I Would Have Been Glad To Have

The State, In Choosing Men To Serve It, Takes No Notice Of Their Opinions. If They Be Willing Faithfully To Serve It, That Satisfies.

Our Swords Are In God's Hands, And Our Faith Is In The Lord. Charge!

We Study The Glory Of God, And The Honour And Liberty Of Parliament, For Which We Unanimously Fight, Without Seeking Our Own Interests... I Profess I Could Never Satisfy Myself On The Justness Of This War, But From The Authority Of The Parliament To Maintain Itself In Its Rights; And In This Cause I Hope To Prove Myself An Honest Man And Single-hearted.

In Return For Financial Support Will Advocate Admission Of Jews To England; This However Impossible While Charles Living. Charles Cannot Be Executed Without Trial On Adequate Grounds For Which Do Not Presently Exist. Therefore Advise That Charles Be Assassinated, But Will Have Nothing To Do With Arrangements For Procuring An Assassin, Though Willing To Help In His Escape. [king Charles I Was In Prison At The Time].

Weeds And Nettles, Briars And Thorns, Have Thriven Under Your Shadow, Dissettlement And Division, Discontentment And Dissatisfaction, Together With Real Dangers To The Whole.