^{page viii note a} Cromwelliana, p. 61

^{page ix note a} See p. 224; cf. C. S. P. Dom. 1650, p. 351.

^{page ix note b} Cary, Memorials of the Civil War, ii., 332.

^{page ix note c} See p. 227. Other documents concerning the disputed property are amongst the MSS. at Worcester College.

^{page xi note a} One of these letters I afterwards found to be printed in the Fairfax Correspondence, iv., 35.

^{page xii note a} I understand that Mr. J. H. Round has recently treated the subject in a paper read to the Royal Historical Society, but as it is not yet published I can scarcely discuss his arguments.

^{page xii note b} Commons’ Journals, vi., 45; Cary, Memorials of the Civil War, ii., 26.

^{page xiii note c} Rushworth, vii., 1285, 1303.

^{page xiii note d} The letter is amongst Clarke's MSS. (vol. cxiv., f. 89); but was not noticed till it was too late to insert it in its proper place in the body of the volume.

^{page xvi note a} Gardiner, Great Civil War, iv., 239, 262. A history of the origin of this second Agreement, and of the negotiations and debates concerning it, is given by Lilburne in his “Legal Fundamental Liberties of the People of England,” 4to, 1649. His narrative is so necessary to the understanding of the debates that I have inserted it in the Appendix (pp. 254-266).

^{page xx note a} A Brief Narrative of the Mysteries of State carried on by the Spanish Faction in England, 4to, 1651 (printed at the Hague), p. 69.

^{page xxiv note a} Great Civil War, 2nd edition, iv., 248.

^{page xxiv note b} Good news from Scotland, being a true relation of the present condition of the army under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Cromwell, 1618, 4to.

^{page xxv note a} Carteret.

^{page xxv note b} Cherbourg.

^{page xxvi note a} Holograph.

^{page xxvi note b} Carlyle's Cromwell, Speech v.

^{page xxvii note a} The remainder is autograph.

^{page xxviii note a} Original Letters and Papers of State addressed to Oliver Cromwell, edited by John Nickolls, 1743, folio, p. 77.

^{page xxix note a} Great Civil War, iv., 283.

^{page xxx note a} Mercurius Melancholicus. Dec. 25-Jan. 1, 1649. For this reference I am indebted to Mr. Gardiner.

^{page xxx note b} Carlyle, letter cxlviii. Goldwin Smith, Three English Statesman, 1868, p. 59.

^{page xxxii note a} Carlyle, letter clxxxix.

^{page xxxii note b} Carlyle, letter cxcix.