The country-mans counsellour, or, Every man made his own lawyer. Plainly shewing the nature, and offices of all courts as Kings bench, common pleas, chancery, exchequer, marshalsey, &c. VVith the just feas for all vvrits & proceedings in each court; allowed and established by act of Parliament. As also how to sue a man to the out-lawry, or to reverse the same: to pass a fine'er recovery, to sue an attorney or clerk, to get an injunctionin chanciry to stop your advercsaries proceedings at law, to sue in forma pauperis, &c. VVith approved presidents, and easie directions for all persons, how to make according to law, bonds, bills, acquittances, general releases, letters of attorney, bills of sale, vvills, &c. work most useful to all persons, the like not extant, and now published for a general good. With allowance / by H. R.

The high Court of Chancery.

THe nature of this court is to moderate the exact rigours of Law, & therefore is called a court of Epuity; as if a man have by negligence or necessity forfeited a bond of 200 l. by not pay∣ing

100 l. on the precise day, according to the con∣dition, or Land Mortgaged, of great value, for not paying some small sum borrowed on it; Here you may enforce such over-reaching Misers to take on∣ly their due debt, interest, and charges, and there∣upon cansel the Bond, or reconvey the Estate Mort∣gaged: and the like in a thousand other cases.

The proceedings are here by English bill, where∣in the complainant setteth forth his grievance, mak∣ing use of what suggestions his counsel thinks fit to pump and winnow out the truth from his Adver∣sary; who is bound to answer thereunto strictly in all points upon his Oath, and if he boggle or refuse so to do, must pay costs for insufficient answers.

Your first process is a subpaena, which costs 3 s. and must be serv'd by delivering it to the Defen∣dant, or leaveing it under seal at his Habitation; of which, Oath (Affidavit they call it) must be made; and then if he do not appear, there goes a Writ to Arrest him, called an attachment, and so if he stand out in contempt, a Writ of Rebellion, and at last a Serjeant at arms; the Defendant must appear by one of the Clerks of the six Clerks office, whose Fee every Term is ten Groats; but if there be twenty Plaintiffs in a Bill, they all pay but one Fee; after the Defendant hath put in his Answer, the Plaintiff replies; and then they examine Wit∣nesses, and so the cause comes to a Hearing,

and what the Court determines therein, is called, The Decree.

Fees in Chancery.

For all copies of Bills, & answers, every sheet conteyning 15 lines.	0	00	9
For an Attachment	0	03	4
For breaking it up with the She∣riff, and his VVarrant	0	02	4
For a Commission of Rebellion	0	18	8
For swearing every Affidavit	0	01	0
For drawing up of an Order up∣on a motion to the Register, for the first side	0	03	0
For every other side	0	01	6
Entring the same, every side	0	00	6
For a Decretal Order, the Fees are the same, only for the word De∣cree you pay more	0	18	6
For fileing every Affidavit or report	0	0	8
For the solliciters termly fee.	0	6	8

Suits in Chancery are often brought to stop pro∣ceedings at Law; which is done by a writ called an Injunction, strictly chargeing the Defendant (that is the plaintiff at common Law) not to go on there, but suffer the cause to be decided in this Court; this Injunction is thus obtained: when you have fill'd your Bill, if the Defendant do not ap∣pear

or answer in due time, (that is within the space of eight days) then the court will of course grant you an Injunction: but if he do answer, your Counsel must move for it from the equity and merits of your cause, or in some cases by of∣fering to lodge the money in dispute in Court till the hearing of the cause? The fees of an Injunction in all are 1 l. — 4 s. — 6.