Excerpt from History of the Commonwealth of England, Vol. 1: From Its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second So long as the struggle between the authority of the king and Of the legislative assembly continued to be in any degree in balance, here was a ques tion powerful enough to animate the zeal of their respective adherents. But, before the close of the year 1644, it became sufficiently evident that the party which had borne arms against the sove reign, would have the power to mould all affairs at their pleasure. The question therefore forced it self upon consideration, How was this to be done Were the Opponents of the prince to rest contented with the demands which had preceded the war, or were they to require something more? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.