35/36 was now prevailed on to come, and by voting the new settlement to merit at least a pardon for all that he had done: Which, all things considered, was thought very indecent in him, yet not unbecoming the rest of his life and character .-- _Swift._ This is too hard, though almost true. Burnet._ Then the power of the Crown to grant a _non-obstante_ to some statutes was objected .-- _Swift._ Yet the words continue in patents. _Burnet._ A notion was started, which ... was laid thus: "The Prince had a just cause of making war on the King." In that most of them agreed. In a just war, in which an appeal is made to God, success is considered as the decision of Heaven. |