And he told me, upon my several inquiries to that
purpose, that he did believe it was not yet resolved whether the
Parliament should ever meet more or no, the three great rulers of
things now standing thus:--The Duke of Buckingham is absolutely
against their meeting, as moved thereto by his people that he
advises with, the people of the late times, who do never expect
to have any thing done by this Parliament for their religion, and
who do propose that, by the sale of the Church-lands, they shall
be able to put the King out of debt: my Lord Keeper is utterly
against putting away this and choosing another Parliament, lest
they prove worse than this, and will make all the King's friends,
and the King himself, in a desperate condition: my Lord
Arlington knows not which is best for him, being to seek whether
this or the next will use him worst. He tells me that he
believes that it is intended to call this Parliament, and try
them with a sum of money; and if they do not like it, then to
send them going, and call another who will, at the ruin of the
Church perhaps, please the King with what he will have for a
time.
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