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SOURCE: "The First Civil War, 1642-1646," in Oliver Cromwell, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pp. 43-66.
In the following excerpt, Gaunt employs letters and speeches to demonstrate Cromwell's evolution as military leader and politician during the Civil War of 1642-1646.
I was a person that from my first employment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser trusts to greater, from my first being a captain of a troop of horse. And I did labour as well as I could to discharge my trust, and God blessed me as it pleased Him. And I did truly and plainly,—and then in a way of foolish simplicity, as it was judged by many great and wise men, and good men too,—desire to make use of my instruments to help in this work.1
Years later, in spring 1657, Cromwell recalled his service as captain of a cavalry troop during the opening year of...
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