Here he sheweth that the Ciuill Law oft faileth in doing of Iustice. Chap. 23. (Book 23)
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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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- 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 May 22, 2025.
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iniurijs, vel haereditatis titulo, ius accreuerit homi∣ni agendi in iudi∣cio: si testes non fu∣erint, vel, si qui fue∣rint, moriantur, suc∣cumbet ipse agens in causa sua, nisi ius suū probare valeat ineuitabilibus con∣iecturis, qd facere crebro non contin∣git. Quare de domi nijs & alijs possessi∣onibus iure ciuili re¦gulatis, similiter & in omnibus actioni¦bus cadentibus sub eodē iure, actiones agentium pro defe∣ctu testium quam pluries suffocantur, ita quod earum vix pars media opta∣tum finem sortia∣tur.
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Qualis tunc est lex huiusmodi, quae iniuratis, taliter de∣ficit in iustitia red∣denda? dubito an ••usta vocari merea∣tur, quia in eadem lege scribitur quod Iustitia vnicuiqu•• tribuit quod suum est, quod non faciat lex talis.
MOreouer, if by reasō of bargaining, or by
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suffering of iniuries, or by Title of inheri∣tance, right doe ac∣crewe to a man, to pleade in Iudgement: If there bee no witnesses, or if such as were witnesses bee deade, the Plain∣tife must needes let his Action fall, except hee bee able to prooue his right by ineuitable con∣iectures, which is sel∣dome seene. Where∣fore concerning Lorde∣shippes, and other posses∣sion ruled by the Ciuill Lawe, And in all Ac∣tions falling vnder the same Lawe, the Acti∣ons of the Plaintifes, for want of witnesses, many times are choa∣ked, so that scante the halfe part of them at∣taineth to the desired
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ende. What manner of law then is this, which to them that sustain wrong thus faileth in yeelding Iustice? I doubt whether it deserueth to be called a iust Lawe, because in the same Law it is written, that Iustice rendreth to euerie man that which is his owne, But this can∣not such a Law doe.