De pace regis et regni
Subtitle: viz. A treatise declaring which be the great and generall offences of the realme, and the chiefe impediments of the peace of the king and the kingdome, as menaces, assaults, batteries, treasons, homicides, and felonies, ryots, routs, vnlawfull assemblies, forcible entries, forgeries, periuries, maintenance, deceit, extortion, oppression: and how many and what sorts of them there be, and by whome, and what means the sayd offences, and the offendors therein are to bee restrained, repressed, or punished. Which being reformed or duly checked, florebit pax regis & regni
By: Collected out of the reports of the common lawes of this realme, and of the statutes in force, and out of the painfull workes of the reuerend iudges Sir Anthonie Fitzharbert, Sir Robert Brooke, Sir William Stanford, Sir Iames Dyer, Sir Edward Coke, knights, and other learned writers of our lawes, by Ferdinando Pulton of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers.
Published: 1609
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Criminal law; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Treatise declaring which be the great and generall offences of the realme; Treatise declaring which be the great and generall offences of the realme, and the chiefe impediments of the peace of the King and the kingdome
Notes: At head of title page, ornament or device (McKerrow, Devices, no. 347), usually associated with the official publications of the King's Printers and the Society of Stationers.

"Cum priuilegio." --foot of title page.

Identification of Adam Islip as printer from STC (2nd ed.)

Collation: A-3A⁶ 3B⁴ [$3 signed; A1, 3B4 blank; misprinting 2D1 as D1]

Errors in foliation: leaves 50, 92, 174, 178, 203, 225-226, 248 numbered 44, 91, 172, 176, 201, 215, 216, 214.

In predominantly black letter type; some roman and italic type.

Initials; head-pieces.

Side notes.

Includes bibliographical references.

STC (2nd ed.) 20495

ESTC S116053

Text mostly in English; some Latin.

Ex libris H. Summers.

Bound in contemporary limp vellum. Ms. spine title: 'Pulton. Pace Regis e Regni'. Edge-mark: De pace reg. At head of title page, signature of H. Summers in an 18th century hand.