...he did not hesitate to accept it. He said, " that he had not been acquainted with this design, but since it was done he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it." On the question of the King, a difference of opinion between Cromwell and the bulk of the officers...

...on the evening of the same day, he declared that he had not ' been acquainted with the design ; yet, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it '. As ' Pride's purge ' had not been resolved on before the previous night it was physically impossible...

...notice this, as to say that he had not been acquainted with what the army had done to the House, but that, since it was done, he was glad of it, and would by all means help them to maintain it. Such friends of Prynne as were still at large now plied the...

...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...

...arrived in London the night after. He declared that he had not been acquainted with the design ; yet, since it was done, he was glad of it and would endeavour to maintain it. Ireton drove this on as well as the next move : as Burnet says : " Ireton had the principles and temper...

...Ludlow, "and at other places, Cromwell 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." The process was completed next day. A week later (December 15) the council of officers determined that...

...members. Cromwell said he did not know of this until it was done — which was probably a lie — "but since it was done he was glad of it, and would endeavour to maintain it." When the driven members demanded to know "By what law?" this had been ordered, Hugh Peters — the...

...Ludlow, "and at other places, Cromwell 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." The process was completed next day. A week later (December 15) the council of officers determined that...

...when told of the purge replied disingenuously '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'.2 In the following month he did quite the reverse. Blunting the radical edge of army policies,...

...this providentialist attitude : 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."11 And so last-minute had been some of the arrangements for the purge, that it was quite possible...