me; and he abuses me as much, that would force me to take fomething whether I will or no.

5. The King, fo long as he is our King, may do with his Officers what he pleases; as the Master of the House may turn away all his Servants, and take whom he please.

6. The King's Oath is not fecurity enough for our Property, for he fwears to Govern according to Law; now the Judges they interpret the Law, and what Judges can be made to do we know.

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7. The King and the Parliament now falling out, are juft as when there is foul play offer'd amongst Gamesone fnatches the others ftake, they feize what they can of one anothers. 'Tis not to be ask'd whe ther it belongs not to the King to do this or that; before, when there was fair Play, it did. But now they will do what is moft convenient for their own fafety. If two fall to fcuffling, one tears the other's Band, the other tears his; when they were Friends they were quiet, and did no fuch thing, they let one another's Bands alone.

8. The King calling his Friends from the Parliament, because he had ufe of them at Oxford, is as if a Man fhould have use of a little piece of Wood, and he runs down into the Cellar, and takes the Spiggot, in the mean time all the Beer runs about the House; when his Friends are absent, the King will be loft.

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Knights Service.

the Lords are bound to wait upon the King when he goes to War with a Foreign Enemy, with is may be one Man and one Horse, and he that doth not, is to be rated fo much as fhall feem good to the next Parliament. And what will that be? So 'tis for a pri vate Man, that holds of a Gentleman,

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Land.

'HEN Men did let their Land underfoot,

W the Tenants would fight for their Landlords,

so that way they had their Retribution; but now they will do nothing for them; may be the firft, if but a Constable bid them, that shall lay the Landlord by the Heels, and therefore 'tis vanity and folly not to take the full value.

2. Allodium is a Law Word, contrary to Feudum, and it fignifies Land that holds of no body. We have no fuch Land in England. 'Tis a true Propofition; all the Land in England is held, either immediately, or mediately of the King.

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Language.

O a living Tongue new Words may be added; but not to a dead Tongue, as Latin, Greek, Hebrew, &c.

2. Latimer is the Corruption of Latiner, it fignifies he that interprets Latin, and though he interpreted French, Spanish, or Italian, he was call'd the King's Latiner, that is, the King's Interpreter.

3. If you look upon the Language spoken in the Saxon Time, and the Language spoken now, you will find the Difference to be juft, as if a Man had a Cloak that he wore plain in Queen Elizabeth's Days, and fince, here has put in a piece of Red, and there a piece of Blue, and here a piece of Green, and there a piece of Orange-tawny. We borrow Words from the French, Italian, Latin, as every Pedantick Man pleases.

4. We have more Words than Notions, half a Dozen Words for the fame thing. Sometimes we put a new fignification to an old Word, as when we call a Piece a Gun. The Word Gun was in ufe in England for an Engine, to cast a thing from a Man, long before there was any Gun-pouder found out,

5. Words must be fitted to a Man's Mouth; 'twas well faid of the Fellow that was to make a Speech for my Lord Mayor, he defir'd to take measure of his Lordship's Mouth.

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Law.

Man may plead not guilty, and yet tell no Lieg

himfelf; fo that when I fay Not Guilty, the meaning is, as if I fhould fay by way of Paraphrase, I am not fo Guilty as to tell you; if you will bring me to a Tryal, and have me punish'd for this you lay to my Charge, prove it against me.

2. Ignorance of the Law excufes no Man; not that all Men know the Law, but because 'tis an excufe every Man will plead, and no Man can tell how to con fute him.

3. The King of Spain was out-law'd in Westminster Hall, I being of Council against him. A Merchant had recover'd Cofts against him in a Suit, which because he could not get, we advis'd to have him out-law'd for not appearing, and fo he was. As foon as Gondimer heard that, he presently fent the Money, by reafon, if his Master had been out-law'd, he could not have the Benefit of the Law, which would have been very prejudicial, there being then many Suits depending betwixt the King of Spain, and our English Merchants.

4. Every Law is a Contract between the King and he People, and therefore to be kept. A hundred Men may owe me an hundred Pounds, as well as any one Man, and shall they not pay me because they are ftronger than I? Object. Oh but they loofe all if they keep that Law. Anfw. Let them look to the making of their Bargain. If I fell my Lands, and when I have done, one comes and tells me I have nothing else to keep me. I and my Wife and Children must starve,

if I part with my Land; muft I not therefore let them have my Land, that have bought it and paid for it?

5. The Parliament may declare Law, as well as any Other inferior Court may, (viz.) the King's Bench. In that or this particular Cafe, the King's Bench will declare unto you what the Law is, but that binds no body whom the Cafe concerns; So the highest Court, the Parliament may doe, but not declare Law, that is, make Law that was never heard of before.

Law of Nature.

Cannot fancy to my felf what the Law of Nature means, but the Law of God. How fhould I know I ought not to fteal, I ought not to commit Adultery, unless some body had told me fo? Surely 'tis because I have been told fo. 'Tis not becaufe I think I ought not to do them, nor because you think I ought not; if fo, our minds might change, whence then comes the Restraint? From a higher Power, nothing elfe can bind: I cannot bind my felf, for I may untye my self again; nor an equal cannot bind me, for we may untye one another: It must be a fuperior Power, even God Almighty. If two of us make a Bargain, why should either of us ftand to it? What need you care what you fay, or what need I care what I fay? Certainly because there is fomething about me that tells me Fides eft fervanda, and if we after alter our Minds, and make a new Bargain, there's Fides feranda there too.

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