 | 1887 - 610 pages
...was useless. " If we beat the King ninety and nine times," he said, " yet he is King still, and BO will his posterity be after him ; but if the King beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity made slaves." " My lord," replied Cromwell, " if this be so, why did... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1886 - 602 pages
...that a prolongation of the war was useless. " If we beat the King ninety and nine times," he said, " yet he is king still, and so will his posterity be after him ; but if the King beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity made slaves." 2 " My Lord," replied Cromwell, " if this be so, why... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1886 - 598 pages
...that a prolongation of the war was useless. " If we beat the King ninety and nine times," he said, " yet he is king still, and so will his posterity be after him ; but if the King beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity made slaves." 2 " My Lord," replied Cromwell, " if this be so, why... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1888 - 248 pages
...of those who had but half a heart. At a council of war, called on 10th November, Manchester said, " If we beat the king ninety and nine times, yet he...after him ; but if the king beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity made slaves." — "My lord," replied Cromwell, " if this be so, why... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1890 - 812 pages
...French, I know there- is no such thing." The Earl afterwards there said, " That if we beat the King 99 times yet he is King still, and so will his posterity...be after him, but if the King beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity be made slaves." These were the very words as this examinant remembereth,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1893 - 428 pages
...that a prolongation of the war was useless. " If we beat the , King ninety and nine times," he said, " yet he is king still, \ and so will his posterity...be after him; but if the King beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity made slaves." 2 "My Lord," replied Cromwell, "if this be so, why did... | |
 | Alfred Kingston - 1897 - 526 pages
...Sir Arthur Haselrigg in his examination stated that the Earl declared that " if we beat the King 99 times, yet he is King still and so will his posterity...after him ; but if the King beat us once we shall be all hanged and our posterity be made slaves." Cromwell in his second examination, after giving a... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1898 - 248 pages
...of those who had but half a heart. At a council of war, called on 10th November, Manchester said, " If we beat the king ninety and nine times, yet he...after him ; but if the king beat us once we shall be all hanged, and our posterity made slaves." — "My lord," replied Cromwell, " if this be so, why... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth - 1900 - 590 pages
...military reasons, urged political arguments against risking a battle. " If we beat the King ninety-nine times, yet he is King still, and so will his posterity...shall all be hanged, and our posterity made slaves." " My Lord," retorted Cromwell, " if this be so, why did we take up arms at first ? This is against... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1901 - 380 pages
...operations. In the controversy which followed, Manchester went to the root of the matter when he said . " If we beat the King ninety and nine times, yet he...shall all be hanged, and our posterity made slaves ". " My Lord," answered Cromwell, " if this be so why did we take up arms at first? This is against... | |
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If we beat the king ninety and nine times', said Manchester, 1 29 March. NEW MODEL ARMY FORMED 137 'yet he is king still and so will his posterity be after him ; but if the king beat us once we shall all be hanged, and our posterity made slaves' — to... 
