The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641: With the Precedent Passages, and Cctions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return, Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660, Volume 2, Part 1Printed at the Theater, 1717 - Great Britain |
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Page 31
... Letters to the feveral Vice - Chancellors , that they should move the Heads , and Principals of the fe- veral Colleges and Halls , that they would fend their Plate to the King ; private advertisements being firft fent to fome Trusty ...
... Letters to the feveral Vice - Chancellors , that they should move the Heads , and Principals of the fe- veral Colleges and Halls , that they would fend their Plate to the King ; private advertisements being firft fent to fome Trusty ...
Page 32
... Letters in his hand ; faying , " That those were all the King's " Letters , and that they always begun with Right Trusty_and " Well beloved , and the King's Name was ever at the Top ; " but this Letter begun with his own Name , and ...
... Letters in his hand ; faying , " That those were all the King's " Letters , and that they always begun with Right Trusty_and " Well beloved , and the King's Name was ever at the Top ; " but this Letter begun with his own Name , and ...
Page 33
... Letter was to tell him , " That one Ashburnham " was with him , who brought him a Letter , which he said was " from the King ; but he knew that could not be ; and there- " fore he defir'd to know , who this Man was , whom he kept " in ...
... Letter was to tell him , " That one Ashburnham " was with him , who brought him a Letter , which he said was " from the King ; but he knew that could not be ; and there- " fore he defir'd to know , who this Man was , whom he kept " in ...
Page 36
... Letters were accordingly writ , and within ten or twelve days , between four and five thousand pounds were return'd to his Majefty ; which was a seasonable fupply for his Affairs . AT his return to Shrewsbury , the King found as much ...
... Letters were accordingly writ , and within ten or twelve days , between four and five thousand pounds were return'd to his Majefty ; which was a seasonable fupply for his Affairs . AT his return to Shrewsbury , the King found as much ...
Page 37
... Letters and Agents into Wales , Chefbire , and Lan- cafhire , to quicken the Levies of Men which were making there , and return'd from Chefter through the North part of Wales ( where he found the People Cordial to him , and Arming ...
... Letters and Agents into Wales , Chefbire , and Lan- cafhire , to quicken the Levies of Men which were making there , and return'd from Chefter through the North part of Wales ( where he found the People Cordial to him , and Arming ...
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Page 343 - He was a great cherisher of wit and fancy and good parts in any man; and, if he found them clouded with poverty or want, a most liberal and bountiful patron towards them, even above his fortune...
Page 259 - ... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
Page 207 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Page 365 - Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion...
Page 349 - ... at Edgehill, when the enemy was routed, he was like to have incurred great peril, by interposing to save those who had thrown away their arms, and against whom, it may be, others were more fierce for their having thrown them away : so that a man might think, he came into the field chiefly out of curiosity to see the face of danger, and charity to prevent the shedding of blood.
Page 348 - ... no single preservation could be worth so general a wound and corruption of human society, as the cherishing such persons would carry with it.
Page 367 - And this covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God, the searcher of all hearts, with a true intention to perform the same, as we shall answer at that great day when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed...
Page 258 - And even with them who were able to preserve themselves from his infusions, and discerned those opinions to be fixed in him with which they could not comply, he always left the character of an ingenious and conscientious person.
Page 198 - He was, in all his deportment, a very great man, and that which looked like formality, was a punctuality in preserving his dignity from the invasion and intrusion of bold men, which no man of that age so well preserved himself from.
Page 257 - ... he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who and what he was, that durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court.