in a firm tone, to which the ears of the Parliament were no longer accustomed.

"I have behaved in respect of those two courts as comported with my authority, and I am not bound to account to anybody.

I will not permit the formation in my kingdom of an association which might reduce to a confederacy of opposition the natural bond of identical duties and common obligations, nor the introduction into the monarchy of an imaginary body which could not but disturb its harmony.

The magistracy does not form a body or order separate from the three orders of the kingdom; the magistrates are my officers.

In my person alone resides the sovereign power, of which the special characteristic is the spirit of counsel, justice, and reason; it is from me alone that my courts have their existence and authority.