KNOWNE
LAWES
.
A
short
EXAMINATION
of
the
Counsels
and
Actions
,
&c.
SUch
as
indeavour
to
put
a
faire
Glosse
upon
their
illegall
Actions
,
and
to
asperse
the
lawfull
proceedings
of
the
Parliament
,
among
other
Engines
forged
in
Hell
,
have
invented
and
used
a
new
name
for
our
Lawes
,
calling
them
Knowne
Lawes
,
to
amuse
and
abuse
the
simple
with
new
Epithets
and
ambiguous
words
,
whereby
they
seem
to
insinuate
,
either
that
our
Lawes
in
every
particular
in
question
is
knowne
to
every
one
that
reades
their
Pamphlets
,
or
that
,
what
is
not
known
to
their
Readers
,
and
acknowledged
by
themselves
,
is
not
nor
can
be
Law
,
or
that
they
and
every
of
their
Readers
,
know
the
Law
better
then
the
Parliament
.
This
I
am
sure
is
a
knowne
truth
,
That
the
principles
of
Arts
and
Sciences
are
knowne
only
to
those
that
by
great
industry
and
study
search
after
them
Nemo
nas●●tur
artisex
.
:
And
then
certainly
the
arts
and
sciences
themselves
,
and
the
severall
conclusions
deducible
from
those
principles
,
by
discourse
and
argumentation
(
which
are
but
virtually
Tota
scientia
virtute
continetur
in
principijs
.
contained
in
the
principles
)
are
much
more
removed
from
common
knowledge
and
understandings
.
If
our
Lawes
be
knowne
by
the
people
to
whom
these
deceivers
speak
of
knowne
Laws
,
or
by
themselves
better
then
by
the
Parliament
,
how
comes
it
to
passe
that
men
take
such
paines
,
and
are
at
so
much
cost
for
advise
and
information
,
What
is
Law
in
their
particular
cases
and
occasions
?
and
when
they
have
procured
from
learned
Lawyers
as
good
advise
as
they
can
for
their
money
,
and
it
descends
to
Arguments
upon
demurrer
or
speciall
verdict
,
the
Law
falls
out
to
be
otherwise
then
they
were
before
informed
,
and
that
when
judgement
is
given
one
way
in
one
Courton
mature
deliberation
,
upon
a
Writ
of
Errour
brought
,
it
is
adjudged
another
way
upon
further
debate
and
consideration
in
another
Court
,
and
when
it
hath
passed
through
the
disquisition
and
sifting
of
all
,
and
obtained
the
judgement
of
most
of
the
Judges
of
his
Majesties
ordinary
Courts
of
justice
at
Westminster
,
the
contrary
is
finally
setled
,
declared
and
determined
to
be
Law
by
the
most
high
Court
So
called
Doc
.
&
Stud
44.
a.
36.
H.
8.
dier
.
59.
p.
21.
19.
H.
6.63
.
a.
33.
H.
6.18
.
a
and
31
H.
8
cap
.
10.
The
House
of
Lords
is
so
stiled
by
the
judgement
of
King
and
Parliament
.
,
the
Houses
of
Parliament
,
as
it
hapned
in
the
late
cases
of
Ship-mony
and
Impositions
.
They
that
pretend
they
disabuse
the
people
,
by
telling
them
of
knowne
Lames
,
doe
in
truth
grossely
abuse
them
,
and
in
abominable
hypocrisie
angle
their
hearts
to
no
other
end
,
but
that
having
caught
them
they
may
tyrannize
over
them
and
devoure
them
.
It
is
knowne
and
agreed
by
all
the
learned
in
the
Lawe
of
this
Land
,
That
the
Lawes
are
the
bounds
of
the
Kings
power
and
command
Lex
fraenum
est
regis
potentiae
.
Bracton
.
l
3.
de
action
.
cap
9.
Sect
.
3.
The
King
cannot
govern
his
people
by
any
other
power
then
the
Law
.
Fortesc
.
de
leg
.
32.
a.
Potest
as
sua
ju
ris
est
non
injuriae
.
Bract
ubi
supra
Cok
rep
11
74.
b
;
and
of
the
Subjects
Allegeance
and
Obedience
in
their
Oathes
and
Protestation
intended
.
So
as
if
the
King
command
or
doe
any
thing
which
the
Law
approves
not
,
it
is
void
and
null
in
Law
;
and
he
that
executes
such
command
to
the
prejudice
of
any
Subject
,
is
so
farre
from
being
obedient
or
in
any
respect
commendable
,
as
he
is
an
offender
and
punishable
;
and
his
alleadging
the
Kings
command
in
his
excuse
,
is
an
aggravation
of
his
sinne
,
in
that
he
thereby
endeavours
to
cast
dirt
in
the
face
of
his
Soveraigne
to
blemish
his
honour
and
make
him
vile
in
the
eyes
of
his
Subjects
,
yea
more
vile
then
himself
,
as
sinne
and
wickednesse
is
more
abhominable
and
hatefull
in
the
cause
,
fountaine
and
commander
of
it
Plus
peccat
author
quam
actor
.
.
Hence
are
those
common
knowne
maximes
of
the
Law
,
The
King
cannot
doe
any
wrong
Cok
.
re
.
11.72
.
b
&
rep
.
1.44
.
b
1.
E
58.
p
13.
:
He
cannot
doe
any
thing
which
hee
may
not
doe
by
the
Law
Rex
nihil
potest
,
nisi
id
solum
quoa
de
jure
potest
.
Bracton
ubisupra
,
Cok
.
rep
9.123
a
&
●ep
.
11.24
.
b
.
:
The
Law
bindes
the
King
and
is
his
Superiour
▪
Rex
habet
supertorem
Deum
scilicet
&
legem
per
quam
factus
est
Rex
.
Bract
:
l.
2.
c
16.
Sect
.
3.
Hoc
sāxit
lex
humana
quod
leges
suum
ligent
latorem
.
Bract
.
l.
3.
de
actionibus
ca●
9
Sect
.
3.
.
Therefore
it
is
called
the
Law
of
England
,
because
it
extends
to
bind
both
King
and
people
of
England
.
Cok
.
2●
.
Institutes
51.
And
the
Kings
Oath
binds
him
expresly
to
keepe
and
observe
the
Lawes
of
the
Kingdome
Tenere
leges
&
consuetudines
regni
.
.
And
the
reason
of
the
Lawes
Supremacy
,
is
,
because
the
Lawes
are
made
by
a
higher
and
more
supreame
power
then
the
King
,
even
by
an
absolute
power
vested
(
not
in
the
King
)
but
in
the
Kingdome
,
concurring
and
represented
in
the
three
Estates
thereof
,
King
,
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
,
and
the
King
considered
as
distinct
from
the
other
two
Estates
is
by
them
created
to
see
the
Lawes
to
be
executed
,
and
justice
done
to
all
men
,
and
made
and
ordained
for
the
defence
of
the
Lawes
,
and
his
Subjects
,
and
their
goods
,
and
for
this
end
he
hath
received
power
from
his
people
Bracton
l.
3.
de
act
.
c
9.
Sect
.
3
Fortescue
de
legibus
32.
a.
Cok
re
.
7.
Calvins
c
5.
a.
:
And
therefore
all
pretences
and
claime
of
right
by
the
King
,
and
all
offences
against
him
,
and
all
offences
done
by
colour
of
his
command
are
questioned
and
determined
by
Law
in
Courts
of
Justice
.
And
in
these
things
our
Law
is
agreeable
unto
,
and
grounded
upon
the
Law
of
God
,
which
sets
the
King
his
bounds
,
and
injoynes
that
the
King
should
have
a
booke
of
the
Law
,
and
should
reade
and
meditate
on
it
,
and
observe
to
doe
it
,
and
not
turne
aside
from
it
,
as
the
onely
way
to
establish
him
and
his
Posterity
,
and
make
his
way
prosperous
,
Deut.
17.18
,
19.
Josh
.
1.8
.
And
if
he
breake
his
bounds
(
which
he
doth
alwayes
,
when
he
breakes
the
Law
of
his
government
,
whether
made
by
God
immediately
,
or
by
States
and
Kingdomes
(
where
he
rules
)
by
divine
providence
)
God
will
poure
out
his
wrath
upon
him
like
water
,
and
if
his
Subjects
willingly
yeeld
unto
him
in
such
his
wicked
courses
,
and
obey
his
illegall
commands
,
God
will
be
unto
them
as
the
Moth
,
and
as
rottennes
,
Hos
.
5.10
,
11
,
12.
And
for
inabling
the
King
to
his
office
and
trust
reposed
in
him
by
the
Kingdome
,
he
is
by
the
Law
invested
with
a
judiciall
power
to
judge
and
determine
in
all
things
happening
in
his
Kingdome
,
not
in
person
,
his
person
being
by
the
Law
presumed
ignorant
of
it
Cok
.
re
.
153.
;
but
by
his
Courts
,
of
which
the
Parliament
is
supreame
8
H.
4.13
b
.
Cok
.
ad
.
Instit
.
103.24
.
H.
8.
cap
.
12.
,
in
which
are
learned
Judges
,
and
men
educated
in
the
studies
,
and
greatly
experienced
in
the
practise
of
the
Laws
and
government
of
the
Kingdom
.
And
as
to
ministeriall
offices
and
acts
of
Ministery
in
the
Law
they
are
so
below
the
Majesty
with
which
the
royall
Person
of
the
King
is
by
Law
cloathed
and
adorned
,
as
the
Law
,
will
not
admit
such
an
indecorum
,
as
to
allow
of
any
such
thing
done
by
him
,
specially
if
any
Subject
receive
prejudice
by
it
;
and
therfore
he
cannot
turn
informer
or
accuser
of
Treason
or
other
crime
,
he
cannot
arrest
or
command
in
person
any
arrest
,
but
all
such
things
done
by
him
are
judged
void
and
of
no
effect
in
Law
16.
H.
6.
Monstrans
del
faits
.
Fitz
.
182.
1
H.
7.
4.
p.
5.
;
and
the
reason
is
very
evident
,
for
the
Subject
upon
such
accusation
,
arrest
,
&c.
if
unjust
,
can
have
no
remedy
against
the
Kings
Person
:
and
so
there
should
be
a
wrong
done
,
and
no
Law
to
right
the
oppressed
,
and
punish
the
wrong-doer
.
This
being
the
true
state
of
the
Laws
of
God
and
of
the
kingdom
,
concerning
the
King
in
these
things
,
How
greatly
doe
they
wrong
the
King
,
and
abuse
the
Subjects
,
that
talke
of
a
Prerogative
or
power
in
the
King
,
either
above
the
Law
,
or
not
declared
and
allowed
by
the
Law
,
that
call
for
conscience
to
obey
the
Kings
commands
,
not
warranted
by
Law
,
when
conscience
(
which
is
the
knowledge
of
things
,
as
God
knows
and
acknowledges
them
Conscientia
est
scientia
cum
Deo
.
)
binds
us
to
reject
and
abhorre
them
,
and
not
to
obey
them
,
least
the
curse
of
the
Moth
and
rottennesse
seise
upon
us
.
How
will
they
answer
before
God
or
man
,
that
counsell
,
advise
and
put
the
King
to
take
up
Armes
against
his
highest
Court
of
Justice
,
and
to
protect
Delinquents
from
Justice
,
which
is
to
set
the
Kings
Person
by
an
unlawfull
force
to
indeavour
to
suppresse
and
over-throw
his
kingly
lawfull
power
and
authority
,
not
any
where
so
illustrious
and
eminent
as
in
his
Parliament
.
And
to
make
the
King
a
terror
to
the
good
,
and
a
shelter
to
the
wicked
,
who
by
Gods
ordinance
is
A
minister
for
good
to
give
praise
to
them
that
doe
well
,
and
protect
them
,
and
to
execute
wrath
upon
them
that
do
evill
,
Rom.
13.3
,
4.
Rex
vicarius
Dei
est
dum
facit
justitiam
,
minister
autem
Diaboli
dum
declinet
ad
injuriam
Bract
.
l
3.
de
act
.
c
.
9.
Sect
.
3.
.
Is
it
not
a
maxime
of
the
Common-law
,
That
it
is
not
lawfull
for
any
,
King
or
Subject
,
to
disturbe
or
hinder
the
execution
of
the
proces
of
the
Law
and
Courts
of
Iustice
8
E.
2.
Fitz
.
Execution
252
Cok
.
rep
5
Semaynes
case
92.
b
.
Cok
.
2d
.
Instit
.
194.
:
And
is
not
the
Kings
command
,
though
under
the
great
Seale
,
and
his
indeavour
to
deny
or
delay
justice
against
the
Law
and
his
Oath
Mag.
Chart
.
c
.
29.
1
E
3
c
.
8.14
.
E.
3
c
.
14.
?
And
if
any
resist
the
executing
of
the
proces
of
any
of
the
Courts
of
justice
upon
Delinquents
,
or
otherwise
,
may
not
the
minister
of
justice
command
and
gather
force
of
men
and
arms
,
and
take
,
yea
kill
and
destroy
the
resisters
,
if
otherwise
he
cannot
execute
the
same
?
And
is
not
every
man
bound
to
assist
the
ministers
of
the
Courts
of
justice
herein
8
H.
4.10
p
4
19.
E.
2
Fitz
Execution
247
Bract
.
442.
Sec
.
7.
3
H.
7.10
.
p.
4.
Cok
.
2d
.
Institutes
193.
&
rep
5.93
.
b
.
Semayns
case
.
3.
H
7.1
p.
1.5
.
H.
7.4
.
p.
10.
?
And
is
not
the
reason
hereof
obvious
to
every
man
,
namely
,
because
Execution
is
the
life
of
the
Law
,
which
without
it
becomes
vain
and
uselesse
?
Are
not
these
known
to
the
meanest
Student
of
the
Law
?
And
is
not
this
the
case
between
the
King
and
the
Parliament
?
Surely
,
if
the
forces
of
the
Parliament
be
Traitors
,
the
knowne
Lawes
of
this
Land
are
the
Patrons
and
Commanders
of
Treason
,
which
no
sensible
brain
,
if
not
full
and
running
over
with
malice
,
could
ever
have
dream'd
of
or
imagined
.
How
can
we
expect
that
justice
shall
ever
be
done
in
this
Realme
,
if
wicked
Counsellors
shall
prevail
by
force
and
violence
in
the
Kings
name
to
hinder
and
resist
the
Execution
and
life
therof
when
they
please
?
If
they
shall
by
such
unlawfull
wicked
courses
over-powre
the
supreame
Court
,
how
easily
will
they
enervate
and
cut
the
sinews
of
inferior
Courts
,
and
governe
by
unlawfull
force
,
not
by
Law
;
and
what
security
can
protestations
give
of
governing
by
Law
,
when
practise
and
actions
have
ordinarily
before
the
Parliament
,
and
now
in
the
face
of
the
Parliament
,
and
in
despight
of
it
,
do
run
clean
contrary
therunto
,
even
in
the
very
instant
of
making
those
protestations
.
What
colour
of
Law
is
there
for
the
King
to
kill
and
plunder
,
spoyl
and
destroy
his
Subjects
without
proces
of
Law
(
against
Magna
Charta
c
.
29
)
whom
he
is
bound
by
Oath
and
Office
to
protect
?
Are
those
that
have
seduced
the
King
from
his
Parliament
and
people
carefull
,
according
to
their
Protestation
,
to
maintain
the
Kings
honour
,
When
they
put
him
upon
such
base
,
illegall
,
uncomely
imployments
,
to
become
an
Informer
,
an
Accuser
of
Treason
,
&c.
and
upon
such
a
multitude
of
unlawfull
commands
and
actions
,
destructive
to
his
Kingdom
and
people
,
and
take
all
the
possible
courses
that
hell
can
invent
to
render
him
vile
in
the
eyes
of
men
?
Do
these
men
take
the
way
to
establish
the
King
and
his
Posterity
,
or
to
provoke
God
to
poure
out
his
wrath
upon
them
,
and
make
their
ways
unprosperous
?
How
irrationall
is
it
that
the
King
should
declare
Law
,
when
assuming
it
in
his
Grants
18.
H.
8.
Br.
pat
.
104.
Cok
.
rep
.
14●
b
,
Commissions
42.
ass
.
5.
&
12.24
E
3
Br.
Commissions
3
Commission
to
take
any
Subject
or
his
goods
without
due
proces
of
Law
judged
void
.
and
Proclamations
under
the
great
Seal
,
he
is
commonly
judged
,
even
in
his
ordinary
Courts
of
justice
to
be
deceived
,
abused
and
misinformed
,
and
his
Grants
,
&c.
therupon
judged
void
and
damned
?
What
credit
can
be
given
to
protestations
of
maintaining
Religion
and
the
Subjects
liberty
,
when
before
,
at
and
since
the
making
of
them
,
the
Subjects
that
have
executed
only
legall
commands
,
or
refused
illegall
,
are
used
more
barbarously
then
the
Turkes
do
their
slaves
,
without
any
spark
of
common
humanity
,
and
while
they
be
the
principall
objects
and
subjects
of
the
malice
and
cruelty
of
the
Kings
Army
and
their
Counsellours
and
abettours
,
that
have
any
more
then
common
care
of
a
conscientious
practise
of
Religion
,
and
of
walking
by
the
rules
of
it
.
Consider
what
I
say
,
and
the
Lord
give
us
understanding
.
FINIS
.