[Footnote 48: From the "Commentaries on the Laws of England."]
[Footnote 49: Author of "The Spirit of the Laws."]
[Footnote 50: Noted as jurist and as the author of comments on
Littleton's "Tenures," a book commonly known as "Coke Upon Littleton."
The great blot on his noble reputation is the brutality with which he
prosecuted Sir Walter Raleigh.]