...that they might have some private discourse together." In the colloquy that ensued, Cromwell put this short but pithy question — " What if a man should take upon him to he a king?" SWALLOWING A WRIT. MR. SERGEANT DAVY, who lies buried in Newington Church, Surrey, was...

...how to restrain and curb them after this, it will he hard to find out a way for it." CROMWELL. — " What if a man should take upon him to be King?" WHITELOCKE. — " I think that remedy would be worse than the disease." CROMWELL. — " Why do you think so ?"...

...those significant conferences between Whitelock and Cromwell, in which the latter put the significant question: " What if a man should take upon him to be king ? " on which Whitelock advised rather the entering into negotiations with the " King of ScotSj" and...

...and that there was " little hopes of a good settlement to be made by them ; " then suddenly asked, "What if a man should take upon him to be King ? " Whitelocke, in some embarrassment, pointed out that Cromwell had in fact royal power, since he held absolute command...

...Whitelocke, prudent lawyer that he was, in St. James's Park when the following dialogue ensued:— Cromwell. What if a man should take upon him to be king ? Whitelocke. I think that remedy would be worse than the disease. Cromwell. Why do you think so ? Cromwell. What...

...together. I waited on him, and he began the discourse betwixt us, which was to this effect. . . . Cromwell: What if a Man should take upon him to be King? Whitelocke: I think that remedy would be worse than the disease. — Whitelodtt. The great storm in which Cromwell...

...European policy, though in his famous conversation with Whitelocke, in which he broached so frankly the question, What if a man should take upon him to be King ? we find Whitelocke saying, ' As to foreign affairs, though the ceremonial application be made to...

...importance without his advice. It was into Whitelocke's ear that Cromwell dropped the evermemorable question, "What if a man should take upon him to be King?" He was accordingly sent as ambassador to Sweden, and his Journal, published a century after his death,...

...settlement with somewhat of monarchical power in it." A year later he startled Whitelocke with the question, " What if a man should take upon him to be king ? " But there could be no settlement of any sort while the Rump evaded dissolution. For four years...

...power, remarked Whitelocke; how then could they be restrained? To which Cromwell replied by another question, 'What if a man should take upon him to be king?' After Whitelocke's remonstrances, he continued, 'Surely the power of a king is so great and high and...