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Show [ I38 ] [ I39 ] Nay, " it was 1.502 imagined," (it feems,) by thole dl/lo/t'fll perfons who falfely called Collcftion, vol. I, p. 426. lilh Subjects by his Prerogative, but that he could alfo J/z‘th", impnfon, try, and Sir Thomas VVentworth (afterwards Lord Strafi‘ord) was one of the fulferers on this occalicn, for " lJe rum; imprifinm'. by the Lords of " the Council,flr rflz/rng [/25 royal Lauri." mm HANG tlaem, l1), martial Law, wit!)- out judge or jury ! Supple- ment to the new and general Biographical Dictionary, p. 474. " His Majelly dammed of the City of Lon" don the loan of an hundred thoufand pounds." Rufhworth's Collcttion, vol. I, p. 419. lffuch precedents were to be admitted, or allowed any weight at all, in this argument, the very fame reign would afford prerea'aur: funicicnt to render the King of England as delpotic as the Emperor of Morocco! In the fourth year of this reign, " the King's Commilfion" was ilfued " to " the Lord-Treal'urer and Barons of the Exchequer, " and to the Cullomers of the Ports," to collcét Ton- nage and Poundage without authority of Parliament. - " Know ye, that we, by advice of our Lardx," (that is, the Lords of/Jr': Coltmil, mentioned in the beginnin'r of the Commiflion,) led themfelves " the King's Friends," that the King could not only fax his Eng- The very fame volume of Rymer's Fmdera (tome xviii.) affords feveral authentic pracetlmfs for delegating fuel) unlimited l'ower by the King's Commiflion! ru/z one for the county of Sudex, p. 751; another for the whole county of Kent, p. 763 ; and a third for the town and county of Southampton, p. 804: (37) T 2 and " declare our It'll], that all thnfz H duties be levied and collec‘ted as they were in the " time of our father, and in fuch manner a: we flux/5' "mp/mint : and, ifiany perfon refufe to pay, 12m; 010' " Will it, that the LordLTreafurer/Zmll (07mm) to fri- " (/niz fuch, {o refufing, till they conform thcmfelees ; " and-quegirvefull Power to all our officers, from time U to time, to give alliilance to the farmers of the fame, " A5 FULLY AS WHEN THEY WERE COLLECTED B‘Y 4‘ AUTHORITY OF PARLIAMENT." Rulhworth, vol. " lz‘nmrur" is openly avowed, though the forgetful Monarch was bound under a folcmn oath, at his coronation, to maintain the Laws of the land! (37) The Commiflioners were impowered not only to ufe marlinl Law " againll foldiers or mariners," but t/sz, alfo againll: " or H E R dr'fllule prr/bm, joining rwitl: " or any of [lawn ;" whereby, under lee latter damn?- 3, p. 669 Here the thicét of the " ‘{u1,{w)‘.‘tj(_lfp;li'-- mm‘wz, a way was opened to render all other per‘fons (befidesloldiers and mariners) liable to the uncertain ' ‘ lid/11; 1:: " dec1fions |