The answer is YES!
Earl of Manchester, Commander of Parliament's Eastern Association Army at a meeting of the Council of War:
"Gentleman, lets consider what we do.... If we fight 100 times and beat him 99 times, he will be King still... but if he beats us but once... we shall be hanged."
This may have been a negative outlook, but the Earl of Manchester was kind of, correct. Manchester here is stating that because of Charles' legitimate authority it seemed that the Parliamentarians were engaged in a losing battle - Charles will always remain King due to Divine Right and if he were to succeed, they would be charged with treason.
However, Parliamentarian radicals such as Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton did not share the same negative perception of the war and reacted to Manchester's comments in disgust. Others also believed that this attitude was preventing Parliament taking the final decisive victory. This theory helped push Parliament to remodel its army and war effort in creating the New Model Army in May 1645.
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