Illustrated English History Bc 55 Ad1886 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...thy soul ' Buckingham staggered forward and fell dead. The murderer merely slipped away for a short time, but his hat fell off, and he was soon recognised. It was not long before he was sentenced to death, and hanged. 7. Breach between Charles and the Parliament.--Charles had now to try to govern without Buckingham. When Parliament met again, there were new quarrels between it and the King. In the first place, there was a disgreement between him and the Puritans about certain doctrines, which they wished to have taught, whilst he wished that these doctrines should not be taught. Then there was a disagreement about the payment of duties on goods going out of the kingdom and coining in, which were known as tonnage and poundage, and which had been granted to the kings and queens before him, by their Parliaments, for their lifetime. He had dissolved his earlier Parliaments so soon, that they had never had time to say whether they would grant him these duties or not. He had, however, taken them, as if they had been granted; and, as many people had lately refused to pay, he had seized their goods. One of those whose goods had been seized, was a member of Parliament; and Sir John.Eliot, (a noble-minded man, and a great speaker in the House of Commons, ) advised that the Custom House officers, who had seized this man's goods, should be sent for and punished. The King said they had acted by his orders, and should not be punished. He then ordered the House to adjourn; that is to say, to stop sitting for a few days. The House did as he wished once, but when orders came for a second adjournment, two strong members, (knowing that as long as the Speaker, whose business it was to keep order in the House, remained in his seat, the House could not be...