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violent, Hie was desirous of facilitating her escape;and; (he prevailed with the king to pass these bills,in hopes of appeasing, for a time, the rage of the

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multitude ., ,

THESE new concessions, however important,the king'immediately found, to have no othereffects than had all the preceding ones: Theywere m^Je the forindation ( of demands still moreexorbi^nt. Fropi jt|iefacility of his disposition,from t^ we^knessy-f his situation, the commonsbelievpdj, that fig.qould now refuse them nothing.And. tj^py regarded/the 'least moment of relaxa-tion ,j^p ^(leir : invasion ps soyal authority, ashighly pimpp.ljtic, during the uninterrupted torrentof thej^sp^.est^s, jThe.yery moment they were

informed ,pf JtbYjfe lali acQUisitions , they affronted

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the,, qyppn, by .openuigjlome intercepted letterswrittep, to .hep byjprd jDigpy: They .carried upan irnpepCistmept againstiHeÆert, attorney-general,

for obeying his | na asters ; commands in accusingthe’i,r, mpmt^jrS) Aiyd ( they prosecuted, withfresh yjgor, tjieiY plan of the militia , on whichth£y ,rested jail future hopes of an uncontrouled

authority.

The .commons were sensible, that monarchicalgovernment, vyhich, during so many ages, hadbeen established in England, would soon regainsome degree of its former dignity, after the pre-sent tempest was overblown; nor would all their

” Clarendon, vol. ii. p. 428.

" Rush. vol, v. 9. 489. Clarendqn, vol. ii. p. 3 Si.

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