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His Education in the Inns of Court, his con­stant Practice as a Councellor, and his Experience as a Judge (considered with the mischief he has done) makes it appear, that this Progress of his through the Law, has been like that of a diligent Spie through a Country, into which he meant to conduct an Enemy.

To let you see he did not offend for company; there is one Crime so peculiar to himself, and of such malignity, that it makes him at once unca­pable of your Lordships favour, and his own sub­sistence incompatible with the right and propriety of the Subject: for if you leave him in a capacity of interpreting the Laws; has he not already de­clar'd his opinion, That your Votes and Resoluti­ons against Ship-money are void, and that it is not in the power of a Parliament, to abolish that Judg­ment? To him, my Lords, that has thus play'd with the power of Parliament, we may well ap­ply what was once said to the Goat browsing on the Vine.

He has cropt and infring'd the Priviledges of a banish'd Parliament; but now it is returned, he may find it has power enough to make a Sacrifice of him, to the better establishment of our Laws:and