. The complete works of Henry Fielding, esq., with an essay on the life, genius and achievement of the author. s he, because the kings of this nation hadoftentimes been so merciful as when such outrages had beenheretofore done, not to proceed capitally against the offend-ers but to proceed against the offenders in the star-chamber,being willing to reduce their people by milder ways, if itwere possible, to their duty and obedience; yet that lenity ofthe King in some cases did not hinder the King, when hesaw there was need to proceed in a severer way, to take thatcourse which was warranted by la
. The complete works of Henry Fielding, esq., with an essay on the life, genius and achievement of the author. s he, because the kings of this nation hadoftentimes been so merciful as when such outrages had beenheretofore done, not to proceed capitally against the offend-ers but to proceed against the offenders in the star-chamber,being willing to reduce their people by milder ways, if itwere possible, to their duty and obedience; yet that lenity ofthe King in some cases did not hinder the King, when hesaw there was need to proceed in a severer way, to take thatcourse which was warranted by law, and to make greaterexamples, that the people may know the law is not wantingso far to the safety of the King and his people, as to let suchoutrages go without capital punishment, which is at this timeabsolutely necessary, because we ourselves have seen a rebel-lion raised by gathering people together upon fairer pre-tences than this was, for no such persons use at first to declaretheir wickedest design, but when they see that they may * Hales History of the Pleas of the Crown, vol. i. p. 134.»Kel. Kenry Vril. proiii thef-aiyttins;IV /favs Hi/lhin in WindsKr Castle. THE CASE OF ved to pull down bawdy houses, and that they marched in a Btaff, and weapons, and pulled down houses ^ heir conspiracies; which by all the judges lie, was ruled to be high treason.* I ustice Kelyng, who tried the cause, tells that he directed the jury, that he was own judgment, that such assembling to- nd the pulling down of houses upon ly houses; was high treason, because la regal power to reform that which be- j by his law and justices to correct and 1 be a strange way and mischievous to all a rude rabble, without an indictment to inner against all persons houses which vdy houses, for then no man were safe; vernment out of the Kings rivilege of the people, which lit upon an indictment first upon a legal trial by an- was heard to make his ings of this nation had I such outrages had been ed capit
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