Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://archive.org/details/constitutionalh02hall Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). The book uses both Richelieu and Richlieu. On Page 47, the phrase "any their progenitors" possibly should be "any of their progenitors". Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Everyman's Library Edited by Ernest Rhys History HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR J. H. MORGAN * * * * * * THE PUBLISHERS OF _EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY_ WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND FREELY TO ALL APPLICANTS A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED AND PROJECTED VOLUMES TO BE COMPRISED UNDER THE FOLLOWING THIRTEEN HEADINGS: TRAVEL · SCIENCE · FICTION THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY HISTORY · CLASSICAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ESSAYS · ORATORY POETRY & DRAMA BIOGRAPHY REFERENCE ROMANCE IN FOUR STYLES OF BINDING: CLOTH, FLAT BACK, COLOURED TOP; LEATHER, ROUND CORNERS, GILT TOP; LIBRARY BINDING IN CLOTH, & QUARTER PIGSKIN LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS, LTD. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. * * * * * * "CONSIDER HISTORY WITH THE BEGINNINGS OF IT STRETCHING DIMLY INTO THE REMOTE TIME; EMERGING DARKLY OUT OF THE MYSTERIOUS ETERNITY: THE TRUE EPIC POEM AND UNIVERSAL DIVINE SCRIPTURE.···" CARLYLE * * * * * * CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY of ENGLAND HENRY VII TO GEORGE II. by HENRY HALLAM VOL 2 London: Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII FROM THE DISSOLUTION OF CHARLES'S THIRD PARLIAMENT TO THE MEETING OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT