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proper p sons to Censure the Behaviour of their Own Officers
the Admittance of him to a hearing woud have been Calling
in Question the Veracity of those Judges without Cause and
making them Parties or Rather Defendants to his Compr in
matters whereof the Law made them Judges and where the
facts they Accused him of were notorious.
Wee must Begg Leave on this Occasion to Declare that we
Apprehend the Very Essence of Authority and Governm^t to
be indeed so nearly Concerned in this Affair that if there be
the Least Colour of Encouragem^t Given to any Lawyer to
deny Subjecting his Demeanour to the Judgm^t of the Courts
he pleads in to Contend with them Concerning it And Even
to put the whole Country upon Being Suitors in Great Brit-

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tain where It seems the Truth of their Allegations are Called
in Question & w^ch they cannot with Conveniency Appear there
to prove, And when such magistrates Pray the Legislature
here to Assist in the Regulation of such Practices by Punish-
ing those th^t are the most notorious Offenders in this sort And
that neither Court nor Country can be Trusted with Judging
of the Demeanour of One such Att^rny It must necessaryly be
Concluded (with all humble Submission be it Spoken) th'
such a Constitution Cannot Deserve the Charge of its Sup-
port. But we hope for Betf things & that we shall not be
denyed the power of Discourageing a pson (who tho he may
be a Barrister at Law yet Only Acts as an Att^rny here & who
has been Generally Troublesome to the whole pvince) by
such like ways & means as Every Inferiour Court has right
to do with any Att^rny that misbehaves himself before them.
And we Cann^t think the things sufficiently Discountenanced
if the p son that has been so remarkable an Instance as that
Law mentions shall be able to Justify his ill Conduct in dis-
pight of the Governm^t & Country.
Wee shall therefore in pursuance of their Lordships recom-
mendation Endeavour (as we think it our undoubted Duty)
to make such pvision by a Gen^tt Law to Support the Magis-
trates in the Adm^rcon of Justice as may be sufficient for that
End & shall avoid the Imputation of tacking by proposing a
Gen^ll Law for the like Support ag^t the Perticular offender w^ch
may not be lyable to the Exception your Excy is Pleased to
mention.

However Private Gent have been Abused by the Partiall

Clamours of the Papists yet we are well satisfied whoever
gives themselves leave to Inquire into the Truth of their
Allegations and Grounds of their Complaint will Joyne with
us in Asserting the Truth of your Excy Declaration And be
astonished at their Monstrous Superstructure. The Laws of

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Great Brittaine deny them even here the liberty they have
hitherto Injoyed they have abused those Libertys with im-

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