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A69269
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The speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Eschequer Chamber, touching the post-nati
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Egerton, Thomas, Sir, 1540?-1617.
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STC 7540.5; ESTC S100270
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pecus_fw-la and_o cicero_n say_v non_fw-la exempla_fw-la maiorum_fw-la quaerenda_fw-la sed_fw-la confilium_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la exempla_fw-la nata_fw-la sunt_fw-la explicandum_fw-la thus_o have_v justice_n be_v due_o administer_v in_o england_n and_o thereby_o the_o king_n have_v rule_v the_o people_n have_v be_v govern_v and_o the_o kingdom_n have_v flourish_v for_o many_o hundred_o year_n and_o then_o no_o such_o busy_a questionist_n move_v any_o quarrel_n against_o it_o thus_o have_v all_o doubt_n grow_v upon_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la statute_n and_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n make_v in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n and_o upon_o the_o statute_n of_o westmin_n 1._o westm._fw-la 2._o westm._fw-la 3._o and_o many_o other_o statute_n make_v in_o ed._n 1._o time_n and_o upon_o praerogativa_fw-la regis_fw-la and_o many_o other_o statute_n make_v in_o ed._n 2._o time_n be_v from_o time_n to_o time_n expound_v and_o so_o of_o late_a time_n the_o statute_n of_o fines_n of_o use_v of_o willes_n and_o many_o more_o thus_o also_o have_v all_o doubt_n and_o case_n law_n whereof_o there_o be_v no_o statute_n or_o positive_a law_n be_v always_o expound_v for_o such_o be_v most_o of_o the_o case_n which_o we_o have_v in_o our_o yeere-booke_n and_o book_n of_o report_n which_o be_v in_o effect_n nothing_o but_o responsa_fw-la prudentum_fw-la as_o justice_n crook_n do_v true_o say_v upon_o this_o reason_n it_o be_v obsolete_a that_o some_o law_n as_o well_o statute_n law_n as_o common_a law_n be_v obsolete_a and_o wear_v out_o of_o use_n for_o all_o humane_a law_n be_v but_o leges_fw-la temporis_fw-la and_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o judge_n find_v they_o to_o be_v unmeete_a for_o the_o time_n they_o live_v in_o although_o very_o good_a and_o necessary_a for_o the_o time_n wherein_o they_o be_v make_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v leges_fw-la humanae_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la vigent_fw-la &_o moriuntur_fw-la &_o habent_fw-la ortum_fw-la statum_fw-la &_o occasum_fw-la by_o this_o rule_n also_o change_v and_o upon_o this_o reason_n it_o be_v that_o oftentimes_o ancient_a law_n be_v change_v by_o interpretation_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o well_o in_o case_n criminal_a as_o civil_a in_o criminal_a case_n the_o law_n be_v voluntas_fw-la reputabitur_fw-la pro_fw-la facto_fw-la but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o now_o save_v in_o treason_n only_o in_o a_o appeal_n of_o maim_v britton_n fol._n 48._o say_v soit_fw-fr le_fw-fr judgement_n que_fw-fr il_fw-fr perde_o autiel_n member_n come_v il_fw-mi aver_v tolle_fw-la