[The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. by David Hume]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. CHAPTER XVI 56/75
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71. ******* Cotton's Abridg.p.56, 61, 122. ******** Rymer, vol.v.p.
491, 574.
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56. -- stopping justice by particular warrants;[*] the renewal of the commission of "trailbaton;"[**] pressing men and ships into the public service;[***] levying arbitrary and exorbitant fines;[****] extending the authority of the privy council or star-chamber to the decision of private causes;[*****] enlarging the power of the mareschal's and other arbitrary courts;[******] imprisoning members for freedom of speech in parliament;[*******] obliging people without any rule to send recruits of men at arms, archers, and hoblers to the army.[********] * Cotton, p.
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