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3 lo Of the Advancement of Learning. L i b. Vill. 



A? HO R ISM LXXXVI. 



Befides the B^^r/y of Lavp, it will avail al(b, to furvey the Antiqui' 

 ties or ancient Records of Laws, whofe Authority, though it be va- 

 niiht, yet their Reverence remains ftill. And let the Writings and 

 "judgements concerning Laws, be received for the Antiquities of Lates^ 

 which in time preceded the Body of Laws i whether they were 

 publifht or not : for thefe muft not be loft. Therefore out of thefe 

 Records feleft what ever is moft ufeful (for there will be found much 

 vain and frivolous matter in thera)and digeft them into one volume 5 

 left old fables, ( as Trehoniams calls them ) be mixt with the Laws 

 themfclves. 



A? HO R ISM LXXXVII. 



And it much imports the praftick part of Laws, that the whole 

 Law be Digejied into Places and Titles j whereto a man may have 

 (as occalioa (hall be given) a fudden recourfe , as to a furniftit 

 Promptuary for prefent pradiice. Thefe Bool{s of Abridgements, both 

 reduce into Order what was difperfed^, and ahreviate what was dif- 

 fljfed and Prolix in Law. But cautionmuft be taken that thefe Bre- 

 viaries, make not men prompt for the pra&ick^part, and flothful for 

 the knowledge it felf : for their proper ufe and oflBce is this, that by 

 them the Law may be tilled over again, and not throughly learned. 

 * And thefe Summaries muft by all means be colleded with great dili- 

 gence, faith and judgement, left they commit felony againlltbe Law, 



APHORISM LXXXVIIL 



Make a CoUeftion of the divers Forms of Pleading in every kind ; 

 for this conduceth much to thepradick Part: and certainly thefe 

 Forms do difcover the Oracles and fecret Myfteries of Laws : for 

 there are many things which lie hidden in Laws 5 But in Forms of 

 Pleadings, they are better and more largely difplayedj — lilie the 

 fiSi to the Palm. 



Of Refponfes and Refolutions of Doubts. 



APHORISM LXXXIX. 



SOme courfe muft be taken for the rK/fi»^<?^ and (atisfying/)</r//V«- 

 lar Doubts which emerge from time to time : for it is a hard cafe 

 that they which defire tofecure therafelves from error,ftiould find no 

 guide to the way : but that prefent bufinelles (hould be hazarded 5 

 and there (hould be no means to know the Law before the matter be 

 difpatcht. 



APHO RISAI XC. 



That the Refolutions of the Wife , given to Clients touching point 

 of Law, whether hy Advocates or Profcj/brs^ihonld be of fuch Autho- 

 rity, that it may not be lawful for the Judge to depart from their 

 opinion, we cannot approve. Let Law be derived from/worn Judges. 



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