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 he adds them triumphantly to his Collection of Precedents for binding Ireland by Statutes made in England; as if a Charter of Liberties, freely given and gladly accepted, could afford any Evidence against Liberty! For this undistinguishing man did not confider that the King, by this Charter of Liberties, binds and restrains himself (rather than his People) in all the most dangerous points of Prerogative, wherein the Rulers of other Countries are left too much unlimited and therefore that the Subjects of Ireland might accept the same (which they most willingly did) without the least Derogation from their just and natural Rights.

And, as this Charter was granted to the “King’s Subjects in Ireland” without distinction, it affords the most ample proof that even the conquered Irish were entitled to all the Immunities, Protection, and Benefits, which the English Conquerors themselves