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penses of these wars which forced Charles to call parliament again. p. 135, l. 34. It was the English Prayer Book with some slight changes that Laud had attempted to impose on the Scotch. p. 137, l. 31. Charles had in fact called the "Short Parliament" to meet between these two expeditions but had quarrelled with it and dissolved it. p. 138, l. 7. The Scotch had no real part in the death of the King. The Presbyterians indeed upheld monarchy though not as Charles understood it. p. 140, l. 26. The Long Parliament of 1640 passed an act by which it could not be dissolved without its own consent. p. 143, l. 4. The Treaty of Ripon (October 1640) left Northumberland and Durham in the hands of the Scotch until the King should be able to pay the L850 a day during their stay in England which he promised them. p. 143, l. 9. The permanent treaty signed in 1641 gave consent to all the demands of the Scotch, including their freedom to abolish episcopacy. p. 143, l. 29. The Earl of Stafford had been the chief supporter of Charles' method of government without parliament. He was executed in 1641 and Laud suffered the same fate in 1645. p. 144, l. 21. By the "Grand Remonstrance" the parliament tried to seize on the royal power. p. 146, l. 13. The "gentry" of England were not, of course, all on the Royalist side. Many of them, and some of the nobility, fought for the parliament, though it is true that the majority were for the King. p. 151, l. 27. In 1643 by the Solemn League and Covenant the Scotch consented to help parliament against the King on condition that Presbyterianism should be adopted as the English state religion. p. 159, l. 33. The left wing was under the command of Lord Wilmot. p. 170, l. 36. Leicester was taken by the King in 1645. p. 180, l. 28. The Cavalier ascribes to himself the part taken by Prince Maurice (the brother of Prince Rupert) and Lord Wilmot in bringing aid to Hopton. p. 187, l. 29. It was the King rather than the parliamentarians who was anxious to give battle. The Royalists barred the way to London. p. 189, l. 32. See note to p. 61, l. 39. p. 192, l. 29. The parliamentarians certainly won a victory at the second battle of Newbury. p. 194, l. 2. The Scotch nobles, alarmed at the violence of the parliamentarians, supported Charles in the second civil war (1648), and after his death Scotland recognised Charles II as King. Cromwell however conquered their country. p.
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