[41] Revised Statutes, Ch. 23.

[42] Perry v. Dover, 12 Pick. R., 213.

[43] Hon. Richard Fletcher.

[44] Commonwealth v. Aves, 18 Pick. R., 210.

[45] Contrat Social, Liv. II. ch. 11.

[46] Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., Vol. IV. pp. 206, 207.

[47] Satiræ, Lib. I. iv. 85.

[48] 1 Samuel, xvi. 7.

[49] Mark, iv. 23, 25.

[50] Hon. George N. Briggs.