Clarendon's History (ii. 61-2). Series of misftatements, 353.

Alleged ground of hoftility to Palmer. No truth therein,

Falle averment as to printing, 354, 355.

354.

Notes. Clarendon "letting himself loofe," 347. Pembroke

Lord Steward. Crew at Uxbridge, 348. Clarendon's

account of Palmer's committal, 354.

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355-366

King's arrival.

Guard to Par-

Hampden speak-

Declara-

§ XXII. PETITION TO ACCOMPANY REMONSTRANCE

Text. Eleventh Debate: 27th November.

Impolitic acts. Order as to religion, 355.

liament difiniffed. Excitement in Houfe.

ing, 356. Oliver Cromwell. Suggestion for defence of

kingdom. Referred to Committee, 357. Remonftrance

Petition brought in. Abstract of its contents. Why King's

prefence defired. Zeal of evil Counsellors, 359.

tion prepared to point out dangers to State and King.

Why fuch warnings necessary, 360. Three clofing requests :

(i.) To abridge Bishops' power. (ii.) To remove ill Coun-

fellors. (iii.) To apply Irish forfeitures to public needs, 360,

361. Pym anfwers objections. A point of order. Hamp-

den reftores quiet. D'Ewes explains ufage of House, 362.

Culpeper in fault, not Pym. "Well moved." Pym anfwers

Culpeper. Petition read again: and debated in detail, 364.

D'Ewes attacks Bifhops. Houfe adopt his views. Further

objections by Hyde: and Mr. Coventry, 364. Replied to by

D'Ewes. Urges ftudy of Rolls. Pym's moderation, 365.

Notes. Question as to Guard. King's meffage, 356. Tuef-

day, 20th November. King's defign as to Guard, 357.

Perfonal reafons. Pym's counter reafons. Plots in pro-

grefs. Attack on Parliament expected, 358. Unfafe

without their own Guard, 358, 359. Changes propofed

in Petition, 361. Unaltered Petition fent to Court, 365.

Secret communication with the King, 366.

TITION.

§ XXIII. THE KING RECEIVES REMONSTRANCE AND PE-

366-372

Text. Tuesday, 30th November. Petition engroffed. Com-

mittee named to wait on King, 366. Its members. Seve-

ral King's friends. Pym withdraws his name. Dering

to read Petition to King, 367. Declines, and Hopton

chofen. Thursday, 2nd December. Hopton's report.

Reception by Charles. Hopton reading Petition, 368.

Interruptions by King. The Bear and the Bear's skin. Com-

mittee questioned: "Do you mean to publish?" King's anfwer

to Petition, 369. Clofe of interview. Meffage before de-

parture. No pledge not to publifh. Incitements to publica-

tion, 370. Hoftile acts against House. King's purpose

unmasked. Hyde and friends invited to office, 371.

Notes. D'Ewes's remark on deputation, 368.

§ XXIV. RETALIATION AND REVENGE

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PAGE

372-375

Text. Tamperings with command of Tower. Popular com-

motion, 372. New King's Guard. People fired upon. 30th

November, A. M. Houtes difmifs King's Guard, 373. Omi-

nous precaution. The end approaching. Witty remark by

Selden, 374. Doctor Chillingworth's disclosure, 375.

Notes. Preparing for act of violence, 372. Lord Dorset,

373. Commons' Journals (30th November). Selden's

Table Talk, 374.

§ XXV. ALLEGED INTIMIDATION OF PARLIAMENT

375-384

Text. Hyde's plot. Parliament "not free." King's plea of

coercion, 375. Minority against majority. 30th November,

P.M. Charge against Citizens. Charge against Members.

Shall we not give votes freely? 376. Strangways afks for

committee. Is required to ftate complaint. Story of an

apprentice, 377. Some members to be overawed by

others. "Name! Name!" Kirton names Ven. Houfe

prevents Ven's answer, 378. Pym's question to the Speaker.

2nd and 3rd December. Debates on popular gatherings.

Waller, Strode, and Culpeper. D'Ewes defends the

citizens. Culpeper interrupts, 379.
Earle and D'Ewes to

order. Culpeper explains. D'Ewes replies. House sup-

ports D'Ewes, 380. Culpeper filenced. Pym's motion

againft Upper Houfe. Stoppage of ufeful bills, 381. Will

minority of Lords join majority of Commons in a protest?

Counter propofition by Godolphin, 382. Hopes of Court

party. Views of Mr. Speaker, 383. Monday, 6th Decem-

ber. Cromwell on breach of Privilege, 383, 384. Peers'

interference with elections. Tuesday, 7th December. A

ftartling propofal, 384. Dangers from army intrigues. Dif-

truft of the King, 385.

Notes.

D'Ewes's MS. A fcene in "Gracious" Street, 377.

Obftructions in Upper Houfe, 381. Pym's appeal to

Lords: Do not leave us to fave the country alone, 382.

Commons' Journals (3rd December and 7th December),

383.

§ XXVI. AN OMINOUS PROPOSAL

385-393

Text. Tuesday, 7th December. Bill prefented by Hafelrig:

for fettling the Militia, 385. Account in the D'Ewes MS.

Bill angrily received. Culpeper moves its rejection. Bar-

rington against. Strode and D'Ewes for. Cook cites pre-

cedent against, 386. Mallory would have bill burnt. Cook

called up ordered to withdraw. Had mifquoted precedent,

387. D'Ewes expofes and laughs at him, 387, 388. Cook

admonished. Bill read a first time (158 to 125), 388. Same

incident told with strange variations, 388, 389. Clarendon's

History (ii. 76, 80). Motion made as to Militia: how treated,

389. Hyde replied to by Solicitor General. St. John brings

in a bill, 390.
Clarendon's History (i. 486): fame incident

again told, 390, 391. Quite different account of fame facts,

391. Bill brought in by Hazelrig: drawn by St. John:

who defends and explains it, 391, 392. Never read fecond

time. Alleged rejection. Error as to first reading. Carried

(by 158 to 125), 392. Miftakes and confufion. Hiftorians

mifled. Nalfon no authority, 393.

Text. Wednesday, 8th Dec. Friday, 10th.

Verney's Notes (p.

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393-401

New Guard on

Houses, 393, 394 Agitation thereat. By whom placed.

Writ from Lord Keeper, 394. Voted breach of privilege.

Halberdiers removed. Lords ftartled as well as Commons,

"Shut the door!"

395-

Member quits House without

leave, 395, 396. Rebuked by Pym. 11th Dec: Sheriff

and Magiftrates reprimanded. The City petition, 396. Its

arrival announced. Brought by twelve citizens, 397. Re-

ceived by Clerk. Its dimenfions. Addrefs to the Chief of

Deputation. Reply of Mr. Speaker, 398. Debate as to

Ireland. Question of printing Remonftrance revived. Re-

folve thereon, 399. Tuesday, 14th Dec., Meffage from

King: refpecting bill under difcuffion, 399, 400. Voted

breach of privilege. Proteft carried to King, 400. Refolve

taken, 401.

Notes. Points of form and order, 393, 394. Commons'

Journals (ii. 338), 395. The City 220 years ago, 396.

Source of its power. Its fupport of popular cause, 397.

Charge against St. John. Not credible, 400. Curious

notices from the D'Ewes MS., 400, 401. Deputation

prefent proteft. Archbishop Williams reads it, 401.

King's anfwer: read by Nicholas, 401, 402. Anger of

the King, 402.

XXVIII. THE LAST DEBATE

402-408

Text. Twelfth and laft Debate: 15th Dec. Purefoy moves

printing. A great filence, 402. Argument for printing:

will recover People to House, 402, 403. Surprise of D'Ewes

and others. Peard feconds Purefoy. Waller opposes, 403.

Debate prolonged to evening. Candles called for.
Sir

Nicholas Slanning oppofes. An eager royalist, 404. Forces

divifion on queftion for candles, 405, 406. Candles

brought (152 to 53). Divifion for printing. Carried (135

to 83), 406. Printing ordered. Slanning revives claim to

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proteft. Storm allayed by Pym, 407. Monday, 20th Dec.
Debate on right to proteft, 407, 408. Ominous remark by
Holborne. Refolution against Hyde's party, 408.

Notes. Great men of little fize.

worth. Sidney Godolphin.

by Clarendon (Life, i. 43, 44), 405, 406.

test rejected, 408.

Hales of Eton.

Chilling-

Falkland,

405.

Picture

Right to pro-

408-414

§ XXIX. IMPOSSIBILITY OF COMPROMISE

Text. Refult of Remonftrance Debates. Popular leaders averfe

to war. Indecifion of Charles. Bankes (C.J.) attempts to

mediate with King, 409. Like attempts of leaders in both

Houfes. Lord Wharton. Denzil Hollis. Lord Say and

Seale, 410.

Lord Effex. Lord Northumberland. Objects

of Court party. To weaken and degrade Parliaments, 411.

Small part in a great fcene: creditably played. Character

of Bankes (C.J.) unwifely compared with Coke (C.J.), 412.

Coke's claims. The Inftitutes and the Petition of Right.

Party views for and against Charles. A plain cafe up to the

war, 413. A cafe more perplexing, 414.

§ XXX. CONCLUSION

414-421

Text. Limited scope of prefent work: to restore an effaced page

in Hiftory, 414. Object of Notes appended. Clarendon's

Hiftory. Its beauties. Its demerits, 415. Its author con-

fronted with contemporaries. Refult decifive against him.

Miftatements no longer poffible. Ludicrous errors, 416.

D'Ifraeli's Commentaries (ii. 294). Effect of Remonftrance

on the people: its vindication: and measure of its import-

ance, 417. Its fubfequent influence. Confeffed by Hyde.

Recruiting-ferjeant for Civil War. Motives of its authors:

in fo appealing to the people. To fave the ancient monarchy,

418,419. Civil and religious freedom not separable. Rights

demanded by' Remonftrance. Leaders of the Long Parlia-

ment, 419. Their genius and greatness. Their patience

and endurance. Their refpect for old precedents and laws,

420. Reverence due to them, 421.

INDEX

423