...entitled, " The Tenure of Kings and Magiflrates, proving that it is lawfull, and hath been held fo through all ages, for any, who have the power, to...account a tyrant, or wicked king ; and, after due conviftion, to depole, and put him to death, if the ordinary magiftrate have neglefted or denied to...

...work, of which Milton speaks in this passage, was published in February 1648-9 with the title of " The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates; proving that...and hath been held so through all ages, for any, who liave the power, to call to account a tyrant or wicked king; and, after due conviction, to depose and...

...their support cannot be extended to the full assertion in the title of this piece, " that it is lawful for any who have the power to call to account a tyrant;" &c. though this assertion be a little qualified by the subsequent words, " and after due conviction...

...and candidly tell us, that they meet with an insuperable difficulty in the very title of the book; "The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ; proving, that...ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it." Here, therefore, the right to punish kings belongs to any -who have the power, and their having the...

...which reason he published his Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving that it is lawful for any to have the power to call to account a. tyrant or wicked...after due conviction, to depose and put him to death. Soon, after this, he entered upon his History of England; a work planned, in the same republican spirit,...

...which reason he published his Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving that it is lawful for any to have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked...after due conviction, to depose and put him to death. Soon after this, he entered upon his History of England; a work planned in the same republican spirit,...

...which reason he published his Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving that it is lawful for any to have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and, after due conviction, to depute and put him to death. Soon after this, he entered upon his History of England ; a work planned...

...himself, his cause and his employers; " The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates," was written to prove, " That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all...ordinary magistrate have neglected, or denied to do it." — In a noble strain it is here said, " None can love freedom heartily, but good men : the rest love...

...himself, his cause and his employers. "The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates," was written to prove, " That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for £iny, who have the power, to call to account a tyrant, or wicked king, and after due conviction to...

...and candidly tell us, that they meet with an insuperable difficulty in the very title of the book ; " The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ; proving, that...the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to doit." Here, therefore, the right to punish kings belongs to any who have the power, and their having...