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~ ‘The allowances which are made to her 
€ounfeli learneds are fo finall, that in pol- 
licie. it were more fitt to be augmented 
then diminifhed, the fmallines of their fti- 
pend not yelding now competent maynte- 
nance to them of that worthines who 
thould there ferve her Majeftie, & for that 
fervice foregoe all pra€tize of the lawe 
eHewhere, which want-of reward is dain- 
gerouse for difcurraging men of ftiffici- 
ency, & for cerruption of fuch who feele 
the fmarte of poverty. 
‘Therefore if by the exempting thefe 
marcher fhires, neyther the number of 
€ounfeilors nor Officers wilbe fhortned 
nor the allowance now made any whit 
feffened, how -much will the fame occa- 
fon her Majefties benefitt fhall wee thinke 
that the giving of this defired liberty will 
eaufe an increafe of loyaity in the fub- 
jects of thofe parts ; will their difpoficions 
when they return unto that ftate that 
they were in before the erecting of that 
Counfell, beother then it had been. Was 
there before ‘good caufe to put thofe 
fhires under the government of that 
€ouncell, and is there noe caufe to con- 
tynue it. 
» But you will fay it is a burthen to 
thofe fhires, why then fhould Wales en- 
dure it, are they not fubje&ts to one Sove- 
ratene, & therefore why fhould not all be 
partakers of the like goodnefs? 
For if the governement of the Coun- 
cell be greeivous to the marches, it can- 
mot be comodious to Wales. 
‘Therefore, in my opinion, wch I fub- 
mit to better judgemt, it is no policie 
that the Welfhmen fhould fynde them- 
felyves- more awed and bridled, or leffe 
tendered then other {ubjects, for as they 
are a people apt to acknowledge any kynd- 
nefs, foe-are they by nature impatyent to 
endure any thing wch they fhall conceave to 
be done for diftrufting them, or for cen- 
fempt of them. 
And foe; to fpeak truly, if it be 
neediul to contynue a Countell in Wales, 
it isnot fit to take it from the Marches, 
for in thefe dayes though the.offences of 
the Marcher men are neither fewer in 
number, nor ‘in'‘qualitie more tolerable, 
ben thofe done in Wales, and that in 
tymes paft the Marcher men have focner 
yelded to governement, did not proceed 
that they were in difpofition better then 
the Welfhmen; but becaufe the plain- 
nefle of their country yelded better, and 
eafer means to fupprefs them. | 
* Yet af it fhalbe yelded that'a Marcher 
man ought to “be better efteemed & 
more favoured, notwthitanding the cauie 
Speech of Sir Robert Cecil, relative to the Marches. - {Sups 
entended. is moit perillous, and greater rea- 
fon to retayne them as they are that 
all- differences of language, euftomes, 
& difpocicions may be reconciled by the 
communion of laws’ and government as 
the only finewes by whch thefe diverfe 
members maybe united into the fame 
body. ; 
For this reafon (as I thinke) the Kings 
of this Realme named that Counfell the 
Counfell in the Marches, and appoynted 
houfes tor their refidence only in the 
Marches: ak 
Now if thefe Shires fhalbe exempted; 
where fhali the Couneell contynue, Lud- 
low caftle is in Shropfhire, Ticknell houfe 
in Worcefterfuire; noe houfe of her Ma- 
jeftie in all Wales, to my knowledge, fitt 
fer this purpefe, foe that not only the difs 
contentment of the Wefhmen fhall be ha- 
zarded, which in this tyme is not conve+ 
nient, the principality ef Wales fhortened 
in dominion, by taking from it all thofe 
Marchef Shires, and new houfes muft_be 
builded, or old houfes (to her Majefties 
great charge, for the Councells aboade) 
repayred, or ele thefe Shires muft conty- 
nue as they now are. t 
But lett ail thefe inconveniencies be 
fergotten. Let not the mychiefes be re- 
membred which will enfue, the Welth- 
men’s repayers into thefe Marcher Shires, 
to avoyd punifhment. wip 
Let Marcher Shires be yelded free 
from being receptacles of popifh & dif- 
loyal fubjeé&ts, who would to God were 
not there to much harbored. 
Let it be noe prejudice to her Majef= 
tie to have thofe Shires exempted from 
that jurifdidtion, which the wifdome of 
parliament have thought meete to be ef- 
tablifhed in thofe parts more abfolute 
then elfewhere in this land. 
Let there be noe reafon to: dany what is 
fought, if it may be for the eafe of thofe 
Shires only if this motion prove not 
alone prejudiciall to the publique ftate 
but hurtfull to thefe private Shires, then 
let it be confidered what doth occafion ~ 
this fuite. 
Firft, ifit be not for the good of the 
countrey, then muft it of neceffitie bee 
becauie their fuites (for fuites they ftilk 
will have) may be ended elfewhere with 
leffe charges, & in fhorter tyme. 
The court of the Counfell in the 
Marches ordinarily houldeth plea but of 
fach caufes which are receaved into the 
Coutts of Chancery, Star-chamber or Re- 
quefts, with fome other pleas & caufes li- 
mitted by the inftruCions, how longe iudtes 
depend-in thef courts before they are end- 
