BOOK III.

SEPTEMBER 1658—­MAY 1660.

HISTORY:—­THE PROTECTORATE OF RICHARD CROMWELL, THE ANARCHY,
MONK’S MARCH AND DICTATORSHIP, AND THE RESTORATION.

RICHARD’S PROTECTORATE:  SEPT. 3, 1658—­MAY 25, 1659.

THE ANARCHY:—­

STAGE I.:—­THE RESTORED RUMP:  MAY 25, 1659—­OCT. 13, 1659.

STAGE II.:—­THE WALLINGFORD-HOUSE GOVERNMENT:  OCT. 13,
1659—­DEC. 26, 1659.

STAGE III.:—­SECOND RESTORATION OF THE RUMP, WITH MONK’S
MARCH FROM SCOTLAND:  DEC. 26, 1659—­FEB. 21, 1859-60.

MONK’S DICTATORSHIP, THE RESTORED LONG PARLIAMENT, AND THE
RESTORATION.

BIOGRAPHY:—­MILTON’S LIFE AND SECRETARYSHIP THROUGH RICHARD’S
PROTECTORATE, THE ANARCHY, AND MONK’S DICTATORSHIP.

CHAP.  I. FIRST SECTION.  The Protectorate of Richard Cromwell:  Sept. 3, 1858—­May 25, 1659.—­Proclamation of Richard:  Hearty Response from the Country and from Foreign Powers:  Funeral of the late Protector:  Resolution for a New Parliament.—­Difficulties in Prospect:  List of the most Conspicuous Props and Assessors of the New Protectorate:  Monk’s Advice to Richard:  Union of the Cromwellians against Charles Stuart:  Their Split among themselves into the Court or Dynastic Party and the Army or Wallingford-House Party:  Chiefs of the Two Parties:  Richard’s Preference for the Court Party, and his Speech to the Army Officers:  Backing of the Army Party towards Republicanism or Anti-Oliverianism:  Henry Cromwell’s Letter of Rebuke to Fleetwood:  Differences of the Two Parties as to Foreign Policy:  The French Alliance and the War with Spain:  Relations to the King of Sweden.—­Meeting of Richard’s Parliament (Jan. 27, 1658-9):  The Two Houses:  Eminent Members of the Commons:  Richard’s Opening Speech:  Thurloe the Leader for Government in the Commons:  Recognition of the Protectorship and of the Other House, and General Triumph of the Government Party:  Miscellaneous Proceedings of the Parliament.—­Dissatisfaction of the Army Party:  Their Closer Connexion with the Republicans:  New Convention of Officers at Wallingford-House:  Desborough’s Speech; The Convention forbidden by the Parliament and dissolved by Richard:  Whitehall surrounded by the Army, and Richard compelled to dissolve the Parliament.—­Responsible Position of Fleetwood, Desborough, Lambert, and the other Army Chiefs:  Bankrupt State of the Finances:  Necessity for some kind of Parliament:  Phrenzy for “The Good Old Cause” and Demand for the Restoration of the Rump:  Acquiescence of the Army Chiefs:  Lenthall’s Objections:  First Fortnight of the Restored Rump:  Lingering of Richard in Whitehall:  His Enforced Abdication.