...which they were vindicating against illegal encroachment. ' Whereas,' says the statute of appeals, ' by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles,...it is manifestly declared and expressed that this The realm realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world ; governed by one supreme...

...his assertion, is the 24th Act of Henry VIII. c. 12, which he quotes as follows :— ' They decreed that " this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world," " the body spiritual whereof having power, when any cause of the law divine happened to come in question,...

...which they were vindicating against illegal encroachment. ' Whereas,' says the Statute of Appeals, ' by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles,...it is manifestly declared and expressed that this The realm realm of England is an empire, and so hath been u an emaccepted in the world ; governed by...

...with a citation from which we close these observations on the Discipline of the Clergy. ' 'Whereas, by divers sundry old authentic Histories and Chronicles,...this realm of England is an Empire, and so hath been acceptea in the world, governed by one supreme head and King, having the dignity and royal estate of...

...says the Statute of Appeals, ' by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles, it The realm is manifestly declared and expressed that this " realm of England is an empire, and so hath been vae, accepted in the world ; governed by one supreme head and king, having the dignity and royal estate...

...when soldiers were ready lo help the foreward of the battle." Where by divers sundry old authcntick histories and chronicles, it is manifestly declared...expressed, that this realm of England, is an empire, Stanley. Stirr'd up by Dorset, Buckingham, and Morton, He makes for England, here to claim the crown....

...Lords and the Commons. Mark the words of the Statute of Appeals for instance (24 Hen. VHL c. 12), ' Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and...expressed that this realm of England is an empire, governed by one Supreme Head and King ; unto whom a body politic, compact of all sorts and degrees...

...a restitution by statutable declaration of the old law of England. What did it say ? — " Whereas by divers sundry old authentic Histories and Chronicles...declared and expressed that this realm of England i» an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one supreme head and King, having...

...Elmham, Liber Metr. p. 133, is much less explicit. 3 In the Statute of Appeals, " Whereas by divers and sundry old authentic histories and chronicles, it...declared and expressed that this realm of England in an Empire, and so hath been accepted in tho world ; governed by one supreme head and King, having...

...Reformation statesmen. Thus, in the grand old English of the Statute of Appeals, it was declared that : — ' By divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles it is manifestly declared and expositcd that this realm of England is an empire and hath so been accepted in the world ; governed...