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dom of Ireland, all our statute laws, since Poyning s 

 laws, are not in force ; and yet we deny them not the 

 benefit of naturalization. In Guernsey and Jersey 

 and the Isle of Man, our common laws are not in 

 force, and yet they have the benefit of naturaliza 

 tion ; neither need any man doubt but that our 

 laws and customs must in small time gather and win 

 upon theirs ; for here is the seat of the kingdom, 

 whence come the supreme directions of estate : here 

 is the king s person and example, of which the verse 

 saith, &quot; Regis ad exemplum totus componitur orbis.&quot; 

 And therefore it is not possible, although not by 

 solemn and formal act of estates, yet by the secret 

 operation of no long time, but they will come under 

 the yoke of our laws, and so &amp;lt;c dulcis tractus pari 

 &quot; jugo.&quot; And this is the answer I give to the second 

 objection. 



The third objection is, some inequality in the 

 fortunes of these two nations, England and Scotland, 

 by the commixture whereof there may ensue ad 

 vantage to them and loss to us. Wherein, Mr. 

 Speaker, it is well that this difference or disparity 

 consisteth but in the external goods of fortune : for 

 indeed it must be confessed, that for the goods of the 

 mind and the body, they are &quot; alteri nos; other our 

 selves ; for to do them but right, we know in their 

 capacities and understandings they are a people in 

 genious, in labour industrious, in courage valiant, 

 in body hard, active, and comely. More might 

 be said, but in commending them we do but 

 in effect commend ourselves : for they are of one 



