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xviii Collections of the Statutes of Scotland and Ireland heretofore published by Royal or Parliamentary Authority; with the Methods successively adopted for promulgating the Statutes before and since the Union of Great Britain and Ireland:—, The Text of The Charters of the Liberties of England, granted by King Henry, King Stephen, and King Henry ; and also the Great Charters and Charters of the Forest, granted by King John and King Henry ., and The Charters of Confirmation granted by King Edward .—, A Chronological Table of the Statutes, and Instruments illustrative thereof, contained in this Collection; distinguishing all Matters inserted therein, which had not been inserted in any former Printed Collection of Statutes, and specifying the several Sources from which every Statute and Instrument is respectively derived; and the Language in which such Statute or Instrument is written:—, The Text of The Statutes, and relative Instruments, with Notes of various Readings where necessary:—, The common Translation of all Matters printed and translated in former Collections of the Statutes, with occasional Notes of Emendation; and also A Translation of Matters not translated or inserted in such former Collections:—, An Alphabetical Index of Matters.

this Work, the Learning, Skill, and Diligence of Our Sub-Commissioners have been long and laboriously employed: And now beg leave to lay before this, the First Volume of their Labours: Humbly assuring, that it has been our earnest Desire and Endeavour that all the several Charters, Statutes, and other Instruments contained in this Collection, should be taken from the most Authentic Records and Manuscripts now known to be extant; and presuming to hope that this has been accomplished with the Fidelity and Accuracy so peculiarly required in a Work designated by His Majesty’s Faithful Commons, as highly expedient to be undertaken for the Honour of the Nation, and for the Benefit of all His Majesty’s Subjects.