Excerpt from Oddities of the Law IN the Preface to the Eighth Part of his Reports Lord Coke says: There are certain other cases now published by me, concerning some of the most abstruse, dark, and difficult points in the law, and yet very necessary to be known. And I have of purpose done these as plainly and clearly, and therewith as briefly, as I could. For the laws are not like to those things of nature which shine much brighter through crystal or amber than if they be beheld naked; nor like to pictures, that ever delight most when they are garnished and adorned with fresh and lively colors, and are much set out and graced by artificial shadows. 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.