...to hinder Mrs. Claypole from being a Princess, and her Highness" (Clarendon State Papers, iii. 327). his daughter, and his son Henry, were two debauched, ungodly cavaliers. Richard was a peasant in his nature, yet gentle and virtuous, but became not greatness. His court was full of sin...

...them than the scarlet on the ape ; only to speak the truth of himself,' she had the candor to add, 'he had much natural greatness, and well became the...with these things, but the rest were insolent fools.' Again: ' His court was full of sin and vanity, and the more abominable because they had not quite cast...

...* And there the matter ended. Mrs. Hutchinson, Cromwell's bitter foe, says of him at this period : "To speak the truth of himself, he had much natural...greatness, and well became the place he had usurped." Sir Philip Warwick, a staunch Cavalier, said : " I lived to see him [Cromwell] appear of a great and...

...judgment of some of the severer Puritans were little better than the wicked. Mrs. Hutchinson says : " Claypole, who married his daughter, and his son Henry were two debauched, ungodly cavaliers." In Claypole's case, at all events, there was probably some real foundation for this charge. In his...

...some of the severer Puritans were little better than the wicked. Mrs. Ilnu-hinson says : '' Cla.vpnlc, who married his daughter, and his son Henry were two debauched, ungodly Cavaliers." In ('laypole's case, nt all events, there wns probably sonic, real foundation for his charge. In his...

...and derision. " His wife and children were setting up for principality which suited no better with any of them than scarlet on the ape ; only to speak...greatness and well became the place he had usurped." Lucy Hutchinson's father, Sir Allen Aspley, was governor of the Tower during the time of Sir Walter...

...condemning, as we have seen, the Protector's court, admits that, to speak the truth of the Protector himself, "he had much natural greatness, and well became the place he had usurped." But it roused her spleen to see "his wife and children setting up for principality, which suited no...

...unfitness for the station in which fortune had placed her. Mrs. Hutchinson, while owning that Cromwell " had much natural greatness and well became the place he had usurped," describes his wife and children " as setting up for principality," which suited them no better than...

...suited no better with any of them than scarlet on an ' ape. His daughter Fleetwood,' she observes, ' was ' humbled and not exalted with these things, but...son Henry, were two debauched, ungodly ' cavaliers.' Then, after deploring the decay of religion, she goes on : ' Almost all the ministers everywhere fell...

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