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CROMWELL AND HIS DAUGHTER.

On Oliver Cromwell's usurpation of supreme power he had the extreme mortification to find that his conduct was abhorred by all his family. His daughters, in particular, were zealous royalists, excepting the wife of Fleetwood, who, like her husband, was a sincere republican; and Oliver, to obtain his ends, having deceived all parties alike, found himself distrusted and shunned even by those connected with him by the ties of nature. Above all (says Hume), the sickness of Mrs. Claypole, his peculiar favorite, a lady endued with many humane virtues and amiable accomplishments, depressed his anxious mind, and poisoned all his enjoyments. She had entertained a high regard for Dr. Huet, lately executed, and being refused his pardon, the melancholy of her temper, increased by her distempered body had prompted her to lament to her father all his sanguinary measures, and urge him to compunction for those heinous crimes into which his fatal ambition had betrayed him. Her death, which followed soon after, gave new edge to every word which she had uttered. »

This Lady's death preceeded her father's about two years and the remarkable change in his conduct and behaviour during the latter part of his carreer, may be attributed, in a certain degree, to the effect of her exhortations. The artist has ably depicted the interview of Cromwell and his daughter, at the moment when the death - bed admonitions of his favorite child has awakened in the breast of the Protector all the horrors of a guilty conscience. The picture has been engraved by J. Stow for Bowyer's splendid edition of Hume's History of England.

CROMWELL ET SA FILLE.

LORSQUE Cromwell usurpa le pouvoir suprême, il eut la mortification de voir que sa conduite le faisait abhorrer de toute sa famille. Ses filles surtout étaient de zélées royalistes, excepté la femme de Fleetwood et son mari sincères républicains. Comme pour en venir à l'accomplissement de ses projets Olivier trompa tous les partis, il se vit bientôt méprisé et éloigné de tous ceux qui lui étaient attachés par les liens du sang.« Par-dessus tout, dit Hume, la maladie de mistriss Claypole, qu'il affectionnait particulièrement, abattit son courage et empoisonna tous ses plaisirs. Cette femme, qui possédait d'excellentes vertus et des qualités aimables, estimait beaucoup le docteur Huet, exécuté depuis peu ; elle avait en vain demandé son pardon; ce refus, joint à sa mauvaise santé, augmenta tellement son chagrin qu'elle reprocha à son père toutes ses mesures sanguinaires, et lui fit éprouver des remords en lui mettant devant les yeux, les crimes odieux que sa fatale ambition lui avait fait commettre. Mistriss Claypole mourut peu de temps après cette entrevue et donna encore plus de poids à ses paroles.

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La mort de cette dame précéda celle de son père de deux ans, et les grands changemens que l'on remarqua dans la conduite et les mœurs de ce dernier dans les derniers temps de sa carrière, peuvent être en partie attribués à l'événement dont nous venons de parler.

L'artiste a peint avec art l'instant où Cromwell effrayé des paroles amères que lui adresse son enfant favori, sent toute l'horreur de sa conduite. Ce tableau a été gravé par J. Slow.

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