Mr. Nichols, of Eastwell in Kent, wrote a booke which he called the Plea of Innocents;[127] wherin it seemes he hath taken vpon him the defense of Puritans more then he ought, for I heard that he is deprived, and must be degraded for it, besides imprisonment and perpetuall silence, before the High Commissioners at Lambeth.
Women, because they cannot have their wills when they dye, they will have their wills while they live.
27.Dum spero pereo. (J. Couper's motto.)
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John Sweete: wee shine to:—a companie of stars about the moone. (His devise.)
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27 Nov. 1602.There were called to the bar by parliament, Shurland, Branstone, Bradnum, Bennet, Gibbes, Jeanor, Rivers, Paget, Horton, and Crue.
The diuine, the lawyer, and the physicion must all have these three things, reason, experience, and autority, but eache in a severall degree; the diuine must begin with the autoritie of scripture, the lawyer rely upon reason, and the physicion trust to experience.
The happiest lyfe that I can fynd,
Is sweete content in a setled mynd.
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Serjeant Harris, standing on day at the common place barr with the other sergeants, and hauing scarce clients enough to hold motion,—"They talke of a call of sergeants," said he, "but for ought I can see wee had more neede of a call of clients."