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Excerpt from Sir John Eliot: A Biography, 1590-1632 I. Opening of the Session, II. The Resolutions for Liberty of the Subject. III. The Petition of Right. IV. Conflict of the Houses. V. Defection of Sir Thomas Wentworth. VI. Two decisive Days. VII. Close of the Session and Appeal to the People. VIII. Retrospect of Work on Committees. I. Opening of the Session. ÆT. 36. Four days before the king went down to open the session some of the leaders of the commons met at Sir Robert Cotton's house. The numbers cannot now be stated; but from a memorandum in Eliot's papers it is certain that among others they comprised himself, Sir Thomas Wentworth and his now brother-in-law Mr. Denzil Holles, Sir Ro...
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Published in 1988, and including all seven of Robert Browning’s dramas, Collins and Shroyer introduce this convenient and reliable reading text by discussing the plays with a history of criticism and giving insightful notes on each individual play in the book.