52 ARGUMENT CONCERNING 



Sometimes the king disputeth the matter and 



doth nothing ; as 17 E. III. 

 Sometimes the king distinguisheth of reasonable 



and not reasonable, as 38 E. III. 

 Sometimes he abolisheth them in part, and let- 

 teth them stand in part, as 11 E. II. the re 

 cord of the &quot;mutuum,&quot; and 14 E. III. the 

 printed statute, whereof I shall speak more 

 anon. 



Sometimes that no imposition shall be set dur 

 ing the time that the grants made of subsi 

 dies by parliament shall continue, as 47 

 E. III. 

 Sometimes that they shall cease &quot; ad voluntatem 



&quot; nostram.&quot; 

 And sometimes that they shall hold over their 



term prefixed or asseissed. 



All which sheweth that the king did not disclaim 

 them as unlawful, for &quot; actus legitimus non recipit 

 &quot; tempus aut conditionem.&quot; If it had been a disaffirm- 

 ance by law, they must have gone down &quot; in solido,&quot; 

 but now you see they have been tempered and qua 

 lified as the king saw convenient. 



The fifth consideration is of that which is offered 

 by way of objection ; which is, first, that such grants 

 have been usually made by consent of parliament ; 

 and secondly, that the statutes of subsidies of ton 

 nage and poundage have been made as a kind of 

 stint and limitation, that the king should hold him 

 self unto the proportion so granted and not impose 

 further ; the rather because it is expressed in some 



