Viewing Gilbert Burnet, "Lives of Sir Matthew Hale and John Earl of Rochester" (1828).Gilbert Burnet, "Lives of Sir Matthew Hale and John Earl of Rochester" (1828).Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) was the Bishop of Salisbury and a well-known Scottish historian, who published several volumes on the life of Matthew Hale (1609-1676). Hale was a barrister, author, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1660-1671, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1671-1676. In a dual biography of Hale and John Earl Rochester, Burnet relates the following anecdote about Chief Justice:
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