The Pythouse papers: correspondence concerning the Civil war [&c.] transcr. from MSS., ed. with an intr. by W.A. Day1879 |
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... Crown . With plans thus perpetually shifting it was impossible for his friends to confide or for his enemies to trust in Charles . The promises made in good faith one day were broken on the next under the influence of some fresh adviser ...
... Crown . With plans thus perpetually shifting it was impossible for his friends to confide or for his enemies to trust in Charles . The promises made in good faith one day were broken on the next under the influence of some fresh adviser ...
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... Crown ; the father and brother of Elizabeth looked coldly on , and gave her husband much advice but little aid ; until at length , reft of his dominions , a fugitive and a sup- plicant , he committed his cause to the champion of his ...
... Crown ; the father and brother of Elizabeth looked coldly on , and gave her husband much advice but little aid ; until at length , reft of his dominions , a fugitive and a sup- plicant , he committed his cause to the champion of his ...
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... Crown . On the 12th November , Charles again writes to the Prince , submitting to his judgment the expediency of holding Tossiter ( Towcester ) , and assuring him the report that he was treating for peace was a " damnable ley ...
... Crown . On the 12th November , Charles again writes to the Prince , submitting to his judgment the expediency of holding Tossiter ( Towcester ) , and assuring him the report that he was treating for peace was a " damnable ley ...
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... Crown . Lord Lindsay had previously been made Lieutenant General of the Army , and Sir Jacob Asteley Serjeant Major General , It was a time of anxiety and foreboding . Gathered round the person of their Sovereign were some of his wisest ...
... Crown . Lord Lindsay had previously been made Lieutenant General of the Army , and Sir Jacob Asteley Serjeant Major General , It was a time of anxiety and foreboding . Gathered round the person of their Sovereign were some of his wisest ...
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... crown , and his life to the stern arbitrament of war . 66 ' Melancholy men , " says Clarendon , " observed many ill presages about that time . " The Royal cause indeed seemed hopeless ere the struggle was begun . The King had failed to ...
... crown , and his life to the stern arbitrament of war . 66 ' Melancholy men , " says Clarendon , " observed many ill presages about that time . " The Royal cause indeed seemed hopeless ere the struggle was begun . The King had failed to ...
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Seite i - The God of peace in his good time send us peace, and in the meantime fit us to receive it ! We are both on the stage, and we must act the parts that are assigned to us in this tragedy. Let us do it in a way of honour, and without personal animosities.
Seite xxxiv - ... wholly bound to obey the commands of his majesty, signified by both houses of parliament : and are resolved, by God's help, to keep this city accordingly.
Seite x - I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him; and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend those things which are against my conscience to preserve and defend : for I will deal freely with you, I have no reverence for the bishops, for whom this quarrel [subsists.]" It was not a time to dispute; and his affection to the church had never been suspected.
Seite lxv - Though the loss of Bristol be a great blow to me, yet your surrendering it as you did is of so much affliction to me, that it makes me not only forget the consideration of that place, but is likewise the greatest trial of my constancy that hath yet befallen me ; for what is to be done, after one that is so near me as you are, both in blood and friendship, submits himself to so mean an action.
Seite lxxxviii - That the lords and commons are of opinion, that there hath been, and still is, a damnable and hellish plot, contrived and carried on by the Popish recusants, for assassinating the king, for subverting the government, and for rooting out and destroying the Protestant religion.".
Seite xv - ... war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it ; and of that rare piety and devotion, that the court, or camp, could not shew a more faultless person, or to whose example young men might more reasonably conform themselves.
Seite xlvii - ... aside) you immediately march (according to your first intention) with all your force to the relief of York ; but if that be either lost, or have freed themselves from the besiegers, or that for want of powder you cannot undertake that work, that you immediately march with your whole strength to Worcester, to assist me and my army, without which, or your having relieved York, by beating the Scots, all the successes you can afterwards have, most infallibly will be useless unto me...
Seite lxv - ... purpose : my conclusion is, to desire you to seek your subsistence, until it shall please God to determine of my condition, somewhere beyond seas; to which end I send you herewith a pass ; and I pray God to make you sensible of your present condition, and give you means to redeem what you have lost; for I shall have no greater joy in a victory, than a just occasion without blushing to assure you of my being " Your loving uncle, and most faithful friend,
Seite xi - How much I am unsatisfied with the proceedings here, I have at large expressed in several letters. Neither is there wanting daily handsome occasion to retire, were it not for grinning honour. For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight.
Seite x - I do not like the quarrel, and do heartily wish that the king would yield and consent to what they desire; so that my conscience is only concerned in honour and in gratitude to follow my master. I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him; and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend...