166 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP. &quot; The civil law maketh the children of traitors infames, 

 XII 



&quot; i. e. infamous, but committeth them not to perpetual pri- 



&quot; son, as they do in England. 



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le. et Ti. &quot; thing to do with wards or tutorships, but the next of kin, 

 app! tut. 1 



1 * &quot; t ^ le father m his lifetime appoint none. But in our 



&quot; law, the king hath the wardship of all that hold of him 

 &quot; in capite, or knight s service. And as it was granted to 

 &quot; the Crown upon a necessary respect ; so must it not be 

 &quot; pulled away, so long as the same cause remaineth. It 

 &quot; was given him at the first in consideration of the great 

 &quot; charges in war, and the small revenues that belonged to 

 &quot; the Crown. And though such orders seem hard, through 

 &quot; the abusing of them by some greedy-guts ; yet the realm 

 &quot; having always almost continual wars with the French or 

 &quot; Scots, or both ; whosoever goeth about to pull from the 

 &quot; Crown such helps, unwittingly maketh a breach for the 

 &quot; enemy to invade us. 



&quot; * n l ^ e civ ^ * aw tlle tutors hip endeth in the males at 

 &quot; fourteen years of age, and in the females at twelve. But 

 &quot; our law keepeth him in nonage until one and twenty 

 &quot; years. 

 Quami. tut. The civil law bindeth not him to marry by the force of 



vel cur esse ./ 



desinunt. nis wardship, where his tutor will. Marriage must be 

 C. de Nup. &quot; free, and in his own choice, and may not be compelled by 

 d^Nup. i. si &quot; ms father, much less by his tutor. But in England, the 

 fii. famiie. tutor hath his marriage, or maketh him to pay for his li- 



Si puel. tut. r . J 



1. in con- &quot; berty. How that cometh to pass, and how indifferent it 

 vict. c. de 66 i s? } et t h e l aw y ers answer. I meddle no further than to 

 &quot; shew that it is so. 



ff Tb &quot; T ^ G ^ V ^ laW S ^ avouret ^ ^ e ? t ^ lat li g r anteth a trai- 



cast. nu. 5. &quot; tor his advocate to defend his innocency. But in our law 



&quot; he can have none to speak for him, but himself. For 



&quot; the fault is counted (and that justly) so heinous, that it 



&quot; taketh from him all manner of help, to put others in fear. 



&quot; Again, the civil law condemneth no man, unless he ei- 



&quot; ther confess the fault, or be openly convict by witness 



&quot; sufficient. But our law committeth it to the verdict of 



