...Febrnarii. " Per concilium." 2 St Tri 159 * k or d Chief- Justice Hale, when of high rank at the bur, took the engagement, " To be true and faithful to the commonwealth of England without a " King or Haute of Lordi." This, in the tentc of thote vcho im' poted it, was plainly an...

...Notwithstanding his acting with his brother-visitors in all the changes and ejectments they brought about in the university, he at length refused the engagement...preached there, as vicar of. St. Lawrence-Jury. On the prospect of the restoration he joined with general Monk, to bring in the king, using his interest for...

...Notwithstanding his acting with his brother-visitors in all the changes and ejectments they brought about in the university, he at length refused the engagement...preached there, as vicar of St. Lawrence-Jury. On the prospect of the restoration he joined with general Monk, to bring in the king, using his interest for...

...accordingly h. Oct. 11. It was resolved, by the House, that all the Officers of the Mint should subscribe the engagement to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England, as the same was then established, without a King, or House of Lords'. Nov. 7. An Act for Trial of the...

...7,8,86, 87, &c. where him one of the judges of the court of common pleas. In this situation, he took the engagement "to be true and " faithful to the common-wealth of England, without a " King, or house of lords." — This, in the sense of those, who imposed it, was, in the...

...twenty-fifth of March*. Another measure which early drew their atten- Repeal of tion, was the repeal of the engagement, to be true and faithful to the commonwealth of England, as then established, without king or house of lords. This obligation was first voted on the twentysecond...

...at a later period of his life. On the death of Charles I. Hale, less scrupulous than Vaughan, took the engagement, " to be true and faithful to the commonwealth of England, without a king or house of lords." Soon after this, he was appointed one of a committee to consider...

...accordingly.4 Oct. 11. It was resolved, by the house, that all the officers of the mint should subscribe the engagement to be true and faithful to the commonwealth of England, as the same was then established, without a king, or house of lords.* Nov. 7. An act for trial of the...

...Fell. Though he acted with his brother-visitors in all the changes and ejectments they brought about in the university, he at length refused the engagement...mostly in London, and preached there, as vicar of St. Lawrence Jury. On the prospect of the Restoration he joined with Monk to bring in the king, using his...

...parliament, but he was neither their servile, nor an unprincipled instrument. When called on to subscribe to the engagement, " to be true and faithful to the commonwealth of England, without a king and a house of lords," he refused to give the disloyal pledge, and was consequently...