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we may, of course, presume to be the very best that could have been produced for that purpose; especially since he mentions it as “one example for many;” and yet, happily for the truth, this “one example for many” proves nothing so much (when duly considered) as the direct contrary to his assertion, about binding Ireland "by special words,” &c. for it amounts to an implied acknowledgement, upon public record, of the injustice of pretending to “bind the Subjects of Ireland” without their express consent; being, in reality, a copy of the King’s Writ (before-mentioned) to summon the Nobles of Ireland “to the Parliament at Westminster, there to treat with the Nobles, &c. of his Kingdom upon the State of the said Land,” i. e. Ireland. Thus it is plain that the English Legislature, even so early as in the Reign of Edward II. (by whom the Writ was issued,)