Oliver Cromwell/the Protectorate - 1653-58

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    I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
    Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

    I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
    —Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)