Note 538 — Chapter XVIII · ON THE CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
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Irish Statutes, 10 Car. 1, c. 1, 2, 3, etc.; Strafford Letters, i. 279, 312. The king expressly approved the denial of the graces, though promised formerly by himself. Id. 345; Leland, iii. 20.
"I can now say," Strafford observes (Id. 344), "the king is as absolute here as any prince in the whole world can be; and may still be, if it be not spoiled on that side."