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The principal Actors in this detestable transaction soon were hated by the whole Nation and the memory of the unfortunate King began to be reveared.

King Charles II. went from the Hague to Scotland; the Scotch Army deletion was defeated /deletion addition was unsuccessful /addition at Dunbar deletion by Cromwell /deletion addition and the King treated underline very hardly by the Scotch /underline /addition; then Charles having collected all the Troops he could marched into England, and was entirely defeated at Worcester, deletion and Charles /deletion addition but /addition escaped

Cromwell on assuming the Government had three great parties against him, the Episcopal, Presbyterian and Republican, and had none to rely on but the Army; he feared assassination addition underline and plotting /underline /addition from the Cavaliers, but prevented deletion it /deletion addition underline ^ ^ the former /underline /addition by declaring that he would not begin that detestable practice, but if attempted against him, he would destroy the King's whole family. and the latter by secretly gaining Willis the chief confident of Chancellour Hyde

It seems most probable that Cromwell was enclined to accept of the Crown, and deletion that /deletion addition was alone prevented from it by /addition Fleetwood and Desborough the one married to his Daughter the other to his Sister, resolving to quit him if he consented deletion alone prevented his accepting it. /deletion addition to it. /addition

Cromwell after being much undecided whether he would join the Court of France or that of Spain chose the former; upon this King Charles settled at Bruxelles