FROM THE GREAT REBELLION TO
THE FALL OF MARLBOROUGH
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS,
INCLUDING COLOURED
AND REMBRANDT PLATES
VOL. III
THE KING'S EDITION
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THE GREAT REBELLION. PAGE
Condition of Ireland—Roger Moore's Pilgrimage—Negotiations of the Anglo-Irish with Charles—Hugh M'Mahon betraysthe Plot—Rising of the Native Irish—Massacre of Protestants—Measures taken by the English Parliament—Returnof Charles to London—The Grand Remonstrance—The King's Answer—His Lieutenant of the Tower—Riots inLondon—Blunder of the Bishops—Attempted Arrest of the Five Members—Charles leaves London—The Queen goesto Holland—Charles at York—His Repulse from Hull—Preparations for War—The Royal Standard Raised—PrinceRupert's Headstrong Folly—Battle of Edge Hill—Charles marches on London—He returns to Oxford—Cromwellin the East—The Queen in Yorkshire—Death of Hampden—Parliamentary Disasters—Battle ofNewbury—Death of Lord Falkland—Negotiations with the Scots and Irish—Death of Pym—Royal Parliament atOxford—Battle of Marston Moor—Disastrous Failure of Essex in Cornwall—Second Battle of Newbury—The Self-denyingOrdinance—The New-modelled Army 1
THE GREAT REBELLION (concluded).
The Assembly at Westminster—Trial and Death of Laud—Negotiations at Uxbridge—Meeting of the Commissioners—Impossibilityof a Settlement—Prospect of Help to the King from the Continent—Charles agrees to the demands ofthe Irish Catholics—Discipline and Spirit of the Parliamentary Army—Campaign of the New-modelled Army—Huntingthe King—Battle of Naseby—Fairfax in the West—Exploits of Montrose—Efforts of Charles to join Him—Battleof Kilsyth—Fall of Bristol—Battle of Philiphaugh—Last Efforts of the Royalists—Charles Offers to Treat—Discoveryof his Correspondence with Glamorgan—Charles Intrigues with the Scots—Flight from Oxford—Surrenderto the Scots at Newark—Consequent Negotiations—Proposals for Peace—Surrender of Charles to Parliament 34
END OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
Differences between the Presbyterians and Independents—The King at Holmby—Attempt to Disband the Army—ConsequentPetitions to Parliament—The Adjutators—Meeting at Newmarket—Seizure of the King—Advance of theArmy on London—Stubbornness of the Presbyterians—The Army Marches through London—Its Proposals to Charles—TheirRejection—The King throws away his best Chances—The Levellers—Cromwell's Efforts on behalf of Charles—RenewedIntrigues of Charles—Flight to Carisbrooke—Attempts to Rescue the King—Charles Treats with theScots—Consequent Reaction in his Favour—Battle of Preston and Suppression of the Insurrection—Cromwell at Edinburgh—ThePrince of Wales in Command of the Fleet—Negotiations at Newport—Growing Impatience of theArmy—Petitions for the King's Trial—Charles's Blindness and Duplicity—He is Removed to Hurst Castle—Pride'sPurge—Supremacy of the Independents—The Whiggamores—Hugh Peters' Sermon in St. Margare
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