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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... "By the will of the nation brave Oliver stood With his Ironsides round him to keep faction down; And the State still has need of the wise and the good, By their counsel to check both the mob and the crown. "For opinions are stronger than armies, they say, And the Pen has more power than the Sword, all confess; And though Oliver's rule was the best for his day, The Protector of England must now be the Press.' Sir John Eliot And The Declaration Of Rights seep. 21). INDEX. Ancestors of Cromwell family, page 6 Archie Armstrong, the last Court Jester, 34 Blake, early services, 127 greatest sea-king before Nelson, 129 at Tenerifie, 130 at Malaga, 131 Broghill, Lord, 109 Buckingham, Earl of companionof Charles I., 18 assassination of, 23 Carlyle, Thomas, n, 139 Charles I., early training of, 18 accession, 20 marriage to Henrietta Maria of France, 26 attempted arrest of five members in the House, 46 commences civil war, 47 with the Scotch army, 56 hopeless duplicity, 71, 74 execution of, 73 Charles II., 103, 107; 151 Commonwealth proclaimed, 76 Conde, Prince of, 102 Council of State, 77 Cromwell, Henry, 150, 151 Cromwell, Oliver, birth, 5 father and mother, 6 education and training, 9 at Cambridge, 10 marriage, 13 home life, 15 enters parliament, 20 religious character, 30,142 letters of, 31,83,90,91,127 early appearances in par-liament, 39 leaves home for the war, 49 Cromwell--victories of parliamentary army, /a 49-56 signs warrant for death of king, 75 in Ireland, 81 in Scotland, 88 crowning victory at Wor-cester, 95 Protector of Common-wealth, 101 Lord Protector, 106 plots for assassination of, 107 home and foreign policy of, in, 113 Kingship refused, 112 speeches, described by F. Harrison, 115 last illness and death,135-8 lying-in-state and burial, M3 descenda...
