Prolem ante matrimonium natam, ita ut post legitimam, lex civilis succedere facit in hsreditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non parit, suceedere non sinit lex Anglorum. fF ortesc: e. 389. The civil law permits the offspring born before marriage [provided such offspring be afterwards legitimized] to be the helrs of their parents; but the law of the English does not suffer the offspring not produced by the marriage to succeed.