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CONTENTS of this INTRODUCTION.

CHAP. I.––––––	Sect. I. Of the former Printed Collections, Translations, and Abridgements of The Statutes.
	–––––– II. Of the Plans heretofore proposed for an Authentic Publication, or for the Revision, of The Statutes.
CHAP. II....Of The Charters prefixed to this Collection of The Statutes.
CHAP. III.––––	Sect. I. Of The Matters inserted in this Collection of the Statutes, and their Arrangement.
	–––––– II. Of The Sources from whence the several Matters are taken.
	––––– III. Of the Mode used in searching for, transcribing, collating, noting, and printing the Text of the Statutes.
CHAP. IV.––––	Sect. I. Of the Original Language of the Charters and Statutes.
	–––––– II. Of The Translation in this Collection of The Statutes.
CHAP. V.–––––	Sect. I. Of the Collections of The Statutes of Scotland and Ireland, heretofore published by Royal Authority.
	–––––– II. Of the Methods successively adopted for Promulgating The Statutes, before and since the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.