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 poterunt Reformari. Quo recte concludi poteſt, quod omnes Leges Regni illius Optimæ ſunt in actu vel potentiâ, quo faciliter in actum duci poterunt & in Eſſentiam realem. Ad quod faciendum, quoties æquitas id popoſcerit, ſinguli Reges ibidem Sacramento aſtringuntur, ſolemniter præſtito tempore receptionis Diadematis ſui.” Neither do the Laws of England allow in Law-ſuits frivolous and fruitleſs Delays. And if in this Kingdom Delays in Pleas which are not to the purpoſe ſhould be uſed, they may in every Parliament be cut off. Yea, and all other Laws uſed in the Realm, when they Halt or are Defective in any point, they may in every Parliament be ſet to Rights. Whereupon it may be rightly Concluded, that the Laws of England are the Beſt in the World, either Actually or Potentially, ſince they can eaſily be brought into Act or Being. To the performance whereof, as often as Equity ſo requireth, Every King is bound by an Oath ſolemnly taken at the time of receiving his Crown.

Out of this laſt Paſſage I will not trouble you with any more Obſervations than theſe;

Firſt, That Parliaments are the Remedy againſt Delays in Law Proceedings: But how if Parliaments themſelves ſhould be Delayed? Secondly,