Manuscripta juridica

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Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem' : compend in Scots

Incipit:

  • First and formest it is to wit [and then:] that certane muts ar of certane actionys

Explicit:

  • resoun\ ande\ law\ of\ halde\ ande\

Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem': compend in Scots , extracts from books 1-3.

Handwriting saec. XVI ineunte. 40 chart. 274 x 197 mm. Altogether 135 chapters, in part varying from the printed edition of 1609. Used for the edition in {i}Acta Parliamenti Scotiae{/i}, vol. 1, pag. xxv nr. 17

No. of pages: Part 3, Fol. 1r-40r:

Rubric: Here begynnis the titill of the grete lawis of Scotland of the gude King David, the quhilk lavis are conteint in the buke the quhilk is callit Regiam magestatem. In the first. [{i}There follows a table of chapters, in their order of arrangement, ending with a chapter numbered 139 'Of recognissoun of rycht on lawchfull sesing gewin' - indeed corresponding to the last chapter in the manuscript, on fol. 40r, but there it is numbered as 135.{/i}].

Her begynnys the buke of Regem magistatem, the quhilk comprehendis within the lawis of the kynrike of Scotland

Incipit:

  • Of the muts that pertynys to the kings croun. First and formest it is to wit that certane muts ar of certane actionys, the quhilk pertynys to the kings croun, that is to say: brekyng of the kings pece

Explicit:

  • tyll hyme ande halde of law ande resoun