...assent which the}' themselves had given by accepting their commissions under it. " And this being so, though I told you in my last speech that you were...possession of the government by a good right from God and man. And I believe, that if the learnedest men in this nation were called to show a precedent equally...

...good People of England, and you all are my witnesses. Yea, surely ! — And ' now ' this being so, — though I told you in my last Speech " that you were...of the Government by a good right from God and men ! And I believe if the learnedest men in this Nation were called to show a precedent, equally clear,...

...themselves had given by accepting their commissions under it. " And this being so, though I told you iu my last speech that you were a free Parliament, yet...it was understood withal that I was the Protector, aiid the authority that called you ! That I Was in possession of the government by a good right from...

...good people of England, and you all are my witnesses. "Yea, surely! — And now this being so, — though I told you in my last speech ' that you were...of the government by a good right from God and men ! And I believe if the learnedest men in this nation were called to show a precedent, equally clear,...

...surely! — And 'now' this being so, — though 1 Act or Instrument of Government. 2 Writ of Return; I told you in my last Speech " that you were a Free...of the Government by a good right from God and men! And I believe if the learnedest men in this Nation were called to shew a precedent, equally clear,...

...they had received commissions from me. . . . And I have yet more witnesses. . . . All the sherifls in England are my witnesses ; and all that have come...or hath furnished, in the common law or elsewhere, matter of dispute and trial of learning ? I do not know why I may not balance this Providence, in the...

...are my witnesses ; and many in Ireland and Scotland. And I shall now make you my last witnesses—and shall ask you, whether you came not hither by my writs,...or hath furnished, in the common law or elsewhere, matter of dispute and trial of learning? I do not know why I may not balance this Providence, in the...

...misleadings- of them through their ignorance. There also they signed the indenture, with proviso, 1 That the persons so chosen should not have power to...or hath furnished, in the common law or elsewhere, matter of dispute and trial of learning ? I do not know why I may not balance this Providence, in the...

...single person and a Parliament.' " This being the case, though I told you in my last speech that }-ou were a free Parliament, yet I thought it was understood...or hath furnished, in the common law or elsewhere, matter of dispute and trial of learning? I do not know why I may not balance this Providence, in the...

...good People of England, and you all are my witnesses. Yea, surely !— And ' now ' this being so, — though I told you in my last Speech "that you were...of the Government by a good right from God and men ! And I believe if the learnedest men in this Nation were called to show a precedent, equally clear,...