at this day. All consent civilly in a parliament; women are involved in the men, children in those of perfect age; those that are under forty shillings a year, in those that have forty shillings a year, those of forty shillings in the knights.

2. All things are brought to the parliament, little to the courts of justice: just as in a room where there is a banquet presented, if there be persons of quality there, the people must expect and stay till the great ones have done.

3. The parliament flying upon several men, and then letting them alone, does as a hawk that flies a covey of partridges, and when she has flown them a great way, grows weary and takes a tree; then the falconer lures her down, and takes her to his fist on they go again, heirett," up springs another covey, away goes the hawk, and as she did before, takes another tree, &c.

4. Dissenters in parliament may at length come to a good end, though first there be a great deal of do, and a great deal of noise, which mad wild folks make just as in brewing of wrest-beer, there's a great deal of business in grinding the malt, and that spoils any man's clothes that comes near it: then it must be mashed, then comes a fellow in and drinks of the wort, and he 's drunk; then they keep

a huge quarter when they carry it into the cellar; and a twelvemonth after 't is delicate fine beer.

5. It must necessarily be that our distempers are worse than they were at the beginning of the parliament. If a physician comes to a sick man, he lets him blood, it may be scarifies him, cups him, puts him into a great disorder, before he makes him well; and if he be sent for to cure an ague, and he finds his patient hath many diseases, a dropsy, and a palsy, he applies remedies to 'em all, which makes the cure the longer and the dearer this is the

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6. The parliament-men are as great princes as any in the world, when whatsoever they please is privilege of parliament; no man must know the number of their privileges, and whatsoever they dislike is breach of privilege. The duke of Venice is no more than speaker of the house of commons; but the senate at Venice are not so much as our parliament-men, nor have they that power over the people, who yet exercise the greatest tyranny that is any where. In plain truth, breach of privilege is only the actual taking away of a member of the house, the rest are offences against the house: for example, to take out process against a parliamentman, or the like.

7. The parliament party, if the law be for them, they call for the law; if it be against them, they will go to a parliamentary way; if no law be for them, then for law again: like him that first called for sack to heat him, then small drink to cool his sack, then sack again to heat his small drink, &c.

8. The parliament party do not play fair play, in sitting up till two of the clock in the morning, to vote something they have a mind to.

'Tis like a crafty gamester, that makes the company drunk, then cheats them of their money. Young men and infirm men go away. Besides, a man is not there to persuade other men to be of his mind, but to speak his own heart, and if it be liked, so, if not, there's an end.

PARSON.

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1. THOUGH We write "parson" differently, yet 't is but "

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person"; that is, the individual person set apart for the service of such a church; and 't is in Latin " persona," and personatus" is a parsonage. Indeed with the canon lawyers, "personatus" is any dignity or preferment in the church.

2. There never was a merry world since the fairies left dancing, and the parson left conjuring. The opinion of the latter kept thieves in awe, and did as much good in a country as a justice of peace.

PATIENCE.

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PATIENCE is the chiefest fruit of study. man that strives to make himself a different thing from other men by much reading, gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.

РЕАСЕ.

1. KING James was pictured going easily down a pair of stairs, and upon every step there was written, "peace, peace, peace." The wisest way for men in these times is to say nothing.

2. When a country-wench cannot get her butter to come, she says, the witch is in her churn. We have been churning for peace a great while, and 't will not come; sure the witch is in it.

3. Though we had peace, yet 't will be a great while ere things be settled. Though the wind lie, yet after a storm the sea will work a great while.

PENANCE.

PENANCE is only the punishment inflicted, not penitence, which is the right word: a man comes not to do penance because he repents him of his sin, but because he is compelled to it; he curses him, and could kill him that sends him thither. The old canons wisely enjoined three years' penance, sometimes more, because in that time a man got a habit of virtue, and so committed that sin no more for which he did penance.

PEOPLE.

1. THERE is not any thing in the world more abused than this sentence, "Salus populi suprema lex esto": for we apply it as if we ought to forsake the known law when it may be most for the advantage of the people, when it means no such thing. For first, 't is not "Salus po