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1. c. de beretochiis.
2. "Isti vero viri eliguntur per commune consilium, pro communi utilitate regni, per provincias et patrias universas, et per singulos comitatus in pleno folkmote, sicut et vice-comites provinciarum et comitatuum eligi debent." ["These men are chosen for the general benefit of the kingdom, by the common council, by the provinces, the whole country, and by each county in full assembly, as also the sheriffs of provinces and counties should be elected."] LL. Edw. Confell. ibid. See also Bede, eccl. hist. l.5. c. 10.
3. De morib. German. 7.
4. "Quum bellum civitas, ant illatum defendit aut infert, magistratus qui ei bello praesint deliguntur." ["When a city is engaged either in an offensive or defensive war, magistrates qualified to direct that war are chosen."] De bell. Gall. l. 6. c. 22.
5. The Poles are, even at this day, so tenacious of their ancient constitution, that their pospolite, or militia, cannot be compelled to serve above six weeks, or forty days, in a year. Mod. Univ. hist. xxxiv. 12.
6. c. 58. See Co. LItt. 75, 76.
7. 13 Edw. I. c. 6.
8. Stat. 1 Jac. I. c. 25. 21. Jac. I. c. 28.
9. Rushworth. part. 3. pag. 667.
10. Stat. 1 Edw. III. St. 2. c. 5. & &. 25 Edw. III. St. 5. c. 8.
11. Brit. 103. Edit. 1594.
12. 13 Car. II. c. 6. 14 Car. II. c. 3. 15 Car. II. c. 4.
13. 30 Geo. Ii. c. 25. etc.
14. hist. C. L. c. 2.
15. 3 inst. 52.
16. cap. 29.
17. 3 Car. I. See also stat. 31 Car. II. c. 1.
18. Thus, in Poland, no soldier can be quartered upon the gentry, the only freemen in that republic. Mod. Univ. hist xxxiv. 23.
19. Stat. 1 W. & M. St. 2. c. 2.
20. Sp. L. 11. 6.
21. Stat. 18 Hen. VI. c. 19. 2. & 3. Edw. VI. c. 2.
22. Ff. 49. 16. 5.
23. 4 inst. 332.
24. Sp. L. 15. 12.
25. Stat. 29. Car. II. c. 3. 5. W. III. c. 21. §. 6.
26. Si milites quid in clypeo literis sanguine suo rutilantibus adnotaverint, aut in pulvere inscripserint gladio suo, ipso tempore quo, in praelio, vitae sortem derelinquunt, hujusmodi voluntatem stabilem esse oportet. [If a soldier, in the article of death, wrote anything in bloody letters on his shield, or in the dust of the field with his sword, it was a very good military testament.] Cod. 6. 21. 15.
27. 4 inst. 144. Coutumes de al mer. 2.
28. 4 inst. 50.
29. Scobell 132.
30. Mod. Un. hist. xli. 289.
31. Scobell. 176.
32. Rep. 154.
33. See also Comb. 245.
34. Stat. 2. & 3. Ph. & M. c. 16.
35. Stat. 5 Eliz. c. 5.
36. Stat. 7 & 8 W. III. c. 21. 2 Ann. c. 6. 4 & 5 Ann. C. 19. 13. Geo. II. c. 17 etc.
37. Stat. 2 Ann. c. 6.
38. Stat. 1 Geo. II. St. 2. c. 14.
39. Stat. 13 Geo. II. c. 3.
40. Stat. 7 & 8 W. III. c. 21.
41. Stat. 13 Car. II. St. 1. c. 9.
42. Stat. 22 Geo II. c. 23.
43. Stat. 1. Geo. II. St. 2. c. 14.