“The King to the Sheriff, Health. I command you that, without delay, you deliver possession to _M._ of so much land in such a Vill, of which there was a suit in my Court, between him and _R._; because the Seisin of such Land is adjudged to the said _M._ in my Court, for the default of _R._ Witness, &c.” CHAP. XVIII. If any one desire to cast the _Essoin de infirmitate de Reseantisâ_, he may thrice do it.[64] Yet should the Essoiner, on the third day preceding that appointed, at a proper place, and before a proper person, present his Essoin. If, on the third summons, the Tenant appear not, the Court should direct, that it may be seen whether his indisposition amount to a languor,[65] or not. For this purpose, let the following Writ issue directed to the Sheriff. [Footnote 64: “_And by two Essoiners_,” according to Cotton. and Dr. Milles’s MSS.] [Footnote 65: Skene explains a languor by “a vehement sickness of body, or of mind.” (Reg. Maj. L. 1. c. 8.)] CHAP. XIX. “The King to the Sheriff, Health. I command you that, without delay, you send four lawful men[66] of your County to see of the infirmity of which _B._ hath essoined himself in my Court, against _R._ be a languor or not. And, if they perceive that it is a languor, then, that they should put to him a day of one year and one day, from the day of the view, to appear before me, or my justices, or that he send a sufficient Attorney to answer for him. And if they see that it be not a languor, then, that they put him a certain day, on which he shall appear, or send a sufficient Attorney to answer for him. And Summon, by good Summoners, the aforesaid four Knights, that they be then there to testify their view, and the day they put him; and have there the summoners and this Writ. Witness, &c.” It should be observed, that two Essoiners, at least, are necessary to cast this Essoin. [Footnote 66: The text is _Homines_. The Translator submits that it should be _milites_, a reading warranted by the latter part of this very writ; and authorised by the concurring testimony of Bracton, Fleta, Grand Custum. of Norm. &c. See also chapter 28. of the present Book—where, a similar object being in view, four _Knights_ are directed to be sent.] CHAP. XX. It should also be remarked, that the two first essoins may be cast _de infirmitate veniendi_, and the third _de reseantisâ_. Should that course be adopted, the Court should send to ascertain, whether the indisposition amount to a languor, or not. If, however, the two first essoins should be _de reseantisâ_, and the third _de infirmitate veniendi_, it shall be ordered as if they were all _de infirmitate veniendi_, because the judgment must always follow the nature of the last essoin. CHAP. XXI.