DescriptionJohn Fortescue, A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande (1st English ed, 1567, colophon) - 20140816.jpg
English: Colophon 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.
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"Imprinted at London, / in Fleetſtreete within Temple / Barre, at the ſigne of the / hand and ſtarre, by / Rychard Tottill, / 1567."
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