A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 14

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J. Mawman, 1831 - Great Britain
 

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Page 2 - I have often heretofore ventured my life in defence of the nation, and I shall still go as far as any man in preserving it in all its just rights and liberties.
Page 2 - I know, too, that the laws of England are sufficient to make the king as great a monarch as I can wish; and as I shall never depart from the just rights and prerogatives of the erown, so I shall never invade any man's property.
Page 20 - The Scottish council, with perfect consistency, held it unnecessary for James to take the coronation oath, for they had already recognised the will of the sovereign as the source of all law, civil and ' sacred ; and to have required from their monarch an oath that he would govern according...
Page 2 - I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this government both in church and state as it is now by law established.
Page 196 - That they had adventured their lives for his Majesty, and would lose the last drop of their blood, rather than lift up a finger against him. The King.—I tell you, this is a standard of rebellion: I never saw such an address.
Page 201 - I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation I have succoured thee ; behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of salvation...
Page 108 - Rome, should inquire by virtue of the supremacy into ecclesiastical offences committed by members of the church of England, consulted the judges, and was by them advised to appoint a standing court of delegates with ordinary powers to hear and determine ecclesiastical causes, and to pronounce on offenders ecclesiastical censures.
Page 151 - I do hereby Protest against all your Proceedings, and against all that you have done, or hereafter shall do, in prejudice of me and my Right, as illegal, unjust and null, and therefore I appeal to my Sovereign Lord the King in his Courts of Justice.
Page 64 - London as a guard, with orders to stab him if there were any disorders on the road, showed me several charms that were tied about him when he was taken, and his table-book, which was full of astrological figures that nobody could understand ; but he told my uncle that they had been given to him some years before in Scotland, and he now found they were but foolish conceits.
Page 21 - ... expectation that the example of the Scots would prove a useful stimulus to the more doubtful obsequiousness of the English parliament. This object was honestly avowed in his public letter ; and the avowal, being taken as a compliment by the estates, provoked from their gratitude a declaration of abhorrence of " all principles " and positions contrary or derogatory to the king's " sacred, supreme, sovereign, and absolute power and

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