:26:06
Your coming is nothing if not timely.
:26:10
My Lord Strafford"s head
has but barely fallen.
:26:19
Gentlemen, it is for you to speak.
:26:22
Your Majesty, you see here the leaders
of all parties of the House.
:26:26
And though we be divided on many
issues, we are of one accord.
:26:30
ln that we place above all else,
our allegiance and loyalty...
:26:35
...to our most gracious sovereign.
:26:37
For which reason we
are deeply anxious...
:26:40
...for a settlement of our differences.
:26:42
l share your sentiment, Sir Edward.
:26:48
The issue be this, my lord.
:26:51
Parliament is persuaded that without
the right to govern this nation...
:26:55
...by the will of the people
and with God"s guidance...
:26:59
...we be not a Parliament at all.
:27:02
And that unless some constitutional
reformation be brought about...
:27:07
...we would as well go back to our
homes and our farms as pursue this...
:27:12
...mockery of a government
one more day.
:27:15
ln short, Mr. Pym, you"re asking me...
:27:17
...to relinquish my sovereign
power over Parliament.
:27:21
lt does amount to that,
Your Majesty.
:27:23
l swear that l hold
this England and its laws...
:27:26
...dearer to my heart than any here.
:27:29
But gentlemen, if you were to reduce
me to a figurehead, a puppet king...
:27:33
...manipulated by Parliament,
how then would l serve my country?
:27:37
What manner of king would l be?
:27:41
l am persuaded, Your Majesty...
:27:43
...that England must move forward to a
more enlightened form of government...
:27:47
...based upon a true
representation of a free people.
:27:51
Such an institution
is known as democracy, sir.
:27:56
-Democracy, Mr...?
-Cromwell, sir.