He had done so while still conducting himself as the servant of the Restored Rump; and he had done so again very particularly after he had become Commander-in-chief for the Parliament of the Secluded Members.

The consequence was most apparent in that portion of the Army which was more especially his own, consisting of the regiments he had brought from Scotland, and that were now round him in London.

The officers--Knight, Read, Clobery, Hubblethorn, &c .-- were all men accustomed to Monk, or of his latest choosing.

His difficulty had been greater with the many dispersed regiments away from London, once Fleetwood's and Lambert's.

Not only was there no bond of attachment between them and Monk; they were full of bitterness against him, as an interloper from Scotland who had put them to disgrace, and had turned some of them out of London to make room for his own men.