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Excerpt from The History of England From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688, Vol. 10 of 10 The king's speech to the council, page 1. He is proclaimed, 2. Addresses, 2. Taxes continued by royal authority, 3. The ministers - Rochester, 4. Godolphin, 4. Halifax, 5. Sun derland, 5. Secret cabal, 6. The king hears mass Openly, 7. Goes to chapel in state, 8. And discharges recusants from prison, 9. His designs in favour of the catholics, 10. His intrigue With Louis for money, 11. And the displeasure of that prince, 13. Prosecution of the Scottish covenanters, 14. Parliament in Scotland, 15. Parliament in England, 16. Coronation, 17. Titus Oates, 18. King Opens parlia ment, 19. Grant of the revenue, 20. Debates on new char ters, 21. Attempt to enforce the penal laws, 23. And to exclude the ministers, 23. Votes against Monmouth, 24. Proceedings in the house of lords, 25. Consultation of the exiles in Holland, 26. Who send for Monmouth, 27. And for Argyle, 27. Their plans arranged, 29. Argyle salls from Holland, 30. Lands in Scotland, 31. Marches towards Glasgow, 32. Is made prisoner, 33. And suffers death, 34. Other executions, 34. Monmouth sails from Holland, 34. Lands at Lyme, 35. Publishes his declaration, 35. Meets. 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.