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so far as it keeps within ye bounds of Justice, & aims | so far as it keeps within ye bounds of Justice, & aims | ||
| − | only, at | + | only at doing more good, it must be owned to be a noble |
| + | Passion & becoming a Great Prince. | ||
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| + | It was then supposed for Argument sake, yt a Young | ||
| + | generous Prince newly setled on ye throne of Great Brittain | ||
| + | & in possession of ye Regall Power, & intitled to succeed to ye | ||
| + | Electorate &c should be told, yt there is an Act of Parliamt | ||
| + | requiring yt he renounce [[deletion]] it [[/deletio]] ye Electorate &c in favour of | ||
| + | his Brother; but yt at ye same time those about him should | ||
| + | tell him yt was in his Power to repeal ye Law & keep | ||
| + | ye Electorate &c and, perhaps out of fflattery & to recommend | ||
| + | themselves to him by a seeming zeal for his Grandure, | ||
| + | perhaps honestly from their own reall Opinion of | ||
| + | things, should persuade him yt to separate [[addition]] those dominions from [[/addition]] ye Kingdom | ||
| + | would be a prejudice to both, yt by keeping ye Electorate | ||
| + | he would be enabled to advance ye wealth & happiness | ||
| + | & mutuall advantages of both: if they should tell him | ||
| + | (perhaps to give their persuasions greater weight, perhaps | ||
| + | truly) yt ye body of his Subjects desired to have them | ||
| + | [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] preserved together, yt as to ye Law in being, the | ||
| + | Parliamt of Gr Brittain then had as much right to re | ||
| + | peal it, as a former Parliamt had to make it; yt his | ||
| + | Brothers pretensions subsisted merely by an Act of | ||
| + | Parliamt made in prejudice of his Birthright, and | ||
| + | would cease with it; yt his younger Brother would | ||
| + | have no more right [[addition]] to complain [[/addition]] of an Act of Parliamt to restore | ||
| + | his Right of Primogeniture than he ye King had | ||
| + | to complain of that which took it away; nay indeed | ||
| + | yt that Act did not take away his right, not could | ||
| + | affect an Inheritance in ye Empire, & yt his present | ||
| + | Right to ye Electorate &c was owned by ye very Act | ||
| + | which requires him to make a Renunciation of it, & | ||
| + | by those who then pressed him to do it, [[deletion]] yt [[/deletion]] that his | ||
| + | Brither had no Right at present, nor can have any but | ||
| + | what ye Young King shall give him; yt he is under no | ||
| + | Obligation but to act agreeably to ye Laws of ye Kingdom, | ||
| + | which he will do, & keep ye Electorate too, if ye | ||
| + | Act be repealed; yt he ought indeed to have a dutyfull | ||
| + | Respect to ye Will & Pleasure of his Royal Ancestors, | ||
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so far as it keeps within ye bounds of Justice, & aims only at doing more good, it must be owned to be a noble Passion & becoming a Great Prince.
It was then supposed for Argument sake, yt a Young generous Prince newly setled on ye throne of Great Brittain & in possession of ye Regall Power, & intitled to succeed to ye Electorate &c should be told, yt there is an Act of Parliamt requiring yt he renounce deletion it /deletio ye Electorate &c in favour of his Brother; but yt at ye same time those about him should tell him yt was in his Power to repeal ye Law & keep ye Electorate &c and, perhaps out of fflattery & to recommend themselves to him by a seeming zeal for his Grandure, perhaps honestly from their own reall Opinion of things, should persuade him yt to separate addition those dominions from /addition ye Kingdom would be a prejudice to both, yt by keeping ye Electorate he would be enabled to advance ye wealth & happiness & mutuall advantages of both: if they should tell him (perhaps to give their persuasions greater weight, perhaps truly) yt ye body of his Subjects desired to have them deletion unclear /deletion preserved together, yt as to ye Law in being, the Parliamt of Gr Brittain then had as much right to re peal it, as a former Parliamt had to make it; yt his Brothers pretensions subsisted merely by an Act of Parliamt made in prejudice of his Birthright, and would cease with it; yt his younger Brother would have no more right addition to complain /addition of an Act of Parliamt to restore his Right of Primogeniture than he ye King had to complain of that which took it away; nay indeed yt that Act did not take away his right, not could affect an Inheritance in ye Empire, & yt his present Right to ye Electorate &c was owned by ye very Act which requires him to make a Renunciation of it, & by those who then pressed him to do it, deletion yt /deletion that his Brither had no Right at present, nor can have any but what ye Young King shall give him; yt he is under no Obligation but to act agreeably to ye Laws of ye Kingdom, which he will do, & keep ye Electorate too, if ye Act be repealed; yt he ought indeed to have a dutyfull Respect to ye Will & Pleasure of his Royal Ancestors,
