History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War 1603-1642: 1607-1616

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Page 328 - I will none of your service and you shall none of my favour. I will, if I can, break your neck, and of that be confident.
Page 251 - The House of Commons is a body without a head. The members give their opinions in a disorderly manner. At their meetings nothing is heard but cries, shouts, and confusion. I am surprised that my ancestors should ever have permitted such an institution to come into existence. I am a stranger, and found it here when I arrived, so that I am obliged to put up with what I cannot get rid of.
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Page 185 - I cannot deliver with what caution and discretion the Lieutenant hath undertaken Overbury. But for his conclusion, I do and ever will love him the better ; which was this, that either Overbury shall recover, and do good offices betwixt my Lord of Suffolk and you, which if he do not, you shall have reason to count him a knave ; or else, that he shall not recover at all, which he thinks the most sure and happy change of all ; for he finds sometimes from Overbury many flashes of a strong affection...
Page 39 - ... that the law was the golden metwand and measure to try the causes of the subjects, and which protected his Majesty in safety and peace. With which the King was greatly offended, and said that then he should be under the law, which was treason to affirm, as he said; to which I said that Bracton saith, quod Rex non debet esse sub homine sed sub Deo et lege [that the King ought not to be under man but under God and under the law—BT\.

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