Bribery is a great miſpriſion, when any man in Judiciall place takes any Fee or Penſion, Robe, or Livery, Gift, Reward, or Brocage of any perſon, that hath to do before him any way, for doing his office, or by colour of his office, but of the King only, unleſſe it be of meat and drink, and that of ſmall value, upon divers, and grievous puniſhments.

In 1624, Arundel […] declared that Sir Thomas Harris, a Shropshire baronet, was 'no gentleman'; at the same time Arundel discovered that his authority did not extend to undubbing the baronet because that honour had been granted by 'patent under the under the great seal of England'.

The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time.

messing about;  fooling about;  loafing about