Original sentence: ) As events were to show, Cromwell could not engineer a stable oligarchic Parliamentary republic, either.Cromwell and the Grandees were not prepared to countenance a radical democracy, - and indeed many amongst the Levellers would have been surprised if the radical position of Colonel Rainborough, which is so 'evidently correct' to modern democrats, had succeeeded.He was often ruthless (though perhaps no more than was then expected) in putting down the mutinies which occurred within his own army towards the end of the war (which were sometimes prompted by Parliament's failure to pay the troops).However, (at least in the eyes of his detractors), Cromwell ruled in practice as a military dictator
Edited sentence: Cromwell was not prepared to countenance a radical democracy, but as events were to show, could not engineer a stable oligarchic Parliamentary republic, either.He was often ruthless in putting down the mutinies which occurred within his own army towards the end of the war (which were sometimes prompted by Parliament's failure to pay the troops).However, from all accounts, Cromwell actually ruled in practice as a military dictator