Lawyers vnmask'd, or, A discovery of their matchless villanies, intolerable oppressions, and most accursed practizes in perverting the known lawes of England from summons to an illegall capias for debt by which is discovered the great benefit and freedome that will accrew to the people of the common wealth by the reformation of that destructive law : with an appeale to the present power for regulating the law / by John Jones of Neyath in Com. Brecon, Gent. ...

A Case concerning a matter of Ju∣stice.

TO the premises I must add another Case of no less per∣spicuitie and manifestation of our Lawyer's actions, then the former, briefly thus; A Gentle∣man of Drurie-lane, ever faith∣ful to the Parlament's service, and an adventurer of his life and for∣tunes therein, imparted for their use and the Common-wealths, 3600 l readie monie, upon con∣dition to bee repaied, with law∣ful consideration, in convenient time, to supply his own occasi∣ons, much subject to oppressions and injuries offered unto him by Lawyers, and their Clients; in

which respect it pleased the Par∣lament to take him into their protection, which hee conceiveth Lawyers sitting Members in the Hous, advised or consented to bee don, and granted as a lawful and just thing; or had it been otherwise, would have advised the contrarie, and never consent∣ed to the same. Now the Gen∣tleman (having received none of his monie, nor any consideration for any part thereof, is forced to borrow monie upon hard terms, of Use, and other Engagements, to buie his Leases late held of the Bishoprick of Elie, to pre∣vent others to deprive him there∣of, beeing his main subsistance,) can have no benefit of his pro∣tection, from any of them that granted it, or of those Courts wherein they are imploied, and eminently autorised; and the Gentleman and his Estate daily and unduly questioned, yet desi∣reth

hee no more then his own, to defend himself from injustice, or to bee protected therefrom, until hee hath his own, and ju∣stice with it, or for it; or that hee may bee satisfied how neces∣sarie it is, or can bee to this Par∣lament and Common-wealth, or either to have these men, these Counsellors, these Advisers, or rather Devisers of frauds, and subtleties to delude Truth and Justice, that will counsel, advise, devise, or consent things to bee granted, which they will not justifie to bee performed by them∣selvs, (except that as in cases of common concernment, wherein the partie most suffering ought to have negation from all) Strata∣gemes are tolerable in war, con∣tinued or tolerated in place or power, to mis-guide Parla∣ments, as their predecessors have don Kings in times of peace, or to bee sole Judges or Interpreters

of their own inventions; no less dangerous to this Repub∣lick, and their Estates, then the Exposition of Papistical Impo∣stures, while it was left to the autors, was to our predecessors and their souls. All which is humbly submitted to your Ho∣nor's further consideration, with the rest as aforesaid; by the same

Your Honor's faithful servant, and observant, Jo. Jones.