Image: John Fortescue, A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande (1st English ed, 1567, title page) - 20140816

Description: Title page of John Fortescue (1567) A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande: VVherin by moste Pitthy Reasons & Euident Demonstrations they are Plainelye Proued Farre to Excell aswell the Ciuile Lawes of the Empiere, as also all other Lawes of the World, with a Large Discourse of the Difference betwene the. ii. Gouernements of Kingdomes: Whereof the One is onely Regall, and the Other Consisteth of Regall and Polityque Administration Conioyned. Written in Latine aboue an Hundred Yeares Past, by the Learned and Right Honorable Maister Fortescue Knight, Lorde Chauncellour of England in the Time of Kinge Henrye the. vi. And Newly Translated into Englishe by Robert Mulcaster (1st English ed.), London: Imprinted ... in Fletestrete within Temple Barre, at the signe of the hand and starre, by Rychard Tottill OCLC: 837169265. The text on the title page is as follows: "¶ A learned / commendation of the politique / lawes of Englande: vvherin by moſte / pitthy reaſons & euident demonſtrations they are / plainelye proued farre to excell aſwell the Ciuile / lawes of the Empiere, as alſo all other lawes of / the world, with a large diſcourse of the difference / betwene the. ii. gouernements of kingdomes: / whereof the one is onely regall, and the / other conſiſteth of regall and po⸗ / lityque adminiſtration / conioyned." "written in latine aboue an hundred yea⸗ / res paſt, by the learned and right hono⸗ / rable maiſter Forteſcue knight, lorde / Chauncellour of Englād in ye time / of Kinge Henrye the. vi. / And newly tranſlated into En / gliſhe by Robert / Mulcaſter."
Title: John Fortescue, A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande (1st English ed, 1567, title page) - 20140816
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