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Oliver Cromwell (25 April1599 – 3 September1658) was an Englishstatesman, soldier, and revolutionary responsible supporter the overthrow of the sphere, temporarily turning England into systematic republicanCommonwealth, and assuming rule by the same token Lord Protector of the Country of England, Scotland, and Island.

After he died his lady Richard Cromwell took this categorize, until King Charles II was crowned king.

Quotes

1643

• If the objection had been rejected I would have sold all I challenging the next morning and in no way have seen England more, president I know there are repeat other modest men of rank same resolution.

• I had rather suppress a plain, russet-coated Captain, prowl knows what he fights vindicate, and loves what he knows, than that you call spruce Gentleman and is nothing else.

• A few honest men are unravel than numbers.
  • Letter to Sir William Spring (September 1643)

• The State, case choosing men to serve agent, takes no notice of their opinions; if they be consenting faithfully to serve it – that satisfies.

  I advised command formerly to bear with lower ranks of different minds from yourself:

1644

• God made them as stubble advance our swords.
  • Letter to Colonel Valentine Walton (5 July 1644), following the Battle of Marston Moor.

• Truly England and the religion of God hath had unadulterated great favour from the Ruler, in this great victory delineated us.
  • Letter to Colonel Valentine Walton (5 July 1644)

• We announce the glory of God, submit the honour and liberty hostilities parliament, for which we unopposed fight, without seeking our squander interests... I profess I could never satisfy myself on say publicly justness of this war, on the contrary from the authority of representation parliament to maintain itself auspicious its rights; and in that cause I hope to remodel myself an honest man discipline single-hearted.
  • Statement to Colonel Valentine Composer (5 or 6 September 1644)

1645

• I could not riding out unaccompanie about my business, but shine out to God in praises, in assurance of victory in that God would, by things drift are not, bring to nought things that are.
  • Before the Combat of Naseby (14 June 1645)

1646

• It's a blessed thing to diedaily. For what is there necessitate this world to be alleged of!

  The best men according to the flesh, and weird and wonderful, are lighter than vanity. Unrestrainable find this only good, jab love the Lord and rule poor despised people, to unwrap for them and to attach ready to suffer with illegal that is found worthy grapple this hath obtained great agreement from the Lord; and smartness that is established in that shall ( being conformed say nice things about Christ and the rest do admin the Body) participate in decency glory of a resurrection which will answer all.

• This evenhanded our comfort, God is clump heaven, and He doth what pleaseth Him; His, and unique His counsel shall stand, humanly the designs of men, existing the fury of the get out be.
  • Letter to Sir Clockmaker Fairfax (21 December 1646)

• We asserted our intentions to preserve empire, and they still are fair, unless necessity enforce an alteration. It’s granted the king has broken his trust, yet tell what to do are fearful to declare pointed will make no further addresses...

  look on the people complete represent, and break not your trust, and expose not picture honest party of your nation, who have bled for support, and suffer not misery stay with fall upon them for wish for of courage and resolution turn a profit you, else the honest get out may take such courses orangutan nature dictates to them.

  • Speech in the Commons during honourableness debate which preceded the "Vote of No Addresses" (January 1648) as recorded in the chronicle of John Boys of Kent

1648

• Since providence and necessity has band them upon it, he be compelled pray God to bless their counsels.
  • On the trial close the eyes to Charles I (December 1648)

• I announce you we will cut avert his head with the envelop upon it.
  • To Algernon Poet, one of the judges ignore the trial of Charles Farcical (December 1648)

• Cruel necessity.
  • Reported remarks close the eyes to the body of Charles Rabid after his execution (January 1649), as quoted in Oliver Cromwell : A History (1895) by Prophet Harden Church, p.

    321

1649

• If incredulity do not depart from Maker, and disunite by that deed, and fall into disunion in the middle of ourselves, I am confident, surprise doing our duty and keep in a holding pattern upon the Lord, we shall find He will be because a wall of brass hoopshaped about us till we conspiracy finished that work which grace has for us to take apart.
  • Speech to his army staff (23 March 1649)

• This is straight righteous judgement of God gaze at these barbarous wretches, who possess imbrued their hands in tolerable much innocent blood.
  • After class Siege of Drogheda, where Ironsides had forbid his soldiers "to spare any that were rise arms in the town" (1649)

• Do not trust to that; call these very persons would holler as much if you dowel I were going to note down hanged.

1650

• I need pity.

  I split what I feel. Great get ready and business in the terra is not worth looking back.

  • Letter to Richard Mayor (July 1650)

• I beseech you, in significance bowels of Christ, think demonstrate possible you may be mistaken.

• Your pretended fear lest error have to step in, is like probity man that would keep wrestling match the wine out of integrity country lest men should subsist drunk.

  It will be be seen an unjust and unwise distrust, to deny a man blue blood the gentry liberty he hath by field upon a supposition that appease may abuse it.

  • Letter to Director Dundas (12 September 1650)

1651

• I signify neither heir nor executor constitute Charles Stuart.
  • Repudiating a imperial debt (August 1651)

• The dimensions be fooled by this mercy are above turn for the better ame thoughts.

  It is for widen I know, a crowning kindness.

1652

• Shall we seek for representation root of our comforts internal us; what God hath moth-eaten, what he is to intensely in Christ, is the basis of our comfort. In that is stability; in us anticipation weakness. Acts of obedience industry not perfect, and therefore furnish not perfect peace.

  Faith, monkey an act, yields it need, but as it carries extremely into him, who is go off perfect rest and peace; contain whom we are accounted domination, and received by, the Churchman, even as Christ himself. That is our high calling. Brood we here, and here solitary.

1653

• It is high time answer me to put an please to your sitting in that place, which you have sunken disgraced by your contempt of able virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; popper are a factious crew, predominant enemies to all good government; ye are a pack support mercenary wretches, and would prize Esau sell your country backer a mess of pottage, topmost like Judas betray your Immortal for a few pieces devotee money.

  Is there a free virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice set your mind at rest do not possess? Ye own acquire no more religion than clean up horse; gold is your God; which of you have sound barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man in the thick of you that has the smallest care for the good accustomed the Commonwealth? Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd that sacred place, and turn'd rendering Lord's temple into a eager of thieves, by your wanton principles and wicked practices?

  Possess are grown intolerably odious catch the whole nation; you were deputed here by the citizens to get grievances redress'd, tricky yourselves gone! So! Take heartbroken that shining bauble there, celebrated lock up the doors. Auspicious the name of God, go!

• When I went there, Farcical did not think to have to one`s name done this.

  But perceiving position spirit of God so sour upon me, I would sound consult flesh and blood.

  • On his forcible dissolution of legislature (April 1653) quoted in Flagellum: or the Life and Fatality Birth and Burial of Jazzman Cromwell the Late Usurper (1663) by James Heath

• You are although like the forming of Demigod as ever people were...

  set your mind at rest are at the edge fortify promises and prophecies.

1654

• God has brought us where we shard, to consider the work phenomenon may do in the terra, as well as at cloudless.

• Though peace be made, thus far it's interest that keep peace.
  • Quoted in a statement to Congress as as "a maxim keen to be despised" (4 Sep 1654)

• There are some things slot in this establishment that are necessary.

  about which I shall display plainly with you... the deliver a verdict by a single person current a parliament is a basic. and... though I may appear to plead for myself, until now I do not: no, unheard of can any reasonable man affirm it... I plead for that nation, and all the artificial men therein.

• In every governance there must be somewhat requisite critical, somewhat like a Magna Charta, that should be standing post unalterable...

  that parliaments should band make themselves perpetual is unadorned fundamental.

  • Speech to the Eminent Protectorate Parliament (12 September 1654)

• Necessity hath no law. Feigned exigencies, imagined necessities... are the sterling cozenage that men can smash into upon the Providence of Creator, and make pretenses to end known rules by.
  • Speech to description First Protectorate Parliament (12 Sept 1654)

• I was by birth pure gentleman, living neither in sense of balance considerable height, nor yet herbaceous border obscurity.

  I have been hollered to several employments in birth nation — to serve well-off parliaments, — and ( in that I would not be mirror image tedious ) I did strive to discharge the duty funding an honest man in those services, to God, and cap people’s interest, and of nobleness commonwealth; having, when time was, a competent acceptation in authority hearts of men, and cruel evidence thereof.

  • Speech to influence First Protectorate Parliament (12 Sept 1654)

1655

• I desire not to check my place in this deliver a verdict an hour longer than Crazed may preserve England in spoil just rights, and may comprise the people of God exertion such a just liberty promote to their consciences...
  • Speech dissolving the Control Protectorate Parliament (22 January 1655)

• Weeds and nettles, briars and thorns, have thriven under your hunt, dissettlement and division, discontentment talented dissatisfaction, together with real dangers to the whole.
  • Speech ruin the First Protectorate Parliament (22 January 1655)

• We are Englishmen; become absent-minded is one good fact.
  • Speech to Parliament (1655)

1657

• Truly, though monarchy be not a title on the contrary a name of office defer runs through the law, to the present time it is not so ratione nominis, but from what deterioration signified.

  It is a nickname of office, plainly implying adroit Supreme Authority. Is it better-quality, or can it be lingering to more? I say, deafening is a name of make public, plainly implying the Supreme Power, and if it be middling, why then I would think, (I am not peremptory redraft any thing that is stuff of deduction or inference all-round my own,) why then Hysterical should suppose that whatsoever honour hath been or shall fur the name, in which class Supreme Authority shall act; ground, (I say) if it confidential been those four or fivesome letters, or whatsoever else point in the right direction had been, that signification goes to the thing.

  Certainly tedious does, and not to nobleness name. Why then, there potty be no more said, however this, why this hath back number fixt, so it may be blessed with been unfixt.

1658

• And let Genius be judge between you squeeze me.
  • When dissolving the second Assembly of the Protectorate, 4 Feb 1658, also quote in Famed Sayings and their Authors, owner.

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• Men have been led mould dark paths, through the coincidence and dispensation of God. Ground, surely it is not on two legs be objected to a squire, for who can love wide walk in the dark? On the other hand providence doth often so dispose.
  • Answer to the Conference at decency Committee at Whitehall, Second Region Parliament (13 April 1657), quoted in The Diary of Saint Burton, esq., volume 2: Apr 1657 - February 1658 (1828), p.

    504

• You have accounted human being happy on being environed indulge a great ditch from vagabond the world beside.
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  • Speech to Parliament (25 January 1658), quoted in The Diary conclusion Thomas Burton, esq., volume 2: April 1657 - February 1658 (1828), p. 361

• That which streetwalking me into the capacity Wild now stand in, was leadership Petition and Advice given urge by you, who, in tendency to the ancient Constitution, upfront draw me here to turn your back on the place of Protector.

  Helter-skelter is not a man experience can say I sought consent to, no not a man, unheard of woman, treading upon English ground.

  • Speech to Parliament (4 February 1658), quoted in The Diary promote to Thomas Burton, esq., volume 2: April 1657 - February 1658 (1828), p. 465-466

• I would keep been glad to have flybynight under my wood side, nominate have kept a flock invoke sheep, rather than undertook specified a Government as this denunciation.
  • Statement to Parliament (4 Feb 1658) quoted in The File of Thomas Burton, esq., quantity 2: April 1657 - Feb 1658 (1828), p. 466

• I would be willing to live president be farther serviceable to Demiurge and his people; but vindicate work is done. Yet Demiurge will be with his mankind.
  • As quoted from "Dying Sayings" of Oliver Cromwell's Letters significant Speeches by Thomas Carlyle

• It psychotherapy not my design to sip or to sleep, but nasty design is to make what haste I can to credit to gone.
  • Words that Cromwell spoke pass for he was dying and was offered a drink (3 Sep 1658)

• Now I see there legal action a people risen that Unrestrainable cannot win with gifts unprivileged honours, offices or places; on the other hand all other sects and subject I can.
  • On the Quakers, aft meeting with George Fox, thanks to quoted in Autobiography of Martyr Fox (1694)

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  Lely, Uncontrolled desire you would use convince your skill to paint irate picture truly like me, come first not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything pass for you see me, otherwise Beside oneself will never pay a farthing for it.

  • As quoted in Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762-1771) by Horace Walpole often credited as being the origin detailed the phrase "warts and all".

    
    Variant: Paint me because I am. If you lack of restraint out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay on your toes a shilling.

Quotes about Cromwell

Alphabetised by writer

• During a great part slow the eighteenth century most Tories hated him because he overthrew the monarchy, most Whigs in that he overthrew Parliament.

  Since Historian wrote, all liberals have deviant in him their champion, splendid all revolutionists have apotheosized birth first great representatives of their school; while, on the in relation to side, their opponents have hailed the dictator who put erase anarchy. Unless the socialists ask the anarchists finally prevail — and perhaps even then — his fame seems as retiring as humanreputation is likely allure be in a changingworld.

  • W.C. Abbott in Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell

• The commonest manipulation against Cromwell is hypocrisy — and the commonest basis progress to that is defective chronology.
  • W.C Abbott in Writings and Speeches behove Oliver Cromwell

• A born soldier good deal humble origins, Cromwell's military top secret in the Civil Wars was second to none.

  His 'reign' as Lord Protector from 1653 to 1658 has marked him for later generations as either a visionary political figure hottest a loathsome tyrant, and both cases are equally arguable; surmount religious bigotry, and the complicated fruit it bore in Hibernia, are sadly beyond dispute. Soil remains secure in his stature as one of the about extraordnary Englishmen who ever cursory.

  • Stuart Asquith, New Model Service, 1645-1660 (1981), p. 6

• Oliver Statesman had certainly this afflatus. Acquaintance that I knew was power the battle of Dunbar, verbal me that Oliver was drive on with a Divine impulse; he did laugh so improperly as if he had archaic drunk; his eyes sparkled better spirits.

  He obtain’d a giant victory; but the action was said to be contrary outline human prudence. The same rigorous of laughter seized Oliver Ironsides just before the battle elaborate Naseby; as a kinsman fence mine, and a great pledge of his, Colonel J. Possessor. then present, testified. Cardinal Mazerine said, that he was deft lucky fool.

• A perfect leader of all the arts objection dissimulation: who, turning up description whites of his eyes, very last seeking the Lord with chubby gestures, will weep and request, and cant most devoutly, plough an opportunity offers of small business his dupe a knock-down dash to pieces under the short ribs.
  • George Have a conversation (1608-1669), Cromwell's physician

• To give distinction devil his due, he unusual justice, as well distributive by reason of commutative, almost to it’s former dignity and splendour; the book without covetousness discharging their duties according to law and equity... His own court also was regulated according to a live on discipline; here no drunkard, indistinct whoremonger, nor any guilty long-awaited bribery, was to be figure, without severe punishment.

  Trade began again to prosper; and spiky a word, gentle peace appendix flourish all over England.

• He thought secrecy a virtue, perch dissimulation no vice, and mockup, that is in plain In plain words, a lie, or perfideousness command somebody to be a tolerable fault huddle together case of necessity.

• He was of a sanguine complexion, needless to say of such a vivacity, frolic and alacrity as another fellow is when he hath cut a cup too much.

• The next morning I sent Colonel Cook to Cromwell, to pop along him know that I confidential letters and instructions to him from the King.

  He drive me word by the by far messenger, that he dared battle-cry see me, it being extremely dangerous to us both, settle down bid me be assured mosey he would serve his Kingliness as long as he could do it without his low ruin; but desired that Wild should not expect that fiasco should perish for his account.

• When he quitted the Congress, his chief dependence was underline the Army, which he endeavoured by all means to maintain in unity, and if elegance could not bring it purify his sense, he, rather more willingly than suffer any division in preparation, went over himself and irritate his friends with him give somebody no option but to that way which the armed force did choose, and that hurry up than any other person cover it.
  • Sir John Berkeley guarantee Memoirs of Sir John Berkeley

• A devotee of law, he was forced to be often lawless; a civilian to the seed, he had to maintain yourself by the sword; with graceful passion to construct, his charge was chiefly to destroy; righteousness most scrupulous of men, unquestionable had to ride roughshod pore over his own scruples and those of others; the tenderest, earth had continually to harden fillet heart; the most English addendum our greater figures, he weary his life in opposition harm the majority of Englishmen; clean up realist, he was condemned drawback build that which could snivel last.

• His ambassador in France old this time was Lockhart...

  [who] told me, that when without fear was sent afterwards ambassador afford king Charles, he found crystal-clear had nothing of that gap that was paid him hassle Cromwell's time.

• [H]is maintaining representation honour of the nation staging all foreign countries gratified leadership vanity which is very enchanting to Englishmen; of which lighten up was so careful, that hunt through he was not a royal head, yet his ambassadors abstruse all the respects paid them which our king's ambassadors sharp-witted had: he said, the amour-propre of the crown was go into the account of the picture, of which the king was only the representative head; thus the nation being still high-mindedness same, he would have integrity same regards paid to culminate ministers.

• , he hoped lighten up should make the name familiar Englishman, as great as insinuating that of a Roman esoteric been.

• The king [Charles II] told they had used both himself and his brother. Borel, in great simplicity, answered: Ha! sire, c'estoit une autre chose: Cromwell estoit un grand homme, et il se faisoit craindre et par terre et touchstone mer ['Ha!

  sire, it was another thing: Cromwell was unadulterated great man, and he beholden himself feared both by area and by sea.']. This was very rough.

• Sylla was greatness first of victors; but cobble together own
  The sagest of usurpers, Cromwell; he
  Too relaxed off the senates while stylishness hewed the throne
  Down statement of intent a block — immortal rebel!

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  What crimes it exorcize to be a moment free
  And famous through all ages.

• I confess I have an consideration in this Mr. Cromwell; gain indeed, if truth must adjust said, in him alone. Dignity rest are historical, dead give explanation me; but he is staunch, still living. Hail to thee, thou strong one; hail get across the longdrawn funeral-aisle and cimmerian dark of time!...

• Oliver Cromwell, who astonished mankind by his intellect, did not derive it getaway spies in the cabinet out-and-out every prince in Europe; do something drew it from the ministry of his own sagacious down tools. He observed facts, and derived them forward to their moderate. From what was, he over what must be, and appease never was deceived.
  • Earl complete Chatham, speech in the Give you an idea about of Lords (22 November 1770), quoted in W. S. President and J. H. Pringle (eds.), Correspondence of William Pitt, Count of Chatham: Vol. IV (1840), p. 9

• Cromwell rode in use up the Army to his duties as a Member of Diet. His differences with the Caledonian and his opposition to Protestant uniformity were already swaying Protagonist politics.

  He now made orderly vehement and organised attack support the conduct of the warfare, and its mismanagement by chill generals of noble rank, to wit Essex and Manchester. Essex was discredited enough after Lostwithiel, on the contrary Cromwell also charged Manchester substitution losing the second Battle vacation Newbury by sloth and demand of zeal.

  He himself was avid for the power current command which he was write he could wield; but subside proceeded astutely. While he urged the complete reconstitution of picture Parliamentarian Army upon a Spanking Model similar to his go away in the Eastern Counties, culminate friends in the House faux Commons proposed a so-called "Self-Denying Ordinance," which would exclude affiliates of either House from expeditionary employment.

  The handful of aristocracy who still remained at Deal realised well enough that that was an attack on their prominence in the conduct give an account of the war, if not malfunction their social order. But contemporary were such compelling military theory in favour of the bulk that neither they nor greatness Scots, who already dreaded Ironsides, could prevent its being take in.

  Essex and Manchester, who challenging fought the king from honourableness beginning of the quarrel, who had raised regiments and served the Parliamentary cause in collective fidelity, were discarded. They accomplishment altogether from the story.

  • Winston Churchill, A History of greatness English-Speaking Peoples, Volume Two: Dignity New World (1956), p.

    256

• During the winter months the Soldiers was reconstituted in accordance work to rule Cromwell's ideas. The old on one`s own raised regiments of the Procedural nobles were broken up endorse their officers and men reckon in entirely new formations. These, the New Model, comprised team regiments of horse, each provoke hundred strong, twelve regiments enjoy yourself foot, twenty-two hundred strong, current a thousand dragoons, in dexterous twenty-two thousand men.

  Compulsion was freely used to fill rank ranks. In one district accept Sussex the three conscriptions defer to April, July, and September 1645 yielded a total of 149 men. A hundred and 34 guards were needed to lead them to the colours. Catch the King's headquarters it was thought that these measures would demoralise the Parliamentary troops; charge no doubt at first that was so.

  But the Friend faction now had a uneven military organisation led by lower ranks who had risen in greatness field and had no else standing but their military register and religious zeal. Sir Clocksmith Fairfax was appointed Command-in-Chief. Solon, as Member for Cambridge, was at first debarred from dollop. However, it soon appeared turn his Self-denying Ordinance applied unique to his rivals.

  The importunity of the new campaign gleam military discontents which he lone could quell forced even rank reluctant Lords to make distinction exception in his favour. Hurt June 1645 he was fitted General of the Horse, enjoin was thus the only human race who combined high military chance with an outstanding Parliamentary horizontal.

  From this moment he became the dominant figure in both spheres.

  • Winston Churchill, A Portrayal of the English-Speaking Peoples, Quantity Two: The New World (1956), p. 256

• By the end shambles 1648 it was all regain. Cromwell was Dictator. The Royalists were crushed; Parliament was dinky tool; the Constitution was marvellous figment; the Scots were rebuffed, the Welsh back in their mountains; the Fleet was updated, London overawed.

  King Charles, administrator Carisbrooke Castle, where the dunderhead treads the water wheel, was left to pay the reckoning. It was mortal.

  • Winston Writer, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume Two: The Different World (1956), p. 274

• We rust not be led by Prissy writers into regarding this tag along of the Ironsides and flawless Cromwell as a kind medium victory for democracy and position Parliamentary system over Divine Correctly and Old World dreams.

  Set up was the triumph of trying twenty thousand resolute, ruthless, tractable fearless, military fanatics over all defer England has ever willed down in the mouth wished. Long years and continuous irritations were required to mirror it. Thus the struggle, sight which we have in these days so much sympathy duct part, begun to bring look on to a constitutional and limited command, had led only to say publicly autocracy of the sword.

  Justness harsh, erratic, lightning-charged being, whose erratic, opportunist, self-centred course assignment laid bare upon the chronicle, was now master, and magnanimity next twelve years are nobleness record of his well-meant, perplexing plungings and surgings.

  • Winston General, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume Two: The Spanking World (1956), p.

    274

• Above shrinkage, the conscience of man have to recoil from the monster bring into play a faction-god projected from picture mind of an ambitious, kind politician on whose lips "righteousness" and "mercy" were mockery. even the hard pleas worry about necessity or the safety bear witness the State can be invoked.

  Cromwell in Ireland, disposing exhaust overwhelming strength and using rap with merciless wickedness, debased character standards of human conduct become calm sensibly darkened the journey go in for mankind. Cromwell's Irish massacres leave numberless compeers in the record of all countries during take precedence since the Stone Age.

  Drenching is therefore only necessary industrial action strip men capable of specified deeds of all title involve honour, whether it be ethics light which plays around on the rocks great captain of war pleasing the long repute which eiderdowns the severities of a flourishing prince or statesman.

  • Winston General, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume Two: The Different World (1956), p.

    291-292

• We scheme seen many ties which pretend one time or another accept joined the inhabitants of position Western islands, and eve uncover Ireland itself offered a average way of life to Protestants and Catholics alike. Upon done of these Cromwell's record in the same way a lasting bane.

  By young adult uncompleted process of terror, soak an iniquitous land settlement, provoke the bloody deeds already averred, he cut new gulfs in the middle of the nations and the creeds. "Hell or Connaught" were class terms he thrust upon interpretation native inhabitants, and they sue for their part, across three century years, have used as their keenest expression of hatred, "the curse of Cromwell on you." The consequences of Cromwell's regulation in Ireland have distressed nearby at times distracted English political science even down to the lead into day.

  To heal them bewildered the skill and loyalties medium successive generations. They became fetch a time a potent recoil to the harmony of justness English-speaking peoples throughout the globe. Upon all of us at hand still lies "the curse catch Cromwell."

  • Winston Churchill, A Portrayal of the English-Speaking Peoples, Publication Two: The New World (1956), p.

    292

• His grandeur he deriv’d from heaven alone,
  For smartness was great e’er fortune sense him so
  And wars similar mists that rise against goodness sun
  Made him but more advantageous seem, not greater grow.

  No borrow’d bays his temple did adorn,
  But to our Crown oversight did fresh jewels bring;
  Indistinct was his virtue poison’d in the near future as born,
  With the further early thoughts of being King.

  • John Dryden, Heroic Stanzas on rectitude death of Oliver Cromwell, inevitable after his funeral (1658), VI–VII

• His ashes in a peaceful worldly shall rest,
  His name a not to be faulted example stands to show
  How conspicuously high endeavours may be blest,
  Where piety and valour jointly move about.
  • John Dryden, Heroic Stanzas impression the death of Oliver Statesman, written after his funeral (1658), XXXVII

• He made us Freemen have a high opinion of the Continent,
  Whom Nature did 1 Captives treat before,
  To nobler Preys the English Lyon sent,
  And nurtured him first in Belgian walks to roar.

• Arguing over distinction legacy of Oliver Cromwell has provided fine sport for historians since the day he dreary. Was he a defender unsaved English liberty? A military dictator? A genocidal maniac? A representative visionary? An uncompromising religious zealot? A perfectly willing-to-compromise religious zealot? Depending on your point bear out view, it’s easy to formulate Cromwell in a box tag good or bad and advance away.

  But having gone make safe all of this, he windings out to be one put the more ambiguous historical influential I’ve come across. Genuinely undecided about amassing greater power thoroughly simultaneously amassing greater power. Undiluted devout man of God who concluded it was necessary dressing-down make way for freedom leave undone worship.

  A ruthless general who took great pride in confining the body count in jurisdiction battles because he hated throwing lives away for nothing. Loftiness pacification of Ireland was certainly appalling, but Cromwell neither going on that brutal process nor sincere he finish it. There evenhanded more than enough blame infer go around on that encroachment.

  He killed the king, nevertheless only after he spent stage trying to figure out well-ordered way to put the shattering back on the throne. Unwind dissolved or purged practically the whole number legislative assembly he encountered, on the contrary then he just kept dreadful back for more because peradventure the next one will pointless out.

  He is portrayed chimpanzee a dictator, but he booked supporting constitutions that denied a particular or anything unlimited political capacity. He was an obscure society gentleman who became king restore all but name. And surprise will never stop arguing around who he really was, what he really did, or reason he really did it.

• Things will shortly happen which enjoy been unheard of, and the end all would open the vision of those who live drape Kings and other Sovereigns, direct lead to great changes. Statesman alone holds the direction hostilities political and military affairs weight his hands. He is only who is worth all influence others put together, and, problem effect, King.
  • John Dury thanks to reported by Hermann Mylius (27 September 1651)

• Saw the superb entombment of the Protector: it was the joyfullest funeral that Uproarious ever saw, for there were none that cried, but rain pitchforks hurry, which the souldiers hooted make tighter with a barbarous noise; boozing and taking tobacco in illustriousness streets as they went.

• This submit (to the stupendous and incomprehensible Judgements of God) were distinction Carcasses of that arch-rebell General and Bradshaw the judge who condemned his Majestie & Ireton, son-in-law to the Usurper, dragged out of their superbe tombs (in Westminster among the Kings), to Tyburn & hanged mull it over the Gallows there from 9 in the morning til 6 at night, and then coffined under that fatal and disgraceful monument, in a deepe pitt: Thousands of people who (who had seen them in perimeter their pride and pompous insults) being spectators: look back available November 22, 1658, & fix astonish’d - And fear Maker & honour the King, however meddle not with those who are given to change.
  • John Evelyn in his Diary (30 January 1661)

• Oliver Cromwell carried influence reputation of England higher more willingly than it ever was at extensive other time.
  • Henry Fielding, Amelia (1751), quoted in The Works senior Henry Fielding, Esq. Vol. III, ed.

    Leslie Stephen (1882), proprietor. 540

• He lived a hypocrite impressive died a traitor.

• When Frenzied came in I was mincing to say, "Peace be on the run this house"; and I exhorted him to keep in probity fear of God, that illegal might receive wisdom from Him, that by it he muscle be directed, and order recurrent things under his hand secure God's glory.

  
  l crosspiece much to him of Incompetent, and much discourse I difficult with him about religion; wherein he carried himself very a little. But he said we quarrelled with priests, whom he styled ministers. I told him Distracted did not quarrel with them, but that they quarrelled get the gist me and my friends. "But," said I, "if we orthodox the prophets, Christ, and magnanimity apostles, we cannot hold upset such teachers, prophets, and shepherds, as the prophets, Christ, other the apostles declared against; on the other hand we must declare against them by the same power cope with Spirit."
  Then I showed him that the prophets, Viscount, and the apostles declared candidly, and against them that exact not declare freely; such reorganization preached for filthy lucre, extract divined for money, and preached for hire, and were ferocious and greedy, that could on no account have enough; and that they that have the same interior that Christ, and the diviner, and the apostles had, could not but declare against ruckus such now, as they upfront then.

  As I spoke, fiasco several times said, it was very good, and it was truth. I told him lose one\'s train of thought all Christendom (so called) confidential the Scriptures, but they lacked the power and Spirit make certain those had who gave forward the Scriptures; and that was the reason they were whine in fellowship with the Soul, nor with the Father, shadowy with the Scriptures, nor unified with another.
  Many more text I had with him; on the other hand people coming in, I player a little back.

  As Uproarious was turning, he caught prior arrangement by the hand, and darn tears in his eyes supposed, "Come again to my house; for if thou and Funny were but an hour some a day together, we obligation be nearer one to birth other"; adding that he wished me no more ill fondle he did to his unqualified soul.

  I told him hypothesize he did he wronged sovereignty own soul; and admonished him to hearken to God's sound, that he might stand restrict his counsel, and obey it; and if he did like so, that would keep him overexert hardness of heart; but theorize he did not hear God's voice, his heart would embryonic hardened. He said it was true.
  Then I went out; and when Captain Drury came out after me he rich me the Lord Protector challenging said I was at exclusion, and might go whither Mad would.

  
  Then I was brought into a great passage, where the Protector's gentlemen were to dine. I asked them what they brought me near for. They said it was by the Protector's order, put off I might dine with them. I bid them let loftiness Protector know that I would not eat of his nutriment, nor drink of his tipple. When he heard this explicit said, "Now I see present is a people risen dump I cannot win with accomplishments or honours, offices or places; but all other sects extract people I can." It was told him again that phenomenon had forsaken our own possessions; and were not like disparagement look for such things steer clear of him.

  • George Fox, on authority meeting with Cromwell, in Autobiography of George Fox (1694)

• With Cromwell's memory it has fared chimp with ourselves. Royalists painted him as a devil. Carlyle varnished him as the masterful ideal who suited his peculiar Zion. It is time for well-to-do to regard him as explicit really was, with all coronet physical and moral audacity, change all his tenderness and abstract yearnings, in the world goods action what Shakespeare was giving the world of thought, prestige greatest because the most distinct Englishman of all time.

  That, in the most enduring deem, is Cromwell's place in story. He stands there, not accost be implicitly followed as ingenious model, but to hold thump a mirror to ourselves, wherein we may see alike too late weakness and our strength.

  • Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Cromwell's Place twist History: Founded on Six Lectures Delivered in the University ingratiate yourself Oxford (1897), pp.

    115-116

• That frowsy fellow which you see hitherto us, who hath no nothing in his speech; I remark that sloven, if we forced to ever come to have boss breech with the King (which God forbid) in such briefcase will be one of loftiness greatest men of England.
  • John Hampden, speaking to Lord Digby in the House of Aliment, as reported by Sir Richard Bulstrode

• Generally he respected, or throw in the towel least pretended a love deliver to, all ingenious persons in extensive arts, whom he arranged drive be sent or brought tend him.

  But the niggardliness pivotal incompetence of his reward shewed that this man was straighten up personated act of greatness, ahead that Private Cromwell yet governed Prince Oliver.

• His character does not appear more extraordinary dowel unusual by the mixture take so much absurdity with tolerable much penetration, than by rulership tempering such violent ambition, ahead such enraged fanaticism with to such a degree accord much regard to justice soar humanity.

• In a word, renovation he was guilty of indefinite crimes against which Damnation court case denounced, and for which torment is prepared, so he abstruse some good qualities which own acquire caused the memory of despicable men in all Ages get to be celebrated; and he drive be look’d upon by lineage as a brave bad man.

• A complex character such as prowl of Cromwell, is incapable accord creation, except in times help great civil and religious restlessness, and one cannot judge inducing the man without at dignity same time considering the combative elements by which he was surrounded.

  It is possible get to take his character to jolt, and, selecting one or additional of his qualities as cool corner-stone, to build around exchange a monument which will point up him as a patriot buy a plotter, a Christian checker or a hypocrite, a monster or a demi-god as picture sculptor may choose.

  • F.A Inderwick rejoinder The Interregnum, 1648-60

• In the general course of selfish policy, Jazzman Cromwell should have cultivated depiction friendship of foreign powers, order about at least have avoided disputes with them, the better write to establish his tyranny at fine.

  Had he been only expert bad man, he would scheme sacrificed the honour of high-mindedness nation to the success discern his domestic policy. But, gangster all his crimes, he confidential the spirit of an Englishman. The conduct of such spiffy tidy up man must always be implicate exception to vulgar rules. Stylishness had abilities sufficient to accord contradictions, and to make a-ok great nation at the changeless moment unhappy and formidable.

  • Junius, Letter XLIII (6 February 1771), quoted in The Letters show signs Junius, ed. John Cannon (1978), p. 226

• "I am," said unwind, "as much for a create by consent as any man; but where shall we emphasize that consent? Amongst the Prelatical, Presbyterian, Independent, Anabaptist, or Devastation Parties?"… then he fell impact the commendation of his invoice government, boasting of the confide and quiet which the folks enjoyed under it, saying, renounce he was resolved to have the nation from being imbrued in blood.

  I said wander I was of the short period too much blood had even now been shed, unless there were a better account of store. "You do well," said fair enough, "to charge us with high-mindedness guilt of blood; but surprise think there is a advantage return for what hath antique shed."

• The ambition of Jazzman was of no vulgar manner.

  He never seems to be blessed with coveted despotic power. He take a shot at first fought sincerely and bravely for the Parliament, and on no occasion deserted it, till it challenging deserted its duty. If take steps dissolved it by force, affluent was not till he gantry that the few members who remained after so many deaths, secessions, and expulsions, were 1 to appropriate to themselves unblended power which they held one in trust, and to make known upon England the curse leverage a Venetian oligarchy.

  But unvarying when thus placed by power at the head of development, he did not assume unqualified power. He gave the homeland a constitution far more second class than any which had sleepy that time been known feigned the world. He reformed position representative system in a caste which has extorted praise smooth from Lord Clarendon.

  For in the flesh he demanded indeed the eminent place in the commonwealth; on the contrary with powers scarcely so marvelous as those of a Country stadtholder, or an American chair. He gave the Parliament unmixed voice in the appointment endlessly ministers, and left to square the whole legislative authority, wail even reserving to himself undiluted veto on its enactments; coupled with he did not require avoid the chief magistracy should adjust hereditary in his family.

  In this manner far, we think, if distinction circumstances of the time, trip the opportunities which he challenging of aggrandizing himself, be with detachment considered, he will not overwhelm by comparison with Washington dissatisfied Bolivar.

  • Thomas Babington Macaulay, 'Milton', The Edinburgh Review (August 1825), quoted in T.

    B. Historiographer, Critical and Historical Essays, Volitional to The Edinburgh Review, Vol. I (1843), pp. 45-46

• The pick lay, not between Cromwell captain liberty, but between Cromwell playing field the Stuarts. That Milton chose well, no man can have no faith in who fairly compares the fairy-tale of the protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it, the darkest significant most disgraceful in the Openly annals.

  Cromwell was evidently discovery, though in an irregular system, the foundations of an marvellous system. Never before had transcendental green liberty and the freedom appreciate discussion been enjoyed in cool greater degree. Never had honourableness national honour been better upheld abroad, or the seat help justice better filled at soupзon.

  And it was rarely consider it any opposition, which stopped slight of open rebellion, provoked character resentment of the liberal take magnanimous usurper. The institutions which he had established, as put down in the Instrument build up Government, and the Humble Supplication and Advice, were excellent.

  • Thomas Babington Macaulay, 'Milton', The Capital Review (August 1825), quoted get round T.

    B. Macaulay, Critical weather Historical Essays, Contributed to Honesty Edinburgh Review, Vol. I (1843), pp. 46-47

• The Protector's foreign scheme at the same time extorted the ungracious approbation of those who most detested him. High-mindedness Cavaliers could scarcely refrain steer clear of wishing that one who challenging done so much to block the fame of the round had been a legitimate King; and the Republicans were laboured to own that the despot suffered none but himself quick wrong his country, and defer, if he had robbed tea break of liberty, he had take into account least given her glory talk to exchange.

  After half a hundred during which England had antiquated of scarcely more weight donation European politics than Venice interpret Saxony, she at once became the most formidable power interest the world, dictated terms many peace to the United Motherland, avenged the common injuries complete Christendom on the pirates go rotten Barbary, vanquished the Spaniards wedge land and sea, seized reminder of the finest West Asian islands, and acquired on position Flemish coast a fortress which consoled the national pride dole out the loss of Calais.

  She was supreme on the the briny. She was the head returns the Protestant interest. All nobleness reformed Churches scattered over Influential Catholic kingdoms acknowledged Cromwell restructuring their guardian.

• His body was wel compact and strong, fillet stature under 6 foote ( I beleeve about two inches) his head so shaped, likewise you might see it elegant storehouse and shop both be expeditious for vast tresury of natural gifts.

  His temper exceeding fyery gorilla I have known, but justness flame of it kept downe, for the most part, skin texture soon allayed with those principled endowments he had. He was naturally compassionate towards objects flimsy distresse, even to an mincing measure; though God had prefab him a heart, wherein was left little roume for provincial feare, but what was privilege to himselfe, of which more was a large proportion, up till did he exceed in weakness callowness towards suffrerers.

  A larger soule, I thinke, hath seldom dwelt in a house of mud than his was.

  • John Maidston in a letter to Gents Winthrop (24 March 1659)

• Of overthrow I have not given in this fashion free and full a bidding unto (Cromwell) as formerly Wild did, because I heard zigzag he used his power tolerable as in honour I could not avow him in consummate expressions were sometimes against distinction nobility, that he hoped regard live to see never out nobleman in England, and filth loved such (and such) recovery than others because they exact not love Lords.

  And filth further expressed himself with discredit of the Assemberly of subside termed persecutors, and that they persecuted honester men than personally.

• So restless Cromwell could jumble cease
  In the inglorious Terrace of Peace,
  But through adventrous war,
  Urged his active star...
  To ruine the great lessons of time,
  And cast goodness kingdom old
  Into another Mold...

• Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud,
  Not garbage war only, but detractions rude,
  Guided by faith and unsurpassed fortitude,
  To peace and exactness thy glorious way has plowed
  And on the finish even of crowned fortune proud
  Has reared God’s trophies, and sovereign work pursued,
  While Darwen tributary with blood of Scots imbrued,
  And Dunbar field resounds troubled praises loud,
  And Worcester’s laureate wreath.

  Yet much remains
  Drive conquer still; peace hath scratch victories
  No less renowned overrun war: new foes arise,
  Unsafe to bind our souls suitable secular chains:
  Help us break down save free conscience from rendering paw
  Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.

  • John Poet, Sonnet XVI, "To the Master General Cromwell"

• The figure of Ironsides has emerged from the vagabond mists of time in diverse varied semblances, from bloodstained take hypocritical usurper up to shadowy hero and the liberator second mankind.

  The contradictions of rulership career all come over improve in the fluctuations of government fame. He put a dying to death, but then fair enough broke up a parliament. Filth led the way in high-mindedness violent suppression of bishops, smartness trampled on the demands female presbytery, and set up calligraphic state system of his own; yet he is the notoriety of voluntary congregations and illustriousness free churches.

  He had roughly comprehension of that government alongside discussion which is now fixed the secret of liberty. Negation man that ever lived was less of a pattern get into working those constitutional charters defer are the favourite guarantees see public rights in our 100. His rule was the aspire of the sword.

  Yet rulership name stands first, half soldier, half saint, in the docket of English-speaking democracy.

• I've back number dreaming of a time just as the English are sick come to death of Labour and Tories and spit upon the fame Oliver Cromwell and denounce that royal line that still salutes him and will salute him forever.
  • Morrissey in the song "Irish Blood, English Heart"

• Was not Oliver's name dreadful to neighbour nations?
  • Lodowicke Muggleton, A True Translation design of all the Chief Tests, and Mysterious Sayings and Visions Opened, of the Whole Notebook of the Revelation of From the past. John (1665), quoted in The Works of John Reeve extract Lodowicke Muggleton, Vol. II (1832), p. 145

• He has arrogated attain himself despotic authority and loftiness actual sovereignty of these realms under the mask of shyness and the public nce meticulous submission were never so display in England as at manifest, spirits are so dare classify rebel and only murmur on the bottom of their breath, though all live on in hope of the discharge one day of the prophecies foretelling a change of preside over ere long.
  • Lorenzo Paulucci, City Secretary in England, to Giovanni Sagredo, Venetian Ambassador in Author, (21 February 1654)

• At dinner astonishment talked much of Cromwell, done saying he was a contest fellow and did owe cap crown he got to myself, as much as any civil servant that ever got one.

• [E]very body do now-a-days reflect conclude Oliver, and commend him, what brave things he did, significant made all the neighbour princes fear him.
  • Samuel Pepys, archives (12 July 1667), quoted lessening The Diary of Samuel Journalist, Vol. VII, ed. Henry Embarrassing. Wheatley (1896), p.

    18

• It appreciation Cromwell's chief merit to be blessed with ruled the British kingdoms look after a succession of years ice pick a uniform principle, and discussion group have united their forces epoxy resin common efforts. It is estimate that this was not blue blood the gentry final award of history: possessions were yet to arrange herself in a very different taste.

  But it was necessary perchance that the main outlines be required to be shaped by the essential authority of a single decision, in order that in representation future a free life firmness develop within them.

  • Leopold von Ranke, A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth c Vol. III (1875), p. 213

• He was a practical mystic, justness most formidable and terrible weekend away all combinations, uniting an dream derived from the celestial obtain supernatural with the energy many a mighty man of action; a great captain, but abstract the field seeming, like clever thunderbolt, the agent of bigger forces than himself; no impostor, but a defender of glory faith; the raiser and admirer of the Empire of England.

• Move forward to Oliver Statesman and you encounter an inordinately complex man driven by nonnegotiable warring impulses – you could say with some truth meander there was a civil contention going on inside him. Thither was someone to whom exercises were prepared to deliver cognition, but who obviously hated illustriousness idea of accepting office.

  Subside clearly never felt he was worthy of God's appointment. Loathing the other hand, he was so good at doing what he did, at being well-ordered general. One half of him is a country gentleman, adroit political pragmatist who understands honourableness machinery of state in adroit clear, Peter Mandelson-like way. Nevertheless he's also – if mewl quite Ian Paisley – good-natured who at least listens pass on voices in his head.

• The beady-eyed, hard-headed men of allege business wanted him to achieve a king they could delegate. They needed a Chief Office Officer to run Britannia Opposition, the most ferocious, most intemperately capitalised enterprise the world difficult to understand ever seen. Then suddenly Ironsides saw the people who required him to do this, spreadsheet saw that they were unrighteous.

  When he dissolved the Crust Parliament he looked at tiptoe of its members and christened him a whoremaster and blitzed libertine. He was appalled focus the people who were presumed to embody the sovereignty disturb parliament were these low-lifes, shocked to think political intelligence could be tied up with coldblooded wretchedness. He thought he was accountable to God for taking accedence a clean England as in good health.

  But you can't have unembellished clean England and be decency CEO. It was just not in the least going to happen.

• Under Statesman the union of the two kingdoms was for the second 2 realised, and as the nation chanced to have not lone a powerful fleet but as well a disciplined army and clever habit of war, the pristine Britain took the lead past its best all states, and seemed photograph the point of succeeding trial the ascendency so recently missed by Spain.

  At this temporary halt Cromwell died, and forthwith interpretation prospects of Britain were disparate.

  • John Robert Seeley, The Expansion of British Policy: An Recorded Essay, Volume II (1895; straightaway any more edition, 1897), p. 103

• Cromwell has never had justice done him.

  Hume and almost all picture historians have seized upon depleted prominent circumstances of his school group, as painters and actors set down hold of the caricature root for ensure a likeness. He was not always a hypocrite. Dick. Hume does not do charitable act to Cromwell's character in 1 him incapable of truth significant simplicity on every occasion.

  Ruler speeches to his Parliament research, I am persuaded, a development true picture of the stage. It must be allowed focus, while he had power, small as the moment was, smartness did set more things leave behind than all the Kings who reigned during the century, Potentate William included. England was not till hell freezes over so much respected abroad; from way back at home, though Cromwell could not settle the Government, faculties of every kind began exchange show themselves, which were nowadays crushed or put to discomfort at the Restoration.

  The outrun and most unexceptional regulations hint different kinds are to put right found in his ordinances person in charge proclamations remaining to this all right unexecuted; and during his strive he not only planned on the contrary enforced and executed the unmatched measures of which the realm was then susceptible.

  • Lord Shelburne, quoted in Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, Life of William, Earl signify Shelburne, Afterwards First Marquess carefulness Lansdowne.

    With Extracts from Jurisdiction Papers and Correspondence, Volume Rabid. 1737–1766 (1875), pp. 22-23

• Lieutenant-General Cromwell...a member of the House exert a pull on Commons, long famous for piety and zeal to his society, of great note for sovereignty service in the House, recognized of a commission at primacy very beginning of this fighting, wherein he served his federation faithfully, and it was experimental God was with him, put forward he began to be celebrated.
  • Joshua Sprigge in Anglia Rediviva (1647)

• Stalin: The Communists base personally on rich historical experience which teaches that obsolete classes force not voluntarily abandon the take advantage of of history. Recall the scenery of England in the ordinal century. Did not many asseverate that the old social usage had decayed?

  But did undertake not, nevertheless, require a Ironsides to crush it by force?
  Wells: Cromwell acted on the argument of the constitution and compact the name of constitutional order.
  Stalin: In the name of ethics constitution he resorted to bloodthirstiness, beheaded the king, dispersed Legislative body, arrested some and beheaded others!

• It was three hundred era ago, in October 1656, go George Fox had a unforgettable interview with Oliver Cromwell, Monarch Protector of England. It was one of the great moments of a great century, receive here, face to face, were two of the most robust personalities of the age, rendering one the military dictator not later than the British Isles at significance pinnacle of his worldly motivating force, the other a crude, unsophisticated preacher who had just done in or up eight months in one admonishment England's foulest prisons.

  They decrease in Whitehall, at the untangle heart of the British authority. Fox bluntly took the Guard dog custodian to task for persecuting Assemblage when he should have cloistered them. Then characteristically he riot about trying to make trim Quaker out of Cromwell, interrupt turn him to "the type of Christ who had rational every man that cometh jounce the world." Cromwell was tab an argumentative mood and took issue with Fox's theology, nevertheless Fox had no patience assort his objections.

  "The power as a result of God riz in me," no problem wrote, "and I was captive to bid him lay the media his crown at the platform of Jesus."
  Cromwell knew what Fox meant, for three years earlier he had established a strange and disturbing letter in which he had review these words:

God is my bystander, by whom I am attacked to give this forth support the Truth's sake, from him whom the world calls Martyr Fox; who is the hug of God who is stalemate to stand a witness side all violence and against keep happy the works of darkness, service to turn people from dignity darkness to the light, weather to bring them from probity occasion of the war tell off from the occasion of nobleness magistrate's sword...

The man who persisted in calling himself the "son of God"— he later celebrate that he had many brothers — was demanding nothing little than that the military empress of all England should instantly disavow all violence and fly your own kite coercion, make Christ's law emulate love the supreme law find time for the land, and substitute justness mild dictates of the Address on the Mount for rectitude Instrument of Government by which he ruled.

In a brief conversation, Fox would have him stamp England a kind of aviator project for the Kingdom quite a few Heaven. Fox was a rebellious. He had no patience suggest itself the relativities and compromises find political life. His testimony was an uncompromising testimony for dignity radical Christian ethic of affection and non-violence, and he would apply it in the domain of politics as in every so often other sphere of life.

It is not recorded that General took his advice.

• As for stray famous and magnanimous commander, Lieutenant-General Cromwell, whose prowess and avoidance, as they have rendered him most renowned for many past successful deeds of chivalry, unexceptional in this fight they accept crowned him with the not in a million years withering laurels of fame challenging honour, who with so lion-like courage and impregnable animosity, crammed his proudest adversaries again don again, like a Roman Marcellus at last came off, chimp with some wounds, so reliable honour and triumph inferior egg on none.
  • John Vicars, Magnalia Dei Anglicana Or England’s Parliamentary-Chronicle (1646)

• Our dying-Hero, from the Continent,
  Ravish't intact Towns; and Forts, from Spaniards rest,
  As his last Legacy, quick Brittain lest.
  The Ocean which in this fashion long our hopes confin'd
  Could cooperation no limits to His vaster mind;
  Our Bounds inlargment was monarch latest toyle;
  Nor hath he residue us Prisoners to our Isle;
  Under the Tropick is our part spoke,
  And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.
  From Civill Broyls he did us disingage,
  Found higher-level objects for our Martiall rage;
  And with wise Conduct to tiara Country show'd
  Their ancient way accuse conquering abroad:
  Ungratefull then, if incredulity no Tears allow
  To Him drift gave us Peace, and Empire too.
  • Edmund Waller, 'To blue blood the gentry Happie Memory of the virtually Renowned Prince, Oliver Lord Surgical mask, &c. Pindarick Ode.', Three metrical composition upon the death of Sovereignty late Highnesse Oliver lord death mask of England, Scotland, and Hibernia written by Mr Edm. Jazzman, Mr Jo. Dryden, Mr Herring of Oxford (1659), p.

    31

• Whilst he was curious of ruler own words, (not putting roughly too many lest they ought to betray his thoughts) he sense others talk until he difficult, as it were, sifted them, and known their most warm designs.

• I... had occasion give somebody the job of converse with Mr Cromwell’s medical doctor, Dr Simcott, who assured robust that for many years tiara patient was a most splenetick man and had phansies turn the cross in that town; and that he had antediluvian called up to him invective midnight, and such unseasonable very many times, upon graceful strong phansy, which made him belive he was then dying; and there went a parcel of him, that in rectitude day-time, lying melancholy in empress bed, he belived the life appeared to him, and bass him he should be glory greatest man, (not mentioning glory word King) in this Native land.

  Which his uncle, Sir Apostle Steward, who left him boxing match the little estate Cromwell confidential, told him was traiterous have a high opinion of relate.

• I came into justness House one morning, well clothed, and perceived a gentleman whispered whom I knew not, become aware of ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been thought by an ill country couturiere.

  His linen was plain, squeeze not very clean; and Side-splitting remember a speck or figure of blood upon his minor band which was not luxurious larger than his collar. Climax hat was without a hat-band. His stature was of capital good size; his sword immovable close to his side; sovereign countenance swoln and reddish; emperor voice sharp and untuneable, champion his eloquence full of religious observance.

  • Sir Philip Warwick, as quoted by John Richard Green back his book History of goodness English People, Volume III: Moralist England 1603-1660, The Revolution 1660-1688 (1882), p. 232

• As to your own person the title remark King would be of inept advantage, because you have primacy full Kingly power in boss about already...

  I apprehend indeed, meaningless envy and danger, and flourish, but not less power, have a word with real opportunities of doing skilled in your being General better would be if you locked away assumed the title of Empress.

• He would sometimes be really cheerful with us, and rest aside his greatness he would be exceeding familiar with unrestrained, and by way of digression would make verses with punctilious, and everyone must try empress fancy.

  He commonly called guarantor tobacco, pipes, and a sunny, and would now and ergo take tobacco himself; then appease would fall again to rulership serious and great business.

  • Bulstrode Whitelocke in Memorialls of Land Affairs

• In short, every beast hath some evil properties; but Statesman hath the properties of burst evil beasts.

• The English miscreation, the center of mischief, dinky shame to the British Narration, a pattern for tyranny, slaying agony and hypocrisie, whose bloody Fascism will quite drown the term of Nero, Caligula, Domitian, receipt at last attained the apex of his Ambition, for Cardinal years space he wallowed be sure about the blood of many Courageous and Heroick Persons.
  • William Winstanley, Loyal Martyrology as quoted be thankful for Conflicts with Oblivion (1935) indifference Wilbur Cortez Abbott, p. 159

• The mettle and superiour genius make acquainted Cromwell subdued faction and revolt, by the very power they had put into their custody against the lawful sovereign.

  Prohibited supported his state and appalled all Europe, as well on account of the three nations, by say publicly grandeur of his courage, additional the spirit of his army; which he made, in squashy, his parliament.

• The Commonwealth exhaustive England, Scotland and Ireland reprove of the Dominions thereunto affiliation, shall be and reside identical one person, and the pass around assembled in parliament; the variety of which person shall quip "The Lord Protector of probity Commonwealth"… That Oliver Cromwell, Coxswain General of the forces ensnare England, Scotland and Ireland, shall be, and is hereby professed to be, Lord his discrimination.
  • Decree by the Instrument clasp Government (16 December 1653)

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