ation); Baillie, III. 440-441. How uncertain it was
yet whether Monk would ever desert the Commonwealth, and how anxious
the Royalists were on the subject, appears from a letter of Mordaunt
to Charles, dated Feb. 17, 1659-60, or four days before the
Restoration of the Secluded Members (_Clar. State Papers_, III.
683). Speaking of Monk, Mordaunt writes thus:--"The visible
inclination of the people; the danger he foresees from so many
enemies; his particular pique to Lambert; the provocation of the
Anabaptists and Sectaries, with whom I may now join the Catholics;
the want of money to continue standing armies; the divisions of the
chief officers in those respective armies; the advices of those near
him--I mean, in particular, Clobery and Knight...; the admonitions
daily given him by Mr. Annesley and Alderman Robinson;--unless God
has fed him to the slaughter, cannot but move him."]

CHAPTER I.

Third Section.

MONK'S DICTATORSHIP, THE RESTORED LONG PARLIAMENT, AND THE DRIFT TO
THE RESTORATION: FEB. 21, 1659-60--APRIL 25, 1660.

THE RESTORED LONG PARLIAMENT: NEW COUNCIL OF STATE: ACTIVE MEN OF THE
PARLIAMENT: PRYNNE, ARTHUR ANNESLEY, AND WILLIAM MORRICE:
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT: RELEASE OF OLD ROYALIST
PRISONERS: LAMBERT COMMITTED TO THE TOWER: REWARDS AND HONOURS FOR
MONK: "OLD GEORGE" IN THE CITY: REVIVAL OF THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND
COVENANT, THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH, AND ALL THE APPARATUS
OF A STRICT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-ESTABLISHMENT: CAUTIOUS MEASURES FOR
A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT: THE REAL QUESTION EVADED AND HANDED OVER TO
ANOTHER PARLIAMENT: CALLING OF THE CONVENTION PARLIAMENT AND
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SAME: DIFFICULTY ABOUT A HOUSE OF LORDS: HOW
OBVIATED: LAST DAY OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT, MARCH 16, 1659-60: SCENE
IN THE HOUSE.--MONK AND THE COUNCIL OF STATE LEFT IN CHARGE: ANNESLEY
THE MANAGING COLLEAGUE OF MONK: NEW MILITIA ACT CARRIED OUT:
DISCONTENTS AMONG MONK'S OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS: THE RESTORATION OF
CHARLES STILL VERY DUBIOUS: OTHER HOPES AND PROPOSALS FOR THE MOMENT:
THE KINGSHIP PRIVATELY OFFERED TO MONK BY THE REPUBLICANS: OFFER
DECLINED: BURSTING OF THE POPULAR TORRENT OF ROYALISM AT LAST, AND
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMANDS FOR THE RECALL OF CHARLES: ELECTIONS TO THE
CONVENTION PARLIAMENT GOING ON MEANWHILE: HASTE OF HUNDREDS TO BE
FOREMOST IN BIDDING CHARLES WELCOME: ADMIRAL MONTAGUE AND HIS FLEET
IN THE THAMES: DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS AT LAST BETWEEN MONK AND
CHARLES: GREENVILL