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Introductory observations--First period, from Henry VII. to the year 1588--Second period, from 1588 to 1640--Meeting of Parliament--Redress of grievances--Strafford's attainder--The commencement of the Civil War--Treaty from the Isle of Wight--The king's execution--Cromwell's power; his character--Indifference of the nation respecting forms of government--The Restoration--Ministry of Clarendon sod Southampton--Cabal--Dutch War--De Witt--The Prince of Orange--The Popish plot--The Habeas Corpus Act--The Exclusion Bill--Dissolution of Charles the Second's last Parliament--His power; his tyranny in Scotland; in England--Exorbitant fines--Executions--Forfeitures of charters--Despotism established--Despondency of good men--Charles's death; his character--Reflections upon the probable consequences of his reign and death.