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All things are possible to him that believes; and where all things are possible, there is a kind of omnipotency. The inquiries and debates concerning tonnage and poundage went hand in hand with these theological or metaphysical controversies. * Essay of Atheism. Rushworth, vol. i. p. 646. Parl. Hist. vol. viii. p. 260. * Rushworth, vol. i. p. 655. Parl. Hist. vol. viii. p. 289.
"Wherefore," he concluded, "I cannot undertake this government with that title of king, and this is mine answer to this great and weighty business." Thus ended the mighty farce which for more than two months held in suspense the hopes and fears of three nations. But the friends of Cromwell resumed the subject in parliament. Journals, April 21-May 12. Parl. Hist. iii. 1498-1502. Ludlow, ii. 131.
In the winter of 1788-9 Boswell began a canvass of his own county, He also courted Lord Lonsdale, in the hope of getting one of the seats in his gift, who first fooled him and then treated him with great brutality, Letters of Boswell, pp. 270, 294, 324. Dunning made this motion. It was carried by 233 to 215. Parl. Hist. xxi. 340-367.
* Rushworth, vol. i. p. 171. Parl. Hist. vol. vi. p. 346. Franklyn, p. 108. The house of commons accordingly took into consideration the business of supply. They knew that all the money granted by the last parliament had been expended on naval and military armaments; and that great anticipations were likewise made on the revenues of the crown.
We may add that two German traders settled on the coast of Pondoland, south of Natal; and in August 1885 the statesmen of Berlin put forth feelers to Whitehall with a view to a German Protectorate of that coast. They met with a decisive repulse . For the progress of German South-West Africa and East Africa, see Parl.
Their protest was read in parliament, and entered on the Rolls. Rot. Parl. III. quoted by Lingard, who has given a full account of these transactions. 13 Ric. II. stat. 2. See 16 Ric. II. cap. 5. This it will be remembered was the course which was afterwards followed by the parliament under Henry VIII. before abolishing the payment of first-fruits.
* Parl. Hist. vol. v. p. 484. Kennet, p. 749. It was not from his negotiations with the emperor or the duke of Bavaria, that James expected any success in his project of restoring the palatine: his eyes were entirely turned towards Spain; and if he could effect his son's marriage with the infanta, he doubted not but that, after so intimate a conjunction, this other point could easily be obtained.
Besides the customs and excise, ninety thousand pounds a month were levied on land for the subsistence of the army. * History of Independency, part ii. Parl. History, vol. xix. p. 136, 176. Amidst all these difficulties and disturbances, the steady mind of Cromwell, without confusion or embarrassment, still pursued its purpose.
He also condemned an entire indulgence of the Catholics; and seemed to represent a middle course as the most humane and most politic. * Clarendon, vol. i. p. 23. Parl. Hist. vol. vi. p. 19. * Franklyn, p. 101, 102. See, further, Franklyn, p. 87. v Parl. Hist. vol. vi. p. 37. * Franklyn, p. 103.
This was proved by a vote actually taken in the House on the 7th, after the purgation was complete. "The question being propounded, That the House proceed with the Proposals of the Army," it was carried by 50 to 28 that the question should be put and the Proposals proceeded with. VII. 1353-1356; Parl. Hist. Cromwell was again among them.
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