THE CO-EQUALITY OF THE ESTATES OF THE REALM.
fTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—The following extract from the Rolls of Parliament, Vol. III., p. 459 (foot), 1401 A.D., may prove of interest to your readers:—
"Item Mesquerdy le XVm'• jour de Marco les Communes viendrent devant le Roi et les Seigneurs en Parlement, et la montrerent comment les Estates du Roialme purroient estro resembles a une Trinite, eest assavoir In persone du Roy, les Seigneurs Espiritueles et Temporels, e les Communes. Et en cas q' aucune division y feusse entre miles Estates y serroit grand desolation de tout le Roialme, 4 Dieux defende."
This co-equality, still the characteristic of the Constitution, seems too much forgotten in the present struggle agains' scurrility, slander, deceit, and ruin.—I am, Sir, &c., F. W. Rear.
The Manor House, Lower Boddington, Byfield, B.S.O.
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