Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
SIR EDWARD COKE.

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SIR EDUARD COEE
The name of Observation-Disclosures
pronounced and occasionally 40 writ
len in his own times ia familiar TO
every LAWYER and 10 many that hold
no nosition in the profession of law. All
LAWYERS know somewhat of Cook or
Coke unon Littleton. .altboughiew have
or do read his work they know him also
through the many sententious max.
inns with which discussions upon
noints of law have been enlivened
thew know him or rather of him. by
his having the renutation of being a
narrow w.mlnded bad.bearted pedent
while enioviug tho better renutation
of being a great iurist.
Many nersons outside of the nrofes.
sion of law knew b,m IN he n nervcrse
and testv man and wanting irne Ior.
titude and dignity of character A
few have beord tbe name reneated or
Inv their chance reading have s,nm
hIod ~ :,
d. oe his ;nno. i,c, orb;s doros,;o
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nanrsc and os bis re, noro ooce,tr;c
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c;rcnxstancss of hfe was moi 70 he
conv;nced q, ,bs d;s,onco of nlace or
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h,, hv din, y, ardpment n von men.
,;one3 Ia az ho ,alIed uotablv If sc;
an.a or no,nra l.. vos s;Ient Armed
with The law great and many were
The wronos committed and often in.
stead Of being tbe exnonent of that
;ns,ice which Ia itself tho grent stand.
,n, noIicv of civil society he was its
usnrner n with him when carried AWAY
hy vohomant hate tho Summum jns
BECAME tbe Sum,n,,m Tn;urio Oaicial
violence bru,alized and nolitcal am.
hilton extinguisbed every spark of ma
49, no,;ve III, when he struclx NJ
III ,,o,;ns n1hlio or domestic His
sol;,orv Lnowled,e had nerbans dead.
onaJ i;s ;nd,,men, in n,ber s,ndies
Raconian nh;Iosonhv was bis abbor.
ranoo Tbd EngI;sh svs,cms of tboolo.
~. hn dos,s;ead For bir, sc;onca had
90 81 oLarms Ofthe nhilosonhv of ne.
,nro ho Lnew no,hing The birds sany
Ln, not for him. The leaves rustled u3.
der ,he trees but Cook took no notice.
law onIv WINS bis mistress nj who's,
shr;ne no man ever worsbined more
dovou,lv and for whom no man ever
had greater veneration. He was thor.
ongh1v enamoured of her.
Ana vet bia narrow snirit coull
shr;nl, Win ;soIonav at tbe celebrity
obtained Inv those who indulged in more
l;heraI nursnits than bis avn. The
orrors n, the great are IA instructive as
,boir virtnes and the secret history of
tho ou,rogcous LAWYER NAV have at
least the merit of novelty. although not
nf nanegvrlc
Tbo Tines in which Coke lived had
rnch ,o do in the formation of bis
eharoc,or Iomca the 1st was bnt a
weak man haying no mind of his own.
and n star.obamber ruled him. Every.
thing NJ homo and abroad was mis-.
MANAGED The war of Bohemia was at
i,s mi height The success of suIly
and Spinola were Haunted to a greedy
and turbulent mob. The house OF
Austria with grossness and yulrarity.
was holding leyees ON the continent
the Protestant religion was all but
dead and tho cowardly policy of a
miserable kim was the object OF dc.
rision at home and the contempt Of
the nations abroad. Such was tho age
in which Coke wore the wool sack and
was preserving order and assimulating
differences. His mind, in such a time
was clear and consistent he held but
TO one policy. and that was TO inyipo.
rate a system which was beginning to
show signs of decay, and to defend at
all hazards the dignity and honor OF
tho robe which he wore. When no
other man dared, be cast bravadoes in
tho teeth and face of the State, and
with his sbarp and acrid style whip
ned the courtiers that followed the in.
significant James. And vet this man
was morosc. uncharltabic, naughty,
insolent; and while he defended and
boldly asserted the rights of the sub.
ject, had no other paternal notion of
the duties of wife and child than
their obedience.
Coke, already enriched by his first
HN~s-N' = =.