FOS Prince Edward, the son of Hen. VI., wrote his book Be Laudibus Legum Jinglix, in the form of a dialogue, in which lie explains the difference between the laws and government of England, and that of other coun- tries, and shows the superiority of the Common to the Civil law, in favor of life, liberty, and property. It is a brief and popular historical account of the English law, "and displays sentiments upon liberty, and limited government, which one would not expect to find in a writer of this period, and there runs through the whole an air of probity, that conciliates the attention of the reader." " His writing showeth a sharp judgment, and in this is exquisite and artificial, that when he endeavoreth to be plain, he speaketh not to be profound, for he writ to a king, who deserved to have things plainly opened." Fortescue was a favorite author among the old lawyers, and will be read with profit in modern times by those who are interested in the origin and progress of the Common Law. 10 Rep. Pref. 28; (3) Pref. 21; Willes, 543; 1 West's Ca. temp. Hard. 27; 10 West. Rev. 97; North's Dis. 85; No. 54, L. M. 283 ; 1 Kent, 501; Pref. Gregor's Fortescue; Fulbeck's Preparative, 70; 4 Reeves' Hist. 112; Nic. Eng. Lib. 163. FORUM ROMANUM. See Gilbert. FOSS, EDWARD. The Grandeur of the Law, or the Leaal Peers of England ; with Sketches of their Professional Career. 12nio. London. 1843. FOSTER, P. L. N. An Act for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills, 1 Vict. c. 20 ; with explanatory Notes, Ana- lysis, and a copious Index. 12nio. London. 1837. FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL. Report of the Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels in the year 1746, and other Crown Cases ; to which are added. Discourses upon a iew « branches of the Crown Law, viz. : High Treason, Homicide, on Accomplices, and Observations on the Writings of Lord Hale. 3d ed. ; to which is nov/ added an Appendix, containing Sir M. Foster's Opinion on several difficult and important Cases, and additional Notes and References, by Michael Dodson. Svo. Lon- don. 1809. The author did not attempt to write a regular Treatise upon Crown Lavr. His discourses are much admired for their sound and accurate learning. Pref. Gilbert's Evid., by Loft, 37; Cowp. 7; 3 East, 582; Warren's Law Stu. 620. . An Examination of the Scheme of Church Power laid down in the Codex Juris Ecclesiastici .^nglicani. Svo. London. 1735, 21 321
