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Page v
... royalists Order and discipline of the parliamentary forces The king forms a parliament at Oxford .... His solicitations for a treaty : evaded by the parlia- ment ... Death of Pym ..... The forces drawn from Ireland defeated by Fairfax ...
... royalists Order and discipline of the parliamentary forces The king forms a parliament at Oxford .... His solicitations for a treaty : evaded by the parlia- ment ... Death of Pym ..... The forces drawn from Ireland defeated by Fairfax ...
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... royalists defeated by Fairfax at Lamport Surrender of Bristol 1646 The west conquered by Fairfax Hereford taken , Chester surrendered .. Victory of Montrose at Kilsyth He is defeated by Lesly ... Distressed situation of the king ...
... royalists defeated by Fairfax at Lamport Surrender of Bristol 1646 The west conquered by Fairfax Hereford taken , Chester surrendered .. Victory of Montrose at Kilsyth He is defeated by Lesly ... Distressed situation of the king ...
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... royalists ...... 214 Oppression of the government .. 215 State of Europe .... 216 Pacification by the treaty of Westphalia 217 Charles obliged to retire from France 219 War with Spain 222 Exploits of Blake in the Mediterranean 223 ...
... royalists ...... 214 Oppression of the government .. 215 State of Europe .... 216 Pacification by the treaty of Westphalia 217 Charles obliged to retire from France 219 War with Spain 222 Exploits of Blake in the Mediterranean 223 ...
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... royalists .. 264 265 It is suppressed Parliament expelled by the military power ...... Committee of safety appointed by the officers Foreign affairs : siege of Copenhagen raised ..... Treaty of the Pyrenees .. General Monk He declares ...
... royalists .. 264 265 It is suppressed Parliament expelled by the military power ...... Committee of safety appointed by the officers Foreign affairs : siege of Copenhagen raised ..... Treaty of the Pyrenees .. General Monk He declares ...
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... royalists ..... 328 Bishops ' seats restored 329 All military power vested in the king 330 Corporation act ... 331 1662 Act of uniformity . The king's marriage Execution of three regicides Trial of Lambert and Vane ..... Execution of ...
... royalists ..... 328 Bishops ' seats restored 329 All military power vested in the king 330 Corporation act ... 331 1662 Act of uniformity . The king's marriage Execution of three regicides Trial of Lambert and Vane ..... Execution of ...
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Page 125 - Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head too they will cut off at last! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Page 198 - are most of them old decayed serving men, and tapsters and such kind of fellows and,' said I, 'their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality. Do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen that have honour and courage and resolution in them?
Page 97 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Page 38 - Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of GREAT MAN is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced.
Page 405 - I know very well that you are at the bottom of this late attempt upon my father. But I give you warning, if...
Page 382 - Farewell, sun, moon, and stars ; farewell, world and time ; farewell, weak and frail body : welcome, eternity ; welcome, angels and saints ; welcome, Saviour of the world ; and welcome, God, the judge of all...
Page 193 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 65 - And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter ? have we eaten at all of the king's cost! or hath he given us any gift...
Page 57 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Page 253 - What can be more extraordinary, than that a person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the happiness to succeed in, so improbable a design, as the destruction of one of the most ancient and...