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Show ---~:-:----;-:--;;-;~=-=~~ ---~ --6· A Speech in f arliament tmt'thing I d h efcore 1. t ·15 not poffible ; Although not by folemne, An t er s h r 0 · r.: · and formalJ:> ACt of Efiates; yet by t e ~~cn~ t perauon, or no 1 time but they will come under the yoak of our Lawes; An.d [~ngaulc1} trtt&us p;r; j 11go. And this is the An fwer, I give, to th ts fe~ond objection. . . . , f The third Objefrion, is, fome Inequaltty, 1n the Fortun_esJ o thefe two Nations, England and Scotla12d; By the CommJxture wherrof, there may enfue Advantage to. the.m~ , and Lofs r? us. Wherein .. (Mr. s peak,er) it is we11,rhat this Difierence, or D1fpa:· parity, conllfieth, but in externall.Goods, of Fort u n ~. Fm~ In deed it mufr needs be confefied, that for the Goods of the Mmd, and tl1e Body, they are Alte~i Nos ; ~therour felvcs. Fo r to_do them but right, we know, in thetrCapacay, an~ underfiandmg . they are a people Ingenious; In Labour,Indufinous; In ~onrage, ':'aliant ; In Body, Hard,Active, :1nd Comelr. . More m1ght be fa1d, but in commending them, ~e do but, 111 e~ect, co.mmen.d our felves : For rhty are of one Ptece, and Co~ltm cnt, wtth us · .And Truth is, we are participant, both of then Vertues, and Vtc~s. For if they have been noted, to be a people not fo traetable In Government, we cannot, without flatte! ing our felvcs, _fre~ o~r felves, altogether, from that Fault; .Bei~g)i nd eed, a thmg Incident to allMartiall People. As we fee tt evident, by the Example, of d;~ Romans, and otherso Even like unto Fierce Horfe~:) that though they be 3 of better fervice then others, yet are they har-der to guid, and to mannage. . BntforthisObjeLlion,(Mr. sp:a/zer)_ Ipurpof~ to_a nfwer1t ; Not bv Authority of s cripture, which faith. Eea~ms rfl dare quam accipere: But by an Authotity framed, and ~ertved, from the Judgement of our fdves, and our A~cefiors, m_the fame c~ ~e, as to this point. ·ror (Mr. Spea~r, J 1n all the Lme of our Kmgs, none ufeth to carry' greater bommendation, then his Majefiies Noble Progenitour: King Edwa:d, the Firfi of that N ~nne: An~ a ... mongfi his other Commendauo.ns, both of W~r, and ~olhcy, none is more celebrated then lus pnrpof~, and Enterpnfe, for the Conquefl: of scotland: As not bending his Defigne~ ~o glorious Acquefis abroad, but to folid fhength at home : whtch, ne .. verthelefs ifit had fucceeded weJJ,could not, but have brought in, all thofe Incon veniences,ofthe Commixture, of a mo~e ~pu· lent Kingdome, with a Jcfs,- that are now alledged. For It ts not the Yoke,- either of our Arms, ot.ofour Lawes, that.can a_lt~r the nature of the Climate, or the Nature of the Soy/: Neither ts tt,the· Manner of the Commixture that can alter, the Matter, of the commix tur:. And therefore, (Mr. spea/zer,) if _it were good for us then; it is good for hl~ now; And not to be prtfed the lefs,,beca~fe we paid not fo dear for it. Bu~ a mo.re full Anfwer to thts 9bJeCtion, I refer ever to that, whtch will come after to be fpoken, touching Surety~ and Greatnefs. . The fourth Objection, (Mr. Speafter,) IS not properly. an ~b~ Jecboo, , · The Nllturali%ation oft be 8cotijh Nation. jection, but r~ther a preo~cupation, of a.n Ob-f; Ztiorl, ~ther fide: For It may b~ fatd, and very materi ~ lly, whereabout do we contend? The Benefit of Nat~traliztttion is by the ·Law· in as.many, as have beeo, or fhall be born, ~nee his .Majeflier C~mmmg to the Crown, already feded, and 1n vefied. I" here is no more th~n, but to bring the Ante~Nati, irito the Degree of the roft·Na.tr; that Men gr~wn, that h~ve wcl~ deferved, may be in no wor(e cafe, then. children, whtch have not deferved: And Elder Brothers, in no worfe cafe, then yonger Brothers. So as we frand, ~pon .ff!..!!iddam, not f!2!!.dntifm; Being but a little diffe-rence ofTtme, of one Generati~o) from another. . T u this, (Mr. Spea~r, ) it is faid by fame.; That the Law is not fo, but that the roft·Nati1 are Aliens, as well as the refr. A point, that I mean not much to argue; Both becau(e it h::nh been well fpoken to, by the Genthman, that fpake bfi before me; And becaufe,J do ?efire, in this Cafe, and in this place,to (peak rather of Convenience, then of Law. Onely this will I fay; That that Opinion, feems to me, Contrary tol"eafon of Law; ~on~rary to for~ of pleading in Law; And Contrary to Au tho· nty; and Expenencel of Law. For R.eafoA ofLaw, when I medi ate ofit ; Methinks, the wifdom, of the Common L:tws of England, well obferved, is Aqrnirable, in the Dilhibution, of the Benefit:~ and protection, of the Laws; According to the feverall Conditions ofPerfons, io an t::xcellent Propornon. The De. grees are four, but bipartite. · Two of Alienr, and Two of SHb. jeclf~ . Th~firlt Degree, is of an Alien, born, under a King, or . Uate) t~at 1s an Enemy. If~u:h an ~ne, .come in to this Ktngd? m} wttho_ut ~afe Coi_Jdufr,_ It Js at hrs penH : The Law giveth htm no ~rotechon.) neuher tor Body, Lands, nor Goods~· So as if he be!la1o, ther~.Js n? Remedy, by any Appeal, at the parties fu.te, although hts Wife were a~ Eng!ifh ~oman : Marry at t_he Krngs fute, the Cafe may be otherwi(e, m regard of the offence to the Peace. The Second Degree, is, of an .Alien that is born ':lnder the faith,and Allegiance, of a King, or State, that is a friend. Unto fuch a. Perfon, t~e Law d?th· i~part, a greater Benefit~ and protechon; That ts, con~ermng thmgs perfonall, Tranfito ry, and Moveable; As Goods, and Chattels, G'ontracrs and the like: But not corrcerning Freehold, and Inheritance. J And rhe reafon ~s, becaufe he may be an Enemy, th.ough he be not. For the State:~ tind.er the O.beifance of which he is, may enter into ()Earrell, and Hofiility; An.~ therefore; as the Law. hath but a Tranfitory Affurance ofhim,fo it rewards him, but with Traniltory Benefi_ts. "!he third Degree, is, of a Subject, who having been an Air en, ts, by charter made Denizen. To fuch an one, t he Law do~h impart, yet, a more ample Benefit:· For it gives him powe~, to J?Urchaft: Free-Hold, and Inheritance, to his Own ufe! And hkew1.!e, enables the Children born after his Denization to inherit. But yeit, neverthelcfs.' he cannot make Title, o~ -- D con- -''-f. |