[The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 CHAPTER I 11/79
(3) For the political antecedents of the members I have referred to Mr.Carlyle's Revised List of the Long Parliament, appended to Vol.II.of his _Cromwell_, and to the Lists of the Barebones Parliament, Oliver's two Parliaments, and Richard's Parliament in Vol.III.of the _Parl.
Hist._--With all my care, I may have left errors.
Once or twice, where there are several persons of the same surname, I was doubtful as to the Christian name.
The Journals often omit that .-- I have seen, since writing the above, a folio fly-leaf, published in London in March 1660, giving what it calls "a perfect list of the Rumpers." It includes 121 names, and nearly corresponds with mine, but not quite--containing one or two names not given in mine (e.g.Sir Francis Russell), and omitting one or two I give.
Effectively, I believe my own list the more authentic.] From this list it will be seen, in the first place, that, if Ludlow was correct in his estimate that there were 160 old Rumpers still alive, a good many of them did not now reappear in that capacity at Westminster.
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