mms/A — ^^ ^^ ^tllBRARY(9/r ^j^tUBRARY^?/^ 8 DNVSOl^ %a3AINn-3WV^ ^«!/0JllV3JO^ mym/A vVclOSANCELfjVj. ,4,OFCAilF0/?^^ ^OfCAllF0% > J ^AaaAiNoawv ^^AavaaiH^ '^OAavaan-^s'!^ BRARYQr^ ^^lUBRARYQr^ .^WE•l)NIVER% vvlOSANCElfj^x u3 i li-*' ill iiivjjo'^ '%ojnv3jo'f^ '^J'ilJDNVSOl^'^ '^/^a3AlNrt-3\\V CAIIF0% .^OF-CAl!F0%, ^^WEUNIVER% ^lOSANCElfj-^ ivaaiH'^ ^^AavaaiH^ <J5i3dnvsoi^ %a3AiNn3WV^ UNIVER5-//) ^lOSANCElfj^ -s;^tLIBRARYac. -s^^lLlBRARYQ^^ > t_3 J ^omH^"^ ^ilHAINa-JVft^ ^«yOJIlV310^ UNIVER5//i ^lOSANGElfjv ^OF-CAIIFO% ^0FCAIIF0% c: CO DNV-SOl^ ^^AHvaani^ BRARYQr^ ^lllBRARYQr .^WE•llNI—VER% ^lOSANCElfj-^ k^ <3-. Ok-. vVLUiANliUtJ^ -s^tUdKAKTC^ -<;^t-UBKAKTCJr OP =0 3> ^JIWDJO^ "^/^aaAiNH^wv^ ^lOSANCElfx^ ^OFCAllfO^^ ^.OFCA1IFO% ^ o '^/^a3AiN(i-3Uv' -^^AavjiaiH^ ^^Aavaan# ,^\\F•UNIVERS•/A o < ^ CO ' ^ _ ' ' •J0>^ '^(tfOJIlVJJO'^ ^OFCAIIFO;?^ .^WEUNIVER5/A ^lOSANCElfx^ ^^ommwi^ <'3130NVS01^ "^saaAiNfl-^wv' R% ^^— ^lUBRARYOc ^lUBRARY^^. S ^^ 3# %a3AINn-3WV^ ^.yOJIlVDJO^ ^(tfOJITVa-JO"^ R^//i ^lOSANCEl^^ >;^OFCAIIFO/?^ ^OFCAUFOff^ 'A- %a3AINn3WV "^^Aavaaim^ "^(^^vaan^^^ YO/, -^lUBRARY6?/r, ^^WE•UNIVER% ^lOSANCElfjv. .^ SIR THOMAS SMITH DE REPUBLICA ANGLORVM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, C. F. CLAY, Manager. iLonUon: FETTER LANE, E.G. ©lasaoto: 50, WELLINGTON STREET. letp>tc: F. A. BROCKHAUS. ifleto Horft: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS. SombaD anD Calcutta : MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd. [A/l Rights rsscrved.'\ ANGLORUM DE REPUBLICA A DISCOURSE ON THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND BY THOMAS SMITH SIR EDITED BY ALSTON, L. Christ's College WITH A PREFACE BY F. W. MAITLAND, LL.D. DOWNING PROFESSOR OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND Cambridge at the University Press 1906 : Cainirilige PRINTED BY JOHN CI.AY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. CONTENTS. PAGE Preface (F. W. M.) V Introduction (L. A.) xi (To THE Reader (1583) 3 A Necessarie Table of all the principall matters contained in THIS BOOKE 5 , De Republica Anglorum ... 9 Appendix A (The later editions) 144 Appendix B (Extracts from Harrison's Description of Eng- land') i6g Appendix C (Certain MSS. readings) 175