Cornet Joyce's commission -- Historical revisionism and the perils of chronism -- Foucault, the new historicism, and the base curiosity of the Plebs -- Class struggle and the English revolution -- The deference of John Felton -- New model Soviets: the agitators and martial praxis -- The public spiritedness of Anna Trapnel -- Forlorn hope: Edward Sexby and the republic --The digger's hortus inconclusus.