...Kings and Magistrates; proving that it is lawful, and hath been so held through all ages, for any «ho have the power, to call to account a tyrant or wicked...ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it." Certainly, it would not be easy to express, in stronger terms, an author's resolution to leave no doubts...

...a kinsman of Bradshaw 'a, who had recently maintained, in an eloquent pamphlet, " that it is lawful to call to account a tyrant, or wicked king, and after due conviction, to depose and put him to death ! "2 That man was Milton. At the same time that it was engaged in the constitution of the Council of...

...the tenure of Kings and Magistrates, in which he showed that it is lawful, and hath been held so in all ages, for any who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king. In gratitude for this seasonable aid Cromwell's Government appointed him their Latin Secretary, with...

...whereof none can participate but greatest and wisest men." THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES : PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY, WHO HAVE THE POWER, TO CALL TO ACCO ITXT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION, TO DEPOSE, AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE...

...entitled The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ; in which he endeavours to show "that it is lawfull, and hath been held so through all ages, for any who...the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to doe it : and that they who of late so much blame deposing, are the men that did it themselves. " The...

...' Handbook of London, Art. Croat. and Magistrates : proving that it is lawful, and hath been held W through all ages, for any who have the power, to call...wicked King, and, after due conviction, to depose anil put him to death. Remember that this pamphlet was partly written while King Charles was on his...

...them, inculcate Republican beliefs on his countrymen, and prove to them above all this proposition: " That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all...ordinary Magistrate have neglected or denied to " do it." The pamphlet was not to come out in time to bear practically on the deed which it justified; but, while...

...all this proposition : " That it is lawful, and hath teen held so through all ages, for " any ivho have the power, to call to account a Tyrant, or wicked...ordinary Magistrate have neglected or denied to " do it." The pamphlet was not to come out in time to bear practically on the deed which it justified; but, while...

...them, inculcate Republican beliefs on his countrymen, and prove to them above all this proposition : " That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all...power, to call to account a Tyrant, or wicked " King, mid, after due conviction, to depose and put him to " death, if the ordinary Magistrate have neglected...

...emphatic manner, by the publication (Feb. 1648-9) of his " Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all...put him to death, if the ordinary Magistrate have mglected to do it." It was a thorough-going Republican pamphlet, defending in every particular the...