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CHAP. III.

FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES I. TO THE END OF THE PARLIAMENT OF 1628.

S from this period of the accession of James I. complaints of breaches of Privilege will become very frequent, I shall not think it necessary to insert in this Work every Entry that occurs upon the Journals of those which are the most common, unless the debate turns upon a new point, or that the proceeding of the House upon it appears to be in any wise extraordinary: And for the more easily understanding these Cases, I shall separate them under the following heads:

(1.) First, The commitment of Members or their servants by the Privy Council, or by any court of justice or other magistrate.

(2.) Secondly, The arrest and imprisonment of Members, or their servants, in civil suits.

(3.) Thirdly, The summoning of Members, or their servants, to attend inferior courts, as witnesses, jurymen, &c.

(4.) Fourthly, The prosecuting of suits at law, against Members, or their servants, during the time of Privilege. Rh