 | Francis Bacon - 1702 - 408 pages
...hath been fome Secret Queftion. Rex. this Article cannot be mended. Thirdly ; it fliall be my Care fb to moderate the manner of charging him, as it might make him not odious beyond the Extent of Mercy. Laftly ; all thefe points of Mercy and Favour, are to be underftood with this Limitation, if he do... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...because the peers are astringed by necessity either to acquit or condemn ; but grace is free : and for my part, I think the evidence in this present...nature. Thirdly, It shall be my care so to moderate the REX. manner of charging him, as it might make him not Thft^aJ^" odious beyond the extent of mercy.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...because the peers are astringed by necessity either to acquit or condemn ; but grace is free : and for my part, I think the evidence in this present case will be of such a nature. Lastly, All these points of mercy and favour are to"^' t "* lie be understood with this limitation,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 pages
...acquit or condemn ; but grace is free : and or my part, I think the evidence in this present case >vill be of such a nature. Thirdly, it shall be my care so to moderate the man- REX. ier of charging him, as it might make him not odious T e h r a j s d ^ 1 ~, aeyond the extent... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...because the peers are astringed by necessity, either to acquit or condemn ; but grace is free. And logism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the...term. Lastly : a certain degree of sagacity in co eo to moderate the manner of charging him, as it might make him not odious beyond the extent of mercy.... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 672 pages
...manner in which he stated the case against Somerset ; but this was in performance of his promise, " It shall be my care so to moderate the manner of charging...make him not odious beyond the extent of mercy."* The disgraceful pardon Bacon himself, as Attorney General, prepared. Coke, the Chief Justice, had now... | |
 | Andrew Amos - 1846 - 574 pages
...life : because the Peers are astringed by necessity to acquit or condemn ; but grace is free : and, for my part, I think the evidence in this present case will be of such a nature." It would appear that Bacon was here inventing a plausible pretext for pardoning Somerset. He can scarcely... | |
 | Andrew Amos - 1846 - 598 pages
...life: because the Peers are astringed by necessity to acquit or condemn ; but grace is free : and, for my part, I think the evidence in this present case will be of such a nature." It would appear that Bacon was here inventing a plausible pretext for pardoning Somerset. He can scarcely... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 504 pages
...manner in which he stated the case against Somerset; but this was in performance of his promise, " It shall be my care so to moderate the manner of charging...make him not odious beyond the extent of mercy."^ The disgraceful pardon Bacon himself, as Attorney General, prepared. Coke, the Chief Justice, had now... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 510 pages
...manner in which he stated the case against Somerset; but this was in performance of his promise, " It shall be my care so to moderate the manner of charging...make him not odious beyond the extent of mercy."* The disgraceful pardon Bacon himself, as Attorney General, prepared. Coke, the Chief Justice, had now... | |
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... so balanced, as it may have sufficient matter for the conscience of the peers to convict him, and yet leave sufficient matter in the conscience of a king upon the same evidence to pardon his life; because the peers are astringed by necessity either... 
