Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to be fubjed to Death, becaufe he is a Corporation of himfelf, that liveth for ever, all Interregna being in England unknown* the fame Moment that one King dies, the next Heir is King fully and abfolutely, without any Coronation, Ceremony, or Ad to be done, ex pojl fablo. Moreover, the Law feemeth to attribute tothe King a cer¬ tain Ubiquity; that the King is in a manner everywhere, in all his Courts of Juftice 3 and therefore cannot be Nonfutted, as Lawyers fpeak. . . • And yet there are feme Things that the King cannot do, Rex MnglU nihil injujte potefl. There are alfo diverfe Things which the King cannot do. Salvo Jure, Salvo Juramento} e? Salva Conjcientia fua 3 becaufe by an Oath ar his Coronation, and indeed without any Oath, by the Law of Nature, Nations, and of Chriftianity, he holds himfelf bound., as do all other Chriftian Kings, to proted and defend his People, to do juftice, and to fhew Mercy, to pre- ferve Peace and Quietnefs among them 3 to allow them their juft Rights and Liberties; to confent to the Repealing of bad Laws, and to the Enabling of good. Two Things efpecially the King of England cannot do withont the Confent of both Houfes of Parliament,viz- make New Laws, and raife New Taxes, there being fomething of Odium in both of them, the one feem- ing to diminifh the Subjeds Liberty, and the other to infringe hisProperty: Therefore, that all Occafion of Difaffedion to¬ wards the King (the Breath of our Nojlrils, and the Light of our Eyes, as he is ftilad in Holy Scriptures, might be avoided, it was wifely contrived by our Anceftors, that for both thefe fhould Petitions and Supplications be firft made by the Subjed. If the King of England be in any foreign Nation, he may try any of his offending Domefticks by the Laws of England, faith Fleta 3 as in the Cafe of Engelram of Nogent in Trance, and of Manning, whom King Charles II. caufed to be try’d and executed in the Duke of Newburgh's Territories in Germany. Thefe, and diverfe other Prerogatives, rightfully belong, and are enjoy’d by the King of England. Bomtnion#*] The ancient Dominions ofthe Kings of Eng* land were firft England, and all the Seas round about Great- Britain and Ireland, and all the Ifles adjacent, even to the Shore of all the Neighbouring Nations 3 and our Law faith. The Sea is of the Leigeance of the King, as well as the Land 3 and as aMaik thereof all Ships of Foreigners have anciently de¬ manded Leave to fifh, and pafs in thefe Seas, and do at this Day lower their Top -fails to all the King’s Ships of War 3 and therefore Children born upGn thofe Seas (as fometimes hath happened) are accounted natural born Subjects tothe Kingof England, and needed not any Naturalization, as others born ©uc of hii Dominions,