" That he thought it very clear that the parlia-
" ment could not assemble, though the proclamation
" should issue out that very hour, within less than
" twenty days ; and that if they were met, and be-
" lieved themselves lawfully qualified to grant a
" supply of money, all men knew the formality of
" that transaction would require so much time, that
" money could not be raised time enough to raise an
" army, or to maintain that part of it that was
" raised, to prevent the landing of an enemy that
" was upon the coast, and (as many thought
" or seemed to think) ready every day to make
" their descent : and yet the sending out a procla-
" niation for reassembling the parliament would in-
" evitably put an end to all other counsels.
" ment could not assemble, though the proclamation
" should issue out that very hour, within less than
" twenty days ; and that if they were met, and be-
" lieved themselves lawfully qualified to grant a
" supply of money, all men knew the formality of
" that transaction would require so much time, that
" money could not be raised time enough to raise an
" army, or to maintain that part of it that was
" raised, to prevent the landing of an enemy that
" was upon the coast, and (as many thought
" or seemed to think) ready every day to make
" their descent : and yet the sending out a procla-
" niation for reassembling the parliament would in-
" evitably put an end to all other counsels.
Edward Hyde - Earl of Clarendon
