...which I do not expect. And to this end I give you leave to flatter them with what hopes you please, so you engage not me against my grounds— and in particular...commit public follies until I be ready to suppress them."2 In the main point, in shcrt, there was to be no concession, but on matters of lesser importance...

...which I will rather die than suffer." He sent the Marquis of Hamilton to negotiate with the Scots, " to win time that they may not commit public follies until I be ready to suppress them." But negotiations and intrigues x .failed to break their union, and in May, 1639, Charles gathered twenty...

...of Parliament nor General Assembly till the Covenant be given up ; your chief end being now to save time, that they may not commit public follies until I be ready to suppress them." Hamilton played the game of marking time with sufficient skill, but The King's Covenant his demand...

...with what hopes you please," wrote Charles to Hamilton shortly after his arrival in Scotland, " so you engage not me against my grounds, and in particular,...to the calling of Parliament nor General Assembly till the Covenant be given up ; your chief end being now to save time, that they may not commit public...

...letter, the King wrote: ' And to this end I give you leave to flatter them with what hopes you please, so you engage not me against my grounds (and in particular...to the calling of Parliament nor General Assembly, untill the Covenant be disavowed and given up); your chief end being now to win time, that they may...