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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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of_o king_n bench_n by_o grant_v prohibition_n to_o court_n temporal_a to_o keep_v they_o within_o their_o proper_a jurisdiction_n and_o in_o the_o 2_o instit._n fol._n 601_o &_o 602_o &_o 615._o in_o answer_n to_o the_o 21th_o article_n the_o temporal_a court_n must_v always_o have_v a_o eye_n that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n usurp_v not_o upon_o the_o temporal_a and_o fol._n 618._o at_o the_o upper_a part_n of_o that_o folio_n the_o judge_n be_v bind_v by_o their_o oath_n to_o grant_v prohibition_n and_o in_o the_o same_o 2_o instit._n foe_n 607._o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o 10_o object_n that_o prohibition_n be_v not_o of_o favour_n but_o of_o justice_n to_o be_v grant_v this_o be_v affirm_v by_o all_o the_o judge_n hooker_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a polity_n pag._n 26._o stout_o affirm_v that_o for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o right_n of_o govern_v the_o assent_n of_o they_o that_o be_v to_o be_v govern_v seem_v necessary_a and_o pag._n 27._o he_o further_o assert_n that_o all_o public_a regiment_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o seem_v evident_o to_o have_v arisen_a from_o deliberate_a advice_n consultation_n and_o composition_n between_o men._n if_o so_o than_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v assume_v mere_o by_o a_o man_n be_v own_o will_n and_o pleasure_n or_o without_o any_o lawful_a ground_n and_o against_o the_o know_a rule_n of_o law_n thus_o much_o for_o the_o title_n and_o right_n of_o administer_a justice_n then_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o exercise_n of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v so_o assume_v it_o be_v most_o common_o suit_v to_o the_o usurp_v right_o and_o title_n and_o therefore_o learned_a hooker_n proceed_v further_a to_o speak_v also_o to_o that_o point_n ibid._n to_o live_v say_v he_o by_o one_o man_n will_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o man_n misery_n this_o say_v he_o constrain_v man_n to_o come_v to_o law_n that_o all_o man_n may_v see_v their_o duty_n beforehand_o and_o know_v the_o penalty_n 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the_o opinion_n of_o all_o the_o 12_o judge_n in_o their_o answ._n to_o the_o 16_o object_n how_o much_o the_o trial_n of_o a_o fact_n by_o 12_o man_n swear_v viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la as_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o conscience_n of_o one_o particular_a man_n guide_v by_o paper-proof_n paper-proof_n hill_n 8._o h._n 4._o fol._n 19_o by_o gascoin_n that_o the_o common_a law_n be_v the_o people_n inheritance_n sir_n hen._n sp._n gloss._n 108._o pag._n 445._o aphor._n 37._o 37._o see_v in_o tacitus_n annaeis_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 2._o what_o excessive_a fee_n be_v take_v by_o advocate_n for_o plead_v cause_n whereas_o by_o the_o law_n cincia_n it_o be_v provide_v of_o old_a that_o for_o plead_v of_o cause_n no_o man_n shall_v take_v either_o money_n or_o gift_n at_o length_n their_o fee_n be_v moderate_v by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o senate_n cowley_n in_o his_o davideis_n pag._n 128._o 22_o e._n 4._o see_v that_o year_n book_n fol._n 6._o and_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v 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