The observator observed, or, Animadversions upon observations on the history of King Charles wherein that history is vindicated, partly illustrated, and severall other things tending to the rectification of some publique mistakes, are inserted : to which is added, at the latter end, the observators rejoinder.

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The observator observed, or, Animadversions upon observations on the history of King Charles wherein that history is vindicated, partly illustrated, and severall other things tending to the rectification of some publique mistakes, are inserted : to which is added, at the latter end, the observators rejoinder.
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L'Estrange, Hamon, 1605-1660.
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London :: Printed by T.C. for Edw. Dod, and are to be sold at the Gunne in Ivy-lane,
1656.
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Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649.
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. -- Observations on the historie of the reign of King Charles.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649.
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"The observator observed, or, Animadversions upon observations on the history of King Charles wherein that history is vindicated, partly illustrated, and severall other things tending to the rectification of some publique mistakes, are inserted : to which is added, at the latter end, the observators rejoinder." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A87881.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.

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Page. 28. (Book p. 28)

Fol. 8. For as a man is without a female consort, so to a King

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without his supream councel an half-form'd steril thing] Our Au∣thor in these words, and the rest that follow, maintains a Paradox most dangerous to supream Authority, in making Parliaments so ne∣cessary to all Acts of State, as if Kings could do nothing without their consent.

Answer. I hope no man of any ingenuity, will interpret me here or elsewhere, an enemy to Monarchy; or doth so much as question but that my Politique Descondants imply Statute-laws, which I am of opinion, no King of England hath power to make without common consent in Parliament.

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