[548] Surnamed the Peaceful, who ascended the throne of England A. D. 959. He was eminent as a legislator, and a rigid assertor of justice. Hume considers his reign “one of the most fortunate that we meet with in the ancient English history.”
[549] These were a general collection of the Spanish laws, made by Alphonso X. of Castile, arranged under their proper titles. The work was commenced by Don Ferdinand his father, to put an end to the contradictory decisions in the Castilian courts of justice. It was divided into seven parts, whence its name “Siete Partidas.” It did not, however, become the law of Castile till nearly eighty years after.
[550] “Deliverers,” or “preservers.”
[551] “Extenders,” or “defenders of the empire.”
[552] “Fathers of their country.”
[553] “Participators in cares.”
[554] “Leaders in war.”
[555] Proportion, dimensions.
[556] “Equal to their duties.”
[557] “To expound the law.”