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NO nor it booteth not good Chauncelloure herein muche to tarye, quod the prince. For though in Englande as∣well open as pryuy thee∣ues are commenlye putte to deathe, yette ceasse they not there from stealynge, as thoughe theye hadde no feare of so greate a pu∣nishemente. Howe much lesse then would they wt∣holde their hāds frō thefte
if thei foresaw once yt ye pu¦nishmēt were mitigated? And godde forbid that hee whyche once hathe esca∣ped miserable seruitude should euer after tremble and quake at the threat∣nynges of bondage, speci∣allye vnder the coloure of ingratitude or vnkindnes seeynge the kyndes of in∣gratitude are so manye that they can skante well be numbred: and mans na¦ture in the cause of liberty or freedome more then in other causes requireth fa∣uour. Wherefore at thys tyme, good Chauncellour I beseeche you hartelye medle no more withe the examination of any suche cases. But now explane & opē vnto me why ye laws of England being so good
so fruitefull, and so com∣modious, are not taughte in the vniuersities, as the Ciuile and Cannon la∣wes are, and whye in the same none are commen∣ced bachelers and doctors as in other faculties and sciences it is accustomed.
PRinceps. Nec expedit Can∣cellarie in hijs mul¦tum suadere quia licet in Anglia, fu∣res clandestini et manifesti passim morti plectantur, non cessant ipsi i∣bidem omnino p̄∣dari ac si penam tantam illiminime formidarent. Quā¦to tunc minus se abstinerēt a crimīe
si penam preuide∣rent mitiorem? Et absit a seruitute se¦mel euasum, sem∣per deinde sub mi¦nis tremere serui∣tutis, maxime in∣gratitudinis colo∣re, cum ingratitu∣dinum species, vix poterint pre mul∣titudine numerari et humana natura in libertatis causa, fauorem semper magis quam in causis alijs depre∣cetur. Sed iam Cancellarie, ob¦nixè te imploro, vt amodo amissó plurium casuum huiusmodi exami∣ne, michi edicas, quare leges An∣gliae tam bonae, fru¦gi, et optabiles in
vniuersitatibus nō docētur, vt Ciui∣les similiter et ca∣nonū leges: et qua¦re in eisdē nō dan∣tur baccalariatus et doctoratus gra∣dus vt in alijs fa∣cultatib{us} et sciētijs est dari cōsuetum.