Ontario High School History of England . so many of those who now satin the Commons, he was a man ofmeans, of good family and educa-tion, and a deeply religious had studied the constitutionof England, and knew the powerswhich the Commons had claimedin earlier days (p 143). In Eliotsdelicate body there burned a fieryspirit. He had a gift of impas-sioned oratory that made himmaster of the Commons. Twothings he and those who acted withhim cared for intensely,—theirPuritan faith, and thfeir political liberties. In early life,Ehot had been intimate with Buckingham, and he hadsu
Ontario High School History of England . so many of those who now satin the Commons, he was a man ofmeans, of good family and educa-tion, and a deeply religious had studied the constitutionof England, and knew the powerswhich the Commons had claimedin earlier days (p 143). In Eliotsdelicate body there burned a fieryspirit. He had a gift of impas-sioned oratory that made himmaster of the Commons. Twothings he and those who acted withhim cared for intensely,—theirPuritan faith, and thfeir political liberties. In early life,Ehot had been intimate with Buckingham, and he hadsupported the policy of making war on Spain. Xow,however, he saw that nothing effective could be done untilBuckingham was driven from office. This was difficult, forCharles steadily declared that, whatever control the Com-mons might have in regard to taxation, the king had theright to name his own servants. The only means whichthe Commons could adopt to reach the hated minister wasto accuse him of some crime. This they did in 1626, when. !\0 George Villiers, Dukb opBuckingham (1592-1628) 2G2 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Eliot led in the impeacliment (p. 128) of Buckingham,summing up his misdeeds in a fiery speech. Would Charleslet the trial go on? The answer was soon given, for, onthe day after this speech, Eliot and another member ofthe Commons were sent as prisoners to the Tower. Charleswas exercising the power often used by Elizabeth of con-fining without trial those who offended him (p. 239). Butthe times had changed. The Commons refused to do anybusiness until its members were released, and, after a week,Charles gave way on this point, but at the same timestopped the trial of Buckingham before the House of Lordsby dissolving Parliament. The war with France, 1627.—Buckingham was stillsanguine. A new expedition was soon on foot. By this time, the alliance with Francehad broken down, and Charles,though he had married a Frenchwife, turned to help the FrenchProtestants shut up in Roche
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