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LX
THE COMMONWEALTH
State of England -- Of Scotland -- Of Ireland -- Levellers suppressed -- Siege of Dublin raised -- Tredah stormed -- Covenanters -- Montrose taken prisoner -- Executed -- Covenanters -- Battle of Dunbar -- Of Worcester -- King's escape -- The commonwealth -- Dutch war -- Dissolution of the parliament
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LXI
Cromwel's birth and private life -- Barebone's parliament -- Cromwel made protector -- Peace with Holland -- A new parliament -- Insurrection of the royalists -- State of Europe -- War with Spain -- Jamaica conquered -- Success and death of admiral Blake -- Domestic administration of Cromwel -- Humble Petition and Advice -- Dunkirk taken -- Sickness of the protector -- His death -- And character
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LXII
Richard acknowledged protector -- A parliament -- Cabal of Wallingford House -- Richard deposed -- Long parliament or Rump restored -- Conspiracy of the royalists -- Insurrection -- Suppressed -- Parliament expelled -- Committee of safety -- Foreign affairs -- General Monk -- Monk declares for the parliament -- Parliament restored -- Monk enters London, declares for a free parliament -- Secluded members restored -- Long parliament dissolved -- New parliament -- The Restoration -- Manners and arts
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LXIII
CHARLES II
New ministry -- Act of indemnity -- Settlement of the revenue -- Trial and execution of the regicides -- Dissolution of the convention -- Parliament -- Prelacy restored -- Insurrection of the Millenarians -- Affairs of Scotland -- Conference at the Savoy -- Arguments for and against a comprehension -- A new parliament -- Bishop's seats restored -- Corporation act -- Act of uniformity -- King's marriage -- Trial of Vane -- And execution -- Presbyterian clergy ejected -- Dunkirk sold to the French -- Declaration of indulgence -- Decline of Clarendon's credit
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LXIV
A new session -- Rupture with Holland -- A new session -- Victory of the English -- Rupture with France -- Rupture with Denmark -- New session - Five-mile act -- Sea-fight of four days -- Victory of the English -- Fire of London -- Advances towards peace -- Disgrace at Chatham -- Peace of Breda -- Clarendon's fall -- and banishment -- State of France -- Character of Lewis XIV. -- French invasion of the Low Countries -- Negociations -- Triple league -- Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle -- Affairs of Scotland -- and of Ireland
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LXV
A parliament -- The cabal -- Their characters -- Their counsels -- Alliance with France -- A parliament -- Coventry act -- Blood's crimes -- Duke declares himself catholic -- Exchequer shut -- Declaration of indulgence -- Attack of the Smyrna fleet -- War declared with Holland -- Weakness of the States -- Battle of Solebay -- Sandwich killed -- Progress of the French -- Consternation of the Dutch -- Prince of Orange Stadtholder -- Massacre of the de Wits -- Good conduct of the prince -- A parliament -- Declaration of indulgence recalled -- Sea-fight -- Another sea-fight -- Another sea-fight -- Congress of Cologne -- A parliament -- Peace with Holland
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LXVI
Schemes of the cabal -- Remonstrances of Sir William Temple -- Campaign of 1674 -- A Parliament -- Passive obedience -- A Parliament -- Campaign of 1675 -- Congress of Nimeguen -- Campaign of 1676 -- Uncertain conduct of the King -- A Parliament -- Campaign of 1677 -- Parliament's distrust of the King -- Marriage of the Prince of Orange with the Lady Mary -- Plan of peace -- Negociations -- Campaign of 1678 -- Negociations -- Peace of Nimeguen -- State of affairs in Scotland
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LXVII
The Popish plot -- Oates's narrative -- and character -- Coleman's letters -- Godfrey's murther -- General consternation -- The parliament -- Zeal of the parliament -- Bedloe's narrative -- Accusation of Danby -- His impeachment -- Dissolution of the long parliament -- Its character -- Trial of Coleman -- Of Ireland -- New elections -- Duke of Monmouth -- Duke of York retires to Brussels -- New parliament -- Danby's impreachment -- Popish plot -- New council -- Limitations on a popish successor -- Bill of exclusion -- Habeas corpus bill -- Prorogation and dissolution of the parliament -- Trial and execution of the five jesuits -- and of Langhorne -- Wakeman acquitted -- State of affairs in Scotland -- Battle of Bothwel bridge
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LXVIII
State of parties -- State of the ministry -- Meal-tub plot -- Whig and Tory -- A new parliament -- Violence of the commons -- Exclusion bill -- Arguments for and against the exclusion -- Exclusion bill rejected -- Trial of Stafford -- His execution -- Violence of the commons -- Dissolution of the parliament -- New parliament at Oxford -- Fitzharris's case -- Parliament dissolved -- Victory of the royalists
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LXIX
State of affairs in Ireland -- Shaftesbury acquitted -- Argyle's trial -- State of affairs in Scotland -- State of the ministry in England -- New nomination of sheriffs -- Quo warrantos -- Great power of the crown -- A conspiracy -- Shaftesbury retires and dies -- Rye-house plot -- Conspiracy discovered -- Execution of the conspirators -- Trial of lord Russel -- His execution -- State of the nation -- State of foreign affairs -- King's sickness and death -- and character
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LXX
JAMES II
King's first transactions -- A parliament -- Arguments for and against a revenue for life -- Oates convicted of perjury -- Monmouth's invasion -- His defeat -- and execution -- Cruelties of Kirke -- and of Jefferies -- State of affairs in Scotland -- Argyle's invasion -- defeat -- and execution -- A parliament -- French persecutions -- The dispensing power -- State of Scotland -- State of Ireland -- Breach betwixt the king and the church -- Court of ecclesiastical commission -- Sentence against the bishop of London -- Suspension of the penal laws -- State of Ireland -- Embassy to Rome -- Attempt upon Magdalen College -- Imprisonment -- Trial, and acquittal of the bishops -- Birth of the prince of Wales
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LXXI
Conduct of the prince of Orange -- He forms a league against France -- Refuses to concur with the king -- Resolves to oppose the king -- Is applied to by the English -- Coalition of parties -- Prince's preparations -- Offers of France to the King -- rejected -- Supposed league with France -- General discontents -- The king retracts his measures -- Prince's declaration -- The prince lands in England -- General commotion -- Desertion of the army -- and of prince George -- and of the princess Anne -- King's consternation -- and flight -- General confusion -- King seized at Feversham -- Second escape -- King's character -- Convention summoned -- Settlement of Scotland -- English convention meets -- Views of the parties -- Free conferences between the houses -- Commons prevail -- Settlement of the crown -- Manners, arts and sciences
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INDEX TO THE SIX VOLUMES
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