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PHILADELPHIA:

T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

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23-V

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK V.

PUBLIC INDIFFERENCE TO THE EXPULSION OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT-CROM-

WELL'S MANIFESTO TO JUSTIFY HIS CONDUCT-HE ASSUMES POSSESSION OF

THE GOVERNMENT-CONVOCATION OF THE BAREBONE PARLIAMENT-CROM-

WELL'S OPENING SPEECH-CHARACTER AND ACTS OF THE BAREBONE PARLIA-

MENT-PREVALENCE OF THE MYSTICAL REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT AMONG ITS

MEMBERS-ITS INEFFICIENCY AND RESIGNATION-CROMWELL IS PROCLAIMED

PROTECTOR-PLOTS OF THE REPUBLICANS AND CAVALIERS-LILBURNE, GE-

RARD, 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 PARLIA-

MENT-CROMWELL'S SECOND SPEECH, AND SECESSION OF A NUMBER OF MEM-

BERS-RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES BY THE PARLIAMENT-CROMWELL'S THIRD

SPEECH-DISSOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT.

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BOOK VI.

GOVERNMENT OF CROMWELL WITHOUT A PARLIAMENT-ROYALIST AND REPUBLI-

CAN CONSPIRACIES-DIFFERENT ATTITUDE OF CROMWELL TOWARDS THE TWO

PARTIES-INSURRECTIONS IN THE WEST AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ATTEMPTS

AT LEGAL RESISTANCE-APPOINTMENTS OF MAJOR-GENERALS-TAXATION OF

THE ROYALISTS-CROMWELL'S RELIGIOUS TOLERATION-HIS CONDUCT TOWARDS

THE JEWS, TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITIES, AND TOWARDS LITERARY MEN-

GOVERNMENT OF MONK IN SCOTLAND, AND OF HENRY CROMWELL IN IRELAND—

CROMWELL'S CONVERSATIONS WITH LUDLOW.

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BOOK VII.

CROMWELL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WAR AGAINST SPAIN-HIS PROJECTED CAMPAIGN

IN BOTH HEMISPHERES-BLAKE'S EXPEDITION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, BE-

FORE LEGHORN, TUNIS, TRIPOLI, AND ALGIERS, AND OFF THE COAST OF SPAIN

-DEPARTURE FROM PORTSMOUTH OF THE FLEET UNDER PENN AND VENABLES

-SECRET OF THEIR DESTINATION-DON LUIS DE HARO, CONDE, AND MAZARIN

PUSH THEIR NEGOTIATIONS WITH CROMWELL-PERSECUTION OF THE VAUDOIS

IN PIEDMONT-INTERVENTION OF CROMWELL ON THEIR BEHALF-PENN AND

VENABLES ATTACK ST. DOMINGO, UNSUCCESSFULLY-CAPTURE OF JAMAICA-

RUPTURE BETWEEN CROMWELL AND SPAIN-TREATY BETWEEN CROMWELL AND

FRANCE-THE COURT OF MADRID PROMISES ASSISTANCE TO CHARLES II.-

CROMWELL SENDS LOCKHART AS HIS AMBASSADOR TO PARIS-CROMWELL'S

GREATNESS AND IMPORTANCE IN EUROPE-HE CONVOKES ANOTHER PARLIA-

MENT.

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BOOK VIII.

PROGNOSTICS OF A NEW PARLIAMENT-VANE'S PAMPHLET THE ELECTIONS

CROMWELL'S SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE SESSION-EXCLUSION OF NEARLY

A HUNDRED MEMBERS-SUCCESS OF THE ENGLISH FLEET OFF CADIZ-THOROUGH

ADHERENCE OF THE PARLIAMENT TO CROMWELL-PROPOSITIONS AND INTRIGUES

TO MAKE CROMWELL KING-THE HUMBLE PETITION AND ADVICE-FAILURE OF

THE ATTEMPT-NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE PROTECTORATE-CLOSE OF THE

SESSION-MANŒUVRES OF CROMWELL-DEATH OF BLAKE-SECOND SESSION OF

THE PARLIAMENT IN TWO HOUSES-QUARREL BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES-

CROMWELL DISSOLVES THE PARLIAMENT AGITATION OF PARTIES-ROYALIST

AND REPUBLICAN PLOTS-CROMWELL'S ACTIVE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE-HIS

SUCCESSES ON THE CONTINENT-CAPTURE OF MARDYKE AND DUNKIRK-EM-

BASSY OF LORD FAULCONBRIDGE TO PARIS, AND OF THE DUKE DE CREQUI TO

LONDON-CROMWELL CONTEMPLATES THE CONVOCATION OF A NEW PARLIA-

MENT-DECLINE OF HIS HEALTH-HIS FAMILY-HIS MOTHER, WIFE, AND

CHILDREN-DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER, LADY CLAYPOLE-ILLNESS OF CROM-

WELL-STATE OF HIS MIND-HIS DEATH-CONCLUSION.

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APPENDIX

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