Chapman, George / Shirley, James · published 1639 · first performed or written 1612 [1611-1613; revised by Shirley and licensed for stage, Apr 29, 1635] (Annals) tragedy · Unknown · Phoenix/Cockpit unassigned nearest T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi · 496 words
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I will not doubt that blessing, and shall move Nimbly with this command. Did you believe the Chancellor had been So foul? he's lost toth' people, what contempts They throw upon him? but we must be wise. Were there no other guilt, his malice shëwed Upon the Admiral, in orebearing justice, Would well deserve a sentence. And a deep one. If please your Lordships to remember that Was specially commended by the King, As being most blemish to his royal person, And the free justice of his state. Already He has confessed upon his examinations Enough for censure, yet to obey form— Mr. Advocate if you please— I am ready for your Lordships: It hath been said, and will be said again, and may truly be justified, Omnia ex lite fieri. It was the position of Philosophers, and now proved by a more Phylosophycall sect, the Lawyers, that Omnia ex lite fiant, we are all made by Law, made I say, and worthily if we be just, if we be un just, marred, though in marring some, there is necessity of making others, for if one shall by the Law, ten to one but another is exalted by the execution of the Law, since the corruption of one must conclude the generation of another, though not always in the same profession; the corruption of an Apothecary, may be the generation of a Doctor of Physic; the corruption of a Citizen may beget a Courtier, & a Courtier may very well beget an Alderman, the corruption of an Alderman may be the generation of a Country justice, whose corrupt ignorance easily may beget a tumult, a tumult may beget a Captain, and the corruption of a Captain may beget a Gentleman-usher, and a Gentleman-usher may beget a Lord, whose wit may beget a Poet, and a Poet may get a thousand pound a year, but nothing without corruption. Good Mr. Advocate be pleased to leave all digressions, and speak of the Chancellor. Your Lordship doth very seasonably premonish, and I shall not need to leave my subject corruption, while I discourse of him, who is the very fen and stygian abyss of it, five thousand and odd hundred foul and impious corruptions, for I will be brief; have been found by several examinations, and by oaths proved against this odious and polluted Chancellor, a man of so tainted, and contagious a life, that it is a miracle any man enjoyeth his nostrils, that hath lived within the sent of his offices; he was borne with teeth in his head, by an affidavit of his Midwife, to note his devouring, and hath one toe on his left foot crooked, and in the form of an eagle's talon, to foretell his rapacity: What shall I say? branded, marked, and designed in his birth for shame and obloquy, which appeareth further by a mole under his right ear, with only three Witches hairs in't, strange and ominous predictions of nature.
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I will not doubt that bleſſing, and ſhall move Nimbly with this command. Did you beleeve the Chancellor had beene So foule? Hee's loſt toth' people, what contempts They throw upon him? but we muſt be wiſe. Were there no other guilt, his malice ſhëw'd Vpon the Admirall, in orebearing juſtice, Would well deſerve a ſentence. And a deepe one. If pleaſe your Lordſhips to remember that Was ſpecially commended by the King, As being moſt blemiſh to his royall perſon, And the free juſtice of his ſtate. Already He has confeſt upon his examinations Enough for ſenſure, yet to obey forme— Mr. Advocate if you pleaſe— I am ready for your Lordſhips: It hath beene ſaid, and will be ſaid agen, and may truely be juſtified, Omnia ex lite fieri. It was the poſition of Philoſophers, and now proved by a more Phyloſophycall ſect, the Lawyers, that Omnia ex lite fiant, we are all made by Law, made I ſay, and worthily if we be juſt, if we be un juſt, marr'd, though in marring ſome, there is neceſſitie of making others, for if one ſall by the Law, tenne to one but another is exalted by the execution of the Law, ſince the corruption of one muſt conclude the generation of another, though not alwayes in the ſame profeſſion; the corruption of an Apothecary, may be the generation of a Doctor of Phyſicke; the corruption of a Citizen may beget a Courtier, & a Courtier may very well beget an Alderman, the corruption of an Alderman may be the generation of a Country Iuſtice, whoſe corrupt ignorance eaſily may beget a tumult, a tumult may beget a Captaine, and the corruption of a Captaine may beget a Gentleman-Vſher, and a Gentleman-Vſher may beget a Lord, whoſe wit may beget a Poet, and a Poet may get a thouſand pound a yeare, but nothing without corruption. Good Mr. Advocate be pleaſed to leave all digreſſions, and ſpeake of the Chancellor. Your Lordſhip doth very ſeaſonably premoniſh, and I ſhall not neede to leave my ſubject corruption, while I diſcourſe of him, who is the very fenne and ſtigian abiſſe of it, five thouſand and odde hundred foule and impious corruptions, for I will be briefe; have beene found by ſeverall examinations, and by oathes prov'd againſt this odious and polluted Chancelor, a man of ſo tainted, and contagious a life, that it is a miracle any man enjoyeth his noſtrills, that hath lived within the ſent of his offices; he was borne with teeth in his head, by an affidavit of his Midwife, to note his devouring, and hath one toe on his left foote crooked, and in the forme of an Eagles talon, to foretell his rapacitie: What ſhall I ſay? branded, mark'd, and deſign'd in his birth for ſhame and obloquie, which appeareth further by a mole under his right eare, with only three Witches haires int, ſtrange and ominous predictions of nature.