"it fo myself,) yet I find such things in it as fa"tisfieth my confcience, and therefore I will both "execute it myself, and also see others, my parish❝ioners, to execute it.".

20. "The Mayor of London caufed the watches to be encreased every night, because of "the great frays; and also one Alderman to fee "good rule every night."

22. "There was a privy fearch made through "all Suffex, for all vagabonds, gypfies, confpirators, prophefyers, all players, and fuch "like."

October 19.

"Sir Thomas. Palmer confeffed "that the Gendarms (Gens d'Armes) on the "mufter-day fhould be affaulted by two thoufand "footmen of Mr. Vane's, and my Lord's (Lord "Gray's) hundred horfe, befides his friends that "stood by, and the idle people which took his part. If he were overthrown he would run through London, and cry Liberty, Liberty, to "raise the apprentices, &c."

"

KING EDWARD'S " Journal," printed in the
Second Volume of Burnet's Hiftory of the
Reformation.

The Bishop has likewife added a Difcourfe about the Reformation of many Abuses, written by this incomparable Prince, in which he fays,

"As

"As the gentlemen and ferving-men ought to "be provided for, fo neither ought they to have "fo much as they have in France, where the peafantry is of no value; neither yet meddle "in other occupations, for the arms and legs "doth neither yet draw the whole blood from "the liver, but leaveth it fufficient to work on; "neither doth meddle in any kind of engender

ing of blood; no, nor no one part of the body "doth serve for two occupations: even so nei"ther the gentleman ought to be a farmer, hor "the merchant an artificer, but to have his art particularly. Furthermore, as no member in a well-proportioned body and whole body, is "too big for the proportion of the body; fo "must there be in a well-proportioned Com"monwealth no person that shall have more than "the proportion of the country will bear, for it

is hurtful immoderately to enrich any particular part. I think this country can bear no merchant "to have more land than one hundred pounds; "no hufbandman or farmer worth above one "hundred or two hundred pounds; no artificer "above one hundred marks; no labourer much "more than he fpendeth. I fpeak now generally, "and in fuch cafes may fail in one particular; but "this is fure, this Commonwealth may not bear

one man to have more than two farms, than one

benefice,

benefice, than two thousand sheep, and one "kind of art to live by."

"For idle perfons, there were never, I think, "more than be now. The wars men think is the "cause thereof. Such perfons can do nothing "but rob and fteal. But flack execution of the

laws hath been the chiefest fore of all; the laws "have been manifeftly broken, the offenders ba"nifhed, and either by bribery or foolish pity " escape punishment.

"Thefe fores must be cured with medicines.
"Firft, by good education; for Horace fayeth
wifely,

Quo femel eft imbuta recens, fervabit odorem
Tefta diu.

"With whatsoever thing the new veffel is im.

bued, it will long keep its favour, faith Ho"race; meaning, that for the most part men be "as they are brought up*, and men keep longeft the favour of their firft bringing up; "therefore

By a law of Solan, the Legiflator of Athens, a child who, by the careleffnefs or, the over-tenderness of his parents, was brought up to no trade or profeffion, was not obliged to fupport his parents when they were old or in want; the Legiflator

therefore, feeing that it be fo neceffary a thing, "we will give our device thereupon. Youth "must be brought up, fome to husbandry, some " in working, graving, gilding, joining, painting, making of cloaths, even from their tendereft

t

age, to the intent they may not, when they "come to man's eftate, loiter as they do now"a-days in neglect, but think their travail fweet "and honeft. This fhall well eafe and remedy "the deceitful workings of things, difobedience "of the lowest fort, cafting of feditious bills, " and will clearly take away the idleness of the people."

Secondly, By devifing of good laws. I "have fhewed my opinion heretofore what fta"tutes I think most neceffary to be enacted this "feffions; nevertheless I could wifh, that befide them, hereafter (when time fhall ferve) the fuperfluous and tedious ftatutes were brought into one fum together, and made more plain. "Nevertheless, when all these laws be made, " established, and enacted, they serve to no pur"pofe, except they be fully and duly executed.

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wifely confidering habitual idleness not only in itself to be criminal, but to be the cause of the greatest crimes that are committed, and that thofe perfons fhould be completely put out of the protection of the laws, who have been the occafion of that deteftable and dangerous vice in the rifing gene

ration.

By whom? By those that have authority to ex"ecute; that is to fay, the Noblemen and the

Juftices of Peace; therefore I would wifh, that "after this Parliament were ended, those Noble"men (except a few that should be with me) went to their countries, and there fhould fee the sta"tutes fully and duly executed; and that those

men should be put from being Juftices of Peace "that be touched or blotted with thofe vices that "be against these new laws to be established: for "no man that is in fault himself can punish ano"ther for the fame offence:

Turpe eft doctori, cum culpa redarguit ipfum.
Shameless the teacher, who himself is faulty.

" And these Justices being put out, there is no " doubt of the execution of the laws."

Defunt Cætera.

King EDWARD'S Remains."

Hooker fays of this Prince," that though he died young he lived long, for life is in " action,"