There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.

Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.

A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.

That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were rather gracious for their propriety than strange for their novelty, and like to serve both for occasions to report and means to remember his argument. Certain sentences of his , somewhat obscure, and as it were presuming upon their capacities will, I fear, make some of them rather admire than commend him. In sum, all is as well as words can make it, and if it please Her Majesty to add deeds, the Bacon may be too hard for the Cook.

Reason is the life of the law.

Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.

Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.