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ibid,

Death of Ferdinand III. and accession of his son Leopold
[A. D. 1657.]

ibid.

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Returns to Rome, and there passes the remainder of her life ibid.
Military exploits of Charles X.

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Delivers up (by order of the late king) Dublin, and every
other fortified place in Ireland, to colonel Jones, who

Takes

ibid.

Cromwell lands in Ireland, takes Drogheda by storm, and
puts the garrison to the sword

The whole island submits to him

ibid.

404

In order to please the Covenanters, he submits to many
humiliations, and publishes a declaration injurious to the
honour of his family

ibid.

the invasion of Scotland

Fairfax resigns his commission, and Cromwell is appointed
commander in chief of their forces

ibid.

men

He enters Scotland with a veteran army of sixteen thousand
ibid.

Reduced to great distress by the cautious conduct of David

Lesly, the Scottish general

The enthusiastic zeal of the Presbyterian clergy obliges Les-
ly to give Cromwell battle contrary to his own opinion ib.

The Scots defeated with great flaughter in the battle of

Dunbar

Cromwell makes himself master of Leith and Edinburgh ib.
The Covenanters under the pressure of misfortune, treat
the king with more respect
ibid.

Fatigue him with listening to prayers and sermons 414

1651 He makes his escape from them but is induced to return ib.

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ibid.
The royal army utterly broken and ruined, and the king
obliged to attempt his escape in disguise
ibid.

He conceals himself for some time at Boscobel in the cha-

racter of a peasant

417

ibid

For greater security ascends a spreading oak
Rides before the daughter of Mr. Lane of Bentley, on the

same horse, to Bristol, in the character of a servant ibid.

Entrusts himself to colonel Windham of Dorsetshire ibid.

Loyalty and generosity of that gentleman and his family ib.

The king is obliged to assume various disguises, in order to

elude the vigilance of his enemies

After forty days concealment, he embarks in a small vessel at
Shorehem in Sussex, and arrives safely at Fieschamp, on
the coast of Normandy

ibid.

Every place in the dominions of Great-Britain or Ireland
Submits to the commonwealth of England

Retrospective view of the affairs of Holland

The Dutch abolish the dignity of Stadtholder

ibid.

ibid.

St. John the English envoy, fails in an attempt to form a co-
alition between the two commonwelths, and returns in

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His behaviour on that occasion

ibid.

He remains possessed ofthe whole civil and military power
of England, Scotland, and Ireland

ibid.

He

They revive the Rump, or remnant of the Long-Par-
liament

ibid.

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Amuses the Committee of Safety with a shew of ne-
gociation.

ibid.

The Parliament restored

ibid.

1660 Monk advances southward with his army

ibid.

General Lambert made prisoner, and sent to the Tower ibid.
Monk arrives at London, and declares for a free Par-
liament

ibid.

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He reveals his intentions, in favour of the King, to Sir John
Granville, who had a commission from Charles

ibid.

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1520 He enters the South-Sea by the Straits that bear his

name

ibid.

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