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Show A Speech,ta Sir J o .Denham,called to be a Baron of tb e Excb. the Ancient Recurdr, artd Prejidents, of this Court~ When the famous Cafe, of the Copper Mine.r, we~s argued in this Court; And judged for the King ;~t wa.s not, ,upon.tbe fine ~ea~ons, of Witt; As that, the Kings Prerogatzve, drew to tt, the chtef, tn quaque jpecie: The Lion is the chief of Beafls; The Eagle the chief of Birds; The Whale the chief of Fifhes; And fo Copper, ih~ chief ofMinerals; For tbefe are but Dalliancei of Law,&. ornaments;But it was the grave Records, and PrejidentJ, that grounded, the judgement~ of that caufe: And therefore, I would have you, both guide, and arm, your felf with them, againft thefe Vapours, and Fumes, of Law, which are extracted, out of Mens Inventions, and Con-ceits. The ~hird Advice, I will give you, hath a large Extent :It is, that you do your Endeavour; in your place, fo to manpag e the Kings ]ufl,ce, and Rf:l1enue, as the King may have mofi: Profit, and the sub jell, leafi: vexation: For wh~n there is much vexatiol! t~ the subjeCJ, and little Benefit to the Kzng then the Ex_checquer ts S1ck: And when there is, .lltfuch Benefit to the King, wtth leffe Trouble, and vexation, to the SHbje&,then the Ext·hecquer is found: As for Example; l f there ihall be 1nuch Racl{!11g, for the Kings old Debts; And the more Frefh, and Late Debtt ihall be, either more negligently called upon, or over eafily difchargcd, or over indulgeatly fialled : Or if the Number of informations be many ; and the Kings Part, or Fines for compejitions,a Trifle: Or if there be, much ado, to get the King new Land, upon Goncealmenti, and that which he hath 3lready, be not wellftnown, and forveyed; Nor the woods preferved; (I could put you many other Cafes,) this fals within that, which I term, the JicftEfiate of the ExchecqHer. And this is that, which makes every Man ready, with their Undertakings, and their Projects, to difiurb,the ancient Frtime of the Exchecquer~ (Then the which, I am perf waded, there is not a better;) This being the Burthen of the Song ; That much goeth out of the subjeUs Purfe; And little commeth, to the Kitzgs Purfo. Therefore, F:ive them not, that Advantage, fo to fay; Sure I am, that befides your own Affociates, the Baroni ; you ferve, with two fuperiour, Great Officerr, that have Honourable, and true, Ends; And dcfire, to ferve the King, and right the subjeli- There r~fteth, that I deliver you, your Patent. ---;-;...-.__~... ....-.,.._---:;..-_-,---:~: .-.;___ - / * His A SpeechtoJufl.Hutton,to beoneofthe ludgeJ,ofthe C.flettJ. HiJ Lordlbips Speech, in the Common Pleas., to Ju.Rice Hutton, when be wttJ ct~l1ed, tp he one of the Judges, of the eommon Pleas. Mr. Serjeant H1ttton; T·He Kings mofl Excellent Majefty, being duly enforq:~ed of your Learning, Integrity,Difcretion,Experience Mea~es and Reputation in yourCountrey; Hath thought fit no~t toleav~ you thefeTalentr, to be employed upon your felf onely; But to call you, to ferve Himfelf, and his People, in the place of one of his ]t!flicer, of the Court, ot Common Pleas. ' · This CoHrt, where you are to ferve, is the Loc11!l Center, and Heart,oftheLawr, ofthisRealm: Herethe subjellhathhisatfu. ranee, By Fines, and Recoveries : Here he hath his Fixed and Invariable, Remedies by Precipes, and Writs of Right : Here )uftice opens not, by a By-gate.ofPriviledge, but by theg1"eat Gate of the Kings originttllWrits, out of the chancery. Here ilfues Procefie ofUtla wry; If men will not an f wer Law, in this center of Law they fhall be ~aft out~ {\nd therefore, i~ is proper for you, by all means, wtth your Wtfdome, and Fortitude, to maintain, the Lawi of the Re1dtn: Wherein, nevertheleffe, I would not have you H~ad-flrong, but Heart-.flrong; And to weigh, and remember, with your felf, that the 1 2· Judges, of the Realm, are, as the 12. Lionr, under Salome~es Throne; They mafi fhew their Stoutnef!e in l!levating, and Bearing up the Throne. To reprefent unto y~u the Li11es, and Portraitures, of a Good Judt.e. ' The 1. is, That you fhould draw your Learning, out of your B 01~, not out of your Brain. · 2. That you, fhould mix well, the Freedom, of your own opini· on, with the Reverence, o~ the opinion, of your F eUowr. 3. That you fuould continue, the ltuJjing of your Beok.f, and not to fpend on~ upon the old Stocl{. 4· That you fhould fear no' Mans Face; And yet, not turn stoutnql, into Bravery. S· That you fhould be truly JnjpartiaU, and.not fo; as Men may fee .Ajfellion, through fine Carriage. 6. That you be a Light) to 1Hrours) to open their Eye~; But not a GHid, to Lead them, by the Nofes. . 7· That you affect not, the Opi~tien, ofPregrtancy, and Expedi. ti011, by an impatient, and Catching, Hearing~ of the CounfoUoJ~rs at the B~trre. 8. That your Speech, be ~ithGraviiJ, as one of the SageJ of the L.tw; And not Talf<!,ti'lle, aor with impertinent F!fing out, to fhew Learning. 9· That your H~tndr, and the Ha11ds of your Handr ~ (t mean, I thofe about you,) Be Clean, and·Vncorrupt, from Gifts ; From Medling ·-----~--------- |