...and ' lay at Whitehall ; where, and at other places, he declared he had not been acquainted with this design ; yet that, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it.'* Next day, he took his seat in the House : when it was resolved by the members, about 150 in number,...

...Whitehall ; where, and at other places, he declared he had not been acquainted with this design : yet, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it. Clarendon says Fairfax, the general, knew nothing of it ; which Fairfax in his Memoirs confirms : but...

...Whitehall ; where, and at other places, he declared he had not been acquainted with this design : yet, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it. Clarendon says Fairfax, the general, knew nothing of it ; which Fairfax in his Memoirs confirms : but...

...might not be held as a sufficient basis on which to rest the settlement of the kingdom. A debate, which continued three days and a whole night, ended by a...given assurances of support. Besides, the plan of euch an attack on parliament had occurred to him at an early period, as the only effectual means for...

...thus obtained a complete command over the deliberations of parliament. Cromwell himself used to say, " he had not been made acquainted with the design ;...was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it." This, however, was a mean subterfuge, for he had long previously suggested to his creatures the expediency...

...answered with so much of ready frankness, that "he had not been acquainted with the design, yet G 3 since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to sustain it," and asked as warmly for his presence and advice at a council to be held that evening in...

...answered with so much of ready frankness, that "he had not been acquainted with the design, yet G 3 since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to sustain it," and asked as warmly for his presence and advice at a council to be held that evening in...

...place in the House. He repeatedly " declared that he had not been acquainted with this design ; yet, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to 1 Walker's History of Independency, part ii. pp.49, fiO; Parliamentary History, vol. iii. col. 1252....

...place in the House. He repeatedly " declared that he had not been acquainted with this design ; yet, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to 1 Walker's History of Independency, part ii. pp.49, 50; Parliamentary History, vol. iii. col. 1252....

...Whitehall, where, and at other places, he declared that he had not been acquainted with this design ; yet since it was done he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it." * Vane, who had spoken vehemently in the great debate of the 4th, against accepting the king's concessions...