The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution . shley Cooper, lord Ashley; and Dengil Hollis, lordMollis. He also made the good earl of Manchester his lordchamberlain; lord Say, his privy seal; and stretched his lib-erality so far as to appoint two presbyterian clergymen,Calamy and Baxter, to the place of chaplains to the created Montague, earl of Sandwich; his friend Monk,duke of Albemarle; Sir William Maurice, secretary of state;Sir Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, lord chancellor andprime minister. He raised Ormond fro
The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution . shley Cooper, lord Ashley; and Dengil Hollis, lordMollis. He also made the good earl of Manchester his lordchamberlain; lord Say, his privy seal; and stretched his lib-erality so far as to appoint two presbyterian clergymen,Calamy and Baxter, to the place of chaplains to the created Montague, earl of Sandwich; his friend Monk,duke of Albemarle; Sir William Maurice, secretary of state;Sir Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, lord chancellor andprime minister. He raised Ormond from the rank of a mar- * For a full aceomit of the restoration and of the character of Charles II., con-sult Camdens Imperial History of England, chapters vi and vii. This noblework is so difficult to be had, that few but the learned can have access to among our American publishers has the courage to furnish the publicwith a cheap edition of it, will be doubly paid—in the consciousness of havingdone a benevolent act, and in the pleasant personal experience of havmg addedto his pecuniary Presidentrof YfCLe College from 177? to . y [1660.] JUDGES EXECUTED IN ENGLAND. 235 quis to that of a duke, and made him steward of the household ;while the earl of Southampton was appointed high treasurer.* Policy, doubtless, held with gratitude a divided empire inthe kings breast; but he is entitled to the credit of followinggood advice at first, whatever may have been the follies anddebaucheries that afterwards made his court so shamefullyeminent. The commons were disposed to have past offences forgot-ten, but the lords were not so easily pacified. In relation tothe unhappy men who had sat in judgment upon the kingsfather, and who were called then, as they still are, regicides,the lords were especially intolerant, and encouraged theking to except every one of them from the general advised, the willing monarch, almost as soon as he hadseated himself fir
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