The most interesting thing about King Charles I

[elperromagico]

was that he was five foot, six inches tall at the start of his reign but only four foot, eight inches tall at the end of it because of...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England
Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September)
Was at first only MP for Huntingdon but then
He led the Ironsides Cavalry at Marston Moor in 1544
And won

Then he established the New Model Army
And, praise be, led the Cavaliers at Naisby
And the King fled up north LIKE A BAT
To the Scots

But under the terms of John Pimm's Solemn League and Covenant, the Scots handed King Charles I over to...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (and his warts)
Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September)
But, alas (oy vey!) disagreement then broke out between
The Presbyterian Parliament and the military who meant to have an independent bent
And so

The second Civil War broke out
And the Roundhead ranks faced the Cavaliers at Preston Banks
And the King lost again, silly thing
(Stupid git)

And Cromwell sent Colonel Pride to purge the House of Commons of the Presbyterian Royalists, leaving behind only the Rump Parliament...

... which appointed a High Court at Westminster Hall
To indict Charles I for... tyranny (ooh!!)

Charles was sentenced to death
Even though he refused to accept
That the court had... jurisdiction
(Say goodbye to his head!)

Poor King Charles laid his head
On the block (January 1649)
Down came the axe, and...

... in the silence that followed, the only sound that could be heard was a solitary giggle... from...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (olé!)
Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September)
Then he SMASHED Ireland, set up the Commonwealth, and more
He crushed the Scots at Worcester and beat the Dutch at sea in 1653
And then...

He dissolved the Rump Parliament
And with Lambert's consent,
Wrote the instrument of government
Under which Oliver was Protector at last

THE END!

- "Oliver Cromwell," Monty Python

[realisticphish]

1. doooooowwwwnnn came the axe...

:D

python uber alles

[countmyvote4real]

3. self delete

[JohnKleeb]

2. pretty short dude

[Floogeldy]

4. With all due respect, Sir,

You're beginning to bore the hell out of me!

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[countmyvote4real]

5. That is SO way beyond a poster. You are a confirmed pamphlet.

You read all that background material and chose to summarize. Quite well, I must say, but at most that gives you a B. If you had chosen to report in depth, you might have been eligible for an A.

That’s our educational process today as reported to me by a friend from New Hampshire.

[Robeson]

6. King Charles the II was the most interesting thing about him....