Editorial note — REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGINS AND DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
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After all he was a king, and in his veins the blood of Mary Stuart still beat. An English version of Selden's treatise appeared in the time of Cromwell. The translator was Marchamont Nedham. The dedication to the Supreme Authority of the Nation, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, is dated November 19th, 1652.