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A29951
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Non compos mentis, or, The law relating to natural fools, mad-folks, and lunatick persons inquisited and explained for common benefit / by John Brydall, Esq.
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Brydall, John, b. 1635?
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Wing B5265; ESTC R19885
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the_o judge_n in_o beverley_n case_n sir_n robert_n holbourn_n in_o his_o read_n upon_o the_o statute_n of_o 25_o e._n 3._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr proditionibus_fw-la 18._o read_v print_v anno_fw-la 1681._o p._n 17_o 18._o say_v thus_o all_o age_n be_v within_o this_o law_n as_o in_o folk_n which_o have_v knowledge_n or_o man_n of_o non_fw-la sanae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la and_o a_o madman_n be_v also_o within_o this_o law_n as_o to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o statute_n which_o concern_v more_o immediate_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n for_o if_o any_o of_o they_o aforemention_v in_o this_o division_n shall_v compass_v his_o death_n it_o be_v treason_n within_o the_o first_o clause_n but_o not_o in_o the_o clause_n of_o levy_v war_n but_o a_o man_n that_o be_v surdus_fw-la coecus_fw-la &_o mutus_fw-la be_v not_o within_o this_o law_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o have_v understanding_n and_o afterward_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o i._o s._n after_o he_o become_v mad_a kill_v the_o queen_n this_o be_v treason_n 34._o p._n 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o within_o this_o law_n first_o because_o a_o man_n may_v counterfeit_v himself_o to_o be_v mad_a and_o he_o may_v do_v it_o so_o cunning_o as_o it_o can_v be_v discern_v whether_o he_o be_v mad_a or_o no._n the_o second_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o great_a esteem_n that_o the_o law_n give_v to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n for_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o justice_n and_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o point_n that_o it_o may_v be_v understand_v we_o ought_v to_o see_v what_o the_o common_a law_n be_v before_o the_o make_n of_o this_o statute_n as_o to_o this_o point_n and_o then_o ought_v to_o inquire_v and_o see_v how_o the_o law_n be_v alter_v since_o the_o make_n of_o the_o statute_n and_o by_o this_o mean_v we_o shall_v find_v out_o the_o law_n and_o the_o reason_n thereof_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o law_n without_o special_a word_n will_v not_o bind_v a_o infant_n or_o a_o madman_n as_o to_o the_o 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