Oliver Cromwell had fought a long and brutal civil war which split the country. During the first part of the war his band of Roundheads had done horrible things. During the second, they did some more. For example, they held a siege of the town of Colchester that lasted so long civilians had to eat dog as well as their candles. This is only marginally made better by the fact that candles were made of mutton wax. It’s still dog with a side of candle, though, which is by no means laying on a feast.
