7th June, 1628.

Parl.
Hist.

vol.viii.p.

201.
v* Rushworth, vol.i.p.

613.
It may be affirmed, without any exaggeration, that the king's assent to the petition of right produced such a change in the government, as was almost equivalent to a revolution; and by circumscribing, in so many articles, the royal prerogative gave additional security to the liberties of the subject.