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was to remedy thefe neglefts that a proper
Ruler was now wanted •, that if you would
undertake the regency, and fhould be in¬
verted therein by the ratification of the
ftate, he would very readily concur ^ but
for his part, he would fooner forfeit his
life than undertake any fhare in the regency
of a kingdom groaning under fuch miferies
and diftradtions, as required the beft head,
with the moft refolute heart, to recover it:
that fuch a perfon or perfons muft not be
rtiackled by the terror of fadion, to be
made refponfible for every adion. that might
be difagreeable to this or that fyftem of po¬
litics : No •, it was his opinion, that in fuch
a difficult fituation, no method of govern¬
ment v/ould anfwer the exigencies of the
nation but a kingly one, and that King to
be inverted with power uncontroulable j
for otherwife, concluded he, the fame con¬
tending parties which fio confoundingly
diftraded the unhappy Duncan, will conti¬
nue, and have it much more in their power
to diftrad a powerlefs or fettered Regency.
‘ Macbeth having done, Rofo, as the fe-
nior of the Council, rofe up; obferved.
That it was ufelefs to put off time now in
debating about the propriety of what he
imagined had been already determined it
having been agreed in a former council of
patriots, that the deplorable condition of
was to remedy thefe neglefts that a proper
Ruler was now wanted •, that if you would
undertake the regency, and fhould be in¬
verted therein by the ratification of the
ftate, he would very readily concur ^ but
for his part, he would fooner forfeit his
life than undertake any fhare in the regency
of a kingdom groaning under fuch miferies
and diftradtions, as required the beft head,
with the moft refolute heart, to recover it:
that fuch a perfon or perfons muft not be
rtiackled by the terror of fadion, to be
made refponfible for every adion. that might
be difagreeable to this or that fyftem of po¬
litics : No •, it was his opinion, that in fuch
a difficult fituation, no method of govern¬
ment v/ould anfwer the exigencies of the
nation but a kingly one, and that King to
be inverted with power uncontroulable j
for otherwife, concluded he, the fame con¬
tending parties which fio confoundingly
diftraded the unhappy Duncan, will conti¬
nue, and have it much more in their power
to diftrad a powerlefs or fettered Regency.
‘ Macbeth having done, Rofo, as the fe-
nior of the Council, rofe up; obferved.
That it was ufelefs to put off time now in
debating about the propriety of what he
imagined had been already determined it
having been agreed in a former council of
patriots, that the deplorable condition of
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Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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