462 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. I, XingjamesI. " for life, yea to the adjudging him in the cafe of premunire, whereby ';- J " his lands are forfeited, and heput out of the proteétion of the law. 3. " Whereas penal laws, and offences againff them, cannot be deter- " mined in other courts, or by other perlons, than thofe entrufted bypar. " liament, yet the execution of many filch ftatutes made fince the firff " Elizabeth, are committed to the ecclefiaftical commiffioners, who may " inflift the punifhmentscontained in the (taunts, being premunire; and " of other high nature, and fo inforce a man upon his oath to accule " ° hirnfelf, or elfe infliët other temporal puni(hments at pleafure; and " after this, the party (hall be fubject in the courts mentioned in the ads, " to punifhments by the fame as appointed and infli6ted. 4. " The commion gives authority to oblige men, not only to give re- cognizance for their appearance from time to time, but alto for per.. formance of whatfoever (hall be by the commiffioners ordered, and to " pay fuch fees as the commiffioners fhall think fit. Grievances " The EXECUTION of the commi /Jion is no lefs grievous to the fubjed; in the execu- " for (t.) Lay-men are punifhed for (peaking of the fimony, and other lionof the ec- " mifdemeanors of fpiritual men, though the thing fpoken be true, and tlefta/ticat cosnrnon. " tends to the inducing Tome condign punifhment. (2.) Thefecommif- " fioners ufually allot to women, difcontented, and unwilling to live with " their hufbands, fuch portions and maintenance as they think fit, to the " great encouragement of wives to be difobedient to their hufbands. And " (3.) Purfuevants and other miniffers employed in apprehending fuf- " peaed offenders, or in fearching for fuppofed fcandalous books, break open mens houles clofets and defks, rifling all corners and private pla- ces, as in cafes of high - treafon. " A further grievance is the flay ofwrits ofprohibition, habeas corpus & it de homine replegiando, which are a confiderable relief to the oppreffed " fubjefts of the kingdom. His majefty in order to fupport the inferior courts againff the principal courts of common law, had ordered things " fo, that writs had been more fparingly granted, and with greater eau- " tion. They therefore pray his majefty, to require his judges in Well- " mintier-hall, to grant fuch writs in cafes wherein they lie. " But one of the greateft and moil threatning grievances, was the " king's granting letters patent for monopolies, as licenfes for wine, ale- " houles, felling fa-coal, &c. which they pray his majefty to forbear for if the future, that the difeafe may be cured, and others of like nature " prevented." The king inftead of concurring with his parliament, was fo dif- Fuller, tufted with their remonftrance, that he diffolved them [December 3rft.] B.X. p. 56.'without pafíïrig any one a& this feflion, after they had continued above fix years; and was fu out of humour with the (pink of Engle liberty that was
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