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&quot; unt media ;&quot; for we have both the reverence of an 

 tiquity and the possession of the present times, and 

 they but the middle times \ and besides, in all true 

 judgment there is a very great difference between 

 an usage to prove a thing lawful, and a non-usage 

 to prove it unlawful : for the practice plainly im- 

 plieth consent ; but the discontinuance may be either 

 because it was not needful, though lawful ; or be 

 cause there was found a better means, as I think it 

 was indeed in respect of the double customs by 

 means of the staple at Calais. 



