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           THE
           CAUSE
           OF
           
             England's
             Misery
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           A
           Brief
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Corrupt
           Practice
           of
           the
           LAW
           .
        
         
           HUMBLY
           Offer'd
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1698.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           England's
           Misery
           :
           Or
           ,
           a
           Brief
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Corrupt
           Practice
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           GReat
           Complaints
           have
           been
           publickly
           made
           ,
           setting
           forth
           the
           wicked
           Practices
           of
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           have
           dependance
           upon
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           which
           I
           conceive
           ,
           has
           been
           plainly
           made
           appear
           the
           great
           Calamity
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           how
           Thousands
           of
           Families
           have
           consequently
           been
           ruin'd
           thereby
           .
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           the
           Interest
           of
           those
           professing
           the
           Law
           ,
           hath
           been
           hitherto
           so
           great
           ,
           no
           Care
           has
           been
           taken
           to
           redress
           the
           same
           .
           But
           finding
           that
           few
           particular
           Instances
           in
           Relation
           to
           Fact
           (
           which
           always
           makes
           a
           greater
           Impression
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           than
           a
           general
           Notion
           of
           things
           )
           have
           been
           given
           of
           Matters
           of
           this
           Nature
           ;
           therefore
           I
           conceive
           my self
           obliged
           by
           the
           Duty
           I
           owe
           to
           my
           Native
           Country
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           order
           to
           my
           own
           Preservation
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           brief
           Account
           of
           the
           evil
           Usage
           my self
           and
           some
           Friends
           have
           met
           withal
           from
           
           Persons
           Professing
           the
           Law
           :
           By
           which
           ,
           (
           if
           we
           Judge
           by
           the
           Rule
           of
           Proportion
           )
           the
           Misery
           of
           the
           People
           in
           General
           will
           manifestly
           appear
           .
           And
           that
           according
           to
           the
           present
           practice
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           no
           Man
           is
           safe
           ,
           but
           liable
           to
           be
           Eaten
           up
           and
           Devoured
           .
        
         
           There
           's
           none
           concern'd
           in
           Merchandice
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           must
           unavoidably
           have
           Disputes
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           will
           consequently
           beget
           Law-Suits
           ,
           which
           often
           times
           are
           seen
           to
           prove
           (
           as
           things
           are
           now
           managed
           )
           to
           be
           the
           Ruin
           both
           of
           the
           Plaintif
           and
           Defendant
           ,
           and
           many
           Suits
           appear
           to
           be
           kept
           on
           Foot
           only
           to
           promote
           the
           Interest
           of
           Attorneys
           ,
           &c.
           all
           which
           Evils
           come
           to
           pass
           principally
           through
           the
           Remisness
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           gross
           Corruption
           of
           the
           Judges
           ,
           who
           are
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Executive
           part
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           want
           not
           Power
           to
           check
           and
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           all
           these
           Evil
           Practices
           ;
           which
           spin
           out
           as
           it
           were
           the
           very
           Bowels
           of
           the
           People
           .
           So
           that
           we
           who
           have
           been
           for
           many
           Ages
           past
           ,
           the
           happiest
           People
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           even
           the
           envy
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           are
           now
           become
           the
           Miserablest
           People
           in
           the
           Universe
           ,
           only
           for
           want
           of
           our
           Laws
           being
           duly
           Executed
           ;
           yet
           lest
           it
           should
           be
           said
           I
           Caluminate
           Persons
           ,
           and
           am
           not
           able
           to
           prove
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           a
           short
           Relation
           of
           several
           Matters
           ,
           not
           long
           since
           Transacted
           (
           some
           of
           them
           very
           lately
           )
           which
           I
           conceive
           will
           fully
           Demonstrate
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           1
           There
           was
           a
           certain
           Person
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           to
           Lodge
           and
           Diet
           ,
           pretending
           to
           be
           a
           Lady
           ,
           (
           was
           Recommended
           to
           me
           as
           such
           )
           and
           in
           some
           time
           ,
           she
           became
           Indebted
           to
           me
           ,
           by
           Moneys
           Lent
           ,
           &c.
           about
           30l
           .
           for
           which
           she
           gave
           me
           Bond
           ;
           then
           I
           discovered
           her
           to
           be
           a
           Cheat
           ,
           upon
           which
           she
           fled
           from
           my
           House
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           some
           Years
           before
           I
           found
           her
           out
           ;
           then
           I
           Arrested
           her
           ,
           which
           begot
           a
           Law
           Suit
           ,
           that
           cost
           me
           near
           40l
           .
           yet
           I
           am
           kept
           out
           of
           my
           Money
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           and
           tho
           it
           was
           then
           publickly
           known
           ,
           this
           Woman
           was
           a
           profligate
           Wretch
           ,
           who
           had
           escap'd
           out
           of
           
             New
             Gate
          
           ,
           and
           had
           several
           pretended
           Husbands
           (
           some
           of
           which
           had
           been
           Executed
           at
           Tiburne
           ,
           as
           Fellons
           )
           yet
           in
           this
           very
           Suit
           ,
           was
           admitted
           as
           a
           Pauper
           at
           
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Kings-Bench
           and
           Chancery
           ,
           (
           tho
           my
           Debt
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           was
           upon
           Bond
           ,
           )
           she
           produced
           about
           18
           Witnesses
           ,
           not
           one
           of
           them
           appearing
           to
           be
           of
           any
           Reputation
           :
           Nay
           ,
           my
           own
           Attorney
           who
           knew
           what
           Wicked
           People
           I
           had
           to
           deal
           withall
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           I
           gave
           strict
           orders
           to
           be
           careful
           of
           my
           Business
           ,
           suffer'd
           me
           to
           be
           Non-suited
           to
           my
           Cost
           ,
           
             6l
             .
             6s
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           pretended
           Lady
           ,
           and
           her
           Gang
           ,
           was
           not
           satisfied
           in
           Engaging
           me
           in
           Two
           Suits
           of
           Law
           ,
           for
           they
           and
           some
           Lawyers
           did
           prompt
           and
           excite
           ,
           a
           Young
           Man
           to
           Sue
           me
           ,
           (
           whom
           I
           had
           brought
           up
           from
           a
           Child
           ,
           and
           put
           forth
           an
           Apprentice
           at
           my
           own
           proper
           Cost
           and
           Charge
           ,
           )
           tho
           he
           had
           no
           Just
           Ground
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           being
           prompt
           thereunto
           by
           this
           Gang
           ,
           and
           some
           Lawyers
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           has
           since
           with
           sorrow
           confest
           to
           me
           )
           upon
           which
           I
           had
           him
           before
           a
           Judge
           ,
           but
           could
           have
           no
           relief
           ;
           but
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           the
           Young
           Man
           was
           sensible
           of
           his
           folly
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           own
           accord
           ,
           came
           to
           me
           and
           beg'd
           Pardon
           for
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ;
           so
           we
           went
           to
           the
           Attorney
           and
           order'd
           him
           to
           stop
           Proceedings
           .
           Yet
           now
           my
           Attorney
           brings
           me
           in
           a
           Bill
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           tho
           there
           was
           no
           Proceedings
           thereupon
           ;
           but
           his
           wickedness
           to
           me
           will
           farther
           appear
           ;
           which
           at
           present
           I
           shall
           wave
           ,
           and
           go
           upon
           other
           Matter
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           was
           Trustee
           for
           Two
           Young
           Men
           for
           several
           Years
           ,
           and
           the
           Account
           between
           them
           and
           me
           ,
           was
           Stated
           by
           Two
           Attorneys
           ,
           who
           Audited
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           set
           their
           hands
           thereunto
           ;
           yet
           some
           Years
           after
           these
           unhappy
           Young
           Men
           ,
           met
           with
           some
           Lawyers
           that
           put
           them
           upon
           Suing
           of
           me
           ,
           tho
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           Ground
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           end
           it
           did
           appear
           ,
           to
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           the
           Matter
           having
           been
           Twice
           referred
           ,
           by
           Order
           of
           Court
           ,
           to
           a
           Master
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           who
           Audited
           the
           Account
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Two
           Counsellors
           at
           Law
           ;
           this
           Unjust
           Suit
           was
           near
           200l
           .
           Charge
           to
           the
           Young
           Men
           ,
           to
           the
           utter
           Ruin
           of
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           who
           lays
           his
           Ruin
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           Justly
           ,
           at
           the
           Lawyers
           Door
           ,
           as
           the
           Cause
           thereof
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           I
           took
           out
           a
           Writ
           against
           a
           certain
           Person
           ;
           upon
           which
           a
           Bayliff
           took
           him
           ,
           and
           took
           Bail
           of
           him
           in
           his
           own
           Name
           ;
           then
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           swore
           desperately
           ,
           if
           I
           would
           not
           give
           him
           
             40
             s.
          
           he
           would
           let
           his
           Prisoner
           go
           .
           I
           not
           complying
           with
           his
           unreasonable
           Demands
           ,
           he
           arrested
           me
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           summon'd
           him
           before
           a
           Judge
           ,
           who
           did
           acknowledge
           ,
           and
           say
           I
           was
           much
           abused
           ,
           yet
           would
           do
           me
           no
           Justice
           ,
           but
           seem'd
           rather
           to
           encourage
           the
           Bayliff
           ,
           thereby
           to
           bring
           (
           as
           I
           suppose
           )
           more
           Grist
           to
           the
           Mill
           ;
           so
           I
           was
           glad
           at
           last
           to
           give
           the
           Bayliff
           
             4
             l.
          
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           secure
           my
           Debt
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Attorney
           ,
           whom
           I
           before
           did
           make
           mention
           of
           ,
           I
           did
           employ
           in
           several
           Businesses
           ;
           for
           doing
           which
           ,
           he
           sent
           me
           in
           a
           Bill
           of
           
             13
             l.
          
           odd
           Money
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           Months
           after
           sent
           another
           Bill
           of
           
             17
             l.
          
           (
           both
           referring
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Business
           )
           and
           then
           sent
           me
           several
           threatning
           Letters
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           did
           not
           forthwith
           pay
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           arrest
           me
           ;
           upon
           which
           I
           summon'd
           him
           before
           a
           Judge
           ,
           before
           whom
           he
           appear'd
           ,
           and
           whisper'd
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           gave
           into
           his
           Hand
           another
           Bill
           of
           25
           l.
           which
           I
           never
           saw
           otherways
           than
           in
           the
           Judges
           Hand
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           acquainted
           his
           Lordship
           that
           I
           had
           two
           Bills
           before
           given
           me
           ,
           either
           of
           which
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           have
           tax'd
           ;
           but
           it
           would
           not
           be
           granted
           ,
           tho
           I
           offer'd
           to
           prove
           that
           I
           had
           paid
           him
           7
           
             l
             10
             s.
          
           and
           that
           he
           charged
           me
           with
           near
           Five
           Pound
           for
           Counsel
           Fees
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           disbursed
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Bill
           of
           10
           l.
           of
           mine
           in
           his
           Hands
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           charg'd
           me
           20
           s.
           for
           viewing
           some
           Writings
           in
           my
           Hands
           ,
           when
           I
           never
           employ'd
           him
           ,
           he
           having
           been
           employ'd
           by
           another
           Person
           ,
           who
           gave
           him
           20
           s.
           for
           his
           Pains
           ;
           (
           nay
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           Confidence
           to
           tell
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           he
           examin'd
           two
           Cart-loads
           of
           Papers
           by
           my
           Order
           ,
           when
           as
           all
           of
           them
           were
           in
           a
           small
           Deale-Box
           .
           )
           The
           Judge
           was
           very
           attentive
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           hear
           me
           ,
           tho
           I
           offer'd
           to
           swear
           it
           (
           as
           I
           have
           since
           done
           before
           another
           Judge
           )
           and
           so
           sign'd
           and
           order'd
           the
           25
           l.
           Bill
           to
           be
           tax'd
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           should
           pay
           in
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Prothonitors
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Bench
          
           25
           l.
           in
           Money
           ,
           which
           I
           though
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Hardship
           put
           upon
           me
           when
           I
           was
           not
           in
           his
           Debt
           ;
           whereupon
           
           I
           waited
           upon
           the
           Judge
           again
           ,
           and
           took
           a
           Friend
           along
           with
           me
           ,
           who
           endeavour'd
           to
           Convince
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           but
           all
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           tho
           I
           offer'd
           to
           deposite
           the
           Money
           in
           a
           third
           Persons
           Hand
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           recin'd
           from
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           but
           25
           l.
           I
           must
           pay
           in
           ;
           upon
           which
           my
           Friend
           went
           to
           my
           Attorney
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           ▪
           why
           he
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           have
           either
           of
           his
           former
           Bills
           tax'd
           ;
           He
           deny'd
           that
           ever
           he
           gave
           me
           any
           Bills
           before
           ,
           when
           as
           I
           have
           his
           Bills
           and
           Letters
           by
           me
           to
           prove
           it
           ;
           but
           he
           shew'd
           my
           Friend
           the
           Bill
           sign'd
           by
           the
           Judge
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           if
           I
           would
           not
           have
           that
           tax'd
           ,
           he
           would
           Arrest
           me
           before
           Night
           .
           This
           was
           about
           a
           Month
           since
           ,
           but
           he
           has
           not
           done
           it
           yet
           ;
           so
           the
           Matter
           's
           still
           depending
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           A
           Relation
           of
           mine
           sued
           a
           certain
           Person
           for
           50
           l.
           he
           was
           indebted
           to
           him
           ;
           in
           prosecuting
           of
           which
           Suit
           he
           spent
           above
           200
           l.
           before
           he
           could
           recover
           his
           Debt
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           between
           Plantiff
           and
           Defendant
           ,
           there
           was
           spent
           above
           500
           l.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           A
           certain
           Person
           came
           to
           a
           Shop-keeper
           (
           a
           Man
           of
           known
           Reputation
           )
           and
           desir'd
           him
           to
           give
           him
           Silver
           for
           a
           Broad
           piece
           of
           Gold
           ;
           according
           to
           his
           Request
           he
           gave
           him
           the
           Money
           ,
           but
           this
           Person
           ,
           by
           a
           Trick
           of
           Ledgerdemain
           gave
           him
           a
           Broad
           Guilt
           Shilling
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           piece
           of
           Gold.
           The
           same
           Day
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           he
           found
           he
           was
           cheated
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           Search
           after
           the
           Person
           that
           did
           it
           ;
           who
           finding
           himself
           discover'd
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           like
           to
           fall
           into
           Trouble
           ,
           was
           too
           quick
           for
           the
           Shop-keeper
           ;
           for
           he
           takes
           out
           a
           Warrant
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           him
           before
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           for
           Scandalizing
           of
           him
           ;
           upon
           which
           ,
           the
           Shop-keeper
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           acquainted
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           with
           the
           whole
           Circumstance
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           offer'd
           to
           swear
           it
           ,
           yet
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           would
           not
           admit
           him
           to
           his
           Oath
           ,
           but
           bound
           him
           over
           to
           the
           next
           Session
           of
           the
           Peace
           for
           Scandalizing
           the
           worthy
           Gentleman
           ;
           but
           afterwards
           (
           not
           without
           great
           Trouble
           )
           he
           took
           him
           up
           with
           a
           
             Bench
             Warrant
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Matter
           was
           tried
           at
           
           Hicks's
           Hall
           ,
           where
           that
           and
           other
           
           Crimes
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           were
           fully
           prov'd
           upon
           him
           ,
           (
           tho
           he
           produced
           near
           20
           Witnesses
           such
           as
           they
           were
           )
           for
           which
           he
           was
           by
           the
           Court
           Fin'd
           
             40
             l.
          
           but
           it
           was
           reduced
           to
           
             20
             l.
          
           which
           he
           immediately
           paid
           and
           went
           off
           ,
           and
           the
           honest
           Shop-Keeper
           in
           prosecuting
           this
           Matter
           was
           at
           above
           12l
           .
           Charge
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           have
           no
           Satisfaction
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           could
           meet
           with
           this
           Wicked
           Person
           ,
           he
           says
           he
           dares
           not
           Sue
           him
           ,
           seeing
           there
           is
           so
           great
           Corruption
           in
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           8.
           
           A
           Gentleman
           was
           unjustly
           Sued
           for
           100l
           .
           yet
           in
           Defending
           himself
           ,
           in
           that
           Suit
           he
           spent
           above
           120.
           tho
           he
           did
           not
           pay
           the
           Debt
           ,
           he
           had
           paid
           the
           better
           part
           of
           the
           Money
           to
           his
           Attorney
           who
           Arrested
           him
           before
           he
           gave
           him
           a
           Bill
           ,
           after
           which
           the
           Attorney
           gave
           him
           a
           Bill
           ;
           and
           he
           Objecting
           against
           some
           things
           in
           it
           ;
           in
           a
           little
           time
           his
           Attorney
           gave
           him
           another
           ,
           and
           made
           his
           Account
           above
           10l
           .
           more
           ,
           and
           then
           Laught
           at
           him
           ▪
           upon
           which
           he
           was
           advised
           by
           some
           Friends
           to
           get
           the
           Bill
           Taxt
           ,
           but
           others
           telling
           him
           how
           〈◊〉
           things
           were
           ,
           advised
           him
           rather
           to
           pay
           the
           Attorney
           ,
           then
           Involve
           himself
           in
           farther
           trouble
           ,
           which
           he
           accordingly
           did
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           In
           the
           Year
           1692
           a
           French
           Ship
           and
           Cargo
           ,
           called
           the
           St
           Nicholas
           of
           Haverdegrace
           ,
           of
           the
           value
           of
           near
           3000l
           .
           in
           the
           open
           Seas
           was
           Seized
           by
           Three
           English
           Sailors
           on
           Board
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           been
           Captivated
           into
           France
           )
           and
           Carried
           into
           Tenby
           ,
           Dependant
           upon
           the
           Port
           of
           Milford
           ;
           upon
           which
           
             Walter
             Midleton
          
           ,
           Collector
           of
           the
           said
           Port
           ,
           &c.
           
           Unladed
           the
           Vessel
           by
           Night
           ,
           and
           Embezeled
           the
           Cargo
           ,
           and
           withall
           Committed
           the
           Three
           English
           Sailors
           to
           the
           Common
           Goal
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           Dismissing
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           brought
           in
           as
           Prisoners
           .
           Information
           thereof
           being
           given
           to
           the
           Admiralty-Court
           ,
           Commissions
           of
           Enquiry
           were
           thence
           Issued
           ,
           and
           upon
           Examination
           the
           Embezelments
           fully
           prov'd
           ,
           and
           Sentence
           passed
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           Offenders
           moved
           for
           ,
           and
           obtained
           a
           Prohibition
           out
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           to
           stop
           all
           further
           Proceedings
           ,
           which
           is
           continued
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           so
           the
           Spoil
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           divided
           among
           them
           ,
           The
           poor
           Sailors
           were
           continued
           many
           Months
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           obtain
           their
           Liberty
           without
           great
           
           difficulty
           ;
           since
           which
           one
           of
           them
           has
           been
           Kill'd
           in
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ,
           another
           of
           them
           taken
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           St.
           Maloes
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           (
           as
           't
           is
           said
           )
           Murthered
           ;
           and
           one
           
             Walter
             Jenkins
          
           *
           ,
           whom
           the
           Sailors
           Employ'd
           in
           Prosecuting
           this
           Matter
           ,
           as
           did
           likewise
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           King
           (
           who
           has
           been
           at
           Two
           or
           Three
           Hundred
           Pounds
           Charge
           in
           the
           Prosecution
           )
           appears
           to
           have
           been
           as
           ill
           treated
           as
           the
           poor
           Saylors
           ,
           although
           their
           Lordships
           often
           gave
           him
           assurance
           ,
           
             That
             if
             he
             prov'd
             the
             Facts
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             only
             be
             satisfied
             for
             his
             Trouble
             and
             Expence
             ,
             but
             very
             well
             rewarded
          
           ;
           and
           tho
           he
           executed
           several
           Commissions
           ,
           and
           hath
           attended
           this
           Matter
           for
           above
           
             Five
             Years
          
           (
           having
           been
           drill'd
           on
           ,
           and
           fed
           with
           vain
           Hopes
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           utter
           Ruin
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Family
           )
           and
           expended
           a
           considerable
           Sum
           of
           Money
           ,
           yet
           has
           not
           been
           able
           to
           obtain
           any
           Satisfaction
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           that
           about
           
             Three
             Months
          
           since
           the
           
             Lords
             of
             the
             Admiralty
          
           sent
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           at
           a
           full
           Board
           ,
           
             If
             he
             would
             not
             concern
             himself
             any
             more
             in
             this
             Matter
             ,
             but
             retire
             into
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             they
             would
             order
             him
             10
             l.
          
           which
           he
           was
           constrain'd
           ,
           thro
           his
           great
           Necessity
           ,
           to
           take
           .
        
         
           An
           Attorney
           gave
           in
           a
           Bill
           of
           13
           l.
           to
           a
           Friend
           of
           mine
           ,
           that
           summon'd
           him
           before
           a
           Judge
           ,
           who
           reduc'd
           the
           Bill
           to
           29
           s.
           
        
         
           11.
           
           Another
           Bill
           of
           40
           l.
           was
           given
           by
           an
           Attorney
           ,
           which
           the
           Judge
           reduc'd
           to
           7
           l.
           and
           withal
           told
           my
           Friend
           ,
           
             that
             if
             he
             pleased
             he
             would
             lay
             the
             Attorney
             by
             the
             Heels
             .
          
        
         
         
           12.
           
           Another
           Bill
           of
           60
           l.
           was
           given
           in
           by
           an
           Attorney
           ,
           who
           was
           summon'd
           before
           a
           Judge
           ,
           that
           reduc'd
           the
           said
           Bill
           to
           14
           l.
           
        
         
           These
           three
           Cases
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           last
           Recited
           ,
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           great
           Acts
           of
           Justice
           ;
           yet
           with
           Submission
           in
           my
           Apprehension
           they
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           particular
           Acts
           of
           Favour
           and
           Kindness
           ,
           in
           regard
           the
           Judges
           (
           who
           are
           sworn
           to
           do
           Impartial
           Justice
           )
           did
           not
           punish
           the
           Attorneys
           *
           ,
           by
           disabling
           them
           to
           practice
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           for
           having
           made
           so
           great
           and
           notorious
           a
           Breach
           of
           the
           Oath
           they
           took
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           admitted
           to
           practice
           as
           Attorneys
           ,
           they
           at
           the
           same
           time
           being
           Invested
           with
           a
           Power
           ,
           which
           enabled
           them
           so
           to
           have
           done
           .
           So
           that
           all
           this
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           than
           as
           if
           I
           should
           take
           up
           a
           Person
           ,
           who
           had
           cheated
           me
           ,
           and
           have
           him
           before
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           who
           should
           oblige
           him
           to
           restore
           to
           me
           what
           he
           wrong'd
           me
           of
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           dismiss
           him
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           cheat
           any
           Body
           else
           whom
           he
           pleas'd
           :
           For
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           Men
           are
           not
           punish'd
           for
           their
           Offences
           ,
           it
           does
           but
           encourage
           them
           and
           others
           to
           Commit
           the
           like
           Crimes
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           more
           wicked
           than
           they
           were
           before
           ;
           which
           plainly
           demonstrates
           any
           Nation
           ,
           having
           good
           Laws
           that
           are
           not
           kept
           ,
           serve
           only
           to
           make
           the
           People
           so
           much
           the
           more
           miserable
           .
        
         
           And
           whoever
           does
           but
           consider
           how
           Councellors
           *⁎*
           and
           Attorneys
           at
           Law
           ,
           are
           oblig'd
           by
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           not
           knowingly
           to
           engage
           in
           any
           Evil
           Cause
           ,
           or
           to
           encrease
           Fees
           ,
           and
           views
           but
           
           the
           Practice
           of
           them
           every
           Term
           ,
           can
           hardly
           conclude
           otherways
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           are
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           dreadfully
           Perjured
           ,
           which
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           hardened
           in
           ,
           for
           it
           s
           well
           known
           they
           generally
           make
           but
           a
           Jest
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           those
           few
           Instances
           that
           have
           here
           been
           given
           of
           their
           Evil
           Practices
           ,
           cannot
           be
           judg'd
           to
           be
           the
           hundred
           thousandth
           Part
           of
           the
           Misery
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           undergo
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Corruption
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           without
           all
           Controversie
           ,
           a
           Multitude
           of
           Families
           are
           every
           Year
           Ruined
           thereby
           ,
           for
           many
           Thousands
           of
           Persons
           may
           reasonably
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           be
           engaged
           in
           Suits
           at
           Law
           ,
           that
           understand
           nothing
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           refer
           all
           to
           their
           Attorneys
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           find
           they
           are
           ill
           treated
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           Dispute
           happens
           to
           arise
           between
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           contend
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           most
           part
           lie
           at
           their
           Mercy
           to
           do
           by
           them
           even
           as
           they
           please
           ;
           yet
           if
           any
           are
           so
           hardy
           as
           to
           contend
           with
           their
           Attorneys
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           their
           Bills
           Tax'd
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           they
           can
           have
           little
           Reason
           to
           expect
           Relief
           (
           Experience
           tells
           me
           ,
           and
           other
           Men
           so
           )
           upon
           the
           Account
           they
           who
           are
           Judges
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           are
           Brethren
           *
           of
           the
           same
           Quill
           ,
           from
           whom
           a
           Man
           has
           no
           where
           to
           Appeal
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           many
           Honest
           Men
           are
           now
           afraid
           to
           Sue
           for
           their
           Just
           Rights
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           wasting
           their
           Estates
           ,
           by
           being
           involv'd
           in
           Chargeable
           and
           Long
           Suits
           ,
           and
           it
           's
           even
           my
           own
           Case
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           what
           by
           the
           Evil
           Practice
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Corruptions
           that
           have
           crept
           into
           the
           Government
           during
           the
           late
           War
           (
           occasion'd
           by
           Reason
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           frequent
           and
           long
           Absence
           )
           the
           People
           in
           general
           are
           brought
           into
           great
           distress
           ,
           
           Trade
           †
           being
           reduced
           to
           a
           very
           low
           Ebb
           ,
           and
           Handicrafts-Men
           and
           Artificers
           ,
           who
           formerly
           us'd
           to
           Live
           Plentifully
           ,
           and
           well
           ,
           are
           now
           brought
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           if
           some
           speedy
           care
           be
           not
           taken
           to
           revive
           Trade
           ,
           Thousands
           of
           Families
           in
           this
           Nation
           will
           be
           in
           great
           danger
           of
           being
           Starv'd
           .
        
         
           Whatever
           
             English
             Man
          
           has
           been
           abroad
           in
           
             Foreign
             Countries
          
           (
           as
           I
           have
           been
           )
           and
           seen
           with
           what
           little
           Expence
           ,
           and
           how
           soon
           Law
           Suits
           are
           there
           brought
           to
           a
           period
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           without
           Regret
           ,
           behold
           the
           present
           miserable
           Condition
           of
           his
           
             Native
             Countrey
          
           ,
           the
           more
           ,
           in
           regard
           ,
           it
           so
           visibly
           appears
           to
           have
           been
           brought
           upon
           us
           by
           the
           wickedness
           of
           some
           Persons
           among
           our selves
           .
           With
           my
           own
           Eyes
           have
           I
           seen
           honest
           worthy
           Persons
           ,
           who
           detected
           and
           prov'd
           Notorious
           Crimes
           ,
           publickly
           Ruined
           ,
           and
           suffered
           to
           perish
           through
           Grief
           and
           Want.
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           Evils
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledg'd
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           best
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Laws
           of
           any
           Nation
           in
           Europe
           .
           So
           that
           now
           ,
           upon
           this
           
             Happy
             Peace
          
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           Reason
           to
           question
           His
           Majesty's
           Goodness
           to
           his
           People
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           the
           just
           Apprehension
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Goodness
           and
           Justice
           ,
           that
           makes
           me
           look
           back
           with
           Comfort
           upon
           the
           Happy
           and
           Glorious
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ;
           in
           her
           time
           ,
           no
           Man
           durst
           Embezel
           or
           Mis-spend
           the
           Publick
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           of
           her
           Judges
           should
           have
           been
           heard
           publickly
           to
           declare
           ,
           the
           Perquisites
           of
           his
           Place
           was
           worth
           3000
           
             l.
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           She
           would
           soon
           have
           Caged
           him
           ,
           and
           found
           a
           Person
           more
           worthy
           to
           fill
           the
           place
           .
           
             Edmond
             Bohun
          
           ,
           Esq
           ;
           who
           Writ
           the
           Life
           of
           this
           most
           excellent
           Princess
           ,
           in
           Page
           60.
           says
           ,
           
             She
             well
             considered
             whatever
             was
             recommended
             to
             her
             ,
             as
             useful
             to
             any
             part
             of
             her
             State
             ,
             carefully
             viewing
             the
             Conveniencies
             ,
             and
             the
             Ill
             Conveniencies
             thereof
             ;
             and
             what
             was
             at
             last
             found
             Vseful
             or
             Profitable
             to
             the
             Body
             of
             her
             People
             ,
             was
             Setled
             by
             Authority
             .
          
           It
           was
           a
           Maxim
           with
           her
           ,
           
             That
             Equitable
          
           
           
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Equal
             Justice
             ,
             are
             the
             Two
             Sure
             and
             Lasting
             Foundations
             of
             a
             State
             ,
          
           Page
           64.
           
           
             She
             dealt
             very
             severely
             with
             all
             those
             that
             were
             found
             guilty
             of
             Frauds
             or
             Cheats
             in
             the
             Publick
             Revenue
             ,
             which
             sort
             of
             People
             She
             us'd
             to
             call
          
           Harpies
           .
           
             She
             discouraged
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             was
             possible
             ,
             all
             the
             Tricks
             and
             Corruptions
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
          
           Page
           296.
           
           
             She
             Increased
             the
             Wages
             of
             her
             Judges
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             deliver
             them
             at
             once
             from
             the
             Temptation
             and
             Suspicion
             of
             Bribery
             .
          
        
         
           She
           Passed
           an
           Excellent
           and
           most
           Equitable
           Law
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           speedy
           Determining
           the
           Cases
           depending
           in
           her
           Courts
           .
           She
           Admonished
           her
           Judges
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           consider
           the
           Judgment
           or
           Jurisdiction
           they
           exercised
           was
           God's
           ,
           and
           advis'd
           them
           diligently
           to
           Study
           the
           Law
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Profit
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           not
           shew
           the
           sharpness
           of
           their
           Wits
           by
           a
           Falacious
           Interpretation
           of
           a
           doubtful
           Law
           ,
           to
           the
           Injury
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           that
           without
           Partiality
           ,
           they
           should
           administer
           Equal
           Justice
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           severely
           punish
           those
           they
           found
           Guilty
           .
           
             Page
             316.
          
           
           It
           was
           ihe
           rare
           Felicity
           of
           her
           Times
           ,
           that
           Men
           were
           Advanced
           to
           Honours
           without
           their
           seeking
           it
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           against
           their
           Wills
           ,
           being
           promoted
           for
           their
           Vertues
           ,
           not
           Fortunes
           .
        
         
           She
           would
           often
           tell
           those
           She
           Entrusted
           ,
           That
           they
           might
           rest
           assured
           ,
           she
           would
           reward
           their
           Integrity
           ,
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Equity
           ,
           and
           if
           she
           found
           them
           Guilty
           of
           any
           Injustice
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           She
           would
           as
           certainly
           Punish
           them
           for
           it
           .
           She
           would
           never
           entertain
           into
           her
           Service
           any
           Ignorant
           ,
           Covetous
           ,
           Dishonest
           ,
           or
           Licentious
           Person
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           an
           exact
           Observer
           of
           Justice
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           Resplendent
           of
           all
           the
           Moral
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           of
           Veracity
           and
           Constancy
           to
           her
           Word
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           Justice
           .
           She
           was
           extreamly
           severe
           against
           all
           that
           broke
           her
           Laws
           ,
           and
           punished
           sometime
           small
           Offences
           with
           great
           Severity
           .
        
         
           
             Page
             322.
          
           
           In
           all
           Private
           Suits
           She
           was
           observ'd
           to
           be
           a
           Religious
           Observer
           of
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           the
           Balance
           even
           between
           the
           Greatest
           and
           the
           Meanest
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ;
           She
           preserv'd
           
           the
           Poorest
           from
           Wrongs
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           her
           care
           that
           every
           Man
           might
           enjoy
           his
           Own
           ,
           and
           serve
           the
           Publick
           with
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Impartiality
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           Equity
           of
           all
           Law
           Proceedings
           ,
           provideing
           carefully
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Whole
           Community
           .
        
         
           
             Page
             394.
          
           
           In
           her
           Progress
           she
           was
           most
           easie
           to
           be
           approached
           by
           private
           Persons
           and
           Magistrates
           ;
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           Country
           People
           and
           Children
           came
           joyfully
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           Fear
           ,
           to
           wait
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           see
           her
           .
           Her
           Ears
           were
           then
           open
           to
           the
           Complaints
           of
           the
           Afflicted
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           that
           had
           been
           any
           way
           injured
           ,
           she
           would
           not
           suffer
           the
           meanest
           of
           her
           people
           to
           be
           shut
           out
           of
           the
           Places
           where
           she
           resided
           ;
           but
           the
           greatest
           and
           the
           least
           were
           then
           in
           a
           manner
           levelled
           ▪
           She
           took
           with
           hër
           own
           Hand
           ,
           and
           read
           with
           the
           greatest
           Goodness
           ,
           the
           Petitions
           of
           the
           meanest
           Rusticks
           ;
           and
           she
           would
           frequently
           assure
           them
           that
           she
           would
           take
           a
           particular
           Care
           of
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           should
           ever
           be
           as
           good
           as
           her
           Word
           .
        
         
           She
           by
           her
           Royal
           Authority
           Protected
           those
           that
           were
           Injur'd
           and
           Oppressed
           ;
        
         
           
             She
             Punished
             the
             Fraudulent
             ,
             False
             ,
             Perfidious
             ,
             and
             VVicked
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             has
             always
             been
             my
             Opinion
             ,
          
           He
           that
           that
           doth
           not
           simpathize
           with
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           a
           Fellow-feeling
           of
           the
           Calamity
           and
           Misery
           of
           others
           ,
           cannot
           properly
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           ;
           for
           I
           conceive
           we
           are
           not
           bron
           barely
           for
           our selves
           ,
           and
           the
           Good
           of
           our
           own
           Families
           ,
           but
           are
           strictly
           obliged
           ,
           by
           the
           Dictates
           of
           that
           Holy
           Religion
           we
           profess
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           such
           Acts
           as
           tend
           to
           the
           Good
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Mankind
           in
           general
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           due
           Apprehension
           of
           this
           general
           Duty
           that
           enduc'd
           me
           to
           appear
           in
           Print
           ;
           and
           however
           ,
           though
           I
           may
           be
           censured
           by
           some
           Persons
           ,
           yet
           I
           call
           God
           to
           witness
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           done
           therein
           ,
           has
           not
           been
           out
           of
           Malice
           or
           
           Prejudice
           to
           any
           Person
           ,
           or
           that
           I
           propose
           to
           my self
           any
           Advantage
           thereby
           (
           for
           I
           neither
           seek
           or
           want
           any
           Employ
           )
           but
           only
           a
           Hearty
           and
           Sincere
           Desire
           to
           serve
           my
           Country
           ,
           by
           laying
           these
           things
           before
           this
           
             Most
             August
             Assembly
          
           ,
           being
           sensible
           there
           's
           too
           many
           that
           endeavour
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           to
           Stifle
           and
           Conceal
           the
           People's
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           from
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           hoping
           there
           by
           to
           escape
           the
           Hands
           of
           Justice
           .
           The
           not
           punishing
           Offenders
           upon
           the
           Abdication
           of
           the
           late
           King
           James
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           one
           great
           Occasion
           of
           all
           these
           Evils
           ;
           and
           now
           if
           those
           that
           are
           Offenders
           shall
           escape
           Punishment
           ,
           the
           Nation
           can
           then
           expect
           no
           Security
           for
           the
           future
           .
           The
           punishing
           Offenders
           will
           be
           doing
           the
           People
           Justice
           ,
           and
           supplying
           of
           the
           King's
           Wants
           ,
           and
           which
           appears
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           the
           only
           Means
           whereby
           to
           Re-establish
           Justice
           ,
           and
           make
           ●im
           and
           His
           People
           happy
           .
        
         
           
             
               Feb.
               3.
               1697
               
               /
               8.
               
            
          
           
             Richard
             Collins
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A34007-e90
           
             *
             This
             poor
             afflicted
             Man
             lodges
             at
             one
             
             Bardet's
             ,
             in
             
               King-street
               ,
               St.
            
             Giles's
             ,
             and
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Objects
             of
             Charity
             that
             ever
             Eyes
             beheld
             .
             There
             's
             no
             Question
             but
             a
             Multitude
             of
             such
             like
             Crimes
             have
             been
             committed
             ;
             for
             there
             plainly
             appears
             to
             have
             been
             a
             Combination
             to
             cheat
             the
             Kingand
             Subject
             ;
             the
             only
             Satisfaction
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             can
             have
             ,
             is
             Confiscating
             the
             Estates
             (
             the
             Spoyles
             of
             the
             People
             )
             of
             those
             who
             have
             been
             the
             Principal
             Actors
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             ,
             would
             be
             highly
             pleasing
             to
             all
             honest
             Men
             ,
             of
             what
             Perswasion
             soever
             .
          
           
             *
             There
             are
             a
             sort
             of
             Men
             among
             us
             who
             practice
             (
             in
             other
             Men's
             Names
             as
             Attorneys
             that
             are
             not
             so
             ;
             it
             were
             happy
             for
             the
             People
             they
             were
             suppressd
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             Attorneys
             were
             restrain'd
             in
             their
             taking
             Clerks
             ,
             (
             as
             several
             Companies
             and
             Trades
             are
             in
             London
             ,
             to
             prevent
             their
             being
             ●o
             numerous
             )
             and
             not
             suffer'd
             to
             fill
             the
             City
             and
             Country
             ▪
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             with
             Splitters
             of
             Causes
             ;
             it
             's
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Evils
             that
             can
             befal
             a
             Nation
             to
             be
             over-stock'd
             (
             as
             we
             are
             )
             with
             Lawyers
             .
          
           
             *⁎*
             There
             's
             no
             doubt
             there
             are
             many
             worthy
             Gentlemen
             that
             practice
             the
             Law
             ,
             who
             are
             great
             Enemies
             to
             these
             Corruptions
             ,
             and
             would
             gladly
             see
             them
             Remov'd
             .
          
           
             *
             These
             Gentlemen
             Purchase
             their
             Employments
             or
             Places
             ,
             which
             are
             but
             for
             Life
             ,
             with
             large
             Sums
             of
             Money
             ,
             and
             having
             no
             Lease
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             run
             great
             Hazards
             ,
             and
             considering
             the
             general
             Corruption
             there
             is
             in
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Temptation
             they
             lye
             under
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             suppos'd
             but
             that
             they
             will
             be
             willing
             to
             make
             use
             of
             their
             time
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             other
             Men
             ,
             by
             which
             may
             be
             seen
             ,
             what
             Misery
             the
             People
             are
             expos'd
             to
             ,
             by
             the
             Buying
             and
             Selling
             Employment
             .
          
           
             †
             Men
             bred
             to
             Trade
             (
             as
             I
             was
             )
             have
             the
             greatest
             opportunity
             of
             knowing
             the
             Decay
             or
             Growth
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             sooner
             made
             sensible
             of
             the
             Calamity
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             than
             those
             of
             higher
             Rank
             ,
             though
             they
             are
             not
             so
             well
             able
             to
             Express
             their
             Thoughts
             .