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composition, which is 

 commonly a trifle, and is 

 the other ground of the 

 smallness of the fine, it is 

 no doubt taken with an 

 equivocation : as taking 

 such a sum in name of a 

 composition, and some 

 greater matter by some in 

 direct or collateral mean. 

 Also,these fines, light 

 as they be, are seldom an 

 swered and put in process. 



2. An information goeth 2. The officer is to fol- 

 on to trial, and passeth low for the king, that the 

 for the king. In this case &quot; posteas&quot; be returned, 

 of recovery, the informer 

 will be satisfied, and will 

 take his whole moiety, 

 for that he accounts to be 

 no composition : that done, 

 none will be at charge to 

 return the &quot; postea,&quot; and to 

 procure judgment and ex 

 ecution for the king. For 

 the informer hath that he 

 sought for, the clerks will 

 do nothing without fees 

 paid, which there being 

 no man to prosecute, there 

 can be no man likewise 



