A short history of England . of a question,and he had no respect forthose who differed from himor for their arguments. Hehad been brought up tobelieve in all the high ideasof the authority and inde-pendence of the king whichhis father had held and whichwere fashionable at hislathers court, and he heldthese views with a tenacityand a conscientious serious-ness which made him even less reasonable than his father. Bui kingham was more influential than ever. He not only took part inall the discussions of the privy couni il but was constantly withCharles privately and was consulted by him in everyt
A short history of England . of a question,and he had no respect forthose who differed from himor for their arguments. Hehad been brought up tobelieve in all the high ideasof the authority and inde-pendence of the king whichhis father had held and whichwere fashionable at hislathers court, and he heldthese views with a tenacityand a conscientious serious-ness which made him even less reasonable than his father. Bui kingham was more influential than ever. He not only took part inall the discussions of the privy couni il but was constantly withCharles privately and was consulted by him in everything. 370. War with Spain.—When Charles and Buckingham ontheir visit to Spain had found themselves deluded and outwitted,they had gone to the opposite extreme and determined to makewar upon that country. When the new reign opened, therefore,England was being plunged as recklessly into war as she hadbeen inconsiderately pledged to peace at the beginning of Jamessreign. In order to get help for this war the new king and his. Charier: I 412 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND favorite had made a whole series of plans, promises, and expected to carry them out themselves, and thought thatparliament would furnish the armies, ships, and money withoutasking any questions. But one of their plans after another army which was sent to the Netherlands accomplished nothingand was almost destroyed by disease; a fleet which was lent tothe king of France was used by him not to fight against Spainbut to put down the Huguenots, much to the disgust of, the Eng-lish Protestants. A third fleet and army was organized in 1625and sent as in the old days of Drake to capture Cadiz and therewait for and capture the Spanish fleet which was due from America,laden with gold and silver from the mines. But nobodys heartwas in the expedition. The volunteer navies of Drakes timewere a thing of the past. The ships were now mostly merchantvessels, forced to take part in the expedition, and their c
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