The authority of Monk could scarcely secure the parliamentary deputies from those insults which the general hatred and contempt towards their masters drew from men of every rank and denomination.
Monk continued his march with few interruptions till he reached St.
Albans.

He there sent a message to the parliament, desiring them to remove from London those regiments which, though they now professed to return to their duty, had so lately offered violence to that assembly.
This message was unexpected, and exceedingly perplexed the house.

Their fate, they found, must still depend on a mercenary army; and they were as distant as ever from their imaginary sovereignty.

However, they found it necessary to comply.

The soldiers made more difficulty.