Excerpt from Faults on Both Sides, or an Essay Upon the Original Cause, Progress, and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in This Nation: Shewing, That the Heads and Leaders on Both Sides Have Always Impos'd Upon the Credulity of Their Respective Parties, in Order to Compass Their Own Selfish Designs at the Expence of the Peace and Tranquility of the Nation Aniffthat'kin'g had found himfelf in the'pefi'eflidn ofiall the Aneient (3;d La'nds; xtbgeth Military Strength annex'dt to them? 126, might fhave' been enabled iv? A 3 mto'rail'e andtmaihtain'fuch an Army out ofhis own Lands; d have been flrohg enough to fubjugm xhc Nation 5 thebailancing Power which had been fix'd in the: Peers was utteriyff'broken, tarid the Peopiehad now vifible estandarclito refnrt -th Defence pf; their Lie? Berties But. As the Natural Power, inherent, to the Lands; was-now aifolfallen 'away. Fr'om the Crown, it.foon became vifible,1' that the efigfitial Strength. Of a Limited Monarchy i's the Br'o'pierty of the landsaniigriches of tbesnation; forv'tha'ihe, King, gith theaflifiamceu'of ifach' Of' the Nobilityrah'd. Gentry as voluntarilyajoynfdewiit'h him (manynfnthem' rather with an Intenttoaflifi him he eome to gqqd Tsrms, 1than really to zenable'him to'ivanquifh the, Parlianient, ' and Withal ttheir; town liberties )l aca'rried oh, the;. War with fome Vigour at the firflg uyet; having no Fund of his either of'. T reafur'e. Orz zstremgth 5? The hugle Authority of his Prerogative provfd. Btita'an' artificial iand precarious Pciwer, unable long to hold bu'eagainfi: thetreal and ma; tu'ral Power of 5 Property; which: was hc'wvxfo largely vefled ina'the People. That..when they. Haddfound the. Way to put theirn-afiairs. Into;af Method, 'a7nd-xcame to feel'their o'w'n-strength, theyiwere ableto bear? Down all befdre them'31thd Tris probable that. Thisuim infipoflt liticks had never been confidered by the, King%s Advifers; till theylcame: tb 'be this unhappy Ex'fl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.