Excerpt from The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted: The History of the Succession Since the Conquest Clear'd; And the True English Constitution Vindicated From the Misrepresentations of Dr. Higden's View and Defence Syllable. Is there any Law, that nulls the Atis of Kings, if they change their Style? If the King oflengland, whofe Crown ls Imperial, fhould altume the Styleof Em peror, would all his Laws be null? Would he thereby forfeit his Crown Imperial? So he would, if'he loft his Authority. Majefiyawas once as unknown to our Confiitution, as Protee'ior. The Kings of England were llyled Lords of Ireland; 1 yet as Lord's, theiraafis were valid; and when Henry VIII. Took the Title of King. 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.