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Part Three - THE PLANETS OF THE KINGDOM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2011

J. S. Cockburn
J. S. Cockburn
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University of Maryland
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You that are the judges of circuits are, as it were, the planets of the kingdom…and no doubt you have a great stroke in the frame of this government, as the other have in the great frame of the world. Do therefore as they do; move always and be carried with the motion of your first mover, which is your Sovereign.

From Lord Keeper Francis Bacon's Star Chamber charge, July 1617: Letters and Life of Francis Bacon, ed. Spedding, VI, 211.
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A History of English Assizes 1558–1714 , pp. 151 - 152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1972

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  • THE PLANETS OF THE KINGDOM
  • J. S. Cockburn, University of Maryland
  • Book: A History of English Assizes 1558–1714
  • Online publication: 07 October 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511896507.013
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  • THE PLANETS OF THE KINGDOM
  • J. S. Cockburn, University of Maryland
  • Book: A History of English Assizes 1558–1714
  • Online publication: 07 October 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511896507.013
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  • THE PLANETS OF THE KINGDOM
  • J. S. Cockburn, University of Maryland
  • Book: A History of English Assizes 1558–1714
  • Online publication: 07 October 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511896507.013
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