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vatively, that he was born out of the obedience of our 

 sovereign lord the king, but affirmatively, under the 

 obedience of a foreign king or state in particular, 

 which can never be done in this case. 



As for authority, I will not press it ; you know 

 all what hath been published by the king s procla 

 mation. And for experience of law we see it in the 

 subjects of Ireland, in the subjects of Guernsey and 

 Jersey, parcels of the duchy of Normandy ; in the 

 subjects of Calais, when it was English, which was 

 parcel of the crown of France. But, as I said, I am 

 not willing to enter into an argument of law, but to 

 hold myself to point of conveniency, so as for my part 

 I hold all &quot; post-nati&quot; naturalized &quot; ipso jure ;&quot; but 

 yet I am far from opinion, that it should be a thing 

 superfluous to have it done by parliament ; chiefly in 

 respect of that true principle of state, &quot; Principum 

 &quot; actiones prascipue ad famam sunt componenda?.&quot; It 

 will lift up a sign to all the world of our love towards 

 them, and good agreement with them. And these 

 are, Mr. Speaker, the material objections which have 

 been made on the other side, whereunto you have 

 heard my answers ; weigh them in your wisdoms, 

 and so I conclude that general part. 



Now, Mr. Speaker, according as I promised, 

 I must fill the other balance in expressing unto you 

 the inconveniences which we shall incur, if we shall 

 not proceed to this naturalization : wherein that in 

 convenience, which above all others, and alone by it 

 self, if there were none other, doth exceedingly move 

 me, and may move you, is a position of estate, 



