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Show [ I44 1 on the 6th of December, 1648, and the forcible exclufion of about 100 more, (39) by the fame unlawful power, on the following day, (preparatory to the illegal trial and murder of'the King in 16489,) the Long-Parliament no longer -[ I45 ] litary Service for a few Years (40) (19:2. from four to fix Years) acquired a fixt diflike and contempt for thofe ufeful employments by which they were formerly enabled (whim: a mere militia) to earn their bread, fo that they now ac- repnfiwted flue nation, but was merely the Reprefentative of a melt dangerous flmzdz'flg firm} 5 for fuch the natiOna-l Militia waspthen become; the feveralindi- viduals‘thereof having, by a confiant mi: litary knowledged no profeflion but that of arms, and confcquently were now become a rang/gr J/fnmfizg armr of mercenaries, wizh a {eparate interell of their own from the rel): of the naticn(4.i}; U and {onfid by thE Army, which were infert‘efl in "‘ the Pra- " pig/41; 4nd Dtfim of 11m flrmy," prefented that day to the Parliament by Colonel Whal ey and other of?cers ; and in Mr. Ruflrworth's Diary for the next day, Dec. 7, we find the following Memo randum relating to that tranfaélion: wiz. " The Members feized on byzk -" Arm} were this day removed from Mr. Duke's honl'e, :‘ (commonly called Hal/J in Weflminfier, WHEN: "‘ THEY WERE ALL LAST NIGHT, to two inns in ‘ the strand, viz. the King's-Head and the Swan ‘ and there 54w agzmrd upon (but: ;" p. 1356. ' «(1:33, " Le 7 de Decembre Ies Mem‘bres des Com" x I es, en {e rendant a leur Cham bre, y trou verent " a a porte en dehors et en dedans une garde qui en " 33?? uggrqnf nomére d'emrer. Le Comte dc " Earn-‘37:" '11:an 11 .y en Cut mwirm {ml 5. qui 01? ntree. Rapin, tom. 8, liv. 21, p. .707- ' (A0) The orders of the Lords and Commons for railing the unlit]: to oppole the lung's cozmmflions of. array were dated in 134:. Sec l1uilw:mtii‘.s Collec. '~ ‘5, (~59, and tion, part 3. vol. 1. p. C73, 679, 6b }, W I 7K 5. Les clhciers ct led {oldts c3mpre- (41) " " noient bien quion vouloit ‘fc drzfa‘re flout," t the w Ir being at an end, the ktzrlaarne"zit ran: to‘reduec the nuifilrcr of regular troops by 305mm,) " ct que la plop-Arr. n‘ctoiun: were; en (Bert tl'mlcr ‘ ' H " repreittlre ltLlI " cinq :‘tns occuém "l'mméc un grand. honing " toicnt cyan, in. ppm. " \'D)‘0lilli t‘vu‘ :w-c L i:. - ~ |