Charge against Cromwell considered, of the removal of the
King from Holmby House. - Formidable power of the Agi-
tators, the authors of this measure, and Cornet Joyce, wholly
their agent. Reality and sincerity of Cromwell's negotia-
tions for the King's restoration; and Major Huntington's
charge against Cromwell respecting those negotiations, and
his motives for making it, considered. Sir John Berkley's
narrative of those negotiations, and of the King's escape from
Hampton Court, and of his going to the Isle of Wight.-
Sufficient evidence of the fact of those negotiations, and of
Cromwell's sincerity; and of Cromwell's privity to the King's
escape, and that he had no concern in his going to the Isle
of Wight. Supposed cause of Cromwell's alleged desertion
of the King's interest. Moderate terms of the Indepen-
dents' propositions to the King. Probable cause of the
King's rejection of them.- Lord Clarendon's observations
upon the removal of the King from the Isle of Wight to
Hurst Castle by the Army. — Observations upon Colonel
Pride's exclusion of the members, to show it to be the act of
the Republicans to bring forward the trial of the King, and
Cromwell not concerned in it. The improbability of Crom-
well's supposed influence over Fairfax, from Whitelock's and
Ludlow's