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A91269	The second part of A seasonable legal and historical vindication, and chronological collection of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, lawes, government of all English freemen; their best inheritance and onely security against all arbitrary tyranny and Ægyptian taxes. Wherein the extraordinary zeal, courage, care, vigilancy, civill, military and Parliamentary consultations, contests, to preserve, establish, perpetuate them to posterity, against all tyrants, usurpers, enemies, invaders, both under the ancient pagan and Christian Britons, Romans, Saxons. The laws and Parliamentall great councils of the Britons, Saxons. With some generall presidents, concerning the limited powers and prerogatives of our British and first Saxon kings; ... are chronologically epitomized, ... By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 2	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1655 (1655)	Wing P4072; Thomason E820_11; ESTC R203292	115,608	151

Matthew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury thus comments on this Epistle That in condendis legibus in making Laws the King needed not the Popes authority or assistance having the books of the old and new Testament out of which adhibito procerum consilio by the Counsell of his Nobles he might take holy Laws without any error being sufficiently supported with his own not a forain authority he being Gods Vicar in his own Realm and representing his power to his people After which this King by advice and consent of his Princes and Nobles built and endowed many Churches with Glebes and Lands abundantly confirming them with Charters and Muniments and likewise ordained that Churches and Churchyards should be so free that no Malefactor or other persons flying to them should be arrested or suffer any violence in them King Lucius dying without heir Anno Dom. 201 thereupon discord arose amongst the Britons which gave great advantage to the Romans who thought at first they suffered the British Kings to reign under them making them the instruments of their own and their peoples slavery by their compliance with the Romans yet at last perceiving that divers of th●se British Kings to regain their own and their peoples Liberties did oft times rebell and raise up warres and seditions against them Thereupon after King Lucius his death to keep the Island in greater quietnesse and subjection under them they made a decree That none of the British bloud or race should from thence forth be invested with royall dignity in the Isle as the principall means to keep them in perpetuall slavery and insteed of one King they placed over the Britons in every Province First a Lieutenant with severall Garrisons of horse and fo●t who disarmed all the Natives they suspected sucked the peoples bloud and vexed them with Souldiers and Contributions Next a Procurator and Publicans who like greedy●Cormorants and horse-leeches confiscated their goods preyed upon their estates and vexed them with perpetuall exactions extortions and reproachfull abuses Also a Pretor and Proconsul with absolute power and commission to govern them after the Roman Laws not permitting them to use the ancient Laws of their Country and to minister Justice in all capitall matters with great pompe and severity So that the Roman Lawes were now only in use and force amongst the Britons which a learned Poet thus expresseth Cernitis ignotos Latia sub lege Britannos And withall they endevoured constantly to nourish discord and division amongst the Britons themselves and by these wily Policies kept them in subjection under them who yet upon all occasions and advantages endevoured to shake off the Roman yoak and restore their native Liberties Laws Government with the hazard of their lives as our Historians largely relate About the year of Christ 286. Carausius a Briton having gotten a Commission from Rome to defend the Sea coasts of Britain from the incursions of barbarous Nations raysing great forces under that pretext promised the Brit●ns That if they would chuse him for their King he would expell the Romans and free the whole Island from the Barbarians Whereupon they all consented and made him King upon which he denied to pay the Romans their accustomed Tribute The Senate being informed hereof sent Alectus into Britain to reduce it who joyning battail with Carausius slew him and made a great slaughter of the Britons because they revolted from the Roman republick and subjected themselves to Carausius who preferred their liberties before their lives Alectus taking upon him the royall Diadem was soon after slain with most of his Roman Souldiers by Asclipiodorus Duke of Cornwall and the Britons fighting to regain their Liberties who crowned Ascl●piodorus King by common consent He ruled them for X. years with right justice restraining the cruelty of Plunderers and swords of Robbers and freed them from the Roman tribute Coel Duke of Colchester slaying him and making himself King the Romans having lost their tribute for above ten years space sent Constantius into Britain to reduce it under obedience who no sooner landed but Coel hearing of his great fame and victories in other parts sent Ambassadors to him craving peace and promising subjection which he accepted of exacting nothing but the usual tribute Coel deceasing shortly after leaving one only daughter Helena to inherit the Kingdom Constantius maried and begot upon her that famous Constantine the Great This Emperor Constantius Chlorus coming into Britain to govern it about the year of Christ 302. finding the ill effects of others tyranny and rapine shewed himself very loving gentle affable and kind to the people little regarding his private profit but altogether reigning to enrich his subjects and to that end would often say I would our late and present Tax-imposing Governours would remember it That it was more behoovefull for the publick that the wealth of the Land should be dispersed into the Commons hands then to lie locked up in Princes coffers or in such a Common Treasury as our new Projectors have provided for it by the 28 29. Articles of their Ill-sounding instrument after which they would have us henceforth dance The Emperor Constantine the Great his Son borne and crowned both King and Emperor in Britain amongst other good Laws made these two memorable ones for the relief of poor Christians injuriously banished and deprived of their Lands and Goods by Diocletian Maximinian Licinius and other persecuting Pagan Roman Emperors about the year 313. wherein he restored the banished Christians to their native Countries Lands and former dignities as the Marginall Authors witnesse Which Lawes are recorded in Eusebius de vita Constantini l. 2. c. 30 31. The first of them is intituled A Law for fre●ing or relieving banished men to this effect Therefore all those who being brought under the cruell sentences of Iudges at what time soever it befell them have been compelled to change their Country by exile because they neglected not what made for the honour of God and Religion to whom they had consecrated themselvos with the whole powers of their souls All these I say being restored both to their hereditary Possessions and their accustomed tranquillity may give thanks to God the setter free of all men And those who having been deprived of their Goods oppressed with the losse of their Estates have hitherto lived a most contemptible life these being likewise restored to their former houses families and goods may chearfully prayse the beneficencie of God who is best and mightiest The second inscribed A Law reducing those who were banished into Islands in these words Moreover we command that those who are now detained in Islands against their wils shall enjoy the benefit of this our provision and care to wit that whereas hitherto they have been shut up on every side in the narrow cliffs of mountains and invironed with the raging waves of the Sea being now freed from that bitter