You have the best of it there, and I fall back upon authority.

My father, the colonel, is for the king; yours for the Parliament.

He says that there are faults on both sides, and indeed, for years he favored the Commons.

The king's acts were unconstitutional and tyrannical, and my father approved of the bold stand which Sir George Elliot made against him.

Now, however, all this has been changed, he tells me, and the Commons seek to rule without either king or peers.