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Covers plots of Parliament to become sovereign, Hobbes accuses them of intending to set up an oligarchy. Parliament petitions to remove right of the King to the militia and take upon itself right to make appointments, etc. Stirring up of conflict by Presbyterians. Both sides raise armies. Dialogue II.

Anti-pope, Universities, 'money-power' of Parliament and sects. Forces that sought to limit sovereignty of the King. A focus on religion and Catholicism. Hobbes is talking about the forces that undid Charles I in Dialogue I.