Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3
CHAPTER IX
FROM THE MEETING OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR
Character of Long Parliament -- Its salutary Measures -- Triennial Bill -- Other beneficial Laws -- Observations -- Impeachment of Strafford -- Discussion of its Justice -- Act against Dissolution of Parliament without its Consent -- Innovations meditated in the Church -- Schism in the Constitutional Party -- Remonstrance of November 1641 -- Suspicions of the King's Sincerity -- Question of the Militia -- Historical Sketch of Military Force in England -- Incroachments of the Parliament -- Nineteen Propositions -- Discussion of the respective Claims of the two Parties to Support -- Faults of both Page 85