9. The interference of the Pope's Nuncio in the Pro- 10. The Confiscations made by Cromwell; and the 454 458 (xi) APPENDIX. NOTE I. referred to in page 70. On the Tract intituled, "Roman Catholic Principles in re ference to God and the King" NOTE II. referred to in page 192. page 493 The Symbol of Pius the Fourth 510 HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS, &c. SINCE THE REFORMATION. CHAP. LXIV. CHARLES THE SECOND. COMMENCEMENT OF HIS REIGN.-DECLARATION AT BREDA. PERSECUTION OF THE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. 1660. HE events which led to the restoration of THE Charles, or the means, by which it was accomplished, are foreign to the subject of these pages it is sufficient to observe, that the nation was divided, at that time, into three religious parties, the roman-catholics, the members of the established church, and the dissenters: the last comprised the presbyterians, the independents, and the anabaptists. In the progress of this history, we shall have |