tents, That we will sit one Day in every Week
to hear Causes in Person._"

We have the like Testimony in _William Budaeus_, a very famous Man, and a
Principal Ornament of our Kingdom of _France_. For in his Annotations on
the _Pandects_ (where he treats of this very Argument, and inveighs
against this _Kingdom of Brawlers and Petty-Foggers_) he tells us, that
he finds in the Regal Commentaries of Venerable Antiquity, (the free
Perusal of which his Quality did intitle him to) "_That in the Reign of
the same King_ Lewis, [Anno 1230.] _several Controversies arose between
the King and the Earl of_ Britany; _And that by Consent (as 'tis
probable) of both Parties, a Camp-Court of Judicature was summoned to
meet at_ Erceniacum, _wherein sate as Judges, not Lawyers, Civilians and
Doctors, but Bishops, Earls, and Barons. And there the Earl of_ Britany
_was cast, and it was order'd that the Inhabitants of his County should
be absolved and freed from the Oath of Allegiance and fidelity, which
they had taken to him_. Again, in the same King's Reign, [Anno 1259.] _a
Dispute having arisen about the County of_ Clairmont _between the King
and the Earls of_ Poitou _and_ Anjou, _a Court of Judicature, composed
of the like Persons was appointed, wherein sat the Bishops and Abbots,
the General of the_ Dominicans, _the Constable, the Barons, and several_
Laicks. To this he subjoyns: _Yet there were two Parliaments called each
Year, at_ Christmas _and at_ Candlemas, _like as there are two_ Scacaria
_summoned in_ Normandy _at_ Easter _and at_ Michaelmas." Thus far
_Budaeus_; to whom agrees what we find in an ancient Book concerning the
_Institution of Parliaments_, wherein this Article is quoted out of the
_Constitution of Philip_ the 4th, Sirnamed the _Fair_ [ex Anno
1302.]--"_Moreover, for the Conveniency of our Subjects, and the
expeditious determining of Causes, we propose to have it enacted, that
two Parliaments shall be held every Year at_ Paris, _and two_ Scacaria
_at_ Rouen: _That the_ Dies Trecenses _shall be held twice a Year: and
that a Parliament shall be held at_ Tholouse, _as it used to be held in
past Times, if the People of the Land consent to it: Also, because many
Causes of great Importance are debated in our Parliament, between great
and notable Personages; We ordain and appoint, that two Prelates, and
two other sufficient Persons, being Laymen of our Council; or at least
one Prelate and one Laick, shall be continually prese