The Bal Was Back in Parliament's Court

On may eighth, oliver cromwell came back and said, no, i will gladly support and defend the humble petition and advice, but not as king. The final vote was just 53 to 50, which means that far from galvanizing record turn out in the house, the crucial debate over whether to make cromwell king was actually driving members away. Only a hundred and three m ps voted out of a body that was supposed to be 460 strong. John lambert could only take small comfort in this victory over monarchy, and he refused to swear an oath to defend the new constitution. Cromwell soon demanded his resignation, and got it. On march 20 fifth 16 57, when