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 May 1, 2024.

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BEare with me, I be∣séech you good Chan∣cellour, quod the Prince,

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in that with my questions I haue drawne you so far from your purpose: For, the things, which by this occasion you haue discus∣sed, are to mee right pro∣fitable, though they haue somewhat staied you, and pulled you backe from the ende of your in∣tent, Whereunto I pray you now make haste: and first as you promised, and as you haue begunne, o∣pen vnto me some other cases wherein the senten∣ces of the lawes of Eng∣land, and of the Ciuill lawes, doe disagree.

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