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OF
EDWARD,
FIRST EARL OF CLARENDON;
WITH
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE,
AND
AUTHENTIC PAPERS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
BY
T. H. LISTER, ESQ.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1838.
CONTENTS
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
1660.
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Restoration. Hyde takes his Seat in the House of Lords, and
in the Court of Chancery.-Unsuccessful Attempts to exclude
him from Office. - Composition of the Ministry. The Privy
Council. Character of Hyde's Colleagues.-Position of Hyde.
- Proceedings in Parliament. - Bill of Indemnity. - Hyde
recommends Lenity and Despatch. - Settlement of the Re-
venue.-Abolition of Feudal Tenures.-Pecuniary Difficulties.
— The Army.— Hyde's Speech on the Subject of Disbanding
it
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CHAP. II.
Settlement of Property. - Hyde incurs the Enmity of many of
the Royalists. His Speech on the Confirmation of Sales.—
Conduct of the Clergy. - Hyde is accused of having favoured
the Church. Church Government. Hopes of the Presby-
terians.-Their Proposals for a Compromise with Episcopacy.
-Question of Compromise discussed in Parliament.-Meet-
of Parties at the Chancellor's House.- King's Declaration,
framed by Hyde, concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs. — A Bill
is brought in founded on the Declaration, and rejected
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