8/295 All in all, there was great excitement, much confusion, and an outbreak from some members of very violent language about Cromwell.[1] [Footnote 1: Commons Journals of dates: Parl.Hist.III. 116-125.] What might have been the issue had a vote come on can only be guessed. Things were not allowed to go that length. On Tuesday, Sept, 12, the members, going to the House, found the doors locked, soldiers in and around Westminster Hall, and a summons from the Lord Protector to meet him again in the Painted Chamber. |