Remiſſion, and Forfeiture of all his Subſtance, half to the Grand Seignior, and half to the injur'd Party. Nay, whenever Judges decided any Controverſy, they were obliged by him to give their Reaſons on which they grounded their Judgment, to both Parties in Writing; and as there was ſtill an Appeal allow'd to a Cadeliſker at Conſtantinople, appointed ſolely to receive ſuch Decrees; if there was found either great Ignorance, or the leaſt evident Fraud or Malice in the Deciſion, the Judge was inſtantly ſummoned and examin'd, and if guilty condemned to pay the whole of the Value he had given his Decree for. A Precedent, my Lord, I fear we dare not hope to ſee follow'd, no more than that he eſtabliſh'd concerning Perjury, by which all falſe Witneſſes were for the firſt Offence condemn'd with forfeiture of Goods for ten Years to the Gallies; and for the ſecond Offence, to be torn in pieces by Horſes tied to their Limbs. He alſo forbid all Perſons but the Soldiery, to carry any Weapons about them by Night or Day, on pain of Death; by which means Robbery and Murders were in a great meaſure prevented, or the Malefactor more eaſily detected; and, which was ſtill more uſeful,he
