The history of England : written in French . Atchbilhop of Tori and Mr. Ibortjby, in which the Face fide wants the outer Circle, the Letters of the Infcription wh:chreach to the extremity of the Coin being generally imperfeft, fo that there was reafon for the Provifion made by Act of Parliament in the next Reien th-tthe new Money (hould have a Circle about the outermoft Parts. That Coin which Speed gives of Rittard 11, is thought rather to belong to this Kine bvthe word AGLI/E inrtead of ANGLIC, in whofe Reign that way of writing was ufed. The Author of AW. Brit. Hi/1, has two DiecL of rhk Ki™
The history of England : written in French . Atchbilhop of Tori and Mr. Ibortjby, in which the Face fide wants the outer Circle, the Letters of the Infcription wh:chreach to the extremity of the Coin being generally imperfeft, fo that there was reafon for the Provifion made by Act of Parliament in the next Reien th-tthe new Money (hould have a Circle about the outermoft Parts. That Coin which Speed gives of Rittard 11, is thought rather to belong to this Kine bvthe word AGLI/E inrtead of ANGLIC, in whofe Reign that way of writing was ufed. The Author of AW. Brit. Hi/1, has two DiecL of rhk Ki™ -J fcriThe ibed, RICHARDUS. REX. AKGLI. Reverfe, CIVITAS EBORACI. Another, RICARDUS. REX. ANCL. Reverie, CIVITAS LONDONhe (hortnefs of this Kings Reign makes his Coin fo very rare, that Tborejly obfenrci, he bad leen a Series of ancient Monies from Ed-ward the Ccnfeflcr to the prefent times, Richard III excepted, which he had not chanced to light upon. SftetTs cafe was the feme, fo that he was force* to leave i Bank tor this Kings No. 33. , 8 B 6s o Tie HISTORY of ENGLAND. Vol. I. 14S5. of the Houfe of Lancajier, but it did not follow that theHoufe of Sometfet could receive any advantage from thatdecifion. The Somerfets were indeed defended from theHoufe of Lancajier, but by a Baftard-branch, which couldpretend to the Crown only by virtue of their ii. was a queflion yet undecided, whether the Actof Legitimation, and Richard the Seconds fubfequent Let-ters Patents, gave to that Branch, derived from a Baftardborn in Adultery, the right to fucceed to the Crown,though mentioned neither in the Aft of Parliament, nor inKing Richards Letters. Befides, even upon fuppofitionof this Right, another query {till arofe, namely, whetherthe Polterity of this legitimated Baftard, were to have thepreference of the dependents of the Daughters born inwedlock, of whom there were feveial in Cajlile, Portugal,and Germany. To leave thefe points to the examination ofthe
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