7/15 222.] _Clarendon_, Proclamation of the King, May 8, by the Parliament, Lord Mayor, etc.:--"We ... he [Charles II.] is of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, the most potent, mighty, and undoubted King; and thereunto we most humbly and faithfully do submit, and oblige ourselves, our heirs, and posterity for ever."-- _Swift_. Can they oblige their posterity 10,000 years to come? |