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the death of Cromwell, general Monk having the whole command in Scotland: And, before he marched for England with his army, the Reverend Mr Robert Minister of Edinburgh, was the first that advertured to propose to him the   Charles the second: When he found the general not averse to this proposal, he travelled through a good part both of Scotland and England, engaging numbers of noblemen and gentlemen in the project; and after the parliament was settled in England, Mess Douglas and Dickson ministers, wrote general Monk Jan. 10. 1660, signifying there entire confidence in him, as to the affairs in Scotland, and the necessity of one from then, to be near his person to put him in mind of what should be necessary, and to acquaint them with the real fate of things from time to time. Accordingly they desired his pass for Mr James Sharp,