Every Libel, Which Is Called Famosus Libellus,

So Use Your Own Property As Not To Injure That Of Another

Every Libel, Which Is Called Famosus Libellus, Is Made Either Against A Private Man, Or Against A Public Person. If It Be Against A Private Man, It Deserves A Severe Punishment.

So As Grave And Learned Men May Doubt, Without Any Imputation To Them; For The Most Learned Doubteth Most, And The More Ignorant For The Most Part Are The More Bold And Peremptory.

The Law Doth Never Enforce A Man To Doe A Vaine Thing.

There Is No Jewel In The World Comparable To Learning; No Learning So Excellent Both For Prince And Subject, As Knowledge Of Laws; And No Knowledge Of Any Laws So Necessary For All Estates And For All Causes, Concerning Goods, Lands Or Life, As The Common Laws Of England.