NOB Edward Earle of CLARENDON, High CHANCELLOR of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. AnDni.1667. ENGLAND, Begun in the Year 1641. With the precedent Paffages, and Actions, that contri- Written by the Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON, κλῆμα ἐς ἀεί. Thucyd. Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cicero. VOLUME II. PART I. OXFORD, Printed at the THEATER, An. Dom. MDCCXVII. TO THE QUEEN. MADAM, T O Your Majefty is moft humbly Dedicated this Second Part of the History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars,written by Edward Earl of Clarendon. For to whom fo naturally can the Works of this Author, treating of the Times of Tour Royal Grandfather, be addrefs'd, as to Tour Self; now wearing, with Luftre and Glory, that Crown, which, in those unhappy days, was treated with fo much contempt and barbarity, and laid low even to the Duft? This Second Part comes with the greater confidence into Your Prefence, by the advantage of the favourable reception the First bath met with in the World; fince it is not to be doubted, but the fame truth, fairness, and impartiality, that will be found throughout the whole thread of the Hiftory, will meet with the fame Candour from all equal Judges. Vol. II. Part I. A 2 'Tis 'Tis true, fome few Perfons, whofe Ancestors are here found not to have had that part during their lives which would have been more agreeable to the wishes of their furviving Pofterity, have been offended at fome particu lars, mention'd in this Hiftory, concerning fo near Rela tions, and would have them pafs for mistaken Informations. But it is to be hoped, that Juch a concern of Kindred for their Families, though not blameable in them, will rather appear partial on Their fide; fince it cannot be doubted, but this Author must have had his materials from undeniable, and unexceptionable hands, and could have no temptation to infert any thing, but the truth in a work of this nature, which was defign'd to remain to Pofterity, as a faithful record of Things, and Perfons in thofe Times, and of his own unquestionable fincerity in the reprefentation of them. In this affurance it is humbly hoped, it will not be unprofitable to Your Majefty to be here inform'd of the fatal and undeferv'd misfortunes of one of Your Ancestors, with the particular and fad occafions of them; the better to direct Your Royal Perfon through the continual uncertainties of the Greatness of this World. And as Your Majefty cannot have a better Guide, throughout the whole Courfe of Your Reign, for the good Adminiftration of Your Government, than Hiftory in general, fo there cannot be a more useful one to Your Majesty than this of Your own Kingdoms; and it is prefum'd, without lying under the Imputation of misleading Your Majesty, it may be afferted that no Author could have been better inftructed, and have known more of the Times and Matters of which he writes, than this who is here prefented to You. - Four Majefty may depend upon his Relations to be true in Fact, and You will find his Obfervations juft; bis Reflections made with judgement and weight; and his Advices given upon wife and honeft Principles, not capable of being now interpreted as fubfervient to any Ambition or Interest of his own; and having now outho'd the Prejudices and Partialities of the Times in which they were Written. And Your Majefly thus Elevated, as by God's bleffings You are, from whom a great many |