~06 effected nothing; fo r the parliament itselfe began to grow in to two apparent factions of Presbyterians and Independents, and the king had hope, by thei r devisions, to prevaile for the accomplishment of his owne ends: . It was too apparent how much the whole parliament cause had bene often hazarded, how many opertunities of finishing the wan·e had bene overslipt by the Eade of Essex his armie, and beli ev'd that he himselfe, with his commanders, mther endeavoured to become arbiters of warrc and peace, then conquerors for the parliament; for it was knowne that he had given out such expressions: wherefore those in the parliament, who were griev'd at the preiudice of the publick interest, and loath to bring those men to publick shame, who had once well merited of them, deviz'd to new model the armi e, and an ordinance was made, call'd the self-denying ordinance, whereby all members of parliament, of both houses, were discharg'd of their commands in the armie. Cromwell had a part icular exception, when Essex, l\1anchester, and Denbigh, surrendered their commissions, and Sr. Thomas Fairfax was made gmerall of the new-modell'd armie, Cromwelllieftenant-generall, and Skippon maior-generall. The annie was reduc'd to twenty-one thousand, who prosecuted the warre not with designe of gain~ and making i t their trade, but to obteine a righteous peace and settl ement to the distracted kingdome, and accordingly it succeeded in their hands.r x W hoever will take the pains to read the king's letters in Clarendon's State Pape rs wi1l see that th is is a tru e representation of his sentiments; but Heylin pretends the failure of the treaty arose from the extreme pertinacity of the rigid Presbyterians; we may very well allow b~th their share . Y It is suggested by Rapin and others that thi s new model and self-deny ing ordim\nce arose not from the motives here set down, but merely from intrigue; ye t VVhite•
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