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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12924	An exposicion of the kinges prerogatiue collected out of the great abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert and other olde writers of the lawes of Englande by the right woorshipfull sir William Staunford Knight, lately one of the iustices of the Queenes maiesties court of comon pleas: whereunto is annexed the proces to the same prerogatiue appertaining. 1567	Staunford, William, Sir, 1509-1558.; Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir, 1470-1538. Graunde abridgement.	1567 (1567)	STC 23213; ESTC S117783	123,769	174

¶ An exposicion of the kinges prerogatiue collected out of the great abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert and other olde writers of the lawes of Englande by the right woorshipfull sir William Staunford Knight lately one of the Iustices of the Queenes maiesties court of comon pleas Whereunto is annexed the Proces to the same Prerogatiue appertaining 1567. To the right honorable sir Nicholas Bacon knight lord keeper of the great seale of Englande Richard Tottel wisheth health and long lyfe with encrease of honour NOt long sythens right honorable and my especiall good Lord there was deliuered to mee A collection of the kinges prerogatiue whiche Maister Staunforde had gathered and dedicated vnto your honour which woorke bycause it is thought well of by the Sages of the lawe and well worthy to be printed I am therefore the bolder to put it in print and publishe the same And although the saide Maister Staunforde verie shortlye after that hee hadd dedicated the same booke vnto your Lordship were for his wisedome grauitie learning integritie syncere dealinge aduaunced to be a Iudge in the chiefe Court of this Realme for common plees and for his good seruice therein was by iust desert made knight and albeit that your Lordship also sythens that tyme haue achieued the place title and degree of high honour by the iudgemēt calling of the Queenes most excellent maiesty Yet I haue printed the Epistle dedicatorie of the said woork in the same termes that the Authour thereof vsed and with the same stile that your honour and he both then had when he dedicated the said woorke vnto your Lordship as a Monument and token of the mutuall long continued amitie betwene you moste humbly praieng your Lordship to accept in good parte accordinge to your accustomed goodnes this my boldnes with your honour and to pardon the same This 20. day of Nouember Your honours most bounden Richard Tottell ¶ Guilielmus Staunfordus Nicholao Bacono Regie Maiestati a Tutelarum procuratione S. 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QVanquam Anglicanae leges amice singularis haud minorem merentur laudem quā Iudex Fortescueus libro de earum laudibus conscripto eis tribuere videtur tamen quoniam earum cognitio tam procul nobis dissita sit profectio ad eam tam supra modum longa ac operosa tū viae et semitae tam asperae tā salabrosae tam inamaenae sint vt ad sui aditum paucissimos inuitet quā plurimos ab sterreat vel potius auertat Optarem in tanta iurisperitorum turba quam Anglia nunc habet aliquid excogitari posse leuandis legum Studiosis prolongo isto ac molesto itinere Vt propiore ac commodiore via ducti valerent et proficiscēdo absoluto itinere alias degustare literas quibus non solum legalem scientiam multum illustrarent sed et munia eis a Regia Maiestate mandata tum pulchriûs tum honorificentiús administrarent Id quod meo iudicio cōmodissimê fieri possit si tituli in magna quā vocant Fitzherberti Epitome vel a Iudicibus nostris vel ab aliis legum peritis sedulo forent euoluti atque elaborati hoc est omni titulo in classes ac ordines distributo singulis eorum actis ac causis certae legum regulae ac Maximae presiderent Exempli gratia In Breuis titulū cadere possunt hec videlicet Forma vitiosa Nomendatura seu ꝑsonae seu vici Eadē res bis petita Obitus vel actoris vel rei Nominis alterutrius partis pēdente lite mutatio ceteraque huiusmodi quae nunc nimis longo titulo spersa tam tumultuarie reperiuntur vt multo maiorem tum eruditionem tum sudores tum vigilias exigat eorū distributio quā rectê distributa ediscere Et tamen non possum committere quin tantae epitomes scriptorem vel amplissimis laudibus veham qui súma sua doctrina exactissimo iudicio immensis ac pene dixerim exanclatis laboribus tam numerosam voluminum multitudinem quibus vel legendis vix vnius hominis aetas quantumlibet viuacis sufficeret in vnū dūtaxat volumen atque adeo epitomen contraxit vt nunc nostratibus iurisperitis modo volentibus minima opera componere liceat quippiam tam facile tam vtile tam frugiferū vnde studiosi dimidiato tempore quo antehac legibus obdormire sint visi cum maturiorē tum certiorem noticiam assequerentur Quo nomine rei mihi tam vehementer expetitae typum quendam pro posui ac quasi primas inde lineas duxi Recipiens ad me huiusmodi p̄dictorum titulos qui Regiam prerogatiuam spectant non quod sum aliqua ex parte dignus rem tam eximiam tamque sublimem tractare nec quod eruditione id prestare valeam Siquidem de meo nihilo plus hic est quā collectio ac dispositio tantum earum rerum quae eisdem titulis includuntur Sed magis quod istud meum commentitium qualecunque sit tibi semper destinaueram id quod in nullum alium preter hunc titulum cōmodè experiri potui tum quod ad magistra tum tuum Regij procuratoris tutelarum maxime partinere videbatur tum quod cōpertum habeo te iurisprudentiae incūbentem hūc quem proposui morem hactenus obtinuisse quod fecit vt reliquos tuos contemporaneos eruditione multis stadijs precurras tum denique quod tuum iudicium super hisce rebus in quibus assiduè versaris ac exercitaris requiro Certus me hic rem habere cum homine tam amico vt si quid lectione dignum inuenerit id pergratè sit accepturus sin minus certè aequi bonique consulturus reliquum quod habet vitij emendaturus aut saltem ad id coniuere velle cōfido Proinde istud quicquid est tibi nuncupo lege ac pro tua voluntate fruere Vale. To the right woorshipfull and his singuler frinde Nicholas Bacon the kinges Attourney of his court of wardes and Liuereys William Staunford wisheth helth long lyfe and prosperous successe ALbeit the lawes of Englande right singuler frinde are worthye no lesse honour praise and commendacion then Iustice Fortescue in his booke written of the praises thereof dooth attribute and geue vnto them yet forasmuch as the knowledge of the said lawes is placed so farre of the iourney thereunto so exceading long and painefull the waies and pathes so rugged and vnpleasant I would wish that amonges such plenty of learned men as be at this day some thing were deuised to help the studēts of their lōg iorney that they being led a more nere plesant way might both as they went and after they came to theire iorneis end gather some other knowledge not onely therewith to garnish theire owne science but also the better to serue in such honorable rome as they be called to serue the kinge and soueraigne lord in which thing might well come to passe after my poore mynde if such