Mr. Hides argvment before the Lords in the Vpper Hovse of Parliament, April 1641
         Argument before the lords in the Upper House of Parliament, April 1641.
         Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
      
       
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             Mr. Hides argvment before the Lords in the Vpper Hovse of Parliament, April 1641
             Argument before the lords in the Upper House of Parliament, April 1641.
             Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
          
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           Mr:
           
             HIDES
          
           ARGVMENT
           BEFORE
           THE
           LORDS
           IN
           THE
           VPPER
           HOVSE
           of
           Parliament
           .
           
             Aprill
          
           1641.
           
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           Mr.
           HIDES
           ARGVMENT
           Before
           the
           LORDS
           in
           the
           upper
           House
           of
           Parliament
           .
           Aprill
           .
           1641.
           
        
         
           MY
           Lords
           ,
           I
           am
           commanded
           by
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           to
           present
           to
           your
           Lordships
           a
           great
           and
           crying
           grievance
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           be
           complayned
           of
           in
           the
           present
           pressures
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           northern
           parts
           ,
           yet
           by
           the
           Logick
           and
           Consequence
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           grievance
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           .
           The
           Court
           of
           the
           Presidents
           ,
           and
           Counsell
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           or
           as
           it
           is
           more
           usually
           called
           ,
           the
           Courts
           of
           Yorke
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           spirit
           and
           ambition
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           truste●
           there
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           naturall
           Inclination
           of
           Courts
           to
           inlarge
           their
           owne
           power
           and
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           
           hath
           so
           prodigiously
           brake
           downe
           the
           bankes
           of
           the
           first
           Councell
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           ranne
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           almost
           over-whelmed
           that
           Countrey
           under
           the
           Sea
           of
           Arbitrary
           power
           ,
           and
           involved
           the
           people
           in
           a
           Laberynth
           of
           distemper
           ,
           oppression
           and
           poverty
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           will
           give
           mee
           leave
           not
           with
           presumption
           to
           informe
           your
           great
           understandings
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           may
           know
           what
           moved
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           to
           their
           resolutions
           to
           remember
           your
           Lordships
           of
           the
           foundation
           ,
           and
           erecting
           this
           Court
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           progresse
           and
           growth
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           well
           know
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           suppression
           of
           all
           religious
           houses
           to
           such
           a
           valew
           in
           the
           27
           yeare
           of
           
             H.
          
           8.
           from
           that
           time
           to
           the
           thirtieth
           yeare
           of
           that
           Kings
           raigne
           ,
           many
           (
           not
           fewer
           then
           sixe
           Insurrections
           )
           and
           Rebellions
           were
           made
           in
           the
           Northerne
           parts
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           that
           quarrell
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           under
           the
           command
           of
           some
           eminent
           person
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           the
           which
           being
           quieted
           before
           the
           end
           of
           the
           thirtieth
           yeare
           ,
           that
           great
           King
           well
           knowing
           his
           owne
           mind
           ,
           and
           what
           hee
           meant
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           great
           Houses
           of
           Religion
           ;
           in
           the
           yeare
           following
           for
           prevention
           of
           any
           inconvenience
           that
           might
           ensue
           to
           him
           upon
           such
           distemper
           ,
           in
           the
           31.
           yeare
           of
           his
           Reign
           granted
           a
           Commission
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Landaffe
             ,
          
           the
           first
           President
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           the
           quiet
           government
           
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Yorke
             ,
             Northumberland
             ,
             Cumberland
          
           and
           
             Westmerland
             ,
          
           the
           Bishopricke
           of
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           the
           counties
           of
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             Yorke
             ,
             Kingston
          
           upon
           
             Hull
             ,
          
           and
           
             New-castle
          
           upon
           
             Tyne
             .
          
           But
           my
           Lords
           this
           Commission
           was
           no
           other
           then
           a
           Commission
           of
           
             Oyer
          
           and
           
             Terminer
             ,
          
           onely
           it
           had
           a
           clause
           at
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           hearing
           of
           all
           causes
           reall
           and
           person
           ,
           
             quando
             ambae
             partes
             ,
             vel
             altera
             pars
             sic
             gravata
             paupertate
             fuerit
             ,
             quod
             quomodo
             vis
             suum
             secundum
             legem
             Regni
             nostri
             ,
             aliter
             persequi
             non
             possit
             ,
          
           which
           clause
           how
           illegall
           soever
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           illegall
           and
           voyd
           in
           Law
           ,
           little
           doubt
           can
           be
           made
           yet
           whether
           they
           exercise
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Commission
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           so
           sparingly
           exercised
           it
           ,
           that
           poore
           people
           found
           ease
           and
           benefit
           by
           it
           .
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           at
           that
           time
           I
           find
           no
           complaint
           against
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           comming
           in
           of
           King
           
             Iames
          
           the
           Commission
           continued
           still
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           first
           yeare
           of
           his
           Reigne
           to
           the
           Lord
           
             Sheffeild
          
           varied
           no
           otherwise
           from
           the
           former
           ,
           saue
           ,
           onely
           it
           had
           reference
           to
           Instructions
           which
           should
           be
           sent
           ,
           though
           any
           new
           sent
           or
           no
           is
           uncertaine
           ,
           but
           wee
           can
           find
           none
           .
        
         
           In
           
             Iune
             ,
          
           in
           the
           seventh
           yeare
           of
           the
           Reigne
           of
           King
           
             Iames
          
           a
           new
           Commission
           was
           granted
           to
           the
           same
           man
           (
           the
           Lord
           
             Sheffeild
          
           )
           very
           differing
           from
           all
           that
           went
           before
           ,
           it
           being
           left
           out
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           enquire
           
             per
             sacramentum
             bonorum
             &
             legalium
             hominum
             ,
          
           and
           to
           heare
           
           determine
           
             secundum
             leges
             Angliae
             ,
          
           Relation
           being
           had
           onely
           to
           the
           Instructions
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           first
           Instructions
           ,
           wee
           can
           find
           were
           sent
           thither
           ,
           though
           I
           told
           your
           Lordships
           there
           were
           some
           mentions
           of
           some
           In
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           your
           Lordships
           with
           these
           Instructions
           ,
           nor
           with
           the
           other
           that
           followed
           in
           14.
           
           
             Iacobi
          
           to
           the
           same
           man
           ,
           nor
           in
           16.
           
           
             Iacobi
             ,
          
           when
           a
           new
           Commission
           was
           granted
           to
           my
           Lord
           
             Sunderland
             ,
          
           nor
           indeed
           with
           any
           till
           we
           come
           to
           these
           present
           Instructions
           ,
           and
           Commissions
           under
           which
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           groans
           and
           languisheth
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           of
           
             Strafford
          
           came
           to
           that
           government
           in
           
             Decemb.
             4.
             
             Caroli
             ,
          
           and
           since
           the
           Commission
           hath
           beene
           three
           severall
           times
           removed
           ,
           in
           the
           fift
           yeare
           in
           
             March
             ,
          
           in
           the
           eighth
           in
           
             Novemb.
          
           in
           the
           thirteenth
           yeare
           of
           his
           Majesties
           raigne
           into
           that
           Commission
           of
           8.
           and
           13.
           a
           new
           clause
           served
           in
           for
           the
           granting
           ,
           sequestring
           ,
           and
           establishing
           Possessions
           according
           to
           instructions
           ,
           crowded
           in
           a
           Masse
           of
           new
           exorbitant
           and
           intollerable
           power
           ,
           though
           our
           complaint
           be
           against
           this
           Commission
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           those
           instructions
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           mispend
           your
           Lordships
           pretious
           time
           in
           desiring
           to
           have
           the
           whole
           read
           ,
           but
           shall
           presume
           to
           trouble
           your
           Lordships
           only
           with
           five
           or
           six
           of
           the
           instructions
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           vast
           irregularity
           of
           those
           your
           
           Lordships
           may
           judge
           ,
           how
           insupportable
           the
           whole
           burthen
           is
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           your
           Lordships
           with
           the
           ninth
           Instruction
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           short
           ,
           which
           introduceth
           that
           ,
           
             miseram
             servitatem
             ,
             ubi
             jus
             est
             vagum
             ,
             &
             incognitum
             ,
          
           by
           requiring
           an
           obedience
           to
           such
           ordinances
           ,
           and
           determinations
           ,
           as
           be
           or
           shall
           bee
           made
           by
           the
           Councell
           Table
           ,
           or
           high
           Commission
           Court
           .
           A
           grievance
           my
           Lords
           ,
           howsoever
           
             consuetudo
             &
             peccantum
             claritas
             nobilitaverit
             han●
             culpam
             ,
          
           of
           so
           transcendent
           a
           nature
           ,
           that
           your
           Lordships
           noble
           Iustice
           wil
           provide
           a
           remedy
           for
           it
           ,
           with
           no
           lesse
           care
           ,
           then
           you
           would
           rescue
           the
           life
           and
           blood
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           Reade
           the
           19.
           22
           ,
           23
           ,
           24.
           29.
           and
           30.
           
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           your
           Lordships
           with
           reading
           more
           ,
           there
           being
           among
           them
           in
           the
           whole
           58.
           
           Instructions
           ,
           scarce
           one
           that
           is
           not
           against
           ,
           or
           besides
           the
           Law
           .
        
         
           Whether
           His
           Majestie
           may
           caution
           out
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           Commission
           ,
           though
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           Law
           ,
           since
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           is
           under
           the
           Lawes
           and
           government
           of
           the
           Courts
           established
           at
           
             Westminister
             ,
          
           and
           by
           this
           reason
           the
           severall
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           may
           bee
           deprived
           of
           that
           priviledge
           ,
           will
           not
           bee
           now
           the
           question
           ;
           that
           his
           Majestie
           cannot
           by
           Commission
           erect
           a
           new
           court
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           or
           a
           proceeding
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           Star-chamber
           ,
           as
           most
           clear
           
           to
           all
           who
           have
           read
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ;
          
           which
           allowed
           no
           proceedings
           ,
           
             nisi
             per
             legale
             judicium
             parium
          
           &
           
             per
             legem
             terrae
             :
          
           for
           our
           court
           of
           Chancery
           heare
           by
           long
           usage
           and
           proscription
           is
           growne
           to
           bee
           as
           it
           were
           
             lex
             terra
             .
          
           But
           my
           Lords
           ,
           the
           thirtieth
           Instruction
           goes
           further
           ,
           and
           erects
           such
           an
           Emprie
           ,
           such
           a
           Dominion
           ,
           as
           shall
           bee
           lyable
           to
           no
           contrary
           .
        
         
           The
           Courts
           of
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           my
           Lords
           have
           superintendences
           over
           all
           inferiour
           Courts
           to
           regulate
           their
           jurisdictions
           ,
           if
           they
           exceed
           their
           limits
           .
           As
           to
           hold
           Plea
           of
           greater
           valew
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           in
           his
           exercise
           of
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           the
           Iudges
           are
           sworne
           to
           grant
           ,
           and
           send
           prohibitions
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           the
           granting
           of
           these
           prohibitlons
           ,
           or
           to
           neglect
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           granted
           ,
           is
           the
           greatest
           and
           boldest
           scorne
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Law-makers
           that
           can
           be
           imagined
           .
        
         
           The
           Kings
           Courts
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           having
           bin
           alwayes
           of
           that
           awefull
           and
           reverent
           esteeme
           ,
           with
           inferiour
           Iudges
           ,
           that
           the
           Instances
           of
           such
           contempts
           against
           them
           are
           very
           rare
           and
           exemplary
           in
           the
           punishment
           .
        
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           
             Norwich
          
           in
           Trinity
           Terme
           ,
           in
           the
           twentieth
           yeare
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           ,
           in
           
             Rot.
          
           289
           in
           the
           common
           Pleas
           in
           
             Hillary
          
           Terme
           21.
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           was
           attached
           for
           disobeying
           a
           prohibition
           at
           the
           sute
           of
           
             Stracill
             ,
          
           upon
           full
           and
           solemne
           dissension
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           
           the
           Court
           resolved
           ,
           that
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Bishop
           were
           in
           
             obedientiam
             &
             diminucorem
             Domini
             ,
             &
             potestatis
             Regiae
             authoritatis
             suae
             lectionem
             &
             coronae
             suae
             exhereditationem
             manifestum
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           As
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Records
           are
           ,
           and
           therefore
           adjudged
           the
           temporall
           tyes
           of
           the
           Bishop
           to
           be
           seised
           into
           the
           Kings
           hand
           ,
           and
           great
           ,
           verely
           great
           dammages
           to
           bee
           paid
           to
           Plaintiffes
           :
           And
           whosoever
           gave
           directions
           for
           these
           stout
           Instructions
           ,
           might
           have
           remembred
           that
           no
           longer
           since
           then
           
             Michaelmas
             ,
          
           in
           the
           seventh
           yeare
           of
           
             Eliz.
             Rot.
          
           31.
           
           An
           Attachment
           was
           graunted
           against
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Yorke
          
           then
           President
           of
           that
           Counsell
           ,
           for
           forbidding
           the
           Goaler
           of
           
             Yorke
          
           to
           deliver
           one
           
             Lambert
          
           his
           Prisoner
           ,
           who
           was
           sent
           for
           by
           a
           
             habeas
             corpus
          
           from
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           would
           have
           believed
           the
           resolution
           of
           all
           the
           Iudges
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           Trinity
           Term
           ,
           in
           the
           6.
           yeare
           of
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           they
           would
           have
           knowne
           how
           unfit
           it
           had
           beene
           to
           enlarge
           that
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           since
           most
           of
           their
           proceedings
           being
           of
           an
           inferiour
           nature
           to
           what
           they
           are
           now
           growne
           ,
           were
           then
           declared
           to
           be
           illegall
           &
           inconsistant
           with
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           .
        
         
           And
           can
           such
           a
           court
           ,
           as
           this
           my
           Lords
           deserve
           to
           live
           ?
           what
           a
           compendious
           abridgement
           hath
           
             Yorke
          
           gotten
           of
           all
           the
           courts
           in
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall
           ,
           whatsoever
           fals
           within
           the
           cognizance
           ,
           orjurisdiction
           of
           either
           courts
           here
           
           is
           compleatly
           determinable
           within
           ,
           that
           one
           Court
           at
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           besides
           the
           power
           it
           hath
           with
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           high
           Commission
           courts
           .
        
         
           What
           hath
           the
           good
           Northern
           people
           done
           ,
           that
           they
           onely
           must
           be
           disfranchised
           of
           all
           their
           priviledges
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           right
           ,
           for
           to
           what
           purpose
           serve
           these
           Statutes
           ,
           if
           they
           may
           be
           fined
           and
           imprisoned
           without
           Law
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           what
           have
           they
           done
           ,
           that
           they
           ,
           and
           they
           alone
           of
           all
           the
           people
           of
           this
           happy
           I
           land
           must
           be
           disinherited
           of
           their
           birth-right
           ,
           of
           their
           Inheritance
           .
           For
           prohibitions
           ,
           writs
           of
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
             ,
          
           writs
           of
           erour
           are
           the
           birth-right
           ,
           the
           inheritance
           of
           the
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           And
           't
           is
           here
           worth
           your
           Lordships
           observation
           ,
           that
           to
           those
           many
           prohibitions
           ,
           which
           have
           beene
           granted
           from
           above
           ,
           for
           till
           of
           late
           ,
           the
           court
           of
           
             Yorke
          
           had
           not
           the
           courage
           to
           dispose
           prohibitions
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           till
           our
           courts
           here
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           courage
           to
           grant
           them
           .
           T
           was
           never
           knowne
           ,
           that
           court
           pleaded
           the
           Iurisdiction
           of
           their
           counsell
           ,
           which
           without
           doubt
           they
           would
           have
           done
           upon
           the
           advantage
           of
           many
           great
           persons
           ,
           in
           whose
           protection
           they
           have
           alwayes
           beene
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           knowne
           the
           Law
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           misinterpreted
           enough
           to
           allow
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Your
           Lordships
           remember
           the
           directions
           I
           mentioned
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           that
           all
           proceedings
           shall
           be
           
             per
             legale
             Iudicium
             parium
             ,
             &
             per
             legem
             terrae
             ,
          
           now
           these
           Jurisdictions
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           shall
           proceed
           according
           to
           your
           discretion
           that
           is
           ,
           you
           shall
           doe
           what
           your
           please
           ,
           onely
           that
           wee
           may
           not
           suspect
           this
           discretion
           will
           be
           gentler
           and
           kinder
           to
           us
           then
           the
           Lawe
           :
           speciall
           provision
           is
           made
           no
           fine
           ,
           no
           punishment
           shall
           be
           lesse
           then
           by
           the
           Law
           is
           appointed
           ,
           by
           no
           meanes
           ,
           but
           as
           much
           greater
           ,
           as
           your
           discretion
           shall
           thinke
           fit
           ;
           and
           indeed
           in
           this
           Improvement
           wee
           find
           :
           Arbitrary
           courts
           are
           very
           pregnant
           ,
           if
           the
           Law
           requires
           my
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           this
           discretion
           makes
           mee
           close
           Prisoner
           ,
           if
           the
           Law
           sets
           me
           upon
           the
           Pillory
           ,
           this
           discretion
           appoints
           me
           to
           leave
           my
           eares
           there
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           proceeding
           according
           to
           discretion
           is
           no
           new
           expression
           ,
           t
           was
           in
           the
           first
           commission
           I
           told
           your
           Lordships
           of
           in
           the
           31.
           
           
             Hen
          
           8.
           that
           they
           should
           proceed
           
             secundum
             legem
             et
             consuetudinem
             Regni
             Angliae
             vel
             aliter
             secundum
             ●anas
             discretiones
             vestras
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           interpretation
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           best
           interpretation
           ,
           signifies
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           to
           proceed
           according
           to
           discretion
           ,
           is
           to
           proceed
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           
             summa
             discretio
             ,
          
           but
           not
           according
           to
           their
           private
           conceit
           or
           affection
           ,
           For
           
             talis
             discretio
          
           (
           sayes
           the
           Law
           )
           
             discretion●m
             
             confundit
             :
          
           and
           such
           a
           confusion
           hath
           this
           discretion
           in
           these
           Instructions
           produced
           ,
           as
           if
           discretion
           were
           onely
           removed
           from
           rage
           and
           fury
           ,
           no
           inconvenience
           ,
           no
           mischiefe
           ,
           no
           disgrace
           ,
           that
           the
           malice
           or
           insolence
           ,
           or
           curiosity
           of
           these
           commissioners
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           bring
           upon
           that
           people
           ,
           but
           through
           the
           latitude
           and
           power
           of
           this
           discretion
           the
           poore
           people
           have
           felt
           this
           discretion
           ,
           hath
           beene
           the
           quicke
           sound
           which
           hath
           swallowed
           up
           their
           property
           ,
           their
           liberty
           :
           I
           beseech
           your
           Lordships
           rescue
           them
           from
           this
           discretion
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           the
           charge
           that
           this
           Court
           is
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           is
           neere
           1300.
           l.
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           your
           Lordships
           will
           easily
           guesse
           ,
           what
           an
           unsupportable
           burthen
           the
           many
           officers
           (
           whose
           places
           are
           of
           great
           valew
           )
           the
           Atturnies
           ,
           Clarkes
           ,
           Registers
           ,
           and
           above
           1000
           Sollicitors
           that
           attend
           the
           Courts
           ,
           must
           bee
           to
           that
           people
           (
           insomuch
           )
           that
           in
           truth
           the
           whole
           countrey
           seemes
           to
           be
           divided
           into
           the
           Officers
           and
           Dependants
           upon
           that
           Court
           :
           And
           the
           people
           upon
           whom
           these
           Officers
           of
           that
           Court
           prey
           and
           commit
           rapines
           ,
           as
           he
           said
           in
           
             Patronius
             ,
             Omnes
             hic
             aut
             captantur
             ,
             aut
             captunt
             ;
             aut
             cadavere
             quae
             laterentur
             ,
             aut
             corni
             quae
             laterunt
             .
          
           Truly
           my
           Lords
           ,
           these
           vexed
           worne-people
           of
           the
           North
           are
           not
           sutors
           to
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           to
           regulate
           this
           Court
           ,
           or
           to
           reforme
           the
           Iudges
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           for
           extripating
           these
           
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           abolishing
           this
           Court
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           
             Catoes
          
           mind
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           submit
           to
           
             Caesar
          
           for
           his
           life
           ,
           saying
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           be
           beholding
           to
           a
           Tyrant
           for
           injustice
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           injustice
           in
           him
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           to
           save
           a
           mans
           life
           ,
           over
           whom
           hee
           had
           no
           power
           .
        
         
           So
           these
           Gentlemen
           desire
           not
           to
           be
           beholding
           to
           this
           Court
           hereafter
           for
           injustice
           .
           The
           very
           administration
           of
           injustice
           ,
           founded
           upon
           such
           illegall
           principles
           being
           a
           grievance
           and
           oppression
           to
           the
           subject
           .
        
         
           First
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           is
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           Commission
           and
           Instructions
           whereby
           the
           Resident
           and
           Counsell
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           exercise
           a
           Iurisdiction
           is
           illegall
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           creation
           and
           execution
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           improfitable
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           besides
           so
           much
           neere
           thirteene
           hundred
           pound
           taken
           out
           of
           His
           Majesties
           revenues
           ,
           every
           yeare
           His
           Majestie
           looseth
           the
           great
           benefit
           would
           accrew
           to
           him
           upon
           writs
           and
           upon
           Fines
           ,
           upon
           Out-lawes
           ,
           and
           other
           profits
           ,
           which
           redound
           to
           his
           Majestie
           out
           of
           his
           Court
           here
           .
        
         
           And
           which
           I
           had
           almost
           forgot
           to
           tell
           your
           Lordships
           of
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           may
           bee
           sure
           to
           have
           benefit
           from
           that
           Court
           (
           notable
           care
           is
           taken
           ,
           by
           the
           fifty
           three
           Instructions
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           money
           remaines
           over
           and
           above
           
           all
           disbursements
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           bestowed
           in
           providing
           Houshold-stuffe
           ,
           and
           furniture
           for
           the
           house
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           President
           and
           Counsell
           use
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           inconvenient
           and
           grievous
           to
           His
           Majesties
           subjects
           of
           those
           parts
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           they
           are
           humble
           Sutors
           to
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           the
           house
           of
           commons
           ,
           on
           this
           behalfe
           ,
           that
           since
           this
           people
           doe
           and
           have
           in
           all
           matters
           of
           duty
           and
           affection
           contend
           with
           the
           best
           of
           His
           Majesties
           subjects
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           distinguished
           from
           them
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Iustice
           and
           protection
           ,
           since
           this
           court
           originally
           instituted
           and
           continued
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           the
           ease
           and
           benefit
           of
           his
           subjects
           ,
           is
           apparently
           inverted
           to
           the
           burthen
           and
           discomfort
           of
           them
           that
           your
           Lordships
           will
           joyne
           with
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           commons
           in
           beseeching
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           the
           present
           commission
           may
           be
           revoked
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           such
           granted
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .