Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“The man being so notorious and ill a subject . . . the lords justices should proceed to his execution by ordinary trial first; but if you find the effect of that course doubtful, through the affection of such as shall be of the jury, or the interpretations of the lawyers, or the Statute of [...]
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“My wisest clergy maintain on the authority of Holy Writ that no rising against one’s prince, not even for conscience’s sake, can be just or reasonable.”
Monday, September 11, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for their husbands, so faithful liegemen should keep their regards at home and not look after foreign crowns. For my part I like not for my sheep to wear a stranger’s mark nor to [...]
Friday, September 8, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“My governors are never well but when they can draw me into unnecessary charges.”
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“I know well that my kingdom is small; it is all the easier to defend.”
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“If our actions . . . were always judged by our intentions, I should have no fear of any verdict condemning my tardy decision. But we princes being better able to judge of what concerns us than the ignorant spectators of our affairs, shall be careful, I hope, not to condemn each other rashly. I [...]
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
In a world where people kill each other every day over religious differences, we would be wise to heed Queen Elizabeth’s words:
“[We] both know very well what religion the other holds, and I believe firmly that though they differ in certain words, they are not contrary in substance. . . .”
Friday, September 1, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“I beg both the King and Queen to believe firmly that, if their subjects will not be content with reasonable treatment, nor accept the honest conditions that it may please them to offer, and if there appears the smallest spark of rebellion amongst them, I will not only deny them all retreat and assistance in [...]