. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . - departmentshe showed his great practical capacity. He negotiated the unionwith Scotland, did much to improve the state of the navy, andexhibited his eminent qualities as a diplomatist and a statesman inforeign and colonial affairs. During the first three ^-ears of theCommonwealth he was Cromwells most valuable supporter andmost intimate friend, but when the Long Parliament was dissolved,Vane withdrew from the government into seclusion in the country,where he began to write religious works. His deep faith in Parlia-mentary instituti
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . - departmentshe showed his great practical capacity. He negotiated the unionwith Scotland, did much to improve the state of the navy, andexhibited his eminent qualities as a diplomatist and a statesman inforeign and colonial affairs. During the first three ^-ears of theCommonwealth he was Cromwells most valuable supporter andmost intimate friend, but when the Long Parliament was dissolved,Vane withdrew from the government into seclusion in the country,where he began to write religious works. His deep faith in Parlia-mentary institutions, however, forced him to protest in a vigorous. SIR HKNRV ]o;ii the portrait by William Dobson in the Natiimal Portrait Gallery Face f>. 13\ SIR HENRY VANE 125 pamphlet against the substitution of a military despotism for the freegovernment at which the Rebellion had aimed. In consequence theCouncil ordered him to give recognizances for /i5,ooo that he wouldnot disturb the present regime (June 1656), and when Vane absolutelydeclined, confined him to Carisbrooke Casde for six months. AfterCromwells death he again came forward as the assailant of theProtectorate. To his attacks its overthrow was mainly due, andwith the re-establishment of the Long Parliament, he became its chiefminister. Almost the whole burden of administration was on hisshoulders, but his efforts to conciliate the Army and the Parliamentmade him generall}- distrusted and led ultimately to his expulsionfrom the Commons ; absurdlj- enough he was charged with abettingmilitar} rule. At the Restoration he was at once placed in the Tower,not as a Regicide, whici
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