THus whē ye Chancel∣lor had said, hee held his peace, to whom the Prince began on this wise to speake. You haue ouer∣come mee, welbeloued Chancellour, with your most pleasant talk, wher∣with you haue inflamed
De laudibus legum Angliæ writen by Sir Iohn Fortescue L. Ch. Iustice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Hereto are ioind the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham L. Ch. Iustice to K. Edward I. commonly calld Hengham magna, and Hengham parua. Neuer before publisht. Notes both on Fortescue and Hengham are added
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- De laudibus legum Angliæ writen by Sir Iohn Fortescue L. Ch. Iustice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Hereto are ioind the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham L. Ch. Iustice to K. Edward I. commonly calld Hengham magna, and Hengham parua. Neuer before publisht. Notes both on Fortescue and Hengham are added
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- Fortescue, John, Sir, 1394?-1476?
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"De laudibus legum Angliæ writen by Sir Iohn Fortescue L. Ch. Iustice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Hereto are ioind the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham L. Ch. Iustice to K. Edward I. commonly calld Hengham magna, and Hengham parua. Neuer before publisht. Notes both on Fortescue and Hengham are added." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01083.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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my minde with a fer∣uent desire towarde the knowledge of the Lawe. Howbeit two things there bee, that doe tosse my minde too and fro, and so disquiet it, that like a Shippe in the ra∣ging waues it know∣eth not which way to encline for ease. The one is, while it conside∣reth how many yeeres the students of the lawes bestowe therein before they can attaine to suf∣ficient knowledge of the same: Which causeth my minde also to dread, least that I should like∣wise spend the yeeres of my youth. The o∣ther is, whether I shall apply my selfe to the studie of the Lawes of England, or of the Ci∣uile
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laws, which through out the whole Worlde are chiefely esteemed: For people may not bee gouerned but by right good Lawes, and as the Philosopher saith, na∣ture coueteth that which is best. Wherefore I would gladly heare your coun∣cell in this behalfe. To whom the Chancellour made this answer. These matters, O Kings sonne, are not hidde vnder so deepe and darke myste∣ries, that they require any great deliberati∣on, or aduisement. And therefore what I thinke best heerein I will not hyde