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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Pio Lectori.

IStius non minus pij, quam eruditi opusculi exemplar, nactus, quum antiquitatem venerandam, vnà cum eru∣ditione ac pietate coniunxe∣rim: Non potui optime le∣ctor, aut patriae tam ingra∣tus, aut antiquitatis tam in∣officiosus cultor esse, vt te illius lectione diutius frau∣darem. Continet enim in se (vt caetera taceam) politi∣carum & ciuilium nostrae

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Angliae legum, quibus prae∣clara & florentissima haec respublica sub illustrissimo & nunquam satis laudato principe nostro rege Henri∣co sexto, eiusque progenito∣ribus regibus Angliae hacte∣nus felicissime fuerit erecta, instituta & gubernata, do∣ctissimum encomion. Vnde easdem nostras leges non so∣lum Romanorum Caesarū, sed & omnium aliarum na∣tionum constitutiones, mul∣tis parasangis, prudentia,

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iustitia, & equitate, praecel∣lere, facile perspicias. Eme ergo, lege, & fruere, ac la∣bores nostros boni consule.

Vale.
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