II
contains
many letters from James I and Charles I
to Buckingham, queen Henrietta Maria and others.
to Buckingham, queen Henrietta Maria and others.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v07
Bysshe, E.
1712.
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Carew, Sir George (afterwards Earl of Totnes). A relation of the State of
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that Court. Drawn up by Sir George Carew, upon his Return from his
Embassy there in 1609, and addressed to King James I. Ptd in Birch, T. ,
(see above).
(1565–1629). Letters from George Lord Carew to Sir Thomas Roe,
Ambassador to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615–1617. Ed. Maclean, J.
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Carleton, Sir Dudley, Viscount Dorchester. State Letters, during his Em-
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1841.
Carleton was Wotton's successor at Venice. His mission to the
Hague in 1627 was to invest the prince of Orange with the garter, but
his secret instructions were concerned with the Anglo-French quarrel.
The Speech of Sir Dudley Carlton Lord Embassadour for the King
in the Estates Generall of the united Provinces touching Arminius.
Exhibited the 6. of October 1617. 1618.
Advises that the truth as to Arminianism, if not determinable other-
wise, should be settled 'by votes’ at a synod. This was done at Dort.
Chamberlain, John. Letters written by John Chamberlain during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. Ed. from the originals by Williams, Sarah.
Camden Soc. Publ. LXXIX. 1861.
Chamberlain was a Cambridge man, usually resident in London.
Digges, Sir Dudley. The Compleat Ambassador: or two Treaties of the
Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory; Comprised
in Letters of Negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her Resident in
France. Together with the Answers of the Lord Burgleigh, the Earl of
Leicester, Sir Tho: Smith and others. Wherein, as in a clear Mirror,
may be seen the Faces of the two Courts of England and France, as they
then stood; with many remarkable passages of State, not at all mentioned
in any History. 1655.
Howell, James. See Sec. III.
Overbury, Sir Thomas (1581-1613). His Observations, in his Travels upon the
State of the Seventeen Provinces, 1609; ptd 1626; upon the State of the
Archduke's [sic] Country, 1609; on the State of France, 1609.
This and similar summaries can hardly be called state papers, and are
neither despatches nor newsletters proper; but they partake of the nature
of all these kinds, and resemble some of the most sustained efforts of
modern journalism. Overbury's observations on the State of France are
remarkable: he speaks of France as the greatest united force of Chris-
tendom,' mentioning, among her weak points, the want of a sufficient
infantry, which he attributes to the enfeeblement of the peasant class.
Roe, Sir Thomas (1581 -1644). Letters and negotiations concerning the
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No second volume appeared. The queen of Bohemia's faithful 'fatt
Thom' went on a mission to the Great Mogul, 1615–7; see Carew, Sir
George. His Constantinople embassy lasted from 1621 to 1628.
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Election of the Emperor Ferdinand II. (2) From the election of the
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The former series chiefly treats of Doncaster's hopeless mission for the
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IV. DEBATES AND SPEECHES
No reference is here made to sermons and other religious discourses,
which were specially numerous in the latter part of the period. The
political speeches increase in both quality and importance as the authority
of parliament gradually becomes paramount. During the earlier years of the
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9
The practice of entering in the Journals of the House of Lords protests,
accompanied by a statement of reasons, which dates from the time of the
Long parliament (1641), is fully elucidated, and the protests are printed
from the Journal of the Lords, in
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Lords. With Historical Introductions. 3 vols. Oxford, 1875.
Of particular speeches dating from this period it would answer no purpose
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freedom and frequency unknown to later times; but it was not till after the
restoration that it seems to have become customary to publish at the opening,
prorogation or dissolution of parliament, or on other important occasions,
speeches delivered from the throne which, although still, in a measure, in-
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and 8 May 1661, were published with companion speeches by lord chancellor
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Bacon claim precedence. (See Letters and Life etc. , by Spedding J. , 7 vols. ,
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showing the parting of the waters, and Pym's against Laud (of the same
year), which, with several speeches against Strafford, marks the first great
sweep of the revolutionary movement. Any list of extant speeches would
have to include several by Hyde (Clarendon), in both phases of his political
life, and examples of the oratory of Prynne (with whom everything was inter-
minable) and of Prynne's adversaries, sectaries whose ideas of liberty were
very divergent from his own. Sir Dudley Digges put on record
A Conference desired by the Lords and had by a Committee of both Houses,
concerning the Rights and Privileges of the Subjects. Discoursed by
Sir Dudley Digges, Sir Edward Littleton, Knight, now Lord Keeper,
Master Selden, Sir Edward Cooke. With the Objections by Sir Robert
Heath, Knight, then Attorney Generall, and the Answer. 3° Apr. 3 Car.
1628. 1642.
The question at issue is that of illegal imprisonment, redress by
demand of Habeas Corpus failing.
Sir Simonds d'Ewes preserved, together with The Greeke Postscripts of
the Epistles to Timothy and Titus cleared in Parliament.
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IV. DEBATES AND SPEECHES
No reference is here made to sermons and other religious discourses,
which were specially numerous in the latter part of the period. The
political speeches increase in both quality and importance as the authority
of parliament gradually becomes paramount. During the earlier years of the
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seventeenth century, the Journal Book of the House of Commons (which,
in the Elizabethan age, had, for the most part, been in better order than
that of the Lords) continued to preserve reports of speeches delivered there,
though in a very condensed form; but in the Lords no speeches (except the
king's) were entered in the Journals, though a rough record was kept for
reference by the peers themselves. In the time of the Long parliament,
feeling was still strong in both Houses against allowing any full record of
speeches. Rushworth was prevented from expanding entries in the Journals,
and members of the House of Commons (as in the cases of Sir Edward Deering
and Lord Digby) were actually expelled for taking notes.
The following is a list, in chronological order, of reports of parliamentary
proceedings preserved to us. Of the Parliamentary History, vol. 1 (1806)
covers the ground from 1066 to 1624; vol. II deals with 1625, and the sub-
sequent volumes advance even less expeditiously. Rushworth's Historical
Collections (1659-80)-see Sec. I, A-which begin with the year 1618, contain
an account of parliamentary proceedings during the sessions covered.
D'Ewes, Sir Simonds. A Compleat Journal of the Votes, Speeches and
Debates, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons, through-
out the whole Reign of Elizabeth of Glorious Memory. 2nd ed. 1693.
This is taken from the Journal Books of both Houses and other
sources, and resembles a modern parliamentary summary.
Townshend, Hayward (f. 1601). Historical Collections; or, An exact Account
of the Proceedings of the Four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth of Famous
Memory. Wherein is contained The Compleat Journals Both of the
Lords and Commons, Taken from the Original Records of Their Houses,
As also The more particular Behaviours of the Worthy Members during
all the last notable Sessions. 1680.
Includes speeches by Robert Cecil Bacon and Ralegh, who, on one
occasion, is described as blushing at the mention of 'Monopolies of Cards. '
Parliamentary Debates in 1610. Ed. from the notes of a member of the
house of Commons by Gardiner, S. R. Camden Soc. Publ. 1862.
Proceedings and Debates in the House of Commons in 1620 and 1621,
collected by a Member of that House [Sir E. Nicholas). 2 vols. Oxford,
1766.
Notes of the Debates in the House of Lords, officially taken by Henry Elsing,
Clerk of the Parliaments A. D. 1621. Ed. Gardiner, S. R. Camden Soc.
Publ. 1870.
Notes of the Debates in the House of Lords, officially taken by Henry Elsing,
Clerk of the Parliaments AD. 1624 and 1626. Ed. Gardiner, S. R. Camden
Soc. Publ. N. S. xxiv. Westminster, 1879.
Contains notes of the last parliament of James and the first of
Charles--including the impeachments of Middlesex, Buckingham and
Bacon, and the charges against Bristol. The Petition of Right debates,
1628, remain unprinted.
Debates in the House of Commons 1625. Ed. Gardiner, S. R. Camden Soc.
Publ. 1873.
In these debates, which turn on the ambitious designs of Buckingham,
Eliot already comes to the front.
Verney, Sir Ralph. Notes of Proceedings in the Long Parliament, temp.
Charles I. Printed from original pencil memoranda taken in the House
by Sir Ralph Verney, Knight. Ed. Bruce, J. Camden Soc. Publ.
XXXI. 1845. (Sir Ralph Verney was member for Aylesbury. )
Burton, Thomas. Diary. Vols. 1-IV. Ed. by Rutt, T. 1828.
Thomas Burton sat in the House of Commons for Westmorland,
1656-9; his note-books are of value for the end of the protectorate, though
Carlyle complains of his 'dim inanity. '
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The practice of entering in the Journals of the House of Lords protests,
accompanied by a statement of reasons, which dates from the time of the
Long parliament (1641), is fully elucidated, and the protests are printed
from the Journal of the Lords, in
Rogers, James E. Thorold. A Complete Collection of the Protests of the
Lords. With Historical Introductions. 3 vols. Oxford, 1875.
Of particular speeches dating from this period it would answer no purpose
to attempt anything like a complete list. James I and Charles I, and, again,
Charles II (with his back to the fire) addressed the House of Lords with a
freedom and frequency unknown to later times; but it was not till after the
restoration that it seems to have become customary to publish at the opening,
prorogation or dissolution of parliament, or on other important occasions,
speeches delivered from the throne which, although still, in a measure, in-
formal, were intended to convey carefully prepared announcements of policy.
Such speeches, delivered by Charles II on 13 September 1660,29 December 1660,
and 8 May 1661, were published with companion speeches by lord chancellor
Clarendon. As to the speeches of Oliver Cromwell, cf. Sec. I, A. Among
the speeches by eminent ministers and members of parliament, those of
Bacon claim precedence. (See Letters and Life etc. , by Spedding J. , 7 vols. ,
1861-4; of which vols. III and iv contain many of Bacon's parliamentary
speeches; vol. v his charge as attorney general against Somerset in the
Overbury case; and vol. vi his speech on assuming office as lord chancellor. )
From the great days of the Long parliament are preserved deliverances
of critical moment, such as Falkland's great speech on episcopacy (1641),
showing the parting of the waters, and Pym's against Laud (of the same
year), which, with several speeches against Strafford, marks the first great
sweep of the revolutionary movement. Any list of extant speeches would
have to include several by Hyde (Clarendon), in both phases of his political
life, and examples of the oratory of Prynne (with whom everything was inter-
minable) and of Prynne's adversaries, sectaries whose ideas of liberty were
very divergent from his own. Sir Dudley Digges put on record
A Conference desired by the Lords and had by a Committee of both Houses,
concerning the Rights and Privileges of the Subjects. Discoursed by
Sir Dudley Digges, Sir Edward Littleton, Knight, now Lord Keeper,
Master Selden, Sir Edward Cooke. With the Objections by Sir Robert
Heath, Knight, then Attorney Generall, and the Answer. 3° Apr. 3 Car.
1628. 1642.
The question at issue is that of illegal imprisonment, redress by
demand of Habeas Corpus failing.
Sir Simonds d'Ewes preserved, together with The Greeke Postscripts of
the Epistles to Timothy and Titus cleared in Parliament.
