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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Colonial history. (search)
re Chap XI.} 1640 difficult than ever. The haughty Strafford had advised violent counsels. There were those who refused to take the oath never to consent to alterations in the church of England Send for the chief leaders, wrote Strafford, Strafford's Letters, II. 409. April 10, 1640. and lay them by the heels; no other satisfaction is to be thought of. But Strafford was not without his enemies among the royalists. During the suspension of parliament, two parties in the cabinet had dispuis attendance. Chap XI.} Nov. 11. 1641 April 21. His arraignment, within eight days of the commencement of the session, marks the resolute spirit of the commons; his attainder was the sign of their ascendency. On the honor of a king, wrote Strafford's Letters, II. 416. Charles to the prisoner, you shall not be harmed in life, fortune, or honor; and the fourth day after the passage of the bill of attainder, as if to reveal his weakness, the king could send his adhesion to the commons, addin