Keywords: John Fortescue, A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande (1st English ed, 1567, title page) - 20140816.jpg Fletestrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the hand and starre by Rychard Tottill 1567 837169265 The text on the title page is as follows ¶ A learned / commendation of the politique / lawes of Englande vvherin by moſte / pitthy reaſons euident demonſtrations they are / plainelye proued farre to excell aſwell the Ciuile / lawes of the Empiere as alſo all other lawes of / the world with a large diſcourse of the difference / betwene the ii gouernements of kingdomes / whereof the one is onely regall and the / other conſiſteth of regall and po / lityque adminiſtration / conioyned written in latine aboue an hundred yea / res paſt by the learned and right hono / rable maiſter Forteſcue knight lorde / Chauncellour of Englād in y<sup>e</sup> time / of Kinge Henrye the vi / And newly tranſlated into En / gliſhe by Robert / Mulcaſter 1567; scanned on 2014 08 16 Own Smuconlaw other versions 100x100px John Fortescue A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande 1st English ed 1567 colophon - 20140816 jpg 100x100px John Fortescue De Laudibus Legum Angliae 2nd ed 1660 title page - 20131204 jpg PD-old-100 1567 books De Laudibus Legum Angliæ by John Fortescue Title pages from England |