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FUL FULBECKE, WILLIAM. The Pandects of the Law of Nations ; contayning seiierall Discourses of the Questions, Points, and Matters of Law, wherein the Nations of the World doe consent and accord. Small 4to. London. 1602. " I commit this booke, gentle reader, to thy curtesie ; it is the first, to my knowledge, that hath bin written of this matter; if my paines be not correspondent to the dignitie of the subject, the pardon lyeth in the beneficence of thy curtesie. Perfection is a rare birde, which flieth from many, that with sweating and breathing follow it. Yet some handle that which they cannot gripe, and their endeuour is not disliked." Pref. . A Parallele or Conference of the Civill Law, the Canon Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England. Digested in sundry Dialogues. Small 4to. London. 1601. " Curteous reader, it is obserued by Seneca, that in one and the same plotte of ground, the hound seeketh for a hare, the ox for good grasse, and the storke for a snake or lizarde, and my desire was, that in this booke of Dialogues the seuerall students of the Canon Lawe, the Ciuill Lawe, and the Common Lawe, of this Realme, might haue diuerse repast according to their disagreeing appetites, and matters suteable to their distinct contemplations ; for it seemed straunge unto me, that these three lawes should not, as the three Graces, haue their haunds linked, together, and their lookes directly fixed the one upon the other, but like the two faces of Janus, the one should be turned from the other." To the Reader — Pref. Mr. Hargrave calls Fulbecke a neglected, but inge- nious writer. Co. Lit. 160, a, n. 2. . The Second Part of the Parallele or Conference of the Ciuill Law, the Canon Law, &lc. ; handled in seauen Dia- logues. Small 4to. London. 1602. " For mine oune parte, though I bee rather a rash than a voluntarie soldier in this carape, yet I am bound by conscience not to eate the bread of idlenes, to do for my country what I can, and to labour in my calling as I may. Here I cast anchor, and bind up these spreading lines." Pref. ^ — . Directions preparative to the Study of the Law ; wherein is shewed what things ought to be observed and used by them that are addicted to the Study of the Law, and what, on the contrary part, ought to be eschewed and avoided. 2d ed. By T. H. Stirling. 12mo. London. 1829. " Many valuable hints may be gathered from this little volume, which displays much acuteness and good sense." It was written in 1599, but not published till 1620. North's Disc. 47, n ; 2 Ang. Law Intel. 424. 325