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of the people, their times indeed not being &quot; horse 

 juridical ;&quot; and, which is the main, they would have 

 fhe more leisure to inform themselves, &quot;, quasi aliud 

 agentes,&quot; of the true estate of the country. 



10. The attendance of the sheriffs of the coun 

 ties, accompanied with the principal gentlemen, in a 

 comely, not a costly equipage, upon the judges of 

 assize at their coming to the place of their sitting, 

 and at their going out, is not only a civility, but 

 of use also : it raiseth a reverence to the persons and 

 places of the judges, who coming from the king him 

 self on so great an errand, should not be neg 

 lected. 



11. If any sue to be made a judge, for my own 

 part, I should suspect him : but if either directly or 

 indirectly he should bargain for a place of judica 

 ture, let him be rejected with shame ; &quot; Vendere 

 jure potest, emerat ille prius.&quot; 



12. When the place of a chief judge of a court 

 becomes vacant, a puisne judge of that court, or of 

 another court, who hath approved himself fit and 

 deserving, should be sometimes preferred ; it would 

 be a good encouragement for him, and for others by 

 his example. 



13. Next to the judge, there would be care used 

 in the choice of such as are called to the degree of 

 Serjeants at law, for such they must be first before 

 they be made judges; none should be made Serjeants 

 but such as probably might be held fit to be judges 

 afterwards, when the experience at the bar hath 

 fitted them for the bench : therefore by all means 



