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Rh Privileges to the Archbihops, Bihops, Priors and Barons of our Kingdom, &c. Houe of Commons is not once mention'd in the Articles of this Charter, a Proof that it did not yet exit, or that it exited without Power. Mention is therein made, by name, of the Freemen of England, a melancholy Proof that ome were not o. It appears by the thirty econd Article, that thee pretended Freemen ow'd Service to their Lords. Such a Liberty as this, was not many removes from Slavery.

article XXI, the King ordains that his Officers hall not henceforward eize upon, unles they pay for them, the Hores and Carts of Freemen. The People conider'd this Ordinance as a real Liberty, tho' it was a greater Tyranny. Henry the eventh, that happy Uurper and great Politician, who pretended to love the Barons, tho he in reality hated and fear'd them, got their Lands alienated. By this means the Villains, afterwards acquiring Riches by their Indutry, purchas'd the Etates and Rh