THE GOVERNOR OF
ENGLAND

BY

MARJORIE BOWEN

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
1914

CONTENTS

[PART I]
THE CAUSE
CHAP. Page
I.The Summons[3]
II.Three Years Later[13]
III.Mr. Pym and an Old Acquaintance[23]
IV.The Queen's Policy[31]
V.The Fall of the Great Minister[42]
VI.The King Fails[51]
VII.Autumn, 1641[61]
VIII.The News from Ireland[70]
IX.Mr. Pym and the King[79]
X.Lord Falkland's Advice[90]
XI.The Five Members[99]
XII.Nottingham[107]
[PART II]
THE MAN
CHAP. Page
I.A Leader of Men[117]
II.The Queen's Farewell[128]
III.The Great Fight[138]
IV.The Dead Cavalier[147]
V.Lieutenant-General Cromwell and his God[157]
VI.The King Dreams[164]
VII.Loyalty House[174]
VIII.The King's Folly[186]
IX.The End of The War[194]
[PART III]
THE CRISIS
CHAP. Page
I.The Issue with The King[203]
II.The King's Plots[213]
III.Lieutenant-General Cromwell, Royalist[221]
IV.The King at Bay[230]
V.Lieutenant-General Cromwell, Republican[238]
VI.Preston Rout[246]
VII.The Constancy of the King[254]
VIII.In the Balance[261]
IX.By what Authority?[271]
X.Exit the King[285]
[PART IV]
THE ACHIEVEMENT
CHAP. Page
I."The Crowning Mercy"[297]
II.The Talk in St. James's Park[306]
III.Exit the Parliament[316]
IV."The New Order"[324]
V.His Highness[333]
VI.Major-General Harrison[342]
VII.Lady Newcastle[352]
VIII.The Lady Elisabeth[361]
IX.Exit His Highness[370]

PART I
THE CAUSE

"Of the two greatest concernments that God hath in the world, the one is that of religion and of the preservation of the professors of it; to give them all due and just liberty; and to assert the word of God.

"The other thing cared for is the civic liberty and interest of the nation.

"Which, though it is, and I think it ought to be, subordinate to the more peculiar interest of God, yet it is the next best God hath given men in this world; and if well cared for, it is better than any rock to fence men in their other interests."—Oliver Cromwell