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| Keywords: Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus, or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ (1663, title page).jpg Title page of Fortescutus Illustratus or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ 1663 by Edward Waterhouse This book was a commentary on John Fortescue's work De Laudibus Legum Angliæ Concerning the Praises of the Laws of England first published posthumously in 1543 an influential treatise on English law The text is as follows Forteſcutus Illuſtratus / OR A / COMMENTARY / On that Nervous T<small>REATISE</small> / De Laudibus Legum Angliæ / Written by Sir J<small>OHN</small> F<small>ORTESCUE</small> Knight / firſt Lord Chief Justice after Lord Chancellour / to King H<small>ENRY</small> the Sixth VVhich T<small>REATISE</small> dedicated to Prince / E<small>DWARD</small> that King s Son and Heir Whom he At- / tended in his retirement into France and to Whom he / loyally and affectionately imparted Himſelf in the Virtue and Va- / riety of His Excellent Diſcourſe hee purpoſely wrote to conſoli- / date his Princely minde in the love and approbation of the good Lawes of / E<small>NGLAND</small> and of the laudable Cuſtoms of this his Native Country The Heroique Deſign of whoſe Excellent Judgement and / loyal Addiction to his Prince is humbly endeavoured / to be Revived Admired and Advanced / by EDWARD WATERHOUS Eſquire Χρὴ τοὺς νόμους μὲν τίθεσθαι σφοδρῶς ραοτέρως δὲ κολάζειν ἢ ὡς ἐκείνοι κελεύουσι Oportet leges quidem acriter ſtatui mitius autem quam ipſæ jubent pœnas ſu- mere Iſæus apud Stobæum Serm 147 It is necessary that the laws be drawn up with severity but that punishments milder than the laws should be exacted w Isaeus in Stobaeus Sermons 147 Stobaeus De Regno xlviii 25 see Weidmann 1909 255 61942202 LONDON / Printed by Tho Roycroft for Thomas Dicas at the Sign of the Hen and Chickens in St Paul ' s Church-yard 1663 https //archive org/stream/fortescutusillus00wateuoft page/n8/mode/1up from St Paul ' s Church-yard 1663 830342279 Edward Waterhouse 1663 other versions File Edward Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ 1663 pdf PD-old-100 Fortescutus Illustratus or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ 1663 by Edward Waterhouse Title pages from England | ||||
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