Excerpt from Iura Populi Anglicani, or the Subject's Right of Petitioning Set Forth: Occasioned by the Case of the Kentish Petitioners; With Some Thoughts on the Reasons Which Induced Those Gentlemen to Petition and of the Commons Right of Petitioning Firfl, it was no finall check to me to confider how invidious a thing it is to cen fure the proceedings of that great and honour-a able afi'embly the Houfe of Commons. The people Of England generally call them their reprefentatives, and {0 far do they think themfelves interefied in what they do, as to efpoufe their acts for their own, and reckon any cenfure Of them to be an arraignment Ofthe whole people. He therefore that will be fo hardy as to attaet fuch an authority as this, may well be under fome concern at the undertaking, and had need, in the very en trance, to remove a prejudice which is enough to defeat his fincere endeavours to ferve the publick. The apology which! Fhall here make for myfelf, is to defire thofe who are fo tender Of the honour Of their reprefenta tives, to confider. 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.