The Parliamentary Or Constitutional History of England;: From the Earliest Times, to the Restoration of King Charles II. Collected from the Records, ...J. and R. Tonson, and A. Millar, in the Strand; and W. Sandby, in Fleet-Street., 1762 |
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Page 440 - Time, was more fully declared. This, upon Forfeiture, to be taken, not by way of popular Action, but by Seizure of the Land itfelf, by the King and Lords of the Fee, as to Half the Profits, till the Houfes and Lands were reftored. By this Means the Houfes being kept up, did of
Page 434 - Power to the King's Council, in Caufes that might, in Example or Confequence, concern the State of the Commonwealth ; which, if they were Criminal, the Council ufed to fit in the Chamber, called the StarChamber; if Civil, in the White-Chamber, or WhiteHall : And, as the Chancery had the Pretorian Power for Equity,
Page 440 - or middle People, of a Condition between Gentlemen and Cottagers or Peafants. Now, how much this did advance the Military Power of the Kingdom, is apparent by the true Principles of War, and the Examples of other Kingdoms; for it hath been held by the general Opinion of Men of
Page 440 - In remedying of this Inconvenience the King's Wifdom was admirable, and the Parliament's at that Time. Inclofures they would not forbid, for that had been to forbid the Improvement of the Patrimony of the Kingdom ; nor Tillage they would not compel!, for that was to
Page 439 - which was eafily rid by a few Herdfmen; and Tenancies for Years, Lives, and at Will, whereupon much of the Yeomanry lived, were turned into Demefnes. This bred a Decay of People, and, by Confequence, a Decay
Page 431 - this Kingdom in perfect Peace; but that the true Way is, to flop the Seeds of Sedition and Rebellion in their Beginnings ; and, for that Purpofe, to devife, confirm, and quicken good and wholfome Laws againft Riots and unlawful Aflemblies of People, and all Combinations and Confederacies of them, by Liveries, Tokens and other Badges of factious
Page 423 - pafs by Parliament, the better, being Matter of Grace, to impropriate the Thanks to himfelf; ufing only the Opportunity of a Parliament-Time, the better to difperfe it into the Veins of the Kingdom : Therefore, during the Parliament, he publifhed his Royal Proclamation, offering Pardon and Grace of Reftitution to all fuch as had taken Arms, or been
Page 53 - Htnry, by the Grace of God, King of England, and of France, and ' Lord of Ireland; to the Laud and Honour of God and Reverence of Holy * Church, for
Page 449 - and Spur of Neceffity, to fight and go Victors out of the Field ; confidering their Lives and Fortunes were put in Safety, and protected, whether they flood to it or ran away. But the Force and Obligation of this Law was in itfelf illufory, as to the latter Part of it, by a precedent
Page 451 - out of his Reach to do the King any Hurt, he had ' turned his Arms upon unarmed and unprovided People, ' to fpoil only and depopulate, contrary to the Laws * both of War and Peace : Concluding, That he could ' neither with Honour, nor with the Safety of his People, ' to whom he did owe Protection, let