ABSTRACT
In many respects the scene was familiar. On Tuesday, 22 January 1644, Charles went in state to address both houses of parliament. He spoke very graciously to them saying that he knew he could count of their help because as the natural leaders of society, they were fully aware how reluctant he had been to take up arms against the rebels - men so desperate that they had even invited a foreign army, the Scots, to invade England. Now that the rights, liberties and property of all true Englishmen, such as themselves, were in jeopardy, he needed their advice more than ever before.’ 1
