e._n c._n 4_o instit._fw-la 245._o chap._n 49._o upon_o the_o same_o subject_a rushworth_n in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o his_o historical_a collection_n pag._n 1336._o mention_n how_o that_o mr._n hide_v afterward_o lord_n chancellor_n than_o a_o member_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o in_o the_o parliament_n 1640._o by_o command_n from_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o present_v to_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n a_o complaint_n against_o this_o court_n of_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o north_n and_o tell_v the_o lord_n that_o that_o court_n by_o the_o spirit_n and_o ambition_n of_o the_o minister_n trust_v there_o or_o by_o the_o natural_a inclination_n of_o court_n to_o enlarge_v their_o own_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n have_v so_o prodigious_o break_v down_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o first_o channel_n in_o which_o it_o run_v as_o it_o have_v almost_o overwhelm_v the_o country_n under_o the_o sea_n of_o arbitrary_a power_n and_o involve_v the_o people_n in_o a_o labyrinth_n of_o 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inconvenience_n that_o else_o may_v happen_v to_o come_v to_o many_o people_n that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o every_o man_n by_o a_o bare_a averment_n shall_v avoid_v a_o bond_n and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a reason_n of_o the_o law_n and_o though_o say_v st._n germin_n it_o may_v follow_v thereupon_o that_o in_o some_o peculiar_a case_n a_o man_n by_o occasion_n of_o that_o general_a maxim_n may_v be_v compel_v to_o pay_v the_o money_n again_o yet_o the_o law_n take_v heed_n to_o that_o which_o may_v often_o fall_v out_o and_o do_v hurt_v among_o the_o people_n rather_o than_o do_v hurt_v to_o particular_a case_n and_o the_o law_n set_v a_o general_a rule_n which_o be_v good_a and_o necessary_a to_o all_o and_o which_o every_o man_n may_v well_o keep_v without_o it_o be_v through_o his_o own_o default_n but_o after_o all_o though_o the_o obligor_fw-la in_o such_o case_n be_v remediless_a at_o the_o common_a law_n yet_o say_v the_o author_n st._n germin_n pag._n 23._o he_o may_v be_v holpen_v in_o equity_n by_o a_o subpoena_a and_o so_o say_v sir_n geo._n cary_n in_o his_o report_n of_o cause_n in_o chancery_n pag._n 2._o one_a case_n and_o there_o be_v precedent_n of_o it_o in_o chancery_n say_v the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n who_o be_v chancellor_n and_o the_o like_a be_v say_v by_o moreton_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n than_o chancellor_n and_o afterward_o cardinal_n another_o clergyman_n pasc._n 7._o h._n 7._o foe_n 12._o i_o suppose_v these_o author_n rather_o speak_v the_o usage_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o chancery_n in_o such_o case_n court_v than_o what_o be_v their_o own_o opinion_n and_o judgement_n for_o if_o this_o relief_n in_o chancery_n in_o such_o case_n may_v be_v allow_v what_o become_v of_o that_o great_a reason_n upon_o which_o that_o maxim_n be_v ground_v as_o the_o author_n himself_o observe_v before_o and_o how_o be_v that_o great_a inconvenience_n avoid_v by_o this_o maxim_n which_o the_o author_n mention_v in_o the_o same_o breath_n if_o the_o chancery_n may_v receive_v the_o same_o averment_n and_o upon_o proof_n by_o witness_n without_o try_v the_o fact_n by_o a_o jury_n that_o court_n may_v relieve_v the_o party_n do_v not_o the_o inconvenience_n return_v again_o and_o be_v not_o the_o people_n as_o much_o hurt_n by_o it_o or_o be_v it_o a_o mischief_n and_o inconvenience_n in_o the_o common_a law_n court_v and_o none_o in_o a_o court_n of_o equity_n it_o be_v better_o the_o law_n be_v change_v and_o that_o such_o averment_n of_o the_o payment_n may_v be_v plead_v to_o the_o action_n at_o the_o common_a law_n where_o if_o issue_n be_v join_v upon_o it_o it_o must_v not_o only_o be_v prove_v by_o witness_n but_o find_v also_o by_o twelve_o man_n to_o be_v true_a rather_o than_o the_o chancery_n shall_v receive_v that_o averment_n and_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v prove_v by_o witness_n only_o
rigour_n of_o the_o law_n by_o equity_n in_o their_o own_o person_n alone_o and_o afterward_o do_v delegate_v the_o same_o power_n of_o equity_n to_o a_o single_a person_n the_o chancellor_n who_o as_o they_o phrase_v it_o have_v the_o dispense_n of_o the_o king_n conscience_n as_o well_o as_o the_o custody_n of_o it_o and_o that_o to_o the_o king_n alone_o in_o such_o case_n a_o appeal_n do_v lie_v which_o by_o what_o have_v be_v already_o say_v be_v manifest_o untrue_a as_o shall_v yet_o be_v further_o make_v out_o sir_n john_n fortescue_n who_o be_v a_o lord_n chancellor_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr laudibus_fw-la legum_n angliae_fw-la pag._n 64._o say_v to_o prince_n edward_n son_n to_o king_n henry_n vi_o proprio_fw-la ore_fw-la nullus_fw-la regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la judicium_fw-la proffer_v visus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la sua_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la judicia_fw-la regni_fw-la licet_fw-la per_fw-la alios_fw-la ipsa_fw-la reddantur_fw-la just_o as_o all_o our_o law_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o king_n law_n not_o that_o he_o have_v the_o sole_a legislature_n as_o sir_n robert_n filmer_n do_v weak_o or_o rather_o wilful_o though_o groundless_o infer_v but_o denominatio_fw-la sumitur_fw-la à _fw-la majore_fw-la as_o be_v most_o frequent_a in_o common_a use_n it_o be_v but_o a_o embryo_n till_o he_o quicken_v it_o by_o pass_v the_o bill_n in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v we_o inquire_v at_o what_o time_n and_o by_o what_o occasion_n this_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o chancery_n in_o equity_n begin_v by_o which_o it_o may_v appear_v whether_o it_o be_v entitle_v to_o it_o either_o by_o prescription_n or_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o non_fw-la datur_fw-la tertium_fw-la the_o same_o proof_n and_o authority_n will_v serve_v to_o manifest_v these_o â—…7_n h._n 7._o keilway_o 42._o b._n by_o vavasor_n the_o sub-paenâ_a begin_v in_o the_o time_n of_o edw._n iii_o and_o that_o say_v he_o be_v against_o the_o feoffee_n upon_o confidence_n that_o be_v to_o uses_n mr._n lambert_n who_o be_v a_o master_n of_o the_o chancery_n sir_n edward_n coke_n 2_o instit._fw-la 552_o in_o his_o archeion_n pag._n 72_o 74_o 75._o say_v that_o the_o king_n use_v to_o refer_v matter_n in_o equity_n to_o the_o chancellor_n from_o whence_o the_o chancellor_n be_v ancient_o style_v referendarius_fw-la as_o be_v note_v before_o or_o to_o he_o and_o some_o other_o of_o the_o council_n and_o though_o this_o do_v not_o as_o he_o observe_v plain_o erect_v any_o court_n of_o equity_n yet_o as_o he_o suppose_v it_o be_v the_o lay_v the_o first_o stone_n of_o the_o chancery_n court_n and_o pag._n 73._o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n iii_o it_o be_v a_o new_o erect_v court_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o its_o latin_a pleas._n the_o book_n call_v the_o diversity_n of_o court_n write_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n iii_o treat_v of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o chancery_n according_a to_o its_o ordinary_a power_n which_o be_v the_o latin_a proceed_n or_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o common_a law_n but_o say_v nothing_o of_o that_o which_o the_o chancellor_n hold_v in_o equity_n et_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la invenis_fw-la usquam_fw-la esse_fw-la pute_fw-la nusquam_fw-la it_o be_v enable_v to_o deal_v in_o some_o special_a and_o particular_a case_n by_o parliament_n which_o be_v but_o temporary_a neither_o which_o prove_v that_o in_o such_o or_o in_o the_o like_a case_n the_o chancellor_n can_v not_o meddle_v without_o the_o help_n of_o act_n of_o parliament_n nor_o be_v those_o case_n refer_v to_o his_o equitable_a or_o arbitrary_a power_n neither_o as_o some_o misapprehend_v for_o sir_n edw._n coke_n 4_o instit._n fol._n 82._o say_v that_o act_n of_o parliament_n give_v power_n to_o the_o chancellor_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v cause_n in_o chancery_n be_v ever_o intend_v of_o the_o court_n of_o record_n there_o proceed_v in_o latin_a secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la angliae_fw-la which_o power_n be_v not_o contest_v and_o mr._n lambert_n pag._n 74._o ut_fw-la supra_fw-la say_v he_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o in_o our_o report_n of_o the_o common_a time_n law_n in_o which_o report_n under_o the_o title_n of_o conscience_n or_o subpoena_a in_o fazh_n or_o brook_n abridgement_n many_o case_n of_o equity_n in_o the_o chancery_n may_v be_v find_v there_o be_v any_o mention_n of_o cause_n before_o the_o chancellor_n for_o help_v in_o equity_n but_o only_o from_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n iv._o in_o who_o day_n by_o reason_n of_o those_o intestine_a trouble_n between_o the_o two_o house_n of_o york_n and_o lancaster_n feoffment_n to_o use_n do_v either_o first_o begin_v or_o first_o grow_v common_a for_o remedy_n in_o which_o case_n chief_o the_o chancery_n court_n occasion_n be_v then_o flee_v unto_o no_o book-case_n say_v that_o great_a champion_n for_o the_o common_a law_n sir_n edward_n coke_n 2_o instit._fw-la 552._o nor_o report_v of_o the_o law_n make_v any_o 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553._o equity_n affirm_v that_o no_o act_n of_o parliament_n print_v or_o unprint_v give_v the_o chancellor_n any_o power_n to_o hold_v any_o court_n of_o equity_n the_o stat._n of_o 36_o edw._n iii_o cap._n 9_o without_o question_n say_v that_o grave_a and_o reverend_a judge_n and_o true_a lover_n of_o his_o nation_n refer_v to_o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o the_o chancellor_n but_o give_v he_o no_o shadow_n of_o any_o absolute_a power_n mean_v a_o power_n of_o equity_n see_v the_o 2_o instit._n fol._n 553._o see_v that_o remarkable_a case_n of_o sir_n richard_n le_fw-fr scrope_n in_o sir_n cotton_n abridgement_n of_o the_o record_n of_o the_o tower_n pag._n 351._o numb_a 10._o exceed_v pertinent_a and_o useful_a in_o many_o respect_n to_o our_o present_a enquiry_n and_o give_v great_a light_n to_o we_o in_o many_o thing_n it_o be_v mention_v also_o in_o coke_n 2_o instit._fw-la 553._o it_o happen_v anno_fw-la 17_o of_o king_n richard_n ii_o john_n de_fw-fr windsor_n complain_v by_o 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