Hampden (1594-1643) : famous for liis opposition to

Charles's demand for ship money, and one of the five merabers whom the king attempted to seize in the House of Gommons.

Holles (1599-1650) : one of the leaders of the opposition in the Long Parliament.

61. 32. Ludlow, the author of valuable memoirs, after serving

in the parliamentary army, obtained the government of Ireland. When Cromwell assumed the protectorate, he agitated in favour of a republic, and on the approach of tlie Restoration retired to Switzerland.

Harrington : a political writer, imprisoned in the reign of Charles II. His Oceana, in which he describes an idéal republic, was published in 1656.

Milton (1608-1674), the illustrions author of Paradise Lost, after the death of Charles I. adhered to the republic in his pamphlet Tenure of Kings aiid Magistrates, and was appointed Latin secretary to the Commonwealth.

35. Ireton (1610-1651) : a parliamentary gênerai and one of the king's judges. Ho accompanied Cromwell to Ireland in 1649, and remained there as lord-deputy.

Cromwell (1599-1658).

Lambert (1619-1692) : another parliamentary gênerai. Having fallen into disgrâce, he headed the confederacy which deposed Richard Cromwell. At the Restoration he was condemned to death, but his sentence was comniuted to banishment.

63. 12. dit BoBSuet : in his Oraison funèbre de la reine d'Angle terre.

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63. 35. Mirabeau (1749-1791) : the most éloquent orator of the

French Révolution.

64. 3. Danton (1759-1794), the greatest statesman amongst tlie

revolutionists, was made minister of justice after the attack on the Tuileries, August 10, 1792, and became a member of the Committee of Public Safety. Accused of moderatism by Robespierre, lie was beheaded as an accoraplice in a conspiracy for the restoration of the monarchy. His words, " De l'audace, encore de l'audace et toujours de l'audace ! " hâve remained fanions.