Excerpt from The Law of Libel: In Which Is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, and of Its Introduction, and Successive Alterations, in the Law of England In the present Edition of the Law or Luz-ms, the Author has altered the arrangement in some material parts. These changes have been. Made for the sake of a clearer distribution, and in order to bring together those parts of the treatise which, having suggested themselves in the course of the work, had been dis posed rather according to their incidental occurrence, than referred to the heads to which they properly belonged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.