He pledges the dignity of his crown; that crown which had been committed to him for the weal of his people, and which he never named, but that he might the more easily delude and oppress them.
"The power of the sword, I grant you, was not one to be permanently possessed by Parliament.

Neither did that Parliament demand it as a permanent possession.

They asked it only for temporary security.

Nor can I see on what conditions they could safely make peace with that false and wicked king, save such as would deprive him of all power to injure.
"For civil war, that it is an evil I dispute not.

But that it is the greatest of evils, that I stoutly deny.