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death to ye part so allotted to him, as any subject of Great Brittain has to any part of his Estate of own acquisition or descended to him from his ancestors, & a like remedy at Law for ye enjoymt of it.

We have an instance as much out of ye Common course in ye case of ye Duchy of Cornwall, which by virtue of an Act of Parliamt made ye time of deletion unclear /deletion Edward ye 3d in favour of Prince Edward his son calledye Black Prince, descends to this day to the eldest sons of ye King, whenever there is deletion one /deletion a son, & when there is none, is united to ye Crown, till there is another eldest Son, & then deletion next /deletion goes again to him.

But as was observed before, no Law made here can alter ye Law of Succession to ye Dominions in Germany & therefore ye eldest Son will succeed to them notwithstanding any Law which can be made here

Consequently all that can be done by any Act of Parliamt here is to oblige ye eldest son to give up his Right to that Succession by certain terms & conditions annexed to ye Crown of Great Brittain.

Two Methods were thought of for doing this

1 One to permitt ye eldest son to succeed to ye Crown immediately upon his father's death according to ye Law as it now stands, but to declare & make it a part of the constitution, that he shall make a renunciation of the Electorate & other Dominions in Germany.

2. The other to require the renunciation previous to his taking ye Crown or being King.

1. The former was first spoke of as being most agreeable to our Constitution, & lesse violent, & therefore more eligible,

if it will be effectual.

Some Instances were taken Notice of, of what has been done

The Act of Parliamt in ye 12th & 13th years of King Wm wh declared ye most excellent Princess Sophia Mother of his present Majesty, to be ye next in Succession in the Protestant Line to ye Crown, & setled ye Crown on her Highness & ye heirs of her Body being Protestants, takes notice that it was requisite, that some farther Provision should