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HENRY DE BRACTON (BRATTON OR BRETTON) English ecclesiastic and jurist ( - 1268) And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him.   [Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere, et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]       - Works (bk. IV, tit. I, c. 2, sec. IV)         [Prudence] Last Revised: 2009 April 2 Copyright © 1999-2009 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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