[ 530] The Magistrate is to do Iustice and Right.
IT was a shame for Caesar to confess,* 1.1 Melior causa Cassii, sed denegare Bruto nihil possum; And Henry the Emperor (the seventh of that name) is much tax∣ed in story,* 1.2 for that being appealed unto by a couple of Lawyers, who contended about the Soveraignty of the Empire, they first making the agreement betwixt them∣selves, that he for whom the Emperor should give sentence, should win a horse of his fellow Lawyer; Now the Emperor fairly pronounced truth to be on his side, that spake most for his power and Authority, whereupon this Proverb was taken up,* 1.3 Alter respondet aequum, sed alter habet equum, The one hath the right on his side, but the other rides the horse; Thus it is, that partiality perverteth right, and corrupteth Iudgement, whereas the Law is plain, you shall have no respect of persons in Judgement,* 1.4&c. And the Apostles charge unto Timothy is, that he do nothing 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. by titing the ballance on one side.