Bind not the new statutes so to the common law, that their words increased for the King's advantage, should be deprived of their force. (Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet)

Bind not the new statutes so to the common law, that their words increased for the King's advantage, should be deprived of their force.

Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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