History of King Charles the Second of England

Jacob Abbott

Capitolo 75

he wages war against Scotland, and an army marching there.

Charles felt comparatively small interest in what became of Scotland.
Its purpose was England. He knew, or he/she supposed that there was a very great
the people's portion English that you/they secretly favored his/her cause and him
believed that if he could cross once the frontier, also with a small
army, this his/her secret friends immediately are able every increase and they assemble to his
standard. He still tried for once to withstand Cromwell in Scotland,
but without the success. Cromwell penetrated to the heart of the country,
and indeed it passed the army of Charles. In these circumstances, Charles
resolved to leave Scotland to his/her fate, and audaciously to cross the English
frontier, to see what he could do raising his/her standard in his
I reign southern. The army accessed this plan with acclamations. The
you govern accordingly envoy his/her strengths in motion, it crossed the frontier, issued
his/her manifestoes, and it sent around messengers and heralds, while announcing to
the whole population that their king had come, and summoning his
subjects to arm himself/herself/themselves and to hasten to his/her help. This was in the
you spend the summer of 1651, the year after his/her unloading in Scotland.

Certainly it was a very daring and almost desperate measure and the
reader, if Monarchic or Republican, can help not desiring really the
young success of adventurer. However, the romantic enterprise was destined
to fail. The people of England were not prepared to return to yet
royalty. Some few of the noble and ancient families and gentlemen of country
stuck to the cause of the king, but they entered for connecting his/her lines very
slowly. Those that were for the king has called _Cavaliers_.
The other party has called _Roundheads_. Queen Henrietta that Maria had
the name dates them, on account of their way of bring their hair,
you shortly cut and next to their heads all around, while the cheerful Riders
cultivated their locks on which you/they hung in curly long down them
shoulders. The Riders, resulted, it was few, while the Roundheads
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