the English Nation.
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THAT mixture in the Engliſh government, that harmony between King, Lords and Commons, did not always ſubſiſt. England was enſlav'd for a long ſeries of years by the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes, and the French ſucceſſively. William the conqueror particularly rul'd them with a rod of iron. He diſpos'd as abſolutely of the lives and fortunes of his conquer'd ſubjects as an eaſtern Monarch; and forbid, upon pain of death, the Engliſh both fire or candle in their houſes after eight a clock; whether he did this to prevent
their
