Buckingham's 'Evil Counsellor's Card'

When the commons presented their plan for a series of subsidies, very helpfully, it must be said, to the tune of probably 300 thousand quid, it came with a kicker. It was the sort of kicker that multiple kings since the time of edward the first had faced. Elliot actually referenced henry the third and richard the second's reigns. And he was naming names, this time listing all sorts of evils and causes. The duke had allowed england to lose control of the narrow seas. He had weakened the crown's finances,. threw excessive gifts to himself and his kindred accepted more offices than he could remember, let alone perform. Had sold honors, harboured rec