. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . otorious pirate namedNutt, but the latter had influence in high quarters, and Eliot foundhimself imprisoned, on a trumped-up charge, in place of his captive,in the Marshalsea. On Buckinghams return from Spain Eliotobtained his release, though not without difficulty. Having satin the Parliament of 1614 but not that of 1621, he was againreturned in 1624 for a Cornish borough ; and the bold demandmade in his first speech for the full exercise of the Commons privi-leges, and its great effect on his hearers, at once stamped him as thestat
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . otorious pirate namedNutt, but the latter had influence in high quarters, and Eliot foundhimself imprisoned, on a trumped-up charge, in place of his captive,in the Marshalsea. On Buckinghams return from Spain Eliotobtained his release, though not without difficulty. Having satin the Parliament of 1614 but not that of 1621, he was againreturned in 1624 for a Cornish borough ; and the bold demandmade in his first speech for the full exercise of the Commons privi-leges, and its great effect on his hearers, at once stamped him as thestatesman and the orator of a new era. Fortunately his own copiousnotes of his speeches have been preserved. The sharp, terse sen-tences, the extraordinary lucidity of argument, the wealth and aptnessof illustration, all combine to show that Eliot was one of the greatestdebaters ever produced by Parliament. His power was at onceestablished. During the same session he pleaded fiercely for a warwith Spain, perhaps influenced to some extent by the deep impression. SIR JOHN ELIOTFrom tlie portrait belonging to tlic Earl ot St. Gcrmains at Port Eliot Face p. 72 SIR JOHN ELIOT 73 made on his mind b\- Raleighs execution. His argument he summedup in five short sentences. Are we indeed poor? Be it so. Spainis rich. We will make lliat our Indies. Break with her, and weshall break with our necessities also. Supplies were liberally voted,and there was a wild outburst of popular enthusiasm in far Eliot had been in accord with Buckinghams policy, butwhen the new reign opened, the breach between them rapidlywidened. In Charles Is first Parliament Eliotwas again prominentin demanding the enforcement of the recusancy laws, since thestrength of all government is in religion, and in vehemently oppos-ing Wentworths return. When Buckingham launched his newwar-policy against France and persuaded the King to demandan additional grant, Eliots growing distrust was confirmed. OnJuly 8, 1625, he
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