Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches

In March 2023, to celebrate the launch of the new 3 volume edition of Oliver Cromwell's Letters, Writings and Speeches (published by Oxford University Press), a special event was held at Huntingdon Town Hall, organised in association with the Cromwell Museum. Members of the academic team who had collated amd edited the volumes introduced selected items from the volumes, which were then read by the actor James Wallace.
This video has four of the readings of Cromwell's words performed by James, together with introductions by the eminent historian and General Editor of the volumes, Professor John Morrill of the University of Cambridge. We are very grateful to John and James for participating in this special video.

[@anglonrx2754]

Doing God's work for God's Englishman!

[@tonyjones7372]

can anybody at the CM answer a question on the CW for me?

[@CromwellMuseum]

By all means. How can we help?

[@tonyjones7372]

@@CromwellMuseum i have been working my way through Clarendon, the history of the rebellion, you helped me before on the 'mushroom' army question. I have now come across the word 'Mulet', as in:... Many men observed, (as upon signal turns of great affairs, as this was, such observations are frequently made), that the field in which the late skirmish was, and upon which Hambden received his death’s wound, Chalgrave field, was the same place in which he had first executed the ordinance of the militia, and engaged that country, in which his reputation was great, in this rebellion: and it was confessed by the prisoners that were taken that day, and acknowledged by all, that upon the alarm that morning, after their quarters were beaten up, he was exceeding solicitous to draw forces together to pursue the enemy; and, being a Col. of foot, put himself among those horse as a volunteer, who were first ready; and that when Rupert made a stand, all the officers were of opinion to stay till their body came up, and he alone, (being second to none but the General himself in the observance and application of all men), persuaded and prevailed with them to advance; so violently did his fate carry him, to pay the mulet in the place where he had committed the transgression, about a year before.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
tony