The Right Honourable

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1804 edition. ...in his room; but Richard, being of a very different disposition to his father, resigned his authority the 22d of April i65i); and soon after signed his abdication in form, and retired to live several years after his resignation, at first on the Conlinent, and afterwards upon his paternal fortune at home. estate, alliance or friendship, could raise himself to such a height, and compound and knead such opposite and contradictory tempers, humours, and interests into a consistence, that contributed to his designs, and to their own destruction; whilst himself grew insensibly powerful enough to cut off those by whom he had climbed, in the instant that they projected to demolish their own building. What was said of Cinna may very justly be said of him, ausum eum, qua nemo auderet bonus; perfecisse, quce a nullo, nisi fortissimo, perjici possent. He attempted those things which no good man durst have ventured on, and atchieved those in which none but a valiant and great man could have succeeded. "Without doubt, no man with more wickedness ever attempted any thing, or brought to pass what he desired more wickedly, more in the face and contempt of religion, and moral honesty; yet wickedness as great as his could never have accomplished those designs, without the assistance of a great spirit, an admirable circumspection, and sagacity, and a most magnanimous resolution. When he appeared first in parliament, he seemed to have a person in no degree gracious, no Veil. Paterc, 1. 2. c. 2. Sir Philip Warwick, who yields to none ofliis contemporary historians in candour and integrity, gives a minute description of the deportment of Cromwell at this time. See Warwick's memoirs of the reign of Charles I. 3vo. p. 247,-.. ornament of discourse, noDe...