t1381 the King ? Anddo you think that one Lord-Keeper is fitter to be truíled with the Safety of the Kingdom , than a Parliament And all the Courtsof Juflice? When was there a Lord-Chancel- lor more Trufted and Honoured than Sir Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, ..who had long been faithful to the King ? And yet nei- ther Kingnor Parliament thought that he was more to be trailed' with the Safety of the King and Kingdom, than the Parliament was : Elfe they had not Banifhed him. L. A Fool may ask more iieftians, than a Wife .man can anfwer ;, and find Knots that no one canuntye. M. And are all we Fools that never Studied the Law, fit to Anfwer all thofe Queftions by an Oath , which you that are a Lawyer cannot Anfwer by Difcourfe ? will you become abler to Anfwer them, when we have Sworn them ? If you wereat a lots about a Law Cafe in Weftminfter-Hall, would you let all the Country and City Houtholders that are Ignorant , todecide it by Swearing which fide is right ? were it not wifer to call lots Co- determine it ? And have thofe Men Humanity and Confcience do they believe there is a God, that will Swear that of fuck. LawCafes, which Lawyers profefs to be too hard for them, and which they are difagreed in as a common Controverfie in all Lands. And I pray you, why are Nations fo follicitous to have Laws for their Security , if a Chancellor be above them all, and by a Commifhon_may call them offat his pleafure ? L. We do notfay the Chancellor may do it, but the King. M. Doth not the Chancellor keep the Seal ? and mutt we nor.: rake them for the Kings Commiflions which he fealeth. L. If you know that the Commiffton be notorioufly againft Lam , you mayfufpea that the Icing confenteth not, andmay flay t7ll you enquire of him whether it be his Aa and Will ? M. But in If one come With a Commiffion to take pofleflion: of the King's Treafure, Magazines, Carifons, Navy ,.d-c. and at- tempt it by force, may he be refitted by force till the King's. Mind be enquired of ? If not, he may depofe the King and feize his Strengths before we can cometo enquire of the King. AIL have not accefs to the King. Ifit were the Garifon of New- Caftie, Bernick,., CarliJle,&c. it will be too late to fend to the King. But if fuch Comniiflioners may fo long be refilled, then how can weSwear that upon nopretence whatfoever his Cornmillio ners may be refilled by his own Authority ? z. An&
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