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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London :: [Printed by Adam Islip?] for the Companie of Stationers,
M.DC.XVI [1616]
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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 3, 2024.

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IMmediatly the Prince thus said. How com∣meth this to passe, good Chancellour, that one King may gouerne his people by power Royall onely, & that another king can haue no such power, seing both these Kinges are in dignitie equall,

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I cannot chose but much muse & marueile why in power they should thus differ.

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