Chapter VIII

FROM THE DISSOLUTION OF CHARLES'S THIRD PARLIAMENT TO THE
MEETING OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT

Declaration of the King after the Dissolution -- Prosecutions
of Eliot and others for Conduct in Parliament -- Of Chambers
for refusing to pay Customs -- Commendable Behaviour of Judges
in some Instances -- Means adopted to raise the Revenue --
Compositions for Knighthood -- Forest Laws -- Monopolies --
Ship-Money -- Extension of it to inland Places -- Hampden's
Refusal to pay -- Arguments on the Case -- Proclamations --
Various arbitrary Proceedings -- Star-Chamber Jurisdiction --
Punishments inflicted by it -- Cases of Bishop Williams,
Prynne, etc. -- Laud, his Character -- Lord Strafford --
Correspondence between these two -- Conduct of Laud in the
Church -- Prosecution of Puritans -- Favour shown to Catholics
-- Tendency to their Religion -- Expectations entertained by
them -- Mission of Panzani -- Intrigue of Bishop Montagu with
him -- Chillingworth -- Hales -- Character of Clarendon's
Writings -- Animadversions on his Account of this Period --
Scots Troubles, and Distress of the Government -- Parliament of
April 1640 -- Council of York -- Convocation of Long
Parliament Page 1

CHAPTER IX

FROM THE MEETING OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE
CIVIL WAR

Character of Long Parliament -- Its salutary Measures --
Triennial Bill -- Other beneficial Laws -- Observations --
Impeachment of Strafford -- Discussion of its Justice -- Act
against Dissolution of Parliament without its Consent --
Innovations meditated in the Church -- Schism in the
Constitutional Party -- Remonstrance of November 1641 --
Suspicions of the King's Sincerity -- Question of the Militia
-- Historical Sketch of Military Force in England --
Incroachments of the Parliament -- Nineteen Propositions --
Discussion of the respective Claims of the two Parties to
Support -- Faults of both Page 85

CHAPTER X

FROM THE BREAKING OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE RESTORATION