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

¶ The Princes replie to the Chancellours motion. Chap. 2.

HAEc vt audiuit princeps, erec∣to in senem vultu, sic locutus est. Scio, Cancellarie, quòd liber deut. quem ••u commemoras, sacrae scripturae volumen est; leges quoque & ceremoniae in eo conscriptae, etiam sacrae sunt, à domino edi••ae, & {per} Moysen promulgatae: quare eas legere sanctae contēplationis dul∣cedo est. Sed lex, ad cuius scientiam me inuitas, humana est, ab hominibus aedita, & tractās ter∣rena: quo, licet Moyses ad Deuter lecturam Reges Is∣rael astrinxerit, eum per hoc reges alios,

ad consimiliter fa∣ciendum in suis le∣gib{us}, concitasse, om∣nē effugit rationē, cū vtrius{que} lecturae non sit eadem causa.

THe Prince hearing this, and stedfastly beholding the old man, spake thus to him. I know good Chancellour that the booke of Deutro∣nomie, wherof you speak, is a booke of holy Scrip∣ture: The lawes also and ordinances therein con∣tayned are holy, of the Lords making, and pub∣lished by Moses: Where∣fore the reading of them is a pleasant act of holy contemplation. But that Law, to the knowledge whereof you counsell me, is humane, made by men, and intreating of worldly matters: where∣fore though Moyses bind the Kings of Israell to the reading of Gods Law, yet that thereby he forceth all other Kings

〈◊〉〈◊〉 doe the like in their owne lawes, that stan∣deth by no good reason, seing that of both the rea∣dings the cause is not like.