Chapter I: Front Matter

THE GOVERNOR OF ENGLAND

THE GOVERNOR OF
ENGLAND

BY

MARJORIE BOWEN

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
1914

CONTENTS

PART I

THE CAUSE

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE SUMMONS 3

II. THREE YEARS LATER 13

III. MR. PYM AND AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 23

IV. THE QUEEN'S POLICY 31

V. THE FALL OF THE GREAT MINISTER 42

VI. THE KING FAILS 51

VII. AUTUMN, 1641 61

VIII. THE NEWS FROM IRELAND 70

IX. MR. PYM AND THE KING 79

X. LORD FALKLAND'S ADVICE 90

XI. THE FIVE MEMBERS 99

XII. NOTTINGHAM 107

PART II

THE MAN

I. A LEADER OF MEN 117

II. THE QUEEN'S FAREWELL 128

III. THE GREAT FIGHT 138

IV. THE DEAD CAVALIER 147

V. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CROMWELL AND HIS GOD 157

VI. THE KING DREAMS 164

VII. LOYALTY HOUSE 174

VIII. THE KING'S FOLLY 186

IX. THE END OF THE WAR 194

PART III

THE CRISIS

I. THE ISSUE WITH THE KING 203

II. THE KING'S PLOTS 213

III. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CROMWELL, ROYALIST 221

IV. THE KING AT BAY 230

V. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CROMWELL, REPUBLICAN 238

VI. PRESTON ROUT 246

VII. THE CONSTANCY OF THE KING 254

VIII. IN THE BALANCE 261

IX. BY WHAT AUTHORITY? 271

X. EXIT THE KING 285

PART IV

THE ACHIEVEMENT

I. "THE CROWNING MERCY" 297

II. THE TALK IN ST. JAMES'S PARK 306

III. EXIT THE PARLIAMENT 316

IV. "THE NEW ORDER" 324

V. HIS HIGHNESS 333

VI. MAJOR-GENERAL HARRISON 342

VII. LADY NEWCASTLE 352

VIII. THE LADY ELISABETH 361

IX. EXIT HIS HIGHNESS 370