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Show Ohfervatio~J J$pon a Libell, pub/if';ed, in Anno, 159~'.,.. h ht meet to refrrain the fame, by P rovifion of LaweJ : t oug , t. . S de whereupon grew the Statute o Retemer s: o as men , now:> . - nd upon the Prince and the Lawes, and upon noothel': A ~atter, which hathalfo a Congr1tity,with th~ Natu~e; of theTrm~; As may be feenin otherCmmtriu; Namely 1n Spazn, where their Grandeer are nothing fo Potent, and fo Ali> folate, as they have been, in' Times paft. But othcrwife,_ it may ~~ truly affirmed, that the Rigbts,· and preheminences, o~ rheN~bdrty, were, never, more duly, and exactly, preferved unto them, t~cn th~y have beent in her Majeflies Times; The Prece~ence of Km!,hts, &tven to the younger sons of Barons; No subpenas, awarded agam!t the Nobility, out of the r;hgncery, but Letters; No Anfwer u_eon Oa~b, but upon Honour; Befidcs~a Nu1!'ber ~f other Priviledges ,m Parltament Cot~rt and countrey. So hkewtfe, tor the Cmmt.enance ofher lfaj1fyJ and the st~te, in Ljeutenancie.r~ comNtijfionr, offices, and the hke, there was never ,a m<?re Honourable,and GracefulJ, ~e-ard, had of the Nobility; Nctther was ~here, ev~r, a more F~~thfuu Remembrancer, and exacter, of all tnefe partrcul.tr prehem~nences unto them; Nor a more Diligent Searcher, and Regtfier, · of' their Pedegreu, Alliancei, and all MemoriRll!, of Honour, ~~en that MAN, whom he chargeth, to have overthrown the NQbzlzt); Becau{e a few of them, by immoderate Expence, are decayed, accordi~g to the Humor of the time, which he hath ~ot been able, to refifr,no not, in his ow~ Houfe. And as for At.ta~n_deu,there have been, in 35 years,butFtve, of any of the Nobtlrty,whereof, butTwo, came to Execution, a~doneof_them~ wasaccompanied, with Rcftitutien of Blood, Jn the chzldren: yea, all of them except JVijhnerland, were fuch, ns whether It wer.e, by Fttvo~r of Law or Go'i:Jernment, their Heirs have, or are hke to have~ a great P~rt of their Poj]ejfionJ And fomuch, for the No-bility. . h fc Touching the oppreffion, ·of the People? he menuonet our , ~~n~:;r~i~~ points. 1• The conjitmptiMJ, of People, ~n the Wa~J. 2. The rhe Common · Interrupti on, of Traffic~ 3· The Corr~ptzon,?f Juflu:e. 4· The fubjea.. MHltitude, of Tax~tions: Unto all whtch pomts, there needet_h no long Speech. For the firft, (than~s be to God;) the Bened~- &ion of crefcit~ and Mldtiplicamini, ts not fo weak, upon thts . Realm of Fnglttnd but The PspHlatitm thereof, may afford, fuch Lo.flc of Men, as' were. fuffici_ent, for ~he JVJakjng _our l~te »:arJ; and were, in a perpetutty, Without bcmg f~en, euher In C,lty,o_r countrey. We 1ead, that when the Romans, dtd take Cenfe,of. thetr r'efple> whereby the Citirz..ens, were numbred, ~y the roU, m_the beginning of a great War, and afterwards, agam, at the endmg, there, fometime~, wanted a 'Ihird Part, of the N1:1~ber: But let our Mufter Boo4J be peru fed,( thofe, 1 fay, th~t ctu~e, the Num: be~, of all Fighting Men, in every shire,)o£_ vzcej o.ofthe Quun, At what time,iexcept a Handfull of Srmldzers, 1 the Low_Col}n~ tries weexp~nded no Men in the J!Vars; And now agatn)h~t ' t IS. Obforvation.t upon a Libell, publijhed, ln Anno •s 9 .L this prefent time,_ & t~ere will appear, finall Diminution. There be many Tokpu, In thts Re~lm, ra~her of ('reJ!e, and surchdrge, of reop_le, t~e~ ofPVant, and Depopulatron, whtch were before recited. Behd~s, u IS a bette1~ Condition, of bzwardfea~e, to be accom panied, wlth fome Exercife, of no Dangerour Jf arr tn Forrain partr then tobe, utterly, withoutApprentlfage, ofw:rr; whereby ~~;ople grow Effeminate, and unpra{,fifed, when Occafion fhall be.' And it ts, _no 1mall ftrength, unto the Realm, that in thefe IP'arrs ofExercije, and not of 1'~ ~ill.., fo many of our People, are trained; And fo many~ of our Nobrlzty, and GintlemeN, have been made, · Excellent Leaderr, bot~ by Sea, and ~tlnd. As f?r that ,he objefreth, we ha~e no Provijion, for Souldteu , at thetr Return; Though that Pomt, hath no~ been, altogether neglected; yet I wifh with all my Hc;art, that It wer~ more .Ample, then it is; Though, I have r~ad, and hea_rd, that tn all Efrates, ,upon Cafheering, aRd nifoanzlzng, of SoHlduu, many have endured N(cefjity. For the Stopfing ofTrajfique)as I referred rny Self, to the lf11if/erBoof<!,_ f~r th~ F1ri1:_; So I rcfe~ my Self, to the cuflome·Book.J, upon this, whtch v.:'tll not lye; And do make Demonflration, of no Abatement; at all, m thefe lafr years, but rather of Rijing and Encr~ aj~. We kno_w, ofn1any in London, and other places: that are, wtdu~ ~ frnall tan~, greatly come up, and made Rich, by Merchandl'zmg: And a ~an, may fpeak, within his Compalfe, and affirm; That our Prrzer, by Sea, have countervailed, any Ptizer, Ut'Ofi US • .. And as to the ]uflice, of this Realm, it is true, that cumiing, and W~altb, have b~ed, many Sutes, and Debates, in Law: But let thofe Poz'!t.r be confldered: The Integrity, ·and s1ifficiincy ofthofe wh1ch fupply, the Judieiallpla~es, in the !}2!!eens CoHrtJ; "The good Lawer, that have been made, In her M~jejfie.r time, againft b 1forl/ l(rs, and rr~moteTJ;. An_d forth~ bettenng ofTriall.r; The Exam. ple, ofSeve~ny, whtch IS u~~d, In the Stllr•ch,Lmber, ill oppreffing ~or~es, and fr,md~r; The Ddrg~nce, and Sto1ttnefs, that is ufed, by JH}hce~o~ Ajjijes, tn Encountnn~, all Countenancing, and Eearing of CaHjes, m the Countrey, by thetr Autheritie;, and Wij'edome; The greatFav~rs, that h~vC! been ufed, towards coppy·holdei's and Cu_j~om~ry ·1 ena11t1D whtch were, in ancient times, meerly, ;t the J.?iJcrello,t, and Mercy, o!the. Lord; And are now, continually, reheved, from hard Deabng) m chancery, and other C01,trtr of Equity.~ l ~ay, !et th~fe, and rn_any other Points, be confidered; and Men wJlt, worthtly, concetve, an Honourable Opinion, of the Juftice ofEngl~~~ ' Now to the Point.r,ofLevier andnijlributions ofMoney which he. cal!eth Exal1i01u.. Firfr, ~ery coldly, he i~ not abalhed, to brrng m, the G~.thermg,_for Paules steeple, and the Lottery Triflu: Whereof, the.former, bemg but a Voluntary CdUefJion, of that, Men were freely .dtfpofed, _to give, never grew, . to fo great a Sum, as was fuffictent, tofintfb the Work_, for which it was appointed: And |