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A54133 The divine right of kings asserted in general, ours in particular, both by the laws of God, and this land by W.P. Esq. W. P., Esq. 1679 (1679) Wing P128; ESTC R5375 3,817 4

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him Fitz. Urb. 21. H. 8. Br. tit non-suit 68. 3. Majesty the King cannot take nor part from any thing but by matter of Record and that in respect of his Majesty unless Chattel or the like because de minimis non curat lex 5 Ed 4.7.4 Ed. 6.31.2 H. 4.7 4. Soveraignty and Power all the Land is holden of the King no Action lyeth against him for who can command the King he may compel his Subjects to go out of the Realm to War hath absolute Power over all for by a clause of non obstante he may dispense with a Statute though the Statute say such dispensation shall be meerly void 7 E. 4.17.21 Calvin's Case Bracton Rex habet potestatem Jurisdictionum super omnes qui in regno suo sunt Eaquae sunt Jurisdictionis pacis ad nullam pertinent nisi ad regiam dignitatem habet etiam coertionem ut delinquentes puniat coerceat And therefore ought to have the Militia 5. Perpetuity The King hath a perpetual Succession and never dieth for in Law it is called the demise of the King and there is no Inter-regnum A gift to the King goeth to his Successors though not named for he is a Corporation of himself and hath two capacities to wit a Natural Body in which he may inherit to any of his Ancestors or purchase Lands to him and the Heirs of his Body which he shall retain although he be afterwards removed from his Royal Estate and Body Politick in which he may purchase to him and his Heirs Kings of England or to him and his Successors yet both Bodies make but one individual Body Plowden 213.233.242 lib. 7.12 6. Justice The King can do no wrong therefore cannot be a Disseisor he is all Justice veritas justitia saith Bracton circa solium ejus they are the two Supporters that do hold up his Crown he is medious regni pater patriae sponsus regni qui per annulum is espoused to his Realm at his Coronation he is Gods Lieutenant and is not able to do any unjust thing 4 E. 4.25 Potentia Injuriae est impotentia naturae His Ministers may offend and therefore to be punished if the Laws are violated but not he 7. Truth The King shall never be stopped Judgment final in a Writ of right shall not conclude him 18 E. 3.38.20 E. 3. Fitz. Droit 15. 8. Omniscience When the King licenceth expresly to alienate an Abbot c. which is in mortmain he needs not make any non obstante of the Statutes of mortmain for it is apparent to be of the Law and therefore shall not be intended misconusant of the Law for praesumitur rex habere omnia Jura in scrinio pectoris sui 2 Inst 99. and therefore ought to have a Negative Voice in Parliament for he is the Fountain of Justice ftom whence the Law floweth For no King can be named in any time made in this Kingdom by the People a Parliament never made Kings for they were Kings before and Parliaments themselves are Summoned by the King 's Writ High Treason can be committed against none but the King 's Sacred Person neither is any thing High Treason but what is declared so to be by the Statute 25 Ed. 3. c. 21. to levy War against the King to compass or imagin his Death or the Death of his Queen or of his Eldest Son to Counterfeit his Money or his Great Seal to Imprison the King until he agree to certain Demands to Levy War to alter Religion or the Law to remove Counsellors by Arms or the King from his Counsellors be they evil or good by Arms to seize the King's Forts Ports Magazine of War to Depose the King or to adhere to any State within or without the Kingdom but the King's Majesty is High Treason for which the Offenders have Judgment First To be drawn to the Gallows Secondly There to be hang'd by the Neck and cut down alive Thirdly His Intrails to be taken out of his Belly and he being alive to be burnt before him Fourthly That his Head should be cut off Fifthly That his Body should be cut in four parts Sixthly That his Head and his Quarters should be put where the King our Sovereign Lord pleaseth FINIS