They insisted, that he should submit to the punishment of his most faithful adherents.

And they desired him to acquiesce in their settlement of the militia, and to confer on their adherents the entire power of the sword.
In answer to the king's proposal, that his magazines, towns, forts, and ships should be restored to him, the parliament required that they should be put into such hands as they could confide in:[****] the nineteen propositions which they formerly sent to the king, showed their inclination to abolish monarchy: they only asked at present the power of doing it.
* Clarendon, vol.iii.p.

171.
** Whitlocke, p.

6*.
*** Rush, vol.vi.p.

202.
**** Rush, vol.vi.p.