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Excerpt from The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, or a Commentary Upon Littleton, Not the Name of the Author Only, but of the Law Itself, Vol. 1 of 3 It mull be allowed that the flylc of fir Edward Cake is flrongly tinged with the quaintnefs of the times in which he ete; but it is accurate, expreliive, and clear. That it is fometimcs difficult to comprehend his meaning, is owing, generally fpcaking, to the abllrufenefs Of his fubjee't, not to the Obfcutity of his language -it has allo been objected to him, that the authorities he cites do um in many places come up to the doc trincs they are brought to fupport. There appears to be fome ground for this obfervation. Yet it fhoultl not he forgot, that the uncommon depth of his learning. And acutenefs of his mind, might enable him te tufcover connections and confcquences which crespe a common Oh tervcr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.