In the next and laſt chapter of that book, fol. 129. b. the prince immediately replies[1]:
“My lord chancellor, by the tenour of your diſcouſe in this dialogue I am thoroughly ſatisfied, That the laws of England are not only good, but the beſt in the world. And in caſe any of the laws want to be mended or improved, the rules of the Engliſh parliaments do inſtruct us, That that may be done forthwith. Whereupon, the realm of England is always governed by the beſt laws, either in reality or in poſſibility. And beſides, I conjecture that the doctrines that have been held forth in this dialogue, will be very uſeful to the Kings of England that ſhall come hereafter; ſince no body likes to govern by laws which they do not like.”
After all theſe lauds and praiſes of Engliſh laws, which the chancellor has ſtuck all over with
- ↑ Princeps. Leges illas, nedum bonas ſed & optimas eſſe cancellarie, ex proſecutione tua in hoc dialogo certiſſime deprehendi. Et ſiquae ex illis meliorari depoſcant, id citiſſime fieri poſſe parliamentorum ibidem formulae nos erudient. Quo realiter, potentialiterve, regnum illud ſemper praeſtantiſſimis iegibus gubernatur. Nec tuas in hac concionatione doctrinas futuris Angliae regibus inutiles fore conjicio; dum non delectent regere legibus quae non delectant.
