cap III of misprision of treason misprisio come of the French word mespris  which proper signify neglect or contempt for mes in composition in the French  signify mal as miss do in the English tongue as mischance for a ill-chance and  so misprise be ill apprehend or know in legal understanding it signify when  one know of any treason or felony and conceal it this be misprision so call  because the knowledge of it be a ill knowledge to he in respect of the severe  punishment for not reveal of it for in case of misprision of high treason he  be to be imprison during his life to forfeit all his good debt and duty for  ever and the profit of his land during his life and in case of felony to be  fine and imprison and in this sense both the say statute of Ph mar speak when  it say be it declare and enact by the authority aforesaid that concealment or  keep secret of any high treason be deem and take only misprision of treason  and the offender therein to forfeit and suffer as in case of misprision of  treason and the offender therein to forfeit and suffer as in case of  misprision of treason have heretofore be use but by the commonlaw concealment  of high treason be treason as it appear in the case of the lord Scrope a h and  by Bracton lib fo.118.b a a it be misprision of high treason for forge of  money which neither be the money of this realm of England nor currant within  the same b misprision of high treason in conceal of a bull c see the statute c  it be say in r that every treason or felony include in it a misprision of  treason or felony therefore if any man know of any high treason he ought with  as much speed as convenient he may to reveal the same to the king or some of  his privycouncil or any other magistrate and misprision in a large sense be  take for many great offence which be neither treason nor felony whereof we  shall speak more hereafter be in this place restrain to misprision of treason  see John coniers case dier that the receive of one that have counterfeit the  king coin and comfort of he know he to have counterfeit the king coin be but  misprision see more of misprision of treason in the chapter of high treason  and of principal and accessary