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A28801 Examen legum Angliæ, or, The laws of England examined, by Scripture, antiquity and reason cujus author anagrammat[os] est, A gomoz boa oz̄ bary. Booth, A., 17th cent.; Boon, A. 1656 (1656) Wing B3738; ESTC R38641 162,879 175

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26_o 27._o compromise_n and_o there_o be_v not_o any_o cause_n if_o it_o exceed_v in_o value_n ten_o drachma_n which_o be_v but_o fifteen_o penny_n of_o our_o money_n the_o attic_a drachma_n be_v but_o one_o penny_n half_a penny_n but_o it_o past_o these_o man_n hand_n before_o it_o may_v be_v admit_v into_o any_o superior_a court._n in_o like_a manner_n the_o roman_n and_o likewise_o the_o lacedaemonian_n agree_v with_o the_o athenian_n for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o court_n and_o judicatories_n the_o roman_n have_v three_o court_n 41._o court_n sueton._n tranq_n in_o vita_fw-la julii_n caesaris_fw-la sect._n 41._o until_o the_o three_o be_v put_v down_o by_o julius_n caesar_n and_o afterward_o augustus_n &_o other_o emperor_n appoint_v a_o privy_a counsel_n of_o twenty_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o senate_n to_o treat_v of_o great_a affair_n of_o state_n in_o private_a like_o the_o privy_a council_n of_o england_n which_o at_o first_o be_v but_o 15_o person_n 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