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Hiftorical and Critical AcCOUNT

OF THE

L I FE

O F

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.

By WILLIAM HARRIS.

Ne quid falfi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.

CICERO.

LONDON:

Printed for A. MILLAR in the Strand.

MDCCLXII.

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THE

ROMWELL's birth and parentage. Allied to the best
families. Trade no difgrace to a gentleman, p. 1-3.

Of the learning of Cromwell, p. 4. Vicious in youth,

P. 5. Marries p. 6. Character of Mrs. Cromwell,

p. 6-8. Reports concerning the poverty of Cromwell,

P. 9. Reflections on them, p. 10. Of the Religion of

Cromwell, p. 11. An original letter of his to Mr.

Storie, p. 12. Of his enthufiafm, p. 13-23. Crom-

well courteous and affable, and inclined to buffoonery, p. 24.

Though on neceffary occafions he kept ftate to the full,

p. 27. Of his want of eloquence, p. 34. Mr. Hume

cenfured, p. 35. Cromwell's Speech to the Swedish

ambaffador commended, p. 36. Cromwell no bigot,

P. 37. Mifchief of bigottry, ibid. Cromwell the

great Patron of religious liberty, p. 38-45. Falls in

with the Puritans, p. 45. Short flate of the cafe be-

tween them and the Prelatifts, p. 46.

Character of Court-Prelates in the times of James and

Charles I. p. 47. Of the fevere measures taken in the

times of the latter of thefe Princes, p. 50. Cromwell ~

with others prepare to leave the kingdom, p. 55. Are

Stop'd by a proclamation, ibid. Reflections thereon, p. 56.

Of Cromwell's oppofition to the draining the Fenns,

p. 56. Of the parliament in 1641, p. 59. Justly ce-

lebrated for their noble deeds, p. 62-65. High cha-

racters of it by Mr. Sidney and Mr. Trenchard, p. 69.

Account of the remonstrance of the fate of the kingdom,

P. 70-76. The Parliament puts itself in a state of

defence- -Is adhered to by Cromwell, who raises a

troop of horse, and difciplines them in a most extraordi-

nary manner. Praise of Cromwell's army by Lord

Clarendon, p. 76-85. Of Cromwell's first actions

in the War, p. 85. Lord Holles's charge of cowardice

against him recited, p. 87. Hated and envied by very

powerful perfons. Account of a confultation to accufe him

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