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GOG GODOLPHIN, JOHN. Jlepertorium Canonicum ; or an Abridg- ment of the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Realm, consistent with the Temporal. 3d ed. 4to. London. 1687. . The Orphan's Legacy, a Testamentary Abridg- ment, in three Parts. L Of Last Wills and Testaments. IL Of Executors and Administrators. IIL Of Legacies and Devises. Illustrated with a variety of Cases in the Law of both Profes- sions, <fec. 4th ed. 4to. London. 1701. All the Erratas of this ensuing Treatise, (as many as they are,) refer only unto two sorts of persons, the printer and the author. Thou art desired to correct the one and pardon the other. Pref. . View of the Admiralty Jurisdiction, wherein the most Material Points concerning that Jurisdiction are fairly and submissively discussed ; as also divers the Laws, Customs, Rights, and Privileges of the High Admiralty of England, by ancient Records, and other Arguments of Law asserted ; where- unto is added, an extract of the ancient Laws of Oleron. 2d ed. 8vo. London. 1685. " If this Treatise be out of season, others as well as myself are hap- pily deceived. For the method, it is as regular as the arguments would afford ; though not so exact as might have been, if the same metal had been cast into another mould ; yet not so rude and out of shape as to suspect, from the disproportion of the body, that the soul is ill lodged." All of Godolphin's writings are learned, and in their day were in great repute, but they are now rarely referred to, except, perhaps, the Treatise upon the Admiralty. 3 Mason, 245. GOGUET, A. Y. De I'Origine des Loix, des Artes, et des Sciences, et de leur Progres chez les anciens Peuples. 3 torn. 4to. Paris. 1758. There are several French editions, the last is in 3 vols., 8vo., Paris, 1820. The work was translated into English, by Henry, Dunn, and Speerman, 3 vols,, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1775. Upon comparing the title and the plan with the execution, it will be found a work of more promise than per- formance. The subject required depth as well as surface, but the author has spread his learning with so light and masterly a hand, " that no part of the performance seems wanting, although, in the aggregate, it is little more than a shadow or phantom of knowledge." Chancellor Kent, however, calls it a "most learned work." 2 Kent's Com. 319, n; 7 Crit. Rev. 270. 340