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A59100	Tracts written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire ; the first entituled, Jani Anglorvm facies altera, rendred into English, with large notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, Gent. ; the second, England's epinomis ; the third, Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdictions of testaments ; the fourth, Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods ; the three last never before extant.; Selections. 1683	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Jani Anglorum facies altera. English.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. England's epinomis.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments.	1683 (1683)	Wing S2441; ESTC R14343	196,477	246

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successor_n magus_n sarron_n druis_n from_o who_o the_o druid_n etc._n etc._n p._n 5_o chap._n iu_o k._n phranicus_n 900._o year_n after_o samothe_n be_v to_o reside_v in_o pannonia_n entrust_v the_o druid_n with_o the_o government_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n brutus_n aeneas_n his_o grandson_n arrive_v and_o be_v own_a king_n by_o the_o britan_n and_o build_v t●oynovant_n i._n e._n london_n dunvallo_n molmutius_n 600._o year_n after_o be_v king_n and_o make_v law_n concern_v sanctuary_n road_n or_o highway_n and_o plowland_n k._n belin_n his_o son_n confirm_v those_o law_n and_o cast_v up_o four_o great_a cause-waye_n through_o the_o island_n a_o further_a account_n of_o molmutius_n p._n 6_o chap._n v._n a_o brief_a account_n of_o q._n regent_n martia_n and_o of_o merchenlage_n whether_o so_o call_v from_o she_o or_o from_o the_o mercian_n annius_n again_o censure_v for_o a_o forger_n and_o his_o berosus_n for_o a_o fabulous_a writer_n p._n 7_o chap._n vi_o the_o story_n of_o brutus_n canvas_v and_o take_v to_o be_v a_o poetic_a fiction_n of_o the_o bard_n jeoffry_n of_o monmouth_n credit_n call_v in_o question_n antiquary_n at_o a_o loss_n in_o their_o judgement_n of_o these_o frivolous_a story_n p._n 8_o chap._n vii_o what_o the_o trojan_a law_n be_v which_o brutus_n bring_v in_o that_o concern_v the_o elder_a son_n inherit_v the_o whole_a estate_n confute_v in_o the_o first_o time_n there_o be_v no_o positive_a law_n yet_o mention_v make_v of_o they_o in_o some_o very_a ancient_a author_n notwithstanding_o a_o remark_n of_o some_o ancient_a writer_n to_o the_o contrary_a p._n 10_o chap._n viii_o a_o account_n of_o the_o druid_n out_o of_o caesar_n commentary_n whence_o they_o be_v so_o call_v their_o determine_n in_o point_n of_o law_n and_o pass_a sentence_n in_o case_n of_o crime_n their_o award_n bind_v all_o party_n their_o way_n of_o excommunicate_v or_o outlaw_v they_o have_v a_o chief_a over_o they_o how_o he_o be_v choose_v their_o privilege_n and_o immunity_n p._n 12_o chap._n ix_o the_o menage_n of_o their_o school_n without_o write_v on_o other_o occasion_n they_o may_v use_v the_o greek_a letter_n as_o caesar_n say_v yet_o not_o have_v the_o language_n the_o greek_a letter_n then_o be_v other_o than_o what_o they_o be_v now_o these_o borrow_a from_o the_o gaul_n as_o those_o from_o the_o phoenician_n ceregy-drudion_a or_o the_o druid_n stone_n in_o wales_n this_o place_n of_o caesar_n suspect_v lipsius_n his_o judgement_n of_o

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with_o true_a one_o and_o afterward_o dress_v up_o and_o bring_v upon_o the_o stage_n very_o many_o nation_n say_v trithemius_n as_o well_o in_o europe_n as_o in_o asia_n secundis_fw-la pretend_v they_o take_v their_o original_n from_o the_o trojan_n to_o who_o i_o have_v think_v good_a to_o lend_v so_o much_o faith_n as_o they_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o persuade_v i_o of_o truth_n by_o sufficient_a testimony_n they_o be_v frivolous_a thing_n which_o they_o bring_v concern_v their_o own_o nobility_n and_o antiquity_n have_v a_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v open_o to_o boast_v as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o people_n in_o europe_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o troy_n and_o as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o one_o among_o the_o trojan_n themselves_o of_o ignoble_a birth_n he_o who_o make_v the_o alphabetical_a index_n to_o jeoffry_n of_o monmouth_n who_o be_v bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n too_o as_o he_o be_v print_v and_o put_v forth_o by_o ascensius_n prop_v up_o the_o author_n credit_n 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