The plaintiffs that had

"fo leaving him, went into the Court. This "witness is called for the prop of the cause: the "undertaker answers upon oath, that he left "the witness in fuch a condition, that if he "continues only but a quarter of an hour, he " is a dead man. This evidencing the man's I incapability to come, deaded the matter fo, "that it loft the caufe. "the injury bring the bufinefs about in Chan"cery. The defendants (having had judgment "at common law) refuse to obey the orders of "the Court; whereupon the Lord Chancellor, "for contempt of the Court, commits them to "prifon. They petition against him in the Star"chamber; the Lord Chief Justice Coke joyns "with them in the difference, threatening the "Lord Chancellor with a Præmunire. The "Chancellor makes the King acquainted with "the business, who fends to Sir Francis Bacon

his Attorney-General, Sir Henry Montague, . &c. commanding them to fearch what prece"dents there have been of late years, wherein "fuch as have complained in Chancery were re"lieved according to equity and confcience after judgment at common law. They made a re

port favourable to the interference of the Court " of Chancery in fuch cafes. This," adds Wilfon, "fatisfied the King, jufttified the Lord Chancellor, and the Chief Juftice received the foil, " which

"which was a bitter potion to his fpirit, but "not ftrong enough to work as his enemies de"fired. Therefore, to trouble him the more, he " is brought on his knees at the Council-table, and three other ingredients added to the dofe, of a "more active operation.

Firft, He is charged, that when he was the «King's Attorney-General, he concealed a ftatutė "of twelve thousand pounds due to the King from "the late Lord Chancellor Hatton, wherein he "deceived the truft repofed in him.

Secondly, That he uttered words of very high contempt as he fat on the feat of Juftice, faying, "The Common Law of England would be overthrown, and the light of it obfcured, reflecting C upon the King.

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"And thirdly, His uncivil and indiscreet carriage before his Majefty, being affifted by "his Privy Council and Judges, in the cafe of " Commendams*.

"The laft he conféffed, and humbly craved "his Majefty's pardon. The other two he pal

liated with fome colourable excufes, which "were not fo well fet off but they left fuch a "tincture behind them, that he was commanded "to retire to private life. And to expiate the King's

In that business Lord Coke behaved very nobly and fpiritedly at firft, but afterwards made an improper fub

King's anger, he was enjoined in that leifurely "retirement to review his Books of Reports, "which the King was informed had many ex"travagant opinions published for practice and "good law, which must be corrected, and brought "to his Majefty to be perused. And at his de"parture from the Council-table, the Lord Trea"furer, the Earl of Salisbury, gave him a wipe, "for fuffering his coachman to ride bare-headed "before him in the streets; which fault he strove "to cover, by telling his Lordship that his coach"man did it for his own eafe."

To the kindness of a learned and ingenious Gentleman, who has had the fingular merit of allying Philology to Philofophy, and of giving the certitude of Science to Etymology itself, Mr. HORNE TOOKE, the Compiler is obliged for the following curious Letter of Sir Edward Coke to the University of Cambridge, when that learned Body was empowered by James the First to send Representatives to Parliament. The Letter is copied from the Archives of the University.

"Having found by experience in former Par"liaments (and especially when I was Speaker)

" how

The learned and elegant Mr. Webb fays of The Diverfions of Purley, "It is a moft valuable book, and the more fo, as it promifes what is much wanted, a new theory of language. I, bone, quò ingenium tuum te vocat."

"Differtation on the Chinese Language.”,

how neceffary it was for our Univerfity to have Burgeffes of Parliament: firft, for that the Colledges and Houfes of Learning being founded

partly by the King's progenitors, and partly by "the Nobles and other godly and devout men, "have local flatutes and ordynances prescribed "to them by their founders, as well for the dif "pofing and preferving of their poffeffions, as " for the good government and virtuous education "of Students and Schollers within the fame: "fecondly, for that to the dewe observation of "those statutes and ordynances they are bounden "by oath and lastly, for that yt is not possible " for any one generall lawe to fitt every particular « Colledge, especially when their private statutes " and ordynances be not knowne: And finding,

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efpecially nowe of late time, that many Bills are "preferred in Parliament, and fome have paffed, "which concern our University; I thought good, "out of the great duety and service I owe to our

Univerfity (being one of the famous eyes of the "Commonwealth,) to conferr with M* Dr. Nevill, "Deane of Canterbury, and Sir Edward Stan

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hope (two worthie Members thereof,) that a "fute were made at this time, when his Matic, "exceeding all his progenitors in learning and

knowledge, fo favoureth and refpecteth the "Univerfities; when our most worthie and af"fectionate Chancellor, my L. Cecill, his Matie "principall

principall Secretary, is fo propenfe to further anything that may honour or profit our Uni

verfity; for the obteyning of two Burgeffes of "Parliament, that may informe (as occafion fhall "be offered) that High Court of the true state

of the University, and of every particular Col"ledge: which, with all alacrity, the good Deane "and Sir Edward Stanhope apprehended. O "Chancellor was moved, who inftantly and ef"fectually moved his Matie, who most princely "and graciously granted and figned yt, the booke being ready drawne and provided. I know yo' wisdomes have little need of myne advise; yet out of my affectionate love unto you, I have thought good to remember you of fome things "that are comely and neceffary to be donne.

"1. As foone as you can, that you acknowledge humble thanks to his Matie for that he "hath conferred fo great an hon and benefitt to "o' University.

"2. To acknowledge y' thankfullness to o "noble Chancellor, and alfo to the L. Chancellor "of England, who have moft honourably given "furtherance to yt.

3. That you thanke the good Deane and "St Edward Stanhope, for their inward and hafty. follicitaçon.

4. That now at this first eleccon, you make choife of fome that are not of the Convocaçon