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         Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
      
       
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             A speech made by the Honourable Denzel Hollis esquire at that time, when the judges had their charge, concerning Sir Randol Grew .
             Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
          
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             1641.
          
           
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           Crew, Randolph, -- Sir, 1558-1646.
           Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Sources.
        
      
    
       A44199  R14514  (Wing H2472).  civilwar no A speech made by the honourable Denzel Hollis Esquire; at that time (when the judges had their charge) concerning Sir Randol Crew. Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron 1641    1336 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 B  The  rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           SPEECH
           made
           by
           the
           Honourable
           DENZEL
           HOLLIS
           Esquire
           ;
           at
           that
           time
           (
           when
           the
           Judges
           had
           their
           Charge
           )
           concerning
           Sir
           RANDOL
           GREW
           .
        
         
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             E.
             G.
          
           for
           
             L.
             Blaikelocke
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           next
           Temple
           Barre
           ,
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           When
           the
           Charge
           went
           up
           against
           the
           Judges
           ,
           I
           was
           appointed
           to
           carry
           up
           the
           desire
           of
           the
           House
           Concerning
           ,
           S.
           R.
           C.
           
        
         
           MY
           Lords
           ,
           These
           Gentlemen
           have
           represented
           unto
           your
           Lordships
           the
           sad
           object
           of
           justice
           perverted
           ,
           liberty
           oppressed
           ,
           of
           judgement
           turned
           into
           wormewood
           ,
           the
           lawes
           which
           should
           be
           the
           barres
           of
           our
           
             gates
          
           ,
           to
           protect
           us
           ,
           keepe
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           ours
           
             in
          
           safety
           ,
           made
           weake
           and
           impotent
           ,
           to
           betray
           us
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           violence
           ,
           instead
           of
           props
           to
           support
           us
           ,
           become
           broken
           reeds
           to
           deceive
           us
           ,
           and
           runne
           into
           our
           sides
           when
           we
           leane
           upon
           them
           ,
           even
           so
           many
           snares
           to
           entrap
           and
           entangle
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           this
           by
           the
           perfidiousnesse
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           entrusted
           with
           our
           lawes
           ,
           who
           call
           themselves
           the
           Guardians
           and
           the
           Interpreters
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           accursed
           glosses
           have
           confounded
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           
           speake
           another
           language
           ,
           and
           another
           sence
           ,
           then
           ever
           our
           Ancestors
           the
           Law-makers
           intended
           .
        
         
           Our
           Ancestors
           made
           lawes
           to
           keepe
           themselves
           ,
           their
           posterity
           after
           them
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           their
           estates
           ;
           these
           Judges
           could
           make
           the
           Law
           it selfe
           rob
           us
           and
           despoileus
           of
           our
           estates
           .
           Were
           we
           invaded
           and
           persecuted
           at
           any
           time
           for
           pretended
           crimes
           ,
           or
           rather
           because
           they
           were
           free
           from
           crime
           ?
           and
           did
           we
           put
           our selves
           upon
           a
           legall
           defence
           ,
           and
           shelter
           our selves
           under
           the
           buckler
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           use
           those
           lawfull
           weapons
           ,
           which
           Justice
           and
           Truth
           and
           the
           common
           right
           of
           the
           subject
           did
           put
           into
           our
           
             hands
          
           ;
           would
           this
           availe
           us
           ?
           no
           ,
           these
           Judges
           would
           make
           the
           Law
           wrest
           our
           weapons
           from
           us
           ,
           disarme
           us
           ,
           take
           away
           all
           our
           defence
           ,
           expunge
           our
           answers
           ,
           even
           binde
           us
           hand
           and
           foot
           ,
           and
           so
           expose
           us
           naked
           &
           bound
           ,
           to
           the
           mercilessenesse
           of
           our
           oppressors
           ;
           were
           our
           persons
           forced
           and
           imprisoned
           by
           an
           act
           of
           power
           ,
           would
           the
           law
           relieve
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           appealed
           unto
           it
           ?
           No
           ,
           it
           would
           joyne
           hands
           with
           violence
           ,
           and
           adde
           bitternesse
           to
           our
           sorrow
           ;
           these
           Iudges
           would
           not
           heare
           us
           when
           we
           did
           cry
           ,
           no
           importunity
           could
           get
           a
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           our
           cryes
           would
           displease
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           beat
           us
           for
           crying
           ,
           and
           overdoe
           the
           unjust
           Iudge
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           with
           whom
           yet
           importunity
           could
           prevaile
           ?
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           The
           Commons
           of
           England
           finding
           themselves
           in
           this
           lamentable
           condition
           ,
           by
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           these
           Iudges
           ;
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           we
           complaine
           of
           them
           ;
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           sent
           up
           some
           of
           their
           members
           to
           stand
           upon
           Mount
           Ebal
           to
           curse
           these
           Iudges
           ;
           to
           denounce
           a
           curse
           upon
           them
           who
           have
           removed
           our
           land-markes
           ,
           have
           taken
           away
           the
           bound
           stones
           of
           the
           propriety
           of
           the
           subject
           ,
           have
           left
           no
           
             Meum
             &
             Tuum
             ,
          
           but
           he
           that
           
           had
           most
           might
           ,
           had
           most
           right
           ,
           and
           the
           law
           was
           sure
           to
           be
           of
           his
           side
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           beene
           the
           part
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           who
           have
           spoken
           before
           me
           ,
           to
           pray
           for
           justice
           upon
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           doe
           justice
           to
           others
           .
           My
           Lords
           ,
           I
           come
           upon
           an
           other
           errand
           ,
           and
           yet
           for
           justice
           too
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           justice
           upon
           Mount
           Gerezim
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           Mount
           Ebal
           .
           It
           is
           as
           great
           a
           point
           of
           Iustice
           to
           give
           a
           blessing
           ,
           a
           reward
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           due
           ,
           as
           punishment
           where
           punishment
           is
           due
           :
           For
           reward
           and
           punishment
           ,
           
             Praemium
             &
             poena
             ,
          
           be
           the
           two
           legges
           that
           Iustice
           walkes
           on
           ,
           and
           reward
           is
           her
           right
           legge
           ,
           the
           more
           noble
           and
           the
           more
           glorious
           supporter
           of
           that
           sacred
           and
           divine
           body
           ,
           that
           which
           God
           himselfe
           the
           fountaine
           of
           justice
           doth
           more
           delight
           in
           .
        
         
           Tardior
           ad
           poenas
           Deus
           est
           ,
           ad
           praemia
           velox
           ,
        
         
           Punishment
           is
           good
           ,
           as
           Phisick
           in
           the
           consequence
           ,
           reward
           as
           wholesome
           and
           nourishing
           food
           ,
           in
           the
           essence
           ;
           the
           one
           we
           do
           ,
           because
           we
           must
           do
           it
           as
           necessary
           ,
           the
           other
           ,
           because
           we
           love
           to
           do
           it
           as
           being
           pleasing
           and
           delightfull
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           then
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           will
           as
           willingly
           joyne
           with
           the
           Commons
           ,
           in
           doing
           good
           to
           a
           good
           Iudge
           ,
           as
           in
           punishing
           of
           the
           bad
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           we
           honour
           them
           and
           reckon
           them
           Martyrs
           for
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           who
           suffer
           any
           thing
           by
           desending
           the
           common
           right
           of
           the
           subject
           ,
           when
           they
           will
           not
           part
           with
           their
           own
           goods
           contrary
           to
           law
           ;
           when
           indeed
           their
           private
           interest
           goes
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           or
           rather
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           publique
           concernement
           seemes
           to
           come
           but
           in
           a
           second
           place
           ,
           such
           were
           those
           many
           ,
           whom
           these
           
           Iudges
           have
           oppressed
           ;
           yet
           these
           men
           we
           magnifie
           and
           judge
           worthy
           of
           praise
           and
           reward
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           honour
           then
           is
           he
           worthy
           of
           ,
           who
           meerely
           ,
           for
           the
           publick
           ,
           hath
           suffered
           himselfe
           to
           be
           divested
           and
           deprived
           of
           his
           particular
           ,
           such
           a
           Iudge
           as
           would
           lose
           his
           place
           ,
           rather
           then
           do
           that
           which
           his
           conscience
           told
           him
           was
           prejudiciall
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           is
           not
           he
           worthy
           of
           double
           honour
           ?
        
         
           And
           this
           did
           that
           worthy
           reverend
           Iudge
           ,
           the
           Chiefe
           Iudge
           of
           England
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           Sir
           
             Randol
             Crew
             ,
          
           because
           he
           would
           not
           by
           subscribing
           countenance
           the
           loane
           in
           the
           first
           yeare
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           oath
           and
           conscience
           ,
           he
           drew
           upon
           himselfe
           the
           displeasure
           of
           some
           great
           persons
           about
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           who
           put
           on
           that
           project
           ,
           which
           was
           afterwards
           condemned
           by
           the
           petition
           of
           right
           ,
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             tertio
          
           as
           unjust
           and
           unlawfull
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           meanes
           he
           lost
           his
           place
           of
           Chiefe
           Iustice
           of
           the
           Kings
           bench
           ,
           and
           hath
           these
           fourteene
           yeares
           by
           keeping
           his
           innocency
           lost
           the
           profit
           of
           that
           office
           ,
           which
           upon
           a
           just
           calculation
           in
           so
           long
           a
           revolution
           of
           time
           ,
           amounts
           to
           26000●
           or
           thereabouts
           .
        
         
           He
           kept
           his
           innocency
           when
           others
           let
           theirs
           go
           ,
           when
           himselfe
           and
           the
           Common-wealth
           were
           alike
           deserted
           ,
           which
           raises
           his
           merit
           to
           a
           higher
           pitch
           ;
           For
           to
           be
           honest
           when
           every body
           else
           is
           honest
           ,
           when
           honesty
           is
           in
           fashion
           ,
           and
           is
           Trump
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           is
           nothing
           so
           meritorious
           ;
           but
           to
           stand
           alone
           in
           the
           breach
           ,
           to
           owne
           honesty
           when
           others
           dare
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           cannot
           be
           sufficiently
           applauded
           ,
           nor
           sufficiently
           rewarded
           .
           And
           that
           did
           this
           good
           old
           man
           do
           :
           in
           a
           time
           of
           generall
           desertion
           he
           preserved
           himselfe
           pure
           and
           untainted
           .
        
         
           Temporibusque
           malis
           ausus
           is
           esse
           bonus
           .
        
         
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           are
           therefore
           sutors
           unto
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           to
           joyne
           with
           them
           in
           the
           representation
           of
           this
           good
           mans
           case
           unto
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           and
           humbly
           to
           beseech
           his
           Majestie
           to
           be
           so
           good
           and
           gracious
           unto
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           him
           such
           honour
           (
           the
           quality
           of
           this
           case
           considered
           )
           as
           may
           be
           a
           noble
           marke
           of
           soveraigne
           grace
           and
           favour
           ,
           to
           remaine
           to
           him
           and
           his
           posterity
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           in
           some
           measure
           a
           proportionable
           compensation
           for
           the
           great
           losse
           he
           hath
           with
           so
           much
           patience
           and
           resolution
           sustained
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
    

