 Complete the following phrase:  In April 1640, Vane was elected MP for Wilton in the Short Parliament. At the first meeting he was charged to demand supplies for the war from the commons. On 4 May he informed the house that the king was willing to surrender ship-money, adding that his master would not be satisfied with less than twelve subsidies in return. The debate showed that the kings demand would be refused, and led to the dissolution of parliament on 5 May. Clarendon, who attributes the breach entirely to Vanes mismanagement, charges him with misrepresenting the temper of parliament to the king, and even with acting that part maliciously, and to bring all into confusion in order to compass Straffords ruin. Another contemporary rumour was that Vane brought about the dissolution in order to save himself from prosecution as a monopolist. But Vane was evidently acting by the kings instructions, and Clarendon omits to mention the dispute about the military charges and the intended vote against the Scottish war which complicated the question at issue. The king did not regard Vane as going beyond his orders, and continued to employ him as secretary. Throughout the second 