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3 quotes by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

Wikisource has original text related to this article: Lord Digby's speech against the attainder of Strafford An Answer to the Earle of Strafords Conclusion, likely printed at London, April 1641 However tyrannical Strafford's earlier conduct may have been, his offence was outside the definition of high treason. Although a flood of complaints poured in from Ireland, and Strafford's many enemies there were happy to testify against him, none of them...
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