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The Long Parliament dissolved
Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
23, [1] p.
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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.