Ho so by Lawe is iudged, and the offence proued,
there is no excuse in the malefactour, nor suspicion
seing that, accordyng to lawe, the fact is punished,
and as Demosthenes saieth, twoo thynges moued
the wise Elders to make Lawes, that the wicked should bee
hindered, and cutte of from their purpose, and that good men
seyng by a lawe, the actes of pestiferous men kepte vnder, by
the terrour of them, are afraied to commit the like facte. This
was euen accordyng to lawe. The terrible sentence of a law
executed, vpon moste wicked persones, doe kepe vnder many
a mischiuous enterprise, whiche through the dolefull and la-
mentable ende of the wicked, doe driue and force all other to
all godlines.
¶ Iuste.
He accuser by Lawe and Iudge, is able to defende
hymself, whē his cause is ended accordyng to law.
Uertue thereby vpholded, when by order of lawe,
vice is condempned. The malifactour hath no ex-
cuse, all staie and colour remoued, the accuser by iuste Lawe
pleateth, when the law is thereby supported and saued. And
herein a greate parte of Iustice is placed, when the fauour of
the Iudge or frendship, is onely on the cause, the persone nec-
lected, that is Iustice, to giue to euery one his owne.
¶ Profitable.
T must be profitable to the whole bodie of the com-
mon wealthe, when by the Iustice of godlie lawes,
vertue is in high price aduaunced, vice by the open
sentence, and manifeste profe conuicted, the malefa-
ctour shall be knowen, the sincere and godlie deliuered, and
from tyme to tyme maintained. Lawes as thei be vniuersall
so thei openlie ought to giue sentence.
¶ Possible.
Hen without lawe to procede, and iudgemente of
the Magistrate, as Solon did in this lawe, it were
not possible, any common wealthe to florishe ther-
by. Therefore in Iudgemente ought the cause of
euery one to be pleated and examined, that thereby all suspi-
cion, & greuous enormitées, maie be put of. Uice is not there-
fore tolerated, because for a tyme, Iudgemente ceaseth, but
hereupon vices are more depely rooted out, all people know-
yng the determinacion of the lawe, and the manifest sentēce
of the Iudge heard. A terrour ensueth to al malefactours and
pestiferous men, good men are incensed to all godlines, whē
vice by Lawe is condempned, cutte of, and destroied. Good
menne by Lawe and aucthoritée, vpholded and maintained.