The
Copy
of
a
Letter
sent
from
a
Burgess
of
the
Lower-House
,
to
the
brittle
Society
,
or
broken
Company
of
Bankrupt-Merchants
,
1625.
MASTERS
and
Magistrate●
whose
timely
policy
hath
got
you
the
deserved
name
of
a
provident
Company
;
Know
that
both-Houses
,
wherein
I
was
employed
as
an
especiall
Member
,
have
taken
into
their
Consideration
the
qualitie
of
a
Breaker
:
Wherefore
I
thought
good
,
in
respect
of
that
ancient
familiarity
,
and
inviolable
league
of
former
amity
which
did
somtimes
cement
us
so
neere
together
,
to
propose
certain
cautious
observations
,
not
so
much
for
your
behoofe
,
who
are
excluded
from
this
number
;
and
consequently
exempted
from
their
Censure
;
as
for
our
dispersed
Bankrupts
who
have
broke
since
the
sixt
of
October
,
whose
persons
and
estates
are
only
made
lyable
to
the
extent
of
a
legall
Censure
.
First
therefore
to
discover
to
you
and
your
brittle
Corporation
some
apparent
Remonstrances
of
my
affection
(
yet
not
so
as
my
love
should
forget
forme
,
o●
my
Letter
method
;
)
my
purpose
is
to
reduce
this
schedule
to
you
directed
,
to
four
main
heads
or
principall
points
;
where
,
in
the
first
branch
,
I
meane
to
make
known
what
was
objected
against
you
;
secondly
,
what
was
answered
for
you
;
thirdly
,
what
was
Enacted
;
and
lastly
,
certain
directions
,
by
way
of
prevention
propounded
,
that
the
force
or
virtue
of
that
Act
might
bee
frustrated
or
diverted
.
For
the
first
,
divers
Bills
of
complaint
were
preferred
against
you
,
and
with
much
heate
prosecuted
;
sundry
main
objections
press
d
,
the
substance
or
effect
whereof
I
have
no
lesse
freely
couched
,
then
friendly
touched
,
that
in
your
memories
they
may
bee
the
deeper
imprinted
.
It
was
objected
,
and
that
with
much
vehemency
,
by
a
rawbone
Knight
,
who
,
is
it
seemd
,
had
been
formerly
conversant
w●th
men
of
your
quality
,
which
occasioned
him
to
exasperate
the
businesse
against
you
more
feelingly
.
That
if
such
as
you
were
suffered
to
get
mens
estates
into
your
hands
under
pretence
of
Commerce
,
and
then
fraudulently
shut
up
shop
,
as
if
the
light
of
you
fortunes
had
received
a
Dampe
,
there
would
in
time
bee
no
Commerce
in
this
Iland
,
but
an
utter
decay
or
decrease
of
all
trades
;
the
reason
hee
alledged
was
this
,
Because
,
said
hee
,
every
Profession
by
way
of
Commerce
,
useth
to
have
dependence
upon
mens
reputation
or
credit
;
now
if
this
reputation
(
the
buttresse
of
every
profession
)
faile
,
needs
must
all
Commerce
,
relying
upon
mens
reputation
fall
.
This
objection
was
illustrated
by
divers
apt
similitudes
,
to
add
more
lustre
to
his
proposition
,
and
detract
the
more
from
your
profession
.
The
State
,
quoth
hee
,
is
a
body
politick
,
and
may
bee
aptly
compared
to
a
body
naturall
and
org●nicall
;
the
Belly
or
Maw
of
this
body
is
the
Commonaltie
,
whereto
other
parts
stand
eng●ged
to
relieve
her
necessity
;
with
these
she
confor●e●h
and
Commerceth
,
and
on
their
engaged
reputation
shee
relyeth
:
The
eye
promiseth
to
direct
her
;
the
hand
to
relieve
her
,
and
the
foote
to
support
her
:
If
these
●nfringe
their
promise
shee
of
n●cessity
must
perish
,
because
their
mutuall
supporta●ce
requires
a
mutuall
assistance
;
whi●h
neglected
,
the
whole
fabrick
must
be
dissolved
:
so
fares
it
with
the
body
politick
,
where
one
veine
drawes
blood
from
an
ther
;
if
one
v●i●e
grow
t●o
full
the
whole
body
suffe●s
for
it
,
which
●●●●mper
admits
no
prevention
but
by
Pa●●bo
●my
and
incision
;
Full
bodie●
m●
〈…〉
purged
;
spungie
and
ranke
Vines
p●●●ed
;
grounds
ov●●fl
wing
d●ained
,
and
impostum'd
sor●
〈◊〉
●ed
;
much
mo●●
this
Gangrene
of
our
State
,
which
menaceth
ruine
to
the
whole
body
,
if
it
be
not
p
evented
by
a
speedy
remedy
:
For
tell
mee
,
sh●ll
these
ulcerous
Scarabees
,
who
feede
on
others
fortunes
,
and
fat
themselves
with
others
ruines
,
receive
countenance
from
us
,
respect
by
us
,
or
expect
lesse
then
an
exemplary
Censure
of
us
?
Shall
these
Horsleaches
,
who
suck
till
they
swell
,
swell
till
they
burst
,
be
suffered
any
more
to
nestle
amongst
us
?
Shall
these
lazie-Labourers
reape
what
they
have
not
sowne
,
eate
of
the
fruit
they
have
not
planted
,
or
receive
profit
for
what
they
never
ventured
?
And
more
tollerable
were
it
,
if
they
parted
but
stakes
,
or
only
sha●ed
in
the
benefit
of
others
adventures
;
although
for
this
they
never
laboured
,
but
like
egregious
Land
sharks
.
to
strip
their
honest
Creditors
(
and
ruine
others
to
enrich
themselves
)
of
all
,
and
appropriate
all
to
themselves
;
what
civill
or
well
Go-govern'd
State
can
endure
?
I
(
quoth
hee
)
not
without
just
cause
,
am
induced
to
prosecute
this
Argument
,
being
a
matter
of
such
generall
consequence
,
as
many
Families
must
suffer
while
they
surfeit
,
and
want
the
staffe
of
bread
,
while
they
grow
fat
with
the
bread
of
deceit
:
Neither
am
I
ignorant
how
many
impious
●mps
of
that
Societie
,
make
the
Royall
Exchange
their
Plotting-Gallerie
,
or
State
Con●istory
,
where
they
project
ruine
to
their
Creditor
,
and
advancement
to
their
seldom-thriving-Successor
:
Nay
,
which
●s
worse
,
I
have
seen
in
my
time
one
of
these
Bankrupt
Merchants
,
after
recovery
of
their
pretended
●reach
,
brave
it
with
su●h
insolency
,
as
I
have
wondred
how
a
Christian
face
could
bee
so
brazed
,
or
with
such
impudence
glazed
,
as
so
soone
to
forget
his
sinne
or
sleight
his
shame
;
but
what
will
not
an
habituate
custome
produce
,
especially
where
greatnesse
becomes
a
sub●er●uge
to
guiltinesse
?
It
was
an
ancieat
Law
among
the
Persians
,
That
whosoever
was
more
ready
to
receive
then
requite
,
should
suffer
death
.
What
Censure
then
should
be
pronounced
on
these
,
who
receive
more
then
is
given
them
,
retain
more
then
is
due
unto
them
,
and
infringe
their
faith
to
such
as
repose
trust
in
them
?
Violation
,
or
breach
of
faith
,
was
so
odious
and
contemptible
a
thing
to
Heathen
men
,
as
they
preferred
a
noble
end
,
before
so
ignoble
a
brand
;
their
reputation
was
their
glory
,
their
honour
was
their
prize
,
and
their
good
name
that
precious
odor
which
perfumed
them
living
,
and
embalm'd
them
dying
.
When
a
poore
woman
complained
to
Tamberlaine
,
That
one
of
his
Souldiers
had
drunke
some
of
her
milke
,
for
which
hee
had
not
paid
,
he
caused
the
Souldier
whom
the
woman
accused
to
bee
brought
forth
,
and
for
this
pettie
injury
to
bee
ript
up
,
that
it
might
appeare
whether
her
accusation
were
true
or
false
;
which
if
it
had
proved
otherwise
then
shee
affirmed
,
h●d
been
on
her selfe
inverted
,
by
inflicting
on
this
woman
the
selfe
same
punishment
which
was
practised
on
this
Delinquent
.
If
a
Souldier
,
whose
prof●ssion
is
commonly
injurie
and
repine
,
des●●ved
so
h●avy
a
Censure
,
for
so
light
and
veniall
an
error
,
what
may
hee
seeme
to
deserve
who
professeth
all
urbanitie
,
liveth
in
a
State
famous
for
civilitie
,
and
whose
very
garbe
is
a
complement
of
honestie
?
Sure
(
with
all
reservancy
of
respect
to
you
before
whom
I
speake
)
I
cannot
imagine
how
any
Censure
can
be
too
rigorous
to
men
of
a
condition
so
odious
and
injurious
.
How
much
this
Speech
was
approved
and
silently
applaud●d
might
appeare
by
the
serious
attention
of
the
whole
H
use
;
so
as
,
doubtlesse
the
Bill
had
past
presently
upon
the
delivery
of
this
Speech
,
had
not
O●e
,
whose
Copyhold
this
Case
concerned
,
boulted
upright
;
who
pulling
a
little
downe
hi●
gregorian
,
which
was
displac't
a
little
by
hastie
t●king
●ff
his
Bever
,
sha●pning
his
peake
,
and
erecting
his
d●stended
mouchato's
,
proceeded
in
this
answere
;
not
only
to
avert
the
force
of
those
object
on●
already
presse●
,
but
to
divert
their
intentions
towards
this
Act
,
to
the
furthering
whereof
hee
saw
the
House
generally
inclined
.
It
is
admirable
to
note
with
what
prepared
facilitie
and
singular
proprietie
the
tongue
can
make
expression
of
the
minde
,
in
any
subject
which
it
intends
either
to
dignifie
or
disgrace
;
so
as
(
to
use
Anacharsis
words
,
)
It
had
need
of
a
more
strong
restraint
then
Nature
.
How
violent
this
Gentleman
who
spake
last
hath
been
in
disgracing
,
yea
suppressing
the
ancient
company
of
Breakers
you
have
partly
heard
:
and
the
reasons
hee
alledged
to
confirme
his
discourse
,
which
I
must
ingeniously
confesse
,
were
both
many
and
weighty
;
so
as
I
perceive
by
outward
appearances
,
that
they
have
left
such
deepe
impression
in
this
honorable
Assembly
,
as
the
prints
thereof
cannot
bee
easiliy
razed
,
unlesse
reasons
of
equall
or
more
high
consequence
bee
produced
,
to
answere
those
wh●ch
have
beene
already
objected
.
First
therefore
,
I
will
lay
open
unto
you
what
an
excellent
ground
of
State-policie
relies
on
the
continuance
of
these
broken
Merchants
;
whose
suppression
would
bee
an
occasion
of
sundry
maine
inconveniences
in
the
publick
State
;
for
,
if
prevention
bee
the
life
of
policie
,
how
soone
would
this
life
be
extinguished
;
if
it
had
no
subjects
of
prevention
whereby
it
might
bee
exercised
?
If
there
were
no
Breakers
to
circumvent
,
the
Merchants
needed
no
policie
to
prevent
;
which
would
in
time
inure
them
to
securitie
,
and
make
them
ignorant
in
the
cautions
of
preventing
policie
.
Yea
,
But
it
is
objected
,
that
these
Bankrupt
Merchants
are
profest
enemies
to
all
civill
Commerce
;
Admit
this
were
so
,
yet
in
some
Cases
it
is
as
necessarie
to
have
enemies
as
friends
.
Nasica
,
when
the
Roman
Common-weal
was
supposed
to
bee
in
most
secure
estate
,
because
free
of
their
enemies
,
affirmed
;
That
though
the
Achaians
and
Carthaginians
were
both
brought
under
the
yoke
of
bondage
,
yet
they
were
in
most
danger
,
because
none
were
left
whom
they
might
eyther
feare
for
danger
,
or
who
should
keepe
them
in
awe
.
The
like
course
observed
Oenomademus
,
in
the
I
le
of
Chios
,
when
hee
counselled
his
fellowes
,
That
they
should
not
expell
all
their
enemies
,
but
still
leave
some
in
the
City
;
lest
(
quoth
hee
)
being
void
of
all
our
enemies
,
we
should
begin
to
quarrel
with
our
friends
:
Besides
,
if
our
wealthy
Traders
should
not
somtimes
encounter
with
these
rubs
,
their
much
prosperity
would
make
them
insolent
,
so
as
labouring
with
their
owne
burden
,
they
would
become
profuse
Rioters
in
the
smooth
progresse
of
their
fortunes
,
so
as
I
may
properly
retort
the
last
Speakers
words
upon
himselfe
,
and
confidently
affi
me
,
That
these
Decayed
Merchants
are
excellent
Phlebotomists
to
purge
the
ful
bodies
of
such
Tradesmen
,
who
by
continuance
of
Commerce
are
grown
to●●●ch
.
Telephus
,
when
hee
could
finde
none
amongst
his
friends
to
cure
his
wound
,
permitted
his
●nemy
to
doe
it
;
So
hee
who
purposed
to
kill
Prometheus
the
Thessalian
,
opened
his
Imposthume
with
his
Sword
;
this
Imposthum'd
Member
is
the
rich
Tradesman
,
who
must
be
lanced
before
he
can
be
cured
;
a
continued
successe
in
Commerce
hath
corrupted
him
;
prosperitie
,
which
best
declares
what
men
bee
,
hath
transported
him
;
so
as
by
all
likelyhood
hee
would
hazard
the
loste
of
himselfe
,
if
hee
encountred
with
no
losses
to
make
him
feele
himselfe
;
the
wisedome
therefore
of
the
time
hath
found
out
an
expert
Chyrurgeon
to
lance
him
,
and
lancing
cure
him
;
an
experienc'd
Physician
to
purge
him
,
and
purging
recover
him
;
an
exquisite
Gardiner
to
prune
him
,
and
pruning
refine
him
:
And
would
you
have
such
a
singular
Artist
Censured
?
Besides
all
this
,
reflect
on
the
benefit
which
redounds
to
the
publick
State
,
in
their
death
as
well
as
life
;
for
these
broken
Merchants
having
raised
and
inhanced
their
Fortunes
,
no
sooner
die
then
they
invest
their
wives
in
whatsoever
their
thriving
providence
hath
scrap'd
together
;
who
after
some
extorted
teares
,
forc'd
with
much
pumping
from
the
Lymbeck
of
their
eyes
,
plant
their
affection
on
some
younger
brother
,
to
whom
they
make
an
entayl'd
estate
of
whatsoever
was
left
them
by
this
B
eaker
.
Thus
,
like
honest
men
(
though
much
against
their
will
)
they
make
decayed
Gallants
their
inheritors
,
who
sing
a
requiem
for
their
Soules
while
they
set
their
patrimonies
at
sale
;
And
good
women
,
when
these
young
Rioters
have
left
them
no
hing
but
rag●
of
misery
,
they
never
exclaim
,
but
patiently
conclude
,
it
was
their
destinie
.
Againe
,
I
can
see
no
reason
why
these
Tradesmen
should
preferre
any
such
Bill
of
Complaynt
against
these
Bankrupts
;
seeing
they
confesse
how
much
in
their
course
of
Trading
they
have
gained
by
them
,
which
will
not
only
countervaile
their
losse
,
but
might
bee
an
inducement
to
qualifie
their
demands
:
Yea
,
suppose
all
were
true
as
these
Tradesmen
affirme
,
and
that
these
broken
Merch●nts
were
the
utter
ruine
of
their
fortunes
,
who
●y
getting
commodities
into
their
hand
and
so
b●eaking
,
have
diverted
the
current
of
all
trading
.
Yet
let
these
Tradesmen
lay
their
hand
on
their
heart
,
and
tell
mee
if
they
have
not
by
times
cheated
these
Merchants
Sonnes
as
often
as
th●y
themselves
were
ever
cheated
by
their
Fathers
.
All
then
that
they
can
justly
complain
of
,
is
but
a
little
delay
of
drift
of
time
,
for
when
oportunity
shal
be
offer'd
I
make
little
doubt
,
but
these
who
were
once
deluded
,
and
by
the
subtlety
of
these
ancient
Merchants
circumvented
,
will
requite
the
Fathers
policie
by
working
on
his
Sons
simplicitie
.
An
age
then
at
most
will
make
all
st●eight
amongst
them
,
so
as
whatsoever
was
injuriously
hooked
by
the
predecessors
provi●ence
,
will
bee
as
speedily
retendred
by
the
Success●rs
w●●knesse
Neither
have
I
produced
all
those
reasons
which
might
bee
here
alledged
by
Courtiers
and
State-favorites
,
who
should
incur
great
prejudice
by
occasion
of
this
Act.
For
,
whereas
formerly
Protections
were
usually
procured
to
secure
these
decayed
Merchants
from
a
rests
;
and
consequently
enable
them
to
work
their
owne
peace
;
employments
of
which
nature
raised
no
small
profit
to
the
busie
Courtier
;
there
will
bee
now
no
occasion
for
any
such
employment
,
which
would
drive
the
Courtier
to
a
pitifull
exigent
.
Lastly
,
for
I
hope
I
shall
not
neede
any
further
to
presse
this
Argument
,
being
with
such
pregnant
reasons
confi
med
;
how
many
grave
,
judicious
and
discreet
States
men
have
wee
in
this
our
Iland
(
and
some
in
this
honourable
House
)
who
,
if
they
had
beene
nip't
in
the
head
upon
their
first
fall
,
had
never
attayned
the
honour
to
show
their
sufficiency
in
so
brave
an
Assembly
?
whose
aymes
as
they
were
generous
,
so
were
their
ends
glorious
,
resembling
Antaeus
,
who
so
often
as
hee
was
throwne
downe
to
the
earth
,
received
fresh
strength
,
but
being
lift●d
up
was
soone
tamed
:
So
they
,
when
their
Fo●tunes
seeme
most
depressed
,
meanes
of
advan●ement
diverted
,
and
so
many
rubs
to
their
future
hopes
objected
,
rem●ine
so
firmly
Resolved
as
they
vanquished
misfortune
with
patience
:
a●
crowned
their
fortunes
with
a
glorious
co●q●●
This
Speech
,
as
it
relished
well
in
the
Pa●
〈…〉
some
,
so
it
distasted
others
;
for
some
there
〈◊〉
who
muttered
underneath
,
that
they
smelled
a
Rat
〈…〉
others
stick't
not
to
say
,
that
this
last
Speaker
had
surely
some
affinity
with
a
Breaker
:
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Some
said
tha●
〈◊〉
Speech
might
not
un●
〈…〉
compared
to
that
〈…〉
Paradox
writ
aga
n●
〈…〉
b●ry
;
or
to
him
who
confident●●
maintayned
this
ha
〈…〉
argument
,
that
Ha●●
was
more
couragious
creatu●●
〈◊〉
a
Lion
:
or
rathe●
to
〈◊〉
merry
Greeke
,
who
h●
〈◊〉
desperate
assertion
,
〈◊〉
was
more
behoo
e●
〈…〉
Virtue
in
a
Stat
p
〈…〉
Or
to
him
,
who
Ma●i●s
〈◊〉
bombasted
his
Stock●●●●bide
the
infirmity
of
his
smal
Legs
.
So
as
in
conclusion
,
to
the
great
griefe
of
many
true-hearted
fractors
,
as
well
principall
Merchants
,
as
puny
factors
,
who
wished
your
crazie
profession
well
;
the
last
mans
Speech
was
utterly
exploded
,
and
the
first
approved
and
applauded
;
upon
which
dolorous
conclusion
,
with
consent
of
the
whole
House
,
it
was
in
expre●●e
termes
thus
enacted
against
you
.
For
as
much
as
daily
experience
sheweth
.
That
the
number
and
multitude
of
Bank●upts
doe
encrease
more
and
more
:
and
also
the
fraudes
and
deceits
invented
and
practised
for
the
avoyding
frustrating
and
defrauding
the
penalties
of
the
good
Lawes
in
that
behalfe
already
made
,
and
the
sa●d
remedy
by
them
provided
,
&c.
Bee
it
enacted
,
That
all
and
singular
the
aforesaid
Statutes
and
Lawes
heretofore
made
against
Bankrupts
,
and
for
reliefe
of
the
Creditors
,
shall
bee
in
all
things
largely
and
beneficially
construed
and
●xpounded
for
the
ayde
,
helpe
and
relief
of
the
Creditors
,
or
such
person
or
persons
as
already
bee
or
hereafter
shall
become
bankrupt
.
And
that
all
and
every
person
and
persons
using
the
trade
of
Merchandize
by
way
of
bargayning
,
exchange
,
bartering
,
chevesance
,
&c.
or
shall
use
the
trade
or
profession
of
a
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*
Look
to
your
Eares
Scrivener
.
Scrivener
,
receiving
other
mens
monies
or
estates
into
his
trust
or
custody
,
who
at
any
time
after
the
end
of
this
present
Session
of
Parliament
,
shall
either
by
himselfe
,
or
others
by
his
procurement
,
obtaine
any
Protection
or
Protections
,
other
then
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
bee
lawfully
protected
by
the
priviledge
of
Parliament
,
&c.
thereby
desiring
or
endeavoring
to
compell
or
enforce
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
to
accept
lesse
then
their
just
and
principall
debts
,
or
to
procure
time
or
lo●ger
dayes
of
payment
then
was
given
at
the
time
of
their
original
contract
:
or
being
indebted
to
any
person
or
persons
in
the
sum
of
one
hundred
pounds
or
more
,
shall
not
pay
,
or
otherwise
compound
for
the
same
,
within
six
moneths
next
after
the
same
shall
grow
due
,
and
the
Debtor
be
arested
for
the
same
,
&c.
or
being
arested
for
debt
,
shall
after
his
or
her
arest
lie
in
prison
two
moneths
or
more
,
upon
that
or
any
other
arest
or
detention
in
Prison
for
debt
,
&c.
or
procure
his
enlargement
by
putting
in
common
or
hired
Bayle
,
shall
bee
accounted
and
adjudged
a
Bankrupt
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
.
Bee
it
further
Enacted
,
that
the
like
Commissions
,
O
ders
,
Benefits
,
Provisions
and
Remedies
which
are
and
bee
provided
and
limited
by
the
said
former
Acts
of
Parliaments
made
13
Eliz
&
1
Jac.
concerning
his
,
her
,
or
their
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
&c.
shall
and
may
bee
had
,
pursued
,
taken
and
expounded
against
such
person
and
persons
as
are
herein
and
hereby
declared
,
described
or
expressed
to
bee
Bankrupts
,
and
against
his
,
her
and
their
lands
,
tenements
,
hereditaments
,
&c.
And
bee
it
further
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
same
orders
,
benefits
and
remedies
,
which
are
and
be
provided
and
limited
by
this
present
Act
,
against
any
Bankrupts
,
or
for
,
or
concerning
his
,
her
or
their
lands
,
tenements
,
hereditaments
,
&c.
or
the
discovery
of
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
from
henceforth
bee
had
,
pursued
,
taken
and
expounded
against
such
Person
and
Persons
,
as
are
declared
or
expressed
to
bee
Bankrupts
,
by
the
said
former
Acts
of
Parliaments
,
or
either
of
them
,
and
against
his
,
her
and
their
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
&c
,
in
such
manner
and
forme
,
as
the
same
ought
and
might
have
beene
,
if
the
persons
in
the
said
former
Statutes
,
or
eyther
of
them
,
described
to
be
Bankrupts
,
had
beene
mentioned
and
described
to
be
Bankrupts
in
and
by
this
present
Act
And
whereas
by
the
former
Laws
and
Provisions
ordained
,
the
Commissioners
appointed
have
limited
power
to
examine
the
Bankrupt
himselfe
,
&c.
But
●●me
doubt
hath
beene
made
,
whether
their
power
d
d
ex●end
to
examine
the
wives
of
the
Bankrupts
co●
h●●g
the
same
,
by
reason
whereof
the
Bankrupts
〈◊〉
doe
daily
conceale
and
convey
away
,
and
●ause
to
bee
conveyed
much
part
of
their
husbands
monies
,
wa
es
,
&c.
by
meanes
whereof
much
of
the
B
nkrupts
estate
is
concealed
and
deteined
f●●m
〈◊〉
Creditors
.
For
cleering
the
said
doubt
,
〈◊〉
it
Declared
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
a●●●esaid
,
that
after
such
time
as
any
person
shallby
〈…〉
Commissioners
,
executing
the
said
Commission
,
or
●he
greater
part
of
them
,
bee
lawfully
〈◊〉
or
declared
to
be
a
Bankrupt
,
the
said
●●mmissioners
executing
such
Commission
,
shall
〈◊〉
power
and
authority
to
examine
upon
Oath
,
〈…〉
●●fe
and
wives
of
all
and
every
such
Bankrupt
,
for
the
finding
out
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*
〈…〉
●e
this
〈…〉
.
and
discovery
of
the
estate
,
and
estates
,
goods
and
chattels
of
such
Bankrupt
or
Bankrupts
,
●●ncealed
,
secretly
kept
,
or
disposed
of
by
such
〈◊〉
or
wives
,
in
their
own
persons
,
or
by
their
●wne
act
or
meanes
,
or
by
any
other
person
or
per●●●s
.
And
that
shee
and
they
the
said
wife
and
wives
shall
incur
such
danger
and
penalty
,
for
not
coming
before
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
for
refusing
to
bee
sworne
and
examined
,
or
for
not
disclosing
the
truth
upon
her
or
their
examination
or
e●●minations
,
as
in
and
by
the
said
former
Lawes
,
or
eyther
of
them
,
is
already
made
and
provided
against
any
other
Person
or
Persons
,
in
like
Cases
.
And
if
any
Bankrupt
shall
upon
his
or
her
ex●mination
,
taken
before
the
said
Commissioners
,
be
found
fraudulently
or
deceitfully
to
have
conveyed
away
his
or
her
goods
,
chattels
,
&c.
to
the
value
of
twenty
pounds
or
above
,
purposely
to
hinder
the
execution
of
this
Statute
,
&
shall
not
upon
his
or
her
examination
discover
unto
the
said
Commissio●ers
,
and
(
if
it
lie
in
their
power
)
deliver
to
the
said
Commissioners
all
that
estate
,
goods
and
chattels
,
so
fraudulently
and
deceitfully
conveyed
away
,
shall
or
may
bee
indicted
for
such
fraud
or
abuse
,
at
the
Assizes
or
generall
Sessions
,
&c.
and
if
upon
such
Indictment
or
Indictments
,
the
Bankrupt
bee
thereof
convicted
,
hee
or
shee
so
convicted
,
shall
bee
set
upon
the
Pillory
,
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*
Mark
this
my
sorowfull
Sisters
wo●ull
wives
to
the
br
k
n
rater
.
〈◊〉
&
be
not
care●●ss●
o●
〈…〉
l●st
ye
become
a
〈◊〉
spectacle
o●
the
publick
Pillory
.
in
some
publick
place
,
for
the
space
of
two
houres
,
&
have
one
of
his
or
her
ears
nailed
to
the
Pillory
,
and
cut
off
.
And
for
that
some
doubt
is
conceived
whether
the
Commissioners
,
in
case
of
resistance
,
have
power
by
the
former
Lawes
to
breake
op●n
,
or
cause
to
bee
broken
open
the
House
or
Houses
of
such
Bankrupts
,
&c.
Bee
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
in
execution
of
the
said
Commission
,
it
shall
bee
lawfull
to
and
for
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
any
other
Person
or
Persons
,
by
them
,
or
the
greater
part
of
them
,
deputed
by
their
warrant
or
warrants
,
under
their
hands
and
seales
,
to
breake
open
the
House
or
Houses
,
chambers
,
shops
,
warehouses
,
&c.
where
the
said
Bankrupt
,
or
any
of
his
or
her
goods
or
estate
shall
be
,
or
reputed
to
be
,
and
to
seiz●
them
,
and
order
the
Body
,
Goods
and
Chattels
,
ready
money
,
and
other
estate
of
such
Bankrupt
,
as
by
the
said
former
Lawes
are
limited
and
appointed
.
And
for
the
better
division
and
distribution
of
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
&c.
amongst
his
or
her
Creditors
,
Bee
it
Enacted
that
the
Commissioners
,
or
the
greatest
part
of
them
,
shall
and
may
examin
upon
O●th
,
or
by
any
other
waies
or
meanes
,
as
to
them
shall
seeme
meete
,
any
Person
or
Persons
,
for
the
finding
out
and
discovery
of
the
truth
and
certaintie
of
the
severall
debts
due
and
owing
to
all
such
Creditor
and
Creditors
as
shall
seeke
reliefe
by
such
course
of
Commission
to
bee
sued
forth
,
as
aforesaid
:
And
that
all
and
every
Creditor
and
Creditors
,
having
security
for
his
or
their
severall
Debts
by
Judgment
,
Statute
,
Recognizance
,
&c.
or
having
made
Attachment
in
London
or
any
other
place
,
by
virtue
of
any
custome
there
used
,
of
the
goods
and
chattels
of
any
such
Bankrupt
,
whereof
there
is
no
Execution
or
Extent
served
and
executed
upon
any
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
H
reditaments
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
and
other
estate
of
such
Bankrupt
,
before
such
time
as
hee
or
shee
shall
or
doe
become
Bankrupt
,
sh●ll
not
bee
relieved
upon
any
such
Judgement
,
Statute
,
Recognizance
,
Specialty
,
Attachment
or
other
security
,
for
more
then
a
rateable
part
of
their
just
and
due
debts
.
And
bee
it
further
Enacted
,
That
if
any
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Debts
,
or
other
estate
of
any
Bankrupt
bee
extended
after
such
time
as
hee
or
shee
is
become
a
Bankrupt
,
by
any
person
or
persons
,
under
colour
of
pretence
of
his
or
their
being
an
accountant
,
or
any
way
indebted
unto
our
Soveraigne
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
,
that
then
it
shall
bee
lawfull
to
and
for
the
said
Commissioners
,
to
examine
upon
Oath
whether
the
said
Debt
were
due
to
such
Debtor
or
Accomptant
:
And
if
such
contract
was
originally
made
,
it
shall
and
may
bee
lawfull
to
and
for
the
said
Commissioners
to
order
,
determine
and
dispose
of
all
such
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Goods
,
Chattels
and
Debts
,
so
extended
as
aforesaid
,
to
and
for
the
use
of
the
Creditors
,
which
shall
seeke
reliefe
by
the
said
Commission
,
And
for
that
it
often
falls
out
,
that
many
persons
before
they
become
Bankrupt
,
doe
convey
their
goods
to
other
men
upon
good
consideration
,
yet
still
doe
keepe
the
same
and
are
reputed
the
owners
thereof
,
and
dispose
the
same
as
their
owne
:
Bee
it
Enacted
,
That
if
at
any
time
hereafter
,
any
person
or
persons
shall
become
Bank●upt
,
and
at
such
time
as
they
shall
become
Bankrupt
,
shall
by
the
consent
and
permission
of
the
true
owner
and
proprietarie
,
have
in
their
possession
,
order
and
disposition
,
any
goods
or
chattels
,
whereof
they
shall
bee
reputed
owners
,
and
take
upon
them
the
sale
,
alteration
or
disposition
as
owners
;
that
in
every
such
case
,
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
the
greater
part
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
sell
and
dispose
the
same
,
to
and
for
the
benefit
of
the
Creditors
,
which
shall
seeke
reliefe
by
the
said
Commission
,
as
fully
as
any
other
part
of
the
estate
of
the
Bankrupt
.
And
for
the
better
payment
of
debts
,
and
discouraging
men
to
become
Bankrupts
.
Bee
it
further
Enacted
that
the
said
Commissioners
(
on
whom
this
Authority
is
expresly
conferred
)
or
the
greater
number
of
them
,
shall
have
power
,
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
by
Deede
indented
,
and
inrolled
within
six
moneths
after
the
making
thereof
,
in
some
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
to
grant
,
bargain
,
sell
and
convey
any
Manors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
,
whereof
any
Bankrupt
is
〈◊〉
shall
be
in
any
waies
seized
of
any
estate
in
tayle
,
in
possession
,
reversion
or
remainder
,
and
whereof
no
reversion
or
remainder
is
,
&c.
to
any
person
or
p●rsons
,
for
the
reliefe
and
benefit
of
the
Creditors
of
all
such
Bankrupts
,
&c.
And
bee
it
further
Enacted
,
That
if
any
person
〈◊〉
now
is
,
or
hereafter
shall
become
Bankrupt
,
hav
heret●fore
g●anted
,
conveyed
or
assured
,
or
sh●ll
at
any
time
hereafter
grant
,
convey
or
assure
any
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
or
other
Estate
,
unto
any
person
or
persons
upon
condition
or
power
of
redemption
,
at
a
day
to
come
▪
by
payment
of
money
or
otherwise
;
That
it
shall
and
may
bee
lawfull
,
to
and
for
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
the
greater
part
of
them
,
before
the
time
of
the
performance
of
such
conditions
,
to
assigne
and
appoint
,
under
their
hands
and
seales
,
such
person
or
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
to
make
tender
or
payment
of
money
or
other
performance
according
to
the
nature
of
such
condition
,
as
fully
as
the
Bankrupt
might
have
done
,
&c.
At
the
end
of
which
Act
these
two
provisions
were
thought
fit
to
bee
annexed
:
Provided
further
,
That
no
Purchasor
,
for
good
and
valuable
consideration
shall
bee
impeached
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
or
any
Act
heretofore
made
against
Bankrupts
,
unlesse
the
Commission
to
prove
him
or
her
a
Bankrupt
,
be
sued
forth
against
such
Bankrupt
within
five
yeers
after
hee
or
they
shall
become
Bank●upt
.
Provided
further
,
And
bee
it
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
this
Act
,
and
all
other
Acts
of
Parliament
heretofore
made
against
Bankrupts
,
shall
extend
to
strangers
borne
,
as
well
A
iens
as
Denizens
,
as
effectually
,
as
to
the
natural
born
Subjects
,
both
to
make
them
subject
to
the
Lawes
as
Bankrupts
,
as
also
to
make
them
capable
of
the
benefit
of
contribution
,
as
Creditors
by
those
Lawes
.
Excuse
me
now
(
my
ancient
and
familiar
friends
)
in
that
I
have
longer
insisted
upon
the
verball
repetition
of
all
materiall
points
and
branches
of
this
Statute
;
for
I
am
not
ignorant
how
much
the
review
and
perusall
thereof
concerns
you
;
but
fearing
lest
the
length
hereof
might
beget
in
you
a
kind
of
wearinesse
(
having
your
heads
at
this
time
working
about
affayres
of
high
consequence
)
I
have
here
reduced
all
those
particulars
to
one
abstract
,
punctually
comprehending
the
substance
of
every
branch
contained
in
th●s
Act.
First
,
all
such
Laws
and
Statutes
as
were
heretofore
made
against
Bankrupts
,
and
for
reliefe
of
Creditors
,
are
for
the
better
reliefe
and
redresse
of
the
said
Creditors
,
largely
and
beneficially
construed
and
expounded
.
Secondly
,
the
qualitie
,
nature
and
condition
of
a
Bankrupt
is
in
his
colours
lively
described
,
displayed
and
discovered
.
Thirdly
,
the
like
Commissions
,
Orders
,
Benefits
and
Remedies
which
are
,
and
bee
provided
&
limited
by
the
said
former
Acts
of
Parliament
made
13
Eliz.
and
1
Jac.
against
any
Bankrupts
,
shall
bee
prosecuted
and
expounded
against
such
Bankrupts
,
as
by
their
especiall
,
personall
marks
are
herein
declared
or
expressed
.
Fourthly
,
the
same
orders
,
benefits
and
remedies
which
are
by
this
present
Act
provided
and
limited
against
any
Bankrupt
,
shall
henceforth
be
pursued
&
expounded
against
such
person
and
persons
as
by
the
said
former
Acts
of
Parliaments
are
declared
or
expressed
to
bee
Bankrupts
.
Fiftly
,
the
Commissioners
power
is
illustrated
;
a
doubt
,
touching
examination
of
Bankrupts
wives
cleered
,
and
the
penalties
whereto
refractory
women
are
incident
,
in
cases
of
denying
or
refusing
to
be
examined
fully
expressed
.
Sixtly
,
what
publick
punishment
shall
be
on
such
men
or
women
inflicted
,
as
upon
examination
shall
be
either
found
to
have
concealed
the
truth
,
or
conveyed
such
estates
as
were
theirs
,
or
to
them
upon
trust
recommended
.
Seventhly
,
the
Commissioners
authority
is
inlarged
,
and
to
the
breaking
open
of
the
Bankrupts
house
,
warehouse
,
chamber
,
shop
,
chest
or
trunck
authorized
.
Eighthly
,
there
is
a
course
proposed
,
how
division
and
distribution
of
the
Bankrupts
Lands
and
Goods
,
to
the
reliefe
of
the
Creditor
shall
be
disposed
,
and
how
to
every
one
a
ratable
part
is
to
be
apportioned
.
Ninthly
,
if
any
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Debts
,
or
other
estate
of
any
Bankrupt
chance
to
be
extended
under
colour
or
pretence
of
being
accomptant
or
any
way
indebted
to
our
Soveraigne
Lord
,
his
heirs
or
successors
;
the
said
Commissioners
are
to
examine
upon
Oath
,
whether
the
said
Debt
were
due
to
the
said
debtor
or
accomptant
:
And
if
such
bargaine
or
contract
was
originally
made
,
the
said
Commissioners
are
to
order
and
dispose
of
all
such
Lands
,
&c.
so
extended
,
to
the
sole
use
of
the
Creditors
,
who
seeke
reliefe
by
the
said
Commission
,
and
to
whose
behoofe
they
are
to
bee
converted
.
Tenthly
,
if
any
Bankrupt
shall
with
the
consent
and
permission
of
the
true
owner
and
proprietarie
,
have
in
their
possession
any
goods
or
chattels
,
whereof
they
shall
bee
reputed
owners
,
they
sh●●l
be
by
the
Commissioners
power
lawfully
disposed
,
and
to
the
Creditors
reliefe
converted
,
that
Debt
;
may
be
better
discharged
,
and
B●nk●upts
he●●after
discouraged
.
Eleventhly
,
the
〈◊〉
when
this
authority
or
power
should
be
to
〈◊〉
Commissioners
granted
,
in
what
manner
●●●●bited
,
and
i●
what
particulars
extended
.
Lastly
,
if
any
Bankrupt
shall
convey
his
estate
to
any
person
,
upon
condition
or
power
of
redemption
,
the
Commissioners
,
or
the
greater
part
of
them
,
before
the
time
of
performance
of
such
condition
,
may
make
tender
or
payment
of
money
,
or
other
performance
,
according
to
the
nature
of
such
condition
,
as
fully
as
the
Bankrupt
in
his
owne
proper
person
might
have
done
:
Which
Condition
so
performed
,
the
said
Lands
may
by
the
Commissioners
bee
sold
,
aliened
and
disposed
to
the
benefit
and
reliefe
of
the
Creditor
,
for
whose
redresse
this
Statute
was
Enacted
.
For
these
two
provisions
annexed
,
they
are
to
you
no
lesse
prejudiciall
,
then
to
the
Creditor
usefull
.
Now
,
my
Broken-Brethren
,
these
twelve
branches
which
arise
from
this
one
and
only
Statute
,
must
bee
the
twelve
men
which
you
are
to
bee
tryed
by
.
Guilty
prit
.
God
send
you
good
deliverance
.
I
assure
mee
,
there
is
not
one
branch
of
all
these
which
you
could
not
finde
in
your
Conscience
to
breake
,
but
the
feare
of
the
Pillory
makes
your
Conscience
more
queasie
.
It
resteth
then
that
wee
propose
certaine
cautions
or
directions
,
whereby
the
force
or
virtue
of
this
Act
may
be
frustrated
and
diverted
,
your
credulous
creditors
deluded
,
and
you
from
future
danger
secured
:
These
remedies
,
receits
(
or
deceits
rather
)
for
prevention
,
are
three
.
Antidating
,
Insinuating
,
and
Adopting
.
Antidating
of
your
conveyance
or
State-charter
.
Insinuating
with
some
eminent
Commissioner
;
Adopting
some
gracefull
Courtier
to
bee
your
Heire
or
Successor
.
For
the
first
,
it
is
dangerous
to
your
person
if
you
be
discovered
;
you
must
walke
therefore
in
the
clouds
,
and
hardly
trust
your
owne
brest
with
this
secret
,
yet
you
may
recommend
it
safely
to
the
fidelity
of
your
Scrivener
:
for
both
his
eares
he
dare
not
be
your
discoverer
,
you
must
therefore
discourse
your
thoughts
in
silence
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*
Otium
&
somnū
loqui
.
Tacit.
,
&
be
close
brested
to
your
wives
,
lest
they
give
intelligence
.
For
I
would
have
you
,
my
shaken
brethren
,
of
all
others
to
bee
wondrous
wary
,
that
none
of
you
make
your
wife
your
Secretary
;
for
if
she
know
it
,
your
Foreman
is
sure
to
be
partaker
of
it
:
so
as
,
while
you
make
a
shift
to
convey
a
part
,
they
take
course
to
contract
together
for
the
whole
.
Those
men
who
(
as
Cosmo
saith
)
carry
their
heart
in
their
mouth
,
are
more
to
bee
pitied
then
feared
:
bee
you
none
of
these
pitifull
things
;
cast
your selves
rather
in
Tiberius
mold
,
who
gloried
in
nothing
so
much
,
as
in
cunningly
cloaking
his
purposes
with
faire
pretences
,
going
invisible
,
and
deluding
his
Subjects
opinions
with
a
seeming
good
.
None
can
bee
open
and
wise
;
avoid
then
the
former
,
that
you
may
thrive
by
the
latter
.
Hee
that
will
make
gaine
his
sole
object
,
must
not
stick
to
make
dishonesty
his
path
,
nor
a
large
Conscience
his
Inmate
.
He
must
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*
Who
exiled
all
liberall
Arts
,
Ne
quid
usquam
honesti
oculis
occurreret
.
Domitian-like
,
divert
his
eye
from
every
object
of
honesty
,
and
every
day
take
a
new
lesson
from
the
thriving
rules
of
Machiavels
policy
.
But
for
you
(
my
Crazie
Consorts
)
there
is
nothing
so
needfull
in
this
secrecie
of
Antidating
,
as
your
intimacy
with
an
expert
counterfeiting
Scrivener
,
whose
habituate
profession
in
the
exquisite
grounds
of
forgerie
,
never
brought
their
Master
within
suspicion
of
knavery
;
whom
that
you
may
better
know
by
his
character
,
and
by
my
experienc'●
display
,
bee
cautioned
to
make
choice
of
no
Gu
l
for
your
Scrivener
;
take
along
with
you
these
personall
markes
,
or
accontrements
rather
,
of
his
profession
.
Let
him
by
all
meanes
partake
much
of
the
Jew
,
and
learne
to
forget
the
bashfull
art
of
blushing
;
Let
him
counterfeit
,
and
that
so
naturally
,
as
if
it
were
ingraffed
in
him
;
●n
innocent
simplicity
;
to
the
end
hee
may
shroude
his
actions
more
covertly
.
Let
the
brazen
age
shine
in
his
forehead
,
and
a
voluble
tongue
to
answer
any
thing
that
may
bee
obj●cted
.
Let
him
be
no
Piliorie-man
,
for
I
make
some
doubt
whether
the
Commissioners
,
by
virtue
of
their
Commission
,
may
not
make
search
whether
he
hath
beene
ever
at
auricular
Confession
.
To
caution
him
in
his
trade
of
swearing
when
hee
shall
bee
put
to
't
,
I
neede
not
;
for
that
is
one
of
their
first
rudiments
when
they
are
Punies
.
Make
this
choice
and
bee
confident
of
successe
,
for
a
crafty
knave
needes
no
Broker
,
nor
a
cunning
Scrivener
the
braines
of
a
Breaker
;
and
this
shall
suffice
to
premonish
you
touching
the
mysterious
secrecy
of
Antidating
.
Secondly
,
you
must
insinuate
,
and
as
it
were
,
skrue
your selfe
into
the
respect
or
affection
of
some
eminent
Commissioner
,
and
by
gratefull
arguments
of
Love
,
make
him
your
bosome
friend
and
familiar
.
And
if
you
cannot
compasse
this
your selfe
,
recommend
the
carriage
thereof
to
your
wife
.
Syrens
were
not
men
but
women
,
which
makes
mee
thinke
,
that
men
are
lesse
perswasive
then
women
;
let
this
burden
therefore
bee
laid
on
them
.
Meane
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*
Homines
fronte
&
oratione
magis
,
quam
ipso
beneficio
,
reque
capiuntur
.
Cic.
time
,
for
as
much
as
men
of
generous
quality
,
whose
affections
are
not
subjected
to
the
observance
of
any
,
are
rather
taken
with
a
countenance
amiable
,
discourse
affable
,
and
disposition
sociable
,
then
with
any
benefit
or
bounty
whatsoever
;
you
must
understand
this
art
or
garbe
of
gaining
Love
,
consiste●h
much
in
your
fashion
or
conversation
;
your
disposition
must
bee
,
though
inwardly
surley
,
outwardly
lovely
;
you
must
bee
passing
officious
,
and
force
them
to
a
familiarity
,
though
it
be
by
palpable
Parasiticall-Sycophancy
.
But
it
is
much
to
bee
feared
,
that
these
who
bee
hereto
authorized
,
as
they
are
too
wise
to
bee
thus
deluded
,
so
they
are
too
honest
to
bee
depraved
;
as
they
are
too
understanding
to
bee
flattered
,
so
they
are
too
upright
to
bee
corrupted
:
for
the
actions
of
Great
ones
have
more
eyes
looking
over
them
then
inferiours
have
,
which
makes
them
more
circumspect
in
their
behaviour
,
lest
,
for
want
of
good
take
heede
,
they
should
incur
an
heavy
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*
Non
putam
hoc
futurum
,
nunquam
hoc
eventurum
crededissem
ecquid
in
eptius
?
Seu.
de
tranq.
anim
.
Censure
.
You
must
then
addresse
your
course
some
other
way
(
my
endeered
Breakers
)
whereby
your
provident
intendments
may
bee
effected
,
your
secret
practises
,
to
divert
the
furious
current
of
this
Statute
,
facilitated
,
and
the
Port
or
Land-marke
to
which
you
direct
your
road
,
prosperously
attained
.
For
the
acquisition
whereof
,
it
were
requisite
you
make
choice
of
such
,
for
protection
,
as
resemble
you
neerest
in
your
course
of
Commerce
,
qualitie
and
condition
.
Now
who
be
these
(
my
brittle-Vrinals
)
but
our
anfractuous
Courtiers
?
whose
glory
is
like
glasse
,
bright
but
brittle
:
For
Courtiers
are
most
aptly
compared
to
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Plutarc
.
Counters
,
which
somtime
in
account
,
goe
for
a
thousand
pounds
,
and
presently
before
the
Count
be
cast
,
but
for
a
single
penny
.
Cast
the
account
of
your
owne
crazie
fortunes
,
and
the
allusion
will
hold
.
But
you
will
say
,
by
what
meanes
may
wee
make
these
eminent
and
conspicuous
Comets
our
friends
?
whereto
I
answere
,
by
makeing
them
your
Heires
.
Bestow
but
on
them
adoption
,
and
they
will
freely
bestowe
on
you
their
protection
;
insinuate
into
their
corkie
acquaintance
,
and
promise
them
adoption
upon
your
acceptance
.
Feare
not
but
they
will
bite
,
for
such
kinde
of
fishes
will
nibble
at
any
bayte
.
You
know
Vulpones
plot
.
personate
him
in
golden
promises
,
and
leaden
performance
.
Make
them
all
your
Heires
by
adoption
,
but
none
by
grace
.
If
it
be
any
of
your
fortunes
to
grow
humerously
great
with
any
eminent
favorite
,
your
projects
to
retain
him
must
bee
more
select
and
exquisite
.
Admire
and
honour
him
at
first
,
like
Isis
Statue
;
afterward
,
upon
more
familiarity
,
tender
him
rules
of
parentall
providence
,
protesting
withall
that
your
hopes
are
soly
treasured
in
him
,
and
a
day
will
come
when
you
may
expresse
it
.
This
will
catch
my
Golden-Gull
,
and
cause
him
trudge
to
secure
your
estate
,
which
hee
hopes
you
will
preserve
and
reserve
only
for
his
good
.
If
there
be
any
braines
left
in
the
sconce
of
a
Courtier
,
hee
will
labour
to
free
you
from
the
penaltie
of
a
Breaker
,
only
to
enrich
his
spruce
selfe
,
who
,
he
hopes
,
shall
live
to
be
your
survivor
and
successor
.
This
will
doe
admirably
well
,
for
not
only
this
Court-Popingey
shall
be
palpably
gulled
and
galled
,
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Dum
vult
esse
praedo
,
fi●
praeda
.
Aug
but
you
Hereditaments
secured
,
your
true
intended
Heire
invested
;
and
what
your
Providence
got
,
shall
by
your
Prudence
bee
preserved
.
These
courses
hold
better
with
thriving
policy
,
and
your
states
security
,
then
fruitlesse
inventions
against
the
severitie
of
our
times
,
for
enacting
such
wormwood
Lawes
against
you
,
as
no
age
heretofore
could
exemplifie
the
like
.
Wherein
,
under
favor
(
my
splitted-Brethren
)
you
hold
an
erronious
assertion
;
for
against
Bankrupts
,
former
times
may
instance
the
like
Constitutions
.
Adrian
Ordained
,
That
Merchants
,
or
such
as
dealt
with
exchange
,
by
bartering
,
chievesance
,
or
otherwise
ingrosse
,
or
by
retaile
,
that
brake
their
Credit
or
were
Bankrupts
,
without
just
cause
,
but
only
of
covetousness
,
by
fraud
to
enrich
themselves
and
raise
a
fortune
to
their
posteritie
;
to
bee
set
upon
the
Pillory
in
the
market-place
,
and
afterwards
to
be
banished
Rome
for
evermore
.
From
whence
you
may
collect
how
much
your
censure
is
qualified
in
respect
of
precedent
times
,
where
,
though
Paganisme
reigned
,
this
Bankrupt-judaisme
lesse
raged
.
Thus
my
(
teare-swoln
Termagons
)
have
I
briefly
touched
and
couched
all
such
especiall
receits
,
as
duely
applied
,
may
allay
your
passion
,
secure
both
your
state
and
person
,
and
deliver
you
from
the
Cimmerian
Jawes
of
a
Tartarian
Prison
.
If
this
will
not
afford
any
cure
to
your
eare
,
no
salve
to
your
sore
,
there
is
no
other
remedy
in
cases
of
such
extremity
,
but
as
you
have
ever
within
you
a
testem
to
condemn
you
,
so
have
ever
in
readinesse
a
restem
to
end
you
:
whereto
I
commend
you
,
and
so
leave
you
.
May
29.
1624.