Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Quote

The authority of a King is the keystone which closeth up the arch of order and government which, once shaken, all the frame falls together in a confused heap of foundation and battlement.


Hugh Trevor-Roper Historical Essays (1952) 'The Outbreak of the Great Rebellion'


The authority of a King is the keystone which closeth up the arch of order and government which, once shaken, all the frame falls together in a...

The authority of a King is the keystone which closeth up the arch of order and government which, once shaken, all the frame falls together in a...

The authority of a King is the keystone which closeth up the arch of order and government which, once shaken, all the frame falls together in a...

The authority of a King is the keystone which closeth up the arch of order and government which, once shaken, all the frame falls together in a...