274 Mr. N E A L 's JJd Vol. of the the Duke of Lenox, now created Duke of Rich- mond, and the Marquifs of Hamilton.' Neal, p. 485. Upon the whole, the King's your- ney into his Native Country did hint no fervice ; for tho' the Scots were pleas'd with his Majefly's Concef- fions, they durfl not depend upon him, fo long as he was under the Direction of the Queen and the Eng- lith Bithops. This Gentleman ufes the greateft Freedom with Majefty, that ever I met with. For thefe Confide- rations [fays old Judge fenkyns, who was a great Sufferer in thofe Times,] * The King's Party adher'd to him, the Law of the Land is their Birthright, their Guide ; where that is not viola- ' ted, no Offence is committed ; they found the Commifiion of Array warranted by Law ; they found the King in this Parliament, to have quit- ' ted Ship-Money, Knighthood-Money, feven ' Courts of Juftice ; confented to a Triennial Par- ' liament, fettled the Foreft-Bounds, took away ' the Clerk of the Market of the Houfhold, trufted ' the Houfe with the Navy, gaffed an AEI not to diffolve the Parliament without the Houfe's Al- ' fens ; no People in the World fo free, if they would have been content with Oaths, Laws and Reafon ; and nothing more could, or can be de- vifed to fecure us, neither bath been in any time.' Never King (fays Sir 'John Wray, a Perlon not over-much prejudic'd in the King's favour, in ' his Speech November 12. 1640. p. 2.) gave ' more full Content to his People, than his Maje- ' fly now bath done ; and I hope never SuhjeEts ' came with better Hearts and Af-feEtions to their King and Country, than we do.' t ' Nay, granting for Argument's fake, That * Lex Terry, p. 15. -j- Preface to Seditious Preachers, Ungodly Teachers, inanfwcr :o Dr. Calamy's Abridgment of Baxter's Life. Printed 1709. the
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