As much of Papists as of Presbyterians.
P.527._Burnet_, speaking of the surrender of the charters in 1682:--It was said, that those who were in the government in corporations, and had their charters and seals trusted to their keeping, were not the proprietors nor masters of those rights.

They could not extinguish those corporations, nor part with any of their privileges.

Others said, that whatever might be objected to the reason and equity of the thing, yet, when the seal of a corporation was put to any deed, such a deed was good in law.

The matter goes beyond my skill in law to determine it .-- _Swift_.

What does he think of the surrenders of the charters of abbeys?
P.528._Burnet_ The Non-conformists were now persecuted with much eagerness.