XXXII. REMARK.
Albeit the Eldest Son of a Sovereign Prince be unfit to bear Rule, albeit he be unable to Govern, either others, or himself; as if he be in a high degree furious, or foo∣lish, or otherwise defective in Body, or in Mind, (unless
Non compos mentis, or, The law relating to natural fools, mad-folks, and lunatick persons inquisited and explained for common benefit / by John Brydall, Esq.
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- Non compos mentis, or, The law relating to natural fools, mad-folks, and lunatick persons inquisited and explained for common benefit / by John Brydall, Esq.
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- Brydall, John, b. 1635?
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he degenerate from Humane Condition) yet he cannot therefore be excluded from Succession; because it is due unto him, not in respect of Ability, but by reason of his Priority of Birth. Sir Iohn Heyward in the Life of William II. p. 147, 148. Edit. 1613.
From the Remarks come we to the Queries concerning Mad-men.