Dissensions at court. 
Proposal of treaty. 
Negotiation at Uxbridge. 
Demands of Irish Catholics. 
Victories of Montrose in Scotland. 
State of the two parties in England. 
The army after the new model. 
Battle of Naseby. 
Its consequences. 
Victory of Montrose at Kilsyth. 
Surrender of Bristol. 
Defeat of Royalists at Chester. 
Of Lord Digby at Sherburn. 
The king retires to Oxford. 
His intrigues with the Irish. 
Mission of Glamorgan. 
Who concludes a secret treaty. 
It is discovered. 
Party violence among the parliamentarians. 
Charles attempts to negotiate with them. 
He disavows Glamorgan. 
Who yet concludes a peace in Ireland. 
King proposes a personal treaty. 
Montreuil negotiates with the Scots. 
Ashburnham with the Independents. 
Charles escapes to the Scots. 
The royalists retire from the contest. 
King disputes with Henderson. 
Motives of his conduct. 
He again demands a personal conference. 
Negotiation between the parliament and the Scots. 
Expedients proposed by the king. 
Scots deliver him up to the parliament. 
He still expects aid from Ireland. 
But is disappointed. 
Religious disputes. 
Discontent of the Independents. 
And of the Presbyterians.

CHAPTER III.

Opposite Projects Of The Presbyterians And Independents—­The King
Is Brought From Holmby To The Army—­Independents Driven From
Parliament—­Restored By The Army—­Origin Of The Levellers—­King Escapes
From Hampton Court, And Is Secured In The Isle Of Wight—­Mutiny In The
Army—­Public Opinion In Favour Of The King—­Scots Arm In His Defence—­The
Royalists Renew The War—­The Presbyterians Assume The Ascendancy—­Defeat
Of The Scots—­Suppression Of The Royalists—­Treaty Of Newport—­The King Is
Again Brought To The Army—­The House Of Commons Is Purified—­The King’s
Trial—­Judgment—­And Execution—­Reflections.

The king at Holmby. 
Character of Fairfax. 
Opposition of the Independents. 
Demands of the Army. 
Refusal of parliament. 
The army carries off the king. 
Marches towards London. 
And treats the king with indulgence. 
The Independents are driven from parliament. 
Charles refuses the offers of the army. 
Which marches to London. 
Enters the city. 
And gives the law to the parliament. 
The king listens to the counsels of the officers. 
And intrigues against them. 
Rise of the Levellers. 
The king’s escape. 
He is secured in the Isle of Wight. 
Mutiny suppressed. 
King rejects four bills. 
Vote of non-addresses. 
King subjected to farther restraint. 
Public opinion in his favour. 
Levellers prevail in the army. 
The Scots take up arms for the king. 
Also the English royalists. 
Feigned reconciliation of the army and the city.