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Show --~ o_ ( A Speech,to Sir W Jones, _called to bt_a chief l19}.oj ~relan<f: But not to fray there, but bemg f? quahfied, to ferve lum, as hts chief!uflice, ofhis Kings Bench, in h1s Realm of Irel~nd. And th ere~ fore, that which I {hall fay to you, ~ufi b~apphed, not to your Serjermts place,( which you take but tn pafiage,) But to that grc:Jt place, where-you are to fettle; A?d becaufe, I will not t pe~d Time, to the Delay, of the Bufinefie, of CaHfcs, of the Court, I wtll lead you thefoort Journey by Examples,and not the Long by,rrecepts. I. The Place, that you iliall now ferve i!l, hath been fortunate, to be well ferved in four fuccdftons before you. Do but take unto you, the Conftat;cy, an~ in~egrity;, o_f Si~· Robert Gardiner: ! he Gravity, Temper, and .Duecbon, of St.r James L~a: The Qu,Ick.neffe, Tndufrry, and Dtfpatch, of Sir Hmnphry 1¥mch: The ~ar~, : and Affection to the Common-wealth, and the Prudent, and 1 oh· tick Adminil1:~ation, of Sir Iohn Denham; And you fhall need no other LeHons. They were all Lincolns In1z .Alen, as y~u .ue? You have known them) as well in their Beginnings, as 1n their Advllncement. But becaufe, you are to be there, not only chief Juflice) but a Connfeller of Ejiate, I will put you in mind,ofthe great_Work,no_w in hand; th:J.t you may rai(e your thoughtes, accordmg u~to tt. Ireland is the lafi, Ex F'iliis Europ£, which hath been reclaimed, from Defolation, and a Defert, (in many parts,) to Population, and Plantation; And from Savage, and Barbarous, Curtomes, to Humanity, and Civility. This is the Kings Wo.rk in ch~ef. It is his Garland, ofHeroica!l Vertue,and Felicity; Demed tg hts Progenitors, and l\eferved to his Times. TheW ork, is pot y~t con. dueted, to perfection, but is in fair Ad vance. And this I will fay confidently, that if God blefie this Kingdom with Peace, and J ufiice; No Ufurer, is fofure, in feven years fpace, to dou~le his Principal/ with Jnterefl; And Interefl upon Intercft:, As that Kingdom is, within the fame time, to double the frock , both of Wealth, and People. So as that Kingdof!t, which once within thefe Twenty years, Wife men were wont todoubt;whetherthey iliould wifh it, to be in a Po~le; Is like now to become, almol1: a Ge1rden; And yo1111ger sifter, to Great Britain. And therefore, you mufi fet down with your felf, to be, not only a jufl:Govcrner, and a good ChiefJu.ftice (as if it were in England;) but under the King, and the Deputy, you are to be a Mafler Builder,. and a .liitifir.r Planter, and Reducer, of Ireltmd. To which end, I will trouble you, at this time, but with Three Directions. The Firfi is, that you have fpeciall care, of the Three Plantati-ons. That of the North, which is in part acted: That of IVejlford, which is now in Di!hibution: And that of Longford, and Letrim, which is now in furvey. And take this from me; That the Baue, of a Plantation, is, when the Vnderta/zers, or Planters, ~ake fuch · haft, to a little Mecha1zicall prefent profit, as difiurbeth the whole Frame,and nobleneffe of the )Vot'K, for Times to come.Therefore, hold them to their Covenants, and the ftrict ordin4nces of Plantatiw on. The A Speech)to Sr.W.Joiles,clilledto ~e L.chief'Jufliceofirela. \ 91 T ?e Se~ori~ i~; tha.t yo~ be car.eful1, of the l(zngs Reven~w; And ---~·1 by l!ttle ~nd lttt~e ' · conlhtute h1m, a gcod Demcafn, 1fit·may be; Whtch httheno IS httle,0r !~OPt:· F'or t.be.Kings Cafe is hard, when e~ery 1.\tlan s Land, £ball be unproved> 1n value~ wh h increafe ma. ntfold; And. the .King iliall be ti~d, to his Dry Rent. My lafiDuechon, (thoughfirfi in weight,) is, that yoli do all g~od Endeavours, to procee~ refo~utely, and confiantly (and 'Yet with .due Tern paranee, a.nd Equahty) In 11-latfers 9fReligion··leafi Ireland C!vill, become more dangerous to us, then Ireland s~vnge. So God gt ve you Comfort of your 1'/ace. . · . . After Sir# iUiam Jones Speech. , I Iu? forgotten one Thing, which was this. , You may tak:, e:xceedmg great C~mfo~t, that you fh~l~ fervc-, With fuch a Dep11_ , ty: One, ~hat (I thmk)ts ~ Ma~,ordato d of God, to do great Good, Eo tha.t K1ngdome. And thu, T thmk good, to fay to you; That the 1 t~ue Temper, of~ chief]uf!ic~, towards a Deputy, is; Neither fervdly to fecond htm, nor tachouOy to oppofe him. \ ·. TbeLord f(eepers Speech, in the Exchecqucr; to. Sir John Denhan1 ; wben he waJ called to be one of the Barons of the Exchecqper. J I S.I R.Jvhn Denham; the King, of his grate,and favour, hath made cbOice .~fyou, to be one of the Barons; of the Exchecquer; To fn~ceed, to one o~ the gravefr,and moft Reverend ')11dges; of this .. K1ngdome; _For fo I ?old Baron.Altha1/! w~M. The Jf.ing tak_es you not upon Credit, but Proof, a~d great Proof of your former Service· And that,in both thofe kinds, wherein you are now to ferve: Fo~ as you. have iliewed your felf a good Judge bewe~ti party and party 5 fo you have fhew~d your felf a good .Adminiflcr, of the Revenue ; Both ~hen ~ou were ChiefBaron; And finf.e as Counfeller of Eftate, there 10 Ireland~· where the Counfell(as you know) doth in great part, rn:annage, and tneffuage, the Rem~~,Zew , 1 And to both t~efe Parts, I will.apply fome 'Admon.itiotJJ; But not vulgar, or' dtfc.urfiv.e ; But apt· for the ·Time~, and in. few words: For they are befi remembred~ . . Firfi therefore, above all) you ought to m'aintain; the King1 P~erogative,And to fet down with your felftbat the Kings Prerogattve, and the Law, are not two Things; But the Kings Prerogativeh LlZW; And the Principall Part of the Law: The Firft~ Bo~n, o~ ~an Prima, of the Law: And therefore, in conferving,or m~mtammg that, you conferve and maintain, the Law. There is not, in the Body of Man, one Law of the Head, and another of the Bud y,.but all is 011e Entire Law. . The next Point, that [would now advife you. is, that rou ac. quaint your felf, diligently, with the Revenew; And alfo with N 2 the |