A History of England, 9. köide

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O'Shea, 1860
 

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Page 275 - I must, in discharge of my conscience, use those other means which God hath put into my hands, to save that which the follies of other men may otherwise hazard to lose.
Page 293 - If any merchant or person whatsoever shall voluntarily yield, or pay the said subsidies of Tonnage and Poundage, not being granted by Parliament, he shall likewise be reputed a betrayer of the liberties of England, and an enemy to the same '. 16.
Page 52 - ... is not to be contemned because it maye do yowe good and can do yowe no harme for the dangere is passed as soon as yowe have burnt the letter and i hope god will give yowe the grace to mak good use of it to whose holy proteccion i comend yowe."* The following evening (Oct.
Page 282 - Yet one grievance, and the main one as I " conceive, hath not been touched, which is, our " religion ; religion made vendible by commission, and " men for pecuniary annual rates dispensed withal, " whereby papists may, without fear of law, practise " their idolatry, scoff at parliaments, law and all.
Page 328 - I pray God bless him to carry it so that the Church may have honour, and the State service and content by it. And now, if the Church will not hold up themselves, under God I can do no more.
Page 284 - Who rules the kingdom ? The king. Who rules the king ? The duke. Who rules the duke? The devil.
Page 286 - That man is Cowardly base and deserveth not the name of a. gentleman or Souldier that is not willing to sacrifice his life for the honor of his God, his Kinge and his Countrie. Lett noe man commend me for...
Page 278 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 196 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 24 - If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the Devil. Then Jack and Tom and Will and Dick shall meet, and at their pleasures censure me and my Council and all our proceedings.

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