Jones stood upon a point of law, of the unseparableness of the prerogative from the person of the King .-- _Swift_.

A lawyer's way of arguing, very weak.
P.509._Burnet_, speaking of the grand juries in the latter end of King Charles's reign returning _ignoramus_ so frequently on bills of indictment, states that:--in defence of these _ignoramus juries_ it was said, that by the express words of their oath they were bound to make true presentments of what should appear true to them: And therefore, if they did not believe the evidence, they could not find a bill, though sworn to.

A book was writ to support that, in which both law and reason were brought to confirm it: It passed as writ by Lord Essex, though I understood afterwards it was writ by Somers .-- _Swift_.

Lord Somers.
P.516._Burnet_ says, on the imposition of a Test Act:--The bishops were earnest for this, which they thought would secure them for ever from a Presbyterian Parliament.

It was carried in the vote: And that made many of the court more zealous than ever for carrying through the Act .-- _Swift_.