Other events follow the ending of the inset tale. Dr Scot is involved in a hush-hush mission with General Monck
, facilitating the Restoration of Charles II
. The story cannot end until the title...
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11 February 1660: General Monck, having marched on London from...
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11 February 1660
General Monck
, having marched on London from Scotland, dissolved the Parliament
by military threat and convened a new one.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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3 March 1660: Milton published The Readie and Easie Way...
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3 March 1660
Milton
published The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, a pamphlet designed to sway public opinion against the restoration either of the monarchy or of rule by any single individual.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
The...
8-9 August 1666: In a major English coup of the Second Dutch...
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8-9 August 1666
In a major English coup of the Second Dutch War, Albemarle
and Prince Rupert
burned a hundred and fifty Dutch merchant ships off the island of Schelling.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.