Christ Church, Oxford, from St. Aldate's (looking West) 1

Charles demanding the Surrender of the Five Members 9

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Archbishop Laud's Library, East Quadrangle, John's College, Oxford 25

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Siege-piece of Charles I.--Newark (Half-crown) 29

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Siege-piece of Charles I.--Pontefract (Shilling) 29

Siege-piece of Charles I.--Beeston (Two Shillings) 29

Siege-piece of Charles I.--Colchester (Ten Shillings, Gold) 29

Interview between Charles and the Earl of Denbigh 36

Queen Henrietta's Drawing-room and Bedroom, Merton College, Oxford 57

Rising of the London Apprentices on behalf of Charles 76

Execution of Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle 77

Arrival of Charles under Guard at Hurst Castle 81

Charles's Farewell Interview with the Duke of Gloucester and the Princess Elizabeth 89

Cromwell on his way to London after the Battle of Worcester 108

Royal Museum and Picture Gallery, The Hague 113

Cromwell addressing the Long Parliament for the Last Time 117

The Royalist Plotters at Salisbury insulting the Sheriff 132

Arrest of Conspirators at the "Mermaid" 145

Reception of Monk in the City of London 157

Interior of the Painted Chamber, Westminster (looking East) 161

The "Globe" Theatre, Southwark (with the "Rose" Theatre in the Distance), in 1613 173

Scene at the Funeral of Chillingworth 181

Reduced Facsimile of Front Page of No. 26 of "A Perfect Diurnall" 185

Shopkeeper and Apprentice in the Time of Charles I. 189

Halfpenny (with Figure of Britannia) of Charles II. 205

Sir Harry Vane taking Leave of his Wife and Friends 209

The Great Plague: Scene in the Streets of London 213

The Great Plague: The Maniac pronouncing the Doom of London 217

Pie Corner, Smithfield, where the Great Fire reached its Limits 220

Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 237

View in the Hague: The Gevangenpoort in which Cornelius and John De Witt were imprisoned (1672) 241

Hôtel de Ville, Paris, in the Eighteenth Century 257

The Cross, Bridgewater, where Monmouth was proclaimed King 300

James doing Homage to the Papal Nuncio 324

View in the Hague: The Hall of the Knights in the Binnenhof 333

William of Orange embarking to join the "Brill" 337

James hearing of the Landing of William of Orange 345

Roger Williams leaving his Home in Massachusetts 353