Excerpt from The Monthly Review, or Literary Journal, Enlarged, Vol. 23: From May to August, Inclusive, 1797; With an Appendix According to this ancient relation, James had discontented his nobles by his vigorous procedure against them and they asserted that his avarice of confiscated estates, and not his justice, induced him to such actions. The people were also displeased because of the sub sidies imposed, to which they had long been strangers and were even inclined to pronounce his government tyrannic. In this posture of affairs, and probably in the year 1434, after March had been confined, and his estates seized, Sir Robert Graham, now delivered from his first imprisonment, and irritated by that disgrace, pwposed, in a meeting of the lords and chief men, that he would represent their grievances to the king, if they would support him. As he was elo quent, and versed in the laws, they wxlhngly assented. Accordingly, in the next parliament, or that held for the forfeiture of March in January 1435, Graham's violence led him to exceed his commission for he rose with an enraged countenance, and approaching the royal seat, laid his hand on the king, saying, I arrest you in the name of all the three estates of your realm, here assembled in parliament for, as your people have sworn to obey you, so are you constrained by an equal oath to govern by law, and not to wrong your subjects, but in °ustice to maintain and defend them. Then turning around, he exciaimed, Is it not thus as I say But the members, struck. With consternation at Graham's rashness, remained in profound silence and the king instantly ordered the audacious censor to prison, to which he was conveyed, after a severe sarcasm on the meanness of Spirit, shewn by those who had promised to sup ort him. Soon after Graham was ordered into banishment; and his possessions for. Feited to the king. The bold and gloomy exile retired into the furthest highlands, meditating revenge: and he had even the audacity formally to te nounce his alle iance, and to send a defiance to the king in writing. 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.