[492] Statement of the printer. Parliamentary History viii. 247.
[493] His declaration before the Lords. Parliamentary History viii. 208.
[494] We learn this from a letter of Nethersole to the queen of Bohemia, Jan. 28. (St. P. O.)
[495] Nethersole to the Queen of Bohemia: 'That what at the first propounding seemed a very reasonable motion—was at last upon this reason that the bill is in truth and is intituled a bill of subsidy.'
[496] Holograph declaration of Charles I. (St. P. O.)
[497] Information in Star Chamber. Rushworth i. 675.
[498] Autobiography of Sir Symond d'Ewes i. 405: 'Being only misled by some Machiavellian politics who seemed zealous for the liberty of the common wealth.'
[499] Observation of Contarini, March 16, 1629. 'Quello che importa è il parlamento si è conservato nell'intero possesso dei suoi privilegi, senza cader un tantino: il re per queste due volte ha ceduto sempre qualche cosa.'
END OF VOL. I.