leafed by the Governor's Order, and Proclamation is made, That ʃuch a one, the Son of ʃuch a one, has conʃumed the Subʃtance of ʃuch a one } and that if he has any Effects in the Hands of any Perʃon, Lands, Reverʃions, or Wealth in any other Shape whatʃoever, it muʃt be made known with the Term of a Month. In the mean time, the Bankrupt is bamboo'd on the Backʃide, if Diʃcoverey is made of any Effects of his, and at the ʃame time is upbraided with having been a Month in Priʃon, eating and drinking, tho' he had wherewithal to ʃatisfy his Creditors. He is chaʃtisʃed in the ʃame manner, whether he makes Declaration of his Effects or not. They reproach him that his Buʃineʃs is to get the Subʃtance of private perʃons into his Hnads, and embezzle it; and that he ought not ʃo to defraud thoʃe he had dealins with, by ʃtripping them of their Property. But after all, if they cannot diʃcover him to have been guilty of any Fraud, and if it is proved to the Prince that the Man has nothing in the World, the Creditors are called in, and receive a part of their Debt out of the Treaʃury of the Bagbun (this is the ordinary Title fo the Emperor of China and ʃignifies The Son of Heaven; but we commonly pronounce it after a different manner and call hiim Magbun.) Then it is publickly forbiddy to buy of, or ʃell anything to this Man upon pain of Death, and ʃo he cannot defraud any of his creditors by concealing their Money. If diʃcovery be made that he has any Sums in
