Editing Spanish match (section)

==Political opposition==
By the 1620s, events on the continent had stirred up anti-Catholic feeling to a new pitch. A conflict had broken out between the Catholic [[Holy Roman Empire]] and the Protestant [[Electoral Palatinate]], when the [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemians]] deposed [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] as their king and elected James's son-in-law, Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in his place, triggering the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref>Willson, pp 408–416.</ref> James reluctantly summoned parliament as the only means to raise the funds necessary to assist his daughter Elizabeth and Frederick, who had been ousted from Prague by Emperor Ferdinand in 1620. The Commons on the one hand granted subsidies inadequate to finance serious military operations in aid of Frederick,<ref>Willson, p 417.</ref> and on the other called for a war directly against Spain.<ref name="Willson, p 421">Willson, p 421.</ref>

In November 1621, led by Sir [[Edward Coke]], the Commons framed a petition asking not only for a war with Spain but for Prince Charles to marry a Protestant, and for enforcement of the anti-Catholic laws. When James heard of the petition, he is said to have cried, "God give me patience".<ref name="Willson, p 421"/> James flatly told them not to interfere in matters of [[royal prerogative]] or they would risk punishment;<ref>Willson, p 442.</ref> to which provocation they reacted by issuing a statement protesting their rights, including freedom of speech. James wrote: "We cannot with patience endure our subjects to use such anti-monarchical words to us concerning their liberties, except they had subjoined that they were granted unto them by the grace and favour of our predecessors."<ref>Quoted by Willson, p 423.</ref> Urged on by Buckingham and the Spanish ambassador Gondomar, James ripped the protest out of the record book and dissolved Parliament.<ref>Willson, p 243.</ref>