[44] Gussoni. ‘Gode la fortuna d’esser il piu autorevole e superiormente favorito di S. M.—sogetto di cupo e di sagace ingegno, benche nell’ esteriore si dimostri non amabile, anzi ruvido di natura.’
[45] A Contarini, Aug. 24, 1637: ‘Ha saputo dar ad intendere al re’ che tutti gli altri cerchino d’ ingannarlo e che lui solo vole conservarlo nella sua autorità independente della volontà di parlamenti.’
[46] Summary in Rushworth ii. 71. Cp. Hallam, Constitutional History ii. 76.
[47] A. Correro gives the sum (Relatione di 1637). Cp. Garrard to the Lord Deputy, in Stratford Letters i. 413.
[48] Garrard to the Lord Deputy, in Stratford Letters ii. 117.
[49] A. Correro: ‘Per dubio che mettendosi in scompiglio tutte le provincie, non si sollevassaro.’
[50] A. Correro mentions ‘Imposte annuali perpetue in virtù della regalità nominatamente sopra abloni, che sono ingredienti per far la birra, vini, taverne, tabacco, carboni di terra, saponi e simili.’
[51] Or, as he says again, ‘havendo fatta strada all’ autorità assoluta per la legale.’
[52] Mr. Attorney General, his second day’s argument (in Rushworth ii. 573): ‘I find by the books that are kept in the council chamber, that the preparations were in October ao. 87; I find no parliament called that year; yet by the letters and orders from the council board these ships and defence that were made, was adsumpt of the subject.
[53] The charges that were afterwards brought against individuals with regard to this transaction, and are still repeated at the present day, may be passed over, especially as the intentions of each person cannot be ascertained. There can be no doubt that Lord Coventry had a great share in it.