FALSE News, Spreading of, in order to make discord between the king and nobility, or concerning any great man of the realm, is punishable by common law with fine and imprisonment; which is confirmed by statutes Westm. 1. 3 Edw. I. cap. 34. 2 Ric. II. stat. 1. cap. 5. & 12 Ric. II. cap. 11.