12.
Thou madest vs forget the fayth of our profession,[114]
When sergeants wee were sworne to serue the common lawe,
Which was, that in no point wee should make digression[115]
From approued principles, in sentence nor in sawe:
But wee vnhappy wightes[116] without all dread and awe
Of the judge eternall, for worlde’s vaine promotion,
More to man then God did beare our whole deuotion.[117]
13.
The lawes wee did interprete[118] and statutes of the land,