Certaine Miscellany Works

—distinct in right; like countersuits in civil cases original: "crosse Suits in Ciuill Pleas", which are sometimes both just. But this is so clear that it does not need to be insisted upon any further. And yet, if in things so clear it were appropriate to speak of degrees of clarity, in our current cause it is even clearer on our part because the possession of Bohemia is securely held by original: "setled with" the Emperor.

For although it is true that "compensation for injuries is not granted" original: "Non datur Compensatio Iniuriarum"; a legal principle meaning one cannot justify a wrongful act by claiming it compensates for a different wrong, there would have been somewhat more of a justification original: "Colour" to keep the Palatinate as a form of recovery in value or compensation if Bohemia had been lost or were still the theater of the war. Therefore, I will say no more of this.

As for the title of proscription The legal act of declaring someone an outlaw and seizing their property or forfeiture, in which the Emperor (in effect) has been both judge and interested party and has acted as his own judge, God forbid that it should not be subject to an appeal through war. For certainly the Court of Heaven is as much a Chancery The Court of Chancery was a court of "equity" in England, designed to provide fairness and relief from the strict, sometimes harsh, rules of common law to save and prevent forfeitures as it is a Court of Common Law to decide rights. There would be work enough in Germany, Italy, and other parts if Impe-