LIFE OF BACOtf. 



a clergyman between sixty and seventy years of age; of 

 Mr. Owen, of Godstow in Oxfordshire, a gentleman of 

 property and respectability; and of William Talbot, an 

 Irish barrister, for maintaining, in different modes, that, if 



sality of his own knowledge carry him to neglect or pass 

 over the very forms of the laws of the land. 



&quot; As for the use of the prerogative, it runs within the 

 ancient channels and banks; some things that were con 

 ceived to be in some proclamations, commissions, and 

 patents as overflows, have been by his wisdom and care 

 reduced, whereby, no doubt, the main channel of his pre 

 rogative is so much the stronger; for evermore overflows 

 do hurt the channel. 



&quot; As for administration of justice,, my lords here of the 

 council and the King himself meddle not (as hath been 

 used in former times) with matters of meum and tuum, 

 but leave them to the King s courts of law or equity ; and 

 for mercy and grace (without which there is no standing 

 before justice), we see the King now hath reigned twelve 

 years in his white robe, without almost any aspersion of 

 the crimson die of blood. There sits my Lord Hobart, that 

 served Attorney seven years: I served with him. We 

 were so happy, as there passed not through our hands 

 any one arraignment for treason, and but one for any 

 capital offence, which was that of the Lord Sanquhar; the 

 noblest piece of justice (one of them) that ever came forth 

 in any king s times. As for penal laws, which lie as snares 

 upon the subjects, it yields a revenue that will scarce 

 pay for the parchment of the King s records at West 

 minster. 



&quot; And lastly, for peace; we see manifestly, his majesty 

 bears some resemblance of that great name, a prince of 

 peace; he hath preserved his subjects, during his reign, in 

 peace both within and without, Touching the benevolence, 

 I leave it to others.&quot; 



