The reverse or back-face of the English Janus to-wit, all that is met with in story concerning the common and statute-law of English Britanny, from the first memoirs of the two nations, to the decease of King Henry II. set down and tackt together succinctly by way of narrative : designed, devoted and dedicated to the most illustrious the Earl of Salisbury / written in Latin by John Selden ... ; and rendred into English by Redman Westcot, Gent.

Title

The reverse or back-face of the English Janus to-wit, all that is met with in story concerning the common and statute-law of English Britanny, from the first memoirs of the two nations, to the decease of King Henry II. set down and tackt together succinctly by way of narrative : designed, devoted and dedicated to the most illustrious the Earl of Salisbury / written in Latin by John Selden ... ; and rendred into English by Redman Westcot, Gent.

Author

Selden, John, 1584-1654.

Publication

London :: Printed for Thomas Basset, and Richard Chiswell,

MDCLXXXII [1682]

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Law -- England -- History and criticism.

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"The reverse or back-face of the English Janus to-wit, all that is met with in story concerning the common and statute-law of English Britanny, from the first memoirs of the two nations, to the decease of King Henry II. set down and tackt together succinctly by way of narrative : designed, devoted and dedicated to the most illustrious the Earl of Salisbury / written in Latin by John Selden ... ; and rendred into English by Redman Westcot, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59093.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• To the Right Honourable and truly Noble Lord, Robert Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborn, Baron Cecil of Essenden, Knight of the Illustrious Order of the Garter, Lord High Treasurer of England, Master of the Court of Wards, and Privy Counsellor to His Most Excellent Majesty, JAMES, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Heartily according to his high desert, I devote and dedicate,
• THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THE READER.
• THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE READER.
• encomia
  • .
  • In laudem dignissimi Authoris, & politioris literaturae candidati, Carmen.
  • ALIUD.
  • ASTRAEAE BRIT.
  • In Epigraphen Libri Carmen.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS.
• THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ENGLISH JANUS.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IV.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
  • CHAP. VIII.
  • CHAP. IX.
  • CHAP. X.
  • CHAP. XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
  • CHAP. XIII.
  • CHAP. XIV.
  • CHAP. XV.
  • CHAP. XVI.
  • CHAP. XVII.
  • CHAP. XVIII.
  • CHAP. XIX.
  • CHAP. XX.
  • CHAP. XXI.
  • CHAP. XXII.
  • CHAP. XXIII.
  • CHAP. XXIV.
  • CHAP. XXV.
• THE SECOND BOOK OF THE ENGLISH JANUS.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IV.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
  • CHAP. VIII.
  • CHAP. IX.
  • CHAP. X.
  • CHAP. XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
  • CHAP. XIII.
  • CHAP. XIV.
  • CHAP. XV.
  • CHAP. XVI.
  • CHAP. XVII.
  • CHAP. XVIII.
  • CHAP. XIX.
  • CHAP. XX.
  • CHAP. XXI.
• A Brief CHRONOLOGY TO Attend and Assist THE HISTORY.
• notes
  • BRIEF NOTES UPON Some of the more Difficult Passages IN THE TITLE-PAGE.
  • In the Author's PREFACE.
  • In the FIRST BOOK.
    • CHAP. 1.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IV.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
    • CHAP. XXI.
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXIII.
    • CHAP. XXIV.
    • CHAP. XXV.
  • In the SECOND BOOK.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IV.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIV.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
    • CHAP. XXI.
• to the reader
• ERRATA.