The History of England Volume VI. David Hume

      

      THE HISTORY

      OF ENGLAND

      VOLUME VI

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      CONTENTS

      OF THE SIXTH VOLUME

LX THE COMMONWEALTH

State of England — Of Scotland — Of Ireland — Levellers suppressed — Siege of Dublin raised — Tredah stormed — Covenanters — Montrose taken prisoner — Executed — Covenanters — Battle of Dunbar — Of Worcester — King’s escape — The commonwealth — Dutch war — Dissolution of the parliament

LXI

Cromwel’s birth and private life — Barebone’s parliament — Cromwel made protector — Peace with Holland — A new parliament — Insurrection of the royalists — State of Europe — War with Spain — Jamaica conquered — Success and death of admiral Blake — Domestic administration of Cromwel — Humble Petition and Advice — Dunkirk taken — Sickness of the protector — His death — And character

LXII

Richard acknowledged protector — A parliament — Cabal of Wallingford House — Richard deposed — Long parliament or Rump restored — Conspiracy of the royalists — Insurrection — Suppressed — Parliament expelled — Committee of safety — Foreign affairs — General Monk — Monk declares for the parliament — Parliament restored — Monk enters London, declares for a free parliament — Secluded members restored — Long parliament dissolved — New parliament — The Restoration — Manners and arts

LXIII CHARLES II

New ministry — Act of indemnity — Settlement of the revenue — Trial and execution of the regicides — Dissolution of the convention — Parliament — Prelacy restored — Insurrection of the Millenarians — Affairs of Scotland — Conference at the Savoy — Arguments for and against a comprehension — A new parliament — Bishops’ seats restored — Corporation act — Act of uniformity — King’s marriage — Trial of Vane — And execution — Presbyterian clergy ejected — Dunkirk sold to the French — Declaration of indulgence — Decline of Clarendon’s credit

       LXIV

       A new session — Rupture with Holland — A new session — Victory of the English — Rupture with France — Rupture with Denmark — New session — Five-mile act — Sea-fight of four days — Victory of the English — Fire of London — Advances towards peace — Disgrace at Chatham — Peace of Breda — Clarendon’s fall — and banishment — State of France — Character of Lewis XIV. — French invasion of the Low Countries — Negociations — Triple league — Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle — Affairs of Scotland — and of Ireland

       LXV

       A parliament — The cabal — Their characters — Their counsels — Alliance with France — A parliament — Coventry act — Blood’s crimes — Duke declares himself catholic — Exchequer shut — Declaration of indulgence — Attack of the Smyrna fleet — War declared with Holland — Weakness of the States — Battle of Solebay — Sandwich killed — Progress of the French — Consternation of the Dutch — Prince of Orange Stadtholder — Massacre of the de Wits — Good conduct of the prince — A parliament — Declaration of indulgence recalled — Sea-fight — Another sea-fight — Another sea-fight — Congress of Cologne — A parliament — Peace with Holland

       LXVI

       Schemes of the cabal — Remonstrances of Sir William Temple — Campaign of 1674 — A Parliament — Passive obedience — A Parliament — Campaign of 1675 — Congress of Nimeguen — Campaign of 1676 — Uncertain conduct of the King — A Parliament — Campaign of 1677 — Parliament’s distrust of the King — Marriage of the Prince of Orange with the Lady Mary — Plan of peace — Negociations — Campaign of 1678 — Negociations — Peace of Nimeguen — State of affairs in Scotland

       LXVII

       The Popish plot — Oates’s narrative — and character — Coleman’s letters — Godfrey’s murther — General consternation — The parliament — Zeal of the parliament — Bedloe’s narrative — Accusation of Danby — His impeachment — Dissolution of the long parliament — Its character — Trial of Coleman — Of Ireland — New elections — Duke of Monmouth — Duke of York retires to Brussels — New parliament — Danby’s impeachment — Popish plot — New council — Limitations on a popish successor — Bill of exclusion — Habeas corpus bill — Prorogation and dissolution of the parliament — Trial and execution of the five jesuits — and of Langhorne — Wakeman acquitted — State of affairs in Scotland — Battle of Bothwel bridge

       LXVIII

       State of parties — State of the ministry — Meal-tub plot — Whig and Tory — A new parliament — Violence of the commons — Exclusion bill — Arguments for and against the exclusion — Exclusion bill rejected — Trial of Stafford — His execution — Violence of the commons — Dissolution of the parliament