363 Sr. Anthony Ashley Cooper at that time insinuated himselfe into a particular friendship with the collonell, and made him all the ruined.-A. A. Cooper desires to establish these people.-Haslerig would admit the secluded members provided ti1cy would renounce a single person and the Jine of the Stuarts. . Page 696, Do. to Do. March 9, 1659-60, H Of Monk I have much more reason u to hope better than you apprehend, and would lose the hand with which I pay you H this duty, that ~1r. Edmondson (the king) had inclosed an answer to Howard by this a conveyance, time being very precious, and what a day may produce known only to " the prescience of Almighty God. All the progress that can be made without it is u carefully pur:.ued, nor shall any thing be wanting any care can supply. The last u night's conference between the officers of the army and members is so variously re- " ported, even by themselves, (with several of whom I have this morning discoursed) . u that .it is hard to give a narrative of particulars; the main they agree in, viz. that tl12 "demands were, indemnity for all past actions, confirmation of all purchases, sale of u what remains to the sta te -in the king's houses, forests, &c. towards the payment of u arrears; with some ~harp reflections on the militia of several counties put into disaf- " fected hands. "Sir "V m. Lewis," (one of the secluded members, as appears by Dugdal e's list, a nd who evidently had joined Col. Hutclu nson's party since his return) u Arthur Anncsley, "and Col. Hutchinson, endeavoured their satisfaction by repeating the acts already "past in their favour, justi fying many persons so chosen, promises of arrears, with u whatever else they thought reasonable to urge against the intrusion of military sti-. "pendiaries upon the-privilege of parliament.' Haslerig and some of his faction abetted "the soldiery, but all ended fairly, though far from satisfaction. The general had u . indeed before declared that he expected their obedience to the supreme authority, tt not their murpation of it; adding that it would be easier to find officers in the room u of those that remained obstinate, than for them to find regiments if the house should "deny pay. Upon the whole I am commanded to tell you that we suffered nothing in H the conference. Haslerig concluded there wCJs no other basis to build on than the H parliament. Col. Rich, Scott, and the rest who hitherto refrained, now enter the u house with faint hopes of opposing the general current. We make no doubt of sucu cess every where. All people cry out, the king! the king! some indeed add he must u come in on terms; and why cLoth he not prevent the imposition by a fair o!l'cr published u authentically, to release fears, settle their minds, and render his entrance facile." The same to the king, :March 10, 59-60, says l( Monk declared he \vould acquiesce " in the judgment of the parliament both as to king and lords. Ano,ther day he would ·' spend the last drop of his blood rather than the Stuarts should ever come into Eng- " land; but he is in good temper again the same night."
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