"I am by birth a free Commoner of England, and am thereby intailed or intituled unto an equall priviledge with your selfe, or the greatest men in England, unto the freedome and liberty of the Lawes of England."
William Thompson, 14. of December, 1647
I was going to hat tip you for this, but I couldn't find your original link (I caught it in Google Reader).
ReplyDeleteGreat find, nonetheless :-)
Sorry about that, I put it up and then found this and put it up instead.
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