A History and Defence of Magna Charta: Containing a Copy of the Original Charter ... with an English Translation; ... with an Introductory Discourse, ... To which is Added, An Essay on Parliaments, ...J. Bell, (successor to Mr. Bathoe); S. Bladon; and C. Etherington, at York, 1769 - 284 pages |
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Page vi
... for on HAROLD's being no- minated fucceffor to King EDWARD , WIL- LIAM infifted that he had been promised the crown by the late King , and that HAROLD himself himself had taken an oath to affift him in obtaining vi INTRODUCTORY.
... for on HAROLD's being no- minated fucceffor to King EDWARD , WIL- LIAM infifted that he had been promised the crown by the late King , and that HAROLD himself himself had taken an oath to affift him in obtaining vi INTRODUCTORY.
Page xxx
... promises , " of fines and forfeitures of particular per- " fons , before conviction , are illegal and « void . 66 " XIII . AND that for redrefs of all grie- vances , and for the amending , ftrengthen- ing , and preferving of the laws ...
... promises , " of fines and forfeitures of particular per- " fons , before conviction , are illegal and « void . 66 " XIII . AND that for redrefs of all grie- vances , and for the amending , ftrengthen- ing , and preferving of the laws ...
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... promised them his most faithful aid and affiftance to the ut most of his power ; and after this affociation was thus entered into , the parliament broke up . THERE had paffed but one hundred and thir teen years fince the grant of HENRY ...
... promised them his most faithful aid and affiftance to the ut most of his power ; and after this affociation was thus entered into , the parliament broke up . THERE had paffed but one hundred and thir teen years fince the grant of HENRY ...
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... promised " it ( which they had too much reafon to believe , " because of his doubleness ) they might then " compel him to performance by feizing his " caftles . " ACCORDINGLY , after Christmas they came to the King in a gay military ...
... promised " it ( which they had too much reafon to believe , " because of his doubleness ) they might then " compel him to performance by feizing his " caftles . " ACCORDINGLY , after Christmas they came to the King in a gay military ...
Page 40
... promised to one another that in this caufe , which concerned the whole nation , they would manfully fight it out to the feparation of their fouls from their bodies . In the mean while , the bishop of Winchester and his accomplices had ...
... promised to one another that in this caufe , which concerned the whole nation , they would manfully fight it out to the feparation of their fouls from their bodies . In the mean while , the bishop of Winchester and his accomplices had ...
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