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and examine the grounds upon which these great and learned men have founded their opinions, that if they should have Truth on their side, they might have the credit of it; but, if not, that the Truth of this important question, when plainly and impartially stated, might prevent for the future any such undue pretensions on the one hand, and jealousies on the other, as have too frequently occasioned misunderstandings and controversies between the Subjects of the two Kingdoms.
Lord Huffey, Chief Justice in the Reign of King Henry VII. seems to have been the First who ventured publicly to assert, that "Statutes made in England shall bind the Subject of Ireland (1):" And though the Doctrine
