Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A29172
|
The great point of succession discussed with a full and particular answer to a late pamphlet, intituled, A brief history of succession, &c.
|
Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700.
|
1681
(1681)
|
Wing B4191; ESTC R19501
|
63,508
|
40
|
time_n after_o leave_v the_o crown_n to_o this_o young_a prince_n another_z of_o our_o unfortunate_a king_n 20._o king_n p._n virg._n lib._n 19_o &_o 20._o and_o so_o far_o be_v it_o from_o be_v true_a that_o his_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n be_v question_v by_o john_n of_o gaunt_n the_o great_a duke_n of_o lancaster_n that_o he_o be_v at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o father_n reign_n entrust_v with_o the_o lieutenancy_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o after_o his_o death_n be_v protector_n to_o the_o young_a king_n during_o his_o minority_n which_o certain_o have_v never_o be_v if_o john_n of_o gaunt_n jure_fw-la propinquitatis_fw-la have_v claim_v the_o crown_n it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o put_v so_o great_a a_o trust_n and_o power_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o competitor_n nor_o be_v ever_o the_o succession_n confirm_v to_o he_o by_o parliament_n any_o otherwise_o than_o i_o have_v mention_v neither_o can_v polydore_n regem_fw-la dicunt_fw-la if_o you_o leave_v out_o this_o gentleman_n be_v disingenuous_a addition_n of_o by_o their_o common_a suffrage_n for_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o original_a signify_v any_o more_o than_o that_o he_o be_v proclaim_v king_n but_o it_o will_v be_v well_o for_o this_o unhappy_a prince_n if_o he_o may_v but_o as_o quiet_o quit_v as_o he_o enter_v into_o the_o throne_n but_o alas_o it_o fall_v out_o quite_o otherwise_o for_o king_n richard_n be_v make_v prisoner_n by_o his_o cousin_n henry_n of_o lancaster_n a_o parliament_n be_v summon_v by_o he_o in_o the_o king_n name_n in_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n to_o meet_v at_o westminster_n a_o action_n certain_o illegal_a in_o itself_o for_o if_o the_o king_n summons_n be_v necessary_a as_o it_o appear_v it_o be_v i_o will_v glad_o know_v how_o it_o can_v be_v pretend_v in_o this_o case_n that_o this_o parliament_n do_v convene_v by_o his_o authority_n for_o though_o the_o writ_n be_v issue_v out_o in_o his_o name_n yet_o be_v he_o so_o far_o from_o consent_v to_o it_o that_o if_o it_o have_v lie_v in_o his_o power_n he_o will_v have_v prevent_v it_o but_o this_o assembly_n or_o parliament_n call_v it_o what_o you_o will_v be_v get_v together_o i_o will_v fain_o be_v inform_v upon_o what_o law_n or_o authority_n i_o mean_v legal_a they_o ground_v their_o follow_a proceed_n for_o if_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o king_n nostril_n be_v necessary_a to_o give_v they_o their_o be_v it_o be_v a_o little_a irrational_a to_o suppose_v they_o can_v thence_o derive_v a_o lawful_a power_n to_o destroy_v the_o author_n of_o their_o life_n beside_o how_o can_v it_o be_v suppose_v they_o can_v proceed_v just_o to_o pass_v a_o final_a sentence_n upon_o he_o who_o concurrence_n be_v absolute_o require_v to_o give_v birth_n to_o any_o law_n which_o may_v concern_v his_o mean_a subject_n though_o they_o think_v it_o never_o so_o convenient_a and_o why_o shall_v we_o believe_v it_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o realm_n to_o impose_v any_o thing_n upon_o the_o king_n when_o he_o can_v bind_v they_o to_o observe_v nothing_o without_o their_o consent_n first_o obtain_v and_o yet_o our_o pamphleteer_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o avouch_v this_o as_o a_o precedent_n of_o parliamentary_a power_n in_o the_o point_n of_o succession_n but_o if_o we_o do_v but_o examine_v the_o matter_n a_o little_a more_o narrow_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o make_v very_o little_a for_o his_o purpose_n unless_o it_o be_v his_o design_n and_o a_o man_n must_v have_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o charity_n to_o believe_v it_o be_v not_o to_o instruct_v the_o people_n how_o to_o proceed_v in_o case_n their_o king_n will_v not_o do_v as_o they_o will_v have_v he_o for_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o though_o they_o usurp_v the_o exorbitant_a power_n of_o depose_v richard_n yet_o do_v they_o not_o pretend_v to_o the_o power_n of_o elect_v who_o they_o please_v but_o think_v themselves_o in_o duty_n bind_v to_o submit_v to_o he_o to_o who_o by_o right_o of_o blood_n the_o crown_n do_v belong_v and_o this_o evident_o appear_v from_o henry_n duke_n of_o lancaster_n manner_n of_o lay_v claim_n to_o the_o crown_n for_o no_o soon_o be_v the_o throne_n void_a by_o the_o pretend_a voluntary_a resignation_n of_o king_n richard_n but_z henry_n first_o have_v fortify_v himself_o with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n stand_v up_o and_o make_v his_o demand_n of_o the_o crown_n in_o his_o mother-tongue_n in_o this_o form_n of_o word_n as_o i_o have_v extract_v they_o out_o of_o the_o 20._o the_o rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 4._o memb_v 20._o parliament_n roll_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o fader_fw-mi son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n i_o henry_n of_o lancastre_n challenge_v this_o rheum_n of_o ynglonde_n and_o the_o corone_n with_o all_o the_o membre_n and_o the_o appurtenance_n all_o be_v i_o that_o be_o descendit_fw-la by_o right_a line_n of_o the_o blood_n come_v from_o the_o good_a lord_n king_n henry_n therde_n by_o this_o you_o may_v see_v what_o it_o be_v he_o lay_v the_o stress_n of_o his_o claim_n on_o and_o thorghe_v that_o right_n that_o god_n of_o his_o grace_n have_v send_v i_o he_o it_z seem_v acknowledge_v god_n and_o not_o the_o people_n for_o the_o author_n of_o his_o right_n with_o the_o help_n of_o my_o ryn_z and_o of_o my_o friend_n to_o recover_v it_o the_o which_o rheum_n be_v in_o point_n to_o be_v ondone_v for_o defaut_n of_o governance_n and_o undo_v of_o the_o good_a law_n after_o which_o challenge_n and_o claim_n say_v the_o record_n as_o well_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a as_o temporal_a all_o and_o all_o the_o state_n there_o present_a be_v several_o and_o all_o interrogated_a what_o they_o think_v of_o the_o aforesaid_a challenge_n and_o claim_v the_o abovenamed_a state_n with_o all_o the_o commonalty_n without_o any_o difficulty_n or_o delay_n unanimous_o agree_v that_o the_o aforesaid_a duke_n shall_v reign_v over_o they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o naked_a truth_n of_o the_o matter_n i_o can_v imagine_v with_o what_o propriety_n of_o speech_n this_o can_v be_v call_v a_o election_n or_o what_o reason_n this_o gentleman_n have_v for_o to_o say_v that_o the_o abovementioned_a title_n be_v the_o least_o of_o all_o insist_v on_o when_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o roll_n as_o i_o have_v faithful_o translate_v it_o that_o no_o other_o be_v so_o much_o as_o mention_v and_o thus_o we_o have_v hear_v how_o the_o poor_a and_o unfortunate_a prince_n richard_z the_o second_o from_o who_o action_n if_o they_o be_v but_o examine_v with_o a_o impartial_a eye_n we_o can_v conclude_v he_o to_o have_v be_v either_o very_a insufficient_a or_o evil_a if_o we_o sober_o weigh_v the_o imputation_n that_o be_v object_v against_o he_o we_o shall_v find_v nothing_o of_o any_o truth_n or_o at_o least_o any_o moment_n be_v in_o a_o tempestuous_a rage_n deprive_v of_o his_o right_n and_o upon_o what_o ground_n henry_n 4._o mount_v his_o throne_n but_o how_o just_o even_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o at_o that_o time_n you_o will_v best_o be_v inform_v from_o thomas_n mark_v bishop_n of_o carlisle_n a_o wise_a and_o learned_a man_n and_o of_o no_o less_o courage_n who_o when_o it_o be_v move_v in_o parliament_n what_o shall_v be_v do_v with_o king_n richard_n he_o bold_o stand_v up_o and_o speak_v to_o this_o effect_n as_o it_o be_v set_v down_o by_o 158._o by_o bak._n chron._n f._n 158._o sir_n richard_n baker_n and_o since_o it_o be_v so_o much_o to_o the_o purpose_n i_o hope_v the_o reader_n will_v not_o be_v displease_v with_o the_o length_n of_o it_o my_o lord_n the_o matter_n now_o propound_v be_v of_o marvellous_a weight_n and_o consequence_n wherein_o there_o be_v two_o point_n chief_o to_o be_v consider_v the_o first_o whether_o king_n richard_n be_v sufficient_o put_v out_o of_o his_o throne_n the_o second_o whether_o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n be_v lawful_o take_v in_o for_o the_o first_o how_o can_v that_o be_v sufficient_o do_v when_o there_o be_v no_o power_n sufficient_a to_o do_v it_o the_o parliament_n can_v for_o of_o the_o parliament_n the_o king_n be_v the_o head_n and_o can_v the_o body_n put_v down_o the_o head_n you_o will_v say_v the_o head_n may_v how_o itself_o down_o and_o may_v the_o king_n resign_v it_o be_v true_a but_o what_o force_n be_v in_o that_o which_o be_v do_v by_o force_n and_o who_o know_v not_o that_o king_n richard_n resignation_n be_v no_o other_o but_o suppose_v he_o be_v sufficient_o out_o yet_o how_o come_v the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n to_o be_v lawful_o in_o if_o you_o say_v by_o conquest_n you_o speak_v treason_n for_o what_o conquest_n without_o arm_n and_o can_v a_o subject_n take_v up_o arm_n and_o not_o be_v treason_n if_o you_o say_v by_o election_n of_o the_o state_n you_o
of_o stephen_n to_o receive_v duke_n henry_n as_o their_o natural_a and_o lawful_a sovereign_n and_o according_o upon_o stephen_n death_n henry_n be_v both_o love_a and_o fear_v by_o every_o one_o come_v very_o calm_o to_o the_o throne_n and_o he_o have_v sufficient_o experience_v what_o a_o allure_a temptation_n a_o diadem_n be_v and_o that_o man_n of_o pride_n and_o ambition_n make_v no_o conscience_n of_o break_v through_o all_o obligation_n and_o tie_n that_o may_v obstruct_v their_o advances_n to_o so_o glitter_a a_o bait_n think_v the_o only_a way_n to_o secure_v the_o crown_n without_o dispute_n to_o his_o elder_a son_n henry_n be_v to_o set_v it_o upon_o his_o head_n before_o his_o death_n but_o before_o that_o time_n come_v he_o have_v sufficient_a cause_n to_o repent_v his_o choice_n of_o this_o unfortunate_a course_n however_o this_o my_o antagonist_n will_v have_v think_v a_o election_n of_o the_o young_a prince_n to_o succeed_v his_o father_n without_o which_o he_o can_v not_o pretend_v to_o it_o but_o if_o he_o do_v but_o look_v upon_o that_o very_a author_n fidelitates_fw-la author_n gervas_n h._n 2._o f._n 1412._o ipsâ_fw-la die_fw-la henricum_fw-la filium_fw-la suum_fw-la qui_fw-la eadem_fw-la septimanâ_fw-la de_fw-la normanniâ_fw-la militem_fw-la fecit_fw-la statimque_fw-la stupentibus_fw-la cunctis_fw-la &_o mirantibus_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la ungui_fw-la praecepit_fw-la &_o coronari_fw-la coronatus_fw-la itaque_fw-la novus_fw-la rex_fw-la ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la succepit_fw-la fidelitates_fw-la he_o have_v quote_v he_o will_v find_v if_o he_o have_v any_o remain_v of_o modesty_n in_o he_o what_o reason_n he_o have_v to_o blush_v at_o his_o disingenuity_n for_o he_o will_v there_o find_v that_o the_o great_a man_n be_v afraid_a they_o be_v call_v to_o give_v a_o account_n and_o suffer_v the_o king_n censure_n for_o several_a unjustifiable_a neglect_v they_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o sure_o either_o this_o council_n be_v very_o far_o different_a from_o what_o we_o call_v a_o parliament_n now_o or_o the_o time_n be_v strange_o alter_v with_o they_o but_o when_o they_o find_v it_o be_v only_a to_o assist_v at_o the_o coronation_n of_o young_a henry_n they_o be_v right_o glad_a they_o all_o the_o time_n be_v fill_v with_o wonder_n and_o amazement_n they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o pretend_v to_o any_o power_n of_o election_n that_o they_o only_o look_v on_o and_o then_o swear_v fealty_n beside_o 1170._o beside_o m._n paris_n vit_fw-fr h._n 2._o anno._n 1170._o m._n paris_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o king_n have_v call_v his_o bishop_n command_v they_o to_o set_v the_o crown_n upon_o young_a henry_n head_n without_o take_v any_o notice_n of_o any_o other_o as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v none_o present_a but_o they_o which_o he_o certain_o will_v never_o have_v do_v if_o so_o solemn_a a_o ceremony_n as_o a_o election_n have_v be_v necessary_a henry_n be_v succeed_v by_o richard_n his_o elder_a son_n live_v at_o his_o death_n without_o any_o provision_n make_v in_o his_o father_n life_n time_n in_o order_n thereto_o from_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n unless_o he_o will_v call_v a_o article_n of_o peace_n between_o king_n henry_n and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n one_o and_o certain_o he_o must_v mean_v that_o if_o any_o thing_n when_o he_o say_v his_o father_n be_v glad_a to_o get_v the_o succession_n confirm_v to_o he_o but_o by_o this_o it_o be_v only_o 151._o only_o provisum_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la comes_fw-la richardus_fw-la acciperet_fw-la homagia_fw-la hominum_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la terris_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la citra_fw-la mare_fw-la &_o ultra_fw-la m._n paris_n f._n 151._o provide_v that_o richard_n shall_v receive_v homage_n from_o all_o his_o father_n subject_n but_o for_o all_o this_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v again_o elect_v after_o his_o father_n death_n which_o to_o i_o seem_v very_o strange_a for_o one_o will_v have_v think_v one_o election_n will_v have_v serve_v his_o turn_n but_o it_o be_v like_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o incoherent_a discourse_n beside_o i_o can_v believe_v king_n richard_n will_v afterward_o have_v take_v upon_o himself_o to_o declare_v his_o nephew_n 1190._o nephew_n flor._n hist_o anno_fw-la 1190._o m._n paris_n vit_fw-fr r._n 1._o an._n 1190._o 〈◊〉_d his_o heir_n unless_o he_o have_v know_v that_o the_o kingdom_n be_v hereditary_a for_o in_o a_o elective_a monarchy_n there_o can_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o notwithstanding_o king_n richard_n be_v kill_v at_o chalize_n he_o be_v most_o unnatural_o put_v by_o his_o right_n by_o his_o uncle_n johan_n uncle_n m._n paris_n an._n 1199._o in_o vit_fw-mi johan_n john_n who_o immediate_o seize_v upon_o his_o brother_n treasure_n and_o retain_v all_o his_o servant_n and_o stipendiary_a soldier_n in_o their_o former_a condition_n he_o come_v into_o england_n after_o have_v very_o generous_o distribute_v his_o money_n among_o those_o that_o he_o think_v be_v capable_a of_o do_v he_o any_o service_n and_o have_v first_o send_v several_a of_o his_o principal_a friend_n thither_o who_o make_v the_o people_n swear_v allegiance_n to_o he_o though_o at_o first_o he_o meet_v with_o some_o rub_n in_o his_o way_n from_o some_o loyal_a and_o brave_a person_n who_o adhere_v to_o arthur_n as_o their_o natural_a liege_n lord_n as_o the_o supra_fw-la the_o m._n paris_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la historian_n express_v it_o allege_v that_o according_a to_o the_o receive_a custom_n arthur_n the_o son_n of_o the_o elder_a brother_n ought_v to_o succeed_v into_o that_o hereditary_a patrimony_n his_o father_n geofry_n shall_v have_v enjoy_v have_v he_o outlive_v his_o brother_n king_n richard_n but_o have_v call_v a_o council_n of_o all_o those_o supra_fw-la those_o m._n paris_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la coronationi_fw-la interest_n debuerant_fw-la archbishop_n hubert_n make_v such_o a_o speech_n to_o they_o as_o he_o say_v true_o will_v have_v startle_v the_o convocation_n in_o 1640_o but_o it_o sound_v as_o strange_o to_o those_o then_o present_a to_o hear_v he_o assert_v that_o no_o one_o can_v have_v any_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la universitate_fw-la regni_fw-la unanimiter_fw-la electus_fw-la and_o to_o run_v on_o at_o so_o notorious_o false_a and_o extravagant_a a_o rate_n but_o he_o be_v a_o very_a potent_a man_n both_o the_o king_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v force_v to_o hear_v he_o patient_o but_o with_o no_o small_a concern_v that_o a_o man_n of_o his_o incomparable_a wisdom_n and_o so_o considerable_a a_o pillar_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n shall_v open_o maintain_v so_o strange_a a_o doctrine_n but_o none_o be_v so_o deep_o touch_v as_o those_o good_a and_o honest_a man_n who_o be_v full_o persuade_v of_o the_o justness_n of_o arthur_n title_n be_v extreme_o surprise_v to_o find_v a_o clergyman_n and_o archbishop_n the_o principal_a princ_fw-la principal_a aut_fw-la fraudandi_fw-la arthurum_fw-la optimum_fw-la adolescentem_fw-la avito_fw-la regno_fw-la aut_fw-la contra_fw-la jus_o fasque_fw-la johannem_fw-la regem_fw-la creandi_fw-la authorem_fw-la esse_fw-la pol._n virg._n lib._n 15._o in_o princ_fw-la actor_n in_o deprive_v the_o poor_a prince_n of_o that_o hereditary_a kingdom_n which_o by_o birthright_n be_v his_o due_n contrary_a to_o all_o law_n and_o justice_n set_v the_o crown_n on_o john_n head_n but_o the_o business_n be_v over_o the_o achbishop_n be_v ask_v why_o he_o will_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o sun_n offer_v to_o deliver_v such_o false_a principle_n upon_o which_o the_o good_a man_n not_o well_o know_v how_o to_o give_v a_o handsome_a reply_n venture_v upon_o defend_v or_o at_o least_o excuse_v one_o lie_n by_o another_o tell_v they_o affirmabat_fw-la they_o respondet_fw-la se_fw-la praesagâ_fw-la ment_fw-la conjecturare_fw-la a_o quibusdam_fw-la oraculis_fw-la edoctum_fw-la &_o certificatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la johannes_n regnum_fw-la &_o coronam_fw-la aliquando_fw-la foret_fw-la corrupturus_fw-la &_o in_o magnam_fw-la confusionem_fw-la praecipitaturus_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la habeat_fw-la liberas_fw-la habenas_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciendi_fw-la ipse_fw-la electione_n non_fw-la successione_n haereditariâ_fw-la eligi_fw-la debere_fw-la affirmabat_fw-la that_o his_o mind_n do_v not_o only_o forebode_v it_o but_o he_o be_v inform_v in_o a_o dream_n from_o god_n that_o one_o day_n this_o john_n will_v prove_v a_o very_a ill_a prince_n and_o therefore_o he_o deliver_v that_o doctrine_n though_o false_a that_o john_n remember_v by_o what_o tenure_n he_o hold_v his_o crown_n may_v have_v a_o check_n upon_o he_o to_o prevent_v his_o run_v out_o too_o far_o in_o his_o extravagancy_n so_o that_o he_o have_v acknowledge_v what_o he_o then_o deliver_v to_o be_v false_a the_o contrary_n must_v needs_o be_v true_a for_o there_o be_v no_o medium_n betwixt_o they_o and_o all_o this_o consider_v you_o may_v see_v how_o much_o reason_n you_o have_v to_o admire_v the_o gentleman_n candour_n and_o sincerity_n in_o relate_v this_o transaction_n but_o king_n john_n have_v not_o enjoy_v the_o crown_n long_o but_o he_o