CHAPTER VI

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NICHOLAS HYDE.

Plan of Charles I. to rule without Parliaments, 97. Sir Randolph Crewe, chief justice, discharged to make room for Hyde, 98. His family and previous career, 98. Case of Sir Thomas Darnel, 99. Petition of Right, 102. Hyde's opinion that it would not be binding on the king, 103. Proceedings against Selden and others, 103. Hyde's death, 106. Much applauded by true courtiers, 106.

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