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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85072	A brief historical relation of the empire of Russia, and of its original growth out of 24 great dukedomes, into one entire empire, since the yeer 1514. Humbly presented to the view and serious perusal of all true-hearted English-men, that love and honour the peace and happiness of this their native country. / By J.F.	J. F.	1654 (1654)	Wing F28; Thomason E1485_2; ESTC R22889	20,403	58

reward favour or affection to any of their neerest allies or dearest friends He also ordered the determination of all Controversies and Suits in Law to be within 40 days and the charges of a Suit in Law not to exceed a Greevna which is 12 d. English viz. 4 d. for the Citation 4 d. for the Warrant and 4 d. for a copie of the Decretal Order And for any one that had commenced a false and vexatious Suit against any he was to pay treble damages Pure Justice and to suffer the like punishment which he intended thereby to have inflicted upon the person by him unjustly troubled O what happiness what peace what concord would such a course of Justice produce here in England And for the sale of houses and lands of Inheritance he ordained a book to be kept in every Province called The everlasting book or as here in England it was called formerly when the practice of the Law ran in its pure current The Dooms day-book which is there continued to this present By which means all vexatious Suits unjust Claims and all Frauds are prevented The people there cannot mortgage nor sell their Land Houses nor Leases two or three times over to several persons as usually here in England nor is any there cheated of their Patrimonies nor constrained to sell or mortgage their lands or goods or both to maintain a long and tedious Suit in Law by giving content to their insatiable Cormorant-Lawyers Attorneys Sollicitors as we do here in England where the recovery of a debt of 20 l. hath cost some men above 200 l. in Law Yea some thousands of families have been ruined in defence of their rights by the present abusive practise of the Law Neither have they there nor in any Country under the whole heavens but in cruel England any murthering dens and dungeons of cruelty for imprisoning men and women for debt till they starve and die in prison contrary to our own ancient Statutes yet in force See the book intituled Liberty vindicated against Slavery fol. 8 9 10 11 12 13. 25 Edw. 3. chap. 4. 21 Edw. 2. D. 172. 13 Edw. 3. B. 153. 8 Hen. 4. chap. 18 20. 34 Edw. 1. chap. 4. 23 Hen. 6. chap. 10. Magna Chart. chap. 35. Westm. 1. ch 26.3 Edw. 1. ch 26.25 Edw. 3. chap. 4. Nor is there any arrested nor imprisoned upon frivolous false and vexatious Actions unjust Orders Reports and Decrees daily as they are here in England Nor is there any such Horse-leeches to suck the vital blood of men and women committed to their custody into Gaols and Prisons as we have here For all which unexpressible cruelties doubtless the wrath and vengeance of God will ere long fall heavie upon the Nation if not remedied according to the several Vows Protestations Declarations and Manifesto's made to God and this Nation many yeers since both by Parliament and ●rmy In this most noble just and famous Emperours days the cruel the mighty nor the oppressing Miser durst not wrong nor oppress the poor the widow the fatherless nor the stranger The Judges and Chancellors durst not step aside our of the strait path of Justice for money favour nor affection witness that exemplary just Sentence of his passed on the Chancellor of the Province of Rezane who for 100 Robles bribe which is 50 l. had most unjustly decreed a poor widows Land of Inheritance from her whereof proof being by her made to the Emperour the Lord Chancellors was by him degraded and sentenced to have the like bag of money hang'd about his neck and to be whipped by the common Hang-man from the great Chancery-Office to the Market-place and back to the said Office there the money to be melted and poured down his throat All which was done accordingly O if this pure Justice and Mercy were exercised here in England how unexpressibly would it elevate his Highness in the affections of all the people and engrave him in their hearts whereby he would then become like to the famous Queen Elizabeth who upon any motion abroad from her Palace had many thousands attending on the high-ways to congratulate her with their loyalty and loud acclamations sent up to heaven for her Majesties long life health and prosperity In her days there is said to be but one Serjeant at Law at the Common-Pleas bar called Serjeant Benlowes who was ordained to plead both for the Plaintiff and Defendant for which he was to take ten Groats of each party and no more and to manifest his impartial dealing to both parties he was therefore to wear a party-coloured garment and to have on his head a black Cap of impartial Justice and under it a white linen Coyf of Innocencie All which was in the days of King James turned to Injustice Oppression and Bribery Serjeants were by him made in abundance and a Serjeants place was then sold for 800 l. but in the days of the late King the price of Iniquity was raised to 1500 l. who at one time made thirteen Serjeants at Law I will wade no further into this sea of Wickedness lest some of the old stamp and long Robe should finde themselves agrieved but resolve to return to the matter in hand The like punishment was by this famous Emperour most justly inflicted upon the Great Lord Chancellor of Mosco who for passing an unjust Decree was degraded and whipped and had thirty lashes by the common Hang-man upon the Cozoel or wooden Gate before his own Office The like was by him inflicted on the Vayvode or Governour of Vasema who for injustice and oppression was also whipped and his estate decreed to satisfie the persons by him wronged I would instance many more the like acts of Justice which flowed from that truely-magnanimous Prince as also how the subtil deceitful knot of a number of grand oppressors was by him broken who by their subtil contrivances in and by their accustomed corrupt practices in and by their Law had enslaved the Nation to their corrupt wills and ruined thousands of families But I hop● that little that hath been related is sufficient for any to take consideration of and to make it their own most honourable practical example to the glory of God the good of this Nation and their own eternal honour And thus after the poor oppressed man's Patriot even this famous Emperour had happily reigned 36 yeers he departed this life whose death was much lamented by all the people for many yeers to whom succeeded his son Theodore who being about 17 yeers old reigned but six months In whose time one Demetrius who from his youth being brought up in the Free-School of Warsovia in Poland gave himself out and was credibly said to be the son of John Bazilious the first Emperour who having married Marinca the eldest daughter of Sandomerskee one of the Electors of Poland was by Sigismundus King of Poland supplied with 20000 horse who thereupon entred this great Empire of Russia with an Army of