Let my country die for me.

James Joyce
Let my country die for me.
Let my country die for me.
Let my country die for me.
Let my country die for me.
About This Quote

This is a quote written by the great poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was speaking about King Charles I. On January 30th, 1649, King Charles I summoned Parliament to meet in the Old Palace Yard. However, he did not give the summons in person, but instead sent his man of business, John Fowler.

Fowler asked for the right to read the letter in private before he gave it to the Speaker. The House of Commons told him that they would not permit this unless they were given an opportunity to read it first. King Charles then sent Colonel Thomas Pride with an order that Parliament should be gathered together that very day.

The Speaker of the House of Commons said that he would be willing to die rather than allow this. He told Colonel Pride that if he attempted to force him to assemble the House, he would have five hundred men assembled around him and would die in defense of his rights and privileges as Speaker of the House of Commons. Colonel Pride was so angry at being defied that he threatened to have five hundred soldiers arrest both him and Sir Edward Montagu who had also refused to comply with the king’s command.

This threat enraged both men even more and they drew their swords at each other in a duel. Pride was mortally wounded but Montagu escaped unhurt. When Pride returned to tell Charles how badly things had gone, the King refused to listen to reason and exiled both men from England along with many others who refused to bow down before his will.

Source: Ulysses

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