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<h1>De Pace Regis et Regni (1623)</h1>

<p>Pulton, Ferdinando. <em>De Pace Regis et Regni viz. A Treatise Declaring Which be the Great and Generall Offences of the Realme, and the Chiefe Impediments of the Peace of the King and the Kingdome</em>. 4th ed. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1623. Private collection.</p>

<p>First published in 1609, <strong>Ferdinando Pulton's</strong> (1536–1618) treatise provides a discussion of offenses current with all the developments in criminal law in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Thorough and well-organized, it constituted a major addition to the literature of criminal law. This copy is on loan from a private library.</p>

<h2>Usage Rights:</h2>

<p>Item from private collection, used with permission.</p>

<h2>Files available for download:</h2>

<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/context/british-colonial-antecedents/article/1013/type/native/viewcontent">Title page, De Pace Regis et Regni</a></p>