History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . gnia. He did not suc-ceed in permanently organiz-ing the government at home,but he showed remarkableability in his foreign negotia-tions. He promptly formed analliance with France, andEnglish troops aided theFrench in winning a greatvictory over Spain. Englandgained thereby Dunkirk andthe West Indian island ofJamaica. The French king,Louis XIV, at first hesitatedto address Cromwell, in theusual courteous way ofmonarchs, as my cousin,but soon admitted that heshould have even to callCromwell father should the En
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . gnia. He did not suc-ceed in permanently organiz-ing the government at home,but he showed remarkableability in his foreign negotia-tions. He promptly formed analliance with France, andEnglish troops aided theFrench in winning a greatvictory over Spain. Englandgained thereby Dunkirk andthe West Indian island ofJamaica. The French king,Louis XIV, at first hesitatedto address Cromwell, in theusual courteous way ofmonarchs, as my cousin,but soon admitted that heshould have even to callCromwell father should the English ruler wish it, as the Protector was undoubtedly themost powerful person in Europe. Indeed, Cromwell found himselfforced to play the part of a monarch, and it seemed to manypersons that he was quite as despotic as James I and Charles I. 848. Cromwells Death (less). In May, 1658, Cromwell fellill, and as a great storm passed over England at that time, theCavaliers asserted that the devil had come to fetch home thesoul of the usurper. Cromwell was dying, it is true, but he was. Fig. 152. Ship such as was used inTHE Time of the Hanseatic League This is taken from a picture at Cologne,painted in 1409. It, as well as other pic-tures of the time, makes it clear that theHanseatic ships were tiny compared withthose used two hundred and fifty yearslater, when Cromwell fought the Dutch Struggle in England between King and Parliament 581 no instrument of the devil. He closed a life of honest effort forhis fellow beings with a last touching prayer to God, whom he•had consistently sought to serve: Thou hast made me, thoughvery unworthy, a mean instrument to do Thy people some goodand Thee service: and many of them have set too high a valueupon me, though others wish and would be glad of my such as desire to trample upon the dust of a poor worm,for they are Thy people too; and pardon the folly of this shortprayer, even for Jesus Christs sake, and give us a good night,if i
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