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of the Army. Refusal of parliament. The army
carries off the king. Marches towards London. And treats the king with
indulgence. The Independents are driven from parliament. Charles
refuses the offers of the army. Which marches to London. Enters the
city. And gives the law to the parliament. The king listens to the
counsels of the officers. And intrigues against them. Rise of the

Levellers. The king's escape. He is secured in the Isle of Wight. Mutiny
suppressed. King rejects four bills. Vote of non-addresses. King
subjected to farther restraint. Public opinion in his favour. Levellers
prevail in the army. The Scots take up arms for the king. Also the
English royalists. Feigned reconciliation of the army and the city.
Insurrection in Kent. Presbyterians again superior in parliament. Defeat
of the Scots. And of the earl of Holland. Surrender of Colchester.
Prince of Wales in the Downs. Treaty of Newport. Plan of new
constitution. Hints of bringing the king to trial. Petition for that purpose.
King's answer to the parliament. His parting address to the
commissioners. He is carried away by the army. Commons vote the
agreement with the king. The House of Commons is purified.
Cromwell returns from Scotland. Independents prevail. Resolution to
proceed against the king. Appointment of the High Court of Justice.
Hypocrisy of Cromwell. Conduct of Fairfax. King removed from Hurst
Castle. Few powers interest themselves in his favour. Proceedings at
the trial. Behaviour of the king. He proposes a private conference. Is
condemned. Lady Fairfax. King prepares for death. Letter from the
prince. The king is beheaded.


CHAPTER IV.
THE COMMONWEALTH.
Establishment Of The Commonwealth--Punishment Of The
Royalists--Mutiny And Suppression Of The Levellers--Charles Ii
Proclaimed In Scotland--Ascendancy Of His Adherents In
Ireland--Their Defeat At Rathmines--Success Of Cromwell In
Ireland--Defeat Of Montrose, And Landing Of Charles In
Scotland-Cromwell Is Sent Against Him--He Gains A Victory At
Dunbar--The King Marches Into England--Loses The Battle Of
Worcester--His Subsequent Adventures And Escape.
Abolition of the monarchy. Appointment of a council of state. Other

changes. Attempt to fill up the house. Execution of the royalists.
Opposition of the Levellers. Their demands. Resisted by the
government. The mutineers suppressed. Proceedings in Scotland.
Charles II proclaimed in Edinburgh. Answer of the Scots. Their
deputies to the king. Murder of Dr. Dorislaus. State of Ireland. Conduct
of the nuncio. His flight from Ireland. Articles of peace. Cromwell
appointed to the command. Treaty with O'Neil. Cromwell departs for
Ireland. Jones gains the victory at Rathmines. Cromwell lands.
Massacre at Drogheda. Massacre at Wexford. Cromwell's further
progress. Proceedings in Scotland. Charles hesitates to accept the
conditions offered by the commissioners. Progress and defeat of
Montrose. His condemnation. His death. Charles lands in Scotland.
Cromwell is appointed to command in Scotland. He marches to
Edinburgh. Proceedings of the Scottish kirk. Expiatory declaration
required from Charles. He refuses and then assents. Battle of Dunbar.
Progress of Cromwell. The king escapes and is afterwards taken. The
godliness of Cromwell. Dissensions among the Scots. Coronation of
Charles. Cromwell lands in Fife. Charles marches into England. Defeat
of the earl of Derby. Battle of Worcester. Defeat of the royalists. The
king escapes. Loss of the royalists. Adventures of the king at
Whiteladies. At Madeley. In the royal oak. At Moseley. At Mrs.
Norton's. His repeated disappointments. Charles escapes to France.


CHAPTER V.
Vigilance Of The Government--Subjugation Of Ireland--Of
Scotland--Negotiation With Portugal--With Spain--With The United
Provinces--Naval War--Ambition Of Cromwell--Expulsion Of
Parliament--Character Of Its Leading Members--Some Of Its
Enactments.
The Commonwealth, a military government. Opposition of Lilburne.
His trial and acquittal. And banishment. Plans of the royalists.

Discovered and prevented. Execution of Love. Transactions in Ireland.
Discontent caused by the king's declaration in Scotland. Departure of
Ormond. Refusal to treat with the parliament. Offer from the duke of
Lorraine. Treaty with that prince. It is rejected. Siege of Limerick.
Submission of the Irish. State of Ireland. Trials before the High Court
of Justice. Transportation of the natives. First act of settlement. Second
act of settlement. Transplantation. Breach of articles. Religious
persecution. Subjugation of Scotland. Attempt to incorporate it with
England. Transactions with Portugal. With Spain. With United
Provinces. Negotiations at the Hague. Transferred to London. Recontre
between Blake and Van Tromp. The States deprecate a rupture.
Commencement of hostilities. Success of De Ruyter. Of Van Tromp
over Blake. Another battle between them. Blake's victory. Cromwell's
ambition. Discontent of the military. Cromwell's intrigues. His
conference with Whitelock. With the other leaders. He expels the
parliament. And the council of state. Addresses of congratulation.
Other proceedings of the late parliament. Spiritual offences.
Reformation of law. Forfeitures and sequestrations. Religious
intolerance.


CHAPTER VI.
THE PROTECTORATE.
Cromwell Calls The Little Parliament--Dissolves It--Makes Himself
Protector--Subjugation Of The Scottish Royalists--Peace With The
Dutch--New Parliament--Its Dissolution--Insurrection In
England--Breach With Spain--Troubles In Piedmont--Treaty With
France.
Establishment of