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 SHE SHEPPARD, WM. Actions upon the Case for Slander, or, a Melhodical Collection under certain Heads, of Thousands of Cases, &c. 2d ed. 12mo. London. 1674. " Among the abounding iniquity of this age, the iniquity of the tongue, that little member, set on fire by hell, is not least. And among the evils of the tongue, is there any more pernicious and deadly, and yet more common and epidemical than backbiting and slander? And hence it is, I have been encouraged to engage in this work ; which is nothing else but a naked and methodical collection of the remedies prescribed by the law against this malady." Preface. . Actions upon the Case for Deeds, viz. Contracts, Assumpsits, Deceits, Nuisances, Trover and Conversion, Deli- very of Goods, and for other Malefeasance and Misfeasance. 3d ed. 8vo. London. 1680. . Justice of the Peace's Clerk's Cabinet ; or Prece- dents fitted for every Case that may happen in his Master's Office. 12mo. London. 1660. — . A Sure Guide for his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, showing their Duty and the Duties of the several Officers of the Counties, Hundreds, and Parishes. 8vo. London. 1669. . England's Balme ; or, Proposals for regulating the Law, and better Administration of Justice. 12mo. London. 1657. . The Faithful Counsellor ; or, the Marrow of the Law, in English. Showing how any Action may be warrantably Laid in the Common Law, for Relief in most Cases. 2 Parts. 2d ed. 4to. London. 1653-54. . The Practical Counsellor in the Law, touching Fines, Common Recoveries, Judgment, and the Execution thereof; Statutes, Recognizances, Bargain and Sale. fol. London. 1671. Sheppard's Counsellor contains a great body of learning, relative to Assurances of Record, also some valuable learning on the subjects of Usury and of fraudulent Conveyances, but its substance is mostly incor- porated into his Touchstone, 1 Bart. Conv, 36. . . Survey of County Judicatures, commonly called the County Court, Hundred Court, and Court Baron. 12mo. London. 1656. 644