Chapter IX: REIGN OF CHARLES II. (concluded)

Charles's Embarrassments--Exclusion Intrigues--Parliament
Dissolved--The King again Pensioned by Louis--New Parliament
at Oxford--Violence of the Whigs--Charles Dissolves the
Oxford Parliament--Execution of Archbishop Plunket--Arrest of
Shaftesbury--Dismay of the Gang of Perjurers--Oates turned out of
Whitehall--Shaftesbury's Lists--Visit of William of Orange--James
in Scotland--Defeat of the Cameronians--Cargill's Manifesto--The
Duke of York's Tyranny--Flight of Argyll--The Torture in
Edinburgh--Arrogance of Monmouth--Contest between the Court and the
City--Death of Shaftesbury--Rye House Plot--Suicide of the Earl of
Essex--Trial of Lord William Russell--Extraordinary Declaration
of the University of Oxford--Trial of Algernon Sidney--The
Duke of Monmouth Pardoned--Base Conduct of Monmouth--Trial of
Hampden--Trials in Scotland--Absolutism of Charles--Forfeiture
of Charters by the Corporations--Influence of the Duke of
York--Opposition of Halifax--Sickness and Death of the King 267