ture of Mardyke and Dunkirk-Embassy of Lord Faulconbridge to Paris, and of the Duke de Crequi to London-Cromwell con- templates the Convocation of a New Parliament-Decline of his Health-His Family-His Mother, Wife, and Children-Death Page HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH. BOOK V. PUBLIC INDIFFERENCE TO THE EXPULSION OF THE LONG PARLIAMENTCROMWELL'S MANIFESTO TO JUSTIFY HIS CONDUCT-HE ASSUMES POSSESSION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONVOCATION OF THE BAREBONE PARLIAMENT-CROMWELL'S OPENING SPEECH-CHARACTER AND ACTS OF THE OF THE MYSTICAL REVOLU BAREBONE PARLIAMENT-PREVALENCE TIONARY SPIRIT AMONG ITS MEMBERS-ITS INEFFICIENCY AND RESIGNATION-CROMWELL IS PROCLAIMED PROTECTOR-PLOTS OF THE REPUBLICANS AND CAVALIERS-LILBURNE, GERARD, AND VOWELL-GOVERNMENT OF CROMWELL; HIS COURT; HIS REFORMS-SCOTLAND AND IRELAND ARE INCORPORATED WITH ENGLAND-FOREIGN POLICY OF CROMWELL-PEACE HOLLAND-WHITELOCKE'S EMBASSY TO SWEDEN-CROMWELL'S WITH TREATIES WITH SWEDEN, DENMARK, AND PORTUGAL CROMWELL'S RELATIONS WITH SPAIN AND FRANCE-ELECTION OF A NEW PARLIAMENT -CROMWELL'S OPENING SPEECH-HOSTILITY OF THE PARLIAMENT— CROMWELL'S SECOND SPEECH, AND SECESSION OF A NUMBER OF MEMBERS -RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES BY THE PARLIAMENT-CROMWELL'S THIRD SPEECH-DISSOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT. THE expulsion of the Long Parliament awakened no feeling but indifferent and derisive curiosity, both VOL. II. B HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH. BOOK V. PUBLIC INDIFFERENCE TO THE EXPULSION OF THE LONG PARLIAMENTCROMWELL'S MANIFESTO TO JUSTIFY HIS CONDUCT-HE ASSUMES POSSESSION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONVOCATION OF THE BAREBONE PARLIAMENT-CROMWELL'S OPENING SPEECH-CHARACTER AND ACTS OF THE OF THE MYSTICAL REVOLU BAREBONE PARLIAMENT-PREVALENCE TIONARY SPIRIT AMONG ITS MEMBERS-ITS INEFFICIENCY AND RESIGNATION-CROMWELL IS PROCLAIMED PROTECTOR-PLOTS OF THE REPUBLICANS AND CAVALIERS-LILBURNE, GERARD, AND VOWELL-GOVERNMENT OF CROMWELL; HIS COURT; HIS REFORMS-SCOTLAND AND IRELAND ARE INCORPORATED WITH ENGLAND-FOREIGN POLICY OF CROMWELL-PEACE WITH HOLLAND-WHITELOCKE'S EMBASSY TO SWEDEN-CROMWELL'S TREATIES WITH SWEDEN, DENMARK, AND PORTUGAL CROMWELL'S RELATIONS WITH SPAIN AND FRANCE-ELECTION OF A NEW PARLIAMENT -CROMWELL'S OPENING SPEECH-HOSTILITY OF THE PARLIAMENT― CROMWELL'S SECOND SPEECH, AND SECESSION OF A NUMBER OF MEMBERS -RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES BY THE PARLIAMENT CROMWELL'S THIRD SPEECH-DISSOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT. THE expulsion of the Long Parliament awakened no feeling but indifferent and derisive curiosity, both VOL. II. B |