Feb y 1808

on L d Eldons Bill

Letter V

I. Reasons necessary

1. Principles

In days of yore, when the Porphyrian tree was the most favourite product of the guardian of science, and adjectives in use[?] sprung up under the foot of the logician /Doctor, whether Irrefragable, Angelic or Seraphic,/ take which[?] comes under the rolling stone[?] three epithets, might have obtained a degree of attention such as can not be expected for the one present, and might have contributed to fix in the memory of the studious the uses of that whole in the materia psychologica which itself contributes so powerfully to assist relative[?] the power /grasp/ of the memory in relaxing the substance of a mass of law. /When books afforded no better amusement, and thinking not grudged/

Let us recapitulate. Uses antecedent to enactment Uses resulting from the practice of giving an accompaniment of reason to a proposed law at a period previous to that of its being proposed for enactment - proposed in terminus Uses say anterior to enactment, Uses 1. preventive, 2. meliorative, 3. conciliative.

Uses resulting from the late accompaniment attached to it when brought into a state fit for enactment - has say concomitant and subsequent /posterior/ to enactment. Uses 4. interpretative, 5. expositive or construction. 6. retentive[?] 7. conciliative again and thence corroborative /auxiliary/. 8. meliorative again 9. confirmation or statitive

III Uses applicable to the whole body of laws taken together of which the law in question forms a part - uses 10. depurative, 11. systematically instructive 12. continually ameliorative or confirmative.