Memoirs of Sir John Berkley containing an account of his negotiation with Lieutenant General Cromwel, Commissary General Ireton, and other officers of the army, for restoring King Charles the First to the exercise of the government of England.
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             Memoirs of Sir John Berkley containing an account of his negotiation with Lieutenant General Cromwel, Commissary General Ireton, and other officers of the army, for restoring King Charles the First to the exercise of the government of England.
             Berkeley, John, Sir, d. 1678.
          
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           MEMOIRS
           OF
           Sir
           John
           Berkley
           ,
           Containing
           an
           ACCOUNT
           Of
           his
           NEGOTIATION
           WITH
           Lieutenant
           General
           CROMWEL
           ,
           Commissary
           General
           IRETON
           ,
           And
           other
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           For
           Restoring
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           First
           to
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Darby
          
           in
           Bartholomew-Close
           ,
           for
           
             A.
             Baldwin
          
           in
           Warwicklane
           .
           MDCXCIX
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           MEMOIRS
           OF
           Sir
           JOHN
           BERKLEY
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Year
           1647
           her
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Highness
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           were
           pleased
           to
           send
           me
           into
           Holland
           ,
           to
           condole
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           and
           having
           performed
           that
           Office
           ,
           I
           returned
           with
           Mr.
           John
           and
           Mr.
           
             William
             Ashburnham
          
           to
           France
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Calais
           ;
           where
           we
           met
           with
           the
           News
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           being
           seized
           by
           one
           Cornet
           Joyce
           in
           Holmby
           House
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           was
           carried
           with
           a
           Guard
           of
           400
           Horse
           towards
           the
           Army
           ,
           the
           Cornet
           producing
           no
           Authority
           whereby
           to
           warrant
           this
           proceeding
           .
           The
           next
           Post
           brought
           us
           Advertisement
           to
           Calais
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           well
           received
           by
           the
           Officers
           and
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           
           and
           that
           there
           were
           great
           hopes
           conceived
           that
           they
           would
           both
           concur
           to
           establish
           his
           Majesty
           in
           his
           just
           Rights
           .
           From
           Calais
           we
           went
           to
           Rouen
           ,
           where
           we
           met
           a
           Confirmation
           of
           this
           Intelligence
           ,
           and
           heard
           withal
           ,
           that
           one
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Ford
          
           (
           who
           was
           Brother-in-law
           to
           Commissary
           General
           Ireton
           )
           was
           sent
           by
           her
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Highness
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           Intentions
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           an
           Agreement
           between
           his
           Majesty
           and
           them
           .
           From
           Rouen
           we
           went
           to
           
             St.
             Germains
          
           ;
           where
           we
           were
           no
           sooner
           arrived
           ,
           but
           we
           heard
           that
           Mr.
           Denham
           (
           who
           during
           his
           Imprisonment
           had
           contracted
           a
           great
           Familiarity
           with
           Mr.
           Peters
           ,
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           a
           powerful
           person
           in
           the
           Army
           )
           was
           dispatch'd
           with
           a
           Commission
           to
           the
           like
           effect
           with
           that
           of
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Ford.
          
           As
           I
           was
           going
           up
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           I
           met
           accidentally
           with
           my
           Lord
           Culpepper
           ,
           who
           scarce
           had
           saluted
           me
           ,
           before
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           prepare
           my self
           immediately
           for
           another
           
           Journey
           ,
           her
           Majesty
           being
           resolved
           to
           send
           me
           into
           England
           after
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Ford
          
           and
           Mr.
           Denham
           .
           I
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           no
           Pass
           ,
           nor
           any
           Acquaintance
           with
           any
           one
           of
           the
           Army
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           doubted
           ,
           if
           the
           King's
           Party
           should
           come
           too
           thick
           upon
           them
           at
           first
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           Army
           would
           be
           jealous
           they
           should
           have
           too
           many
           Sharers
           in
           the
           Places
           and
           Preferments
           they
           might
           perhaps
           meditate
           to
           procure
           and
           preserve
           to
           themselves
           .
           His
           Lordship
           replied
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           were
           afraid
           to
           go
           into
           England
           ,
           her
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Highness
           would
           serve
           themselves
           of
           some
           other
           person
           ,
           because
           they
           conceived
           it
           necessary
           to
           employ
           some
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           that
           might
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           greater
           Trust
           both
           with
           the
           Queen
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           King
           in
           England
           ,
           than
           either
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Ford
          
           or
           Mr.
           Denham
           had
           .
           I
           return'd
           ,
           That
           if
           after
           a
           serious
           consideration
           it
           should
           be
           judged
           of
           use
           to
           dispatch
           me
           into
           England
           ,
           I
           would
           adventure
           ,
           tho
           I
           had
           not
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           very
           well
           known
           
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           expect
           any
           great
           Trust
           from
           him
           .
           To
           that
           part
           his
           Lordship
           replied
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           an
           Intention
           to
           send
           Mr.
           
             John
             Ashburnham
          
           after
           me
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           would
           not
           go
           without
           a
           Pass
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           I
           should
           have
           it
           added
           to
           my
           Instructions
           to
           procure
           him
           one
           .
           Within
           few
           days
           after
           ,
           I
           had
           my
           Dispatch
           ,
           and
           went
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Dieppe
           ,
           where
           I
           met
           with
           Mr.
           
             William
             Leg
          
           of
           the
           Bed-chamber
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           He
           embarked
           with
           me
           for
           England
           ;
           we
           arriv'd
           at
           Hastings
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           went
           the
           next
           day
           towards
           London
           .
           Two
           miles
           on
           this
           side
           Tunbridg
           I
           met
           with
           Sir
           
             Allen
             Apsley
          
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           my
           Lieutenant-Governor
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           Governor
           of
           Barnstaple
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Devon.
           He
           told
           me
           that
           he
           was
           going
           to
           me
           from
           Cromwel
           and
           some
           other
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           with
           Letters
           ,
           and
           a
           Cypher
           and
           Instructions
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           this
           effect
           :
           
             That
             he
             should
             desire
             me
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             Conferences
             with
             
             Colonel
             Lambert
             and
             other
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             upon
             the
             rendring
             of
             Exeter
             ,
             I
             had
             taken
             notice
             of
             the
             Army
             's
             bitter
             inveighing
             against
             the
             King's
             person
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             the
             worst
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             their
             excessive
             extolling
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             both
             which
             being
             without
             any
             colour
             of
             ground
             ,
             I
             had
             concluded
             that
             those
             Discourses
             were
             not
             out
             of
             any
             perswasion
             of
             mind
             ,
             but
             affected
             to
             prepare
             men
             to
             receive
             the
             Alteration
             of
             Government
             they
             intended
             the
             Parliament
             should
             effect
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             which
             I
             had
             said
             was
             not
             only
             a
             most
             wicked
             ,
             but
             a
             very
             difficult
             if
             not
             an
             impossible
             Design
             ,
             for
             a
             few
             men
             not
             of
             the
             greatest
             Quality
             to
             introduce
             a
             Popular
             Government
             against
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Party
             ,
             against
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             against
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             against
             the
             Laws
             establish'd
             both
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             Civil
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             whole
             Genius
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             accustomed
             for
             so
             many
             
             Ages
             to
             a
             Monarchical
             Government
             .
             Whereas
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             but
             consider
             ,
             that
             those
             of
             their
             Party
             had
             no
             particular
             obligations
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             had
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ought
             less
             to
             despair
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             ;
             that
             the
             Presbyter
             began
             this
             War
             upon
             specious
             pretences
             of
             making
             the
             King
             a
             glorious
             King
             ;
             that
             under
             that
             pretext
             they
             had
             deceived
             many
             well-meaning
             men
             ,
             and
             had
             brought
             great
             things
             to
             pass
             ;
             but
             that
             now
             the
             Mask
             was
             taken
             off
             ,
             and
             they
             discovered
             to
             have
             sought
             their
             own
             Advantages
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Power
             almost
             wrested
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             to
             do
             themselves
             much
             good
             or
             others
             hurt
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             Independent
             Party
             ,
             who
             could
             establish
             themselves
             no
             way
             under
             Heaven
             so
             justly
             and
             prudently
             ,
             as
             by
             making
             good
             what
             the
             Presbyterians
             had
             only
             pretended
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             restoring
             King
             and
             People
             to
             their
             just
             and
             antient
             
             Rights
             ;
             which
             would
             so
             ingratiate
             them
             with
             both
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             voluntarily
             invest
             them
             with
             as
             much
             Trust
             and
             Power
             as
             Subjects
             are
             capable
             of
             .
             Whereas
             if
             they
             grasped
             more
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             with
             the
             general
             hatred
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             destruction
             .
             To
             this
             Discourse
             of
             mine
             they
             only
             gave
             a
             Hearing
             ,
             but
             no
             Consent
             ,
             as
             proceeding
             from
             an
             Interest
             much
             divided
             from
             theirs
             :
             but
             since
             they
             have
             found
             by
             experience
             all
             or
             the
             most
             part
             to
             be
             so
             reasonable
             that
             they
             were
             resolved
             to
             put
             it
             in
             practice
             ,
             as
             I
             might
             perceive
             by
             what
             had
             already
             pass'd
             ;
             they
             desired
             for
             the
             present
             nothing
             of
             me
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             would
             present
             them
             humbly
             to
             the
             Queen
             and
             Prince
             ,
             and
             be
             Suitor
             to
             them
             in
             their
             Names
             ,
             not
             to
             condemn
             them
             absolutely
             ,
             but
             to
             suspend
             their
             Opinions
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             Pretensions
             towards
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             judg
             them
             rather
             by
             their
             future
             Behaviour
             ,
             of
             the
             innocence
             whereof
             they
             had
             already
             
             given
             some
             Testimonies
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             would
             do
             more
             and
             more
             daily
             .
             When
             I
             should
             have
             done
             this
             Office
             ,
             they
             desired
             I
             would
             come
             over
             into
             England
             ,
             and
             become
             an
             Eye-witness
             of
             their
             Proceedings
             .
          
           I
           thought
           this
           Rencounter
           no
           ill
           Omen
           to
           my
           future
           Proceedings
           .
           Sir
           
             Allen
             Apsley
          
           told
           me
           I
           should
           have
           to
           do
           with
           subtil
           men
           ,
           that
           govern'd
           themselves
           by
           other
           Maxims
           than
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World.
           I
           remember
           I
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Caution
           was
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           would
           arm
           my self
           the
           best
           I
           could
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           was
           hard
           to
           secure
           our selves
           from
           malicious
           men
           when
           we
           were
           absolutely
           in
           their
           power
           .
           I
           took
           the
           best
           Information
           I
           could
           from
           Sir
           
             Allen
             Apsley
          
           ,
           and
           resolved
           with
           him
           to
           go
           into
           London
           before
           I
           went
           to
           the
           King
           or
           the
           Army
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           be
           enlighten'd
           by
           the
           most
           able
           men
           of
           our
           Party
           ;
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           collected
           this
           following
           Discourse
           from
           them
           .
        
         
         
           [
           During
           the
           time
           his
           Majesty
           was
           at
           Newcastle
           ,
           the
           Independent
           Party
           was
           so
           prevalent
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           that
           the
           Presbyterians
           were
           forced
           to
           consent
           to
           have
           the
           King
           render'd
           by
           the
           Scots
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           his
           Majesty
           was
           accordingly
           deliver'd
           by
           them
           to
           the
           English
           Committee
           ,
           and
           a
           Guard
           of
           English
           set
           upon
           him
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           party
           ,
           and
           no
           passionate
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
           The
           Presbyterian
           party
           ,
           that
           was
           very
           numerous
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           over-voted
           the
           other
           in
           most
           Questions
           ,
           had
           engaged
           themselves
           privately
           (
           by
           some
           of
           their
           Chiefs
           )
           to
           the
           Scots
           in
           two
           points
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           should
           be
           disbanded
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           King
           brought
           to
           his
           Parliament
           with
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           .
           The
           disbanding
           was
           gone
           about
           very
           seriously
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           a
           Committee
           (
           whereof
           the
           Earl
           of
           VVarwick
           was
           the
           chief
           )
           chosen
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           sent
           to
           Newmarket
           or
           Saffron-walden
           ,
           where
           the
           Army
           then
           lay
           .
           Many
           of
           the
           Army
           
           professed
           really
           their
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Parliament
           as
           to
           the
           disbanding
           ;
           but
           none
           more
           solemnly
           than
           Cromwel
           ,
           who
           made
           great
           Execrations
           against
           himself
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           desire
           it
           cordially
           .
           He
           had
           always
           professed
           great
           Submission
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           had
           very
           liberally
           rewarded
           him
           for
           his
           Service
           ,
           and
           was
           hopeful
           to
           have
           begotten
           so
           great
           a
           confidence
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           have
           been
           contented
           to
           entertain
           the
           Army
           as
           their
           Pretorian
           Band
           ,
           and
           therefore
           was
           very
           sorry
           to
           see
           the
           House
           bent
           to
           license
           them
           ,
           but
           durst
           not
           appear
           against
           it
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           many
           Ill-willers
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           did
           believe
           they
           durst
           not
           ,
           or
           would
           not
           ,
           unanimously
           oppose
           the
           Parliament
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           and
           therefore
           refused
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           tho
           he
           was
           sent
           for
           often
           by
           the
           mutinous
           Party
           ,
           who
           upon
           that
           score
           were
           not
           a
           little
           offended
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           ,
           their
           Discontents
           increasing
           ,
           seeing
           themselves
           deserted
           by
           their
           Superior
           Officers
           ,
           thought
           of
           some
           
           means
           to
           secure
           themselves
           from
           their
           Ungrateful
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           they
           began
           now
           perfectly
           to
           hate
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           chose
           to
           themselves
           Adjutators
           in
           every
           Regiment
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           Troop
           of
           Horse
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           engaged
           themselves
           to
           be
           absolutely
           concluded
           .
           The
           first
           Resolution
           these
           new-elected
           Officers
           took
           ,
           was
           ,
           not
           to
           disband
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           ,
           to
           seize
           the
           King's
           Person
           .
           Cromwel
           staid
           very
           long
           in
           London
           ,
           for
           one
           that
           had
           been
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Design
           :
           however
           ,
           he
           at
           last
           stole
           out
           of
           Town
           ,
           and
           joined
           with
           the
           Mutineers
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           so
           readily
           concur
           in
           the
           seizing
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           pretended
           not
           to
           do
           it
           :
           For
           he
           sent
           his
           Kinsman
           VVhalley
           with
           Orders
           to
           use
           all
           means
           but
           Force
           ,
           to
           cause
           his
           Majesty
           to
           return
           to
           Holmby
           ;
           but
           his
           Majesty
           absolutely
           refusing
           ,
           VVhalley
           marched
           with
           his
           Majesty
           towards
           the
           Army
           .
           ]
        
         
           This
           Account
           I
           had
           from
           the
           most
           discerning
           of
           my
           Acquaintance
           in
           London
           ,
           from
           whence
           I
           went
           to
           the
           Head-Quarters
           
           at
           Reading
           ,
           with
           intention
           (
           after
           I
           had
           deliver'd
           my
           Message
           )
           to
           desire
           leave
           to
           wait
           on
           his
           Majesty
           at
           Causum
           .
           I
           was
           no
           sooner
           arriv'd
           at
           Reading
           ,
           but
           I
           spoke
           with
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Ford
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             John
             Denham
          
           .
           Both
           of
           them
           were
           much
           of
           the
           same
           Advice
           with
           those
           I
           had
           discoursed
           at
           London
           concerning
           the
           present
           Power
           of
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           most
           important
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           Army
           were
           transacted
           .
           By
           them
           I
           learnt
           that
           His
           Majesty
           came
           very
           unwillingly
           from
           Holmby
           ;
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           not
           go
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           tho
           he
           were
           earnestly
           invited
           by
           the
           Officers
           ;
           that
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           against
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           concurr'd
           with
           the
           Vote
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           Richmond
           ,
           where
           he
           would
           have
           been
           out
           of
           the
           Army's
           power
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           perswaded
           out
           of
           his
           Resolution
           ,
           till
           the
           Army
           forced
           the
           Parliament
           to
           recal
           their
           Vote
           :
           Then
           his
           Majesty
           would
           needs
           go
           to
           Windsor
           ,
           much
           against
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Army
           ;
           but
           because
           they
           could
           not
           perswade
           
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           they
           forced
           him
           from
           thence
           by
           ill
           usage
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           be
           intreated
           to
           pass
           by
           the
           Army
           in
           his
           way
           to
           VVindsor
           :
           In
           sum
           ,
           they
           doubted
           that
           his
           Majesty
           hearkned
           to
           some
           secret
           Propositions
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           bent
           all
           his
           thoughts
           to
           make
           an
           absolute
           Breach
           between
           the
           Army
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           Ireton
           discerned
           ,
           and
           told
           his
           Majesty
           plainly
           ,
           
             Sir
             ,
             you
             have
             an
             intention
             to
             be
             the
             Arbitrator
             between
             the
             Parliament
             and
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             mean
             to
             be
             it
             between
             your
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           Two
           or
           three
           hours
           after
           my
           arrival
           ,
           Cromwel
           sent
           an
           Officer
           to
           excuse
           him
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           wait
           on
           me
           till
           ten
           at
           night
           ,
           by
           reason
           he
           was
           sitting
           with
           the
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           should
           not
           rise
           till
           then
           .
           He
           came
           then
           accompanied
           with
           Rainsborough
           and
           Sir
           
             Hardress
             VValler
          
           .
           After
           general
           discourse
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           the
           sum
           of
           my
           Instructions
           from
           the
           Queen
           and
           Prince
           ;
           which
           were
           to
           assure
           
           them
           ,
           that
           her
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Highness
           were
           not
           partial
           to
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           nor
           any
           way
           averse
           to
           them
           ;
           that
           I
           should
           endeavor
           to
           incline
           his
           Majesty
           to
           comply
           with
           them
           as
           far
           as
           would
           stand
           with
           his
           Honor
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           to
           dispose
           them
           to
           press
           his
           Majesty
           no
           farther
           .
           His
           answer
           was
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             That
             whatever
             the
             World
             might
             judg
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             found
             no
             seekers
             of
             themselves
             farther
             than
             to
             have
             leave
             to
             live
             as
             Subjects
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             their
             Consciences
             ;
             that
             they
             thought
             no
             men
             could
             enjoy
             their
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             quietly
             ,
             without
             the
             King
             had
             his
             Rights
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             declared
             in
             general
             terms
             already
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             would
             more
             particularly
             very
             speedily
             ,
             wherein
             they
             would
             comprise
             the
             several
             Interests
             of
             the
             Royal
             ,
             Presbyterian
             ,
             and
             Independent
             Parties
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             they
             were
             consisting
             with
             each
             other
             ;
          
           which
           I
           understood
           afterwards
           ,
           to
           be
           meant
           of
           the
           Proposals
           of
           the
           Army
           .
           I
           went
           the
           
           next
           day
           to
           the
           General
           ,
           by
           
           Cromwel's
           direction
           ,
           to
           ask
           his
           leave
           to
           see
           the
           King
           ;
           which
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           grant
           .
           I
           deliver'd
           my
           Letters
           and
           Instructions
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           I
           found
           that
           his
           Majesty
           discover'd
           not
           only
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           to
           every
           one
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           converse
           with
           ,
           a
           total
           Diffidence
           of
           all
           the
           Army
           except
           Huntington
           ,
           and
           grounded
           it
           chiefly
           upon
           the
           Officers
           backwardness
           to
           treat
           of
           receiving
           any
           Favour
           or
           Advantage
           from
           his
           Majesty
           .
           I
           was
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           sense
           ,
           that
           men
           whose
           hands
           were
           yet
           hot
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           his
           most
           faithful
           Subjects
           ,
           ought
           not
           entirely
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           but
           thought
           they
           ought
           absolutely
           to
           be
           well
           dissembled
           with
           whilst
           his
           Majesty
           was
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           at
           least
           that
           he
           might
           the
           better
           get
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           end
           offered
           several
           Expedients
           ;
           as
           ,
           to
           suffer
           Peters
           to
           preach
           before
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           was
           very
           ambitious
           ;
           and
           to
           converse
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           with
           freedom
           ;
           and
           by
           all
           means
           to
           endeavour
           to
           gain
           the
           good
           Opinion
           
           of
           the
           most
           active
           Adjutators
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           his
           Majesty
           concurred
           in
           none
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           made
           me
           doubt
           his
           Majesty
           valued
           my
           Reasons
           something
           the
           worse
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           meditated
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           procure
           a
           Pass
           for
           Mr.
           
             John
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           hoped
           I
           might
           prevail
           ,
           and
           he
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           which
           within
           few
           days
           after
           I
           did
           obtain
           ,
           and
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           deliver'd
           to
           his
           Servant
           .
        
         
           About
           four
           days
           after
           my
           coming
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           there
           came
           two
           General
           Officers
           from
           the
           Council
           of
           War
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           let
           me
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           been
           informed
           that
           I
           had
           some
           wrong
           done
           me
           upon
           the
           Rendition
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           to
           a
           great
           value
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           I
           would
           put
           the
           Sum
           under
           my
           hand
           ,
           they
           would
           see
           that
           I
           should
           have
           satisfaction
           .
           I
           gave
           them
           most
           hearty
           thanks
           ;
           but
           withal
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           came
           not
           to
           them
           upon
           my
           own
           business
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           which
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           should
           dispatch
           ,
           no
           man
           living
           would
           be
           more
           
           ready
           to
           receive
           and
           acknowledg
           this
           or
           any
           other
           favour
           from
           them
           ;
           till
           then
           ,
           it
           would
           no
           way
           become
           me
           to
           do
           it
           .
           This
           was
           a
           Generosity
           which
           those
           Self-denyers
           thought
           might
           do
           well
           in
           discourse
           and
           speculation
           :
           but
           could
           not
           understand
           it
           when
           brought
           into
           practice
           ,
           and
           therefore
           concluded
           that
           I
           was
           so
           great
           a
           Presbyterian
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           chuse
           rather
           to
           lose
           twelve
           hundred
           pounds
           (
           which
           was
           my
           pretension
           )
           than
           to
           offend
           my
           Lord
           Roberts
           ,
           a
           great
           Presbyterian
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           made
           me
           Reparation
           ;
           in
           which
           opinion
           they
           were
           confirmed
           by
           two
           Letters
           they
           had
           lately
           perused
           ,
           the
           one
           from
           Sir
           
             Marmaduke
             Langdale
          
           at
           Antwerp
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           from
           Sir
           
             William
             Fleetwood
          
           at
           London
           ;
           both
           affirming
           ,
           that
           to
           their
           knowledg
           I
           was
           an
           engaged
           Presbyterian
           .
           I
           was
           altogether
           a
           stranger
           to
           them
           both
           ,
           and
           therefore
           did
           attribute
           this
           either
           to
           their
           Envy
           that
           I
           was
           admitted
           ,
           or
           Grief
           that
           they
           were
           excluded
           from
           the
           Employment
           between
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Army
           .
           
           However
           it
           was
           ,
           upon
           those
           surmises
           Cromwel
           came
           to
           expostulate
           the
           matter
           plainly
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           replied
           to
           him
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           as
           much
           Presbyterian
           as
           Independent
           ;
           that
           I
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           was
           inclined
           to
           think
           the
           better
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           pretended
           to
           mind
           the
           King's
           Restoration
           ;
           but
           bid
           them
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           should
           discover
           they
           were
           not
           real
           ,
           I
           ,
           and
           I
           thought
           all
           the
           King's
           Party
           ,
           would
           join
           with
           any
           that
           would
           but
           dissemble
           better
           than
           they
           ;
           and
           concluded
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           nothing
           would
           separate
           the
           Crown
           and
           the
           King's
           Party
           .
           Cromwel
           seemed
           not
           unsatisfied
           with
           this
           plain
           dealing
           ,
           and
           so
           left
           me
           .
           The
           next
           day
           Huntington
           ,
           who
           was
           sent
           to
           me
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           made
           me
           acquainted
           with
           two
           General
           Officers
           ,
           whom
           I
           durst
           not
           name
           because
           they
           are
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           present
           Power
           .
           With
           these
           I
           had
           often
           and
           free
           Communication
           ;
           and
           inquiring
           what
           Opinion
           they
           had
           of
           the
           Army
           in
           general
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           conjunction
           with
           the
           
           King
           ,
           they
           replied
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           believe
           it
           was
           universally
           desired
           both
           by
           the
           Officers
           and
           Adjutators
           ;
           that
           if
           Cromwel
           was
           not
           real
           in
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           great
           Dissembler
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           Ireton
           ;
           that
           for
           the
           present
           the
           whole
           Army
           was
           so
           bent
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           durst
           not
           be
           otherwise
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           should
           ever
           happen
           to
           change
           ,
           they
           should
           easily
           discover
           it
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           had
           been
           in
           great
           part
           the
           Cause
           that
           Sir
           
             Allen
             Apsley
          
           was
           sent
           to
           me
           ,
           they
           thought
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           give
           me
           all
           the
           light
           they
           could
           of
           things
           and
           persons
           ;
           which
           to
           the
           last
           they
           performed
           ,
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           most
           sincerely
           .
           I
           let
           them
           know
           at
           our
           first
           meeting
           ,
           that
           I
           doubted
           there
           would
           be
           three
           great
           Difficulties
           which
           would
           obstruct
           the
           Agreement
           .
           First
           ,
           they
           would
           expect
           that
           the
           King
           should
           not
           only
           give
           them
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           alter
           the
           Establish'd
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           ,
           which
           his
           Majesty
           was
           perswaded
           he
           could
           not
           in
           conscience
           do
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           be
           contented
           to
           separate
           
           some
           few
           men
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           from
           bearing
           great
           Offices
           ,
           unless
           they
           and
           their
           Posterity
           were
           ruined
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           King's
           Act
           ,
           which
           his
           Majesty
           could
           not
           in
           Honor
           permit
           .
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           be
           contented
           with
           a
           security
           of
           the
           Militia
           during
           his
           Majesties
           life
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           could
           not
           grant
           it
           farther
           ,
           but
           infinitely
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           his
           Posterity
           .
           They
           assured
           me
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           be
           press'd
           in
           none
           of
           these
           particulars
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           a
           draught
           of
           Proposals
           which
           Ireton
           had
           drawn
           ,
           and
           which
           would
           certainly
           be
           voted
           by
           the
           whole
           Army
           ,
           wherein
           there
           was
           nothing
           tending
           to
           any
           such
           purpose
           ;
           and
           if
           his
           Majesty
           would
           consent
           to
           them
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           an
           end
           of
           all
           difficulties
           ;
           and
           they
           thought
           the
           sooner
           his
           Majesty
           did
           it
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           better
           ,
           because
           there
           was
           no
           certainty
           in
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           observed
           to
           have
           alter'd
           more
           than
           once
           already
           .
           I
           ask'd
           whether
           I
           might
           not
           have
           a
           sight
           of
           these
           Proposals
           ;
           they
           answer'd
           ,
           when
           I
           pleased
           .
           
           I
           went
           with
           them
           to
           Ireton
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           remained
           with
           him
           almost
           till
           morning
           .
           He
           permitted
           me
           to
           alter
           two
           of
           the
           Articles
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           most
           material
           points
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           have
           done
           a
           third
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           the
           excluding
           seven
           persons
           (
           that
           were
           not
           named
           )
           from
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           the
           admitting
           of
           our
           Party
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           next
           Parliament
           .
           To
           the
           first
           he
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           being
           they
           had
           prevailed
           in
           the
           War
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           not
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           World
           make
           some
           distinction
           between
           themselves
           and
           those
           that
           were
           worsted
           (
           who
           always
           bear
           the
           blame
           of
           publick
           Quarrels
           )
           they
           had
           so
           many
           malicious
           Enemies
           both
           in
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Army
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           censured
           of
           betraying
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           sought
           their
           own
           ends
           by
           private
           and
           indirect
           means
           .
           To
           the
           second
           ,
           He
           confess'd
           that
           he
           should
           himself
           be
           afraid
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           wherein
           the
           King's
           Party
           should
           have
           the
           major
           Vote
           :
           but
           after
           the
           Agreement
           ,
           if
           the
           King's
           party
           and
           they
           could
           piece
           kindly
           
           and
           cordially
           together
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           nothing
           easier
           than
           to
           procure
           his
           Majesty
           satisfaction
           in
           those
           two
           particulars
           .
           He
           concluded
           ,
           by
           conjuring
           me
           as
           I
           tender'd
           his
           Majesties
           good
           and
           welfare
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           endeavour
           to
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           grant
           the
           Proposals
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           with
           the
           more
           confidence
           propound
           them
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           make
           an
           end
           of
           all
           differences
           .
           Out
           of
           my
           Discourses
           and
           Inquiries
           I
           collected
           these
           Observations
           :
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           was
           governed
           partly
           by
           a
           Council
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           partly
           by
           a
           Council
           of
           the
           Army
           or
           Adjutators
           ,
           wherein
           the
           General
           had
           but
           a
           single
           voice
           ;
           that
           Fairfax
           the
           General
           had
           little
           power
           in
           either
           ;
           that
           Cromwel
           and
           his
           Son
           Ireton
           with
           their
           Friends
           and
           Partisans
           ,
           governed
           the
           Council
           of
           War
           absolutely
           ,
           but
           not
           that
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           most
           powerful
           ,
           tho
           they
           had
           a
           strong
           party
           there
           also
           ;
           but
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Adjutators
           carried
           it
           .
           Amongst
           these
           Adjutators
           there
           were
           many
           ill-wishers
           of
           Cromwel
           ,
           
           looking
           on
           him
           as
           one
           who
           would
           always
           make
           his
           advantages
           out
           of
           the
           Army
           .
           These
           observed
           that
           Cromwel
           resolved
           to
           prosecute
           his
           ambitious
           Ends
           through
           all
           means
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           only
           dissemble
           ,
           but
           really
           change
           his
           way
           to
           those
           Ends
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           thought
           the
           Parliament
           would
           make
           his
           Fortune
           ,
           resign'd
           himself
           totally
           to
           them
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           disbanding
           of
           the
           Army
           before
           it
           was
           paid
           :
           When
           the
           Presbyterians
           prevailed
           ,
           he
           took
           the
           Covenant
           :
           When
           he
           quitted
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           his
           chief
           dependence
           was
           on
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           he
           endeavour'd
           by
           all
           means
           to
           keep
           in
           Unity
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           could
           not
           bring
           it
           to
           his
           sense
           ,
           rather
           than
           suffer
           any
           division
           ,
           went
           over
           himself
           ,
           and
           carried
           his
           Friends
           with
           him
           into
           that
           way
           the
           Army
           did
           chuse
           ,
           and
           that
           faster
           than
           any
           in
           it
           .
           Upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           when
           the
           Army
           was
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           no
           man
           so
           violent
           as
           he
           in
           both
           :
           When
           the
           Army
           became
           for
           the
           King
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           no
           man
           drove
           so
           furiously
           as
           
           he
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Army
           changed
           a
           third
           time
           for
           the
           Parliament
           and
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           he
           was
           still
           the
           Leader
           :
           and
           if
           the
           Army
           shall
           change
           a
           fourth
           time
           to
           become
           Levellers
           (
           tho
           he
           will
           oppose
           this
           at
           first
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           all
           other
           Changes
           )
           no
           man
           shall
           out-go
           him
           in
           Levelling
           .
           All
           that
           he
           seems
           to
           desire
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           would
           be
           constant
           in
           any
           way
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           necessitated
           to
           the
           playing
           of
           so
           many
           different
           parts
           ,
           he
           being
           equally
           indifferent
           to
           all
           that
           will
           afford
           him
           equal
           Advantages
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           came
           to
           Reading
           ,
           I
           found
           many
           of
           the
           Adjutators
           jealous
           that
           Cromwel
           was
           not
           sincere
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           desired
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           found
           him
           false
           to
           their
           Engagement
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           let
           them
           know
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           not
           doubt
           to
           set
           him
           right
           either
           with
           or
           against
           his
           will.
           But
           in
           all
           my
           Conferences
           with
           him
           ,
           I
           found
           no
           man
           in
           appearance
           so
           zealous
           for
           a
           speedy
           Blow
           as
           he
           ;
           sometimes
           wishing
           that
           the
           King
           was
           more
           frank
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           tie
           himself
           
           so
           strictly
           to
           narrow
           Maxims
           ;
           sometimes
           complaining
           of
           his
           Son
           
           Ireton's
           slowness
           in
           perfecting
           the
           Proposals
           ,
           and
           his
           not
           accommodating
           more
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           sense
           ,
           always
           doubting
           that
           the
           Army
           would
           not
           preserve
           their
           good
           inclinations
           for
           the
           King.
           I
           met
           with
           him
           about
           three
           days
           after
           I
           came
           to
           Reading
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           coming
           from
           the
           King
           then
           at
           Causum
           :
           He
           told
           me
           that
           he
           had
           lately
           seen
           the
           tenderest
           sight
           that
           ever
           his
           eyes
           beheld
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Interview
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           wept
           plentifully
           at
           the
           remembrance
           of
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           never
           man
           was
           so
           abused
           as
           he
           in
           his
           sinister
           opinions
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           he
           thought
           was
           the
           uprightest
           and
           most
           conscientious
           of
           his
           three
           Kingdoms
           ;
           that
           they
           of
           the
           Independent
           Party
           (
           as
           they
           were
           called
           )
           had
           infinite
           Obligations
           to
           him
           for
           not
           consenting
           to
           the
           Scots
           Propositions
           at
           Newcastle
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           totally
           ruined
           them
           ,
           and
           which
           his
           Majesty's
           Interest
           seemed
           to
           invite
           him
           to
           ;
           
           and
           concluded
           with
           me
           by
           wishing
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           look
           upon
           him
           according
           to
           the
           sincerity
           of
           his
           heart
           towards
           his
           Majesty
           .
           I
           immediately
           acquainted
           his
           Majesty
           with
           this
           Passage
           ;
           who
           seemed
           not
           well
           edified
           with
           it
           ,
           an
           did
           believe
           that
           all
           proceeded
           out
           of
           the
           use
           Cromwel
           and
           the
           Army
           had
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           without
           whom
           he
           thought
           they
           could
           do
           nothing
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           conceive
           was
           inculcated
           daily
           by
           Bampfield
           and
           Loe
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           by
           the
           Lord
           Lauderdale
           ,
           who
           had
           frequent
           Accesses
           to
           his
           Majesty
           from
           the
           Scots
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           who
           knew
           there
           was
           nothing
           so
           fatal
           to
           them
           as
           a
           Conjunction
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Army
           .
           Out
           of
           all
           my
           Observations
           I
           drew
           these
           Conclusions
           ,
           which
           I
           prosecuted
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           power
           :
           That
           his
           Majesty
           was
           concerned
           to
           come
           to
           a
           speedy
           issue
           with
           the
           Army
           ;
           that
           he
           might
           either
           agree
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           discover
           that
           they
           intended
           not
           to
           agree
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           
           in
           that
           case
           that
           his
           Majesty
           should
           secure
           his
           Escape
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           that
           his
           Majesty
           should
           not
           give
           them
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           exception
           to
           his
           Actions
           ;
           that
           seeing
           the
           Officers
           were
           more
           easily
           fixed
           to
           his
           Majesty
           by
           a
           visible
           prospect
           of
           their
           Interest
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Conjunction
           ,
           I
           took
           the
           least
           pains
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           applied
           my self
           to
           Peters
           and
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           who
           sway'd
           their
           Officers
           more
           than
           their
           Officers
           commanded
           them
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           more
           hard
           to
           satisfy
           them
           (
           being
           many
           )
           in
           point
           of
           Interest
           ,
           than
           their
           Officers
           who
           were
           few
           .
        
         
           About
           ten
           days
           after
           my
           arrival
           at
           the
           Army
           ,
           the
           Contentions
           grew
           high
           and
           hot
           between
           them
           and
           the
           Presbyterian
           Party
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           major
           part
           by
           much
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           the
           one
           contending
           to
           have
           the
           Parliament
           purged
           of
           corrupt
           Members
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           have
           the
           Army
           removed
           farther
           from
           the
           City
           .
           This
           caused
           the
           Army's
           March
           from
           Reading
           
           to
           Bedford
           ,
           and
           consequently
           his
           Majesty's
           Remove
           with
           his
           wonted
           Guard
           from
           Causum
           to
           Woborn
           ,
           a
           House
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bedford
           ,
           where
           I
           procured
           his
           Majesty
           a
           sight
           of
           the
           Army's
           Proposals
           six
           or
           eight
           days
           before
           they
           were
           offer'd
           to
           him
           in
           publick
           .
           His
           Majesty
           was
           much
           displeased
           with
           them
           in
           general
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           close
           with
           him
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           impose
           so
           hard
           terms
           upon
           him
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           That
           I
           should
           suspect
           them
           more
           than
           I
           did
           (
           if
           they
           had
           demanded
           less
           )
           that
           they
           did
           not
           intend
           really
           to
           serve
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           abuse
           him
           ,
           since
           it
           was
           not
           likely
           that
           men
           who
           had
           through
           so
           great
           Dangers
           and
           Difficulties
           acquir'd
           so
           great
           Advantages
           ,
           should
           ever
           sit
           down
           with
           less
           than
           was
           contained
           in
           the
           Proposals
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           never
           was
           a
           Crown
           so
           near
           lost
           ,
           so
           cheaply
           recover'd
           ,
           as
           his
           Majesty's
           would
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           agreed
           upon
           such
           terms
           .
           His
           Majesty
           was
           of
           another
           advice
           ,
           and
           returned
           ,
           That
           they
           could
           not
           
           subsist
           without
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           did
           not
           doubt
           but
           that
           he
           should
           see
           them
           very
           shortly
           be
           glad
           to
           condescend
           farther
           ;
           and
           then
           objected
           to
           three
           particular
           points
           of
           the
           Proposals
           .
           The
           first
           was
           ,
           The
           Exception
           of
           seven
           ,
           not
           named
           ,
           from
           Pardon
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           the
           excluding
           his
           Party
           from
           being
           eligible
           in
           the
           next
           ensuing
           Parliament
           .
           And
           the
           third
           ,
           That
           tho
           there
           was
           nothing
           against
           the
           Church-Government
           establish'd
           ,
           yet
           there
           was
           nothing
           done
           to
           assert
           it
           .
           To
           these
           I
           replied
           ,
           That
           after
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Army
           were
           accorded
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           no
           impossible
           work
           to
           make
           them
           remit
           in
           the
           first
           point
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           could
           not
           ,
           when
           his
           Majesty
           was
           reinstated
           in
           his
           Throne
           ,
           he
           might
           easily
           supply
           seven
           persons
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           to
           make
           their
           Banishment
           supportable
           to
           them
           .
           To
           the
           second
           ;
           That
           the
           next
           Parliament
           would
           be
           necessitated
           to
           lay
           great
           burdens
           upon
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           a
           happiness
           to
           the
           King's
           Party
           to
           have
           no
           Voice
           in
           
           them
           .
           To
           the
           third
           ,
           That
           the
           Law
           was
           Security
           enough
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           happy
           that
           men
           who
           had
           fought
           against
           the
           Church
           ,
           should
           be
           reduced
           (
           when
           they
           were
           Superiours
           )
           not
           to
           speak
           against
           it
           .
           His
           Majesty
           broke
           from
           me
           with
           this
           expression
           ,
           Well!
           I
           shall
           see
           them
           glad
           '
           ere
           long
           to
           accept
           more
           equal
           terms
           .
           I
           now
           began
           to
           long
           impatiently
           for
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           as
           hoping
           he
           had
           some
           better
           Topicks
           for
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           within
           few
           days
           after
           he
           arrived
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           great
           contentment
           as
           well
           as
           mine
           .
           His
           Instructions
           referr'd
           to
           mine
           ,
           which
           we
           were
           to
           prosecute
           jointly
           .
           I
           gave
           him
           presently
           all
           the
           light
           I
           had
           ,
           which
           he
           seemed
           to
           embrace
           at
           first
           ;
           but
           after
           he
           had
           discoursed
           more
           amply
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           I
           found
           him
           so
           far
           from
           crossing
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           abounded
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           sense
           ,
           and
           held
           afterwards
           this
           discourse
           with
           me
           :
           That
           for
           his
           part
           he
           was
           always
           bred
           in
           the
           best
           Company
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           converse
           with
           such
           sensless
           Fellows
           
           as
           the
           Agitators
           were
           ;
           that
           if
           we
           could
           gain
           the
           Officers
           sure
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           doubt
           but
           they
           would
           be
           able
           to
           command
           their
           own
           Army
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           apply
           himself
           totally
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           ,
           and
           there
           grew
           immediately
           great
           familiarities
           between
           him
           and
           Whalley
           Captain
           of
           the
           Guard
           that
           waited
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ;
           and
           daily
           Messages
           between
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Head-Quarters
           ,
           which
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           carried
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           me
           with
           him
           ,
           tho
           I
           seldom
           knew
           the
           Message
           ,
           at
           least
           he
           would
           have
           me
           believe
           I
           did
           not
           ;
           for
           he
           chose
           to
           speak
           apart
           with
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           when
           I
           was
           present
           ,
           alledging
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           speak
           freely
           to
           two
           at
           once
           .
           What
           with
           the
           pleasure
           of
           having
           so
           concurring
           a
           Second
           as
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           and
           what
           with
           the
           encouraging
           Messages
           his
           Majesty
           had
           by
           my
           Lord
           Lauderdale
           ,
           and
           others
           from
           the
           Presbyterian
           Party
           and
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           who
           pretended
           to
           despise
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           oppose
           them
           
           to
           death
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           seemed
           very
           much
           erected
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           when
           the
           Proposals
           were
           solemnly
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Concurrence
           most
           humbly
           and
           earnestly
           desired
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           (
           not
           only
           to
           the
           astonishment
           of
           Ireton
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           mine
           )
           entertain'd
           them
           with
           very
           tart
           and
           bitter
           Discourses
           ,
           saying
           sometimes
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           no
           man
           to
           suffer
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           repented
           of
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Bill
           against
           the
           Lord
           Strafford
           ;
           which
           tho
           most
           true
           ,
           was
           unpleasant
           for
           them
           to
           hear
           ;
           That
           he
           would
           have
           the
           Church
           establish'd
           according
           to
           Law
           by
           the
           Proposals
           .
           They
           replied
           ,
           It
           was
           none
           of
           their
           work
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           enough
           for
           them
           to
           wave
           the
           point
           ,
           and
           they
           hoped
           enough
           for
           his
           Majesty
           since
           he
           had
           waved
           the
           Government
           it self
           in
           Scotland
           .
           His
           Majesty
           said
           that
           he
           hoped
           God
           had
           forgiven
           him
           that
           Sin
           ,
           and
           repeated
           often
           ,
           
             You
             cannot
             be
             without
             me
             ;
             You
             will
             fall
             to
             ruin
             if
             I
             do
             not
             sustain
             you
             .
          
           Many
           of
           the
           Army
           that
           were
           present
           ,
           and
           
           wished
           well
           ,
           at
           least
           as
           they
           pretended
           ,
           to
           the
           Agreement
           ,
           look'd
           wishtly
           and
           with
           wonder
           upon
           me
           and
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           and
           I
           as
           much
           as
           I
           durst
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           would
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           until
           I
           was
           forced
           to
           step
           to
           him
           and
           whisper
           in
           his
           ear
           ,
           
             Sir
             ,
             your
             Majesty
             speaks
             as
             if
             you
             had
             some
             secret
             strength
             and
             power
             that
             I
             do
             not
             know
             of
             ;
             and
             since
             your
             Majesty
             hath
             concealed
             from
             me
             ,
             I
             wish
             you
             had
             concealed
             it
             from
             these
             men
             too
             .
          
           His
           Majesty
           soon
           recollected
           himself
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           sweeten
           his
           former
           Discourse
           with
           great
           power
           of
           Language
           and
           Behavior
           .
           But
           it
           was
           now
           of
           the
           latest
           .
           For
           Colonel
           Rainsborough
           ,
           who
           of
           all
           the
           Army
           seemed
           the
           least
           to
           wish
           the
           Accord
           ,
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Conference
           stole
           away
           and
           posted
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           he
           inflamed
           against
           the
           King
           with
           all
           the
           artificial
           malice
           he
           had
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           Conference
           ended
           ,
           I
           followed
           him
           to
           Bedford
           ,
           where
           the
           Army
           then
           lay
           .
           I
           met
           with
           some
           of
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           who
           ask'd
           me
           what
           his
           Majesty
           meant
           ,
           to
           
           entertain
           their
           Commissioners
           so
           harshly
           ?
           I
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           Rainsborough
           had
           delivered
           it
           amiss
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           indeed
           he
           had
           by
           adding
           to
           the
           truth
           .
           I
           then
           desired
           a
           meeting
           with
           Ireton
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           superior
           Officers
           ,
           and
           obtained
           it
           ,
           and
           there
           ask'd
           them
           ,
           If
           the
           King
           should
           grant
           the
           Proposals
           ,
           what
           would
           ensue
           ?
           They
           replied
           ,
           they
           would
           offer
           them
           to
           the
           Parliament
           :
           But
           if
           they
           refused
           them
           ,
           what
           would
           they
           do
           then
           ?
           they
           replied
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           tell
           me
           .
           I
           then
           returned
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           tell
           them
           ,
           I
           would
           lose
           no
           more
           time
           with
           them
           :
           For
           if
           there
           came
           of
           Proposals
           but
           the
           propounding
           ,
           I
           could
           then
           propound
           as
           well
           as
           they
           .
           They
           all
           replied
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           them
           to
           say
           directly
           what
           they
           would
           do
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           intimated
           that
           they
           did
           not
           doubt
           to
           be
           able
           to
           prevail
           with
           the
           Parliament
           .
           When
           I
           appeared
           not
           fully
           satisfied
           with
           this
           Reply
           ,
           Rainsborough
           spoke
           out
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             If
             they
             will
             not
             agree
             ,
             we
             will
             make
             them
          
           ;
           to
           which
           the
           whole
           Company
           
           consented
           .
           But
           we
           had
           a
           harder
           work
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           far
           from
           granting
           ,
           that
           he
           sent
           for
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gardiner
             ,
             Mr.
             Jeffry
             Palmer
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Orlando
             Bridgman
          
           ,
           his
           learned
           Counsel
           ,
           Men
           indeed
           of
           great
           Abilities
           and
           Integrity
           ;
           to
           these
           were
           added
           
             Mr.
             Philip
             Warwick
             ,
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
             ,
             Mr.
             Denham
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Ford
          
           ,
           Dr.
           Gough
           (
           who
           came
           over
           with
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           from
           France
           )
           Dr.
           Sheldon
           ,
           Dr.
           Hammond
           ,
           and
           my self
           .
           We
           easily
           answered
           the
           Proposals
           both
           in
           point
           of
           Law
           and
           Reason
           .
           But
           we
           had
           to
           do
           with
           what
           was
           stronger
           than
           both
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           while
           there
           wanted
           not
           those
           that
           mediated
           a
           better
           understanding
           between
           the
           Parliament
           and
           the
           Army
           ;
           but
           that
           not
           taking
           effect
           ,
           the
           Army
           advanced
           nearer
           London
           ,
           and
           lodged
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           at
           Stoke
           .
           At
           this
           time
           those
           that
           were
           supposed
           best
           inclined
           to
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           seemed
           much
           afflicted
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           backwardness
           to
           concur
           with
           the
           Army
           in
           
           the
           Proposals
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           they
           conceived
           great
           hopes
           that
           within
           few
           days
           they
           should
           be
           masters
           of
           London
           ,
           which
           they
           doubted
           might
           alter
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           Army
           towards
           the
           King.
           
             Cromwel
             ,
             Ireton
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           superior
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           knew
           that
           London
           would
           certainly
           be
           theirs
           two
           days
           before
           they
           communicated
           it
           to
           the
           Army
           ;
           and
           therefore
           sent
           an
           Express
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           since
           his
           Majesty
           would
           not
           yield
           to
           the
           Proposals
           ,
           yet
           his
           Majesty
           should
           at
           least
           send
           a
           kind
           Letter
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           before
           it
           were
           commonly
           known
           that
           London
           would
           submit
           .
           We
           caused
           a
           meeting
           of
           the
           above-named
           persons
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           where
           the
           Letter
           was
           immediately
           drawn
           :
           But
           his
           Majesty
           would
           not
           sign
           it
           ,
           till
           after
           three
           or
           four
           several
           Debates
           ;
           which
           lost
           one
           whole
           days
           time
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           .
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           I
           went
           with
           it
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           way
           met
           with
           Messages
           to
           hasten
           it
           .
           But
           before
           we
           came
           to
           Syon
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           
           from
           London
           were
           arrived
           ,
           and
           our
           Letter
           out
           of
           season
           ;
           for
           tho
           his
           Majesty
           was
           ignorant
           of
           the
           success
           when
           he
           signed
           the
           Letter
           ,
           yet
           coming
           after
           it
           was
           known
           ,
           it
           lost
           both
           the
           Grace
           and
           Efficacy
           .
           All
           that
           the
           Officers
           could
           do
           ,
           they
           did
           ;
           which
           was
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Army
           was
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God
           for
           their
           success
           ,
           to
           propose
           that
           they
           should
           not
           be
           elevated
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           keep
           still
           to
           their
           former
           Engagement
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           once
           more
           solemnly
           vote
           the
           Proposals
           ;
           which
           was
           accordingly
           done
           .
           The
           next
           day
           the
           Army
           marched
           into
           London
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Party
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           most
           active
           against
           the
           Army
           ,
           disappeared
           .
           From
           London
           ,
           the
           Head-Quarters
           came
           to
           Putney
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           was
           lodg'd
           at
           
             Hampton
             Court.
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           had
           daily
           some
           Message
           or
           another
           from
           the
           King
           to
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ,
           who
           had
           enough
           to
           do
           both
           in
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Council
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           the
           one
           abounding
           with
           Presbyterians
           ,
           the
           other
           with
           Levellers
           ,
           and
           both
           really
           
           jealous
           that
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           had
           made
           a
           private
           Compact
           and
           Bargain
           with
           the
           King
           ;
           Lilburn
           printing
           books
           weekly
           to
           that
           effect
           :
           and
           Sir
           
             Lewis
             Dives
          
           afterwards
           acknowledged
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           being
           his
           Fellow-prisoner
           ,
           he
           had
           daily
           endeavour'd
           to
           possess
           him
           with
           that
           opinion
           ,
           of
           which
           altho
           he
           were
           not
           perswaded
           himself
           ,
           yet
           he
           judged
           it
           for
           the
           King's
           service
           to
           divide
           Cromwel
           and
           the
           Army
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           were
           no
           less
           confident
           of
           their
           Surmises
           ;
           and
           amongst
           them
           ,
           Cromwel
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           my
           Lady
           Carlisle
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           said
           to
           her
           Ladiship
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           to
           be
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           Captain
           of
           the
           King's
           Guards
           .
           I
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           well
           known
           to
           her
           Ladiship
           ,
           but
           forbore
           ,
           contrary
           to
           my
           Duty
           and
           Inclination
           ,
           to
           wait
           on
           her
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           giving
           any
           Umbrage
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           she
           being
           of
           the
           contrary
           party
           ;
           but
           having
           several
           Messages
           from
           her
           Ladiship
           by
           my
           Lady
           Newport
           and
           others
           ,
           I
           waited
           on
           her
           .
           I
           was
           not
           long
           there
           ,
           but
           Arpin
           came
           into
           her
           Chamber
           ,
           
           who
           was
           an
           Adjutator
           ,
           and
           sent
           for
           ,
           as
           I
           conceived
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Eye-witness
           that
           I
           was
           in
           my
           Lady
           
           Carlisle's
           Chamber
           ,
           tho
           nothing
           pass'd
           but
           general
           Discourses
           ;
           and
           I
           should
           have
           ly'd
           if
           I
           had
           said
           any
           thing
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           But
           these
           and
           like
           Discourses
           made
           great
           impression
           on
           the
           Army
           ;
           to
           which
           Mr.
           Ashburnham's
           secret
           and
           long
           Conferences
           contributed
           not
           a
           little
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           who
           were
           wont
           to
           complain
           that
           Cromwel
           went
           too
           slow
           towards
           the
           King
           ,
           began
           to
           suspect
           that
           he
           had
           gone
           too
           fast
           ,
           and
           left
           them
           behind
           him
           :
           From
           whence
           there
           were
           frequent
           Complaints
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           of
           the
           intimacy
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           I
           had
           in
           the
           Army
           ;
           that
           
           Cromwel's
           and
           
           Ireton's
           door
           was
           open
           to
           us
           when
           it
           was
           shut
           to
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           knew
           not
           why
           Malignants
           should
           have
           so
           much
           Countenance
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           with
           the
           King.
           These
           Discourses
           ,
           both
           in
           publick
           and
           private
           ,
           Cromwel
           seemed
           highly
           to
           be
           offended
           with
           ;
           
           and
           when
           he
           could
           carry
           any
           thing
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           advantage
           amongst
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           could
           not
           rest
           until
           he
           had
           made
           us
           privately
           partakers
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           withal
           he
           told
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           me
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           were
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           he
           had
           said
           enough
           of
           the
           sincerity
           of
           his
           intentions
           ;
           if
           he
           were
           not
           ,
           nothing
           was
           enough
           ,
           and
           therefore
           conjur'd
           us
           ,
           as
           we
           tender'd
           his
           Majesty's
           Service
           ,
           not
           to
           come
           so
           frequently
           to
           his
           Quarters
           ,
           but
           send
           privately
           to
           him
           ,
           the
           suspicions
           of
           him
           being
           grown
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           afraid
           to
           lie
           in
           his
           own
           Quarters
           .
           But
           this
           had
           no
           operation
           upon
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           who
           alledged
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           shew
           them
           the
           necessity
           of
           agreeing
           with
           the
           King
           from
           their
           own
           Disorders
           .
        
         
           About
           three
           weeks
           after
           the
           Army
           had
           enter'd
           London
           ,
           the
           Scots
           had
           prevailed
           with
           the
           Parliament
           for
           another
           solemn
           Address
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           was
           performed
           in
           the
           old
           Propositions
           of
           Newcastle
           ,
           some
           Particulars
           in
           reference
           
           to
           the
           Scots
           only
           excepted
           .
           The
           Army
           was
           very
           unwiliing
           the
           King
           should
           grant
           these
           Propositions
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           King
           advised
           with
           all
           the
           Persons
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           who
           were
           all
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           unsafe
           for
           his
           Majesty
           to
           close
           with
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Army
           whilst
           he
           was
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           followed
           the
           Advice
           of
           all
           the
           leading
           part
           of
           the
           Independent
           Party
           both
           in
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Army
           ,
           by
           refusing
           the
           Articles
           ,
           and
           desiring
           a
           personal
           Treaty
           ,
           whereof
           his
           Majesty
           thought
           the
           Proposals
           a
           better
           ground
           than
           the
           Articles
           ,
           tho
           there
           were
           something
           in
           them
           to
           which
           his
           Majesty
           could
           not
           consent
           .
           We
           gave
           our
           Friends
           in
           the
           Army
           a
           sight
           of
           this
           Answer
           the
           day
           before
           it
           was
           sent
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           seemed
           infinitely
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           promised
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           procure
           a
           personal
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           understanding
           perform'd
           it
           :
           for
           both
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ,
           with
           Vane
           and
           all
           their
           Friends
           ,
           seconded
           with
           great
           resolution
           this
           desire
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
           But
           contrary
           
           to
           their
           and
           all
           mens
           expectation
           ,
           they
           found
           a
           most
           general
           opposition
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Message
           of
           his
           Majesty
           had
           confirmed
           the
           jealousy
           of
           their
           private
           Agreement
           with
           the
           King
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           more
           it
           was
           urged
           by
           Cromwel
           ,
           &c.
           the
           more
           it
           was
           rejected
           by
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           looked
           on
           them
           as
           their
           Betrayers
           .
           The
           Suspicions
           were
           so
           strong
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           they
           lost
           almost
           all
           their
           Friends
           there
           ;
           and
           the
           Army
           that
           lay
           then
           about
           Putney
           were
           no
           less
           ill
           satisfied
           :
           for
           there
           came
           down
           shoals
           every
           day
           from
           London
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           and
           Levelling
           Parties
           that
           fomented
           these
           Jealousies
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           Cromwel
           thought
           himself
           ,
           or
           pretended
           it
           ,
           not
           secure
           in
           his
           own
           Quarters
           .
           The
           Adjutators
           now
           begin
           to
           change
           their
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           complained
           openly
           in
           their
           Councils
           both
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Malignants
           about
           his
           Majesty
           .
           One
           of
           the
           first
           they
           voted
           from
           him
           was
           my self
           .
           They
           said
           ,
           That
           since
           his
           Majesty
           had
           not
           accepted
           of
           their
           Proposals
           ,
           they
           were
           
           not
           obliged
           any
           farther
           to
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           were
           obliged
           to
           consult
           their
           own
           Safety
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           such
           means
           towards
           both
           as
           they
           should
           find
           rational
           :
           and
           because
           they
           met
           with
           strong
           opposition
           from
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Superior
           Officers
           ,
           and
           some
           even
           of
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           they
           had
           many
           private
           solemn
           meetings
           in
           London
           ,
           where
           they
           humbled
           themselves
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           sought
           his
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           desired
           that
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           reveal
           it
           to
           his
           Saints
           ,
           which
           they
           interpret
           those
           to
           be
           who
           are
           most
           violent
           or
           Zealous
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           in
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord.
           These
           found
           it
           apparent
           that
           God
           had
           on
           the
           one
           side
           hardned
           the
           King's
           heart
           ,
           and
           blinded
           his
           eyes
           ,
           in
           not
           passing
           the
           Proposals
           ,
           whereby
           they
           were
           absolved
           from
           offering
           them
           any
           more
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           Lord
           had
           led
           Captivity
           captive
           ,
           and
           put
           all
           things
           under
           their
           feet
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           finish
           the
           Work
           of
           
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           alter
           the
           Government
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           first
           Design
           :
           and
           to
           this
           end
           they
           resolved
           to
           seize
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           and
           take
           him
           out
           of
           
           Cromwel's
           hands
           .
           These
           Proceedings
           struck
           so
           great
           a
           Terror
           into
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ,
           with
           others
           of
           the
           Officers
           that
           we
           supposed
           best
           affected
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           of
           opinion
           the
           Army
           should
           be
           drawn
           to
           a
           Rendezvouz
           ,
           and
           their
           endeavours
           used
           to
           engage
           them
           once
           more
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           Proposals
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           tumultuous
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           had
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           resolved
           before
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Rendezvouz
           to
           seize
           the
           King's
           Person
           .
           I
           had
           been
           now
           about
           three
           weeks
           removed
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           about
           a
           fortnight
           after
           me
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
             .
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           still
           remained
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           waited
           in
           his
           Bed-chamber
           .
        
         
           About
           eight
           or
           ten
           days
           before
           the
           time
           appointed
           for
           the
           drawing
           together
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           invited
           me
           from
           London
           ,
           and
           
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           from
           
           
             Hampton
             Court
          
           ,
           to
           dine
           with
           him
           on
           a
           Sunday
           at
           Ditton
           ,
           being
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           .
           They
           were
           both
           there
           long
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           a
           good
           while
           before
           dinner
           .
           But
           just
           as
           Dinner
           was
           ready
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           they
           took
           me
           aside
           in
           the
           room
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           really
           afraid
           of
           his
           Life
           by
           the
           tumultuous
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           his
           escape
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           order
           from
           his
           Majesty
           to
           command
           me
           in
           his
           name
           to
           wait
           on
           his
           Majesty
           in
           his
           intended
           Escape
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           It
           was
           a
           great
           honor
           ,
           and
           accompanied
           with
           not
           a
           little
           danger
           ;
           but
           withal
           it
           was
           new
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           therefore
           nothing
           occur'd
           to
           my
           thoughts
           at
           present
           but
           two
           things
           :
           the
           first
           was
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           that
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           who
           kept
           the
           King's
           mony
           ,
           should
           immediately
           employ
           his
           Servant
           Dutton
           ,
           who
           was
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Coast
           ,
           to
           provide
           three
           or
           four
           Ships
           in
           several
           Ports
           ,
           to
           be
           ready
           in
           all
           events
           ;
           the
           second
           ,
           that
           I
           also
           might
           receive
           his
           Majesty's
           
           commands
           immediately
           from
           himself
           .
           To
           the
           first
           they
           seemed
           to
           concur
           ,
           but
           nothing
           was
           ever
           done
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           to
           this
           day
           amazes
           me
           .
           The
           other
           was
           effected
           ,
           and
           I
           went
           the
           Tuesday
           night
           after
           to
           
             Hampton
             Court
          
           privately
           ,
           being
           introduced
           a
           back
           way
           by
           
             Mr.
             Leg.
          
           The
           King
           told
           me
           he
           was
           afraid
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           have
           me
           assist
           in
           person
           in
           his
           escape
           .
           I
           asked
           which
           way
           his
           Majesty
           would
           go
           ?
           his
           Majesty
           replied
           ,
           that
           both
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           who
           was
           present
           ,
           and
           I
           should
           know
           that
           by
           
             Will.
             Leg.
          
           The
           Monday
           before
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           I
           went
           to
           the
           Head-Quarters
           ,
           to
           desire
           Passes
           to
           return
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           way
           back
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Scots
           had
           much
           tampering
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           could
           come
           to
           no
           Agreement
           ;
           that
           they
           would
           fain
           have
           his
           Majesty
           out
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           had
           much
           augmented
           his
           just
           fears
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ask'd
           me
           what
           I
           thought
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           coming
           privately
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           appearing
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ?
           I
           replied
           ,
           Very
           
           ill
           ;
           because
           the
           Army
           were
           absolutely
           masters
           both
           of
           the
           City
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           would
           undoubtedly
           seize
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           should
           be
           but
           two
           Swords
           drawn
           in
           the
           scuffle
           ,
           they
           would
           accuse
           his
           Majesty
           of
           beginning
           a
           new
           War
           ,
           and
           proceed
           with
           him
           accordingly
           .
           He
           then
           ask'd
           me
           what
           I
           thought
           of
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             Wight
          
           ?
           I
           replied
           ,
           better
           than
           of
           London
           ;
           tho
           I
           knew
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           who
           was
           Governor
           .
           He
           replied
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           had
           some
           communication
           with
           the
           Governor
           of
           late
           ,
           and
           conceived
           good
           hopes
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           had
           no
           assurance
           from
           him
           .
           I
           then
           ask'd
           him
           ,
           Why
           his
           Majesty
           would
           not
           make
           his
           Retreat
           secure
           by
           quitting
           the
           Kingdom
           ?
           He
           replied
           ,
           not
           for
           two
           Reasons
           ;
           the
           first
           was
           ,
           the
           Rendevouz
           would
           be
           a
           week
           after
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           quit
           the
           Army
           before
           that
           were
           passed
           ;
           because
           if
           the
           Superior
           Officers
           prevailed
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           able
           to
           make
           good
           their
           publick
           Engagement
           ;
           if
           they
           were
           overtopped
           ,
           they
           must
           apply
           themselves
           to
           the
           King
           for
           their
           own
           security
           .
           The
           second
           
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Scots
           were
           in
           Treaty
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           well
           nigh
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           never
           come
           to
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           their
           desires
           to
           separate
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Army
           ;
           that
           if
           the
           King
           went
           before
           ,
           they
           would
           hold
           him
           to
           impossible
           Conditions
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           Majesty
           was
           resolved
           to
           conclude
           with
           them
           first
           .
           In
           which
           advice
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           was
           most
           positive
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           often
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           would
           laugh
           at
           us
           if
           we
           quitted
           the
           Army
           before
           we
           had
           agreed
           with
           the
           Scots
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           ,
           replied
           I
           ,
           so
           his
           Majesty
           be
           secure
           .
           On
           the
           Wednesday
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           we
           had
           Orders
           to
           send
           spare
           Horses
           to
           Sutton
           in
           Hampshire
           ,
           a
           place
           where
           I
           never
           had
           been
           ;
           and
           the
           Thursday
           after
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           with
           
             Will.
             Leg
          
           ,
           came
           out
           at
           the
           closing
           of
           the
           evening
           ,
           and
           immediately
           went
           towards
           Oatlands
           ,
           and
           so
           through
           the
           Forest
           ,
           where
           his
           Majesty
           was
           our
           Guide
           ;
           but
           lost
           our
           way
           ,
           tho
           he
           were
           well
           acquainted
           with
           it
           ,
           the
           night
           being
           excessively
           dark
           and
           stormy
           .
           When
           his
           Majesty
           fat
           first
           out
           ,
           he
           discoursed
           
           long
           with
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           called
           me
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           complained
           very
           much
           of
           the
           Scots
           Commissioners
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           first
           that
           presented
           his
           Dangers
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           offer'd
           him
           Expedients
           for
           his
           escape
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           came
           to
           make
           use
           of
           those
           they
           had
           offer'd
           ,
           they
           were
           fullest
           of
           Objections
           ;
           saying
           ,
           that
           his
           coming
           into
           London
           was
           desperate
           ,
           his
           hiding
           in
           England
           chimerical
           ,
           and
           his
           escape
           to
           Jersey
           prevented
           ,
           because
           my
           Ship
           was
           discovered
           ;
           which
           particular
           my
           Lord
           Lanerick
           affirmed
           .
           The
           King
           thereupon
           ask'd
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           ever
           a
           Ship
           ready
           ?
           I
           answered
           ,
           that
           I
           neither
           had
           not
           could
           have
           any
           ,
           having
           not
           one
           penny
           of
           mony
           ;
           that
           I
           had
           desir'd
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           earnestly
           to
           make
           provision
           ,
           but
           knew
           not
           what
           he
           had
           done
           in
           it
           .
           The
           King
           then
           ask'd
           me
           ,
           what
           I
           thought
           might
           be
           the
           reason
           they
           should
           say
           I
           had
           one
           ,
           and
           that
           discovered
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           none
           ?
           I
           replied
           ,
           It
           was
           hard
           for
           me
           to
           affirm
           what
           was
           their
           meaning
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           or
           in
           general
           in
           their
           proceeding
           with
           his
           Majesty
           :
           but
           I
           did
           conjecture
           ,
           
           they
           were
           very
           desirous
           to
           have
           his
           Majesty
           out
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           present
           his
           Dangers
           to
           him
           so
           frequently
           as
           they
           had
           done
           :
           and
           in
           the
           next
           place
           they
           desired
           that
           his
           Majesty
           should
           put
           himself
           again
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           but
           wanted
           confidence
           ,
           or
           believ'd
           it
           would
           be
           ineffectual
           to
           move
           it
           directly
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           given
           so
           ill
           an
           account
           when
           he
           was
           last
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           objected
           against
           their
           own
           Expedients
           of
           coming
           into
           London
           ,
           and
           obscuring
           himself
           in
           England
           .
           And
           because
           they
           could
           find
           no
           other
           against
           his
           going
           to
           Jersey
           ,
           they
           pretended
           that
           I
           had
           a
           Ship
           discovered
           ;
           believing
           perhaps
           that
           I
           was
           totally
           separated
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           not
           have
           had
           any
           occasion
           to
           contradict
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           his
           Majesty
           being
           excluded
           all
           other
           means
           of
           escape
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           necessitated
           to
           make
           use
           of
           Scotland
           .
           His
           Majesty
           laid
           his
           hand
           upon
           my
           shoulder
           and
           said
           ,
           I
           think
           thou
           art
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           and
           believed
           it
           afterward
           more
           confidently
           
           than
           I
           did
           .
           I
           then
           ask'd
           his
           Majesty
           which
           way
           he
           would
           go
           .
           His
           Majesty
           replied
           ,
           that
           he
           hoped
           to
           be
           at
           Sutton
           three
           hours
           before
           day
           ,
           and
           that
           while
           our
           Horses
           were
           making
           ready
           ,
           we
           would
           consider
           what
           course
           to
           take
           .
           But
           what
           by
           the
           length
           and
           illness
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           the
           darkness
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           going
           at
           least
           ten
           miles
           out
           of
           our
           way
           ,
           it
           was
           day-break
           when
           we
           came
           to
           our
           Inn
           at
           Sutton
           ,
           where
           our
           Servant
           came
           out
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           told
           us
           there
           was
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           County
           sitting
           about
           the
           Parliaments
           business
           .
           His
           Majesty
           thereupon
           sent
           for
           our
           Horses
           out
           ,
           and
           we
           continued
           our
           way
           towards
           Southampton
           ;
           and
           his
           Majesty
           resolved
           that
           we
           four
           should
           walk
           down
           the
           next
           hill
           with
           our
           Horses
           in
           our
           hands
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           walked
           consult
           what
           we
           were
           to
           do
           .
           Then
           I
           inquir'd
           if
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           had
           gotten
           a
           Ship
           ,
           and
           finding
           he
           had
           not
           ,
           I
           proposed
           going
           farther
           West
           ,
           where
           I
           was
           sure
           I
           had
           some
           Friends
           would
           favour
           our
           escape
           :
           and
           here
           again
           I
           found
           the
           two
           
           reasons
           prevail
           ,
           of
           not
           leaving
           the
           Army
           before
           the
           Rendevouz
           was
           passed
           ,
           and
           the
           Treaty
           with
           the
           Scots
           finished
           .
           His
           Majesty
           resolved
           (
           and
           that
           the
           first
           time
           for
           ought
           I
           could
           then
           discover
           )
           to
           go
           for
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             VVight
          
           ,
           whither
           he
           order'd
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           me
           to
           go
           with
           these
           Instructions
           ,
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           to
           the
           Governor
           Hammond
           ,
           and
           return
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           went
           with
           
             Will.
             Leg
          
           to
           a
           house
           of
           my
           Lord
           Southampton
           at
           Titchfield
           ;
           that
           we
           should
           carry
           him
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Letter
           his
           Majesty
           left
           behind
           him
           at
           
             Hampton
             Court
          
           ,
           and
           of
           two
           Letters
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           one
           from
           Cromwel
           ,
           the
           other
           without
           a
           name
           .
           Cromwels
           and
           the
           other
           Letter
           contained
           great
           apprehension
           and
           fears
           of
           the
           ill
           intentions
           of
           the
           Levelling
           party
           in
           the
           Army
           and
           City
           against
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           that
           from
           Cromwel
           added
           ,
           that
           in
           prosecution
           thereof
           a
           new
           Guard
           was
           the
           next
           day
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           of
           that
           party
           .
           His
           Majesty's
           Letter
           contain'd
           his
           distrust
           of
           the
           disorderly
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           his
           necessity
           
           thereupon
           of
           providing
           for
           his
           own
           safety
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           so
           do
           as
           not
           to
           desert
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Army
           :
           that
           in
           order
           thereunto
           we
           should
           let
           the
           Governor
           know
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           the
           Army
           his
           Majesty
           had
           made
           choice
           of
           him
           to
           put
           himself
           upon
           ,
           as
           a
           person
           of
           a
           good
           Extraction
           ,
           and
           one
           ,
           that
           tho
           he
           had
           been
           enagaged
           against
           him
           in
           the
           War
           ,
           yet
           it
           had
           been
           prosecuted
           by
           him
           without
           any
           animosity
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           had
           been
           informed
           he
           had
           no
           aversion
           :
           only
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           surprize
           him
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           send
           us
           before
           to
           advertise
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           desire
           his
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           protect
           his
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Servants
           to
           the
           best
           of
           his
           power
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           should
           happen
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           able
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           Governor
           should
           〈◊〉
           himself
           to
           leave
           us
           in
           as
           good
           a
           condition
           as
           he
           found
           us
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           suffer
           us
           to
           make
           our
           escape
           .
           With
           these
           Instructions
           we
           parted
           :
           but
           before
           I
           had
           gone
           ten
           yards
           ,
           I
           return'd
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           
           said
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           knowledg
           of
           the
           Governor
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           tell
           whether
           he
           might
           not
           detain
           us
           in
           the
           Island
           ;
           and
           therefore
           advis'd
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           if
           we
           came
           not
           to
           him
           by
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           should
           think
           no
           more
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           secure
           his
           own
           escape
           .
           His
           Majesty
           thank'd
           me
           for
           the
           Caution
           ,
           and
           pursued
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           I
           ours
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           we
           resolved
           was
           ,
           that
           since
           his
           Majesty
           went
           towards
           the
           East
           side
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           go
           on
           the
           West
           ,
           to
           a
           place
           called
           Limington
           ,
           where
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           told
           me
           there
           was
           a
           short
           passage
           over
           .
           By
           the
           way
           I
           ask'd
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           if
           he
           had
           any
           acquaintance
           with
           Hammond
           the
           Governor
           .
           He
           replied
           ,
           not
           very
           much
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           lately
           had
           some
           discourse
           with
           him
           upon
           the
           High-way
           near
           Kingston
           ,
           and
           found
           him
           not
           very
           averse
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           made
           him
           conceive
           the
           best
           hopes
           of
           him
           was
           the
           Character
           
             Mr.
             Denham
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Commendations
           my
           Lady
           
             Isabella
             Thynn
          
           
           gave
           of
           him
           .
           We
           came
           to
           Limington
           that
           night
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           pass
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           violent
           Storm
           that
           blew
           .
           The
           next
           morning
           we
           got
           over
           ,
           and
           had
           then
           eight
           miles
           to
           the
           Castle
           of
           Carisbroke
           ,
           where
           the
           Governor
           dwelt
           .
           We
           came
           thither
           after
           ten
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           Governor
           was
           newly
           gone
           out
           towards
           Newport
           .
           When
           we
           overtook
           him
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           desir'd
           me
           to
           open
           the
           matter
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           afterwards
           second
           himself
           .
           After
           I
           had
           saluted
           him
           ,
           I
           took
           him
           aside
           ,
           and
           deliver'd
           our
           message
           to
           him
           word
           for
           word
           .
           But
           he
           grew
           so
           pale
           ,
           and
           fell
           into
           such
           a
           trembling
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           really
           believe
           he
           would
           have
           fallen
           off
           his
           Horse
           :
           which
           trembling
           continu'd
           with
           him
           at
           least
           an
           hour
           after
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           broke
           out
           into
           passionate
           and
           distracted
           Expressions
           ,
           sometimes
           saying
           ,
           O
           Gentlemen
           !
           you
           have
           undone
           me
           by
           bringing
           the
           King
           into
           the
           Island
           ,
           if
           at
           least
           you
           have
           brought
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           have
           not
           ,
           pray
           let
           him
           not
           come
           :
           for
           
           what
           between
           my
           Duty
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           my
           Gratitude
           for
           this
           fresh
           obligation
           of
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           my
           observing
           my
           Trust
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           confounded
           :
           otherwhile
           he
           would
           talk
           to
           a
           quite
           contrary
           purpose
           .
           I
           remember
           ,
           to
           settle
           him
           the
           better
           ,
           I
           said
           ,
           That
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           harm
           done
           ;
           that
           his
           Majesty
           intended
           a
           Favour
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           in
           giving
           him
           an
           occasion
           to
           lay
           a
           great
           obligation
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           was
           very
           consisting
           with
           his
           relation
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           solemnly
           engaged
           themselves
           to
           his
           Majesty
           :
           but
           if
           he
           thought
           otherwise
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           would
           be
           far
           from
           imposing
           his
           Person
           upon
           him
           .
           To
           that
           he
           replied
           ,
           That
           then
           if
           his
           Majesty
           should
           come
           to
           any
           mischance
           ,
           what
           would
           the
           Army
           and
           Kingdom
           say
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           had
           refused
           to
           receive
           him
           ?
           To
           this
           I
           replied
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           not
           refuse
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           come
           to
           him
           .
           He
           returned
           ,
           That
           he
           must
           needs
           know
           where
           his
           Majesty
           
           was
           ,
           because
           he
           knew
           where
           we
           were
           .
           I
           told
           him
           he
           was
           never
           the
           nearer
           for
           my
           part
           .
           He
           then
           began
           a
           little
           to
           sweeten
           ,
           and
           to
           wish
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           have
           reposed
           himself
           absolutely
           upon
           him
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           have
           been
           much
           the
           better
           for
           both
           .
           I
           then
           went
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           this
           Governor
           was
           not
           a
           man
           for
           our
           purpose
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           my
           part
           I
           would
           never
           give
           my
           consent
           that
           his
           Majesty
           should
           trust
           him
           .
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           acknowledg'd
           that
           he
           did
           not
           like
           him
           ;
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           he
           much
           feared
           what
           would
           become
           of
           his
           Majesty
           if
           he
           should
           be
           discovered
           before
           he
           had
           made
           his
           point
           ,
           and
           made
           appear
           what
           his
           intention
           was
           ;
           for
           then
           he
           would
           be
           accused
           of
           what
           his
           Enemies
           pleased
           to
           lay
           upon
           him
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           That
           if
           we
           returned
           not
           that
           night
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           would
           be
           gone
           to
           Sea.
           I
           perceived
           Mr.
           Ashburnham
           liked
           not
           that
           so
           well
           ,
           and
           therefore
           took
           the
           Governor
           to
           task
           apart
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           Conference
           
           they
           came
           both
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           the
           Governor
           said
           ,
           that
           since
           we
           desired
           it
           ,
           he
           would
           say
           ,
           that
           because
           he
           believed
           his
           Majesty
           had
           made
           choice
           of
           him
           as
           a
           person
           of
           Honour
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           to
           lay
           this
           great
           Trust
           upon
           ,
           therefore
           he
           would
           not
           deceive
           his
           Majesty's
           expectation
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           That
           Expression
           was
           too
           general
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           come
           home
           to
           our
           Instructions
           .
           He
           then
           made
           many
           Discourses
           not
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           during
           which
           time
           he
           kept
           himself
           between
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           me
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           found
           me
           still
           unsatisfied
           ,
           he
           added
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           harder
           to
           content
           than
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           believe
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           be
           much
           easier
           pleas'd
           than
           either
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           concluded
           that
           I
           should
           go
           into
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           should
           take
           his
           Horse
           and
           go
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           tell
           his
           Majesty
           what
           he
           said
           .
           I
           embraced
           the
           motion
           most
           readily
           ,
           and
           immediately
           went
           over
           the
           Birdg
           into
           the
           Castle
           ,
           tho
           I
           had
           the
           Image
           of
           
           the
           Gallows
           very
           perfectly
           before
           me
           .
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           went
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           with
           a
           better
           heart
           to
           horse
           ;
           but
           before
           he
           was
           gone
           half
           a
           flight
           shot
           ,
           the
           Governor
           (
           being
           before
           the
           Castle
           gate
           )
           called
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           conference
           of
           at
           least
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           what
           purpose
           I
           never
           knew
           until
           I
           came
           into
           Holland
           ,
           where
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           good
           Worth
           and
           Quality
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Governor
           affirmed
           afterwards
           in
           London
           and
           in
           many
           places
           ,
           that
           he
           then
           offer'd
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           go
           and
           he
           should
           stay
           ,
           as
           believing
           his
           Majesty
           to
           be
           less
           willing
           to
           expose
           him
           than
           me
           ,
           but
           that
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           absolutely
           refused
           .
           Whatever
           passed
           between
           them
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           came
           both
           back
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           the
           Governor
           putting
           himself
           between
           us
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           say
           that
           which
           he
           was
           sure
           ought
           to
           content
           any
           reasonable
           man
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           believe
           his
           Majesty
           relied
           on
           him
           as
           on
           a
           person
           of
           Honor
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           did
           engage
           himself
           to
           us
           to
           perform
           
           whatever
           could
           be
           expected
           from
           a
           person
           of
           Honor
           and
           Honesty
           .
           Before
           I
           could
           make
           any
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           made
           this
           reply
           ,
           
             I
             will
             ask
             no
             more
          
           .
           The
           Governor
           then
           added
           ,
           let
           us
           then
           all
           go
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           acquaint
           him
           with
           it
           .
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           answered
           ,
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           .
           I
           then
           broke
           from
           the
           Governor
           who
           held
           me
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           said
           ,
           What
           do
           you
           mean
           ,
           to
           carry
           this
           man
           to
           the
           King
           before
           you
           know
           whether
           he
           will
           approve
           of
           this
           Undertaking
           or
           no
           ?
           undoubtedly
           you
           will
           surprize
           him
           .
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           said
           nothing
           but
           ,
           
             I
             'll
             warrant
             you
          
           :
           and
           so
           you
           shall
           ,
           said
           I
           ;
           for
           you
           know
           the
           King
           much
           better
           than
           I
           do
           ,
           and
           therefore
           when
           we
           shall
           come
           where
           the
           King
           is
           ,
           I
           assure
           you
           I
           will
           not
           see
           him
           before
           you
           have
           satisfied
           his
           Majesty
           concerning
           your
           proceeding
           .
           Well
           ;
           he
           would
           take
           that
           upon
           him
           .
           I
           then
           desired
           he
           would
           not
           let
           the
           Governor
           carry
           any
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           events
           we
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           secure
           him
           ,
           which
           
           he
           consented
           to
           .
           Nevertheless
           when
           we
           came
           to
           Cows
           Castle
           ,
           where
           we
           were
           to
           take
           boat
           ,
           Hammond
           took
           Basket
           the
           Governor
           of
           the
           Castle
           along
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           complained
           of
           it
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           he
           answer'd
           ,
           It
           was
           no
           matter
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           able
           to
           do
           well
           enough
           with
           them
           two
           .
           When
           we
           came
           to
           Titchfield
           ,
           my
           Lord
           of
           Southamptons
           House
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           went
           up
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           left
           me
           below
           with
           Hammond
           and
           Basket.
           I
           afterwards
           understood
           ,
           that
           when
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           had
           given
           an
           Account
           of
           our
           message
           and
           the
           Governors
           answer
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           say
           that
           he
           was
           come
           along
           with
           us
           to
           make
           good
           what
           he
           had
           promised
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           struck
           himself
           upon
           the
           breast
           and
           said
           ,
           What!
           have
           you
           brought
           Hammond
           with
           you
           ?
           O
           ,
           you
           have
           undone
           me
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           by
           this
           means
           made
           fast
           from
           stirring
           .
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           replied
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           mistrusted
           Hammond
           ,
           he
           would
           undertake
           to
           secure
           him
           .
           His
           Majesty
           said
           ,
           I
           understand
           you
           
           well
           enough
           ,
           but
           the
           World
           would
           not
           him
           ;
           if
           he
           should
           follow
           that
           Counsel
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           said
           and
           believed
           that
           he
           ventured
           his
           Life
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           unworthily
           taken
           it
           from
           him
           .
           No
           ,
           it
           was
           too
           late
           now
           of
           thinking
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           going
           through
           the
           way
           he
           had
           forced
           him
           upon
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Issue
           to
           God.
           But
           when
           his
           Majesty
           began
           anew
           to
           wonder
           that
           he
           could
           make
           so
           great
           an
           oversight
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           having
           no
           more
           to
           reply
           ,
           wept
           bitterly
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           Hammond
           and
           Basket
           were
           so
           impatient
           at
           this
           long
           stay
           below
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           forced
           to
           send
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           my
           Lord
           Southampton
           ,
           to
           desire
           that
           his
           Majesty
           and
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           would
           remember
           that
           we
           were
           below
           .
           About
           half
           an
           hour
           after
           ,
           we
           were
           sent
           for
           up
           ;
           but
           before
           Hammond
           and
           Basket
           kiss'd
           his
           hand
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           took
           me
           aside
           and
           said
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Berkley
          
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           are
           not
           so
           passionate
           as
           
             Jack
             Ashburnham
          
           :
           do
           you
           think
           you
           have
           followed
           my
           directions
           ?
           I
           answered
           ,
           
           no
           indeed
           Sir
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           none
           of
           my
           fault
           ,
           as
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           can
           tell
           you
           if
           he
           please
           ;
           I
           have
           exposed
           my
           life
           to
           prevent
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           told
           his
           Majesty
           the
           sum
           of
           what
           had
           pass'd
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           my
           being
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           of
           Mr.
           Ashburnham's
           coming
           away
           without
           me
           ,
           which
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           had
           omitted
           .
           His
           Majesty
           judg'd
           that
           it
           was
           now
           too
           late
           to
           boggle
           ,
           and
           therefore
           received
           Hammond
           cheerfully
           ,
           who
           promised
           more
           to
           his
           Majesty
           than
           he
           had
           done
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           all
           went
           over
           that
           night
           to
           the
           Cows
           .
           In
           the
           morning
           his
           Majesty
           went
           with
           the
           Governor
           to
           Carisbroke
           ,
           and
           was
           met
           by
           the
           way
           with
           divers
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           by
           whom
           we
           learnt
           that
           we
           were
           more
           fortunate
           than
           we
           were
           aware
           of
           ;
           for
           the
           whole
           Island
           was
           unanimously
           for
           the
           King
           except
           the
           Governors
           of
           the
           Castles
           and
           
           Hammond's
           Captains
           ;
           that
           there
           were
           but
           twelve
           old
           Men
           in
           the
           Castle
           ,
           who
           had
           served
           under
           the
           Earl
           of
           Portland
           ,
           and
           were
           all
           
           well
           affected
           ;
           that
           Hammond
           might
           be
           easily
           gained
           if
           not
           more
           easily
           forced
           ,
           the
           Castle
           being
           day
           and
           night
           full
           of
           Loyal
           Subjects
           and
           Servants
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           his
           Majesty
           having
           daily
           liberty
           to
           ride
           abroad
           ,
           might
           chuse
           his
           own
           time
           of
           quitting
           the
           Island
           .
           Indeed
           not
           only
           his
           Majesty
           and
           all
           that
           were
           about
           him
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           were
           at
           a
           further
           distance
           ,
           approved
           by
           their
           Letters
           this
           resolution
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
           Both
           his
           Majesty
           and
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           attackt
           the
           Governor
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           very
           prosperously
           ,
           for
           both
           he
           and
           his
           Captains
           seem'd
           to
           desire
           nothing
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           would
           send
           a
           Civil
           Message
           to
           the
           Houses
           ,
           signifying
           his
           propension
           to
           Peace
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           to
           their
           Satisfaction
           .
           Three
           days
           after
           our
           coming
           to
           the
           Island
           ,
           a
           Messenger
           was
           sent
           by
           the
           Parliament
           for
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Berkley
          
           and
           
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Governor
           refused
           to
           let
           us
           go
           .
           The
           fifth
           day
           after
           our
           arrival
           we
           heard
           that
           in
           the
           Rendevouz
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           the
           
           superior
           Officers
           had
           carried
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           or
           two
           were
           shot
           ,
           and
           eleven
           more
           of
           the
           mutinying
           Levellers
           made
           Prisoners
           .
           This
           made
           us
           bless
           God
           for
           the
           resolution
           of
           coming
           into
           the
           Island
           :
           and
           now
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           the
           Governor
           were
           frequent
           and
           fervent
           in
           private
           conferences
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           came
           to
           particulars
           of
           accommodation
           for
           him
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           the
           King's
           recovery
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           now
           the
           Governor
           seemed
           sollicitous
           of
           nothing
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Army
           should
           resume
           its
           wonted
           discipline
           ,
           and
           clear
           themselves
           of
           their
           importunate
           and
           impertinent
           Adjutators
           ,
           of
           whose
           Authority
           in
           the
           Army
           he
           never
           approved
           ,
           and
           therefore
           sent
           his
           Chaplain
           immediately
           to
           the
           Army
           to
           conjure
           them
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Success
           upon
           the
           Adjutators
           .
           Two
           or
           three
           days
           after
           ,
           he
           moved
           earnestly
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           send
           one
           of
           us
           three
           to
           the
           Army
           with
           colourable
           Letters
           to
           the
           General
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           should
           write
           with
           confidence
           to
           Cromwel
           and
           
           Ireton
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           would
           also
           write
           ,
           and
           did
           ,
           conjuring
           them
           by
           their
           Engagement
           ,
           by
           their
           Interest
           ,
           by
           their
           Honor
           ,
           and
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           to
           come
           to
           a
           speedy
           close
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           expose
           themselves
           still
           to
           the
           fantastick
           giddiness
           of
           the
           Adjutators
           .
           My
           two
           Comrades
           were
           very
           well
           contented
           that
           I
           should
           go
           this
           Voyage
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           not
           without
           some
           apprehension
           of
           the
           event
           as
           to
           my
           own
           particular
           .
           His
           Majesty
           charged
           me
           to
           require
           
             Will.
             Ashburnham
          
           to
           provide
           a
           ship
           for
           him
           upon
           the
           Coast
           of
           Sussex
           :
           But
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           thought
           not
           fit
           I
           should
           be
           furnish'd
           with
           mony
           for
           that
           ,
           or
           for
           my
           journy
           .
           I
           desired
           that
           in
           case
           the
           Army
           should
           not
           intend
           well
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           Commission
           to
           the
           Scots
           ,
           but
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           did
           not
           think
           it
           fit
           .
           I
           then
           took
           a
           Cousin
           German
           of
           mine
           with
           me
           ,
           one
           
             Mr.
             Henry
             Berkley
          
           Son
           to
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Berkley
          
           ,
           and
           procured
           a
           Pass
           from
           the
           Governor
           of
           the
           Cows
           for
           his
           return
           within
           four
           or
           five
           days
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           otherwise
           
           forgotten
           .
           Between
           Bagshot
           and
           Windsor
           (
           then
           the
           Head-Quarters
           )
           I
           met
           Traughton
           the
           Governor's
           Chaplain
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           he
           could
           carry
           no
           good
           news
           back
           ,
           the
           Army
           being
           as
           yet
           come
           to
           no
           resolution
           as
           to
           the
           King.
           As
           I
           was
           half
           way
           between
           Bagshot
           and
           Windsor
           ,
           Cornet
           Joyce
           a
           great
           Adjutator
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           had
           taken
           the
           King
           from
           Holmby
           ,
           overtook
           me
           .
           He
           seemed
           much
           to
           wonder
           that
           I
           durst
           adventure
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Army
           .
           Upon
           my
           discourses
           with
           him
           I
           found
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           been
           discoursed
           among
           the
           Adjutators
           ,
           whether
           for
           their
           justification
           the
           King
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           Tryal
           ,
           which
           he
           held
           in
           the
           affirmative
           ,
           not
           that
           he
           would
           have
           one
           hair
           of
           his
           Head
           suffer
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           might
           not
           bear
           the
           blame
           of
           the
           War.
           I
           was
           quickly
           weary
           of
           his
           discourse
           ;
           but
           I
           perceived
           he
           would
           not
           leave
           me
           until
           he
           saw
           me
           in
           Windsor
           ,
           and
           knew
           where
           I
           lodg'd
           .
           About
           an
           hour
           after
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           the
           General
           's
           Quarters
           ,
           and
           found
           a
           General
           
           meeting
           of
           the
           Officers
           there
           .
           After
           an
           hours
           waiting
           I
           was
           admitted
           ,
           and
           after
           I
           had
           deliver'd
           my
           Compliment
           and
           Letters
           to
           the
           General
           ,
           I
           was
           desired
           to
           withdraw
           ;
           and
           having
           attended
           half
           an
           hour
           ,
           I
           was
           call'd
           in
           .
           The
           General
           look'd
           very
           severely
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           after
           his
           manner
           said
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           the
           Parliament's
           Army
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           say
           anything
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           motion
           of
           peace
           ,
           but
           must
           refer
           those
           matters
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           would
           send
           his
           Majesty's
           Letters
           .
           I
           then
           look'd
           about
           upon
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           ,
           who
           saluted
           me
           very
           coldly
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           Countenance
           quite
           changed
           towards
           me
           ,
           and
           shewed
           me
           Hammonds
           Letter
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           deliver'd
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           smiled
           with
           much
           disdain
           upon
           it
           .
           I
           saw
           that
           was
           no
           place
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           therefore
           went
           to
           my
           Lodging
           ,
           where
           I
           staid
           from
           four
           until
           six
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           came
           at
           me
           ,
           which
           appeared
           sad
           enough
           .
           At
           last
           I
           sent
           my
           Servant
           out
           ,
           and
           wish'd
           him
           to
           
           see
           if
           he
           could
           light
           upon
           any
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           .
           At
           last
           he
           met
           with
           one
           that
           was
           a
           General
           Officer
           ,
           who
           whispered
           in
           his
           ear
           ,
           and
           bad
           him
           tell
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           meet
           me
           at
           twelve
           at
           night
           in
           a
           Close
           behind
           the
           Garter
           Inn.
           I
           came
           at
           the
           hour
           ,
           and
           he
           not
           long
           after
           .
           I
           ask'd
           him
           what
           News
           ?
           and
           he
           replied
           ,
           None
           good
           ;
           and
           then
           continued
           this
           Discourse
           .
           
             You
             know
             that
             I
             and
             my
             Friend
             engaged
             ourselves
             to
             you
             ;
             that
             we
             were
             zealous
             for
             an
             Agreement
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             rest
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             we
             were
             abused
             ;
             that
             if
             there
             was
             an
             intention
             to
             cozen
             us
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             be
             long
             hid
             from
             us
             ;
             that
             whatever
             we
             should
             discover
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             secret
             to
             you
             ;
             that
             we
             ,
             since
             the
             Tumults
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             did
             mistrust
             Cromwel
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             after
             Ireton
             ,
             whereof
             I
             informed
             you
             .
             I
             come
             now
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             we
             mistrust
             neither
             ,
             but
             know
             them
             and
             all
             of
             us
             to
             be
             the
             archest
             Villains
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             for
             we
             are
             resolved
             notwithstanding
             
             our
             Engagements
             ,
             to
             destroy
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Posterity
             ;
             to
             which
             end
             Ireton
             made
             two
             Propositions
             this
             Afternoon
             ,
             one
             that
             you
             should
             be
             sent
             prisoner
             to
             London
             ;
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             none
             should
             speak
             with
             you
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             :
             and
             I
             do
             hazard
             my
             Life
             now
             by
             doing
             of
             it
             .
             The
             way
             that
             is
             intended
             to
             ruin
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             to
             send
             eight
             hundred
             of
             the
             most
             disaffected
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             secure
             his
             Person
             ,
             as
             believing
             him
             not
             so
             now
             ,
             and
             then
             bring
             him
             to
             a
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             I
             dare
             think
             no
             farther
             .
             This
             will
             be
             done
             in
             ten
             days
             ;
             and
             therefore
             if
             the
             King
             can
             escape
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             it
             as
             he
             loves
             his
             Life
             .
          
           I
           then
           inquired
           what
           was
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           horrid
           change
           ;
           what
           had
           the
           King
           done
           to
           deserve
           it
           :
           He
           said
           ,
           nothing
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           our
           grief
           ;
           for
           we
           would
           leap
           at
           any
           advantage
           against
           him
           ;
           I
           have
           pleaded
           hard
           against
           this
           Resolution
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           have
           bin
           laught
           at
           for
           my
           pains
           .
           Well
           ,
           but
           still
           ,
           why
           is
           this
           horrid
           perfidiousness
           resolved
           on
           ,
           
           since
           there
           appears
           no
           occasion
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           Officers
           being
           superiors
           at
           the
           Rendevouz
           ?
           He
           could
           not
           tell
           certainly
           ,
           but
           he
           conceived
           this
           to
           be
           the
           ground
           of
           it
           ,
           
             That
             tho
             one
             of
             the
             Mutineers
             was
             shot
             at
             the
             late
             Rendevouz
             ,
             and
             eleven
             made
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             in
             appearance
             overquell'd
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             so
             far
             from
             being
             so
             indeed
             ,
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             with
             Cromwel
             and
             Ireton
             ,
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             two
             third
             parts
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             tho
             they
             were
             certainly
             to
             perish
             in
             the
             Attempt
             ,
             they
             would
             leave
             nothing
             unessay'd
             to
             bring
             the
             whole
             Army
             to
             their
             sense
             ;
             and
             if
             all
             fail'd
             ,
             they
             would
             make
             a
             Division
             in
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             join
             with
             any
             that
             would
             assist
             in
             the
             Destruction
             of
             their
             Opposers
             :
             Cromwel
             and
             Ireton
             therefore
             argued
             thus
             ;
             If
             the
             Army
             divide
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             will
             join
             with
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             and
             will
             ,
             in
             all
             likelihood
             ,
             prevail
             to
             our
             ruin
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             forced
             to
             make
             Applications
             
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             wherein
             we
             shall
             rather
             crave
             than
             offer
             any
             Assistance
             ;
             and
             when
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             give
             it
             us
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             have
             the
             good
             fortune
             to
             prevail
             ,
             if
             he
             shall
             then
             pardon
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             we
             can
             pretend
             to
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             we
             can
             promise
             our selves
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             concluded
             ,
             That
             if
             we
             cannot
             bring
             the
             Army
             to
             our
             sense
             ,
             we
             must
             go
             to
             theirs
             ,
             a
             Schism
             being
             evidently
             destructive
             :
             And
             therefore
             Cromwel
             bent
             all
             his
             Thoughts
             to
             make
             his
             peace
             with
             the
             Party
             that
             was
             most
             opposite
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             which
             Peters
             was
             instrumental
             .
             He
             acknowledg'd
             (
             as
             he
             had
             formerly
             done
             upon
             the
             like
             occasion
             )
             that
             the
             Glories
             of
             the
             World
             had
             so
             dazled
             his
             eyes
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             discern
             clearly
             the
             great
             Works
             the
             Lord
             was
             doing
             ;
             that
             he
             was
             resolved
             to
             humble
             himself
             ,
             and
             desire
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             forgive
             him
             his
             Self-seeking
             .
             These
             Arts
             ,
             together
             with
             comfortable
             
             Messages
             to
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             of
             good
             cheer
             ,
             for
             no
             harm
             should
             befal
             them
             since
             it
             had
             pleased
             God
             to
             open
             his
             eyes
             ,
             perfected
             his
             Reconciliation
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             reinstated
             in
             the
             Fellowship
             of
             the
             Faithful
             .
          
           I
           then
           ask'd
           this
           Gentleman
           whether
           I
           should
           not
           endeavour
           to
           deliver
           my
           Letters
           from
           the
           King
           to
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           :
           he
           replied
           ,
           by
           all
           means
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           mistrust
           I
           had
           discovered
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           I
           came
           to
           my
           Lodging
           I
           dispatch'd
           my
           Cousin
           
             Harry
             Berkley
          
           to
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             Wight
          
           with
           two
           Letters
           ;
           the
           one
           containing
           a
           general
           Relation
           and
           doubtful
           Judgment
           of
           things
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           I
           intended
           should
           be
           shewn
           to
           the
           Governor
           ;
           the
           other
           was
           in
           Cypher
           ,
           wherein
           I
           gave
           a
           particular
           account
           of
           this
           Conference
           ,
           naming
           the
           Person
           ,
           and
           concluding
           with
           a
           most
           passionate
           Supplication
           to
           his
           Majesty
           to
           meditate
           nothing
           but
           his
           immediate
           Escape
           .
           The
           next
           morning
           I
           sent
           Colonel
           
           Cook
           to
           Cromwel
           ,
           to
           let
           him
           know
           that
           I
           had
           Letters
           and
           Instructions
           to
           him
           from
           the
           King.
           He
           sent
           me
           word
           by
           the
           same
           Messenger
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           see
           me
           ,
           it
           being
           very
           dangerous
           to
           us
           both
           ,
           and
           bid
           me
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           serve
           his
           Majesty
           as
           long
           as
           he
           could
           do
           it
           without
           his
           own
           ruin
           ;
           but
           desired
           that
           I
           would
           not
           expect
           that
           he
           should
           perish
           for
           his
           sake
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           I
           had
           this
           answer
           ,
           I
           took
           horse
           for
           London
           ,
           with
           this
           resolution
           ,
           not
           to
           acquaint
           any
           man
           with
           the
           intentions
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           nor
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           intendded
           escape
           ,
           which
           I
           presumed
           would
           be
           within
           few
           days
           ,
           the
           Wind
           serving
           ,
           and
           the
           Queen
           having
           sent
           a
           ship
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           pressed
           it
           earnestly
           by
           her
           letters
           .
           The
           next
           day
           after
           my
           arrival
           at
           London
           I
           had
           a
           letter
           from
           my
           Lord
           Lanerick
           and
           Lord
           Lauderdale
           ,
           desiring
           a
           meeting
           with
           me
           ,
           as
           presuming
           I
           had
           a
           Commission
           to
           treat
           with
           them
           from
           his
           Majesty
           .
           At
           our
           meeting
           they
           wondred
           to
           find
           the
           contrary
           .
           In
           my
           discourse
           
           with
           them
           I
           happen'd
           to
           say
           ,
           The
           last
           words
           his
           Majesty
           said
           to
           me
           at
           parting
           were
           ,
           that
           whatever
           I
           should
           undertake
           to
           any
           person
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           would
           make
           it
           good
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King.
           My
           Lord
           Lanerick
           thereupon
           replied
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           ask
           no
           more
           Commission
           for
           me
           ,
           believing
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           both
           because
           I
           affirmed
           it
           ,
           and
           because
           he
           had
           received
           the
           like
           from
           his
           Majesty
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           .
           Our
           first
           conference
           was
           interrupted
           through
           my
           Lord
           
           Lauderdale's
           vehement
           indignation
           against
           the
           Letter
           of
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           to
           the
           Speaker
           ,
           wherein
           he
           had
           this
           passage
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             not
             expose
             his
             Honor
             to
             the
             discretion
             of
             either
             Scot
             or
             Adjutator
             .
          
           This
           Letter
           was
           written
           by
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           before
           I
           left
           the
           Island
           ,
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           Whalleys
           complaint
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           that
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           had
           broken
           his
           Engagement
           with
           him
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           Woburn
           ,
           wherein
           he
           undertook
           that
           the
           King
           should
           not
           leave
           the
           Army
           
           without
           his
           Knowledg
           and
           Consent
           .
           Dr.
           Sheldon
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Hammond
             ,
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           and
           I
           ,
           objected
           hard
           against
           this
           Expression
           ;
           but
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           lik'd
           it
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           not
           make
           him
           depart
           from
           it
           .
           On
           the
           Friday
           after
           ,
           we
           had
           another
           meeting
           ,
           wherein
           we
           discoursed
           our selves
           well
           towards
           an
           Agreement
           ,
           and
           resolved
           on
           Monday
           following
           to
           conclude
           one
           way
           or
           other
           .
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           being
           Saturday
           ,
           I
           had
           a
           Letter
           from
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           requiring
           me
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           name
           ,
           to
           lay
           by
           all
           other
           business
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           return
           instantly
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           I
           sent
           therefore
           my
           Excuse
           to
           my
           Lords
           Lanerick
           and
           Lauderdale
           ,
           and
           went
           that
           night
           out
           of
           Town
           ,
           which
           they
           took
           very
           ill
           ,
           tho
           they
           had
           no
           reason
           for
           it
           ;
           for
           I
           would
           as
           willingly
           have
           excused
           my
           Journy
           as
           they
           ,
           as
           believing
           it
           was
           only
           to
           assist
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           Escape
           :
           for
           I
           had
           more
           than
           once
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           tho
           Mr.
           Ashburnham
           were
           willing
           enough
           to
           appropriate
           Employments
           of
           Honor
           
           and
           Profit
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           contented
           to
           communicate
           those
           of
           Danger
           with
           his
           Friends
           .
           The
           next
           morning
           I
           was
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           received
           me
           more
           graciously
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           that
           he
           had
           always
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           my
           Honesty
           and
           Discretion
           ,
           but
           was
           never
           so
           much
           confirmed
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           by
           my
           dispatch
           from
           VVindsor
           ,
           for
           which
           his
           Majesty
           thank'd
           me
           .
           After
           I
           had
           return'd
           my
           Acknowledgments
           for
           his
           Majesty's
           Favor
           ,
           I
           ask'd
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           approved
           the
           Advice
           so
           well
           ,
           why
           did
           he
           not
           follow
           it
           ?
           Why
           was
           he
           still
           in
           the
           Island
           ?
           where
           he
           could
           not
           long
           promise
           himself
           the
           Liberty
           he
           now
           had
           ,
           since
           there
           were
           Forces
           design'd
           ,
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           to
           secure
           his
           Person
           .
           His
           Majesty
           replied
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           a
           care
           of
           that
           time
           enough
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           to
           conclude
           with
           the
           Scots
           before
           he
           left
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           because
           from
           their
           desire
           to
           have
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Armies
           hands
           ,
           they
           would
           take
           reason
           ;
           whereas
           if
           he
           went
           
           before
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           treat
           with
           him
           but
           upon
           their
           own
           terms
           :
           and
           in
           this
           opinion
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           fully
           concurred
           with
           his
           Majesty
           .
           Against
           this
           I
           argued
           the
           best
           I
           could
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           saw
           it
           was
           in
           vain
           ,
           I
           desired
           his
           Majesty
           would
           dispatch
           this
           Treaty
           ,
           for
           his
           condition
           would
           admit
           no
           delays
           .
           His
           Majesty
           then
           order'd
           me
           to
           withdraw
           with
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           Dr.
           Sheldon
           ,
           Dr.
           Hammond
           ,
           and
           
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           far
           his
           Majesty
           had
           gone
           in
           a
           Treaty
           with
           the
           Scots
           .
           This
           Treaty
           had
           bin
           managed
           in
           London
           by
           Dr.
           Gough
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           Queens
           name
           conjured
           his
           Majesty
           to
           make
           his
           speedy
           escape
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Letters
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           own
           name
           beseech'd
           his
           Majesty
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           nice
           terms
           in
           this
           present
           exigence
           of
           his
           affairs
           .
           But
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           refined
           much
           upon
           several
           expressions
           of
           the
           Articles
           ,
           that
           concerned
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           was
           a
           great
           Professor
           ,
           and
           made
           many
           replies
           and
           alterations
           ,
           and
           moved
           Messenger
           to
           be
           
           sent
           after
           Messenger
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           insisted
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           would
           send
           for
           the
           Scots
           Commissioners
           to
           come
           to
           him
           .
           The
           next
           day
           I
           fell
           sick
           ,
           what
           with
           my
           late
           journying
           ,
           and
           what
           with
           my
           vexation
           at
           this
           slow
           way
           of
           proceeding
           .
           The
           day
           following
           I
           went
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           could
           be
           admitted
           spoke
           to
           him
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             Sir
             ,
             if
             you
             make
             no
             more
             hast
             than
             you
             do
             ,
             I
             doubt
             you
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             secure
             your
             Escape
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             humbly
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             to
             make
             two
             Papers
             or
             Draughts
             ,
             the
             one
             containing
             the
             utmost
             extent
             of
             what
             your
             Majesty
             will
             give
             the
          
           Scots
           ,
           
             and
             sign
             it
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             send
             another
             containing
             the
             least
             you
             will
             receive
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             let
             the
          
           Scots
           
             sign
             and
             deliver
             that
             to
             Dr.
          
           Gough
           
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             he
             shall
             deliver
             your
             Majesty's
             Concessions
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             provide
             instantly
             for
             your
             Safety
             .
          
           About
           the
           middle
           of
           this
           discourse
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           had
           ended
           ,
           very
           graciously
           smiling
           said
           ,
           That
           
           this
           Proposition
           was
           good
           if
           it
           were
           practicable
           ,
           which
           it
           was
           not
           ;
           for
           tho
           the
           Scots
           should
           agree
           to
           the
           Substance
           of
           all
           the
           Articles
           ,
           yet
           they
           and
           all
           men
           else
           would
           have
           their
           several
           senses
           concerning
           the
           expressions
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           or
           no
           Agreement
           made
           ,
           and
           therefore
           concluded
           that
           the
           Scots
           were
           to
           be
           sent
           for
           .
           To
           this
           I
           replied
           ,
           that
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           had
           much
           reason
           ordinarily
           speaking
           for
           what
           he
           objected
           ;
           but
           his
           Majesty's
           danger
           made
           this
           a
           very
           extraordinary
           Case
           .
           His
           reasons
           carried
           it
           clear
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Flemming
          
           or
           
             Mr.
             Mungo
             Murray
          
           (
           for
           they
           both
           went
           and
           came
           by
           turns
           )
           was
           sent
           to
           invite
           the
           Scots
           Commissioners
           to
           come
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           The
           next
           day
           after
           his
           departure
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           the
           King
           called
           me
           to
           him
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           I
           think
           you
           are
           a
           Prophet
           ;
           for
           the
           Scots
           Commissioners
           at
           London
           have
           sent
           an
           Express
           ,
           desiring
           me
           to
           do
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           effect
           you
           had
           moved
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           now
           
           too
           late
           ,
           for
           they
           would
           be
           come
           away
           before
           another
           Express
           could
           be
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           Island
           towards
           them
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           that
           our
           concurrence
           was
           accidental
           ,
           for
           I
           had
           not
           the
           least
           Intelligence
           with
           the
           Scots
           Commissioners
           ;
           but
           when
           I
           saw
           there
           was
           no
           remedy
           ,
           I
           applied
           my self
           to
           what
           was
           next
           the
           best
           I
           could
           .
           And
           God
           knows
           there
           was
           work
           enough
           for
           abler
           men
           than
           any
           of
           us
           were
           :
           for
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Scots
           were
           coming
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           there
           were
           also
           Commissioners
           sent
           by
           the
           Parliament
           to
           his
           Majesty
           with
           offers
           of
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           upon
           condition
           that
           his
           Majesty
           as
           a
           pledg
           of
           his
           future
           sincerity
           ,
           would
           grant
           four
           Preliminary
           Bills
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           brought
           ready
           drawn
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           hands
           .
           The
           first
           contained
           the
           Revocation
           of
           all
           Proclamations
           and
           Declarations
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           wherein
           his
           Majesty
           made
           himself
           expresly
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           War.
           The
           Second
           was
           against
           the
           Lords
           that
           had
           
           bin
           lately
           made
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           have
           no
           Seat
           or
           Vote
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Majesty
           nor
           his
           Successors
           should
           make
           none
           for
           the
           future
           without
           consent
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           which
           was
           to
           take
           away
           the
           most
           unquestion'd
           flower
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           his
           being
           the
           sole
           fountain
           of
           Honor.
           The
           third
           was
           a
           Bill
           of
           exceptions
           from
           pardon
           ,
           that
           included
           almost
           all
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           that
           had
           any
           considerable
           Estates
           .
           The
           fourth
           was
           an
           Act
           for
           the
           Militia
           ,
           which
           embraced
           ten
           times
           more
           power
           ,
           than
           the
           Crown
           ever
           executed
           ,
           for
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           raising
           men
           and
           money
           arbitrarily
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           more
           nor
           less
           than
           dethroning
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           enslaving
           the
           People
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           to
           give
           the
           King
           only
           the
           leave
           to
           discourse
           whose
           the
           Glass
           Windows
           should
           be
           .
           Nevertheless
           the
           Title
           and
           Frontispiece
           of
           this
           vast
           Design
           was
           so
           modest
           ,
           that
           many
           well-wishing
           persons
           were
           induced
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           by
           all
           means
           
           his
           Majesty
           ought
           to
           pass
           those
           Bills
           for
           many
           reasons
           ;
           but
           especially
           because
           his
           Enemies
           would
           deliver
           his
           Majesty
           to
           the
           World
           as
           obstinate
           to
           his
           own
           and
           the
           Kingdoms
           ruin
           if
           he
           should
           not
           accept
           this
           offer
           .
           To
           avoid
           both
           the
           inconveniencies
           of
           granting
           or
           refusing
           ,
           I
           drew
           an
           Answer
           of
           the
           Treaty
           before
           it
           began
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           would
           needs
           think
           it
           expedient
           to
           require
           so
           great
           Hostages
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           be
           backward
           to
           give
           some
           token
           to
           his
           Majesty
           of
           their
           reality
           ,
           and
           then
           desired
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           his
           Majesty
           should
           pass
           these
           four
           Bills
           ,
           the
           Houses
           would
           pass
           four
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           drawing
           ,
           which
           were
           all
           most
           popular
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           they
           durst
           not
           pass
           nor
           well
           deny
           :
           at
           least
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           they
           could
           with
           no
           colour
           of
           justice
           accuse
           his
           Majesty
           for
           not
           granting
           what
           was
           most
           unjust
           and
           most
           unpopular
           .
           The
           first
           was
           a
           Bill
           for
           payment
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           contained
           their
           disbanding
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           
           paid
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           a
           period
           to
           the
           present
           Parliament
           .
           The
           third
           ,
           for
           restoring
           the
           King
           ,
           Queen
           ,
           and
           Royal
           Family
           to
           their
           Revenues
           .
           The
           fourth
           ,
           the
           settling
           of
           the
           Church-Government
           without
           any
           coercive
           Power
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           till
           such
           a
           Government
           were
           agreed
           on
           ,
           the
           old
           to
           stand
           ,
           without
           coercive
           Authority
           .
           I
           shew'd
           this
           Answer
           first
           to
           
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           ,
           then
           to
           Dr.
           Hammond
           and
           Dr.
           Sheldon
           ,
           who
           seemed
           to
           approve
           of
           the
           Expedient
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           would
           acquaint
           the
           King
           with
           it
           .
           But
           I
           never
           heard
           any
           thing
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           resolved
           never
           to
           have
           it
           obtruded
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           appear
           fond
           of
           my
           own
           Conceptions
           .
           By
           his
           Majesty's
           directions
           an
           Answer
           was
           drawn
           ,
           that
           gave
           a
           full
           Denial
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           in
           my
           judgment
           ,
           very
           well
           pen'd
           .
           But
           I
           thought
           good
           penning
           did
           not
           signify
           much
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           therefore
           made
           this
           Objection
           :
           It
           is
           very
           possible
           ,
           that
           upon
           his
           Majesty's
           giving
           
           an
           absolute
           Negative
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           may
           have
           Orders
           to
           enjoin
           the
           Governor
           to
           look
           more
           strictly
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           so
           his
           intended
           Escape
           would
           be
           prevented
           .
           His
           Majesty
           replied
           immediately
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           thought
           of
           a
           Remedy
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           to
           deliver
           his
           Answer
           seal'd
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ;
           and
           so
           left
           us
           .
           I
           could
           not
           hold
           from
           letting
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           find
           my
           sense
           of
           this
           sorry
           Expedient
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           would
           either
           open
           the
           Answer
           ,
           or
           conclude
           that
           in
           effect
           it
           was
           a
           Denial
           ,
           and
           proceed
           accordingly
           :
           but
           all
           was
           in
           vain
           .
           Some
           few
           days
           after
           ,
           the
           English
           Commissioners
           arrived
           and
           delivered
           their
           Message
           ,
           and
           desired
           an
           Answer
           within
           three
           or
           four
           days
           .
           The
           next
           day
           the
           Lords
           
             Lowdon
             ,
             Lanerick
             ,
             Lauderdale
             ,
             Chiesly
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           deliver'd
           a
           Protestation
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           subscribed
           by
           them
           ,
           against
           the
           Message
           ,
           as
           not
           according
           
           with
           their
           Covenant
           .
           From
           that
           time
           they
           began
           to
           treat
           seriously
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           permit
           that
           either
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           or
           I
           should
           assist
           at
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           forgive
           them
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ;
           for
           it
           would
           have
           bin
           very
           insecure
           for
           us
           to
           have
           had
           any
           communication
           with
           them
           at
           that
           time
           .
           At
           last
           they
           came
           to
           such
           a
           conclusion
           as
           they
           could
           get
           ,
           not
           such
           a
           one
           as
           they
           desired
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           much
           short
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           gave
           an
           advantage
           to
           the
           Lord
           Argyle
           and
           the
           Clergy-Party
           in
           Scotland
           to
           oppose
           it
           as
           not
           satisfactory
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           retarded
           the
           proceeding
           of
           Duke
           Hamilton
           and
           that
           Army
           four
           Months
           ,
           which
           was
           consequently
           the
           ruin
           of
           Laughern
           in
           VVales
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Forces
           in
           Kent
           and
           Essex
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Scots
           Army
           also
           ,
           which
           consisted
           of
           twenty
           four
           thousand
           men
           ,
           all
           which
           Forces
           were
           the
           result
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ;
           which
           appears
           to
           me
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           sooner
           dispatch'd
           ,
           to
           have
           bin
           
           one
           of
           the
           most
           prudent
           Acts
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Reign
           ,
           however
           unprosperous
           .
           When
           the
           time
           was
           come
           that
           the
           King
           was
           to
           deliver
           his
           Answer
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           sent
           for
           the
           English
           Commissioners
           ,
           and
           before
           he
           delivered
           his
           Answer
           ,
           ask'd
           my
           Lord
           Denbigh
           (
           who
           was
           the
           chief
           Commissioner
           )
           whether
           they
           had
           power
           to
           alter
           any
           substantial
           or
           circumstantial
           part
           of
           their
           Message
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           replied
           they
           had
           not
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           deliver'd
           his
           answer
           to
           the
           Lord
           Denbigh
           sealed
           .
           After
           they
           had
           withdrawn
           a
           while
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Denbigh
           return'd
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           offended
           with
           his
           Majesty
           for
           delivering
           the
           Message
           setled
           ,
           and
           express'd
           his
           indignation
           in
           harsher
           terms
           than
           one
           Gentleman
           ought
           to
           use
           to
           another
           .
           After
           long
           expostulations
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           was
           perswaded
           to
           open
           his
           Answer
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           far
           from
           allaying
           the
           Storm
           ,
           as
           it
           increased
           it
           both
           in
           
           the
           Commissioners
           and
           the
           Governor
           ,
           who
           altogether
           retired
           from
           the
           Castle
           of
           Carisbroke
           to
           Newport
           ,
           an
           English
           mile
           from
           the
           Castle
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           gone
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           he
           had
           newly
           dispatch'd
           away
           a
           Footman
           over
           the
           Water
           ,
           to
           order
           four
           or
           five
           Horses
           to
           be
           removed
           from
           the
           Place
           where
           they
           then
           stood
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           found
           and
           seiz'd
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           that
           were
           coming
           into
           the
           Island
           .
           I
           conjured
           him
           by
           no
           means
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           lest
           the
           Winds
           or
           the
           Parliament's
           Frigats
           might
           force
           us
           in
           our
           escape
           to
           put
           ashore
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           want
           Horses
           .
           He
           thereupon
           sent
           a
           Groom
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           back
           ,
           but
           within
           few
           hours
           after
           sent
           him
           again
           with
           the
           first
           Order
           ,
           but
           upon
           what
           ground
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           unless
           that
           of
           good
           husbandry
           .
           That
           night
           or
           the
           next
           morning
           his
           Majesty
           resolved
           to
           endeavour
           his
           Escape
           ,
           but
           he
           met
           with
           two
           great
           
           Obstacles
           :
           the
           Wind
           in
           the
           very
           instant
           became
           cross
           ,
           and
           the
           Governor
           return'd
           from
           Newport
           full
           of
           fury
           ,
           and
           lock'd
           up
           the
           Gates
           ,
           and
           doubled
           his
           Guards
           ,
           and
           went
           not
           to
           bed
           that
           night
           .
           In
           the
           morning
           he
           commanded
           all
           his
           Majesty's
           Servants
           from
           him
           .
           Before
           we
           took
           our
           leaves
           ,
           we
           acquainted
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           left
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Frigat
           ,
           and
           two
           honest
           and
           trusty
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           to
           assist
           his
           Escape
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           would
           have
           all
           things
           in
           readiness
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           .
           His
           Majesty
           commanded
           us
           to
           draw
           a
           Declaration
           in
           his
           name
           that
           night
           ,
           and
           send
           it
           to
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           morning
           .
           When
           we
           came
           to
           
             Newport
             ,
             VVill.
             Leg
          
           and
           I
           left
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           and
           the
           rest
           in
           the
           Inn
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           an
           Acquaintance's
           house
           of
           ours
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           where
           ,
           after
           we
           had
           staid
           an
           hour
           ,
           we
           heard
           a
           Drum
           beat
           confusedly
           ,
           and
           not
           long
           after
           that
           ,
           one
           
           Captain
           Burley
           ,
           with
           divers
           others
           ,
           were
           risen
           to
           rescue
           the
           King.
           Upon
           this
           Mr.
           Leg
           and
           I
           went
           to
           the
           Inn
           ,
           where
           we
           found
           Mr.
           Ashburnham
           making
           Speeches
           to
           those
           poor
           well-affected
           People
           ,
           advising
           them
           to
           desist
           from
           their
           vain
           Enterprize
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           thought
           any
           communication
           of
           ours
           with
           them
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           advised
           Mr.
           Ashburnham
           not
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           when
           his
           words
           were
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           ,
           others
           would
           interpret
           them
           ,
           and
           say
           he
           said
           what
           they
           pleased
           :
           and
           it
           was
           well
           for
           him
           and
           us
           that
           we
           did
           so
           ;
           for
           the
           Prisoners
           were
           not
           only
           examin'd
           concerning
           us
           ,
           but
           promis'd
           Liberty
           and
           Pardon
           in
           case
           they
           would
           peach
           us
           ;
           and
           the
           Governor
           of
           the
           ●ows
           had
           order
           from
           Hammond
           to
           put
           us
           a
           Ship-board
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           us
           to
           London
           upon
           suspicion
           that
           we
           were
           accessory
           to
           this
           Rising
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           Design
           so
           impossible
           for
           those
           that
           undertook
           it
           
           to
           effect
           ,
           consisting
           of
           Women
           and
           Children
           without
           any
           Arms
           saving
           one
           Musket
           ,
           that
           no
           sober
           man
           could
           possibly
           have
           been
           engaged
           in
           it
           .
           I
           was
           desired
           that
           night
           to
           draw
           the
           Declaration
           for
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           approved
           of
           by
           all
           but
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
          
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           publish'd
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           name
           .
           After
           we
           had
           staid
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           about
           three
           weeks
           ,
           expecting
           the
           Kings
           coming
           over
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           began
           at
           last
           to
           despair
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           moved
           to
           
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
             ,
             Mr.
             Leg
          
           and
           
             Mr.
             Denham
          
           (
           who
           was
           then
           come
           to
           us
           from
           London
           )
           that
           some
           one
           might
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Queen
           from
           us
           all
           ,
           which
           was
           consented
           to
           ,
           and
           I
           made
           choice
           of
           by
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .