The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking…The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking…

which unless he do the name of a King agrees not to him, but he loseth the name of a King, &c.

which unlesse he do the name of a King agrees not to him, but he loseth the name of a King, &c.

2ly, As the King and Conqueror came into the Kingdom by this claim, so we find, that in those times the consent and choice of the people was in use for the establishing of Kings amongst them: For when William the first sent to Herald to make good his promise, Herald answered, that he was rightful King, as being so by the consent and choice of the people, as is reported in Camden in his Britannia, thus: As concerning the promise of King Edw. William is to understand, that the Realm of England could not be given by promise, neither ought I to be tied to the said promise, seeing the Kingdom is fallen to me by election, and not inheritance. And as for his own stipulation, he said, it was extorted from him by force; neither he if he could, nor might if he would, make it good, seeing it was done without the consent of the people. Yea, Histories tell us, that when William the first had beaten Herald in the field, the people still were in doubt whom they should choose and setup for their King: For says Culiel. Malmsburiens Edwin and Morcard came to London and solicited the City that they would prefer one of them to the Kingdom; and the rest of the Nobles would have chosen Edgar, if the Bishops would have stuck to them: But the English, who then might have healed the ruins of the Kingdom, whilst they would ⟨p. 17⟩none of their own, brought in a stranger. So that though William the first had gotten the field, yet was not he brought to the Crown, but with the consent and choice (though much over-powered and over-awed) of the people. So says Speed expressly, Consent thus gotten, & all voices given for William, he was crowned King at Westminster.

2ly, As the King and Conqueror came into the Kingdome by this claim, so we finde, that in those times the consent and choice of the people was in use for the establishing of Kings amongst them: For when William the first sent to Herald to make good his promise, Herald answered, that he was rightfull King, as being so by the consent and choyce of the people, as is reported in Cambden in his Britannia, thus: As concerning the promise of King Edw. William is to understand, that the Realme of England could not be given by promise, neither ought I to be tied to the said promise, seeing the Kingdome is fallen to me by election, and not inheritance. And as for his own stipulation, he said, it was extorted from him by force; neither he if he could, nor might if he would, make it good, seeing it was done without the consent of the people. Yea, Histories tell us, that when William the first had beaten Herald in the field, the people still were in doubt whom they should chuse and setup for their King: For sayes Culiel. Malmsburiens Edwin and Morcard came to London and solicited the Citie that they would preferre one of them to the Kingdome; and the rest of the Nobles would have chosen Edgar, if the Bishops would have stuck to them: But the English, who then might have healed the ruines of the Kingdome, whilest they would