...and council of many profitable and good members by means thereof. " XIV. By the powerfulnefs of fome minifters of ftate in this kingdom, the parliament...near to ruin and deftruction : And the farmers of cuftoms, cuftomers, waiters, fearchers clerks of unwarrantable proceedings, purfuivants and gaolers,...

...profitable and good member?, by means thereof. 14thly. That by the powerfulness of some ministers of state in this kingdom, the parliament in its members and actions hath not its natural freedom. 15thly. That the fees taken in all the courts of justice in this kingdom, both ecclesiastical and civil,...