Cassell's History of England, Vol. 3 (of 8) From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough.
CHAPTER IV.
THE COMMONWEALTH.
Proclamation of the Prince of Wales Forbidden--Decline of the Peerage--_Ultimus Regum_--Establishment of a Republican Government--Abolition of the House of Lords and the Monarchy--Council of State--The Oath Difficulty--The Engagement--Religious Toleration--Trials of Royalists--Discontent among the People--The Levellers--Activity of John Lilburne--Quelling the Mutiny in Whalley's Regiment--Lockyer's Funeral--Arrest of Lilburne--Spread of the Disaffection to other Regiments--Suppression of the Insurrection--Cromwell appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland--Royalist Movement in Scotland--Charles's Son proclaimed King--The Scottish Deputation at the Hague--Charles's Court--Assassination of Dr. Dorislaus--Affairs in Ireland--Cromwell's Campaign--Defeat and Death of Montrose--Cromwell in Scotland--Battle of Dunbar--Movements of Charles--His March into England--Battle of Worcester--Charles Escapes to France--Vigorous Government--Foreign Difficulties--Navigation Act--War with Holland--Contest between Parliament and the Army--Expulsion of the Rump--The Little Parliament--Cromwell made Protector 90