A bakers-dozen of plain down-right queries, harmlesse and honest: propounded to all that expect benefit from this present power. Wherein is discovered, the bawling, mercinary, accustomed tricks, querks, and quillets of the learned lying, daggle-tayl'd lawyers, crafty atturneys, and subtile solicitors, &c.. [sic] With a description of the Dutch water-rats: and the difference between Spanish pieces of eight, and the babies, pupets and quelchoses of France. By George Gregorie, Gent. Gregorie, George, gent. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A85681 of text R202337 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E988_2). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 10 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A85681 Wing G1908 Thomason E988_2 ESTC R202337 99862664 99862664 168627 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A85681) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 168627) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 147:E988[2]) A bakers-dozen of plain down-right queries, harmlesse and honest: propounded to all that expect benefit from this present power. Wherein is discovered, the bawling, mercinary, accustomed tricks, querks, and quillets of the learned lying, daggle-tayl'd lawyers, crafty atturneys, and subtile solicitors, &c.. [sic] With a description of the Dutch water-rats: and the difference between Spanish pieces of eight, and the babies, pupets and quelchoses of France. By George Gregorie, Gent. Gregorie, George, gent. 8 p. [s.n.], London : printed in the year MDCLIX. [1659] Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 17". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Law -- England -- Early works to 1800. A85681 R202337 (Thomason E988_2). civilwar no A bakers-dozen of plain down-right queries,: harmlesse and honest: propounded to all that expect benefit from this present power. Wherein i Gregorie, George, gent. 1659 1614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A BAKERS-DOZEN Of Plain Down-right QUERIES , Harmlesse and Honest : PROPOUNDED To all that expect benefit from this present POWER . Wherein is discovered , The Bawling , Mercinary , accustomed Tricks , Querks , and Quillets of the Learned Lying , Daggle-tayl'd Lawyers , Crafty Atturneys , and subtile Solicitors , & c.. With a Description of the Dutch Water-Rats : And the difference between Spanish Pieces of Eight , and the Babies , Pupets and Quelchoses of FRANCE . By George Gregorie , Gent. LONDON , Printed in the year MDCLIX . A Bakers Douzen Of Down-right QVERIES Propounded to all that expect benefit from this Present POWER . I. VVHether the Officers of the Army were in earnest or in jest , when they re-invested this present Parliament in their pristine Power ; And will they now own and defend it , having put it upon them ; and may all well-minded People believe for a Truth , and not be deceived , but that it may appear the Mace is above the Sword ? II. If agreed upon upon all hands , the People of the Land have not Reason to be satisfied therein by Publick Declaration , that doubts may be taken away , and all may follow their several imployments without any distraction ? III. Whether a Power thus made , finding the Law now in force destructive and not for the weale of the People , may not make null the old , and inforce a new Law , sutable to the safety and welfare of the Nation , that oppression may not be upheld because it is ancient ? IIII. Whether can Justice truely be said to be had in England at all by the proceedings of our Law ; For Justice done for any other end than for Justice sake ( though many fools are content to buy it ) doth it not plainly prove the seller a Knave ? V. Whether a Multitude of Lawes are not the greatest badge of an enslaving People , having alwaies been fomented a numerous sort of Governours , either for their own profit or for preferment of their favourites , or satisfying their own boundlesse Wills ; whereas Right is couched in few words , which Reason the Foundation of Law , the more clearly sees , and sooner decides ? VI . Whether is it not most agreeable to Reason , that there should be in different Judges in every County , which by their vicinity might by report of honest neighbours , know the condition of the Cause , as well as from the parties themselves ; And that no daggle-rayl'd Lawyer , Atturney or other , should plead any Cause ( save their own ) for that it is impossible a Judge should but loose a great deale of evidence , which is to be perceived in the carriage , countenance , and deportment of the parties themselves , which in a bold brasen-faced , dawling , mercenary , accustomed lying Lawyer , shall never be discovered to the most piercing eye upon Earrh . VII . Whether do not many People of this Nation for malice or revenge , make it their common practise to oppresse the poor mans cause the more violently , because they know ( though fools themselves ) they can have a Learned lying Lawyer , a crafty Atturney , a subtile Solicitor , if his Cause goes to the Divil , to follow it for money , whereas admonition from a grave Judge seasonably given , may take effect in the party interested in the Cause himself : which it never doth in a Common Pleader , because gift which blinded his eyes , makes his Tongue run the perpetual motion . VIII . Doth ir not too manifestly appear , that Law doth undoe more then it relieves ; for our Court of Equity as it is now handled , a Suit in Chancery , though it wear out both the Boots , Shooes , and patience of the Clyent , yet commonly out-lasts any four Gowns of his Council , though he wear it the longer to demonstrate his Antiquity . IX . Whether doth it not plaine appear that changes in Government are most chargeable to any Common-wealth . And debillitating the poorest sort for want of Trade through the destraction of the Times ; is it not therefore honest pollicy to submit to the present power as most fittest to goe on for the Common good , as having most experience by their own and others government , and by consequence abler to avoyd all inconveniences , and whether is it safest to consent on all hands from Ministers or other professing Religion , lest while they bridle not their tongues they speak their Religion vain ; That a Lawyer plead not against it , unlesse for a place which he shall loose , the first Fee he takes by all honest mens consent ; And whether the Souldiery if they retard it and be not content with their pay , do they not crack an Apostolicall command ? X. Whether though it be impossible to make all of one mind ; yet may not a Government be so settled that those that will take any osfence , may not be suffered to give any in poynt of Faith : And for Manners Morallity , may not that serve ? XI . Whether the common adversary do not get advantage by delayes or discourses , Trades decay , and Tradesmen discouraged , whereas unity emboldeneth all , Merchants adventure , Tradesmen give Credit , Mechannicks live by their labours , and such as want imployment find it at Sea , which if we longer neglect the Hollander , that water-Rat will get all our fish and carry it to Spain , and bring us no better return then a few small Reasons to fetch our ready money , and if they prove to be our brokers for Wine another year , they will ballance the losse of their last Warr , with the gain of their Trade ? XII . Whether the Warr with Spain , or the Peace with France agree best with the stomack of this Common-wealth ; and whether pieces of Eight be not more staple Comodityes then the Babies , Pupies and Quelchoses of France ? XIII . Whether as the Case now stands with England and English-men , may they not having made a supreame power force a new Law , fit for our present Condition , having the light of Reason and the Word of God , rather then to set this Government upon the Basis of Monarchy , which with his Lawes will bring in himself . A word by way of Addresse to the Right Honourable the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England , &c. That notwithstanding the Nations several and sad Complaints ; yet still the Audacious Impudent Lying Covetous Deceitfull Atturneys , and bloody murthering Jaylors , have continued the wicked and audacious practise of injustice , Tiranny and Oppression , and the still continued sale of Justice for the price of Iniquity called Bribes and Fees ; None hath hitherto truly Considered the ruine of Thousands of People , Robbed of their Estates , Liberties and Lives , by Arrests , Outlawries , false Judgements , Executions , Decrees , Orders and Repors , begotten and brought forth by corrupt Judges , covetous Lawyers , deceitfull Atturneys , Masters of the Chancery , Registers , Clerks , Sheriffs , Bailiffs , Serjeants and Goalers , by whom the Poor , the Widdow , the Fatherlesse , and the Stranger is slighted , scorned , devoured , yea eaten up as they eat bread , none hitherto in Authority have called for Justice nor for satisfaction to the oppressed , none hath hitherto regarded the lamentable Cryes of the Inthralled , none hath laid to heart the miserable enslaved Condition of this Nation by Lawyers , none hitherto hath considered the asflictions of Ioseph in bands , as formerly they have Protested , declared , vowed and promised to do , but hitherto not performed by them ; Therefore in behalfe of this whole Nation , thus enslaved and groaning under this unsupportable Burthen . The Appeale and Out-cry is made unto You the above-named Persons , praying for speedy help , remedy and redresse of these great Nationall destructive maladies , in and by suppressing the Lawyers speedily , advancing Justice vigorously , abolishing the Capias for arrest of mens persons , and restoring the Just and undeniable Liberties of this Nation , according to Magna Charta , with full reparations to all the Oppressed , ruined & wrongfully Imprisoned in the Land . If the head of Royalty be cut off and the Power disowned , and this Nation declared to be a Free State , why then the members of Tyrannie suffered to flourish , and still to beare the poysonous fruits of Slavery and destruction , contrary to the freedom and deliverance , long-since by you Promised and now againe this Promise by you confirmed ; and why not then this Nation a Free people as of right they ought to be ; That so the Lawyer may no longer rob them of their Estates and Liberties , nor the Gaoler of their Lives , to the utter ruine also of Wives , Children , and Families . FINIS .