The state of
good lawes. This is the state of good lawes, by order to procede, the
cause in Iudgemente examined, the facte proued,
vertue in any persone vpholded, vice in all
caste doune and defaced, so there is
good Lawe, as Demosthenes
saieth, sincere Iudge,
and sentence
inuiola-
ble.
Printer Errors
Transcriber's Note: The following is a list of printer errors in the original.
| Page | Original | Correct |
| [Fol. j.r] | faith he | faith be |
| [Fol. ij.r] | Poloponesians | Peloponesians |
| [Fol. ij.r] | oracions, when | oracion, when |
| [Fol. v.r] | Perthesius | Parthesius |
| [Fol. vj.v] | Romai- | Romains [or Romaines] |
| [Fol. vij.r] | valianntes | valiauntes |
| [Fol. vij.r] | commo wealth | commō wealth |
| [Fol. ix.r] | uot | not |
| [Fol. ix.r] | state or | state of |
| [Fol. ix.v] | comparson | comparison |
| [Fol. x.r] | aboundauute | aboundaunte |
| [Fol. x.v] | oneie | onelie |
| [Fol. xj.r] | fanour | fauour |
| [Fol. xiiij.r] | vengauce | vengaūce |
| [Fol. xiiij.v] | Fenche | Frenche |
| [Fol. xv.r] | Bristaines | Britaines |
| [Fol. xvj.r] | porfite | profite |
| [Fol. xvj.v] | learnng | learning [or learnyng] |
| [Fol. xvij.r] | is was | was |
| [Fol. xvij.r] | Pholosopher | Philosopher |
| [Fol. xvij.v] | faundacion | foundacion |
| [Fol. xviij.v] | aud | and |
| [Fol. xviij.v] | Catona | Crotona |
| [Fol. xix.r] | celebraied | celebrated |
| [Fol. xx.v] | intteled | intiteled |
| [Fol. xxj.r] | gouermēt | gouernmēt |
| [Fol. xxij.v] | Politcia | Politia |
| [Fol. xxiiij.v] | Rhetotike | Rhetorike |
| [Fol. xxiiij.v] | exposion | exposicion |
| [Fol. xxiiij.v] | Incrediblie | Incredible |
| [Fol. xxv.r] | The feigne | Thei feigne |
| [Fol. xxvij.r] | the the | the |
| [Fol. xxvij.r] | moderaciou | moderacion |
| [Fol. xxviij.v] | Prossible | Possible |
| [Fol. xxviij.v] | Rhetotike | Rhetorike |
| [Fol. xxix.r] | Fol. xxxj. | Fol. xxix. |
| [Fol. xxix.v] | Historiogriphers | Historiographers |
| [Fol. xxxj.r] | Fol. xxxiij. | Fol. xxxj. |
| [Fol. xxxj.r] | lineth | liueth |
| [Fol. xxxj.v] | ouerthowe | ouerthrowe |
| [Fol. xxxj.v] | Epamniundas | Epaminundas |
| [Fol. xxxij.r] | Epameunndas | Epaminundas |
| [Fol. xxxiij.r] | Zopryus | Zopyrus |
| [Fol. xxxiiij.r] | or God | of God |
| [Fol. xxxiiij.r] | wekedned | wekened |
| [Fol. xxxv.r] | destetable | detestable |
| [Fol. xxxv.v] | Theodosiuus | Theodosius |
| [Fol. xxxv.v] | prouulgate | promulgate |
| [Fol. xxxv.v] | hane | haue |
| [Fol. xxxvj.r] | goddes | goodes [or gooddes] |
| [Fol. xxxvj.r] | lo liue | to liue |
| [Fol. xxxvj.r] | the:m | theim |
| [Fol. xxxvij.r] | Fol. xxxix. | Fol. xxxvij. |
| [Fol. xxxvij.v] | dangerous gaue | dangerous game |
| [Fol. xxxviij.v] | cut af | cut of |
| [Fol. xxxviij.v] | gouernuurs | gouernours |
| [Fol. xxxix.r] | Fol. xxxvij. | Fol. xxxix. |
| [Fol. xxxix.r] | His Oracion | THis Oracion |
| [Fol. xxxix.v] | goueruours | gouernours |
| [Fol. xl.v] | Traianns | Traianus |
| [Fol. xlij.r] | nobilitée) for | nobilitée (for |
| [Fol. xliij.r] | valianntly | valiauntly |
| [Fol. xliiij.v] | anncestours | auncestours |
| [Fol. xlviij.r] | conutrée | countrée |
| [Fol. liiij.v] | omnipoteucie | omnipotencie |
| [Fol. lvj.r] | all all | all |
| [Fol. lvij.r] | whatseouer | whatsoeuer |
| [Fol. lviij.v] | terauailed | trauailed |
| [Fol. lviij.v] | dilabuntnr | dilabuntur |
The original contains the following additional printer errors:
| [Fol. j.r] | Decorative capital “N” reversed |
| [Fol. xxxiij.r] | Last sentence repeated |
| [Fol. xxxviij.v] | Section heading repeated |
| [Fol. liij.r] | First word repeats last word on previous page |
| [Fol. liiij.r] | Remainder of last sentence missing? |
The following do not appear to be printer errors, as they are consistently used in the original: “thesame” for “the same”; “shalbe” for “shall be”; the use of “a” instead of “an” before a noun beginning with a vowel; the combination of “the” and a word beginning with “e” into a single word, as in “theight” for “the eight.”