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part, levelled against their order; though all ofthem were, at bottom, extremely averse to it;though they even ventured once to reject it; yet•possessed so little authority, that they durst notpersevere in opposing the resolution of the com-mons ; and they thought it better policy, by aitunlimited compliance, to ward off that ruin,which they saw approaching The ordinance,therefore, having passed both houses, Essex,Warwic, Manchester, Denbigh, Waller, Brere-ton, and many others, resigned their commands,and received the thanks of parliament for theirgood services. A pension of ten thousand poundsa year was fettled on Essex.

It was agreed to recruit the army to 22,000men ; and Sir Thomas Fairfax was appointedgeneral ", It is remarkable, that his commissiondid not run , like that of Essex, in the name ofthe king and parliament , but in that of the par-liament alone : And the article concerning thesafety of the king’s person was omitted. So muchhad ahimositie's increased between the partiesCromwel, being a member of the lower house,should have been discarded with the others; butthis impartiality would have disappointed all theviews of those , who had introduced the self-denying ordinance. He was saved by a subtilty,and by that political craft, in which he was so

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