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" should be known; to whom they had sent a full "relation of all that had passed." The others very 1658. well knew what the king's pleasure would be, and forthwith sent an express, one Moulins, who had lived many years in that place, and in Montpelier, to Cromwell to desire his protection and interposition. The express made so much haste, and found so good a reception the first hour he came, that Cromwell, after he had received the whole account, bade him "refresh himself after so long a journey, " and he would take such care of his business, that " by the time he came to Paris he should find it de"spatched;" and, that night, sent away another messenger to his ambassador Lockhart; who, by the time Moulins came thither, had so far prevailed with the cardinal, that orders were sent to stop the troops, which were upon their march towards Nismes; and, within few days after, Moulins returned with a full pardon and amnesty from the king, under the great seal of France, so fully confirmed with all circumstances, that there was never farther mention made of it, but all things passed as if there had never been any such thing. So that nobody can wonder, that his memory remains still in those parts, and with those people, in great veneration.

He would never suffer himself to be denied any thing he ever asked of the cardinal, alleging, " that "the people would not be otherwise satisfied;" which the cardinal bore very heavily, and complained of to those with whom he would be free. One day he visited madam Turenne, and when he took his leave of her, she, according to her custom,

Cone Moulins,] MS. adds: a Scotchman,

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besought him to continue gracious to the churches. BOOK Whereupon the cardinal told her, "that he knew " not how to behave himself; if he advised the king " to punish and suppress their insolence, Cromwell "threatened him to join with the Spaniard; and if "he shewed any favour to them, at Rome they ac"counted him an heretic."

clusion of

racter.

To conclude his character, Cromwell was not so The confar a man of blood, as to follow Machiavel's methodd; his chawhich prescribes, upon a total alteration of government, as a thing absolutely necessary, to cut off all the heads of those, and extirpate their families, who are friends to the old one. It was confidently reported, that, in the council of officers, it was more than once proposed, " that there might be a general massacre " of all the royal party, as the only expedient to se"cure the government," but that Cromwell would never consent to it; it may be, out of too great a contempt of his enemies. In a word, as he was guilty of many crimes & against which damnation is denounced, and for which hell-fire is prepared, so he

had some good qualities which have caused the memory of some men in all ages to be celebrated ; and he will be looked upon by posterity as a brave wicked man. i

d To conclude-method] He was not a man of blood, and totally declined Machiavel's method

e

upon a total alteration] upon any alteration

much contempt

g as he was guilty of many
crimes] as he had all the wick-
ednesses

h good qualities] virtues
brave wicked man.] brave

THE

HISTORY

OF THE

REBELLION, &c.

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ZECH. xi. 4, 5, 6.

Thus saith the Lord my God, Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

But lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king.a

CONTRARY to all expectation both at home and BOOK

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The be

Richard's

abroad, this earthquake was attended with no signal alteration. It was believed that Lambert would be in the head of the army, and that Monk in Scotland ginning of would never submit to be under him b. Besides the expectation the king had from the general affection of the kingdom, he had fair promises from men of interest in it, and of command in the army, who

a ZECH. xi. 4, 5, 6.-his king.] Not in MS.

b to be under him] to that subordination

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BOOK professed to prepare for such a conjuncture as this; and that the disorder arising from Cromwell's death might dispose Lockhart to depend upon the best title, seemed a reasonable expectation: but nothing of this fell out. Never monarch, after he had inherited a crown by many descents, died in more silence, nor with less alteration; and there was the same, or a greater calm in the kingdom than had been before.

The next morning after the death of Oliver, Richard his son is proclaimed his lawful successor; the army congratulate their new general, and renew their vows of fidelity to him; the navy doth the like; the city appears more unanimous for his service, than they were for his father's; and most counties in England, by addresses under their hands, testified their obedience to their new sovereign without any hesitation. The dead is interred in the sepulchre of the kings, and with the obsequies due to such. His son inherits all his greatness, and all his glory, without thed public hate, that visibly attended the other. Foreign princes addressed their condolences to him, and desired to renew their alliances ; and nothing was heard in England but the voice of joy, and large encomiums of their new protector: so that the king's condition never appeared so hopeless, so desperate; for a more favourable conjuncture his friends could never expect than this, which now seemed to blast all their hopes, and confirm their utmost despair.

It is probable that this melancholic prospect might