Fathers and Sons.

1. IT hath ever been the way for Fa∣thers, to bind their Sons, to strengthen this by the Law of the Land: every one at Twelve Years of Age is to take the Oath of Allegiance in Court-Leets, whereby he swears Obedience to the King.

Fines.

1. THe old Law was, that when a Man was Fin’d, he was to be Fin’d Salvo Con∣teneniento, so as his Countenance might be safe, taking Countenance in the same sense as your Country-Man does, when he says, if you will come unto my House, I will shew you the best Countenance I can, that is not the best Face, but the best Entertain∣ment. The meaning of the Law was, that so much should be taken from a Man, such a Cobbet sliced off, that yet not with∣standing he might live in the same Rank and Condition he lived in before; but now they fine Men ten times more than they are worth.