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 but all others, likewise, that may happen to be equally liable to alter the free Constitution of the realm, and rob the subjects of any essential “fundamental Right,” that ought to be esteemed unalienable.

Judge Dyer himself has reported the circumstances of it. He informs us (58) that " Gerrarde, Chauncelor of Ireland, "moved this Question to the Queen's Counsel, viz. Whether an Earl or Lord of Ireland, who commits Treason by open Rebellion, shall be arraigned and put to his Trial in England, for the offence, by the Statute 26 H. VIII