Every prisoner must be indicted the first term after his commitment, and brought to trial in the subsequent term.

And no man, after being enlarged by order of court, can be recommitted for the same offence.

This law seems necessary for the protection of liberty in a mixed monarchy; and as it has not place in any other form of government, this consideration alone may induce us to prefer our present constitution to all others.

It must, however, be confessed, that there is some difficulty to reconcile with such extreme liberty the full security and the regular police of a state, especially the police of great cities.

It may also be doubted, whether the low state of the public revenue in this period, and of the military power, did not still render some discretionary authority in the crown necessary to the support of government.
During these zealous efforts for the protection of liberty no complaisance for the crown was discovered by this parliament.