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A
HISTORY
OF THE
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BRITISH EMPIRE,
FROM THE ACCESSION OF
CHARLES I. TO THE RESTORATION;
WITH AN INTRODUCTION,
TRACING THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY, AND OF THE CONSTITUTION, FROM THE FEUDAL TIMES TO THE OPENING OF THE HISTORY;
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME FOURTH.
CHAP. X.
State of the respective Armies, &c.-Battle of Naseby.-Capture
and Publication of Letters found in the King's Cabinet.-
Farther Successes of the Parliamentary Troops.-Fall of Bris-
tol.-Retreat of the King to Oxford.-Motions of the Scots.-
Actions of Montrose, and his Defeat at Philliphaugh.-Trans-
actions of Glamorgan.-Intrigues of the King.-Advance of
Fairfax to Oxford, and Flight of Charles to the Scottish Army
before Newark.-Termination of the War.-Fruitless Nego-
ciation.-The King delivered up by the Scots
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CHAP. XI.
State of the Army, and Mutiny.—The King seized by Joyce.—
The Army brought up to London,-and the Effect on the Par-
liament. The King flies to the Isle of Wight.-Second Civil
War, and Invasion from Scotland-The Treaty of Newport.-
The Invaders from Scotland overcome, and the Civil War ter-
minated.-King seized a second time by the Army.-The
House of Commons purged.-The King's Trial and Execu-
tion
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