Quote#Politics & Power
Their Lordships of the Upper House...are one member of the…
Quote byWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley · 1520–1598
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Said in 1585..
English (original)
Their Lordships of the Upper House...are one member of the Parliament; and also that the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of this House representing the whole Commons of this Realm are also another member of the same Parliament; and her Majesty the Head; and that of these three Estates doth consist the whole body of Parliament able to make laws.
— William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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