The pretended perspective-glass, or, Some reasons of many more which might be offered against the pretended registring reformation
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             The pretended perspective-glass, or, Some reasons of many more which might be offered against the pretended registring reformation
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           The
           PRETENDED
           PERSPECTIVE-GLASS
           ;
           Or
           some
           REASONS
           OF
           Many
           more
           which
           might
           be
           Offered
           ,
           Against
           the
           pretended
           
             REGISTRING
             REFORMATION
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCLXIX
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Some
           Reasons
           of
           many
           more
           which
           might
           be
           offered
           against
           the
           pretended
           Registring
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           IT
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           by
           any
           who
           have
           conversed
           with
           the
           right
           Reason
           of
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Rules
           of
           Government
           ,
           That
           Innovations
           are
           more
           than
           a
           little
           dangerous
           ,
           because
           there
           cannot
           possibly
           or
           probably
           be
           at
           once
           a
           certain
           and
           clear
           prospect
           made
           of
           all
           the
           evils
           ,
           contingencies
           ,
           and
           unevitable
           consequences
           which
           either
           will
           or
           may
           happen
           by
           it
           :
           And
           therefore
           have
           adjudged
           it
           to
           be
           more
           conducing
           to
           the
           Weal-publick
           ,
           rather
           to
           suffer
           some
           few
           or
           seldom
           mischiefs
           not
           fatal
           ,
           than
           many
           Inconveniences
           .
           Which
           will
           not
           be
           escaped
           in
           such
           a
           Renverse
           or
           Plowing
           up
           of
           all
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Estates
           and
           Credit
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           product
           of
           so
           many
           sad
           effects
           as
           will
           attend
           it
           ;
           And
           may
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           either
           a
           Probleme
           or
           Paradox
           in
           a
           Nation
           harrowed
           and
           torn
           by
           War
           and
           Confusions
           :
           If
           it
           shall
           be
           considered
           ,
        
         
           That
           at
           the
           end
           thereof
           all
           the
           Coyn
           which
           wore
           the
           
             Harp
          
           and
           
             Cross
             ,
          
           being
           a
           moiety
           if
           not
           more
           than
           the
           legitimate
           money
           of
           King
           
             Philip
             ,
          
           Queen
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           King
           
             James
             ,
          
           and
           King
           
             Charles
          
           the
           
             Martyr
          
           amounted
           unto
           ,
           did
           not
           with
           much
           of
           it
           which
           
           was
           counterfeited
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           called
           into
           the
           Mint
           by
           his
           now
           Majesty
           ,
           exceed
           Two
           Millions
           Sterling
           and
           an
           half
           ;
           and
           that
           too
           much
           of
           that
           money
           ,
           and
           other
           afterwards
           Coyned
           ,
           hath
           been
           transported
           ,
           melted
           down
           into
           Plate
           ,
           or
           fooled
           away
           by
           the
           Consumption
           of
           our
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           to
           adorn
           those
           that
           should
           not
           wear
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           for
           above
           18.
           years
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           Plunderings
           ,
           Sequestrations
           ,
           and
           Free-quarter
           of
           Armies
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           above
           20.
           years
           very
           great
           and
           various
           Taxes
           ,
           are
           so
           universally
           indebted
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           rationally
           be
           believed
           that
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           live
           more
           upon
           Credit
           ,
           than
           any
           certain
           or
           real
           Estate
           or
           Subsistence
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           that
           much
           of
           the
           Lands
           of
           
             England
          
           if
           it
           should
           be
           sold
           ,
           will
           scarcely
           pay
           the
           Debts
           which
           might
           be
           charged
           upon
           the
           Owners
           thereof
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           now
           so
           stately
           Re-built
           ,
           hath
           been
           brought
           to
           that
           perfection
           by
           Credit
           and
           Money
           borrowed
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           otherwise
           have
           been
           effected
           .
        
         
           That
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           the
           most
           of
           which
           made
           their
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           their
           love
           to
           the
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           be
           their
           ruine
           and
           impoverishment
           ,
           will
           now
           by
           such
           a
           Registration
           be
           turned
           out
           of
           that
           Credit
           which
           was
           left
           to
           support
           their
           feeble
           and
           languishing
           Estates
           .
        
         
           That
           our
           Merchants
           ,
           whose
           Trades
           have
           brought
           Riches
           and
           Plenty
           into
           their
           Habitations
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Inmates
           and
           dwell
           with
           them
           ,
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           three
           parts
           in
           four
           in
           Credit
           ,
           and
           an
           opinion
           of
           a
           greater
           Estate
           than
           they
           can
           justly
           call
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Retailers
           ,
           and
           now
           more
           than
           formerly
           lofty
           Shop-keepers
           ,
           who
           have
           owed
           their
           low
           beginings
           to
           a
           small
           Stock
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Credit
           ,
           and
           
           gain
           so
           well
           by
           it
           as
           to
           afford
           to
           give
           15
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           to
           any
           that
           will
           adventure
           a
           joynt
           Trade
           with
           them
           ,
           will
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           exposed
           to
           the
           jealous
           eyes
           of
           the
           nice
           ,
           over-timerous
           and
           suspicious
           Usurers
           or
           Money-lenders
           ,
           be
           turned
           out
           of
           all
           their
           expectations
           ,
           and
           made
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           devouring
           and
           unmercifull
           Fangs
           of
           a
           Statute
           of
           Bankrupt
           ,
           or
           give
           over
           their
           Trade
           and
           be
           better
           acquainted
           with
           humility
           .
        
         
           The
           Country
           Farmers
           when
           Corn
           or
           Cattel
           shall
           in
           their
           rates
           or
           prices
           fall
           short
           of
           their
           hopes
           to
           pay
           their
           Land-lords
           Rents
           ,
           shall
           not
           now
           be
           able
           to
           borrow
           money
           to
           pay
           them
           ,
           if
           their
           small
           Stock
           or
           Estates
           shall
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           endure
           the
           severity
           of
           a
           Tell-tale
           Registration
           .
        
         
           All
           Trust
           and
           Credit
           ,
           and
           the
           Faith
           ,
           Charity
           and
           Love
           of
           Mankind
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           whereby
           so
           many
           Families
           have
           had
           their
           rise
           and
           foundation
           ,
           and
           more
           have
           gained
           good
           imployments
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           enervated
           and
           weakned
           ,
           as
           men
           shall
           be
           affraid
           of
           that
           which
           they
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           troubled
           themselves
           withall
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           to
           be
           like
           crafty
           
             Banyans
             ,
          
           and
           hard
           hearted
           
             Jews
          
           each
           to
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           Merchants
           whose
           care
           of
           keeping
           their
           Credits
           ,
           returning
           Moneys
           ,
           and
           answeriug
           Bills
           of
           Exchange
           ,
           makes
           them
           dread
           a
           protest
           of
           Non-payment
           like
           some
           Plague
           or
           mortal
           sickness
           ,
           and
           whose
           punctual
           performances
           makes
           every
           day
           but
           Sundayes
           in
           every
           year
           many
           a
           score
           if
           not
           hundreds
           of
           Bargains
           ,
           for
           great
           sums
           of
           money
           and
           concernments
           ,
           without
           any
           Writing
           ,
           Escript
           or
           Scrole
           ,
           as
           the
           vulgar
           call
           it
           ,
           will
           now
           have
           such
           an
           Anatomy-Lecture
           read
           upon
           their
           growing
           more
           than
           certain
           Estates
           ,
           as
           all
           men
           will
           not
           easily
           or
           without
           much
           search
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           .
        
         
         
           All
           Foreign
           Merchants
           will
           be
           by
           such
           a
           Registration
           affrighted
           and
           deterred
           from
           trafficking
           with
           our
           Merchants
           without
           ready
           money
           ,
           the
           want
           whereof
           hath
           already
           by
           the
           cunning
           of
           the
           Banks
           beyond
           the
           Sea
           ,
           who
           are
           made
           to
           rise
           and
           fall
           according
           to
           the
           scarcity
           or
           plenty
           of
           money
           ,
           put
           them
           under
           great
           disadvantages
           in
           the
           buying
           or
           selling
           of
           their
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Dutch
          
           and
           other
           Nations
           whose
           low
           Interest
           heretofore
           brought
           into
           
             England
          
           some
           Millions
           of
           Sterling
           money
           ,
           to
           put
           to
           a
           more
           gainfull
           Usury
           ,
           will
           by
           such
           a
           Registration
           not
           adventure
           to
           bring
           over
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           Foreign
           Princes
           which
           are
           or
           may
           be
           in
           Hostility
           with
           us
           ,
           may
           by
           such
           a
           means
           or
           direction
           discover
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           their
           want
           of
           money
           either
           to
           offend
           others
           or
           defend
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           Contrivance
           will
           lay
           open
           and
           discover
           the
           beggery
           and
           wents
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           be
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           humanity
           and
           mercy
           of
           the
           God
           of
           mercy
           and
           Justice
           ,
           who
           commanded
           us
           not
           to
           afflict
           ,
           bite
           or
           devour
           one
           another
           ,
           nor
           to
           go
           into
           any
           mans
           house
           to
           fetch
           a
           Pledge
           (
           whereby
           to
           disgrace
           him
           )
           and
           will
           as
           little
           agree
           with
           our
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Salvo
             Contenemento
          
           of
           the
           Gentleman
           ,
           
             Waynagio
          
           of
           the
           Country-man
           ,
           or
           
             Mercandisa
          
           of
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           or
           the
           mercy
           and
           pity
           of
           our
           Laws
           in
           extending
           but
           a
           moiety
           of
           Lands
           upon
           a
           Judgement
           ,
           and
           sparing
           as
           long
           as
           possible
           the
           Oxen
           and
           Horses
           of
           the
           plow.
           
        
         
           That
           the
           
             Romans
          
           when
           their
           people
           mutined
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           go
           to
           War
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           oppression
           of
           Usury
           ,
           did
           not
           offer
           them
           such
           an
           ill
           compounded
           remedy
           as
           the
           intended
           Registration
           ,
           to
           publish
           and
           lay
           open
           their
           poverty
           and
           thereby
           adde
           to
           their
           misery
           ,
           but
           
           did
           order
           that
           no
           Creditor
           should
           take
           any
           Interest
           for
           certain
           years
           then
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           the
           
             Scotch
          
           after
           their
           wars
           mingled
           with
           their
           own
           and
           our
           factions
           had
           greatly
           impoverished
           them
           ,
           deeme
           it
           to
           be
           any
           good
           for
           their
           people
           to
           have
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           Registrate
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           Horning
           ,
           and
           Caption
           let
           loose
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           locked
           up
           those
           severities
           and
           disgraces
           ,
           by
           ordaining
           that
           no
           Annual
           Rent
           or
           Interest
           ,
           as
           they
           there
           call
           it
           ,
           should
           for
           certain
           Years
           after
           be
           demanded
           or
           taken
           .
        
         
           That
           such
           a
           device
           as
           the
           Registration
           will
           not
           only
           undermine
           and
           overthrow
           a
           great
           part
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           excellent
           form
           and
           beauty
           of
           the
           fabrick
           and
           structure
           thereof
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Liberties
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           peoples
           Estates
           do
           reside
           ,
           and
           lead
           into
           Captivity
           their
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           but
           hinder
           and
           take
           away
           from
           the
           King
           his
           post
           Fines
           ,
           and
           profit
           of
           Alienations
           ,
           Green
           Wax
           ,
           Fines
           upon
           Original
           Writs
           ,
           and
           Seals
           in
           his
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           and
           Chancery
           ,
           amounting
           to
           about
           Forty
           or
           Fifty
           Thousand
           pounds
           
             per
             Annum
             .
          
        
         
           Lay
           open
           and
           expose
           every
           mans
           Estate
           to
           Taxes
           and
           Assessements
           ,
           when
           as
           the
           Registring
           of
           all
           Mortgages
           and
           Alienations
           of
           Lands
           ,
           can
           make
           no
           perfect
           discovery
           of
           Incumbrances
           ,
           without
           the
           Registring
           of
           Judgements
           ,
           Statutes
           and
           Recognisances
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           the
           time
           past
           as
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Destroy
           or
           weaken
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           divert
           the
           profit
           of
           above
           15.
           or
           16.
           adjacent
           Counties
           ,
           who
           have
           exceedingly
           improved
           their
           Rents
           and
           Estates
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Registrate
           moveable
           Bonds
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           had
           their
           original
           from
           the
           
             Caursini
          
           the
           Popes
           Brokers
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           from
           the
           miscalled
           
             Camera
             Apostolica
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           our
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           ,
           
           banished
           from
           hence
           by
           the
           cryes
           of
           the
           oppressed
           people
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           take
           as
           they
           do
           Registrate
           Bonds
           for
           Debts
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           dormant
           for
           6.
           or
           12.
           months
           ,
           or
           a
           greater
           time
           after
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           Register
           them
           ,
           may
           so
           conceal
           Debts
           and
           Engagements
           ,
           and
           weaknesses
           of
           Estate
           ,
           as
           may
           rather
           increase
           the
           hazzard
           and
           damage
           of
           the
           lenders
           of
           money
           ,
           than
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Office
           of
           General
           Remembrancer
           of
           all
           Incumbrances
           ,
           hath
           several
           Parliaments
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           
             James
          
           troubled
           and
           attended
           them
           for
           a
           confirmation
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           obteyn
           it
           ,
           was
           refused
           and
           certified
           by
           Sr.
           
             Edward
             Coke
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Judges
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           referred
           ,
           to
           be
           against
           the
           Weal-publique
           ,
           missed
           of
           its
           purpose
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           King
           
             Charles
          
           the
           
             Martyr
             ,
          
           was
           entertained
           by
           
             Oliver
             ,
          
           and
           his
           ignorant
           and
           mechanick
           party
           as
           a
           ready
           means
           to
           Level
           and
           overturn
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           make
           his
           Saints
           some
           seats
           or
           business
           of
           Judicature
           in
           the
           several
           Counties
           ,
           but
           went
           do
           further
           than
           its
           
             Embrio
             ,
          
           because
           his
           so
           called
           Parliament
           could
           not
           agree
           in
           6
           Moneths
           time
           ,
           what
           should
           be
           called
           
             Incumbrances
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           been
           rejected
           in
           a
           late
           Session
           of
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           besides
           its
           ushering
           in
           of
           these
           and
           many
           other
           mischiefs
           and
           inconveniencies
           ,
           will
           be
           needless
           when
           every
           man
           which
           doth
           but
           know
           any
           thing
           in
           our
           Laws
           ,
           or
           hath
           ever
           bought
           or
           sold
           Land
           ,
           or
           sought
           to
           recover
           any
           which
           hath
           been
           aliened
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           had
           Intailes
           which
           his
           carefull
           Ancestors
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           an
           unalienable
           provision
           for
           him
           and
           his
           posterity
           ,
           docqued
           and
           cut
           off
           ,
           cannot
           but
           confesse
           that
           our
           Laws
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           been
           exceeding
           carefull
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           to
           have
           been
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           business
           to
           secure
           and
           protect
           Purchasors
           
             Bona
             Fide
             ,
          
           who
           are
           
           already
           as
           well
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           provided
           for
           in
           their
           Conveyances
           and
           Assurances
           ,
           as
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           as
           far
           also
           as
           the
           care
           or
           wit
           of
           man
           could
           hitherto
           conceive
           it
           to
           be
           necessary
           ,
           by
           Feoffments
           with
           livery
           and
           seisin
           ,
           Fines
           and
           Recoveries
           ,
           Leases
           and
           Releases
           ,
           Demise
           and
           Redemise
           ,
           Warranties
           ,
           Bars
           and
           Non-claims
           ,
           Prescriptions
           ,
           Estoppels
           ,
           Entries
           tolled
           ,
           Judgements
           ,
           Statutes
           and
           Recognisances
           ,
           with
           Collateral
           security
           to
           perform
           Covenants
           ,
           discovery
           of
           Incumbrances
           upon
           Oath
           ;
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           27th
           .
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           for
           transferring
           of
           uses
           into
           possession
           ;
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           for
           Inrolling
           of
           Deeds
           of
           Bargain
           and
           Sale
           ;
           an
           Act
           to
           preserve
           the
           Estate
           of
           Tenants
           for
           years
           ,
           in
           a
           Recovery
           suffered
           by
           one
           in
           Reversion
           ;
           An
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           in
           the
           2.
           and
           3.
           year
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           6.
           for
           saving
           and
           allowing
           of
           Leases
           and
           other
           kind
           of
           Estates
           ,
           not
           found
           in
           any
           Inquisition
           ,
           or
           Office
           ,
           to
           intitle
           the
           King
           ;
           three
           or
           four
           Statutes
           or
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           against
           Fraudulent
           Assurances
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           go
           about
           to
           deceive
           men
           of
           their
           Debts
           :
           and
           another
           in
           the
           27th
           .
           year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           ordaining
           a
           forfeiture
           of
           a
           years
           value
           of
           the
           Land
           by
           such
           as
           are
           parties
           or
           privies
           in
           or
           unto
           such
           deceipts
           ;
           the
           Statute
           made
           in
           the
           23th
           .
           year
           of
           her
           Reign
           for
           inrolling
           of
           Fines
           and
           Recoveries
           ,
           to
           avoid
           Errors
           in
           them
           ;
           three
           or
           four
           Statutes
           or
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           concerning
           Bankrupts
           .
        
         
           The
           Statute
           against
           forging
           of
           Deeds
           ,
           the
           Statute
           made
           in
           the
           one
           and
           twentieth
           year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           
             James
             ,
          
           for
           Limitations
           of
           Writs
           of
           
             Formedon
             ,
          
           unto
           twenty
           years
           after
           the
           Title
           accrewed
           ;
           and
           another
           to
           quiet
           the
           Titles
           of
           all
           men
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           certain
           Cases
           only
           excepted
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           in
           sixty
           years
           quiet
           possession
           ;
           another
           that
           the
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           of
           
           men
           dying
           in
           Execution
           should
           be
           chargable
           with
           their
           Debts
           ;
           and
           another
           to
           make
           it
           Felony
           against
           such
           as
           should
           leavy
           Fines
           ,
           suffer
           Recoveries
           ,
           or
           acknowledge
           Judgements
           ,
           Statutes
           or
           Recognisances
           in
           other
           mens
           names
           ,
           with
           the
           Rule
           of
           expounding
           Grants
           ,
           strictly
           against
           the
           Grantors
           ;
           Debts
           to
           be
           payd
           before
           Legacies
           ,
           and
           Trusts
           to
           be
           voyd
           as
           against
           Creditors
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           ayds
           and
           assistances
           not
           here
           enumerated
           ,
           which
           the
           Laws
           have
           been
           at
           all
           times
           ready
           to
           contribute
           to
           such
           as
           shall
           timely
           or
           seasonably
           require
           or
           make
           use
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           pretences
           of
           making
           Lands
           to
           sell
           at
           greater
           Rates
           ,
           for
           that
           as
           is
           alleaged
           the
           Titles
           are
           so
           fraudulent
           ,
           and
           Lands
           so
           doubly
           and
           trebly
           Mortgaged
           ,
           as
           men
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           afraid
           to
           purchase
           or
           lend
           any
           money
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           Trade
           is
           greatly
           hindered
           by
           it
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Securities
           which
           men
           can
           take
           for
           their
           debts
           are
           so
           deficient
           ,
           and
           that
           thereby
           many
           suites
           and
           contentions
           have
           arisen
           which
           otherwise
           would
           not
           have
           been
           ,
           may
           vanish
           and
           no
           more
           disturbe
           their
           Fancies
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Fines
           and
           Recoveries
           of
           20.
           30.
           or
           40.
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           will
           Demonstrate
           plenty
           of
           purchases
           and
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Land
           sold
           ,
           or
           aliened
           in
           every
           of
           those
           Counties
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Records
           and
           Decrees
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           being
           the
           Pool
           of
           
             Bethesda
             ,
          
           whither
           all
           men
           deceived
           by
           Mortgages
           or
           fraudulent
           Conveyances
           do
           come
           for
           relief
           ,
           can
           if
           compared
           with
           the
           number
           of
           Fines
           and
           Recoveries
           ,
           and
           Bargains
           and
           Sales
           that
           do
           pass
           in
           every
           year
           ,
           testifie
           that
           there
           is
           not
           much
           above
           one
           in
           every
           thousand
           that
           falleth
           into
           such
           a
           misfortune
           ;
           that
           in
           these
           late
           times
           the
           rich
           and
           gaining
           party
           ,
           by
           the
           sufferings
           and
           miseries
           of
           the
           loyal
           party
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           afraid
           
           to
           have
           Joyntures
           setled
           upon
           their
           daughters
           given
           in
           marriage
           with
           great
           Portions
           ,
           to
           take
           Rent
           charges
           and
           annuities
           for
           moneys
           lent
           by
           Chevisance
           ,
           and
           for
           more
           then
           the
           legal
           interest
           ,
           or
           have
           bought
           indebted
           Gentlemens
           estates
           ,
           and
           gained
           well
           by
           monies
           left
           in
           their
           hands
           to
           clear
           incumbrances
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           according
           to
           the
           latitude
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           compounded
           them
           to
           their
           own
           no
           small
           advantage
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           commonly
           as
           much
           difference
           between
           Trade
           and
           lending
           of
           mony
           ,
           as
           betwixt
           a
           Trades
           man
           borrowing
           of
           mony
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           is
           no
           trades
           man
           lending
           it
           .
        
         
           When
           so
           many
           Commissions
           of
           Bankrupt
           issuing
           out
           every
           year
           ,
           and
           the
           crafty
           Trades
           men
           soddering
           up
           themselves
           again
           by
           a
           composition
           ,
           or
           three
           or
           four
           shillings
           in
           the
           pound
           ,
           can
           tell
           on
           which
           side
           the
           loss
           and
           hazards
           do
           lye
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           grand
           increase
           of
           Trade
           appearing
           by
           the
           Custome
           house
           books
           ,
           and
           the
           overstocking
           of
           Trade
           ,
           by
           so
           great
           numbers
           applying
           themselves
           unto
           it
           ,
           may
           declare
           that
           there
           is
           no
           defect
           in
           our
           Laws
           which
           may
           deserve
           such
           a
           scandal
           or
           needless
           reformation
           ,
           which
           will
           bring
           upon
           the
           people
           greater
           mischiefs
           or
           inconveniencies
           then
           it
           pretends
           to
           prevent
           or
           avoid
           ;
           when
           the
           loss
           of
           money
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           failings
           of
           securities
           ,
           or
           the
           insufficiency
           of
           Debtors
           ,
           by
           the
           pride
           and
           luxury
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           so
           greatly
           gone
           beyond
           that
           of
           former
           years
           or
           ages
           ,
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           more
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           then
           any
           the
           defects
           in
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           cry
           and
           clamour
           not
           unlikely
           to
           be
           designedly
           raised
           concerning
           the
           loss
           of
           debts
           and
           increase
           of
           suits
           and
           actions
           at
           Law
           is
           more
           than
           needs
           ;
           when
           if
           it
           shall
           as
           it
           may
           be
           evidenced
           upon
           search
           &
           enquiry
           ,
           that
           of
           some
           thousands
           of
           writs
           and
           actions
           made
           out
           by
           our
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           amongst
           such
           a
           multitude
           of
           people
           ,
           
           and
           their
           variety
           of
           affairs
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           more
           then
           one
           half
           of
           them
           ended
           in
           one
           Term
           or
           two
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           few
           of
           the
           remainder
           ,
           unless
           for
           difficulty
           ,
           or
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           peevishness
           of
           some
           of
           the
           parties
           ,
           do
           seldome
           last
           to
           the
           years
           end
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           all
           the
           Commissions
           of
           Bankrupts
           taken
           out
           for
           seven
           yeares
           last
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           number
           of
           prisoners
           for
           debt
           which
           have
           layne
           a
           year
           undischarged
           in
           the
           Prisons
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Bench
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Fleet
             ,
             Marshalsea
             ,
          
           the
           two
           
             Compiers
          
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           County
           and
           other
           prisons
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           were
           taken
           ,
           it
           may
           give
           all
           unbyassed
           men
           cause
           and
           reason
           enough
           to
           believe
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           danger
           or
           loss
           in
           lending
           of
           money
           or
           getting
           it
           in
           again
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           many
           suits
           or
           actions
           ,
           when
           if
           there
           could
           be
           any
           such
           fear
           of
           frauds
           ,
           they
           may
           without
           such
           mischiefs
           and
           inconveniencies
           better
           be
           secured
           by
           a
           short
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           ordain
           all
           intails
           ,
           deeds
           of
           uses
           and
           Mortgages
           to
           be
           inrolled
           in
           His
           Majesties
           high
           Court
           of
           Chancery
           ;
           and
           that
           whosoever
           shall
           fraudulently
           ▪
           Mortgage
           any
           land
           ,
           or
           wittingly
           conceal
           any
           former
           Mortgage
           thereof
           ,
           shall
           incurr
           the
           pains
           and
           penalties
           ordained
           in
           case
           of
           
             Praemunire
             ,
          
           or
           a
           forfeiture
           of
           the
           double
           value
           to
           the
           party
           grieved
           .
        
         
           That
           Extremities
           will
           drive
           and
           necessitate
           men
           ▪
           to
           seek
           releif
           and
           difficulties
           of
           Justice
           ,
           or
           obtaining
           it
           make
           a
           temptation
           of
           giving
           or
           taking
           bribes
           ,
           now
           put
           into
           a
           new
           disguise
           or
           Periwigg
           and
           called
           gratifications
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           bringing
           down
           of
           money
           to
           6
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           hath
           as
           frequent
           Experiences
           may
           inform
           those
           whose
           Estates
           have
           been
           sucked
           into
           a
           Consumption
           by
           it
           ,
           made
           too
           many
           refuse
           to
           lend
           money
           without
           as
           much
           brocage
           as
           hath
           amounted
           unto
           8
           or
           10
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           and
           taught
           them
           to
           prey
           and
           work
           upon
           mens
           necessities
           ,
           
           by
           denying
           to
           lend
           money
           without
           Rent
           charges
           or
           Annuities
           ,
           which
           may
           bring
           them
           12
           or
           14
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           and
           hath
           brought
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           trade
           and
           improvement
           of
           mony
           that
           horrid
           usury
           and
           brocage
           now
           practised
           by
           taking
           of
           pawns
           and
           loan
           of
           money
           at
           60
           ,
           40
           ,
           30
           ,
           or
           25
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           which
           like
           Locusts
           and
           Caterpillers
           devouring
           every
           green
           thing
           ,
           have
           almost
           covered
           this
           impoverished
           Nation
           .
           And
           that
           the
           hardning
           of
           mens
           hearts
           by
           such
           an
           inspection
           into
           all
           mens
           Estates
           ,
           and
           creating
           them
           by
           that
           means
           as
           many
           advantages
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           will
           when
           people
           cannot
           borrow
           moneys
           as
           formerly
           upon
           reasonable
           securities
           cause
           an
           increase
           of
           the
           Trade
           of
           
             Tally
          
           men
           ,
           who
           do
           now
           gain
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           than
           
             Cent.
             per
             Cent.
          
           by
           furnishing
           the
           Market-women
           and
           Heglers
           ,
           and
           the
           Cryers
           in
           the
           Streets
           and
           other
           necessitous
           people
           ,
           with
           Clothes
           ,
           Houshold-stuff
           ,
           or
           other
           necessaries
           ,
           and
           lending
           them
           money
           at
           12
           
             d.
          
           a
           week
           for
           every
           20
           
             s.
             
          
        
         
           That
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           much
           differing
           from
           that
           of
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           and
           the
           general
           poverty
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           causing
           the
           stricter
           tyes
           in
           their
           Bonds
           and
           Obligations
           ,
           and
           the
           grand
           severities
           used
           in
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Constitution
           of
           that
           people
           ,
           than
           the
           more
           rich
           and
           tender
           hearted
           
             English.
             
          
        
         
           That
           the
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           few
           Gentry
           ,
           little
           Land
           ,
           many
           Burgers
           ,
           Towns
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Husband
           ,
           Wife
           ,
           Children
           and
           Servants
           do
           continually
           busie
           themselves
           in
           Trade
           and
           Merchandize
           ,
           may
           better
           endure
           the
           Notarial
           Acts
           (
           not
           much
           used
           amongst
           them
           )
           conveyed
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Registrings
           which
           the
           200th
           .
           penny
           paid
           to
           their
           
             States
          
           upon
           the
           sale
           of
           Houses
           
           doth
           in
           a
           manner
           necessitate
           ,
           but
           cannot
           amongst
           a
           people
           whose
           Trade
           and
           Stocks
           are
           ever
           busily
           imployed
           in
           their
           Herring-Busses
           ,
           or
           are
           ever
           sending
           out
           or
           taking
           in
           their
           personal
           Estates
           in
           Money
           or
           Goods
           ,
           to
           or
           from
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           habitable
           World
           ,
           admit
           or
           give
           them
           so
           clear
           a
           Perspective
           as
           our
           men
           of
           the
           Registring
           Reformation
           dream
           of
           ;
           and
           yet
           when
           they
           are
           best
           of
           all
           pleased
           with
           it
           ,
           they
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Spaniards
          
           and
           other
           transmarine
           Nations
           ,
           are
           to
           confess
           that
           they
           have
           more
           Appeals
           and
           Staires
           of
           Contention
           to
           climbe
           in
           many
           of
           their
           Suits
           and
           Actions
           ,
           than
           we
           have
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           are
           not
           without
           as
           many
           Actions
           and
           Suits
           proportionably
           to
           the
           small
           extent
           of
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           their
           many
           little
           Judicatories
           .
        
         
           That
           those
           who
           alledge
           that
           our
           Laws
           are
           undervalued
           and
           slighted
           in
           the
           parts
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           believed
           to
           be
           defective
           ,
           may
           well
           allow
           us
           to
           think
           well
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           blame
           such
           opinions
           of
           Foreigners
           ,
           who
           censure
           our
           Laws
           when
           they
           do
           not
           understand
           the
           Language
           they
           are
           written
           in
           ;
           and
           when
           our
           learned
           
             Fortescue
             ,
          
           
           whose
           Exile
           in
           
             France
          
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           our
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           6th
           .
           gave
           him
           the
           opportunity
           of
           comparing
           the
           excellency
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           very
           much
           since
           adorned
           with
           an
           addition
           of
           many
           good
           Statutes
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           defects
           of
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           did
           write
           his
           Book
           in
           the
           praise
           of
           ours
           ,
           and
           the
           dispraise
           of
           theirs
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           
             Decrets
          
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           
             ringing
             out
             of
             a
             Bell
          
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           for
           a
           confirmation
           of
           Titles
           and
           quieting
           of
           future
           Claims
           ,
           do
           not
           operate
           so
           much
           or
           strongly
           as
           our
           Recoveries
           and
           Fines
           ,
           with
           Barres
           upon
           Non-claims
           ,
           do
           with
           less
           noise
           and
           disparagement
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           if
           it
           were
           fit
           or
           could
           be
           reasonable
           for
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           to
           experiment
           all
           those
           mischiefs
           and
           inconveniences
           which
           may
           as
           certainly
           as
           sadly
           happen
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           to
           the
           well-wishing
           Daughters
           of
           the
           aged
           
             Pelias
             ,
          
           who
           destroyed
           him
           against
           their
           will
           ,
           by
           letting
           out
           his
           old
           blood
           in
           their
           hopes
           of
           new
           ;
           yet
           the
           Registring
           Reformers
           can
           never
           arrive
           to
           any
           other
           end
           of
           their
           Proposals
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           getting
           Offices
           and
           Imployments
           to
           ruine
           or
           perplex
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           When
           as
           that
           which
           they
           would
           undertake
           will
           prove
           to
           be
           impossible
           and
           unpracticable
           ,
           unless
           they
           can
           foretell
           and
           ascertain
           the
           Lenders
           ,
           that
           men
           who
           are
           now
           indebted
           &
           behind
           hand
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           before
           hand
           or
           rich
           ,
           or
           that
           those
           that
           are
           rich
           will
           never
           be
           poor
           ,
           or
           have
           any
           misfortunes
           ;
           or
           can
           assure
           any
           Money-lender
           that
           such
           a
           Lord
           of
           a
           Mannor
           will
           have
           no
           Estates
           or
           Lands
           fall
           unto
           him
           ;
           or
           such
           or
           any
           other
           person
           ,
           Merchant
           ,
           Trader
           ,
           or
           Borrower
           ,
           will
           have
           no
           Legacy
           given
           him
           ,
           no
           Executorship
           or
           Heirship
           happen
           unto
           him
           ,
           or
           what
           losses
           or
           gains
           may
           happen
           by
           Trade
           or
           Adventure
           by
           Sea
           or
           Land
           ,
           what
           will
           be
           the
           profit
           or
           loss
           of
           the
           next
           ensuing
           Harvest
           ,
           how
           much
           or
           how
           little
           a
           man
           that
           appears
           to
           be
           a
           Lender
           of
           Money
           in
           their
           Registry
           ;
           hath
           in
           trust
           for
           Orphans
           or
           others
           ,
           how
           much
           a
           Foreigner
           hath
           of
           his
           own
           Bank
           or
           Money
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           when
           he
           puts
           out
           Money
           to
           Interest
           for
           his
           Countrymen
           ,
           what
           Leases
           of
           Lands
           have
           been
           made
           upon
           great
           Fines
           taken
           and
           little
           Rent
           reserved
           ,
           what
           Leases
           or
           Estates
           have
           or
           will
           be
           forfeited
           by
           Treason
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ;
           what
           Dower
           those
           women
           may
           resort
           unto
           ,
           whose
           Joyntures
           were
           made
           during
           Marriage
           or
           Coverture
           ;
           or
           what
           Elopements
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           ;
           what
           Moneys
           are
           Insured
           by
           Policies
           of
           Exchange
           ,
           or
           what
           Bills
           of
           Exchange
           have
           been
           accepted
           ;
           
           what
           disherison
           of
           Heirs
           apparent
           ,
           Illegitimacies
           ,
           intrusions
           and
           wrongfull
           Entries
           ,
           what
           Actions
           of
           
             Battery
          
           and
           
             Scandal
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Actions
           or
           Suits
           in
           Law
           or
           Equity
           ,
           which
           may
           lessen
           or
           prejudice
           any
           mans
           Estate
           ,
           may
           happen
           ;
           what
           
             Assumpsits
             ,
          
           Promises
           or
           Engagements
           have
           been
           made
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           (
           which
           may
           make
           as
           many
           Obligations
           ,
           Troubles
           and
           Tyes
           upon
           mens
           Estates
           ,
           as
           Bonds
           or
           Bills
           can
           do
           or
           did
           before
           such
           kind
           of
           Writings
           were
           invented
           :
           )
           what
           
             Embargoes
             ,
          
           or
           what
           ruines
           by
           high-flying
           ,
           gaming
           or
           gadding
           Wives
           ,
           prodigal
           Children
           ,
           losses
           by
           Fire
           ,
           War
           ,
           Factors
           ,
           or
           bad
           Servants
           ,
           Suretiship
           ,
           or
           too
           much
           trusting
           ,
           incurring
           of
           Penal
           Laws
           and
           
             Praemunires
             ,
          
           death
           of
           those
           for
           whose
           lives
           they
           held
           Lands
           or
           Estate
           ,
           or
           had
           any
           dependence
           upon
           ,
           sickness
           ,
           decay
           of
           Trade
           ,
           deceits
           or
           wrongs
           done
           by
           others
           ,
           vain
           and
           unnecessary
           expences
           ,
           or
           follies
           ,
           may
           happen
           ;
           when
           as
           many
           mens
           Actions
           past
           or
           to
           come
           
             in
             facto
             ,
          
           or
           
             fieri
             esse
             ,
          
           or
           
             posse
             ,
          
           which
           are
           not
           visible
           before
           hand
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           found
           in
           any
           Registry
           ,
           may
           prove
           to
           be
           no
           small
           
             Incumbrances
          
           to
           
             Money-lenders
             ,
          
           with
           many
           other
           dangers
           ,
           contingencies
           and
           particulars
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           
             Registring
             Reformers
          
           will
           not
           be
           able
           to
           find
           such
           a
           certainty
           as
           a
           Table
           of
           
             Tides
          
           will
           give
           us
           of
           the
           Tides
           or
           High-water
           at
           
             London-bridge
             ,
          
           but
           leave
           those
           that
           will
           trust
           to
           their
           discoveries
           to
           as
           great
           a
           hazard
           to
           be
           deceived
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           trust
           to
           Mr.
           
             Wing
          
           Almanack
           for
           Weather
           &
           Eclipses
           ,
           sold
           in
           this
           year
           and
           some
           years
           before
           by
           the
           Stationers
           as
           this
           years
           or
           a
           present
           Calculation
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           been
           dead
           long
           before
           ;
           or
           meet
           with
           as
           good
           a
           
             Directory
          
           as
           Mr.
           
             VVilliam
             Lillies
          
           hit
           or
           miss
           guessing
           Almanacks
           ,
           made
           out
           of
           wild
           and
           random
           conjectures
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           Multiplying-glass
           of
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           people
           by
           the
           proposed
           Registry
           ,
           making
           a
           Mouse
           to
           seem
           as
           big
           as
           an
           Elephant
           ,
           
           or
           a
           
             Pigmee
          
           as
           formidable
           as
           a
           
             Goliah
             ,
          
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           unhinge
           ,
           dislocate
           and
           disturbe
           most
           of
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           therefore
           in
           a
           business
           of
           so
           many
           dangers
           ,
           and
           concernements
           of
           so
           many
           mens
           Estates
           ,
           there
           being
           more
           need
           to
           erect
           
             Mont
             Pietes
          
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           now
           successfully
           practised
           in
           many
           parts
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           to
           relieve
           the
           people
           in
           their
           debts
           and
           oppression
           ,
           increased
           by
           an
           Unchristian-like
           Usury
           and
           Brocage
           ,
           then
           to
           encourage
           such
           a
           design
           of
           Registring
           ;
           it
           may
           rationally
           be
           hoped
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
          
           will
           do
           as
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Peers
           of
           
             England
          
           did
           in
           a
           Parliament
           in
           the
           20th
           .
           year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           but
           proposed
           that
           Children
           born
           out
           of
           Wedlock
           might
           be
           declared
           to
           be
           Legitimate
           by
           the
           after
           marriage
           of
           the
           parents
           ,
           stoutly
           to
           resolve
           ,
           
             Nolumus
             mutare
             Leges
             Angliae
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54691-e70
           
             
               Fortescue
            
             de
             landibus
             legum
             Angliae
             .