The HIS T 0 RY of the PuRITANS~ VoL IT. Upan the breaking out of the civil war he took arms for the parliament and though he was forty-three years of age before he drew a fword, h~ t foon became colonel of a regiment of chofen men, who declared thev fi_s afoldi r. fought not for gain, but for the caufe of religion and liberty. He afCarrlllgt n's b c b 1 d d r 1 h life ojCr 111 _ ways went to prayer e10re att e, an returne 10 emn t anks for hi,swell, p. 2 3. fuccefs afterwards. He was careful to promote an exact difcipline in the Welw.. . army, and would not have pardoned his own brother (fays my author) Memolfs, if he had found him plundering the country people. The army had P· 140 ' I ffi h c d d . h . 'd' not an o cer w o 1ace anger wit greater mtrep1 ay, or more eagerly I fought occafions to difl:ingu ifh his perfonal valour. He had a great pre– fence of mind in the heat of aCtion, and taught his foldiers to fight In a more defperate manner than ufual, not allowing them to difcharge their mufquets, till they were fo near the enemy as to be fure of doing execution. His repu– tation rofe lo fafl:, that he quickly became a major-general, then lieutenant– general under Faiifax, and at !aft fupplanted him. His troops believed themfelves invincible under his conduCt; he never loft a battle where he had the chief command. The viCtory at Marjlon-Moor was chiefly afcribed to his valour. The reduCtion of Ireland in lefs than a year made him the terror of his enemies ; and the battles of Dunbar and Worcejler cornpleated his martial glory, .Ai ajlata· How far his ufurping the protetlorjhip of the three nations, without man. the previous confent of a free parliament, was the refult of ambition or neceflity, has been confidered already; but if we view him as a.Jlates-man, he was an able politician, a fteady refolute governor ; and though he had more numerous and powerful enemies than any man of the age, he was never intimidated, having a peculiar art of keeping men quiet, and giv– ing them by turns hopes of his favour. He had a wonderful knowledge of mankind, and an inimitable fagacity and penetration. If there was a ma n in England who excelled in any faculty or fcience, he would find l1im out, and reward him according to his merit. In nothing was his– good underfl:anding better difcovered (fays bifhop Burnet), than in feek– ing out able and worthy men for all employments, which gave a general fatisfaction. By thefe methods, in the fpace of four or five years, he carried the reputation and glory of the englijh nation as high, as it was capable of being raifed. He was equally dreaded by France, Spain, and , the United Provinces, who condefcended to fervile compliances to obtain his friendfhip; Charles Gr!flavus king of Sweden, thought himfelf ho– noured by his alliance; and cardinal Mazarine faid, that nothing but the king of France's. having the fmall pox, could have hindered him from coming over to England, that he mig_ht have the. honour of waiting on one of the greateft men,. T.he.
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