Frontispiece and title page of <cite class="book" style="font-style:normal"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coke" class="extiw" title="en:Edward Coke"> Edward Coke</a> (1648)      <i> The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning the Jurisdiction of the Courts</i> (2<sup>nd</sup> ed.), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:London" class="extiw" title="w:en:London"><span title="capital and largest city of the United Kingdom">London</span></a>:  Printed by M[iles] Flesher for W[illiam] Lee and D[aniel] Pakeman  <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center" class="extiw" title="en:Online Computer Library Center">OCLC</a>:   <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/294863631">294863631</a>. </small></cite>
<p>The frontispiece has an engraving of Coke by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_(engraver)" class="extiw" title="w:John Payne (engraver)">John Payne</a> (1607–1647) dated 1629, that is, when Coke was aged 77. The inscriptions on the engraving are as follows:
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<ul><li><b>Around the portrait</b>: "PRVDENS QVI PATIENS." ("THE PRUDENT ARE PATIENT.")</li>
<li><b>Above the portrait</b>: "Anno 1629." ("The year 1629.")</li>
<li><b>Bottom right-hand corner</b>: "I Payne fecit" ("Made by I. [Iohn = John] Payne").</li></ul>
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