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parliament; but it had been conferred on Henry the 5th and all the succeeding Princes during life in order to enable them to maintain a naval force for the defence of the Kingdom and it was upon the question in 1629 that the King dissolved the Parliament & it was [[addition]] [[underline]] not [[/underline]] [[/addition]] assembled till 1640 when the Bill was past The Commons took care in granting these Duties to the King to assent in the most positive terms their own right of bestowing this gift & to divest the Crown of all the independent title of Assuming it-- Charles in order to shew that