3 24 Mr. N E A L 's W Vol. of the Guard, and forne few Gentlemen who put them- ' felves in tla=íi- Company in the way, came to the Houfe of Commons ; and commanded all his Attendants to wait at the Door, and give Offence to no Man, himfelf with his Nephew the Prince Elector went into the Houfe, to the great A- mazement of all ; and the Speaker leaving the Chair, the King went into it.' Neal, Ibid. Having affured the Members, that he defign'd no Force nor Breach of Privilege, after a lit- tle time he withdrew ; but as his Majefty was going cut, many Members cry'd out aloud, as he might hear them, Privilege, Privilege! Lord.Clarendon gives this account of the Privilege of Parliament. * ` It is not to be believ'd (fays he) how many fober, well -minded Men, who were real Lovers of the Peace of the Kingdom, and had a full Submillion and Reverence to the known Laws, were impos'd upon, and had their Under- « ftanclings confounded, and fo their Wills perver- ted, by the mere mention of Privilege of Parlia- ment ; which, inftead of the plain and intelligible Noticn of it, was by- the dexterity of thofe Bou- tefeus, and their Under - Agents of the Law, and the lupine Sottifhnefs of the People, render'd fuch a Myftery, as could be only explain'd by themfelves, and extended as far as they found ne- ceffary to their Occafions, andwas to be acknow- ledg'd a good Reafon for any thing, that no o- ther Reason could be given for. " We are, fay " they, and have been always confeffed, the only " Judges of our own Privileges; and thereforewhat- " foever we declare to be our Privilege, is fuch : « otherwife, whofoever determines that it is not fo, « makes himfelf Judge of that, whereof the Cog- " nifance only belongs to us." ' And this Sophfti- * Hí{tory of the Rebellion, Vol. L p. 310, 311, 312. cal
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