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Article ANECDOTES OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ON RICHES. Page 1 of 3 →
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Anecdotes Of The Long Parliament.
jpearrd at . They agreed to send down a petition to the King at York , subscribed by 20 Lords and above 40 Commons , to pray him to call a Parliament , that 2 Lords and 4 Commons of their number should carry it down . The Lords pitched upon the Earl of Essex and the Lord Howard ; the names of the Commons I have forgot , but I am sure that Cromwel was one of the 4 Essex lainly refused to When these
. p go . messengers came to York , riiey sounded some about the King—how they were to get admission , intimating what their business was . This came to the King ' s ear , who thereupon advised with his Cabinet Council , that the King should clap them all up , proceed against them as traitors ( for which they never wanted advocates nor witnesses ) , to curb men in such audacious proceedings . They left the King , with a resolution to proceed
accordingly that night : but the Marquis of Hamilton ( esteemed a wiser and more moderate person , though perhaps no Lion ) , hearing of this intention , came to the King late at ni ght , and talked with him , told him the danger of it ; he set before him how the Scotch had now entered the kingdom with a powerful army ; that they were unanimous , and under experienced commanders ; that his own army was no way to be trusted ; ¦
their leaders more likely to betray him than serve him that these six persons came from sixty of the principal members , who would all look upon themselves as concerned ; and your Majesty , said he , will , be looked on as betraying the whole body with these six . Besides these , and their principals , are all popular men : they will raise the prejudice of the country against you . —What shall I do then ? said the King—Speak favourably to them , said the Marquis , receive their petition , and call a Parliament . — This was done , and the sequel shewed that the Marquis advised right . — This account from ? ny Lord Chief Justice ' s own month .
On Riches.
ON RICHES .
JUPITE R , the chief of the gods , metamorphosed himself into a shower of gold to possess his Danae " , knowing ! the power of that metal to soften the hardest heart , melting the heart of snow , and severely wounding the heart of flesh . Terrestrial souls are ravished with its charms ; such was Croesus , and an infinite number of others . Riches have an absolute power over our will ; our hearts are the needles , which continually turn to that pole . Antipater purchased hearts at the of
kingexpence doms and cities ; for , in order to prove agreeable to Lilia , he made her a present of a crown and sceptre . Mark Anthony offered the empire of the World to Cleopatra in exchange for her love . Pilophas triumphed over the chastity of Hermione , with a pearl-necklace , which made him say , after the victory , That the greatest beauty , and the most chaste , ran a risk of perishing on the Ocean of Riches . Darius not being able to
vanquish the chastity of Lucia , attacked her for the last time with the golden arms of an inestimable treasure , and triumphed over her virtue . Jostphits writes , that no king , whether PIcbrew , or of any other nation , 4 F 2
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Anecdotes Of The Long Parliament.
jpearrd at . They agreed to send down a petition to the King at York , subscribed by 20 Lords and above 40 Commons , to pray him to call a Parliament , that 2 Lords and 4 Commons of their number should carry it down . The Lords pitched upon the Earl of Essex and the Lord Howard ; the names of the Commons I have forgot , but I am sure that Cromwel was one of the 4 Essex lainly refused to When these
. p go . messengers came to York , riiey sounded some about the King—how they were to get admission , intimating what their business was . This came to the King ' s ear , who thereupon advised with his Cabinet Council , that the King should clap them all up , proceed against them as traitors ( for which they never wanted advocates nor witnesses ) , to curb men in such audacious proceedings . They left the King , with a resolution to proceed
accordingly that night : but the Marquis of Hamilton ( esteemed a wiser and more moderate person , though perhaps no Lion ) , hearing of this intention , came to the King late at ni ght , and talked with him , told him the danger of it ; he set before him how the Scotch had now entered the kingdom with a powerful army ; that they were unanimous , and under experienced commanders ; that his own army was no way to be trusted ; ¦
their leaders more likely to betray him than serve him that these six persons came from sixty of the principal members , who would all look upon themselves as concerned ; and your Majesty , said he , will , be looked on as betraying the whole body with these six . Besides these , and their principals , are all popular men : they will raise the prejudice of the country against you . —What shall I do then ? said the King—Speak favourably to them , said the Marquis , receive their petition , and call a Parliament . — This was done , and the sequel shewed that the Marquis advised right . — This account from ? ny Lord Chief Justice ' s own month .
On Riches.
ON RICHES .
JUPITE R , the chief of the gods , metamorphosed himself into a shower of gold to possess his Danae " , knowing ! the power of that metal to soften the hardest heart , melting the heart of snow , and severely wounding the heart of flesh . Terrestrial souls are ravished with its charms ; such was Croesus , and an infinite number of others . Riches have an absolute power over our will ; our hearts are the needles , which continually turn to that pole . Antipater purchased hearts at the of
kingexpence doms and cities ; for , in order to prove agreeable to Lilia , he made her a present of a crown and sceptre . Mark Anthony offered the empire of the World to Cleopatra in exchange for her love . Pilophas triumphed over the chastity of Hermione , with a pearl-necklace , which made him say , after the victory , That the greatest beauty , and the most chaste , ran a risk of perishing on the Ocean of Riches . Darius not being able to
vanquish the chastity of Lucia , attacked her for the last time with the golden arms of an inestimable treasure , and triumphed over her virtue . Jostphits writes , that no king , whether PIcbrew , or of any other nation , 4 F 2