And now, since I see I cannot do what I came for, I think this is no unfit occasion to repeat what I have said formerly, that whatever I have done in favor and to the good of my subjects, I do intend to maintain it."[*] When the king was looking around for the accused members, he asked the speaker, who stood below, whether any of these persons were in the house.

The speaker, falling on his knee, prudently replied, "I have, sir, neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am.

And I humbly ask pardon, that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me."[**] The commons were in the utmost disorder; and when the king was departing, some members cried aloud, so as he might hear them, "Privilege! privilege!" And the house immediately adjourned till next day.[***] * Whitloeke, p.

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** Whitlocke, p.50.May, book ii.p.

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*** Whitlocke, p.