
           dwell
           and
           purchase
           in
           remote
           
             Counties
             ,
          
           either
           to
           content
           themselves
           at
           home
           with
           such
           
             Counsel
          
           o●
           
             Lawyers
          
           which
           the
           
             Country
          
           affords
           ,
           and
           adventure
           their
           Estates
           and
           Security
           upon
           it
           ,
           or
           go
           on
           purpose
           or
           send
           to
           
             London
          
           to
           have
           their
           
             Conveyances
          
           made
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           brought
           home
           ,
           send
           to
           the
           
             Shire-Town
          
           to
           finde
           the
           
             Register
             ,
          
           or
           some
           before
           whom
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           
             Deed
             ,
          
           which
           may
           happen
           to
           be
           many
           miles
           distant
           from
           him
           ;
           and
           for
           them
           that
           buy
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           to
           carry
           those
           that
           do
           sell
           and
           live
           as
           far
           as
           
             Yorkshire
             ,
          
           or
           other
           remote
           places
           ,
           or
           make
           their
           bargain
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           for
           Lands
           lying
           in
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           or
           the
           West
           part
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           into
           that
           Country
           where
           the
           Lands
           do
           lie
           .
        
         
           And
           send
           or
           travel
           to
           Inroll
           a
           
             Deed
          
           
           for
           every
           parcel
           of
           Land
           in
           its
           several
           
             County
             ,
          
           the
           Lands
           therein
           sometimes
           extending
           into
           three
           or
           four
           
             Counties
             ,
          
           and
           
           many
           times
           into
           more
           then
           one
           ,
           when
           as
           now
           one
           uninconvenient
           charge
           to
           Inroll
           it
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           will
           serve
           for
           Lands
           in
           all
           the
           Counties
           mentioned
           in
           the
           same
           Deed.
           
        
         
           Or
           upon
           any
           Suit
           or
           occasion
           at
           
           
             London
          
           or
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           Suits
           and
           Actions
           of
           concernment
           are
           ,
           amongst
           many
           other
           businesses
           most
           commonly
           and
           commodiously
           dispatched
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           by
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
             Tradesmen
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seamen
          
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           generality
           of
           all
           the
           people
           (
           except
           
             Cottagers
          
           and
           day
           
             Laborers
             ,
          
           and
           the
           more
           
             rustick
          
           part
           of
           the
           
             Yeomandry
          
           or
           
             Husbandmen
          
           )
           and
           do
           as
           so
           many
           several
           lines
           drawn
           from
           the
           
             circumference
             ,
          
           meet
           in
           the
           
             Term
          
           times
           or
           upon
           other
           occasions
           at
           
             London
          
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           
             center
             ,
          
           to
           travel
           or
           send
           backward
           and
           forward
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           to
           several
           places
           at
           great
           charges
           and
           distances
           to
           take
           Copies
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           or
           
             Records
             ,
          
           where
           now
           they
           can
           have
           them
           all
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           or
           within
           little
           more
           then
           a
           mile
           of
           it
           :
        
         
           The
           
             Records
          
           or
           
             Registries
          
           which
           
           
           are
           to
           be
           as
           mens
           publick
           
             evidences
          
           when
           the
           private
           are
           lost
           ,
           will
           not
           in
           times
           of
           War
           or
           trouble
           (
           which
           most
           Nations
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           do
           meet
           with
           )
           be
           at
           all
           or
           so
           safely
           kept
           as
           the
           Records
           are
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           being
           the
           chief
           City
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ;
          
           and
           as
           the
           
             heart
          
           thereof
           ,
           the
           
             residence
          
           of
           the
           
             Supream
             Authority
             ,
          
           and
           such
           a
           strength
           ,
           as
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           forced
           or
           taken
           ,
           and
           most
           likely
           to
           be
           the
           last
           place
           that
           shall
           suffer
           by
           any
           
             Foreign
          
           or
           
             Intestine
          
           Troubles
           ,
           and
           which
           hath
           hitherto
           in
           most
           of
           our
           unhappy
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           for
           several
           ages
           preserved
           the
           Publick
           Records
           and
           Evidences
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           Chappel
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
          
           and
           
             Treasuries
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           places
           not
           onely
           strongly
           built
           with
           stone
           ,
           but
           so
           carefully
           looked
           unto
           ,
           as
           no
           Candles
           or
           Fire
           are
           permitted
           to
           be
           used
           in
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           There
           being
           always
           likely
           to
           be
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           the
           safe
           keeping
           of
           
             Records
          
           and
           
             Evidences
          
           in
           a
           City
           ,
           that
           hath
           above
           Two
           hundred
           thousand
           men
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Magazin
             ,
          
           and
           strong
           hold
           ,
           and
           more
           Ships
           and
           furniture
           for
           shipping
           to
           guard
           them
           ,
           
           then
           all
           the
           Shire-Towns
           ,
           Ports
           ,
           and
           Havens
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           can
           make
           ,
           and
           furnish
           out
           ,
           if
           all
           were
           put
           together
           ,
           and
           a
           Shire-Town
           which
           hath
           neither
           Walls
           ,
           nor
           strength
           ,
           or
           any
           considerable
           number
           of
           people
           to
           defend
           them
           ,
           there
           being
           of
           Fifty
           and
           two
           Shire-Towns
           ,
           but
           Twenty
           two
           Cities
           and
           Walled
           Towns
           ,
           and
           those
           so
           weak
           and
           unfortified
           ,
           as
           
             Hull
          
           onely
           and
           
             Bristol
             ,
          
           and
           some
           few
           excepted
           ,
           every
           
             Rebel-rout
          
           or
           
             Insurrection
          
           may
           plunder
           or
           destroy
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           consideration
           whereof
           did
           heretofore
           put
           the
           
             Kings
          
           and
           
             Supream
             Magistrates
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           minde
           to
           get
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           into
           their
           care
           and
           custody
           ,
           the
           
             Records
          
           of
           the
           
             Iters
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             Circuits
             ,
          
           the
           
             Hundred
          
           and
           
             Petty
             Court
             Rolls
             ,
          
           perambulations
           of
           Forests
           ,
           being
           the
           out-lying
           and
           scattered
           Records
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           all
           that
           could
           be
           saved
           and
           got
           together
           ,
           from
           the
           rage
           and
           troubles
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           careless
           keeping
           of
           such
           as
           had
           the
           charge
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           safe
           custody
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           or
           Treasuries
           for
           
           
             Records
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           and
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           did
           send
           their
           Writs
           to
           command
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           
             Records
          
           of
           several
           
             Courts
          
           into
           the
           
             Treasury
             ,
          
           which
           was
           usually
           done
           by
           
             Indemures
             ,
          
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             Judges
          
           that
           brought
           them
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Officers
          
           who
           received
           them
           ,
           and
           made
           allowances
           out
           of
           the
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             Kalendring
          
           and
           wel-ordering
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           having
           of
           which
           
             Publick
             Records
             ,
             Memorials
             ,
          
           and
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           as
           so
           many
           
             Jewels
          
           of
           inestimable
           value
           (
           wherein
           our
           
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           and
           all
           that
           we
           have
           concerning
           our
           
             Estates
             ,
             Lives
             ,
             Progenitors
             ,
          
           and
           
             Predecessors
          
           do
           reside
           ,
           and
           are
           Recorded
           )
           so
           safely
           preserved
           for
           the
           help
           and
           instruction
           of
           our selves
           and
           posterities
           ,
           being
           justly
           accounted
           to
           be
           a
           
             Blessing
             .
          
        
         
           May
           teach
           or
           give
           us
           to
           understand
           ,
           what
           an
           evil
           condition
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           would
           have
           been
           in
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           lost
           those
           
             Cabinets
          
           and
           
             Jewels
          
           of
           their
           
             Estates
          
           and
           
             Memories
             ,
          
           or
           were
           but
           inforced
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           be
           found
           again
           ,
           to
           send
           from
           as
           far
           as
           the
           people
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           do
           now
           with
           
           great
           trouble
           and
           expences
           ,
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           their
           
             Nation
          
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           search
           and
           take
           Copies
           of
           the
           
             Evidences
          
           of
           their
           
             Estates
          
           or
           
             Reconcilers
          
           of
           their
           Controversies
           ,
           or
           how
           easily
           they
           might
           have
           been
           lost
           ,
           if
           in
           
             Wat
             Tylers
             ,
             Jack
             Cades
          
           or
           
             Ketts
          
           popular
           Frenzies
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           kept
           either
           in
           
             Kent
          
           or
           
             Southwark
             ,
          
           or
           such
           like
           open
           and
           unfortified
           places
           ▪
        
         
           Or
           what
           had
           become
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           lain
           dispersedly
           in
           the
           Shire-Towns
           ,
           in
           our
           late
           harassing
           and
           destroying
           
             Civil
             Wars
             .
          
        
         
           And
           that
           by
           such
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           disasters
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           had
           as
           bad
           an
           accompt
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           are
           now
           to
           be
           had
           of
           all
           the
           
             Records
          
           and
           
             Court
             Rolls
          
           of
           the
           
             Sheriffs
          
           Turns
           ,
           
             County
          
           and
           
             Hundred
          
           Courts
           ,
           
             Courts
          
           Leet
           ,
           or
           
             Courts
          
           Baron
           ,
           and
           
             Justices
          
           in
           Eyre
           ,
           since
           the
           time
           of
           
             William
          
           the
           Conqueror
           ,
           and
           K.
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Second
           :
           When
           as
           none
           of
           the
           
             Sheriffs
          
           Turns
           ,
           
             County
          
           and
           
             Hundred
          
           Courts
           ,
           can
           shew
           us
           any
           
             Records
          
           of
           above
           Twenty
           years
           standing
           ,
           if
           so
           much
           ,
           the
           proceedings
           therein
           ,
           
           being
           either
           not
           entred
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           they
           should
           be
           ,
           or
           not
           well
           kept
           or
           ordered
           :
           And
           the
           other
           Inferior
           Courts
           not
           far
           above
           One
           hundred
           years
           ,
           where
           any
           care
           hath
           been
           taken
           to
           keep
           them
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           not
           so
           much
           :
           And
           for
           one
           that
           exceeds
           One
           hundred
           years
           ,
           there
           are
           ten
           which
           do
           not
           reach
           to
           half
           a
           hundred
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           those
           
             Records
          
           of
           the
           petty
           and
           inferior
           Courts
           of
           Antient
           times
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           
             Treasuries
             ,
          
           and
           amongst
           the
           Records
           at
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           do
           not
           amount
           to
           any
           more
           then
           to
           about
           the
           Ten
           thousandth
           part
           of
           those
           Country
           and
           inferior
           Courts
           Records
           ,
           which
           are
           lost
           and
           not
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           that
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           are
           but
           as
           some
           pitiful
           scraps
           and
           torn
           pieces
           of
           what
           have
           been
           rescued
           and
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Jaws
           of
           Time
           and
           Antiquity
           .
        
         
           Such
           an
           inforcement
           to
           
             Register
          
           all
           such
           
           
             Deeds
          
           in
           the
           proper
           Counties
           ,
           will
           without
           any
           necessity
           of
           
             War
          
           or
           
             Publick
             Safety
             ,
          
           take
           away
           the
           
             Common
             Right
          
           and
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           which
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           
             Land
             ,
          
           have
           given
           to
           every
           man
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           exceed
           
           
             Monopolies
             ,
          
           which
           never
           yet
           reached
           to
           mens
           private
           Evidences
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           will
           too
           much
           resemble
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Paper
           ,
           which
           every
           man
           in
           
             Spain
          
           is
           bound
           to
           buy
           at
           a
           rate
           ,
           to
           write
           his
           
             Contracts
          
           and
           
             Assurances
          
           upon
           ,
        
         
           Will
           be
           as
           a
           selling
           of
           
             Justice
          
           contrary
           
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Liberties
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           who
           have
           of
           late
           as
           well
           as
           formerly
           fought
           for
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           hazard
           and
           loss
           of
           so
           many
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           estates
           ;
           and
           which
           the
           Army
           have
           so
           often
           by
           publick
           and
           private
           
             Remonstrances
             ,
          
           called
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Men
          
           to
           witness
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           car●ful
           to
           preserve
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           all
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             Registred
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           enacted
           to
           have
           the
           force
           and
           effect
           of
           
             Fines
          
           with
           
             Proclamations
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           and
           Bar
           as
           they
           do
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
          
           The
           inconveniencies
           if
           all
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           Enacted
           to
           have
           the
           force
           and
           effect
           of
           
             Fines
          
           with
           Proclamations
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             Bar
          
           as
           they
           do
           .
        
         
           THat
           most
           ancient
           and
           strongest
           kinde
           
           of
           
             Assurance
             ,
          
           for
           conveying
           and
           passing
           of
           Lands
           from
           one
           man
           to
           another
           ,
           by
           an
           undoubted
           and
           irrevocable
           Title
           ,
           known
           
           to
           be
           in
           use
           long
           before
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           the
           
             Conquest
             ;
          
           and
           which
           ,
           without
           any
           strained
           guess
           or
           conjecture
           ,
           and
           with
           more
           probability
           for
           it
           ,
           then
           against
           it
           ,
           may
           to
           such
           as
           know
           that
           our
           
             Fines
          
           are
           
             Recorded
          
           as
           an
           Agreement
           betwixt
           the
           Parties
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           ▪
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             Judges
             ,
             Et
             multis
             aliis
             fidelibus
             ibi
             praesentibus
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           good
           people
           there
           present
           ;
           seem
           either
           to
           be
           deduced
           ,
           or
           very
           much
           to
           resemble
           that
           manner
           of
           assurance
           or
           conveyance
           which
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           of
           
             Ephron
          
           the
           
             Hittite
             ,
          
           when
           he
           bought
           of
           him
           the
           Field
           of
           
             Ephron
          
           for
           a
           burying
           place
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           wife
           
             Sarah
             ;
          
           where
           after
           the
           Agreement
           or
           Bargain
           made
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           holy
           
             Scripture
          
           saith
           
           it
           was
           made
           sure
           
             To
             Abraham
             for
             a
             possession
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             children
             of
             Heth
             ,
             before
             all
             that
             went
             in
             at
             the
             Gates
             of
             the
             City
             ,
          
           (
           which
           was
           their
           Court
           of
           Justice
           )
           will
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           to
           give
           place
           to
           that
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           great
           deal
           dearer
           ,
           and
           a
           worse
           assurance
           then
           a
           
             Fine
             ;
          
           which
           as
           to
           the
           
             Indentures
          
           of
           
             Chyrograph
          
           (
           if
           there
           were
           no
           other
           necessary
           foregoing
           Writs
           and
           Solemnities
           
           to
           make
           it
           legal
           ,
           and
           prevent
           counterfeiting
           )
           would
           amount
           but
           unto
           about
           Five
           or
           Six
           shillings
           .
        
         
           And
           (
           if
           it
           shall
           be
           endeavored
           to
           be
           
           made
           equal
           with
           a
           
             Fine
             ,
          
           with
           
             Proclamations
             ,
          
           and
           as
           safe
           from
           
             Forgeries
             ,
          
           and
           be
           a
           bar
           as
           such
           
             Fines
          
           are
           ,
           should
           be
           read
           and
           
             proclaimed
             ,
          
           and
           hung
           up
           in
           
             Tables
          
           as
           
             Fines
          
           are
           ,
           to
           be
           read
           at
           the
           
             Assizes
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           where
           the
           Land
           lies
           ,
           and
           be
           also
           hung
           up
           in
           
             Tables
          
           at
           
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
          
           and
           read
           and
           
             proclaimed
          
           in
           open
           
             Court
             ,
          
           or
           some
           eminent
           place
           ,
           in
           four
           Terms
           after
           the
           
             Ingrossing
          
           or
           acknowledging
           of
           it
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           are
           for
           ever
           to
           be
           concluded
           by
           it
           ,
           may
           not
           pretend
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           if
           that
           were
           done
           ,
           there
           cannot
           
           be
           in
           a
           
             Deed
          
           inrolled
           ,
           reasonably
           supposed
           ,
           That
           
             Ground
          
           or
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           which
           besides
           the
           parties
           agreement
           and
           consent
           ,
           appears
           to
           be
           in
           a
           
             Fine
          
           or
           
             Recovery
             ,
             viz.
          
           That
           it
           is
           done
           upon
           a
           
             Demand
             ,
             Suit
          
           or
           
             Action
             ,
          
           and
           
             Interpleading
          
           in
           the
           
             Court
          
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
          
           whereby
           the
           parties
           are
           for
           ever
           bound
           and
           debarred
           to
           say
           ,
           It
           was
           not
           so
           
           by
           the
           strength
           and
           power
           of
           a
           double
           
             Estoppel
             ,
          
           in
           so
           high
           a
           Court
           of
           
             Record
          
           against
           the
           
             Record
             ,
          
           whereof
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             Averment
             .
          
        
         
           For
           all
           our
           former
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           do
           in
           their
           Preambles
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           be
           as
           the
           
             Keys
          
           to
           open
           and
           expound
           the
           
             minde
          
           and
           intention
           of
           the
           
             Makers
             ,
          
           and
           to
           bring
           the
           
             Act
          
           it self
           unto
           a
           reasonable
           
             Exposition
             ,
          
           most
           commonly
           (
           if
           the
           
             Reason
          
           it self
           were
           not
           obvious
           )
           not
           onely
           take
           care
           to
           express
           and
           declare
           the
           
             reason
          
           and
           
             cause
             ,
          
           of
           that
           which
           was
           commanded
           or
           forbidden
           ,
           but
           made
           every
           thing
           that
           was
           to
           be
           done
           in
           order
           ,
           to
           such
           
             prohibition
          
           or
           
             command
             ,
          
           to
           carry
           and
           bring
           along
           his
           
             reason
          
           with
           it
           ,
           whereby
           to
           make
           known
           its
           
             consistence
          
           and
           
             agreeableness
          
           with
           right
           
             Reason
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           being
           the
           
             ground
             ,
             foundation
             ,
          
           and
           
             support
          
           of
           all
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           is
           so
           every
           where
           visible
           in
           our
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           (
           where
           time
           hath
           not
           made
           some
           
             alteration
          
           of
           that
           which
           was
           before
           the
           
             basis
          
           and
           
             reason
          
           of
           it
           )
           as
           every
           thing
           therein
           ,
           if
           not
           mistaken
           by
           
             ignorance
             ,
          
           or
           such
           as
           make
           too
           much
           haste
           to
           
             censure
          
           or
           
             condemn
          
           it
           ,
           before
           it
           be
           heard
           or
           
           understood
           ,
           may
           upon
           due
           
             examination
             ,
          
           (
           some
           small
           or
           very
           inconsiderable
           defects
           perhaps
           or
           redundancies
           ,
           which
           the
           greatest
           perfections
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           allowed
           onely
           excepted
           )
           not
           onely
           justifie
           it self
           ,
           but
           condemn
           those
           that
           have
           been
           too
           busie
           in
           finding
           fault
           with
           it
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           never
           failing
           
             principle
          
           in
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           that
           
             Ratio
             Legis
          
           is
           
             Anima
             Legis
             ,
          
           and
           gives
           life
           and
           being
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           will
           be
           a
           dangerous
           
             president
             ,
          
           
           and
           of
           ill
           consequence
           ,
           that
           
             Acts
          
           or
           things
           in
           
             Law
             ,
          
           grounded
           upon
           several
           
             Reasons
             ,
          
           and
           very
           much
           differing
           in
           the
           
             Magis
          
           and
           
             Minus
             ,
          
           or
           extent
           thereof
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           to
           be
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           
             operation
          
           and
           
             effect
             ;
          
           As
           that
           a
           
             Grant
          
           by
           Copy
           of
           
             Court-Roll
          
           should
           pass
           an
           estate
           of
           
             Freehold
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Copihold
             ,
          
           a
           
             Fine
          
           levied
           by
           
             Tenant
          
           in
           
             Tail
             ,
          
           bar
           a
           stranger
           in
           
             Remainder
             ,
          
           as
           immediately
           as
           it
           doth
           the
           
             issue
          
           of
           his
           
             body
             ;
          
           or
           that
           a
           
             General
             Plea
          
           or
           
             Issue
             ,
          
           Not
           guilty
           (
           the
           manifold
           inconveniences
           whereof
           ,
           have
           all
           over
           
             England
          
           been
           sufficiently
           experimented
           )
           should
           carry
           and
           amount
           to
           as
           much
           ,
           
           as
           all
           other
           more
           legal
           
             Pleas
          
           and
           
             Issues
             ;
          
           or
           that
           any
           thing
           of
           an
           
             inferior
          
           consideration
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           same
           effect
           ,
           as
           a
           
             superior
          
           or
           more
           weighty
           ,
           As
           that
           the
           sign
           
             Manual
          
           or
           
             Privy
             Seal
          
           of
           the
           
             Supream
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           as
           binding
           as
           the
           
             Great
             Seal
          
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           that
           an
           Interlocutory
           sentence
           shall
           be
           as
           much
           as
           a
           
             Decree
             ,
             Sentence
             ,
          
           or
           
             Judgment
             ,
          
           upon
           a
           full
           hearing
           or
           debate
           ;
           that
           an
           
             acquittance
          
           without
           Hand
           and
           Seal
           ,
           or
           words
           of
           Release
           of
           all
           
             Actions
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           force
           of
           a
           
             Release
          
           of
           all
           
             Actions
          
           under
           Hand
           and
           Seal
           ;
           a
           
             Lease
          
           Parol
           ,
           or
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Deed
          
           Poll
           should
           be
           as
           much
           as
           by
           
             Indenture
             ;
          
           that
           a
           contract
           or
           promise
           of
           
             Marriage
             ,
          
           before
           two
           witnesses
           ,
           shall
           be
           as
           much
           as
           a
           
             Marriage
          
           duly
           solemnized
           ;
           and
           that
           things
           said
           or
           spoken
           without
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           as
           much
           aupon
           
             Oath
             ;
          
           All
           which
           would
           be
           against
           that
           right
           
             Reason
          
           which
           do
           usually
           accompany
           our
           
             Laws
             .
          
        
         
           
             Women
             Covert
             ,
          
           who
           upon
           levying
           
           of
           
             Fines
             ,
          
           were
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           whether
           they
           did
           freely
           consent
           ,
           or
           do
           it
           ,
           must
           now
           sign
           and
           seal
           ,
           the
           
             Deed
          
           to
           be
           
           Inrolled
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           if
           
             Dower
          
           be
           to
           be
           barred
           ,
           and
           examined
           as
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           upon
           levying
           of
           
             Fines
             ;
          
           for
           by
           
             Law
          
           they
           are
           not
           barred
           by
           a
           
             Deed
          
           Inrolled
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           
             Coverture
             .
          
        
         
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           Bargain
           and
           Sale
           ,
           covinously
           
           or
           deceitfully
           gained
           ,
           by
           greedy
           and
           insinuating
           oppressors
           in
           taking
           advantages
           ,
           and
           working
           upon
           mens
           necessities
           ,
           or
           gotten
           by
           cheating
           
             Gamesters
          
           of
           some
           yong
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           who
           many
           times
           loose
           their
           Lands
           before
           they
           finde
           their
           wits
           ,
           or
           some
           fawning
           
             Cormorant
          
           Citizens
           who
           gets
           into
           such
           witless
           mens
           Estates
           ,
           upon
           kindly
           supplying
           their
           wants
           with
           a
           
             Knavish
          
           bargain
           of
           
             Beaver-Hats
             ,
          
           St.
           
             Omers
          
           Onions
           ,
           
             Brown
             Paper
             ,
             Pack-thred
             ,
          
           and
           such
           like
           
             Trash
             ,
          
           or
           loosing
           Commodities
           ,
           shall
           have
           no
           remedy
           or
           relief
           in
           
             Chancery
          
           allowed
           them
           as
           formerly
           .
           If
           that
           such
           
             Deeds
          
           inrolled
           shall
           have
           the
           force
           of
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
          
           for
           that
           against
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Non-claims
          
           
           and
           
             Bars
          
           by
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           there
           can
           be
           no
           releif
           to
           be
           had
           in
           
             Conscience
          
           or
           
             Equity
             ,
          
           because
           it
           might
           otherwise
           be
           a
           
           means
           to
           impeach
           and
           open
           a
           gap
           ,
           to
           break
           into
           all
           other
           Mens
           Estates
           and
           Conveyances
           .
           So
           as
           that
           which
           by
           these
           
             Proposals
          
           is
           pretended
           to
           be
           a
           way
           to
           prevent
           
             deceipt
             ,
          
           will
           in
           such
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           become
           the
           greatest
           
             fortifier
          
           and
           
             defender
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           transferring
           of
           the
           power
           of
           
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
          
           into
           
             Registred
             Deeds
             ,
          
           may
           hereafter
           much
           prejudice
           and
           terrifie
           such
           ,
           as
           by
           this
           new
           way
           of
           
             Registring
          
           shall
           have
           deserted
           the
           suing
           out
           of
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             .
          
           If
           another
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           either
           in
           this
           or
           any
           future
           ages
           shall
           happen
           to
           repeal
           ,
           or
           take
           it
           away
           ,
           or
           the
           Inrolments
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           or
           
             Records
          
           thereof
           ,
           lying
           in
           so
           many
           dispersed
           and
           unsafe
           places
           ,
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           lost
           ,
           and
           subject
           them
           and
           their
           Estates
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           
             Claims
          
           and
           
             Controversies
             ,
          
           which
           they
           would
           otherwise
           have
           been
           freed
           of
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           been
           permitted
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           old
           and
           safe
           way
           of
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ;
          
           which
           in
           all
           the
           
             Commotions
          
           of
           
             people
          
           or
           
             Petitions
          
           of
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           were
           never
           yet
           found
           
             fault
          
           with
           ,
           or
           
             desired
          
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           .
        
         
         
           There
           will
           be
           a
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Deeds
          
           inrolled
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           passing
           and
           acknowledging
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           
             benefits
             ,
             priviledges
             ,
          
           and
           
             safety
             ,
          
           which
           as
           inseparable
           
             Concomitants
          
           do
           attend
           
             Fines
             ,
          
           but
           cannot
           by
           any
           
             Rule
          
           of
           
             Right
             Reason
             ,
          
           be
           
             simul
             &
             semel
             ,
          
           or
           at
           all
           put
           over
           to
           
             Deeds
          
           inrolled
           or
           lodged
           in
           them
           ,
           for
           
             Fines
          
           which
           are
           to
           be
           acknowledged
           in
           Court
           ,
           before
           two
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           before
           the
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           of
           the
           
             Court
          
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ;
          
           and
           if
           by
           
             Commission
             ,
          
           which
           is
           to
           be
           signed
           by
           the
           
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ,
          
           or
           
             Lord
             Keeper
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
          
           or
           by
           some
           of
           the
           
             Justices
          
           of
           
             Assise
          
           or
           the
           
             Circuit
          
           where
           the
           Land
           lieth
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           directed
           to
           men
           of
           
             quality
          
           and
           
             conscience
             ,
          
           and
           expert
           in
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           one
           whereof
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Knight
           ,
           (
           the
           
             Writs
          
           of
           
             Covenant
          
           whereupon
           they
           are
           grounded
           ,
           passing
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           so
           many
           sworn
           
             Officers
          
           and
           
             Judges
          
           hands
           and
           perusals
           ,
           )
           and
           have
           a
           duplicate
           or
           double
           
             Indenture
          
           of
           
             Chyrograph
          
           so
           cut
           ,
           
           one
           in
           another
           ,
           as
           one
           must
           necessarily
           discover
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           variance
           or
           falsification
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           places
           and
           
             Offices
          
           recording
           them
           ,
           cannot
           be
           
             counterfeited
             ,
          
           or
           if
           they
           should
           ,
           will
           easily
           be
           found
           out
           ;
           but
           
             Deeds
          
           so
           to
           be
           Registred
           and
           Inrolled
           ,
           which
           shall
           not
           be
           attended
           with
           so
           many
           cares
           and
           cautions
           ,
           may
           easily
           be
           forged
           ,
           counterfeited
           ,
           or
           antidated
           ,
           and
           bring
           with
           them
           more
           
             deceits
          
           and
           
             incumbrances
             ,
          
           then
           they
           do
           pretend
           to
           prevent
           ;
           and
           fall
           into
           all
           the
           inconveniences
           ,
           questions
           and
           debates
           ,
           which
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           being
           the
           grand
           and
           common
           
             Assurances
          
           of
           the
           Land
           :
           for
           Lands
           betwixt
           party
           and
           party
           ,
           have
           by
           those
           many
           Laws
           and
           Cases
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           adjudged
           to
           indulge
           and
           protect
           them
           ,
           hitherto
           avoided
           and
           escaped
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           power
           and
           force
           which
           are
           
           granted
           to
           
             Fines
             ,
          
           cannot
           with
           
             justice
          
           or
           
             convenience
             ,
          
           be
           given
           to
           
             Deeds
          
           inrolled
           against
           the
           Bargainor
           or
           his
           Heirs
           ,
           or
           those
           that
           may
           claim
           the
           Lands
           ,
           because
           in
           
             Deeds
          
           there
           are
           most
           commonly
           reciprocal
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           and
           some
           things
           to
           be
           performed
           on
           
           the
           
             Bargainees
          
           part
           ,
           which
           may
           demand
           equity
           or
           performance
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           no
           words
           of
           
             Warranty
          
           or
           
             Release
             ;
          
           but
           i●
           a
           
             Fine
             ,
          
           there
           is
           onely
           a
           
             Grant
             ,
             Release
             ,
          
           and
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           to
           
             Warrant
          
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           
             Cognisor
             ,
          
           or
           he
           which
           levieth
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           taken
           away
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           
           will
           loose
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           and
           his
           
             Revenue
             ,
          
           Ten
           or
           twenty
           thousand
           pounds
           
             per
             annum
             ;
          
           which
           the
           people
           having
           the
           benefit
           of
           such
           an
           ancient
           and
           sure
           way
           of
           
             conveyance
             ,
             Which
             had
             in
          
           19
           E.
           1.
           
             now
             almost
             Four
             hundred
             years
             ago
             ,
             so
             great
             and
             due
             respect
             given
             unto
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             by
             a
             Parliament
             held
             in
             that
             year
             ,
             declared
             ,
             That
             the
             Order
             of
             Law
             will
             not
             suffer
             them
             to
             be
             levied
             without
             a
             Writ
             Original
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Solemnities
             then
             used
             in
             Fines
             ,
             was
             because
             a
             Fine
             was
             so
             high
             a
             Bar
             ,
             of
             so
             great
             force
             ,
             and
             so
             strong
             a
             nature
             in
             it self
             :
          
           And
           hath
           been
           setled
           ,
           confirmed
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           the
           perfection
           it
           now
           enjoys
           ,
           by
           fourteen
           or
           fifteen
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           
             Assurance
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             peace
          
           and
           
             quiet
          
           which
           it
           
           bringeth
           with
           it
           ,
           justly
           said
           to
           be
           
             Finis
          
           
           
             sructus
             exitus
             &
             effectus
             Legis
             ;
          
           the
           end
           ,
           fruit
           ,
           and
           effect
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Fine
             ,
          
           because
           it
           doth
           
             Finem
             litibus
             imponere
          
           put
           an
           end
           to
           most
           Suits
           or
           Controversies
           can
           arise
           against
           it
           ,
           did
           never
           as
           yet
           ,
           or
           have
           in
           all
           their
           Petitions
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           have
           been
           since
           or
           before
           ,
           concerning
           other
           
             grievances
             ,
          
           so
           much
           as
           complained
           of
           or
           grudged
           .
           And
           though
           they
           had
           no
           cause
           or
           reason
           to
           complain
           of
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           will
           not
           like
           so
           well
           as
           the
           
             Proposers
             .
          
           To
           be
           compelled
           to
           
             Register
          
           all
           their
           former
           
             Deeds
          
           or
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           if
           but
           for
           Ten
           or
           twenty
           years
           past
           ,
           under
           a
           Constraint
           or
           Penalty
           to
           be
           otherwise
           of
           no
           effect
           ,
           or
           not
           so
           
             available
          
           in
           the
           
             Law
          
           as
           they
           would
           have
           been
           formerly
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
          
           Of
           the
           
             Registring
          
           of
           all
           Mens
           former
           
             Deeds
          
           or
           other
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           if
           but
           for
           Ten
           or
           twenty
           years
           past
           ,
           under
           a
           Penalty
           to
           be
           ,
           otherwise
           of
           no
           effect
           ,
           or
           less
           then
           they
           would
           formerly
           have
           been
           .
        
         
           FOr
           that
           were
           to
           make
           any
           
             Law
          
           which
           
           should
           be
           made
           to
           such
           a
           purpose
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           a
           
             retrospection
             ,
          
           or
           
             looking
             backwards
          
           in
           its
           
             commands
          
           or
           
             prohibitions
             ,
          
           and
           the
           penalties
           ensuing
           thereupon
           ,
           which
           can
           have
           no
           rule
           or
           pattern
           from
           the
           
             Laws
          
           
           
           
           
           
           or
           
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           who
           in
           the
           making
           of
           his
           most
           righteous
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           made
           them
           to
           binde
           ,
           and
           look
           onely
           to
           the
           future
           :
           And
           when
           he
           might
           do
           what
           he
           would
           with
           his
           
             Clay
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           commanded
           those
           
             Laws
          
           to
           be
           written
           very
           
             plainly
             ,
          
           but
           was
           so
           willing
           to
           pardon
           
           sins
           of
           
             Ignorance
             ,
          
           as
           he
           ordained
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           be
           made
           for
           them
           .
           And
           when
           in
           the
           forbidding
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           to
           marry
           within
           certain
           degrees
           or
           nearness
           of
           Blood
           ,
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           death
           ,
           or
           cutting
           off
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           
             After
             the
             doings
          
           
           
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             wherein
             ye
             dwelt
             ,
             shall
             ye
             not
             do
             .
          
           Did
           not
           either
           punish
           or
           call
           them
           to
           account
           for
           any
           former
           marriages
           contrary
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           
             Moses
          
           therefore
           who
           understood
           the
           minde
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           concerning
           those
           Laws
           which
           he
           had
           received
           from
           him
           ,
           better
           then
           all
           other
           
             Legislators
          
           or
           
             Law
             ▪
             givers
          
           which
           have
           been
           since
           ,
           (
           the
           onely
           
             Son
          
           of
           
             God
          
           excepted
           )
           being
           to
           die
           ,
           commanded
           them
           to
           be
           often
           read
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           hear
           and
           observe
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Wedg
          
           of
           
             Gold
             ,
          
           and
           
             Shekels
          
           of
           
             Silver
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           
             Babilonish
          
           Garments
           ,
           for
           
           which
           
             Achan
          
           was
           stoned
           to
           death
           ,
           by
           all
           
           the
           people
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           the
           
             accursed
          
           things
           ,
           but
           the
           lawful
           spoils
           of
           War
           ,
           if
           the
           foregoing
           
             prohibition
          
           had
           not
           made
           them
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           Nor
           had
           
             Saul
          
           so
           grievously
           ,
           or
           at
           all
           offended
           ,
           or
           been
           punished
           for
           sparing
           
             Agag
             ,
          
           being
           his
           prisoner
           and
           captive
           in
           War
           ,
           if
           the
           command
           or
           charge
           of
           God
           before
           hand
           had
           not
           made
           it
           to
           be
           an
           offence
           .
        
         
           Which
           our
           
             English
             Laws
          
           have
           so
           much
           imitated
           .
           As
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           of
           36
           
             E.
          
           3.
           ordering
           all
           pleadings
           to
           be
           in
           
             English
          
           and
           Inrolled
           in
           
             Latin
             ,
          
           and
           not
           in
           
             French
             ,
          
           as
           they
           had
           been
           formerly
           ,
           did
           neither
           order
           or
           intend
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Pleas
           for
           the
           years
           before
           ,
           should
           be
           entred
           over
           again
           ,
           and
           made
           to
           be
           in
           
             Latin.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Statute
           of
           23
           
             H.
          
           8.
           
             cap.
          
           6.
           for
           acknowledging
           of
           
             Statutes
          
           or
           
             Recognisances
          
           for
           Debts
           ,
           hath
           an
           express
           
             saving
          
           for
           
             Recognisances
             taken
             before
             the
             Major
             and
             Constables
             of
             the
             Staple
             ,
             though
             they
             did
             not
             concern
             Merchandise
             ;
          
           which
           was
           the
           evil
           sought
           to
           be
           remedied
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Statute
           of
           27
           
             H.
          
           8
           ,
           
             cap.
          
           10.
           for
           transferring
           of
           uses
           in
           possession
           ,
           making
           great
           alterations
           in
           Mens
           Estates
           ,
           did
           after
           many
           savings
           and
           provisoes
           ,
           ordain
           ,
           
             That
             all
             lawful
             Wills
             and
             Testaments
             ,
             made
             or
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             before
             the
             first
             day
             of
          
           May
           ,
           1536.
           
             should
             be
             of
             the
             same
             force
             as
             they
             were
             forty
             years
             before
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             said
             Act
             ;
             and
             that
             Actions
             then
             depending
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             abated
             or
             discharged
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             executing
             of
             any
             Estate
             by
             Authority
             of
             the
             said
             Act.
             
          
        
         
           The
           
             Act
          
           for
           
             Inrollments
          
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
          
           made
           in
           the
           same
           year
           ,
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           was
           ordained
           not
           to
           take
           effect
           ,
           until
           after
           the
           last
           day
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           which
           should
           be
           in
           the
           said
           year
           .
        
         
           The
           Statute
           of
           5
           &
           6
           
             E.
          
           6.
           
             c.
          
           16.
           forbidding
           the
           buying
           and
           selling
           of
           Offices
           ,
           concerning
           Administration
           of
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           doth
           expresly
           provide
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Acts
             or
             things
             before
             done
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             such
             Offices
             ,
             should
             be
             good
             until
             the
             parties
             offending
             ,
             contrary
             to
             that
             Act
             ,
             be
             removed
             out
             of
             their
             places
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             Bargains
             and
             Contracts
             made
             for
             Offices
             ,
             before
             the
             first
          
           
           
             day
             of
          
           March
           ,
           
             then
             next
             coming
             ,
             should
             be
             in
             such
             force
             and
             effect
             ,
             as
             if
             that
             Act
             had
             never
             been
             made
             .
          
        
         
           And
           all
           our
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           which
           were
           not
           private
           ,
           or
           by
           way
           of
           pardon
           for
           Offences
           past
           ,
           have
           until
           the
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Attainder
          
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           in
           
             Anno
          
           1641.
           
           Wherein
           there
           was
           a
           Proviso
           ,
           That
           it
           should
           not
           afterwards
           be
           made
           or
           taken
           to
           be
           a
           precedent
           ,
           been
           made
           and
           ordained
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           their
           Orders
           and
           Prohibitions
           ,
           looking
           forward
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           not
           seldom
           ,
           prefixing
           a
           day
           or
           time
           when
           the
           Act
           should
           begin
           to
           take
           effect
           .
           And
           for
           fear
           least
           any
           particular
           should
           be
           damaged
           in
           their
           intentions
           ,
           and
           care
           of
           the
           
             general
             ,
          
           have
           besides
           a
           saving
           of
           other
           mens
           rights
           ,
           been
           loaded
           with
           as
           many
           
             Provisoes
          
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           as
           any
           their
           cares
           or
           
             forecast
          
           could
           possibly
           put
           them
           in
           minde
           of
           .
        
         
           Wherin
           we
           may
           hope
           that
           our
           no
           foolish
           
             Ancestors
          
           (
           though
           some
           of
           their
           ingrate
           ,
           and
           less
           wise
           
             Posterity
             ,
          
           have
           been
           pleased
           to
           think
           them
           otherwise
           )
           did
           neither
           erre
           in
           following
           the
           opinion
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
           
             That
             by
             the
             Law
             is
             the
             knowledge
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             we
             had
             not
             known
             sins
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Law.
          
           And
           the
           guidance
           of
           
             Gods
          
           Holy
           Laws
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Laws
           of
           all
           other
           Nations
           (
           where
           
             Justice
          
           and
           
             Reason
          
           had
           any
           acquaintance
           )
           could
           as
           well
           as
           their
           own
           ,
           instruct
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           
             Laws
          
           which
           are
           rightly
           and
           generally
           
           defined
           to
           be
           
             Praecepta
             quaedam
             à
             recta
             ratione
             tracta
             &
             deducta
             honesta
             imperantia
             &
             turpia
             prohibentia
             ,
          
           certain
           Rules
           and
           Precepts
           drawn
           and
           deduced
           from
           right
           
             reason
             ,
          
           commanding
           good
           and
           honest
           things
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           forbidding
           the
           contrary
           ,
           should
           like
           
             Janus
          
           (
           whose
           retrospection
           was
           but
           feigned
           ,
           as
           a
           
             loving
             farewel
          
           to
           the
           year
           past
           )
           look
           backward
           as
           well
           as
           forward
           ,
           and
           claw
           and
           fall
           upon
           all
           that
           was
           past
           ,
           and
           behinde
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           as
           to
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           cease
           to
           be
           Laws
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           preventing
           
             evil
             ,
          
           and
           doing
           good
           ,
           prove
           to
           be
           no
           better
           then
           
             snares
          
           to
           catch
           and
           surprise
           men
           in
           their
           past
           and
           
             innocent
             actions
             ,
          
           before
           such
           
             Laws
          
           came
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           or
           made
           against
           them
           ,
           make
           
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           to
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           or
           had
           been
           done
           before
           ,
           as
           
             Laws
          
           altogether
           
             impossible
          
           to
           be
           kept
           ,
           and
           as
           never
           known
           or
           published
           ;
           and
           the
           punishments
           or
           evils
           hapning
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           inflicted
           ▪
           for
           Offences
           before
           any
           Law
           was
           made
           ,
           to
           make
           or
           declare
           them
           to
           be
           so
           ;
           and
           be
           in
           the
           
             birth
          
           and
           making
           of
           them
           ,
           like
           some
           fierce
           and
           
             pitiless
             winds
             ,
          
           broke
           loose
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           with
           some
           benefit
           they
           bring
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           other
           things
           do
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           break
           ,
           overturn
           ,
           and
           throw
           down
           all
           that
           are
           near
           or
           about
           them
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           care
           and
           love
           which
           
             God
          
           himself
           was
           pleased
           to
           shew
           to
           his
           people
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           in
           the
           making
           and
           giving
           of
           his
           Laws
           ;
           to
           whom
           intending
           to
           deliver
           his
           
             Laws
          
           with
           great
           
             terrors
          
           and
           
             majesty
          
           in
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           hear
           and
           obey
           them
           ,
           he
           did
           
             three
             days
          
           before
           ,
           give
           them
           warning
           to
           set
           ▪
           bounds
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           take
           heed
           that
           they
           came
           not
           near
           the
           
             Mountain
             ,
          
           least
           
           they
           or
           their
           Cattle
           should
           perish
           or
           be
           consumed
           .
           And
           contrary
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           all
           the
           
             Intellect
          
           and
           
             right
             reason
             ,
          
           which
           
             God
          
           
           hath
           hitherto
           blessed
           the
           
             World
          
           withal
           ;
           and
           the
           
             rule
          
           and
           
             reason
          
           of
           all
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
             Nature
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nations
             ,
             Civil
             ,
             Common
             ,
          
           or
           
             Cannon
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           there
           were
           nothing
           of
           ill
           example
           or
           consequence
           which
           might
           happen
           by
           this
           proposed
           retrospection
           in
           the
           making
           of
           other
           
             Laws
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           as
           inforced
           
             Retrospection
          
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           
           and
           
             Evidences
          
           already
           past
           and
           executed
           ,
           which
           could
           never
           yet
           deserve
           to
           have
           any
           entertainment
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           or
           mentioned
           in
           
             Senates
             ,
          
           will
           bring
           a
           very
           great
           charge
           and
           trouble
           to
           the
           people
           to
           
             Register
          
           their
           former
           
             Deeds
          
           and
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           which
           were
           before
           as
           strong
           and
           valid
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Law
          
           and
           the
           best
           
             Council
          
           they
           could
           get
           ,
           could
           make
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           or
           from
           which
           ,
           such
           
             Registring
          
           by
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           without
           a
           judicial
           examination
           of
           the
           
             cause
             ,
          
           and
           hearing
           of
           the
           parties
           concerned
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           can
           neither
           adde
           or
           diminish
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           pretended
           to
           be
           onely
           
           inforced
           to
           be
           
             Registred
             ,
          
           to
           prevent
           
             frauds
          
           and
           
             inconveniences
          
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           
           by
           former
           
             Bargains
          
           or
           
             Dispositions
          
           (
           which
           do
           so
           seldom
           happen
           to
           
             Purchasers
          
           and
           
             Money-lenders
             ,
          
           as
           there
           is
           not
           one
           in
           every
           
             thousand
          
           which
           comes
           to
           any
           loss
           or
           mischances
           by
           them
           ,
           will
           as
           to
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
             Judgments
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           and
           many
           
             Deeds
          
           which
           are
           Inrolled
           (
           without
           some
           of
           which
           ,
           no
           Land
           ,
           or
           almost
           Bargain
           of
           consequence
           ,
           doth
           pass
           from
           one
           man
           to
           another
           ;
           )
           
             Actum
             agere
             ,
          
           and
           altogether
           needless
           for
           that
           ,
           they
           being
           the
           greatest
           incumbrances
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           are
           better
           
             Registred
          
           already
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           like
           to
           be
           by
           the
           
             Proposers
             .
          
        
         
           And
           for
           such
           
             Deeds
          
           or
           
             Evidences
          
           which
           the
           owners
           were
           unwilling
           to
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           
             Inrolling
             ,
          
           as
           not
           being
           necessary
           ;
           they
           are
           not
           like
           to
           bring
           any
           disturbance
           or
           inconveniencies
           to
           
             Purchasors
             ,
          
           who
           by
           the
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
          
           onely
           ,
           which
           in
           every
           
             purchase
          
           or
           
             mortgage
          
           of
           any
           considerable
           value
           are
           sure
           not
           to
           be
           omitted
           ,
           may
           if
           nothing
           else
           were
           to
           be
           found
           upon
           
             Record
          
           (
           though
           very
           many
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Uses
             ,
             Trusts
             ,
             Intails
             ,
             Releases
             ,
          
           and
           of
           other
           special
           concernments
           ,
           are
           for
           preservation
           
           most
           commonly
           to
           be
           found
           Inrolled
           )
           easily
           understand
           there
           hath
           been
           some
           former
           
             disposition
          
           or
           
             alteration
          
           of
           the
           Estate
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           suspected
           or
           looked
           after
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           are
           so
           little
           wanting
           to
           themselves
           in
           their
           
             purchases
          
           or
           
             lending
          
           out
           
             moneys
             ,
          
           as
           they
           do
           not
           onely
           then
           and
           at
           all
           other
           times
           ,
           before
           hand
           ,
           summon
           in
           and
           be
           speak
           all
           the
           
             cares
             ,
             diligences
             ,
          
           and
           
             jealousies
             ,
          
           possible
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Counsel
          
           learned
           ;
           but
           make
           out
           all
           manner
           of
           
             Inquiries
          
           and
           
             Scrutinies
             ,
          
           concerning
           the
           title
           and
           value
           of
           the
           Lands
           ;
           call
           for
           and
           peruse
           the
           
             Sellers
          
           or
           
             Borrowers
             Deeds
          
           or
           
             Evidences
             ;
          
           demand
           and
           require
           for
           
             Assurance
             ,
             Fines
             ,
             Recoveries
             ,
             Feoffments
             ,
             Warranties
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           or
           
             Judgments
             ,
          
           and
           
             Counter-Securities
          
           for
           performance
           of
           
             Covenants
             ;
          
           and
           be
           sure
           to
           have
           a
           discharge
           of
           such
           
             Mortgages
             ,
             Judgments
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           which
           are
           found
           upon
           
             Record
             ,
          
           or
           otherwise
           discovered
           ,
           or
           to
           inforce
           the
           depositing
           of
           part
           of
           the
           money
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           to
           free
           or
           discharge
           
             Incumbrances
          
           
           or
           
             Answers
          
           upon
           oath
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           to
           discover
           them
           :
           And
           besides
           the
           usual
           
             Covenants
          
           of
           freeing
           and
           discharging
           all
           manner
           of
           
             Incumbrances
          
           done
           ,
           or
           suffered
           by
           the
           Seller
           or
           Borrower
           ,
           and
           if
           need
           be
           ,
           some
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           or
           from
           whom
           they
           claim
           ;
           and
           of
           making
           better
           
             assurance
          
           within
           so
           many
           years
           limited
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Purchasor
          
           or
           
             Lender
             ,
          
           or
           their
           
             Counsel
          
           learned
           ,
           shall
           reasonably
           advise
           or
           require
           ,
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           like
           some
           grand
           
             Seigniors
             ,
          
           or
           men
           of
           
             Empire
          
           in
           their
           Wills
           and
           Desires
           ,
           upon
           such
           as
           are
           to
           sell
           or
           borrow
           to
           defend
           themselves
           agalnst
           some
           importunate
           
             necessities
             ;
          
           and
           must
           needs
           therefore
           
             bow
          
           down
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           yeeld
           to
           all
           that
           is
           demanded
           of
           them
           ,
           rather
           take
           too
           much
           ,
           then
           too
           little
           
             Security
             ,
          
           to
           the
           great
           and
           many
           times
           impertinent
           cost
           of
           the
           
             borrower
          
           or
           
             seller
             ,
          
           and
           that
           with
           so
           great
           
             severity
             ,
          
           and
           never
           almost
           to
           be
           satisfied
           
             curiosity
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             inforcing
             ,
             obtainning
             ,
             making
             ,
             recording
          
           and
           
             inrolling
          
           of
           their
           
             assurances
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           but
           imploy
           the
           
             tenth
             part
          
           of
           that
           care
           and
           deligence
           ,
           to
           secure
           and
           
           provide
           for
           a
           Blessed
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           amidst
           all
           these
           their
           cares
           and
           industries
           ,
           they
           happen
           to
           meet
           with
           any
           former
           Bargains
           or
           other
           Titles
           ,
           disturbing
           their
           
             Purchases
          
           or
           
             Mortgages
             ,
          
           which
           is
           very
           seldom
           .
        
         
           Or
           that
           such
           as
           greedily
           
             hunting
          
           after
           cheap
           bargains
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           them
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           can
           be
           content
           to
           adventure
           upon
           crackt
           or
           
             litigious
             titles
             ,
          
           or
           
             incumbred
             estates
             ,
          
           or
           in
           a
           wilful
           hast
           ,
           or
           
             giddy
             confidence
             ,
          
           think
           their
           money
           or
           fees
           well
           saved
           ,
           if
           they
           trouble
           not
           a
           
             Lawyer
          
           that
           is
           able
           to
           advise
           or
           make
           their
           conveyance
           to
           be
           safe
           and
           legal
           ;
           but
           will
           either
           do
           it
           themselves
           ,
           or
           imploy
           some
           
             Scrivener
             ,
             Parson
          
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           or
           yong
           Clerk
           to
           make
           it
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           a
           
             Fine
             ,
          
           or
           to
           stay
           a
           day
           or
           two
           longer
           to
           get
           a
           
             Statute
          
           or
           
             Recognisance
             ,
          
           or
           have
           it
           done
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           do
           come
           afterwards
           to
           be
           
             deservedly
          
           troubled
           with
           defects
           or
           controversies
           in
           their
           Conveyances
           or
           Estates
           ,
           which
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           caused
           or
           bred
           onely
           by
           the
           rashness
           ,
           ignorance
           ,
           negligence
           ,
           or
           carelesness
           of
           themselves
           ,
           or
           their
           
             Attorneys
          
           or
           
             Solicitors
          
           
           (
           those
           few
           
             suits
          
           and
           
             troubles
          
           which
           sometimes
           accompany
           such
           kinde
           of
           
             Purchasors
             ,
          
           having
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           besides
           the
           knavery
           of
           those
           who
           should
           have
           been
           bound
           faster
           ,
           no
           other
           cause
           or
           original
           ,
           are
           all
           of
           them
           notwithstanding
           ,
           not
           seldom
           holpen
           or
           set
           right
           again
           by
           those
           many
           remedies
           which
           the
           
             Courts
          
           of
           
             Law
          
           and
           
             Equity
          
           do
           afford
           them
           against
           
             voluntary
          
           or
           
             dormant
             Deeds
             ,
          
           or
           such
           as
           are
           not
           made
           upon
           good
           consideration
           ,
           old
           
             sleeping
             Statutes
             ,
             Judgments
          
           or
           
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           not
           in
           a
           long
           time
           called
           upon
           or
           put
           in
           Execution
           .
        
         
           So
           as
           to
           constrain
           the
           people
           to
           such
           a
           
             Registry
          
           of
           all
           their
           Evidences
           ,
           onely
           to
           secure
           
             Purchasers
             ,
          
           who
           either
           will
           or
           might
           be
           sure
           enough
           to
           secure
           themselves
           without
           it
           ,
           (
           some
           defects
           in
           Title
           being
           not
           by
           any
           
             Registring
             ,
          
           possibly
           to
           be
           discovered
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Deeds
          
           should
           be
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           and
           every
           moneth
           in
           the
           year
           
             Registred
          
           )
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           as
           little
           necessary
           or
           pleasing
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           for
           every
           one
           in
           a
           
             Town
             ,
             County
             ,
          
           or
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           to
           be
           ordered
           or
           compelled
           to
           take
           
             Phisick
          
           every
           year
           ,
           or
           
           keep
           some
           
             costly
          
           or
           
             tedious
             way
          
           of
           
             diet
          
           to
           prevent
           
             Apoplexies
          
           or
           
             Gangreens
             ,
          
           or
           some
           such
           like
           seldom
           diseases
           or
           accidents
           which
           may
           happen
           to
           their
           bodies
           ,
           because
           some
           few
           have
           died
           or
           been
           much
           troubled
           with
           it
           ,
           when
           as
           
             multitudes
          
           of
           them
           are
           in
           health
           and
           do
           not
           need
           it
           ;
           many
           fear
           it
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           nor
           are
           likely
           to
           be
           in
           any
           danger
           of
           it
           ,
           some
           so
           poor
           as
           they
           cannot
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           ,
           and
           others
           not
           able
           to
           undergo
           the
           trouble
           or
           distemper
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           more
           especially
           needless
           ,
           when
           every
           man
           which
           doth
           but
           know
           any
           thing
           in
           our
           Laws
           ,
           or
           hath
           ever
           bought
           or
           sold
           Land
           ,
           or
           sought
           to
           recover
           any
           which
           hath
           been
           aliened
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           had
           
             Intails
          
           which
           his
           careful
           Ancestors
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           an
           unalterable
           provision
           for
           him
           and
           his
           posterity
           ,
           
             docqued
          
           and
           cut
           off
           ,
           cannot
           but
           confess
           ,
           That
           our
           Laws
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           been
           exceeding
           careful
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           to
           be
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           
             business
             ,
          
           to
           secure
           and
           protect
           
             Purchasors
             Bona
             fide
             ,
          
           who
           are
           already
           as
           well
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           provided
           for
           in
           their
           Conveyances
           and
           Assurances
           ,
           as
           any
           
             Nation
          
           under
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           as
           far
           also
           
           as
           the
           care
           or
           wit
           of
           man
           could
           hitherto
           conceive
           it
           to
           be
           necessary
           by
           
             Feoffments
             ,
          
           with
           
             Livery
          
           and
           
             Seisin
             ,
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
             Leases
          
           and
           
             Releases
             ,
             Demise
          
           and
           
             Redemise
             ,
             Warranties
             ,
             Bars
             ,
          
           and
           
             Non-Claims
             ,
             Prescriptions
             ,
             Estoppels
             ,
             Entries
             tolled
             ,
             Judgments
             ,
             Statutes
          
           and
           
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           with
           
             Collateral
             security
          
           to
           perform
           
             Covenants
             ,
             Discovery
          
           of
           
             Incumbrances
          
           upon
           
             Oath
             ;
          
           the
           Statute
           of
           27
           
             H.
          
           8.
           for
           transferring
           of
           
             Uses
          
           into
           
             Possession
             ,
          
           the
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           for
           
             Inrolling
          
           of
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           
             Bargain
          
           and
           
             Sale
             ,
          
           an
           
             Act
          
           to
           preserve
           the
           
             Estate
          
           of
           
             Tenants
          
           for
           
             years
             ,
          
           in
           a
           
             Recovery
          
           suffered
           by
           one
           in
           
             Reversion
             ;
          
           an
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           in
           2
           &
           3
           
             E.
          
           6.
           for
           
             saving
          
           and
           
             allowing
          
           of
           
             Leases
             ,
          
           and
           other
           kinde
           of
           
             Estates
          
           not
           found
           in
           any
           
             Inquisition
          
           or
           
             Office
          
           to
           intitle
           the
           
             King
             ;
          
           three
           or
           four
           
             Statutes
          
           or
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           against
           
             fraudulent
             assurances
             ,
          
           or
           such
           as
           go
           about
           to
           deceive
           men
           of
           their
           Debts
           ;
           and
           another
           in
           27
           
             Eliz.
          
           ordaining
           a
           forfeiture
           of
           a
           years
           value
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           by
           such
           as
           are
           parties
           or
           privies
           in
           the
           same
           ;
           the
           Statute
           of
           ●3
           
             Eliz.
          
           for
           
             Inrolling
          
           of
           
             Fines
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           
           to
           avoid
           
             Errors
          
           in
           them
           ;
           three
           or
           four
           
             Statutes
          
           or
           
             Acts
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           concerning
           
             Bankrupts
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Statute
           against
           forging
           of
           
             Deeds
             ,
          
           the
           Statute
           of
           21
           
             Jac.
          
           for
           limitations
           of
           
             Writs
          
           of
           
             Formedon
          
           unto
           twenty
           years
           after
           the
           Title
           accrued
           ;
           and
           another
           to
           quiet
           the
           Titles
           of
           all
           men
           against
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           certain
           cases
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           in
           sixty
           years
           quiet
           possession
           ;
           another
           ,
           That
           the
           Lands
           of
           men
           ,
           dying
           in
           Execution
           ,
           should
           be
           chargeable
           with
           their
           Debts
           ;
           and
           another
           to
           make
           it
           Felony
           against
           such
           as
           should
           levy
           
             Fines
             ,
          
           suffer
           
             Recoveries
             ,
          
           or
           acknowledge
           
             Judgments
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
          
           or
           
             Recognisances
          
           in
           other
           mens
           names
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Rule
          
           of
           expounding
           
             Grants
             ,
          
           strictly
           against
           the
           
             Grantors
             ,
             Debts
          
           to
           be
           paid
           before
           
             Legacies
             ,
          
           and
           
             Trusts
          
           void
           as
           against
           
             Creditors
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           aids
           and
           assistances
           not
           here
           enumerated
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Laws
          
           have
           been
           at
           all
           times
           ready
           to
           contribute
           to
           such
           as
           shall
           timely
           and
           seasonably
           require
           or
           make
           use
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           there
           could
           be
           any
           necessity
           ,
           
           
           ground
           ,
           or
           colour
           of
           reason
           ,
           to
           lay
           so
           great
           and
           needless
           a
           charge
           upon
           the
           people
           in
           general
           ,
           in
           
             Registring
          
           their
           former
           
             Conveyances
             ,
          
           to
           prevent
           a
           seldom
           or
           far
           lesser
           charge
           or
           loss
           which
           might
           but
           possibly
           happen
           to
           some
           few
           ;
           in
           particular
           ,
           yet
           such
           a
           
             Registring
          
           will
           certainly
           ,
           besides
           many
           other
           evils
           attending
           it
           ,
           revive
           and
           raise
           Controversies
           betwixt
           adversaries
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           have
           been
           the
           former
           owners
           or
           inheritors
           of
           the
           
             Lands
             ,
          
           make
           and
           multiply
           
             Suits
             ,
          
           which
           were
           never
           intended
           ,
           or
           incourage
           others
           to
           project
           or
           make
           designs
           upon
           men
           and
           their
           Estates
           ;
           and
           so
           breed
           and
           multiply
           
             Informers
             ,
          
           as
           few
           mens
           Estates
           or
           Titles
           shall
           be
           free
           from
           such
           kinde
           of
           
             Vermin
             ,
          
           and
           welwishers
           to
           themselves
           ,
           more
           then
           to
           the
           Commonwealth
           :
           And
           if
           no
           other
           troubles
           shall
           break
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           lessen
           or
           take
           away
           the
           credit
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           before
           reputed
           to
           have
           had
           a
           good
           Title
           to
           their
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           late
           Wars
           and
           Plundrings
           ,
           have
           lost
           or
           taken
           away
           a
           great
           part
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           ,
           of
           mens
           ancient
           and
           later
           
             Deeds
          
           and
           
             Evidences
             ;
          
           and
           where
           
           some
           shall
           appear
           to
           be
           
             Registred
             ,
          
           and
           others
           found
           to
           be
           wanting
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           they
           could
           be
           found
           or
           produced
           ,
           
           will
           many
           times
           be
           to
           seek
           for
           those
           that
           did
           seal
           or
           execute
           them
           ,
           whereby
           to
           have
           them
           acknowledged
           and
           registred
           .
        
         
           Or
           when
           those
           that
           should
           be
           vouched
           to
           
             Warranty
             ,
          
           or
           sued
           in
           a
           
             Warrantia
             Charta
             ,
          
           or
           to
           perform
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           gone
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           or
           dead
           ,
           or
           insolvent
           ,
           and
           no
           witnesses
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           can
           tell
           or
           remember
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           contents
           or
           verification
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           want
           whereof
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           way
           to
           raise
           again
           ,
           when
           courage
           and
           necessity
           shall
           meet
           together
           ,
           the
           old
           way
           (
           long
           ago
           laid
           asleep
           ,
           and
           disused
           by
           our
           now
           more
           safe
           then
           formerly
           ,
           keeping
           our
           
             Records
          
           and
           
             Evidences
          
           )
           of
           gaging
           
             Battel
          
           in
           a
           
             Writ
          
           of
           
             Right
             ,
          
           and
           fighting
           by
           themselves
           or
           Champions
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           troubles
           and
           inconveniences
           which
           may
           be
           hereafter
           sadly
           experimented
           ,
           there
           will
           also
           be
           too
           large
           an
           Addition
           .
        
         
         
           If
           all
           
             Bonds
             ,
             Bills
             ,
             Leases
             ,
             Releases
             ,
             Feoffments
             ,
             Contracts
          
           in
           writing
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           writings
           else
           which
           may
           prove
           or
           happen
           to
           be
           
             Incumbrances
          
           upon
           Real
           and
           Personal
           Estates
           ,
           must
           also
           be
           
             Registred
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
          
           Of
           the
           Registring
           of
           all
           Bonds
           ,
           Bills
           ,
           Leases
           ,
           Releases
           ,
           Feoffments
           ,
           Contracts
           in
           Writing
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Writings
           executed
           ,
           which
           may
           incumber
           Real
           and
           Personal
           Estates
           .
        
         
           FOr
           it
           will
           as
           to
           the
           
             Debts
          
           and
           
             Recognisances
             ,
             Fines
             ,
             Port-Bonds
             ,
             Obligations
             ,
          
           (
           which
           have
           the
           force
           of
           
             Statutes
             Staple
          
           )
           and
           
             Accompts
          
           due
           to
           the
           
             King
          
           or
           
             Supream
          
           
           
             Magistrate
             ;
          
           which
           by
           their
           many
           
             Priviledges
             ,
             Powers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Severities
             ,
          
           may
           bring
           great
           Incumbrances
           and
           Troubles
           upon
           such
           as
           shall
           deal
           with
           such
           Debtors
           or
           Accomptants
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           purchase
           or
           lending
           of
           money
           :
           And
           as
           to
           
             Wills
          
           and
           
             Testaments
          
           (
           which
           by
           disposing
           &
           charging
           of
           Lands
           ,
           may
           sometimes
           
             obstruct
          
           or
           
             lessen
          
           the
           Estates
           and
           Assurances
           of
           Purchasers
           )
           
             Decrees
          
           in
           
             Chancery
          
           and
           the
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           Fines
           and
           Recoveries
           ,
           Judgments
           ,
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           Recognisances
           ,
           raise
           a
           new
           and
           unnecessary
           charge
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           upon
           a
           pretence
           onely
           that
           Incumbrances
           of
           Mens
           Estates
           and
           Lands
           ,
           cannot
           now
           be
           so
           readily
           found
           in
           
           Twelve
           or
           thirteen
           places
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           within
           half
           a
           mile
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           as
           they
           hope
           they
           will
           be
           by
           their
           supposed
           better
           
             Registring
          
           or
           
             Kalendring
          
           of
           them
           in
           above
           Fifty
           several
           Shire-Towns
           ,
           some
           thirty
           ,
           some
           one
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           ,
           and
           the
           least
           twenty
           miles
           distant
           one
           from
           another
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Debrs
           and
           Accompts
           due
           to
           the
           
             Supream
             Magistrate
          
           and
           their
           discharges
           ,
           are
           already
           entred
           and
           
             inrolled
          
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           attended
           by
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           
             Pipe
             ,
          
           and
           his
           great
           
             Roll
             ,
          
           the
           Two
           Remembrancers
           ,
           the
           Tally
           ,
           and
           Pell
           ,
           and
           Auditors
           Offices
           ,
           and
           need
           not
           to
           be
           twice
           
             Inrolled
          
           and
           
             Registred
             .
             Wills
          
           and
           
             Testaments
          
           are
           Registred
           in
           Books
           of
           Parchment
           ,
           fairer
           and
           better
           kept
           then
           any
           Records
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ;
          
           and
           for
           a
           small
           
             Fee
          
           or
           
             Recompence
             ,
          
           laid
           open
           to
           the
           view
           of
           such
           as
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           seek
           for
           any
           thing
           in
           them
           ▪
           
             Fines
          
           are
           exactly
           and
           without
           any
           difficulty
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           
             Fine
             Office
             ,
          
           and
           
             Recoveries
          
           in
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           
             Warrants
             Office
          
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
          
           the
           Decrees
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           fairly
           entred
           by
           sworn
           Registers
           ,
           and
           their
           Clerks
           in
           Books
           of
           
           Orders
           ,
           and
           so
           
             methodically
          
           kept
           and
           
             Kalendred
             ,
          
           as
           the
           search
           hath
           nothing
           at
           all
           of
           hardship
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           are
           (
           if
           the
           Clerks
           of
           the
           Six
           Clerks
           do
           but
           their
           duty
           )
           
             inrolled
          
           afterwards
           in
           
             Parchment
             ,
          
           and
           carried
           to
           the
           Chappel
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
             ,
          
           where
           they
           are
           most
           orderly
           kept
           ,
           and
           easie
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           the
           
             Recognisances
          
           acknowledged
           in
           that
           Court
           ,
           being
           with
           as
           little
           charge
           and
           labor
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           
             Inrollment
             Office
             ;
          
           and
           after
           they
           are
           Inrolled
           ,
           carried
           in
           and
           laid
           up
           amongst
           the
           
             Publick
             Records
          
           thereof
           .
           The
           
             Recognisances
          
           taken
           before
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           are
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           duly
           certified
           into
           the
           
             Quarter
             Sessions
             ,
          
           and
           entred
           with
           the
           Clerks
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           several
           Counties
           .
           
             Statutes
          
           (
           not
           
             Merchant
          
           )
           are
           orderly
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           
             Statute
             Office.
             Decrees
          
           of
           the
           
             Exchequer
          
           entred
           into
           Books
           ,
           and
           kept
           by
           particular
           Clerks
           in
           the
           two
           
             Remembrancers
             Offices
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             Judgments
          
           of
           that
           Court
           are
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Judgments
          
           are
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
          
           and
           
             Common
             Pleas
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           duly
           entred
           and
           recorded
           in
           their
           several
           
             Rolls
          
           or
           
             Records
          
           in
           
             Parchment
             ;
          
           and
           
           for
           such
           as
           are
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
          
           and
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
          
           entred
           upon
           
             Posteas
          
           and
           after
           Verdicts
           ,
           have
           their
           particular
           Clerks
           of
           the
           
             Judgments
             ,
          
           to
           enter
           and
           give
           accompt
           of
           them
           :
           The
           
             Searches
          
           in
           all
           which
           several
           places
           ,
           making
           no
           great
           charge
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           some
           whereof
           are
           to
           be
           had
           for
           nothing
           ,
           others
           for
           Four
           pence
           ;
           some
           Eight
           pence
           ,
           others
           Twelve
           pence
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           not
           exceeding
           Sixteen
           pence
           ;
           which
           in
           a
           general
           search
           ,
           though
           all
           those
           Twelve
           or
           Thirteen
           
             London
          
           Offices
           and
           places
           ,
           will
           not
           altogether
           be
           so
           much
           as
           the
           charge
           of
           a
           Man
           and
           Horse
           ,
           for
           one
           days
           journey
           ,
           for
           a
           single
           search
           to
           a
           
             Registry
             ,
          
           if
           not
           much
           above
           twenty
           miles
           distance
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           there
           could
           be
           any
           reason
           to
           
             enter
          
           and
           
             inrol
          
           them
           over
           again
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           Fifty
           two
           several
           places
           and
           distances
           ,
           so
           far
           of
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           to
           perswade
           or
           enjoyn
           people
           not
           to
           look
           for
           them
           ,
           where
           with
           most
           ease
           and
           less
           charge
           they
           are
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           The
           Clerks
           or
           Registers
           of
           such
           new
           
           erected
           Offices
           (
           if
           either
           they
           or
           their
           business
           
           could
           be
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           
             Common-wealth
          
           )
           will
           be
           too
           much
           exempted
           ,
           and
           at
           liberty
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           not
           according
           to
           the
           
             Law
          
           and
           
             Rule
          
           of
           
             Right
             Reason
             ,
          
           hitherto
           observed
           ,
           be
           constituted
           and
           made
           to
           be
           under
           the
           
             Survey
          
           or
           
             Control
             ,
          
           and
           
             sworn
          
           as
           Officers
           or
           Clerks
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Superior
           Courts
           ;
           As
           the
           Clerks
           of
           the
           
             Tower
             Records
             ,
          
           and
           
             Chappel
          
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
          
           are
           of
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
             ,
          
           the
           
             Custos
             Brevium
          
           of
           the
           
             Upper
             Bench
             ;
          
           of
           the
           Judges
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           the
           
             Custos
             Brevium
             ;
          
           and
           all
           other
           Officers
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
          
           are
           ;
           of
           their
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Two
           
             Remembrancers
          
           and
           Clerks
           of
           the
           
             Pipe
             ,
          
           by
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Chamberlain
           of
           the
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Keeper
           of
           
             Doomsday
          
           Book
           ▪
           and
           divers
           ancient
           and
           miscellaneous
           Records
           of
           great
           value
           are
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             Chancelor
             ,
          
           and
           
             Barons
          
           of
           the
           
             Exchequer
             .
          
        
         
           For
           if
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           incorporate
           and
           subordinate
           to
           some
           one
           ,
           or
           every
           of
           these
           Superior
           Courts
           ,
           as
           to
           several
           respects
           ,
           whereby
           with
           less
           charge
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           trouble
           to
           those
           Courts
           ,
           to
           collect
           and
           
           make
           up
           their
           
             Registers
          
           out
           of
           the
           Records
           ,
           if
           there
           could
           be
           any
           need
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           
             Pipe
          
           and
           
             Exchequer
             Remembrancers
          
           are
           order'd
           by
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           to
           do
           one
           out
           of
           anothers
           
             Rolls
          
           or
           
             Office
             ,
          
           the
           
             Decrees
          
           and
           
             Recognisances
          
           in
           the
           
             Chancery
          
           and
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Judgments
          
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
          
           and
           
             Common
             Pleas
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           must
           by
           this
           new
           and
           unpractised
           way
           of
           
             Registers
             ,
          
           be
           certified
           out
           of
           those
           Superior
           and
           Grand
           Courts
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           to
           those
           who
           are
           neither
           Courts
           of
           
             Record
             ,
          
           nor
           intend
           to
           be
           in
           any
           
             subordination
          
           to
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           unnecessary
           charge
           and
           trouble
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           procure
           
             Exemplications
          
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           the
           said
           Courts
           ,
           or
           
             authentick
          
           and
           
             sworn
          
           Copies
           of
           Records
           of
           them
           (
           the
           latter
           whereof
           being
           to
           be
           delivered
           by
           the
           Plaintiffs
           ,
           or
           those
           that
           obtained
           the
           Judgments
           ,
           or
           their
           
             Attorneys
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           interessed
           therein
           ,
           may
           produce
           many
           inconveniences
           )
           and
           send
           them
           to
           and
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           one
           as
           far
           as
           from
           
             Kent
          
           to
           
             Westchester
             ,
          
           and
           another
           from
           
             Oxford
          
           to
           
             York
          
           to
           
             Lincoln
             ;
          
           and
           upon
           three
           
           several
           Judgments
           had
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           as
           it
           many
           times
           happens
           upon
           one
           Bond
           for
           payment
           of
           money
           ,
           wherein
           three
           or
           four
           several
           men
           of
           three
           several
           Additions
           or
           Residence
           ,
           do
           stand
           bound
           to
           send
           into
           
             Wales
             ,
             Northumberland
             ,
             Devonshire
             ,
             Cornwal
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           to
           have
           them
           entred
           in
           the
           proper
           
             Registries
             ;
          
           where
           also
           Judgments
           in
           personal
           and
           transitory
           Actions
           against
           men
           ,
           who
           have
           neither
           Lands
           or
           any
           fixed
           Residence
           in
           one
           County
           ,
           more
           then
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           write
           themselves
           of
           several
           places
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           much
           the
           more
           difficult
           in
           the
           search
           ,
           and
           finding
           them
           ;
           As
           Fisty
           two
           Shire
           Towns
           are
           most
           commonly
           farther
           distant
           from
           those
           that
           must
           go
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           not
           a
           little
           remote
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           easie
           or
           expedite
           a
           search
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           be
           with
           the
           
             Registers
             ,
          
           or
           at
           the
           
             Chappel
          
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
             ,
          
           in
           
             Chancery
          
           the
           
             Prothonotary
          
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Upper
             Bench
             ,
          
           the
           three
           
             Prothonotaries
          
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             Pipe
          
           and
           Two
           
             Remembrancers
          
           Offices
           in
           the
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           the
           Office
           for
           
             Probate
             of
             Wills
             ,
          
           the
           
             Fine
          
           Office
           ,
           and
           Clerk
           of
           the
           
           
             Warrants
          
           and
           the
           
             Statute
          
           Office
           ,
           who
           are
           all
           of
           them
           constantly
           to
           be
           found
           most
           part
           of
           the
           
             Vacation
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           
             Term
          
           times
           ,
           within
           less
           then
           a
           mile
           of
           one
           another
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           without
           sending
           any
           one
           on
           purpose
           thither
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           the
           Plaintiffs
           or
           the
           Superior
           
           Courts
           ,
           whose
           
             Judgments
          
           and
           
             Decrees
          
           once
           entred
           and
           inrolled
           ,
           cannot
           by
           the
           
             Judges
          
           themselves
           be
           stayed
           or
           arrested
           ,
           without
           a
           
             Writ
             of
             Error
          
           in
           Courts
           of
           
             Common
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Bill
          
           of
           
             Review
          
           upon
           a
           
             Decree
          
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           and
           are
           sworn
           not
           to
           deny
           any
           man
           Common
           Right
           ,
           shall
           be
           ordered
           to
           transmit
           or
           certifie
           Copies
           of
           such
           
             Judgments
          
           or
           
             Decrees
             ,
          
           with
           an
           
             Injunction
             ,
          
           That
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           otherwise
           valid
           ,
           or
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           will
           not
           onely
           be
           unparalelled
           and
           unpresidented
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Oath
           of
           the
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           and
           Common
           Right
           and
           Justice
           ;
           but
           render
           those
           ancient
           and
           superior
           Courts
           to
           be
           but
           as
           half
           Courts
           of
           
             Record
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Judgments
           but
           Interlocutory
           ;
           or
           as
           Offices
           onely
           of
           
             Inquest
          
           and
           
             Inquiry
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Registries
          
           to
           be
           in
           effect
           and
           power
           ,
           as
           their
           Superiors
           .
        
         
         
           Mean
           while
           the
           people
           having
           obtained
           
           any
           
             Judgments
          
           or
           
             Decrees
          
           in
           those
           Courts
           ,
           concerning
           Lands
           or
           Personal
           Estate
           ,
           sh●ll
           by
           this
           new
           way
           of
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           be
           (
           if
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           provision
           or
           exception
           for
           such
           Cases
           )
           necessitated
           and
           put
           to
           another
           needless
           charg●
           ▪
           and
           trouble
           of
           transmiting
           Copies
           of
           〈…〉
           and
           
             Decrees
             ,
          
           which
           by
           a
           〈…〉
           ,
           Composition
           ,
           or
           Agreement
           (
           whi●h
           happens
           so
           often
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           not
           one
           
             Judgment
          
           in
           every
           twenty
           in
           a
           year
           ,
           considered
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           which
           stands
           unsatisfied
           or
           unagreed
           ,
           or
           remains
           as
           an
           
             Incumbrance
          
           for
           three
           Terms
           after
           )
           do
           come
           to
           be
           either
           useless
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           all
           to
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           or
           be
           disabled
           by
           such
           restraints
           ,
           to
           take
           
             Executions
          
           upon
           such
           
             Judgments
             ,
          
           which
           are
           not
           satisfied
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           against
           a
           flying
           
             Debtor
             ,
          
           or
           a
           wasting
           estate
           ,
           or
           to
           acknowledge
           satisfaction
           upon
           any
           such
           
             Judgments
             ,
          
           until
           they
           shall
           be
           transmitted
           to
           the
           
             Registries
             ;
          
           where
           unless
           all
           
             Releases
             ,
             Satisfactions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Payments
             ,
          
           either
           in
           part
           or
           in
           whole
           upon
           
             Judgments
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           also
           entred
           .
           (
           Which
           with
           the
           other
           troubles
           of
           
           
             Registring
             ,
          
           will
           be
           enough
           to
           keep
           all
           the
           men
           and
           people
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           falling
           into
           the
           
             Lethargy
          
           or
           
             sleeping
             sickness
          
           )
           they
           may
           receive
           mens
           moneys
           for
           Searches
           and
           Certificates
           ,
           but
           never
           be
           able
           to
           give
           a
           certainty
           or
           truth
           of
           what
           shall
           be
           desired
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Bonds
             ,
             Bills
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Writings
           ,
           which
           
           are
           now
           usually
           made
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           convenient
           times
           and
           places
           ,
           in
           above
           Nine
           thousand
           Parishes
           ,
           
             Sundays
          
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           in
           half
           or
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hours
           space
           ,
           with
           great
           dispatch
           and
           ease
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           cannot
           ,
           if
           they
           must
           be
           
             Registred
             ,
          
           be
           made
           now
           ,
           or
           done
           as
           formerly
           ,
           without
           both
           the
           parties
           travelling
           together
           to
           the
           
             Registry
             ,
          
           or
           meeting
           at
           1.
           or
           more
           Shiretowns
           in
           fifty
           &
           two
           ,
           to
           acknowledge
           and
           enter
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           Forty
           ,
           Thirty
           ,
           Twenty
           ,
           or
           Ten
           miles
           off
           from
           the
           place
           where
           the
           Contracts
           were
           made
           ;
           and
           will
           so
           trouble
           every
           mans
           ordinary
           ,
           and
           formerly
           easie
           enough
           ,
           affairs
           and
           business
           in
           that
           kinde
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           to
           be
           no
           less
           then
           extraord
           nary
           
             Incumbrances
             ,
          
           and
           too
           much
           
             discover
          
           every
           mans
           
           Estate
           ,
           and
           double
           every
           mans
           misery
           and
           wants
           ,
           in
           taking
           away
           his
           credit
           ,
           which
           might
           by
           degrees
           be
           a
           means
           to
           help
           him
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Unlock
           and
           throw
           open
           every
           mans
           
           
             Closet
          
           or
           place
           wherein
           he
           keeps
           his
           
             Writings
          
           and
           
             Evidences
             ,
          
           and
           expose
           them
           for
           the
           
             Registers
             Fees
             ,
          
           to
           the
           view
           of
           every
           one
           that
           shall
           have
           a
           desire
           to
           see
           and
           take
           Copies
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           the
           
             Chancery
          
           and
           other
           
             Courts
          
           would
           not
           suffer
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           to
           be
           seen
           or
           read
           by
           their
           adversaries
           ,
           unless
           at
           
             hearings
          
           or
           
             tryals
             ;
          
           nor
           their
           
             Counsel
             ,
             Attorneys
             ,
          
           or
           
             Solicitors
             ,
          
           to
           be
           examined
           as
           witnesses
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           discover
           what
           they
           had
           seen
           ,
           or
           understood
           by
           their
           
             Writings
          
           or
           
             Evidences
             .
          
        
         
           Mens
           wives
           may
           by
           this
           means
           be
           as
           
           privy
           as
           themselves
           ,
           to
           their
           Estate
           and
           Evidences
           ,
           which
           
             wise
          
           and
           
             good
             men
          
           many
           times
           finde
           fitting
           to
           conceal
           from
           them
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           lavish
           ,
           and
           be
           the
           more
           irregular
           in
           their
           desires
           and
           expences
           .
        
         
           And
           their
           children
           more
           prodigal
           and
           
           
           wasteful
           ,
           and
           less
           careful
           to
           please
           their
           Parents
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           
             governed
          
           by
           them
           in
           their
           Marriages
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           know
           what
           is
           before-hand
           setled
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Those
           that
           have
           good
           Estates
           ,
           will
           be
           
           rendred
           so
           ,
           more
           then
           needs
           ,
           to
           be
           visible
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Taxers
          
           or
           
             Assessment-men
          
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           over-rate
           them
           ;
           for
           although
           there
           be
           found
           such
           
             Deeds
             ,
          
           or
           
             Conveyances
             ,
          
           or
           
             Bonds
             ,
          
           or
           
             Bills
          
           made
           unto
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           seem
           as
           a
           good
           Estate
           or
           
             Income
          
           they
           cannot
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           will
           not
           be
           at
           leasure
           to
           computate
           their
           charges
           ,
           and
           out-goings
           ,
           or
           be
           able
           to
           judge
           how
           much
           they
           are
           
             trusted
          
           or
           
             seised
          
           to
           other
           mens
           uses
           ,
           or
           how
           much
           of
           those
           Lands
           are
           afterwards
           sold
           ,
           or
           how
           much
           they
           stand
           indebted
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           Many
           thousand
           
             Tradesmen
          
           and
           
             Merchants
          
           
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           who
           live
           upon
           credit
           ,
           diligence
           and
           industry
           ,
           and
           have
           of
           their
           own
           scarce
           a
           tenth
           part
           of
           what
           they
           trade
           for
           ,
           or
           is
           in
           their
           Shops
           or
           Warehouses
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           laid
           open
           to
           the
           view
           and
           jealousie
           of
           their
           Friends
           and
           Creditors
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           they
           trade
           with
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           every
           
           one
           be
           so
           afraid
           of
           the
           poor
           
             Debtors
             ,
          
           and
           one
           of
           anothers
           being
           not
           paid
           first
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           may
           come
           to
           be
           loosers
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           strive
           who
           shall
           get
           himself
           first
           paid
           ;
           and
           so
           altogether
           distrusting
           and
           vying
           who
           shall
           be
           the
           first
           ,
           rush
           in
           at
           once
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           sure
           to
           destroy
           and
           tear
           them
           all
           in
           peices
           .
        
         
           No
           man
           when
           he
           sees
           a
           small
           or
           no
           Estate
           
           in
           a
           yong
           hopeful
           
             Tradesman
             ,
          
           will
           lend
           him
           any
           thing
           to
           set
           up
           withal
           :
           And
           all
           those
           advantages
           which
           men
           may
           have
           by
           their
           towardliness
           ,
           and
           honest
           ,
           and
           hopeful
           endeavors
           will
           by
           this
           Inquisition
           be
           taken
           away
           and
           made
           to
           be
           of
           little
           advantage
           .
        
         
           Many
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
          
           
           
             Tradesmen
             ,
             Mechanicks
             ,
             Yeomen
             ,
             Farmers
             ,
             Husbandmen
             ,
          
           and
           even
           day
           
             Laborers
             ,
          
           being
           two
           parts
           in
           three
           of
           the
           
             House-keepers
          
           or
           
             Masters
          
           of
           Families
           in
           all
           the
           Nation
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           late
           Wars
           and
           Miseries
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           decay
           of
           Trade
           and
           Merchandise
           ,
           are
           come
           either
           a
           great
           deal
           indebted
           ,
           or
           so
           far
           behinde
           hand
           ,
           as
           more
           then
           one
           half
           of
           them
           may
           be
           rationally
           enough
           believed
           to
           
           be
           ,
           if
           their
           Creditors
           did
           but
           know
           the
           weakness
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           the
           prison
           door
           ,
           or
           having
           their
           Lands
           extended
           ;
           and
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           a
           Statute
           of
           
             Bankrupt
          
           could
           be
           sued
           out
           against
           them
           ,
           irrecoverably
           thrown
           into
           ruine
           ,
           will
           by
           this
           means
           be
           very
           much
           prejudiced
           in
           their
           Estates
           and
           subsistance
           .
        
         
           
             Yonger
             Brothers
          
           and
           
             Soldiers
             ,
          
           and
           all
           
           such
           as
           have
           no
           Lands
           ,
           or
           certain
           visible
           Estate
           ,
           and
           are
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           advance
           themselves
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           or
           borrow
           money
           to
           buy
           Land
           ,
           or
           trade
           withal
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           
             Registry
          
           will
           make
           a
           man
           that
           is
           
           but
           a
           little
           going
           behinde
           hand
           ,
           to
           be
           reckoned
           as
           quite
           undone
           for
           that
           ,
           if
           his
           Payments
           and
           Discharges
           of
           his
           
             Mortgages
          
           and
           
             Bonds
             ,
          
           and
           every
           half
           year
           or
           six
           moneths
           payment
           of
           Interest
           ,
           be
           not
           also
           
             Registred
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             search
          
           made
           through
           all
           the
           Fifty
           two
           Counties
           and
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           what
           he
           hath
           paid
           or
           discharged
           ,
           or
           purchased
           ,
           or
           had
           
             Registred
          
           in
           his
           name
           in
           others
           places
           ,
           or
           which
           he
           hath
           in
           
             Charter
             ,
             Parties
             ,
          
           or
           
             beyond
             Seas
             ,
          
           or
           in
           
             Factories
             ,
             Retorns
             ,
          
           or
           
             Consignments
             ,
          
           clearly
           
           liquidated
           or
           made
           to
           be
           certain
           and
           apparent
           ,
           and
           will
           require
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           time
           and
           money
           to
           travel
           ,
           or
           send
           from
           place
           to
           place
           so
           far
           distant
           to
           inquire
           of
           ,
           which
           
             envy
          
           and
           
             ill-will
             ,
          
           or
           the
           saving
           of
           charges
           ,
           will
           hardly
           or
           doe
           very
           seldom
           permit
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           given
           over
           as
           a
           dead
           man
           ,
           or
           a
           person
           infected
           with
           the
           Plague
           ,
           or
           some
           contagious
           disease
           which
           no
           man
           will
           come
           at
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           party
           thus
           wronged
           or
           abandoned
           ,
           
           shall
           go
           to
           right
           or
           clear
           himself
           by
           
             proofs
          
           or
           
             Certificate
             ,
          
           it
           will
           not
           onely
           make
           it
           to
           be
           an
           unusual
           and
           strange
           kinde
           of
           Proces
           or
           Inquiry
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           very
           chargeable
           ,
           whilest
           by
           the
           failing
           of
           his
           credit
           ,
           and
           falling
           on
           of
           his
           Creditors
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           undone
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           tell
           how
           to
           right
           or
           clear
           himself
           from
           that
           imputation
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           too
           much
           advantage
           and
           encourage
           
           Forreign
           
             Kingdoms
             ,
             States
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commonwealths
             ,
          
           that
           are
           at
           present
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           hereafter
           in
           hostility
           with
           us
           ,
           to
           make
           or
           continue
           Wars
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           from
           year
           to
           year
           be
           able
           to
           finde
           the
           
             poverty
          
           and
           
           
             consumption
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           will
           by
           such
           an
           inspection
           into
           our
           
             Books
          
           and
           
             Registers
             ,
          
           instruct
           Forreign
           
             Merchants
          
           or
           
             Bankers
             ,
          
           how
           to
           raise
           their
           moneys
           exchange
           or
           commodities
           ,
           by
           working
           as
           they
           do
           too
           much
           already
           upon
           our
           
             Merchants
             ,
          
           wants
           and
           necessities
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           able
           to
           send
           or
           carry
           ready
           money
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           be
           allowed
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Bills
          
           of
           
             Exchange
          
           which
           have
           their
           
           ground
           and
           foundation
           altogether
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           him
           that
           gives
           it
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           well
           at
           home
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           parts
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           a
           cause
           of
           
             traffick
          
           and
           
             commerce
             ,
          
           and
           the
           swift
           and
           sure
           conveyers
           of
           money
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           could
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           true
           
             examen
          
           and
           accompt
           ,
           would
           appear
           to
           be
           so
           much
           carried
           and
           communicated
           to
           several
           hands
           and
           uses
           ,
           meerly
           upon
           
             Exchange
          
           and
           
             Credit
             ,
          
           as
           amounts
           to
           half
           the
           money
           and
           personal
           riches
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           will
           not
           in
           such
           a
           growth
           and
           fertility
           of
           
             distrust
          
           and
           
             jealousies
             ,
          
           as
           will
           by
           this
           means
           be
           in
           all
           men
           and
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Commonwealth
             ,
          
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           known
           what
           money
           
             Merchants
          
           do
           ow
           ,
           or
           take
           up
           at
           Interest
           ,
           to
           Trade
           withal
           ;
           
           be
           now
           made
           use
           of
           as
           formerly
           without
           a
           search
           ,
           through
           all
           the
           Fifty
           two
           
             Registers
             ,
          
           for
           fear
           least
           the
           
             Bills
          
           should
           not
           be
           answered
           :
           And
           where
           
             Merchants
          
           and
           
             Men
             of
             Credit
          
           are
           ,
           if
           they
           accept
           a
           
             Bill
          
           most
           careful
           to
           perform
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           they
           that
           send
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           do
           accept
           it
           ,
           look
           upon
           a
           protest
           of
           not
           payment
           ,
           as
           some
           mortal
           sickness
           happening
           to
           their
           
             Trade
             ,
             Credits
             ,
          
           or
           
             Estates
             ,
          
           will
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           
             Engine
          
           of
           
             jealousies
          
           or
           
             distrust
             ,
          
           neither
           know
           how
           to
           accept
           or
           give
           any
           
             Bill
          
           of
           
             Exchange
          
        
         
           Will
           be
           very
           grateful
           to
           the
           
             Theeves
          
           
           and
           
             Highway-men
          
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           who
           have
           long
           taken
           this
           way
           of
           sending
           
             Bills
          
           of
           
             Exchange
             ,
          
           to
           be
           a
           grievance
           and
           hinderance
           to
           their
           imployment
           ;
           when
           men
           being
           so
           generally
           affrighted
           by
           these
           new
           kinde
           of
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           shall
           rather
           adventure
           to
           keep
           and
           carry
           their
           money
           themselves
           ,
           give
           them
           an
           opportunity
           of
           becoming
           ,
           as
           they
           think
           the
           better
           keepers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           save
           them
           the
           hazard
           and
           charges
           of
           corresponding
           with
           
             Ostlers
             ,
             Chamberlains
             ,
          
           and
           
             Tapsters
          
           in
           the
           
             Inns
             ,
          
           ot
           to
           employ
           
             Sett●rs
          
           
           when
           by
           search
           in
           the
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           they
           may
           know
           what
           money
           is
           stirring
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           way-lay
           the
           payment
           or
           Carriers
           thereof
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Assurance
             Office
             ,
          
           whereby
           so
           many
           
           do
           daily
           secure
           their
           Fears
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Adventures
           at
           Sea
           ,
           now
           more
           used
           and
           requisite
           then
           formerly
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           much
           distrusted
           ;
           as
           those
           that
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           
             storms
          
           and
           
             casualties
          
           at
           
             Sea
             ,
          
           will
           be
           now
           not
           a
           little
           afraid
           of
           the
           
             Insurers
             ,
          
           and
           whilest
           they
           shall
           stand
           consulting
           betwixt
           
             Scilla
          
           and
           
             Charibdis
             ,
          
           spend
           so
           much
           time
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           news
           of
           their
           undoing
           may
           come
           unto
           them
           before
           they
           can
           finde
           the
           way
           to
           resolve
           how
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           Disgrace
           and
           disparage
           the
           City
           of
           
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           
             Mother
          
           and
           
             Nursery
          
           of
           all
           our
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           shut
           up
           the
           
             Old
             Exchange
             ,
          
           take
           away
           or
           destroy
           all
           our
           Traffick
           ,
           by
           Land
           or
           Sea
           ,
           and
           the
           Shipping
           and
           
             Navigation
          
           thereof
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           general
           
             Beggery
          
           cast
           over
           all
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           make
           every
           man
           afraid
           to
           trust
           or
           deal
           one
           with
           another
           .
        
         
         
           Or
           if
           to
           amend
           the
           matter
           ,
           all
           
             Bonds
          
           and
           
             Bills
             ,
          
           shall
           by
           their
           
             Registring
          
           have
           the
           force
           and
           power
           of
           
             Judgments
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
          
           or
           
             Recognisances
          
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           rigid
           and
           binding
           
             security
          
           which
           
           all
           men
           have
           hitherto
           looked
           upon
           as
           grand
           
             Incumbrances
          
           to
           their
           
             Estates
             ,
          
           and
           did
           therefore
           in
           all
           their
           
             Contracts
          
           and
           
             Bargains
             ,
          
           avoid
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           the
           people
           did
           so
           little
           desire
           to
           press
           one
           upon
           another
           ,
           as
           though
           ever
           since
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           First
           (
           which
           is
           now
           almost
           Four
           hundred
           years
           ago
           )
           it
           was
           in
           their
           power
           to
           require
           it
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           above
           one
           
             Statute
          
           or
           
             Recognisance
             ,
          
           or
           
             Judgment
             ,
          
           entred
           into
           or
           given
           as
           
             security
             ,
          
           in
           or
           for
           every
           thousand
           
             Bonds
          
           or
           
             Bills
          
           which
           are
           made
           ,
           and
           taken
           every
           year
           in
           the
           
             Nation
             ;
          
           and
           if
           they
           shall
           now
           ,
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           have
           all
           their
           
             Bonds
          
           and
           
             Bills
          
           made
           to
           be
           so
           
             fierce
          
           and
           
             biting
             ,
          
           will
           upon
           satisfaction
           and
           payment
           be
           inforced
           to
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           charge
           and
           trouble
           in
           the
           discharging
           or
           vacating
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           taking
           of
           
             Incumbrances
             ,
          
           
           prove
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           general
           in
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           well
           agree
           with
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           
           
             God
             ;
          
           and
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Nations
           to
           binde
           or
           
             captivate
          
           the
           Contracts
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           which
           (
           
             Sundays
          
           onely
           excepted
           )
           are
           daily
           and
           hourly
           made
           to
           so
           much
           trouble
           ,
           charges
           ,
           discredit
           ,
           and
           severity
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           be
           ratified
           ,
           when
           as
           a
           more
           easie
           and
           gentle
           way
           of
           
             Securities
          
           and
           contracting
           one
           with
           another
           have
           hitherto
           ,
           and
           for
           many
           hundred
           years
           together
           dispatched
           them
           .
        
         
           Will
           cause
           those
           that
           with
           care
           and
           discretion
           
           enough
           ,
           may
           have
           an
           occasion
           for
           themselves
           or
           their
           friends
           ,
           to
           stand
           bound
           in
           twenty
           several
           
             Bonds
          
           for
           payment
           of
           money
           ,
           or
           performance
           of
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           much
           discredited
           or
           distrusted
           by
           two
           or
           three
           
             Bonds
             ,
          
           which
           shall
           be
           found
           to
           be
           entred
           upon
           
             Record
             ,
          
           as
           every
           man
           doubting
           the
           
             Priority
          
           of
           the
           former
           
             Bonds
          
           (
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           force
           of
           a
           
             Statute
          
           or
           
             Judgment
          
           )
           will
           be
           afraid
           to
           meddle
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           take
           them
           for
           
             Security
             ,
          
        
         
         
           Make
           every
           man
           to
           be
           little
           better
           
           then
           a
           
             prisoner
          
           in
           execution
           ,
           and
           to
           renounce
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           which
           was
           his
           birth-right
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           borrow
           a
           little
           money
           to
           satisfie
           his
           necessity
           or
           occasions
           ,
           or
           to
           trade
           withal
           ;
           and
           like
           
             Esau
          
           sell
           his
           birth-right
           for
           a
           mess
           of
           
             Potage
          
           to
           pacifie
           his
           hunger
           ;
           and
           every
           
             Bond
          
           and
           
             Bill
          
           to
           be
           as
           a
           continual
           and
           standing
           
             Commission
          
           of
           
             Bankrupt
          
           to
           hover
           over
           him
           ,
           and
           tear
           and
           pull
           him
           in
           peices
           ;
           and
           every
           borrowing
           of
           money
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           a
           
             rack
          
           or
           
             torture
          
           of
           his
           credit
           ,
           and
           a
           thraldom
           of
           his
           Estate
           .
        
         
           Strengthen
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             Usurer
          
           and
           
           
             Oppressor
             ,
          
           bruise
           the
           broken
           
             Reed
             ,
             Stretch
             out
             the
             paws
             of
             the
             Bear
             ,
             and
             sharpen
             the
             talons
             of
             the
             Vulture
             ;
          
           leave
           the
           poor
           and
           honest
           to
           the
           
             cruel
             mercy
          
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           to
           be
           gnawn
           and
           devoured
           like
           
             Sheep
             ,
          
           and
           teach
           the
           
             Usurers
          
           (
           a
           great
           part
           of
           whose
           trade
           and
           cunning
           ,
           it
           is
           already
           like
           the
           
             Kite
          
           to
           catch
           the
           
             Chicken
          
           )
           to
           finde
           out
           the
           necessities
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           prey
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           give
           not
           what
           
             brocage
          
           they
           please
           ,
           to
           lend
           them
           money
           or
           to
           forbear
           or
           continue
           it
           at
           Interest
           upon
           the
           
           same
           security
           (
           which
           Ten
           thousand
           Bonds
           and
           Bills
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           by
           payment
           of
           the
           Interest
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           without
           ,
           have
           been
           for
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           four
           ,
           or
           seven
           years
           together
           ,
           without
           any
           suite
           or
           trouble
           begun
           ,
           or
           made
           upon
           it
           )
           inforce
           them
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           
             extortions
          
           and
           hard
           
             conditions
             ;
          
           which
           if
           they
           will
           not
           call
           a
           mercy
           or
           thank
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           fairly
           and
           quietly
           lie
           down
           ,
           and
           have
           as
           many
           Feathers
           as
           they
           please
           plucked
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           as
           much
           fear
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Partridges
          
           do
           of
           the
           
             Hawks
             ,
          
           and
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           for
           that
           the
           Usuring
           Hawks
           can
           when
           they
           please
           (
           which
           the
           other
           cannot
           )
           know
           where
           to
           finde
           out
           their
           prey
           ,
           utterly
           and
           at
           once
           destroy
           them
           by
           seising
           upon
           their
           Goods
           and
           Lands
           ,
           and
           carrying
           them
           to
           prison
           .
        
         
           Which
           will
           be
           contrary
           to
           those
           most
           
           righteous
           and
           unerring
           
             Laws
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           the
           minde
           and
           pity
           of
           the
           
             God
          
           of
           
             Justice
          
           and
           
             Mercy
             ;
          
           who
           in
           his
           own
           blessed
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Ye
             shall
             not
             afflict
             any
             widow
             or
             fatherless
          
           
           
             child
             ,
             If
             thou
             afflict
             them
             in
             any
             wise
             ,
             and
             they
             cry
             at
             all
             unto
             me
             ,
             I
             will
             surely
             hear
          
           
           
             their
             cry
             ,
             and
             my
             wrath
             shall
             wax
             hot
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             kill
             you
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             and
             your
             wives
             shall
             be
             widows
             ,
             and
             your
             children
             fatherless
             .
          
        
         
           
             If
             thou
             at
             all
             take
             thy
             neighbors
             rayment
             to
          
           
           
             pledge
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             deliver
             it
             him
             by
             that
             the
             Sun
             goeth
             down
             :
             For
             that
             is
             his
             covering
             onely
             ,
             it
             is
             his
             rayment
             for
             his
             skin
             ;
             wherein
             he
             shall
             sleep
             .
             And
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             when
             he
             cryeth
             unto
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             hear
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             take
             the
             upper
             or
             the
             nether
          
           
           
             Milstone
             to
             pledge
             .
             When
             thou
             doest
             lend
             thy
             brother
             any
             thing
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             go
             into
             his
             house
             to
             fetch
             his
             pledge
             .
          
           Which
           gives
           no
           way
           or
           allowance
           to
           the
           tearing
           of
           their
           credit
           in
           pieces
           ,
           nor
           agrees
           with
           what
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           his
           blessed
           
             Apostles
          
           taught
           us
           ,
           
             To
             do
             as
             we
          
           
           
             would
             be
             done
             unto
             .
             And
             blessed
             are
             the
             merciful
             .
             But
             if
             ye
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
             ,
          
           
           
             take
             heed
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             consumed
             one
             of
             an●ther
             .
          
        
         
           
             Executions
          
           cannot
           be
           made
           thereupon
           ,
           
           without
           Certificate
           of
           the
           Bonds
           or
           Bills
           
             Registred
          
           into
           the
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           as
           is
           provided
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Acton
             Burnel
             ,
          
           11
           
             E
             ,
          
           1.
           
        
         
         
           And
           if
           they
           be
           certified
           ,
           will
           make
           another
           charge
           ,
           and
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           pleaded
           to
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Statutes
             Merchant
             ,
          
           or
           other
           
             Statutes
          
           allowed
           of
           ,
           and
           provided
           by
           the
           
             Statute
          
           of
           23
           
             Hen.
          
           8.
           
             cap
          
           6.
           
        
         
           Whereby
           the
           Plaintiffs
           shall
           throw
           
           down
           and
           worry
           the
           Defendants
           ,
           and
           the
           Defendants
           make
           a
           shift
           to
           get
           up
           again
           ,
           and
           beat
           and
           take
           away
           their
           weapons
           from
           them
           by
           giving
           Bail
           ,
           to
           make
           proof
           of
           their
           
             complaints
          
           and
           
             suggestions
          
           suing
           an
           
             Audita
             Quaerelas
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           which
           like
           a
           Bill
           in
           
             Equity
             ,
          
           having
           a
           long
           course
           of
           
             suggestions
          
           and
           
             witnesses
          
           to
           attend
           it
           ,
           will
           loose
           more
           time
           ,
           and
           make
           more
           charges
           upon
           such
           an
           after
           
             game
          
           and
           
             scuffle
             ,
          
           then
           would
           have
           been
           expended
           in
           the
           ordinary
           way
           of
           proceeding
           or
           getting
           in
           money
           due
           upon
           a
           Bond
           or
           Bill
           ,
           not
           having
           the
           force
           of
           
             Statutes
             .
          
        
         
           For
           
             Statutes
             Merchant
          
           are
           to
           have
           a
           
             Capias
          
           and
           a
           
             Non
             est
             Inventus
          
           returned
           ,
           before
           there
           can
           be
           an
           extent
           or
           seisure
           of
           his
           
             Lands
          
           or
           
             Goods
             ;
          
           and
           upon
           a
           Statute
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           
             Statute
             Staple
             ,
          
           the
           
             Plaintiff
          
           
           or
           
             Cognisee
          
           is
           first
           to
           have
           a
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           
             Statute
             Office
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           
             Crown
          
           or
           
             Commonwealth
          
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           who
           upon
           payment
           of
           an
           half
           penny
           in
           the
           pound
           ,
           for
           the
           sum
           expressed
           in
           the
           Statute
           ,
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Supream
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           makes
           out
           the
           extent
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Sheriff
           by
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           takes
           for
           his
           Fee
           twelve
           pence
           
             per
          
           pound
           for
           the
           first
           hundred
           ,
           and
           six
           pence
           
             per
          
           pound
           for
           the
           other
           hundred
           ,
           besides
           other
           charges
           :
           Which
           Writ
           of
           Extent
           being
           returned
           ,
           and
           filed
           in
           the
           
             Petibag
             ,
          
           is
           the
           Warrant
           for
           a
           
             Liberate
          
           directed
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           to
           give
           possession
           of
           the
           Land
           extended
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           many
           times
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           greater
           charge
           ,
           in
           bringing
           
             Audita
          
           Quaerela's
           or
           
             Bills
          
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
        
         
           When
           as
           it
           is
           in
           every
           year
           to
           be
           proved
           
           and
           acknowledged
           for
           a
           truth
           ,
           That
           of
           Eight
           hundred
           Actions
           or
           Writs
           issuing
           forth
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Common
             Pleas
          
           or
           
             Upper
             Bench
          
           in
           a
           year
           ,
           in
           some
           one
           particular
           County
           for
           
             Debt
             ,
          
           upon
           
             Bonds
          
           or
           
             Bills
          
           or
           in
           some
           other
           Personal
           Actions
           ,
           there
           are
           no
           
             Warrants
          
           taken
           out
           to
           Arrest
           
           above
           Six
           hundred
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Defendants
           speedy
           Agreement
           ;
           and
           of
           those
           Six
           hundred
           ,
           not
           above
           Three
           hundred
           are
           Arrested
           ,
           or
           come
           to
           enter
           their
           appearance
           ;
           and
           of
           those
           not
           above
           a
           half
           come
           to
           plead
           or
           make
           any
           defence
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           on
           :
           half
           of
           them
           do
           afterwards
           come
           to
           tryal
           at
           the
           Assises
           ;
           and
           not
           a
           fifth
           part
           of
           those
           do
           come
           to
           move
           in
           Arrest
           of
           
             Judgment
             ,
          
           or
           sue
           out
           
             Writs
          
           of
           
             Error
             ,
          
           or
           put
           in
           Bills
           in
           
             Chancery
             :
          
           And
           those
           that
           do
           not
           proceed
           so
           far
           as
           to
           Arrest
           ,
           do
           not
           put
           the
           Plaintiff
           or
           Defendant
           to
           so
           much
           as
           Ten
           shillings
           a
           peice
           charges
           ;
           the
           second
           sort
           including
           the
           former
           charges
           not
           Twenty
           shillings
           a
           piece
           ,
           if
           the
           Defendant
           be
           not
           a
           desperate
           fighter
           ,
           and
           hard
           to
           be
           taken
           ;
           and
           the
           third
           sort
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           special
           or
           long
           Pleadings
           ,
           not
           above
           Thirty
           shillings
           in
           all
           ;
           and
           the
           fourth
           sort
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           come
           to
           tryal
           ,
           not
           above
           four
           or
           five
           pounds
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           charges
           reckoned
           together
           ,
           besides
           that
           of
           
             Witnesses
          
           or
           extraordinary
           
             Counsel
             ,
          
           so
           little
           is
           the
           expence
           of
           time
           and
           money
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           way
           or
           course
           of
           suing
           upon
           Bonds
           and
           Bills
           ,
           and
           
           other
           Personal
           Actions
           .
           And
           so
           much
           is
           like
           to
           be
           the
           delay
           ,
           and
           charges
           ,
           and
           vexation
           of
           that
           which
           some
           would
           so
           willingly
           have
           to
           succeed
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           trouble
           and
           charge
           of
           
             Certificates
          
           into
           
           the
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           and
           suing
           out
           of
           
             Audita
             Quaerela's
             ,
          
           and
           such
           a
           generation
           of
           
             Suits
          
           as
           are
           like
           to
           happen
           by
           such
           a
           severe
           kinde
           of
           
             Securities
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           endeavored
           to
           be
           prevented
           by
           making
           every
           
             Registry
          
           to
           be
           a
           Court
           of
           
             Record
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           something
           to
           hear
           and
           determine
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             Write
          
           and
           
             Register
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
          
           Of
           new
           
             Courts
          
           or
           
             Judicatories
          
           to
           be
           erected
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           to
           hear
           and
           determine
           Causes
           .
        
         
           THere
           will
           be
           then
           Fifty
           two
           Judicatories
           or
           Inferior
           Courts
           more
           then
           are
           already
           erected
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           to
           be
           added
           to
           every
           County
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           will
           come
           before
           they
           will
           be
           
             welcome
          
           or
           
             wanted
             ;
          
           for
           every
           Shire
           in
           
             England
          
           hath
           already
           the
           Summer
           and
           Winter
           Assises
           ,
           Quarter
           Sessions
           four
           times
           in
           every
           year
           ,
           County
           Courts
           every
           moneth
           ,
           Sheriffs
           Turns
           ,
           Courts
           Leet
           and
           Baron
           ,
           and
           weekly
           or
           three
           weeks
           Courts
           in
           its
           City
           or
           Towns
           Corporate
           ,
           amounting
           in
           every
           County
           to
           no
           less
           then
           Two
           hundred
           ,
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           which
           being
           in
           the
           wisdom
           of
           former
           ages
           ,
           
           and
           some
           hundreds
           of
           years
           past
           ,
           and
           every
           years
           experience
           since
           ,
           sound
           to
           be
           in
           their
           due
           limits
           and
           bounds
           ,
           very
           necessary
           and
           useful
           ,
           do
           make
           as
           many
           Law-days
           and
           meetings
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           need
           of
           .
        
         
           To
           help
           which
           new
           
             Courts
          
           or
           
             Judicatories
          
           
           to
           work
           or
           business
           ,
           if
           Bonds
           and
           Bills
           which
           they
           would
           have
           the
           Registring
           of
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Causes
           or
           Matters
           ,
           which
           are
           and
           have
           hitherto
           been
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           dispatched
           by
           the
           Courts
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           (
           when
           they
           had
           before
           the
           Wars
           and
           Troubles
           of
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           almost
           half
           as
           much
           ,
           or
           as
           many
           again
           as
           they
           have
           now
           )
           with
           good
           content
           and
           conveniency
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           to
           all
           who
           have
           had
           occasion
           to
           seek
           for
           ,
           or
           attend
           their
           Justice
           (
           if
           those
           that
           are
           ignorant
           or
           peevishly
           self-conceited
           or
           discontented
           ,
           because
           their
           desires
           or
           unjust
           expectations
           have
           been
           frustrated
           in
           some
           Actions
           or
           Suits
           ,
           which
           they
           prosecuted
           or
           defended
           ,
           )
           would
           but
           let
           
             Reason
          
           or
           
             Truth
          
           be
           judge
           of
           their
           Mistaken-apprehensions
           ,
           and
           not
           lay
           their
           own
           or
           other
           mens
           errors
           or
           failings
           upon
           the
           
           
             Courts
          
           or
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           transferred
           and
           carried
           into
           these
           
             County
             Judicatories
             ,
          
           from
           the
           more
           knowing
           and
           
             Superior
             Courts
          
           and
           
             Judges
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           who
           besides
           their
           well-known
           learning
           ,
           and
           justice
           in
           all
           
             Causes
             ,
          
           which
           are
           brought
           before
           them
           ,
           may
           for
           an
           
             evidence
          
           or
           
             testimony
          
           of
           the
           peoples
           approbation
           of
           them
           ,
           call
           to
           witness
           the
           many
           
             causes
             ,
          
           which
           for
           many
           ages
           together
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           year
           are
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           removed
           from
           the
           
             Inferior
             Courts
          
           to
           the
           
             Superior
             ,
          
           for
           want
           of
           Justice
           ;
           and
           the
           many
           
             Juries
          
           and
           
             Tryals
          
           at
           their
           
             Bars
             ,
          
           which
           by
           consent
           ,
           both
           of
           Plaintiffs
           and
           Defendants
           ,
           are
           yearly
           and
           termly
           brought
           from
           the
           Counties
           ,
           as
           well
           near
           as
           remote
           ,
           to
           be
           heard
           by
           the
           more
           
             learned
          
           sort
           of
           
             Judges
          
           and
           
             Courts
             ,
          
        
         
           And
           put
           unto
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           determination
           
           of
           the
           less
           ,
           or
           very
           little
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           all
           able
           or
           knowing
           ;
           will
           stop
           
           up
           the
           
             ways
             of
             the
             places
             of
             the
             paths
             ,
          
           where
           
             Wisdom
          
           and
           
             Justice
          
           made
           their
           constant
           habitation
           ;
           deprive
           and
           take
           away
           (
           if
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           impowred
           to
           try
           by
           
             Juries
          
           )
           from
           every
           man
           ,
           so
           much
           of
           
           his
           part
           and
           interest
           in
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           as
           the
           want
           of
           his
           tryal
           by
           his
           
             Peers
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Jury
          
           will
           come
           to
           ,
           put
           the
           
             spear
          
           of
           the
           mighty
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           that
           are
           not
           able
           to
           weild
           or
           manage
           it
           ,
           inforce
           the
           people
           to
           inquire
           of
           the
           
             blind
          
           and
           
             deaf
             ,
          
           the
           way
           to
           make
           an
           end
           of
           their
           
             controversies
          
           by
           carrying
           their
           
             causes
          
           to
           such
           as
           are
           not
           able
           to
           judge
           or
           determine
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           after
           the
           expence
           of
           much
           money
           ,
           time
           ,
           and
           labor
           ,
           yield
           them
           as
           good
           a
           
             Crop
          
           or
           
             Harvest
             ,
          
           as
           
             Ulysses
          
           had
           when
           he
           counterseited
           himself
           to
           be
           mad
           by
           Ploughing
           the
           Sand
           or
           Shore
           with
           his
           strange
           kinde
           of
           
             Cattle
             ,
          
           and
           sowing
           of
           
             Salt
          
           instead
           of
           
             Corn.
             
          
        
         
           Or
           if
           the
           
             Sheriffs
             Turns
          
           and
           
             County
          
           
           
             Courts
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           put
           into
           the
           power
           and
           care
           of
           those
           
             Judicatures
             ,
          
           That
           ancient
           and
           necessary
           
             Officer
          
           of
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             execution
          
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           will
           be
           made
           either
           to
           be
           as
           nothing
           ,
           or
           but
           the
           one
           half
           of
           what
           it
           was
           formerly
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           that
           ancient
           and
           useful
           
             Jurisdiction
          
           put
           into
           disorder
           ,
           or
           dissolved
           ;
           or
           if
           the
           
             Hundred
             Courts
             ,
             Leet
          
           and
           
             Baron
             ,
          
           will
           take
           away
           the
           
             inheritance
             ,
             right
             ,
          
           and
           
           
             property
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
          
           of
           
             Manors
             ,
          
           and
           the
           necessary
           
             relations
          
           and
           
             dependences
             ,
          
           which
           are
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           betwixt
           them
           and
           their
           Tenants
           ,
           contrary
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           tenor
           of
           our
           
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Liberties
             .
          
        
         
           Or
           if
           these
           new
           
             Judicatories
          
           shall
           as
           the
           
             Systeme-makers
          
           had
           for
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           others
           ,
           not
           long
           ago
           contrived
           ,
           be
           made
           up
           of
           several
           parts
           or
           pieces
           ,
           and
           torn
           or
           taken
           out
           of
           that
           goodly
           
             order
          
           and
           
             frame
          
           of
           our
           
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Body
             Politick
             ;
          
           or
           as
           the
           
             Romans
          
           did
           in
           their
           original
           contempt
           ,
           and
           poverty
           ,
           in
           the
           getting
           the
           
             Sabine
          
           and
           
             Neighbor
             Virgins
          
           to
           be
           their
           
             Wives
             ,
          
           sally
           out
           upon
           other
           
             Jurisdictions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ravish
          
           and
           take
           to
           themselves
           what
           they
           can
           get
           ,
           and
           no
           way
           belongs
           to
           them
           ,
           will
           by
           all
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           those
           ways
           ,
           not
           onely
           vex
           and
           turmoil
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           ;
           and
           bereave
           them
           as
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Body
           Politick
           of
           the
           daily
           care
           ,
           influence
           ,
           and
           communication
           of
           
             Justice
          
           which
           they
           used
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           receive
           from
           the
           
             head
          
           and
           
             supream
             Authority
          
           in
           a
           place
           so
           near
           unto
           it
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           sit
           at
           the
           
             Helm
          
           of
           
             Government
          
           of
           that
           
             termly
          
           
           intelligence
           which
           they
           should
           have
           ,
           and
           cannot
           well
           be
           without
           at
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           concerning
           the
           due
           Administration
           and
           Distribution
           of
           
             Justice
             ;
          
           besides
           an
           half
           yearly
           inspection
           into
           the
           due
           execution
           of
           
             Justice
          
           in
           the
           several
           Counties
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           content
           and
           satisfaction
           in
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Assises
           wherein
           the
           
             Judges
          
           of
           the
           Superior
           Courts
           ,
           like
           so
           many
           
             Stars
          
           and
           
             Planets
          
           in
           our
           
             Firmament
             ,
          
           do
           keep
           their
           circuits
           and
           courses
           ,
           but
           give
           them
           
             stones
          
           instead
           of
           
             bread
             ,
          
           and
           
             grievances
          
           instead
           of
           
             remedies
             ;
          
        
         
           Especially
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           guided
           and
           
           managed
           by
           
             ignorant
             ,
          
           though
           
             honest
             well-meaning
             men
          
           or
           by
           
             tradesmen
          
           (
           whom
           the
           
             Athenians
          
           and
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           those
           wise
           and
           
           great
           Common
           wealths-men
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           did
           never
           think
           fit
           to
           imploy
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           
             Justice
          
           )
           or
           some
           small
           practised
           or
           unmolested
           Doctors
           of
           Physick
           ,
           or
           men
           of
           a
           contrary
           Profession
           ,
           to
           that
           which
           should
           be
           the
           rule
           of
           their
           Judgment
           ,
           
             Town
             Clerks
             ,
          
           or
           such
           who
           think
           they
           can
           understand
           better
           then
           write
           or
           read
           ▪
           
             Committee
          
           or
           
             Lawyers
             Clerks
             ,
          
           or
           such
           as
           
           shall
           be
           but
           
             Balbutientes
             ,
          
           or
           
             Novi●es
          
           in
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           or
           very
           little
           or
           not
           at
           all
           furnished
           with
           the
           knowledge
           ,
           experience
           ,
           or
           practise
           thereof
           ,
           or
           be
           assisted
           by
           
             Sid●smen
          
           of
           their
           own
           capacities
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           being
           
             phantastick
          
           or
           
             self-conceited
             ,
          
           shall
           think
           they
           speak
           
             Law
          
           or
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           or
           do
           
             Justice
             ;
          
           when
           none
           but
           such
           as
           speed
           well
           by
           their
           doing
           the
           contrary
           ,
           can
           be
           of
           that
           opinion
           ,
           and
           would
           perhaps
           do
           right
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           understand
           the
           way
           unto
           it
           ,
           which
           to
           such
           men
           will
           not
           be
           very
           easie
           ,
           whilest
           (
           like
           those
           ignorant
           Judges
           ,
           which
           
             Plato
          
           long
           ago
           
           complained
           of
           )
           they
           sit
           as
           men
           astonished
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           any
           difficult
           matter
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           taught
           by
           others
           ;
           and
           for
           want
           of
           knowledge
           in
           themselves
           ,
           or
           how
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           right
           and
           wrong
           ,
           do
           not
           know
           how
           to
           judge
           of
           that
           which
           is
           said
           or
           pleaded
           before
           them
           ;
           but
           whilest
           every
           one
           of
           them
           must
           have
           his
           own
           discourse
           ,
           and
           speak
           his
           sense
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ;
           will
           be
           sure
           ,
           too
           often
           ,
           to
           leave
           the
           
             Point
             ,
          
           and
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           and
           
             Truth
          
           of
           the
           
             Case
             ,
          
           like
           some
           house
           or
           place
           infected
           with
           the
           
             Plague
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Cross
          
           and
           
             Lord
             have
             mercy
          
           
           
             upon
             us
          
           put
           upon
           it
           ;
           and
           rail
           against
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           because
           it
           puzzleth
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Lawyers
             for
             troubling
             them
          
           (
           as
           one
           of
           a
           Country
           
             Committee
          
           not
           long
           ago
           said
           )
           
             with
             their
             many
             Reasons
             .
          
           And
           misuse
           their
           
             power
             ,
          
           and
           make
           it
           
             Arbitrary
          
           in
           not
           doing
           what
           they
           might
           or
           should
           do
           ,
           doing
           many
           things
           they
           should
           not
           do
           ,
           and
           doing
           every
           thing
           they
           would
           do
           in
           making
           their
           
             Orders
          
           as
           their
           
             Vulgar
             Reason
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Byas
          
           of
           
             partiality
          
           or
           
             ignorance
          
           shall
           carry
           them
           ;
           or
           if
           one
           or
           more
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           
             Lawyers
             ,
          
           and
           the
           major
           part
           none
           ,
           their
           knowledge
           can
           go
           no
           further
           then
           their
           
             Votes
             ,
          
           or
           what
           they
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           perswade
           their
           misunderstanding
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           all
           understanding
           Companions
           unto
           .
           Mean
           while
           the
           people
           (
           who
           are
           sure
           to
           suffer
           by
           it
           )
           are
           after
           a
           great
           expence
           of
           Money
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           
             Delays
             ,
             Attendance
             ,
          
           and
           
             Trouble
             ,
          
           which
           are
           usually
           to
           be
           found
           in
           such
           Courts
           of
           later
           
             Edition
             ,
          
           sent
           home
           with
           the
           sad
           
             stories
          
           of
           their
           grievances
           and
           complaints
           ,
           ready
           to
           make
           
             Affidavit
             ,
          
           That
           
             Ignorance
          
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           is
           an
           Accumulation
           of
           Evils
           ;
           the
           
           
             fruitful
             parent
          
           of
           many
           grievances
           ,
           and
           a
           
             mighty
          
           oppressor
           .
        
         
           Which
           will
           not
           be
           all
           the
           evils
           and
           mischiefs
           
           neither
           ,
           which
           are
           like
           to
           come
           along
           with
           it
           ;
           For
           this
           their
           design
           of
           cutting
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           
             Moon
          
           into
           
             Stars
             ,
          
           and
           erecting
           these
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           and
           little
           
             Tribunals
             ,
          
           will
           by
           degrees
           remove
           into
           them
           ,
           the
           business
           and
           being
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           Courts
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           which
           hath
           hitherto
           ,
           by
           the
           Justice
           and
           Trade
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           residing
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           concourse
           of
           all
           
             people
          
           and
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           been
           made
           to
           be
           in
           that
           flourishing
           condition
           ,
           which
           it
           was
           in
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           Wars
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           near
           and
           especial
           manner
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           more
           remote
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           communicated
           her
           riches
           and
           increase
           ,
           to
           above
           twelve
           neighboring
           and
           adjacent
           Counties
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           raising
           of
           their
           Land
           and
           Commodities
           ,
           and
           a
           daily
           and
           nightly
           vent
           in
           sending
           of
           it
           thither
           ,
           have
           double
           or
           treble
           improved
           their
           Lands
           in
           their
           yearly
           Rents
           ,
           and
           values
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           onely
           bring
           a
           great
           loss
           ,
           destruction
           and
           ruine
           to
           the
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           ,
           consisting
           of
           above
           
           Three
           and
           forty
           thousand
           Houses
           ,
           above
           half
           whereof
           ,
           with
           the
           several
           Families
           and
           Inmates
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           the
           Suburbs
           ,
           being
           almost
           two
           parts
           in
           three
           of
           the
           number
           ,
           do
           depend
           onely
           or
           very
           much
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             termly
          
           meetings
           at
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           but
           impoverish
           and
           make
           a
           general
           disturbance
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           and
           Counties
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           as
           well
           near
           unto
           it
           ,
           as
           remote
           .
        
         
           Which
           are
           so
           
             incorporate
          
           and
           concerned
           
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           they
           that
           know
           how
           the
           Trade
           and
           Money
           of
           
             London
          
           is
           diffused
           ,
           and
           communicated
           to
           ,
           and
           over
           every
           part
           of
           this
           
             Nation
             ;
          
           and
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           City
           or
           Shire-town
           ,
           except
           
             Bristol
          
           and
           
             Hull
             ,
          
           but
           hath
           most
           of
           their
           Wares
           and
           Commodities
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           that
           upon
           day
           or
           trust
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           
             Mercer
          
           or
           
             Shopkeeper
             ,
          
           or
           
             Innkeeper
             ,
          
           in
           all
           other
           Cities
           and
           Borrough
           ,
           and
           little
           Villages
           ,
           but
           are
           furnished
           with
           their
           Wines
           and
           Commodities
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           
             tributary
          
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           their
           welfare
           ,
           cannot
           deny
           ,
           but
           if
           
             London
          
           sink
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           like
           to
           swim
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           
             London
          
           perish
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           
           like
           to
           be
           without
           the
           taste
           or
           sense
           of
           some
           of
           their
           miseries
           .
        
         
           For
           no
           man
           can
           rationally
           imagine
           or
           
           believe
           ,
           that
           after
           such
           a
           ruine
           or
           distruction
           of
           this
           great
           
             Emporium
             ,
          
           and
           onely
           
             Town
          
           of
           Trade
           ,
           of
           the
           Three
           Nations
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           taking
           away
           or
           lessening
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Justice
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           the
           Commerce
           or
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           can
           live
           or
           subsist
           in
           the
           
             Cantons
             ,
          
           or
           little
           pieces
           of
           Trade
           or
           Judicatories
           which
           shall
           be
           erected
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           can
           produce
           any
           better
           effect
           ,
           then
           the
           laying
           waste
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           leading
           into
           
             Captivity
          
           the
           
             Laws
          
           and
           
             Liberties
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           or
           that
           half
           of
           the
           Fifty
           two
           Shire-towns
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           can
           be
           so
           conveniently
           scituated
           as
           to
           have
           business
           and
           trade
           enough
           ,
           to
           draw
           all
           the
           people
           and
           commodities
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           to
           them
           ;
           or
           that
           
             Lincolnshire
          
           Fens
           ,
           or
           
             Buckingham
             ,
          
           or
           
             Northamptonshire
          
           Pastures
           ,
           or
           
             Essex
          
           and
           
             Suffolk
             ,
             Hertfordshire
             ,
             Kent
          
           and
           
             Surrey
             ,
          
           should
           or
           can
           finde
           in
           any
           of
           their
           adjacent
           Shire-towns
           or
           
             Registries
             ,
          
           the
           hundred
           part
           of
           the
           vent
           
           which
           they
           now
           have
           for
           
             Cattle
             ,
             Sheep
             ,
             Wool
             ,
             Hides
             ,
             Corn
             ,
             Malt
             ,
             Butter
          
           and
           
             Cheese
             ,
          
           and
           all
           kinde
           of
           Commodities
           ;
           or
           that
           it
           will
           be
           any
           more
           then
           to
           kill
           and
           destroy
           the
           Heart
           ,
           the
           principal
           part
           and
           seat
           of
           li●e
           ;
           and
           to
           hope
           notwithstanding
           ,
           that
           the
           Liver
           ,
           Veins
           ,
           and
           Arteries
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           conveyed
           Blood
           ,
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           nutriment
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           received
           life
           in
           exchange
           from
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           Feet
           and
           Hands
           ,
           Stomach
           and
           Belly
           ,
           that
           used
           to
           supply
           and
           be
           subservient
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           Head
           and
           Eyes
           that
           used
           to
           govern
           or
           guide
           the
           Body
           which
           belonged
           to
           it
           ,
           can
           be
           in
           any
           good
           condition
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           a
           health
           or
           welbeing
           ,
           when
           that
           so
           eminent
           ,
           so
           vital
           ,
           and
           principal
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Body
           shall
           be
           cast
           into
           a
           
             Consumption
             ,
          
           languish
           ,
           or
           be
           extinguished
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           when
           all
           is
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           sad
           
           
             effects
          
           and
           
             consequences
          
           of
           it
           suffered
           ,
           the
           design
           or
           pretence
           of
           these
           
             Registries
          
           of
           securing
           all
           
             Purchasers
          
           of
           
             Lands
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lenders
          
           of
           
             Money
             ,
          
           or
           to
           make
           Mens
           Estates
           to
           be
           so
           visible
           and
           transparent
           ,
           as
           no
           man
           in
           selling
           or
           borrowing
           ,
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           cozen
           or
           deceive
           ,
           or
           not
           satisfie
           one
           another
           ;
           
           will
           be
           no
           otherwise
           possible
           ,
           then
           to
           
             break
          
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           disturb
           a
           whole
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           put
           them
           to
           a
           great
           and
           unnecessary
           expence
           ,
           to
           do
           that
           over
           again
           which
           is
           already
           done
           ,
           and
           better
           then
           they
           can
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           open
           ,
           notwithstanding
           to
           as
           many
           hazards
           and
           contingencies
           as
           they
           were
           before
           ▪
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           That
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           provide
           against
           all
           which
           may
           happen
           to
           be
           Incumbrances
           .
        
         
           FOr
           Confiscations
           and
           Forfeitures
           of
           Lands
           ;
           for
           
             Treason
             ,
             Murders
             ,
             Felonies
             ,
          
           and
           
             Premunires
             ,
          
           may
           be
           grand
           Incumbrances
           to
           Purchasors
           ,
           or
           the
           Creditors
           of
           those
           that
           commit
           them
           .
           Misdemeanors
           ,
           Fines
           ,
           Forfeitures
           of
           Offices
           or
           Places
           ;
           Mortgages
           ,
           Statutes
           ,
           Recognisances
           ,
           Bonds
           and
           Penal
           Bills
           ;
           breach
           of
           Penal
           Laws
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Trusts
           and
           Conditions
           ,
           which
           arising
           out
           of
           the
           Wills
           or
           Pravity
           of
           Men
           ,
           or
           the
           necessities
           or
           carelesness
           of
           themselves
           ,
           or
           oppression
           of
           others
           ;
           from
           
             Causes
          
           either
           in
           themselves
           or
           others
           ,
           〈◊〉
           from
           
             Actions
          
           past
           or
           to
           come
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           loss
           or
           lessening
           of
           mens
           debts
           ,
           or
           great
           obstructions
           in
           the
           recovery
           of
           them
           ,
           Dowers
           ,
           Intails
           ,
           powers
           of
           
             Revocation
          
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           or
           insist
           upon
           the
           various
           or
           manifold
           Incumbrances
           
           which
           may
           arise
           or
           come
           by
           Copihold
           Estates
           ,
           which
           being
           not
           chargeable
           with
           Debts
           or
           Extents
           ,
           are
           in
           themselves
           Incumbrances
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           long
           ago
           little
           less
           then
           a
           sixt
           or
           seventh
           part
           of
           the
           Lands
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           with
           their
           Admissions
           ,
           Surrenders
           ,
           in
           or
           out
           of
           Court
           ,
           absolute
           or
           conditional
           ,
           and
           their
           many
           several
           sorts
           of
           Forfeitures
           )
           Lands
           of
           
             Gavelkind
          
           or
           
             Burgage
             Tenure
             ,
             Ioyntures
             ,
          
           made
           after
           marriage
           and
           refused
           ,
           Elopements
           ,
           and
           unlawful
           Marriages
           ,
           Tenancy
           by
           Curtesie
           ,
           and
           trusts
           with
           other
           Mens
           Money
           and
           Estates
           ,
           Moneys
           insured
           by
           Policy
           of
           Exchange
           ,
           Bills
           of
           Exchange
           accepted
           ;
           Errors
           in
           Matter
           of
           Substance
           ,
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Creditors
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           a
           cause
           of
           Reversing
           them
           ,
           Disherison
           of
           Sons
           and
           Heirs
           Apparent
           ,
           concealed
           Illegitimacies
           ,
           Intrusions
           ,
           and
           wrongful
           Entries
           ,
           Actions
           of
           Battery
           and
           Scandal
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           Actions
           or
           Suits
           in
           
             Law
          
           or
           
             Equity
             ,
          
           which
           may
           lessen
           or
           prejudice
           any
           Mans
           Estate
           ;
           Assumpsits
           ,
           Promises
           and
           Ingagements
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           (
           which
           may
           make
           as
           many
           Obligations
           ,
           Troubles
           ,
           and
           Ties
           
           upon
           Mens
           Estates
           ,
           as
           Bonds
           or
           Bills
           can
           do
           ,
           or
           did
           before
           such
           kinde
           of
           Writings
           or
           Instruments
           were
           invented
           ,
           Imbargoes
           ,
           high
           flying
           ,
           gaming
           or
           gading
           Wives
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Roman
             Censors
          
           would
           have
           reckoned
           amongst
           
             Incumbrances
             ;
          
           prodigal
           Children
           ▪
           losses
           by
           Fire
           ,
           Sea
           or
           Land
           ,
           Wars
           ,
           Factors
           ,
           or
           bad
           Servants
           ,
           Suretiship
           ,
           or
           too
           much
           trusting
           ,
           death
           of
           those
           for
           whose
           lives
           they
           held
           Land
           or
           Estates
           ,
           or
           had
           any
           dependancy
           upon
           ,
           sickness
           ,
           decay
           of
           trade
           ,
           deceits
           or
           wrongs
           done
           by
           others
           ,
           vain
           and
           unnecessary
           expences
           ;
           many
           of
           our
           Actions
           past
           or
           to
           come
           ,
           
             in
             facto
          
           or
           
             fieri
             ,
             esse
          
           or
           
             posse
             .
          
           And
           all
           manner
           of
           casualties
           ,
           accidents
           or
           contingencies
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           visible
           before-hand
           ,
           or
           appearing
           ,
           or
           possibly
           to
           be
           found
           in
           any
           
             Registry
             ,
          
           may
           prove
           to
           be
           no
           small
           
             Incumbrances
          
           to
           
             Money
             Lenders
          
           upon
           
             Bonds
             ,
          
           or
           
             Bills
             ,
             Iudgments
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
          
           or
           
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           especially
           if
           the
           
             Debtors
          
           have
           no
           Estates
           in
           Lands
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           liable
           to
           
             Statutes
          
           of
           
             Bankrupt
             ;
          
           which
           all
           the
           
             Lillies
             ,
          
           or
           those
           which
           pretend
           to
           be
           in
           Commons
           ,
           or
           greatest
           familiarity
           with
           the
           
           
             Stars
             ,
          
           or
           the
           greatest
           wits
           or
           endeavors
           of
           men
           ;
           can
           neither
           perceive
           before
           they
           happen
           ,
           or
           tell
           any
           one
           how
           to
           escape
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           constrained
           to
           reckon
           it
           amongst
           the
           number
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Impossibles
          
           to
           be
           done
           by
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           confess
           it
           to
           be
           a
           work
           onely
           sit
           for
           
             Omniscience
          
           and
           
             Preseience
             ,
          
           of
           which
           there
           will
           be
           a
           
             Non
             Datur
          
           to
           these
           new
           kinde
           of
           
             Registers
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           other
           men
           .
        
         
           And
           would
           in
           the
           attempt
           of
           it
           ,
           busie
           and
           employ
           all
           the
           Clerks
           and
           Writers
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           (
           though
           to
           no-other
           purpose
           )
           then
           to
           make
           the
           people
           travel
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           vex
           themselves
           with
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           and
           spend
           more
           then
           Twenty
           times
           as
           much
           again
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           now
           in
           their
           Writings
           ,
           Assurances
           ,
           or
           Contracts
           ;
           whereas
           all
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           
             Inrollment
             Office
          
           in
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           wherein
           three
           parts
           in
           four
           of
           the
           Inrolled
           
             Deeds
          
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           are
           inrolled
           ,
           did
           never
           as
           yet
           cost
           or
           put
           them
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           above
           One
           thousand
           pound
           
             per
             annum
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Accompt
          
           and
           
             Ballance
          
           of
           which
           vast
           
             Registry
             ,
          
           and
           the
           calculation
           of
           the
           Riches
           ,
           
           Poverty
           ,
           or
           Estates
           of
           Men
           ,
           Lands
           bought
           or
           sold
           ,
           transferred
           or
           settled
           to
           Uses
           ;
           and
           passed
           after
           or
           involved
           in
           two
           or
           three
           other
           Mens
           Estates
           .
           And
           what
           is
           become
           of
           the
           Money
           ,
           with
           the
           Payments
           ,
           Satisfactions
           ,
           Profits
           ,
           Incomes
           ,
           Losses
           ,
           Rises
           or
           Falls
           in
           expences
           in
           House-keeping
           ,
           Apparel
           ,
           or
           Recreations
           ,
           Releases
           ,
           Acquittances
           ,
           and
           Discharges
           of
           Lands
           ,
           Statutes
           ,
           Judgments
           ,
           Recognisances
           ,
           Bonds
           ,
           or
           Bills
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           Covenants
           or
           Contracts
           ,
           with
           those
           many
           numberless
           Intricacies
           and
           Impossibilities
           which
           will
           attend
           such
           a
           work
           ;
           will
           not
           onely
           confound
           the
           
             Auditor
             ,
          
           or
           a
           whole
           
             Colledge
          
           of
           
             Astrologers
             ,
          
           if
           they
           should
           undertake
           it
           ,
           but
           give
           them
           or
           any
           who
           shall
           come
           to
           be
           satisfied
           or
           secured
           by
           them
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           as
           vain
           in
           the
           product
           or
           expectation
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           design
           of
           
             Uttamacomock
          
           the
           
             Virginian
             ,
          
           proved
           to
           be
           ;
           who
           being
           taken
           at
           home
           for
           a
           grand
           piece
           of
           Policy
           ,
           was
           sent
           hither
           in
           King
           
             Iames
          
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           directed
           by
           
             Powhatan
          
           his
           King
           
           or
           Emperor
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           number
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           learn
           their
           Estate
           and
           Condition
           ;
           did
           when
           he
           came
           to
           
             Plimouth
             ,
          
           
           stand
           at
           his
           Lodging
           door
           ,
           and
           upon
           a
           long
           stick
           cut
           a
           notch
           for
           every
           one
           that
           came
           or
           passed
           by
           :
           But
           at
           last
           ,
           finding
           his
           notches
           like
           to
           wear
           out
           his
           stick
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           able
           to
           know
           or
           distinguish
           those
           that
           passed
           by
           ,
           or
           returned
           ;
           or
           for
           which
           ,
           he
           had
           made
           notches
           before
           ,
           had
           the
           wit
           to
           give
           over
           and
           conclude
           the
           people
           to
           be
           very
           numerous
           ,
           and
           the
           work
           impossible
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           That
           (
           if
           it
           could
           be
           possible
           )
           the
           people
           will
           not
           willingly
           be
           at
           the
           trouble
           or
           charges
           in
           all
           their
           Contracts
           ,
           to
           search
           in
           so
           many
           County
           Registries
           to
           discover
           Incumbrances
           .
        
         
           OR
           if
           this
           
             Impossible
          
           could
           (
           as
           it
           never
           
           will
           )
           be
           made
           
             Possible
             ,
          
           and
           that
           all
           or
           any
           part
           of
           what
           is
           designed
           could
           be
           feasible
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           could
           be
           at
           every
           Shire-Town
           such
           a
           rare
           
             Glass
          
           or
           
             Perspective
             ,
          
           at
           the
           peoples
           charge
           ,
           as
           they
           pretend
           to
           make
           for
           them
           ;
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           people
           will
           ,
           when
           all
           is
           done
           ,
           be
           like
           to
           do
           but
           as
           they
           do
           already
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           in
           one
           of
           every
           500
           Bargains
           ,
           or
           lending
           of
           Money
           ,
           or
           Contracts
           which
           they
           make
           (
           unless
           where
           they
           have
           to
           do
           with
           some
           very
           much
           inoumbred
           ,
           and
           indebted
           persons
           and
           Estates
           )
           to
           busie
           themselves
           or
           their
           
             purses
          
           in
           searching
           for
           
             Judgments
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
          
           or
           
             Recognisances
             ,
          
           
           or
           Scriveners
           Books
           ,
           or
           what
           Fines
           are
           leavied
           ,
           or
           deeds
           inrolled
           ,
           though
           the
           searches
           be
           not
           either
           very
           troublesome
           or
           costly
           ,
           but
           rather
           tarry
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           believe
           one
           another
           ,
           satisfie
           themselves
           by
           private
           informations
           and
           inquiries
           ,
           and
           take
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           all
           this
           while
           done
           covenants
           or
           collateral
           securities
           ,
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           incumbrances
           ,
           or
           upon
           any
           probability
           of
           distrust
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           discovered
           upon
           oath
           ,
           or
           be
           as
           unwilling
           to
           be
           at
           the
           labour
           and
           charge
           to
           prevent
           such
           seldom
           happening
           frauds
           or
           the
           wrongs
           which
           they
           may
           receive
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           multitudes
           of
           deceits
           ,
           cozenings
           and
           cheatings
           which
           every
           week
           or
           oftener
           are
           put
           upon
           most
           or
           many
           buyers
           at
           markets
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           trading
           and
           commerce
           of
           most
           men
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           though
           the
           Laws
           have
           provided
           several
           sorts
           of
           remedies
           and
           reliefs
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           Leets
           and
           Sheriffs
           Torns
           ,
           twice
           a
           year
           holden
           to
           enquire
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           of
           those
           or
           the
           like
           frauds
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Buyers
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Sellers
           ,
           the
           
             cozened
          
           and
           the
           
             cozening
             ,
          
           those
           
           that
           commit
           the
           frauds
           and
           deceipts
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           suffered
           by
           them
           are
           not
           seldom
           sworn
           and
           impannelled
           in
           Juries
           to
           present
           them
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           ,
           or
           too
           many
           as
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           do
           buy
           by
           false
           weights
           and
           measures
           which
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           
             Clerk
          
           of
           the
           Markets
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           which
           should
           attend
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           punishments
           of
           Pillory
           ,
           and
           other
           severities
           ,
           ordered
           by
           our
           Laws
           against
           the
           offenders
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           restrain
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           course
           or
           custom
           do
           too
           contendedly
           endure
           it
           ,
           or
           not
           put
           themselves
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           complaining
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           which
           until
           a
           glass
           ,
           or
           
             Christal
             ,
          
           or
           
             window
          
           can
           be
           contrived
           in
           every
           mans
           heart
           (
           and
           head
           )
           to
           be
           looked
           into
           to
           discern
           their
           hearts
           and
           purposes
           (
           and
           their
           intentions
           made
           unalterable
           )
           as
           
             Thales
          
           one
           of
           the
           seven
           wise
           men
           of
           
             Greece
             ,
          
           being
           appointed
           by
           
             Apollo
          
           with
           some
           other
           wise
           men
           and
           Philosophers
           to
           reform
           the
           world
           in
           that
           Learned
           and
           pleasant
           
             Mythologie
          
           of
           
             Traiano
             Boccalini
          
           had
           proposed
           to
           be
           made
           ;
           will
           render
           this
           design
           of
           preventing
           all
           or
           many
           frauds
           ,
           and
           freeing
           all
           mens
           estates
           
           and
           assurances
           from
           incumbrances
           ,
           to
           as
           little
           purpose
           as
           the
           great
           care
           which
           was
           taken
           by
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           and
           his
           Parliament
           in
           
             Anno
          
           27
           of
           his
           Raign
           ,
           to
           have
           
             Correctors
          
           in
           every
           City
           and
           Town
           of
           the
           
             Staple
             to
             make
             and
             record
             Bargains
             between
             Buyers
             and
             Sellers
             ,
          
           now
           and
           long
           since
           (
           if
           ever
           put
           in
           execution
           )
           utterly
           disused
           ,
           and
           believed
           to
           be
           more
           troublesome
           then
           necessary
           ,
           or
           or
           as
           Mr
           
             Henry
             Robinson's
          
           kinde
           Office
           of
           
             Addresses
             ,
          
           or
           helps
           to
           borrow
           or
           lend
           moneys
           ,
           buy
           or
           sell
           ,
           or
           rent
           Land
           or
           Houses
           ,
           help
           Men
           or
           Maids
           to
           services
           ,
           or
           any
           that
           want
           Solicitors
           for
           their
           Suites
           at
           Law
           
             cum
             multis
             aliis
             &c.
          
           which
           being
           erected
           at
           his
           own
           charges
           some
           years
           ago
           ,
           the
           people
           who
           thought
           they
           could
           better
           do
           their
           business
           themselves
           (
           though
           he
           was
           content
           to
           take
           for
           his
           Fees
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           themselves
           should
           think
           reasonable
           )
           so
           little
           relished
           ,
           as
           he
           and
           some
           others
           who
           have
           since
           driven
           on
           that
           design
           of
           Publick
           
             Advice
             and
             Assistance
             ,
          
           have
           to
           their
           costs
           and
           charges
           found
           it
           to
           be
           onely
           an
           essay
           of
           their
           own
           invention
           ,
           
           which
           hath
           neither
           answered
           their
           charges
           or
           expectation
           .
        
         
           Nor
           will
           this
           Design
           of
           Registring
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           thing
           gratifie
           or
           benefit
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           will
           thereby
           have
           their
           charge
           and
           trouble
           as
           greatly
           as
           needlesly
           multiplied
           ,
           and
           their
           Laws
           by
           degrees
           reduced
           into
           many
           little
           Courts
           and
           
             Iudicatories
          
           which
           will
           be
           as
           much
           for
           their
           good
           as
           those
           many
           grievances
           and
           oppressions
           heretofore
           put
           upon
           them
           by
           Lords
           and
           men
           of
           power
           and
           great
           Estates
           ,
           Sheriffs
           in
           their
           County
           Courts
           and
           Tornes
           ,
           Bailiffs
           and
           Stewards
           ,
           in
           the
           Court-Leets
           ,
           and
           Court
           Barons
           ,
           long
           agoe
           heavily
           complained
           of
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           care
           of
           many
           good
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           at
           length
           remedied
           ,
           or
           bring
           the
           Commonalty
           of
           our
           more
           happy
           
             England
             ,
          
           into
           that
           servile
           and
           sad
           Condition
           of
           the
           Common
           people
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           who
           having
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           many
           perpetual
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           Courts
           so
           called
           ,
           and
           a
           multitude
           of
           
             Baillages
             Seneschauses
             resorts
             ,
          
           and
           petty
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           with
           their
           numberless
           Presidents
           and
           Lievtenants
           
             Criminel
          
           and
           
             Civil
             ,
          
           
           and
           as
           many
           Appeals
           as
           their
           Contentions
           can
           possibly
           purchase
           ,
           are
           not
           seldom
           in
           the
           Chase
           of
           one
           another
           through
           their
           many
           inferior
           Courts
           to
           the
           Superior
           or
           
             Dernier
             resort
             ,
          
           with
           as
           little
           money
           left
           them
           as
           hopes
           of
           gaining
           any
           thing
           more
           then
           a
           repentance
           ,
           brought
           to
           a
           loss
           of
           much
           of
           their
           time
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           estates
           .
        
         
           And
           will
           gain
           as
           much
           hereby
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           needless
           charges
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           do
           if
           all
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           from
           one
           year
           old
           to
           Fifty
           ,
           should
           be
           ordained
           to
           buy
           and
           weare
           Spectacles
           at
           more
           then
           the
           ordinary
           rate
           ,
           because
           such
           as
           live
           to
           be
           Fifty
           or
           threescore
           and
           upwards
           ,
           may
           have
           need
           to
           benefit
           and
           help
           their
           Eyes
           thereby
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           
             French
          
           do
           by
           way
           of
           imposition
           or
           
             Gabel
          
           of
           a
           certain
           proportion
           of
           
             Salt
          
           enforced
           upon
           every
           Family
           at
           the
           Kings
           Rates
           ,
           whenas
           many
           of
           the
           Common
           people
           have
           more
           salt
           then
           meat
           .
        
         
           Or
           as
           to
           have
           it
           ordained
           that
           every
           Town
           and
           Village
           shall
           all
           along
           the
           High-wayes
           in
           the
           bounds
           of
           their
           Parishes
           keep
           a
           strong
           and
           constant
           Watch
           
           and
           Ward
           ,
           every
           day
           but
           
             Sundayes
             ,
          
           betwixt
           Sun-rising
           and
           Sun-setting
           ,
           to
           prevent
           Roberies
           and
           catch
           Thieves
           ,
           because
           sometimes
           upon
           Actions
           brought
           upon
           the
           Statutes
           of
           
             Winchester
             ,
          
           and
           for
           Hue
           and
           Cry
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           some
           few
           hundreds
           are
           but
           selfom
           enforced
           to
           pay
           for
           the
           money
           ,
           goods
           ,
           or
           Cattel
           lost
           ,
           or
           that
           all
           Villages
           and
           Towns
           ,
           not
           having
           (
           as
           there
           are
           very
           many
           )
           any
           
             Physitians
          
           to
           cure
           diseases
           ,
           and
           
             Apothecaries
          
           with
           their
           Shops
           abundantly
           furnished
           with
           allmanner
           of
           medicaments
           ,
           to
           prepare
           and
           administer
           them
           ,
           should
           keep
           and
           maintain
           
             Physitians
          
           and
           
             Apothecarie
          
           at
           the
           chargeof
           the
           Inhabitants
           or
           the
           publick
           ,
           because
           that
           one
           part
           of
           three
           ,
           or
           a
           very
           great
           part
           of
           the
           people
           do
           die
           sooner
           then
           otherwise
           they
           would
           do
           ,
           or
           languish
           under
           long
           and
           incurable
           pains
           and
           Sicknesses
           ,
           and
           expend
           much
           money
           to
           no
           purpose
           for
           want
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           skill
           ,
           or
           care
           to
           prevent
           diseases
           ,
           or
           not
           seeking
           a
           cure
           by
           
             Physitians
          
           or
           
             Apothecaries
          
           dwelling
           far
           off
           before
           it
           be
           either
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           difficult
           or
           chargeable
           ,
           or
           impossible
           to
           be
           helped
           .
        
         
         
           And
           as
           great
           advantages
           touching
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           happy
           and
           well
           known
           and
           approved
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           as
           the
           now
           and
           long
           agoe
           wandring
           ,
           and
           every-where
           dispised
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           had
           by
           Crucifying
           their
           
             Saviour
          
           and
           letting
           loose
           
             Barabbas
          
           the
           Murtherer
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           hoped
           for
           importation
           ,
           or
           our
           imitation
           of
           any
           such
           Forreign
           Customs
           ,
           or
           the
           expected
           fruit
           and
           benefit
           by
           this
           design
           of
           Registring
           (
           whatsoever
           they
           shall
           be
           fancied
           to
           be
           beforehand
           ,
           until
           it
           shal
           otherwise
           be
           lamentably
           experienced
           )
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           Ballance
           or
           Recompence
           the
           charges
           of
           one
           
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             per
             Annum
             ,
          
           pretended
           to
           be
           raised
           for
           the
           King
           as
           a
           constant
           and
           perpetual
           Revenue
           by
           that
           way
           of
           
             Registring
          
           and
           
             Nine
          
           or
           
             ten
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             million
          
           of
           
             English
          
           monies
           ,
           which
           the
           people
           must
           pay
           for
           unnecessary
           
             Registring
          
           of
           many
           of
           their
           Deeds
           ,
           Writings
           ,
           and
           Contracts
           more
           then
           they
           did
           heretofore
           ;
           &
           those
           other
           great
           disturbances
           ,
           ruines
           ,
           and
           alterations
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           troubles
           and
           charges
           in
           all
           mens
           
           Estates
           ,
           Businesses
           ,
           and
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           will
           arise
           and
           happen
           by
           it
           ;
           when
           as
           the
           
             Registring
             ,
          
           supposed
           to
           be
           such
           an
           Antidote
           against
           
             Incumbrances
          
           shall
           prove
           to
           be
           the
           cause
           ,
           not
           of
           a
           few
           ,
           but
           very
           many
           mischiefs
           &
           inconveniences
           ,
           not
           incombrances
           and
           needless
           charges
           only
           in
           some
           one
           single
           case
           of
           a
           hundred
           ,
           or
           five
           hundred
           ,
           and
           seldom
           ,
           but
           for
           ever
           upon
           all
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           not
           upon
           a
           part
           onely
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           but
           all
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           all
           men
           for
           life
           ,
           or
           in
           tail
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           or
           but
           upon
           some
           of
           their
           Generations
           ,
           but
           until
           some
           good
           Angel
           or
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           him
           which
           dwelleth
           on
           High
           shall
           be
           sent
           to
           our
           Pool
           of
           
             Bethesda
             ,
          
           to
           recal
           and
           cure
           them
           ,
           remain
           as
           an
           estate
           in
           Fee
           -
           
             Simple
             ,
          
           and
           perpetuity
           to
           all
           our
           posterities
           .
        
         
           
             Quae
             procul
             a
             nobis
             Flectat
             Deus
             ipse
             Gubernans
          
           
             Et
             Ratio
             potius
             quam
             res
             persuadeat
             ipsa
             .
          
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54692-e500
           
             Cook.
             2
             part
             .
             Institutes
             676.
             
             Hill.
             20
             E.
             1.
             in
             Banco
             Rot.
             ●00
             .
             Somerset
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e2100
           
             §.
             1.
             
          
           
             §.
             2.
             
          
           
             §
             3.
             
          
           
             §.
             4.
             
          
           
             §.
             5.
             
          
           
             §.
             6.
             
          
           
             §.
             7.
             
          
           
             §
             8.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e4800
           
             §.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             23.
             18.
             
          
           
             §.
             10.
             
          
           
             §.
             11.
             
          
           
             §
             12.
             
          
           
             §
             13.
             
          
           
             §
             14.
             
          
           
             Doctor
             
               and
            
             Student
             25.
             
               and
            
             Lib.
             1.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             §.
             15.
             
          
           
             §
             16.
             
          
           
             §.
             17.
             
          
           
             §.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Plowd●ns
            
             Comment
             .
             357
             ,
             358.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e7650
           
             §.
             19.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             27.
             8.
             
             Levit.
             4.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             18.
             
          
           
             Josh.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             20.
             
             Chap.
             7.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Cicero
               Philip
               .
            
             11.
             
             
               Vida
            
             lib.
             2.
             de
             dignitat
             .
             Reipub.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             §
             20.
             
          
           
             §.
             21.
             
          
           
             §
             22.
             
          
           
             §
             24.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e11370
           
             
               Coke's
            
             3
             
               Reports
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Herberts
            
             Case
             .
             7
             
               Reports
               .
            
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Cecils
            
             Case
             .
             And
             11
             
               Reports
               .
            
             Earl
             of
             
             Devonshire's
             Case
             .
          
           
             §
             25.
             
          
           
             §
             26.
             
          
           
             §
             27.
             
          
           
             §
             28.
             
          
           
             §
             29.
             
          
           
             §
             30.
             
          
           
             §
             31.
             
          
           
             §
             32.
             
          
           
             §
             33.
             
          
           
             §
             34.
             
          
           
             §
             35.
             
          
           
             §
             36.
             
          
           
             §
             37.
             
          
           
             §
             38.
             
          
           
             §
             39.
             
          
           
             §
             40.
             
          
           
             §
             41.
             
          
           
             §
             42.
             
          
           
             §
             43.
             
          
           
             §
             44.
             
          
           
             §
             45.
             
          
           
             §
             4●
             .
          
           
             §
             47.
             
          
           
             §
             48.
             
          
           
             §
             49.
             
          
           
             Exod
             ▪
             22
             :
             v.
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             22.
             v.
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             24.
             v.
             6
             ▪
             10.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             v.
             7
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             v.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             §
             50.
             
          
           
             §
             51.
             
          
           
             §
             52.
             
          
           
             §.
             53.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e16500
           
             §.
             54.
             
          
           
             §
             55.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             5.
             1
             
             ▪
             &
             2.
             
          
           
             §
             56.
             
          
           
             §
             57.
             
          
           
             Sigonius
             de
             Antiquo
             jure
             Civium
             Rom.
             Lib.
             2.
             cap.
             7.
             
             &
             18.
             
             Et
             Lib.
             1.
             de
             Repub.
             Atheniens
             .
             Lib.
             1.
             cap.
             7
             ▪
             
          
           
             Plato
             ,
             lib.
             2.
             de
             Legibus
             .
          
           
             §
             58.
             
          
           
             §
             59
             ▪
             
          
           
             §
             60.
             
          
           
             §
             61.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e18770
           
             Cap.
             
               Smiths
            
             History
             of
             
               Virginia
               ▪
            
             223.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54692-e19350
           
             §.
             62.