Transcriber's Note 1. In the original printed edition of this work the chapters are not divided into subheaded sections, but each page has a header at the top. In addition, there are marginal notes (sidenotes), many embedded within lengthy paragraphs (the incidence of sidenotes varies markedly through the book). To preserve this material and in the interests of readability: (a) While the original paragraphing has been retained, the text of page headers has been inserted into appropriate paragraph breaks, enclosed within this symbol % % . These entries are suppressed where multiple headings would occur within the same paragraph: in this case only the first header is shown. (b) Marginal notes have been inserted between sentences in the text, close to their original location and enclosed within this symbol ♦ ♦ . 2. Footnotes (some of which are lengthy or in diagrammatic form) have been numbered and placed at the end of the chapter in which they appear. 3. Illustrations, in the form of maps and genealogical tables, are shown in appropriate paragraph breaks. A list of illustrations, not part of the original work, has been included following the Table of Contents. 4. To enable readability on electronic devices, the complex diagram preceding Page 1 has been split into four parts. 5. Italic font is indicated by _underscores_. 6. Bold text is indicated by +plus signs+. 7. Superscripted letters are indicated by a preceding ^ sign. KING AND COMMONWEALTH KING AND COMMONWEALTH A HISTORY OF CHARLES I. AND THE GREAT REBELLION BY B. MERITON CORDERY AND J. SURTEES PHILLPOTTS HEAD MASTER OF BEDFORD SCHOOL FORMERLY FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD Nothing extenuate Nor set down aught in malice PHILADELPHIA JOS. H. COATES AND CO. 1876 PREFACE.