CHARLES II.

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This precaution was eluded by the vigilanceand dispatch of Downing. lie quickly seizedthe criminals , hurried them on board a frigatewhich lay off the coast, and sent them toEngland. These three men behaved with moremoderation and submission than any of theother regicides, who had suffered. Okey inparticular; at the place of execution, prayedfor the king, and expressed his intention, hadhe lived, of submitting peaceably to the establish-ed government: He had risen during the warsfrom being a chandler in London to a highrank in the army; and in all his conduct ap-peared to be a man of humanity and honor.In consideration of his good character and of hisdutiful behaviour, his body was given to hisfriends to be buried.

The attention of the public was much engagedby the trial of two distinguished criminals,Lambert and Vane. These men, though noneof the late king’s judges, had been excepted fromthe general indemnity , and committed to prison.The convention-parhamcnt , however was sofavorable to them , as to petition the king,if they should be found guilty , to suspendtheir execution: But this new parliament, morezealous for monarchy, applied for their trialand condemnation. Not to revive chiputes ,which were better buried in oblivion, the indict-ment of Vane did not comprehend any of hisactions during the war between the king andparliament: It extended only to his behaviour

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1662.

Trial ofVane,