the Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660: Narrated in Connexion with Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History His Time

irst Section.THE PROTECTORATE OF RICHARD CROMWELL: SEPT. 3, 1658-MAY 25, 1659.PROCLAMATION OF RICHARD:HEARTY RESPONSE FROMTHECOUNTRY AND FROM FOREIGN POWERS: FUNERAL OF THELATE PROTECTOR: RESOLUTION FOR A NEW PARLIAMENT.-DIFFICULTIES IN PROSPECT: LIST OFTHEMOST CONSPICUOUSPROPSANDASSESSORS OF THE NEW PROTECTORATE:MONK'SADVICESTO RICHARD: UNION OFTHE CROMWELLIANSAGAINSTCHARLES STUART: THEIR SPLIT AMONG THEMSELVES INTOTHE COURT OR DYNASTIC PARTYANDTHEARMY ORWALLINGFORD-HOUSE PARTY: CHIEFS OF THETWO PARTIES: RICHARD'S PREF-ERENCE FORTHE COURT PARTY,ANDHIS SPEECHTOTHEARMYOFFICERS: BACKING OF THE ARMY PARTY TOWARDS REPUB-LICANISM ORANTI-OLIVERIANISM:HENRY CROMWELL'S LET-TER OF REBUKE TO FLEETWOOD: DIFFERENCES OF THE TWOPARTIESASTO FOREIGN POLICY:THE FRENCHALLIANCEANDTHEWARWITH SPAIN: RELATIONSTOTHEKING OF SWEDEN.-3 DAVID MASSONMEETING OF RICHARD'S PARLIAMENT (JAN. 27, 1658-9): THETWOHOUSES: EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMONS: RICHARD'SOPENING SPEECH:THURLOETHE LEADER FOR GOVERNMENTIN THE COMMONS: RECOGNITION OF THE PROTECTORSHIPAND OFTHE OTHERHOUSE,AND GENERALTRIUMPH OFTHEGOVERNMENT PARTY:MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS OFTHEPARLIAMENT.-DISSATISFACTION OFTHEARMY PARTY:THEIRCLOSER CONNEXIONWITHTHE REPUBLICANS: NEW CONVEN-TION OF OFFICERSATWALLINGFORD-HOUSE: DESBOROUGH'SSPEECH:THE CONTENTION FORBIDDEN BYTHE PARLIAMENTAND DISSOLVED BY RICHARD:WHITEHALL SURROUNDED BYTHEARMY,AND RICHARD COMPELLEDTO DISSOLVE THE PARLIAMENT.-RESPONSIBLE POSITION OF FLEETWOOD, DESBOROUGH, LAM-BERT, AND THE OTHER ARMY CHIEFS: BANKRUPT STATE OFTHE FINANCES: NECESSITY FOR SOME KIND OF PARLIAMENT:PHRENZY FOR "THE GOOD OLD CAUSE" AND DEMAND FORTHE RESTORATION OF THE RUMP: ACQUIESCENCE OF THEARMY CHIEFS: LENTHALL'S OBJECTIONS: FIRST FORTNIGHTOFTHE RESTORED RUMP; LINGERING OF RICHARD INWHITE-HALL: HIS ENFORCED ABDICATION.OLIVER was dead, and Richard was Protector. He had been nominated, insome indistinct way, by his father on his death-bed; and, though there wasmissing a certain sealed nomination paper, of much earlier date, in whichit was believed that Fleetwood was the man, it was the interest of all partiesabout Whitehall at the moment, Fleetwood himself included, to accept thedeath-bed nomination. That having been settled through the night follow-ing Oliver's death, Richard was proclaimed in various places in London and