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Show The AuT H o R's L 1 F E. VoL. I. d h twife. for as well the Jury as Prifo- Hcart) nor indeed could they 0 ot e d c~d by which they might mea~ ners, were dehicd ro h:t\'7aany LawarGuftr 0f the FaR Bur becaufe the fure the Truth of the Indt menr, 30 , : fo lon fince he read Law, that he Recorder would or ~ould not (perhaps us his Pa~, in (hewing what is that may have forgotten 1t) we fha)l ~7rtorm 1 he faid they were Indiaed for Common Law of the La~d, ~htc m_fger~:lv underltood, is the undoubted r~e Hre_:tch of, and 1:htcpfhmde~, e~ ~~e In.hcritance oflnheritances, Mf~jor Bmh·nghtof:very. n~J m.a:, y ,'J e f5 Let~ibrn q~tam a PnrenttbtH. H,:errdital vcntt, umcUtq; noprum a 1" ' o ' Cook lnfiir. 2. 56. . K ds Models of Government that are in the SeE!. 6ft. Adll ~h~ vano~~ rffu a~J Power or Condition and Contra[/; the World, ln elt er up b L '1 · our Happinefs to be Born firft Rule by MCn; fi~he ~econd; iJ moaft~bho:r~~t in itfelf, of all Arbitrary G"o~c:r~~ehnt~ and" w~rcr~o~: ~n~ ever hls been, moft choice and careful of her Laws, by which all R•ght IS preferved. bl . S er- S {! 7 All Laws are either Fundamental, and fo Immuta e' or u_p fici~, ·,nd fo Alterable. By the fir!\, wd under&;'nd i"'t~ i\n' Ro~nJii:,~ Men to be Juft, Honeft, Vertuous; to o no rdn , to. , to Cherifh G~~~. ~~ej~~iTe~~f; \v~ut e~o~~na: ~~efuo~~.1du~~ve~f;t Reaf~n, which are 710t Jubjeff to any Revohtt~n, becauft no E~ergencyb T~n;e, br.Occafion'.A.bc~~ ever jlifiify a Sufpenfion of tbeir Extclltton, muc leJs t e1r utter 10 ga~:ff: 8. By Superficial Laws, we underftand f~ch Afls, Laws, or Statutes as are {Uited to ptefent Occurrences; and wh1ch may as well ~e abro-ated for the Good of the Kingdom, as th_ey were firft made for u. For f ft thofe Statutes that relate to V1fluals, Cloaths, and ~laces of Tra~~c~c. which have everftood whilft the Reafon of them was m Force, but when that Benefit, which once redounded, fell by crofs _OccurreDces, the ended according to that old Maxim, CejJanu rat tone Legu,_cejfat Le~, bu?rhis ca~not be faid of Fundamental Laws, Tifl Houfesft~nd vm_bourthctr Foundations, and Englifh Mankind wholly cenfc to be, whtch bnngs clofe upon the Point. !\ 1 {\ h Seil. 9• There is not any Country that _has more con ant Y expre er Care and deep Solicitude, for the Prefervanon .of Her Fundan:ental L~ws, than the Englijh J\'ation; and though the ~~tl of fame patucular Times and Perfons have endeavoured an utter Abohnoo of thofe excel~ent Fundamentals which we have before defined and defended from any ]uft Reafon ofRe\•oiution, yet God Almighty, who is always concern.ed ~o ~venge the · Caufe of Juftice, and rhofe excellen~ Good ~aws, by which It ts ui?held, has by his Providence befool'd the1r Contnvances, ?nd hafted thetr Attempts, by bringing their De_figns to nou.ght, and thet~ Perfon_s _frequently to condign Punifhment and Dtfgrace; thelf Age no Anuquary hvmg can affure us, unlefs they fay, .As Old t.t1 R.eafon ~t)t/f; but ~ur own Aut.h?rs are not lacking tO inform us, that the Ltberttes, Properties, and Pnvtledges of the Engli{h Nadon, are very AncLent. . . . . Se8. 10. F.or Hern in his ftlirror of JufliCe (wm m. ~dward the _Ft~ft's Time) Fol. 1. tells us, Tbat nfter God bad a~ared rb~ Nob{Atll of rbe Br~tams, be did deliver the Realm to Men more Humble and Stmple, o I be C:ounw:s ~djoyning, ro wit, rbe Saxons, which came from the Parts ~ Alma_tgn ~o Conquer this Land, of wbicb M~ntber~ were Fo~ty Sovcrmgn.r, whJCIJ_d,d Rule aJ Companions; a11d tbofe Prmces dtd call tfm Realm England, '!»hrcb. before wtU. named the Greater Britain. Thofe, after grenl. Wars, Tnbul<~tton and p,ziJts, by long Time {uffered, did cbooje a King to Re1g~ over them, toG~vern tbe People of God, and to ma~nrain and defutd t1Je~r P_erfons, ''".d tlm,... Goods j 11 ~uret, by rbe Ru/c.s of R1gbr! ~nd at _the Begmnmg ~bey ~td caufe him to Swear to maintain tbc Holy Chnfttan Fanh, and to guzde bu People by Right, with all his Power, without Refpdl of Perf~ns, and to ~bferve ~be Laws. .And 4ter, when rbe Kingdom was rurned mto an HentngeAt~':l Vo~I. Th~ lA ·u T il OllR 1s urr· 1 F· E .. Al.fred, that Govcrmd this King !am about an 'Hundrt3 hn!'St\J;Aty oi!~Jr/Jrf brfar< the Cunq11if!, 41d roufe the Great il1rn of thr KingHom ·ro .A.f!bmM< ni Lond<ftJ, altd tbe.n drd Ordain for a 'per,letuttl Uftrte, Tfrat ""1tef.ce in tile Tt"ar or af~ner, if Jt/cc4 jh-oi¥ld he, in Time ,f Pettee; they ',/lloald .JJ.ffemble ilt Lh9! ~on 111. Parllltfllenry for t.be Govtrm11~11f '0{ <S-od1.r Peopk, lhtJJ W'91 might, ~'tJ~ zn ff{_uter? and r~urvCJRigkt by urtam lqa,gh a~d 1HO!y JJ/J.(f!1!'tit1. ·• - :1 _In mhrcb iarl~lllll"lnl' (fal,d ?Lir ~urhor) tbe lf!gh(s and PrfrotOiivei of )bf Kings a•d Sub;eEls are dijlmguifbtd nnd fit npnrr: And JU:rtlcular!y by him exprdfed, too tedious here to infect; amongft which ~dtnal'lces we find, That no Mnn .fhau!d be lmpriJo'nU, hut far n Capital · .fnd If a Man foould detain another in Pri(on by Co!o1/.r of Right b(t.c tvJ.J nMe) till the Party lnipr.ifonel ted, b< . that tejJt him z fll~li{ht br!d Guilty o( _Murder, as rou '\'ay read l'· 33, and 3<1'. Jf~ i; detlff.ld Gmltyof HomiCide, bf wbom n ,Mmr fhn!l di~ til Prifov, .bh.rb~r )1 be '')!}! y.,dger, rh,u jh,l}/ tba long·delartd lla o Mnn il~br, al by Ct.Jii!ttt•f ii"dif4u1 r.r fuffcrillg him to die b_.r Fami'ne \ th- 1wben tt .Man·is adjutg~J. ~'Jb 'P;lflr~ft.~ ond J.IM.Ii Ju fiirc~argiJ by his Jai'/el' with Ironi, cr ~rbtr iMY~ h'er(bf:b['·t Jepr1v<d of l!u Lift. And p. t4-9. fihar by tb< ·Andem Law of hgbhd, I "'."' ./!"tlony. to detain a Man m Prifoh, afm J_ '¥.1/lcienl Bail off' e 1 rpher'/8 P~rt~ '"".Appealed ajTreafon, Murder, Ro]?bery; or B~rgt . PaUe .•. 1~r 1\ont oufJJtf" hep111 ur csmmottl!.r~ons, hp_ttm/y~cbai AIN"Tt::f? or Prin" atty. APPEALED, or IN ICTED of"]n!fe or 'f a 1 Impt• q,! twen_r; 't teltder have the .A.,cient aws 1ndr.onjlltutiom of r ~aiM ifn of tbrLillcrtt of tbeir Snbj,O.r Per fins, that 'nti .ilLtn ought· i~ "I! JmpfJfo#.J. but 'fo~ ~ Cttpitnl ~jfe'nce, a.r Treafon! M.urder, Robbery, 01" Jl'IJigl~.r:y. ·. ·• Stfl .. 11. ~or IS I:amh_ard fhorr,_ m hts exce11ent.;I'r_;,tnfiati9h 'Ofthe,S1~~ Laws; from Kt.,g.hui"sTJme, 712. to Hm. ~· 1tt'lO. 1r1 defctib~g to us . greilt Obligation, a.nd ltrong CQndirion the Pebple were wdm to pui tl tr their Kings, To ~>"hfrrve tbe Ancie.nt Ftm:lrl111c.nta.l La au, and .ft(," e·Cuflom.r 1'0~ this .LilRtl, Which wete handed doWn from one {\geto a'rlother; ~ And irt' fh 17tb.r:bop. of KintEdward tb< Confq./Jo?s La""• rbe M.¢ntio~}here.'ma~ of a King't; Duty, iS very remarkable, That if he brake hls' Uat-h, dr M, formed' not his Obligation, (Nee nomen Re~it 1n eo ~ontlldit:) The .fa·~·~ Lamb.ril further ·reUs ·us, That hol"eve< ~ny may ~ffirm Wil/lnm o~ }\{lfr"'a : dy tO boa <l:onquerbr, . Jf< Wa< fU~>V<d Qy t8< hopk at ~War~·~·St<e~J..l an_d by SolcltHI Oarb tt~l<.en, to. fftttl~tpin untp thfm the [flm& Law tl!af~i~ K1njman Edward the Conf<./Jar did' Th;s Do€\rine rem31rie.d .In t~~ <ien~r~ Unque!tioned, to !'he Reign of~ii)g John, who ilnperiqufi~ l~o·~~ht, 1hq · Voltmt(fS' Regu, and not Stthu Pujm!i, w:ts Sa remll Lex, ·or th'e J(i"4'~·. Xi!, was the Supr~trm Law, and not the P·oplcs Preferv:aion; til1 the inCeWre Barons of th:lt Time, .betook ~b~fel ves to a Vigorous Def~!lJ,e o(.,tb$f;, Ancient Rights and Liberties, ~nd learn'd him IO keetdllo!e"L"iws~11 au~ Reftraint and timely Compulfidn,'1Whicfr his-former !nv:16on of them evi .. denced to the World,, be would, never have done willin~lX-· . . ~ SdJ. 12. The )'ropofals and 1\rtr!;les of Agreemtq."t1 ~11 r~e P,l~dges g• en to the B3rons, on the Behalf ofthe People~ lJx the l',fng," ete cqnfir in H. .e.~l"l' the Third"s Time, his So·. n ~pd Sa. c~effdr•, w/J.e. ·.~h~e,M' i.d''<d , .,JI(g..h \~ and difregmhd Law hy his Fa"W• was tlfdug~r li't td b.~ 1~d ~1 to that the P<op/e of England mig/it ~or for evrr aft/r be to"" e~ '[or ten R:tcorded Law, to thtir Difenct Jnd 'setrJtit); for bft' n(1crvi' ubi j~s eft vagum__n.ut- inc~$11ltll_m; > 3nd fowe;mu;r uporf~ '<:.j/lfizdqb,rr~! of L1berry and Pnvzledgc Jn tht; Caufe, :Reaforf, and End ·o_ it1 . , 1 · .• Se{f, rc3. We fhall firft rehearfe'it, fo f3t ,; w¢ are coo.¥1ne4\. ("jit,b f\{~ Form3lities of Gran( 3nd Curfc) and fh.111 then fay· f6met~ipg as tl> 1"he Caufe, Reafon, and• End of it. 1 .~- .. .~. ·\' A Rehe:ufal of the Material Parts of the Gteat Chartu;"CJf Prttl'mrt~.'·r.· 1 HENRY, by the Grace of Qod, King qf England, El'~ '1b all .41:</,; ' bijhop:, or Earll! 'Barons, Sheriffs. /:Tovoflf, O.ficers, ana IO allE:uiJ.fs, pnd our Fmth/ul Suh;~ff.r rcho /Aall 'fee tbit pnftllt Charter, Gnettn{. lllnOIIJ |