The army, concurring with the popular sentiment, restored the Stuarts.

The conduct of the English people in bringing Charles back stamped Cromwell as a usurper, and they have steadily ignored in their list of governors--called monarchs--the man through whose efforts much of their liberty had been achieved; but history asserts itself, and the benefits of the "Great Rebellion" are gratefully acknowledged by the people, whether the protectorate appears in the court list or not.
THE EFFECT OF THE RESTORATION .-- Charles II.

came back to such an overwhelming reception, that he said, in his witty way, it must have been his own fault to stay away so long from a people who were so glad to see him when he did come.

This restoration forced Milton into concealment: his public day was over, and yet his remaining history is particularly interesting.

Inheriting weak eyes from his mother, he had overtasked their powers, especially in writing the _Defensiones_, and had become entirely blind.