Note 33 — THE SEVENTH BOOK. 1662-1663. (continued 2)
Reading edition
It ought to be with some expression of ‘mutatis mutandis,’ of the name of King Charles the Second, instead of King James, who is only named in the act. This is error, it is not agreeable to the statute; for that saith only King James: and certainly the statute intended no otherwise; for it is said, For the trial of his majesty’s subjects, how they stand affected, &c. and not the subjects of his majesty’s heirs and successors.