VIII. To a Committee of the same Parliament, Answers with praise as to the Petition and Advice PAGR Would state his Doubts, if there were Opportunity given,-if there were some Conference, or the like, Difficulty as to how they shall proceed in this mat- " Endeavours to rebut their arguments, used in the Replies to their argument drawn from Law; con- tends that whatever Title they, the Parliament, estab- lish, be it that of Protector or another, will be Law. For the rest, the matter not an essential; unimportant in comparison with others in this New Instrument of Animadverts on various Articles of the Petition and Advice, or New Instrument, which seem to require re- 68 SPEECH XV. To the same Parliament, 9 June 1657, on Thanks for their Supplies of Money, as the custom is. LETTER CCXVIII. To Gen. Blake: Whitehall, 10 June Reasons for thankfulness in such a Meeting: Reli- gious Liberty, the great object of our struggles, gained, and in the way of being made secure; Peace hitherto ; 92 SPEECH XVII. To the Two Houses of Parliainent; the Perils of the Nation; perils of the Protestant Inter- What he might have expected in this Meeting of Parliament; what he has found in it: Angry debating; 8. BATTLE OF NASEBY. BURIAL OF COLONEL PICKER- ING. Two LETTERS CONCERNING ELY 9. LANGPORT Battle. SUMMONS TO WINCHESTER |