# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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But, be this Point as it may, I am bold
enough to aſſert, that if this Grant had no
other Sanction but the Great Seal, the King
by his Prerogative could not derogate from
it, or infringe it: He could not by any Com-
miſſion or delegated Power, make Seizures
in the Ports of the Iſland, or take to himſelf
the Duties, Cuſtoms, or Revenues of the
Grantee: He could not in ancient Times
have collected in this Iſland the great Cuſ-
toms of Wool and Leather, which were the
hereditary Revenue of the Crown, indepen-
dent of Parliament. Charles the Firſt could
not, by his Proclamation, have levied Ship
Money in this Iſland. The King could not
have done what this Bill is calculated to do.

What Parliament can do, I preſume not to
ſay; but I think I know what it will not do:
it will not take away private Property, with-
out eminent neceſſity, and juſt Compenſation.

I do not preſume to ſet the Bounds of Le-
giſlative Power; they are, and perhaps ought
to be, inviſible: but I venture to ſay, that
it is bounded, not only by its own Moderation
and Equity, but by the Truſt repoſed in it by
Society, and by the Laws of God and Nature.
Even abſolute Power, where it is neceſſary,
is