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royal will and power of the king, intendeth to de 

 prive the king both of crown and life : and that the 

 law judgeth not of the fact by the intent, but of the 

 intent by the fact. And the queen s counsel did 

 again inforce that point, setting forth that it was 

 no mystery or quiddity of the common law, hut it 

 was a conclusion infallible of reason and experience ; 

 for that the crown was not a ceremony or garland, 

 but consisted of pre-eminence and power. 



And therefore, when the subject will take upon 

 him to give law to the king, and to make the power 

 sovereign and commanding to become subject and 

 commanded ; such subject layeth hold of the crown, 

 and taketh the sword out of the king s hands. And 

 that the crown was fastened so close upon the king s 

 head, that it cannot be pulled off, but that head, and 

 life, and all will follow ; as all examples, both in fo 

 reign stories and here at home, do make manifest. 

 And therefore, when their words did protest one 

 thing, and their deeds did testify another, they were 

 but like the precedent of the protestation used by 

 Manlius the lieutenant of Cataline, that conspired 

 against the state of Rome, who began his letter to the 

 senate with these words : &quot; Deos hominesque tester, 

 patres conscripti, nos nihil aliud, &c.&quot; 



And it was said farther, that admitting their pro 

 testations were so far true, that they had not at 

 that time in their minds a formed and distinct cogi 

 tation to have destroyed the queen s person ; yet no 

 thing was more variable and mutable than the mind 

 of man, and specially &quot; Honores mutant mores&quot; : 



