Fortescutus illustratus, or, A commentary on that nervous treatise, De laudibus legum Angliæ, written by Sir John Fortescue, Knight ... by Edward Waterhous, Esquire.

Title

Fortescutus illustratus, or, A commentary on that nervous treatise, De laudibus legum Angliæ, written by Sir John Fortescue, Knight ... by Edward Waterhous, Esquire.

Author

Waterhouse, Edward, 1619-1670.

Publication

London :: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Thomas Dicas ...,

1663.

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Subject terms

Fortescue, John, -- Sir, 1394?-1476? -- De laudibus legum Angliae.

Law -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Constitutional law.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE and truely Noble EDWARD EARL of CLARENDON, Lord HIGH-CHANCELLOUR OF ENGLAND.
• license
• AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMENTARY UPON FORTESCUE.
• illustration
• A COMMENTARY Vpon FORTESCUE De laudibus Legum Angliae.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IV.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
  • CHAP. VIII.
  • Chap. IX.
  • CHAP. X.
  • CHAP. XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
  • CHAP. XIII.
  • CHAP. XIV.
  • CHAP. XV.
  • CHAP. XVI.
  • CHAP. XVII,
  • CHAP. XVIII.
  • CHAP. XIX. Solum igitur unum de his quibus agitatur animus tuns, restat explanandum, &c.
  • CHAP. XX.
  • CHAP. XXI.
  • Chap. XXII
  • CHAP. XXIII.
  • CHAP. XXIV.
  • CHAP. XXV.
  • Chap. XXVI.
  • CHAP. XXVII.
  • CHAP. XXVIII.
  • CHAP. XXIX.
  • CHAP. XXX.
  • CHAP. XXXI.
  • CHAP. XXXII.
  • CHAP. XXXIII.
  • CHAP. XXXIV.
  • CHAP. XXXV.
  • CHAP. XXXVI.
  • CHAP. XXXVII.
  • CHAP. XXXVIII.Tunc Princeps. Parce obsecro Cancellarie, &c.
  • CHAP. XXXIX.Cancellarius. Quosdam casus alios in quibus dissentiunt leges predictae, ut petis Prin∣ceps, detegere conabor.
  • CHAP. XL.
  • CHAP. XLI.
  • CHAP. XLII.
  • CHAP. XLIII.
  • CHAP. XLIV.
  • CHAP. XLV.
  • CHAP. XLVI.
  • CHAP. XLVII.
  • CHAP. XLVIII.
  • CHAP. XLIX.
    • To the most High and Puissant Prince and our most dread Sovereign Lord and King Henry the Eight by the grace of God, King of England and of France, Defender of the faith, Lord of Ireland, and on Earth the supreme Head under God of the Church of England, Tho. Denton, Nic. Bacon, and Robert Cary, His Highness most humble and faithful Servants, wish continuance of health, encrease of his most prosperous felicity, and right fortunate success of his Graces most godly Enterprises and Purposes.
      • Hereafter followeth in Articles the manner of the Corporation and Elections, and of Exercises of Learning, together with certain Rules to be observed in the King's Graces House.
    • To the most High and most Excellent Prince our most Gracious and most Redoubted Sovereign Lord and King Henry the Eight, by the grace of God, King of England and of France, Defender of the faith, Lord of Ireland, and supreme Head on Earth immediately under Christ of the Church of England, Tho. Denton, Nic. Bacon, and Robert Cary, His Graces most humble and faithful Ser∣vants, wish prosperous health and continuance of fe∣licity.
      • The manner of the Fellowship and their ordinary Charges, be∣sides their Commons.
  • CHAP. L.
  • CHAP. LI. Sed ut Iustitiariorum sicut & servientium ad legem status tibi innotescat, eorum formam officiumque ut potero jam describam.
  • CHAP. LII.
  • CHAP. LIII.
  • CHAP. LIV.
    • The Authour's Conclusion.
• A TABLE of the principal Heads and material things contained in These COMMENTARYES.
• The Authour's request to the Reader.