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Excerpt from The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Vol. 7: With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, That Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660
Of all the Peers who followed the King, there was only one who refuled to lign this Letter the Earl of Leice/ler; who, after many paufes and delays, whether he had not yet digclted his late depofalrom the Lieutenancy of Ireland, to which the Marquis of Ormond was deputed, and thought the difobligation of it not capable of a reparation, or whether he thought the King's Fortune delperate, and refolved not to facrifice hitnlelfto any popular difpleafure, and not to provoke the Parliament farther than by not. Concurring with them; or whether he had it then in his purpofe to be found in their Quarters as lhortly after he was did in the end pofitivcly reiule to lub fcribe the Letter; and thereby was the occalion of a mifchiefhe did not intend. For both their Majellies, in their fecretpurpole, had deligned him to fucceed the Marquis of Heft/0rd in the Government of the Prince; for which he wbuld have been very proper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
