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Show 68 . A Letter, to tbe King, concernin.g the Przmunire, &c. . llandine: they were clamOured by the parties, and twice fem \ 1 back, by the Court; And i~ Conclufion.' refolut~ly, 17 of 19, found an Ignoramm : wheretn, for that ume, I dunk, Ignort:mus, was wifer than thofe that know roo much. Your Maiefty will pardon n1e, if I be fparing, in delivering to you, (orne other Circumftances, of Aggravatto(l,, and of Co.ncur, rences of fame like Matters, the fame day; as tf 1t had been [orne Fatal c~nfttllation. They be not things; (o fufliciently tryed, as I dare put them, into your Ear. . . . For my Opinion, I c.annot but b~gm,. w1th thts Preface; That I am infinitely forry,, that your. Ma:Jejty., 1s thus put, . to falve, and cure, notonely Acctdents ofTtme, but Errours of Servants: For I account this a kinde of Sicknrfs, of my Lord {ookes, that comes, almoft, in as in a time, as the Sickn~[s, of my Lord Cba11celler. And as (I think,) it was one of the wt~eft pans, .that ever he played, when he went down, to your MaJefty, t~ Roifton, a~d dehred, to have my Lord Chanceller, joyned w1th h1m; So thls was one of the weakeft parts, that ever he play.ed, to make all ~he Worl~ perceive, that my Lord Chanctller, 1s fevered from h1m, at th1s time. . . . · But for that, which may cpncern your SerVlc~, whiCh 1s ?D.Y End, (le~vingother Men to their own ~ay~s; ) ~uft, my Opu~1- on is plamly, that my Lord Cooke, at thls ume, 1s not to be ~Ifgraced; Both becaufe,. he is fo well habituate, for that w~11eh remaincth, of thefe Capztal Cau[es ; And alfo, for that, wluch I finde, is in his Breaft, touching your Financcs,at~d Matters ?fR~~ pair, of your Eftate. And, ( tfi mough~ [peak tt?) as I thu~k, 1t were good, his hopes w~re at an end, 111 [orne kmde , [o I could wit11, they were ratfed, 111 fotne other. On the other fide, this great, and publick Affront, not only to d 1c Reverend, and well de[ erving, perfon, of your Chanceller; (And at .a time, whet he was thought, to lye, on Dying, which was b~rbarous;) But to your High Court of Ch.ancery, ~h~ch is the Court, of your abfolutc po~er; May not, ( m my Opm10n,) 1 pa{s lightly, nor end,one~y, 111 [orne ~ormal Attonemct~t; But Ufe is to be made thereof, for the fetlmgof your Authortty, and frrcngthning of your Pr£rogative, according to ·the true Rules of Monarchy. . . 1 Now to reconcile, and accommodate thefe two Adv~~e~, wpKh feem almofr oppo!ite. Firft, your Ma;eHy, may not f<..e lt,(though I conkfs it be fufpicious,) .that my Lord Caokewas, ~nyway, afore hand, privy to that, whKh was done; 0~ that he d1d fet. tt, or animate 1t; But onely took the Matter, as 1~ c;amc be~ore hur~; And that his Errour was oncl_y, that at fuch a ume, he d1d not dt-vert it, in fome good manner. . Secondly, if it be true, (as is reported,) that a?y of the Puifne tudg(s, d.id fi.ivr this Bu!inefs; Or that, they d1d openly revtle, and I • A Letter, to the I(ing, concerni1{g the Pritmuni~e, &~. I ~ and .n:enace the Jury, for d?ing their Con~cience; (A~ thE-y did~ \ hondlly, and truly,. ). 1 th.wk, that !udf!..e, 1s wonl1y, to leeie hi's place .. And to be plam w1tb your Mafeff)·,I do not think,there is any Thmg, a. greater Polj,chreft?n,or ad muLta utile, to your Affairs, than) upon a J~it, and fit Occa.hon,to make fame Example,againfi ,the I refumpnon, of a Judy_t, 111 ~au_fes, that concern your hlaje-fty: whereby th~ whole Body, ?fthoic Magi~rat~s, may be comat-ned the b~ttcr 111 awe·; And 1t m2y be, this will light:, upon no unfit SubJeCt, of a Perfon, that is l{qde, and that ~1o Man ca ·es for. · · , Thi!dly, ~~there be, no one, fo much in ~aulr~· (which I cannot yet afhrm, e1tner way? ~nd there mufr be a JUfi: Ground, God forbid die.;) ret 1 fi:ould tlunk, that the Very Prefumption, of Going [o far? m ~o lugh a Caufe, deferveth to have that done, which was ~one 111 tr:ls very c~fc, upon the Indicbnent of Sergeant Healt, in Q..u~en Elzzaheths ttme; rhat the Judges, fl.1ould anfwer it, upon their knees, before your MaieHy, or .your Countil, and receive a iliarp Admonition: At which ume al(o, my Lo d 'Wrdy being then chi~{ Iuftice, .fiipt the Collar, and was forborn. ' Fonnhly, fo:r the pcrfo~1s themfelves, Glanrr.:ile,and Ailen, wbich are ba[e Fellowes, and turbulent, ~ I think, there will be di[covcred, and proved again it them, (befides the preferrincr of the Bit's ·) [uch Combina~i01:s, and Gontem ptuous S pccches, band Bchavi _ ours ; As th~re wtll be good Ground,r'to cal.l them, and perhaps fame of thetr petty Counfellers, at Law, tntO the Starre-Cham-ber. . In all this; which I have [aid, .your M.tjljfj3 i:nay be pleafcd to obferv~, r.h~t I doe not ~ng~ge you much , in the main point of the Iuri[dt8ton; For whtch I hav'e a great deal ofReafon; which I now fo~bear. But .two Things,I· ~it11 to be done. Theone, that your Ma~efty, take ~~1s occafi.on, to redouble Ut1t? al~ your Judges, your anuem, and tt?e Cbatge, and Rule, That vou wlllendure~ no Inrtovaung,. th.e Pot~t of furifdi~ion; Bur ~villhave ever.y Court, etnpaled, w1th1n theu own Preiidents; Artd not affume to themfelves, new Powers, upon Conceitss and Inventior\5, of Law. The . othe~, that in .rhef~ .high Cau[es, ~hat touch upo1! State, and A£onarchy, yo~ Ma1e~~ gtve then1 iha1ght Gharge, that upbn any Occafions 1~~ervet:uent ~eteafter, they do not n~akeJhe Vulgar,. party to theu· Cont~fi:auons, by pubhck Handltng them; before they hav~co~fu,lted wtth your Maje~y, to whom the Reiglement, of thoic thmgs, Gnely appenaineth. . To.c~nclude, I am not wi.thout hope, that yoiir l!'laiefiy, managu~ g ilits BuGnefs, accordmg tO your great W 1fdom ; ( untd whtch I acknowledge my Self, not to be worthy, to be .Ca.rdholder, or a. Candle-holder; ) will ?iake profit, of this Accident, as a Thmg o£ God$ fending. Lafily, I may not forget,to .reprefent to your ..M'aieftj,that there is |