I., pp.

460, 461.
The other allusion of Mr.Bancroft to the Parliamentary Act and Commission of 1643 is in the following words: "_The Commissioners appointed by Parliament, with unlimited authority over the Plantations_, found no favour in Virginia.

They promised indeed freedom from English taxation, but this immunity was already enjoyed.

They gave the colony liberty to choose its own Governor, but it had no dislike to Berkeley; and though there was a party for the Parliament, yet the King's authority was maintained.

The sovereignty of Charles had ever been mildly exercised."-- _Ib._, p.