524 The HIS T 0 R Y of tbe PuRITANs. Vot. II. Intercc as becomes your friend, and a good fubjeCl:. And the great God in R~%~um, " whofe prefence I fpeak, knows that I do it not to reproach you 'but ~ " out of my tender affcCl:ion and faithfulnefs to you. And you' may ~· reft affurcd, that you !hall a! ways find me, Pttilion-of t·ht /lrmy. Your true friend, and loving brother, H. C. ln other letters to lord Broghil, afterwards earl of Orrery, with whom he maintained an intimate correfpondence, " he complains of his being " forbid to come over into E ngland; and that the claufe in his new " commiilion was left out; namely, the power of appointing a deputy, " or juries, in order to prevent his coming over to England, which he "' hopes his highnefs will permit, there being much more caufe to pre(s' " it now than ever." " I find (fays he in a letter to the protector) that– " my enemies have fentenced me to an honourable banifhment; I am " not confcious of any crime which might deferve it ; but if they can " denounce judgment upon my ·innocence, they will eafily be able to " make me criminal. They have already begot a doubt among my " friends, whether all be right; but I will rather fubmit to any fuffer– " ings with a good name, than be the greateft man upo!J earth without " it."-ln a letter to fecretary 'Thurloe be writes, " that fince he was "' not allowed to leave Ireland, he could do no more than fit fiill and " look on. The elections for parliament are like to be good here (fays cc he), though I could wifh the writs had come fo timely, that the mem.. ,, bers might have been there before they had been excluded by a vote, « which, 'tis faid, will be the firft thing brought upon the ftage--'' From thefe, and fome other of his letters, 'tis natural to conclude, that lieutenant-general Fleetwood was at the head of the councils which depofeJ Richard, which might be owing either to his republican principles, or to his difappointment of the protectorfhip. However, when he found he could not keep the army within bounds, who were for new changes, he retired from public bufinefs, and fpent the remainder of his life pri– v.ately among his friends at Stoke-Newi11gton, where he died foon after the revolution,. being more remarkable for piety and devotion than for courage and deep penetration in politics. To return; after the rump parliament. had fat about a week, the offi• cers· petitioned- " I. That the laws might have their free courfe. 2. That •• all public debts unfatisfied might be paid. 3· That all who profefs " faith in the holy trinity, and acknowledge the holy fcriptures to be t~e '' revealed will of God, may ha.ve proteCl:ion and . encouragement. m •: -- - - " th~.
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