...knows where. ' also that there hath been, and having cause to suspect there still are ' even during1 the sitting in Parliament, endeavours to subvert the...of an Arbitrary and Tyrannical Government, by most per' niciousand wicked counsels, plots and conspiracies : And that the long ' intermission, and unhappier...

...also that there hath been, and having just cause to suspect there still are, even during the sittings in Parliament, endeavours to subvert the fundamental...government by most pernicious and wicked counsels, practices, plots and conspiracies ; and that the long intermission and uuhappier breach of Parliaments...

...that it had been proved that the Earl of Strafford had endeavoured by his words, actions and counsels, to subvert the fundamental laws of England and Ireland and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government. His treason was not, as he had complained, held to be cumulative,...

...wherein the Parliament, after complaining of recent ' Designs of Priests and Jesuits,' of ' Endeavors to subvert the fundamental Laws of England and Ireland,...Exercise of an arbitrary and tyrannical Government," of a 'Popish Army levied in Ireland, and Two Armies brought into the Bowels of this Kingdom, to the...

...Lieutenant of Ireland regarding of treasons, rapines and other misdemeanours. 1. That he hath designed to subvert the fundamental laws of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical form of government and to advise the King to establish it by violence and...

...that the designs of the priests and Jesuits, and other adherents to the see of Rome, have of late been more boldly and frequently put in practice than formerly,...government by most pernicious and wicked counsels, practices, plots and conspiracies; and that the long intermission and unhappier breach of parliaments...

...the words of parliament's Protestation of 3 May 1641: 'there hath been . . . and there still are ... endeavours to subvert the fundamental laws of England...government by most pernicious and wicked counsels, practises, plots and conspiracies'.70 More specifically, recorded Richard Baxter, One Party said ....

...policies of the King and his Church was now publicly and violently stated. There were references to "endeavours to subvert the Fundamental Laws of England...exercise of an Arbitrary and Tyrannical Government", as well as more familiar allusions to "Jesuits and other Adherents to the See of Rome" who were undermining...

...and tyranny were explicitly joined, with the claim that "adherents to the See of Rome ... endeavour to subvert the fundamental laws of England and Ireland,...exercise of an arbitrary and tyrannical government." 134 By the end of 1641, any remaining royal authority was wearing thin in Parliament, which presented...