The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 8 |
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८८ abſolute adminiſtration almoſt alſo anſwer authority becauſe beſides Buckingham buſineſs catholics cauſe CHAP commiſſion confiderable conſequence conſtitution courſe court crown cuſtoms diſcovered duke duke of Bavaria Elizabeth England Engliſh enterpriſe eſtabliſhed exerciſe expenſe faid fame favor firſt fome foon Franklyn fuch Hift himſelf houſe of commons increaſe intereſt iſſued itſelf James James's Journ juſt Kennet king king's kingdom laſt laws leſs liberty lord meaſures ment miniſter monarch moſt muſt nation neceffity neceſſary obſerve occafion oppoſition Palatinate Parl parliament paſſed perſon petition of right pleaſure poſſeſſed pounds prerogative preſent preſerve prince princeſs proteſtant puritans purpoſe queſtion Raleigh reaſon refuſed reign religion repreſented reſpect Ruſhworth ſame ſecurity ſeems ſenſible ſent ſeſſion ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhould ſhowed ſome ſovereign Spain Spaniſh ſpeech ſpirit ſtate ſtatutes ſtill ſubjects ſubſidies ſuch ſufficient ſupply ſupport ſuppoſed themſelves theſe thoſe tonnage and poundage uſe whoſe XLIX XLVI XLVII
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Page 382 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
Page 382 - Majesty would be also graciously pleased, for the further comfort and safety of your people, to declare your royal will and pleasure, that in the things aforesaid all your officers and ministers shall serve you according...
Page 381 - ... is used in armies in time of war, to proceed to the trial and condemnation of such offenders, and them to cause to be executed and put to death according to the law martial : VIII.
Page 42 - Piercy; thirty-six barrels of powder lodged' in it; the whole covered up with faggots and billets; the doors of the cellar boldly flung open; and every body admitted, as if it contained nothing dangerous.
Page 379 - That, from thenceforth, no person shall be compelled to make any loans to the king against his will, because such loans were against reason, and the franchise of the land : and, by other laws of this realm, it is provided, that none should be charged by any charge or imposition called a benevolence, or by such like...
Page 380 - ... by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer, no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command, signified by the lords of your Privy Council, and yet were returned back to several prisons, without being charged with anything to which they might make answer according to the law.
Page 379 - Third, it is declared and enacted, that from thenceforth no person shall be compelled to make any loans to the King against his will, because such loans were against reason and the franchise of the land; and by other laws of this realm it...
Page 379 - To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Humbly show unto our Sovereign Lord the King, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled, that whereas it is declared and enacted by a statute made in the time of the reign of King Edward I, commonly called Statutum de Tallagio non Concedendo...
Page 380 - England," it is declared and enacted, That no freeman may be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. IV. And in the...
Page 380 - Council, and yet were returned back to several prisons, without being charged with anything to which they might make answer according to the law. VI. And whereas of late great companies of soldiers and mariners have been dispersed into divers counties of the realm, and the inhabitants...