6/2 Outlhies of European History So completely was the Scottish army destroyed that Cromwell found no need to draw the sword again in the British Isles. Fig. 231. Great Seal of England under the Commonwealth, 1651 This seal is reduced considerably in the reproduction. It gives us an idea of the appearance of a session of the House of Commons when England was for a short period a republic. It is still to-day the custom for members to sit with their hats on, except when making a speech The Naviga- Although it would seem that Cromwell had enough to keep tion Act, 1651 1-1 ,1 1 , -, , , 1 . • • nim busy at home, he had already engaged m a victonous foreign war against the Dutch, who had become dangerous commercial rivals of England. The ships which went out from
