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to otyr modem notions , for making a man an admiral ) , and one w \ no held great influence in that part of the country . Even , however , if this friendship had existed , there is not the slightest appearance of any quarrel or cause of quarrel between . the two men , nor of any period when Eliot ' s political conduct underwent
a change . On the contrary , the records of parliament show hina , from the very commencement of his career in the session of 1623 , as a leader of the popular party ; he is then found in connection wifh Philips , Selden , Coke , Digges , &c . zealously promoting ^ Ji good measures , and standing forth as an active instrument W . the impeachment of the Lord Treasurer , Middlesex- In short , the
same principles for which he suffered a gradual death had actuate ^ him from the beginning of his career . s The secojid charge is very shortly answered by the convinking " a uthorities our author adduces . It was not Sir John Eliot , but his eldest son , who was so " turbulent and unruly " as to carry off a } ady—without her consent , we presume ?
The first charge is "founded on fact , " but the structure isso widely unlike its foundation , that it assumes quite an opposite character . Mr D'lsraeli ' s view is apparently taken from Lchard ' s history , which is known to be most inaccurate , and glaringly partial to tl * e Stuarts ; or , if not from this work , Mr Forster declares
himself unable to find any other authority . The account given by Kch ^ rd , ( Herodote ^ qui ne meri t pas toujours * as Voltaire says \ n quoting him , ) is as follows : — " Within his own parish there lived one Mr John Moyle , a gentleman of very gopd note and character in his country , who , together with his son , had the honour to serve in parliament . Whether out of rivalsbip or otherwise , Mr Eliot , having-, upon a very slight occasion , entertained a bitter grudge aguinst the other , went to his house under the show of- a friendly visit , and there treacherously stabbed him , while be was turning
on pn . e side U > take a glass of wine to drink to him . "—p . % ) . It will be seen that the foregoing passage is no exception to the usual veracity of Echard . Here is the truth : — " Mr Moyle having acquainted Sir John Eliot ' s father with some
extravagancies in . ms son s expenses , and this being reported with some aggravating circum&twces , young Eliot went hastily to Mr Movie ' s houfle aj ^ d remonstrated . What words passed she knows not , but Eliot drew his swqrd . and wounded Mr Moyle in the side , ' On reflection / coxitinujjs Mr Movie ' s daughter , ' he soon detected the fact j and frofti thenpeforwa . nl pecame as remarkable for his private deportment , in every view pf it , a& his uupljq qonduct . Mr Moyle was so . entirel y reconciled to hhn , that no pergqn , in , his time , held him in higher esteem . '" —p . 4 *
Dates have proved that this 4 hasty ebullition of will * occurred when Eliot was only seventeen , or , at most , ei g hteen . Among the Eliot papers , Mr Forater Las found " an apologie , " addressed to Mr Movie by young Eliot , for the " greate injury * he had
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Eminent British SfoUe ^ meu . 463
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 463, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/3/
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