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         Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
      
       
         
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             The Long Parliament dissolved
             Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
          
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             1676.
          
           
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           THE
           LONG
           Parliament
           DISSOLVED
           .
        
         
           
             Deut.
             27.
             17.
             
          
           
             Cursed
             be
             he
             that
             Removeth
             his
             Neighbours
             Land-Mark
             :
             and
             all
             the
             People
             shall
             say
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1676.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Long
           Parliament
           Dissolved
           .
        
         
           WISDOM
           saith
           ,
           
             There
             is
             as
             vvell
             a
             time
             to
             Speak
             ,
             as
             a
             time
             to
             be
             Silent
          
           ;
           And
           though
           Wise
           Men
           are
           often
           hardly
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           know
           the
           Proper
           seasons
           of
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           :
           Yet
           where
           Necessity
           hath
           left
           no
           Choice
           ,
           but
           absolutely
           imposeth
           One
           upon
           us
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Srait
           upon
           the
           Judgment
           .
           And
           would
           to
           God
           it
           could
           not
           be
           made
           most
           demonstrable
           that
           such
           a
           Necessity
           we
           are
           under
           at
           this
           time
           .
           For
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Lavvs
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           the
           
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
          
           and
           Properties
           of
           every
           English-Man
           is
           at
           Stake
           ;
           and
           we
           ,
           with
           all
           other
           our
           Fellow
           English-Men
           ,
           are
           under
           the
           highest
           Obligation
           to
           break
           our
           guilty
           Silence
           ,
           or
           with
           our
           Tongues
           in
           our
           Mouthes
           ,
           see
           all
           our
           
             Antient
             Rights
          
           Raped
           from
           Us
           and
           our
           Posterity
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           our
           
             Living
             Child
          
           of
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           slily
           stolen
           from
           our
           sides
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Dead
             One
          
           of
           Vassalage
           and
           Misery
           laid
           in
           its
           room
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           on
           our
           own
           behalf
           ,
           and
           the
           behalfes
           of
           all
           other
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           we
           crave
           leave
           to
           speak
           .
        
         
           As
           Reason
           differenceth
           Men
           from
           Bruits
           ,
           so
           Lavvs
           (
           which
           are
           but
           the
           results
           of
           Reason
           )
           doth
           difference
           Free-men
           from
           Slaves
           :
           For
           it
           is
           Lavv
           only
           which
           makes
           and
           secures
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           that
           neither
           they
           nor
           we
           ,
           are
           Governed
           as
           Beasts
           by
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ;
           but
           lays
           such
           a
           Restrant
           upon
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           cannot
           do
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           ours
           ,
           
             ad
             Libitum
          
           ,
           but
           must
           Govern
           as
           the
           Lavv
           directs
           .
        
         
           Hence
           was
           it
           that
           the
           wisdom
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           laid
           out
           
           itself
           more
           ,
           to
           Legally
           secure
           our
           
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
          
           and
           Fortunes
           from
           all
           Wrongs
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           than
           from
           the
           
             Private
             Injuries
          
           of
           one
           Man
           to
           another
           :
           For
           they
           knew
           that
           occasional
           and
           temporary
           Lavvs
           would
           easily
           be
           made
           to
           restrain
           these
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           ;
           But
           to
           secure
           the
           other
           ,
           make
           sure
           provision
           of
           
             frequent
             Parliaments
          
           :
           For
           they
           had
           so
           glorious
           a
           Value
           of
           ,
           and
           kindness
           for
           our
           
             English
             Liberty
          
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           trust
           the
           Guardianship
           thereof
           to
           any
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           
             People
             themselves
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           that
           they
           might
           have
           a
           continued
           Assurance
           and
           a
           perpetual
           Satisfaction
           that
           their
           Liberties
           should
           continue
           in
           
             statu
             quo
          
           ,
           It
           was
           Ordained
           ,
           
             That
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             said
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Remedy
             of
             Mischiefs
             and
             Grievances
             that
             daily
             happen
             ,
             A
             Parliament
             should
             be
             held
             once
             every
             year
             ,
          
           36.
           
           Edw.
           3.
           
           Cap.
           10
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           some
           of
           our
           Kings
           have
           omitted
           the
           holding
           of
           Parliaments
           for
           a
           longer
           time
           than
           a
           year
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           have
           silently
           waited
           ,
           and
           born
           that
           Omission
           .
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           so
           have
           we
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           
             Majesties
             Coronation
             Oath
          
           ,
           and
           his
           many
           most
           solemn
           and
           oft
           repeated
           Promises
           for
           the
           
             Keeping
             of
             the
             Lavvs
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           continuing
           a
           Parliament
           of
           the
           prodigious
           length
           of
           15
           or
           16
           years
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           not
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           one
           half
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           :
           Yet
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           we
           held
           our
           Peace
           .
           And
           though
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           People
           of
           England
           have
           equal
           Right
           to
           be
           Represented
           ,
           and
           could
           make
           it
           demonstrable
           ,
           that
           a
           Parliament
           of
           that
           length
           can
           never
           be
           the
           Representative
           of
           half
           the
           People
           ;
           for
           all
           from
           21
           years
           of
           age
           to
           37
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           both
           in
           number
           and
           vigor
           ,
           and
           the
           Flower
           and
           Strength
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           only
           able
           to
           Defend
           it
           from
           any
           Enemies
           or
           Invasions
           ,
           were
           never
           Represented
           in
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           major
           part
           of
           those
           that
           were
           Represented
           ,
           never
           so
           much
           as
           thought
           or
           intended
           that
           the
           Trust
           they
           gave
           ,
           should
           be
           continued
           to
           such
           a
           monstrous
           duration
           
           for
           the
           Gentry
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           think
           themselves
           born
           to
           have
           their
           share
           in
           Ruling
           as
           well
           as
           being
           Ruled
           ,
           judge
           it
           a
           very
           hard
           thing
           upon
           them
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           be
           secluded
           from
           their
           hopes
           of
           having
           the
           honour
           to
           serve
           their
           King
           and
           Country
           in
           Parliament
           (
           the
           greatest
           
             Schole
             of
             Knovvledge
          
           and
           improvement
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           be
           bound
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           or
           like
           Laquies
           ,
           wait
           in
           the
           Lobby
           all
           their
           lives
           long
           ,
           and
           see
           500
           persons
           hold
           the
           Seats
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           each
           of
           them
           a
           Pattent
           for
           his
           Place
           ;
           whereas
           if
           we
           had
           annual
           Parliaments
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           there
           might
           8000
           Gentlemen
           have
           served
           in
           Parliament
           since
           the
           Kings
           restoration
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           a
           great
           accomplishment
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           And
           that
           there
           being
           at
           least
           20000
           Gentlemen
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           of
           as
           good
           Brains
           ,
           Families
           and
           Fortunes
           as
           any
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           should
           be
           debarr'd
           from
           that
           highest
           Trust
           and
           Honour
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           forced
           to
           dance
           attendance
           all
           their
           dayes
           on
           500
           only
           ,
           would
           have
           provoked
           any
           Nation
           in
           the
           World
           to
           have
           spoke
           but
           we
           .
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           we
           were
           silent
           and
           resolved
           to
           wait
           with
           patience
           :
           For
           we
           considered
           ,
           though
           we
           had
           not
           what
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           but
           still
           a
           sin
           of
           Omission
           ,
           and
           did
           think
           with
           our selves
           ,
           that
           some
           Circumstances
           of
           Affairs
           abroad
           ,
           and
           the
           Poverty
           and
           Discontent
           of
           the
           People
           at
           home
           ,
           would
           at
           last
           reduce
           things
           into
           their
           old
           and
           proper
           Order
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           should
           at
           length
           see
           Parliaments
           in
           their
           Antient
           Legal
           Channel
           again
           ,
           and
           both
           King
           and
           People
           reaping
           the
           Fruits
           and
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           would
           flow
           from
           thence
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           to
           our
           great
           amazement
           ,
           all
           on
           the
           suddain
           ,
           we
           found
           our selves
           plunged
           into
           a
           far
           greater
           extremity
           than
           ever
           ;
           for
           whereas
           before
           Parliaments
           were
           only
           omitted
           or
           continued
           longer
           than
           the
           Law
           intended
           ,
           but
           now
           by
           the
           last
           Prorogation
           ,
           the
           King
           hath
           positively
           Ordered
           that
           a
           Parliament
           shall
           not
           be
           held
           within
           the
           time
           appointed
           by
           Law
           :
           So
           that
           the
           matter
           is
           come
           to
           this
           
           narrow
           Issue
           ,
           
             That
             either
             this
             Prorogation
             is
             Null
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             as
             an
             End
             ,
             or
             ,
             All
             our
             LAWS
             are
             of
             no
             Effect
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           we
           Appeal
           to
           Mankind
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           to
           every
           Member
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           Whether
           we
           are
           not
           reduced
           to
           an
           unavoidable
           necessity
           of
           Breaking
           our
           Silence
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           our
           Law
           
             (
             Viz.
             )
             4.
             
             Edvv.
             3.
             
             Cap.
             10.
             36.
             
             Ed.
             3.
             
             Cap.
             14.
             5.
             
             Edvv.
             3.
             
             No.
             141.
             5.
             
             Ed.
             2.
             
             No.
             —
             1.
             
             Rich.
             2.
             
             No.
          
           95.
           
           Do
           positively
           appoint
           
             The
             Meeting
             of
             a
             Parliament
             once
             vvithin
             a
             year
             .
          
           But
           directly
           contrary
           to
           all
           these
           Statutes
           ,
           this
           last
           Prorogation
           doth
           Order
           the
           Parliament
           not
           to
           Meet
           within
           a
           Year
           ,
           but
           some
           Months
           after
           .
           And
           therefore
           either
           this
           Prorogation
           is
           Null
           and
           Void
           in
           Law
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Sitting
           and
           Acting
           as
           a
           Parliament
           is
           at
           an
           End
           ,
           or
           else
           by
           your
           Sitting
           and
           Acting
           ,
           you
           will
           Admit
           and
           Justify
           ,
           That
           a
           particular
           Order
           of
           the
           King
           is
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           tho
           contrary
           to
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           what
           importance
           soever
           ;
           and
           thereby
           at
           once
           subvert
           the
           whole
           Government
           of
           England
           by
           Law.
           The
           dreadful
           Consequences
           whereof
           would
           fill
           any
           true
           English-man
           with
           Indignation
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           a
           particular
           Order
           of
           the
           King
           is
           to
           be
           obeyed
           contrary
           to
           all
           those
           Laws
           ,
           made
           for
           holding
           Parliaments
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Remedy
           of
           Mischiefs
           and
           Grievances
           which
           daily
           happen
           ,
           then
           another
           particular
           Order
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           contrary
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ;
           and
           another
           Order
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
          
           ;
           and
           another
           particular
           Order
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Statute
           
             De
             Tallagio
             non
             concedendo
          
           ,
           must
           also
           be
           obeyed
           .
           So
           that
           then
           the
           King
           may
           by
           his
           particular
           Order
           take
           away
           any
           mans
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           or
           Estate
           ,
           when
           ever
           he
           pleaseth
           :
           And
           our
           condition
           is
           changed
           from
           that
           of
           Freemen
           ,
           to
           be
           worse
           than
           that
           of
           Villaines
           :
           For
           tho
           the
           Lord
           had
           the
           power
           over
           his
           Villaines
           Goods
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           not
           a
           power
           over
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           Villaine
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           secured
           to
           him
           .
           But
           of
           the
           Kings
           particular
           Order
           contrary
           
           to
           Law
           ,
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           we
           have
           nothing
           to
           secure
           our
           very
           Lives
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           our
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Estates
           have
           their
           Security
           from
           the
           Lavvs
           only
           ,
           and
           the
           Lavvs
           have
           their
           Maintenance
           from
           Parliaments
           ,
           then
           if
           a
           particular
           Order
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Sitting
           of
           Parliaments
           must
           be
           obeyed
           contrary
           to
           all
           these
           Acts
           ,
           made
           for
           holding
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           the
           king
           when
           ever
           he
           pleaseth
           may
           take
           away
           both
           the
           laws
           which
           should
           Secure
           us
           ,
           and
           Parliaments
           which
           should
           secure
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           what
           a
           condition
           we
           shall
           be
           left
           ,
           (
           we
           conceive
           )
           both
           you
           and
           we
           may
           easily
           judge
           ;
           For
           now
           if
           any
           threatens
           to
           take
           away
           our
           lives
           arbitrarily
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           legal
           Judgement
           of
           our
           Peers
           ,
           or
           our
           liberties
           without
           shewing
           cause
           in
           law
           ,
           we
           can
           answer
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           will
           not
           suffer
           you
           .
           If
           any
           threaten
           to
           violate
           our
           Properties
           ,
           we
           can
           now
           answer
           the
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
          
           will
           not
           suffer
           you
           .
           If
           any
           attempt
           to
           raise
           money
           without
           consent
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           we
           can
           yet
           say
           no
           ,
           the
           law
           
             De
             Tallagio
             non
             concedendo
          
           will
           not
           permit
           you
           .
           But
           if
           the
           kings
           particular
           Order
           contrary
           to
           these
           laws
           must
           give
           supercedias
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           obeyed
           by
           us
           ,
           What
           have
           we
           to
           answer
           then
           ?
           For
           you
           throw
           the
           whole
           People
           of
           England
           on
           their
           knees
           to
           beg
           for
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           part
           of
           their
           liberties
           and
           propeties
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           will
           please
           to
           spare
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Lavvs
           are
           the
           Banks
           and
           Fence
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           we
           can
           call
           Ours
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           man
           can
           wrong
           us
           ,
           neither
           in
           our
           Persons
           nor
           our
           Properties
           ,
           but
           we
           can
           strait
           run
           to
           them
           for
           Right
           ,
           But
           if
           contrary
           to
           lavv
           ,
           an
           Order
           of
           the
           kings
           ,
           that
           breaks
           down
           these
           Banks
           and
           Bounds
           ,
           and
           like
           an
           Inundation
           overflows
           all
           our
           Freedom
           ,
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           What
           end
           will
           there
           be
           of
           our
           Miseries
           ?
           Where
           will
           it
           stop
           ?
           or
           who
           ,
           or
           what
           can
           stop
           it
           ?
           Now
           t
           is
           injustice
           in
           any
           person
           whilest
           our
           lavvs
           govern
           us
           ,
           to
           take
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           ours
           illegally
           from
           us
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           kings
           Order
           against
           our
           lavvs
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           Mercy
           that
           any
           thing
           of
           ours
           is
           
           left
           us
           .
           Nay
           to
           say
           truth
           ,
           then
           all
           is
           his
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           nothing
           that
           we
           can
           call
           ours
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           lavv
           alone
           that
           makes
           Property
           .
        
         
           Nor
           are
           our
           written
           lavvs
           and
           statutes
           only
           subverted
           ,
           but
           the
           Common
           lavv
           may
           also
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           :
           For
           if
           an
           Order
           of
           the
           King
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           against
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           of
           the
           highest
           Importance
           ,
           and
           most
           Universal
           concern
           ,
           then
           also
           may
           his
           Order
           be
           obeyed
           against
           the
           
             Common
             lavv
          
           ;
           and
           then
           whereas
           by
           the
           
             Common
             lavv
          
           every
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           is
           to
           have
           40
           days
           Summons
           before
           the
           Meeting
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           have
           time
           sufficient
           to
           prepare
           himself
           to
           come
           up
           and
           attend
           the
           discharge
           of
           his
           duty
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           full
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           nothing
           done
           upon
           the
           catch
           ,
           nor
           by
           a
           Party
           ;
           the
           kings
           Order
           contrary
           to
           this
           law
           may
           restrain
           the
           40
           dayes
           to
           20
           ,
           10
           ,
           5
           ,
           4
           days
           ,
           nay
           24
           hours
           if
           he
           please
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           easily
           supposed
           ,
           he
           cannot
           want
           a
           Quorum
           of
           each
           House
           of
           his
           own
           Servants
           and
           Officers
           who
           may
           dispatch
           what
           lavvs
           soever
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           total
           alteration
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           before
           any
           from
           the
           Country
           can
           come
           up
           to
           hinder
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           only
           the
           Statute
           and
           
             Common
             lavv
          
           ,
           but
           
             lex
             &
             consuetudo
             Parliamenti
          
           ,
           the
           laws
           and
           customs
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           likewise
           subverted
           .
           For
           whereas
           by
           that
           law
           and
           custom
           of
           Parliament
           40
           Members
           and
           a
           Speaker
           makes
           a
           House
           ,
           this
           or
           any
           succeeding
           kings
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           same
           Power
           ,
           order
           that
           24
           ,
           nay
           14
           ,
           or
           any
           less
           number
           shall
           make
           a
           House
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           Parliament
           may
           be
           packt
           with
           ease
           at
           pleasure
           .
           And
           the
           law
           and
           custom
           of
           Parliament
           allowes
           freedom
           of
           debate
           ,
           and
           indemnisies
           every
           Member
           that
           speaks
           his
           mind
           ,
           from
           any
           other
           Judgement
           but
           that
           of
           their
           own
           Bar
           (
           from
           which
           freedom
           it
           hath
           the
           denomination
           of
           Parliament
           )
           But
           if
           a
           private
           Order
           of
           the
           king
           or
           his
           Successors
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           the
           Members
           of
           either
           House
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           answer
           for
           their
           freedom
           of
           speech
           at
           the
           kings-bench-bar
           
           and
           from
           thence
           at
           a
           worse
           place
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           no
           law
           left
           nor
           custom
           of
           Parliament
           to
           relieve
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           might
           instance
           in
           many
           other
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           which
           extraordinary
           Priviledges
           are
           given
           to
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           to
           every
           Member
           thereof
           in
           particular
           ,
           but
           that
           would
           rather
           be
           sit
           a
           Volumn
           than
           such
           a
           Discourse
           :
           Wherefore
           we
           will
           shut
           up
           this
           Point
           with
           this
           Conclusion
           :
           
             That
             if
             you
             do
             admit
             that
             the
             Kings
             Order
             ,
             contrary
             to
             lavv
             ,
             must
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             you
             do
             admit
             ,
             that
             the
             king
             and
             his
             successors
             ,
             may
             hold
             Parliaments
             only
             vvhen
             they
             please
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             do
             hold
             them
             ,
             may
             make
             them
             do
             vvhat
             they
             please
             ▪
             Nay
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             vvith
             or
             vvithout
             Parliaments
             make
             lavvs
             ,
             or
             make
             their
             particular
             Orders
             and
             Proclamations
             go
             for
             lavvs
             ▪
             raise
             Money
             ,
             and
             do
             to
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             people
             of
             England
             ,
             to
             their
             lives
             ,
             to
             their
             liberties
             ,
             in
             to
             their
             estates
             ,
             vvhatsoever
             either
             the
             kings
             themselves
             ,
             their
             ministers
             ,
             or
             the
             vvorst
             of
             evil
             Counsellors
             can
             desire
             .
          
           An
           admission
           so
           Impudent
           that
           the
           
             French
             Tyranny
          
           came
           in
           more
           modestly
           than
           this
           .
           For
           the
           
             French
             king
          
           introduced
           his
           Absolute
           Rule
           by
           Courtship
           ,
           
             He
             pray'd
             a
             lavv
             to
             order
             him
             to
             raise
             Money
             but
             till
             their
             next
             Meeting
             ,
             and
             that
             neither
             but
             if
             there
             vvere
             occasion
             .
          
           which
           the
           Parliament
           by
           Inadvertency
           granted
           and
           have
           never
           Met
           since
           .
           But
           he
           did
           not
           issue
           out
           an
           Order
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           bare-fac'd
           impose
           his
           Will
           upon
           them
           :
           For
           tho
           they
           were
           French-men
           they
           could
           never
           endure
           that
           :
           And
           shall
           
             English-men
             ▪
          
           not
           by
           Inadvertency
           ,
           but
           upon
           Deliberation
           patiently
           suffer
           the
           self
           same
           Yoak
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           them
           ,
           on
           worser
           Tearms
           ?
        
         
           This
           we
           say
           not
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           acknowledgement
           that
           you
           are
           in
           a
           legal
           Capacity
           now
           ,
           to
           do
           us
           either
           good
           or
           hurt
           ,
           for
           your
           Day
           is
           done
           ,
           and
           your
           Power-expired
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           may
           not
           like
           a
           Snuffe
           ,
           smell
           ill
           after
           you
           are
           out
           .
           For
           the
           only
           reason
           why
           we
           more
           particularly
           direct
           our selves
           to
           you
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Character
           you
           have
           born
           ,
           that
           therefore
           you
           should
           not
           so
           much
           as
           seem
           to
           give
           Prerogative
           the
           upper
           hand
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           That
           however
           you
           
           lived
           ,
           yet
           all
           may
           say
           and
           witness
           for
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           dyec
           .
           well
           and
           made
           a
           worthy
           End.
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           no
           time
           to
           flatter
           you
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           deal
           truly
           with
           you
           ;
           Things
           are
           at
           their
           Issue
           ,
           and
           either
           you
           are
           dead
           or
           our
           laws
           are
           so
           :
           But
           our
           laws
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           are
           living
           ,
           and
           we
           trust
           will
           live
           to
           all
           Generations
           ,
           though
           there
           are
           some
           Gentlemen
           of
           your
           Assembly
           ,
           so
           desirous
           of
           longer
           life
           ,
           that
           they
           labour
           mightily
           to
           perswade
           the
           world
           ,
           That
           the
           laws
           we
           mention
           for
           
             Annual
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           are
           Repealed
           :
           But
           if
           they
           are
           ,
           't
           is
           this
           Prorogation
           hath
           Repealed
           them
           :
           Forthey
           were
           declared
           to
           be
           in
           force
           when
           the
           
             Triennal
             Act
          
           was
           made
           ,
           in
           16
           
             Caroli
             primi
          
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           are
           in
           the
           Statute
           for
           Repealing
           that
           
             Triennal
             Act
          
           ,
           in
           16
           
             Caroli
             secundi
          
           ,
           in
           these
           notable
           words
           .
           
             And
             because
             by
             the
             ancient
             Lavvs
             and
             Statutes
             of
             this
             Reals
             made
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             king
          
           Edw.
           3.
           
           
             Parliaments
             are
             to
             be
             held
             very
             often
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           how
           this
           Act
           should
           title
           the●
           the
           
             Antient
             Lavvs
             and
             Statues
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
          
           and
           say
           ,
           
             that
             by
             them
             Parliaments
             are
             to
             be
             held
             very
             often
             ,
          
           if
           they
           were
           Repealed
           and
           were
           no
           laws
           and
           statutes
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           is
           wondrous
           strange
           .
           For
           if
           they
           were
           no
           laws
           and
           statutes
           ,
           then
           certainly
           Parliaments
           are
           not
           to
           be
           held
           very
           often
           ,
           nor
           at
           all
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           that
           law
           affirms
           ,
           
             They
             are
             the
             Antient
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
          
           and
           such
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           that
           Parliaments
           are
           to
           be
           held
           by
           them
           :
           So
           that
           you
           see
           these
           laws
           were
           declared
           in
           force
           ,
           even
           by
           your
           se●ves
           in
           the
           sixteenth
           year
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Reign
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           sure
           there
           hath
           been
           no
           new
           Parliament
           since
           to
           Repeal
           them
           ,
           however
           we
           hope
           the
           whole
           Nation
           will
           strictly
           observe
           every
           man
           among
           you
           ▪
           that
           to
           sit
           a
           little
           longer
           yet
           ,
           would
           sacrifice
           to
           this
           Prorogation
           ,
           the
           very
           best
           laws
           (
           and
           in
           there
           all
           the
           laws
           and
           liberties
           )
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           let
           not
           any
           delude
           you
           with
           such
           little
           pittiful
           Objections
           ,
           that
           you
           your selves
           are
           ashamed
           to
           acknowledge
           for
           your
           own
           ;
           and
           urge
           them
           only
           as
           other
           mens
           opinions
           for
           these
           sorry
           doses
           will
           never
           do
           ,
           no
           nor
           the
           highest
           
           cordial
           they
           can
           propose
           ,
           your
           voting
           your selves
           alive
           :
           for
           Miracles
           are
           ceased
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           were
           not
           ,
           raising
           a
           dead
           Parliament
           to
           life
           again
           ,
           is
           beyond
           the
           power
           of
           any
           mortal
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           those
           works
           that
           ceaseth
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           very
           strange
           to
           see
           how
           these
           Gentlemen
           wriggle
           about
           ,
           and
           like
           drowning
           persons
           catch
           at
           every
           straw
           to
           save
           them
           .
        
         
           Yesterday
           they
           urged
           these
           laws
           were
           Repealed
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           see
           they
           can
           do
           no
           good
           there
           ,
           to
           day
           they
           acknowledge
           that
           they
           are
           in
           force
           ,
           and
           apply
           all
           their
           wit
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           laws
           may
           stand
           ,
           and
           this
           Prorogation
           too
           :
           For
           say
           they
           ,
           Those
           laws
           do
           appoint
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           a
           Parliament
           once
           a
           year
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           shall
           have
           for
           all
           this
           Prorogation
           ;
           for
           we
           had
           a
           Parliament
           in
           75
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           have
           a
           Parliament
           in
           76
           ;
           This
           is
           a
           very
           fine
           account
           :
           But
           according
           to
           this
           computation
           there
           may
           be
           14
           ,
           16
           ,
           or
           23
           months
           as
           well
           as
           12
           in
           a
           year
           :
           But
           he
           is
           a
           very
           novice
           in
           our
           law
           ,
           that
           knows
           not
           ,
           that
           whereever
           a
           
             year
             ,
             every
             year
             ,
             vvithin
             a
             year
             ,
             yearly
             ,
             or
             once
             a
             year
             ,
          
           is
           mentioned
           in
           any
           Statute
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           
             tvvelve
             Months
          
           only
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           day
           more
           or
           less
           :
           As
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Statutes
           of
           
             Usury
             ,
             Recusancy
             ,
             Conformity
             ,
             Appeals
             for
             Murder
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           Statutes
           ,
           wherein
           a
           year
           is
           expressed
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           more
           repugnant
           to
           reason
           to
           understand
           by
           a
           year
           in
           these
           Statutes
           more
           than
           
             tvvelve
             months
          
           ,
           than
           in
           any
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           for
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           
             And
             more
             often
             ,
             if
             need
             be
             .
          
           And
           the
           urging
           the
           Reason
           of
           their
           frequency
           ;
           
             For
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Lavvs
             ,
             and
             the
             remedying
             of
             Grievances
             and
             Mischiefs
             vvhich
             daily
             happen
             ,
          
           do
           plainly
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           do
           not
           intend
           that
           Parliaments
           should
           alwayes
           be
           intermitted
           for
           so
           long
           as
           
             tvvelve
             months
          
           ,
           but
           never
           longer
           .
           But
           these
           Gentlemen
           would
           rather
           alter
           out
           very
           Language
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           acceptation
           of
           words
           ,
           than
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           this
           last
           Prorogations
           is
           Null
           in
           Law
           ,
           in
           ordering
           
           a
           Parliaments
           shall
           not
           be
           held
           till
           
             fifteen
             months
          
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           that
           order
           ,
           a
           Parliament
           shall
           be
           held
           once
           every
           year
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           prorogation
           be
           Null
           ,
           you
           are
           Null'd
           therewith
           .
        
         
           Now
           do
           not
           think
           to
           salve
           your
           Authority
           by
           your
           own
           Vote
           ,
           for
           we
           and
           all
           men
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           no
           Parliament
           that
           is
           not
           an●ocedently
           so
           ,
           can
           make
           it self
           a
           Parliament
           by
           Vote
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           it self
           .
        
         
           VVell
           But
           now
           since
           neither
           the
           Laws
           are
           Recealed
           to
           make
           room
           for
           this
           prorogation
           ,
           nor
           the
           prorogation
           and
           the
           Laws
           are
           able
           to
           stand
           both
           together
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           hunt
           to
           find
           out
           a
           third
           expedient
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           prorogation
           be
           null
           ,
           because
           of
           its
           illegal
           length
           of
           time
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           thereby
           dissolved
           but
           only
           dismissed
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           recalled
           by
           the
           kings
           proclamation
           ;
           a
           subterfuge
           as
           vain
           as
           either
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           altogether
           as
           unable
           to
           answer
           the
           ends
           of
           those
           that
           urge
           it
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           kings
           prorogation
           was
           Null
           in
           Law
           ,
           because
           it
           ordered
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           parliament
           at
           a
           day
           of
           such
           an
           undue
           length
           as
           was
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           then
           how
           can
           a
           proclamation
           ,
           ordering
           their
           meeting
           on
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           make
           it
           good
           in
           Law
           ?
           For
           the
           only
           thing
           illegal
           in
           the
           prorogation
           was
           the
           length
           of
           time
           (
           for
           it
           s
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           but
           his
           Majesty
           may
           prorogue
           parliaments
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           not
           contrary
           to
           Law
           )
           and
           to
           think
           that
           a
           proclamation
           for
           meeting
           at
           the
           same
           time
           (
           or
           indeed
           at
           any
           time
           )
           can
           cure
           the
           illegality
           of
           the
           prorogation
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           absurd
           opinion
           ,
           
             Et
             uno
             absurd
             dato
             ,
             mille
             sequuntur
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           we
           affirm
           ,
           That
           a
           prorogation
           or
           dismission
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           antient
           Forms
           of
           dissolving
           parliaments
           ,
           for
           a
           parliament
           so
           dismissed
           ,
           never
           sat
           again
           ,
           nor
           was
           it
           ever
           done
           in
           any
           other
           case
           .
           And
           good
           reason
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           all
           our
           Laws
           would
           be
           utterly
           eluded
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Laws
           appoint
           a
           Parliament
           shall
           be
           holden
           once
           even
           year
           ,
           and
           a
           prorogation
           comes
           and
           sayes
           no
           ;
           a
           Parliament
           shall
           not
           be
           held
           till
           a
           year
           and
           a
           quarter
           ,
           and
           after
           you
           see
           this
           
           prorogation
           Null
           and
           Void
           in
           Law
           ,
           you
           can
           slide
           your selves
           from
           under
           the
           Proroga●ion
           (
           and
           are
           content
           that
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Nullity
           )
           and
           shelter
           your selves
           under
           a
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           and
           urge
           that
           on
           your
           behalf
           :
           we
           say
           ▪
           could
           you
           do
           this
           .
           Our
           Laws
           were
           of
           no
           avail
           but
           meer
           Cyphers
           only
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           we
           say
           first
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           really
           so
           ▪
           for
           you
           were
           prorogued
           to
           a
           certain
           day
           ,
           and
           not
           
             sine
             die
          
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Law
           make
           that
           day
           (
           to
           which
           you
           are
           prorogued
           )
           as
           impossible
           ever
           to
           come
           ,
           as
           the
           
             thirtieth
             of
             February
          
           ,
           we
           cannot
           help
           that
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           only
           day
           upon
           which
           your
           being
           stands
           ,
           and
           if
           by
           the
           Law
           that
           day
           can
           never
           come
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           same
           Law
           you
           can
           never
           come
           .
        
         
           But
           were
           it
           so
           ,
           yet
           still
           it
           were
           but
           as
           broad
           as
           long
           ,
           for
           a
           prorogation
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           dissolution
           neither
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           no
           other
           
             sine
             die
          
           in
           Nature
           but
           that
           :
           so
           that
           look
           which
           way
           you
           will
           ,
           whether
           on
           the
           Prorogation
           of
           the
           
             fifteenth
             of
             February
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Dismission
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           the
           Law
           shews
           you
           nothing
           but
           Death
           ;
           and
           you
           love
           to
           be
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           a
           great
           deal
           better
           than
           we
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           adventure
           your
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           to
           sit
           after
           the
           Lavv
           hath
           put
           a
           Dissolution
           on
           you
           .
        
         
           Edvvard
           the
           Fourth
           held
           a
           Parliament
           the
           eighth
           day
           of
           April
           ,
           in
           the
           thirteenth
           year
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           which
           he
           prorogued
           to
           the
           sixth
           of
           October
           following
           ,
           but
           being
           desirous
           to
           call
           them
           sooner
           ,
           if
           the
           urgency
           of
           his
           affaires
           should
           require
           it
           ,
           no
           other
           expedient
           could
           be
           found
           to
           enable
           the
           King
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           special
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           to
           adjorn
           them
           to
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           yet
           if
           occasion
           did
           require
           to
           summon
           them
           sooner
           ,
           which
           Act
           was
           made
           with
           that
           caution
           and
           legal
           formality
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           very
           Record
           of
           that
           Prorogation
           there
           is
           a
           Salvo
           for
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Act
           it self
           recited
           ,
           
             in
             haec
             verba
          
           ,
           an
           the
           Record
           .
           
             Rot
             ▪
             Parl.
             13
             ▪
             Edw.
          
           4.
           
           Cap.
           47
        
         
         
           Item
           ,
           codem
           octavo
           die
           Ap●ilis
           ,
           post
           gratiasreditas
           ex
           parte
           dicto
           ,
           Domini
           Regis
           ,
           &
           ejus
           mandato
           per
           venerabilem
           P●●re
           ,
           
             Willm
             .
             Bathon
          
           .
           &
           Wellen
           ,
           Episcopum
           Cancellarium
           praefact
           is
           Dominis
           &
           omnibus
           tunc
           ibidem
           presentibus
           ,
           de
           eorum
           bonis
           diligentiis
           &
           laboribus
           circa
           ea
           quo
           sibi
           ex
           parte
           Regis
           injunct
           a
           fuerunt
           exhibitis
           &
           oftend
           .
           Idem
           Cancellarius
           ex
           mandato
           ejusdem
           Dom.
           Regis
           ulterius
           declaravit
           qualiter
           Idem
           Dominus
           Rex
           ,
           sacrum
           tempus
           Quadragesimate
           tunc
           instans
           &
           fere
           praeteritum
           ,
           ad
           sacrum
           Festum
           Paschae
           ,
           tune
           quasi
           in
           proxinie
           existens
           ,
           quamque
           ,
           necessarium
           atque
           placabile
           esset
           ,
           tam
           Dominis
           quam
           Communibus
           ,
           dicto
           Parliament
           to
           intendentibus
           ad
           suas
           Libertates
           existere
           ,
           aliasque
           causas
           urgentes
           ,
           ipsum
           Dominum
           Regem
           &
           Regnum
           suum
           Angliae
           concernentes
           ,
           debitae
           discussionis
           libramine
           ,
           ponderans
           Parliamentum
           suum
           predictum
           ,
           usque
           sextum
           diem
           Octobris
           tunc
           proximum
           futurum
           ,
           ad
           idem
           Palatium
           apud
           Westminster
           ,
           quo
           tunc
           erat
           tentam
           ,
           tunc
           ibide●●te●end
           .
           ●ensuit
           prorogand
           .
           &
           adjornand
           .
           &
           illud
           realiter
           sic
           prorogavit
           &
           adjornavit
           ,
           omnibus
           &
           singulis
           quorum
           intersuir
           firmiter
           injungendo
           quod
           ad
           dictum
           sextum
           diem
           Octobris
           apud
           dict
           Palacium
           Westmin
           .
           excusation
           quaerunque
           ,
           cessante
           personaliter
           convenient
           in
           negotiis
           dicti
           Parliamenti
           processurus
           .
           —
           Salva
           semper
           praefato
           Domino
           Regi
           conditione
           in
           quodam
           Actu
           authoritate
           dicti
           Parliamenti
           super
           hujusmodi
           prorogatione
           &
           adjornatione
           edito
           contenta
           :
           Cujus
           quidem
           Actus
           tenor
           de
           vero
           in
           verbum
           hic
           subsequenter
           inseritur
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           Formsmuch
           as
           the
           King
           intendeth
           to
           prorogue
           and
           adjourn
           this
           his
           present
           Parliament
           to
           this
           his
           Palace
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           
           unto
           the
           sixth
           day
           of
           October
           next
           coming
           ,
           then
           ,
           there
           to
           be
           holden
           .
           It
           is
           Ordained
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           all-be-it
           any
           such
           prorogation
           and
           adjournment
           be
           had
           ,
           yet
           if
           for
           any
           urgent
           cause
           moving
           his
           highness
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           thought
           to
           the
           same
           behoveful
           ,
           to
           reasume
           ,
           reassemble
           ,
           and
           have
           appearance
           of
           this
           his
           said
           Parliament
           ,
           at
           any
           time
           or
           place
           ,
           within
           this
           his
           
           Kingdom
           ,
           asore
           the
           said
           fixth
           day
           of
           October
           ,
           that
           then
           at
           his
           pleasure
           he
           may
           direct
           his
           several
           Writs
           to
           the
           Sheriffe
           or
           Sheriffes
           of
           every
           shire
           of
           this
           his
           Realm
           to
           make
           open
           Proclamation
           in
           every
           Shire-Town
           ,
           That
           all
           Lords
           spirituall
           and
           temporal
           ,
           being
           Lords
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           all
           Knights
           of
           shires
           ,
           Citizens
           of
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           of
           Broughs
           returned
           in
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           Personally
           appear
           at
           such
           day
           and
           place
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           same
           Writs
           of
           Proclamation
           shall
           be
           specified
           :
           so
           alwayes
           that
           every
           of
           the
           said
           writs
           be
           made
           out
           twenty
           days
           or
           more
           before
           the
           said
           day
           of
           appearance
           limited
           by
           the
           same
           :
           And
           that
           such
           appearance
           at
           that
           day
           and
           place
           ,
           to
           be
           limited
           by
           the
           said
           Writs
           ,
           be
           taken
           and
           had
           of
           like
           force
           and
           effect
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           same
           king
           had
           prorogued
           and
           adjourned
           this
           his
           said
           Parliament
           unto
           the
           same
           day
           and
           place
           .
           And
           that
           then
           the
           said
           prorogation
           and
           adjournment
           to
           be
           had
           to
           the
           said
           Palace
           of
           Westminister
           unto
           the
           said
           sixth
           day
           of
           October
           to
           be
           void
           and
           of
           none
           effect
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           Instance
           ,
           there
           are
           these
           two
           things
           observable
           .
           First
           ,
           How
           careful
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           in
           all
           their
           concessious
           to
           their
           king
           ;
           that
           they
           did
           no
           :
           damage
           their
           Laws
           ▪
           and
           thereby
           hurt
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           had
           entrusted
           them
           .
           And
           next
           .
           That
           that
           was
           a
           very
           learned
           Age
           and
           had
           the
           assistance
           of
           Littleton
           and
           Hussey
           two
           as
           great
           Lawyers
           as
           any
           one
           time
           hath
           produced
           .
           And
           certainly
           all
           this
           trouble
           ,
           care
           and
           pains
           ,
           both
           to
           King
           and
           Parliament
           might
           have
           been
           saved
           ,
           if
           either
           that
           Age
           or
           those
           learned
           men
           could
           have
           found
           out
           the
           expedient
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
             prorogued
          
           or
           
             adjourned
             ,
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           none
           .
        
         
           And
           t
           is
           well
           that
           there
           is
           not
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           king
           by
           prorogation
           ,
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           may
           hold
           a
           parliament
           but
           in
           
             fifteen
             months
          
           ,
           then
           by
           a
           prorogation
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           he
           may
           not
           hold
           them
           if
           he
           please
           but
           in
           
             fifteen
             year
          
           ,
           nay
           not
           hold
           them
           (
           if
           he
           please
           )
           but
           in
           
             fifteen
             year
          
           ,
           nay
           but
           in
           twice
           or
           thrice
           
             fifteen
             if
          
           he
           will.
           
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           .
           If
           the
           king
           by
           a
           prorogation
           
             sine
             die
          
           ,
           may
           hold
           a
           parliament
           ,
           then
           he
           may
           call
           them
           in
           together
           
           again
           in
           7
           or
           8
           dayes
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Country
           members
           are
           returned
           to
           their
           homes
           ,
           and
           none
           can
           attend
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           suddennesse
           thereof
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           the
           King
           may
           hope
           for
           any
           thing
           from
           (
           as
           we
           have
           already
           intimated
           )
           :
           so
           infinite
           are
           the
           mischiefs
           that
           would
           attend
           a
           
             sine
             die
          
           prorogation
           ,
           that
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           our
           Laws
           and
           Ancestors
           would
           never
           abide
           it
           (
           in
           any
           other
           sencethan
           we
           have
           said
           )
           And
           therefore
           do
           not
           think
           the
           People
           of
           England
           will
           ever
           do
           that
           indignity
           to
           their
           Lavvs
           !
           That
           dishonour
           to
           the
           
             Finger
             of
             God
          
           ,
           which
           by
           so
           stupendious
           and
           over-ruling
           a
           Providence
           hath
           dissolved
           you
           !
           Or
           that
           dis-service
           to
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           as
           ever
           to
           acknowledge
           you
           any
           more
           for
           their
           Representative
           .
        
         
           
             Sine
             die
          
           ,
           being
           thus
           unable
           to
           help
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           are
           forced
           to
           return
           again
           to
           the
           Prorogation
           ,
           as
           seeing
           a
           uecessity
           to
           stand
           or
           fall
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           either
           to
           make
           that
           good
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           totally
           routed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           their
           last
           labour
           spends
           it self
           in
           tumbling
           the
           Records
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           Presidents
           ,
           as
           if
           Presidents
           could
           prevail
           against
           Law
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           boasted
           by
           them
           (
           with
           mighty
           joy
           )
           that
           they
           have
           at
           Last
           found
           out
           one
           President
           in
           
             Q.
             Eliz
             Reign
          
           ,
           wherein
           a
           Parliament
           was
           Prorogued
           for
           three
           dayes
           more
           than
           a
           Year
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           say
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           President
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           only
           one
           illegal
           Fact
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           but
           one
           in
           nigh
           400
           Years
           :
           And
           300
           Prorogations
           make
           very
           little
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           those
           that
           urge
           it
           .
           But
           if
           this
           were
           a
           President
           ,
           what
           would
           it
           avail
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           directly
           contrary
           to
           so
           many
           known
           
             Lavvs
             ▪
          
           For
           if
           a
           President
           can
           make
           an
           illegal
           thing
           lawful
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           wickedness
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           but
           may
           bring
           a
           President
           to
           warrant
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           greatest
           Sages
           of
           the
           Law
           have
           alwayes
           asserted
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Lavv
             is
             the
             Met-vvand
             and
             Standard
             of
             Presidents
             ;
             And
             that
             all
             Presidents
             against
             the
             Lavv
             ,
             vvere
             to
             be
             rejected
             as
             vvicked
             and
             unvvarantable
             ,
             or
             else
             you
             give
             Presidents
             the
             Mastery
             over
             the
             Lavv
             ;
             Nay
             null
             
             the
             Lavv
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             a
             new
             Rule
             of
             our
             practice
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           presidents
           ,
           and
           very
           an●ient
           presidents
           to
           that
           that
           this
           kingdom
           was
           of
           the
           Romish
           profession
           ;
           what
           is
           it
           therefore
           warrantable
           for
           us
           to
           follow
           those
           Presidents
           contrary
           to
           law
           and
           turn
           Papists
           ▪
           we
           have
           a
           president
           that
           king
           John
           ,
           contrary
           to
           law
           ,
           resign'd
           the
           realm
           of
           England
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           Is
           it
           therefore
           lawful
           for
           any
           other
           king
           of
           England
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ?
           VVe
           have
           also
           a
           president
           that
           Queen
           Eliz.
           (
           from
           whence
           your
           president
           is
           fetch'd
           )
           contrary
           to
           law
           ▪
           Imprisoned
           some
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           for
           speaking
           their
           mind
           in
           parliament
           ,
           Is
           it
           therefore
           ever
           the
           more
           lawful
           for
           the
           king
           and
           his
           successors
           to
           violate
           your
           priviledges
           ?
           VVherefore
           unless
           the
           presidents
           be
           lawful
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           lawful
           to
           follow
           your
           presidents
           ,
           unless
           you
           your selves
           would
           be
           made
           presidents
           to
           future
           Ages
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           was
           well
           said
           by
           the
           Lord
           chief
           Justice
           
             Brampston
             ,
             We
             are
             not
             to
             stand
             upon
             presidents
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             lavvs
             ,
             and
             the
             presidents
             look
             either
             the
             one
             vvay
             or
             the
             other
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             brought
             back
             unto
             she
             Lavv.
          
           And
           the
           Lord
           Justice
           Vaughan
           tells
           you
           thus
           ;
           
             Though
             Presidents
             have
             been
             so
             often
             that
             they
             may
             be
             called
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Usuage
             ,
             yet
             that
             ,
             if
             usuage
             hath
             been
             against
             the
             obvious
             meaning
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             the
             vulgar
             and
             common
             acceptation
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             then
             is
             it
             rather
             an
             Oppression
             of
             those
             concerned
             ,
             than
             an
             Exposition
             of
             the
             Act.
             
          
        
         
           VVherefore
           unless
           you
           will
           stand
           upon
           record
           as
           the
           oppressors
           of
           all
           the
           people
           of
           England
           (
           for
           no
           less
           than
           all
           the
           people
           of
           England
           are
           concerned
           herein
           )
           you
           can
           never
           admit
           of
           any
           president
           against
           the
           obvious
           meaning
           of
           not
           one
           Act
           alone
           ,
           but
           so
           many
           Acts
           of
           parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           in
           a
           wrested
           sence
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           plain
           vulgar
           and
           common
           acceptation
           of
           the
           word
           .
        
         
           Your
           duty
           lying
           thus
           manifestly
           before
           you
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           worthy
           a
           man
           that
           can
           obstruct
           you
           .
           For
           it
           is
           only
           the
           single
           fear
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           will
           not
           choose
           you
           again
           ,
           that
           
           canmake
           you
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           deceive
           any
           ,
           in
           thetrusts
           they
           have
           given
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           doubt
           they
           will
           credit
           you
           no
           more
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           odd
           kind
           of
           honesty
           ,
           neither
           does
           the
           policy
           thereof
           look
           over
           strong
           ,
           for
           to
           be
           sure
           your
           betraying
           your
           trusts
           ,
           in
           opposing
           the
           Laws
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           is
           never
           the
           way
           to
           be
           chosen
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           your
           stout
           and
           faithful
           standing
           for
           ,
           and
           defending
           them
           ,
           is
           an
           infallible
           way
           to
           have
           your
           trusts
           renewed
           .
           And
           to
           think
           to
           keep
           it
           against
           the
           peoples
           will
           ,
           is
           a
           weakness
           too
           great
           for
           any
           man
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           reckoned
           more
           than
           once
           removed
           .
           —
        
         
           Pray
           remember
           your
           Elder
           Brother
           ,
           the
           former
           long
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           would
           sit
           against
           the
           peoples
           desire
           ,
           and
           yet
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           a
           special
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           for
           their
           sitting
           ,
           and
           an
           Army
           to
           back
           that
           Act
           ,
           yet
           you
           see
           when
           the
           peoples
           minds
           were
           turned
           against
           them
           ,
           do
           they
           and
           their
           Army
           what
           they
           could
           ,
           the
           people
           never
           left
           till
           they
           had
           unroosted
           them
           ;
           they
           took
           such
           vengeance
           on
           them
           ,
           as
           cost
           many
           of
           them
           their
           Lives
           ,
           their
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           the
           Fortunes
           of
           almost
           all
           of
           them
           :
           All
           which
           it
           is
           possible
           might
           have
           been
           saved
           ,
           had
           they
           observed
           their
           season
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           imposing
           themselves
           ,
           let
           the
           People
           have
           had
           their
           yearly
           Representatives
           ;
           for
           lack
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           dissatisfaction
           and
           revenge
           of
           the
           People
           was
           engaged
           against
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           was
           engaged
           against
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           was
           themselves
           that
           first
           pull'd
           dowin
           ruine
           upon
           their
           own
           heads
           .
           For
           by
           their
           long
           sitting
           ,
           they
           wearied
           the
           Roundhead
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           done
           the
           Cavalire
           ,
           And
           the
           worst
           Omen
           that
           befa●ls
           a
           Government
           ,
           is
           ,
           when
           its
           friend
           falls
           from
           it
           ,
           And
           look
           what
           was
           the
           reason
           that
           turned
           the
           Gentlemen
           that
           were
           on
           the
           Parliament
           side
           against
           them
           ▪
           and
           you
           will
           find
           the
           self-fame
           reason
           turneth
           your
           old
           Friend
           against
           you
           ;
           for
           as
           they
           stomack'd
           it
           then
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           few
           of
           themselves
           ,
           perpetuating
           their
           own
           Rule
           to
           the
           exclusion
           of
           all
           others
           so
           do
           we
           now
           .
        
         
         
           And
           if
           the
           Nation
           would
           not
           endure
           that
           parliament
           (
           though
           they
           had
           a
           Law
           for
           their
           sitting
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           strange
           and
           unwonted
           length
           ,
           can
           you
           think
           the
           same
           people
           will
           abide
           your
           longer
           sitting
           in
           express
           and
           utter
           defiance
           of
           all
           the
           laws
           of
           the
           kingdom
           ?
           And
           shall
           it
           be
           told
           to
           future
           generations
           ,
           That
           England
           chose
           a
           Parliament
           in
           sixty
           one
           ,
           who
           after
           they
           had
           sate
           fifteen
           years
           ,
           and
           were
           by
           an
           illegal
           Prorogation
           ,
           legally
           dissolved
           ,
           yet
           out
           of
           a
           wretched
           unconscionable
           desire
           to
           sit
           yet
           longer
           ;
           
             Betrayed
             the
             People
             that
             chose
             them
             ▪
             and
             sate
             upon
             a
             Prerogative
             account
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             knovvn
             Laws
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           let
           any
           man
           think
           it
           strange
           that
           we
           account
           it
           Treason
           for
           you
           to
           sit
           and
           Act
           contrary
           to
           our
           Laws
           :
           For
           if
           in
           the
           first
           parliament
           of
           Richard
           the
           second
           ,
           Grimes
           and
           Weston
           ,
           for
           lack
           of
           Courage
           only
           ,
           were
           adjudged
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           for
           suarendring
           the
           places
           committed
           to
           their
           Trust
           ;
           How
           much
           more
           you
           ?
           if
           you
           turn
           Renegadoes
           to
           the
           People
           that
           entrusted
           you
           ?
           and
           as
           much
           as
           in
           you
           lies
           surrender
           ,
           not
           a
           little
           pittifull
           Castle
           or
           two
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           legal
           defence
           the
           People
           of
           England
           have
           for
           their
           lives
           ,
           liberties
           and
           properties
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           Ne●ther
           let
           the
           vain
           perswasion
           delude
           you
           that
           no
           president
           can
           be
           found
           that
           one
           English
           Parliament
           hath
           hang'd
           up
           another
           ,
           (
           though
           peradventure
           even
           that
           may
           be
           proved
           a
           mistake
           )
           for
           an
           unpresidented
           crime
           calls
           for
           an
           unpresidented
           punishment
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           shall
           be
           so
           wicked
           to
           do
           the
           one
           (
           or
           rather
           endeavour
           to
           do
           ,
           for
           now
           you
           are
           no
           longer
           a
           parliament
           )
           What
           ground
           of
           confidence
           you
           can
           have
           that
           none
           will
           be
           found
           so
           worthy
           to
           do
           the
           other
           ,
           we
           cannot
           understand
           ,
           and
           do
           faithfully
           promise
           (
           if
           your
           unworthyness
           do
           provoke
           us
           to
           it
           )
           that
           we
           will
           use
           our
           honest
           and
           uttermost
           endeavours
           whenever
           a
           New
           
           parliament
           shall
           be
           called
           )
           to
           choose
           such
           as
           may
           convince
           you
           of
           your
           mistake
           .
           The
           old
           and
           infallible
           Observation
           ,
           That
           parliaments
           are
           the
           pulse
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           shall
           loose
           its
           esteem
           ,
           or
           you
           will
           find
           that
           this
           your
           presumption
           was
           overfond
           ,
           however
           it
           argues
           but
           a
           bad
           mind
           to
           〈◊〉
           because
           it
           believes
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           punished
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           grand
           offenders
           against
           the
           Law
           ever
           were
           of
           that
           belief
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           faild
           them
           very
           oft
           ,
           For
           
             Andrevv
             Horn
          
           in
           his
           
             Mirror
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           Alfred
           hanged
           
             Darling
             .
             Segnor
             ,
             Cadvvine
             ,
             Cole
          
           and
           40
           Judges
           more
           for
           judging
           contrary
           to
           Law
           :
           And
           yet
           all
           those
           false
           judgements
           were
           but
           in
           particular
           and
           private
           cases
           and
           concernments
           ,
           not
           upon
           the
           Laws
           themselves
           .
           And
           our
           Histories
           of
           later
           times
           say
           ,
           That
           Sir
           
             W.
             Thorp
          
           ,
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Bench
          
           ,
           in
           the
           reign
           of
           Edvv.
           3.
           for
           receiving
           but
           one
           poor
           hundred
           pounds
           in
           Bribes
           ,
           was
           for
           that
           alone
           ,
           adjudged
           to
           be
           hang'd
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Lands
           and
           Goods
           forfeited
           ,
           and
           this
           reason
           rendred
           for
           his
           condemnation
           ,
           
             Becruse
             thereby
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lay
             ,
             he
             had
             broken
             the
             Kings
             Oath
             made
             unto
             the
             people
             ,
             vvhich
             the
             king
             had
             entrusted
             him
             vvithall
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           11th
           year
           of
           
             Richard
             the
             second
          
           ,
           The
           Lord
           chief
           Justice
           Trisilian
           was
           hanged
           drawn
           end
           quartered
           ,
           for
           giving
           his
           judgement
           that
           the
           king
           might
           act
           contrary
           to
           one
           particular
           Statute
           .
           And
           Black
           the
           kings
           Council
           ,
           and
           Uske
           the
           Unde-sheriff
           of
           Middlesex
           ,
           with
           5
           more
           persons
           of
           quality
           were
           also
           hagng'd
           for
           but
           assisting
           in
           that
           Case
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           first
           year
           of
           Hen.
           8.
           
           
             Empson
             and
             Dadley
          
           (
           notwithstanding
           they
           were
           two
           of
           the
           kings
           privy
           council
           )
           were
           hang'd
           for
           procuring
           and
           executing
           an
           Act
           of
           parliament
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           great
           vexation
           of
           the
           people
           .
           And
           in
           the
           of
           Hen.
           8.
           
           Cardinal
           Woolsey
           was
           accounted
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treasor
           .
           for
           endeavouring
           to
           sublert
           the
           Common
           Laws
           of
           the
           land
           and
           to
           introduce
           the
           Civil
           Law
           in
           its
           stead
           .
           Divers
           later
           instances
           might
           be
           given
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           not
           prudence
           to
           follow
           
           Truth
           too
           close
           at
           the
           heels
           ,
           neither
           will
           it
           be
           necessary
           to
           name
           more
           ,
           if
           these
           are
           well
           considered
           ;
           For
           if
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Thorp
           ,
           for
           receiving
           the
           Bribery
           of
           a
           hundred
           pounds
           was
           adjudged
           to
           be
           hanged
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           had
           made
           the
           king
           break
           his
           oath
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           guilty
           are
           they
           of
           making
           the
           king
           break
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           that
           perswad
           him
           to
           actagainst
           al
           the
           laws
           for
           holding
           parliaments
           which
           he
           is
           sworn
           to
           maintain
           ?
           And
           if
           the
           Lord
           chief
           Justice
           Tresilian
           was
           hanged
           ,
           drawn
           and
           quartered
           ,
           for
           advising
           the
           king
           to
           act
           contrary
           to
           one
           Statute
           only
           ,
           What
           do
           they
           deserve
           that
           advise
           the
           king
           to
           act
           not
           only
           against
           one
           statute
           ,
           but
           against
           all
           thess
           antient
           laws
           and
           statutes
           of
           the
           Realm
           !
           And
           if
           Blake
           the
           kings
           Council
           ,
           but
           for
           assisting
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           drawing
           up
           Inditements
           by
           the
           kings
           Command
           ,
           contrary
           to
           law
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           likely
           he
           pleaded
           the
           kings
           Order
           for
           it
           ,
           his
           duty
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           but
           
             pro
             forma
          
           ,
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           was
           hang'd
           ,
           drawn
           and
           quarterd
           for
           that
           ,
           what
           Justice
           is
           due
           to
           them
           that
           assist
           in
           the
           total
           destruction
           of
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Nation
           ▪
           And
           if
           Uske
           (
           the
           Under-Sheriffe
           ,
           whose
           Office
           t
           is
           to
           execute
           the
           laws
           )
           for
           but
           in
           deavouring
           to
           aid
           
             Tresilian
             ,
             Blake
          
           and
           their
           accomplices
           ,
           against
           one
           single
           Statute
           ,
           was
           also
           with
           5
           more
           hang'd
           drawn
           and
           quartered
           ,
           what
           punishment
           do
           they
           deserve
           ,
           that
           ayd
           and
           endeavour
           the
           subversion
           of
           no
           less
           than
           all
           the
           laws
           of
           the
           kingdom
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           if
           Empson
           and
           Dudley
           tho
           they
           had
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           yet
           that
           act
           being
           against
           the
           known
           laws
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           were
           hang'd
           as
           Traitors
           for
           putting
           that
           statute
           in
           execution
           ,
           and
           if
           Woolsey
           was
           accounted
           guilty
           of
           high
           Treason
           for
           endeavouring
           to
           exchange
           the
           laws
           of
           England
           for
           the
           Civil
           laws
           ?
           How
           great
           must
           be
           your
           condemnation
           ,
           and
           of
           how
           much
           sorer
           punishment
           must
           you
           be
           judged
           worthy
           if
           you
           shall
           but
           endeavour
           to
           sit
           and
           act
           as
           a
           Parliament
           upon
           this
           prorogation
           ?
           For
           you
           have
           not
           only
           no
           law
           to
           plead
           ,
           as
           Dudley
           and
           Empson
           had
           ,
           but
           are
           directly
           contrary
           to
           all
           our
           laws
           ,
           of
           every
           kind
           :
           
           And
           you
           will
           thereby
           not
           onely
           atempt
           to
           exchange
           our
           lawes
           ,
           as
           Woolsey
           did
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           us
           into
           a
           state
           of
           no
           law
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           faithfully
           discharged
           our
           duty
           ,
           and
           layd
           yours
           before
           you
           ,
           that
           through
           no
           inadvertency
           you
           may
           be
           surprised
           we
           have
           done
           .
           Not
           at
           all
           doubting
           the
           issue
           thereof
           ;
           for
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           and
           true
           intrest
           to
           keep
           the
           lawes
           ,
           he
           hath
           so
           solemnly
           sworn
           and
           protested
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           assuredly
           it
           is
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           Reason
           to
           doubt
           him
           ,
           And
           if
           those
           worthy
           patriots
           in
           the
           lords
           house
           whose
           names
           can
           never
           be
           mentioned
           ,
           with
           that
           Honor
           ,
           they
           deserve
           from
           the
           people
           did
           desire
           to
           addrese
           to
           his
           Majesty
           fifteen
           months
           agoe
           for
           the
           Parliaments
           dissolution
           ,
           and
           since
           ,
           all
           the
           resons
           that
           moved
           them
           thereto
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           do
           still
           continue
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           main
           reason
           is
           now
           also
           added
           That
           this
           parliament
           can
           sit
           and
           Act
           no
           more
           as
           a
           parliament
           without
           the
           total
           subversion
           of
           the
           laws
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           doubt
           the
           lords
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           Commons
           shall
           but
           consider
           from
           whence
           and
           for
           what
           end
           they
           received
           their
           trust
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           at
           all
           to
           doubt
           them
           neither
           ,
           for
           certainely
           among
           them
           as
           well
           as
           among
           the
           lords
           ,
           are
           a
           greater
           number
           of
           persons
           of
           honor
           wisdom
           and
           fortune
           ,
           then
           of
           those
           that
           are
           Indigent
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           think
           with
           themselves
           ,
           that
           if
           not
           above
           halfe
           the
           people
           of
           England
           are
           represented
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           two
           thirds
           of
           that
           halfe
           that
           are
           represented
           are
           weary
           of
           their
           siting
           and
           desirous
           of
           their
           dissolution
           ,
           and
           that
           5.
           
           Parts
           of
           6
           do
           believe
           they
           can
           never
           more
           legaly
           sit
           as
           a
           parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           sixth
           seem
           doubtful
           ;
           And
           since
           that
           worthy
           part
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           can
           get
           nothing
           to
           themselves
           in
           particular
           by
           sitting
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           5
           ,
           10
           ,
           or
           20
           years
           hence
           ,
           they
           should
           by
           another
           parliament
           be
           found
           to
           have
           usurped
           the
           legislative
           power
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           our
           lawes
           ,
           and
           the
           destructon
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           sure
           to
           answer
           
           it
           ,
           with
           no
           less
           then
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ;
           and
           since
           if
           they
           should
           presume
           to
           fit
           so
           many
           person
           of
           quality
           ,
           are
           resolved
           not
           to
           pay
           any
           taxes
           ,
           or
           obey
           any
           other
           of
           their
           acts
           without
           first
           trying
           their
           validity
           by
           due
           process
           of
           Law.
           And
           what
           pleasure
           or
           aduantage
           his
           Majesty
           can
           take
           ,
           or
           they
           themselvs
           can
           have
           ,
           in
           their
           sitting
           as
           a
           perliament
           ,
           when
           their
           very
           Jurisdiction
           is
           like
           to
           be
           questioned
           in
           all
           the
           Courts
           of
           England
           ?
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           likely
           that
           
             English
             Juries
          
           should
           find
           against
           their
           neighbours
           and
           therin
           against
           themselves
           ,
           to
           uphold
           a
           parliament
           that
           hath
           so
           many
           yeares
           imposed
           it self
           upon
           them
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           desire
           ,
           And
           that
           
             novv
             is
             Legally
             dissovled
          
           ,
           we
           leave
           to
           themselves
           to
           Judge
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44189-e90
           
             Rot.
             Parl.
             13.
             
             Edv.
             4.
             
             No
             ▪
             43.
             
          
        
      
    
  

