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describo_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la magun_fw-ge sit_v indaginis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qualitates_fw-la nec_fw-la diffido_fw-la ingenij_fw-la tui_fw-la solerciam_fw-la eas_fw-la sufficienter_fw-la posse_fw-la rimari_fw-la ¶_o the_o prince_n regardethe_v not_o the_o case_n now_o rehearse_v cap._n 47._o no_o nor_o it_o boot_v not_o good_a chauncelloure_n herein_o much_o to_o tarry_v quoth_v the_o prince_n for_o though_o in_o england_n aswell_o open_a as_o pryvy_v thief_n be_v commenlye_o put_v to_o death_n yette_v cease_v they_o not_o there_o from_o steal_v as_o though_o theye_n have_v no_o fear_n of_o so_o great_a a_o punishment_n how_o much_o less_o than_o will_v they_o which_o tholde_v their_o hand_n from_o theft_n if_o they_o foresee_v once_o y_o t_o y_fw-fr e_o punishment_n be_v mitigate_v and_o godde_n forbid_v that_o he_o which_o once_o have_v escape_v miserable_a servitude_n shall_v ever_o after_o tremble_v and_o quake_v at_o the_o threatnynge_n of_o bondage_n special_o under_o the_o 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angliae_fw-la tam_fw-la bonae_fw-la frugi_fw-la et_fw-la optabiles_fw-la in_o universitatibus_fw-la non_fw-la docentur_fw-la ut_fw-la civiles_fw-la similiter_fw-la et_fw-la canonum_fw-la leges_fw-la et_fw-la quare_fw-la in_o eisden_n non_fw-la dantur_fw-la baccalariatus_fw-la et_fw-la doctoratus_fw-la gradus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o alijs_fw-la facultatibê°_n et_fw-la scientijs_fw-la est_fw-la dari_fw-la consuetum_fw-la ¶_o here_o the_o chauncelour_n show_v why_o the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v not_o teach_v in_o the_o university_n cap._n 48._o in_o the_o university_n of_o england_n quoth_v the_o chancellor_n science_n be_v not_o teach_v butt_n in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n and_o the_o law_n of_o that_o land_n be_v to_o be_v learn_v in_o three_o several_a tongue_n to_o wit_n in_o the_o english_a tongue_n y_z e_z french_fw-mi tongue_n &_o you_o e_o latin_a tongue_n in_o the_o english_a tongue_n because_o that_o law_n be_v most_o use_v and_o long_a continue_v amongst_o the_o english_a man_n 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errabit_fw-la os_fw-la eius_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la profundè_fw-la determinatèue_v intelligere_fw-la tenetur_fw-la princeps_fw-la scripturas_fw-la sacras_fw-la ut_fw-la decet_fw-la sacrae_fw-la theologiae_fw-la ê“fessor_n sufficit_fw-la namque_fw-la ei_fw-la earum_fw-la in_fw-la confusô_o degusta_fw-mi re_fw-mi sententias_fw-la qualiter_fw-la et_fw-la peritiam_fw-la legis_fw-la svae_fw-la sic_fw-la et_fw-la feceâ—unt_fw-la carolus_n magâ—us_n lodovicê°_n filius_fw-la eiê°_n et_fw-fr robertê°_n quondam_a rex_fw-la francia_fw-la qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la scripsit_fw-la seqnntian_n sancti_fw-la spiritê°_n ad_fw-la sit_fw-la nobis_fw-la gratia_fw-la et_fw-la quam_fw-la plures_fw-la alij_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o xu_o ca._n lib._n pndicti_fw-la vincentius_n pndictê°_n luculenter_n docet_fw-la vnde_fw-la et_fw-la doctores_fw-la legum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la qd_n ’_o imperator_fw-la gerit_fw-la oina_fw-la iura_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o scrinio_fw-la pectoris_fw-la svi_fw-la non_fw-la qa_fw-la onina_fw-la 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quondam_a incepisti_fw-la i_o erudias_fw-la docens_fw-la quodamodo_fw-la eius_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la formam_fw-la et_fw-la naturam_fw-la quia_fw-la lex_fw-la ista_fw-la mihi_fw-la semê‘_n peculiaris_fw-la erit_fw-la inter_fw-la ceteras_fw-la legê_n orbis_fw-la inter_fw-la quas_fw-la ipsam_fw-la lucere_fw-la conspicio_fw-la ut_fw-la lucifer_fw-la inter_fw-la stellas_fw-la et_fw-la dum_fw-la intentioni_fw-la tuus_fw-la qua_fw-la ad_fw-la collationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la concitatus_fw-la es_fw-la iam_fw-la satisfactum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la ambigo_fw-la tempus_fw-la postulat_fw-la et_fw-la ratio_fw-la ut_fw-la nostris_fw-la colloquiis_fw-la terminum_fw-la conferamus_fw-la reddentes_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_n laudes_fw-la ei_fw-la et_fw-la gratias_fw-la qui_fw-la ea_fw-la incepit_fw-la prosecutê°_n est_fw-la et_fw-la finivit_fw-la alpha_n et_fw-fr o_fw-fr quem_fw-la dicimê°_n quem_fw-la et_fw-la laudet_fw-la onnis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la amen_o ¶_o the_o table_n a_o introduction_n to_o the_o matter_n fo._n 3._o the_o chanceller_n move_v the_o prince_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n fo._n 4._o the_o prince_n reply_n to_o y_z e_z motion_n 7_o the_o chancellor_n fortify_v his_o assertion_n 8_o the_o chancellor_n prove_v that_o a_o prince_n by_o the_o law_n may_v be_v make_v happy_a and_o bless_a 10_o ignorance_n of_o the_o law_n cause_v contempt_n thereof_o 14_o the_o chancellor_n brief_o repete_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o persuasion_n 17_o the_o prince_n yeldoth_a himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n though_o he_o be_v yet_o disquiet_v with_o it_o certain_a doubt_n 19_o so_o much_o knowledge_n as_o be_v necessary_a for_o a_o prince_n be_v soon_o have_v 20_o a_o king_n who_o government_n be_v politic_a can_v change_v his_o law_n 25_o the_o prince_n demand_v a_o question_n 27_o the_o answer_n be_v omit_v for_o that_o in_o a_o other_o work_v it_o be_v handle_v at_o large_a 28_o how_o kingdom_n rule_v by_o royaâ—â—â—overnement_n only_o first_o begin_v 28_o how_o kingedone_n of_o politic_a governance_n be_v first_o begin_v 30_o the_o prince_n compendious_o abridge_v all_o that_o the_o chancellor_n before_o have_v discourse_v at_o large_a 33_o all_o law_n be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n custon_n or_o statute_n 36_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o all_o country_n be_v one_o 37_o the_o custom_n of_o england_n be_v of_o most_o ancient_a antiquity_n practise_v and_o receive_v of_o v._o several_a nation_n from_o one_o to_o another_o by_o success_n 38_o with_o what_o gravity_n statute_n be_v make_v in_o england_n 39_o a_o mean_a to_o know_v the_o diversity_n between_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o the_o law_n of_o england_n 41_o the_o first_o case_n wherein_o the_o civil_a law_n &_o the_o law_n of_o england_n differ_v 42_o inconvenience_n that_o come_v of_o that_o law_n which_o no_o otherwise_o they_o by_o witness_n admit_v trial_n 43_o of_o the_o cruelty_n of_o rackinge_n 46_o the_o civil_a law_n oft_o failethe_v in_o do_v of_o justice_n 50_o how_o county_n be_v divide_v and_o sheriff_n choose_v 51_o how_o jurer_n 〈…〉_o choose_n &_o swear_v 54_o how_o jurer_n 〈…〉_o to_o be_v inform_v by_o evydence_n and_o witness_n 57_o how_o cause_v criminal_a be_v determine_v in_o england_n 61_o the_o prince_n grant_v the_o law_n of_o england_n to_o be_v more_o commodious_a for_o the_o subject_n then_o y_z e_z civil_a law_n in_o the_o case_n dispute_v 63_o why_o inqueste_n be_v not_o make_v by_o jury_n of_o xii_o man_n in_o other_o realm_n aswell_o as_o in_o england_n 65_o the_o prince_n commend_v the_o law_n of_o england_n of_o their_o proceed_n by_o jury_n 69_o the_o prince_n doubt_v whether_o this_o procede_a by_o jury_n be_v repugnant_a to_o god_n law_n or_o not_o 70_o that_o the_o proceed_n by_o a_o jury_n 〈◊〉_d not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n 72_o why_o certain_a king_n of_o england_n have_v have_v no_o delight_n in_o their_o own_o law_n 76_o the_o chaunceller_n open_v the_o cause_n which_o the_o prince_n demand_v 77_o the_o 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differ_v 108_o the_o prince_n regardethe_v not_o a_o case_n rehearse_v 109_o the_o chaunceller_n show_v why_o the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v not_o teach_v in_o the_o university_n 110_o the_o disposition_n 〈◊〉_d general_a study_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o same_o in_o number_n pass_v certain_a university_n 113_o of_o the_o state_n and_o degree_n of_o a_o sergeant_n at_o law_n and_o how_o he_o be_v create_v 116_o after_o what_o manner_n a_o justice_n be_v create_v and_o of_o his_o habit_n and_o conversation_n 121_o the_o prince_n fyndethe_v fault_n wythe_v delay_n that_o be_v make_v in_o the_o king_n court_n 125_o that_o delay_n which_o happen_v in_o the_o king_n court_n be_v necessary_a and_o reasonable_a 126_o that_o the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v right_n good_a the_o knowledge_n thereof_o expediente_a for_o king_n and_o that_o it_o shall_v suffice_v they_o to_o have_v but_o a_o superficial_a knowledge_n of_o the_o same_o 129_o imprint_v at_o london_n in_o fleetstreet_n within_o temple_n bar_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o star_n by_o richard_n tottill_o 1567._o