But for what was done after that he had solemnly given his consent to the Petition of Right, where shall we find defence?
Let it be supposed, which yet I concede not, that the tyranny of his father and of Queen Elizabeth had been no less rigorous than was his.

But had his father, had that queen, sworn like him, to abstain from those rigours?
Had they, like him, for good and valuable consideration, aliened their hurtful prerogatives?
Surely not: from whatever excuse you can plead for him he had wholly excluded himself.

The borders of countries, we know, are mostly the seats of perpetual wars and tumults.

It was the same with the undefined frontiers, which of old separated privilege and prerogative.

They were the debatable land of our polity.