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| − | & endanger ye Publick Peace & ye | + | (5) |
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| + | & endanger ye Publick Peace & ye rightfull Succession, & | ||
| + | expose ye Lives & Libertyes & Propertyes of ye Subjects to | ||
| + | Violence. | ||
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| + | And that we have ye greater Reason to be fond of it | ||
| + | because ye inestimable Blessing of his Matys Reign | ||
| + | over is probably owing to it, which might have been | ||
| + | [[addition]] in [[/addition]] great danger of being wholly prevented, & certainly [[deletion]] and [[/deletion]] | ||
| + | could not have take place without bloodshed & the | ||
| + | ravages of a civill war & dangerous convulsions, if | ||
| + | his Majesty must have taken ye Scotch Oath previous | ||
| + | to his Accession to ye throne, & thereby given time to his | ||
| + | & our Common Enemyes to have concerted Measures for | ||
| + | breaking ye Protestant Succession before his becoming | ||
| + | actuall King. | ||
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| + | Ffor in that case till ye Oath taken, & known to be | ||
| + | taken, none would owe him allegiance, nor could be | ||
| + | guilty of Rebellion or High Treason against him, no | ||
| + | one could act in his name, nor could ye well:affected | ||
| + | have known with certainty their duty or their Authority, | ||
| + | or when his Maty did become their King: they | ||
| + | would have been uncertain what course to take, when | ||
| + | out of all beaten paths of our Constitution, in a Wilderness | ||
| + | without track or light; ye disaffected at ye same time | ||
| + | pursuing their wicked purposes whout feare of those | ||
| + | Laws which guard ye sacred Person of ye Sovereign & | ||
| + | his Crown & DIgnity, when once he is King. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The Discourse then proceeded to ye prest | ||
| + | Proposall. And it was observed, that had the succession | ||
| + | to ye Dominions in Germany been under ye Regulation | ||
| + | of ye King. Lords & Comons of Gr Brittain in Parliamt | ||
| + | as ye Succession to ye Countyes Palatine in England, & to | ||
| + | ye Plantations are, there would have been no difficulty | ||
| + | in this case. | ||
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| + | An Act of Parliamt can make any Part of Great | ||
| + | Brittain or Ireland or ye Dominions thereunto belonging | ||
| + | to descend to ye second son & his male descendts, while | ||
| + | ye Crown is in his elder brother or his descendants, & | ||
| + | upon failure of either of ye two lines, to joyn again wth | ||
| + | ye Crown in ye other Line, & separate again, when severall | ||
| + | male branches should again exist; & in that case ye second | ||
| + | son would have as good & clear a Right upon his ffather's | ||
| + | death | ||
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& endanger ye Publick Peace & ye rightfull Succession, & expose ye Lives & Libertyes & Propertyes of ye Subjects to Violence.
And that we have ye greater Reason to be fond of it because ye inestimable Blessing of his Matys Reign over is probably owing to it, which might have been addition in /addition great danger of being wholly prevented, & certainly deletion and /deletion could not have take place without bloodshed & the ravages of a civill war & dangerous convulsions, if his Majesty must have taken ye Scotch Oath previous to his Accession to ye throne, & thereby given time to his & our Common Enemyes to have concerted Measures for breaking ye Protestant Succession before his becoming actuall King.
Ffor in that case till ye Oath taken, & known to be taken, none would owe him allegiance, nor could be guilty of Rebellion or High Treason against him, no one could act in his name, nor could ye well:affected have known with certainty their duty or their Authority, or when his Maty did become their King: they would have been uncertain what course to take, when out of all beaten paths of our Constitution, in a Wilderness without track or light; ye disaffected at ye same time pursuing their wicked purposes whout feare of those Laws which guard ye sacred Person of ye Sovereign & his Crown & DIgnity, when once he is King.
The Discourse then proceeded to ye prest Proposall. And it was observed, that had the succession to ye Dominions in Germany been under ye Regulation of ye King. Lords & Comons of Gr Brittain in Parliamt as ye Succession to ye Countyes Palatine in England, & to ye Plantations are, there would have been no difficulty in this case.
An Act of Parliamt can make any Part of Great Brittain or Ireland or ye Dominions thereunto belonging to descend to ye second son & his male descendts, while ye Crown is in his elder brother or his descendants, & upon failure of either of ye two lines, to joyn again wth ye Crown in ye other Line, & separate again, when severall male branches should again exist; & in that case ye second son would have as good & clear a Right upon his ffather's death
