The learned and loyal Abraham Cowley's definition of a tyrant (published by the present Lord Bishop of Rochester) in his discourse concerning the government of Oliver Cromwell. Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A34820 of text R33502 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C6670A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A34820 Wing C6670A ESTC R33502 13431051 ocm 13431051 99529 2248542018

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The Learned and Loyal ABRAHAM COWLEY's Definition of a Tyrant , ( Published by the Present Lord Bishop of Rochester ) IN HIS Discourse concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell .

I Call him a Tyrant , who either Intrudes himself forcibly into the Government of his Fellow-Citizens , without any legal Authority over them , or who , having a just Title to the Government of a People , abuses it to the destruction or tormenting of them : So that all Tyrants are at the same time Usurpers , either of the whole , or at least of a part of that Power which they assume to themselves , and no less are they to be accounted Rebels , since no man can Usurp Authority over others , but by Rebelling against them who had it before , or at least against those Laws which were his Superiours .

Several Queries proposed to the Sages of the LAW , who have Studied to Advance the Publick , equally with , if not more than their own private Interest . Q. I. WHether the Legislative Power be in the King only , as in his Politick Capacity , or in the King , Lords , and Commons , in Parliament Assembled ? If in the latter , then Q. II. If the King grants a Charter , and thereby great Franchises and Priviledges , and afterwards , the Grantees obtain an Act of Parliament for the Confirmation hereof , is this the Grant of the King , or of the Parliament ? If the latter , as it seems to be , because it is done by the whole , and every part of the Legislative Power , then Q. III. To whom can these Grantees forfeit this Charter ? and who shall take Advantage of the Forfeiture ? If the King , then an Act of Parliament may be destroyed without an Act of Parliament . If the Parliament only can call them to an Account , then Q. IV. Of what Validity is a Iudgment pronounced ( under a colour of Law ) in B. R. against a Charter granted by Parliament ? If it be of any force , then the King's Bench is Superiour to the Legislative Power of the Kingdom ; If not , then Q. V. What Reason can be assigned , why it is not as safe to Act pursuant to an Act of Parliament , notwithstanding a Iudgment entred in the King's Bench , as it was to Act against an Act of Parliament , before the Iudgment was entered ? And then , Q. VI. Whether they that did the latter , were not right down Knaves , and whether they that refuse to do the former , be not more nice than wise ?

LONDON : Printed in the Year 1688.