The Parliamentary Or Constitutional History of England: Being a Faithful Account of All the Most Remarkable Transactions in Parliament, from the Earliest Times; Collected from the Journals of Both Houses, the Records, Original Manuscripts, Scarce Speeches, and Tracts; All Compared with the Several Contemporary Writers, and Connected, Throughout, with the History of the Times, Volume 8Printed; and sold by T. Osborne; and W. Sandby, 1751 - Constitutional history |
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... thought fometimes too forward for the Liberty of the Subject . I am myfelf liber Homo , and my Ancestors gave their Voice with Magna Charta . I enjoy A 3 that 1628 . An . 4. Charles I.that Houfe ftill which Of ENGLAND . 5 the Writs, and ...
... thought fometimes too forward for the Liberty of the Subject . I am myfelf liber Homo , and my Ancestors gave their Voice with Magna Charta . I enjoy A 3 that 1628 . An . 4. Charles I.that Houfe ftill which Of ENGLAND . 5 the Writs, and ...
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... thought that they did not come so close to this Cafe , as that Bail fhould be thereupon , prefently , granted . My Lords , the Habeas Corpus confifteth of three Parts , the Writ ; the Return upon the Writ or Schedule ; and the Entry or ...
... thought that they did not come so close to this Cafe , as that Bail fhould be thereupon , prefently , granted . My Lords , the Habeas Corpus confifteth of three Parts , the Writ ; the Return upon the Writ or Schedule ; and the Entry or ...
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... thought I owed to the King . Concern- ing the Point , now to be spoken to , I fhall not trouble your Lordships with Things already repeat- ed , wherein I concurred with my Brethren . If it were true , the King might not commit , we did ...
... thought I owed to the King . Concern- ing the Point , now to be spoken to , I fhall not trouble your Lordships with Things already repeat- ed , wherein I concurred with my Brethren . If it were true , the King might not commit , we did ...
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... thought the Testimony of it was burnt among ma- ny other Things of the Council - Table , at the burning of the Banquetting House . To the Ninth , being Harcourt's Cafe , 40. Eliz . Rot . 62. the felf - fame Objection was made by him ...
... thought the Testimony of it was burnt among ma- ny other Things of the Council - Table , at the burning of the Banquetting House . To the Ninth , being Harcourt's Cafe , 40. Eliz . Rot . 62. the felf - fame Objection was made by him ...
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... thought this fo reafonable , that he moved for the Bill to be recommitted ; and fo it was , or , rather , it was committed perpetually ; for no more was done upon that Bill . ' < My Lords , I have now done with thofe Opi- nions and ...
... thought this fo reafonable , that he moved for the Bill to be recommitted ; and fo it was , or , rather , it was committed perpetually ; for no more was done upon that Bill . ' < My Lords , I have now done with thofe Opi- nions and ...
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Page 157 - I shall be shorter; and as to that which concerns the impoverishing of the King no other arguments will I use than such as all men grant. The exchequer, you know, is empty, and the reputation thereof gone; the ancient lands are sold; the jewels pawned; the plate engaged; the debts still great; almost all charges, both ordinary and extraordinary, borne up by projects! What poverty can be greater? What necessity so great? What perfect English heart is not almost dissolved into sorrow for this truth?
Page 143 - ... your subjects have inherited this freedom, that they should not be compelled to contribute to any tax, tallage, aid or other like charge not set by common consent in parliament.
Page 305 - I. That we call to mind, how that, in the last Session of this Parliament, we presented to His Majesty an humble declaration of the great danger threatened to this Church and State, by divers courses and practices tending to the change and innovation of religion.
Page 160 - ... livings, and then punish them in God's name; but till then, scandalous livings cannot but have scandalous ministers. It shall ever be a rule to me, that when the church and commonwealth are both of one...
Page 461 - was exceedingly disposed to please the king and to do him service." "It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them.
Page 146 - ... and that your Majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings to the prejudice of your people, in any of the premises, shall not be drawn hereafter into consequence or example : and that your Majesty would be also graciously pleased, for the further comfort and safety of your people, to declare your royal will and pleasure, that in the things aforesaid all your officers and ministers shall serve you, according to the laws and statutes of this realm, as they tender...
Page 157 - For the next, the ignorance and corruption of our ministers, where can you miss of instances? If you survey the court, if you survey the country; if the church, if the city be examined; if you observe the bar, if the bench, if the ports, if the shipping, if the land, if the seas, — all these will render you variety of proofs; and that in such measure and proportion as shows the greatness of our disease to be such that, if there be not some speedy application for remedy, our case is almost desperate.
Page 146 - ... commissions, for proceeding by martial law, may be revoked and annulled; and that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 144 - And whereas also by authority of parliament, in the five and twentieth year of the reign of King Edward III, it is declared and enacted, that no man...
Page 461 - But it was observed, that in the countenances of those who had most opposed all that was desired by his majesty, there was a marvellous serenity ; nor could they conceal the joy of their hearts : for they knew enough of what was to come, to conclude that the king would be shortly compelled to call another parliament ; and they were as sure, that so many so unbiassed 1 men would never be elected again.