“…Such arguments would, hopefully, convince doubters that they should engage to preserve both the protestant religion and the parliamentary mixed monarchy, neither of which was safe in Charles's hands. 88 In taking this particular approach, and, in its last edition, recommending to its readers George Buchanan, that arch advocate of deposition for royal tyrants, Britanicus was signalling its association with the more radically minded Scots. Unfortunately for Nedham, in May 1646, as the war drew to a close, the fortunes of the English war party were waning, while relations between parliament and the Scots were becoming increasingly toxic, particularly regarding the fate of the king.…”