The bride to nothing but her will, The Cross in shop-books, or Baptifing: 310 Others, to make all things recant 315 The Chriftian or furname of Saint, And force all churches, streets, and towns, The holy title to renounce : Some 'gainst a third estate of Souls, And bringing down the price of Coals: 320 Some for abolishing Black-pudding, And eating nothing with the blood in ; To abrogate them roots and branches; 325 And That ufes to, editions 1684, 1689, 1694, 1700, 1704. Altered 1710, as it ftands here. Ver. 317, 318.] The mayor of Colchester banished one of that town for a malignant and a cavalier, in the year 1643, whofe name was Parfons; and gave learned reafon for this exemplary piece of justice, that it was an ominous name. this Ver. 323.] This was the spirit of the times. There was a propofal to carry twenty Royalists in front of Sir Thomas Fairfax's army, to expose them to the fire of the enemy; and one Gourdon moved, "That the "Lady Capel, and her children, and the Lady Nor And fome for breaking of their Bones With rods of iron, by fecret ones; For "wich, might be fent to the General with the fame "directions, faying, their husbands would be careful "of their fafety; and when divers oppofed fo barba & rous a motion, and alleged that Lady Capel was "great with child, near her time, Gourdon preffed it "the more eagerly, as if he had taken the General for "a man-midwife." Nay, it was debated at : council "of war, to maffacre and put to the fword all the King's party the queftion put was carried in the negative but by two votes." Their endeavour 66 was, how to diminish the number of their oppofites, "the Royalists and Prefbyterians, by a maffacre; for "which purpose many dark-lanterns were provided "laft winter, 1649; which coming to the common ru"mour of the Town, put them in danger of the infa my and hatred that would overwhelm them; fo this "was laid afide.". A bill was brought in, 1656, for decimating the Royalifts, but thrown out. And this fpirit was but too much encouraged by their clergy. Mr. Caryl, in a Thanksgiving Sermon before the Commons, April 23, 1644, p. 46. fays, "If Chrift will "fet up his kingdom upon the carcafes of the flain, it "well becomes all elders to rejoice and give thanks. "Cut them down with the fword of juftice, root them "out, and confume them as with fire, that no root may fpring up again.” Of this fpirit was Mr. George Swathe, minifter of Denham in Suffolk, who, in a prayer, July 13, 1641, or 1642, has the following remarkable words; "Lord, "if no compofition will end the controverfy between "the King and the Parliament, but the King and his party will have blood, let them drink of their own C 4 But kept the title of their caufe Until, in spite of force and treafon, Did Oliver give up his reign, 210 215 And was believ'd, as well by Saints To Ver. 215, 216.] At Oliver's death was a most furious tempeft, fuch as had not been known in the memory of man, or hardly ever recorded to have been in this nation. It is obferved, in a tract intituled, No Fool to the old Fool, L'Eftrange's Apology, p. 93, "That Oliver, after a long courfe of treafon, murder, "facrilege, perjury, rapine, &c. finished his accurfed "life in agony and fury, and without any mark of "true repentance." Though most of our hiftorians mention the hurricane at his death, yet few take notice of the ftorm in the northern counties, that day the Houfe of Peers ordered the digging up his carcafe, with other regicides. The author of the Parley between the Ghost of the late Protector and the King of Sweden in Hell, 1660, p. 19. merrily obferves, "That "he was even fo turbulent and feditious there, that he "was chain'd, by way of punishment, in the general “piffing-place, next the court-door, with a strict charge that nobody that made water thereabouts "should pifs any where but against his body." To founder in the Stygian ferry, Until he was retriev❜d by Sterry ; 220 Profanely for th' apocryphal Falfe Heaven at the end o' th' Hall; Whither Ver. 220.] The news of Oliver's death. being brought to those who were met to pray for him, Mr. Peter Sterry ftood up, and defired them not to be troubled; "For (faid he) this is good news, because "if he was of ufe to the people of God when he was "amongst us, he will be much more fo now, being af"cended into heaven, at the right hand of Jefus Chrift, "there to intercede for us, and to be mindful of us 66 upon all occafions." Dr. South makes mention of an Independent divine, (Sermons, Vol. I. fermon iii. p. 102.) who, when Oliver was fick, of which fickness he died, declared, "That God revealed to him that "he fhould recover, and live thirty years longer; for "that God had raised him up for a work which could "not be done in a lefs time: but Oliver's death being "published two days after, the faid divine publicly, "in his prayers, expoftulated with God the defeat of "his prophecy in thefe words, "Thou haft lied unto "us; yea, thou hast lied unto us." So familiar were thofe wretches with God Almighty, that Dr. Echard obferves of one of them, "That he pretended to have got fuch an intereft in Christ, and "fuch an exact knowledge of affairs above, that he "could tell the people that he had just before received "an exprefs from Jefus upon fuch a business, and that "the ink was fcarce dry upon the paper." Ver. 224.] After the Restoration Oliver's body was dug up, and his head fet up at the farther end of Weftminster-hall; 3 Whither it was decreed by Fate 225 He ftole the Pagan revelation. 230 Next him his fon and heir apparent Succeeded, though a lame vicegerent, Who minster-hall; near which place there is an houfe of entertainment, which is commonly known by the name of Heaven. Ver. 231, 232.] Oliver's eldest fon, Richard, was by him, before his death, declared his fucceffor; and, by order of the Privy Council, proclaimed Lord Protector, and received the compliments of congratulation and condolence, at the fame time, from the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen; and addreffes were prefented to him from all parts of the nation, promifing to ftand by him with their lives and fortunes. He fummoned a parliament to meet at Westminster, which recognized him Lord Protector; yet, notwithstanding, Fleetwood, Defborough, and their partifans, managed affairs fo, that he was obliged to refign. What opinion the world had of him, we learn from Lord Clarendon's account of his vifit incog. to the Prince of Conti at Pezenas; who received him civily, as he did all ftrangers, and particularly the English; and, after a few words (not knowing who he was) the Prince began to difcourfe of the affairs of England, and afked many questions concerning the King, and whether all men were quiet, and fubmitted obediently to him? which the other anfwered according to the truth. "Well, faid the Prince, Oliver, though he was |