8.But he was no longer happy.Plot after plot was laid against him.A book was written called Killing no Murder，in which his death was said to be needed by the nation.On reading this his mind was filled with fear.He always afterwards carried pistols，and wore armour under his clothes.
9.At length his health gave way：he was seized with a fever，and died in the fifty-ninth year of his age，leaving two sons，Richard and Henry，and four daughters.Cromwell was one of the ablest rulers England has ever had.He had a clear mind，a strong will，and great courage.He was certainly ambitious；but he had a firm regard for duty.
10.Richard Cromwell，by his father‘s will，was made Protector；but in five months he gave up the office，and withdrew to his farm，where he lived as a country gentleman.
11.The country was now in a state of alarm.The army seemed to have all power，and every one feared that it would rule the nation；but General Monkbmarched from Scotlandwith 7，000troops，entered London，and proposeda free Parliament.This new Parliament met，and sent a message to Charlesa Portland.-A peninsula in the south of Dorsetshire.
b From Scotland.-Where he had been sent by Cromwell.
asking him to return to his country and wear the crown.This he gladly agreed to do，and he entered London on the 29th of May，-his thirtieth birthday.
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1.查理一世去世后下院通过的第一项法令，就是废除上院，由下院自己来管理国家。不过，已故英王的儿子小查理已经被苏格兰人拥为国王，因为他们尽管反对他的父亲，却不想推翻王权。于是，小查理前往苏格兰签署了盟约，并在斯昆a加冕。
2.克伦威尔随后带领一支军队前往苏格兰，并在大卫·莱斯利的领导下，于丹巴b击败了苏格兰人。但是查理将他军队剩下的人员收拢起来，勇敢地向英格兰进军。克伦威尔紧随其后来到伍斯特c，在那里，查理的军队被彻底击败。查理二世溜之大吉，面对敌人的追击，在米德兰各郡游荡了一个多月。
3.据说有一次，看到克伦威尔的军队前来搜寻，查理爬上一棵橡树。他在树上藏了几个小时，透过树叶看到了追兵的红色外套，而此时他们就在他的下方骑行！军队走了之后，他去一户对他友好的人家避难，并装成一个农民砍柴。一段时间后，他来到海滩，登上一条船逃往法国。
4.在竞争海洋主导权的荷兰战争期间，英国舰队和荷兰舰队在远离波特兰d的海上进行了一场伟大的战斗，战斗中，海军上将布雷克击败了荷兰的海军上将特罗姆普，俘获了许多敌舰并重创其他舰只。
5.克伦威尔和国会之间的争斗日益激烈。他带着200名士兵前往下院议会厅。克伦威尔让其他人待在外面，自己走了进去。他一边走一边上上下下摆弄着帽子，并大声责骂国会成员。接着，他用力跺着地板说：“你们走人，把位子让给品行更好的人。”他的士兵蜂拥而入，很快便将议会厅里的人统统驱散。他离开议会厅，锁上门，将钥匙装在口袋里回了家。
6.较下层人民代表组成了新的国会，以其领导集团的某一成员的姓名命名，叫做“拜尔波恩国会”，但很快便被克伦威尔遣散，而克伦威尔本人也被他的军官们奉为“护国公”。
7.如今真正统治了英格兰的奥利弗·克伦威尔任命了一个合法的国会，并英明地统治着这个国家。他试图组建一个新的上议院，但没有实现。他的第二任国会下院成员拒绝承认新的上院。于是，他遣散下院，此后便按照自身意愿实行统治了。
a 斯昆（也叫斯库恩）：佩思北部2.25英里处。苏格兰的历任国王一般都在这里的古老修道院中，坐在一块著名的石头上（利阿菲尔石，或叫“命运之石”）加冕，如今这也成了威斯敏斯特修道院加冕礼的一部分。
b 丹巴：位于爱丁堡以东约30英里的海岸上。
c Worcester，英国中西部自治市镇，位于伯明翰西南偏南的塞汶河岸，奥利弗·克伦威尔和国会军于1651年9月3日在此地取得对查理二世和苏格兰军队的最后胜利。--译者注d 波特兰：多塞特郡以南的一个半岛。
8.但他不再感到幸福。针对他的阴谋接连不断。有人写了一本名叫《谋杀不死》的书，书中说克伦威尔的死正合这个国家的需要。此后，他手枪不离身，并在衣服里面穿上铠甲。
9.最后，他的身体状况下滑：他为发烧所困，去世时59岁，留下两个儿子理查德和亨利以及四个女儿。克伦威尔是到目前为止英格兰最能干的统治者之一，他头脑清醒、意志坚定、勇气非凡。他当然算是野心勃勃，但却恪尽职守。
10.根据父亲的意愿，理查德·克伦威尔当上了护国公，但不出五个月他就离职回到自己的农场，在那里过上了乡绅的生活。
11.国家此时处于紧急状态。军队似乎掌控着所有权力，每个人都担心它会统治国家，但蒙克将军带着7000人的部队从苏格兰a出发，进入伦敦，并提议建立一个自由国会。新国会成立了，还给查理二世送信，请他回国加冕。查理当即欣然同意，于5月29日他30岁生日那天进入伦敦。
a 从苏格兰出发：因为他是被克伦威尔送到那里去的。
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THE ESCAPE OF CHARLES II FROM WORCESTER
查理二世从伍斯特逃跑
capture，seizure.completely，wholly.deserved，ought.design，plan.disguise，false dress.doublet，waistcoat.
embarked，went on board.exactly，correctly.expedition，voyage.failure，break-down.
fowling，killing birds.fugitives，run-aways.guarded，watched.
hoy，a ship for passenger and goods traffic.pillion，a cushion behind the saddle.privateer，a plundering ship.recognized，known；found out.spaniels，Spanish dogs.
suspected，doubted.
1.When Charles the Second saw that the Battle of Worcesterwascompletely lost，he rode away with a few gentlemen，in the hope that he might get to London before the news of his defeat reached the capital.So he went on in the dark by quiet ways for twenty miles，until he reached a place where he got a little bread and cheese.
2.There he changed his dress，with the intention of going on foot to London.He put on an old green jacket，so thread-bare as to be white in many places；a leathern doublet；and a greasy old gray hat，to cover his close-cropped head.In this costume he went with a farmer to hide in a wood，where he lay all next day in a very heavy rain.Then he formed the design of trying to cross the Severn into Wales.
3.As he and a cutter of wood went in the dark towards the river，they got a great fright from a miller，whom they saw in his white clothes sitting at his door；and who，when they would not stand，chased them，crying，“Rogues！”
4.The King did not cross the river Severn，owing to the ford being guarded；and after hiding in a barn for a time，he made his way back to the wood ofbBoscobel-a wretched-looking figure，creeping along with old shoes，whicha Battle of Worcester （Woos’ter）.-Fought in the neighbourhood of Worcester，September 3rd，1651.
b Boscobel.-A lonely house on the borders of Staffordshire，occupied by a farmer named Penderell.
made his feet so sore that he was obliged to put bits of paper between his toes to ease the smart.
5.Meeting in the wood a friend called Colonel Careless，the King climbed with him into a leafy oak-tree.A cushion having been placed between two forking branches，he lay down with his head on the Colonel‘s knee to snatch a little sleep.It was well that the leaves were thick，for the two fugitives saw the soldiers who were searching for them in the wood.
6.Soon after this，having left Boscobel，Charles put on the gray dress of a farmer’s son.He cast off the old green coat，and exchanged the name Will Jones for the name Will Jackson.Then，mounted on a horse，he took the wife of Colonel Lane up on a pillion behind him，as the custom was，and rode with her towards Bristol.
