se of Commons) abolished the kingly office and House
of Lords, and appointed a Council of State of 41 members, which with the
House of Commons was to be the government. Intermediate then between
Charles I. and Charles II. there came--

Council of State and Parliament.
Oliver Cromwell.
Richard Cromwell.
Council of State and Parliament.

Here we see there was a Council of State and Parliament at the beginning
and close of these intermediates, and between them came Oliver Cromwell
and his son, Richard Cromwell. Charles I., followed by Council of State
and Parliament, made a case of Exclusion and the Council of State and
Parliament, followed by the Protector Oliver Cromwell, gives another
example of Ex. and a case of In. between Oliver Cromwell and his son
Richard, who inherited the protectorate, but a case of Ex. again between
the powerful Oliver and his weak son Richard, and another example of Ex.
between the protectorate of Richard Cromwell and the Council of State
and Parliament, and another between the latter and the full-fledged
monarchy of Charles II.

Now review what we have learned so far and we have William I., William
II., Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, James I., Charles I., Council of State
and Parliament, Oliver Cromwell, Richard Cromwell, Council of State and
Parliament, Charles II., James II., William III. and Mary, Anne, George
I., George II., George III., George IV., William IV., and Victoria.
Reverse the recital and we have Victoria, William IV., George IV.,
George III., George II., George I., Anne, William III. and Mary, James
II., Charles II., Council of State and Parliament, Richard Cromwell,
Oliver Cromwell, Council of State and Parliament, Charles I., James I.,
Elizabeth, Mary, Edward VI., William II., and William I.

(III.) We now proceed to learn the eighteen kings intermediate between
William II. and Edward VI. We notice at once that the _first_ and _last_
of these intermediates are the _first_ and _last_ Henrys [Ex.], viz.,
Henry I. and Henry VIII. We see also that Henry the _First_, or I., is
followed by Henry the Second, or II. [Con.], with the _first_ and only
Stephen as the _first_ single intermediary [In.]. Returning to Edward
VI., we see that he, the _last_ Edward, is preceded by Henry VIII., or
the _last_ Henry [In.] We also notice that Edward VI. is preceded by
Henry VI., and Henry VI. by Henry III., or the half of six [In. by W.
and P.]. Finally we observe that between