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From the Reign of Henry VIII. &c.
[Chap. 2.
And it was also ordered, "that the said Book or Libel should be taken and adjudged to be condemned."—Whoever will give themselves the trouble to read the Entry of this proceeding in the Journal of the 14th of February, 1580, from whence I have given the foregoing Extracts, will fmd it difficult, from the variety of offences of different natures charged against Mr. Hall, to deduce any precise idea of the Law of Privilege, as understood by that House of Commons, 'with respect to the printing or publishing the debates or proceedings of the House;' provided that such publication was not made 'in a false and infamous Libel, injuriously reflecting on the characters of Members, or impeaching the Rights and Authority of Parliament,'
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