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The Prince of Wales, crown like that of the King, but unclosed.
"The Duke is a most high and most puissant prince, the Marquis and Earl most noble and puissant lord, the Viscount noble and puissant lord, the Baron a trusty lord.

The Duke is his Grace; the other Peers their Lordships.

_Most honourable_ is higher than _right honourable_.
"Lords who are peers are lords in their own right.

Lords who are not peers are lords by courtesy:--there are no real lords, excepting such as are peers.
"The House of Lords is a chamber and a court, _Concilium et Curia_, legislature and court of justice.

The Commons, who are the people, when ordered to the bar of the Lords, humbly present themselves bareheaded before the peers, who remain covered.


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