PUF jurisdiction in all ecclesiastical affairs in England and Ireland. Most of the printed copies of these two former volumes were consumed by the fire of London, in 1666, not above seventy of them being rescued from the flames, (of the first volume, it is said, only twenty-three copies were saved,) which has rendered them so exceeding scarce, that a complete set has been sold for sixty pounds. The third volume, dedicated to the Earl of Anglesey, Sir Harbottle Grimstone, Sir Mat. Hale, &c., the wor- shipful readers of Lincoln's Inn, begins with a long list of records of King John and Hen. III., which is called an appendix to the second vol. ; and then follow the like precedents in the reign of the renowned Edw. I., from all which collections the author shows, that though the Pope, English clergy, and Scotch nobility usurped the rights of these three kings, they defended themselves against such perfidious encroach- ments. This third volume. Bishop Nicholson affirms, has enough (in all conscience), to satisfy any reasonable reader, and supersede his inquiry into the state of the case in either former or following ages. This very extraordinary man and controversial writer, suffered fines, imprisonments, and at length the loss of his ears, for the publication of several of his works. Nic. Eng. Hist. Lib. 202 ; Wood's Ath. Ox. ; Hargrave's Pref. to Hale's Parliaments, 71 ; Bridg. Leg. Bib. 273. PUBLIC CHARITIES. An Account of the Public Charities, in England and Wales, abridged from the Report of his Majesty's Commissioners on Charitable Foundations ; with Notes and Comments. 8vo. London. 1828. PUBLIC RECORDS. A Description of the Contents, Objects, and Uses of the various Works printed by Authority of the Re- cord Commission, for the Advancement of Historical and Anti- quarian Knowledge. 8vo. London. 1831. PUDSEY, W. The Constitution and Laws of England, consi- dered. 8vo. London. 1701. PUFFENDORFIUS, [SAMUEL. De Jure Naturae et Gentium, libri VIII. Cum notis Hertii. 4to. Amst. 1715; an edition that is much esteemed. Cum notis Hertii, Barbeyracii et Mas- covii. 2 vol. 4to. Francof. et Lip. 1743-44. Translated into French, by J. Barbeyrac, avec dec Notes et une preface du tra- ducteur, 1732-34, 40, 44, 71. Done from the Latin into English, by Basil Kennet; with the Notes of M. Barbeyrac. 5lh ed. By Carew. fol. London. 1749. The author abridged the above work under the title of De officiia Hominis tt Civis, 1C73. Cum notis Barbeyracii et Leibnilii, 8ro., ViennXy 1757. This Abridgment was translated into French, by Barbeyrac, the 38 593
