A learned commendation of the politique lawes of Englande vvherin by moste pitthy reasons & euident demonstrations they are plainelye proued farre to excell aswell the ciuile lawes of the Empiere, as also all other lawes of the world, with a large discourse of the difference betwene the. ii. gouernements of kingdomes: whereof the one is onely regall, and the other consisteth of regall and polityque administration conioyned. written in latine aboue an hundred yeares past, by the learned and right honorable maister Fortescue knight ... And newly translated into Englishe by Robert Mulcaster.

QVociescun{que} contendētes in curiis regis An¦gliae, ad exitū pla¦citi super materia facti deuenerint, concito Iusticiarii {per} breue regis scri¦bunt vic. com̄ in quo factum illud fieri supponitur, quod ipse venire faciat coram eis∣dem Iusticiariis, ad certū diem {per} eos limitatum, du¦odecī probos et legales homines, de vicineto, vbi il¦lud factum sup∣ponitur, q̄ neutri partiū sic placitā∣tiū vlla affinitate attingunt. Ad re∣cognoscendū su{per} eorū sacramenta, si factū illud fac∣tum fuerit, sicut vna earundē par¦tium

dicit, vel nō sicut altera pars negat. Quo adue¦niente die, vice∣comes returnabit breue p̄dictū co∣rā eisdē iustitiariis vna cum pan ello nominū eorum quos ipse ad hoc sūmoniuit, quos) si venerit) vtra{que} pars recusare po∣terit, dicēdo qd vi¦cecōes panellum illud fauorabiliter fecit {pro} {per}te altera videlicet de per∣sonis min{us} īdiffe∣rentib{us}. Que ex∣ceptio, si cōperta fuerit vera per sa¦cramētum duo∣rum hominū de eodē panello, ad hoc {per} Iusticiarios electorū, mox pā¦nellū illud quassa¦bit’ et iusticiar’ tūc

scribēt Coronato¦rib{us} eiusdē comi∣tat{us}, qd ipsi nouū faciāt panellum. Quod cum fecerīt si & illud cōsimi∣lit{er} re{per}tum fuerit viciatū, etiā et il∣lud quassabitur: et tūc iusticiarii e∣ligēt duos de cle∣ricis curiae illi{us}, vel alios de eodē co∣mitatu qui ī p̄sen∣tia curiae {per} eorum sacramēta faciēt ī differēs panellum qd deinde {per} nul∣lā partiū illarū ca¦lūpniabitur. sed cū venerīt sic īpanel¦lati ī Curiā q̄libet partiū exciper’ po¦test cōtr’ {per}sonā cu¦iuscū{que} eorū, sicut et pot’ ī ōni casu et ōni tēpor’ quo aliq̄s qualitercū{que}

cū{que} īpanellat{us} cō¦paruerit incuria su¦per veritate exitus hm̄odi iuraturus, dicēdo qd’ īpanel∣latus ille est cōsan∣guineus vel affinis parti alteri, vel a∣micitia quacū{que} ta¦li sibi coniūct{us}, qd’ indifferēs ip̄e nō ē ostēdere inter eos veritatē: qualiū ex¦ceptionū tot sunt genera et species, quod nō licet eas breui explicare ser¦mone. Quarū si a∣liqua re{per}ta fuerit vera nō tūc iurabi¦tur ille cōtra quē exceptio illa {pro}po∣nitur, sed cācellabi¦tur nomē ei{us} in pa¦nello. Sic quo{que} fi∣et de ōīb{us} nomini¦b{us} impanellatorū, quous{que} duodecī

eorū iurēt’ ita īdif¦ferētes, qd’ vers{us} e∣os neutra partium hēat aliquā materi¦ā calūpniae. Horū autē xij. ad minus quatuor erunt de hūdredo vbi villa ī qua factū de quo cōtēditur fieri sup¦ponit{ur}, sita ē et q̄∣libet iurat’ hm̄odi, habebit terras vel reddit{us} {pro} t{er}mīo vi¦tae suae, ad min{us} ad valorē annuū xl. s. Et hic ordo obser¦uat’ ī oīb{us} acciōib{us} et causis criminali¦b{us}, realib{us} et {per}so∣n••lib{us}, p̄terq̄ vbi dāna vel debitū ī {per}sonalib{us} nō exce¦dūt xl. marcas mo¦n••te anglicanae q̄a tūc nō req̄rit’ qd’ iu••••••ores ī actioni¦b{us} hm̄odi tātū ex∣p••d••r•• possint •• la¦bebūt

tn̄ terrā vel reddit’, ad valorē cōpetētē, iuxta dis¦cretiōē iusticiario∣rū, alioquin ip̄imi¦nīe iurabūt’, ne ({per} inediā et pau{per}tatē iurator{is} hm̄odi de facili valeāt corrū¦pi aut subornari. Et si {per} tales excep¦tiōes, tot iuratorū ••o••a ī pannello cā¦celēt’, qd’ nō rema¦neat numer{us} suffi¦ciēs ad faciēdū īde iuratā, tūc mādabi¦tur vic̄ {per} breue re∣gis, qd’ ip̄e appon̄ plures iurator. qd’ et sepi{us} fieri potest ita qd’ inq̄sitio ve∣ritat. su{per} exitu pla¦citi, nō remanebit ob defectū iurato¦rū. Et hec ē forma qualit{er} iuratores et veritat’ hm̄odi īq̄si¦tor’ eligi debēt in curia regis

similiter et iurari, quare quo modo ipsi de veritate illa dicēda onerari de¦bent et informari, iā restat vt quera∣mus.