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venerandam, und cum eruditione ac pieta. 


te comiunxerim: Mon porut oprime lector, aut 


Patriæ tam ing ratus, aut antiquitatis tam in- 


officio ſus cultor eſſe, vt te illius lectione diu- 
71146 fruudarem. Continet enim in ſe (vt cete- 
ra taceam) politicarum & ciuilium noſtre 
Anglie legum, quibus preclara & florentiſoi- 
ma hec reſpublica ſub illuſtriſsimo & nun- 


, 


quam ſatts laudaro principe noſtro rege Hen- 


rico ſexto, einſque progeniroribus regibus 
Anglie hact enus feliciſs1me fuerit erecta, in- 
flitura, ed gulernara, doctiſeimum encomio. 
Vnae eaſdem noſtras leges, nom ſolum roma- 
norum Ceſarum , ſed & omnium aliarum 
narionum eee nes, multis paraſang is, 


Prudlentia, iuſtitia, &. equitate, præcellere fa- 


alle perſpicias. Eme ergo, lexe, &. fruere, ic la- 
bores noſtros boni conſule. 


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gladnes after reading ſprang of the excellencie 


uerto find ſo rich a treſure in ſo ſimple an ha- 
bite. And becauſe I wiſhed al men to haue part 
of my delight,methoughtit goodtotranſlateir 
intoengliſh forth of Latin, in whichtong it was 
firlt written. The author of the booke was one 
maiſter Forteſcue Knight Serieantat the Lawe, 
and for his skill and vertues preferred by King 
Henry the ſixt, to be Chancellor ofthis realme. 
The entrie ofthe booke it ſelfe ſheweth, where, 
and ypon what gecaſionʒit was written. It was 
written in Berrie in Fraunce, where Prince Ed- 
ward, ſonne to Henry the ſixt, afterwardſlaine 
at Tewkesburie by Edward the fourth, did then 
remaine with his mother Queene Margaret in 
the houſe of Renate her father Duke ates 
and king of Cicile,during the timethatEdward 
the fourth reigned in the Realme, and Hentie 
the ſixt was fled into Scotland. The occafjon | 
was this: The Chancellor being fled into Fran 
with the young Prince, and perceiuing his de- 
light to bee all bent to Chiualrie as a thing of 
reateſt neede, conſidering hee ment by fotce 


the teltitution of his father, and thereby his 


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dedicarorie.” 


one, to the kingdome of England, tooke oe- 
caſion (for that bis hope was to ſee the Prince 
aigne here) to moue him to a diuiſion of his 
E aires, and as he armed himſelfe againſt the e- 
nemie, ſo to adorne himſelfe againft his being 
kin g, with skill of lawes ; which doo preſerue 
— ſtate ſo in peace, that i may, if r bee, 
warre; and ſo gard it in warre, that it may baue 
peace init. The argument is chis, that the skill 
of the Countrie lavy ;exigmecdful "Hi the Prince, 
although nor ſo dee Pr purpoſcd profeſ- 
ſours, yet yet ſofull a to their honor may & ought 
to fal in Princes. Ami f A Rat the Pri 
thinke the ching o be a Princely knowledge, 
he taketh occaſion (6 gomparing the gouern- 
ment of this Rea meg jt others, and the lawes 
of this land wit © Giuill, with whomi it isof 
all men lightly c offs np! Ared, and the betternes of 
points vvherein they both traualle, and prouiſi- 
ons by the one wiſelyer foreſeene then b the 
other) to proue the ſingularitie of this 
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doubting your liking in allowing, ſeeing mine 
election in dedicatin And ſo committing to 
78 the Almightie the good preſeruation of your 
T1 Vuotſhip, Thumbly take my leaue, 


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vt factus eſt adultus, growing to mas fate,ap? 
militari totũ ſe con- plied himſelf wholy to the 

tulit diſciplinæ, & feates ot armes, much de⸗ 
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edens caballis, eos 


calcaribus vrgens, Þep 
quandoque lancea, ſe alſo ſometimes with 
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dere ſeriteque, iu 
ta martis gimnaſij ons Amear 
rudimenta, delecta- men a — t 
batur . Quod cer-| gira 
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dicti regis Auglir lour to the —— 
* rh ui e- of Englaud ſaw, who alſo 


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Pꝛince, maketh me right ceps, ſuper nobiliſ- 
8 


lad, when J behold how ſima indole tua: vi- 
earneffly you do embꝛace dens quanta auidi- 
martial feates: Foz it is tate militares tu am- 
couentent for pour 9 Ir plecteris actus,con- 
fo be thus einn 
lyfo⸗ that you ſy 


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f es vt primo regum Ca 
« pitul. viij. clariflume 
wiſh tu doceris. 
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cum vt arm bella, 
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ſes, olim Synago- 
gz dux, multo for- 
tius Cæſare te in- 
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by foxce of chiualrie are 
ended, euen ſo iudgemẽts 
by the Lawes are deter⸗ 
mined. CUhiche thinge 
Juſtinian the Emperour 
well e wiſely & aduiſedly 
pondering, in the begin⸗ 


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euourto the ſtudie ot 
the Law, the exhoztation 
of the chieteſt lawmaker 
Doyles, ſometime capi⸗ 


tapne of the Synagoge, 


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of 4 Lawes of Als 


woozdes of Juſfinian, Iſrael diving a aucto- 
whereas in the rvii-chap- ritate ipſe 4 
terofthe booke of Deute- at, eorum _ 4 
ronomie hee dothe by the gere omnibus die- 
aurtoꝑitie of God ſtraitly bus vitæ ſuæ, lic di- 
charge the kings ol Jſra- cens: Poſtquam ſe- 
el to be readers ot the law derit rex in ſolio re- 
all the daies of their life gniſui qeſeribet ſi- 
ſaying thus: Then the bi Deuteronomij 
king ſhall ſitte oppor he Leges in volumine, 
pꝛincely ſeateof his ki Ks, : cipiens exem- 


mite bi im ar à ſacerdotibus 
out this lawe in a b oke liticæ tribus, & 
taking the copie theres 


debit ſecum, le- 
ofthe pꝛieſts the — 3: Eque illud omni- 
and he ſhall haue it with bus diebus vitz ſue, 
him, and he thallreade it vt diſcat timere do- 
all the dayes of his lyfe, mini Deum ſuurn; 
that he may learn to fes ir & cuſtodire yerba 
the Loꝛd his God, and ta 
keepe- his commaunde- quæ in lege ſcrip- 
mentes and oꝛdinaunces ta ſunt, Neuteron, 
wzytten in this Lawe, capit. decimo ſep- 
And Helynandus expoũ⸗ timo, quodexponẽs 
ding the ſame ſaiththusz Helynandus dicit: 


Prin- 


Forreſcue, in commendation 


Princeps ergo non 
debet juris igna- 
rus eſſe, nec præ- 
textu milie legem 
permittitur ignora- 
re. Er poſt f pauca, 
a ſacerdotibus Le- 
uiticæ tribus aſſu- 
mere iubetur ex. 
emplar legis, id &< 
aviris Catholicis N a 
lireratis, Hæci 
Liber quippe 1} 
teron. elt liber* 
821 tael ſubditum 


ibi populum rege- 


re tenebãtur. Hung 
librum legere, iu 
bet Moyſes Re- 
ges, vt Alea time- 
re Deum, & cuſto- 
dire mandata eius, 


quibus R * 


A Punce theretoze muſt 


not be ignozũt ok the lam. 


neyther is it tollerable 
that he vnder the pzetence 
warrefa be 


vnlkilfull in the Lawe. 
And a little after he is cõ⸗ 
maunded, ſaith he, to re⸗ 


ofthe pit rh Lets 


* the 
— catholikt 


witht 


their — 
8 commannd Kings to 


reade , that they may 
learne to feare Gad, 


uæ in lege ſcripta » 


une. 


3 * 
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5 quem non 
know the qui valet homo, niſi 
hong pch is prius ſciat volunta- 

law, Foz tem Dei, ue in lege | 
ipall poynt of ſcripta el 
[ is to know ptincipium 
ill and p — 4 of ee 


whom Grupce-t 
Þowbeit the lar 
Poyles firit- in 
charge m Shi, 
ct of the on 


ad cuſtodi⸗⸗- 
am cauſe eius, vi- 
delicet, "wandatde: 
5 rum dei ipſe inuitat. 
in the mind and int Nam effetus prior 
the exhoꝛter, the effect go⸗ eſt qui cauſa, in ani 
th beloꝛe the cauſe , But mo exhortantis. Sed 
what feare is this, which quis eſt timor iſte, | 
the Lawes do pꝛopone que : promitritleges 
to the obſeruers thereof :; obſeruatoribus ſuis? 


* 


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Vert non eſt ti- 
mor ille, de quo 
ſcribitur : Quod 
perfecta charitas 
foras mittit timo- 
rem. Timor ta- 
men ille , licet ſer- 
uilis , ſæpe ad le- 
gendum leges , re- 
ges concitat : ſed 


ta: Timor Do- 


manet 
lum ſeculi. Hic 
filialis eſt & non 
— nouit penam , vt 
ille qui per chari- 
tatem expellitur , 


quo dicit N E) 


mini ſanctus per- x [tt 
in - ſecu- matt 


2 — comon- 


Surely it is not chat fear 
whereof it is wꝛytten: 
that perfect charitie oz 
loue erpelleth feare. Det 
thts ſame feare, thou 
be bond and ſeruile, okte 
times pꝛouoketh kings to 
the reading of the lawes: 
but it pꝛoceedeth not out 


oft . But that keare 


non eſt ipſe pre * Merot Moiſes here ſpea⸗ 
les legis. Tin 1 „ which allo pzocee- 
vero, de qua — il tho but ofthe Lawes, is 
loquitur Moyles, thi te ſame feare „that 
quem & paß th ſpeaketh 4s 
leges, elt ille aenth ph g The feare of the 


| 0 2d is holy, & endureth 
. Uer and euer. This 


ly tearmed the reuerence 


of the chyld toward hys 
parents. TUherunto there 
is no puniſhment due as a 


Fox 


thing wzought by loue 


Aero eren 


22 


- Cayth thus: Beholy.the e pictiam in- 
kear ok the Lozd is Jeri £ 
wiſeyome, and to fozl 


he dothglozitie them, Yea tuenteseum, quos & 
this feare is euen that ipſe glorificat, Ti- 
ſame feare, whereok Joh mor autem iſte, ti- 
after that he had diner mar ille eſt, de quo 
ob, oſtquam mul- 


« 


ſearched fox wenn 


t, ſic ait: Ecce 
dii, ipſa eſt 
etia, & recedere 


euill is vnderſtandyng et | 
k 4malo, intelligẽtia. 


That the fozlaking wf/ | 
euillis the vnderſtanding lob ca. 28. Recedere 
of the feare of God, this à malo, quod intel. 
doe the Lawes teach, ligentia timoris d 
wherby it followeth that eſt, leges docent, 
the lame feare pꝛoceedeth quo & timorẽ hunc 
out ot them. ipſæ parturiunt. 


4 The Princes replie to the Chaunce- 
laura mation. Cap.2. 


. 


ee e e ee 


J I vt f audit 


princeps, erecto 
| inſedem vultu, fic 
locutus eſt. Scio, 
Cancellarie, quod 
liber Deut. quem tu 
commemoras, ſacre 
ſeripturæ volumen 
8 3 & 


facre Cie do 


edit, & per 
promulgate # 
eas 8 8 


contẽplacionis 
cedo eſt. Sed 1 

ad cuius 8 
me inuitas, humana 


good Chaunceloz, | 

that the book of Deutro⸗ 

nomte,wherof you tpeke, 
is a booke of holy 

ture: Thelawes — 9 

U e therein con⸗ 

pned- are holy, of the 

eomaking,and pub⸗ 

w Mopſes:CAher⸗ 

the reading of them 

c pleaſant act of holte 

ne nt (nuvi But that 


"Law, to the knowledge 


whereof vou counſell me, 
ts humaine , made by 


eſt, ab hominibus men, and increating of 


edica,8 tractans ter- 
rena: quo, licet 
Moyles ad Deuter? 
lecturam Reges Iſ- 
rael aſtrinxerit, eum 
per hoc reges alios, 


wozldiy matters: where⸗ 
foze though Poyſes bynd 
the Kinges of Jſraell 
to the reading of Gods 
Law, yet that thereby he 
foxcech all other Ringes 

to 


"x"; 


EAT. 9 7 * 45 


to doe the lykt in their 4d conſimiliter fi 
owne lawes, that ffan« cietidurn 3 in ſus le- 
od realon, ibus, cõcitaſſe m- 
oth the ten⸗ ne 5 effugit ration, Re: 
e cauſe is not el verſa: ; leQirz 


non fi it eadem cauſa a. 


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e ed the qualitfeof my cx- 

„ boxtartori: Oo that lere; poderasqui 

> | by vou doe much en⸗ quo gde non infirne 
„courage me, both nine mceptis 


= moe largelp, ne du ae el & 
om kepely to profidr'q uo 
viſcourſe 


ed 
00 here do tecũ Aleeht 
foze vou ſhall vnder- Scire igitur teyolo, 
ſand, that not only Gods quod ns ſolũ Deur, 
Lawes, but alſo mans, leges, fed 80 
| mad fot ſo much as feges humanæ as 
0 the Lawe is defined by cre ſunt, quo lex fub 
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his verbis defini- theſe woꝛds: The law is 
tur: Lex eſt ſanctio à holy ſanction oz decree, 
ſancta, jubẽs honeſ- comanding thinges p bee 
ta, & prohibẽs con- honeſt, æ fozbiding Þ con⸗ 
fraria: ſanctum ete- traries: Now the thing 
nim eſſe oportet,q@ muſt needs be holy, which 
eſſe ſandtum defi- by deffinition is determi- 
nitum eſt. Ius etiam nen to be haly. Right alſo, 
deſcribiperhiberur,, by deſcriptiots called the 
quod illud eſt ars Ute of y which is good E 
doni & æqui, cujus eight f 
merito quis nos ſa- ſect ? 
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des etiam ſunt om- chere ot holy things. Fur- 
nes leges editæ, quæ thermoze all Iawes pubs 
ab homine promul- liſhed by men haue allo 
4 Nam cum their authozitie frõ God. 
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the Lozd, are alſo ozdai⸗ recipit pateſtatem, 
ned of God, as alſo appea⸗ etiam a deo con- 
reth by this ſaying of the ſtiruuntur, dicen- 
auctoꝛ of alt cauſes: what te auQtote cauſa- 
—— the ſeconde cauſe rumr - quicquid fa- 
doth, the ſame doth: — . cauſa ſecun- 

a „ . & 17 
Wherefoze Joſaphaech che & er 8 
Ring of Juda ſaith to his do Qtizre lofa⸗ 
Judges: Whe iudge⸗ phat Rex luda, ait 
ments, which: vee exe⸗ Indieibus i ſais* fu 
cute, are the iudgements divia, qu#v6s pto. - 
of God, in the ninetinth fert, iüdiein dei 
Chapter of the leconde ſuur, cpp Pat 
Booke of Cronicles . ratipe, Ca Ex 
Aherby pon are taught, quibus edles 
that to learne Lawes, qaod leges, lter 
though they bee mans! hamanas, Addif 
lawes, is to learne holy cere, eſt addilcete 
lawes and the oꝛdinaun- leges fac rav & edi 
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dulcedine coſolati- 
onis ſanctæ. Nec ta- 
men, vt tu conijcis, 
dulcedo himodi cau 


ſa fuit, cur Moyfes 
reges Ifrael Deut. 
legere præceperat. 


New cauſa hec,non 


* us reges quã ple- 
eios, ad eius lectu- 


ram prouocat, nec { noꝛ 
to ebe booke of Deuter. 
alios Pentateuchi li- 
bros legere, pulſar 
caufailta, cum non 

of 
Deut. facris buns, 
- holy inſtructiõs, where- 
in quibus meditari 
plan eſt, Quare : 
non aliã fuiſſe cau- 
fam mandati huius, 
quam quia in Deut. 


wherby the king of Fſra- 


pP Deut. libra, qui 


ie illi, qua 


dent cariſmatibus, 


plus quam in alijs 
libris veteris — 


menti, leges inſe- 


ſtudie of them is not with | 
out a pleaſant ſweetneſſe 
of jolp cdſolatiõ. And pet 
ſuch ſweete pleaſure was 
not the cauſe, as you ſup⸗ 
poſe, wherefoze — 
commanded the kings of 
Iſrael to read —— 
of Deut. Foz this cauſe 
mooueth not ; kinges no 


moze then ot any of the o · 
ther bookes of Poles, in 
which, aſwelasin pbook 
| isplen- 
tiful ſtozeofgodly leſſons. 


in to bedeuoutly occupt- 
ed, is aholything, hers 
foe p there was none o⸗ 
ther cauſe of this coman- | 
dement, the foꝝ pᷣ b laws, 


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teined in the booke of 
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ſtament, the circumſtaun⸗ 
tes ot the ſame comman- 
dement doe manifeſtly in⸗ 
oʒm vs. Fo2 which cauſe 
vou ought, moſt woꝛthy 
[Y2ince, no leſſe 
kings of Iſrael to be mo⸗ 
ited and pꝛouoked to bee a 
diligent trauailer in the 
ſtudy ofthoſe laws, wher⸗ 
by hereafter pou ſhal rule 
your people. Foz that 
which was ſpoken to the 
king of Ilraell, muſt bee 
vnderſtande to bee figura- 
iuely ſpoktẽ to euerp king 
hauing dominid ouer god⸗ 
ly people. And haue J not 
then well # holſomlp pꝛo⸗ 
pounded vnto you the cõ⸗ 
mandement giuen to the 
kings ol Jſrael,cocerning 
the learning ok their law: 


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runtur, quibus rex 
Iſrael populum re- 
gere obnoxius eſt, 
ciuſdem manditi 
circumſtãtiæ mani- 


Quo, & te, prin- 
ceps, eadem cauſa, 
nõ minus, quam re- 
ges Iſrael exhorta- 
tur, vt legũ, quibus 
populum in futurũ 
reges, tu ſis ſolers 
indagator, Nam, 
WS, regi Iſrael die 
Aum eſt, omni Regi 
populi videntis de- 
um, typice dictum 
fuiſſe intelligendum 
eſt. An tunc non 
conuenienter vtilie 
terque propoſui ti- 
bi mandatum Regi- 
bus Iſrael latum, Ao 
eorum lege addiſ- 
cenda? . 40 
B. iii. 


Dum 


Forteſcue 


Dum nedũ eius ex- 
_emplum, ſed & eius 
auctoritas figuralis, 
te erudiui & obli- 
gauit, ad conſimili- 
ter faciendũ de le- 
gibus regni, quod 
annuente Domino 
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Here the Chauncellour proueththat aPrinceby 
the lawes may be made ha 


Non ſolũ vt den 
Etimeas, quo & 
fapieseris, prince? 
colendiſſime, vocir 
te leges . cũ prophe: 
ta dicęnte, Venite 
filij audite me, timo- 
re qñi docebo vos: 
bed exia vt felicita- 
tem, beatitudinem- 
que(prout in hac vi- 
ta nanciſci poteris) 
adipiſcaris , ipſæ le- 
ges ad earum diſci- 
plinatũ te inuitant. 


Philoſophi namque 


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ip his example, but al- 
ſo his like Authozitie, 
hath taught you , and 
bounde pou to the like 
dooing in the Lawes of 
the Kingdome , which 
Godwilling you ſhall in⸗ 
herit. 


and bleſſed. Ca.. 
Dt only to the intent 
ysu ſhould feare God 
and ſo become wile , dot 
the Lawes with the Pꝛo⸗ 
phet call you laying, 
Come childzen, heare 
mee, J will teach you the 
feare of the Lozde ; but 
alſo that you may alpire 
vnto felicity and bleſled: 
nelſe (as farre fozth as in 
this life they may ber at⸗ 
tained)do the Lawes wil 
vou, moſt gratious puUnce,F 
to bee ſtudious of them. 
Foz all the Philoſophers, 
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one point, that kelicitie 


02 bleſſedneſſe is the ende 
df all mans deſite, and 
therefoꝛe they call it chief 
goodnelle d Pow be it 
the Peripatetikes placed 
it in UGertue, the Sto⸗ 
tkes in Honeſty, and the 
Epicures in Pleaſure , 
But ſeeing the Stoikes 
defined honeſtie to bee 
that , which is well and 
laudably done with ver- 
tue, and the Epicures 
held nothing to bee plea⸗ 
ſant without vertue, ther⸗ 
loze all choſe ſects, as ſaith 
Leonard Aretine in his 
Introduction to Mozall 


Philoſophie, agreed in 


this, that it is onely ver⸗ 


. tue that cauſeth felicity, 


Wherefoze Ariſtotle alſo 
in the . booke of hispoli- 
12 74 B. ili. 


bãt, in hoc vno cor 
uenerũt, vz. qd feli 
citas ſiue beatitudo 
finis eſt, ois humani 
appetitus, quare & 
— bonũ ap 
pellãt. Peripatetici tñ 
cõſtituebãt eã in vir 
tute: Stoici in hone- 
ſto: Et Epicuxi in vo- 
luptate. Sed quia Ste 


ici honeſtũ definie- 


bir eſſe qd bene fit 
& laudabilit᷑ ex vir- 
tute, & Epicuri aſſe- 
rebãt nihil eſſevolup 
tuoſum ſine virtute, 
Oes ſectæ illz Vt di. 
cit Leonardus Are. 
tin Yſagogico mo. 


ralis diſciplinæ, in 
hoc concordauer ut, 


qd ſola virtꝰoſt, qui 
felicitat operatur. 
Quo & Philoſophus 
(in . polu. felicitats 


wa” 


poſitis, cõſidexare te 
volo etiã ea que ſe- 
quentur, Leges hu- 
mane non aliud ſunt 
quã regulæ, quibus 
pfecte iuſticia edo- 
cetur. Iultitia vero, 
quã leges reuelant, 
non eſt illa, quæ cõ- 
mutatiua vel diſtri. 
butatiuavocatur, ſeu 
alia quæuis particu- 
laris virtꝰ ſed elt vir. 
tus ꝓfecta, quæ iuſ- 
ticiæ legalis nomine 
deſignatur. Quam 
Leonardus prædi- 
us ideo dicit eſſe 
perfectã, quia omne 
viciũ ipſa eliminat, 
& omnem virtutem 
ipſa docet: quo & 
omnis virtus ipia 
merito nuncupatur. 


definiẽs)dicit, quod tiques deft 
ipſa eſt perfectꝰ vſus ſayth that it is the per 
virtutũ. His iã pſup- fect vſe of - Uertues 


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defining Felicitis 


Thus much being nowt 
pzeſuppoſed , J would? 
haue pou to- conſider 
theſe thinges alſo chat 
follow, Maus lawes are 
nothing els but certeine 
rules, whereby Juſtice is 
perfectly taught. But 
that Juſtice , which the 
Lawes doe ſhewe , is not 
the ſame that is called 
Commutatiue oz diſtri⸗ 
butiue, oz any other par⸗ 
ticular vertue, but it is 
a perfect vertue erpꝛeſ⸗ 
ſed by the name of Ju⸗ 
ſtice legall. CAhich the 
fozeſayde Leonard doth 
therfoze affirme to be per⸗ 
fect, becauſe it excludeth 
all vice, teacheth all ver⸗ 
tue: Fo2 which cauſe alſo: 
it is wozthely called by 
the name of all vertue. 

Cyergof 


2 


tle in the fifthe Booke of 
Mozall philoſophie 5 that 
it is the chiefeſt of all 
vertues, and that neither 
Lucifer noꝛ Heſperus are 
ſo bziccht and beaming as 
it is. Mozeouer this iu⸗ 
ſtice is the thing where⸗ 
uppon all Pzincely care 
dependeth and reſfeth, 
without the whiche the 
Ring can neitherrightly 
iudge, noz yet duly fight, 


But this bepug once ob⸗ 


teyned & perfectly kept, 
then al the whole duty re- 
quired in a King is iuſtly 
perfozmed, Nowe then 
ſcepng that the perfect 
vle of vertues is kelicitie, 
and that Juſtice vſed a- 
mongſt men, which can- 
not be obteined vnto noꝛ 
learned but by the Jawe, 


f 12 

a Homer di- 

0 12 & phi- 
loſophus quinto E- 


thicorum, Quod ip- 


ſa eſt præclariſſima 


virtutum, &, nec Lu- 


cifer, nec Heſpe- 
rus, vt illa, eſt admi- 
rabilis, lIuſticia ve- 
ro hæc, ſubiectum 
eft omnis regalis - 
curz , quo ſine il- 
la Rex iuſte non iu- 
dicat, nec recte pu- 
gnare poteſt , Ila 
vero adepta, per- 
fe eq, ſeruata, * 
quiſſimè peragitur 
omne officium Re. 
gis. Vnde cum per- 
fectus vſus virtu- 
tum ſit fœlicitas, & 
luſticia humana, 
quæ non niſi per le- 
gem perfeRe nãciſ- 
citur, aut docetur, 


-nedum fit virtu- 
tum effectus , fed 
& omnis virtus : 
_-Sequitur, quod iu- 
ſtitia | fruens , for- 
lix per legem eſt, 
2 & per eam ip- 
e fit beatus, cum 
idem fit beatitu- 


do & fcelicitas in 


hac fugaci vita, cu- 
ius & per iuſtitiam 
ipſe ſummum ha- 
bet bonum. Ta- 
men non niſi per 
gratiam lex pote- 
cit iſta operari, ne- 
que legem aut vir- 
tutem ſine gratia 
tu addiſcere pote- 
ris, vel appetere. 
Cum, vt dicit Pa- 
riſſ. in libro ſuo de 
Cur Deus homo , 
vittus hominis ap- 
petetiua - interior , 


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is not onely the effect of 
vertues, but is all ver- 
tue it ſelfe thereof it fo⸗ 
loweth, that the pꝛactiler 
of Juſtite is by the Lawe 
happie, and ſo thereby 
he is made bleſſed, kozſo⸗ 
muche as bleſledneſſe 02 
happyneſſe and felicitie 
are both one in this ſhoꝛt 
and tranſitozie lyfe, of 
the which lpſe thꝛoughe 
Juſtice hee eniopeth the 
chiek and pꝛincipall good⸗ 
neſſe. And pet the lawe 
is not able to perfourme 
theſe thinges without 
the alliſtaunce ok grace, 
without the whiche al⸗ 
ſo you cannot learne no2 
couet eyther lawe oz ver- 
tue. Foz, as ſaith Pa⸗ 
riſt. in his booke intituled 
Cur deus hama, the inward 
vertue of mã, wherein his 
deſiring is placed, is ſq 
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. cozrupt, that it nale ita viciata eſt, 
— 4 vitious wozkes vt ſibi viciorũ ſua- 
fo2 plea ſaunt, ⁊ vertuous uia, & yirtutum aſ- 
wozkes fo2 vnpleaſant. pera opera ſapiant. 
Wherefope, in that ſome Quare,quod aliqui 
men applie and endeuour adamorem ſectati- 
themlelues to the oe "My 3 
foloyinge of vertues, it 
pꝛocedethokthe boſitifull | ne — 
goodnes of God, & not of elf, & non humanæ 
the power ol mã. Js there virtutis. Nam tunc 
not thẽ ſpeciall cauſe why leges, que, præue- 
p lawes, which being pꝛe⸗ niente & comitan | 
uented e accopanted with te gratia, omnia 
grace, do perfozme all che premiſſa operantur, 
pꝛemiſſes, ſhould with al toto conamine ad- 
diligent trauel be lerned: diſcendæ ſuntꝰdum 
Seing that who ſo hath felicitatẽ, quę ſecũ- 
perfectly attayned there ⸗ dum Philoſophos, 
unto, the ſame ſhall enioy eſt hic finis & com- 
felicitie, the end e perfoz- plementum huma- 
maunce, as the Philoſo⸗ ni deſiderij, earum 
phers ſap, of mans deſire, apprehenſor obti- 
bymeanes wherok he ſbal nebit, quo & beatus 
in n life be bleſſed, in p ille exit in hac vita; 


eius 


) 


eius poſſidens ſum- 
mum bonum. Ve- 
re, etſi non hæc te 
moueant, qui re 
num ne K 
mouebunt te & ar- 
Qabunr ad diſcipli- 
natũ legis Prophe: 
rx verba dfcentis ; 


Erudimini, qui u- 


licutis terram : non 
enim ad eruditio- 
nem artis factiuæ, 


aut mechanicæ, hic 
mouet Propheta: 


Cum non dicat, E- 
rudimini, qui coli- 
tis terram, nec ad 
eruditionem ſcien- 
tiæ tantum theori- 
cæ, quamuis opor- 


tuna fuerit incolis 


terræ, quia gene- 
raliter non icit, 


erudimini qui in- 


habitatis terram, 


Forreſcue, in commendation 


he now pollelleth p chiele 
goodnes therok. Doutles, 
if theſe things moue you 
not, which ſhall haue the 


rule and gouernment of 
a kingdom, pet the woꝛds 
of the Pzophet ſhal moue 


you, pea and fozce pinto 
the Kavi of the Lawe, 
which wozdes be thele : 
Be pe learned you that 
te Judges of the earth: 
Vere the Pzophet erhoz- 
beth not'to the lerning of 
a bale art oz ahandicraft, 
fo he ſaith not: Be pee 
learned pou that are thin- 
habitersof the earth, ney⸗ 
ther doth he counſell to 
the lerning ol knowledge 
ſpeculatiue, though it bee 
not vnnecellary fo p in- 
habiters vpon the earth, 
Foz he lapeth not gene* 
rally: Be pe learned pan 
that dwel vpon the _ 

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9 Ut how can yort lone 

ſticiam diligere Juſtice, vnleſſe you. 
potexis, ſinon pri- firſt haue a- ſuffycient 
m6 keen Klebt knowledge in the lawes, 
am, quibu ipſa cog- whereby the knowledge 
noſcatur, vteunque of 8 
apprehedetig? Dicir the ſuyth, 
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alſo to be diſpiſed. And 
+ poeta . therefoze-a certaine poet 
fc ait: thus layth: nag 407 
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cit, dicit ſperneuda ſpiſe and skof, 


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right (kilfull men, Foz 
if vnto anaturall 
ſopher,that neuer udien 
the Mathematical ſcieri- 
tes, à ſupernaturall phi- 

loſopher ſhould a that 
this ſcietice conſidereth 
thinges ſertered, from. all 


matter and nioouing , ac⸗ 


coꝛding to their ſibſfan« 


ciall being and reaſon: oz 


the Mathematica man 
ſhould ſay that this ſci⸗ 


ence. conſiderech thinges 
iopned to matter, aud mo? 
uing alter their ſublfice, 
but ſeuered accoding to 
realon:boththele, though 


Philoſophers, will the 
naturall - phyfoſopher., 
which neuer vnderftoad 
thynges ſeuered from 
e and motlon either 


Philo- 


ox hæc eſt, ſed & 
doftoriiperinſh mo- 
rum quoq; virorum. 
— 00 Philoſo- 
phum naturalẽ qui 
in Mathemat. nun- 
quam ſtuduit, meta- 


phiſt icus dicat, quod 
ſciẽtia ſua cõſiderat 


res ſeparatas ab om · 
ni materia & m̃otu 
ſecundumeſſe eres; 
cundũ rationẽ Vel, 


58 motui, 
ſecundũ eſſe,ſed ſe- 
paratas ſecundy ras. 
tionẽ: Ambos hos,li= 
cet philoſophos, phi- 
loſophus ille natura- 
lis quinunqu 12nouit,, 
res aliquas ſeparatas 
a materia & motu, 

eſſentia 


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eſſentia vel ratione, 
ſpernet, eorumque 


ſeientias, licet ſua 
ſcientia nobiliores, 


ipſe deridebit, non 
alia ductus cauſa, 


niſi quia eorum ſci- 


entias ipſe penitus 
ignorat. Sic & tu, 


Princeps, legis An- 


plz peritum mira- 
beris, fi dicat, quod 
frater fratri ſibi ne- 


quaquam vterino, 


non ſuccedet in he- 


 reditate parerna,ſed 


| raya ſui deſcen- 
t, aut capitali dño 


feodi accidet vt eſ- 


caeta ſua: Cum cau- 
ſam legis hui? tu ig- 
nores, in lege tamen 


Anglię doctũ, huius 
caſus difficulras nul 


in being oz in reaſon, vt⸗ 
terly deſpiſe , and their 
ſciences, though in deede 
will he laugh to ſcozne, 
moued ſo to doe by none 
other caule, but that he 


is altogether ignoꝛant in 


their ſciences. Likewiſe 


you, molt wozthy Phince, 
would wonder at one 
ſkilfull in the Lawes of 
England,ifhe ſhould ſay, 
that the bzother ſhall not 
ſitcceed his halfe bzother 
in they? fathers inhery⸗ 


. tance,but rather his inhe⸗ 


ritance ſhal diſcend ts the 
ſiſter of the whole bloud, 
02 els it ſhall be inticuled 
tothe chiefe Loyd of the 
fee as his eſcheat:ereat 
you would much maruel, 
becauſe you know not the 
cauſe of this law, howbeit 


the vifficultie ok this caſe 


nothing 


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derit, gaudet & 

ht 2 W — E chem 

that it is afterw 
— — 

> amplius' de- meg delighted ther 

lectatur in coden, 020 herein 
doceris; quod 

1 moot 
iam ignoras, a 

;ntellexerix 22 ＋ 

ctrinam; cum 

timæ illæ fi ben 

mabis eas. Et 

to plus es 0 


te into the hit amatorem ſu- 
It as um in naturam e- 


App 1 fru 
. tuſque producant 
— ta vittus habitum 
chat ea deinde a: 
the pzactiſer of the ſame cure illa 
g aterward namen ther⸗ miĩnetur, quo mo- 
by: as a man indued with deſtia * 
| | ie Y 


{ vi modeſius no- modeſtie,of the vſe there: | 
minatur, continen- ol is named modeſt, Pee 
22 cominens, & that vſech continencye is 
Aapientiz fapiens, called continent, andone 
- Quare & tu prin- 


. ceps;/pdftiuanriu- 
ade Lagelcablb 


ter fundus fuerts, 
habitumque--Jeg is 
9 — 
rito denominabe- 
xis iuſtus, wat 
ia bi 4 07 

i juſti cauſe it ſhalbe ſaide vnto 
odiſti 1ni- vou: Thau hat loued Ju- 
quitatem, propte- ſtice c hated iniquity, and g 
rea ynxit te domi- therfozethe lozdthy Gun 
nus deus tuus o- hathannointed thee with 
leo letitiæ præ con- the ople of glat 
ſortibus tuis regi- 
bus kext. 


; F534. 


Here the Chauncellour briefe ner 
1 the effect of all 225 


ſion. Cap. 8 


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1 . , L tis concitant ad 
we + Seeing that gis rudime ea? 
indue per ea i 


quoque legis eui- 
ie of ig- tate, poteris igno· 
: HY 90! miniam: ac pet le· 
ind kürrber by the Lame gem feal 
vou enioping kelicitie , ens, beatus eſſe pe 
ſhall be blelled in this like, teris in hac ek 


Aud finally being furni- demum filiaſi ti 
ſhed with a louing feare, re indutus, qui De 
which i 18 the wile on of ſapientia el e hari- 
Ms .you gal, obtaine  tatem , quæ AD, 
nd... polleſſe Charitie, Ro On 
ie a fedfaltloue ts turbatus, con! 

1 , and by. the, queris, quia, Yea 

e thereof ung adhzrens ,, per A- 
fo ;0 God, you 53 5 y the poltoli ſententiam, 
8 la made fies vnus ſpiritus 
pile Web ee, GOD. 5a am 
hs Ch + 0 


vin ig b 


Seda via Ita, ſine 
a lex operari 
rei, tibi illam 
ſuper omnia implo- 


fare neceſſe A le- 
uoque diuinæ 
3 rn ſcrip- 
turarum indagare 
ſcientiam. 
Cum dicat ſcti prura 
ſacra, quod yani 
ſunt om Hes, in 
bus non ſabelt ſci- 
entia dei, Sapientiz 
cap:Xxilj, þ 
His igitur, princeps, 
dum  adoleſcens es, 
& anima tua velut 
tabula rafa ; 
pinge eam, ne in 
futurum, ipſa fi gu- 


risminoris frugi de- 


lectabilius depin- 
gatur, 

Quia etiam (t ſa- 
piens quidam ait) 


de- 


But knſbmurb as the 
Lawe without grate can⸗ 
not accompliſh 
things, it isneceſſary and 
requilite , that aboue all 
thinges yon make earnelt 
interceſſion fox it: and al⸗ 
ſo that you become a ſtu 
ous ſercher of Gods law, 
and ok the holy ſcripture, 
Fo ſcripture ſayth, that 
all men are vaine, in who 
is not the knowledge of 
God, in the xiti. chapter of 
the booke of Miledome. 
UWherefoze, moſt Noble 
Mince, while you are pet 
young, while your ſoule 
is as it were a ſmosthe 
blanke table, wite in it 


thele things. leaſt hereaf- 


ter pou happen to take 
pleaſure in writing lellüs 
of lelle p2ofit | 
Foz as a certeine 'wile 
manner 
chere 


Ree 


Whereofthe veſſell new, 
did firſt receaue the taſt, 


Therein, when it is old, 
the ſent wil euer laft. 


he will not ſee — vp 
in luch an occupation, as 
therby he may afterward 
cbtaine to leade a 
lte: So the carpẽter tea⸗ 
cheth his ſon to cut with 
an axe: the ſmith to ſtrike 


entendeth to make a 
irituall miniſter, him he 
pꝛocureth to bee trained 
vp in learnin 
wiſe is it conuenient, that 
kings ſonne, which ſhall 
the people after 


mffructed in the lawes. 


merrye 


with an hammer: xt whom 


1 * * We - 

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os r © F: Wo 
2 EASY 


Inueterata ſapit. 


244 247 
3 1 


vt non eam ON 
pubeſcit, Sig in- 
ſtruat, quibus poſtea 
vitz ſolatia 
catur? Sic lignarius 
faber ſecare dola- 


bro, ferrarius ferire 


malleo, filium in- 
ſtruit: & quem in 
ſpiritualibus mini- 
ftrare cupit, literis 
imbui facit: Sic & 


t So like⸗ N filium ſu- 


ums qui poſt 7 
populum regulabit, 
legibus inſteal dum 


isfather bein his youth minor eſt, conue- 


F et cre 


C.iüj. Qualiter 


— 


e 


rectores . lers ot the wol — 
dus iſte amplioti, obſerue, then the wozlot 
quam iam eſt, juſti- ſhould bee gotierned with 
tia regeretur, qui- much moze Juſtice 

bus:, fi tu, vt jam noh it is, Unto whom, 
honor,faciasjexew- you will follower 
ps nõ minimum hoꝛtation, you ſhall mini- 
iniſtrabis. . eee 


— 


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97 Now = Pronce yeeldeth himſelfe to the flu 
21 ae, the Lawes, 2 1525 
5 diſquieted with certa une 
311121 211 doultes. C4. 7. 453.4 09 


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, Hus when the Chaun⸗ 
Sllene extunc celloz had ſaid, he held 
| Cancellario, his peace , to whome the 
[ Princeps ipſe fie, Pzince beganonthis wiſe | 
exorſus eſt. Vi-; toſpeake,You 
cillime , . egre- come mee, welbeloued 
gie, ſu auiſſima o- Chauncellour , with your 
ratione tua, qua moſt pleaſant t 
& animum meum with vou haue 


; 


at 


| 


E rn, AE EO EIN 


owbeit twoo thinges ramen d 
there bee, that doe tolle buc- ill 
my mynde to and fro, tantibus, animus Y 
and ſo diſquiet it, that ipſe afligitur 1 
lyke a Shyppe in the tanquam in 5 
ragyng waues it know- do mati ci 
eth not whiche waye to ciat q 
enclyne foz eaſe. The gere pro 
one is, whyle it conſide⸗ eſt, dum 
| reth howe manie yeares quot annorum cur- 
the ſtudents of the lawes riculis addiſ- 
I | beffowe therein, befoze centes, earum ſtu- 
| they canne attaine to ſuf- dio ſe conferunt, 
ficient knowledge of the antequam fuer 
ſame : Mhiche cauſeth entem carundem 
my minde alſo to dꝛean, peritiam nanciſcan- 
leaſte that J ſhould like- tur: quo timet ani- 
wyle ſpende the peares mus ipſe, ne con- 
of my youthe , The o⸗ ſimilicer ego præ- 
ther is, whether J ſhall teream annos iu- 
applye my ſelfe to the uentutis meæ , Al- 
ſtudie of the Lawes of terum eſt, an An- 


Englande » 02 of the Ci⸗ glie Legum vel Ci- 
uiljum, 


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- 


* * 
Do 


22 ſtudio ope- 


ram abo Nam 
non niſi optimis le- 
gibus populum re- 


gere licet, etiam 
vt dicit Phildſo- 
phus, Natura depre- 
catur optima, Qua- 
re libenter ſuper 
his, quid tu conſu- 
lis, auſcultaremus. 
Cui Cancellarius . 
Non ſunt hæc, fili 
Regis , tantis ce- 
lata myfterijs, vt de- 
liberatione egeant 
ingenti, quare, quid 
in his mihi lum 
eſt prodere, nõ dif- 
beremus. 


So much knowledg 


7. 97 a Prince, ic 8 


gouerned but by hes 
good Lawes, and as the 
Philoſopher ſapth, na- 
ture coueteth that which 
is beſt , Wherefoze I 
would gladly heare your 
councell in this behalke. 
To whom the Chauncel⸗ 
lour made this aunſwere, 
Thele matters, D kings 
ſonne, are not hidde vn⸗ 
der fo deepe and darcke 
myſteries, that they re⸗ 
quire anye greate deli⸗ 
beration, oꝛ aduiſement. 
And therefoze what J 
thinke beſt herein J will 
not hyde. 


e of the Law as is ne- 


Chap.8. 


Ariſtotle 


/ | 


ſes and beginnings ther- \ 
of euen to the pzinci⸗ 
ples, the 
texte the commentatour 
Philolo⸗ 
phr by did res 
* 
the cauſes efficient , by 
the terme Cauſes he vn- 
derffoode cauſes finall , 
and by Elementes, mat- 
ter and fourme . But in 
the Lawe there are not 
matter and fourme , 
in thin 1 
n une How be it ſitis 
there be in them certetne 
8, dut of p which 


4 


ta que 


ci ipia intellexit cau- 


as pri 
natural and Phiſicis & 


* 


72 


Sed tamen 


ſunt 1 in eis Elenien- 


vnde ip- 


de ottt of ſx profluunt, vt ex 
they — 5 f materia 


* 


R 


* 
* 


4 : » 
348. od. 


* 


materia & forma, 
quæ ſunt conſue- 
tudines, ſtatuta, & 
ius naturæ, ex qui- 
bus ſunt omnia IU 
ra regni, vt ex ma- 
teria. & forma ſung t 
quæque naturalia: 
& vt ex literis, quæ 
etiam elementa a 
pellncur,unco: 
nia quæ leguntur. 
Principia autem, 
quæ Commenta- 
tor dicit eſſe cau- 
ſas efficientes ſunt 
quædam vniuer- 
Als, quæ in legi- 
bus Anglix dotti, 
ſimiliter & Mathe- 
matici, maximas 
vocant: Rethori- 
ci, . & 
Ciuiliſtæ, Regulas 
juris denominant. 
Ipſa reuera non 


Foneſcue, in comme 


radores: &the Ciuilians 


e ein % x 


che Lam e e, * 
which al the lauer okthe 
realme haue their begin⸗ 
ning, euen as all naturall 
thinges haue of matter & 
fourme, and as all things 
that are waitten and read 
do clil of letters, which 
alſo are called elements, 
But pꝛinciples, o; be⸗ 
ginninges, whiche are as 
the Commentary ſayeth, 
cauſes efficient, they are 
certeine vniuerſall pꝛopo⸗ 
ſitiõs, which they, that be 
learned in the Lawes ol 
Englande, x likewiſe the 
Mathematicals do terme 
Marimes:the Khetozici⸗ 
ans doe call the ſame Pa⸗ 


terme them rules ok the 
lam. Thele in deede can⸗ 
not be pzoned by fozceof 
argu⸗ 


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qu they be that couet to pro- 
u  plſcune ali- fite in the knowledge of 
quas intelligere fa- any faculties, they mut 
q 

cultates. Ex eis neeves firſt be furniſhed 


etenim , revelan- with W. Fog by 
them th 


tur cafe" finales, 

ad guss 'rationis 
ductu , in- 
cipiorum agnitio- f 
nem, — 
vnde, 3 
yidelicer , pritici 
Pijs , caulſis is „ & 
elementis, igho- 
Tatis', ſcientia”? de 
qua ils ſunt, pe- 
nitus ir. 

Et his ole! eti- being 
am ſeientiam il 
lam cognitam eſſe, thought to be knowen, 
non determinare-, not determinatly oꝛ pꝛe⸗ 
ſed in confuſo & tilely , but „ be inne 


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Thus we thinke our Legom 
ſelues to haue the know- —_ = 


of the Church; and the data, intelli- 
entes of — 


Fb To pou fuis ait: Vobis da- 
— to 'knowe tum eſt noſſe my 
of GOD; dn terium regni E 
| Parables, that raboks., vt vider« 
map not tes non 'videant ; 


: —_— re 


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100-2 ts-ſptentes, gocbeinghpgh in wif 
Sic & tibi, Princeps, dome. 5 
neceſſe non erit mi- 
— le p — ngliz — as b — 
ngo diſciplinatu ron t ſtudie 
— tibi, to ſearch out the ſecreat 
ve in grammatica myſteries of the Lam of 
tu pr eciſſi, etiam England, It ſhall ſuf- 
& in les bus pro- fice fo; you ; as you haue 
hacia mati- pꝛoſited in grammer, ſo 
alſo to pꝛoſite in law. 
- Unto. the perfection ol 


cie tenus „ dul 1 
& tamen gramatica 
ſufficienter eruditus | 
es, ita vt merito gra- 
maticus denomine- 
ris- Conſi militer — Likewiſe ſhalt 
quoq; denominari pou bee well-wozthy to 
_ mereberis , be called aLawer;if you 


ſg priacipia ſearch out the —_ 


e 


oo» CI) err 


vw 


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more 5 . 
9 — it Non enim expediet 
ſhall not be neevefull 0 tibi, . 
expedient fo2 pou, — indagine, legis ſa- 
trauell ok your owne wit, cramenta rimare , 
to ſtudye out the hid mil ⸗ ſed relinquantur il- 
teries ot the law, But let la iudicibus tuis 
that geare be left to your & aduocatis , qui 
fudges and men of law, in regno Angliz 
which in the royalme of ſeruientes ad 
England are called Ser⸗ gem appellantur, 
kauntes at Lawe , and fimiliter & alijs pe- 
tu other pꝛolellours ofthe ritis, quos appren- 
Lawe commonly called ticios rulgue de- 
appꝛentices: Foz pou nominat: melius 
(hall better erecutefudg- enim per alios, 


mentes by other, then yo per te ip- 


by your ſelke: Neither m iudicia red 
hath it beene ſeene that des, quo, proprio 
any King of Englande ore, nullus regum 
hath pzonounced fudge. Anghr iudicium 
mẽt with bis own mouth, pro as 


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Iudicũ omniũ ſen- 
tentias, Ioſaphat aſ- 
ſeruit eſſe jiudieia 
dei. Quare, tu prin- 
ceps ſereniſſime 
paruo tempore, par- 
ua induſtria, ſuffici- 
enter eris in legibus 
regni Angliæ erudi- 
tus, dummodo ad e- 
ius apprehenſionem 
tu conferas animum 
tuum. Dicit namq; 
Seneca in epiſtola 
ad Lucillum: N. 
eſt, quod pertinax o- 
pera, & diligens cu- 
ra, non expugnat, 
Noſco namque in- 
genij tui perſpica- 
citatẽ, quo audact 
EE 

gibus illis „ li- 


cet carum peritia, 


by other then bee vtte⸗ 
red and monounced , 
Lyke as alſa King Jo- 
tences ok all the Jud⸗ 
ges to bee the iudgments 
of GO D. UWhherefoze, 
molt gracious; Pꝛince, 
vou ſhall! in chozt time 
with lyttle labour bee 
ſufficient lye learned in 
the Lawes of Englande, 
ſo. that you doe applye 
your mynde to the obtat- 
ning thereof... Foz Se- | 
neca in an Epiſtle to Lu- 
cillus ſayeth: There is 
nothing which earneſt 
trauaile and diligent care 
atchieueth not. And 


ſo well doe J knowe the 


prompte towardneſſe of 
50 ur nat ure, that I dare 


bee bolde to ſaye, that in 


thole Lawes (though the 
exact 


REM 


—— - 7-7 


ſitch as is required in iud⸗ 
ges can [kant bee gotten 
in the ſpace ot xx. peares 
you ſhal ſullitiẽtly in one 
peare attaine to ſo muche 


vnderſtanding as is con⸗ 


uenient foxa pʒince. Net- 
ther in the meane tyme 
ſhall you neglect #omitte 
the ſtudie of martiall dil 
cipline, whereunto you 
are ſo keruently geuen, 
but during all the ſame 
pere in ſteede ofrecreatts 
vou ſhall vle the pꝛactiſe 
thereof atyour pleaſure, 


exact Indiblevigyort them ith judicibus X: 


ceſſaria eſt, vix xx; 


annorum lucubra | 
) tionibus acquira- 
tur, tu doctrinam 


principt congruam 
in anno vno ſuffici- 
enter nanciſceris * 
nec interim mili- 
tarem diſciplinam, 
ad quam tam ar- 
denter anhelas, neg- 
liges F ſed'ea ; re- 


creationis loco „e- 


tiam anno illo, tu 
ad libitum Nerd 
eris. 


4 * whoſe gonernements 15 n nor 
2 N. the Lawes of his realme, CUI 


Cap. 9. 


The ſecond int mol 


1 woxthypaince;wherof ' 
pou — tu formi das 5 con- 
D. Yo fimili« 


princeps , quod 


RETTTY vero, , 


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fimili nec maiori o- 
pera elidetur. Dubi- 
tas nempe, an An- 


gloru legũ, vel ci- 


uilium ſtudio te cõ- 
feras, dum Ciuiles 
ſupra humanas cũc- 
tas leges alias, fama 
per orbem extollat 
glorioſa. Non te cõ- 
turbet, ili regis, hęc 
mentis euagatio: 
Nam non 
rex Angliz; ad libi- 
tum ſun, leges mu- 
tare regniſui. Prin- 
cipatu namque, ne- 
Fin egal, fed & 
politico, ipſe ſuo 
populo dominatur. 
Si regali tantũ ipſe 
præeſſet eis, Leges 
regni ſui mutare 
ilte poſſet, tallagia 
quoque & cæte- 


ta onera eis im- 


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poteſt 


like maner, and as eaſely 


as the other, be conkuted. 


Fo you ſtande in doubt, 
whether it bee better fo2 


vou, to geue your mind to 
the ſtudie of the lawes of 


England, oz of the Ciuile 


lawes, becauſe they thꝛo⸗ 
ugh out the whole wozld 
are auaunced in gloꝛy and 
renowne aboue all other 
mans lawes. Let not this 
ſcruple of minde trouble 
you, O molt noble pꝛince: 
Foz the king of England 

cannot alter noʒ chaunge 
the lawes ot his roy 


wes alme 
at his pleaſure, Fo2 why, 
he gouerneth his people 
by power, not only ropal, 
but alſo politique. Jf his 
powerouer thẽ were roy⸗ 
all onely, then hee might 
change plawes of his roy 
alm, æ charge his ſubiects 
wt allage, e other burdẽs 
without 


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when they ſay the Pꝛince 


his pleaſure hath the foꝛce 
of a Lam, But from this, 
much differeth the power 


of a king, whole gouerne⸗ teſt Rex, 


ment ouer his people is 
politique, Foz he can nei⸗ 
ther change Lawes with⸗ 


out the conſent ok his ſub⸗ ſenſu mutare pote- 


iects, no pet charge them 
with ſtraunge impoliti- 
ons againſt their willes, 


Mherefoze his people do 


frankely and freely enioye 
and occuppe their owne li 
goods, being ruled by ſuch 
lawes as they themſelues 
deſire, Neither are they 
pilled either of their owne 
king oꝛ of any other, Like 
pleſure alſo ⁊fredom haue 


the ſubiectes ot a king ru- 


ling only by power ropal, 
ſo long as hee falleth not 


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ge regalif tantum 
principante, dum- 
D. ij. modo 


nidem non la 
- De quali rege dicit 


Philoſophus iij po- 
liticorum, quod e- 


Aus eſt Ciuitatem re- 
ned by a good 
then by a godd 
But kalnmuch üs a King 


"Bt uno optimo, uam 
lege optima. Se quia 
non ſemper contin- 
git prafidetern po- 
pulo, huiuſmodi ef- 
ſe viram '; ſantus 
Thomas in en . 
uem Regi Cipti 
Sap ——— 
principum, optare 
cẽſetur, regnum ſic 
inſtitui, vt rex nonli- 
bere valeat popu- 
lam tyrannide gu- 
bernare, quod ſo- 
lum fit, dum pote- 
ſtas Regia lege po- 
litica cohiberur : 
Gaude igitur prin- 
ceps optime, talem 
eſſe legem regni, in 


jy 9 in commendation 


modoipſe in tyran - into t 
batur. Aeg 


—_ 


of Pꝛinces, wilheth the 


tyramipe / Of ſuch 
ſheaketh Ariſto⸗ 
tle in the third Booke' ok 
his Tiuill Whiloſophie, 
that it is better 
foꝛ aCitie to bee gouer⸗ 
King, 
Lawe', 


is not euer ſuch a man, 


therkoze Saint Thomas 


in the Books, which hee 
wꝛote to the king of Cy- 
pꝛus, ok the gouernance 


ſtate of a Realme to bee 
ſuch, that it may not be in 
the kinges power to op⸗ 


pꝛeſſe his people with ty⸗ 


rannie, Mhich thing is 
perfourmedonely ; while 
the power Ropall is re⸗ 
lkrapned by power poli⸗ 
tique. Retoyce therefoze, 
D ſoueraigne Pꝛince, and 
be gladde, that the Lawe 
of pour Realme, wherein 
vou 


you ſhall hive; 
25 it ſhall exhibite and 
miniſter to pou und your 
people no ſmall ſecuritie 
and comfozte, Aith ſuch 
Lawes as ſavth the ſame 
Saint Thomas ſhoulde 
all man kinde haue beene 
guerned; ik in Paradiſe 
they had not tranſgrelled 
Gods commaundement, 

wich ſuch Lawes allo 


was the Sinagogue ru⸗ 
led, while it ſerued vn⸗ 


der God onely as king, 
who adopted the ſame to 
him koz a peculiar king⸗ 
dome, But at the laſt, 
when at their requeſt they 
had a man king ſett ouer 
them, they were then vn⸗ 
der ropall Lawes onely 
brought verye lowe. 
And pet vnder the ſame 
Lawes/, while good 
kinges were their Nu⸗ 


lers, they liued wealthily, 


quo tu 12 


es, quia; & wages 
— — ipſa ſecuti- 
tatem 2 —— 
minimam & ſola- 
men. Tali lege, vt 
dicit idem ſanctus, 
regulatũ fuiſſet to- 
tum genus huma-- 
num} ur in paradiſo 
Dei mandatum nõ 
preterijfſer, tali eti- 
am lege regebatur 
ſinagoga j dumm ſub 
ſolo Deo, Rege, qui 


eam in regnum pe- 
culiare adoptabat, 


illa militabat, fed! 
demum,; eius peri- 
tione, rege homi- 
ne abi conſlituto, 
ſub lege tantum 
Regali ipſa dein- 
ceps humiliata eſt. 

Sub qua tamen, 
dum optimi Reges 
ſibi ptæfuerunt, | 
D.iiij. ioſa 


ipſa plauſit, & dum and when-wilfull and ty⸗ 

iſcoli ei præeſſe- rannous Ringes had the 
bant, ipſa incoſola- gouerument ot them, then 
biliter lugebat, vt they continued in great 
regum liber hæc di- diſcomfort and milery, as 
ſtinctius manifeſta- booke of Kinges doth 
uit. Tamen quia de moꝛe plainly declare. But 
materia iſta in opuſ- fox ſo much, as I ſuppole, 
culo, quod tui con- J haue ſuſficit᷑tly debate 

templacione de na- this matter in my wozke 
tura legis naturæ ex- which at vour requeſt J 
araui, ſufficienter compiled of the nature ot 
= me diſceptaſ- thelawofnature,therfoze 
e, plus indeloqui at this time I ſurceaſe ta 
iam deſiſto. ſpeak thereof any moze. 


Here the Prince demaundeth a que ſtian. Ca. 1 o, 
T* nc princeps il- ] Pmediately the ꝛince 
- licohcait. Vn- thus ſaide, Dow com⸗ 
de hoc, cancellarie, meth this to paſſe, good 
quod Rex vnus ple- Chauncellour, that one 
bem ſuam regaliter Ring may gouerne his 
tantũ regere valeat, people by power Royall 
&regi alteri poteſtas onely, x that another king 
huiuſmodi denega- can haue no ſuch power, 
tur, æqualis faſti- ſeeing both theſe Ringes 
gij cum ſint Reges axe in dignitie * 


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royally ruleth his people in luptadict E 1 
after his owne pleaſure, culo fuſficienccr of 3 
howbeit they differ in olteſum 
aucthoꝛity ouer their ſub- mẽ authoritatis eos 
iects, as in the ſame woꝛk in ſub. 


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haue ſhewed, and ſap J dẽ vt iam nullaten? | 

ſtill, Of which ce denegaui, cuius di- 

il open vnto vou the uerſitatis cauſam, vt j 
cauſe as I can, pPotero, tibi pãdam. 1 


How kin ingdomes ruled by ra 2 
only firit began. 


En in times paſſed, 
Maag in power, 


Omines quon- 
dam, — 


„ 
LMS ASM 


al ollentes, avid 
dennen de lors 


bi viribus 
runt, ae ipſis ſeruire, 
obtemiperare quoq; 


juſſionibus ſuis,c6- 


« puleri t quas iuſſio- 
nes, extũe leges . 
mind lis eſſe ipfi 
ſancierunt. Quarum 
petpetione diutina, 


4 ſubiectus ſic 


lus, dũ pet ſubijci⸗- 

tes à ceterorũ iniu- 
rijs defendebatur, in 
ſubijciẽtium domi 
nmium cõſentierunt: 
Oportunius eſſe ar- 
bitrãtes, ſe vni®ſub- 
di, imperio; quo er- 
gaalios defenderc- 


| eur, quam omrium 
eos infeſtare volen- 
tium oppreſſionibꝰ 
exponi, Sicq; regna 


—_— 


And 


grey of digte Fglozy, 
did manp times by plaine 
their neighbozs p n ations 
adioining: & cõpelled the 
to do them ſeruice # to o⸗ 
bey their cömandements: 
afterwardthepdecreedto 
be vnto thoſe-peopleverp 
lawes. And by long lufe- 
rice ofthe ſame, the peo⸗ 
ple — — by 
— — 
liue vnder the dominid or 
the ſame their lubduers, 
thinking it better koꝛ thẽ 
able to defend thẽ againſt 
other, then to be in daun⸗ 
ger to be oppyeſled of all 
ſuch as would violently 


8 a. „ 
Kai at 
* 
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— were — And - 
thoſe ſubduers thus ru⸗ 
ling the people vntoͤthem 
ſubdued , tooke vpõ them 
of ruling to be called ru⸗ 


lers, which our language 
tearmeth kinges, And 


their rule oꝛ — was re 


named only roial [82 king⸗ 
ly. So Memroth was 
the firſt that got vnto him 
ſelfe akingdome, And pet 
in the holy Se 


but a ſtout oꝛ mightie hũ⸗ 
ter befoꝛe the Loꝛd: Fox 
like as a Hunter lubdu⸗ 
eth wilde beaftes liuing 
at theit libertie, ſo did he 
bzing men vnder his obe⸗ 
diẽce. So did Belus ſub⸗ 
due the Aſſirias,# Minus n 
the moſt part of Aſa. Do 
alſo dyd the Romapnes 
vlurpe the Empire of the 


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populum' fi ſio rexe< 
runt;aregendo fibi 
nomen . vſiirL 


parũt, eorum quoq; 


dominatus tantum 
alis dictꝰ eſt; vie 
N droth prichus: fix 
bi . cõparaꝛ 
uit, tamen non rex; 
ip ſe, ſed Robuſtus 


wr cor] domi- 
he is not called a King, | 


rate fruẽte roy; 
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vſurparunt qualiter 
ferè in omnibus gẽ- 
tibus regna inchoa- 
ta ſunt. Quare, dum 
filij Iſrael regẽ po- 
ſtulabant, ſicut tunc 
habuerunt omnes 
gentes, dominus in- 
de offenſus, legem 
regalẽ eis per Bro- 
phetam explanari 
mandauit. Quæ nõ 
aliud fuit, quam pla- 
citum regis eis prę- 
eſſentis, vt in pri- 
mo 8 libro ple- 
nius edocetur. Ha- 
bes nunc (ni fallor) 
ptinc eps clariſſime, 
formã exordij reg- 
norũ, regaliter poſ- 
ſeſſorum. Quare, 
quomodo regnum 
politice regulatum, 
primitus erupit, e- 
tiam iam propalare 


Forteſcue, inc 


Wherfoze the lozw,being 


whole wozld,and thus al- 
of all nations begonne. 


diſpleſed w the childꝛẽ of 
Iſraell requiring to haue 
à king, as thẽ all other na⸗ 
tions had, cõmaunded the 
law regall to be declared 


vnto thẽ by the Pꝛophet. 


Which law regal was no 
other thing, but the pleq- 
ſure ok the king their go⸗ 
uernoꝛ, as in p; 1. book of 
the kings moꝛe fully it is 
cotained. Now you vnder 
ſtand, as I ſuppoſe, moſt 
noble pꝛince, thefozme & 
faſſio ofthe beginning ot 
thoſe kingdomes, y be re- 
gally poſſeſſed and ruled. 


Mherkoze, now J wil al⸗ 
ſay to make plaine to pou, 
how & by what meanes v 
gouernmẽt ofp kingdom 
politique, tooke his firſte 

entrance 


vo To on Yn OW 


= 


when you know the be⸗ 
ginnings — them boch, it 


Gas - —— tatis , 

quam tu quæris, 
p inde elicere tibi fa- 

of the diuerlity, which in cillimum fir, 

pour queſtion is cõteined. ator! 1 


1 


— 


«How Kingdomes of politique gauernance 


5 were e C -e. 
CaAint in the SaAndus-; Auguſt 


nus in libro xix. 
booke de Ciuitate Dei a 
ſayeth » That a people & 
is a multytude of men popul el cetus 
alſociated by the con⸗ hominũ, iuris con- 
lent of law, and com- ſenſu & vtilitatis cõ- 
munion of wealth And munione ſociatus. 
yet ſuch a people bee ⸗ Nec tamen populus 


ing headleſſe ,-that is hinodi,dux acepha- 
to ſay, wythout a head, lus, (id eſt) ſine ca- 
is not wozthy to be cal⸗ pite, effe corpus vo- 
ui 


led a bodie, Foz as in carimeretur, 
thinges naturall , when vt in naturalibus, 


head is cutt off the capite detruncato, 
reſiduum 


reſiduum non cor- 
pus, ſed trũcum ap- 
pellamus, ſic & in 
politicis, ſine capite 
communitas nulla- 
tenus corporatur: 
Quo, primo politic. 

dicit philoſophus, 
quodquãdocunque 
ex pluribus conſti- 
tuitur vnũ inter illa, 
vnum erit regens, & 
alia erũt recta, Qua- 
re populum ſe in 
regnũ, aliudue cor- 
pus politicum eri- 
gere volẽtem, ſem- 
per oportetvnũ prę- 
ficere totius corpo- 
ris illius regitiuum, 
quem regem nomi- 
nare ſolitũ eſt, Hoc 
ordine, ſicut ex em- 
brione corpꝰ ſurgit 
phiſicum, vno capi- 
te regulatu m, ſic ex 


Forteſcue, In COMME | 
reſidue is not called a bo⸗ 


by 
* 
; » 
1 
| 2 


die, but a truncheon, fo 


likewiſe in thinges poli⸗ 


tique ; a communaltie 
wythout a head is in no 
wiſe-coxpozate : Mhere⸗ 


foe, Ariſtotle in the firſt. 


booke of his ciuill philo⸗ 
lophy ſapeth 5 that when- 


ſoeuer one is made of ma- 


ny, among che ſame , one 
ſhall be the ruler, and the 
other ſhal be ruled, wher⸗ 
foze a people that will 
rayſe them lelues into a 
kingdome , oz into any 
other bodie polictque , 
mult euer appopnt one 
to bee chiefe ruler of the 
whole bodie, which in 
kingdomes is called a 
of oꝛder, as out of the 
embzion ryſeth' a bodie 
naturall ruled by one 
head, euen fo of a mul⸗ 

titude 


2 0 
— «SG mw ts © 


bes ut Lane mo" 


titude of: people atyſeth 


à kingdome, which is a 
body myſticall, grounded 


by one man as by an head. 
And lyke as in a naturall 
body, as layth the Philo⸗ 
ſopber, the hart is the 
firſt that lyueth, hating 
within it bloud, which it 
diſtrybuteth among all 
the other members, wher⸗ 


bp they are quickued and 


do lyue : ſemblably in a 


body politique, the in⸗ 
tent of the people is the 
firſt lyuely thing, hauing 
wyt hin it bloud, that is 
to {ay , politike pꝛoui⸗ 


ſion fo2 the vtilitie and 
galth of the ſame peo⸗ 


p e, which it dealeth fozth 
and imparteth aſwell to 


the head, as ta all the 
rs: 'of the ſame bo- 


die, whereby the body is 
n F ne, 


extat myſticum vno 
homine vt capite 


gubernatum. Et ſi- | 


cut in naturali. COT® 
pore, vt dicit Philo- 
— eſt pri- 
mumviuens, habens 
inſe languinẽ, quem 
emittit in omnia e- 
ius membra, vnde 
illa vegetãtur & vi- 
vunt e lic in corpore 


re intẽtio po- 


puli primum viuts 
e eſt habens in 
fe ſanguinem 3 viz. 
prouiſione m politi- 
cam vtilitati populi 
illius, quam in caput, 
& in omnia mem- 
bra eiuſdem corpo- 
ris, ipſa tranſmittit, 
quo corpus illud 
a & vegetatut. 
n he 


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Lex vero, ſub qua Wenn ä 
cetus hominum, po- der the which a multitude 
pulus efficitur, ner- ok men is made a people, 
uorũ corporis phi- repzelfteth the ſemblance | 
fici tenet rationem: of ſinewes inthe body na⸗ 
Quia ſicut per ner- tural: becauſe that like as 
uos compago cor- by ſinews the ioyning ol 
poris ſolidatur, ſic the body is made ſound, ſo 
n quęà li- by the lam, which taketh 
gando di citur , cor- the name alig ado, that is 
pus huiuſmodi mi- to wit of — ſuch a 
ſticum ligatur & ſer - miſtical bodyts knit e pꝛe⸗ 
uatur in vnũ:et eiuſ ſerued together: the mẽ⸗ 
dẽcorporis membra bers ꝶ᷑ bones of the ſame 
ac oſſa, qut veritatis, body, mherbyis repꝛeſẽted 
ua communitas illa the ſoundneſſe ol p wealth 
— ſoliditatẽ wherbpp body b — 
denotant, per lege, ned, do by the laws, as the 
vt corpus naturale 
per neruos, propria 
retinent iura: Et vt per 
ns poteſt caput cor - head ot᷑ a body natural ci- 
poris phiſici, neruos not change his ſinewes, 
ſuos cõmutare, ne- nag cannot deny oꝛ 
que mẽbris ſuispro- from his inkerioꝛ mẽbers 
prias vires , & pro- their peculiar powers, and 
pria ſanguiris ali- cer nouriſmecs 0 - 


blood, no moze can a mẽta denegare, nec 
King, which is the head rex, qui caput cor- 
of a bovye politike, poris politici eſt, mu 
chaunge the Lawes of rare poteſt leges 
that kope: noz wich corporisillias,nec = 
dzawe from the fame iuſdem populi ſub- 
people their | 'pzoper Qicias proprias ſub= 
ſiblance againft- their trahere, reclamane 
wils and conlentes in tibus eis aut inuitis. 
that behalte Nowe Habes ex hoc iam, 
vou vnderſtande, moſt princeps, inſtituti 
noble inte, the koꝛme omnis politici Reg- 
of inſtitution ok a ni formam, ex qua 
Ryngdome politique, metiri poteris pote- 
whereby you may niea- ſtatem, quam rex e- 
ſure the power, which ius in leges ipſius, 
the Ring thereof mape aut ſub Tos valeat 
exerciſe ouer the Law ex ercere. Ad tute- 
and ſubiectes of the lam nãq; legis ſub- 
ſame; Foz ſuch a king is ditorum, ac eorum 
made F _—_ fox the corporum& bono 
defence of the law ol his rum, rex hujuſmodi 
fubiects ꝶ of their bodies -ereaus elt, & ad 
and goods, whereunto he hanc, poteſtatem = 
receiueth power ot his populo effluxam 
people, ſo that he can not ipſe habet, quo et 
gouerne his people by * * poteſtate 


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alia ſuo populo do- 


minari : quare vt 
poſtulationi tuę, qua 
certiorari cupis, vn- 
de hoc prouenit qd 
poteſtates regũ tam 
diverhmode - vari- 
antur ſuce inctius ſa- 
tisfaciam. Fir me cõ- 
iector, qd diuerſita- 
tes inſtitutionũ dig- 


propalaui, prędictã 
diſcrepantiam ſolũ- 


modo operantur, 
ut rationis chleurtb, 


tu ex premiſsis po- 
teris exhaurire. Sic 
namq;regnum ang- 
liæ quod ex Bruti 
comitiua Troiano- 
rum, quam ex Italiz 
& gręcorum finibus 
perduxit, in domi- 
mum politicum, & 
regale, prorupit: Sic 
& Scotia , N ei 


which J haue nowe de⸗ 


nitatum illarũ, quas 


any other power, Uher. 
foze to ſatiſfie your ro- 
queſt, in that you ve- 
ſireto bee certified, how 
it commeth to paſle that 
in the powers of Kinges 
there is ſo great diuerſi- 


tie: Surelpin mine opi- 


inſtitutions o2 firſk oꝛdi⸗ 
nances of thoſe dignities, 


clared ,-is the onelye 


cauſe of this fozeſaide di⸗ 


ference. , as ofthe pze- 
miſſes by the diſcourſe 
of reaſon pou mape eaſe- 
lye gather. Foz thus 
the Kingdome of Eng⸗ 
lande out of Byutes re⸗ 
tinue of _ Tropans, 
which boughte 
out o — Coaſtes ok 
Italy and Greece, firſt 
grewe to a politique and 
recall dominion: Thus 


alſo Deoclande , vey 
ſome- 


ſometinie was: 8 


ubiect to 
England as a Dukdome 
thereof, was aduanced to 


a politike and ropall 
kingvome, Many other 
kingdomes 
their firſt beginning not 
_ of regall but alſo 
ok politique gouernment. 
Wherfoze DiovozusSi- 
culus in his ſecond booke 
ofoldehiſtozies thus wꝛi⸗ 
teth of the Egyptians: 
The Egyptian kings li⸗ 
ved, firſtnotafrerthelp- 
tentious manner of _— 
rulers, whoſe will and 
plealure is in ſteade of 
law, but they kept them⸗ 
ſelues as pꝛiuate perſons 
in ſubiection ofthe laws, 
And this did they wil⸗ e 
lingly, being perſwaved 
that by obeying the laws 


they ſhaulde bee bleſled. 
+ Foxof ſuch Rees, as fol- 
| rent cupidiratibus, 


gas vt FR. 
obediuit, in regnum 
creuie politicum & 
regale. Alia quoque 
plurima regm, nedũ 


alſo had thus regalicer ſed & pal 


ticer egulari, tali o- 
ane ſortita ſũt. 
Vnde Diodorus Si- 
culus in ſecundo li- 
bro. mien priſ⸗- 
car e Egyptijs 
ſic ee. 


mum gypti jreges 
vitam non 
regnantium, quibus 


aliorum 


voluntas pro lege 
eſt, traducebant li- 


centia, ſed veluti 


priuati tenebantur 
legibus, neque id 

egre ferebant, ex- 
iſtimantes garen do 
legibus, ſe beatos 


fore . Nam ab his, 
qui ſuis indulge- 


E, ij mults 


tibus legem.Conſi- 


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multa cenſebant fi- t 
eri, quibus dampna 

ericulaq; ſubirent. were — — 
Er! in quarto libro of diuers harms t petils. 
fic Ccribk: Aſſump- And in his fourth Booke 
tus in RegemEthi- thus he wꝛiteth: TheC- 
opum, vitam ducit thiopiũ king as ſoone as 
ſtatutam legibꝰ om- he is created, her oꝛdereth 
nia que agit iuxta his luke HOES _ 
patrios mores , ne- rs af- 
que premio nequic 
pena afficiens quen- 
quam, præter per 
tiaditam a ſup 


chen the law madebyhis 
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rege Saba in felici repoxtethlikewile of 
Arabia, & alijs qui- thel king ing of SabainA ra: 
buſdam regibus qui bia the happy, x of certein 
priſcis temporibus other kings which in olde | 
feliciter regnabant. timehonozably reigned. - 


Here the Prince compendion fly abridgeth allthat 
the Chauncellor you ere ha eee at large. 


Vi princeps . "T1 whom the Phince 
rug Can. 2 
atte 


might with moze ſafety 


haue, good Chauncellour, 


of the Lawes of Englund. 34 


o 


with the cleare light of nis tuz lumine te- 


your declaratt6 quite d2i- 
uen away the cloudymilk, 
wherewith the bzightnes 


ok my mind was dar kned: 


ſo that J do moſt euidently 
ſee that no nation did euer 
of their owne voluntary 
minde inco2pozate them- 
kelues into a kingdom fo2 
anp other intent, but only 
to the ende, y thereby they 


then befoze maintaine the 
ſelues c enioy their goods 
from ſuch milkoztunes & 
lolſes as they ſtood in fear 


_ of, And of this intẽt ſhuld 


ſuch a natto be vtterly des 
frauded,ifthen their king 


might ſpoile themof their 


goods, which befoze was 
lawfull fo no man to do, 


And pet ſhould ſuch a peo⸗ 
ple be much moze miured, 


nebras, quibus ob- 
ducta erat acies mẽ- 
tis meæ, quo clariſ- 
ſime iam conſpicio. 
quod non alio pa- 
cto gens aliqua, 
proprio - arbitrio , 
vaquam ſe in'reg- 
num corporauit, 


niſi vt pex hoc, ſe & 


ſua, quorum diſ- 
endia formida- 
ut, tutius quam 
antea, poſſiderent, 
qua propoſito ges 
huiuſmodi frauda- 
retur, ſi exinde fa- 
cultates eorum eri- 
pere poſſit Rex ſu- 
us, quod antea face- 
re vlli hominum nõ 
licebat. Et adhuc 

rauiꝰ multo popu- 
fastalis læderetur, 
E. ill. fi 


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9 \ 


nis legibus , etiam 
ipſis forſan exoſis, 
regerentur. Et max- 
ime, ſi legibus illis, 
eorum minorare- 
tur ſubſtantia, pro 
cuius vitanda iactu- 
ra, vt pro ſuorum 
tutela corporum , 
iph ſe Regis impe- 
rio, arbitrio - pro- 
prio, ſubmiſerunt, 
non potuit reuera 
poteſtas huiuſmodi 
ab ipſis erupiſſe: & 
tamen ſi non ab ip- 
ſis, Rex huiuſmodi 
ſuper ipſos nullam 
obtineret potelta- 
tem. E regione, a- 
liter eſſe concipio 


de regno, quod 


Regis ſolum aucto- 
ritate & potentia 
inc orporatum elt, 


. pea and ſuch as they per⸗ 


Farteſcue, in commendati 
ſi deinde pæregri- 


aduenture deadly hated 
and abhozred , And mot 
of all, if by thoſe lawes, 
their ſubſtaunce ſhould 
bee diminiſhed /, fox the 
ſafegarde whereof , as 
alſo foz the vefence of 
their owne bodtes, they of 
their owne free will lub⸗ 
mitted themleluesto the 
gouernaunce of a Ring, 
no ſuche power ſurelye 
could haue pꝛoceeded fro 
them: And pet ik they had 
not beene, ſuch a King 
could haue had no power 
otter them. Now on the 
other fide J perceiue it to 
ſtande muche otherwiſe 
with a kingdome, which 
onely by the authozitie 
of a king is incozpoꝛate, 
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Foz ſuch a Nation is no quia non alio pacto 
otherwiſe ſubiecte vnto ges talis ei ſabiecta 
him, but that the ſame eſt niſi vt eius legi- 
Nation, which by hys bus, que ſunt illius 
pleaſure is made his king⸗ placita, gens ipſa, 
dome, ſhould obeye hys quæ codem placito 
Lawes, and bee ruled by regnum eius effecta 
nothing eſt, obtemperaret & 
elle but his like pleaſure, regeretur. Neque, 
Neither haue J yet, good Cancellaric , a mea 
Chauncellour, fozgotten hucuſque memoria 
that, which in your trea- elapſum eſt, quod 
tiſe of the nature of the alias in tractatu de 
Lawe of Nature , you natura legis naturæ, 
haue with pithye reaſons horũ duorum regũ 
clarkely pꝛooued, con⸗ æqualem eſſe potẽ- 
cerning that the power of tiam, doctis rationi- 
theſe two kings is equall: bus oſtendiſti, dum 
Howbeit the power of the poteſtas, qua eorum 
one, whereby hee is at li⸗ alter perperam age 
berty to deal wzꝛongfully, re liber elt, libertate 
is not by ſuch liberty aug ⸗ hmdins augetut, vt 
mented and increaſen, as poſſe langueſcere, 
to be of habilitie to decay moriue, potẽtia non 
and die, is no habilitie, but eſt, ſed propter pri- 
in refpect ofthe pꝛiuation uationes in adiecto, 
E. iiij. impo- 


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OY Quia vt di- 
cit Boetius, potentia 
nom eft niſi ad bonum, 
quod poſſe male a- 
gere, vt poteſt Rex 
regaliter regnans, 
liberius quam Rex 
politice dominans 
populo ſuo, poti- 
us eius poteſtatem 
minuit, quam aug- 
mentat Nam 
ſanc ti ſpiritus, iam 


confirmati in glo- 


ria, qui peccare 
nequeunt, poten- 
fiores nobis ſunt, 
qui ad omne fa- 
cinus liberis gau- 
demus habenis . 
Solum igitur mi- 
hi iam ſupereſt a 
re ſciſcitandum , 
ſi Lex Angliz , 


poti- and feblenes in the thing, 
it is rather to bee called a 
diſhabilitie. Becauſe that 
as Boetius ſayth: habili⸗ 
tie and power is not but 
to good: So that to bee 
of habilitie '02 power to 
doo euill, (as is the king 
that Regally- voth rule, 
and that with much moze 
liberty, then the king that 
hath a politique dominion 
auer his people) is rather 
a diminution then an in⸗ 
creaſeofpower, Fo2 the 
holy ſpirites, which are 
now eſtabliſhed in glozie, 
and cannot ſinne, doe in 
power far ercell and paſle 
vs, which haue a delight 
# pleaſure to run headlõg 
into all kinde of wicked⸗ 
nes, Now therfoꝛe d haue 
but this one only queſtion 
to demaunde ot you, whe- 
ther the law of England, 

to 


effectuall fo2 the gouern⸗ 
ment of that kingdom as 
the Ciuile lawe, whereby 
the holy empire is gouer⸗ 
ned, is thought ſufficient 


f92 the gouernment ofthe 
whole world: Af w ſound 


_ reaſons and apparant de- 


monſtrat ions vou reſolue 
me in this point, J will 


ſtreight peelde me to the ris 


ſtudy of che Lawe, with- 


out further troubling vou 
with my queſtiõs in this 


matter. 


erhoꝛt me, be as good and 


— me prouocas, 
== & efficax eſt 

regime regni il- 
Ii? — Galen 
facriiregulatur i im- 
peril ffficiesarbie 
tratir ad or bis 
men vniuerſiꝰ Si me 
in hoc. , demonſira- 
tomie co 


ade biumreddide- 


That all Lawes are the lam n ö 


OV. ſtatutes, 


T've Chanceloꝛ anſwe⸗ 
red — you haue 
wel cõmitted to: p, 


moſt wozthy Putnce, all 


that J haue hitherto de⸗ 
clared vnto you, There: 


Cap. 15. 
(CAncellrius, 

memorix« tuæ, 
princeps optime, 
commendaſti, quz 
tibi hucuſque bo 
geſſi, quare &, 
quæ 


Ke IRIS 


gas, meritus es vt 
pandam. Scire te 


igitur volo, quod 


omnia iura huma- 
na, aut ſunt lex na- 
ture, conſuetudines, 
vel ſtatuta, quæ & 
cõſtitutiones appel- 
lantur. Sed — 
dines & legis na- 
turæ ſentẽtiæ, poſt- 
uã in ſcripturã re- 
dad, & ſufficienti 
auctoritate princi- 
pis promulgate fue- 
rint, ac cuſtodiri iu- 
beantur, in conſtitu- 
tionum ſiue ſtatuto- 
rũ naturam mutan- 
tur, & deinde pena- 
lius, quã antea ſub- 
ditos principis ad 
earum cuſtodiam 
conſtringunt, ſeue- 
ritate mandati illius, 


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foze you are well woꝛthy 
to haue this doubte ope- 
ned, whereupon now pou 
haue mooued your queſti⸗ 
on. You ſhall therefoze 
vnderſtand, that all hu⸗ 
maine Lawes are either 
the Law ofnature, oz cu⸗ 
ſtomes, oz els ſtatutes, 
which are allo called con⸗ 
ſtitutions. But cuſtomes 
and the ſentences of the 
Law of nature, after that 
they were once put in 
wziting, and by the ſut⸗ 
fictent authozitie of the 
Pꝛince publiſhed c com- 
maunded to bee kepte, 
were chãged into the na- 
ture of conſtitutions , 02 
ſtatuts, and did after that 
moꝛe penally, then be⸗ 
foze , binde the ſubiectes 
ofthe Pꝛince to the kee- 
ping ofthe by the ſeueri⸗ 
tie of his nnn. 


e 
e, '& 5 . 


part ofthe Ciuile lawes, 
whiche of the Nomaine 
VPuinces are digeſted in 
great volumes & by their 
auctozitie commaunded 
to be obſerued. And not 
they onely are called by 
the name of the Ciuile 
lam, but alſo all the other 
ffatutes of Emperours, 
Now then, if that among 
theſe tit. welſpꝛings of all 
Lawe, J pꝛoue che pꝛee⸗ 
minence of the Lawe of 
England toercell abone 
the reſt, I ſhall therewith 
pꝛoue theſame Law to be 
good andeffectual foꝛ the 
gouernemẽt of the king⸗ 
dome , And further, if J 
do chewe it to bee as com⸗ 
modius foz the wealth 
of that Realme, as the 
Ciuile Lawes are foꝛ the 
Wen of the edi 


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um pars nõ mo- 
— Roma- 
norum principib?in 
magnis volumini 
bus redigitur, & eo- 
rum auctoritate ob- 
ſeruari mandarur.. 
Vnde legis Ciuili 
vt cetera Imperato- 
ri ſtatuta, iam pars 
illa nomen ſortita 


eſt. Si igitur in his 


tribus quaſi omnis 


iuris fontibus, les — 


— præful- 
— „legem illam, 
nam eſſe & effi- 
cacem, ad regni il 
lius regimen, etiam 
comprobaui , De- 
inde ſi eam, ad eiuſ- 
dem regni vtilita- 
tem, vt leges ciuiles 
ad imperij bonum, 
accom- 


 Forteſcne, in commendation 
accommodam eſſe then ſhal I makeeuidfts 

lucide oſtenderim, plaine,notonly p this lat 
nedum tunc legem is ot much excellency, but 
illam præſtantẽ, ſed alſo that it is an elect and 
& , vt leges ciuiles, choſen law, as well as the 
electam (vt tu op- Ciuile laws are: which is 
tas) etiam patefeci. the thing p pou require. 
Igitur hæc duotibi UWherefoze to the pꝛoole 
endere ſatagens, and declaratiũ of theſe ij. 
fic progredior.  points,thus I pꝛoceede. 


The law of nature in all countries is all one. 
ritt ni 12 nee {49 

a LEZes Angliæ in The lawes of Englad, 
his, quę ipſę ſan- in thoſe things, which 
ciũt legis naturæ ra- they by foxce of the Law 
tione, non meliores ot nature do ratiſie & eſta⸗ 
peioreſue ſunt in iu- bliſh, are neither better 
dicijs ſuis, quam in no2 wozſe in their iudge⸗ | 
cõſimilibꝰ ſunt om- ments, then the lawes of | 
nes leges cztera- allgther nat iõs are in the 


rũ nationum. Quia, like caſes, Fo2 as Ariſto- 
vt dicit Philoſoph* tle in the 5. booke ok his 


5-Ethicoru: Ius na- Yozal philoſophy ſapeth: 
turale eſt , quod a- TheLaweofnatureis'y 
pudomneshomines which among all mw 
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ro reaſon ; 
ſtomes e Statutes theſe liter f 
of England are. And moe 
firſt the qualitie of thoſe br | 7 

he Realme bt Eng. | 

land, was firſt inhabi⸗ — 9 
ted ok the Byittons, ner 4 
after them the Romaines deir | 
had the rule of the land, nosrevvlatn! 
and then againe the Bꝛit⸗ rumq; per 
tons polleſſed it, after ac deine per \ 
whom the Sarons inua- nes poſſeſſum 
ded it, whochanging the nomeneius ex 
name therok did fo) Byit- tannia in Anglian 
taine call it England, af- mutauerunt: extunc | 


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terthen ſozacertaintime 
non ge 
t , and 

then Saxons againe, but 
laT of all che Nozmans 
_ ſubduedit, whoſe diſcent 
' Lontinuethin the gouern⸗ 
ment ofthe kingdome at 
thisp elent. And in all 
the times of theſe ſeueral 
@ nations c of their kings, 
_ thisrealmewas fff[ ruled 


wpth.the lelfe ſame cu⸗ 


ſtomes, that it is now go⸗ 

. tterned withall. Ahich, 
if they had not bin right 
good, ſume of thoſe kings 
mooued eyther wich Ju- 
ſtice, oʒ with reaſon oz af- 

fection, would haue chan⸗ 
ged thẽ, oz els altogether 
Aboliſhed them, & eſpect- 
ally the Romains, who 
did iudge all the reſt of 
the wozld by their owne 
lawes + Likewiſe would 


per "i ide reg> 


num parumper do- 


| minatum eſt, & ite- 


rũ per Saxones, ſed 
finaliter per Nor- 


mannos, quorum 


propago regnũ il- 
lud obtinet in pre- 
ſenti. Et in omnibus 
nationum barum, & 
regum earũ tempo- 
2 regnum illud 
eiſdem, quibus iam 
regitur, conſuetudi- 
nibus continue re- 


gulatum elt. Quz,(1 


optimæ non extitiſ- 
ſent, aliqui regum il- 
lorũ, iuſtitia, ratione, 
vel affectione con- 
citati, eas mutaſſent, 
aut omnino deleuiſ- 
ſent, & maxime Ro- 
mani, qui legib? ſuis 
quaſi totũ orbis re- 
liquũ iudicabãt. Si- 

militer 


tẽporum curriculis, 


leges ciuiles, inqui- | 

um Romanorũ, in- 10 
ueterate ſunt, neque cit 
Venetorii leges, que 
ſup alias antiquita- 1 


militer et ali regum ff 

prędictorũ, qui ſo 
lum gladio regnum {[ 
Anglie poſſiderunt, . 
quo & potentia ſi- 
Sil ip, leges eius t 
exinaniſſe valuerũt. 
Neg; vero tantorũ 


te Aung nen othe 


rum tum inſula, in n 
initio Britonum, in- 


habitata non fait, fi= 

cut nec Roma, codi- 
ta, nec vllorũ mundi 
regnorũdeicolarum 
leges, tanto euo ino- 
lite ſunt: Quare, non 
bonas, immo non 
optimaseſſe, Anglo- 
rum conſuetudines 9 


* 


— due es ol 
any Papnim nat. 


woꝛld, are of ſo old g anci⸗ 


' ent peares: WAherefoze 
the contrarie is not ta be 


ſaid noz thought, but that 
the Cnglythe cuſtomes 


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N 
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WS 
XP 


. No ug ty 


regaliter 


Forieſcue, in commendarn 


ſicut non dicere, ita 


nec ſuſpicar fas eſt. 


are verie good, yea ok all 


other the verie belt. 


E Here he ſheweth with what grauitie Statutes 


are made m England. C ap. 1 8. 


S LTatuta tune An- 
glorum, bona ſi ſint 


necne, ſolum reſtat 
erplorandum. Non 


enim emanant illa a 


— ſolum vo- 
untate, vt leges in 


regnis, qurt tantum 

tut, vbi c ny 
r,vbi qua 

ſtatuta i ia ro 

entis procurant cõ- 

modum ſingulare, 

quod in eius ſubdi- 


torũ ipſa redundant 
diſpendium & ja- 


cturam: Quandoq; 
etiam inaduertentia 
principũ huiuſmo- 
di, &f bi conſulen- 
tium, inertia , ipſa 


alſo by the negligenc 


Non whither the ſta⸗ 
tutes ot England be 
good 92 not, that only re- 
— to be diſcuſſed, 
Foz they pꝛoceede not on- 
ly from the pꝛinces plea* 
ſure, as do the lawes of 
thoſe kingdomes,that are 
ruled onely by regall go⸗ 
uernement, where ſome⸗ 
times the ffatutes do ſo 


pꝛocure the ſinguler com- 


modtty ot the maker, that 


they redound to the hin⸗ 
derance and dammage of 
his ſubiects: Sometimes 


e 
ouerſight of ſuch pꝛinces, 


and their fleight regard, 


reſpectyng onely theyr 


owne „ they 
drt 


are ſo vnaduiledly made, 
that they ate moꝛe woꝛ⸗ 
thye to haue the name ol 
diſozders, then of wel o2- 
dered Lawes: But Sth- 
tutes can not thus palle 
in England, koz ſo much 
as they are made not one- 
lye by the Pꝛintes plea- 
ſure, but allo by the afſent 
ofthe whole royalme: fo 
that of neceſſitye they 


muſt pꝛocure the wealth 


ok the people, and in no 
wyſe tende to their hyn⸗ 
deraunce. And it cannot 
otherwyle bee thought, 
but that they are replent- 
ſhed wyth mitch witte 
and wyſedome , feeing 
they are ozdayned not 
by the deniſe of one man 
alone ; oz of a hundꝛed 
wile Councellers onelpe, a 
but ok moe then thzee 


* choſen menne , 


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am binconſulte e- 
duntur, quod cor- 


fupeelarum nomi- 


na potius, quam le- 
m,illa merentur. 


ed non ſic Angliæ 
ſtatuta oriri 7 unt, 
dum nedum princi- 
pis volufitate, ſed 
& totius regni aſ- 
fenſi, ipſa condun- 
tur, quo populi læ- 
eig ile efcere 
nequeum, vel non 
eorum commodum 
procutare; Pruden- 
tia etiam & ſap ien- 
ta, neceſſario ipſa 
eſſe referta putan- 
dum eſt, dum non 
vnius, ant centum 
ſolum conſultorum 
virorum ptuderiti- 

, fed pluſquam 
trecentorum elec- 
torum bominimn, 
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quali numero olim 


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ſenatus Romanorũ number of the auncient 


regebatur, ipſa edi- 


Senatoures of Nome:as 


taſũt, vt hij qui par- they that knom the faſhi- 


liamenti Anglię for- 
mam, couocationis 
quoqʒ eius ordinem 
& modum , noue- 


runt, hæc diſtincti- 


us referre norunt. Et 


ſi ſtatuta hæc, tanta 


ſolemnitate & pru- 
dentia edita, effica- 
ciæ tantæ, quantæ 
cõditorum cupiebat 


intentio, non eſſe 


contingant:concito 
reformari ipſa poſ- 
ſunt, & non ſine cõ- 


munitatis & proc e- 


rum regni illiꝰaſſen- 
ſu, quali ipſa primi- 
tus emanarunt:patẽt 


igitur iam tibi, prin- 


ceps, legum Anglo- 
rum ſpecies omnes. 


you doe plainely 


on of the Parliament of 
Englande, and the oꝛder 
and maner of calling the 
ſame together , are able 
moze diſtinctly to de⸗ 
clare. And if it foꝛtune 
thele Statutes beeynge 
deuiſed with ſuch great 
ſolemnitye and witte, noc 
to fall out ſo effectual- 
ly, as the intente of the 
makers did wiſhe: they 
may bee quickly refour- 
med, but not without 
the allent or the commons 
and ſtates of the Realme, 
by whoſe aucthozitie they 
were firſtdeujſed : Thus 
moſte wozthye Paince , 
iy vnder- 


ſtande all the kyndes of 
aa 


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be reperies, 


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woꝛld of like 
vou muſt of 
n to be not daly good, ſed tibi optabiliſſi- q 
your- behalfe mas fore; neceſlaris | 
confiteberis. 


— bow toknow the' 


1 Here he 
1.7 © dinerſttie,betweene the Ciuill Lame, | 


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hind vndiſcuſſed;And pie reſtat explanandum h 
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frugi Got & effica- 
ces, iti Angliæ re- 
gno, vt illz; impe- 
rio, etiam &'aC- 
eim tudicari 
mereantur' , Com- 
parationes vero , 
princeps, vt te ali- 
quando dixiſſe 
colo, odioſæ repu- 


tantur: quo eas ag- 


gredi non delec- 
tor: tu, an æqualis 
ſint ambæ leges 
meriti , vnaue Al- 
tera celſius preco- 
nium mereatur, 
non ex meo iudi- 


tio, ſed ex his, in 


uibus earum dif- 
* ſententiæ, ef- 
ficatius carpere po- 
teris argumentum, 
Nam vbj cõueniunt 
leges ambæ, æqua- 
lis laudis iple aum, 


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2 


membzed J hearde you 
once ſaye) are compted 
odious. '+CUherefoze: J 
am loch to meddle with 
them: But whether they 
bee both of like wozthy- 
neſſe, 92 that the one de⸗ 
ſerueth an higher com- 
mendation then the other 


| heereof you may gather 


a pythier argument, out 
of choſe pointes, wherein 
their ſentences doe differ, 
then by my declaration. 


Foz where bothe — 
Lawes doe 


pꝛayſe of themss equal 


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materia faQti, quam A 
| < Legis Angliz peri- 2 
gland ti, exitum placiti 


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the Lawiers of « 


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12, hominũſ de vi- 
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iuſrnodi ſixpporiite 
ſacramto; Iudicr 185 
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debeat & efficatlot, med moze reaſonable xef- 
1 ſic fectuall ko; the opening ol 
quęritur, reu nda, th „which thus is 
Quis lex. ꝗ̃ ei certi- ſought fox. Foz the Lawe, 
e certeinely c 
re poteſt, præſtãtior verterſhetot the truth, is in 


in hoc eſt lege alte- this behalfe of moꝛe extel⸗ 


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his owne pleaſure ſhall 
name . But the nega- 
tute cannot be pꝛooued di⸗ 
rectly, though indirectly 
it may. Foz the habili⸗ 
tie of him is thought to 
be very ſmall and weake, 


aͤnd his witte much lelle, 


which, among all the men 
that he knoweth, is not a⸗ 


ble to find two ſo voide of 


conſcience and trueth , 
which fo2 dzeade,lote, oꝛ 
p2ofite, will not bee ready 
to gaineſaye all trueth , 
Suche then may hee pꝛo⸗ 
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producere debet , 
quos ipſemet ad li- 
bitũ ſuũ norminabir, 
Negatiua autẽ pro- 
bari non poteſt, vz. 
directe, licet poſſit 
per obliquũ. Exilis 
quippe creditur eſſe 
potentiæ, minoris 
quoqʒ induſtrie, - 
de oĩbꝰ quos noſcit 


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hoĩbꝰ, duos reperire 
nequit, ita cõſcientia 
& veritate vacuos, 
vt timore, amore, 
vel commodo, omni 
velint cõtraire veri- 


tati. Hos poteſt tune 


ipſe in teſtes produ- 
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Et ſi contra eos pars 
altera dicere velit, 
vel cõtra eorum di- 
cta, non ſemper c6- 
tinget, eos, eorũ quo 
que mores aut facta 
apud contradicere 
volentẽ, agnoſci, vt 
ex eorũ feditate & 
vitijs, teſtes illi poſ- 
ſint reproberi. Et dũ 
eorũ dicta affirmati- 
uã cõtineãt, nõ faci- 


le poterũt lla P cir- 


cumſtantias aut ob- 
ks alia improba- 
ri: Quis tunc poterit 
ſuorũ aut ſui ipſius, 
ſub lege tali, viuere 
ſecurus, dũ culibetz 
ſibi inimicari volẽti, 
lex tale præſtat ſub- 
fidium? Et qui ini- 
qui duo tam incauti 
ſunt, quod facti, de 
quo ipſi examina- 
buntur in iuditio , 


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Forteſcue, in commendation 


. J $59 8 3 1 #6 
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And if the other party 
would obiect any — 3 
gainſt them, = 


ings, it chancet not euer, 
that they and their condi» 
tions doings are 57 
en to the contrary p 

ſs that by realon of their 
foule liues and vicious 
hauiour ſuch. witneſſe 
might be repꝛoued. And 
while their ſayingscotem 
the affirmatiue, it hall be 


very hard te repzoue them 


by circumſtaunces, oꝛ any 
other indirect meanes : 
who then ſhall bee able to 
lite in ſuerty of his goods 
oꝛ of himſelfe vnder ſuch a 
awe that miniſkrethſuch 
aide to euery buſte body p 
luſteth to troble another: 
And what 2. wicked men 
are ſo vnwary e vncircũ⸗ 
ſpect, which touching the 
deede, whereof, they ſhall 
be examined in iudgment, 

will 


will not, before cheyar are non 
calle bcbg Wages 3 
e e 

| 

| the ba bin £ true 


deede: Foz the 1 0 

this wozld(fairh the 

| are wiſer then the cl 

den of light. So EY I 

| wicked Jeſabell bꝛought 
fozth 2. witnelles. 4 pi 
childꝛẽ ok Belial in iudg⸗ 
met againſt Nabot,whe 
by he loſt his life, g King 
Achab her huſvandobtai- 
ned the poſleſliũ of p.vin- 
yarde, So the, moſt chaſt 
matron. Suſanna ſhould 
haue died foz aduoutrie 
by the witnes of two old 


vw 


8 


dotardes being iudges, if fuiſſet pro adulte- 


. the Lozdhad not maruei- 
* louſſy deliuered her bya 


4 conſii 8 
+ tiores nich 1 


1 al ens 
iuditio boca 3 
919 \ipleyitam per- 

idit, & A Achab rex, 
eius vineã poſſide- 
bar.Sic duorum ſe. 
num etiam ludicũ 
teſtimonio, mortua 


rio, vxor caſtiſſima 


Suſanna, ſi non eam 


mira- 


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miraculoſe Uberaſ- 
ſet DO 


Inex- 


niere 1 ætate 
Pete t ſiipſos, 

Abe ſua va- 
ria, conuic erat puer 
ile, eſſe falſarios, 
quis, niſi ſolum do- 
minus nouiſſe po- po- 
terat eos in dictis 1 
ſuis taliter variatu- 
tos? dum, non de 
arboris natura, ſub 
qua imputatum fa- 
cinus fiebat, lex ali- 
qua eos Atabatf te- 
miniſci. Quia te- 
ſtes ſceleris cuiuſq; 
cõſiderare nõ putã- 
tur omniavmbracu- 
la & cetera vicina il- 


li facto, QUE ad ag- 


grauationẽ vel . 


bee a en 


u fete of po 
vente, whiche of nature 
e poong childe had not, 
. 
the lame 


rare chi by their altering 


and v9ubling in their de- 
poſitions did couict them 
to pee kalle wꝛetches, 
pet ( ſaute onely the 
Lozd J) could haue know⸗ 
en rhat intheir ſayinges 
was no Lawe that dyd 
remembzance what kind , 
of tree it was, whereun⸗ 

der the facte was ſupp 0: 
ſed to bee done. Foz 

the witneſſes of. euerye 
wicked deede are not 
thought to conſider al cir⸗ 
cumttances apperteining 

eo che ame, beyng ſuch 
ag doe nothing helpe os 


the aggrauation and de 1 


tection of the fault, But 11! 
while thoſe wicked Jud- 


ges, willinglie ſwea- 
ring, did alter touching 
the kindes of trees, their 
owne woꝛdes pꝛooued 
them to be falſe verlets: 
TUherefoze they wozthe- 


ly ſuffered the ſame pu⸗ 


niſhment themſelues . 

You alſo , moſt gratious 
Pꝛince, doe knowe how tu 
that lately Maiſter John 
Fring, after that he had 
continued thzee peares 


in the ozder of Pꝛieſt⸗ q 
5 4 ſacerdotali functus 


hoode, was compelled 
by the depoſition of two 
wicked ——9 whiche 
witneſſed that hee had, 
befoze hee was made 
Prielte, betrothed him⸗ 
ſelfe to a certaine yonge 
woman, to foꝛſake the ho- 
ly ozder of Pꝛieſthoode, 


f pecieb?, wu il Nt 
a, vltrò depo- 
netes, ade EO 
rum dicta ipſos've- 
ritatis præua- 
ricatores deter- 
bant quo & tali. 
nis pænã meritò in. 
currerunt. 15 
princeps d uine 

qualiter iam tards 
Gaſes Johannes 
Fringe, qui, poſt- 


uam annis tribus 


eſt officio, duorum 
iniquorum depoſt- 
tione, qui eum antea 


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mortis * arti culo , 


EEE 


coram omni popu- 


lo, faſſus et. Quali- 


ter & ſæpe peruerti 


iudicia, falſorum te- 
ſtium medio, etiam 
ſab optimis iudici- 
bus, non eſt tibi in- 
auditum, nec inco- 
nitum mũdo, dum 
et ulud ( proh 
dolor) creberrime 
committatur. 


ou 0 
keln before all the peo- 


es ple euen at the very point 


of death, that thoſe wit⸗ 
2 neſſes were hyzed, and 
that, theire depoſitions 
were falſe, And thus ma- 
ny times are judgements 
peruerted by the meane 

of falſe witneſſes, yea and 
that vnder the verie bell 
Judges, as vnto you it 
is not vnhearde, noz to 
the wozlde vnknowen, 
while thi wickedneſle 
of moze is the Wich 


Frauntce in offences 


dependeth, is not content 
to conuict the party actu⸗ 
ſed by witneſſes; leaſt by 
the teſfimony of kalſe pers 


ſons,innoc#t bloud ſhould 


be condemned. But that 


law choleth rather to toz- 
ment ſuch offenders with 


racking, vntill they them⸗ 


ſelues confeſſe their owne 


fault, rather then by the 
depoſition ok witneſſes, 


whych manie tymes 


thzough wicked affecti- 
ons , c ſometimes by the 
ſuboznation of euil men, 
are moued to perturte t 
Upon this, and ſuch like 
cautels & reſpectes,offen- 
ders and ſuſpect perſons 
are in that realme with ſo 
many kindes of rackings 


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t calamus ea 
literis delignare , 
Quidam vero in e- 
quuleis extendun- 
tur, quo eorum 


tumpuntur nerui, & 
venæ in ſanguinis 


fluenta proruimpũt: 


Quorundam vero, 


nde- 


diuerſorum 


rum pendulis dif- 
ſoluuntur compagi- 


nes & iuncturæ : Et 
quorundam gag 
antur ora, vique 
dum per illa, tot 
aquarum infundan- 


tur fluenta, vt ipſo- 


rum venter montis 
tumeſcant more, 

uo tunc venter ille, 
Corio vel fmili 
percuſſus inſtrume- 
to, per os aquam il- 
1k euomat, ad inſtar 


ns, mart , quod 
faſtidit 


nahozſe 
in ſuch tople, thir their 


tozmented that my pen 
abhozreth ta put them in 
wyyting,' Foz ſome are 


vaines guſhe out wyth 
Areamesofbloud ; Again 
other ſome haue dyuers 
great weyghtes hanged 
at their feete , whereby 
their lymmes and toyntes 
are diſſolued and vnloo- 
ſed : Some alſo haue 
theyr mouthes ſo long 
gagged open, till ſuch a⸗ 
bundance ok water bee 
powꝛed in, that their bel⸗ 
ly lwelleth like a hyll oz 
à tonne, to the intent, that 
then the belly being pier⸗ 
{cd wyth ſome bozing in⸗ 
ſtrument, the water may 
iſſue eſpout out thereat, 
and at the mouth ſtream⸗ 
wile, not much vnlike a 
128 whale, 


whale , which, , whey 
hath ſupped yay xe 
lowed downe a 
quantitie of ſea water, 
wythherringesandother m 
ſmal fiſhes, beth out 
the ſame water againe 
as highe as the top of 
any pyne apple tree. 
penne is both weary 
and aſhamed to rehearſe 
the outragiouſnes of toz⸗ 
ments deupled in thys 
bebalfe: Foz the num⸗ 
ber ok them is ſo great, 
that it can (kant well be 
noted in a whole .ſkyn 
of parchment. - Poze- 
ouer the Ciuill Lawes, 
foz want of witneſſes, 
do fetch out the trueth 
by ſuch rackinges ; And 
ſo doe Ddytters. other 
Countryes too. But 
who is ſo harde har⸗ 


ted, which beeing once 


great cic 


buit ,aquam 0 
mat ad altitudinem 
arborts pini. Piget 
(proh pudor) ia 
pennaexquiſi torum 
ad hæc cruciatuum | 
enarrare immania;, ; 
Nam eorum varia, 
tus numerus yix no. 
tati poterit ma 
in membrana . 5 
es etiam i | 
ales, 11 akon © 


be conf mill. 

bus extgr uen 
mentis: 8 80 
ter & cu ed. 


am . quim pluri. 


ma Regra .. Sed 


quis tam duri alli. 


mi elt, qui ſen 


ab 


ab atrqcl tanto ales 
culari laxatus non 
potius jantes lle, 


omniafateret 


ür, ſce- 
lerum genefa,quim ſe 
acerbitatem fit ex- 
perti iterum ſubire 
torment] -, et non 
ſemel mori mallet, 
dum mors fit vlti- 
mum terribilium, 
um toties occidi, 


nales furias morte 
amariores ſiſtinere? 
Et nonne, princeps, 
tu nouiſti crimino- 
ſum quendam qui 
inter tormenta hu- 
iuſmodi, militem 
nobilem, probum, 
& fidelem, de pro- 
per quadam : 

er qua, vt aſſe- 

. duo in- 


| Final coniurarunt, 


& totidem gchen- 


leaſe out of fo akte 
though he be in⸗ 
nocent # faultleſle, would 
12725 rather accuſe him 
of all kindes of of- 
fences, then agafne to 
commit hiemſelE tr tothe in- 
tollerable cruelty of the 
tozment once pꝛoued:and 
had not rather die at once 
(ſeeing death is the ende 
of all mileryes) then ſo 
often to bee kyllev , and 
to ſuſtayne ſo many hel- 


lich furyes , 


ayukuller 
then death it ſelfe ? And 
dyd not pou, moſt woz⸗ 
thy Pꝛince, know a cer⸗ 
teyne offender , whych 
in ſuch toxmentes ac⸗ 
cuſed a wozſhyppefull , 


yea a ryght good and 
faythfulk Knyghe of 
treaſon /, wherein, as 
hee ſayde , they twoo 


had conſpyꝛed together, 
which 


laſt, by meant ok thoſe 


in delpatre ok his life, and chrifti 
— — receauing his 


by -t 
EEG 
ture againe. But at the 


touments beeing ſo may- 
med in his body, that 
thereby hee was bzought 


howſell, he — 4 by 
the ſame bodpokthe Lozd 

and by the death which he 
beleeued that hee ſhoulde 


fozthwith die, that the 


ſaid knight was innocent 


and guilt leſſe in al things 
whereof hee had accuſed 


wherein hee wins at the 
——_ his accuſati⸗ 

„hee ſaide were 445 
de charted 


would keele p ſame again, 


nhocontenrfalde! & 


him, howbeit the paines, 


eee — 


Fed den, cumer 


nis illis leſus vii 
= ko 
infirmaretur;” vlti- 
— .viadcli, 
Aide icet cor 
pasſümplileteibts- 
uit tunc ſuper cor- 
d pus illud, & p mor- 
tem, quã tunc pro- 
tinus credidit ſe paſ- 
ſurum, militem illũ 


immunem dennis 
bus in quibus eum 
aecuſauit, tamen Ait 
pænas, in quibus ip- 
ſe tempore delatio- 
nis ſuæ fuerat, ita a- 
troces extitiſſe; qd 
priuſquai eas ſterũ 
G.j. experi- 


| RES 
liter & patredo pili 
prium, licet tuncin 
mortislimine, quam 
non credit ſe poſ- 
ſe euadete, fuerit cõ- 
ſtitutus, nec vero,ip- 
ſe mortem,quatunc 
metuit, euaſit. Sed 


ipſurn militem pur- 
gauit ab omni cri- 
mine, de quo dudũ 
defamauit. Taliter, 
prohdolor, & quam 
plures alij miſeri fa- 
ciunt, non veritatis 
cauſa, ſed ſolumyr- 
gentibꝰ torturis arc- 
tati, quid tunc certi- 
tudinis reſultat, ex 
confeſſionibus rali- 


ter compreſſorum? 


Ceterum ſi innocẽs 


Soma — ; 
Father to; This hee ſaid 
being then at the verie 
poynt ot death, which hee 
1 ;coulde-not 
are an. the m — | 
eſcaped not ea 
But afterwarde beynge 
3 t the time of 
te pans hong 
t n 0 
crimes whereof: beefoze 
hee had dekamed — 
Thus (D pittifullcaſe) 
doe manpe other wꝛet⸗ 
ches, not fox the truthes 
ſake, but foxced thereun- 
to by the ertreamitie of 
tozmentes , And what 
certeintie then can arpl 
of the confeflions ot miſe⸗ 
rable toꝛmented perſons, 
But ik ſome innocent 
bodie , hauing his 1 
re 


LOND. and — 3 nec 
to the damnation of his mentirivelicin per- 

-owne ſoule!; in that the niciemanime ſux, 
Judge pzonounceth him quo iudex eum pro- 
vnguiltie, doch not that — a4 
Judge by the ſelfe ſame noune eodẽ iudicio, 
iudgement iudge him iuden ille, ſeipſur 
ſelfe guyltie of! all the Wine 
cruelty and paines,wher- fæuitię & penarum, 
wyth hee hath tozmen* quibus innocentem 
ted the innocent: OD afflixic?- O quã cru- 
home cruell is ſuche a delis eſt lex talis, 
Lame, which in that it quæ dum innocen- 
can not condempne the tem dampnare ne- 
ſyely innocent; condemp⸗ quit, iudicẽ ipſa cõ- 
neth the Judge: Sure- deamat? Vere non 
ly ſuche a cuſtome is not lex ritus talis eſſe 
to bee accompted a law, perhibetur, ſedpoti- 
but rather the hygbe us ſemita ipſa eſt ad 
wape to the Deuill. O gehennam. O iudex 
Judge, in My Schole quibus in . Scholis 
7 S6. dicht 


tem exhibere, dum 
Peęnas luit reus Exe 
cutiones quippe iu- 
diciorum in crimi- 
noſos, per ignobiles 
fieri conuenit: Nam gree 
carum actores, infa- 
mes ſolent eſſe iplo 
facto, quo & ipſi — 
inde ad iudicialem 
apicem redduntur 
indigni : non enim 
per angelos, ſed per 
demones,exequi fa- 
cit dominus iudicia 
ſuareddita in dam- 
natos. Nec reuera in 
purgatorio cruciant 
animas, quãuis præ- 
deſtinatas ad glori- 
am, angeli honi, ſed 
mali. Maligni etiam 
homines ſunt, per 
quos dominꝰ in hoc 
mundo, miſeris tri- 


buitmalum pænæ. 


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— in commendati. 
didiciſti, te præſen- halt thou ce 
preſent, while yo 2 
tstomented, Foz te ere 
ecution ot 
onoffendozs ought | 
done by men of baſe de⸗ 
gree:thedoers wherofdo 
purchaſe to thſelues py 
ſent infamp by the deede 
doing in ſomuchthat euer 
ES 
P2 à iudge: 
neither doth p Loꝛd God 
execute his tudgements, 
pꝛonounced againſt the 
dampned, by angels, but 
by deuils. ; Dea e in Pur⸗ 
gatozte the ſoules ther re⸗ 
maining, though they bee 
pꝛedeſtinate to glozie, vet 
are they not tozmented 
with good angels, but orf 
euill. Thoſe allo are euill 
c wicked men by whome 
p Lon in this wozldvoth 
miniſter to wzetched ſin- 
ners deſerued puniſhmẽt. 


was an euill 


mouth of all his Pꝛo⸗ 
phetes. Foz it becom- 
meth not a good ſpirite to 
take vppon him the ere- 
cution ot ſuche thynges, 

though this iudgement 


fromthe Lozd, 
| that Achat 


Houlde bee 
deceaued by alye , But 
the Judge peraduenture 
will ſave : J with mine 
owne handes dyd no- 
thynge in theſe toz⸗ 
ments. But what dif- 
fereth it , whether one 
be a doer withhis owne 
handes, oz els be pꝛeſent 
at the dooing\, and the 


Foz , when God ſaide * cum dert 
in the two and twentith Deus ij. Regum in 
Chapiter of the thirde 
booke of Kynges : Who 
thall deceiue Achab : Jt 
ſpirite that 
aunſwered: J will bee 
a lying ſpirite in the 


Capitulo viceſimo 
—— Quis deci- 
piet mihi Achab? 
malus erat ſpiri- 
tus, ille, qui l. 
pondie , Ego ero 
ſpiritus mendax in 
ore omnium Pro- 
rms eius 
on enim decuir 
ſpiritum Ene v 
exequi talia, 
cet a domino = 
dijtiudicium, quod 
Achab mendacio 
deciperetur. Sed 
dicet Judex . for- 
ſan : Eg0 nihil 
egi manibus me- 


is in cruciatibus 


iſtis, Sed quid 
refert proptijs fa» 
cere manibus , an 
præſentem eſſe, & 
G. ij. 2 5 


* 


quod factum eſt, 


mandato ſuo ite- 


rum atque iterum 


aggrauare: Solum 
magiſter nauis eſt 
qui eam dueit ad 
portum, licet eius 
mandato alij agi- 
tent proram. Credo 


quod vulnus, quo 
ſauciatur animus iu- 
dicis pænas huiuf- 
modi infſigentis, 


nunquam in cicatri- 
cem veniet, maxi- 
me dum recolit a- 
cerbitatem pæna- 


rum miſeri ſic af- 


flicti. 


Forteſcue, in commendation 
thing that is done to er⸗ 


alperate it by his com⸗ 
maundement . It is 

onely the aſter of the 
ſhippe that bꝛingeth it to 
the Hauen, though by 
his commaundement an⸗ 


bother bee the ſkirrelman, 


J beleeue that the wound 
wherewith the minde of 
the Judge thus tozmen⸗ 
ting any man is plagued, 
will neuer bee healed a⸗ 
gaine, eſpeciallye while 
hee remembzet 
tremitie of t 
ſuſkained by the pooze 
wꝛetch in thoſe miſerable 
tozments. 


Here he ſhemerh that the Ciul Lors of faith 
in doing of Initice.” Ca. 23. | 


PRzrerea ſi ex 
contractibus, il- 


laulue iniurijs |, ſitfering of iniuries, oz 


* 


M Oꝛeouer, if by reaſon 
ok bargapning, oz by 


by 


taunce, right doo atc⸗ 
crewe to a man, to pleade 
in Judgement : Ik chere 
bee no witneſſes,” oꝛr if 
luche as were witnelles 
bee deade, the Plan- 
tike mult neeves let hys 
Action fall g ercept "hee 
bee able to pꝛonue hys 
right by ineuitaule con⸗ 
iectures, which is lel⸗ 
dome ſeene. Where- 


foze concernyng Loꝛde⸗ 
ſhippes and other poſſeſ⸗ 


ſions ruled by the Ciuill 
Lawe:, And in all Ac- 
tions falling vnder the 
ſame Lawe! ,” the Acti⸗ 
ons of the Jolayntifes, 
fo wante of witneſſes, 
manye tymes are choa- 
ked , lo that ſcante the 
halfe parte ok them at⸗ 
taineth to the deſiered 
ende. That manner of 


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loſius accteuerit ho- 
mini agendi in iudi- 
did ti teſtes non fu- 
erint, vel ſi qui fue- 
rint moriantur, ſuc- 
cumber ipſe agens 
in cauſa ſua, niſi jus 
ſuum probarevaleat 
incuitabilibus con- 
iecturis, quod facere 
crebro non contin- 
it. Quare de domi- 
iq & alijs poſſeſſi. 


onibus jure Ciuili 


regulatis, ſimiliter& 
in omnibus actioni- 
bus cadentibus ſub 
eodẽ iure, actiones 
agentium pro defe- 
ctu teſtium quam 
pluries ſuffocantur, 
ita quod earum vix 
pars media opta- 
tum ſinem ſortia- 
tur. Qualis tunc eſt 
G. iiij. lex 


„ 


Foneſiue, ine 2 


lex huiuſmodi. quæ lam then wches:whiches 
nar ger them, that ſuſtaine wzong 
ficit in iultitia nec: thus failleth in peelding 
denda?ꝰ dubito an Juſtices I doubt whether | + 
iuſta vocari merea ; it deſerue to bee called a 
tur, quia in eadem iuſt Lawe, becauſe in the 
lege ſeribitur, quod ſame Late it is witten, 
Iuſtitia vnicuique that Juſtice rendzeth to 
tribuit quod ſuum euery man that which is 

eſt, quod „e his owne, But this cans 
lex talis. N N13 


. 


Here he Alerts * Guei are denided on 


eee Cap. 24. 

Expoſi ta iam — Nanda we — 

ma, qua leges pened, after what 
Ciuiles de veritate 9 Eiuill Lawes 
facti in iuditio de- doo enfourme a Judge ot 
103 dud iudicem eru- the truth © of a matter 
18 diunt, ſupereſt vt bzought into iudgement, 
10 modum, quo leges it is conſequent to declare 
Angliæ huiuſmodi by what means the lawes 
facdi eliciunt verita - of England dos boult out 
tem, etiã doceamus, the truthof — 

For 


them bothe will moze 
plainely appeare: fo2ſo- 
muchas the Philoſopher 
ſayeth, that contraries , 
placed one by an other, 
will ſhewe themſelkes 
moze euidentlie. But 
herein, after the maner 
of Ozatours, in ſteade of 
a Pꝛoheme, it ſhall not 
be amyſſe, that wee open 
certeine thinges bekoze, 
the knowledge whereof 
ſhall cine light to things 
whiche heereafter ſhall 
come in talke, wherefoze 
thus wee doe pꝛoceede. 
The Royalme ok Eng⸗ 
lande is deupded into 
counties, as the ropalme 
of Fraunce is into 'Bay- 
lywikes, ſo that in En⸗ 
glande there is no place, 


n the oꝛders ok bothe Nam ambarum le. 1 
the Lawes beyng layde gum formulis con- 
together the qualities of rigue poſitis qua- 


litates earũdem lu- 
cidius eminebunt: 
cum dicat Philo- 
ſophus, quòd ap- 
poſta iuxta ſe po- 


ſita mags apparent. 


Sed in hoc, Ora- 

torum more (Pro. 
hemij loco) Auæ- 
dam prænarrate 
congruet, quo- 
rum agnitione, de- 
inde tractanda cla- 


rius patere que- 


ant, quare ſic pro- 
cedimus '. Reg- 
num Angliz- per 
comitatus:, vt re- 

num Franciæ per 

alliuatus diſtin- 
guitur , ita vt non 
fit locus in Anglia, 


qui non ſit infra 


corpus 


corpus alicuius co- 
mitatus, Comitatus 
quoque diuiduntur 
in hundreda, quę a- 
licubi Wapentagia 


nuncupantur. Hun- 


dreda verò diuidun- 
tur per villas, ſub 
quarum appellatio- 
ne cõtinẽtur & bur- 
gi atque Ciuitates. 
Villarum etenim 
metæ, non muris, æ- 
dificijs, aut ſtratis 
terminantur, ſedd a- 
grorum ambitub', 
territorijs magnis, 
hamiletis quibuſdã 
& multis alijs, ſi- 
cut aquarum, boſ- 
corum & vaſtorum 
terminis, quæ iam 
non expedit nomi- 
nibus deſignare, 
quia vix in Anglia 
eſt locus aliquis, 


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Forteſcue, in comm 
that is not within the 


bodye ol ſome Countie. 
Counties allo are deui⸗ 
ded into hundꝛeds, which 
ſomewhere are called 
dꝛedes are deuided into 
Cillages, vnder whiche 
appellation are contep- 
ned Bozowes and 'Ct- 
ties; Foz the boundes 
of Uillages are not con⸗ 
teyned within the cir⸗ 


cutt of TWalles ,'Buil- 


dinges, oz Dtreetes ; 
but within the compaſle 
of Fieldes , great Ter- 
ritoꝛies, certeyne Ham- 
lettes, and many other, 
as ok Maters, CMoods 
and waſte Grottndes , 
whyche it is not neede⸗ 
full nowe to ſet fooꝛthe 
by they} names: be⸗ 
cauſe that in Englande 
there is kant any place, 


which is not conteyned 
within the compaſle of 
Uillages , thoughe cer- 
teyne Pꝛiuileged places 
within villages, are ſup⸗ 
poſed to bee no parcell of 
the ſame villages. Moze⸗ 
; |  ouer in euerpe Countie 
lhere is one certeine offi- 
| cer called the kings Sht- 
1 riefe, which among other 
duties belonging to his 
Office, putteth in execu⸗ 

tion all the commaunde⸗ 

mentes and iudgements 

ok the kinges court, that 

are to be executed within 
his countie:ſ is office en⸗ 
dureth but fo2 one peare, 
ſo that after the erpirati- 
on of the yeare, hee may 
not miniſter in that Df- 
fice, Mepther ſhall hee, 
within two yeeres'nexte 
enſuing, bee admitted to 
the ſame Dffice againe, 


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qui non infra villa- 
rum ambitus conti- 
neatur, licet priuiles 
giati loci” quidam 
infra villas; de eiſ. 
dem villis pars eſſe 
non cenſentur. Præ- 
terea in quolibet 
comitatu eſt offici- 
arius quidam vnus, 
regis vicecomes ap 
pellatus, qui inter 
cætera ſui officij 
miniſteria, omnium 


mandata & iudicia 


curiarum regis in 
comitatu ſuo exe- 
quenda,, exequitur, 
cuiꝰ officium anna- 
le eſt, quò ei poſt 
annum, in eodem 
miniſtrare non li- 
cet, nec duobus 
tunc ſequẽtibus an- 
nis ad idem offi- 
cium reaſſumetur. 
Ply: __Offtw 


Officiarius iſte ſic 
eligitur. Quolibet 
7 {2244 anno in &aſtinoani 


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marũ, conueniũt in 
ſcaccario regis om- 
nes cõſiliarij eius tã 
domini Spirituales, 
& tẽporales, quam 
alij oẽs iuſticiarij, 
omnes barones de 
ſcaccario, clericus 
rotulorũ, & quidam 
ali; officiarij vbi hij 
oẽs cõmuni aſſenſu, 
nominãt de quoli- 
bet comitatu tres 
milites vel armige- 
ros, quos inter cæte- 
ros eiuſdem comi- 
tatus ipſi opinantur 
melioris eſſe diſpo- 
ſitionis & famæ, & 
ad officium viceco- 
mitis comitatus illi- 
us melius diſpoſi- 
tos: ex quibus Rex 


— 


4 


 Forteſcue, in commendation 


This officer is thus cho- 
ſen, Euerie peare, the 
mozrowe after All ſoules 
dape, all the Kinges 
Counſellers meete toge⸗ 
ther in the Ringes Ex⸗ 
chequer,aſwell the Lozds 
Opirituall and Tempo⸗ 
rall , as all other Ju⸗ 
ſtices, all the Barons 
of the Erchequer , the 
Maiſter of the Rolles, 
and certeyne other Ok⸗ 
ficers', where all thele 
with one commen aſſent 
doe name of euerie Coun⸗ 
tie thꝛee Rnighes oz El⸗ 
quiers, whome among o⸗ 
ther of the ſame Coun⸗ 
tie they take to bee of 


good diſpoſitis and fame, 


and beſte diſpoſed to the 
Dffice of Shiriffe ok 
that Countie: Df the 
whiche thzee the Kynge 

Thoolet 


a 


the countie, that he ts 
cholen ok, fox peare 


* 


then following But he, 
befoze he receyue hys 
patent, ſhall ſweare vpon 
the holy Goſpell; among 
other articles, that — 


. ſhall well and 
and indifferent ly exer⸗ 
ciſe and do hys-dffice all 
that peare, and that hee 
ſhall receyue oz take no⸗ 
thing ol any other man 
then the king, by co⸗ 
lour oz meane ok hys 
office. , 

Theſe thynges being 
thus now p2eſuppoſed; 
let vs pꝛoceede co the 


ſearch of thoſe thinges , 
that wee ſeeke for, 


choleth one, whom, by vm tantum eli igit, 
-his letters patents, he 
appopnteth Shyrite of 


quemper liceras ſu 


cip 
ſuper ſana 
uangelia, inter ar- 
ticulos alios; quo 
bene fideliter & in- 
differenter exerce- 
bit & faciet 


ſuum toto anno illo, 


3 4 

His iam be pre- 
ſuppoſitis, „ad eo- 
rum, 
indaginem proce- 
damus. 


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Forreſcue, in commendation 


Ham - buronrs muſe be choſen and 


ſwarne. * 


J votieſcunque 
contendentes 
in cure} regis An- 
gliæ ad exitũ placiti 
ſuper materia facti 
deuenerint, concito 
Iuſticiarij per breue 
Regis ſeribunt vice. 
comiti comitatus in 
quo factũ illud fieri 
ſupponitur, quod ip- 
ſe venire faciat corã 
eiſdẽ Iuſticiarijs, ad 
certũ diem per eos 
limnitatũ, duodecim 
ꝓbos & legales ho- 


mines, de yicineto, 


vbi illud factũ ſup- 


| ponitur: qui neutrã 


partiũ fic placitan- 
a vlla affinitate at- 
t; Ad recog- 
nofendi ſupereorũ 


| nates, ſi factuin 


ullud factũ fuerit, ſi- 


. — — 


poled to be done, will him 


49.25 5. 

A Safe asſuters in the 
courts of the king 
England, are come to the 
iſſue of theyz plea vpon 
the matter of the fact, 
faozthwith the Juſtices 
by vertue of the kinges 
wzit, directed vnto the 


wherein the deed is ſup- 


to cauſe to come befoze 
the ſame Juſtices, at a 


certaine day by them li⸗ 


mitted, rit, good and law⸗ 
full men, neygh bours to 
the place where the kact 
is ſuppoſed to be done: 
the lame to be ſuch as be 
of no kyn to either of the 


pleaders, to the end that 


by their othes it may cer⸗ 
teinly be knowen, whe⸗ 
ther the deede were done 
as the one partie affir- 

N | meth, 


of | 


Shirife of the cotntie, 


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of the Lawes of England, 5 
merh 0zelsas theother curynacarundepar- | 
| partie donyerh ,- Upon tit 
the day afozeſayd ';"the 
— —— 
lad wit before ch 
ame Juſtices, together 
wyth the panell of their 
names, which he here⸗ 
vnto hath ſummoned: mir uos 
Chen they are come, ipſe ad hobſummo. 
epeher partie map refule nuit quòs ( ſi vene- 
them alleaging that the rim) vrraque pars re. 
Shyrtfe hach made that cufare poterit, dicẽ. 
pannell fauozablie foz do quot vicecomes 
the other partie ok per⸗ panellũ illud fauora- 
ſones not indifferent: 
Which exception, it it 
ber found true by the 
oath of twoo men of 
the lame pannel choſen 
thereunto' by the Juſti⸗ per ſacramentũ du 
kes, chat pannell ſhall orũ hominũ de eo. 
| immedyatlye | bee qual⸗ dem panello, ad hoc 
ſed: And then the Juſti⸗ per luſticiar eledo- 
tes hall wzit to the Co⸗ rü, moxpanellũ illud 
"Bip +++ © quaſhbitur,&luſti- 
ciarij tune ſeribent 
Coro- 


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Coronatoribus eiuſ- 
de comitatus, quod 
ipſi nouũ faciãt pa- 
nellum. Quod cum 
fecerit, ſi & illud cõ- 
ſimiliter repertũ fu- 

erit viciatũ, etiam & 
illud quaſſabitur: Et 
tũc Iuſticiarij eligẽt 
duos de clericis cu- 
rie illius, vel alios de 
eodẽ comitatu, qui 
in præ ſẽtia eurię per 
eorũ ſacramenta fa- 

cient indifferens pa- 
nellũ, 2 deinde 
per nullam partium 
illarum calumniabi- 
tur: Sed cũ venerint 
ſic impanellati incu- 
ria, quelibet partium 
excipere poteſt con- 
tra perſonam cuiuſ- 
cunqʒ eorũ, ſicut & 
potelt in onini caſu 

& omni tẽpore quo 


aliquis qualitercũq; 


> 


Forteſcue, in commendation 0 


ged: Powbeit, when 


roners of the ſame toun ⸗ 
tie, that they ſhall make 
a new pannell , Mhich 
when they haue done, 
if it bee lykewiſe found 
faultie, it ſhall alſa be 
quaſſed: And then the 
Juſtices ſhall elect and 
choole two of the clerkes 
of the ſame court- 02 
other of the ſame coun⸗ 
tie, whych in the pꝛe⸗ 
ſence ot the court vpon 
their oathes ſhall make 
an indifferent pannell, 
partpes ſhall be challen- 


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the men ſo impannel⸗ 
led are come into the 
court, eyther of the par⸗ 
tyes may make excepti⸗ 
ons agaynſt the perſon 
of any of them, as hee 
may alſo do in all caſes 
and at all times, when 
any man by any meanes 

impa⸗ 


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the perſons 


To cinrathyocher 


party,02 by any kind of 


amity ſo knit vnto him, 


that he is not indifferẽt 
to declare the truth be⸗ 
twene the: and of theſe 


erceptionsthere are ſo 


many kinds and ſozts, 


that they cannot bee in 
| few wander rehearked. 
Found true, the chal not 


he beeſwone,' againſt 


whom the erception is 
pꝛopoled, but his name 


ſhall be cancelled in the 


pannel. So allo ſhall be 


done of al the names ol 
impanelled 
valle ofchemſvin 


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panellatus ille, ettcon- 
— - vel affinis 
parti alteri, vel amicitia 
quseunq; tali ſibi cõ- 
iunctus qd'indifferens 
ipie nõ eſt oſtẽdere in- 
ter eos veritatẽ: qualiũ 
exceptionum tot ſunt 
geneta & ſpecies, qc 
non licet eas breui ex- 
plicareſermone.Qua- 
tum ſi aliqua v epet 
fuerit veta, nõ tunc iu- 
tab tur ille contra quẽ 
exceptio illa propoti- 
tur, ſed cancellabitur 
nomẽ eius in panello. 
Sic quoq; fiet de om- 
nibus nominibus im- 
pannellatotum, quo- 
uſt que xi. eoruim iuxc- 
tur e 


quam materiam ca- 
lumpniæ: horum autẽ 
xij. ad minus itij. erunt 
de — vbi villa 
in qua factum, de quo 
contenditur fen. 
ponitur, Fra eſt: & 

quilibetiuratorum hu⸗ 
iuſmodi habebit terras 
vel redditus pro ter- 
mino vitæ ſuæ, ad mi- 
nus ad valorem annu- 
um xl. s. Et hic ordo 
obſeruatur in omni- 
bus accionibus& cau- 
ſis criminalibus, reali- 
bus & perſonalibus, 
præterquam vbi dam- 
na vel debitum in per- 
ſonalibus non exce- 
dunt xl. marcas mo- 
netæ Anglicæ, quia 
tunc non requiritur, 
quod iuratores in acti- 


omnibus huiuſmodi tan- 


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oz debt in actions perſo⸗ 


then it is not yon 
that Jurers in ſuch ac: 


ter oferceptions2 


chal⸗ 
lenge: Allopftheſe rt. 
iii. at the lealt halbe ol 


the ſuite ryſeth, is ſup⸗ 
poſed to be done: And e⸗ 
uerye ſuch Jurer ſhall 
haue landes oz reue⸗ 
nues fo2 terme oflife,at 
the leaſt, to the yearely 


value ofxl. s. And this 


oꝛder is obſerued and 
kept in all actions and 
cauſes criminal, reall, 
and perſonall , ſauinge 
where the dammages 


nall erceedeth not the 
ſumme ot args Ae 
Engliſh money: Fo: 


tions, ſhall bee able to 
diſpende 


diſpendeſo much. Yet 


rentes to acompetente 
value after thediſcrea- 
tion ot the Juſtices, D- 
therwile they ſhall not 
bee — leaſte fo? 
neede and ie, 
ſuch Jurers might ea⸗ 


ſelye bee coprupte and 


ſuboꝛned. And ik by 
ſuch exceptions, ſo ma⸗ 
nye Jurers names oy 
cancelled: in the pa 

nell, that their — 
nethe not a ſufficient 
number to make there: 
of a Jurpe, then the 
ſherike by the Kinges 
wizitte ſhall bee com⸗ 
maunded to - adtopne 
moe Jurers, hich 
thing maye often bee 
done, ſo that fo2 lacke of 
Jurozs, the inquiſttfon 
ok the trueth vpon ſuch 
A a pleaſhal not remaine. 


tum 3 * * 
ſint. Habebunt tamen 
terram vel redditum;. 
advalorem comperens. 
tem, iuxta diſcretionẽ 
iulticiariorũ, alioquin 
ipſi minime iurabun- 
tur, ne per inediam 
& pau ertatem iura- 
torum huiuſmodi, de 
facili valeant corrum- 
piautſubornari, Et ft 
per tales exceptiones, 
tot ĩuratorũ nomina in 
panello cancellentur, 
qd non remaneat nu- 
merus ſufficiens ad fa. 


ciendam inde iuratam 


tunc mandabitur vice- 
comui per breue re- 
gig, quot ipſe appor 
nat plures iuratores 
qd & ſepius fiery po- 
telt, ita quod inquiſitio 
veritatis ſupexitu pla- 
citi non remanebit oh 


defectum iuratorum 
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Forteſcue, in commendation 
Et hæc eſt forma, qua- And this is p tom, how f 
liter iuratores & veri- iurers, > inquilitors ot 
tatis hindi inquiſitores trueth ought to be cho- 
eligi debẽt in curia re- ſen inp kings court, & 
gis ſimiliter & jurari- likewiſe to beſwozne: 
quare, quomodo ipſi Wherefoze, how they 
de veritate illa dic en - muſt be charged and in 
da onerari debent & in fozmedofp vttering of 
formari, iam reſtat vt 5ᷣ ſame truth, this now 
quæramus. rxeelteth to be vilcuſſed. 


Hon Jurers ought to be informed by euiden- 
} ces andwitneſſer. Cap. 26. | 
Vratis demũ in for- "JT welue good elawful 
ma prędicta, xij. pro- men beeing at y laſt 


bis & legalibꝰ homini- ſwozn in foymatfozeſaiy 
bus habentibus vltra hauing beſids their mo- 
mobilia ſua poſſeſſio - ueables, ſuſficit᷑t poſſeſ- 
nes, vt prędicitur, ſuffi- ſids as afozets declared 
eientes, vnde eorũ ſta- whereby they may be a- 
tum ipſi continere po- ble to maintaine their 
terunt, & nulli partici owne ſtates, & being to 
ſuſpectis nec inuiſis, neither party ſuſpect o2 
ſed eiſdẽ vicinis, lege hated, but neighbozs to 
tur in anglico corã eis the both, then halbe red 
per curiã, totum tecor- befoge them in Engliſh 
dum & ꝓceſſus placi- by the tourt, al precomd 
ti, quod pendet inter t pꝛoceſſe of the plea de» 


of rhe Lawes of England, = 
— betweene the partes, ac diludice 


parties, with a plaine de- 


exponetur eis exit 


claration of the illue of placiti, de cuius ve- 
the plea, touching the 
trueth whereof thoſe 
ſwozne men 47 certifie 


— Cem beſt in- 
koꝛme them of the trueth 
of the iſlue ſo impleaded. 
And then may either par⸗ 
tie bzing beloze the fame 
Juſtices andſwoznemen, 
all and ſinguler luche 
witneſſes on his behalfe, 
as hee will pzoduce , 
TUho by the Juſtices be⸗ 
ing charged vpon the ho⸗ 
ly Goſpel of God, ſhal teſ⸗ 


ritate iurati illi, curiã 


certificabũtt quibus 


peractis, vtraq; par- 
tium per ſe vel con- 


filiarios ſuos, in præ- 


ſentia curiæ, referet 
& manifeſtabit eiſdẽ 


iuratis, omnes & in- 

materias & e- 
gen quibus eos 
docere ſe poſſe cre- 
dit veritatem exitus 
taliter placitati . Et 
tunc adducere po- 
telt vtraque pars co- 
ram eiſdem iuſticia. 
rijs & iuratis, omnes 
& ſingulos teſtes, 
quos pro parte ſua, 
ipſa producere velit, 
qui ſuper ſancta dei 
euangel a per Jus, 
ſticiarios onerati 5 


* 


probantia veritatem 
facti, de quo partes 
contendũt. Et ſi ne- 
ceſſitas exegerit, di- 
uidẽtur teſtes huiuſ- 
modi, donec ipſi de 
poſuerint quicquid 
velint, ita quoddictũ 
vnius, nõ docebitalit 
concitabit eorũ aliũ 
ad cõſimiliter teſti- 


ficandũ. Qui 


ibus cõ- 
ſummatis, poſtquã 
Auratores illi deinde 
ad eorũ libitũ, ſuper 
veritate exitꝰ him di, 
deliberatione, quan- 
tã ipſi optabũt, col- 
loquin habuerint: in 
cuſtodia miniſtrorũ 
curiæ, in loco eis ad 
hoc aſſignato, ne in- 


terim eos aliqui ſu- 
bornare yalcant, 


that thoſe Jurozs haue 


Foneſcue, in commendation 
teſtificabuntur om- 
nia quæ cognoſcũt 


tifie all thinges pꝛoouing 
the trueth of the kacte, 
whereupon the parties 
contend. And ik neede ſo 
require, thoſe witneſſes 
ſhall be ſeuered and deuy⸗ 
ded, till they haue depo⸗ 
ſed all that they will, ſo 
that the ſaying of one 
ſhall; not mooue 02 pꝛo⸗ 
pꝛouoke another to teſte⸗ 
fie the like. The pꝛemil⸗ 
ſes being done, then after 


had talke at their plea⸗ 
ſure, vppon the trueth ol 
that iſſue , with as muche 
deliberation as them⸗ 


ſelues ſhall require, in the 


keeping ol the miniſters 
of the Court, within a 
place to them fo2 the ſame 


purpoſe aſſigned, to the 
intente that no manne in 


the meane tyme map co2- 
rupt them 2 they ſhall 
15 retourne 


of the Lawes of England.” W 59 
returne into the Courte, reuenient illi in cu- 
and certeſie the Juſtices riam, & oertificabũt 
bppon the verityof the iſs iuſticiarios ſuperve- 
lie ſo ioyned, inthe pꝛe⸗ rirare exitus ſic jun- 
lmce of both the parties, &i in præ ſentia par- 
— they will be there) and rium ( i intereſſe ve- 
pecially of the plaintife. lint) & maxime pe- 
The repozt.of which Ju⸗ tentis. Quorũ iura- 
ters, by the lawes ol En- torum dictum per 
gland, is called a verdict, leges 4ngliz; vere- 
by the which wozde is dietũ nũcupatur, & 
meant, a true repoꝛt, oꝛ a runc ſecundũ huiuſ- 
tepoꝛt of the truth: And modi vere dicti qua 
then actoꝛding to the qua⸗ litatẽ, iuſticiarijred- 
litie ok that verdiete the dent & formabunt 
Juſtices ſhall frame and iudiciũ ſuum. Tamẽ, 
fourme they iudgement. {pars altera, contra 
Not withſtanding, if the quã vereclictũ hm̃di 
other party; againſt whõ prolatũ eſt, conque - 
the verdict is giuen, com⸗ ratur ſe pillud iniu- 
plaine, that hee is thereby ſte eſſe grauatũ, pro- 
vniuſtly griened then the ſequi tac potelt pars 
ume party map ſue a wit illa, verſus iuratores 
of attainte againſt thoſe. illos, & verſus par- 
Irrozs, and againſt the tem quz obtinuit, 
party that hath pꝛeuailed. breue de attincta. 
H.iiij. Vir. 


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Virtute cuius, 6 cõ- 
pertũ fuerit per ſa- 
cramentum x Ru). 
hominum , in forma 
prænotata retorna- 
torũ, electorũ, & iu- 

ator um, qui multo 
maiora habebũt pa- 
trimonia, quam iu- 
ratores primi, quod 
ijdẽ primi iuratores 
falſum fecerunt ſa- 
cramentũ, corpora 
eorundẽ primorum 
juratorapriſonz re- 
gis cõmittẽtur, bona 


eorũ conſiſcabũtur, 


ac omnes poſſeſſio- 
nes eorundẽ in ma- 
nus regis capientur, 
domus quoque eo- 
rum & ædific ia pro- 
ſternẽtur, boſci ſuc- 
cidentur, & prata a» 
rabuntur, ipſi eti- 
am iuratores primi 


By foꝛte of which TUit , 


if it ſhall be founde by the 


oatheof twenty and foure 
men, in fourme akoze⸗ 
ſapde retourned , elects 
and ſwoꝛne, which ſhall 
bee men of niuche grea⸗ 
ter lyuinges, then the 
firſf-Jurers were, that 
the ſame - firſf Jjurers 
haue made a falſe oathe, 
then the bodyes of the 
ſame firſt Jurers ſhall 
bee — to the 
Kinges Piſon £ 

goodes ſhall bee confiß 
cate, and all theyp poſ* 
ſeſſions chall bee ſeyſep 
into the Kinges handes, 
Buildinges ſhall bee ra: 
{ed and thzowen downe, 


theyz TWoodes felled ;/ 
and chep2 + Peaddowe 


groundes plowed , Ard 
alſo the fame firſt Jn-. 
rers 


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of the Lawes of England. 
rers ſhall foz euer after 


be noted fo; infamedper- 
ſons, and ſhall in no place 
bee receiued to teſfifie 
the trueth: And the par- 
tie, which in the fozmer 
plea had the ouerthzowe, 
halbe reſtozed to all 
thinges, whiche by occa- 
ſion thereof he hath loft, 
Who then , though hee 
regarde not his ſoules 
healthe,ver fo2 feare ofſo 
greate puniſhement , and 
fox ſhame of ſo greate in- 
famie, woulde not vppon 
his othe declare the truth, 
And if one man perauen⸗ 
ture haue ſo litle reſpect 
to hys honour oz eſtima⸗ 


tion, pet ſomme of ſo ma⸗ 


nie Juroures will not 
neglect their owne good 
kame, noz will not tho⸗ 
rough their owne de⸗ 
fault, ſuffer themſelues 


60 
ertunc infames e- 
runt, nec alicubi 
tecipientur in teſti- 
monium veritatis: 
& pars, quæ ſuccu- 
buit in priori pla- 
cito, refti a_—_ 
omnia,queipſepe 

didit — 
Quis tune (etſi im- 
memor ſalutis ani- 
mz ſuæ fuerit) non 
næ, & verecundia 
tatem nõ diceret fic 
iuratus, & ſi vnus 
forſan tantus ſui ho- 
noris prodigus eſſe 
non pepercerit, ali: 
qui tamen iursto- 
rum tantorum -fa- 
mam ſui ns! negli- 
gent, neq; bona & 
poſieſſiones ſuas ta» 
liter diſtrahi patiene 


Forieſcue, in commendation 


tur, propria culpa 
ſua. Nonne iam, 

hic ordo revelandi 
veritatem, potior & 
efficacior eſt, quam 
eſt proceſſus, qualẽ 
pariunt Ciuiles le- 
ges? Non hie peri- 
unt cauſæ aut ius a- 
licuius, per mortẽ, 


aut ob defectum te- 


ſtium, non hic pro- 


ducuntur teſtes ig- 


noti, conducticij , 
pauperes, vagi, in- 
conſtantes, aut quo- 
tum cõditiones vel 
malitie i + 


Vicini ſunt: teſtes 


iti, de proprijs vi- 
vere potkers, famz 
inte ræ ; & opinio- 


nis i 
partem in curiam 
ducti, ſed per offi- 


ciariũ del & in- 


ſæ non per 


thus to be ſpoiled of their 
goodes and poſl 
Is not this oꝛder now fo2 
the boultinge out of the 
trueth better and moe 
effectuall, then the pꝛo⸗ 
celle whiche the Ciuile 
lawes do pꝛocure: Here 
no cauſe, noz no mans 
righte . thzough 
death oꝛ fo2 want of wits 
neſles , Here are not 
brought foozth vnknow⸗ 
en witneſſes; hyzed per⸗ 
ſons, pooze men, vaga⸗ 
bonds, vncöſtant people, 
oꝛ ſuch, whoſe condition, 
and naughtineſſe is vn⸗ 
knowen. Thele witnel⸗ 
ſes are neighbours hable 
to lyue of their owne; ol 
good name and kame, 
of honeſte repoꝛte, not 
bꝛought into the Court 
by the partie, but by a 
wozſhipfull and indif- 
kerent 


\ 


of the Lawes of England. 


ferent Officer: choſen, 
and ſo compelled to come 
befoze the Judge .Theſe 
knowe all, that the wit- 
neſſes are hable to depole, 
and they knowe alſo the 
conſtancie and vncon⸗ 
ſtancie of the witnelles, 
and what repozte goeth 
vppon them, Anp what 


will pee haue moze. 


thing , that mape dil⸗ 
cloſe the trueth of anie 
doubte fallyng in con- 
tention, whiche can in 
any wiſe bee hidde from 
ſuche Jurers, ſo that 
it bee poſſible fo2 the 
ſame to come to mans 
knowledge. $331 


C Here he ſheveth how cauſes criminal,are 
+ 1" determinedin England, - Hh 
; 1 t Cap. 27. ; 


61 
differẽtem electi, & 
coram iudice veni- 
re compulſi. Iſti 
omnia ſciunt, quæ 
teſtes deponere no- 
runt, & iſti teſtium 
productorũ agnoſ- 
cunt cõſtantias, in- 
cõſtantiaſq́; & ſamã. 
Quid vlcra?verenis 
hil eit, quod vexitas 
tendi poterit, dete- 
gere valebit, quoi 
juratoribus talibus 
— quomodoll- 

et poteſt aut iguo- 
rari, dũmodo poſſi- 
bile fit; illud venite 
poſſe inagnitionem 
humanam. 


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Ed quomodo in 
criminalib? leges 
Angliæ ſcrutantur 
veritatem, etiam ri- 
mare perneceſſariũ 
eſt, vt & in eis ple- 
narie agnita amba- 
rũ legũ forma, quæ 
earum efficacius la- 
tentẽ reuelat verita- 
tẽ certius agnoſca- 
mus. Si reus quiſpia 


de felonia aut ꝓdi- 


tione in Anglia ret- 


tat”, amen id co- 


rã 5 iudicibꝰ dedicat, 


mex vicecomes co- 


mitatus, vbi facinus 


illud cõmiſſum eſt, 


venire faciet coram 
eiſdem iudicibꝰ, vi- 


s & legales ho- 
mines d 6 vicineto 


villæ, vbi illud fa- 
ctum elt, qui rettatũ 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


cog quatuor pro- 


Bdt it is alſo neceſſarie 
to diſcus, how in mat- 


ters criminal, the lawes 
of Englande doe fetche 


out the truthe, that per- 
fectly vnd erſtanding the 
fourme of bothe the 
Lawes, wee map the 
moze certainly perceiue 
and knpwe , whether of 
them doth moze ef- 


fectuallie - diſcouer the 


hidden truth. Yf any mi 
accuſed — — 7 — 


the lame — denie 


the offence, foꝛchwith the 
Sherike of the Countie, 
where the deed was done, 
ſhall cauſe to come befkoze 
the lame Judges fower & 
twentie good andlawfull 


men dwelling; nighe to 


thevillage;wherethe fact 


was donne, ſuch men as 
to the 


* ov Lawes 8 e 


to the partie accuſed be 
no thing allyed: and ſuch 
as euerp of them- hath 
an hundeth ſhillinges of 
lanves and reuenues, 
to certifie the Judges 
vppon the truech of the 
crime. Which at theyr 
apparaunce the partie 
accuſed may challenge, 
in Ipke ſozt as in acti⸗ 
ons reall map be done, 
as afoze is delcribed. 


And mozeouer the ſame 


partie in fauour of hys treu 


lyke may challenge fpue 
and thirty men ſuch as 
hee molt feareth : which 


vpon hys challenge ſhall 
bee cancelled in the pan- 
nell, oz ſhall bee noted 
wyth ſuch markes, chat 
they ſhall not pa 
pon hym: though hee 
bee not able to chewe 


any cauſe ok hys er⸗ 


— 


ſſe vp⸗ 


na 
attin quorũ 
uiliber C. habeat 
terre & redditus, ad 
certificandii Iudices 
illos ſuper criminis 
illius veritate. Qui- 
bus comparẽtibus, 
rettatus ille eos ca- 
lũpniare poteſt, ea- 
— in ac- 
tionibusrealid* fieri 
debere ſuperius de- 
ſein ſauorem 
calumpniare 
poteſt 3 5 homines, 
quos ipſe maxime 
formidat, quĩ ad eius 
calũpniamcancella- 
bũtur in panello, aut 
ſignis talibꝰ notabũ- 
tur, quod (vt verbis 
legis ver) ili ſuper 
eum nõ tranſibunt, 
licet ipſe nulli cau- 
ſã aſſi ſciat ex- 


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ceptionis ſeu ca- 
lumpniæ ſuæ. Quis 
tunc mori poſſet ini- 
que in Anglia pro 
crimine, cum tot iu- 


uamina habere ille 


poterit ob fauorem 


vitz ſue, & non niſi 


vicini eius, probi 
& fideles homines, 
verſus quos ipſe nul- 
lam habet materiam 
exceptionis, eum 
. pote- 
runt? Mallem reuera 
viginti facinoroſos 
mortẽ pictate eua- 
dere, quam iuſtum 
vnum iniuſte con- 
demnari. Nec tamẽ 
reum quepiam ſub 
hac forma,reatus ſui 
penam euadere poſ- 


ſe ſuſpicandum eſt, 


dum eius vita et mo- 
res timori deinceps 


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teption and challenge. 
Who then can vuiuſtly 
dye in England fo} any 
criminalloffence , ſeeing 
hee may haue ſo many 
helpes fox the fauour of 
his lyfe , and that none 


may condempne him but 


bys neyghbours , good 
and lawfull men, againſt 
whom hee hath no mat- 
ter of exception. In 
deede J would rather 


wiſh twenty euill doers 


to eſcape death thꝛough 
pitie, then one man to 
bee vniuffly condemp⸗ 
to bee ſuſpected. , that 
any offendour can vnder 
thys fourme , eſcape the 
punyſhment ok hys of- 
fence; fo2aſinuch as hys | 
lyfe and conuerſatyon 
ſhall bee afterward a ter⸗ 
rour ts them that haue 

thus 


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thus cleared hym of the 
crime. In thys kind of 
pꝛoceeding there is no 
cruelty o extremity vſed, 
Meither can the innocent 
g vnguilty perſon be hurt 
in hys body oz limmes: 
CUherefoze he ſhall not 
ſtand in fear of the flaun⸗ 
der of his enemies, be⸗ 
cauſe he ſhall not be rac- 
| Kedo2 toꝛmented at their 
will and pleaſure. Thus 
vnder thys Lam a man 
may-paſle his life: wyth 
quietneſſe and ſafetie. 
Judge you therfoze,moſt 
noble Pꝛince, whether of 
theſe lawes ye had rather 


a pꝛiuate life. 


ius, quia nõ torque- 


chule, if you ſhould ue lima forer, ſi tu pri- 


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erũt eis, qui eum ſic 
purgarunt à crimine. 
In hoc equidẽ pro- 


ceſſu, nihil eſt cru- 


3 js 4 | 
dele , nihilinhuma- 
num, nec lædi pote- 


rit innocens in cor- 
pore aut membris 
ſuis;Quare nec for- 
debt ile calir 
mam mumcesme, 


— = 


bitur iſte ad arbitriũ 


tur lege viuete qui: 


etum & ſecurum elt. 
Iudica ergo; Prin- 


ceps optime 


uatã ſpirares vitam, 


4 The Prince graunteth the Lame af E gland to 
be more commodious for the ſulße les, then 


Cui 


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Forteſcue, in edel er 


CY Princeps, ar- 
duum ambigu- 
umue, Cancellarie, 
non conſp icio, quod 
moroſum nie titu- 
bantemue redderet 
in electione rei, qua 
interrogas Nam 
quis non ſub lege, 
qua ſecuram ducere 
poſſet vitam, viuere 


us eligeret, qua 
Tok el b qua 
inermem, indefen- 
ſamq; le ſeper red- 
deret ſęuitiæ omni- 
um Mü nicorü eius? 
Vere, tutus quiſquã 
eſſe non poterit in 
corpore, aut in bo- 
nis, quem inimicus 
eius (in omni i cauſa) 
conuincere poterit, 
ow duobus etiã 
otis, per ipſũmet 
electis & productis. 


W — Paince x 


m_ "4 


harde oz ſtrange matter, 


good Chauncellour, that 


ſhould make mee doubt⸗ 


full oz daungerous in 


the election and chople 


of the thing that ye alke. 


Foz who would not ra⸗ 
ther chooſe to lyue vn- 
der that lawe , where- 


vnder hee myght lyue 


in ſecuritie , then onder 
that law , which would 


ſet hym naked and ſuc⸗ 


courlefſe againſt the cru⸗ 


eltie of — enempes? 


Uerelie no man can bee 


ſafe in bodie oz goodes, 
whom hys aduerlarpe 


map conuince in eue⸗ 
Tye cauſe , wyth twoo 
vnknowen wytneſles , 
of hys 'owne chooſing 
and bringing koozth. 


cen, os oy we > mm WY a {CD a eo. ach a. as. coo an at an. ac a. 


— mw = ed 


And though a man be not Bedlect-quis mort. 
compelled! by their ſay⸗ eorumiſu- 
— wo irene cogatu har 

v batheſcapen unn dane: reledatus 
— — ipſo, qui mortem ei. 
his ſinnewes ant limmes uaſit, — 
and caſtintu a perpetuaſl neruomin;&:xvem- 
impotencie of his-bodye; biapm fuori;:919; 
And truely into ſuch dan- coxporis; eius lan- 


— 2 —— 
bnver the Lawe; which miciaſturizom Ci, 
uſpake of. boming, gu fuble: 


rl in — and „ 

to the circuniſtauntes vicinorum de quo 

of the lame: which alſo agitur, & circũſtan- 

knowe the manners and tijs eius: qui & noſ- 

conditions of pſame wit: cunt eorundè tetti- 
um 


k vicini ipſi fuerint, 
noſcunt etiam; & fi 
ipſi ſint credulitate 
. Omnes eti- 
am duodecim tales 
omnino nor 
poterit 5 | | 
actum eſt, per, aut 
inter vicinosꝰ e- 
rum. Naſco nam 


tamen cur — — 


lex An Scl tam 
gi & optabilis eſt foreſaivlats 


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eius, campi, ſaltus & fieldes, the 
nemiora, tanta fecuß- the wor 
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bulliunt, vt inculta 
illa, ſæpe plus com- 
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ſeſſoribus 800 
arata, licet fertilifli- 
ma ipſa fint, ſegi- 
tum, & bladorum. 
Includuntur e 
in terra illa paſtuts- 
rum arua, foſſatis, 
& ſepibus, deſuper 
atboribus plantatis, 
dus muniuntur | 
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of the Lawes of England. 66 


Ante ee recog ws paſture ve 
12 6 2 

neede of Fo . nep- malig, c 

cher by daye-, uo2 y 8 
nigbt. £02 there. bee no per noctem. Nam i- 
oolues ,-noz, Beareg, bi luęi non ſunt, rf, 
n02 Lens, Wherefoze nes-Legmes, Quare 
their Sheepe. lye. night de, nocte oues eorũ 
5 nge in 0 ;Fieldes incuſtodirzin cam- 


Lan e is matured , By quibus im us impinguan- 
e whereof, the tur terræ corum.. 
men of that Countreꝝ are Vage homines pa- 
ſcant troubled with anye trix illius, vix operis 
painefulllabour, here: ſudore, grauantur.., 
fze-they line moꝛe ſpiri - quare ſpiritu ipſi 
tually , as did the aun⸗ magis viuunt, vt fe- 
cyent Fathers, whiche cerunt patres anti- 
did rather choole to keepe qui, qui paſcere 
and feede Cattell, then mallebant greges., 
to dilkurbe the quietnes- quam avimi quietẽ 


of the minde with care of agriculturæ ſolic i- 
Hulbandzy. K. tudine turbare. 
I. ij. Et 


regionis iltius, apti 
magis redduntit & 
diſpoſiti ad diſcer- 
gendem in caüiſis, 
quæ magni ſunt ex- 
aminis, quam ſunt 
viri, qui telluris 
— — 6/0 
ex ruris familiarita- 
te mentis contrahũt 
ruditatem. Regio e- 


tiã illa; ita reſperſa, 


refertaque eſt poſ- 


ſeſſoribus terratũ 
& agrorum, quod 
in ea, villula par- 
ua reperiri n 
terit, in qua non elt 
miles, armiger, vel 
pater familias,qualis 
ibide Franb/ain vul- 
[ea nuncupatur, 
nagnis ditatus poſ- 
felfionibus ,hecnon 
11 tenentes alij, 


menne, ; "that : heron f fo 
mall -a - thozpe ca 


bee founde , where 
dwelleth 'not a Rnight, 


an Eſquire , 02 ſuche a 
Doutholder , as is there 


commonly caſled a frank 
layne , _ wyth 
create poſſeſſions , And 
alſo other Freeholvers, 

and 


of the Lawes of England. 67 
and many Yeomen able -8 valecti plurimi , 
'fo2 their liuelodes to -ſuispacrimonijs ſuf- 
make a Jurye in fourme ficientes, ad facien- 
afoze' mentioned' , Fo2 dum iuratam in for- 
there — ma prænotata. Sunt 
diuers Heomen, which namque valeRi di- 
"are able to dilpende by erf in we. wx il- 
the peate aboue a hundzed la, qui 
poundes, TWherefoze the ſercenta = 12 
Juriesafoze declared, are annum expendere 
there very oft made, ſpe- poſſunt, quo iuratæ 
ciallye in great matters, ſuperius deſcripte, 
of Knights, Eſquires, ſæpiſſime in regio- 
and others, whoſe pol / ne illa fiunt, præſer- 
ſeſſions in the whole a- tim in ingentibus 
moitnteth pearely-aboue cauſis, de militibus, 
the ſumme offiue hundzed armigeris, & alijs, 
markes. gquorxum poſſeiſio- 
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bee thought, that ſuch cedunt duo millia 
menne can bee ſuboꝛned, ſcutorum per annũ. 
oꝛ that they will bee per⸗ Quare cogitari ne- 
iured, not onely foz that quit, tales ſubornari 
they baue befaze heir poſle, velperiurari 
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dum, etiam, ne ed- thereuppon enſuyng,. and 
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14. tanta diſtantia di- 
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1 iuratos ibidem eſſe 
5 oportebit, poſt- 
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mon to cheir tenants 
and neyghbours. Howe 
then can a Jurpe bee 
made in ſuche Coun⸗ 
tries of twelue ſubſtaun- 
tial nienne ,. nighe” ad- 
ioyninge to the placeoka⸗ 
ny deed bꝛought in iudge⸗ 
ment, ſeeyng they can- 
not bee called neygh⸗ 
boures that dwell lo karre 
a ſunder. Truely twelue 
fwozne men there mute 
needes bee, karre di⸗ 
ſtaunt from the place of 
thedeede, when the de- 
fendant in thoſe Coun- 
treyes hathe challenged 
thirtie fine menne of the 
nerte dwellers ,- with- 
out ſhewinge any caule 
whye :  TWherekoze, 
in thoſe landes à Jurpe 
mute 


0 e Tewes "of fuſs". 


mitlke bee made, eyther 
of ſuche , as dwell farre 
of from the place of the 


deede that is in contro - 
uerſie, and therefoje 


tannot attayne to the 


knowledge of the trueth 


thereof, oz els it muſt be 
made of pooze men, that 
bee not aſhamed of infa- 
mie, nepther doe feare 
the loffe of their goods, 
- whiche they haue not, 


They allo blinded with 


ruſticall aud bꝛute rude⸗ 
nelle, are not able to — 
hold the cleere bzighene 

of the truth. 


Marueple not n | 


moſt woꝛthie Pꝛinee if y 
Law, the trueth 
is ſifted out in England, 
bee not krequented and 
ved in other nations, 
Foz they are not hable 
fo make ſufficient and 


69 
de multum remo- 
tis a facto, de quo 
contenditur » qui 
veritatem facti non 
agnoſcunt, in reg- 
nis illis opottebit 
facete iuratam, aut 
de pauperibus, qui- 
bus non eſt yere- 
cundia infamiæ , 
nec timor iadtutæ 
bonorum ſuotum, 
cum ipſa non ſint, 
iph etiam ruſtic} 
tatis ruditate ob- 
cecati, veritatis ela- 
ritatem denne 

tueri. 

Non igitur mi- 
reris, Princeps, fi 
Lex , qua in An- 
glia veritas inqui- 
ritur, alias non per- 
uagetur nationes, 
ipſæ nanq;, ve An- 


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nc Princeps, 
Comparationes 
odioſas - eſſe, licet 
dixerimus, lex tar 

men Ciuilis, in 
comparatione per 
te facta, omni ſe 
purgabit & crimi- 
ne: quia, licet ei 
Legem Angliz tu 
prætuleris, odium 
inde ipſa non me- 
retur, dum neque 
eam, neq; condito- 
res cius increpaſſi: ; 
Sed ſolum patriam, 


unt n like dune enn 
in England 


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T Hough we haue ſaiv, 
(p the, Pzince) that 
compariſons are odious, 
2 the Ciuile Lame in 
the c 
made, hath cleared it elt 
from all blame; : Foz, 
though vou haue pꝛaued 
the lame of Englande to 
bee ok moze. excellencie 
then it, pet it deſerueth 
not thereby to bee odi⸗ 
ous, toꝛ ſo muche as pou 

haue blamed neyther 
no2 themakers. thereof; 
But haue ſhewed the 


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countrey, where it ruleth vbi illa regit, cau- 


to be the onely taule, why ſam eſſe demon- 
it doth not, in matters of ſtraſfi z-quod non 
doubt, trie out the trueth tam optabili pro- 
w pth fo commendable a ceſſu , vt lex An- 
kind of pzoceeding , as gliz , "ipſa i in du- 
the Lam ok Engle ityet] 
doth:; But-as't ng Legem. vero: An- 
———— 
Yin tbe⸗ u per te diſpᷣutato, ac. 
now diſcuſſed. is mozefit comodatiorein eſſe 
— ———b regnoc ih-; _ 
theCiailllzw;/here- eſt 
x ry doubt: bigere:! non: "nk 


de, we are not mur quo 
vellrous to chaunge it 2 


Sumer How: Non appetimus : 
the. Low! or England, ges Anglia pen 
f the. — fe terivs crincne non 
tes onely the kertilitie euenit; lum ces 
England, that hatt mim cams, Angliæ 
vauſed it o bee fach as ferilieax-fic_caul 


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ritatem, tamen, an 
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non; non ; paululum 
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que Dominus Pha- 
„ Ichañ viij. In 
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and it is wzitten in Moy⸗ voſtraſcriptum 
ſes Law, . — — f 


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mielius , ant ts 
ud” fundamentum 
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au dominus. #: 5x1 

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bellarie, quæ me, de 


monition, among other 


with 

ther one 5 two, that, 

in'the month of my 
witneſſes, 


— Te adithy 
— — Glogs bas baue 


England 
matters 


LSE CMEEECCMCECNES LR do 


oceeving of the lawe of legis Angliz pro- 
8 in the tryall of ceſſu in probationi- 
doe ſomewhac bus, aliquantulum 
trouble mee. Aherefoze, conturbant . Qua- 
what anſwere may here- re, quid his reſpon- 
vnto bee made, I woulde dendum eſt ate, do- 
gladly learne of pou. ceridepolco, 


Here i5 emed A that the proceeding by A Iuryes | 
is not repugnant tothe Law 


of God. Cap. 32. 


lawes of England C Ancellari”, Nog 
quod theChauncelloz, his, quibus tur- 
are nothing at all repug⸗ baris, princeps, con- 
nant to thele things that trariantur leges An- 
trouble you, moſt wozthie gliz , licet aliter 
Bꝛince, thoughethey in quodammodo ipſe 
matters ot doubt do ſom in: dubijs eliciant 
what otherwiſe boult out vetitatein. Quid du- 
the truth. The law ofthe orum hominum te 
general councel, wherein ſtimonio oheſt lex 
it is pꝛouided that Carvi⸗ illa generalis conci⸗ 
nals ſhall not becduictes lij, qua cauetux, vt 
ok criminal offẽces, other⸗ non niſi duodecim 


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cardinales de ctimi- 
nibus couincantur? 
Si verum eſt duorũ 
teſtimonium, a for- 
tiori, teſtimonium 
duodecim verũ iu- 
dicari debet, dicen- 
te juris regula: Plus, 

ſemper in ſe continet, 
quod eſt minus . Su- 
pererogationis me- 
ritum promitteba- 
tur ſtabulario, ſi plus 
quam duos, quos re- 
cepit, denarios, ipſe 
in vulnerati curatio- 
nem erogaſſet. Non 
ne pluſquam duos 
aut tres teſtes pro- 
ducere oportebit 
Fr qui ab- 

entem ſe fuiſſe pro- 


bare nititur tempo- 
re criminis ſi bi im- 
poſiti, quod per 
duos aut tres teſtes 


oftwelue witnelles , (it 
anpe hynderaunce to the 


teſtymonie of two men: 
If the teſtymonie of two 


men bee true, of moze 


foxce muſt the — 
nie of twelue men bee 


iudged true, accozding 
to a rule ot the Law that 
ſayeth : The moze,euer 

contapneth in it , that 
which is lelle. The In⸗ 
holder was p2omilſed to 
bee rewarded with an 
ouer-plus , if hee beſfo- 
wed vppon the cure of 
the wounded man, moze 
then the two- pence, 
which hee receaued. A 
man that laboureth to 
pꝛooue, that hee was 
abſent at the tyme of 
the offence , wherewith 
hee is charged, ſhall it 
not be needefull fo2 him 
to bꝛing foozth moe . 


4. 


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pꝛooued, 02 
pꝛooue the 


And 
trauaileth to 
conuince witneſſes ol per 
iurie, muſt ok nereſlitie 
ming koozth many moe 
then they were, lo that 
the teſtimonie ol two oꝛ 
thzee men thall not euer 
be iudged true: But that 
Lawe muſt thus bee vn- 
derſtanded:; that by a leſ- 
ſer number ok witnelles 
then two, the truetch, in 
matters doubtfull, ought 
not to bee ſearched 'fot, 
narde alſpgnyng diners 
caſes ', wherein by the 
Lawes, moe then chere 
bee pzoduced :' Js in 
lomeofthemfiue, and in 


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parat eſt? Sic & qui 
teſtes de periurio 
conuincere ſatagit, 
multo illis plures p⸗ 
ducere neceſſe ha- 
bet, quo nõ ſemper 
ij vel ij. hominũ te- 
ſtimonium verũ eſſe 
iudicabitur:ſed inte⸗ 


lligenda eſt lex illa, 


quod minore teſtiũ 
numero quam ij.ve⸗ 
ritas in dubijs non 
debet exquiriʒvt pa- 
tet per Bernardũ ex 
tra. de teſti. ca. licet 
in gloſa ordinaria, 
vbi ipſe aſsignat 
diuerſos caſus, in 
quibus per leges, 
plures quam tres o-. 


portet producere, 
teſtes: Vꝝ, in ali 
quibus eorum v. 
es 


K. ij. 


5. 4 us 


&inaliquibusſepte: 
per duos etiã teſtes 
veritatẽ ꝓbari poſſe, 
cum non aliter ipſa 
pateret, vtiq; leges 
Angliæ affirmant . 
Nam ſique ſupra al- 
tum mare extra cor- 
pus cuiuſlibet comi- pon 
tatus regni illius fi- 
ant, quæ poſtmodũ 
in placito coramad- terwarde ber — * 
mirallo Angliæ de- in befoze the —— 
ducantur, per teſtes | 
illa iuxtalegum An- by 
lie ſanctiones pro- 
Part debent. Conſi- 
milicer quoq; coram 
cõſtahulario & ma- 
riſcallo Angliz fieri 
ſolitum eſt de facto, Marſhall 
qd᷑ in tegno alio ac- touching a fact that was 
tum eſt, dummodo donne in an other roy* 
ad juriſdictions cu- alme , ſp that the hear⸗ 
nie coſtabulari,.cog- ing thereof appertaineth 
nitio eius pertineat. to the — 
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Mozeouer, in the Courts Etiam & in curijs 
of certamne Liberties: in quarundam liberta- 
England, where matters tum in Anglia, vbi 
pzoceede by Lawe mer- perlegem mercato- 
chaunt, contractes oꝛ bar⸗ riã proceditur, pro- 
gaynes, made amonge bane per teſtes, con- 
Perchaunts in another tractus inter merca- 
Realme, are pꝛooued by tores extra regnum 
vitneſles, And this com⸗ factos. Quia in caſi- 

meth to paſſe; betauſe bus his non reperi- 
that in theſe: caſes there untur vicini, p quo- 
bee no neighbours found, rum ſacramenta, iu- 
by whole oathes Juries ratæ er duodec im 
of twelue men may bee hominibusfieri poſ- 
made, as in cont LES, ſunt; prout de con- 
and other caſes, ariſing tractibus & alijs ca- 
within the Realme ok ſibus; infra tegnum 
wile, if a deede, wherein ſuetum. Similiter, 
witneſſes are named, bee fi carta, in qua te- 
bought into theRynges ſtes nominantur 5 
Court, then pꝛocelle ſhall deducatur in cu- 
bee againſt thoſe ria Regis, proceſ- 
witneſles: and they toge⸗ ſus tunc fiet erga 
ther with twelue Jurers teſtes illos, ipſi 
e R. iii. 5 quoque 


c W 
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= 


quoqrecognoſcent 
ſimul cũ xij iu 
bus per eotũ ſacra- 
menta, vtrũ carta illa 
ſit factum eius; cui bee 
ſupponitur, an non, 

Quare-lege qua te- 

ſtibus veritas extor: 
quetur, lex Anglia 
non condenatimax- 
ime cum neceſſitas 


id depoſcat: quia & 
Gefaciuntiple leges 


Angliæ, nedũ in ca- 
ſibus iam noratis ſed 
etiã in quibuſdã ca: 
ſibus alijs, quas d 
expedit hic ndtare. 
el per teſtes ſolũ 
lex ipſa nunquailitẽ 


dirimit: quæ per iu- 
ratam xij. hominum 
decidi poterit. cum 
ſit modus iſt e ad 


veritatem eliciendã 


multo 1 & fo the tryall of the truth 


ratori- cogniſe , whether the 


ſhall by their oathes ve- 


pre ber —— und. 


ally when — Gre 
. ; Foz ſo do the 

awes ot Englande too, 
not onely in the cales 
nom mentioned, but alſo 
in certaine other caſes , 
whereof here to make re⸗ 
herſallit ſhall not bee ma⸗ 
tetiall:z DPowbeit this 
Lawe neuer determineth 
a tontrouerſie by witnel⸗ 
ſes onely, that may be de⸗ 
termined by a Jury of xii, 
men: foꝛſomuche as this 
waye is muche moze a⸗ 
uayleable and effectuall 


then 


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| of the Lawes of England. 75 
then is the fourme of efficacior, quam eſt 


anye other Lawes of forma aliquarũ alia- 


the wozlde, and kur⸗ 


ther krom the daunger 


of cozruption and ſub⸗ 


nation Noz thys 


fourme ok pꝛoceedynge, 
cannot - in anye cauſe 
kayle fo wante of wit- 
neſles, noz the teſty⸗ 
monyes of- witnelles (if 
anye bee) cannot chooſe 
but come to : they2 due 
ende and-effecte ; Ney⸗ 
ther can ſuch twelue men 
bee kozſwozne, but that 
ko theyz offence they 
mult luffer moſt ſharpe 
puniſhment, and neuer⸗ 
theleſſe the partye, by 


theyz depoſitions grie- 


ued, ſhall obtayne due 
remedye 80 And theſe 
thinges ſhall not bee done 
by the will and ſayings 
of ſtraunge 92 vnknowne 


rũ legũ orbis, & re- 


motior a corruptio- 
nis & ſubornationis 
periculo. Necpoteſt 
hæc procedẽ di for- 
Ma in cauſa ali ua, 


ob | defectum e iu 


deperire, neque te- 


(tin. (ſi qui fuerint) 


atteltatio, effectum 
debitum non ſortiri, 


nec periurari poſſũt 


duodecim homines 
huiuſmodi, quin 
pro eorum crimine, 
ipſi acerbiſſime pu- 
niantur, & nihilomi- 
nus pars, per eorum 
depoſitionem gra- 
uata, remedium de- 
bitum eh 
tur: ac, non fient 
hæc per extrane- 
orum aut igno- 

corum 


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F orteſcue, 
torum hominũarbi- 
triũ aut dictainẽ, ſed 
p proborũ, nobiliũ, 
& fide dignorũ, vi- 
cinorũ partibus, ſa- 
b. par 
tes illæ nullã habent 
cauſam calumpniæ 
aut diffidentiæ de e- 
orũ dicto. O quam 
horrendum & dete- 
ſtabile diſcrimẽ ſx- 
pe accidit, ex forma 


per depoſitions te- 


ſtium procedendi/ 

Nonne, ſi quis clan- 
deſtinum contrahat 
matrimoniũ, & po- 
ſtea corã teſtibꝰ mu- 
lierẽ alia ipſe affida- 
uerit, cum eadẽ cõ- 
ſummare matrimo- 
nium arctabitur in 
foro cõtencioſo, & 
poſtea in peniteriali 
foro judicabituripſe 


hee not in the contentious 


in Jonmirathiivs 


men, but by the oathes of 
good, of wozthipfull, and 
of crediblemen , neigh- 
bours to the parties „ in 
whome the ſame parties 
haue no cauſe of — 
lenge oꝛ miſtruſt, 
ching their verdict 0 "DO 
how hozrible uvecets- 
ble daungers happen ma 
nye times thozough the 
fourme of pzoceeding by 
wines, e man make 
a pꝛiuie contracte of ma⸗ 
trimonye, and afterwar? 
befoze witneſles, doe be⸗ 
troth oz allure him ſelfe 
ts another woman, ſhall 


Courte bee compelled to 
marrye her, and alſo af 
ter that in the pen litenct- 
all Courte bee 1 ged to 
lpe with the firſt, if hee 
bee duely required, and to 


do penance, as oft an be 


his 


with the — — 
in bothe Courtes the 
Judge be one and the ſelf 
ſame man. In this eaſe, 
as it is witten in Job, 
are not the ſinewes of 
Leuiathan perplered and 
intricat : Fye koꝛ ſhame, 
they are intricat in deed: 
Fo, this man can car⸗ 


nally companie with 


neyther of theſe two wo? 
men, no} with any other, 
without punyſhment ep⸗ 


ther by the — 


tourte, 02 by the pe 
nitenctall tourte, Dich 
a myſchiefe, inconueni⸗ 
ence, or daunger can ne- 
happen in — caſe 


bythe Lawot 2 England, 
no not though Leuiathan 
himſelfe would labour to 


Gione propria 


cubuerit cũ = 


licet in v 


iudex faeric: 


vn*:& idemiNone 


in hoc caſu, vt in lob 


ſcribitur, perplexi 


ſunt teſticuli Leuja- 


thi?Prohipudor,ve- 
re pg 2 


tunc — 6. 


ne animaduerſione 
in foro contenden- 
tium aut penitenti- 
um: quale malum, 
inconueniens „ aut 
diſcrimen, per mo- 
dum & formi pro- 


ceſius legis A Angliæ 
im- 


Teer eee 

5 i * ; 
8 e n ö 
4 * 


ea — moze you object —— 
None vides iã; prin the Lawes ot Englande, 
ceps clariſſime, le- the moze woꝛthie they 


ges Anglie tãtò ma- en. Ut 


N 


gis clareſcere, qua- 
to eiſdem tu am- 
. — R mgs — * 
r Cap p. 335 

i Video, | See plainely, g uod the 
ter totius orbis iu- wherein you hane.nowe 
ra (in caſu, quo trauapled, they haue the 
fulgere conſidero, ther lawes ot the wozlde, 
tamen progenito= yet wee haue hearde, that 
gliæ regum Dale 
dam audiuimus 5 


plius teluctaris? rink 20 
 hadno elite in — Leer. . | 
Perz & eas in- — hr caſe, 
tu iam ſudaſti)præ- pꝛeeminence aboue all o⸗ 
rum meorum An- ſome of my P2ogenit02s, 
poof En ;haue 
in le ibus ſuis mi- 


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ing in the ciuile lawes ſatagentes proinde; 
4 2 gouernement of e e 
England, and to aboliſhe glię regimẽ induce- 
they: owne Countrey re, & patrias leges 
Lawes. Foz what pur⸗ repudiare fuiſſe cos 
poſe ct intent they ſo did, natos hotum reuera 
I much marueile. Co ſilium vehemen- 
| tet admiror. b 761101 

15 1 js 1 eee B10 2 
4 Here the Channcellour openeththe canſa TIF 
which the Prince demaumder ht = 

| Cap.3 4% n E017 239 


Vu woulde nothing CAncellatins. Non 


quod the Chauncellour, ceps, ſi cauſam hu 
it you dyd deepely con⸗ ius conaminis ime 
ſider with pour ſelfe; te ſolicita : pertra⸗ 
the cauſe of this intent. Ctares.Audifti nam- 
Foz you haue hearde a- que ſuperias, quo- 
foze, howe that, amonge modo inter leges 
the Cinile Lawes, that Ciuiles prrcipus 
maxime oz rule is a ſen · ſententia eſt, maxi- 
tence moſt notable, which 
thus ſingeth: The Pꝛin⸗ la quæ ſic canit, 
ces pleaſure ſtandeth in Juan Principi placu- 
an, 755 ram, 


marueple  hereat', admirareris, prin- 


of the Lawes of England. 57 


* * * 4 + 5+ of 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


re,qualiternon ſan- 
ciunt leges Angliæ, 
dum nedum regali- 
ter, ſed & politice 
rex eiuſdẽ domina- 
tur in populum ſu- 
um, quo ipſe, in co. 
ronatione ſua, ad le- 
gis ſuæ obſeruan- 


ciam aſtringitur ſa- 


cramento, quod re- 


ges quidam Angliz 


ægre ferentes, pu- 
tãtes proinde ſe nõ 
libere dominari in 
ſubdicos , vt faciunt 
reges regaliter tan- 
tum principantes, 
qui lege Ciuili, & 
E otiſſime prædicta 

gis illius maxi- 
ma, regulant ple- 
bem ſuam, quò ip- 


ft, ad eorum libi- 


tum, iura mutãt; no- 
ua condunt, pznas 


contrarpe to the decrees 


of the Lawes of Eng⸗ 


lande, whereby the king 
thereof ruleth his peo⸗ 
ple, not onely by re- 
gall, but alſo by poli⸗ 
tique gouernement, In 
ſomuche that at the time 
of hys Coꝛonation, hee 
is bounde by an othe to 
the obſeruance and kee⸗ 
ping ok his owne Lawe, 
whiche thing ſome kings 
ok Englande not well 
bzooking , as thinking 
that thereby they ſhoulde 
not freely gouerne their 
Subiectes as other 
Kinges doe, whole rule 
is onelye regall, gouer⸗ 
nynge their people by 
the Ciuile Lawe, and 
chiefely by that fozeſaive 
Maxime ot the ſame law, 
whereby they at theyꝛe 
pleaſure chaunge "make 
ma 


duer the people their ſub⸗ 
lp: not conſyd ering that 


they luſt, do determyne 
controuerſtes of ſuters , 
as pleaſeth them, Mher⸗ 
foꝛe, thele your pzogent- 
tours went about to calf 
off the poke politique, 
that they alſo might like⸗ 
wyſe rule, oz rather rage, 


tectes in regall wiſe one⸗ 


the power of both kinges 
is equall, as in the foze- 
ſaid treatyſe of the law 
of nature is declared: 
and that to rule the peo⸗ 
ple by gouernement po⸗ 


litique, is no yoke , but 


libertie, and great ſecu⸗ 
ritie, not onely to the 


king hymlelfe ; and furs 


infligunt, & onera 
imponunt ſubditis 
ſuis; proprijs quo- 
ue arbitrijs, contẽ- 
entium, cum ve- 
lint, dirimunt lites. 
Quare 3 moliti ſunt 
ipſi proger itores tui 
hoc iugum politicũ 
abijcere, vt conſi- 
militer & ipſi in ſub- 
iectum populum re- 
bacchari queant:nõ 
attendentes, quod 
equalis eſt vtriuſque 
Regis potentia, vt in 
prędicto tractatu de 
natura legis naturæ 
docetur, & quod nõ 
iugũſed libertaseſt, 
politic regere po- 


0 pulũ, ſecuritas quo- 
ſubiectes, but alſo to the 


que maxima nedum 
plebi, ſed & ipſi re- 
gu 


tudinis ſuæx . Que 
vt tibi apertius pa- peare mode emvent vnto 
teant, vtriuſq; regi- you , ponder and weygh 
munis experientiam the experience of both re⸗ 
percunctare, & à giments, And begin with 
regiminerantumre- the king of Fraunce, 
pal , qualiter Rex peruſing after what ſozc 
Franciz principatur he ruleth hys ſubiectes 
in ſubditos ſuos, ex- by recall gouernement 
ordium ſumito: de- alone: And then come to 
inde à regalis & po- the effect of the ioynt 
litici regiminis ef · gouernance, regall and 
fectu, qualiter Rex politique, examining by 

Angliæ domi natur experience, how and after 
in ſibi ſubditos po- what maner, the king of 
pulos, experienti- 
am quere. 


þ 


The inconueniences, that happen in the 
Realme of Fraunce, through regall 
gonernement alone. Cap. 3 5. 


Call 


(l 


two, doe not, noz will 


Cages 1 0 
after what or Pon 
the welthy v _— 
townes (as tou 


whyle pou were there a 
ſoiourner, peſtered wyth 
the kinges men at armes 
and their hozſes, ſo that 
ſkant in any ok the great 
townes there vou could 


get any lodging: Ahere, p 


of the inhabyters you 
learned , that thoſe men, 


though they contynue in 
one village a moneth oz 


pay anp thinge at all, 
eyther fo2 their owne 
charges, oz fox the char- 
ges of their hozles, But 


whych is wozle, they 
compelled the inhaby- 
tantes of the vyllages 


ſaw — opj 
1 0 ni Franc 


ſtoze of cozne ) on the 1 m ibidẽ — 4 
 Realme of Fraunce, 


. hilprorſus; proſuis 
aut equorum ſuo- 
rum expenſis, fol. 
uiſſen, aut ſoluere 
velle: ,; 


4 FFP #.. #" In Im: 
r 


iæ fru- 
1 7 opulentiſſima, 


nabaris ,conſp: 
Regicterrgi $ho- 
minibus ad — 
eorũ Equis, ita onu- 
ſta; e in eorum 
aliquibus quimag 

nis opp ws be 
itari ebas: vbi 
ab incollis didicifti; 
homines illos, lcet 
in villa vna per mẽ· 
ſem aut duos per- 
hendinauerint, ni- 


ſed quod 
75 elt arcta- 
it incolas villarum | 


% 


7 > F 5 £ 


& oppidorũ, in que 
dees derant 3 ſibi de 
vinis,carnibus , & a- 
lijs, quibus age 
bant, etiã carioribus 
neceſſatijs, quam ibi 
reperiebantut, à cir- 
— — 
uis proprijs ſumpt 
bus — fi- 
qui lic facere renue- 
bãt, concito fuſtibus 
celi, propere hoc a- 
gere compelleban- 
tur: ac demum con- 
ſumptis, in villa vna, 
victualibus, focali- 
bus, & equorũ prę- 
bẽdis, ad villã aliam 
homines illi prope- 
rabit, eam cõſimili- 
ter deuaſtando, nec 
denarium vnum pro 
aliquibus neceſſarijs 
ſuis, etiam aut con- 


cubinarum ſuarum, 


quas in magna co- 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


and cowne dwellers,whe- 
ther they came , to p20* 
uide of their owne pꝛo⸗ 
per coſtes, out of the vil- 
lages adiopning, wyne 
and fleſh fo2 them, and 
other thinges that they 
needed, at dearer pꝛices, 
then they myght haue 
bought the ſame at home. 
And if any refuſed thus 
to doe, they were anone 
by plaine Staffozd law 
Ry 2 it: ire 
they had ſpent 
tuals , fewell, and ho 
meat, in one towne, then 
thoſe men went to an o⸗ 
ther towne, waſting the 
ſame in like maner , not 
paying one penie fo any 
ne ryes , epther fo} 
themſelues, oz els for 
their concubines and har⸗ 
lots, whereof they euer 
carryed about with them 
great 


of the Lawerof Ex a 


b gelen, noz ee 50 
2 boſen oz thooes, and vel pro ſoti 
otherlike, euen to b lelt ligis, 25 — 
5444 OT vi —— 
ee leſcunq; CONE 
And thus were all the bee 
billages and vnwalled morus fecerũt, — 
townsof that land vſed, coegerune.Sicq;& fac 
ſo that there is not the tumeſtinomn — 
leaſt village there, free lis &oppidis nõ mura- 
from this miſerable ca- cis totius regionis illi 
mitie, but that it is once vt non ſit ibi villula v- 
oz twile euerpe peare na, expers de calami- 
beggered by this kinde tare ilta, quz ns ſemel 
ofpilling.F arthermoze aut bis ln anno, hac ne- 
the Ringe ſufferech no phanda refſura depi- 
mantoeate ſalce with: letur;* rZterea non 
in his kingvome, ercept patitur rer _ 
hee buy itof the Ange an ni ſui ſalem edere; 
at luch upd as pleg- dem nonematab jp 
ſeth him to alleſſe, And ſo Rege, precio, eli 
ifany pooze mi had ra: ſolum arbitrio alſeiſo, 
ther tate bis ment freſh Et & infilſum paupex 
then to tap lol 8 quiuis mauult edere , 
Miuelp deare, heeisim- 3 excels1ug 


Forteſcue, in comm endation 


precio , COMPATATE , m 
mox comp ue, buy 


1 14 „ 1 1 
ntum de ſale regis ki 
tantum ; 2. le. re gi . 4 ngs. 3 


n. 2 4 r $ 4 * 


ad eius precium eme: 


re, quantum congruet 


tot perſonis, qugt ipſe peth in his 
in domd fuafouex. In- ouer,allÞ 
ſuper omnes regn 
lius incolz, danto 
anno, regi ſug, quarta 
parte omnium vino- 
rum, quæ ſibi accreſ- 
cunt, & omnis caupo 
quartum denariu prę- 
cij vinorum, quæ ipſe 
vendit, & vltra hec om 
nes villæ & burgi ſol- 
uunt Regi annuatim, 
ingentes ſummas ſu- 
per eos aſſeſſas, pro a 
ſtipendizs hominum armes, 
ad arma, ſic quod ar- ges ot th 
mata dees quæ quam 
magna feper elt, pal- 
catur annuatim de ſti- 
pendijs ſuis, per paupe- 
res villarum, burgorũ, 
&ciuitatum regni. 


+ «+ a 

92 0 
— 

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ab Aa « __ rates 


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ERECT EET / 


And yet mozotter,euerte Eevlntihzc, 
findethcontinu- villa ſemper 


ittarios duogadmi- 2 


ſerniceinhis ad; ſeruiendum regi 


„ . 
— * libet 1 


—— 8 — 
pearely aſſeſſed pon e. anno aſſela ad opus 
uery village ot the ſame regis'; ſuper quamli- 
ropalme ta the kinge bet villam eiuſdem re- 


."dbe. liue in rang miſeris non 


great miſerie, dzinking minima viuit; 
water dayly Neither n 


—— — al 
þ Lij. \ Froects- + 


* — Bos; wy Ke IE Ko Fs” * 
2 2 


wor 2 at 


anni faccorum , 7 be 


præterquam 
ma, & hoc ſolum in tu- 
nicis ſuis ſubtus froc- 


5 carnes non co- 
medunt, mares aut fæ· 
mina ibidem præter 
Jardum baconis, quo 


tatia ſua in minima 
quantitate. saſ- 
ſatas coctaſu 


pro no- 


ubs & menen be killed 
ribus occiſorum: 


to growe | 
thye'in-ſibſtaunce 3; lo 
that anye of them ber 
counted rich., bee is by 


uantur pro 
ſummis y veſcenda 


1 quo, 
ex tunc conuicinis 
exteris ipſe 1 

or, for- 
ma mn ü gen- 
tis plebanz regio- 
nis illius. Nobi- 
les tamen, non ſie 
exactionibus op- 

Sed ſi 


corum allquis ca- 
lumpni- 


lumniatus fueritde 
crimine,hcerper; in- 
imicos ſuos nõ ſem- 
per coram iudice 
ordinario ipſe con- 
uocari ſolet: Sed 
quam ſæ pe, in regis 
camera, & alibi in 
priuato loco, quan» 
doque vero olum 
perinternuntios,ip- 
ſc inde alloqui vi 
eſt: & mox vt — 
noſum eum princi- 
pis conſcientia, rela- 
tu aliorum, iudica- 
uerit, in ſacco poſi- 
tus abſque figur 
iudicij, per præpoſi 
ti mariſcalorum mi- 
niſtros noctanter in 
flumine proiectus, 
ſubmergitur, quali- 
ter & mori audiuiſti 


— heeharhin that 
behalfe beenetalked wich 
Ringes Chamber, 
oz elſewhere in ſome pꝛi⸗ 
tate: place, and lome⸗ 
$ times onely by à Purſe⸗ 
Pellenger : And 
immediately as ſoone as 
the Pzinres conſcience 
hath, thzough the repoꝛt 
of others; iudge 
hee is without a- 


in the 


uant o 


ona, een, 


d him 


guiltie 
nyefaſhion of: iungement 


ſo 


put in a Sacke, and in 
the night ſeaſon by the 
Marſhals ſeruaunts hur⸗ 
led into à NRyuer, and 
downed, After which 
maiorem multo nu- ſozte yuu haue hearde of 


merum n hominum, 1 moe put to death. 


then 


14 — pzoreſſe' 
Lawe condemned. How- 
beit the Pꝛinces pleaſure, 
as ſaye the Ciuill lawes, 
hath the foxceof aLawe, 
Allo, while vou were 
abyding in Früunce, 
and nyghe to the ſame 
Kuyngdome, yon hearde 

of other gteate enozmy- 
ties lpke vnto : thele , 
and {ſome muche wozſe 
then theſe det 
bdamnable , done no o⸗ 
therwyle but vnder the 
colour ok that 
whiche heere to rehearſe 
would contynue our talke 
too long a tyme. Now 
therekoze, let vs ſee, 
what the efferte of the 
Lawe politique and Re- 
gall, which ſome of your 
Jt - — would haue p 
hatinged into this Ciuill, 


L. iiii. 


then that Nr b beene by quam gie dee 
ok the proceſſu iuris con- 


able and 


uwe, 


uicti extiterunt. Sed 
tamẽ quod N i 
placuit (oralepes 
Tails 


vigorem es habe & 
alia enormia, hijs ſi- 
milia; ac quæ u#di hijs 
detetiors” „ duim in 
Francia & prope 
regnum illud con- 
uerſatus es, audiſti, 
non alio, quam legis 
illius, colore, dete- 
ſtabiliter damnabili- 
terque perpetrata, 
oy. 1. inſer ere, 
noſtrum nimium di- 
alogum protelaret: 
Quare, quid effe@® 


* 


legis politicæ & re. 


galis, quam, quidã 

progenitorũ tuorũ, 

rolege hac Ciuili, 

N niſi ſunt, 
ope- 


legum experientia 
doRus , quæ earum 
tibicligibilior ſit, ex 
earum effectibus e- 
licere valeas, cum( vt 
memoratur Fd 


n nl 


Or Cu ny, we eee 


apparent. 


The commodities, that proceede of the joint &: 
nernement, politique and regall , in the 
Kealme of England, co. 6. 

IN regno Angliz, I the Realme 
nullus perhendt- Englad, no man 

nat in alterius do- FU... another mans 

mo, in::ito domi- houſe, without the loue 

no, ſi non in hoſ- and the leaue of the good 

picijs publicis, vbi man of the ſame houſe: 

tunc pro omnibus, ſauing in c 

quæ ibidem ex- 


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ſatiſſie and nay lor all his ric ſoluet ante eius 
chargenthew +: Neither abinde receſſum: 
ſhal he eſcape vnpunithed, nec — une quiſq; 
whoſoeuer hee be, that ta» bona us capit 
keth another mans goods ſine voluntate pro- 
withoute the good will prietatij eorun em, 
ofthe owner thero, Nei⸗ neqʒ in Regno.illo; 
ther is it vnlawefull foz præpeditur aliquis; 
any. man in that Roy · Gbide ſale, aut qui- 
alme, to pꝛouide and ſtoꝛe buſcunque merci- 
himſelfe,of ſalt, and other monijs alijs, ad pro- 
merchaundiſes oz wares, prium arbitrium, & 
at his owne will e plea- de quocunque ven- 
ſure, of any man that ſel- ditore, providere, 
lech the ſame. Þowbeit Rex tamen, neceſſa- 
the King, though the ow- ria domus ſuæ, per 
ners would lay nay, may rationabile precium 
by his Officers take ne⸗ iuxta cõſtabulario- 
ceſſaries fo2 his houſe, at rum villarum diſ- 
a reaſonable pꝛice to bee cretiones aſſiden- 
alleſſed by the diſcrecions dum, inuitis poſſeſ- 
of the Conſtables of the ſoribus, per officia- 
towns: Neuertheleſle,he rios ſuos caperepo- 
—— wes to teſt: ſed. — 
efoze,either pꝛe⸗ nus precium illu 
ſently in hande, oz elſe pope rela 


diẽ per maiores of- 
ficiarios domus ſuæ 
limitandum, ſoluere 
per leges ſuas ob- 
noxi equi nulliꝰ 


bona iuxta leges il- 
las, ipſe diripere po- 
teſt, ſine gattefa lie- 
ne debita ro eiſdẽ. 
Neg; rex ibidẽ, per 
ſe, aut minifiros ſu- 


aut quæuis onera a- 
lia,imponitlegijs ſu 
is, aut leges eorũ mu 
tat, vel nouas cõdit, 
fine conceſſione vel 
aſſẽ ſu totiꝰregni ſui, 


dare incola ett 
CS illi fru 
cub? 085 ſibi pa- 
rit terra ſua, & quos 
gignit pecus eius, 


„ 


ga in com 


ſubditorum ſuorum 


os "eallagiaubſ idia, 


ab. Quere ſuo ex- 


at a daye to ber lymit⸗ 
ted and ſet by the bigh 
Fo2 by his Lawes hee 
may take awaye none 


of chour oe — 


dothe the — ron 
eyther byhimſelfe, oz by 
his Seruants and Dffi- 
cers, leuie vppon his ſub⸗ 


iectes, Tallages, Subs 


ſidies, oꝛ anpe other bur⸗ 
deins, on alter their laws, 
02 make newe Lawes , 
wichownhy erpdelle con⸗ 
ſente and ag ti ot 
his whole ropalme in his 
— AAherekoz 
rye inhabiter of that 


rate, vleth and enioy⸗ 
at his pleaſure, 

fruites that his lande oz 
cattel beareth, with al the 
emolumentis quog; pꝛollts and'commodities, 


all che 


which 


e 


| 


| 
{ 
C 
a 
{ 


— 


lande 02 = water: not 
hindered- by the iniurie 
02 wzong deteinment of 
anpe man, but that hee 
ſhall bee allowed a rea⸗ 


ſonable recompence: And 


hereby it commeth to 
palſe, that the men of 
that lande are riche, ha⸗ 
uyng aboundaunce of 
Golde and Siluer, and 
other thinges necellarie 
fo the maintenaunce of 
mans life. They dzinke 
no water, vnleſſe it be 


ſo, that ſome fox deuo⸗ 


tion, and vppon a zeale 
ok penaunce, doe abſtaine 


krom other dzinks, They 
eure ;plentifully of all 
1c andfiſhe 


dochinall heir apparel, 


2 
na, ipſꝭ terra mariq; 
lucratur, ad libitum 
ꝓppriũ vritur, null 


Prepedic iniuria vel 
danin? / 


rapina,quina 
inde debitas conſe. 
quitur emẽdas 2 vn 
de, inhabitãtes terrã 
ia , locupletes ſunc, 
abundantes auro, & 
argẽto, & cũctis ne- 
ceſſarijs vitæ. Aqui 


ipſi non bibunt, niſi 


qui, ob deuotionis 
& penitenciæ zelũ, 
aliquando ab alijs 
potubus ſe abllinẽt, 
omni genere carniũ 
&piſciv ,iph in co- 
pia veſcuntur, quib 
all patria illa no modi- 
ce eſt reſerta, pannis 
de lanis bonis apt 
induuntur i in 9! 

bus operimt̃tis 5 
etiam 


fia vel alie- 


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\ 


LETS ETD 
4-24 * l r 


FS 


liber ſuppellectili 
cui lana congruit, in 


omnibus domibus 
ſuis, necnõ opulen- 
ti ipfi ſunt in om- 
nibus huſtilimentis 
domus 1 — 


Flicern vitam, ex- 
untur, ſecu ndum 


tus ſuos. Nec in 


tur, niſi coram iudi- 
cibus ordinatijs , v- 


ræ iuſte tractantur. 
Nec allocuti ſiue 
implacitati ſunt de 
mo bilibus aut poſ- 
ſeſſionibus ſuis, 
vel arrettari de cri- 0 
mine aliquo , qua- 5 


litercuq; 


Baya 


3 


etiam abundant in They haue alſo aboun- 
lectiſternijs, & quo- daunce of bed « 7 


all other wollen kkuffe, 
They haue greate Cfoze 
of all huſtlementes and 
implementes of youy 
holde, 
fully furniſhed wich al in- 
ſtruments of huſband 
and all other things, 
are requiſite to the acc 
pliſhment of a quiet and 
wealthy Iyfe , accoming 
placitum ipſi ducu- to their eſtates and de- 
grees . Neither are they 
ſued in the Lam, but one⸗ 
bi illi per leges ter- ly befoze opdinarie — 
ges, where by the L 
ok the lande they are int 
—— Neither ate 

arreſted oz implea⸗ 
ded foz their moueables 
—— arraigned 


magno de rs ſo'greatand 


are 


NY, 


- 


end 
tan 
of t 
you 


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1 
* 


III 


— 


outragious, 


* hs 


88 4 Le . we i. 1 


ROW 
F 3 


outtragious, but after the | 
of the land , and alin 


the Judges illius, & I 
. 4 thee ner the dicibus neck. 


fruits, which , gouerne- Et hij ſune fudus, 


ment politique and regall quos parit regimen 
fopr icum & reg 


% 
us 
* 


d, doth beare and 
bzing foozth: TUAhereof le 
now appeare enidently iam 2 pparent ex- 
vnto pou the experiences perientiæ effectus 
of the effects ol the law, quam qui- 
which ſome of your p20- dam 


a= / 


progenito- 


* ov $a h 


Im, TS 


— 


we 


ſaw! playnly the effectes Su 
of the other law, which bi a 
they wyth ſuch earneff tus b aterius, 
endeuour laboured to ad- quam 
unnte and place inſtead loco 1 
of chys law , ſo that by ipſi niſi 

ites of 
u map know , 
are: And did not 
» rot, and wan- 
, whych pour laid 


— — n 


libido c -quos predicts 


Forteſcue, in c 
progenitores tui, pꝛogenitozs eſteemed as 
regni bonoprefere- boue the wealth of 
bant, eos ad hoc Realme , moue 
commercium con- 
citabant-? Conſi- 
dera igitur, Princeps 
optime, & ian alia, 
que ſequenrues 


on of the worehyneſſ of 
the regiments Cap. 37. 


s + # 


"y % - * 9 : : * L * 5 i 
» . 


Andus Thomas Sant, Thomas in hys 


in libro, quem —— 


i Cipri de regi- to the king of Cymus. o 
—— ſcrip- the reg 
ſit, dicit: quod Rex ſapeth, 
datwy propter reg gyuen 
3 and not t 
— "ny 'followerb,charall king kingly 
cope power mult: bee 
regni ſui, ed to the wealth 
od effective con- kingdome, 
tit, in defenſione in effect wuerd tn the 


#7 
2 ab exte- 
torum incurſibus : 
& in, tuitione xeg- 
nicolarum, & bo- 
norum ſuorum ab 
p* indigenarum iniu- 
. | 27 w rijs & rapinis. Q 12 
foze, 9 , which is ten Rex, qui hz 
not able to perfozme theſe peragere nequit » 
thinges , mut of neceſſi- 1 
tie be judged impotent 
and weake. But ik he be Sf iple ,1 ik 
ome o owne onibus 35 
affections aud 1 02 * 2 

ſo oppzeſſed wyth. po⸗ preſſug'eſt „ 1 22 
uertie, that hee cont manus ſuas cohi- 
withhold his hands from bers nequit à de- 
the pilling of hys ſub- he ſubdiro- 
ects , whereby hiraſelfe rum, 1orum , Yuo 

Ip em 


| impoueriſheth them, and iplemet eos de 


ſulfreth them not t to lyue perst, nec viuere 


} er 


= 


and to be ſuſteyned vpon Fake &. fuſtey 
their owne ſubſtaunces: ri proprijs ſubſtan- 
y0 noze. weake Ay. {6 7 quanto 
d! feeble is hee in thys ey imp otentior 
relpect to bee iudged, ille  iudicandus elt, 


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potentia 


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to tractatu 
tuta legis Nature, 
luculenter oſtengi. 
Sed potentiam xe- 
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principantis diffici- 


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of the Lawes of England, 1 


whole rule is anely regal, lioris eſſe exetcitij, 
to ererciſe his power, and ac minoris ſecurita- 
that both he and his peo · ris6bi & populo ſu- 
ple, ſtand in much leſle ſe- o, illa clariſſime jam 
curitie, and-therefoze it demonſtrant, quo 
were not to be wiſhedofa optabile non foret 
wiſe king, to change a po- regi prudenti, regi- 
litique regiment into that men politicum pro 
gouernement, which is tantum regali com- 
onelp regall. And accoz- mutare. Vade & 
ding to This, the tozeſaide lang tus Thomasſu- 
| A8, wiſheth radictus optare cc. 
that all the kingdomes of ſetur , ve omnia 
the wozlde were ruled by mundi regna poli- 
polittke nme, 1 rice © regerentur, 


1 
14 


7 ThePrivce breakerle 75 Chamncet-,.. 


our of his tale. 


Cap. 3 8. 
> Eare wib me, Abe: I Vac princeps, 
ſech pou good Chan⸗ 1 parce, obſe- 
cellour, quod the Pzince, cro 7. en 


Forteſcue, in commendation 

quod te ad tantam in that wich my queſtions 
i! a propoſito tuo di- I haue dzawne you ſo far 
1 greſsionem com- from your purpoſe: Foz, 
1 puli quæſtionibus the thinges, which by 
mes, mihi namque this occaſion pou haue 
i erutilia ſunt, quæ diſcuſſed, are to me right 
[ bar occaſione exa- pꝛolitable, though they 
taſti, licet te parum- haue ſomwhat ſtaied you, 
per retardauerint 2 
meta intentionis tue 
ad quam, vt tu iam 


in quibus, legu An- p 
glię & Ciuilium diſ- caſes, wherein the 
crepant ſententię, vt ces ot the lawes of Eng- 
promiſiſti & cœpiſ- lande, and ok the Ciuile 
ti, mihi enarres, - © lawes, doe diſagree, 


Te ſacondeaſe, whereinthe Cinile Lara, 
and the Lawes of England, diſagree 
tber iges. 


ACcoping to your re- 

queſte , moſt Noble 
tr (quoth the Chan- 
cellour) J will open vnto 
you certaine other caſes, 
wherein the ſaide Lawes c 
diſagree , Powbeit , 
whether of the ſame 
Lawes in their iudge⸗ 
ments excelleththe other, 
that will J leaue to your 
owne determination 
The Ciuill Law doth le⸗ 
gittimate the child bozne 
befoze matrimonp, as well 
as that which is bozne ak⸗ 
ter: and giueth vnto it 
ſucceſſion in the Parents 
inheritance: But to the 
childe boꝛne out of matri⸗ 
mony, the Lawe of Eng: 
land allo weth no ſucceſſi⸗ 
on, affirming it to bee na⸗ 
turall onelp, and not law- 
ful. The Ciuilians in this 
caſe, aduance their Lawe, 


Mili. 


16, 


90 
| Cancellarus _—— 
Quoſdam caſus 


+ 4 ug 
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rg in quibus diſ- 
ſentiunt Leges ptæ- 
dictæ, vt petis prin- 


= 


detegere co- 
h 80 tamen 


quæ legũ earũ præ- 


ſtantior ſit in iuditijs 
ſuis, non meo ſed ar- 
bitratui tuo relin- 
quam. Prolem ante 
matrimonium nata, 
ita vt poſt, legitimã, 
lex ciuilis, & ſucce- 
dere facit in hæredi- 
tate parentum: ſed 
prolem, quam ma- 
trimonium n6 parit, 


ſuccedere non ſinit 


lex Anglorum, natu- 
ralẽ tantũ eam eſſe, 
& non legittimam 


proclamans. Ciuili- 
ſtæ in caſu hoc, legẽ 
eorum extollunt, 

| quia 


quia incitamentũ ef 
eſſe dicunt, quo ma- 
trimonij ſacramento 
ceſſet peccatum, per 
quod alias duorum 
animæ interirẽt:preę- 
ſumendum quoque 
eſſe dicunt, tales fu- 
iſſe contrahentium 
animos in primo e- 
orum concubitu , 
quales eſſe demon- 
ſtrat ſubſequens ſa- 
cramentum. Fccle- 
ſia etiã, fœtus hmdi 
habet pro legitimis, 
hæc, ni fallor, tria ful- 
cimẽta ſunt maiora, 
quibus ipſi appro- 
bant defenduntque 
legẽ ſuam. Ad quæ, 
fic reſpondent legis 
Anglie periti: primo 
dicunt, quod pecca- 
tũ primi cocubitus, 
in caſu propoſito, 


Forteſeue, in commendation 


that they were at they? 
firfte copulation both ſo 
minded, as the ſacrament 


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alleaging that by meane 

thereok, theſacrament o} 
ſtate of matrimonye com⸗ 
ming in place, extingui⸗ 
ſheth the kozmer linne, 
whereby elſe the ſoules 
of two perſons ſhoulde 
haue periſhed : And it is 
to bee pꝛelumed, ſay they, 


enſuyng afterward decla- 
reth . TheChurchalſs 
accepteth ſuche childzen 


fo? legittimate. Theſe, J 


trowe,arethe thꝛee ſtron⸗ 
reſt reaſons, whereby 
they maintaine and de⸗ 
fendtheir Lawe, Which 
are thus anſweared by 
the Lawiersof England: 
Firſt they lay, that the 


ſinne of the firſte carnall 


ma⸗ 


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much as they perceiue the 
Laws to fauout and beare 
with ſuch — — 
And vpon this ediiſider 
tion, they are made the wn 
diertocomitiſianet there- 


dement both al God and 
of the Church. herfoze 
this Lawedorh not onely 
participate with the [of- 
fence of ſinners, but alſo 
\warneth fromthe nature 
of a good Lawe. Fozal⸗ I 
much as a Lawe is a holy 1 
—— „ tommaun⸗ 
ng thinges honeſt, and 
wier 
a Ant, 


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inde nitent, quo 
le — 
illis fauere conſide- 
rant: Quali etiã von- 
ſideratione; procli 
uiores ipſi rec 
ad cõmittendũ pec. 
catũ per quod, nedũ 
Dei, 
rxcepta ur. 

fo lex i ile — 
delini eutiũ parti- 
cjareulpan fed & 
egis bone naturam 


benen lex 
anddio ſncta, u- 

— honeſta, & pro- 
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Per hoe, quedeccle- 

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in quã · plurimis diſ- diſpenſeth in manpe 
penſat, quæ ſieri ip- thinges , which (bee: Ip- 
ſa non concedit, di. cenceth to bee done, And 
penſatiua enim lax- it was by waye al diſ⸗ 
auit Apoſtolꝰ virgi- penſation. that the Apo. 
nitatis fræ na qdco- 
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SITES ſinners, but 
putteth theminfeare,and 
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ene en 


ride fe quòd plus 
delectatur homo in 
ſenſa tactus, 
ſeruatur ſpeciesei” : 
am in ſenſu 
quo conſeraa- 
eur "individuurd '. 
Quare Noe, vlciſ- 
cens in filium qui e- eretuting venge⸗ 
ms pudetidy reuela ance 'bys his ſonne which 
oti ſip, fi- vncouered'his 'pzinicies, 
dyd curſe his Mephewe 
ledixit, \ vt inde plus the offenders childe, that 
cruciaretur —. — the — 
am propria poſ- might bee moe gri 
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lex, quæ vindicar in | 
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bee eche law of England | 
zeale the! laws 5 lat 


ew udge ike Wehle ſo 
gottẽ to be illegiteimate, 
but alſo pꝛohibiteth it to 
ſucceed in the parents in- 
heritace, Js not this law 
then chalk and pure r And 
dothe it not moze fozcea- | 
bly and moze earneſtly 
ſuppꝛeſſe ſinne, then the 
foꝛeſayde Ciuile Lawe, 
whiche winketh at the 
ſinne of lecherie , and lea⸗ 
nech it . r e 2 


| ella 
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bands 


tã prolem, ipfa; ne- 
duni iudicat nõ elle 
legittimã, ſecl & Tſe 
ceders' prohibet in 

patrimonio parẽtũ. 
Nunqukd tunc, let 
iſta calta non elt? xt 
non fortius ſirmiuſa 

. repellie. peccatũ, 
uren los preiz 
a eiuilis, quæ cite, 
& quaſi inultũ luxus 
nr er e 


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we rea filiũ 
Natura» 


Forteſcue, in can 


natuxalẽ tuum eſſe 
filiũ populi, de 2 


metric quidã ſi ic ait 


Cui pater eſt popu- 
Epaker elt fab ul 


J, & omnis. Cui pa- 
ter eſt 7 75 non 
habetipſe patrem. 

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patrem non habuit 


tempore natiuitatis 
ſux ;.quomodo cx 
poſtfacto ipſe pa- 
erem,nanciſci pote- 
tit, natura non no- 


be quò, ſi ex for- 


ib“ duobus, 
ier vna filios pe- 
perit duos, quã po- 
ſtea vnus ex concu- 
binarijs illis ducat in 
vxorẽ, quis — fili — 
hijs duob?, pe 
trimomium Mad le * 


gittimatur? Opi- | 


nie ſuadere poteſt, 


natural 02 baſtard ſonne 
is the — of the peo⸗ 
ple. e cerporne 
Petritian wyiteth in 


this wile, 

Towhathe lefatheris, 
to hin fat fatl none my 

Alle 

To who the people * bb is, 
wel fatherles we may him 
call. 

And while ſuche a childe 

hadno Father atthe time 

of his byꝛthe, ſurely na- 


ture-knoweth not howe 


he could afterward come 
by a Father: Foz, ifone 
womanne ſhould beare 
two childzen of two foz⸗ 

nicatours, and the one ol 


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hereditatem:, que 
jute Ciuili 5 
maſculos diuĩdenda 
eſt. Naim Sanctus 
Auguſtinus xvj. lib. 
d Ciuitate Dei (ic 
ſcribit: Abraham 
omnem cenſum ſu- 
um dedit Iſaac filio 
ſuo, filijs:;;autem 
goncubinarum de- 
dit dationes: Ex quo 
videtur innui, quo 
ans non debetur | 
editas, ſed victus 
— 
Sub nomine vero 
pt ,denotat Au- 
nus „ omnem 
m ille — Bb 
pr why 
cit pn ; 
ne m vocat 
nn Ecce, 
differẽtiam non mi- 
N Augu- 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


the inheritance, which by 
the Ciuill lawes can be 
deuided but onely among 
male childzen, fo2 Saint 
—— in the xvi. book 
de Ciuitate Dei wziteth 
thus: Abzaham gaue all 
his ſubſtance to his ſonne 
Iſaac: and to the ſonnes 
of his concubines he gaue 
gyftes: Mhereupon ſee⸗ 
meth to be meant, that to 


d baſtarde chyldzen there 


but onely aneceſſarie lys 
utngs Thus ſapeth hee. 5 
And vnder the name of 
a baſtatd child, S. Au⸗ 
guſtine vnderſtandeth all 
onlawful iſſues ,-and ſo 
ba- doth holy Scripture allo 
in dyuers places, cal- 
ling - none by the name 
of a baſtard, Loe, Saine 
xuftine - thynketh no 


Au 
small difference to be, 


and ſo thinketh. Abzaham ſtinus, ſentit et A 


too, betweene the ſucceſ⸗ braham, inte f 
—__ var, of | em. "Ts 


this: this-Peraphoz;.laping endit 
baftarde ſlippes ſhall take cra:s 
9 — , no2 = hac 


> it, chapiter uf bye bunt 
3 
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the ſame , in that it ads bun Zap 
holy Reprobendir & 
if ir io be, char cleſia, qu 
See = dae 
a. one, vet s c 11, i 
mitteth: not bpm to . — 5 
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Rv ill egitimus 
erer 
peccato Pings itorum 
1otumn fine culpa 
eius, vt maxim Wan. ns 
4 Grtraximis! omnes 
a ctimine primotum 
parentùm, licet non 
tancam:aliam tatnen 
nothi,quam legirti- 
Ini, ade 
Gulam ex genitura 
ſua, eorum nanq; ge- 
he mutual Unnetull tut Lee 
of both parents, which in 15 arentis libi- 
e tur, qualiter 
ples taketh no place, Che mis 


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ipſa nõ ſolet debac: t : 


re ſane 
& comune eſt pec- 
catũ taliter fornici- 
tiũ, quo primo ſami- 
latũ peccato magis 
ſeuit in fetum; quam 
eccatum alitet ſo- 

itarieq; peccantium 
vt ex inde natus, po- 
tius peccati filius di 
ci mereatur, quã fili 

eccatorum, Quare 
faph ientiæ eee 
rationes has duas 


diſtinguens, de ge- 


neratione legittima 


ſic affatur: O quam 


pulchra elt caſta ge- 
neratio cum clarita- 
tei/mmortalis eſt e- 
nim memoria illius, 
quoniã apud deum 
nota eſt & apud ho- 
mines. Altera vero 


ſin 
Sooke of 
kinge. a. 3 


how faire achaſt gene 
ration with vertue / The 
memoziall thereok is im. 
moztall: Fo2 it is nom. 
en with God and 
men ihe © te other is 


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fo that the childꝛen there⸗ 
8 of bozne » Are called the 
khildzen of the people. 

t. which bale genera⸗ 


tion, the lame boo ke thus tione ytiq; illa 
liber ille ſic dicit: ex 


ſpeaketh: All the chil⸗ 
dien, that are bozne of 
wicked parents, are wit: 
1 ee gy 
gainſt their parentes, 
' | . when they bee aſked, 
| Foz beeing demaunded 
f of their parentes, they 
4 open their ſinne, euen as 
* | [the wickedlonne of Noe 
4 vncouered his fathers pꝛi⸗ 
uities . It is therefoze 
beleeued fouchinge the 
blind boꝛne, of whom the 


2 in the ninth 
hapter of Saint Johns 
Goſpell ſaibe: thou art al 
together bozne in inne: 
that hee was a baſtarde, 
who whellye is bozne o 
me; wher it kolloweth 


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ſunt nequitię aduer- 


24. 


nõ eſt nota apud ho 
mines, quo filij ex ea 
nati, filij populi no- 
minãtur. De genera⸗ 
tione vtiq; illa altera 


iniquis omnes filij 


ſus parentes ſuos in 


intertogatione ſua. 
(Sapientiz code iii 
cap.)interrogati etes 


nim de parẽtibꝰ ſuis, 
eorum ipſi reuelant 


peccatũ, vt fili Noe 


nequã reuelauĩt pu- 
dẽda pattis ſun,Cres 
dituridcirc6,cecunt 


illym natũ, de quo 


Phariſei, lo. ix.dixe- 
runt, tu im peccatis 
natus es totus, fuiſſe 
baſtardũ, qui naſci- 
tur totaliter ex pec- 


Ni ditur 


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ditur , & tu doces 
nos, videtur eos in- 
rellexiſſe,baſtardum 
non, vt legittimum, 
in naturalibus eſſe 
diſpoſitum ad ſcien⸗ 
tiam & doctrinam. 
Non igitur bene di- 
uidit lex illa, quę ba- 
ſtardos à natiuitate, 
& legittimos, parifi- 
cat in hæreditate - 
terna, cum eos diſ- 
pares iudicet eccle- 
ſia in bereditate dei, 
ſimiliter & diſtin- 
guat ſacra ſcriptura 
in forma p pnorata, di- 
uidatq; natura in do- 
nis ſuis, ſi ignans na- 
turales, tantũ, næuo 
quaſi naturali quo- 
dam, licet latente, in 
animis ſuis. Quam i- 
gitur legũ iſtarũ, An- 
glicarum,viz.& Ci- 


Forteſcue „ in commendation 


doeſt thou teach vs, Jt 
ſeemeth that thereby map 
bee vnderſtanded, that 
vaſtard hathnolikenatu- 
rall diſpo to know: 


wlearning, 

lawful child hath. Wiher- 
fore, that lam maketh no 

good diuiſton, which in 
the fathers inf 
maketh'equall balfarde 
childzen and lawfullchil- 
d2en, whome the 
in Gods inheritance mi- 
kethvnequall,Betweene 
whome alſo ſcripture put- 
teth a difference in fozme 
aboue mencioned:# whoe 
nature in her giktes ſeue⸗ 
reth, marking the natural 
02 baſtarde Sima as it 
were, with a certeine pꝛi⸗ 
uie marke in their ſoules. 
cUbether there foꝛe ofthe 
two lawes, Engliſh oz ci⸗ 
uile, do you now „ 


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moſt Noble 
and iudge to 


Pzince.., 


pꝛeheminence in 3 
cal. - CN gl 


The Prince 2 the Lawe ; hich doth 
Eittimate children borne be 5 | 


GUrely,euent to that law 

doo J giue the pꝛefer⸗ 
ment, quoch the Jözince, 
which is ol moe foꝛce to 


abandon ſinne out ok the 


Realm, æ to aduance ver- 
tue. Thoſe alſo inthe be⸗ 
_ nefitesof mans lawe do J 
ſuppoſe abiect ⁊᷑ baſe, whõ 
the Lawe of God confide- 
reth vnwoꝛthy, and whom 
theChurchin her benefits 
reiecteth, and nature alſo 
iudgeth moze pꝛone vnto 
ſinne. Ithinke you da not 
iudge amis, quothy Chã⸗ 
tellour. c Aher foꝛe J will 
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na tu 
aue the princeps. illuſtriſſi- 


me, amplecteris & 
iugicgs præferendã. 


Peer 
eam, qug fortius a 
regno peccatũ 31 
minae, & firmius 
eo. virtutẽ $1 
Arbitror etiã illos in 
legishumanæ bene» 
ficijs, minorandos, 


quos lex diuina in- 


digniores cõſiderat, 


& quos poſtponit 


ecclęſia in beneficijs 
ſuis, natura qu 
procliuiores i 2 
ad peccandum. 
Cancellarius. Recte 
eltimo te ſentire, 
quare & caſus alios 
nes 


4 


Forteſcue, in commendation 
memorabor, in 0 


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bus diſcrepant 


jeges duz, 


wherein the lade Lat 
dilagree. 


The thirdcaſe wherein the Lewes afareſaid” ; 


LFges a n 

ciunt, quod par- 
tus ſemper ſequitur 
ventrem, vt it mulier 
ſeruilis conditionis 
nubat viro condici- 
onis liberæ, Proles 
eorum ſeruus erit: & 
econuerio, ſeruus 
maritatus liberæ, nõ 
niſi liberos gignit. 
Sed lex Anęꝑliæ n- 
qui matris, ſed ſem- 
per patris conditio- 
nem imitari partum 
judicat. Vt ex libera, 
etiã ex natiua, nõ niſi 
liberũ libergeneiet, 
& non niſ ſeruum in 
matrimonio procre- 


ae peteſt ſeruus. 


e Es 


- "To 


Cuil Lawes de⸗ 
cree that the ilſue euer 
foloweth the wombe, that 
is to lay, the mother , As 
foz example, if a bond wo⸗ 
man bee married to a free 
man, their illue ſhall bee 
bond: And contrarywile if 
a bond man marieth a free 
woman, he begetteth none 
but free childꝛen. But the 
Lawe of Englande neuer 
iudgeth that ilſue to fol- 
low the mothers condiei⸗ 
on, but alway the fathers, 
So that a free ma beget- 
tethkree childzẽ as well of 
a bondwoman, as of a free 
woman, g a bondman in 
wedlocke can beger nane 
other but bonde childzen. 

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an euill tree, they, can 
not biinge 1 o2th good 
fruites', no2 a good tree 
beare ef kruites. And 


N efobths to the na⸗ 


in it is planted) the childe 
alſo hath mite he moꝛe cer- 
taine and fure knowledge 
of the mother, then ok the 

M. ilii. 


2 — Elo. 99 
| barum 'melior lt in 


2 
| leges Ciuiles puale- 


Ur, 1 5 Keim 


js ſuis?crude- 


mae . liberi 


ne culpa 
bai erulus Nec 
minus crudelis cen- 


ſetur, quæ liberz ſo- 


5 ſine merito re- 
digit in ſeruitutem. 
egiltz vero dicũt, 


re in his iudicijs ſuis, 
Nã dicunt,quod nõ 


poteſt arbor mala 


ny bonos facere, 
Neque arbor bona 
frac” malos facere. 
Ac omnis legis ſen- 
tẽtia eſt, qd' plitatio 


quæ libet cedit ſolo 


quo inſeritur,Certi- 
or quoque multo eſt 
partus, quæ eũ fude- 
rũt viſcera,qui quis 
eũ pater procreault. 
Ad 


lie father + 4 
Lawiers of & 


noſcitr matrem qua | 


genitore ſuũ. Nam 


ambæ leges, quæ iz m 
contendunt, vnifor- Fog 


miter dicunt, quod 


1 ror ue his poin 


2 demo 


unquid tũc m ie d. 
1j 


e cõueniens, vt 


conditio ad patris 


potius 3 ad ma- 


tris conditionem re- 
feratur, cum de con- 
iugatis dixerat A- 
dam? erunt ipſi duo 
in carne vna, quod 


dominus exponens on 


in Euangelio ait: 


lam non ſunt duo, 


ſed vna caro, & 
cum maſculinum 


concipiat fæmini- 


ſayth: Nom are they not 

two but e 0 foz⸗ 

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dignity of the huſbadcan nüquam per worn 
neuer be diffeined 02 im- vitium U 
peached thꝛough the fault Crudlelis nẽpe cen 
erb wife. Trulp that law ſeretur lex, qum 
may wel be deemed cruel, ne cat beri, 
which without any cauſe, ſeruituti commirei 
comitteth to bondage the T_ pto qu 
kremãs ſonne, x which dif ber lei inttocens 
heriting the innocẽt lone crimine, ſudauit in 
of the innocft free father, noc ẽtis filij ſui tic 
adiudgeth his land to an lo, non ſudanti tr: 
vnwoozthte ſtraunger: det e po! 
whiche alſo with the baſe dendam, ac 


defaceth a name of the virutis nota” coma: 
free father, Cruell allo ot culat. Crudelis et 
neceſſitie myff that lawe neceſſariò iudicabi- 
be coumpted, which aug⸗ tur lex,quz | feruitu- 
menteth thzalvome, g di- rem augmentat; 
minicheth libertie oz frees minuit Tibertareti'; 
dome, Fo2 libertie is the Nam pro ea natura 
thing that mans nature ſeper jmplorat hi- 
euer toueteth. Fo2,by m4 mana. Quia, ab ho- 
and koz ſinne did bondage mine, & pro: vicio, 
firſfe' enter. But kree⸗ introducta eſt ſer⸗ 


dome is graffed in mans uitus. Sed E. 
a deo 


Forteſcue, in — 


4 deo hominis eli 
indita naturz, Qua- 
xe ipſa ab homine 
ſublara, ſeperxedire 
gliſcit, vt facit om- 
ne, quod liberra- 
tenaturali priuatur. 
ipſe & ya 
8 elt, qui 
lubertati non fauet. 
Hæc, conſiderantia 
| Angliziura, in om- 
ni caſulibertatid ant 
fauorẽ. Et licet wra 
illa indicent eũ ſer- 
uum, quẽ r ſeruus in 
coniugio ex lihera 

rocreauit, non per 
Een ida, 
crudeliaue ſentiri 


unt. Nam mu- 
Fer, quz coniugio 
ſeruo ſe ſubiecit, 
facta ei caro vna, 


quo ipſa, vt dicunt 
leges ſupraſcriptæ, 


ik men be depziued, he is 


nature of God. hereof 


euer deſirous to recouer 
the ſame again, like as all 
other thinges do, that are 
ſpoiled of their naturall 
libertie. Wherefoze wic⸗ 
ked and cruell is he to bee 
deemed that kauozeth not 
libertie. Mhich things 
the Lawes of Englande 
duely conſidering, doe in 
all reſpertes ſhew fauour 
to libertie. And thoughe 
the ſame lawez judge him 
th2all, whome a bondman 
in wedlocke begetteth of 
a free woman, pet here- 
by cannot theſe lawes be 
reputed ſeuere and cruell. 
Fo; a woman, whiche by 
mariage hath ſubmitted 
herſelfe to a bondman, ts 
made one fleſh with him, 
wherekoze., as the foze- 
layde Lanes Wok 
e 


- 


kolloweth the fare of ekisconl 
nt e Ae ö 


* {A * 


faciunt, 


2 


0 ag 12 4 in Rhein 
" compuiſion at the 


chyld to be kee, 
fluch a mother 11. thus fo hs 
bozne'* Fox the huſband lum, N 
can neuer be in ſo much lie tal ter elt en 
en the be to bos wy 1 * — — — 15 
ee be t A eſt vir v 

great Ladie rh thys ri cet marina Do- 
woman is ſubtect to the wird fa fuerit yt 
bond man, whom the hath ſöbiecka elt liber 

D infomuch hec ſeruo, pe 
as the 10nd fapth to all fen demitum eius, 
wines: Tho halt be dicente domino vi. 
vnder the power ok thy ofi omni, Eris ſub 
poteſtate 


C4 I. 


eius eſt, nõne fructus 
(cet ex ſtipite re- 
, dalcr)leper ne fr 
| Qtuseius:S1c ex mu- 
ere genita proles, 
mariti eſt progeni- 
es, fuerit materlibera 

vel anc illa. Sanctunt 


Forteſeue , in commendation 


haue dominion ouer ther. 


- huſband planted, while 
his wife is one fleth with 


ſower tree: So that the 


And what is it that theſe 
Ciuilians ſay of the fruit 


of a good.-02.erill tree, 


Js not every wife of a 


free oz thzall condition, 


accojding to the ſtate ot 


her  huſhand ? And in 


3 
„ 


whole ground hath the 


him : Not in his owne : 
And what then ik he haue 
graffed a ſlip ot a ſweete 
nature in a ſtocke of a 


tree be his owne, ſhall nor 
the fruites, though they 
euer lauer ofthe ſtocke, ve 
his owne fruites 4 So 

the child, which the wife 
bearethis the huſbandes 
iſſue , whether the wyfe 
be free 1 ow⸗ 
beit the Lawes of Eng: 


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8 The fourth caſe, wbervia the ſane 


Lawes varie. 


Cap. AA. 


Tobe Ciuillawes com- 

mit the tuition of oꝛ⸗ 
' phantgto thenercoftheir 
bloud, whether the kinred 
grow on the tathers ſide, 
02 on p mothers ſive, that 
is to ſap;to euerp man ac 
fozving tothe degree and 
oder, wherein his turne 
is next toſucceedethe pu⸗ 
pil in his inheritance. And 
the reaſon ofthis lawe is 
that:fhatnoman will be⸗ 
haue himlelke moze ten⸗ 


2 o moꝛe fauourably, 
the careful education of 


Eges duilen ir- 

puberum ute 
las, proximis de 
eorum ſanguine , 
committune , agna* 
ti fuefint * cog- 
nati, vnicuique vi- 
delicet ſecundum 
gradum & ordi- 
nem, quo in hzre- 
ditate pupilh ſuc- 
ceflurus eſt ; Et ra- 
tio legis huius eſt, 
quia nullus,cerierivs 
fauorabiliuſue in- 
fantem alere ſataget 


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Tamen longeali- 
ter de impuberum 
cuſtodia ſtatuunt le- 
94 Angliz, Nam i- 

idem, ſi hæreditas, 
quæ tenetur in So- 
cagio, deſcendat im- 
puberi ab aliquo 
agnatorum ſuorum, 
non erit impubes il- 
le, ſub cuſtodia ali- 
cuius agnatorum e- 
ius, Sed per ipſos 
cognatos, videlicet, 
conſanguineos ex 
parte matris, ipſe re- 
2 Et ſi ex parte 


hs ſibi deſcende- 
it, pupillus ille cum 
hæreditate ſua, per 
proximum agnatũ, 
& non cognatũ eius 
9 Quo- 
4. ip ſefuerit adul- any 

Nam lege il 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


torum, hzre- 


Neuerthelelle the laws 
ok England, to ing the 
cuſtodie of ozphanes, doe 
determine much ocher⸗ 
wiſe, Foz there, ik an in⸗ 
heritance, being holden 
in Socage, deſcend to an 
Ozphane, from anye of 


the kinredok his Fathers 


ſide, the ſame Oꝛphane 
ſhall not be vnder the kee⸗ 
ping at any ofthat kinred 
but hee ſhall be gouerned 
by his colins 02 kinſfolke 
of his mothers ſide , And 
ik the inheritance come to 
him from any kineſman 
ok his mothers — then 
the pupill with his inhe⸗ 
— ſhall bee in the 
cuſtodie, till hee come to 
lawefull; age, okhim that 
is next of his kinne of his 
fathers ſide, and not of 
— ne, Fopour laws 


| bg 


fape, that to tommit ae dicunt jen cõmit⸗ 


tuition of an inkaunt to 
him, that hall next ſuc⸗ 
ceede him, is like as if 
one ſhould befake alambe « 
vnto a olke to bee de⸗ 
uoured. But ik the inhert- 
tance be not holde en in ſo⸗ 
ca, but by Knights ſer⸗ 


ale he lame land, the child 


— in the keeping 
ok none of his kinred of 
neither ſide, but in the 
tuſtodie of the Lozve of 
the kee, vntill hee come 


to the age of one and 
' twentte peares , And 


thinke pou, that ariye 
man can oz will better tn: 


ſkruct and traine vp the 


thilde in keates of armes, 
which, by reaſon of his 
tenure, hee is bounde to 
Lon ol his fee, 


e, then by the Lawes 


tere tutelam infantis 
illi, qui eſt ei proxi- 
me ſucceſſurus, eſt 
quaſi agnũ cõmitte- 
re lupo ad deuoran- 
dum. Sed ſi hæredi- 
tas illa, non in ſoca- 
gio, led teneatur per 
ſeruicium militare, 
tunc per leges terræ 
illi infos ipſe&t hes 
reditas eius, non per 
agnatos neq,coonas 
tos, ſed — 
feodi illius cuſtodiẽ 
tur, quouſq; ipſe fu- 
erit etat sviginti jg 
vnius annorũ. po 
putas, infantẽ talem 
it Adibus bellicis, 5 
quos facete, ratiome 
tenute ſu eapſe alſtin 


gitrur ng feodi 


ful, melius inliruere 
poterit, Alle veſts, 
On, quay 


7 þ 


. 


non magnum fuerit 
ee eius, 


* * I 


cui ab eo ſeruitium 


tale debetur? & qui 


maioris potentiæ & 
honoris eſtimatur, 
quam ſunt alij amici 
propinqui tenentis 
ſuiꝰlpſe namqʒ vt ſi- 
bi ab eodem tenen- 
te melius ſeruiatur, 
diligentem curã ad- 
hibebit, & melius in 
his eum erudire ex- 
pertus eſſe cenſetur, 


quam reliqui amici exp 


juuenis, rudes for- 
ſan & armorum in- 
experti, maxime ſi 


quid vtilius eſt ins 
fanti, 2 vitam &c 
omnia ſua periculis 


ſeruicio domini ſui 


natione tenuræ ſuæ, 


quam dominus ille, 


© | « 
Forteſcue, in commendation. 


bellicis- exponet in by 


then the Lode himſelke, 
to whome ſich ſeruice is 
alſo to bee indged--of 
moze power -and honour, 
then the friends and kin(- 
folke of his tenaunt. F oz 
may in time to come bee 
the better ſerued of his 
tenaunt, will vſe the 
mote diligence towards 
him, And it is to beep2e- 
ſumed , that hee is mote 
ert andſkilſful co trade 
him in his thinges, then 
his other kriendes, rude 
peraduenture vnpꝛac⸗ 
tiſed in martiall feates, 
ſpecially if his patrimo⸗ 
nie bee but ſmall , And 
what can bee moze p20- 
fitable fo2 the child, which 
reaſon of his tenure, 
ſhall in the ſeruiceof his 
Lo unn 


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of the Lawes of England. 


and all that hee hath, in 
the actes of Chiualrye, 

then in his nonage, to bee 
bought vp in the diſci⸗ nor 
pline and pꝛactiſe of the 


ſame, ſeeing that in his 


ripe age hee ſhall not bee 


able to auoyde the aduen⸗ 
ture thereof + And to ſay 
the truech, it hall bee no 
ſmall commoditie foꝛ the 
Realme, that the inhabi 
tersof the ſame bee well 
erpert in the knowledge 
of Armes. Fog, asſayth 
the Phyloſopher , euerpe 
man doth the thing bold- 
ly, wherein hee alſureth 
himſelfe to bee Ckilfull , 
And do vou not then, moſt 
Noble Pꝛince, allow this 
Lawe, and commende it 
aboue the other nowe de⸗ 
ſcribed% 


D. iii. 


106 
quam in — ac- 


tubuſque bellicis 
imbui dum mi- 
elt.; cum ac- 
tus huiuſmodi ip- 
ſe in ætate matu- 
ta declinare non 
poterit.? Et reue- 
ra, non minime 
erit regno accom- 
modum vt inco- 
= eius in — 
int experti. Nam, 
vt dicit Philoſb- 
phus, audacter qui- 
liber facit, quo ſe 
ſcire ipſe non diffi- 
dit. Nunquid tunc 
legem hanc, tu ap- 
probas, fili regis, 
& collaudas ſu- 
per Legem alte- 
ram iam deſcrip 
tam? 


ier, 


PRinceps, Immo, 
Cancellatie, le- 
gem hanc, fluſ- 


quam alteram, ego 


laudo. Nam, in eius 
parte prima, quam 


gis, quam ciuilis ipſa 
prouidet ſecuritati 
pupilli. Sed tamẽ in 
eius patte ſecunda, 
multo magis ego 
delector. Nam ab ea 
eſt, quod in Anglia, 
nobilium progenies 
de facili degenerari 
nõpoteſt, ſed probi- 
tate potius, ſirenui- 
tate, & morũ hone- 
ſtate, anteceſſores 
ſuos ipſa tranſcen- 
det, dum in altiori, 


nobiliorique curia, 


Forteſeue, in cummenduion 


Here, the Prince commendeth the education of 
Noble mens children be ing Orphanes, Cap. 45. 


tu notaſti, caute ma- 


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b F 


: 


Y Es good Chancelloz, 
quoth the Pzince,this 
Lam J doo allowe muche 
moꝛe then the other. Foz 
in the ſirſt part ok it, which 
much moꝛe warily fo2 the 
ſecurity and ſafegarde of 
thepupill, then the Ciuill 
law doch. Howbett in the 
ſecond part of the ſame, J 
do take mote delight. Foz 
thereof it cometh to paſſe, 
that in Englande Noble 
mens childzen cannot ea⸗ 
ſily degenerate, but rather 
paſſe and ſurmount their 
aunceſtours in vertue, in 
courage, and in honeſt 
condicions, foꝛſomuch as 
they are bzought'vp and 
inſtructed in an higher 
and an honozabler 2 
then 


| oft Laperef Bn 


42 — .*. ; 


they} \Parentes 12 


3 4 


7 


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bꝛo unbre ons: 1 "conſimili 


hauſe was neuer pet 
lyte the Lozdes: houle, 
whom as well the Pa⸗ 
rents; as alſo the chil⸗ 
dzen ſerued. Wan? 
ces Ao ub the: ealme} 
beeing ruled by thys 
Lawe „and lpkewiſe 
other Loꝛdes, holding 
their Lande immediate 
lp of the King, caunot 
lightly kall ta —— 
nelle and vnſeemelines, 
ſeeingthat in their child⸗ 
boode, while they bee 
Dzphanes „ they are 
bꝛought vp in the Ringes 

houſe-/ 2 6 

multneedes highly p2aiſe 
and commende the —_ 

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a benſimiliai * 


non erat, domus 


parentum illorum, 
domui Domino- 
rum, quibus, ipſi 
parentes, & ipſi in- 
fantes, ſeruierunt. 


Principes quoque 


regni ſub hac lege 
wen „ſimiliter 
& domini alij a re- 
ge immediate te- 


nentes; non poſ- 
ſont de leui in laſ- 


civiam ruditatemue 
labi, cum in pur - 
ritia, dum Orpha- 
J ni fuerint ipſ, ia do- 
mo regia nutriũtur. 
Quare non infime 

domus 


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— — * manners, 
bus regnum hono- the Realme is — 
ratur, & floret, ac cõ- andflouriſherh,and is pho 
tra irruentes ſecura- ſexued arcantt: 
tur; etiam formido, ſp that it is dzcaded — 
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diſſe non potuiſſet 
regno illi, ſi nobili- 
um filij, orphani & 
pupilli, per paupe- 
res amicos paren- 
tum ſuorum nutri - vp — the — friendes 
rentur. Nec regni oftheir Parents, Neither 
bono. officere po- can this bee p2eiudiciall 
teſt, licet burgen- oz hurtfull to the wealth 
ſium filjj & aliorum of the Nealme, that the 
hbere tenentium, Childzen of 6 


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Tet he rehearſeth other caſes wherein the fore: 
1 ſaulames differ, 2 — Ty 
T Vere bee vet diyers * | 

other caſes , quad 
the Chauncellour,wher f 
in, the-Lawes afoze- 
ſayde doe varpe. As in Vt 
that the Cmile Lawes legesciuilesiudicit,  - 
doe iudge, open thefre fnrrum maniſeſtũ, 
to bee latiſſied by the per redditionẽ qua- 
recompence of fower⸗ drupli:& furtum nõ 
folde, and pziuie Thefte manifeſtum, per du- 
by the rerompẽce of dou⸗ pli recõpeniaionẽ, 
lle. But the Lawes of expiari. Sed leges 
England ſuffer neither of Anglir, neutrum 


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facinorum ilorum, 
mitius quam comit- 
tentis morte * 
nt, dum- 
2 valor, 
duodecim denarjo= 
rũ valorẽ excedat. 
Itẽ libertinum, in- 
ratum, leges ciui- 
es in priſtinã redi- 
unt ſeruitutem: 
ed leges Anglię ſe- 
mel manumiſſum, 
ſemper liberum iu- 
dicant, gratum & 
ingratum. Alij quo- 
que ſunt caſus hu- 


iuſcemodi nõ pau- is 


ci, quos iam, ſtudio 
breuitatis, prætereo. 
Et neq; in hijs duo- 
bus caſibus, prædi- 
darum legum præ- 
ſtãtias, ego iam de- 
ſcribo cum nõ ma- 
gnæ ſint indaginis, 


then with che offe 
death, ſo that the value of 


thoſe offences to be moze 


fauourably punyſhed-, 
ours 


the thing ſtollen bee a- 
boue the value oftwelue 
pence . Alſo a libertine, 
that is to ſay, a freeman, 
that ſomtime was bonde, 
if hee become vnkinde 
oz churliſhe, the Ciuile 
Lawes reduce him into 
his fozmer Cate of ſer⸗ 
uitude againe: But by 
the Lawes of Englande, 
he, that is once made free, 
be he grate oz ingrate, 
aiudged to enioy his 
Freedome ſtill. There 
be other lyke cafes alſo 
not a few , which at this 
tyme fo byeuities ſake 
J| ouexpalle , Meyther 
in theſe two caſes do J 
diſpute the -ercellencie 
of the fozelayde-Lawes, 
ſeeing 


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commenly put to death, 
vet ceaſe they not there 
from ſtealing, as though 
they had no feare of ſa 
greate à puniſhment . 
Powe muche leſſe then 
woulde they withholde 
their handes from theft, 


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re; quis, licet in An- 
ohh, furesclandeſti- 
ni, & manifeſt; paſ- 
bm; morte plectan- 
tur, non ceſſant ipſi 
bids, omnino ö præ- 
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rent mitiorem ? Et 
abſit, a ſeruitute ſe- 
mel euaſum, ſem- 
per deinde ſub mi- 
nis tremere ſeruitu- 
tis, maxime ingra- 
titudinis colore, 


num ſpecies, vix po⸗ 
cerine, præ multitu- 
dine, numerari, & 

humana natura, in 
libertatis cauſa, fa- 
uorem ſemper, ma- 


gis, quam in cauſis 


alijs, deprecetur. 


rie, obnixe te im- 
ploro, vt amodo a- 
miſſa plurium ca- 

ſuũ huiuſmodi exa- 

minatione, mihiedi- 
cas, quare leges An- 
gliæ zam bonæ, fru- 
gi, & optabiles, in 


in commendation 
ſi pænam præuide- 


cum ingratitudi- 


Sed iam, Cancella- 


ik they fozeſaw onte that 
the puniſhment were mi⸗ 
tigated: And God kozbid, 
eſcaped miſerable ſerui⸗ 
tude , ſhoulde ener after 
tremble and quake at the 
thꝛeatninges of bondage, 
ſpecially vnder the colour 
of ingratitude oz vnkind⸗ 
neſle, ſeeing the kindes 
ok ingratitude are ſo ma⸗ 
nie, that they can ſkante 
well bee numbyed : and 
mans nature, in the cauſe 
of libertie of freedome, 
moze then in other cau⸗ 
ſes, requireth fauour , 
cUherefoze at this time, 
good Chauncellour, J be* 
ſeeche you hartily medle 
no mo2e with the exami⸗ 
nation of any ſuch caſes, 
But now erplane & open 
vnto me, why the laws ot 
England, beyng lo good, 
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Et Doctozs, as in Roratus 8, vt 
other faculties & ſciences in alijs facultatibus | 
it is acculkomed, de ſcientijs eſt dari 
conſuetum. 
9 Here the Chauncellour ſbewerh, why ,the 
Laves of England are not taught in --Y 
| ... Vninerſties. Cap. 48. "1 
| N the Untuerſities of C Ancellains, Tn 
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In che. Englilh tongue, 
becauſe that lam is moſt 
vled, e longeſt continued 
amongeſt the Engliſh⸗ 
men. In the French ton⸗ 
gue, becaule that atter the 
French men vnder Mil⸗ 
liam the Conquerour ot 
England had obteinedthhe 
land, they ſuffred nottheir 
men of law to plead their 
cauſes, but in the tongue 
which they knew. and ſo 
do all the men of law in 
Fraunce, pea in the court 
of Parliamẽt there, Like 
wiſe the Freuch men, al⸗ 
ter their comming into 
England, receiued not the 


dyce play, and the hand 
ball, but in their owne 
pꝛoper tongue. There? 
foze the Engliſhmen by 
much — of 1 com 


language , that at thys 
dap in ſuch plapes and 
accomptes they vſe the 
French tongue, And they 
were wont to plead in 
French, till by fozce of 
a-certaine ſtatute , that 
manner was much -re- 
ſtrayned „ But it could 
neuer hitherto, bee 
wholly abolyſhed, aſ⸗ 
well by realon of cer⸗ 
teyne termes, whych 
pleaders doe moze pꝛo⸗ 
perly expzeſſe in French, 
then in Englyſbe 1 as 
alſo fo; that declarati⸗ 
ons — waits 
— be pronounced ſo 
wed * the nature 


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ile Lawes of England. 


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hm̃odi 8 c6potis, 
haguã loquũtur gal- 
licanã, & placitare in 
eadem lingua ſoliti 
fuerũt quouſq; mos 
ille, vigore cuiuſdã 
ſtatuti qu aplurimũ 
reſttictus eſt, tamẽ in 
toto hucuſq;aboleri 
non potuit, tũ ppter 
terminos quoſdam, 
quos pl proprie pla- 
citantes, in gallico, 
quã in Anglico, ex- 
primũt, tũ : qa decla- 
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Morum pronuntiari of thoſe wyittes, as in 
nequeũt, vt inGal- French, And vnder the 
lica, ſub quali ſer- ſame ſpeech the fourmes 


mone declarationũ of — —— are 
huiuſmodi formulæ 1 


addiſeuntur. Repor- 
tantur etiam ea, quę 
in curijs Regijs pla- 
citantur, diſputan- 
tur, & iudicantur, ac 
in bros ad futurorũ (hall come after are euer 
eruditionẽ redigun- moze repozted in the 
tur in ſermone ſem- French tongue. any 
pergallico.Quiplu- Statutes alſo of that 
rima etiã ſtatutareg- —_ are —— in 
ni ill, in gallico co- Fren hereof 
ſcribuntur.Vnde ac- — that the — 
cidit, qd lingua iam mon ſpeech, now vled in 
in Francia vulgaris, F raunce,agreeth not,noz 
non concordat aut is not tyke the French 
conſimilis eſt galli- vſed — "yy Lawy- 
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diũ namqʒ tad, er . 
eſt prope cuxiamre- 
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gitantur, diſputantur 


redduntur piudices 
viros graues, ſenes, 
in le gibꝰ illis perit 
& gracuatgg,quoi in 
Eurijsillis ,,ad quae 
omni die placitaþili 
cofluunt ſtudẽtes in 
legibusillis,quaſi in 
ſc olis publicis, leges 
illæ leguntur & do- 
centur. Situatur eti- 
am ſtudiũillud, inter 
locum curiarum illa- 
rum, &. Ciuitatem 
Lodon e de om- 
nibus neceſlarijs o- 
pulentiſſima eſtom⸗ 
nll ciuitatum & op- 
pidorumregniillius, 


Nec in. CT 


& iudicia per eaſdẽ 


Lawes reſoꝛte by great 


gued; — by 


the ſame giuẽ by Judges, 


menofgrayitie,auncient 
in yeares;-perfic and gra- 
duate in the ſame lawes, 
cUherefoe; euerie day in 
tourt, che ſtudẽts in thoſe 


numbersinto thoſe courts 
wherein the ſame Lawes 
are read and taught, as it 
were in common ſcholes. 
This place of ſtudie is 
ſet betweene the placeof 
the ſaide Con 

Cittieof ndon, whi bich 
of all thinges necellar 
is the plentifulleſt of all 
the Citties and townes of 
the realme, Oo that th 
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3 the confluence of ba, ſtudentiũ quiere 
might diſturbe the perturbare pofſit, ſi⸗ 
udentes, tum elt ſtudiũ 
everallin ſed ſeorſum parum- 
ſubur bes ol the ſame . per, in ciuitatis illius 
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[1 rus, hcetnon-omnes 


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4 F orteſcue, in commendation 
| ! quę nominãtut hoſ which are called Innes 


ofthe Chauncerye , And 
toenery one of them, bes: 
longeth an hundzed ſtu⸗ 
dents at the leaſt, and to 
ſome of them a much gre · 
ter number, thaugh they 


S bueniant. Studẽtes, dents, fog the moſt part 


etenim iſti, pro eorũ 
part maiori, iuuenes 
5 ſunt, originalia, &, 


1 quaſi legis elementa 
| . add iſcentes, qui in il 


lis proficiẽtes, vt ipſi 
matureſcunt, ad ma⸗ 
iora hoſpitia ſtudij 
illius, quæ hoſpitia 
curiæ appellantut, 
aſſumuntur, Quorũ 
ſum in numero, & 
ad minimum eorum 
pertinent in forma 
e „ ducenti 
dentes aut prope. 


ok them; are young men. 


learning az ſtudying the 


dziginals, and, as it were, 
the elements ol the lawe, 


who profiting theretn, as 
they grow to rypenefle, 


ſo are they admitted in⸗ 


tothe greater Innes of 


the lame ſtudie, called 
Innes ol Courte. Of 
the which greater Annes 
there are fower in num⸗ 
ber , And to the leaſt 
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ned foz lefle expenſes by 
the yeare, then twentye 
Markes, And if hee 
haue a ſeruaunt to waite 
vppon him, as molt-of 
them haue, then ſo much 
the greater will his char- 
ges bee. Nowe, by 
reaſon of this charges, 
the childzen onely of No⸗ 
ble menne doo ſtudye the 
Lawes in thoſe Junes, 
Foz the pooze and com⸗ 
mon ſoꝛte of the people, 
are not able to beare ſo 
great charges, koz the 
erhibytion ok they? 
Chyldzen .-- And Par⸗ 
chaunt menne can fel- 
dome finde in they} 


hearts to hynder they? 


marchaundyſe wyth lo 
greate pearely expenſes. 
P. iii. 


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In hijs enim maiori- 
bus hoſpicijs;nequa 
quam potelt(tudes 
aliquis ſuſtẽtari mi- 
notibus expenſis in 
anno, octo- 
ginta ſeutorum, & ſi 
feruientem ſibi ipſe 
corum habet pluras 
tas, tanto tunc ma- 
zores ipſe ſuſtinebit 
expẽſat. Occaſione 
ipſi nobiliũ filij tan- 
tun in hoſpicijs illis 
leges addileum Cũ 
pauperes & vul gas 
res, pro filiorum ſus· 
orum”exhibitione; . 
tantos ſumptus ne- 
queant ſufferre. Et | 
mercatores raro cu- 2 
piant tantis oneri- : 
bus annuis,attenua- 
re mercandiſas ſuas. 


Quo fit, vt vix do- 
ctus in legibus illis 
reperiatur in regno, 
qui non ſit nobilis, 
& de nobilium ge- 
nere egreſſus. Vnde 
magis alijs conſimi- 
lis ſtatus hominibus, 
ipſi nobilitatem cu- 
rant, & conſeruatio- 
nẽ honoris & famæ 
ſuæ . In his reuera 
hoſpicijs maioribus, 
etiam & minoribus, 
vltra ſtudium legũ, 
eſt quaſigimnaſium 
omniũ morum, qui 
nobiles decent. Ibi 
cantare ipſi addiſ- 
cunt, ſimiliter & ſe 
exercent in omni 
genere harmoniæ. 

i etiam tripudia- 
ke, ac iocos ſingulos 
nobilibus conueni- 


Fonteſcue, in commenduion 


entes, qualiter in mens paſtimes,asthey 


And thus it falleth out 
that there is ſcant anye 
man founde within the 
Realme (kilfull and cun- 
ning in the Lawes,ercept 
he be a Gentleman boꝛne, 
E come of a Noble ſtocke. 
UWherefoze they moe, thẽ 
any other kinde of men, 
haue a ſpeciall regarde to 
their Nobility, and to the 
pꝛeſeruation of their ho⸗ 
no2 & fame, And to ſpeake 
vpꝛightly, there is in thele 
greater Innes yea and in 
the leſſer to, beſide the ſtu⸗ 
die ofthe laws, as it were 
an vniuerſity oz ſchoole of 
al commendable qualities 
requilite fo2 Noble men, 
There they learn to ſing, 
and to exerciſethemſelues 
in all kinde of harmonye , 


There alſo they pꝛactiſe 


daunſing, other Noble 
vſe 
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to doo, which are _— 


bp'in the kingshoule:Dn 
the woꝛking dayes * the 


molt of them apply them⸗ 
ſelues to the ſtudye ol the 
Lawe, And on the holye 
bayes fo the ſtul 
ly Seripture: and out of 
the tyme ok diuine Ser- 


uice, to the reading of 


Chꝛonicles Fonthere 
in deede are vertues ſktu⸗ 
— and vices exiled. 
So that koꝛ the endow⸗ 
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doning ok vice, Knights 
and Bartrons, with o⸗ 
ther ſtates and Moble 
men of the Realme, place 
their Childꝛen -itt- thoſe 
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re ſolent, ſenütritiz! in 
ferialib diebus es- 
rũ pars maior, lega- , 
lis difcipline fucks, 


& in ——— ſa- 
ſtudye of ho⸗ 
nieord lecken poſt 


diuina obſequia, ſe 
confert. Ibi quippe 
diſciplina virtutum 
elt;& vitiorum om. 
nim erillund. Ita vt 
propter virtutis ac- 
quiſitionem, vitije- 
tiam fugain,milices; 
batones ali qu ue 
magnates & noble 
les Regni, in hoſpi- 
tijs illis ponunt fi- 
hosſuos , quamuis 
non gliſcant eos le- 
gum imbut c iſc ipli- 
na, nec eius exerci- 
tio ;yiere, ſed ſolum 


ex patrocinijs ſuis. 
Ibi 


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Ibi vix vnquam ſe- 
ditio, 1urgium ;aut 
murmur reſonat, & 
tamen delinquentes 
no alia pœna, quam 
ſolum a communio- 
ne ſoc ietatis ſux a- 
motione plectũtur, 
quia pœnam hanc 
ipſi plus formidant, 
quam criminoſi ali- 
bi carcerem timent, 
aut vincula, nam ſe- 
mel ab vna ſocieta- 
tum illarum ex pul- 
ſus, nunquam = ali- 
qua cæterarum ſo- 
cietatumearundem, 
recipitur in ſocium, 
IR pax eſt con- 


ua, & quaſi ami- 


citia coniunctorum, 


eſt eorum omnium 
conuerſatio . For- 
mã vero, qua leges 


illz in his diſcuntur 


? 


'F 1 8 in e, 


Soom anye —— 
there amonge 

any (edition, chyding oz 
grudging „ And pet the 
oftendours/ are 
with- none meer, payne, 


e.CUhich 
— doo moze 
keare, then other crimi⸗ 
nall offendours doo feare 
impꝛiſonment and pꝛons: 
Fo bes chat ie once ex⸗ 
pelled from anye of thole 
felowſhippes, is neuer re- 
ceiued to beeafelowe in 
anye of the other felow⸗ 
ſhippes, And ſo by this 
meanes there is continu⸗ 
all peace: and their de⸗ 


meanour is lyke the be⸗ 
hauiour of ſuch as are 


laws are learned in thoſe 
Innes, thereot heere to 
make rehearſall, it is not 
needfull , fozfomuch as it 
is not fo2 youreſtat;-molt 
noble ꝛince, ta put the 

ſame in bre. Pet knowe 
ye this, that it is pleaſant 
and delectable, t in anie 
wile erpedient., foz the 
learning of the Lam, and 
woꝛthy wich al affection 
to be embꝛaced. But one 
thing there is, y J would 
haue vou to know, p nei⸗ 
ther at Dzleance, where, 
al wel the Can, as the ci⸗ 
uil lawes, are taught, and 
whether, out of many coſi⸗ 
tries, ſcholars do repaire, 
noꝛ at Angeo, oꝛ at Cane, 
dʒ any vniuerſity of f rãce 
(Paris onely ercepted) 
are founde {o- _ = 


ain edge okt — 


of the Lawes of England. 


240 


hoſpitijs, hi8 expri- 
mere non expedit, 
cum tibi, princeps, 
eã experiri nõ lic 


eee 


delectabilis ipſa eſt, 
& omni modo ęx. 
pediẽs legis illiꝰ dif 
cip 
affectione digna. V- 
* tamen w ſeire 
eſidero, qu 
Aurelianis, — 


Canones addiſc un 


tur, quam ciuiles le- 
ges, & quo a quam: 
pluribus regionibus 
confluunt ſcolares, 
neq; Andaginis, aut 
in Cadamo aliaue 
vniverſitate Fran- 
ciæ, præterquam 
ſolum Parilijs,repe- 
riuntur tot ſtuden- 
tes infantiam euaſi, 
ſicut in hoc ſtudie, 

1 


ling, omni quoqʒ 


* 


licet ibi ad diſcentes 


notwithſtanding that all 


omnes, ſolũ ab An- the ſtudẽts there are En⸗ 


glia ſi ſint oriundi. 


Oftbeeſtate and 12 of a Serieant at Lare, 


gliſh bozne, 


and how he ts created. Cap. 50. 


Ed cum tu, prin- 
ceps, ſeire deſide- 
res, cut in legib' An- 
fur nõ dãtur bacu- 
tr” & doctoratus 
grad?, ſicut in vtro- 
q; iure in vniuerſi- 
tatibus eſt dare con- 
ſuetũ:dcire te volo, 
quod licet gradꝰhu- 
juſmodi, in legibus 
Angliæ, minimecõ- 
ferãtur, datur tamen 
in illi nedũ gradus, 
ſed & ſtatus quidi, 


gradu dodtorat?, nõ 


minus celebris aut 
ſolenis, qui gradus 
ſetuiẽtis ad legs ap- 
pellatur. Et cõfertur 
ſub hac, quæ ſubſe- 


At fozſomuche as you 


B 


gratious pꝛince, fo2 what 
caule the degrees of Ba- 
chelars and Doctours are 
not geuen in the Lawes 


of — as they are 


accuſtomably geeuen in 
bothe Lawes within vni⸗ 
uerſities, pour Maieſtie 
chall vnderſtande, that, 
though theſe degrees are 
not geeuen in the Lawes 
of Englande, yet there is 
geeuen in them not a de⸗ 
gree only, but alſo a ſtate 
no leſſe wozſhipfull and 
ſolempne, then the degree 
of doctours: which is cal⸗ 
led the degree ol a Ser⸗ 
ieant at Lawe, And it is 

geuen 


deſtreto knowe, moſte 


LL GS: ů Jo a t 0 an A = ca as 


geuen vnder the maner 
c fourme followyng. The 
lozd chiefe Juſtice of the 
Commen benche , bythe 
Counſel & aſſent ot all the 
Juffices, vſeth, as oft as 
hee thinketh good , to 
choſe ſeauen oz eyght of 
the diſcreeteft perſones, 
that in the fozeſaide ge⸗ 
nerall ſtudie haue moſte 
p2oficey in the Lawes, 
and whiche to the ſame 
Juſtices are thought to 
bee ok beſte diſpoſition, 
and thetr names hee 
pꝛeſenteth to the Lozde 


Chauncellour of Eng⸗ 


lande in witing, Uho 
incontinent, by vertue ot 
the Kinges WMzitt, (hall 
charge euerie of the per⸗ 
ſons elect, to be befoze the 
king at a day by him aſ⸗ 
ſigned, to take vpon him 
the late 4 degree of a ſer⸗ 


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cõſilio & aſſeſu om. 
niũ iuſtic iariorũ, eli- 
gere ſolet, quoties 
ſibi videtur oportu- 
num, J. vel 8. de ma- 
turioribus perſonis, 
qui in prædicto ge- 
nerali ſtudio maius 
in legibus profece 
runt, & qui eiſdem 
iuſticiarijs optimæ 
diſpoſitionis eſſe vis 
dẽtut, et nomina eo- 
rum ille deliberare 
ſolet Cãcellatio An- 
gliæ in ſcriptis, qui 
illico mandabit per 


breuia regis, cuil- 
bet electorũ, illorũ, 
ꝙ bt coramrege, ad 
diẽ per ipſũ aſſigua- 
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uientis ad lege, ſub 


ingeti pæna, in quo- 
liber breuiũ prædi- 
ctorum, limitata: ad 
quẽ diem quilibet 
eorum cõparẽs, iu- 
rabitur(ſuper ſancta 


dei euangelia) fore 


paratũ, ad diẽ & lo- 
cum tunc ſibi ſtatu- 
endos, ad recipiẽdũ 
ſtatũ & gradũ prędi- 
i, & quod ipſe in 
die illo dabit aurum 
ſecundũ cõſuetudi- 
nẽ regni in hoc caſu 
vſitatã. Tamẽ, qua- 
liter ad diem illum, 
quilibet electorum 

ræ dictorũ ſe habe- 
bir necnõ formam 
& modum, qualiter 
ſtatus & gradus hu- 
iuſmodi conferen- 
tur & recipientur, 
hic inſerere omitto: 


ſonnes ſhall chat dap de⸗ 


in commendation 


teaunt at Lawe , vnder 
a greate penaltie in e⸗ 
uerie of the laide wzittes 


lymitted: On the which 


daye, euerie one of 
them appearynge, ſhal- 
bee ſwozne vppon the 
holye Goſpell of GDD, 
to bee readpe, at the day 
and place then to bee ap- 
poynted, to receaue the 
ſtate and degree afo2e- 
ſayd, & that he the ſame 
daye ſhall gpue Golde 
accozdinge to the cu⸗ 
ſtome in that behalfe v⸗ 
ſed. Howe be it, howe 
and after what ſozte, e⸗ 
uerpe of the ſayde per⸗ 


meane himſelfe , and al⸗ 
ſo the fourme and man- 
ner, howe, that Cate 
and degree ſhalbee gy⸗ 


uen and receaued, foz ſo 


much as the — 


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ſo bziekely be wzitten, as 
to the ſhoztneſle of thys 
wozk is requilite; there- 
fo2e at this time, J will 
leaue theſe points-vntou- 
ched. And pet J haue de⸗ 
clared the ſame to you ere 
now by way of talke. But 
thys vou mut onder⸗ 
ſtand, that when the day 
appointed is come, thoſe 
elect perſons among 0- 
ther ſolemnities, -muit 
keepe a great dinner, like 
to the feaſt ok a kinges 
cozonation , whych ſhall 
continue and laſt by the 
ſpace of ſeauen dapes, 
And none of. thofe elect 
perſons ſhall defray the 
charges, growing to him 
bout che coſtes of this 


pences, then the ſumme of mille & ſex cent 
| totum 5 i cutor um,, 
that the erpences, which qu 


Fower hundzed marke, ſo 


of the Lawes of England. 


118 


cum ſcripturam ma- 
jorem illa ex igant, 
quam cõgiuit operi 

tam — Tibi 
tamen, Ore tenus e 
alias explicaui. Scire 
tamẽ te cupio, quod 
adueniente die {ic 
ſtatuto, electi illi in 
ter alias ſolemnita- 
tes , feſtum cele- 
brant &. conuiuium, 
ad inſtar coronatio- 
nis Regis, quod 


& continuabitur per 


dies ſeptem, nec 


quiſquam electo- 


rum illarum, ſump.- 


tus G bi contingen- 
tes circa ſolemmta- 
tem cxeationis ſuæ, 
minoribus expen 


̃ Rpen- 
6s, perſitiet, quan 


G expenſæ, quas 
18 0 octa, 


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octo, fic electi, tunc 
refindent;excedunt 
ſummã 3 200. mar- 
carũ expẽſarũ : pars 
quedã inter cætera, 
hæc erit. Quilibet e- 
orum dabit annulos 
de auto, ad valenci- 
am in toto 40. libra- 
rum (ad minus) mo- 
netz Anglieanę: Et 
bene recolit Cãcel- 
larius ipſe, quod, dũ 
ile ſtatũ & gradum 
huiuſmodi recepe- 
rat, ipſe ſoluit pro 
anulis; quos tunc di- 
ſtribuit, 50. libras, 
que ſunt 3 00. ſcuta. 
Solet namq; vnuſ- 
quiſque Seruiẽtium 
hihodi, tepore crea- 
tions ſue;dare cuili- 
bet Principi,Duci,et 


xaceilla-preſenti, ac 
Cicellario, & The- 


ki Forteſcue," in commendation 


Archie po, in ſolẽni- 


3 


mount the ſumme o 


parcell ſhall bee thys. 
Euerp ot them ſhall giue 
ringes of golde, to the 
value of foztie pound 
fferling at the leaſt ; And 
pour Chauncellour well 
remembꝛeth, that at 
what tyme he recepued 
thys ſtate and degree, 
the ringes which he then 
gaue, ood hi. a in fifty 


luch Serteant , at the 
day ok hys creation, 


vleth to gyue vnto eue⸗ 
ry Pzince, Duke, and 


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thouſand and two hun⸗ 
died Parkes : Of the 


es 


S8 FSS Saag g ness 


—— viit.p ence; And to 


tuety Eatle and — 


being lyke wiſe pꝛeſent, 
and alſo to the Loꝛd pꝛiuy 
ſeale ; to boch the Loꝛds 
chiefe Juffices!, and to 
the Loꝛd chiefe' Baron 
of the kings Eſchequer, 
d ring of the value of 
xxeſhillings. And to every 
Lo2dbaron ol theParli- 
ament, and to euery Ab⸗ 
bot cr notable Pꝛelate , c 
wozſhipful Knight, being 
tben pꝛelent, and alſo to 
the Maſter of the Kolls, 
and to euery Juſtice, a 
ring of che value of a 
Parke, And lpkewiſe 
to euery Baron of the er: 
chequer ; to the Cham⸗ 
, berlaines, and to all the 
| officers and nofable men 
ſerupng in the Ringes 
| coures, ringes of a Cmal- 


gte 


preie 

— priu boil 
li, yeriq; capitali Iu- 
ſticiariorũ. & capita» 
li Baroni de ſcacca- 
rio Regis, anulum ad 
valorẽ᷑ ao. S. & omni 
dñq baroni pliamẽ- 
ti, & omni Abbati 8& 
notabili Prelato, 5 AC 
map no Militi, t 
2 uſtodi etiã 
Rotulorũ cancellarię 
regis & cuilibet lu- 
ſticiario, anulum ad 
valẽtiã . marce; Si- 
militer & omni Ba- 
roni de {cacc! regis; 
camerari 8, etiã OM» 
nibꝰ off ciarijs & no- 
tabilibꝰ viris in eurijs 
regis miniſtrãtibus, 
anulos ninoris pro» 

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ej conuenientes ta- 
men ſtatibus eorũ, 
quibus donantur. Ita 


quod, non erit cleri- 


cus, maxime in curia 
communis banci, li- 


cet infimus, quin a- 


nulum ipſe rocipiet 


conuenientẽ gradui 
ſuo. Et vltra hos ipſi 


dant anulos,alijs a- 
micts ſuis, Sitmiliter 
& librati magnam 


panni vnius ſectæ, 


qui ipſi tunc diftri- 
buent in magna a- 
bondantia ; nedũ fa- 
miliaribꝰ ſuis, ſed & 
amicis alijs & notis, 
qui eis attendent & 
miniſtrabunt tẽpore 
ſolẽnitatis prędictę. 
Quare , licet in vni- 
ver(! tatibus in gra- 
dum doctoratus e- 
recti, expenſas non 


modicas faciãt tem- 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


ler pꝛice, but agreeable 


to their eſtates, to whom 
they are giuen. Jnſomuch 


that there ſhall not be a 
clerk, ſpecially in p court 


ok the common bench, but 
— 


uenient .fox hys degree 
Anm beſides theſe , "re 
gpue diuers ringes to 

other of their kriendes. 
They gyue alſo liueries 
of cloth ol one ſute oz co⸗ 
lour in great abundance, 


not onely to their houle⸗ 


hold meany , but alſo to 
their other friends e ac⸗ 
quaintance, which, du⸗ 
ring the time of the foze- 
ſaidſolemnity,ſhal attend 
and watte vpon 


n them. 
Mhereloze, though in the 


Uniuerſtties, they, that 
are pꝛomoted to the de⸗ 
gree of Doctozs , do ſu⸗ 


ſtain no ſmall charges at 
the tyme ok their com⸗ 


mence⸗ 


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2 ionis ſuæ, ac 
irreta alia quoque 
donaria quam bona e- 
rogentmontamen au- 
rum iĩpſi conferunt aut 
alia donatia, ſumptuſ- 
ue faciunt, his expen- 
the woꝛld, is there anye (is ſimilia Neque in 
ſpecial degree giuen in regno aliquo orbis ter 
the Lawes ot the ſame rarum;, datur gradus 
lande, but onelye in the ſpecialls in legibus 
realme of Englãd. Mei⸗ regniillis,preterquam 
ther is there any man of ſolum in regno Ang- 
lawe thoꝛough out the liæ. Nec eſt aduocatus 
vniuerſal wozld, which, in vniuerſo mundo, - 
by reaſon ot his office oz qui ratione officij ſui, 
pꝛokeſſion, gaineth ſo tantum lucratur, vt ſer- 
much as one of theſe uiens huiuſmodi.Nul- 
Oerieants. Mo man al⸗ lus etiam, licet inlegi- 
ſo, be he neuer ſo coning bus regni illius ſcien- 
and ſ kilkul in the lawes tiſſimus fuerit aſſume- 
of the realme, ſhalbe er⸗ tur ad officium & dig» 
alted to the office ⁊ dig nitatem iuſticiarij, in 
nitie ofa Juſtice in the -curijs-placitorum co- 
court ot plees befoʒe the ram ipſo Rege, & 
king, 02 in the court of communis banci, quæ 
the comen bench, which Qi. -- 


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Forteſcue, in commendation 


ſunt ſupremæ curiæ 
eiuſdem regni ordi- 
natiz, niſi ipſe primi- 
tus ſtatu & gradu ſer- 
uientis ad legem fue- 
rit inſignitus. Nec 


quiſquam', preterqua 


ſexuiens talis, in curia 


communis banci, vbi 
omnia realia placita 

placitantur , placita- 
ow Quare ad ſtatum 
& gradum talem, nul- 
lus hucuſque aſſump- 


rus eſt, qui non in pre- 
dicto generali legis 


ſtudio, ſexdecim an- 


nos ad minus „antea 
compleuit, & ia ſig- 
num, quod omnes iu- 


ſticiarij illi taliter ex- 


tant graduati, quilibet 


dum in curia regis ſe- 
det, birreto albo de 


ſerico , quod Rn & 


are the chiefe;o2vina- 
rie courtes of the ſame 
none vnleſle hee — 
pꝛomoted to t 
ſtate c degree of a Ser⸗ 
ieaunt at la we. Neither 


ſhal any man, but onely 


ſuch a Deriant, plead in 
the courte of the com⸗ 
men bench, where al re⸗ 
all actions are pleaded. 
Aherkoze to this ſtate 
and degree hath no man 
beene hitherto admit⸗ 
ted, except he hath firſt 
continued by the ſpace 
of ſixteene yeares in the 
ſaid generall ſtudie of 


the law, and in token oꝛ 
ſigne, that all Juſtices 
are thus graduat, euery 
of them alwaies, while 


eorum ſemper vtitur he 


ſitteth in the Kinges 
courts, weareth a white 


quopfe of ſilke:which is 


chepuincipal and u_- 


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be Zawerof ER, 122 


lande ſhall enter into the {lariys'Anghz adibit 


Court; where the Juffice 
s\vlarkings, byinginhe 
with him thole letters pa⸗ 
tente litting in the mid⸗ 
veſt of the Jaffices ; cau⸗ 
be bought in, to whom in 
the open Court hee notiſt⸗ 
eth the Kinges plealure 
touching the olfite of the 
Juſtice then voyde r cau⸗ 
ſeth the foꝛeſaid letters to 
beopenly readde, Which 
done, the Maſter of the 
Nolles ſhall reade befoze 
the ſame elect perſon, the 
oathe that hee ſhall take, 


ſwoꝛne vpon the holy gol- 


yell of God, the Lozde 
Chauncellour ſhall delt- 
uer vnto him the Kinges 
Letters afozſaide, And 
the - Lowe chiefe Ju⸗ 
ſtice of the Courte 
ſhall aſſigne vnto him a 

i Q. iii. 


hath q 


abun ade It 


ſticiariorũ. inttoduci 
facit ſeruientẽ fic e- 
lectum, cubin plena 
.cutiai;ipfenotifica- 
de officio iudiciario 


legifa- 
ras prædictas: Quo 
facto; cuſtos rotulo-— 
rũcancellariæ regis 
leget corꝑm eodẽ e- 
lecto, iuſiurandum 
uod ipſe facturus 
eſt, quod & cũ ſuper 
ſancta Dei euan- 
gelia ipſe iurauerit, 
cancellarius ſibi tra- 
det literas regis præ- 
dictas, & capitalis 
iuſticiarius curiæ il- 
lius aſſignabit ſibi 


locum 


, As 


Accum hender t. Annen the fante 7 where 
he ſhal chonplace him, and 


6701 deinceps lle ſede- 
uh bit, & mox euinſe- 
164. dere faeiet in code, - 
1 Sciendum tamẽ tibi 


1 : eft, Princeps, quod 
we | Iuſticiarius iſte inter 
we | cæteratunc durabit: 
fo iuſtixiãà miniſtra- 
turum indifferenter tu 


omnibus fiom̃inibꝰ 
1 coram Eo placitan- 
Wo ttiibus , ĩnimicis & a- 
1 mic is, nec ſic facere 
differet, etiamſi Rex 
per —— aut 
ore tenus contrariũ 
zuſſerit. Iurabit etiã, 
quod extunc nõ re- 
cipier ipſe ab aliquo 
preterquam a rege, 
feodũ, aut penſions 
aliqui, ſeu liberatã, 
#F neq; donũ capiet ab 
EI habente placitũ co- 
ram eo, præterquã 


eſculenta & pocu- 


that piace ben hee after 
et vou muſt 


nye fute n plea” befoze 
him, Audthts ſhall he not 
forbearetodo;thdughthe 
king by his letters, o2 by 
expꝛeſſe woꝛdeol mouthe, 
would command the con⸗ 
trary. He ſhall alſoſweare 
that from that time foꝛ⸗ 
ward, he ſhall not receaue 
oꝛ take any fee oꝛ penſion, 
oz Liuerpe of any man, 
but of the Kinge onely, 
no2 anye gifte, rewarde 
o2 bꝛybe of anye manne 
hauyng ſuyte o2 Plea be⸗ 
foꝛe him, ſauing meat and 
Dzinke, 


— —— 


CEEEMMKSASAS SECS 


nv/ gredte value. You 
ſþall alſo knowe , that a 
Juſtice, thus made, ſhall 
not bee atthe charges of 
any dinner, oz ſolempni⸗ 
tie, oꝛ anye ot her coſtes at 
the time when hee taketh 
vppon himhis Office and 
dignitie, fozfdmuche as 


this is no degree inthe fa⸗ 


cultie of the Lawe, but 
an office only and arsome 
of aucthoʒitie to continue 
during the Kinges plea- 
ſure, Mowbeit the habite 
of bis rayment, hee (hall 
from time to time for- 
warde, in ſome pointes 
change, but not in all the 
enſignements thereof , 
Fo beeing a Serieaunt 


at Lawe, hee was cloa- 


thed in along robe pꝛieſt⸗ 
lyke, with a furred Cape 
about his ſhoulders, and 
thereuppon aHoode with 


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of the Lanes of England. * 5; 1 23 
dinke, which thall bee of lente, quę non mag- 


ni erunt precij. Sci- 
endũ etiam tibi eſt, 
quod Tulticiariushc 
creatus, conuiuium, 
ſolemnitatemue, aut 
ſumptus aliquos, nõ 
faciet, tempore ſuſ- 
ceptionis officij & 
dignitatis ſuæ, cum 
non ſint illa gradus 
aliqui in facultate le. 
gis, ſed officium ſuũ 
la ſint & magiſtra- 
tus, ad regis nutum 
duratura, habitũ ta- 
men indumenti ſui 
(in quibuidam) ipſe 
extun< mutabit, ſed 
non in omnibus in- 
ſignijs eius. Nã ſer- 
uiens ad legem ipſe 
exiſtens, roba longa, 
ad inſtar ſacerdotis, 
cũ capicio penulato 


circa humeros er? & 


deſuper collobio, cũ 


duo- 


Forteſcue, in commenaation 


duobus labelulis , 
qualitervti ſolẽt do- 
Qoreslegum invni- 


uerſatibꝰ quibuſda, 


cum ſupra deſcrip- 


to birreto veſtieba- 
tur. Sed luſticiarius i 
factus loco collobij, 
clamide induetur, 
firmata ſuper hume- 
rum eius dexterum, 
cæteris ornamentis 
ſeruiẽtis adhuc per- 
manentibus, excep- 
to quod ſtragulata 
veſte, aut coloris bi- 
pertiti, vt poteſt ſer- 
uiens, iuſticiarius 
non vtetur, & capi- 
tium eius non alio 
quã meneuerio pe- 


nulatur, Capitium 
tamẽ ſeruientis pel- 


libus agninis ſem- 
per albis implicatur: 
qualem habitum te 
plus ornare optare, 


vſe to -weare in 


twa Labels ſuche- as 
Doctaurs of the hyp 


bed Quoyfe, But be- 


ing 
ſtice, in ſteede of his 
Woode, hee ſhall- weare 
a 8 N 
pon bis e - 
der, all the other oz⸗ 
naments of a Serieant 
ſtill remapning: ſauing 
that a Juſtyce hall 
weare no partye coloy- 
red Ueſture as a Ser- 


ieaunt may, And hys 
Cape is Furred wyth 
none other then Mene⸗ 
ner, whereas the Ser- 


ieaunts Cape is euer 


Furred wyth 
Lambe 


into hyghe eſfymation , 


when- 


ones made a Ju⸗ 


whyte 
And thys 
Dabyte J woulde wiſh 
your Grace to byynge 


* 


3 


CI ww} WEE IDW T3 W 


when it halbe in pour 
power, fo2 the wozlhip of 
the ſfateof the Law, c the 
honour ot your Realme. 
ye ſhould knowe, that the 
Juſticesof Englande ſit 
not in the kings courts a- 
boue iij. howers in a day, 
that is to ſap, fromviit.of 
the clocke in the fozenone 
til ri.complete, Foꝛ in the 
afternones, thoſe courtes 
are not holdẽ oz kept. But 
the Suters then reſoꝛt to 
the peruſing of their wꝛi⸗ 
tings, # elſewhere cõſul⸗ 
ting with the Serieants 
at law, & other their coũ⸗ 
ſaplours, ©Uherefoze the 
Juſtices, after they haue 
taken their rekection, do 
paſſe © beſfow all the reſi⸗ 


due ot the day inthe ſtudy: 


of thelawes,in reading ol 
holy Scripture, c bling 


of the Lawes of Englund. 124 


tit, ad decorẽ ſta 

legis ad honorẽ reg⸗ 
ni tui. Scire te etiam 
arij Anglię nõ ſedẽt 
in curijs regis, niſi 
per tres horas in die 
S. ab hora viij. ante 
meridie,v{q; horam 
xj. completam, quia | 
polt meridiẽ curiz 
illx nõ tenẽtur. Sed 
placitantes tunc ſe 
deuertunt ad peruis 
ſum, & alibi conſit- 


lentes cũ ſeruienti- 


bus ad legem & a- 
lis confiliarijs ſuis; 
Quare juſticiarij, 
poltquam ſe reſece- 
rint, totum diei reſi⸗ 
duum pertranſeunt, 
ſtudẽdo in legibus, 
ſacrã legẽdo ſcrip- 
turam, & aliter ad 

dorum 


Forteſcue, in commentlaion 


eorum libitũ cõtẽ- 


plãdo, vt vita ipſorũ 


plus cõtẽ platiua vi- 
deatur quã actiua. 
Sicqʒ quietã illi vitã 


aàgunt ab omni ſoli- 


citudine & mundi 
turbinibꝰ ſemotam: 
nec vnquã cõpertũ 
eſt, eorum aliquem, 
donis aut muneribꝰ 


fuiſſe corruptũ. Vn- 


de & hoc genꝰ gra- 
tix vidimꝰ fubſecu- 
tum, quod vix eo- 
rũ aliquis ſine exitu 
decedat, quod iuſtis 
magnæ & quaſi ap- 
propriatæ benedic- 
tionis dei eſt, mihi 
quoq; non minimi 
muneris diuini cen- 
ſetur eſſe penſandũ, 
quod ex iudicũ ſo- 
bole, plures de ꝓce 
ribus & magnatibus 


other kinde ol contempla⸗ 
cion at their pleaſure, Do 
that their lyfe may ſeeme 
moꝛe coricemplatine then 
actiue. And thus do they 
leade a quiet lyfe, diſchar⸗ 
ged of all wozldly cares 
and troubles:And'it hath 
neuer beeneknowen,that 
any of them hath beene 
cozrupte with giftes 02 
byybes. TAhereupon we 
haue ſeene this kinde of 
grace followpnge , that 
(kante any of them dieth 
without ilſue, which vn⸗ 
to iuſt men is a token ot 
the greate and peculier 
bleſſing ok God, And in 
mine opinion it is to bee 
iudged koꝛ no ſmall point 


of the bountefull goods 


neſſe of God, that out of 


the generation ol Judges 


there haue hetherto ſpꝛõg 


vp mo ſtates and peares 


of 


 & AE. _. «? e xf a ee rea 


een 


car 
vw 


of — reentbucuſet 
ang other ſtate a men ee 
which by their aum wit liquo alio ſtatu he- 
E policy baue aſpired vn minum regni, quiſe 
to great wealthy nobility ptudentia & indy 
e honour. Mea though che {{xiapropria,opuls- 
ſtate of Merchaunts ſur⸗ tos, inelitos, pohly 
mount the nũber ol Jud⸗ leſq; fecerũt Quan- 
ges by many thouſands, quam mercatotum 
being men of ſuch lingu⸗ ſtatus, quorũ aliqui 
ler wealth, that among ſunt, qui omnib iur 
them commonly there be ſliciarizs regni præſt 
ſuch ds one of them in tant dinitiß, wdicy | 
riches palleth all the Ju- numerum in millib? 
ſtices of the realme. Fo2 hominum excedar, 
this cãnot be aſcribed vn⸗ Nam fortunz; que 
to Foxtune,: which is no⸗ nihil elt, iſtud aſcribi 
thing, But it is to be at⸗ ns poterit: ſed diui- 
tributed (as I take it)one⸗ nx ſolũ benedicio- 
ly to the bleſſing ol God. ni fore arbitror tti- 
Foꝛſomuch as by his pꝛo⸗ buẽdum. Cum ipſe 
phet he ſaieth, that the ge⸗ per prophetã dicatt 
neration of righteous mẽ quod generatio re- 
ſhalbe bleſſed. Andy pꝛo⸗ Ctorũ benedicetur, 
phet in another place, ſpe⸗ Et alibi de iuſtis lo- 


king of juſt men, ſapeth, quens propheta aits 
| quod 


eng oO BE 7 
k „„ Sal RF 


quod” filij eorum in 
renten or, 
| Dibge igitur; (fil 
0 Suſtician 1 
quæ ficditar , colit, 
& perpetuat fetus 
colentium eam. Et 
zelator eſto legis, 
quæ iuſtitiam pa- 
tit, vt a te dicatur, 
quod a iuſtis ſcri- 
tur: & ſemen eo- 
rum in æternũ ma- 
nebit. 


P Rinceps. Vnu iã 

ſolũ ſupereſt, Cã⸗ 
cellarie, Jeclarida: 
quo pariiper adhuc 
fluctuat, inquietatur 
ä z mens mea. ln 
x wy, eã ſolidaue- 
ris, nõ ampliꝰte 


ue⸗ 
ſtionibus Fatigabs, 


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Forteſtue, in commendation 
en ſbalbe 


that their child; 
in blelling. Wherfoze,D 
moſt magniticẽtpꝛince, be 
vou in loue with Juſtice, 
which thus enricheth, ex⸗ 
alteth to honoz q auaceth 
to perpetuite the childzen 
of th? that haue her in ve- 
neration. And be you a ze- 
lous louer of the law, the 
very welſpꝛing of iuſtice, 


that by vou it may be ſaid. 


that is wiittZofp righte⸗ 
ous, And their ſeede ſhall 
remaine fo2 ever, 


5 The Prince findeth faultwith delayes, that are 
made in the kings conrtes. 


Cap. 5 2. 

ere remaineth now 
but one thing, good 
Chauncellour, quod the 
Pꝛince, to bee declared, 
wherew my mind lõ what 
yet wauereth e is diſqut- 


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ſatiſfieme,J will trouble 


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Che Lawesof England, Dilationes 3 ingẽtes, 
as the repoꝛt gveth, ſuf- vt aſſeritur, pstiun- 
fer great delapes in their —— liæ in 
— other F _ — — 
Lawes o i: quam leges 

vnto ſuters is ratontquodogs 
| nat onely a hinderance of — ũ iuris 
their right, but alſo many prolatio eſt , ſed & 
times an impoztable bur- ſamptuum quando. 
den ok charges, and chiet᷑ · que importabile o- 
ly in thole actions, wher⸗ nus, & maximè in 


| indammages are not al⸗ a0dionibꝰillis in qui- 
£ lowed, bus damna petenti- 
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þ 9 — that Gant inthe Kin __ courter,; 


a are necrſſarie aud 11 
12 artions perſonall, prey 1 In 
quod the Chauncello ,  —aQtionibus per- 


out ok Cities # Townes ſonalibus, extra vr- 
of merchandize, where bes & villas merca- 
the maner of moceeding torias, vbiprocedi- 
is acco2dingto the cuſto⸗ tur ſecundũ 2 
mes and liberties of the tudines & liberrates 
ſame, there the pzocee- earundẽ, proceſſus 
dings are oꝛdinarie. And ſunt e Et 
though ther ſuffer great quantaſlibet dilati- 


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* K orrofeue, in commendation 


ones patiuntur, non 
tamen exceſſi uas. In 
vr bibus vero & vil- 
lis lis, pink oy 
vr eps cauſa depoſ- a 
| celeri is, vt in aliis 
mundi parribus fir 4 
(ve alibiYipſi nimiũ 
Aliquando f feſtinan- 
ur,quoſubſequi * 
partis leſio Rurſus in 
in omnib? fere mũ- 


di partibus, moroſi 


ſunt” pceſſus, ſed in 
An glia,quodimodo, 
celeriores.Sut qu ip= 
Pe in regno Francię 
in curia ibidẽ ſupre- 
ma, quę curia parli- 
amẽti yocitatur, ꝓ- 
ceſſus quida, qui in 
ea plus qui triginta 
annis be- 


Townes; chiefely-when 
is quic 
ae world 


and pet not wyth duch 


hoat haſt as in ſome other 
places, that the party 


bee. thereby endamma⸗ 


ged. —— in arti⸗ 
ons reall , the pyocee- 
dinges are verye flow ; 


almoſt in all 


partes of 


the wozld, but in Eng- 


land, 


eedier, 


Foz, within the realme 
of Fraunce, inthe highet 
_ * Court ot par- 


teine p 


pꝛoteſles that haue 


hangevher aboue _—_ 
And 


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that a cauſe of appeale; 

which inp court between 
Richard Deron an Eng⸗ 
liſh merchãt, e other mar⸗ 
chat men, foz n tranſgreſ⸗ 
ſion made, hath bin deba⸗ 
ted within the iurildiction 
of that court, hath already 
hanged by the ſpace of x. 
yeres, And it ts not pet 
lyke, that it can be decided 
Win other x. eres. Ahile 
J was lately abpding in 
Patis, mine hoſte ſhewed 
me hys pꝛoceſſe in wzpy⸗ 


\ 127 


rioniscauſiins 
in-curia illa _ 
fuit, iam 


anno ſi pẽſã fuiſſe, 
& adhuc veriſimile 
non eſt, eam infia 
annos x. alios poſſe 
decidi, Oſtendit & 
mihidudũ, dum Ha- 
rihjs morabar, hoſe 
pes meus proce 
ſuũ in ſcripti 

in curia made 
ibidẽ ipſe tune 8. an- 
nis, pro 4.8“. reddi- 


ting, which in the caurt of tus qui de pecunia 
Parliament there he had noirs: 9. ns exce- 
then folowed ful d. peres, dunt,profecutuse 
for iiii.s.rẽt, which in our ner * ſe in 
money maketh not aboue annis alijs iudiciũ in- 
viii.d, vet he was in no de obtẽturũ. Alios 
hope to obtain iudgmẽt in quoqʒ nõnullos noui 
8. peres moꝛe:ꝙ J know caſus ibidẽ, his ſimi- 
other caſes there,like vnto les, he quod: leges 
theſe, So that p Lawes of .Anglie, a- tantas, 
Englad, as ſemeth to me, vt mihi viſũ elt, dila- 


cauſe not ſo great delaies, tiones ſortiuntu vt 
faciunt 


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faciunt leges regio- 

nis illius. Sed reuera 
perneceſſarium eſt, 
Adilationes fieri in 
proceſſibus omniũ 

| actionũ, dummodo 
nĩmium ĩpſe nõ fue- 
rimt exceſſiue. Nam 


ſub illis, partes, & 


maxime pars rea, 


defẽſionibus 
ſimiliter & 

<6blijs, quibus alias 
ipſi carerẽt. Nec vn- 
quã in iudicijs tantũ 
imminetpericulum, 
r parit ꝓceſ- 
us feſtinatus. Vidi 
nẽpe quondã apud 
ciuitatẽ Sarum, corã 
iudice quondam ad 
gaolã ibidẽ delibe- 
randam, cum clerico 
ſuo aſſignato, muli- 
erem de morte ma- 


jr ſibi proui- 
or: 
til 


riti ſui infra annum, h 


as do the Lawes of that 
countrey. But to ſpeake 
vprightly, it is necellatie 
that delayes be had in the 
pꝛoceſſes of all nations, 
ſothatthe ſame be not too 
much exceſſiue. Foz , by 
reaſon therof, the parties, 
and chiefelythe party de⸗ 
fendant ,do oftentymes 
Poupde themſelues of 
good defenſes,and alſo of 
counſels , which els they 
ſhould lack. And in iudge⸗ 
ments, there is neuer ſo 
great danger toward 
as when pꝛoceſſe goeth 
fozewarde wyth ouer 
much halk, Foz J ſaw 
once in the Citie of Sa⸗ 
liſbury, befoze a certeine 
Judge, at a gaole deli⸗ 
uerie there, wyth the 
Clerke of the aſfiſes, a 


woman atcainted & bur⸗ 


ned fo} the death of her 
ulband within a . [2 


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— till the 
ende ol that yeate, And 
about a pere after that, 
J ſawe one of the ſer⸗ 
auntes of the flayne 
man, conmce, hetoze 
theſame Juſtice, okthe 
death of the ſame his 
matſter, Tho then a⸗ 
penly cankeſled, that he 
zimſelke alone flue bis 
matter, and that his ma; 
ſter his wife, which be⸗ 
foze was burned , mas 
altogether innocent af 
his death. And her ſo} 
he ſame was dzawen 
andhanged, And till e 
uen at p point af death, 
hee lamented the wo- 


man burned, ag ont c le⸗ 


incl fi Rong & 
comhuſtam, in quo ca 
ſu licuit iudici ah, vſe; 
poſt annum illum ar- 
rettamentum ſiue diſ- 
rations mulieris illius 
reſpectuaſſe, & poſt an 
nũ illũ, vidi vnum de 
ſeruiemtibus interfecti 
illius, corã eodõ iuſti- 
ciatio, de morte eiuſdẽ 
magiſtri ſui cõuictum, 
qui tunc publice fate- 
batur, in ſummet ſalum 


ma geld ſuum occi- 


diſſe, c magiſtram ſu- 
am, xx orem eius, tune 
cobultam, innocents} 
emnino fuiſſe de mor- 
te eius: quare ipſe tra- 
tus & ſuſpenſus fuit. 
Sed tamẽ ;omninoyeris 
in ipſo mortisaiticula; 
mulierem comhuſtam 
jimmunẽ a crimine il- 


| are from that offence, lo fuiſſe, ipſe lugebatr; 


ij. 


3 
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5 


O quale putandum eſt 
ex hoc facto coſcientie 
diſcrimẽ & remorſum 
eueniſſe ĩuſticiario illi 
tam præcipiti, Qui po- 
tuit proceſſum illũ m- 
ſte retardaſſe? Sepius 
proh dolor, ipſe mihi 
faſſus et, qd nunquam 
in vita ſua animumeius 
de hoc facto ipſe pur- 
garet: crebro etenim in 
deliberationibus, judi- 
cia matureſcunt: Sed 
in accelerato proceſſi, 
nunquam. Quare le- 
ges Angliæ eſſonium 
admittunt, qualia non 
faciunt leges aliæ 
mundi vniuerſi. Non- 
ne quam vtiles ſunt 
vocationes ad warran⸗ 
tumꝰ Auxilia de his, 
ad quos ſpectat reuer- 
ſio tenemẽtorum, qui 
in placitum deducunt, 


& qui habent euiden- 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


O what perplexitie and 
remoꝛſe of conſciente it 
is to be thoght, that this 
ſo haſty a Juſtice had of 
this deede, which might 
iulkly haue ſtaied p pꝛo⸗ 
ceſſe :e himſelfe (alas) 
often confeſſed vnto me 
that he ſhould neuer du⸗ 
ring his life bee able to 
cleare his conſcience ot 
this face : Foz manie 
times, in diliberations, 
iudgements growe to 
ripnes, but in ouerhaſty 
pꝛoceſſe, neuer. Ahere⸗ 
fore the lawes of Eng⸗ 
land admit eſſopne, and 
ſo doe no other lawes ol 
all the woꝛlde. Are not 
vouchinges to warrant 
right pꝛolitable, are not 
the — them pꝛoſt 
table, to whome the re⸗ 
verſion of tenementes 
bꝛoughte in plea belon/ 
Leth, F which haue the 


of the Tan 
ktuidentes of the ſame 
Are not alſd the aydes 
of coperteners piofitable, 
which ſhall pape accoz- 
ding to the rate of a te- 
nement, allotted to their 
copertener by fozce of 
the Lawe aittes from 
him , And yet all theſe 
aredelayes, as pou, moſt 
Noble Py)tnce , by my 
talke at other times doe 
well knowe: and the like 
delayes to theſe doe no 


other Lawes admit, nei⸗ 
ther doe the Lawes ok 
Englande admitte trpk⸗ 
lyng and vnfcuicefull de⸗ 
layes . And if any ſuch 
fonde delayes ſhould? be 


vſed , they ma 
terye Parliament bee 
cut awape. Pea and o 
ther Lawes vſed in the 


ſame Realme, when in 


any point they begin 
halt, they may at ei 


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das ebtunds. Aux- 
[ha etiam de cop et- 
cipibusc quired 

pro rata, ſi tenemen- 
ta copartici piallot- 
tatum, euincatur, & 


tamen hæc, dilatio- 


nes ſunt, ſicut, tu 
princeps, alias nolti 
ex doctrina mea: 
Et dilationes his ſi- 
miles leges alie non 
admittunt, neq; le- 
ges Angliæ friuolas 
& infructuoſas per- 
mittunt inducias. Et 
ſi quꝝ in regno illo 
dilationes in placi- 
tis, minus accom- 
modæ fuerint vſita- 


tæ, in omni parlia- 
 mentoampurariille 
poſſunt, etiam & 
omnes leges aliæ, 


in regno Illo vſita- 
tx, cum in aliq 


» daudicauerint 55 


R. ij. omni 


poterunt reformari. 
Quo recte concludi 
poteſt, quod omnes 
leges regniillius ops 


timę ſunt, in actu vel 


potentia. quo facili- 
ter in actũ duci po- 
terunt & in eſſenti- 
amrealem. Ad quod 
faciendum, quoties 
æquitas id popoſce- 
arenen reges ibi- 


dem, ſacramento a- 


niter præſtito tem- 


pore receptionis di- 


adematis ſui. 


41 Forteſcue, i in commendation 
omni parliamento, Parliament bee refour⸗ 


firinguntur ſolem- 


n JVJVàVVVVVV WR aL „(„ „ Er inc ute Q NY 36 th ee, ee, 
rs Ho EEE EEE; „e, AE OR TIER 
Fm, 28 ke * 1 al ¼J“ng AG, ao ie IS 


med. UUherefoze, it may 
well bee concluded, that 


all the Lawes ok that 
Realme are right good, 
either in deede, oz in pol⸗ 
ſibilitie, So that ik they 
bee not pzeſentlye good, 
they may eaſtly bee redu⸗ 
cedto the pzeſent perfec- 

tion ofccoodneſle, To the 
perfozmance whereof, as 
oft as equitie ſo requireth 
euerp king thereis bound 
by an — ſolemnely ta- 
ken at the time ol his Co- 
ronation. 


e Laveso fE gland are right coed che know- 
ledge 1 755 Fis expedient for kings,Tet it 
ſhall ſuffice them to haue but a ſu- 
perficiall Ee of the 
ſame. Cap,54+ 


PRinceps. . Le ges 
nene bonas 


5 Lr and evidently 
perceued, quod nt, 


by the pꝛoces of your talk, 
good Chicelloz,chat thoſe 
Lawes arenot onely good 
but alſoof molt perfect & 


excellent goodnes, Andif deprehendi. Et ſi- 


any of them haue neede to 
be amended,p may quick⸗ 
ly be done, as the fourmes 
and oꝛders of the Parlia⸗ 
ments there doo plainely 
pꝛooue. TUherefoze;the 
Nealme is euer, really, oz 
potentially, gonerned by 
molt excellent x moſt wo- 
thy Lawes, und J voubt 
not, but that pour inſtruc⸗ 
tions, in this our talk ſhal 
be pꝛoſitable foxthe kings 

of Englande, which here⸗ 
after ſhall be: ſo that they 
haue no plealure in gotrer- 


Fox thevnhandſomnes of 
p tool oz inſtrunẽt weari- 
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formulz-nos crudi- 


num illud Te 
= . 


tuas in hac concio- 
nitione doArinas, 
fututis A Angliz regi- 


ijcio, dum non dele- 
Ret regere legibus, 


ning by vnpleafant laws. qu 


uũ reddit, debilitas 


panda 
cancellarie, ex 
ſecutione tua in hoc 

dialogo certiſſime 


—_— 
effe, 


quæ ex eis meliorati 
depoſcant, id citiſſi- 
me fieti pofſe,varli- 
amentorum ibidẽ 


unt Qus, | — 
potẽtialiterue, 


tur, nec 


bus, inutiles tore c6- 


* non delectant. 
Faſtidit namque at- 
tificẽ ineptio inttru- 
mẽti:& militẽ iꝑna- 


lanciæ & mucronis. 
Sed 


Sed ſicut ad pugnã 
animatur miles, cũ, 
nedũ ſibi prona ſint 
arma, ſed & magis, 

cum in actibus bel- 

licis ipſe ſit expertꝰ, 
dicente Vegetio de 


re militari: quod. ſci- 
candi audaciam nu- 


trit. Quia nemo fa- 
cere metuit, quod ſe 
bene didiciſſe con- 
fidit.) Sic & rex om- 
nis, ad iuſtitiam ani- 
matur, dum leges, 
quibus ip ſa fict, ne- 
dum iuſtiſſimas eſſe 
agnoſcit, ſed & ea- 
rum ille expertus ſit 
formam & naturam, 
quas tantum in vni- 
uerſali, incluſiue, & 
in confuſo, principi 
ſcire ſuſficiet, rema- 
nente ſuis iudicibus, 
earum diſcreta de- 


T 
. 


Forteſcue, in commendation 


entiareibellce dAimi- 


But like as a ſoldiour is 
encouraged to fight, not 
onely, when he hath hand- 
ſome and fit weapons in a 
readineſſe, byt alſo much 


moꝛe, when he is expert & 


accoꝛding to the ſaying of 
Uegetius in his booke of 
chiualry, that knowledge 
and cunning in Martial 
feates miniſtreth boldnes 
in fighting (fo2 no man 
feareth to doo that, which 
hee truſleth hee hath well 
learned) in like manner e⸗ 


uery king hath a feruent 


ʒeale, and earneſt deſire to 


the maintenaunce ot Ju- 
ſtice, not onely knowing 


the Lawes, whereby that 
muſt bee done, to bee moſt 
iuſt, but alſo beingſ kilfull 
in the foꝛme and nature ot 

A Mhereofit hal 


wel ee e 


„ r „e wh ao ot 


ledge, the diſcrete andde- 
terminate perfectnes, and 
deep vnderſtanding ofthe 
ſame , beeing lekt to his 


Judges. So alſo, ought 


all Pzinces to bee well 
ſeen in the holy ſcriptures 
of God, as fayth Uincen⸗ 
tits Beluacenſts in his 
booke. of the mozall inſft- 
tution of Pꝛinces, Fozal⸗ 
much as the Scripture a⸗ 
boue mentionedlaith, that 
vain are all they, in whom 
is not the knowledge of 
God, and koꝛ that in the 
ſirteenth Chapiter of the 
Pꝛouerbs it is thus wꝛit⸗ 
ten: Let pꝛopheſie, oꝛ the 
woꝛde of God, bee in the 
lips of the king, then his 
mouth ſhall not go wꝛong 
in iudgement. And pet is 
not a king bounde to haue 
pꝛofound knowledge and 
determinate vnderſtan⸗ 


N. tiii. 


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terminataque peri· 

tia & ſtientia altiori. 

Sic equidẽ & ſcrip- 

turarum diuinarum 

peritiam, vt dicit 

Vincentius Belua- 

cenſis in libro de 
morali inſtitutione 
principum, Omnis 
princeps habere 
deberet, cum dicat 
{criptura- ſuperius 
memorata, quod 
vani ſunt omnes, in 
quibus non eſt ſci- 
entia dei, & prouer- 
b. xvi. ſcribatur: Di- 
uinatio, id eſt, diuina 
ſententia, vel, ſermo 
diuinus, ſit in labijs 
regis: & tunc in 1u- 
dic io non ertabit os 
eius. Non tamnẽ pro- 


funde, determinate- 
ue intelligere tene- 


tur Princeps ſcrip- 
turas 


cet ſacræ theolo 
profeſſorem: ſufficit 
namque ei, — in 
confuſo deguſtare 
ſentẽtias, qualiter & 
peritiam legis ſuz 
Sic & fecerũt, Caro- 
lus Magnus, Lodo- 
uicus filius eius, & 
Robertus quondam 
rex Franciæ, quihic 
ſcripſit ſequentiam. 
(Santts ſpurit us adſit gratia 
nobis gratia, ) & qui 
plures alij, vt in xv. 
cap. lib, prædicti, 

Vincentius prrch- 
Qus luculenter do- 
cet. Vnde & docto- 
res legũ dict̃t: quod 
imperator gerit om- 
nia iura ſua in ſcrinio 
pectoris ſui, nõ quia 
omnia iura i ipſe noſ- 
cit realiter &inactu, 
ſed dum principia 


BP TP vt de- ding in dhe holhe Strip⸗ 
ir tures — 


Fo} it ſhall bee inonch 
fo2 him, Caperfittally. to 
taſte the ſentences there⸗ 
ok, as alſo of his Lawes, 
Thus did Charles rhe 
great, Lewes his ſonne, 
and Robert ſometyme 
King ok Fraunce who 
wote thys N 
( Saule ſpirit us adſit nob 

) — Ihr 
3 às the kozeſaid 
Uincenttus in the 'fif- 
teench Chapiter of hys 
Booke afozeſapve plaine⸗ 
ly  theweth . - WWhere- 
foze the Doctoursofthe 
Lawes doo ſay, that an 
Emperour 'beareth all 
his Lawes in the boreof 
his bzealf ; not fo2 that 
hee knoweth all the 
Laws reallpand in deede, 
but fo; that hee * 


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132 
fanderh the Whincypies eorum ipfe perti- 
of them, tikewiſe their pit, formam ſimi- 
kourme and their nature, ler - & naturam 
in which reſpect he is iud omnia iura ſua ipſe 
ged to be ſkilful in all intelligere ct᷑ ſetur, 
his Lawes., (chich alſo quæ etiamtranſſor- 
he mapalter, change, aud mare —— 
repeale : So that in him 

are potentially all his 

lawes, as Eue was in A- 
di befaze'fhee was made. | 
But now, good Chancel⸗ toquã plaſmaretut. 
lour, leing I'perceiae my Sed quia, Cancella- 
ſeife ſuſfiriently perlma⸗ -riczad legum unglię 


ded to che a of the <diſcipheiacam mihi 


lawes uf England, which iain cõſpicio ſufſici- 
thing in rhe bercinning:of enter eſſe ſua ſumę 
this wozke pou pwmiled 8:0 huiꝰ operis eu- 
foperfoume,F will no lõ⸗ ordiafacart, promi⸗ 
ger trouble pou in this ſiſti Nõ ee — 
behalfe , But thus J in⸗ huius prætextu, ſoli- 
fantly deſtre yau, that pe citare condbor, ſed 
will inſtruct me in the obnixedepoſes, vt 
principles of the Lawe, in legis huius prin- 


as pou once began to do: cipijs;ve quondũ in- 
and that you will teache cepiſti, 1 me eru:ias: 


do- 


te 
"hy 


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docẽs quodãmodo 
eius agnoſcere for- 
mã & naturam, quia 
lex iſta mihi ſemper 
peculiaris erit inter 
ceteras leges orbis, 
inter quas ipſam lu- 
cere cõſpic io, vt lu- 
cifer inter ſtellas. Et 
dum intẽtioni tuæ, 
- quaad collationem 
hanc concitatus es, 
lam ſatisfactum eſſe 

non ambigo, tem- 

pus poſtulat & ra- 
30 + noſis collo- 


quijs terminum cõ- 
— reddentes 


ex eis, laudes ei & 
gratias, qui ea ince- 
pit, proſecutus eſt, 
:& finiuit, Alpha & 
O. quem dicimus, 
quem & laudet om- 
nis ſpiritus, Amen. 


R 
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Forteſcue, in commendation &c. 


FINIS 


me to knowe and vnder⸗ 
ſtand the kourme and na⸗ 
ture thereok, Foz this 
Lawe ſhall be euermoze 
peculiar to me among all 
other lawes of the wozld, 
among the whiche J ſee 
it ſhyne, as Lucifer. a- 
mong the Starres. And 
fozſomuche as J doubte 
not, but your intẽt, wher- 
by pou were moued to 
this coference, is fully ſa⸗ 
tiſfied ; bothtime and rea⸗ 


ſon requireth , that wee 


make an end ok our talke, 


peelding therkoze laudes 


and than ks to him, which 
beganne, kurthered, and 
bath finiſhed the ſame, 
(Uhome wee call 4/pha 
& O. who alſo be pꝛayſed 
of euery liuing creature. 


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N Introduftlion to the marter. bal 3 
| The Chaunceller moneth the Prince to 
the knowledge of the Ls. 4 
The Princes replie to the motios. 7 
The Chancellour fortifieth his aſſertion; 8 
The Chauncellour prooueth that a Prince by 
the Lam may be made happy and bleſſed. 10 
1 en of the Lame cauſeth comtenyte 
thereof. 


Z © TheC homes low briefly repeaeth the fe 
of his per ſwaſion. We. A* WTR 17 
The Prince yeeldeth himſelfe to the tn e of 
of the Lawes U ee be yet ace ith cer- 
tein doubt. = 19 
So much knovledg ge as is alen for A Prince 
is ſoone had. | \ » FO 
A Ting thoſe e 46 politique Car 
ub change has lasen 42%: rode n eh dE 
- », The Prince demaundeth a qu: -ſbion, 27 
The aunſwere, ts omitted. 15 that i in an other 
-Worke it is handled at large. n T N 2M 
> How king domes ruled by ral gonernement 
onely firs} be gan. 0 28 
How Hin redomes of politique gonernance were 


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or Statutes, " 3 
The Lure of Natnre in all . 1 


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aud rece 


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wah — Sk Statutes are made in 


Oil loves and the laves of England. \ 
The firft caſs wherein the Ci, 

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cer —. witneſſes. 
— canſes 533 By 
} 
The Prince gramarth the Lawesof Etta 
to be mare commodians for the ſubie tes, then 75 
Ciuill Lawes in the caſe diſputedl. 6 3 
Why Er que ſter are not made by Fries of *. 
men in at ber 1 afwell as in England. 65 
The Prince commendeth the Lawes of Eng- 
lend of their proceeding by Iuries. 69 
The Princedowbteth, whether this proceeding 
by Iuries be repugnant to Gods Law or nat. 70 


That the proceeding & « larie ee 
nw to the $7 Dy " "SY 


Why certaine Kinges of England have 22 no 
delize i in their owne Lawes, 76 
The Chauncellour cpeneth che care which 
the Prince demannderh. n ; 
The inconneniences that happen i in the Realme 
of Fraunce through regall ! gonernement alone. 79 
Tie e e that proccede of the ioynt 
88 politique and re th Il, in the my 
aps ids of the er ef both 8 
4 | The 


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be Prince breaketh the Chauncellowr of his 


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the Lawes of England, * in . 


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Pine alloweth the Lawe , which doth 


. 7 - yas e children bare before matrimo- ä 


1» 452. ee. 
; be Prince approueth the Law whereby the 
Tre olloweth not t | 103 
| The fourth caſe whirein the ſtd Lame, 

104 


d ca It wherein the 


varie. | 
| © The Prince commendeth the bento of 


Other ca caſes wherein the 
Te Prince regarderh not the caſer laſt re- 

 _ bearſed, TRAN 30 Ig 
The Chauncellour ſheweth why the Laveref 
England are not taught in the V auer frier. 110 
The aſpoſition of the generall ſti h 


- 


Fhis Lues of England, and that the ſame in m 
89 eth certaine wninerſities, 
mer, lt Of theeſtate anddegree of a 
au hom he is created. Rl | 
ter what maner a Iuſtice is created, 
of his habite and conner ſation. 1 
The Prince findeth fault with delayes that 
are made in the kings courte. 127 
delayes which happen in the Kings court. 
are neceſſarie and reaſonable. 126 © 
That the Lawes of England are right good, be 
knowleage whereof is expedient for kinges , and 
that it ſhall ſuffice them to haue but a 
kwowleage of the ſame. 


FINES. 


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