A short history of England . Charles had spent a great partlavishly on worthless women andother personal and unworthy ob-jects. The House of Commons nowdemanded an inquiry into the waymoney which they had granted hadbeen expended. Clarendon resistedthe demand most vigorously on theground that it would limit the properfreedom of action of the king andhis ministers. Parliament as a result attacked him bitterly. Since the king himself was weary of Clar-endons remonstrances against his personal life, he dismissed himfrom office. He was soon afterwards impeached by the Houseof Commons on various ch
A short history of England . Charles had spent a great partlavishly on worthless women andother personal and unworthy ob-jects. The House of Commons nowdemanded an inquiry into the waymoney which they had granted hadbeen expended. Clarendon resistedthe demand most vigorously on theground that it would limit the properfreedom of action of the king andhis ministers. Parliament as a result attacked him bitterly. Since the king himself was weary of Clar-endons remonstrances against his personal life, he dismissed himfrom office. He was soon afterwards impeached by the Houseof Commons on various charges. As the king made no attemptto defend him, he fled to France, where he remained in exile theremainder of his life. He spent his time writing a most valuableand interesting history of the Great Rebellion, as he called theseries of events from the meeting of the Long Parliament to theRestoration. 430. The Cabal. — No one minister afterwards took the leadingpart which Clarendon had played. Five of the ministers were of. Earl of Clarendon 484 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND almost equal influence in the government and equally receivedthe apparent confidence of the king. They were all noblemen ofhigh rank, more lenient to the profligacy of the king than Claren-don had been, and more willing to support his policy of religioustoleration. Some one noticed that the initials of the names of thefive ministers, Lords Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, andLauderdale, formed the word cabal, which meant a committee orgroup of conspirators. They were therefore frequently spokenof as the Cabal, and that word has come to have a new andmore odious meaning from its connection with this group of ratherselfish and unprincipled ministers. Charles, however, gave his confidence to them but who were Catholics knew of the Treaty of Dover, the otherswere kept in profound ignorance of it. In fact Buckingham andAshley were allowed to take part seriously in the formation ofa pretended
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