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 another, and then sent to the Sheriff, who must make out a Warrant, and deliver it to his Under officers; who must arrest the Defendant, take a Bail bond to the Sheriff, and after Bail given to the Action, the Plaintiff must declare, to which the Defendant may plead almost what he pleases for Delay; and if he pleads to Issue, (which is the fairest can be expected) there must be Issue joined, a Record sealed, and sent down to the Assizes, a Ven. and Distringas to return the Jury, Notice of Tryal to the Defendant, a Tryal had, the Verdict returned upon the Postea, Judgment entered, Execution sued out and delivered to the Sheriff, and a Warrant from him to his Under officer to levy it.

Now I don't calumniate this Process for recovery of Debts, nor did I ever hear the Lawyers complain of this as a Burthen to the People. But why of all troubles the trouble of a Registry should be only grievous, I can't tell, unless because it puts an End to Strife: Is it such a mighty trouble for an Attorneys Clerk, when he is to enter up a Judgment, to step into the Registry and leave an Entry made of it? and is it such a great trouble for a Man when he has sealed a Deed to go to the Register to acknowledge it?