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monareh)', the power of Ihe king is grcatly renrained.

aUlhority •. aod Ihe proceedings in ir are fnp?ofed to be

~hich

is lo fo< from diminifhing his honour, that it adds

coram nobls, Ihat IS, before the k ng. T his coun con-

a&Iory 10 his crowo. foi wh,l: olher king. are abfolule

fi ns o;" a lord ehief jufiiee and time olher jultiees Or

mooarchs over

innumerabl~

multitudes of

Ihv~s,

the

judees, \Vho are i"verled wilh a fovereign jurifdiélion

king of England has Ih: dillinguilhcu glory of governing

over all mallers, whetller of acriminal or pub!ic nalure.

a free peoplc, the leafl of whom is proteéled by the

AII crimes acainll Ihe public good, Ihough Ihey do

Ia",s: he has great prerogatives, and a bouodlel, power

not injure aoy panicular perfon, are uoder the eog·

in doing good

aod is at {he fame lime only renrained

niz.nce of this eoun . and no private Cubíeé! can fuf-

from aéling inconfinently with his own happineCs, and

fer any nnlawful violence or injuty againn his perCon,

that of his people. He has aJl theenfigns of royally, and

libw y, or polrellion9, tut a proper remedy is afrord·

t,lll lhe matksoHovereignty; butwhile hehas the powerof

ed bim here; not only for fatisfaélionof damages Cuf·

making ueaties, of lending and receiving amb,lradors,

tained, bOl for the puniOlment of Ihe ofrender : ant1

of conterring titles of honour, ereating privy counfel-

wherever Ihis COUrt meels wilh an ofrence contrary 10

lors, oflicers of /late, and judges, and may caife OleD the 6rll principies of junice, it may pUnial il.

f,e·

and arms boÚl for fea and land, he cannot force his fub-

quently proeeeds on indiélments found before olher

J~éls

tO maintain' Ihcm, or raife one tax

his fole 'u·

coum, and rer.loved by eeniorari into this. Perfona

thorily: he

~lS

the privilege of eoining monly, hut he

illegally eommit¡ed to prifon, Ihough by Ihe king and

eannot force the meanen (uhjeé! tO part lVith his pro-

eounfel, or eilber of Ihe houfes of par/iament, may

perty: he can pardon a criminal; but he eaonot put a

bailedio il; and in fomeeafes, evenupon legal commir-

fubjeé! tO dmh, till he is eondemned by his peers: he

meOIS , Writs of mandamus are ilfucd by

thi~

eourt,

m.y at his pleafure call, eoolinue, prorngue, and dllfolve

for Ihe relloring of oflicers in eorporalions,

&c.

unjull.

par/iaments, and withOUI his ropl alrent no bill in par·

Iy lurned out, and freemen wrongfully disfranehifed.

Jiameot can pafs into a law; yet he can neither aél eon-

The eourt of king's bcneh is now divided inlo a

trary to law, oor make new laws by his fole aUlhorily;

crown.fide and plea.(ide, the one delermining criminal,

the conlrary, he lIlay even be fued and call in his QWD and Ihe othereivil eaufes: in the úrll it determines eri-

eoum,

minal maners of alL kinds, where the king is plain.

Al his eoronation, he takel aooath togoveln his peo-

lifr. fueh as treafons, felonies, murders, rape" robo

ple according to Ihe natUtel agreed 00 io parliameol, to

beries, riotl, breaehts of the peaee, and alJ olher

caufe laIV aod juniee in merey to be exeeuled in all his

eaufes Ihat are profeeuted by indiélment, informatioo,

judgments; to maintain, as mueh as in him lies, the

&c.

On the plea.fide, it determines alJ

p~rfonal

ae·

laws of God, the true prof, llion of the gofpel, and Ihe

tioos eommeneed by bill or IV ril; as aélions of debl.

'protellant reformed reli¡¡ioD by law eflablifhed. But Iho'

opon Ihe Ctfe, delinue, trover, ejeélment, trefpafs,

he may miti;¡ate Ihe rigour of the law, and forgive

wane,

&c.

againn any perfon in the eullody of the

ollenders, he eannot pHdon murder, IVhere an appeal is

marfhalof Ihe eourt, as el"ely perron fued here

fup-

brought by the fubjeé! ; nor any olhel erime, when Ihe

pofed

lalV ,

ofrender is impeached by Ihe houfe of eommons. He

m~y

The o/lieers of 16is eourt on Ihe ero\\'n·fide are the

layan embargo 00 Olipping,

bu~

lheo it ought to be for

c1erk and feeondary of Ibe crolVn; and on Ihe fide of

Ihe public good, and not for the privateadvanlage of aoy

the pleas there are two ehief c1érks or prolbonGlaries,

panieuL.r tradels. Wrils, proetfres, eommillions,

&c,

and Ih.eir feeondary and depu ly, the cultos brevium,

are

~is

name ; and he has a power nOI ooly to mlke

tlVO c1erks of Ihe papers. Ihecl<fk of Ihe declarations,

coum, but 10 creale univerfilies,

eoJle~es.

and boroughs ;

Ihe figner and fealer of bilis, Ihe c1erk .of Ihe rules,

to incorporale a C;ty or town , and 10 graO! franehifes 10

c1erk of Ihe emors, 2nd clerk of Ihe b lis; 10 whicl,

(, eh eorporations

bUI they mun not,

und~r

eolóur

may be added Úle f¡laZCIs, tbe marOlal of Ihe eourt,

Ihereof, fet up a monopoly. He is elleemed Ihe head of

and Ihe erier.

the ehureh in thal pan of his dominions ealled England.

Bo.kJ

K, HGS, til'Oeanonieal books of Ihe Old Tena-

But nOlwithllanding Ihefe and olhel prerogalives, Ihe

mcnl, fo

call~d becanf~

Ihey eonLlinIhe hiOory of Ihe

king can take \Vha! he has a right 10 onJy by due eourfe

kings of Ifrael and Judah, from rhe beginning of Ihe

of law. In /hort, he has a principal fhm in Ihe l<gil1,¡.

reígn

Solomon,

dO~'n

10 Ihe BabylOOlfh eaplivily,

live power, and the whole executive power is lodged io

for Ihe Cp ICeof near fi x

~undred y~m .

him; he is fuppofed prefent in all his eoum, he eao do

11 is probableIhal Ihefe bo"ks I\'ereeompofed by E-

no wroog, and, aeeording to the laIVs of England, he

-ua, \Vho extr;¡élcd thrmOUl of the publie record.,

never dies,

whieh IVerekept of whal p.Jfed in thal natiun.

Kl NG 'S eOUNTY, a eounty of Ilebnd, in Ihe prol"ince

of Vinller,

b" un~cd

W.PO

me~ r h

00 Ihe nOllh,

byIhe eounly of Kilo"e on ¡J,e e, ¡I, hy Q:leen's eoun–

, lid 1

ippcrary on Ihe fomh,

~n'¡

by Ihe river Shan–

non,

~hieh

(eparales il flom CJIIVay, o,,'¡he lIell,

K1NG's BEHCH, a eourt in whieh Ihe king was former·

Iy aceunomed

fit io perCoo, and

.hal aeeollnt

was moved wilh lile king's houfhold , T his 'i. as r¡lIgi·

nally Ihe only eour! in W<OOlinlier hall, and froO)

tlti, il is Ihoughllltal Ihe eounl of

~ntm.nn

pleas an.d

exeltc~uer

were

deriv~rl.

As Ihe klng

put(\n ,.

nill prcfumed in laIV 10 fil in Ihis eOUrl, .hollAh only

rcpre fented by his judees, il is faid tohm fupreme

KING'S

EVIL .

Ser MED ICI NE.

KI'G ', fISIlER . in ornilholoAY.

See ALCEDO.

KI Gl-lJ IUI, a \011

'0ofSeod.nd

, 00 Ihe eoan of Fire,

nioe

Ullks

nOllb of

Edin~urllh.

lU11GSTON,