they Commence serjeants, and are made in this manner the first day of a terme. They walk two and two in their Gowns from y^e Temple to Westminster Hall where Each that is designed for serjeants stand with their Back to y^e Barr of the Court at a Little distance, y^e puny judge on the Bench sayes to the Lord Chief Justice, my Lord I think I spye a Brother; the Lord Chief Justice replies truly Brother I thinke its soe indeed, send and bring him up to be examined whether capable or well quallify’d; w^{ch} is done and after severall questions he is sworn and has a Coiffe put on his head, which is a black satten Cap w^{th} a white Lace or Edge round y^e bottom and thus he is received into their number and soe returned. They have a feast and pay their fees which is considerable all to maintain the Court out of such as are sergeants. The king makes judges and gives them salleryes; all the judges doe weare scarlet robes Lined with furr. These twelve judges sitt in the House of Lords on wooll packs, not as peers but as Councellors to informe the house of what is their former Laws, and to decide matters that Come before them if relating to the Law, and soe are only their officers and Cannot put on their Caps without permission of y^e Lords. There is alsoe another Court for justice w^{ch} is Called the Court of Equity or Chancery. The other Courts properly Judges of the matters of Right by Law this as to the Equitty of it, w^{ch} is managed by a Lord Chancellor or a Lord Keeper, w^{ch} is not in soe high a station nor at so vast expence, but answers the Ends of the other as to the Buissness—is Called Lord Keeper because he keepes the great seale of England w^{ch} makes all authentick that passes it. This sometymes is managed in Commision by three, but many tymes by one single person, he allwayes sitts in the house of Lords alsoe and is y^e speaker of y^e house of Lords. Under him there is the Master of the Roles w^{ch} is his deputy and in the others absence acts in the Court as Chiefe. This Court keeps all the Records and statutes, there are two registers belongs to it with six masters which are alsoe the under justices, and six Clerks w^{ch} have all their Respective offices and Enter all things. Under them is the 60 Clerks and other under writers. This formerly was the best Court to relieve the subject but now is as Corrupt as any and as dilatory. The Causes in the Chancery are heard and Refferr’d to some of the masters and they report the matter againe, and soe from the notion of this being a Court of Equitty and so gives Liberty for persons to make all the allegation and reasons in their Cause, which much delayes y^e dispatch, which formerly was of a very good advantage to prevent a huddling up a Cause without allowing tyme for y^e partys to produce their evidences or Right, but now by that meanes is soe ill managed that it admitts of heareing, Re-heareing over and over on the Least motion of y^e Contrary party,