The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...this to be so high a breach, '' ''/''.. 4Omitted in Milton. ' convinced of the ground of their principles and intentions to the good of the nation, or if we could not be convinced, pamphlet. 6 this mischief, ibid. 'could not prevail for two or three days, ibid. 8 Of April 22d; referred to, not given, at p. 268. ' now' was, that we might know from them, what security lay in the way of their proceeding, so hastened,1 for their new2 representative; wherein they had made a few qualifications, such as they were: and how the whole business should, 'in actual practice, ' be executed: of which we had 'as yet' no account of; and having which we desired them to give us2 our interest, our lives, estates and families therein concerned; and, we thought likewise the honest people had interest in us: 'How all this was to be?' That 'so, ' if it did appear they meant to appear in such honest and just ways as might be security to the honest interest, we might therein acquiesce: or else that they would hear what we had to offer. Indeed, when this desire was made,3 the answer was, that nothing would do good for this nation but the continuance of this Parliament! We wondered we should have such a return. We said little to that: but, seeing they would not give us satisfaction that their ways were honourable 4 and safe we desired them to give us leave to make our objections. We then told them, that the way they were going in would be impracticable; 'that' we could not tell how to send out an Act with such qualifications 'as' tft be a rule for electing and 'for being' elected, until we first knew who the persons were that should be admitted to elect, ...