preface to the learned reader there be say Euripides three virtue worthy of  our meditation to honour God our parent who beget we and the commonlawes of  grease the like do I say to thou gentle reader next to thy duty and piety to  God and his anoint thy gracious sovereign and thy honour to thy parent yield  due reverence and obedience to the commonlawes of England for of all law I  speak of humane these be most equal and most certain of great antiquity and  least delay and most beneficial and easy to be observe as if the module of a  preface will permit I can defend against any man that be not malicious without  understanding and make manifest to any of judgement and indifferency by proof  pregnant and demonstrative and by record and testimony luculent and  irrefragable say are quidam full of disgust who not to know quo evil  disposition to hate be before pernoveru there be no jewel in the world  comparable to learning no learning so excellent both for prince and subject as  knowledge of law and no knowledge of any law I speak of humane so necessary  for all estate and for all cause concern good land or life as the commonlawes  of England if the beauty of other country be fade and waste with bloody war  thank God for the admirable peace wherein this realm have long flourish under  the due administration of these law if thou read of the tyranny of other  nation wherein powerful will and pleasure stand for law and reason and where  upon conceit of mislike man be sudden poison or otherwise murder and never  call to answer praise God for the justice of thy gracious sovereign who to the  world admiration govern her people by God goodness in peace and prosperity by  these law and punish not the great to hit no though his offence be sin to hurt  grandeur treason against her sacred person but by the just and equal proceed  of law if in other kingdom the law seem to govern but the judge have rather  misconstrue law and do injustice then displease the king humour whereof the  poet speak and it pleases king to make a noise opinion law bless God for queen  Elizabeth who continual charge to her justice agreeable with her ancient law  be that for no commandment under the great or privy seal writ or letter common  right be disturb or delay and if any such commandment upon true surmise shall  come that the justice of her law shall not therefore cease to do right in any  point and this agree with the ancient law of England declare by the magnacarta  and speak in the person of the king no one vendem no one to say no or  to carry apart justice well rectum if the ancient law of this noble island  have not excel all other it can not be but some of the several conqueror and  governor thereof that be to say the Roman Saxon Dane or Norman and special the  Roman who as they just may do boast of their civil law will as every of they  may have alter or change the same for thy comfort and encouragement cast thou  eye upon the sage of the law that have be before thou and never shall thou  find any that have excel in the knowledge of these law but have suck from the  breast of that divine knowledge honesty gravity and integrity and by the  goodness of God have obtain a great blessing and ornament then any other  profession to their family and posterity as by the page follow take some for  many you may perceive for it be a undoubted truth that the just shall flourish  as the palm tree and spread abroad as the cedar of Libanus their example and  thy profession do require thy imitation for hitherto I never see any man of a  lose and lawless life attain to any sound and perfect knowledge of the say law  and on the other side I never see any man of excellent judgement in these law  but be withal be teach by such a master honest faithful and virtuous if you  observe any diversity of opinion among the professor of the law contend you as  it behoof to be learned in your profession and you shall find that it be man  fault non declaration and to say the truth the great question arise not upon  any of the rule of the commonlaw but sometime upon conveyance and instrument  make by man unlearned many time upon will intricate absurd and repugnantly set  down by parson scrivener and such other to command and oftentimes upon act of  parliament overload with proviso and addition and many time upon a sudden pen  or correct by man of none or very little judgement in law if man will take  sound advice and counsel in make of their conveyance assurance instrument and  will and counsellor will take pain to be right and true inform of the true  state of their client case so as their advice and counsel may be apt and  agreeable to their client estate and if act of parliament be after the old  fashion pen and by such only as perfect know what the commonlaw be before the  make of any Act of parliament concern that matter as also how far forth former  statute have provide remedy for former mischief and defect discover by  experience then will very few question in law arise and the learned shall not  so often and so much perplex their head to make atonement and peace by  construction of law between insensible and disagree word sentence and proviso  as they now do in all my time I have not know two question make of the right  of descent of escheat by the commonlaw c so certain and sure the rule thereof  be happy be be if their professor will contend and have a conscience to be  learned in they and if none but the learned will take upon they to give  judgement of they your kind and favourable acceptation gentle reader of my  former edition have cause I to publish these few case in performance of my  former promise and I wish to you all no less profit in read of they then  Iperswade my self to have reap in observe of they this only of the learned I  desire to view all over say si quid to get knowledge of rectius this Candidus  bestow si non haec skin I