French Tongue, which is
much unknown in the said!
Realm, so that the People
which do implead, or be im-
pleaded, in the King's Court,
and in the Courts of other,
have no Knowledge nor Under-
standing of that which is
said for them or* against
them by their Serjeants and
other Pleaders; (2) and that
reasonably the said Laws and
Customs the rather shall be
perceived and known, and bet-
ter understood in. the Tongue
used in the said Realm, and
by so much every man of the
said Realm may the better
govern himself without offend-
ing of the Law, and the better
keep, save, and defend his
Heritage and Possessions: (3)
And in divers Regions and
Countries, where the King,
the Nobles, and other of the
said Realm have been, good
Governance and full Right is
done to every Person, because
that their Laws and Customs
be learned and used in the
Tongue of the Country: (4)
The King, desiring the good
Governance and Tranquillity
of his People, and to put out
and eschew the Harms and
Mischiefs which do or may
happen in this behalf by the
occasions aforesaid, hath or-
dained and established by the
Assent aforesaid, that all Pleas
which shall be pleaded in any
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& juggez en la lange Franceis
qest trop desconue en dit
reaime issint qe les gentz qe
pledent ou sent empledez en
les courtz Ie roi & les courtz
dautres nont entendement ne
conissance de ce qest dit pur
euls ne centre euls par lour
sergeantz & autres pie- 177
dours & qe resonablemeut les
dites leyes & custumes serront
Ie plus tost apris & couuz & mi-
eultz entenduz en la lange usee
en dit reaime & par taut chescuii
du dit reaime se purroit mieultz
governer sanz faire oitense a
la leye & Ie mieultz garder
sauver & defendre ses herit-
ages & possessions & en diver-
ses regions & paiis ou Ie roi les
nobles & autres du dit reaime
ont este est bon governenient &
plein droit fait a chescun par
cause qe lour leyes & custumes
sont apris & usez en la laoge
du paiis Ie soi desirrant de bon
governement & tranquillite de
son poeple & de ouster & es-
chure les maulx & meschiefs
qe sont advenuz & purront ad-
vener en ceste parti e ad par les
causes susdites ordeigne & es-
tabli del assent avantdit qe
toutes plees qe serront a pleder
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