Cromwell’s answer to them. 
Rising of the Anabaptists. 
Cromwell hesitates to accept the title. 
Confers on it with the committee. 
Seeks more time. 
Resolves to accept the title. 
Is deterred by the officers. 
Refuses. 
His second inauguration. 
The new form of government. 
Plot to assassinate him. 
It is discovered. 
Arrest and death of Sexby. 
Blake’s victory at Santa Cruz. 
His death. 
Alliance with France. 
New parliament of two houses. 
The Commons inquire into the rights of the other house. 
Cromwell dissolves the parliament. 
Receives addresses in consequence. 
Arrival of Ormond. 
Treachery of Willis. 
Royal fleet destroyed. 
Trials of royalists. 
Execution of Slingsby and Hewet. 
Battle of the Dunes. 
Capitulation of Dunkirk. 
Cromwell’s greatness. 
His poverty. 
His fear of assassination. 
His grief for his daughter’s death. 
His sickness. 
His conviction of his recovery. 
His danger. 
His discourse. 
His death. 
His character.

CHAPTER VIII.

Richard Cromwell Protector—­Parliament Called—­Dissolved—­Military
Government—­Long Parliament Restored—­Expelled Again—­Reinstated—­Monk In
London—­Re-Admission Of Secluded Members—­Long Parliament Dissolved—­The
Convention Parliament—­Restoration Of Charles ii.

The two sons of Cromwell. 
Richard succeeds his father. 
Discontent of the army. 
Funeral of Oliver. 
Foreign transactions. 
New parliament. 
Parties in parliament. 
Recognition of Richard. 
And of the other house. 
Charges against the late government. 
The officers petition. 
The parliament dissolved. 
The officers recall the long parliament. 
Rejection of the members formerly excluded. 
Acquiescence of the different armies. 
Dissension between parliament and the officers. 
The officers obliged to accept new commissions. 
Projects of the royalists. 
Rising in Cheshire. 
It is suppressed. 
Renewal of the late dissension. 
Expulsion of the parliament. 
Government by the council of officers. 
Monk’s opposition. 
His secrecy. 
Lambert sent against him. 
Parliament restored. 
Its first acts. 
Monk marches to York. 
Monk marches to London. 
Mutiny in the capital. 
Monk addresses the house. 
He is ordered to chastise the citizens. 
He joins them. 
Admits the secluded members. 
Perplexity of the royalists. 
Proceedings of the house. 
Proceedings of the general. 
Dissolution of the long parliament. 
Monk’s Interview with Grenville. 
His message to the king. 
The elections. 
Rising under Lambert. 
Influence of the Cavaliers in the new Parliament. 
The king’s letters delivered. 
Declaration from Breda. 
The two houses recall the King. 
Charles lands at Dover. 
Charles enters London.