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OF THE REIGN OF

KING EDWABD THE THIED.

Year XX. (fikst Part.)

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OF THE EEIGN OF

KING EDWAED THE THIED.

YEAR XX. (first Part.)

EDITED AND TEANSLATED

BY

LUKE OWEN PIKE,

OF BBASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD, M.A., AND Or LINCOLN'S INN, BARKIST-ER-AT-LAW;
AUTHOR Or "A HISTORY OF CRIME IN ENGLAND,"
"A CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS,"
"THE PUBLIC RECORDS AND THE CONSTITUTION," ETC.

f UBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S
TREASURY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.

LONDON:

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By MACKIE & CO. LD., 2, Wine Office Coubt, Fleet Stbeex, E.C.

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CONTENTS.

Page

Introduction :—

The reports in this volume not previously published:

Coke's opinion of such reports - - - xv

Division of the reports of the year 20 Edward III.

into two parts, of which this is the first - - xv

The Glossary to succeed the publication of the

second part ----- xvi

Practically no previous glossary or dictionary of the

French language spoken in England down to the

year 1362 ------ xvi

Dissertations concerning the language - - xvii

Dictionaries of the Romance languages - - xvii

Dictionaries of the old French language: Sainte

Palaye - - - - - - xvii

Godefroy's dictionary: it does not cover the ground

of the proposed glossary - - - - xviii

Illustrations - - - - - '- xviii

Manuscripts used to establish the text of the present

volume ------ xix

Disappearance of the Isham MS.: a transcript used xix

The corresponding records compared with the

reports ------ xx

References to Fitzherbert's Abridgment - - xxi

Reports of cases in the Exchequer of Fleas: the

King's debtor and the Queen's attorney - - xxi

Wager of law proffered as to the facts, but not
allowed ------ xxj[

Subsequent tender of averment to the country as to

the same facts not allowed - xxiii

Judgment in favour of the King's debtor - - xxiii