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CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK THE FIFTH.

1643-1645.

State of parties and rise of the Independents, 1; disposi-

tions of the court at Oxford, 16; the king concludes a truce

with the Irish, 20; parliament at Oxford, 29; death of

Pym, ib.; campaign of 1644, 35; battle of Marston-moor,

46; bad success of Essex in Cornwall, 51; discord between

the presbyterian leaders and Cromwell, 63; attempts at ne-

gotiation, 69; self-denying ordinance, 80; trial and death of

Laud, 82; treaty of Uxbridge, 85; reorganization of the par-

liamentary army, 93; Fairfax appointed general, ib.; Essex

resigns his commission, 96.

BOOK THE SIXTH.

1645-1646.

Formation of the army of the Independents, 99; Crom-

well retains his command, 102; campaign of 1645, 103;

alarms of parliament, 105; battle of Naseby, 108; the parlia-

ment seizes the king's private correspondence and publish

it, 114; decline of the royalist party in the west, 116;

flight and anxiety of the king, 121; Montrose's victories in

Scotland, 124; the king attempts to join him but without

success, 126; defeat of Montrose, 129; the king's sojourn

at Newark, 130; he returns to Oxford and seeks to renew

negotiations with the parliament, 136; fresh elections, 137;

the parliament refuses, 142; the king treats with the insurgent

Irish, 143; the treaty discovered, 144; defeat of the last royalist

troops, 148; the king escapes from Oxford and seeks refuge

in the Scottish camp, 153, 154.

BOOK THE SEVENTH.

1646-1647.

Anxiety and intrigues of the Independents, 157: the king's

sojourn at Newcastle, ib.; he refuses to comply with the pro-

posals of parliament, 168; the parliament negotiates with the

Scots to induce them to give up the king and retire from the

kingdom, 171; they consent to it, 179; the king is con-

ducted to Holmby, 181; discord between the parliament

and the army, 182; conduct of Cromwell, 184; he causes

the king to be seized and taken from Holmby, 196; the

army marches against the parliament and impeaches eleven of

the presbyterian leaders, 206; they retire from parliament,

209; abode of the king at Hampton Court and negotiations

with the army, 213; commotion in the city in favour of

peace, 218; a great many members of both houses retire to

the army, 223; they are brought back to London, 227;

defeat of the Presbyterians, 228; Republicans and Levellers,

230-232; the king's sojourn at Hampton Court, 234; Crom-

well suspected by the soldiers, 235; they mutiny against the

officers, 242; Cromwell's skill, 244; alarm of the king, 252;

he flees to the Isle of Wight, 255.

BOOK THE EIGHTH.

1647-1649.

The rendezvous of Ware, 262; Cromwell subdues the

agitators and then reconciles himself with them, 264-266;

the parliament addresses four bills to the king containing the

preliminary conditions of peace, 268; the king rejects them

and secretly treats with the Scots, 270; the parliament

votes that no further communications be held with the

king, 272-277; general discontent, and reaction in favour of

the king, 277-280; perplexities of Cromwell and the inde-

pendents, ib.; breaking out of the second civil war, 282;

Fairfax's campaign in the east and round London, Crom-

well's in the west, Lambert's in the north, 295; siege of

Colchester, 296; the Scots enter England, 301; Cromwell

marches against them, 304; battles of Preston, Wigan, and

Warrington, 306; Cromwell in Scotland, 308; the Presbyte-

rians regain the ascendency in London, 308-311; the parlia-

ment again renew negotiations with the king, 310; treaty of

Newport, 313-318; changes in the situation of parties, 318;

the army seizes the king and takes him from the Isle of

Wight, 329; he is removed to Hurst castle, 332; and then

to Windsor, 344; last efforts of the Presbyterians in his

favour, 347; the king's trial and death, 354; monarchy

abolished, 383.

ELUCIDATIONS AND HISTORICAL

DOCUMENTS.

I. Inedited pieces and despatches relative to the extraordinary

embassy sent to London, January, 1649, from the States-

general of the United Provinces, to intercede with the

parliament in favour of Charles the First; taken from the

archives of the Hague

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