“ Holding Lambart in play without fighting until his army began to melt away for want of pay, Monk received the commission of commander-in-chief of the parliament’s forces (Nov. 24) . The navy, some of the English garrisons and the army in Ireland declared for the parliament, and the army from Scotland crossed the Tweed on the 2nd of January 1660. It was inferior in number, but in all other respects superior to Lambart’s, and Monk slowly marched on to London, disbanding or taking over on his way the detachments of Lambart’s army which he met, and entered the capital on the 3rd of February. ”

“ His next service was in Cromwell’s army in Scotland. He commanded a brigade at the great victory of Dunbar, and afterwards captured a number of small places. When in 1651 Cromwell with the field army hurried southward into England to bring the invading Scots to battle, Monk was left behind to complete the subjugation of the country. In February 1652 he left Scotland to recruit his broken health at Bath, and in November of the same year he became an admiral, or rather a “general at sea,” instead of a soldier. ”

“ No bribe, however, could induce him to act one moment before the right time. He bade his brother go back to his books, and refused to entertain any proposal. But when Booth rose in Cheshire for the king, so tempting did the opportunity seem that he was on the point of joining forces with him, and a manifesto was prepared. ”