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Show HiJ Lordiliips Speech, •t the takJng, l.-i1 place ilz Chancery. --r lve b•tween Ged and him, (underfi:anding the Cafe,) may re1o , ~ ' d how far Gr~ce fball abound, or fu peraboun : And ifit be ofPerfons,attain.ted,and Convicted, of Rebbery, 'Bur-l &c Then will I examJD whether the Pardons, pa!led the gH a ry,d o•f any Jufiice of Affife;' Or other Comm,J;1 Jr z; onerJ, b e1c. ore w:1~ the Triall was made; And if not, 1 think it my duty,alfo_,to fray them. . .r. h 1· bl Thus your Lordjhips fee, in th1s Matter Oft e8e11 , ~greea . c to . the Commandemeot,I have recdved,l mean to wal~ tn the ~tgh tj So that Men, may know, where to find m~; And thts pubhfhmg, thereof. plainly, I hope, will fave the Xmg, from a great deal of Abufe ;'And Me from a ·great deal of Envy; Wheu Men iliaJJ fee that no particular Turn , or end, leades me, but a General/ Rule. · • For the ThirdGener~ll·Head,of his Majeflie.r Precrptr,conce!mn~ speedy Ju.ftice,I am refolved,that my Decree)fuall come fpeedtly ,(tf not infiantly)after theHe,cringjAnd ~y G~ned_Decree prono\:lnc~d . For it hath been a M~nner, much ufed of I.ate 1n my 1afi ,L ords t11;~e . (ofwhom,I learn muc~ to Imitate; an_d wuh due reverence,to hts memory,let me ~reak tt,Muc~ to ~v01d; )That ~pon the Solemn, & FHll,Hearing,of a Caufe,nothtng ts .pronounced 1.n ~ou~t; ~ut Br_eviattr,~ re required to be made :Wh1ch I do not dJflike,tn 1t fel~,m caufef perplexed. For I confefs, I have fomwha~ oft he C1m&at1~r; And I am of Opinion, that whofoever IS !lot wlfer, upon Advrce) then upon the fuddain; The _fame Man, IS no wifer a_t so. yeare!l old, then he was at 30. An1ht was my F~thers ordtnary W~rd; Tou mufl give me time. But yet I find, that when fuch Erevtates were taken the Caufe was, fometimes, forgotten, ~ Tenne or two· And 'thr:n fet down for a New hearing3 or a Rehearing, three or fdur Termes after. Of' which kind, oflntenniffion, I fee no U[e; And therefore I will promife, regularly, to pronounce my Decree within few dayeB, after my Hearing; And to fign my Decree a: leafr in the Vacation, after thf:l pronouncing. For frefh JHjtfa)is thd fweete~.And befides Jufli~e ought not ~o be delayed; And it will alfo avotd all MeaneJ-ma/qng,or Labourzng; For there ought to be, no Labo~ring in Ga".fes, but the L1.bquring of the C01mfell,at the J!arr. • . . Again, becaufe Jufticc ts a SacredThmg; A:nd the end ,for which I am called to this place ; And therefore IS my way to Heaven ; (An4 ifit be fborter it is never a whit the worfe,) I fhall by Ale graceofGod (asfar~sGod willgivemefrrcngth) addtheAfternoon to th:Forenoon; And fome F curth night, ~of the Vacation, to th~ Term; For the expediting,and clearing,of the Caufu, of the court: Only, the depth of the Three long Vacations, I would r~ftrve, in fome meafure, free, for B".ftnefs ofEftate; And for S!Hdz~s of Artes and sciences, to which, in n1y Nature, I am mofi Inchned. There is another Point, of tr11.e Expeditio11, which refteth mu~b m l!iJ Lord'a1ips· Speech, lit the takJng, hi.t pl4ce· in Cha'nce ry. 8 5- in Myfelf; And that.i~, in th~ Manner of gi\'ing Order I. · For 1 have feen, an Affett:auon o~ D_ijpdtch, turn utterly to Delay, and' Length: For the m3nner of It, 1~, to take the Ta1e,out of tht: coilit- . !J!Uor~ at Bar, his M~:mth, and to give a Curfory Order; n othing . tendmg, or conducmg, to the end, of the Bujinej]e. It makes me remember, what I heard one fay, of a J~tdge, that fate in the chancery; That. he would make, 8o. o_rdet.r, in a Morning, out of. ; the way; And It was ou~ of the wa_y,_Indeed; For it was nothing, to the F1td of the Eujinejfe; And t hts IS that which makes 6o 8o · roo. Ord£rs, i.a a C aufe, too and fro, begetting one ;mother· 'and . 1tke, Penelope.r lVeb, doing and undoing. Bur, f mean not, t~ purchafe, the Praife, of Fxpeditive, in that kind: But as one that have a Feeling of my Durr, and of the Cafe of others, my'E~deavm. u Olall ,be, to hear paue~nly; And to caft my order, into fucb ~mould, as may foonefi: brmg the subje{) to the End of his Jour- · ney. . . A~ for fuch. D~layei, as may conc~rn Others; the great Abtife is, that 1f the rlamtijfe have got an InJunCtion, to fray futes at Common L aw, then t:e will . ~pin_ on h_is C aufe, at length. But, by the · grace of Cod, I will make lDJUOctiOns, an hard PiUow, to fleep on: Fo~ if [ find, that he profecure: not. with effefr, he may hap, when he ts a wake, find, not on ely hts lnJHnCfion d1Jolved, but his c aufe difmijjcd. . There be other pdrticular Ordeu, I mean to take,for Non Projecut l(Jn, or jai11t Profecutio11:, wherewith I will not trouble you now C~caufe, Snmma feqHar F aftigia ·Rerum. And fo much for Matt e; of Expedition. . Now for the fouth,and lafi: Point, of the Kingr Comma11dement· For the. cu_tt!ng off, of unnecef!ary charge_, o£ the sHhjdJ ;· A grea~ : ~ P.art of It, _ts _fulfilled, In the prec~dent Article, touching Expeditto'!: For ~tIS, the Length of Sutt!, that doth nm1tip1y charge, chtefly: Bur yet, there are fome other Remedies) that cortd1icc.; thereunto. Firfr therefore, ·r {hall maintain firicrly, and with Severity, the Former Order1, which I find, made, by my Lord Chancel/~,,- for the immoderate, and needles prolixity) and length of Bills, and Anfwer .r, and fo forth; As wtll in punifhing the party, as fining the Co1mjell, whofe hand I fball find:~ at f1.1ch BiOs, .Anfwers, ~c. Secondl y~ for all the Examinations>taken in the Court, I do give charge, unto the Examiners, (upon perill of their places,) that t~ey do not, ufe id.le RepetitionJ,orneedlefs circumftance.r, in fet- . tmg down, the Depojitions, taken by them; And I would, I could help ir, likewife, jn Comfltijfion.r, in the countrey; But that is almofi unpoffibJe. Thirdly, I fball take a diligent Survey, of the Ceppies in chancery; That they have their jufi number ofLincs) and with· out open, or watlfull, writing. . Fourthly, I fball be careful1, that there be no Exal1ion, of any new |