and ruled over this COUNTRY with Regal Power. He was born in the Parish of ST. JOHN, on the twenty-fifth of April, 1599. His very Infancy, says Mr. NOBLE, (if we believe what Mr. Audley, Brother to the famous Civilian, declares, he had heard some old Men, tell his Grandfather), was marked with an Accident, that threatened the Existence of the future PROTECTOR: Sir HENRY CROMWELL having sent for him to Hinchingbrook, when an Infant in Arms, a Monkey took him from the Cradle, and ran with him upon the Lead, that covered the Roof of the House. Alarmed at the Danger OLIVER was in, the Family brought Beds to catch him upon, fearing the Creature's dropping him; but the sagacious Animal, brought the "Fortune of England" down in Safety; so narrow an Escape had HE, who was doomed to be the CONQUEROR, and superior MAGISTRATE, of THREE mighty NATIONS, from the Paws of a Monkey. Many Years after, (1653,) when he drove the MEMBERS from the HouSE of COMMONS, and caused its Doors to be shut up, it was remarked by WHITELOCKE, that " among all the Parliament Men, of whom many wore Swords, and would sometimes brag high, not One Man offered to draw his Sword, or to

make the least Resistance against CROMWELL, but tamely departed the HOUSE; and thus it pleased GOD, that this Assembly, were themselves overthrown and ruined, by their Servants, and those whom they had raised, now, pulled down their Masters." That the Dissolution, however, was acceptable to the NATION, was evinced, by the numerous Addresses, that were sent up to CROMWELL, from all Parts of the Country. He did not omit to turn this to his own Views, and it was resolved by him, and his Officers, that select Persons should be nominated by themselves, out of every County, who should be a Representative of the whole Nation. The WRITS that were issued, ran in CROMWELL'S own Name. The third of September, Anno 1658, a Day, which he had long considered, as the most auspicious of his Life, it being, that, on which he had gained his two famous Victories, of DUNBAR and WORCESTER, CROMWELL died at Whitehall. He was buried in that Sepulchre of our MONARCHS, HENRY the Seventh's Chapel, in Westminster Abbey; and his Funeral, was afterwards celebrated at a vast Expence, and with more than Royal Pomp. His Ashes, however, were not permitted to mingle with the Dust of SovE

REIGNS, for after the RESTORATION, to the Disgrace of all concerned, his mouldering Corse was taken up, and exposed upon the Gallows at Tyburn. WELWOOD, has these Passages," after CROMWELL assumed the supreme Power, he became more formidable, both at Home and Abroad, than most PRINCES, that had ever sat upon the ENGLISH Throne; and it was said, that Cardinal MAZARINE Would change Countenance, whenever he heard him named, so that it passed into a Proverb in FRANCE, that he was not so much afraid of the Devil, as of OLIVER CROMWELL. He had a manly, stern look, and was able to endure the greatest Fatigue. Though brave, yet he was wary in his Conduct, for from the Time he was first declared PROTECTOR, he always wore a Coat of Mail, under his Cloaths. No One was ever better served, nor took more Pains to be so, if he heard of a Man fit for his Purpose, though never so obscure, he sent for, and employed him, suiting the Employment to the Person, and not the Person to the Employment, and upon this Maxim in his Government, depended in a great Measure, his Success, His GOOD FORTUNE accompanied him to the last, he died in PEACE, and in the Arms of

his FRIENDS, and was buried among the KINGS, with a Regal Magnificence; and his Death was condoled, by the greatest PRINCES and STATES in Christendom, in solemn Embassies to his SON." With the Life of the PROTECTOR, almost immediately ended, the Government he had established. The great Talent of this uncommon Person, had supported, during his Existence, a SYSTEM CONdemned equally, by Reason and by Prejudice: by Reason, as wanting FREEDOM; and by Prejudice, as an USURPATION; and it must be confessed, to be no mean Testimony of his Genius, that notwithstanding, the radical Defects of such a SYSTEM, the Splendour of his Character and Exploits, render the Era of the PROTECTORSHIP, one of the most brilliant in ENGLISH HISTORY.

In this County, Persecution for WITCHCRAFT, against three Persons, named SAMWELL, and who were tried and executed, occasioned Forfeiture, to Sir HENRY WILLIAMS, alias CROMWELL, as Lord of the Manor of Warboys, of all the Goods of the much injured Sufferers; but unwilling to possess himself of the Property, he gave it to the Corporation of HUNTINGDON, condition

ally, that they procured from QUEEN'S College, in Cambridge, a Doctor or Batchelor in Divinity, to preach on every Anniversary of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin, a Sermon against the Sin of WITCHCRAFT, and it is with real Concern, continues Mr. NOBLE, that the Reader is acquainted, that there is still an annual Sermon, preached in HUNTINGDON, against WITCHCRAFT, by a Divine, sent from QUEEN'S College, for which he receives Two pounds, but is obliged to distribute ten Shillings to the Poor, and by Custom, to treat Part of the CORPORATION with a DINNER. (Two Incumbrances, that may, in these Days, demand the Skill of a WIZARD to satisfy, from the Amount of the original Stipend.) It would be highly commendable, for the Corporation and College to agree, that if a Discourse must be delivered, the Subject of it should, instead of being levelled at the pretended Sin of WITCHCRAFT, be an Address to the People, cautioning them against falling into such Errors, as made their Forefathers involve, the unhappy yet innocent SAMWELLS, in Destruction, and the exchange of the Topic, is more imperiously called for, since ALL the Penal Statutes, against the ideal Crime of WITCHCRAFT, have been repealed