Note q — Section the fourth. Of the COUNTRIES subject to the LAWS of ENGLAND.
Reading edition
Flet. 1. 47. This the laws of king Edward the confessor, c. 20. very justly intitle "summa et maxima securitas, per quam omnes statu firmissimo sustinentur;—quae hoc modo fiebat, quod sub decennali fidejussione debebant esse universi, &c."