counties and the middle-classes in the towns, the one from zeal, the other from sheer weariness of political conflict, exerted themselves to return Royalist candidates. The writs excluded those who had served under the late king1, but the exclusion was disregarded. Lambert, who at a critical moment escaped from the Tower, was captured by Monk's officer, failing at the last in personal courage. Mil- Milton. ton made one more effort to save the Commonwealth3. But Fairfax threw his weight into the scale, and it Fairfax. only remained for the Parliament to vote the formalities. Restora tion. These were very few. On April 25, the two The Houses met. The Lords at first were only ten*, with one exception old peers. But they rapidly increased, till on the 27th they numbered 445. On May 1, Monk announced the arrival of letters from the king, containing the well-known terms. Only Monk's army was recognised in the Declaration. The Presbyterian ministers made some attempt to secure a promise of conformity to their views', but without success. The leading Cavaliers issued a declaration disavowing revenge, and the Parliament proclaimed the king, without terms. The English army, deserted by its officers, made no sign, and silently disbanded. 1 Ludlow, 11. 860. 2 Whitelock, 701. 3 The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Commonwealth, Prose Works, II. 783. 4 Lords' Journals, April 25, 1660. 5 Lords' Journals, April 27. 6 Journals, May 1, 1660. 8 Clarendon, III. 587. 7 Clarendon, III. 601. 9 Journals, May 7. It is impossible not to feel a deep sympathy with it. Upon its shoulders had fallen the burden and heat of the day. Amid countless temptations it had preserved a self-restraint and constancy of purpose unparalleled in military annals. Had it chosen to resist, there was nothing to oppose it. But it felt that its work was done, and its members, with honourable dignity, silently withdrew. Anabaptists, the, 69, 93 Assembly, the, 68, 69, 70, 71 Assignations, 41 Ashley Cooper, 70 Barkstead, Sir J., 96 Bennet, Col., 67 Blake, Robert, 68, 70, 102 Broghill, Baron, 81, 102, 103, 107, Browne, Sir Thomas, 22 Burnet, Bp., 81 Cabal, the, 1 Calves-Head Club, the, 19 Carey, 67 Carlyle quoted, 10, 19, 24, 70, 71, 90, 95, 97 Carucage, 38 Cess, 81 Charles I., 3, 41, 42 Charles II., 128, 131, 142, 148 Restoration of, 148-150 Coke's "Detection," 83, 95, 106 Council, the King's, 3; of the North, 3; of Ireland and Wales, the Scotch, 102, 103; of Officers, Court, of High Commission, 3; of Courts Baron, 81 Cromwell, Oliver, 8, 15, 24, 36, Cromwell, Henry, 96, 103, 121, 132 Customs, the, 47, 133, 142, 144 Excise, the, 48, 133, 142, 144 Faith, Confession of, 113, 147 France, 83, 133; treaty with, 102 Gardiner, referred to, 4, 92 Haberdashers' Hall, 44 Harrison, Gen., 67, 72, 79 Haselrig, Sir A., 12, 23, 37, 76, 89, 93, 107, 108, 116, 117, 128, 129, "Healing-Question," the, 104, 106 Henry VIII., 3, 40, 111 Hidage, 38 High Commission, Court of, 3 Holland, 83 House of Lords, 6, 8, 149 Humble Address, the, 110, 134; analysis of, 112; estimate of, 115 Impositions, 41, 47 Impost, the New, 42 Independents, 20 Instrument of Government, the, 76, Ireland, 58, 59, 63, 79, 80, 86, 88, 103, 120 Ireton, 59, 60, 70 Jamaica, 102 James I., 40, 47, 56 Jones, Col., 67 Kilkenny, Council of, 59 Lambert, General, 67, 72, 79, 97, 122, 129, 133, 134, 136, 140, 143, Lenthal, 128 Levellers, 23 Lilburne, John, 28 Lisle, Lord, 33 London, 96; Council of City of, 144 Long Parliament, the, 3, 12 Lord Mayor, the, 8 Lords, the House of, 6, 8 Ludlow, 59, 60, 70, 87, 106, 121, Majors-General, scheme of the, 94; Milton, 22, 66, 138, 139, 149 Monk, 68, 70, 81, 102, 120, 136, Montrose, defeat of, 56 Parliamentary Committees, 11 Pamphlets, 5, 107, 139, 146 Penruddock, Sir J., 93, 94 Petition of Northern Brigade, 134, Petty, Sir W., 61, 80 Presbyterians, 20, 147 President of the Council, 34 Pyrenees, Treaty of, 133 Raleigh, Sir W., 65 Recognition, the, 89, 90 |