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my entertaining so charitable and friendly an opinion of him as I do of the rest.

Though I have now drawn these remarks, concerning the Constitution of Ireland, to a much greater length than I at first proposed, yet I must not conclude whilst any material assertions of great authority remain unanswered. Several of Sir Edward Coke’s objections, on this head, have already, towards the beginning of this 2d part, been proved (I hope) to want foundation: but there still remains to be considered a farther doctrine, on the same point, advanced by him in Calvin’s Case, which, I trust, will appear to be equally unjust, though founded on the opinion of "all the judges in England!

“In Anno 33 Reg. El.” (says he) “it was resolved, by all the judges in England, in the case of Orurke, an Irishman, who