:24:19
The outrageous incompetence
and inefficiency...
:24:24
...of the high command
have tried my patience...
:24:26
...and that of my hard-pressed army
long enough.
:24:31
By my faith, l swear it would be better
that those gallant generals...
:24:36
...Essex and Manchester,
took up swords with the king.
:24:40
For then might we be
assured of victory.
:24:44
For by their reluctance to pursue
this war with the intensity it demands...
:24:50
...they have proved treacherous
both to our cause and to this nation.
:24:54
Hear, hear.
:24:57
lf we beat the king 99 times...
:25:00
...he will still be our king
and we his subjects.
:25:04
lf he beats us but once,
we shall all be hanged.
:25:09
lf that is so, then why
in the bowels of Christ...
:25:13
...did we take up arms against him
in the first place?
:25:22
Gentlemen...
:25:27
...honest men
have served us faithfully...
:25:31
...and many have died...
:25:34
...that this House may sit in freedom
and this nation live in liberty.
:25:40
ln the name of God, l beseech you...
:25:44
...do not desert them now.
:25:53
Unless Parliament supports
this war to the full...
:25:57
...l am bound to say, in all conscience,
that l will lay down my sword...