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appears by the event, not only the sovereign executive Power, but also the full and supreme legislative Power of the Republic, or three united Kingdoms, for a certain time) (49) should reside in one single person, namely, their own military Commander, General Cromwell, whom they invested with the title and power of Protector of the three Kingdoms. I have thus far pursued the history of these arbitrary times, as well to shew the danger of keeping a standing Ar-