Charles I, King of England
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spoken of as
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English) · Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (English)
Whereas Charles Stuart, King of England, is, and standeth convicted, attainted, and condemned of high treason, and other high crimes;
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The reigning English monarch, discussed throughout the window both as the subject of a legal argument for royal prerogative and defence powers, as the addressee of the Scottish National Covenant's loyalty oath, as the recipient of a petition of grievances, and as the issuer of a writ summoning a great council.
the King may call it, prorogue it, dissolve it, at his pleasure;
It is agreed that the King is, by his regal office, bound to defend his people against foreign enemies;
but it is common and most true that Rex is lex, for he is lex loquens, a living, a speaking, an acting law:
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
The reigning British monarch invoked as the source of pay and authority for a judicial power considered an outrage in Massachusetts.
A judicial power, though under the obligation of an oath, paid by the king of England, was justly considered in Massachusetts, as an outrage upon the principles of justice and liberty.