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Show 52 ATROClOGS JlJDGE ~ . [A. D. 128i. the lords and commons ought first to llave the king'::; nn ·wcr upon their proposal3 before they proceede<.l further? '-A. That the king in tlwt behalf ba" the govcrnanc , nnd may appoint what hall be fir~t handlea, and so gradually whai next in all 1natt ' 1'.' to be treated of in pari. e\·en to the eml of the parl. ; anu if any act contrary to the k ing's plea ure n1ade known therein, they arc to be puni~hed n:-- traitor:-;. "7. '\Vhcther the king, whenever he plea cs, can di:;~oiYe the parl., and con11nancl the lords and con1n1ons to depart from thence, or not?'- .A. That he can; nncl if any one shall then proceed in pari. again ·L the king'~ will, he is to be puni bed a, a traitor. "8. 'Since the king can, whenever he pleases, rcmo\e any of his judges and offtccrs, and ju:-tify or pnnish them for their offences ; w he thor the lorcl, and common rnn, \Yithout the will of the king, impeach in pari. any of the , aid judges or officers for any of their offl'nccs? '-.A. 'fhat they cannot; and if any one .. honld do .. o he i.' to be pun is heel a~ a trnitor.~ " 9. 'II ow he i' to be puni ·heel who nlo,·ed in pari. that the statute should be sent for whereby I~<.lw. II. (the king'' f!reat gl'andfather) was proceeded ngain !"t nncl c1epo,ed in pari. ; by nlCans of ending for an <.I imposing which statute, the said late ' tntntc, ordinance, ancl cmnmis ' ion , were de\'isccl ancl brought forth in pari. ( '-A. That a. wP ll he that so moved, as he who by pretence of ihat 1notion carried the said statute to the parl., are traitor:-' and criminals, to be punished with death. "10. '\Vhethcr the judgment giYen in tho last pari. held at vVestm. against. ~iich. de la Polo, J~arl of Suitolk, was * Some of our federal judO'es would no doubt like very much to see this rule established among us. ~Eel. A. D. 1387.] ROBERT Tll.ESILIAX. 53 erroneous and revocable, or not?' - .A. That if that judgn1ent ·wore now to be given, they would not gi ''e it ; because it see1ns to the1n that ihe said J. ud(rment is revocable as bcincr 0 ' b erroneous in eYery part of it. "In te titnony of all \vhich, the judges and so1jeanls aforesaid, to these pre ents La,·e put their seals in the pre cncc of the rev. lords, Alex. abp. of York, Rob. abp. of Dublin, John bp. of Durham, Tho. bp. of Chiclle ter, and John bp. of Bangor, Rob. duke of Ireland, 1\lich. earl of Suffolk, John Rypon, clerk, and Jolm Dlake, esf1.; giYcn tile plaer, day, 1nonth, an<l year aforesaid." Tre. ilian exultingly thought tbat be had not only got riJ of the obnoxious commission, but that he lutd annihilated the power of Parliament by the destruction of parliamentary pri \'iloge, ancl by 1na.king the proceedings of tl1e two lwu cs cnLiro1y dependent on tho caprice of the sovereign. lie then attcnLl ed Richard to London, where the opinion of the j ullgcs against the legaliLy of tho oommis. ion was proclaimed to the citizen at the Guildhall ; and all who should act under it were declared traitor~. A re oluLion " ·as formed to arre t the ruo:st obuoxiou of the oppo;-:,ite faction, and to send them t.:::> take their trials before the 1. LH.ln·es who • 0 haJ already oornmitted them.-elves on the question of law; and, under the g uiJuncc of Tre ilian, a bill of indictment was actually prepared against thcn1 for a con .. piracy to de troy the royal prcrogati\c. Th01na Ush, ihe under ~hcrjft~ pronlised to pack a jnry to oonYict thcrn; Sir Nichola' Drambre, who had been thrice lord n1ayor, undertook to secure the fidelity of tho citizens; and ali the city c01npanies \YOre ihat they woultl live and die with the king, and fight against his enemies to their last Lrcath. Arundel, Bishop of Ely, ''"as 5 * |