The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…

M. And are all we Fools that never Studied the Law, fit to Answer all those Questions by an Oath, which you that are a Lawyer cannot Answer by Discourse? will you become abler to Answer them, when we have Sworn them? If you were at a loss about a Law Case in Westminster-Hall, would you set all the Country and City Householders that are Ignorant, to decide it by Swearing which side is right? were it not wiser to cast lots to determine it? And have those Men Humanity and Conscience, and do they believe there is a God, that will Swear that of such Law Cases, which Lawyers profess to be too hard for them, and which they are disagreed in as a common Controversy in all Lands. And I pray you, why are Nations so solicitous to have Laws for their Security, if a Chancellor be above them all, and by a Commission may cast them off at his pleasure?

M. And are all we Fools that never Studied the Law, fit to Answer all those Questions by an Oath, which you that are a Lawyer cannot Answer by Discourse? will you become abler to Answer them, when we have Sworn them? If you were at a loss about a Law Case in Westminster-Hall, would you set all the Country and City Housholders that are Ignorant, to decide it by Swearing which side is right? were it not wiser to cast lots to determine it? And have those Men Humanity and Conscience, and do they believe there is a God, that will Swear that of such Law Cases, which Lawyers profess to be too hard for them, and which they are disagreed in as a common Controversie in all Lands. And I pray you, why are Nations so sollicitous to have Laws for their Security, if a Chancellor be above them all, and by a Commission may cast them off at his pleasure?

L. We do not say the Chancellor may do it, but the King.

M. Doth not the Chancellor keep the Seal? and must we not take them for the Kings Commissions which he sealeth.