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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
OLIVER CROMWELL.
De Grammont's Visit to the Court of Cromwell - Respect
Paid by Foreign Ambassadors to the Protector's Daugh-
ters-Cromwell's Love of Hunting-His Intrigues with
the Duchess of Lauderdale and Mrs. Lambert - Tact
with Which He Ingratiated Himself with Others - Anec-
dotes-Cromwell's Want of Literary Taste and Infor-
mation Unsteadiness of His Religious Principles - His
Hatred of a Commonwealth - His Views Regarding an
Established Church - Thought to be the Messiah by the
Jews Feared and Respected by Foreign Powers
Mazarin's Dread of Him—Subserviency of the French
and Spanish Monarchs - Anecdotes
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CHAPTER II.
Vigilance of Cromwell, and His Extraordinary Means of
Acquiring Information - He Despatches Thurloe on a
Mysterious Errand - Informed of All the Secrets of the
Court of Charles the Second - Expends Large Sums in
Obtaining Secret Intelligence His System of Employ-
ing Spies-He Discovers the Projects of Lord Orrery -
His Singular Interview with That Nobleman- He Ascer-
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tains that the Marquis of Ormond Is in London - His
Liberal Treatment of the Marquis Anecdote Illus-
trating the Cautious Policy of the Protector
CHAPTER III.
Death and Burial of the Protector's Mother-Distressing
State of Cromwell's Mind at the Close of His Career
Reflections on His Ephemeral Greatness His Dread of
Assassination - His Custom of Wearing Secret Armour
Conspiracies against His Life-Syndercome's Plot
and Untimely Fate - Reward Offered by Charles II. to
Whoever Should Take away the Life of the Usurper -
Letter from the Duke of York on the Subject — The
Pamphlet of "Killing No Murder" Sickness of the
Protector He Removes from Hampton Court to White-
hall His Fanatical Enthusiasm - His Last Moments
His Death-The Fearful Storm Which Attended It
- Blasphemous Language of His Panegyrists
CHAPTER IV.
Cromwell's "Fortunate Day"- Magnificent Ceremony of
His Lying in State - His Splendid Funeral-His Body
Exhumed and Exposed at Tyburn - Other Accounts of
the Disposal of His Remains-The Body of Charles
Supposed to Have Been Substituted for That of Crom-
well - Barkstead's Singular Narrative― Descendants of
the Protector-Reflections on His Character and Con-
duct
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CHAPTER V.
ELIZABETH CROMWELL, WIFE OF THE PROTECTOR.
Abuse Heaped on Her by the Cavaliers-Her Lineage-
Introduced to Charles I. at Hampton Court - Her Want
of Beauty - Her Thriftiness Behaviour at Her Eleva-
tion- Pasquinades of the Period - Her Character, and
Want of Influence with the Protector- Her Flight at
the Restoration - Endeavours to Secrete Pictures and
Other Valuables Belonging to the Royal Family — Her
Residences and Death
CHAPTER VI.
RICHARD CROMWELL.
Character of Richard His Love of Field Sports - His
Attachment to the Pleasures of the Table- Opposed to
the Measures of His Father — Intercedes for the King's
Life His Marriage — Lives in Retirement at Hursley
Initiated in State Affairs-Succeeds His Father-
His Brief Government and Abdication-In Danger of
Being Arrested for Debt-Lives Abroad under a Feigned
Name - His Singular Interview with the Prince de Conti
Anecdotes Richard's Personal Appearance ·
Death and Burial.
His
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CHAPTER VII.
HENRY CROMWELL.
His Resemblance to His Father, the Great Protector-
His Military Services - His Amiable Character - His
Marriage - Appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland - His
Admirable Administration in That Country - His Recall
Lives in Retirement after the Restoration - Visited
by Charles II. - His Last Illness - The King Interests
Himself in His Sufferings - His Death and Burial
Encomiums on His Character - His Descendants
CHAPTER VIII.
BRIDGET CRomwell, mrs. IRETON.
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Her Republican Principles - Her Sanctity-Her Marriage
with Henry Ireton-Her Second Marriage (with Fleet-
wood) Anecdote Her Death and Burial
CHAPTER IX.
ELIZABETH CROMWELL, MRS. CLAYPOLE.
The Favourite Daughter of the Protector - Her Amiable
Disposition Her Royalist Principles Her Marriage
Cromwell's Buffoonery on the Occasion-Notice of
Mrs. Claypole's Husband- Mrs. Claypole Befriends the
Oppressed Royalists - Recovers the MS. of the "Oceana"
for its Author Her Last Illness - She Reproaches Her
Father for His Crimes - Her Death, and the Grief of
the Protector - Andrew Marvell's Lament - Her Burial 126
CHAPTER X.
MARY CROMWELL, COUNTESS OF FALCONBERG.
The Protector's Third Daughter - Her Character - Her
Marriage Curious Anecdote Connected with It-
Her Personal Appearance - Her Resemblance to the
Protector Her Spirited Disposition Anecdotes
Changes Her Principles at the Restoration-Defoe Visits
Her in Her Old Age- Her Death
CHAPTER XI.
FRANCES CROMWELL, MRS. RICH.
Charles II. Her Suitor - The Protector Refuses His Con-
sent to Their Union- The Duke d'Enghien Another of
Her Suitors-Cromwell Wishes to Marry Her to the
Duke of Buckingham-Courtship of Jerry White, the
Protector's Chaplain - Her Marriage with Robert Rich
- Cromwell's Practical Fooleries on the Occasion
Death of Rich-Her Second Marriage (with Sir John
Russell) — Her Numerous Offspring — Her Death
CHAPTER XII.
CHARLES II.
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Birth of Charles - Remarkable Constellation - Ceremony
of His Christening - Anecdotes of His Childhood-
Letters Juvenile — His Guardians—Charles Witnesses
from an Eminence the Battle of Edgehill-Parts with
His Father for the Last Time Sent into the West of
England with the Title of General- Retreats before
Fairfax-Retires to Scilly-Passes over to Jersey -
Visits The Hague-Invited to Scotland after the Exe-
cution of His Father- Proceeds to Paris- Again Lands
at Jersey Quits That Island for Breda - Arrives in the
Frith of Cromarty- Hard Conditions Imposed upon
Him by the Scots — His Misery and Privations - Crowned
at Scone Frequently Reprimanded for His Levity-
Battle of Dunbar - Charles Takes the Command of
the Scottish Army - Marches into England - Admirable
Conduct of His Soldiers
Battle of Worcester
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CHAPTER XIII.
Gallantry of Charles during the
Action - His Flight Halts at White Ladies - Dis-
guises Himself as a Woodman Separates from the
Duke of Buckingham and His Other Attendants — His
Adventures the Day after the Battle-His Journey to
Madeley Adventure with the Miller - Return to White
Ladies Charles Conceals Himself in the Oak - His
Hiding-place at Boscobel-He Is Conducted by the
Penderells to Moseley - Meeting with Lord Wilmot
His Admirable Disguise
CHAPTER XIV.
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Boscobel Searched by the Parliamentary Soldiers — Their
Visit to Moseley-Charles Removes to Bentley — Rides
"Double as a Servant before Miss Lane - His Awk-
wardness in His New Character - Adventure with the
Blacksmith at Bromsgrove - Employed to Wind the
Meat-jack at Longmarston - Arrival at Abbotsleigh
Recognised by Pope, a Butler-Journey to Trent-