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antrim_n 263._o leave_v ireland_n 277_o indian_n rebel_n in_o new-england_n 601_o ingoldsby_n col._n offer_v aid_n to_o richard_n 417._o suppress_v a_o mutiny_n and_o lambert_n instrument_n of_o cromwel_n protectorian_a government_n and_o his_o oath_n 354_o joachims_n ambassador_n from_o the_o dutch_a 267._o send_v home_n 270_o st._n johnston_n yield_v 294_o jones_n draw_v out_o of_o dublin_n to_o oppose_v the_o advance_n of_o the_o marquis_n of_o ormond_n retreat_v 239._o raise_v the_o siege_n before_o dublin_n 211._o come_v before_o drogheda_n and_o retreat_n 243._o die_v in_o the_o quality_n of_o lieutenant-general_n 247_o ireland_n and_o ulster_n force_v submit_v 344_o ireland_n its_o state_n and_o condition_n 238_o ireton_n appearance_n and_o notice_n at_o naseby-fight_a wound_v 78._o in_o the_o cabal_n of_o the_o army_n 84._o draw_v their_o paper_n and_o proposal_n 84_o 85._o parliament_n vote_n 161._o intrigue_n between_o they_o 116_o 118_o 119._o die_v of_o the_o plague_n 305_o 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278._o to_o try_v col._n gerrard_n and_o powel_n 360_o k_o kentish_a insurrection_n 173._o suppress_v ibid._n kent_n master_v and_o reduce_v by_o rich_a and_o berkstead_n 175_o keyling_n sir_n john_n lord_n chief-iustice_n 543_o ker_n col._n defeat_v 280_o kill_v no_o murder_n a_o book_n 395_o king_n dispense_v with_o the_o common_a prayer_n and_o book_n of_o canon_n in_o scotland_n by_o a_o declaration_n slight_v and_o cavil_v at_o as_o a_o device_n and_o oppose_v by_o the_o earl_n of_o hume_n and_o lindsey_n with_o another_o declaration_n 7_o 8_o arm_n against_o the_o scot_n 9_o at_o york_n and_o barwick_n agree_v upon_o a_o pacification_n 10._o go_v to_o his_o scotch_a parliament_n 20._o depart_v thence_o with_o mutual_a satisfaction_n ibid._n receive_v magnificent_o at_o his_o return_n to_o the_o city_n ibid._n demand_n five_o member_n 25._o to_o hampton-court_n to_o dover_n to_o greenwich_n theobalds_n 27._o to_o royston_n new-market_n york_n ibid._n assert_n his_o right_n in_o the_o militia_n 30_o 31._o his_o innocence_n of_o any_o design_n of_o war_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n resolve_v for_o ireland_n 32._o expostulate_v his_o affront_n at_o hull_n from_o beverley_n 34._o take_v a_o guard_n of_o york-shire-gentleman_n ibid._n his_o intention_n of_o no_o war_n attest_v by_o the_o lord_n ibid._n answer_n and_o refute_v their_o remonstrance_n 35._o forbid_v the_o militia_n 36._o invite_v his_o subject_n to_o his_o assistance_n ibid._n to_o newark_n back_o to_o york_n to_o nottingham_n set_v up_o his_o standard_n to_o stafford-shire_n leicester-shire_n confine_n of_o wales_n and_o shrewsbury_n and_o caress_n the_o gentry_n and_o commonalty_n 37_o 38_o 39_o melt_v down_o his_o plate_n at_o shrewsbury_n and_o mint_n it_o 38._o face_v coventry_n to_o southam_n 39_o stay_v and_o turn_v upon_o essex_n his_o speech_n 39_o 40._o take_v banbury_n to_o oxford_n towards_o london_n at_o brainford_n 41._o into_o the_o west_n after_o essex_n overtake_v he_o at_o lestithiel_n defeat_v he_o 58._o in_o the_o associate_v county_n 88_o into_o wales_n ibid._n at_o newark_n 90._o at_o oxford_n ibid._n escapes_n thence_o 99_o to_o the_o scot_n 100_o information_n of_o it_o and_o his_o majesty_n message_n and_o the_o parliament_n answer_n from_o 100_o to_o 104._o the_o king_n at_o newcastle_n 114._o dispute_n with_o henderson_n 115._o and_o betray_v by_o the_o scot_n 121._o his_o escape_n intend_v from_o the_o 122._o deliver_v to_o commissioner_n 127._o at_o holmby_n 128._o carry_v away_o by_o cornet_n joyce_n 129._o at_o childersley_n with_o freedom_n of_o chaplain_n 130._o the_o design_n of_o it_o 131_o to_o 133._o delude_v by_o the_o army_n proposal_n 132._o at_o hampton-court_n after_o many_o traverse_n 145._o pretend_o at_o liberty_n and_o honour_n 147._o his_o nearness_n to_o london_n suspect_v by_o cromwell_n 148._o fright_v thence_o by_o whaley_n and_o depart_v ibid._n his_o letter_n and_o declaration_n there_o 148_o to_o 151._o in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n ibid._n high_a treason_n to_o conceal_v his_o person_n ibid._n his_o message_n from_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n 151_o to_o 155._o a_o blasphemous_a hue_n and_o cry_n against_o he_o ibid._n answer_v the_o message_n with_o the_o bill_n of_o parliament_n his_o declaration_n upon_o the_o vote_n of_o non-address_n 166_o to_o 169._o king_n message_n and_o answer_n to_o the_o vote_n of_o a_o personal_a treaty_n 181_o 182._o have_v liberty_n of_o assistance_n and_o his_o friend_n 183._o startle_v at_o the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o army_n 187._o show_v the_o unreasonableness_n of_o it_o ibid._n his_o farewell_n to_o the_o commissioner_n and_o declaration_n concern_v the_o treaty_n 188_o to_o 190._o and_o his_o letter_n of_o the_o result_n and_o advice_n to_o the_o prince_n 190._o hurry_a from_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n to_o hurst-castle_n to_o winchester_n to_o windsor_n to_o st._n james_n 193._o to_o the_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n his_o defence_n and_o reason_n 203_o to_o 215._o traitorous_o sentence_v ibid._n confer_v with_o his_o child_n ibid._n the_o lady_n elizabeth_n relation_n of_o it_o 216._o his_o speech_n upon_o the_o scaffold_n 218_o to_o 219._o murder_v 220._o his_o corpse_n expose_v to_o view_v ibid._n bury_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o richmond_n marquis_n of_o hertford_n durchester_n and_o earl_n of_o lindsey_n at_o windsor_n 221._o the_o service-book_n deny_v at_o his_o interment_n ibid._n king_n charles_n the_o second_o at_o hague_n 235._o high_o treat_v there_o and_o honour_v 236._o depart_v for_o france_n by_o rotterdam_n dort_n antwerp_n and_o brussels_n treat_v by_o the_o archduke_n leopold_n attend_v thence_o by_o duke_n lorraine_n to_o compeign_v meet_v there_o by_o the_o french_a king_n 237._o at_o jersey_n 257._o at_o breda_n ibid._n take_v ship_v at_o terheyden_n for_o scotland_n 268._o arrive_v there_o ibid._n withdraw_v the_o covenant_a party_n 281._o crown_v at_o schoone_n ibid._n marched_n into_o england_n 294._o come_v to_o worcester_n 295._o summon_v the_o country_n ibid._n fly_n by_o advice_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o derby_n to_o whitelady_n the_o
to_o attend_v he_o cromwell_n the_o chief_a conspirator_n in_o seize_v the_o king_n cromwell_n set_v up_o the_o leveller_n they_o design_v to_o lay_v all_o thing_n in_o common_a sir_n thomas_n fairfax_n his_o letter_n to_o the_o parliament_n the_o king_n message_n concern_v it_o the_o perplex_a thought_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o city_n about_o it_o the_o duke_n of_o richmond_n dr._n sheldon_n and_o dr._n hammond_n suffer_v to_o have_v access_n to_o the_o king_n the_o army_n declare_v the_o parliament_n demur_v to_o the_o suspending_a of_o their_o member_n they_o forbear_v sit_v of_o themselves_o the_o army_n quote_v thâ—_n case_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o strafford_n archâ—b_n of_o canterbury_n and_o ld._n keeper_n finch_n the_o king_n and_o parliament_n over-awâ—d_a by_o cromwell_n his_o remarkable_a expression_n his_o majesty_n meditation_n on_o the_o design_n of_o the_o several_a faction_n his_o majesty_n desire_v his_o child_n company_n sir_n thomas_n fairfax_n his_o letter_n 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by_o cromwell_n who_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o sword_n not_o long_o before_o baffle_v by_o sir_n philip_n
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the_o same_o stuff_n except_o what_o touch_v the_o king_n be_v sign_v by_o nine_o regiment_n of_o horse_n and_o seven_o of_o foot_n and_o afterward_o promote_v in_o london_n by_o lieutenant-colonel_n lilburne_n and_o mr._n prince_n by_o petition_n to_o the_o parliament_n who_o condemn_v both_o novemb_n 1647._o and_o yet_o the_o same_o month_n next_o year_n it_o revive_v the_o leveller_n set_v on_o by_o cromwell_n to_o prosecute_v this_o design_n the_o king_n query_n to_o the_o remonstrance_n a_o strict_a guard_n put_v upon_o the_o king_n his_o majesty_n pathetic_a expression_n to_o the_o parliament_n commissioner_n at_o part_v his_o majesty_n declaration_n concern_v the_o treaty_n and_o his_o dislike_n of_o the_o army_n proceed_n the_o presbyterian_o satisfy_v with_o this_o declaration_n and_o trouble_v at_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o army_n his_o majesty_n letter_n to_o the_o prince_n his_o son_n our_o present_a sovereign_n his_o excellent_a advice_n to_o he_o the_o army_n conspire_v 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