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ship will judge reasonable; and so reposing myself 

 upon your lordship s protection I shall ever remain 

 Your most bounden servant, 



EDW. COKE, 



Superscribed, 



To the right honourable his singular good lord the earl of 

 Buckingham, of his majesty s privy council. 



THE LETTER TO THE JUDGES. 



WHEREAS in the time of the late lord chancellor in 

 timation was given unto us, that divers cases were 

 published in Sir Edward Coke s reports, tending to 

 the prejudice of our prerogative royal ; whereupon 

 we caring for nothing more, as by our kingly office 

 we are bounden, than the preservation of preroga 

 tive royal, referred the same ; and thereupon, as 

 we are informed, the said Sir Edward Coke being 

 called thereunto, the objections were reduced to five 

 only, and most of them consisting in general terms ; 

 all which Sir Edward offered, as we are informed, 

 to explain and publish, so as no shadow might re 

 main against our prerogative. And whereas of late 

 two other judges are called to the others formerly 

 named. Now our pleasure and intention being to 

 be informed of the whole truth, and that right be 

 done to all, do think it fit, that all the judges of 

 England, and barons of the Exchequer, who have 



