526 The HISTORY of the PuRITANs; Vat: II. Interthat from this time the pre!byterians appeared no longer a~ong the king's Regnum. · b I d h' fl: . 1659 • enem~es, _ut very. muc l p~omote IS re ~ratiOn, Upan the foundation ~of this un10n, an mfurreebon was formed m feveral parts of the country lnfu;rellion which was difcovered -by Sir Richard Willis, a correfpondent of fecreta~ l{oo:h. G. ry 'Ihu;loe's, fo that only Sir George Booth, a prefuyterian, had an opportumty of appearing about Chrfler, at the head of five or fix hundred men, declaring for a free parliament, without mentioning the ki n2:; but he and Sir Thomas Middletolz, who joined him, were defeated by Lam– bert, and made prifoners. The king and .duke of York came to Calais to be in readinefs to embark in cafe it fucceeded, but upon the new; of its mifcarriage they retired, and his majefl:y in defpair determined to re1y upon the roman catholic powers for the future. Several of the pre!byte– rian minifl:ers appeared in this infurrection, as the reverend Mr. New– comb of Manche(ter, Mr. Eaton of Walton, and Mr. Finch chaplain to Sir George Booth, all afterwards ejected by the act of uniformity. Parliament The parliament to fecure their republicangovernmellt, firfl: appointed an .-atympt ;o . oath of abjuration, whereby they renounced allegiance toCharles Stuart, and :;:/cct cm- the whole race of king James, and promifed fidelity to the commonwealth, without a fingle perfon or the houfe of peers. They then attempted the reduction of the army, which had fet them up, depending upon the affilfances general Monk had given them from Scotland, of his army's en– tire fubmiffion to their orders; but the englijh officers, infl:ead of fubmit– ting, fl:ood in their own defence, and prefented another petition to the houfe, defiring thei r former addrefs fro~ Wallingford-Houfe might not lie afleep, but that Fleetwood, whom they had chofen for their general, might be confirmed in his high !1ation. The houfe demurred upon the petition, and feeing there was like to be a new contefl: for dominion, en– deavoured to divide the officers, by cafhiering fame, and paying others their arrears. Upon this the officers prefented a third petition to the fame purpofe; but the parliament being out of all patience, told them their complaints were without jufl: grounds, and cafh iered nine of the chiefs, among whom were lieutenant-general F!eetwood, Lambert, Dejborough, Berry, Kelfey, Gobbet, and others of the fu-ft rank: ?Y n:eal)s whereof things were brought to this criiis, that the army mufl: iubmtt to the parAnd are liamt nt, or infi:antly diffolve them. The difcarded officers refolved on turned out. the latter, for which purpofe, October 13, Lambert ,with his forces fe– cured all the avenues to the parliament houfe, and as thejpeaker paffed by Wbiteh.all he rid up to his coach, and havi_ng told him there was _nothing to be done at Wejlmil!}ler, commanded maJor Creed to conduct ht~l bac~ to his houfe. At the fame ttme all the members were fi:opped m their paffage, and prevented fi-om taking their feats in p_arliamen(; Fleetwood ha vino- placed a ftrc;mg guard.at the door of the parhamen,t houfe for that 0 ~~
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