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 no further. This o enraged the Houe, that they choe a Guard to defend themelves againt future Inults, and the King oon after left London. Some time before this began the Irih Rebellion, where the Irih the King's Authority, and hewed the Great Seal to jutify themelves; which whether true, or fale, raied uch a jealouy in the People, that he was forced to conent to leave the Management of that War to the Parliament: Yet he afterwards ent a Meage to them, telling them he would go to Ireland in Peron; and  them, that he had iued out Commiions for raiing 2000 Foot and 200 Hore in Chehire for his Guard, which they proteted againt, and prevented it. By this we may ee what Force was thought ufficient in his Reign to enlave the Nation and the frequent Attempts to get it.

Then the Civil Wars broke out between him and his People, in which many bloody Battels were fought; two of the mot coniderable were thoe of Newbury, both won by new Soldiers, the firt by the London Militia, and the latter by an unexperienced Army, which the King ued to call in deriion the New Nodel. And ome years after, the Battle of Worceter was in a great meaure won by the Country Militia, for which Cromwel discharged them with anger and contempt, as knowing them unfit to promote his Tyrannical Deigns. At lat by the fate of the War the King became a Prioner, and the Parliament treated with him while in that condition, and at the ame time voted that ome part of the Army hould be dibanded, and others ent to Ireland to reduce that Kingdom; upon which the Army choe Agitators among themelves who preented a Petition to both, that they would proceed to ettle the Affairs of the Kingdom, and declare that no part of the Army hould be dibanded till that was done. But finding their reented, they ent and eized the King's Peron from the Parliaments Commiioners, drew up a Charge of High Treaon againt eleven principal Members for  to diband the Army, entred into a private Treaty with the King: But he not complying with their, they eized London; and notwithstanding the  had voted the King's conceion a ground for a future Settlement, they reolved to put him to Death, and in