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 of Government, which was by a Repreentative of the People, a 2d Houe compoed of 70 Members in the Nature of a Houe of Lords, and a ingle Peron; and left a Blank for what name he hould be called, which this worthy Aembly filled up with that of King, addreed to Cromwel that he would be pleaed to accept it, and gave him power to nominate the Members of the Other Houe. This the great Officers of the Army reented, for it detroyed all their hopes of being Tyrants in their turn, and therefore addreed the Parliament againt the Power and Government of a King, which made Cromwel decline that Title, and content himelf with a greater Power under the name of Protector. Afterwards he named the Other Houe, as it was called, for the mot part out of the Officers of the Army, but even this Parliament not pleaing him, he diolved them in a fury, and governed the Nation without any Parliament at all till he died.

After his death the Army et up his Son Richard, who called a new Parliament; but their procceedings being not agreeable to the humour of the Soldiery they forced the Protector to diolve them: then they depoed him, and took the Power into their own hands; but being unable to wield it, they retored the Commonwealth, and oon after expelled them again, becaue they would not ettle the Military Sword independent of the Civil: Then they governed the Nation by a Council of War at Wallingford-Houe, and choe a Committee of Safety for the executive part of the Government; but that Whim lated but a little time before they choe Conervators of Liberty; and that not doing neither, they agreed that every Regiment hould chooe two Repreentatives, and this worthy Council hould ettle the Nation; when they met, ometimes they were for calling a new Parliament, sometimes for retoring the old, which was at lat done. By this means all things fell into Confuion, which gave Monk an opportunity of marching into England, where he acted his part o dexterouly, that he retored the King with part of that Army which had cut off his Father's Head.

This is a true and lively Example of a Government with an Army; an Army that was raied in the Caue,