The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England, from the Earliest Times, to the Restoration of King Charles II. (Volume 3)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1762. Excerpt: ... K. Henry VIII. Highness to be begotten, then the same Impend! Crown, and all other the Premisses, to be to hisMajesty, and to his Heirs Male by any other lawsul Wise, and to the Heirs of the Body of the same Son and Heir Male lawsully begotten; and so from Son and Heir Male to Son and Heir Male, and to the Heirs of every such Son and Heir Male lawsully begotten, according to the Course of Inheritance as is abovesaid. And for Desault of such Issue Male, then the said Imperial Crown and Premisses should be to the Issue Female betwixt his Majesty and Queen Jane begotten, and so again to the Issue Female by any other Wise in like Manner; that is i to say, to the eldest Issue of the Issue Female, and to the Heirs of her Body lawsully begotten; and so from Issue Female to Issue Female, and to their Heirs of their Bodies, one after another, by Course of Inheritance, according to their Ages, as the Crown of England hath been accustomed and ought to succeed and go, in Case when there is Heir Female inheritable to the same. And forasmuch as it stands in the only Will and Pleasure of Almighty God, whether his Highness shall have Heirs, and that if they sail, and no Provision be made in his Lise who should govern this Realm, that then this Realm, after his transitory Lise, should be destitute of a lawsul Governor, or incumbered with such a Person that would covet to aspire to the same, that in this Case, his Highness might limit the Crown to any Person or Persons in Possession and the Remainder by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal, or else by his Last Will, signed with his Hand, after such Manner as should be expressed in his said Letters Patent; and that such Person and Persons should have and enjoy the same after his Decease, in as large and ample Manner as t...