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Show 86 J Hi1 Lordfhips Speech,at the tabJng, hiJ place in Chancery ... new Feer;, but according, as they have been, heretofore, fet, and Tabled. . . As for Lawyers Fees,l mu~ leaye, to the Co~fctence, and M.ent, , oft he Lawyer; And the Efhm~uon, ~nd Gratitude, ·of the Cltent_; But yet this I can do. I know, there have ufed to attend thts Barr, a Number of Lawyers, that have not hefn heard, fo~etimes, (carce once, or twice, in a Term; And that, makes the Cltent, feek to Great Counfell, and Favouritu, (as they call them: A Term, firter for Kings, then judges; ) And that, for ~.very 01·der, that a mtan Lawyer mought difpatch, and as ~ell. Therefore, ~o bel p the Guzerality of Lawyers; And therein, to e~fe the Client:, I wilJ, confrantly, obferve, that every Tuejday, and other Dayes of Orders after nine a Clock firucken, I will hear the Bar, untill 1 r, or half' an Hour,afrer 10, at the leafi. And fince, we are upon the point, whom I will hear, your Lordj};ips will give me ~av~,to tell you a Fancy. It falls out, that there be three of us, the Kmgs fervants, in great place, that are f.:awye_rs by Defrent: Mr. Atturney, Son of a judge ; Mr. solliciter, hkewtfe, Son of a Judge: And my felf, a C hanceUers Son. . Now becaufe, the Law, roots fo wei~, in my time, I wiH water it at the R.oot) thus far,; As befides thefe great Ones, I will hear any 7udges sonn,before a sergeant1And any Sergeants So11n,be fore a ReaJer. Lafiiy, for the better Eafe, of the sub jells; And the Bridtling of contcntioHs sutu, I {hall give better, (that is greater,) Cofls, where the suggefti~tu are not proved.then hath been hitherto ufed. The1e be divers other Orders, for, the better Reiglement, of this Co1trt; And for Granting of Writs; And for Granting of Benefices; And other Things, which I fball f~t down in a Table. But I will deal with no oth~r, to day, but fNch, as have a proper Relation> .to his .JVJajtflies Commdndement : It being my Comfort, thac J ferve fucb a Mafler, that I ihall need to be but a conduit, for the conveyin,e, onely, o(his Goodnefs, to his People. And it is true. that I doaffelt, and afpire, to make good that S~ying; That optiiiJW Magiflrdtts Jr~ftat OJtim£ Legi; which is true in his M~Sjefty. But for my feJf, I doubt, I Olall not attain it. But yet, I have, a Domiflicall Example, to follow. My Lords, I have no more to fay, but now>I will go on> to the Bufinejfe, of the Court. ----' . - ........ -. -. -~----·--------~:------ The ( A Speech, in the Star-Chamber, before tbe Summer cb-cuit.t. 1he Speech, which waJ ~tied, 'by the Lord Keeper .ofthe Great Seal, iiJ the ~tar-Chamber, before the Summer Cir• cuitJ, the King being then in S~otland, 16 J 7· T He King, by his perfeCl: Declaration, pubJifhed in this piace, concerning Judges, and JHflic.es; Hath made the speeciJ of . his Chanceller, accufiomed be: fore the Circuits, rather of Ceremo. ny)than of ufe. For, as in his Book_ to his Son, he hath fet forth a true ch~raUer, and Platform,of a King; Sot in this his s peech, he hath done, the like, of a judge, ~nd Juftice: Which fheweth, that as his Majejly, is excellently able, to Govern, in chief; So, he is like wife well fe~n, and skilfuiL in the inferiout Offices, and Stages, of Jufiice, and Govermnent: which is a Thing, very rare in Kings. Yet, nevertbelelfe .1! fomewhat mufi be faid, to fulfill an old obfervance; Rut yet, upon the Kingr Grounds, and very briefly: For as SAlomon faith, in another Cafo; In theft things, who is be, that can comeJ after the J(ing. Firfr, you that are the judges of CirCII.its, are, as it were, the Planets oft he Kingdome; (I do you no Diihonor, in giYing you that name;) And, no doubt, you have a great fir oak, in the Framt , . of this Government ; As the other have, in the great Frame~ of the World. Do therefore, as they do; Move alwayes · and be carried, with the Motion of your firfr l'vlover, which is your Soveraign. A popular ]uclge is a Deformed Thing : And Pla;Jdite's, are fitter for Players, then for Mat).ftrates. Do good to the people; Love them, and give them Jufiice. But Jet it be, as the l'{alm faith, Nihil inde Expellantes; Looking for nothing, neither Praife, nor Profit. Yet my Mf"aning is not, when I wilh you, to take heed ofPopularity, that you !hould be imperious, and S.trange, to the Gentlemen, ofthe Counfrey: You are,above them,tn Powc:r,bu_r your Rank is not much unequall:And learn this; That Power, ts ever of greatefi firength, when it is civilly carried. Secondly, you mufi remember, that befides y~ur ord~nary Ad· miniflration, ofJHflice,you do c~rry the two Gla.Jfet,o.r,-?vJtrrour.t, of the Stttte: For it is your Duty, In thefe your V tlitatlons ;_To reprefent, to the people, the Graces, and Care, of the King. And again, 1:1pon your Return; To prefent, to the King, the Dijlaftes, andGriejJ, of the People. Mark, what the King fa yes, in his Book: Procur~ reverence to tpe Kiwg and th@ Law: Inform my people truly of me~ ( wh1~h we know ts1 bard to do, according to the Excellency ofhts Merit, but yet Endeavour it;) How zet~louJ I am for Religion; How I dejire, Law mt~y · be / |