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BVt now as touching the Chan∣cellor, (because I purpose to ••peake of him and his Court some∣••hat more largely) it shall not be ••misse, first to derive his Name, then ••o divide his Authoritie and Office; ••nd after that, to search for the be∣••••nning of him, and his Court: and ••••stly, to speake a word or twaine of the Equitie by which he is said to ••••le his Sentence.
* 1.1Our French word Chancellier, is fetched from the Latine, Cancello∣rius; and that, from cancello; and they all three framed out of the Greeke 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; which signifieth pro∣perly, to make Lattises, Grates, o•• Crosse-barres, to enclose any thing withall; and metaphorically, to bound and containe any thing within cer∣taine barres and limits.
And out of these two significati∣ons, two principall parts of his Of∣fice doe issue: For after the simili∣tude to those crossed Barres or Lat∣tises, he is said to cancell, deface, o•• make void a Record, because the va∣cat thereof is done, by drawing cer∣taine crosse lines Lattise-wise with his Pen over it; whereby it is so inclosed and shut up, that from thenceforth no exemplifications thereof may be given abroad.
And likewise in his Court of Equi∣tie, he doth (when the Case requi∣reth)
so cancell and shut up the rigour of the generall Law, that it shall not breake forth to the hurt of some one singular Case and person.
The name of Chancel∣lor, Caro. Steph. in Dictionar. Latinograec. ex Budaei vigiliis.