Oliver Cromwell - Reginald F D Palgrave

Excerpt from Oliver Cromwell: H. H. The Lord Protector and the Royalist Insurrection Against His Government of March, 1655, a Relation of the Part Taken Therein by the Protector, of the Way in Which His Subjects Regarded Him and the Insurrection, and of the Causes and Consequences The
Some words of explanation, if not of justification, are desirable regarding the object and the basis of this brief historical monograph. Its object is to exhibit Oliver Cromwell as the fosterer of the Insurrection against his Government which took place during March, 1655, an event of which the occupation of Salisbury for a few hours by a troop of Royalists formed the most conspicuous feature. This representation of the Protector is wholly based on contemporary evidence, and especially on the outspoken descriptions of his own conduct, and of the way in which his conduct was regarded by his subjects, that Cromwell addressed to Parliament (p. 52) and to the Army officers (p. 6). From the same sources indications are derived showing the interacting circumstances which compelled Cromwell to carry out an act of State policy other wise inexplicable.
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