CHAPTER XXXVIII

CHARLES II. AND THE CABAL. 1667-1674

1. Milton and Bunyan. 596

2. Butler and the Dramatists. 596

3. Reason and Science. 598

4. Charles II. and Toleration. 1667 598

5. Buckingham and Arlington. 1667-1669 599

6. The Triple Alliance. 1668 599

7. Charles's Negotiations with France. 1669-1670 600

8. The Treaty of Dover. 1670 600

9. The Cabal. 1670 602

10. Ashley's Policy. 602

11. Buckingham's Sham Treaty. 1671 603

12. The Stop of the Exchequer. 1672 603

13. The Declaration of Indulgence. 1672 604

14. The Second Dutch War of the Restoration. 1672 605

15. 'Delenda est Carthago.' 1673 606

16. Withdrawal of the Declaration of Indulgence. 1673 606

17. The Test Act. 1673 606

18. Results of the Test Act. 1673 607

19. Continuance of the Dutch War. 1673 607

20. The Duke of York's Marriage and Shaftesbury's Dismissal. 1673 608

21. Peace with the Dutch. 1674 608