NOTE DDD. 



In the year 1619, this tract was translated by Sir Arthur Georges. Prefixed 

 to the work are two letters ; the one to the Earl of Salisbury, the other to the 

 University of Cambridge, which Georges omits, and dedicates his translation to 

 the high and illustrious Princess the Lady Elizabeth of Great Britain, Duchess 

 of Baviare, Countess Palatine of Rheine, and Chief Electress of the Empire. 



This translation, it should be noted, was published during the life of Lord 

 Bacon by a great admirer of his works. 



The editions of this work with which I am acquainted are : 



Year. Language. Printer. Place. Size. 



1609 Latin R. Barker London 12mo. 



1617 Ditto T.Bill Ditto Ditto. 



1619 English Ditto Ditto Ditto. 



1620 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto. 



1633 Latin F. Maire Lug. Bat Ditto. 



1634 Ditto F. Kingston... London Ditto. 



1638 Latin E. Griffin London Folio. 



1691 Ditto H. Weston.... Amsterdam ... 12mo. 



1804 French H. Frantin .... Dijon 8vo. 



NOTE DDD. 



Proof of the increase of business in the Court of Chancery. 

 This note is divided into two parts : 



First. Proof of the assertion that the business of the court had increased to 



this uncontrolable extent. 

 Secondly. The remedies of this evil. 



First. Proof that the business of the court had increased. 



That the business of the court had, in the time of Lord Bacon, so increased 

 as to require additional power to subdue it, appears ; 1st, from the considera 

 tion that the science of equity had been increasing for years ; 2ndly, from the 

 complaints which, soon after were made in parliament, of which the following 

 extract from the Journals of the Commons in 1620 will exhibit a specimen. 



The parliament met on the 16th of Jan. 18 Jacobi, when various committees 

 were appointed. 



Sabbati, 17 Februarii, 18 Jacobi. 



Sir Edward Sackvyle reporteth from the committee for courts of justice, four 

 heads: 1. Interfering of courts. Against protections. That an ordinary course 

 in the court of Wards, where the principal dieth, his heir in ward, the surety 

 protected ; so that the party that lent in great danger to lose his money. 2dly. 

 Prosecutors for concealed wards, find an office in the remote parts of the 

 country. A lease of lands gotten before the party knew it. A travers will cost 

 100 marks : instance in Dayrell and Newdigate s case. 



2. The jurisdiction of courts, one pressing upon another. That at this time 

 one committed in the court of Wards, for not obeying the decree there, where 

 ordered against the ward : in the Chancery, ordered on the other part, and the 

 person in prison there. Master of the Rolls motion to have that determined by 

 private conference, or to be ordered by the king ; not here, where properly not 

 determinable. 



3. For fees : so great, as more cost to get an hearing set down of his cause 

 than the cause worth. That alleged, the fees not now much greater than forty 

 years sithence ; but many new officers in courts, who took much greater fees 

 than heretofore. 



4. For both the first grievances in the court of Wards j a bill against the 



