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that is part of the law of the land, and will give
the King a clear title to it. See the Statute of ere-
cedeng, which in 32 H. 8, cap: 10. ; it enafts,
that no pt.; ;on presume to sit at any side of the
Cloth of State, except the King's Ilirdren, Then
when it goes on to place the great Officers of State
—it says, that being Barons, they shall be placed
cn the left side of the Parliament Charnlier, above
all Dukes, except the King's Son, the King's
Brother, the King's Uncle, the King's Nephew
(%.e. his Grandson, or the King's Brothers' or Sis-
ters' Son).
" Now this shews that the King's snq, and the
King's nephew, or grandson, is comprehended un-
der the term—Kings Children ; because ilk latter
is substituted in the place of the former.
" 17 Edward 111. Archbishop of Canterbury
came into Parliament, and demanded Si lu ufain
'were, nor le lOi, born beyond sea, should inherit in
F.:igland, because barn nut of the King's dominions
and aliens. And all. the Parliament agreed, that
let them be burn where they would, they should
inherit.

It would be a jest to imagine that the King's
grandchild was not within that law, and within the
word la enfiens. children ; and there is the same
reason in this case.

" Another reason is. that the King's Krandson is
higher in dignity. because nearer the Crown, than
any other of the King's eons, except his own father,
theretcre cught to be esteemed equal with his own
sons ; and therefore, if Prince Frederick were here,
and the King had other sons besides the Prince, be
would take plant of all those, as Richard of Bum-
lieAtix's did when his grandfather placed him at a
pubic table aboye all his own children, whu were
his uncles.

" Pursuant to this notion, gran/ children of the
Crown are styled children in records. There is, 50
Edward ill. Richard Prince of Wales, his writ of
summons to Parliament is direded thus— Re.e Ed-
vardus cari•sierojitio rxc, lUnfreio Przwern,

" So is 51 Edward 111. 'this Printc Richard
holds a Parliament by com:nission trom his grand-
father, and that runs in the same manner—De sir.
driniveltiuns et i.....11e0eid I • *artitiodino sari:Jay&
sostri Rec. Prineip:: Waite.. Pat. Bor. 51 Ed.
.A". I.

" Now, I think education is of -greater conse-
quence than mart iage, both to the person and to the
people of England—to the person, because, if bred
either in the Popl di Religion, or it trained stir in any
other Communion, though Protestant, except the
Church of England, he is not capable of reigning ;
and if bred up in arbitary principles, inconsistent
with a limited monarchy, the whole nation will then
be in danger : whereas an ill-chosen match will
only be the most uneasy to the Prince that marries,
and will little affect the State, so long as the Prince
is steady, and adheres to the constitution.
" Where is a Prince to be educated who is to be
bred up a King, but in the Palace and Court of a
King, and under his special care and influence ?
" The Learned Sir John hortescue, called by Sir
Walter Raleigh, the bulwark of the law of England,
who was Chief Justice and Chancellor, and also
tutor to the Prince of %Vales in Henry Vith's time,
in his treatise De Lamtlibus Legatm .efetglicx, which
consists of Dialogues betwixt him and the Prince
417,014 his education, saes, that there are two things
that a Prince who is like to be heir to the Crown
ought principally to be instruetesi in, that is martial
discipline, and the laws and constitution of Eng-
land; and whet e are those to be had but in the King's
armies and among the Gre.a. Officers and Ministers
of the king ?
" The same Sir John Ft:attune says, speaking of
King's wards in Knight's service, the Princes of the
Realm aiso holding of the King must he well edu.
eated, since these orphans in their childhood are
brought tip in the King's house. Therefore 1 can-
not but greatly commend the riches and magnifi-
cence cat the King's Court, because it is the supreme
school for the Nobility of the land, whereby the
Realm flourishes and is preserved.
" here is a patent in the 13th of Edward IV.
from the King to the Bishop of Rochester, whereby
he was constituted Fluor to the Prime and Pres:-
dent.of the Prime's Council, which is very remark-
able. In the preamble it says, • Howbeit every
child in his young age ought to be brought up in
vii we and knowledge; yet, nevertheless, such per-
sons as Goo'has called to the plc-eminent stow of
Princes, and to succeed their Progenitors in the state
of Regality, ought more singularly to be intt'rmed
and instructed in knowledge and virtue. We there-
fore, desiring our dearest son, the Prince, perfectly,
knowingly, and virtuously, to be educated in his
youth, and wholly trusting in the truth, wit, know-
ledge and virtue, and also love and affeEtion, that
our Reverend Father hath to us and-to our issue, we
have committed and deputed him to teach and in-
form our said son, and also appointed him Preside:4
of his Council, giving him power to assemble all the
Counsellors of our said son.

" Now. what I wooild observe from-this patent is,
in the first place. that it shews the great re and that
is to be had to all the Prince's or king's children, all
who are like to succeed to the Crown, that :her
above all others ought most singularly to be edu-
cated. and makes n 3 distinction in the education be-
tween the first or any other of the Pnnces of the
Royal blood, and the cdacation to be perted in
knowledge and virtue
" In the next place, it shews the qualification of
such tutors. and who is to choose them.
" This does not invade the paternal right. but is
consistent with it. It is very probable that a grand-
son may obey both father and grandfather : nor can
it Le supposed that the father and grandfather will
give centradia.,ry commands without breach of
auty in the son; but it ought to be presumed by all
reasonable men that they wail both concur in material
parts of the educatio.i, both for the good of their
child and the safety c t the kingdom. so that in this
concurs the law of God as well as man. For I be.
lieve nobody ever yet doubted but a grandson was
within the fifth command, and in obedience to that
law the patriarchs always cmformed themselves.
But these stisklers fur paternal right seem to have
forgotten the right of the mother, which, by the fifth
commandment, is as well established as the right of
the father, and some civilians give a sup.atc•itv to
the mother. at least by the law of n anre ; and I be-
lieve that nobudyever thought that giving this power
to the fad:er excluded the right of the mother. Nor
can the suppotit ion, that the mother should corn: adid
the command ci the lather, any more destroy the