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Excerpt from An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, After the Manner of Mr. Bayle: Drawn From Original Writers and State Papers; To Which Is Added, an Appendix of Original Papers, Now First Published Omwell's hirth and patentage. Dllied to the hat no dz graee to a gentleman, p. 11 - 3. P. Vicious in youth, 6. Charae'ler of mn. Cromwell, concerning the poverty of Cromwell, p. 9. Re ettiom on them, p. 10. 0f the Religioaof Cromwell, p. 11. Letter of his to Mr. P. 13 - 23. Crom nod to hz oaery, p. 24. Though on kept/late to the fall, p. 27. Of his want of eloquence, p. 34. Mr. Hume tea/tired, p. 35. Cromwell's oeeeh to the Swedifh amhajhdor cwnmended, ' p. Cromwell 710 higot, p. 37 ibid. Cromwell the great p. 38 - 45. Fall: in with the Puritans, Short ate of the cafe he tween them and the Prelati/ls, p. 46. Charatter of coaet-prelatefr in the times of James and Charles I. P. 47. 0f the [revere meafares iahen in the time: of the latter of the/e Princes, p. 50. Cromwell with other: prepare to leave 'the \kingdom, p. 55. Fire op'dhy a pfoclamation, ibid. Re ettiom thereon, p. 56. 0f Cromwell's oppofitioa' to the draining the m, p. 56. 0f the parliament in 1641, p. 59. Lehrated for their nohle deedr, p. 62 - 6 5. High meter: of it hy Mr. Sidney and Mr. Trenchard, p.'69. Detour/t of the remoa/lrame of the ate of the kingdom, p. 70 - 7-76. The Parliament puts itfel/ in a/z'ate of defence - I: adhered to by Cromwell, who rai/e: a, troop of her/e, and diftiplines them in a tho/t extraordi nary manner. Prai/e of Cromwell's army h}: Lord Clarendon, p. 76 - 85. 0f Cromwell's fir aftions in the War, p. 85. Lord Holles's charge of eoz/itardiee 'agaityl him recited, p. 87. Hated and envied hy very powerfalperfom. Fitment of a eon/altatioa to amt/e him. A 2 If. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."