Produced by Anne Soulard, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE LIFE OF EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND VOLUME II BY SIR HENRY CRAIK, K.C.B., LL.D. [Illustration: John Hampden from a miniature by Samuel Cooper in the possession of Earl Spencer] CONTENTS OF VOLUME II CHAPTER XIV. THE RESTORATION XV. PROSPECT FOR THE RESTORED MONARCHY XVI. DIFFICULTIES TO BE MET XVII. SCOTTISH ADMINISTRATION XVIII. THE PROBLEMS OF IRELAND XIX. MARRIAGE TREATY AND RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT XX. DOMESTIC DISSENSION AND FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS XXI. THE DUTCH WAR XXII. ADMINISTRATIVE FRICTION XXIII. DECAY OF CLARENDON'S INFLUENCE XXIV. INCREASING BITTERNESS OF HIS FOES XXV. THE TRIUMPH OF FACTION INDEX LIST OF PORTRAITS VOLUME II JOHN HAMPDEN _From a miniature by Samuel Cooper, in the possession of Earl Spencer_ GEORGE MONK, DUKE OF ALBEMARLE _From the original by Sir Peter Lely, in the National Portrait Gallery_ GENERAL LAMBERT _From the original by R. Walker, in the National Portrait Gallery_ SIR HENRY VANE, THE YOUNGER _From the original by William Dobson, in the National Portrait Gallery_ JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE _From the original by Sir Peter Lely, in the National Portrait Gallery_ GEORGE DIGBY, SECOND EARL OF BRISTOL _From the original by Sir Anthony Vandyke, in the Collection of Earl Spencer_ SIR EDWARD NICHOLAS _From the original by Sir Peter Lely, in the National Portrait Gallery_ ANNE HYDE, DUCHESS OF YORK _From the original by Sir Peter Lely_ JAMES BUTLER, DUKE OF ORMONDE _From the original by Sir Godfrey Kneller_ CHAPTER XIV THE RESTORATION