Excerpt from Historical Tracts: Consisting of 1. A Discovery of the True Cause Why Ireland Was Never Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England; 2. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the State of Ireland, in 1607; 3. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610 Davies was ere long called to play his own part' in a 'drama of greater dignity. He was chofen (though by what influence, it is now impollible to tell) into the lafl parliament of Elizabeth, which met on the 27th of Oelober, 1601. He appears to have been extremely aelive in moving u'feful' bills, and to have been a flrenuous fitpporter of the privileges of the houfe, while it was not yet quite fafe. He fpoke manfully in the great debate about monopolies, infii'ring, that the houfe ought to proceed againfl them by bill, and not by petit It is rather remarkable, that his old antagonifi: Martin maintained the other fide of the queflion. On this occafion, it was, that Hakewell aiked, If bread was not in tbe long li/t' of monopblies Elizabeth, perceiving the houfe fo greatly agitated as to difre gard her minifier's apologies, thought it prudent to recall the patents. And Davies was fent on the grand Committee, to thank the queen for relin quilhing projeets, which, happy had it been for prince and people, had the legiflature on this occafion abolifhed by flatute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.