TOWARD 



THE UNION OF THE LAWS 



OF 



ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. 



YOUR majesty s desire of proceeding towards the 

 union of this whole island of Great Britain under one 

 law, is, as far as I am capable to make any opinion of 

 so great a cause, very agreeable to policy and justice. 

 To policy, because it is one of the best assurances, as 

 human events can be assured, that there will be 

 never any relapse in any future ages to a separation. 

 To justice, because &quot; dulcis tractus pari jugo:&quot; it is 

 reasonable that communication of privilege draw on 

 communication of discipline and rule. This work 

 being of greatness and difficulty, needeth not to 

 embrace any greater compass of designment, than is 

 necessary to your majesty s main end and intention. 

 I consider therefore, that it is a true and received 

 division of law into &quot;jus publicum&quot; and &quot; privatum,&quot; 

 the one being the sinews of property, and the other of 

 government; for that which concerneth private in 

 terest of &quot; meum&quot; and &quot; tuum,&quot;in my simple opinion, 

 it is not at this time to be meddled with ; men love to 



