Cassell's History of England, Vol. 3 (of 8) From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough.

CHAPTER II.

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THE GREAT REBELLION (_concluded_).

The Assembly at Westminster--Trial and Death of Laud--Negotiations at Uxbridge--Meeting of the Commissioners--Impossibility of a Settlement--Prospect of Help to the King from the Continent--Charles agrees to the demands of the Irish Catholics--Discipline and Spirit of the Parliamentary Army--Campaign of the New-modelled Army--Hunting the King--Battle of Naseby--Fairfax in the West--Exploits of Montrose--Efforts of Charles to join Him--Battle of Kilsyth--Fall of Bristol--Battle of Philiphaugh--Last Efforts of the Royalists--Charles Offers to Treat--Discovery of his Correspondence with Glamorgan--Charles Intrigues with the Scots--Flight from Oxford--Surrender to the Scots at Newark--Consequent Negotiations--Proposals for Peace--Surrender of Charles to Parliament 34