Compare 1587 edition: 1 And amongſt other enormities, which he vn|derſtoode to be vſed in maner through al his coũ|treys, this (as hee thought was moſt greeuous, that the huſbandmen, and other commons of the Countrey, being euil intreated and miſuſed at the gentlemens handes, durſt not complaine, nor procure any redreſſe: by reaſon whereof, when they were oppreſſed or ſuffered any manner of wrong or iniurie,A goodly or|denance deui|ſed by Con|ranus for re|liefe of his commons. they were without remedie to haue the ſame reformed, he ordeyned therefore, that the names of al ſuch offenders, with the ma|ner of their offences ſhoulde bee ſecretly regiſtred in a booke euerie yeare, by certaine Inquiſitours thereto choſen and appoynted, and if it chaunced that thoſe which were thus accuſed, might after|wardes be founde guiltie before the kings Iuſti|ces by matter plainly proued agaynſt them, they ſhoulde then be ſure to bee puniſhed according to the meaſure of their offences.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This cuſtome of accuſations, commonlye called mo [...]tements, continueth euen vnto theſe our dayes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Conranus himſelfe (as [...] reported)The king pre|ſent at Aſsiſes. vſed much to be preſent at Aſſyſes and Seſſions, to ſee the laid as they [...], either [...] to paſſe the time in hunting within ſome Forte [...] or thoſe, [...]ere to the place where his Iuſtices [...].