Note 179 — Chapter XV · ON THE REIGN OF WILLIAM III.
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Great indulgence was shown to the assertors of indefeasible right. The Lords resolved, that there should be no penalty in the bill to disable any person from sitting and voting in either house of parliament. Journals, May 5, 1690. The bill was rejected in the Commons by 192 to 178. Journals, April 26; Parl. Hist. 594; Burnet, 41, ibid.