Milton, his contempt of political dreamers, 21; his Puritanism, 50; his political ideas, 111; approves Cromwell’s joining with army party, 119; his views on the regicide, 139; supports the Protectorate, 209; sonnet on the Vaudois, 227; his greatness, 232, note Ministers, their position under the Protectorate, 200 Moderate party, the, in the Long Parliament, 55 Monarchy, Cromwell’s dread of, 195, 211 Monasteries, Cromwell’s ancestors benefited by their spoliation, 44 Monk, General George, 84; at Dundalk, 150; as naval commander, 183, 201; his rule in Scotland, 221; supports Charles II., 233 Monopolies, under Elizabeth, 10 Montrose, Earl of, not a professional soldier, 69; his victories in Scotland, 94, 95; defeated at Philiphaugh, 98; aided by Irish troops, 147; his death, 166 Moors, defeated by Blake at Tunis, 228 Morgan, American Confederate commander, his cavalry, 70 Mountain, the, see French Revolution, 120 Munro, commands Hamiltonian cavalry, 122; at Ulster, 123; moves toward Preston, 124; retreats across the border, 130; bearing toward Charles II., 148, 150 Munster, Royalist Protestants in, 149 Muscovites, 210 Musketeers, clumsiness of their weapons, 59; tactical uses of, 60; at Winwick Church, 128; their appearance in the House of Commons, 187 Nantes, Edict of, 39 Napoleon, 99; his unscrupulousness, 104, 190 Naseby, Battle of, 95; Sir Marmaduke Langdale at, 121 Navigation Acts, 182, 183 Navy, the English, its growth, 182, 184; in Dutch wars, 201. _See also Fleet_ Netherlands, the, British adventurers in, 58; oppressions there compared with the Irish, 146, 156; English and Spanish in, 229 Neutrality, in English Civil Wars, 63; in Kentucky, 62 Newburn, Battle of, 41 Newbury, Battle of, 92 Newcastle, Cromwell’s letter to the Commandant there, 174 Newcastle, Lord, besieges Gainsborough, 81, 82; his defence of York, 85; at Marston Moor, 87–89 New England, 179 New Model, the, in Cromwellian army, 63, 93, 95; strained relations with Independents, 106; attempted disbandment of, 117; results in Independents’ army, 120; its veterans in Ireland, 152 New World, the, America’s position in, 179 New York, regicide sentimentalism in, 138 North America, 193, 238 North of England, the, Royalist rising in, 121 Northampton, Essex assembles troops there, 69 Northumbrian Regiment, Newcastle’s, 89 Nottingham Castle, scene of beginning of Civil Wars, 57; Royalists there, 69; held by Cromwell, 81 Offence, the best defence of nations, 164 Old-English Catholics, in Ireland, 146 “Old Noll,” 221 Old Testament, the, Puritanism in, 160 O’Neil, Irish Catholic leader, 149, 150; joins Ormond, 151; his troops in Ireland, 159 Orange, House of, 135