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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Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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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 April 30, 2024.

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¶ Wherefore, certaine Kings of England, haue had no delight in their owne Lawes. Chap. 33.

PRinceps, video, inquit, & eas inter totius orbis iura (in casu, quo tu iam sudasti) prae∣fulgere considero, tamen progenito∣rum meorum An∣gliae regum quos∣dam audiuimus, in legibus suis mi∣nime delectatos,

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satagentes proinde, leges ciuiles ad An∣gliae regimē induce∣re, & patrias leges repudiare fuisse co∣natos: horum reuera consilium vehemē∣ter admiror.

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I See plainely, quod the Prince, that in the case, wherein you haue nowe trauailed, they haue the preeminence aboue all o∣ther Lawes of the world, yet wee haue heard, that some of my progenitors, Kings of England, haue not bin pleased with their owne Lawes, and haue therefore gone about to

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bring in the Ciuill lawes to the gouernement of England, and to abolishe their owne Countrie Lawes. For what pur∣pose & intent they so did, I much maruell.

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