the_o say_a collector_n or_o receiver_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o charge_n over_o to_o the_o party_n and_o so_o it_o be_v clear_o affirm_v by_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o both_o bench_n plowden_n 186._o a._n lord_n darcyes_n case_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o king_n grant_v a_o sum_n of_o money_n to_o i._o s._n to_o be_v receive_v out_o of_o his_o custom_n of_o london_n i_o say_v that_o by_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o talley_n liberate_n and_o asset_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o customer_n the_o customer_n be_v become_v a_o debtor_n to_o i._o s._n and_o he_o may_v bring_v his_o action_n of_o debt_n upon_o this_o matter_n against_o the_o customer_n coke_n 4_o institutes_n 116._o f._n n._n b_o 121._o f._n 21._o h._n 6._o fitzh_n debt_n 43.27_o h._n 6.9_o fitzh_n bar._n 314._o brook_z talley_n d'exchequer_n 1.37_o h._n 6.15_o brook_n ibid._n 3._o nay_o in_o such_o case_n if_o the_o receiver_n die_v the_o action_n will_v lie_v against_o his_o executor_n and_o therefore_o where_o the_o 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that_o case_n it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o judge_n design_v each_o of_o they_o to_o bring_v his_o action_n against_o the_o customer_n which_o they_o perceive_v they_o forthwith_o agree_v with_o the_o judge_n to_o pay_v they_o their_o gallery_n now_o any_o man_n that_o shall_v well_o consider_v this_o case_n will_v find_v the_o reason_n thereof_o to_o be_v because_o though_o the_o king_n have_v grant_v the_o privilege_n of_o retain_v the_o custom_n to_o these_o merchant_n yet_o in_o contemplation_n of_o law_n the_o customer_n do_v still_o actual_o receive_v those_o custom_n and_o so_o be_v chargeable_a to_o the_o judge_n like_o the_o case_n i_o put_v before_o of_o hen._n 7.8_o a._n where_o the_o king_n remitred_a the_o dime_n to_o the_o collector_n or_o clergy_n and_o the_o rather_o in_o this_o case_n because_o this_o private_a licence_n of_o the_o king_n shall_v not_o prevail_v over_o a_o act_n of_o parhament_n which_o have_v secure_v unto_o they_o their_o salary_n out_o of_o the_o custom_n which_o lead_v i_o to_o the_o next_o position_n which_o i_o have_v propose_v to_o assert_v which_o be_v sect_n 3._o that_o by_o this_o council_n of_o stop_v payment_n in_o the_o exchequer_n the_o subject_n property_n be_v invade_v against_o statute-law_n our_o book_n tell_v we_o and_o not_o without_o reason_n that_o the_o parliament_n est_fw-fr un_fw-fr court_n de_fw-fr tresgrand_fw-fr honour_n &_o justice_n case_n plowden_n 398._o b_o earl_n of_o leicester_n case_n de_fw-fr que_fw-fr nul_fw-fr doit_n imaginer_n choose_v dishonourable_a be_v a_o court_n of_o thrice_o great_a honour_n and_o justice_n of_o which_o no_o man_n may_v presume_v to_o think_v a_o dishonourable_a thing_n and_o we_o can_v but_o suppose_v say_v the_o lord_n chance_v lour_v fortescue_n that_o statute_n law_n carry_v with_o they_o no_o mean_a force_n as_o well_o as_o wisdom_n dum_fw-la non_fw-la unius_fw-la aut_fw-la centum_fw-la folum_fw-la consultorum_fw-la prudentia_fw-la sed_fw-la plusquam_fw-la 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these_o cloud_n be_v common_o visible_a afar_o off_o before_o the_o tempest_n fall_v i_o say_v if_o by_o foreign_a invasion_n than_o first_o the_o impulse_n of_o self-preservation_n a_o indelible_a character_n write_v on_o every_o man_n mind_n by_o the_o very_a band_n of_o nature_n will_v dispose_v all_o mankind_n to_o expose_v their_o life_n and_o estate_n which_o otherwise_o they_o must_v inevitable_o lose_v and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o case_n of_o this_o kingdom_n in_o the_o year_n 88_o eliza._n âambden_a viââ_n eliza._n for_o there_o be_v then_o no_o parliament_n sit_v but_o many_o of_o the_o worthy_n of_o that_o time_n some_o of_o who_o name_n be_v transmit_v to_o posterity_n at_o their_o own_o private_a charge_n bring_v in_o man_n and_o ship_n to_o the_o common_a defence_n but_o second_o if_o we_o be_v to_o suppose_v that_o man_n must_v be_v drag_v and_o hale_v to_o their_o own_o preservation_n i_o say_v then_o the_o law_n have_v provide_v that_o in_o case_n of_o foreign_a 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math._n paris_n 223._o matth._n westm_n 92._o where_o upon_o a_o imminent_a french_a invasion_n king_n john_n issue_v our_o writt_n in_o which_o he_o summon_v all_o his_o subject_n high_a and_o low_o to_o repair_v forthwith_o to_o dover_n ad_fw-la defendendum_fw-la caput_fw-la nostrum_fw-la say_v the_o record_n &_o capita_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o quoth_v nullue_n remaneat_fw-la qui_fw-la arma_fw-la portare_fw-la possit_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la glossary_n nomine_fw-la base_a cowardice_n or_o turwail_v so_o the_o glossary_n culvertagij_fw-la &_o perpetuae_fw-la servitutis_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o other_o be_v upon_o a_o french_a invasion_n too_o design_v against_o this_o kingdom_n in_o 26._o ed._n 3._o the_o which_o be_v a_o record_n so_o apposite_a to_o my_o purpose_n i_o shall_v recite_v somewhat_o more_o at_o large_a 5._o rot._n francia_fw-la anno_fw-la 26._o ed._n 3._o memb._n 5._o rex_fw-la dilecto_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la henrico_n duci_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la adversarij_fw-la nostri_fw-la francia_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la angliae_fw-la invadere_fw-la machinantes_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o dominium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o totam_fw-la nationem_fw-la anglicanam_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la destruend_a nos_fw-la considerantes_fw-la omnes_fw-la incolas_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la conditionis_fw-la extiterint_fw-la cum_fw-la versetur_fw-la common_a periculum_fw-la teneri_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la pro_fw-la patriâ_fw-la pugnare_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la contrae_fw-la hostiles_fw-la aggressus_fw-la defensare_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la defensabiles_fw-la tam_fw-la milites_fw-la &_o armigeros_fw-la quam_fw-la alios_fw-la quoscunque_fw-la de_fw-la dicton_n ducatu_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la status_fw-la seu_fw-la conditionis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la arraiari_fw-la &_o quemlibet_fw-la eorum_fw-la iuxta_fw-la statum_fw-la &_o faculate_v svas_fw-la equitaturis_fw-la &_o armit_fw-ge competentib_o u_fw-mi muniri_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o section_n with_o a_o case_n of_o very_o recent_a memory_n and_o of_o singular_a notoriety_n throughout_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n i_o mean_v that_o of_o the_o conflagration_n of_o our_o ship_n by_o the_o dutch_a not_o many_o year_n pass_v in_o the_o river_n of_o chatham_n there_o prevail_v at_o that_o time_n a_o universal_a jealoufy_v among_o the_o people_n that_o upon_o this_o occasion_n some_o sudden_a stop_n may_v be_v put_v upon_o the_o exchequer_n and_o thereupon_o the_o banker_n be_v exercise_v with_o restless_a solicitation_n for_o the_o speedy_a payment_n of_o their_o debt_n the_o king_n for_o the_o sedation_n of_o these_o fear_n and_o apprehension_n treatise_n see_v the_o declaration_n at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o treatise_n be_v advise_v and_o not_o without_o infinite_a prudence_n to_o issue_v forthwith_o his_o declaration_n to_o preserve_v inviolable_a 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