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The Charge of the Right Honourable Thomas Marlay, Esq; Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench in the Kingdom of Ireland, To the Grand Juries of the County of the City of Dublin, and County of Dublin; on the sixth of November 1749, and printed at the Request of the said Grand Juries. — (By Leave of the said Chief Justice). Dublin: Printed by Oli. Nelson, in Skinner-Row, 1749

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I Direct Oli. Nelson to print this Charge, and that no other print the same.

Tho. Marlay.

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The Charge of the Right Honourable Thomas Marlay, Esq; Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of King's-Bench in the Kingdom of Ireland, &c.

Gentlemen of these several Grand Juries,

You are called here together, on an Occasion which, tho' it frequently, and regularly happens, is (especially at this Time,) of the greatest Importance to the Interest of your several Counties.

The Prosperity of all Countries depends upon a wise Frame of Government, equal and [3] prudent Laws to regulate Property, and to restrain and punish Offenders, and a due and exact Execution of those Laws.

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Camden Fourth Series , Volume 43: Charges to the Grandjury 1689–1803 , July 1992 , pp. 345 - 351
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1992

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References

page 345 note 1 Exod. 3: 8, 17, etc.

page 346 note 1 This is another oversimplified way of classifying offences.

page 347 note 1 This panegyric of George II alludes to his behaviour during the crisis of 1745.

page 348 note 1 Here a ms note, adding: C. Lucas [Charles Lucas, one of the companions of Henry Flood.]

page 348 note 2 An allusion to the Solemn League and Covenant signed in 1643 by the Scots and the English Parliamentary leaders to establish the Presbyterian church in England.

page 348 note 3 Under the reign of Henry VII Lambert Symnel (in 1487) and Perkin Warbeck (1491–99) respectively claimed they were the true heir to the throne, Symnel for being Edward, Earl of Warwick, nephew of Edward IV, and Warbeck, for being Richard, Duke of York, second son to Edward IV. Symnel confessed that he was a counterfeit, and was pardoned; Warbeck was executed. He had tried his luck in Ireland as well as in England.

page 349 note 1 Cf. Mat. 12: 30.

page 350 note 1 This is an allusion to the various circumstances of the civil war and its consequences, in the 17th century.

page 350 note 2 This is yet another illustration of the famous theory of the chain of being, for which see the study of Lovejoy, A. O., The Great Chain of Being (Harvard U.P., 1936 and 1964)Google Scholar. Similar reflexions are to be found in Grose's text, 1796. See infra.

page 351 note 1 Leaders of revolts against the king's authority: Tyler in 1381, Cade, the mid-1450s.