Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq; Lieutenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the forces in Ireland, one of the Council of State, and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640. In two volumes. Vol. 1.
         Memoirs. Part 1.
         Ludlow, Edmund, 1617?-1692.
      
       
         
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             Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq; Lieutenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the forces in Ireland, one of the Council of State, and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640. In two volumes. Vol. 1.
             Memoirs. Part 1.
             Ludlow, Edmund, 1617?-1692.
          
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               MEMOIRS
               OF
               Edmund
               Ludlow
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Lieutenant
               General
               of
               the
               Horse
               ,
               Commander
               in
               Chief
               of
               the
               Forces
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Parliament
               which
               began
               on
               November
               3
               ,
               1640.
               
            
             
               In
               Two
               Volumes
               .
            
             
               VOL.
               I.
               
            
             
               Switzerland
               ,
            
             
               Printed
               at
               Vivay
               in
               the
               Canton
               of
               Bern.
               
            
             
               MDCXCVIII
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               their
               EXCELLENCIES
               The
               LORDS
               of
               the
               Council
               FOR
               THE
               Canton
               of
               BERN.
               
            
             
               YOUR
               Excellencies
               having
               been
               the
               Protectors
               of
               the
               Author
               of
               these
               Memoirs
               during
               the
               many
               Years
               of
               his
               Exile
               ,
               are
               justly
               entituled
               to
               whatever
               Acknowledgment
               can
               be
               made
               for
               those
               Noble
               Favours
               ,
               which
               you
               extended
               so
               seasonably
               and
               so
               constantly
               to
               him
               and
               his
               Fellow-Sufferers
               .
            
             
             
               'T
               is
               well
               known
               to
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               that
               the
               Lieutenant
               General
               would
               have
               accounted
               himself
               happy
               to
               lay
               down
               that
               Life
               for
               your
               Service
               ,
               which
               you
               had
               preserved
               by
               your
               Generosity
               .
               But
               since
               he
               lived
               not
               to
               have
               so
               Glorious
               an
               Occasion
               of
               expressing
               his
               Gratitude
               ,
               (
               no
               Prince
               ,
               how
               powerful
               soever
               ,
               being
               hardly
               enough
               to
               attack
               that
               Liberty
               which
               is
               so
               well
               secured
               by
               the
               Bravery
               and
               good
               Discipline
               of
               your
               own
               People
               )
               nothing
               now
               remains
               to
               be
               a
               Monument
               of
               his
               Duty
               ,
               and
               your
               Bounty
               ,
               but
               these
               Papers
               ;
               and
               therefore
               as
               a
               just
               Debt
               ,
               they
               are
               most
               humbly
               presented
               to
               your
               Excellencies
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               PREFACE
               .
            
             
               NO
               History
               can
               furnish
               us
               with
               the
               Example
               of
               a
               Man
               whose
               Life
               and
               Actions
               have
               been
               universally
               applauded
               :
               Malice
               ,
               or
               a
               different
               Interest
               ,
               being
               always
               ready
               to
               wound
               the
               Noblest
               Integrity
               .
               The
               Vertues
               of
               Scipio
               and
               Cato
               ,
               the
               best
               and
               greatest
               of
               the
               Romans
               ,
               could
               not
               preserve
               them
               from
               the
               Assaults
               of
               Envy
               and
               Calumny
               ;
               of
               which
               ,
               the
               groundless
               Accusations
               of
               the
               former
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               and
               the
               Volumes
               of
               Aspersions
               published
               against
               the
               latter
               by
               the
               Vsurper
               Julius
               ,
               are
               a
               sufficient
               Testimony
               .
               'T
               is
               therefore
               no
               wonder
               that
               Men
               who
               
               endeavour
               to
               imitate
               those
               great
               Examples
               ,
               and
               make
               the
               Service
               of
               their
               Country
               the
               principal
               Care
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               should
               meet
               with
               the
               same
               hard
               Vsage
               .
               What
               the
               Author
               of
               these
               Papers
               did
               and
               suffered
               on
               that
               account
               ,
               the
               ensuing
               Relation
               will
               in
               part
               witness
               ;
               wherein
               it
               will
               appear
               ,
               that
               he
               contended
               not
               against
               Persons
               ,
               but
               Things
               :
               That
               he
               was
               an
               Enemy
               to
               all
               Arbitrary
               Government
               ,
               tho
               gilded
               over
               with
               the
               most
               specious
               Pretences
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               not
               only
               disapproved
               the
               Vsurpation
               of
               Cromwel
               ,
               but
               would
               have
               opposed
               him
               with
               as
               much
               Vigour
               as
               he
               had
               done
               the
               King
               ,
               if
               all
               Occasions
               of
               that
               nature
               had
               not
               been
               cut
               off
               by
               the
               extraordinary
               Jealousy
               and
               Vigilance
               of
               the
               Vsurper
               .
            
             
               Concerning
               his
               Extraction
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               any
               thing
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               justly
               said
               ,
               he
               was
               descended
               of
               an
               Antient
               and
               Worthy
               Family
               ,
               originally
               known
               in
               Shropshire
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               transplanted
               into
               the
               County
               of
               Wilts
               ,
               where
               his
               Ancestors
               possessed
               such
               an
               Estate
               as
               placed
               them
               in
               the
               first
               Rank
               of
               Gentlemen
               ;
               and
               their
               personal
               Merits
               usually
               concurring
               with
               their
               Fortune
               ,
               gave
               them
               just
               Pretences
               to
               stand
               Candidates
               to
               represent
               the
               County
               in
               Parliament
               as
               Knights
               of
               the
               Shire
               ,
               which
               Honour
               they
               seldom
               failed
               to
               attain
               .
               His
               Father
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Ludlow
              
               being
               chosen
               by
               his
               Country
               to
               serve
               in
               that
               Parliament
               which
               began
               on
               the
               3d
               of
               
                 November
                 ,
                 1640
              
               ,
               was
               one
               of
               these
               who
               slrenuously
               asserted
               the
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               
               of
               the
               People
               against
               the
               Invasions
               made
               upon
               them
               by
               the
               pretended
               Prerogatives
               of
               the
               Crown
               .
               The
               Example
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               together
               with
               a
               particular
               Encouragement
               from
               him
               ,
               joined
               to
               a
               full
               perswasion
               of
               the
               Necessity
               of
               arming
               in
               Defence
               of
               his
               Country
               ,
               mounted
               our
               Author
               ,
               then
               very
               young
               ,
               on
               Horseback
               .
               His
               first
               Essay
               was
               at
               the
               Battel
               of
               Edg-hill
               ,
               where
               he
               fought
               as
               Voluntier
               in
               the
               Life-guard
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               Essex
               .
               His
               Father
               dying
               some
               time
               after
               the
               Eruption
               of
               our
               Troubles
               ,
               he
               went
               down
               to
               Wiltshire
               ,
               and
               was
               unanimously
               chosen
               by
               that
               County
               to
               be
               one
               of
               their
               Knights
               of
               the
               Shire
               to
               represent
               them
               in
               Parliament
               ;
               where
               his
               Integrity
               and
               Firmness
               to
               the
               true
               Interest
               of
               his
               Country
               soon
               became
               so
               remarkable
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               thought
               worthy
               to
               be
               intrusted
               with
               the
               Command
               of
               an
               Independent
               Regiment
               of
               Horse
               ,
               to
               defend
               the
               County
               for
               which
               he
               served
               from
               the
               Incursions
               of
               the
               Enemies
               Army
               .
               And
               how
               great
               a
               Progress
               he
               made
               afterwards
               in
               the
               Science
               of
               War
               ,
               the
               Military
               Honours
               he
               received
               in
               a
               time
               when
               Rewards
               were
               not
               blindly
               bestowed
               ,
               may
               sufficiently
               manifest
               .
            
             
               After
               the
               Death
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               he
               was
               sent
               into
               Ireland
               by
               the
               Parliament
               in
               the
               Quality
               of
               Lieutenant
               General
               of
               the
               Horse
               .
               This
               Employment
               he
               discharged
               with
               Diligence
               and
               Success
               till
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Lord
               Deputy
               Ireton
               ,
               and
               then
               acted
               for
               some
               time
               as
               General
               ,
               tho
               without
               that
               Title
               ;
               the
               growing
               Power
               of
               
                 Oliver
                 
                 Cromwel
              
               ,
               who
               knew
               him
               to
               be
               true
               and
               faithful
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               always
               finding
               out
               some
               Pretext
               to
               hinder
               the
               conferring
               that
               Character
               upon
               him
               .
               The
               finishing
               Part
               was
               only
               wanting
               to
               the
               compleat
               Suppression
               of
               the
               Irish
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               the
               last
               stroke
               had
               been
               given
               by
               this
               Gentleman
               ,
               if
               the
               Vsurpation
               of
               Cromwel
               had
               not
               prevented
               him
               .
               Vnder
               that
               Power
               he
               never
               acted
               :
               And
               tho
               the
               Vsurper
               employed
               all
               his
               Arts
               to
               gain
               him
               ,
               he
               remained
               immovable
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               be
               perswaded
               to
               give
               the
               least
               Colour
               or
               Countenance
               to
               his
               Ambition
               .
               After
               the
               Death
               of
               Cromwel
               some
               Endeavours
               were
               made
               to
               cause
               the
               Publick
               Affairs
               to
               revert
               to
               their
               former
               Channel
               ,
               in
               which
               Attempts
               our
               Author
               was
               not
               an
               idle
               Spectator
               .
               But
               Oliver
               had
               so
               choaked
               the
               Springs
               ,
               that
               the
               Torrent
               took
               another
               Course
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Efforts
               that
               were
               made
               to
               restore
               the
               Commonwealth
               proving
               vain
               and
               fruitless
               ,
               Charles
               the
               Second
               was
               permitted
               to
               act
               his
               part
               .
               Thereupon
               this
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               had
               gone
               through
               innumerable
               Hazards
               for
               the
               Liberties
               of
               England
               ,
               was
               stripped
               of
               his
               Estate
               ,
               and
               under
               the
               odious
               name
               of
               Traitor
               forced
               to
               abandon
               his
               native
               Country
               .
               That
               he
               escaped
               the
               Searches
               made
               after
               him
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               safely
               arrived
               in
               Switzerland
               ,
               was
               almost
               a
               Miracle
               .
               The
               Preservation
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               the
               utmost
               hazard
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Prejudices
               then
               reigning
               ,
               obliged
               him
               to
               confine
               himself
               to
               the
               deepest
               Privacy
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               short
               time
               kept
               him
               unknown
               ,
               till
               his
               exemplary
               Life
               made
               
               him
               not
               only
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               but
               admired
               .
               This
               Stranger
               for
               more
               than
               thirty
               Years
               was
               the
               Care
               of
               that
               Country
               ;
               and
               it
               may
               be
               justly
               said
               ,
               that
               by
               their
               Vigilance
               rather
               than
               his
               own
               ,
               the
               frequent
               Designs
               that
               were
               formed
               against
               his
               Life
               ,
               were
               defeated
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               exemplarily
               punished
               on
               the
               Heads
               of
               their
               Authors
               .
            
             
               During
               his
               Exile
               he
               wrote
               the
               following
               Memoirs
               ,
               conjecturing
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               he
               was
               not
               mistaken
               ,
               that
               some
               of
               the
               Family
               of
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               might
               act
               such
               things
               as
               would
               make
               his
               Country
               relish
               the
               Relation
               ,
               and
               regret
               the
               Vsage
               he
               had
               found
               .
               But
               it
               can
               never
               be
               expected
               that
               all
               Men
               should
               be
               of
               the
               same
               Mind
               .
               And
               therefore
               when
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               of
               
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 London-derry
              
               only
               excepted
               ,
               was
               unhappily
               fallen
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               ,
               and
               the
               Lieutenant
               General
               ,
               I
               hope
               I
               may
               say
               it
               without
               Offence
               ,
               was
               sent
               for
               ,
               as
               a
               fit
               Person
               to
               be
               employed
               to
               recover
               it
               from
               them
               :
               When
               the
               British
               Refugees
               were
               glad
               to
               hear
               him
               named
               for
               that
               Service
               ;
               and
               he
               in
               an
               Extasie
               to
               serve
               his
               Country
               any
               where
               ,
               was
               arrived
               in
               England
               ;
               the
               Reception
               he
               found
               there
               was
               such
               ,
               as
               ought
               rather
               to
               be
               forgotten
               ,
               than
               transmitted
               to
               Posierity
               ,
               with
               any
               Remarks
               upon
               that
               Conjuncture
               .
               Thus
               being
               denied
               the
               Honour
               of
               dying
               for
               his
               Country
               ,
               he
               returned
               to
               the
               more
               hospitable
               Place
               from
               whence
               he
               came
               .
               But
               England
               had
               not
               one
               good
               Wish
               the
               less
               from
               him
               on
               the
               account
               of
               her
               last
               Vnkindness
               .
               For
               at
               the
               
               very
               Article
               of
               Death
               some
               of
               his
               last
               Words
               were
               Wishes
               for
               the
               Prosperity
               ,
               Peace
               and
               Glory
               of
               his
               Country
               ;
               and
               that
               Religion
               and
               Liberty
               might
               be
               established
               there
               on
               so
               sure
               and
               solid
               a
               Foundation
               ,
               that
               the
               Designs
               of
               ill
               Men
               might
               never
               bring
               them
               into
               Danger
               for
               the
               time
               to
               come
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               MEMOIRS
               OF
               
                 EDMVND
                 LVDLOW
              
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
             
               
                 HAving
                 seen
                 our
                 Cause
                 betrayed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 solemn
                 Promises
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 the
                 Asserters
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 openly
                 violated
                 ,
                 I
                 departed
                 from
                 my
                 Native
                 Country
                 .
                 And
                 hoping
                 that
                 my
                 Retirement
                 may
                 protect
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 Rage
                 and
                 Malice
                 of
                 my
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 think
                 it
                 a
                 mispending
                 of
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 my
                 leisure
                 ,
                 to
                 employ
                 it
                 in
                 setting
                 down
                 the
                 most
                 remarkable
                 Counsels
                 and
                 Actions
                 of
                 the
                 Parties
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 late
                 Civil
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 spread
                 it self
                 through
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 of
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   Scotland
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 wherein
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 strictly
                 confine
                 my self
                 to
                 a
                 relation
                 of
                 such
                 things
                 only
                 in
                 which
                 I
                 was
                 personally
                 concerned
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 give
                 the
                 best
                 Account
                 I
                 can
                 of
                 such
                 other
                 memorable
                 Occurrences
                 of
                 those
                 Times
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 learn'd
                 from
                 Persons
                 well
                 inform'd
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 unsuspected
                 Fidelity
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 who
                 make
                 any
                 Enquiry
                 into
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 K.
                 
                 James's
                 Reign
                 ,
                 will
                 find
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 his
                 Inclinations
                 were
                 strongly
                 bent
                 to
                 render
                 himself
                 Absolute
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 that
                 Design
                 by
                 Fraud
                 than
                 Violence
                 .
                 But
                 K.
                 Charles
                 having
                 taken
                 a
                 nearer
                 view
                 of
                 Despotick
                 
                 Government
                 in
                 his
                 Journey
                 to
                 France
                 and
                 Spain
                 ,
                 tempted
                 with
                 the
                 ghttering
                 Shew
                 and
                 imaginary
                 Pleasures
                 of
                 that
                 empty
                 Pageantry
                 ,
                 immediately
                 after
                 his
                 Ascent
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 pulled
                 off
                 the
                 Masque
                 ,
                 and
                 openly
                 discovered
                 his
                 Intentions
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Crown
                 absolute
                 and
                 independent
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 he
                 marry'd
                 a
                 Daughter
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 wanting
                 on
                 her
                 part
                 to
                 press
                 him
                 ,
                 upon
                 all
                 occasions
                 ,
                 to
                 pursue
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 enlarging
                 his
                 Power
                 ,
                 not
                 omitting
                 to
                 solicite
                 him
                 also
                 to
                 mould
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 to
                 a
                 nearer
                 Compliance
                 with
                 the
                 See
                 of
                 Rome
                 :
                 Wherein
                 she
                 was
                 but
                 too
                 well
                 seconded
                 by
                 corrupt
                 Ministers
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 some
                 were
                 professed
                 Papists
                 ;
                 and
                 an
                 ambitious
                 Clergy
                 ,
                 whose
                 Influence
                 upon
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 always
                 greater
                 than
                 could
                 well
                 consist
                 with
                 the
                 Peace
                 and
                 Happiness
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 he
                 called
                 some
                 Parliaments
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Years
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 People
                 soon
                 became
                 sensible
                 he
                 did
                 it
                 rather
                 to
                 empty
                 their
                 Purses
                 than
                 to
                 redress
                 their
                 Grievances
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Petition
                   of
                   Right
                
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 called
                 ,
                 passed
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 yet
                 by
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 passing
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 keeping
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 breaking
                 it
                 in
                 almost
                 every
                 Particular
                 ,
                 they
                 clearly
                 saw
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 expect
                 from
                 him
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 by
                 the
                 Votes
                 passed
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 (
                 after
                 a
                 Message
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 require
                 their
                 Attendance
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 a
                 Dissolution
                 ,
                 thereby
                 to
                 prevent
                 their
                 Enquiry
                 
                 into
                 his
                 Father's
                 Death
                 )
                 complaining
                 of
                 the
                 Grievances
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 asserting
                 the
                 Liberties
                 thereof
                 ,
                 declaring
                 it
                 Treason
                 for
                 any
                 to
                 pay
                 Custom
                 or
                 other
                 Taxes
                 without
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 locking
                 the
                 Door
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 and
                 compelling
                 the
                 Speaker
                 to
                 continue
                 in
                 the
                 Chair
                 till
                 it
                 pass'd
                 ,
                 He
                 might
                 have
                 observed
                 the
                 Pulse
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 beating
                 high
                 towards
                 Liberty
                 ;
                 yet
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 Promise
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 
                   Privileges
                   of
                   Parliament
                
                 ,
                 he
                 caused
                 the
                 Studies
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 to
                 be
                 searched
                 ,
                 their
                 Papers
                 to
                 be
                 seized
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Persons
                 to
                 be
                 imprisoned
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 where
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Elliot
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 lost
                 his
                 Life
                 .
                 Divers
                 others
                 suffered
                 in
                 their
                 Health
                 and
                 Estates
                 ,
                 being
                 prosecuted
                 with
                 all
                 Severity
                 at
                 the
                 Common
                 Law
                 ,
                 for
                 discharging
                 their
                 Duty
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
                 After
                 the
                 Dissolution
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 a
                 Proclamation
                 was
                 published
                 ,
                 whereby
                 it
                 was
                 made
                 criminal
                 in
                 the
                 People
                 to
                 speak
                 any
                 more
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 assumed
                 this
                 extraordinary
                 Power
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 War
                 against
                 France
                 ,
                 not
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Reformed
                 Religion
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 pretended
                 ,
                 but
                 grounded
                 upon
                 personal
                 Discontents
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 gratify
                 the
                 Revenge
                 and
                 Lust
                 of
                 his
                 Favourite
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Rochellers
                 ,
                 who
                 once
                 before
                 ,
                 upon
                 Encouragement
                 from
                 England
                 ,
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 desend
                 their
                 just
                 Rights
                 against
                 the
                 Encroachments
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ,
                 till
                 being
                 deserted
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 
                 necessitated
                 to
                 accept
                 Terms
                 from
                 their
                 King
                 very
                 disadvantageous
                 to
                 their
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 were
                 again
                 by
                 frequent
                 Importunities
                 and
                 fair
                 Promises
                 prevailed
                 with
                 (
                 tho
                 very
                 unwillingly
                 )
                 to
                 assist
                 the
                 English
                 with
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 other
                 things
                 as
                 they
                 wanted
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 Expedition
                 against
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Rhee
                 :
                 From
                 whence
                 our
                 Forces
                 being
                 repulsed
                 ,
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 sent
                 his
                 Army
                 against
                 the
                 Protestants
                 of
                 Rochel
                 ,
                 whose
                 Provisions
                 being
                 before
                 exhausted
                 by
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 they
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 for
                 Succours
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Promise
                 :
                 Who
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 effectually
                 ,
                 caused
                 a
                 certain
                 Number
                 of
                 Ships
                 to
                 be
                 fitted
                 out
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Pennington
                
                 .
                 But
                 private
                 Differences
                 being
                 soon
                 after
                 composed
                 ,
                 Sir
                 John
                 receiv'd
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 signed
                 
                   Charles
                   Rex
                
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 afterwards
                 found
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 amongst
                 his
                 Papers
                 ,
                 requiring
                 him
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 those
                 Ships
                 as
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 directed
                 by
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 any
                 should
                 refuse
                 to
                 obey
                 those
                 Orders
                 ,
                 to
                 sink
                 or
                 fire
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 King's
                 Command
                 was
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 accordingly
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 those
                 Ships
                 the
                 French
                 became
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 inabled
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Work
                 composed
                 of
                 Earth
                 ,
                 Stones
                 and
                 Piles
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 entirely
                 shut
                 up
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 prevented
                 them
                 from
                 any
                 ReLef
                 that
                 way
                 .
                 Being
                 thus
                 straitned
                 on
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 yield
                 to
                 the
                 Pleasure
                 of
                 their
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 strong
                 Town
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 
                 wherein
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 of
                 France
                 chiefly
                 consisted
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 horrible
                 Treachery
                 was
                 delivered
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Papists
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Reform'd
                 Religion
                 in
                 all
                 Parts
                 of
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 Rage
                 of
                 their
                 bloody
                 and
                 cruel
                 Enemies
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 most
                 profitable
                 Preferments
                 in
                 the
                 English
                 Church
                 were
                 given
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 who
                 were
                 most
                 forward
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 Imposition
                 of
                 new
                 Ceremonies
                 and
                 Superstitions
                 :
                 An
                 Oath
                 was
                 enjoined
                 by
                 them
                 with
                 an
                 &c.
                 several
                 new
                 Holy
                 Days
                 introduced
                 ,
                 and
                 required
                 to
                 be
                 observed
                 by
                 the
                 People
                 with
                 all
                 possible
                 Solemnity
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 encouraged
                 to
                 profane
                 the
                 Lord's
                 Day
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Book
                 commonly
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Book
                   of
                   Sports
                
                 ,
                 printed
                 and
                 published
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 especial
                 Command
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 this
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 only
                 Work
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Clergy
                 were
                 judged
                 capable
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 entered
                 the
                 Lists
                 as
                 Champions
                 of
                 the
                 Prerogative
                 ,
                 asserting
                 that
                 the
                 Possessions
                 and
                 Estates
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 did
                 of
                 Right
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 dispose
                 of
                 them
                 at
                 his
                 pleasure
                 ;
                 thereby
                 vacating
                 and
                 annulling
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 in
                 them
                 lay
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 England
                 that
                 secure
                 a
                 Propriety
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 Arbitrary
                 Courts
                 were
                 erected
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 others
                 enlarged
                 ;
                 such
                 were
                 the
                 
                   High
                   Commission
                   Court
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Star-Chamber
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Court
                   of
                   Honour
                
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Court
                   of
                   Wards
                
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Court
                   of
                   R●●●●●s
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Patents
                 and
                 Monopolies
                 of
                 almost
                 
                 every
                 thing
                 were
                 granted
                 to
                 private
                 Men
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Damage
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 .
                 
                   Knighthood
                   ,
                   Coat
                   and
                   Conduct-Money
                
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 illegal
                 Methods
                 were
                 revived
                 and
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 ,
                 to
                 rob
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 support
                 the
                 Profusion
                 of
                 the
                 Court.
                 And
                 that
                 our
                 Liberties
                 might
                 be
                 extirpated
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 become
                 Tenants
                 at
                 will
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 rare
                 Invention
                 of
                 Ship-Money
                 was
                 found
                 out
                 by
                 Finch
                 ,
                 whose
                 Solicitation
                 and
                 Importunities
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 major
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Judges
                 of
                 Westminster-Hall
                 to
                 declare
                 for
                 Law
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   for
                   the
                   Supply
                   of
                   Shipping
                   to
                   defend
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   might
                   impose
                   a
                   Tax
                   upon
                   the
                   People
                   :
                   That
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   Judg
                   of
                   the
                   Necessity
                   of
                   such
                   Supply
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Quantity
                   to
                   be
                   imposed
                   for
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   Imprison
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   Destrain
                   in
                   case
                   of
                   Refusal
                   .
                
                 Some
                 there
                 were
                 who
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 hearty
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 their
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 true
                 English
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 opposed
                 these
                 illegal
                 Proceedings
                 :
                 Amongst
                 whom
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Hampden
                
                 of
                 Buckingham-shire
                 ,
                 Judge
                 Croke
                 ,
                 and
                 Judge
                 Hutton
                 ,
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 eminent
                 .
              
               
                 Prerogative
                 being
                 wound
                 up
                 to
                 this
                 height
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 tending
                 to
                 a
                 Conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 See
                 of
                 Rome
                 ;
                 before
                 any
                 farther
                 Progress
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 therein
                 here
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 thought
                 expedient
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Pulse
                 of
                 Scotland
                 should
                 be
                 felt
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 perswaded
                 or
                 compelled
                 to
                 the
                 like
                 Conformity
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 a
                 Form
                 of
                 Publick
                 Prayer
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 more
                 nearly
                 approaching
                 the
                 Roman
                 
                 Office
                 than
                 that
                 used
                 in
                 England
                 .
                 The
                 reading
                 of
                 this
                 New
                 Service-Book
                 at
                 Edinburgh
                 was
                 first
                 interrupted
                 by
                 a
                 poor
                 Woman
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 People
                 were
                 so
                 generally
                 discontented
                 with
                 the
                 Book
                 it self
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 imposing
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 soon
                 seconded
                 by
                 the
                 Generality
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 those
                 who
                 officiated
                 hardly
                 escaping
                 with
                 their
                 Lives
                 .
                 This
                 produced
                 divers
                 Meetings
                 of
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 Clergy
                 and
                 Gentry
                 ,
                 who
                 entred
                 into
                 an
                 Agreement
                 or
                 Covenant
                 to
                 root
                 out
                 Episcopacy
                 ,
                 Heresy
                 ,
                 and
                 Superstition
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 the
                 chief
                 Advisers
                 and
                 Promoters
                 of
                 this
                 Violence
                 ,
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 cause
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 should
                 persist
                 in
                 their
                 Opposition
                 after
                 a
                 certain
                 time
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 proclaimed
                 Traitors
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Scots
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 afrighted
                 with
                 these
                 Menaces
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 their
                 former
                 Undertaking
                 .
                 Which
                 the
                 King
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 violent
                 way
                 took
                 not
                 effect
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 incline
                 to
                 more
                 moderate
                 Counsels
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 Commission
                 empowered
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 to
                 treat
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 Submission
                 ,
                 consenting
                 to
                 the
                 Suppression
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Liturgy
                   ,
                   High
                   Commission
                   Court
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Articles
                   of
                   Perth
                
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Scots
                 insisting
                 upon
                 the
                 Abolition
                 of
                 Episcopacy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 refusing
                 his
                 Consent
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 did
                 it
                 themselves
                 in
                 an
                 Assembly
                 held
                 at
                 Glasco
                 :
                 and
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 preparing
                 an
                 Army
                 to
                 compel
                 them
                 to
                 Obedience
                 ,
                 agreed
                 upon
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 
                 some
                 Forces
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Clergy
                 in
                 England
                 were
                 not
                 wanting
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 New
                 Levies
                 against
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 contributing
                 largely
                 thereunto
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 but
                 reasonable
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 manifest
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 principal
                 Authors
                 and
                 Fomentors
                 of
                 these
                 Troubles
                 .
                 The
                 Nobility
                 and
                 Gentry
                 were
                 likewise
                 required
                 to
                 further
                 this
                 Expedition
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 ,
                 tho
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 did
                 appear
                 ,
                 yet
                 was
                 it
                 rather
                 out
                 of
                 Compliment
                 than
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 being
                 sensible
                 of
                 the
                 Oppressions
                 they
                 themselves
                 lay
                 under
                 ;
                 and
                 how
                 dangerous
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 a
                 thorow
                 Success
                 against
                 the
                 Scots
                 might
                 prove
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 perceiving
                 an
                 Universal
                 Dislike
                 to
                 this
                 War
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 the
                 People
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 concluded
                 an
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 at
                 Berwick
                 ,
                 the
                 17
                 th
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 1639.
                 
                 But
                 upon
                 his
                 Return
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 under
                 colour
                 that
                 many
                 false
                 Copies
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Articles
                 were
                 published
                 and
                 dispersed
                 by
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Dishonour
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 said
                 Agreement
                 was
                 disowned
                 ,
                 and
                 order'd
                 to
                 be
                 burnt
                 by
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Hangman
                 .
              
               
                 Thereupon
                 hoping
                 that
                 a
                 Parliament
                 would
                 espouse
                 his
                 Quarrel
                 ,
                 and
                 furnish
                 him
                 with
                 Money
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 his
                 Design
                 ,
                 he
                 sammoned
                 one
                 to
                 meet
                 at
                 Westminster
                 on
                 the
                 3
                 a
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 1640.
                 which
                 ,
                 sitting
                 but
                 a
                 little
                 time
                 ,
                 thereby
                 obtained
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 
                   short
                   Parliament
                
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 by
                 his
                 Agents
                 earnestly
                 pressed
                 them
                 to
                 grant
                 him
                 present
                 Supplies
                 for
                 the
                 Use
                 
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 sensible
                 of
                 former
                 Usage
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 gratified
                 him
                 in
                 that
                 Particular
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 insupportable
                 Burdens
                 and
                 Oppressions
                 they
                 lay
                 under
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 grant
                 any
                 Subsidies
                 till
                 their
                 Grievances
                 should
                 be
                 redressed
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 King
                 put
                 a
                 Period
                 to
                 their
                 sitting
                 the
                 fifth
                 of
                 May
                 following
                 ;
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 his
                 Council
                 ,
                 advising
                 him
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 other
                 Means
                 for
                 his
                 Supply
                 ;
                 as
                 appeared
                 to
                 the
                 ensuing
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Minutes
                 of
                 the
                 Secretary
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 taken
                 at
                 that
                 Cabal
                 ,
                 and
                 produced
                 at
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Earl
                 :
                 The
                 Sum
                 of
                 whose
                 Advice
                 was
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 .
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   You
                   have
                   now
                   tried
                   your
                   People
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   denied
                   by
                   them
                   ,
                   therefore
                   you
                   are
                   clear
                   before
                   God
                   and
                   Man
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   other
                   Means
                   for
                   your
                   Supply
                   :
                   You
                   have
                   an
                   Army
                   in
                
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 This
                 Counsel
                 was
                 prosecuted
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Preparations
                 made
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Scots
                 ;
                 all
                 imaginable
                 ways
                 used
                 to
                 raise
                 Supplies
                 ,
                 
                   Privy
                   Seals
                
                 sent
                 throughout
                 the
                 Nation
                 for
                 the
                 Loan
                 of
                 Money
                 ,
                 
                   Ship-Money
                   ,
                   Coat
                   and
                   Conduct-Money
                
                 pressed
                 to
                 the
                 height
                 ;
                 Commodities
                 taken
                 up
                 on
                 Credit
                 ,
                 and
                 sold
                 for
                 ready
                 Money
                 ;
                 Warrants
                 also
                 were
                 delivered
                 out
                 to
                 press
                 Men
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 Brass-Money
                 was
                 propounded
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 prepared
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 Project
                 took
                 no
                 effect
                 .
                 The
                 Clergy
                 being
                 permitted
                 and
                 encouraged
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 sit
                 in
                 Convocation
                 after
                 the
                 Dissolution
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 took
                 upon
                 them
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 frame
                 Canons
                 and
                 
                 Oaths
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 to
                 impose
                 four
                 Shillings
                 in
                 the
                 Pound
                 upon
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Benefices
                 throughout
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 life
                 to
                 the
                 Advance
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 marched
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 Person
                 ;
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Northumberland
                 ,
                 as
                 most
                 popular
                 ,
                 wearing
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 General
                 ,
                 whilst
                 Strafford
                 with
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 had
                 the
                 principal
                 Management
                 of
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 had
                 refused
                 to
                 pay
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 illegal
                 Taxes
                 before-mentioned
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 divers
                 of
                 their
                 chief
                 Officers
                 were
                 imprisoned
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Order
                 issued
                 forth
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Sword
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 People
                 rise
                 ,
                 and
                 beset
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Arch-Bishop
                 of
                 Canterbury
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 ,
                 was
                 supposed
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 King
                 upon
                 these
                 violent
                 and
                 unwarrantable
                 Courses
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 made
                 his
                 Escape
                 by
                 Water
                 for
                 that
                 time
                 ;
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 active
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 was
                 seized
                 and
                 executed
                 ,
                 which
                 served
                 only
                 to
                 exasperate
                 the
                 rest
                 .
              
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 near
                 Approach
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 and
                 Scots
                 Army
                 ,
                 a
                 considerable
                 Party
                 of
                 each
                 side
                 encountred
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 wonted
                 Custom
                 ,
                 retired
                 in
                 Disorder
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 Shame
                 and
                 some
                 Loss
                 .
                 Of
                 such
                 Force
                 and
                 Consequence
                 is
                 a
                 Belief
                 and
                 full
                 Perswasion
                 of
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 an
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 tho
                 managed
                 by
                 an
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 in
                 other
                 respects
                 inconsiderable
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 ,
                 startled
                 at
                 the
                 Unsuccessfulness
                 of
                 his
                 first
                 Attempt
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Petition
                 of
                 a
                 considerable
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 well-affected
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 
                 requesting
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 avoid
                 the
                 Effusion
                 of
                 more
                 Blood
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 call
                 an
                 Assembly
                 of
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 consented
                 thereunto
                 .
                 This
                 Council
                 accordingly
                 met
                 at
                 York
                 ,
                 and
                 advised
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 a
                 Cessation
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Calling
                 of
                 a
                 Parliament
                 to
                 compose
                 Differences
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 trouble
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 and
                 other
                 Incendiaries
                 ,
                 he
                 promised
                 to
                 do
                 ;
                 assuring
                 the
                 Scots
                 of
                 the
                 Paiment
                 of
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 a
                 Month
                 to
                 maintain
                 their
                 Army
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Pleasure
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 should
                 be
                 known
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 ,
                 Writs
                 were
                 issued
                 out
                 for
                 the
                 Meeting
                 of
                 a
                 Parliament
                 on
                 the
                 3
                 d
                 of
                 November
                 ,
                 1640.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 prefix'd
                 for
                 their
                 assembling
                 being
                 come
                 ,
                 they
                 met
                 accordingly
                 :
                 and
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 very
                 sensible
                 that
                 nothing
                 but
                 an
                 absolute
                 Necessity
                 permitted
                 their
                 coming
                 together
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 improve
                 this
                 happy
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 free
                 the
                 People
                 from
                 their
                 Burdens
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 punish
                 the
                 Authors
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Disorders
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 declared
                 against
                 Monopolies
                 ,
                 and
                 expelled
                 the
                 Authors
                 of
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 .
                 The
                 Opinions
                 of
                 the
                 Judges
                 concerning
                 Ship-Money
                 they
                 voted
                 unjust
                 and
                 illegal
                 ,
                 fining
                 and
                 imprisoning
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 warranted
                 the
                 Lawfulness
                 thereof
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 the
                 Offenders
                 against
                 the
                 Publick
                 might
                 not
                 escape
                 ,
                 they
                 ordered
                 the
                 Sea-Ports
                 to
                 be
                 diligently
                 guarded
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Passengers
                 to
                 be
                 strictly
                 examined
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 they
                 impeached
                 the
                 Lord
                 Keeper
                 Finch
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                 Arch-bishop
                 of
                 Canterbury
                 ,
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 in
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 subvert
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 erect
                 an
                 Arbitrary
                 and
                 Tyrannical
                 Power
                 .
                 They
                 declared
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 pay
                 the
                 English
                 and
                 Scots
                 Armies
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 1641.
                 and
                 assist
                 the
                 Prince
                 Palatine
                 with
                 Men
                 and
                 Money
                 to
                 recover
                 his
                 Country
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 having
                 the
                 Charge
                 of
                 two
                 Armies
                 to
                 pay
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Men
                 suspecting
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 abruptly
                 dissolved
                 ,
                 as
                 had
                 often
                 hapned
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 refusing
                 to
                 credit
                 them
                 with
                 such
                 Sums
                 as
                 were
                 necessary
                 ,
                 unless
                 an
                 Act
                 might
                 pass
                 to
                 secure
                 their
                 sitting
                 till
                 they
                 should
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 dissolve
                 themselves
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 the
                 King
                 gave
                 his
                 Assent
                 to
                 one
                 drawn
                 up
                 and
                 passed
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 Another
                 Act
                 likewise
                 passed
                 to
                 assert
                 ,
                 that
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 antient
                 Fundamental
                 Laws
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 every
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 directing
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 one
                 was
                 not
                 called
                 in
                 three
                 Years
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Chancellor
                 or
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Seal
                 should
                 issue
                 out
                 Writs
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 therein
                 expressed
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 fail
                 in
                 his
                 Duty
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 declared
                 guilty
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 certain
                 number
                 of
                 Lords
                 impowered
                 to
                 summon
                 the
                 said
                 Parliament
                 :
                 and
                 is
                 they
                 should
                 neglect
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 the
                 Sheriffs
                 and
                 Constables
                 are
                 vested
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Authority
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 it
                 should
                 happen
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 forementioned
                 Powers
                 should
                 be
                 wanting
                 in
                 their
                 Duty
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 are
                 thereby
                 authorized
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 said
                 Act
                 in
                 execution
                 ,
                 by
                 meeting
                 and
                 electing
                 Members
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 
                 tho
                 not
                 summoned
                 by
                 any
                 Officers
                 appointed
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 then
                 proceeded
                 to
                 correct
                 the
                 Abuses
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 introduced
                 in
                 the
                 preceding
                 Years
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 
                   the
                   Star-Chamber
                   ,
                   the
                   High
                   Commission
                   Court
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   of
                   Honour
                   ,
                
                 with
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 were
                 taken
                 away
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Council-Table
                 restrained
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Custom-House
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 collected
                 Customs
                 contrary
                 to
                 Law
                 ,
                 were
                 fined
                 ;
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 imprisoned
                 by
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 above-mentioned
                 Arbitrary
                 Courts
                 ,
                 were
                 set
                 at
                 liberty
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Protestation
                 was
                 also
                 agreed
                 upon
                 by
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 took
                 ,
                 and
                 presented
                 to
                 others
                 to
                 take
                 ;
                 whereby
                 all
                 those
                 that
                 took
                 it
                 ,
                 obliged
                 themselves
                 to
                 defend
                 and
                 maintain
                 the
                 Power
                 and
                 Privileges
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 their
                 utmost
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 bring
                 to
                 condign
                 Punishment
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 should
                 by
                 Force
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 and
                 justify
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 should
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 prosecution
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Protestation
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Day
                 prefix'd
                 for
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Strafford's
                 Trial
                 being
                 come
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 brought
                 before
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Peers
                 ;
                 where
                 the
                 Charge
                 against
                 him
                 was
                 managed
                 by
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 appointed
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 .
                 The
                 chief
                 Heads
                 of
                 the
                 Accusation
                 were
                 ;
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 
                 governed
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Ireland
                 in
                 an
                 Arbitrary
                 manner
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 retained
                 the
                 Revenues
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 without
                 rendring
                 a
                 due
                 Account
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 encouraged
                 and
                 promoted
                 the
                 Romish
                 Religion
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 create
                 Feuds
                 and
                 Quarrels
                 between
                 England
                 and
                 Scotland
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 laboured
                 to
                 render
                 the
                 Parliament
                 suspected
                 and
                 odious
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 that
                 Advice
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   since
                   the
                   Parliament
                   had
                   denied
                   to
                   grant
                   the
                   King
                   such
                   Supplies
                   as
                   he
                   demanded
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   at
                   liberty
                   to
                   raise
                   them
                   by
                   such
                   Means
                   as
                   he
                   thought
                   fit
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   an
                   Irish
                   Army
                   that
                   would
                   assist
                   him
                   to
                   that
                   end
                   .
                
                 It
                 being
                 the
                 Custom
                 that
                 a
                 Lord
                 High
                 Steward
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 preside
                 at
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 a
                 Peer
                 ,
                 that
                 Honour
                 was
                 conferred
                 upon
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Arundel
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Queen
                 ,
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputies
                 of
                 Scotland
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 were
                 there
                 present
                 .
                 I
                 remember
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 in
                 his
                 Defence
                 objected
                 against
                 the
                 Evidence
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Cork
                 ,
                 denying
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 competent
                 Witness
                 ,
                 because
                 his
                 Enemy
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 George
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 appointed
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Managers
                 of
                 the
                 Charge
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 replied
                 ;
                 That
                 if
                 that
                 Objection
                 should
                 be
                 of
                 any
                 weight
                 with
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 had
                 found
                 out
                 a
                 certain
                 way
                 to
                 secure
                 himself
                 from
                 any
                 sarther
                 Prosecution
                 .
                 Yet
                 this
                 Man
                 who
                 then
                 spoke
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Vigour
                 ,
                 soon
                 after
                 altered
                 his
                 Language
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 made
                 a
                 Speech
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 in
                 his
                 favour
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 caused
                 to
                 be
                 printed
                 ;
                 and
                 also
                 surreptitiously
                 withdrew
                 a
                 Paper
                 from
                 the
                 Committee
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 principal
                 Evidence
                 against
                 the
                 said
                 Earl.
                 The
                 Parliament
                 resenting
                 this
                 Prevarication
                 ,
                 ordered
                 his
                 Speech
                 to
                 be
                 burnt
                 by
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Common
                 Hangman
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 having
                 passed
                 a
                 Bill
                 for
                 the
                 Condemnation
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 carried
                 to
                 the
                 Lords
                 for
                 their
                 Concurrence
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 gave
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 not
                 satisfied
                 therewith
                 ,
                 consulted
                 with
                 the
                 Privy
                 Council
                 ,
                 some
                 Judges
                 ,
                 and
                 four
                 Bishops
                 .
                 And
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 except
                 one
                 ,
                 advise
                 the
                 throwing
                 of
                 Jonas
                 over-board
                 for
                 the
                 appeasing
                 of
                 the
                 Storm
                 .
                 Upon
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Arundel
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Privy
                 Seal
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 more
                 were
                 commissionated
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 sign
                 the
                 Warrant
                 for
                 his
                 Execution
                 :
                 Which
                 they
                 did
                 upon
                 the
                 twelfth
                 of
                 May
                 following
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 22
                 d
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Month
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 was
                 beheaded
                 accordingly
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 this
                 time
                 a
                 treacherous
                 Design
                 was
                 set
                 on
                 foot
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 the
                 Participation
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 as
                 appear'd
                 under
                 his
                 own
                 Hand
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 up
                 the
                 English
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 Force
                 to
                 dissolve
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 the
                 Plunder
                 of
                 London
                 being
                 promised
                 to
                 the
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 as
                 a
                 Reward
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 :
                 This
                 was
                 confessed
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Piercy
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 .
                 The
                 Scots
                 Army
                 was
                 also
                 tried
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 sour
                 Northern
                 Counties
                 offered
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 will
                 undertake
                 the
                 same
                 
                 Design
                 .
                 And
                 tho
                 neither
                 of
                 these
                 Attempts
                 did
                 succeed
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 King
                 pleased
                 himself
                 with
                 hopes
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 seasonable
                 time
                 for
                 dissolving
                 the
                 Parliament
                 would
                 come
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 all
                 Power
                 reverting
                 into
                 his
                 own
                 Hands
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 deal
                 with
                 their
                 new
                 enacted
                 Laws
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 besore
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Petition
                   of
                   Right
                
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 their
                 Members
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 Parliaments
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 not
                 long
                 languish
                 in
                 this
                 Expectation
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 desiring
                 that
                 at
                 once
                 they
                 would
                 make
                 their
                 full
                 Demands
                 ,
                 and
                 prepare
                 Bills
                 accordingly
                 for
                 his
                 Assent
                 ,
                 assuring
                 them
                 of
                 his
                 Readiness
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 their
                 Desires
                 .
                 But
                 they
                 perceiving
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 return'd
                 for
                 answer
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 suddenly
                 resolve
                 on
                 so
                 weighty
                 a
                 Work
                 ,
                 but
                 would
                 do
                 it
                 with
                 all
                 possible
                 speed
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 to
                 improve
                 the
                 present
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 they
                 prevail
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 pass
                 an
                 Act
                 for
                 the
                 Exclusion
                 of
                 the
                 Bishops
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 ;
                 for
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 unwilling
                 to
                 grant
                 the
                 Parliament
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 his
                 Affairs
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 durst
                 deny
                 them
                 no
                 reasonable
                 thing
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 having
                 paid
                 to
                 the
                 Scots
                 and
                 English
                 Armies
                 what
                 was
                 due
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 dismissed
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 homes
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 laid
                 his
                 Designs
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 as
                 will
                 afterwards
                 appear
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 great
                 Difficulty
                 ,
                 prevailed
                 with
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 the
                 disbanding
                 of
                 those
                 eight
                 thousand
                 Irish
                 Papists
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 raised
                 
                 there
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 .
                 Soon
                 after
                 which
                 he
                 resolved
                 upon
                 a
                 Journey
                 to
                 Scotland
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 the
                 Parliament
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 disswade
                 him
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 defer
                 it
                 to
                 a
                 fitter
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 he
                 refused
                 to
                 hearken
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 that
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 necessarily
                 required
                 his
                 Presence
                 :
                 but
                 in
                 truth
                 his
                 great
                 business
                 was
                 ,
                 to
                 leave
                 no
                 means
                 unattempted
                 to
                 take
                 off
                 that
                 Nation
                 from
                 their
                 Adherence
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 Before
                 his
                 Departure
                 he
                 signed
                 a
                 Commission
                 to
                 certain
                 Persons
                 ,
                 impowering
                 them
                 to
                 pass
                 the
                 Bills
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 tender'd
                 in
                 his
                 Absence
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 he
                 was
                 about
                 this
                 Work
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 the
                 News
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebellion
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 Papists
                 throughout
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 were
                 in
                 Arms
                 ;
                 that
                 their
                 Design
                 to
                 surprize
                 and
                 seize
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Dublin
                 had
                 not
                 succeeded
                 ,
                 being
                 discovered
                 by
                 one
                 
                   O
                   Connelly
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Servant
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Clotworthy's
                
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 Macquire
                 and
                 Mac-mahon
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ,
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 soon
                 after
                 executed
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 Rrebellion
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 from
                 Persons
                 of
                 undoubted
                 Credit
                 )
                 was
                 not
                 displcasing
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 attended
                 with
                 the
                 Massacre
                 of
                 many
                 thousands
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 Having
                 made
                 what
                 Progress
                 he
                 could
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 confirming
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 not
                 only
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 formerly
                 granted
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 in
                 their
                 Assembly
                 at
                 
                 Glascow
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 effect
                 whatsoever
                 they
                 desired
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 returned
                 to
                 London
                 ;
                 where
                 being
                 received
                 with
                 Acclamations
                 ,
                 and
                 treated
                 at
                 the
                 Expence
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 he
                 became
                 elevated
                 to
                 that
                 degree
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 his
                 first
                 Speech
                 to
                 the
                 Commons
                 he
                 sharply
                 reproved
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 instead
                 of
                 thanking
                 him
                 for
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 they
                 continued
                 to
                 multiply
                 their
                 Demands
                 and
                 Dissatisfactions
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 confirmed
                 in
                 their
                 Suspicions
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 design'd
                 to
                 break
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 already
                 granted
                 ,
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 Opportunity
                 and
                 Power
                 in
                 his
                 hands
                 ,
                 to
                 plead
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 under
                 a
                 Force
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 reverse
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 enacted
                 for
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ;
                 revenge
                 himself
                 on
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 Instruments
                 in
                 compelling
                 him
                 thereto
                 ,
                 and
                 fortify
                 himself
                 against
                 the
                 like
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 .
                 These
                 Apprehensions
                 made
                 them
                 carnestly
                 insist
                 upon
                 settling
                 the
                 Militia
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 in
                 such
                 Hands
                 as
                 both
                 Houses
                 of
                 Parliament
                 should
                 recommend
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 particularly
                 representing
                 the
                 great
                 Dissatisfaction
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   B●lfeur
                
                 ,
                 for
                 refusing
                 to
                 permit
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 to
                 escape
                 ,
                 was
                 dismissed
                 from
                 his
                 Charge
                 of
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 it
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 one
                 Lunsford
                 ,
                 a
                 Souldier
                 of
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 profligate
                 Conversation
                 ,
                 and
                 fit
                 for
                 any
                 wicked
                 Design
                 .
                 With
                 much
                 difficulty
                 this
                 Lunsford
                 was
                 removed
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Conyers
                
                 put
                 into
                 his
                 place
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 City
                 not
                 satisfied
                 
                 with
                 this
                 Choice
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 discovered
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Suckling
                
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 raising
                 a
                 Regiment
                 for
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 was
                 bringing
                 together
                 a
                 number
                 of
                 Mento
                 seize
                 the
                 Tower
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 at
                 last
                 entrusted
                 to
                 the
                 Custody
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 of
                 London
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 great
                 Numbers
                 of
                 English
                 Protestants
                 flying
                 from
                 the
                 bloody
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 arrived
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 filling
                 all
                 Places
                 with
                 sad
                 complaints
                 of
                 their
                 Cruelties
                 to
                 the
                 Protestants
                 of
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 earnestly
                 pressed
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 proclaim
                 them
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 obtain
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 till
                 after
                 many
                 Weeks
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 but
                 forty
                 of
                 those
                 Proclamations
                 were
                 printed
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 above
                 half
                 of
                 them
                 published
                 :
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 more
                 observed
                 and
                 resented
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 different
                 Treatment
                 that
                 the
                 Scots
                 had
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 who
                 no
                 sooner
                 appeared
                 in
                 a
                 much
                 better
                 Cause
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 forth
                 with
                 declared
                 Rebels
                 in
                 every
                 Parish-Church
                 within
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 The
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 pretended
                 a
                 Commission
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 what
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 which
                 so
                 alarm'd
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 thought
                 himself
                 necessitated
                 to
                 do
                 something
                 therein
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 his
                 Design
                 ,
                 he
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 an
                 Army
                 was
                 raised
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 go
                 in
                 Person
                 to
                 reduce
                 them
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 apprehending
                 this
                 pretended
                 Resolution
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 put
                 himself
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 reduce
                 the
                 Parliament
                 
                 to
                 his
                 Will
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 consent
                 ;
                 and
                 procured
                 an
                 Act
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 leaving
                 of
                 that
                 War
                 to
                 the
                 management
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 ;
                 the
                 King
                 obliging
                 himself
                 not
                 to
                 give
                 Terms
                 to
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 make
                 Peace
                 with
                 them
                 without
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Consent
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Act
                 Provision
                 was
                 made
                 for
                 the
                 satisfying
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 should
                 advance
                 Money
                 for
                 the
                 reduction
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Rebels
                 Lands
                 ,
                 in
                 several
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Rates
                 therein
                 mentioned
                 :
                 Upon
                 which
                 considerable
                 Sums
                 of
                 Money
                 were
                 s●on
                 brought
                 in
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 neglecting
                 no
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 this
                 necessary
                 Work
                 ,
                 procured
                 some
                 Forces
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 from
                 Scotland
                 into
                 the
                 North
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 the
                 Town
                 and
                 Castle
                 of
                 Carrickfergus
                 :
                 They
                 also
                 dispatched
                 several
                 Regiments
                 of
                 English
                 thither
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 blessed
                 with
                 wonderful
                 Success
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 particularly
                 about
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 commanded
                 .
                 Those
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Pale
                 by
                 fair
                 Pretences
                 procured
                 Arms
                 to
                 be
                 delivered
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 basely
                 cut
                 off
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 hundred
                 Men
                 sent
                 to
                 relieve
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Titchburn
                
                 ,
                 then
                 besieged
                 at
                 Droghedah
                 ,
                 who
                 finding
                 no
                 hopes
                 of
                 Relief
                 ,
                 made
                 his
                 Retreat
                 to
                 Dublin
                 by
                 Sea.
                 The
                 Lord
                 Forbes
                 ,
                 a
                 Scots-man
                 ,
                 was
                 sent
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 into
                 Munster
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 greatly
                 annoyed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 furnished
                 with
                 some
                 Ships
                 ,
                 sailed
                 up
                 the
                 Shannon
                 ,
                 and
                 secured
                 several
                 Places
                 upon
                 that
                 River
                 ,
                 particularly
                 Bonratte
                 ,
                 the
                 Residence
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Thomond
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 found
                 about
                 threescore
                 Horse
                 fit
                 for
                 Service
                 .
                 Major
                 Adams
                 was
                 made
                 Governour
                 of
                 that
                 House
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 Enemy
                 frequently
                 resorting
                 to
                 a
                 Place
                 called
                 Six-Miles-Bridg
                 ,
                 about
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Miles
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 the
                 English
                 pressed
                 the
                 Earl
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 the
                 Irish
                 ;
                 who
                 unwilling
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 less
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Rebels
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 excuse
                 himself
                 ;
                 yet
                 upon
                 second
                 thoughts
                 resolved
                 to
                 comply
                 ,
                 if
                 some
                 care
                 might
                 be
                 taken
                 to
                 spare
                 his
                 Kindred
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Officers
                 proposing
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 his
                 Relations
                 should
                 distinguish
                 themselves
                 by
                 some
                 Mark
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 concluding
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 secure
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 ,
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 withdraw
                 himself
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 leave
                 his
                 House
                 to
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 where
                 (
                 tho
                 he
                 pretended
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 Money
                 to
                 lend
                 them
                 to
                 supply
                 their
                 wants
                 )
                 they
                 found
                 two
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 buried
                 in
                 the
                 Walls
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 for
                 the
                 paiment
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 finding
                 that
                 nothing
                 less
                 would
                 satisfy
                 the
                 Parliament
                 than
                 a
                 thorow
                 Correction
                 of
                 what
                 was
                 amiss
                 ,
                 and
                 full
                 Security
                 of
                 their
                 Rights
                 from
                 any
                 Violation
                 for
                 the
                 suture
                 ,
                 considered
                 how
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 encouraged
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 loose
                 debauch'd
                 Fellows
                 about
                 the
                 Town
                 to
                 repair
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 where
                 a
                 constant
                 Table
                 was
                 provided
                 for
                 their
                 Entertainment
                 .
                 Many
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Inns
                 of
                 Court
                 were
                 tamper'd
                 
                 with
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Design
                 ,
                 and
                 things
                 brought
                 to
                 that
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 said
                 publickly
                 in
                 my
                 hearing
                 ;
                 What!
                 shall
                 we
                 suffer
                 these
                 Fellows
                 at
                 Westminster
                 to
                 domineer
                 thus
                 ?
                 
                   Let
                   us
                   go
                   into
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   up
                   our
                   Tenants
                   to
                   pull
                   them
                   out
                   .
                
                 Which
                 Words
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 bear
                 ,
                 I
                 questioned
                 him
                 for
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 either
                 out
                 of
                 fear
                 of
                 the
                 publick
                 Justice
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 my
                 Resentment
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 pardon
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 which
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 Youth
                 ,
                 and
                 want
                 of
                 Experience
                 ,
                 I
                 passed
                 by
                 .
                 By
                 these
                 Actions
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 the
                 Suspicions
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 justly
                 increased
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 they
                 desired
                 leave
                 to
                 provide
                 a
                 Guard
                 to
                 secure
                 themselves
                 from
                 Violence
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 refused
                 to
                 grant
                 ,
                 unless
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Appointment
                 ,
                 alledging
                 that
                 their
                 Fears
                 were
                 groundless
                 :
                 But
                 they
                 thought
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 being
                 convinced
                 that
                 neither
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 already
                 done
                 was
                 sufficiently
                 secured
                 ,
                 unless
                 the
                 Militia
                 might
                 be
                 placed
                 in
                 such
                 hands
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 trust
                 ;
                 nor
                 themselves
                 safe
                 ,
                 unless
                 attended
                 by
                 a
                 Guard
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Nomination
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 's
                 violent
                 ways
                 not
                 succeeding
                 ,
                 he
                 fell
                 upon
                 other
                 Measures
                 in
                 appearance
                 more
                 moderate
                 ,
                 yet
                 continued
                 his
                 Resolution
                 to
                 subdue
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 colour
                 his
                 Proceedings
                 with
                 a
                 Form
                 of
                 Law
                 ,
                 he
                 lent
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Herbert
                
                 his
                 Attorny
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 to
                 accuse
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Stroud
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Pym
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Hampden
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Haslerig
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Denzil
                   Hollis
                
                 ,
                 Members
                 of
                 that
                 House
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Kimbolton
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 :
                 acquainting
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 proceed
                 against
                 them
                 according
                 to
                 Law
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 following
                 Articles
                 :
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 intended
                 to
                 change
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 dispossess
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 his
                 Sovereign
                 and
                 Lawful
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 attribute
                 to
                 Subjects
                 an
                 Arbitrary
                 and
                 Tyrannical
                 Power
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 by
                 false
                 Reports
                 and
                 Calumnies
                 sown
                 against
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 alienate
                 from
                 him
                 the
                 Affections
                 of
                 his
                 People
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 their
                 utmost
                 to
                 debauch
                 the
                 Troops
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 engage
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 persidious
                 Designs
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 traitorously
                 sought
                 to
                 overthrow
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 true
                 Form
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 used
                 Force
                 and
                 Terror
                 to
                 constrain
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 engage
                 in
                 their
                 pernicious
                 Designs
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 had
                 stirred
                 up
                 Tumults
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 by
                 a
                 great
                 Treason
                 resolved
                 to
                 raise
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 actually
                 raised
                 Arms
                 against
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 Foreign
                 Power
                 to
                 invade
                 England
                 .
              
               
               
                 Upon
                 this
                 the
                 House
                 made
                 answer
                 to
                 the
                 Attorney
                 General
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 proper
                 Judges
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Members
                 :
                 That
                 upon
                 his
                 producing
                 the
                 Articles
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 accuse
                 their
                 Members
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 consideration
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 found
                 cause
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 leave
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 proceeded
                 against
                 according
                 to
                 Law
                 ;
                 but
                 commanded
                 him
                 at
                 his
                 Peril
                 not
                 to
                 proceed
                 any
                 farther
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Member
                 ,
                 without
                 their
                 Consent
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 they
                 published
                 a
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 forbidding
                 the
                 seizing
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 without
                 their
                 Order
                 ;
                 authorizing
                 them
                 to
                 stand
                 upon
                 their
                 Guard
                 ;
                 and
                 requiring
                 all
                 Justices
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 ,
                 Constables
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 and
                 People
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 assisting
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 sent
                 the
                 Attorny
                 General
                 to
                 Prison
                 ,
                 for
                 his
                 Proceedings
                 in
                 this
                 matter
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 finding
                 his
                 Instruments
                 thus
                 discouraged
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 resolved
                 to
                 remove
                 all
                 Obstructions
                 in
                 his
                 way
                 ,
                 went
                 in
                 Person
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 attended
                 not
                 only
                 with
                 his
                 ordinary
                 Guard
                 of
                 Pensioners
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 with
                 those
                 Desperadoes
                 that
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 he
                 had
                 entertained
                 at
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 hundred
                 ,
                 armed
                 with
                 Partizans
                 ,
                 Sword
                 and
                 Pistol
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 door
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 he
                 left
                 his
                 Guard
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Roxberry
                 ,
                 entring
                 ,
                 accompanied
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 Prince
                 Palatine
                 ;
                 where
                 taking
                 possession
                 of
                 the
                 Speaker's
                 Chair
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 seeing
                 those
                 that
                 he
                 looked
                 for
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Birds
                   are
                   flown
                
                 .
                 For
                 upon
                 notice
                 given
                 by
                 a
                 Lady
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 
                 Intention
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 retired
                 into
                 the
                 City
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 then
                 demanded
                 of
                 the
                 Speaker
                 where
                 such
                 and
                 such
                 were
                 ,
                 naming
                 the
                 five
                 Members
                 :
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 answered
                 in
                 these
                 Words
                 ;
                 
                   I
                   have
                   neither
                   Eyes
                   to
                   see
                   ,
                   Ears
                   to
                   hear
                   ,
                   nor
                   Tongue
                   to
                   speak
                   in
                   this
                   place
                   ,
                   save
                   what
                   this
                   House
                   gives
                   me
                   .
                
                 The
                 King
                 replied
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   are
                   in
                   the
                   right
                   :
                
                 and
                 then
                 addressing
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 said
                 ;
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 sorry
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 necessitated
                 to
                 come
                 thither
                 :
                 That
                 no
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 had
                 been
                 more
                 careful
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Privileges
                 of
                 Parliament
                 than
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 those
                 five
                 Members
                 being
                 dangerous
                 Persons
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 obliged
                 to
                 pursue
                 them
                 ,
                 not
                 by
                 Force
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Forms
                 of
                 Justice
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 hoped
                 the
                 Parliament
                 would
                 send
                 them
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 justify
                 themselves
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 ;
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 he
                 knew
                 how
                 to
                 find
                 them
                 :
                 Which
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 retired
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 sensible
                 of
                 this
                 violation
                 of
                 their
                 Privileges
                 ,
                 and
                 fearing
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 further
                 intrenched
                 upon
                 ,
                 ordered
                 a
                 Committee
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 to
                 sit
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 whither
                 their
                 five
                 Members
                 were
                 gone
                 before
                 for
                 Protection
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 followed
                 them
                 thither
                 with
                 a
                 slender
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 no
                 Guard
                 ,
                 (
                 so
                 far
                 was
                 he
                 from
                 fearing
                 either
                 Parliament
                 or
                 City
                 )
                 designing
                 to
                 engage
                 the
                 Citizens
                 to
                 deliver
                 up
                 the
                 five
                 Members
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 horrid
                 Enterprize
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 perswaded
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 his
                 Desires
                 in
                 that
                 matter
                 .
                 This
                 violent
                 Attempt
                 proving
                 unsuccessful
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 assert
                 their
                 
                 just
                 Rights
                 ,
                 voted
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Breach
                 of
                 their
                 Privileges
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 like
                 might
                 be
                 prevented
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 Committee
                 had
                 sat
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 to
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 accompanied
                 with
                 Guards
                 from
                 the
                 City
                 both
                 by
                 Land
                 and
                 Water
                 .
                 Which
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 that
                 the
                 Design
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 laid
                 had
                 highly
                 provoked
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 People
                 ,
                 he
                 retired
                 to
                 Hampton-Court
                 ,
                 whither
                 those
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 formerly
                 entertained
                 at
                 Whitehall
                 soon
                 repaired
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 Kingston
                 upon
                 Thames
                 appeared
                 in
                 a
                 military
                 Posture
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 and
                 Colonel
                 Lunsford
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 two
                 Houses
                 having
                 notice
                 thereof
                 ,
                 desired
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 disperse
                 the
                 said
                 Troops
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 was
                 also
                 required
                 to
                 attend
                 his
                 Duty
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 being
                 conscious
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Guilt
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 that
                 the
                 King's
                 Affairs
                 were
                 not
                 yet
                 in
                 a
                 posture
                 to
                 bid
                 open
                 defiance
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 betake
                 himself
                 to
                 flight
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Queen
                 did
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 upon
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 were
                 about
                 to
                 accuse
                 her
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 :
                 both
                 of
                 them
                 designing
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 withdraw
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 Prosecution
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 to
                 make
                 what
                 Preparations
                 they
                 could
                 for
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 against
                 them
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Queen
                 carried
                 with
                 her
                 the
                 Jewels
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 and
                 pawned
                 them
                 in
                 Holland
                 for
                 Arms
                 and
                 Money
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 discovered
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 had
                 by
                 a
                 
                 Letter
                 advised
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 retire
                 to
                 some
                 Place
                 of
                 Strength
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 to
                 declare
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 proclaimed
                 a
                 Traitor
                 :
                 Notwithstanding
                 which
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 returning
                 to
                 London
                 at
                 the
                 earnest
                 Desire
                 of
                 both
                 Houses
                 ,
                 in
                 prosecution
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Digby's
                 Counsel
                 ,
                 went
                 farther
                 from
                 them
                 .
                 During
                 his
                 Absence
                 many
                 Papers
                 passed
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 chief
                 Aim
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 latter
                 was
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 settle
                 the
                 Militia
                 in
                 such
                 hands
                 as
                 the
                 Parliament
                 should
                 advise
                 ;
                 that
                 so
                 all
                 Jealousies
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 his
                 People
                 might
                 be
                 removed
                 .
                 Those
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 were
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 part
                 with
                 the
                 Militia
                 ,
                 esteeming
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 best
                 Jewel
                 of
                 his
                 Crown
                 ;
                 nor
                 return
                 to
                 London
                 with
                 Safety
                 to
                 his
                 Person
                 .
                 The
                 Declarations
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 proving
                 ineffectual
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King's
                 Designs
                 both
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 being
                 grown
                 ripe
                 ,
                 he
                 expressed
                 his
                 Dissatisfactions
                 more
                 openly
                 ,
                 and
                 withdrew
                 to
                 York
                 ,
                 where
                 several
                 Lords
                 and
                 others
                 affected
                 to
                 his
                 Interest
                 ,
                 resorted
                 to
                 him
                 with
                 Plate
                 ,
                 Money
                 ,
                 Men
                 ,
                 Horses
                 and
                 Arms
                 :
                 Amongst
                 whom
                 were
                 many
                 Papists
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 tho
                 to
                 cover
                 the
                 King's
                 Designs
                 from
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 forbidden
                 to
                 come
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 were
                 yet
                 privately
                 encouraged
                 ,
                 and
                 daily
                 listed
                 and
                 armed
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 the
                 distance
                 of
                 York
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 one
                 reason
                 why
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 thither
                 ,
                 so
                 its
                 Nearness
                 to
                 Hull
                 was
                 another
                 .
                 This
                 Town
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 
                 possess
                 himself
                 of
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 Place
                 of
                 Strength
                 ,
                 where
                 great
                 Quantities
                 of
                 Arms
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 had
                 been
                 laid
                 up
                 ,
                 upon
                 disbanding
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 was
                 lately
                 on
                 foot
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 convenient
                 for
                 the
                 landing
                 of
                 Men
                 from
                 Holland
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Parliament
                 suspecting
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 had
                 sent
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Hotham
                
                 thither
                 to
                 keep
                 and
                 defend
                 it
                 for
                 their
                 use
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 persisted
                 in
                 his
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 ,
                 by
                 sending
                 divers
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 to
                 surprise
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 way
                 not
                 taking
                 effect
                 ,
                 he
                 appeared
                 in
                 Person
                 before
                 it
                 ,
                 demanding
                 Entrance
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Hotham
                
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 absolutely
                 refused
                 to
                 permit
                 ;
                 alledging
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 entrusted
                 with
                 the
                 Place
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty
                 and
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 surrender
                 it
                 without
                 their
                 Order
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 finding
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 prevail
                 either
                 by
                 Promises
                 or
                 Threatnings
                 ,
                 caused
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Hotham
                
                 to
                 be
                 proclaimed
                 a
                 Traitor
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 to
                 York
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 he
                 complained
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 the
                 Affront
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 at
                 Hull
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 to
                 manifest
                 their
                 Approbation
                 of
                 Sir
                 John
                 Hotham's
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 declared
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 his
                 Duty
                 in
                 denying
                 the
                 King
                 admittance
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 asserting
                 that
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Militia
                 was
                 entrusted
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 for
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 of
                 Parliament
                 sitting
                 are
                 the
                 proper
                 Judges
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 began
                 now
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 all
                 Places
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 a
                 Committee
                 of
                 four
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 to
                 invite
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 promote
                 their
                 Interest
                 in
                 the
                 Northern
                 Parts
                 :
                 and
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 laid
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Leicester
                 a
                 considerable
                 Quantity
                 of
                 Arms
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 provided
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Hastings
                 ,
                 then
                 Sheriff
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 bringing
                 with
                 him
                 a
                 Guard
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 Judges
                 at
                 the
                 Assizes
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 said
                 Magazine
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 Use
                 ;
                 they
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 Officers
                 for
                 three
                 Companies
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 impowering
                 them
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 said
                 Companies
                 for
                 the
                 defence
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Magazine
                 .
                 The
                 Captains
                 nominated
                 to
                 this
                 Employment
                 were
                 one
                 Major
                 Grey
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 Bastwick
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 been
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 in
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 Holland
                 ,
                 was
                 newly
                 returned
                 to
                 England
                 .
                 These
                 three
                 having
                 received
                 their
                 Commissions
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 Leicester
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 raise
                 their
                 Companies
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 fully
                 effected
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 Cavalry
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 ,
                 arrived
                 at
                 Leicester
                 ;
                 against
                 whom
                 three
                 Companies
                 being
                 no
                 way
                 sufficient
                 to
                 defend
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 only
                 to
                 secure
                 that
                 Place
                 where
                 the
                 Magazine
                 lay
                 :
                 but
                 that
                 not
                 being
                 large
                 enough
                 to
                 receive
                 more
                 than
                 one
                 Company
                 ,
                 the
                 three
                 Captains
                 cast
                 Lots
                 whose
                 part
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 falling
                 upon
                 Major
                 Grey
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 dispersed
                 their
                 Men
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 set
                 forwards
                 for
                 London
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 not
                 rode
                 many
                 Miles
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 seized
                 by
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 commanded
                 the
                 Sheriff
                 to
                 send
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 brought
                 them
                 back
                 to
                 Leicester
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 were
                 removed
                 to
                 York
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 kept
                 in
                 the
                 Common
                 Goal
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 cruelly
                 treated
                 .
                 These
                 were
                 the
                 first
                 Prisoners
                 taken
                 on
                 either
                 side
                 .
                 The
                 Magazine
                 by
                 Capitulation
                 was
                 dispersed
                 into
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 ,
                 as
                 properly
                 belonging
                 to
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 leave
                 no
                 means
                 unattempted
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 sent
                 down
                 Propositions
                 ,
                 directing
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 at
                 York
                 to
                 deliver
                 them
                 to
                 him
                 :
                 And
                 because
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Intentions
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 appear
                 in
                 the
                 said
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 effect
                 the
                 principal
                 Foundation
                 of
                 the
                 ensuing
                 War
                 ,
                 I
                 conceive
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 amiss
                 to
                 recite
                 them
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 agreed
                 on
                 by
                 both
                 Houses
                 the
                 Second
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 1642.
                 with
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 
                   their
                   Humble
                   Petition
                   and
                   Advice
                   in
                   Nineteen
                   Propositions
                   sent
                   to
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 most
                 Humble
                 and
                 most
                 Faithful
                 Subjects
                 of
                 Your
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 assembled
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   HAving
                   nothing
                   in
                   their
                   Thoughts
                   and
                   Desires
                   more
                   precious
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   higher
                   Esteem
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Honour
                   and
                   immediate
                   Service
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   just
                   and
                   faithful
                   discharge
                   of
                   their
                   Duty
                   towards
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   and
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   most
                   sensible
                   of
                   the
                   Destruction
                   and
                   Disorders
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   imminent
                   Dangers
                   and
                   Miseries
                   which
                   threaten
                   your
                   Majesty
                   and
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   the
                   which
                   have
                   proceeded
                   from
                   the
                   subtle
                   Informations
                   ,
                   malicious
                   Practices
                   ,
                   and
                   wicked
                   Counsels
                   of
                   Persons
                   ill-affected
                   to
                   the
                   true
                   Religion
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Peace
                   and
                   Honour
                   of
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Good
                   of
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   ;
                   after
                   a
                   serious
                   Consideration
                   of
                   the
                   Causes
                   of
                   these
                   Mischiefs
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   Humility
                   and
                   Sincerity
                   they
                   present
                   to
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   this
                   Petition
                   and
                   Advice
                   ,
                   full
                   of
                   Duty
                   ;
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   that
                   by
                   Your
                   Royal
                   Prudence
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Establishment
                   of
                   your
                   Honour
                   and
                   Safety
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   a
                   tender
                   Sense
                   of
                   the
                   Good
                   and
                   Safety
                   of
                   your
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Estates
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   please
                   to
                   consent
                   and
                   agree
                   unto
                   these
                   humble
                   Desires
                   and
                   Propositions
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   most
                   necessary
                   and
                   most
                   effectual
                   means
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Blessing
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                   to
                   remove
                   
                   the
                   Jealousies
                   and
                   Differences
                   that
                   are
                   unhappily
                   begot
                   between
                   You
                   and
                   your
                   People
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   procure
                   to
                   You
                   and
                   them
                   a
                   constant
                   Current
                   of
                   Honour
                   ,
                   Peace
                   and
                   Happiness
                   .
                
              
               
                 Proposition
                 1.
                 
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Lords
                   and
                   all
                   others
                   of
                   your
                   Majesty's
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   other
                   Chief
                   Officers
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   within
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   as
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   of
                   the
                   Sea
                   ,
                   be
                   put
                   out
                   of
                   all
                   Offices
                   and
                   Employments
                   ,
                   except
                   such
                   as
                   the
                   two
                   Houses
                   of
                   Parliament
                   shall
                   approve
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   those
                   who
                   shall
                   be
                   put
                   into
                   their
                   Places
                   shall
                   be
                   approved
                   by
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   those
                   of
                   the
                   Council
                   shall
                   take
                   an
                   Oath
                   for
                   the
                   due
                   execution
                   of
                   their
                   Charge
                   in
                   such
                   Form
                   as
                   the
                   Parliament
                   shall
                   agree
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   That
                   the
                   great
                   Affairs
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   concluded
                   nor
                   passed
                   by
                   the
                   Advice
                   of
                   private
                   Persons
                   ,
                   nor
                   by
                   any
                   Counsellors
                   unknown
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   shall
                   not
                   have
                   taken
                   Oath
                   ;
                   but
                   that
                   such
                   Matters
                   as
                   concern
                   the
                   Publick
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   proper
                   for
                   the
                   High
                   Court
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   your
                   Majesty's
                   Great
                   and
                   Supreme
                   Council
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   debated
                   ,
                   resolved
                   ,
                   and
                   passed
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   only
                   ;
                   and
                   those
                   who
                   shall
                   persume
                   to
                   do
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   subject
                   to
                   the
                   Censure
                   and
                   Judgment
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   :
                   And
                   other
                   Matters
                   of
                   State
                   that
                   are
                   proper
                   for
                   the
                   Privy
                   Council
                   of
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   debated
                   and
                   concluded
                   by
                   the
                   
                   Nobles
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   who
                   shall
                   be
                   chosen
                   for
                   that
                   end
                   ,
                   from
                   time
                   to
                   time
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   two
                   Houses
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   every
                   publick
                   Act
                   that
                   concerns
                   the
                   Affairs
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   be
                   agreed
                   by
                   the
                   Council
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   esteemed
                   of
                   no
                   force
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   not
                   proceeding
                   from
                   the
                   Royal
                   Authority
                   ,
                   if
                   at
                   least
                   the
                   greatest
                   part
                   of
                   your
                   Council
                   have
                   not
                   consented
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   and
                   signed
                   the
                   same
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   your
                   Council
                   shall
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   a
                   certain
                   Number
                   that
                   shall
                   not
                   exceed
                   twenty
                   five
                   ,
                   nor
                   be
                   under
                   fifteen
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   happen
                   that
                   any
                   Counsellor's
                   Place
                   becomes
                   void
                   during
                   the
                   Intervals
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   supplied
                   by
                   the
                   Plurality
                   of
                   Voices
                   of
                   those
                   of
                   your
                   Council
                   ,
                   which
                   shall
                   be
                   either
                   confirmed
                   or
                   voided
                   at
                   the
                   first
                   Sessions
                   of
                   Parliament
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Lord
                   High
                   Steward
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   Great
                   Constable
                   ,
                   the
                   Chancellor
                   ,
                   the
                   Keepers
                   of
                   the
                   Seals
                   ,
                   the
                   Great
                   Treasurer
                   ,
                   the
                   Keeper
                   of
                   the
                   Privy
                   Seal
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   Marshal
                   ,
                   the
                   Admiral
                   ,
                   the
                   Governour
                   of
                   the
                   Cinque-Ports
                   ,
                   the
                   Lieutenant
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   the
                   Chancellor
                   of
                   the
                   Exchequer
                   ,
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   of
                   Wards
                   ,
                   the
                   Secretaries
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   the
                   two
                   Chief
                   Justices
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Chief
                   Baron
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   chosen
                   with
                   the
                   Approbation
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   Houses
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Intervals
                   of
                   Parliament
                   by
                   the
                   major
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Condition
                   above
                   mentioned
                   
                   in
                   the
                   Choice
                   of
                   the
                   Counsellors
                   of
                   State.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   4.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Governour
                   of
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   shall
                   be
                   chosen
                   with
                   the
                   Approbation
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Intervals
                   of
                   Parliament
                   in
                   the
                   manner
                   before-mentioned
                   ;
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Servants
                   that
                   are
                   already
                   about
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   Parliament
                   shall
                   change
                   such
                   as
                   they
                   think
                   fit
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   5.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   shall
                   not
                   marry
                   without
                   the
                   Advice
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   those
                   who
                   shall
                   be
                   employed
                   therein
                   without
                   their
                   knowledg
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   punished
                   by
                   the
                   Parliament
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   6.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Laws
                   against
                   Popish
                   Recusants
                   shall
                   be
                   put
                   in
                   effectual
                   execution
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   those
                   of
                   them
                   who
                   are
                   Prisoners
                   ,
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   set
                   at
                   liberty
                   without
                   giving
                   good
                   Security
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   7.
                   
                   That
                   Papists
                   shall
                   have
                   no
                   Vote
                   in
                   Councils
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   their
                   Children
                   shall
                   be
                   brought
                   up
                   in
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   8.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Parliament
                   shall
                   reform
                   the
                   Liturgy
                   and
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   shall
                   think
                   fit
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Advice
                   of
                   Divines
                   :
                   That
                   your
                   Majesty
                   shall
                   assist
                   to
                   put
                   a
                   stop
                   to
                   Innovations
                   ,
                   to
                   expel
                   suspicious
                   and
                   scandalous
                   Ministers
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   countenancing
                   of
                   a
                   godly
                   and
                   preaching
                   Ministry
                   throughout
                   the
                   Nation
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   9.
                   
                   That
                   it
                   will
                   please
                   your
                   Majesty
                   to
                   content
                   your self
                   with
                   the
                   Order
                   that
                   the
                   Parliament
                   
                   hath
                   established
                   in
                   the
                   Militia
                   ,
                   until
                   an
                   Act
                   be
                   agreed
                   on
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   your
                   Majesty
                   will
                   recal
                   the
                   Declarations
                   and
                   Proclamations
                   against
                   the
                   Orders
                   given
                   therein
                   by
                   the
                   Parliament
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   10.
                   
                   That
                   every
                   Member
                   of
                   Parliament
                   that
                   hath
                   been
                   put
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Employment
                   or
                   Office
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   re-established
                   ,
                   or
                   Satisfaction
                   given
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   11.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Privy
                   Counsellors
                   and
                   Judges
                   shall
                   take
                   such
                   Oath
                   as
                   shall
                   be
                   agreed
                   on
                   by
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   doing
                   of
                   Justice
                   ,
                   and
                   observing
                   the
                   Statutes
                   that
                   shall
                   be
                   agreed
                   on
                   by
                   this
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   Report
                   be
                   made
                   every
                   Session
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   evil
                   Administration
                   of
                   Justice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   12.
                   
                   That
                   all
                   Officers
                   shall
                   enjoy
                   their
                   Places
                   so
                   long
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   longer
                   than
                   they
                   behave
                   themselves
                   well
                   therein
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   13.
                   
                   That
                   all
                   Persons
                   shall
                   be
                   subject
                   to
                   the
                   Justice
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   even
                   altho
                   they
                   remove
                   themselves
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   14.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Amnesty
                   accorded
                   by
                   your
                   Majesty
                   shall
                   have
                   such
                   Exceptions
                   therein
                   as
                   the
                   Parliament
                   shall
                   think
                   fit
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   15.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Fortresses
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   shall
                   have
                   Governours
                   of
                   the
                   Choice
                   of
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   yet
                   of
                   the
                   Approbation
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Intervals
                   of
                   Parliament
                   as
                   is
                   afore
                   said
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   16.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   extraordinary
                   Guard
                   that
                   your
                   Majesty
                   hath
                   at
                   present
                   about
                   you
                   ,
                   may
                   
                   be
                   discharged
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   for
                   the
                   time
                   to
                   come
                   you
                   will
                   raise
                   no
                   such
                   extraordinary
                   Guards
                   ,
                   but
                   according
                   to
                   Law
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   of
                   actual
                   Rebellion
                   or
                   Invasion
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   17.
                   
                   That
                   it
                   will
                   please
                   your
                   Majesty
                   to
                   confirm
                   your
                   Leagues
                   with
                   the
                   United
                   Provinces
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Princes
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   more
                   capable
                   to
                   defend
                   it
                   against
                   Popish
                   Attempts
                   ;
                   which
                   will
                   bring
                   much
                   Reputation
                   to
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   encourage
                   your
                   Subjects
                   to
                   endeavour
                   in
                   a
                   Parliamentary
                   way
                   to
                   re-establish
                   your
                   Sifter
                   and
                   her
                   Children
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Princes
                   ,
                   oppressed
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   Cause
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   18.
                   
                   That
                   it
                   will
                   please
                   your
                   Majesty
                   to
                   clear
                   ,
                   by
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   the
                   Lord
                   Kimbolton
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   five
                   Members
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   future
                   Parliaments
                   may
                   be
                   secured
                   against
                   the
                   Consequence
                   of
                   such
                   ill
                   Examples
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   19.
                   
                   That
                   it
                   will
                   please
                   your
                   Majesty
                   of
                   your
                   Grace
                   to
                   pass
                   an
                   Act
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Peers
                   created
                   hereafter
                   shall
                   have
                   no
                   Place
                   nor
                   Voice
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   unless
                   they
                   are
                   admitted
                   thereunto
                   by
                   the
                   Parliament
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   These
                   humble
                   Requests
                   being
                   granted
                   unto
                   us
                   by
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   endeavour
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   ought
                   ,
                   to
                   regulate
                   the
                   Revenue
                   of
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   increase
                   it
                   more
                   and
                   more
                   ,
                   in
                   such
                   sort
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   shall
                   support
                   the
                   Dignity
                   Royal
                   with
                   Honour
                   and
                   Abundance
                   ,
                   beyond
                   whatever
                   the
                   Subjects
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   have
                   
                   allowed
                   to
                   their
                   Kings
                   your
                   Majesty's
                   Predecessors
                   .
                   We
                   will
                   put
                   also
                   the
                   Town
                   of
                   Hull
                   into
                   such
                   Hands
                   as
                   your
                   Majesty
                   shall
                   please
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Approbation
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   give
                   a
                   good
                   Account
                   of
                   the
                   Munitions
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Magazine
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   conclude
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   chearfully
                   do
                   our
                   Endeavours
                   to
                   give
                   unto
                   your
                   Majesty
                   Testimony
                   of
                   our
                   Affection
                   ,
                   Duty
                   and
                   Faithfulness
                   ,
                   to
                   preserve
                   and
                   maintain
                   your
                   Royal
                   Honour
                   ,
                   the
                   Greatness
                   and
                   Safety
                   of
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   your
                   Posterity
                   .
                
              
               
                 These
                 Propositions
                 were
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 but
                 without
                 Success
                 ,
                 he
                 being
                 resolved
                 to
                 steer
                 another
                 Course
                 ,
                 presuming
                 he
                 might
                 obtain
                 as
                 good
                 Terms
                 as
                 these
                 ,
                 if
                 reduced
                 to
                 the
                 last
                 Extremity
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 his
                 Arms
                 succeeded
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Hopes
                 ,
                 his
                 Will
                 might
                 pass
                 for
                 a
                 Law
                 ,
                 pursuant
                 to
                 the
                 Opinion
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 thought
                 no
                 way
                 so
                 likely
                 to
                 render
                 his
                 Authority
                 absolute
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 a
                 War
                 upon
                 his
                 People
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Fire
                 began
                 to
                 break
                 out
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ;
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Stawell
                
                 and
                 others
                 drawing
                 a
                 Party
                 together
                 in
                 Somersetshire
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 where
                 Captain
                 Preston
                 and
                 others
                 opposed
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 
                   Martials
                   Elm
                
                 on
                 PoldenHill
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 declared
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 killed
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ordered
                 some
                 Horse
                 to
                 be
                 raised
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 down
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Bedford
                 ,
                 to
                 protect
                 their
                 Friends
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 means
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 forced
                 to
                 quit
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 betook
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Sherburn
                 in
                 Dorsetshire
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 a
                 short
                 Siege
                 was
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Portsmouth
                 was
                 also
                 secured
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 the
                 young
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 ,
                 then
                 Governour
                 thereof
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 afterwards
                 declaring
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 besieged
                 and
                 reduced
                 by
                 their
                 Forces
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 it
                 entrusted
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Lewis
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 set
                 up
                 his
                 Standard
                 at
                 Nottingham
                 the
                 24
                 th
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 1642.
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thought
                 themselves
                 obliged
                 to
                 make
                 some
                 Preparations
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 ,
                 having
                 discovered
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 sent
                 abroad
                 to
                 procure
                 what
                 Assistance
                 he
                 could
                 against
                 his
                 People
                 ,
                 particularly
                 applying
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Denmark
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 Work
                 sure
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 were
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 prove
                 Queen
                 Ann
                 a
                 Whore
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 illegitimate
                 all
                 her
                 Issue
                 ;
                 earnestly
                 pressing
                 him
                 in
                 vindication
                 of
                 his
                 injured
                 Sister
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 relation
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 send
                 him
                 Succours
                 .
                 This
                 Letter
                 was
                 intercepted
                 and
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 a
                 Declaration
                 protested
                 that
                 no
                 such
                 thing
                 had
                 ever
                 entred
                 into
                 their
                 Thoughts
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 also
                 endeavoured
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 Law
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Lives
                 of
                 Dr.
                 Bastwick
                 and
                 Captain
                 
                   Robert
                   Ludlow
                
                 ,
                 for
                 acting
                 in
                 obedience
                 to
                 the
                 Commands
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 had
                 proceeded
                 to
                 their
                 Execution
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 a
                 Message
                 sent
                 to
                 Judg
                 Heath
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 to
                 him
                 on
                 the
                 Bench
                 ,
                 threatned
                 a
                 Retaliation
                 ,
                 by
                 executing
                 two
                 for
                 one
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 went
                 on
                 ,
                 which
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 that
                 Design
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 passed
                 the
                 following
                 Votes
                 ,
                 
                   
                     1.
                     
                     That
                     the
                     King
                     seduced
                     by
                     evil
                     Counsel
                     ,
                     intends
                     to
                     levy
                     War
                     against
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ;
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     That
                     when
                     the
                     King
                     doth
                     levy
                     War
                     against
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     he
                     breaks
                     his
                     Trust
                     ,
                     and
                     doth
                     that
                     which
                     tends
                     to
                     the
                     Dissolution
                     of
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ;
                  
                   
                     3.
                     
                     That
                     whosoever
                     shall
                     assist
                     him
                     in
                     such
                     a
                     War
                     ,
                     are
                     Traitors
                     ,
                     and
                     shall
                     be
                     proceeded
                     against
                     accordingly
                     ;
                  
                
                 prepared
                 for
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 published
                 several
                 Declarations
                 ,
                 inviting
                 the
                 good
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 with
                 their
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 Persons
                 ,
                 and
                 Purses
                 ,
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 this
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 for
                 the
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Laws
                 ,
                 Liberties
                 ,
                 and
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 The
                 Protestation
                 taken
                 by
                 both
                 Houses
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 them
                 proposed
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 each
                 other
                 in
                 their
                 just
                 and
                 necessary
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 was
                 readily
                 and
                 chearfully
                 taken
                 by
                 many
                 in
                 London
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 ;
                 and
                 divers
                 hundreds
                 on
                 Horseback
                 from
                 the
                 Counties
                 of
                 
                   Buckingham
                   ,
                   
                   Hartford
                
                 and
                 Essex
                 ,
                 came
                 up
                 with
                 their
                 several
                 Petitions
                 ,
                 acknowledging
                 the
                 Care
                 and
                 Faithfulness
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 their
                 Trust
                 ,
                 and
                 promising
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 declared
                 for
                 .
              
               
                 Declarations
                 were
                 also
                 set
                 forth
                 by
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 ,
                 encouraging
                 the
                 People
                 to
                 provide
                 Horses
                 and
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 Plate
                 and
                 Money
                 for
                 their
                 necessary
                 Defence
                 ,
                 engaging
                 the
                 Credit
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 for
                 the
                 Reimbursement
                 of
                 what
                 should
                 be
                 so
                 advanced
                 .
                 Which
                 Contributions
                 arising
                 to
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Sum
                 ,
                 they
                 declared
                 their
                 Intentions
                 of
                 raising
                 a
                 certain
                 Number
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 proportionable
                 Train
                 of
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 and
                 voted
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 General
                 ;
                 whom
                 the
                 King
                 (
                 to
                 take
                 him
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 )
                 had
                 lately
                 made
                 Chamberlain
                 of
                 his
                 Houshold
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 same
                 account
                 he
                 had
                 also
                 preferred
                 the
                 Lord
                 Say
                 to
                 be
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Wards
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Oliver
                   St.
                   Johns
                
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 Solicitor
                 General
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 could
                 not
                 corrupt
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 nor
                 hinder
                 him
                 from
                 discharging
                 vigorously
                 that
                 Trust
                 which
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 reposed
                 in
                 him
                 .
                 Divers
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 engaged
                 their
                 Lives
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 under
                 him
                 :
                 Of
                 the
                 Lords
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Bedford
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Peterborough
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 of
                 Parham
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Denbigh
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                   St.
                   John
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Rochford
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Commons
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hampden
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Hollis
                 ,
                 who
                 raised
                 Regiments
                 ;
                 
                 Sir
                 
                   Philip
                   Stapylton
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Essex's
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Oliver
                   Cromwell
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 a
                 Troop
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 others
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Northumberland
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 High
                 Admiral
                 ,
                 staid
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Warwick
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 made
                 Vice-Admiral
                 ,
                 kept
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Fleet
                 in
                 obedience
                 to
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Things
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 this
                 Extremity
                 ,
                 the
                 Nation
                 was
                 driven
                 to
                 a
                 necessity
                 of
                 Arming
                 in
                 defence
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 openly
                 and
                 frequently
                 violated
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 who
                 had
                 made
                 it
                 the
                 chief
                 business
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 to
                 invade
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Privileges
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 raising
                 Taxes
                 by
                 various
                 Arts
                 without
                 their
                 Consent
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 encouraging
                 and
                 preferring
                 a
                 formal
                 and
                 superstitious
                 Clergy
                 ,
                 discouraging
                 the
                 sober
                 and
                 vertuous
                 amongst
                 them
                 ;
                 imposing
                 upon
                 all
                 the
                 Inventions
                 of
                 Men
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 the
                 Institutions
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 And
                 knowing
                 that
                 Parliaments
                 were
                 the
                 most
                 likely
                 means
                 to
                 rectify
                 what
                 was
                 amiss
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 check
                 to
                 his
                 Ambition
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 punish
                 the
                 principal
                 Instruments
                 of
                 that
                 illegal
                 Power
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 assumed
                 ,
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 either
                 to
                 prevent
                 their
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 render
                 them
                 fruitless
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 serviceable
                 to
                 his
                 corrupt
                 ends
                 ,
                 by
                 granting
                 him
                 Money
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 his
                 pernicious
                 Designs
                 :
                 A
                 Parliament
                 being
                 now
                 called
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Act
                 passed
                 ,
                 authorizing
                 them
                 to
                 fit
                 till
                 they
                 should
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 dissolve
                 themselves
                 :
                 And
                 it
                 being
                 manifest
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 
                 had
                 any
                 Concern
                 for
                 the
                 Happiness
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 do
                 nothing
                 effectually
                 to
                 redress
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 People
                 from
                 future
                 Mischiefs
                 ;
                 chusing
                 rather
                 to
                 contend
                 with
                 them
                 by
                 Arms
                 ,
                 than
                 for
                 their
                 satisfaction
                 to
                 entrust
                 the
                 Militia
                 in
                 faithful
                 Hands
                 ;
                 resolving
                 to
                 impose
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 Force
                 of
                 his
                 Arms
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 do
                 by
                 the
                 Strength
                 of
                 his
                 Arguments
                 :
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 my
                 Duty
                 ,
                 upon
                 consideration
                 of
                 my
                 Age
                 and
                 vigorous
                 Constitution
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 English-man
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Invitation
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 from
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 my
                 Country
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 under
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 I
                 thought
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 that
                 Cause
                 I
                 had
                 engaged
                 in
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 evident
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 imagine
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 attended
                 with
                 much
                 Difficulty
                 .
                 For
                 tho
                 I
                 supposed
                 that
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 the
                 principal
                 Authors
                 of
                 our
                 Miseries
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Courtiers
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 absolutely
                 depended
                 upon
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 their
                 Subsistence
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 some
                 Foreigners
                 ,
                 would
                 adhere
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 oppressed
                 with
                 heavy
                 Burdens
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 with
                 great
                 difficulty
                 had
                 obtained
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 composed
                 of
                 such
                 Persons
                 as
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 run
                 all
                 Hazards
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 lasting
                 Settlement
                 for
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 either
                 such
                 Enemies
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 ungrateful
                 to
                 those
                 they
                 had
                 trusted
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 of
                 their
                 Power
                 :
                 at
                 least
                 
                 (
                 tho
                 some
                 might
                 not
                 have
                 so
                 much
                 Resolution
                 and
                 Courage
                 as
                 to
                 venture
                 All
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 )
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 so
                 treacherous
                 and
                 unworthy
                 ,
                 to
                 strengthen
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 against
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 Nature
                 and
                 Reason
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 on
                 their
                 side
                 .
                 Soon
                 after
                 my
                 Engagement
                 in
                 this
                 Cause
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 Mr.
                 
                   Richard
                   Fynes
                
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Say
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Charles
                   Fleetwood
                
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Miles
                   Eleetwood
                
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ;
                 with
                 whom
                 consulting
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 by
                 us
                 to
                 assemble
                 as
                 many
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Inns
                 of
                 Court
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 then
                 were
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 found
                 disposed
                 to
                 this
                 Service
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 be
                 instructed
                 together
                 in
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 to
                 render
                 our selves
                 fit
                 and
                 capable
                 of
                 acting
                 in
                 case
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 occasion
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 us
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 we
                 procured
                 a
                 Person
                 experienced
                 in
                 military
                 Affairs
                 to
                 instruct
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Arms
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 we
                 frequently
                 met
                 to
                 exercise
                 at
                 the
                 Artillery-Ground
                 in
                 London
                 .
                 And
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 resolved
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Life-Guard
                 for
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 to
                 consist
                 of
                 a
                 hundred
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Philip
                   Stapylton
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Company
                 entred
                 themselves
                 therein
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 up
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Guard
                 ;
                 amongst
                 whom
                 were
                 Mr.
                 
                   Richard
                   Fynes
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Charles
                   Fleetwood
                
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Harrison
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 
                   Nathanael
                   Rich
                
                 ,
                 
                 Colonel
                 Thomlinson
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Twisleton
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Bosewell
                 ,
                 Major
                 Whitby
                 ,
                 and
                 my self
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 others
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 the
                 Army
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 was
                 raised
                 ,
                 and
                 ready
                 to
                 march
                 ;
                 so
                 cheerfully
                 did
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 hoping
                 that
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 their
                 Deliverance
                 was
                 come
                 ,
                 offer
                 their
                 Persons
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 that
                 Work.
                 The
                 appearance
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 not
                 very
                 considerable
                 whilst
                 he
                 continued
                 at
                 York
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 he
                 removed
                 to
                 Shrewsbery
                 ,
                 great
                 Numbers
                 out
                 of
                 Wales
                 and
                 the
                 adjacent
                 Parts
                 resorted
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 having
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 directed
                 his
                 March
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 advanced
                 with
                 his
                 Army
                 towards
                 Worcester
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 his
                 approach
                 to
                 that
                 Town
                 received
                 Advice
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Detachment
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 had
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 ours
                 impatient
                 of
                 Delay
                 ,
                 had
                 engaged
                 the
                 Enemy
                 before
                 our
                 General
                 could
                 come
                 up
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Disadvantage
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 after
                 wards
                 observed
                 upon
                 view
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 Ours
                 consisted
                 of
                 about
                 a
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 more
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 and
                 drawn
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 body
                 ,
                 within
                 Musquet-shot
                 of
                 a
                 Bridg
                 between
                 Parshot
                 and
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 over
                 which
                 our
                 Men
                 resolved
                 to
                 march
                 and
                 attack
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 half
                 their
                 number
                 was
                 got
                 over
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 advance
                 above
                 eight
                 or
                 ten
                 abreast
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 a
                 narrow
                 Lane
                 through
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 came
                 within
                 Pistol-shot
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 engaged
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 to
                 retreat
                 in
                 Disorder
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 did
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 could
                 well
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 them
                 upon
                 so
                 disadvantageous
                 a
                 Ground
                 .
                 Some
                 were
                 killed
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ;
                 amongst
                 whom
                 was
                 Major
                 Gunter
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 gallant
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 disswade
                 them
                 from
                 that
                 Attempt
                 ;
                 others
                 were
                 drowned
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 was
                 Colonel
                 Sands
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Party
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 carried
                 to
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 being
                 mortally
                 wounded
                 ,
                 he
                 soon
                 died
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 possible
                 Expressions
                 of
                 his
                 hearty
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 .
                 The
                 Body
                 of
                 our
                 routed
                 Party
                 returned
                 in
                 great
                 Disorder
                 to
                 Parshot
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 place
                 our
                 Life-Guard
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 quarter
                 that
                 Night
                 ;
                 where
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 were
                 marching
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 we
                 discovered
                 Horsemen
                 riding
                 very
                 hard
                 towards
                 us
                 with
                 drawn
                 Swords
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 without
                 Hats
                 ,
                 from
                 whom
                 we
                 understood
                 the
                 Particulars
                 of
                 our
                 Loss
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 Improvement
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Fear
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 possessed
                 ,
                 telling
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 hard
                 by
                 in
                 pursuit
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 whereas
                 it
                 afterwards
                 appeared
                 ,
                 they
                 came
                 not
                 within
                 four
                 Miles
                 of
                 that
                 place
                 .
                 Our
                 Life-Guard
                 being
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 Strangers
                 to
                 things
                 of
                 this
                 nature
                 ,
                 were
                 much
                 alarm'd
                 with
                 this
                 Report
                 ;
                 yet
                 some
                 of
                 us
                 unwilling
                 to
                 give
                 credit
                 to
                 it
                 till
                 we
                 were
                 better
                 informed
                 ,
                 offered
                 our selves
                 to
                 go
                 out
                 upon
                 a
                 surther
                 Discovery
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 .
                 But
                 our
                 Captain
                 Sir
                 
                   Philip
                   Stapylton
                
                 
                 not
                 being
                 then
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 his
                 Lieutenant
                 one
                 Bainham
                 ,
                 an
                 old
                 Souldier
                 (
                 a
                 Generation
                 of
                 Men
                 much
                 cried
                 up
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 )
                 drawing
                 us
                 into
                 a
                 Field
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 pretended
                 we
                 might
                 more
                 advantageously
                 charge
                 if
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 occasion
                 ,
                 commanded
                 us
                 to
                 wheel
                 about
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 Gentlemen
                 not
                 yet
                 well
                 understanding
                 the
                 difference
                 between
                 
                   wheeling
                   about
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   shifting
                   for
                   themselves
                
                 ,
                 their
                 Backs
                 being
                 now
                 towards
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 close
                 in
                 the
                 Rear
                 ,
                 retired
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 dishonourable
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 rallied
                 at
                 the
                 Head-quarters
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 received
                 but
                 cold
                 Welcome
                 from
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 well
                 deserved
                 .
                 The
                 Night
                 following
                 the
                 Enemy
                 left
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 and
                 retreated
                 to
                 Shrewsbery
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 advanced
                 to
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 continued
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 expecting
                 an
                 Answer
                 to
                 a
                 Message
                 sent
                 by
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 inviting
                 him
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 London
                 .
                 This
                 Time
                 the
                 King
                 improved
                 to
                 compleat
                 and
                 arm
                 his
                 Men
                 ;
                 which
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 effected
                 ,
                 he
                 began
                 his
                 March
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 attending
                 him
                 to
                 observe
                 his
                 Motions
                 :
                 and
                 after
                 a
                 day
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 on
                 Sunday
                 Morning
                 ,
                 the
                 23d
                 of
                 October
                 ,
                 1642.
                 our
                 Scouts
                 brought
                 advice
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 appeared
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 nine
                 a
                 Clock
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Troops
                 were
                 discovered
                 upon
                 Edge-hill
                 in
                 Warwickshire
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 our
                 Forces
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 order'd
                 that
                 Morning
                 to
                 their
                 Quarters
                 to
                 refresh
                 themselves
                 ,
                 having
                 had
                 but
                 
                 little
                 Rest
                 for
                 eight
                 and
                 forty
                 Hours
                 ,
                 were
                 immediately
                 countermanded
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 drew
                 down
                 the
                 Hill
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 into
                 the
                 Field
                 near
                 Keinton
                 .
                 The
                 best
                 of
                 our
                 Field-pieces
                 were
                 planted
                 upon
                 our
                 right
                 Wing
                 ,
                 guarded
                 by
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Horse
                 .
                 Our
                 General
                 having
                 commanded
                 to
                 fire
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 done
                 twice
                 upon
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 wherein
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 reported
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 Shot
                 was
                 exchanged
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 for
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 an
                 hour
                 or
                 thereabouts
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 Foot
                 began
                 to
                 engage
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 sent
                 to
                 line
                 some
                 Hedges
                 on
                 our
                 right
                 Wing
                 ,
                 thereby
                 to
                 beat
                 us
                 from
                 our
                 Ground
                 ,
                 were
                 repulsed
                 by
                 our
                 Dragoons
                 without
                 any
                 Loss
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy's
                 Body
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 King's
                 Standard
                 was
                 ,
                 came
                 on
                 within
                 Musquet-shot
                 of
                 us
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 we
                 observing
                 no
                 Horse
                 to
                 encounter
                 withal
                 ,
                 charged
                 them
                 with
                 some
                 Loss
                 from
                 their
                 Pikes
                 ,
                 tho
                 very
                 little
                 from
                 their
                 Shot
                 ;
                 but
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 break
                 them
                 ,
                 we
                 retreated
                 to
                 our
                 former
                 Station
                 ,
                 whither
                 we
                 were
                 no
                 sooner
                 come
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 perceived
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 Artillery
                 were
                 marched
                 off
                 :
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Philip
                   Stapylton
                
                 our
                 Captain
                 wishing
                 for
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Foot
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 we
                 promised
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 defence
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 causing
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 Servants
                 to
                 load
                 and
                 level
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 scarce
                 done
                 ,
                 when
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 appeared
                 advancing
                 towards
                 us
                 from
                 that
                 side
                 where
                 the
                 
                 Enemy
                 was
                 .
                 We
                 fired
                 at
                 them
                 with
                 Case-shot
                 ,
                 but
                 did
                 no
                 other
                 Mischief
                 save
                 only
                 wounding
                 one
                 Man
                 through
                 the
                 Hand
                 ,
                 our
                 Gun
                 being
                 overloaded
                 ,
                 and
                 planted
                 on
                 high
                 Ground
                 ;
                 which
                 sell
                 out
                 very
                 happily
                 ,
                 this
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 being
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Balfour
                
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 great
                 Resolution
                 had
                 charged
                 into
                 the
                 Enemy's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 had
                 nailed
                 several
                 pieces
                 of
                 their
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 then
                 retreating
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Party
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Man
                 who
                 was
                 shot
                 in
                 the
                 Hand
                 was
                 giving
                 us
                 notice
                 by
                 holding
                 it
                 up
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 did
                 not
                 discern
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 order'd
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 to
                 attack
                 that
                 Body
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 charged
                 before
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 King's
                 Standard
                 was
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 break
                 them
                 till
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Balfour
                
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 charging
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Rear
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 marching
                 down
                 to
                 take
                 them
                 in
                 Flank
                 ,
                 they
                 brake
                 and
                 ran
                 away
                 towards
                 the
                 Hill.
                 Many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 killed
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 amongst
                 whom
                 was
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Varney
                
                 the
                 King's
                 Standard-bearer
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 from
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 Honour
                 ,
                 engaged
                 on
                 that
                 side
                 ,
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 any
                 good
                 opinion
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 ,
                 but
                 from
                 the
                 Sense
                 of
                 a
                 Duty
                 which
                 he
                 thought
                 lay
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 his
                 Relation
                 to
                 the
                 King.
                 Mr.
                 Herbert
                 of
                 Glamorganshire
                 ,
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 to
                 Sir
                 Edward
                 Stradling's
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 was
                 also
                 killed
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 others
                 that
                 fell
                 in
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 .
                 Many
                 Colours
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 saw
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 
                 then
                 a
                 Resormade
                 in
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 displaying
                 the
                 King's
                 Standard
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 :
                 but
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 coming
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 retire
                 with
                 our
                 Standard
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 brought
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 he
                 delivered
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Custody
                 of
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Chambers
                 his
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 from
                 whom
                 it
                 was
                 taken
                 by
                 one
                 Captain
                 Smith
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 more
                 ,
                 disguising
                 themselves
                 with
                 Orange-colour'd
                 Scarfs
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Essex's
                 Colour
                 )
                 and
                 pretending
                 it
                 unfit
                 that
                 a
                 Penman
                 should
                 have
                 the
                 Honour
                 to
                 carry
                 the
                 Standard
                 ,
                 took
                 it
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 rode
                 with
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 Action
                 he
                 was
                 knighted
                 .
                 Retreating
                 towards
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 I
                 fell
                 in
                 with
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Foot
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 soon
                 perceived
                 ;
                 but
                 having
                 passed
                 by
                 them
                 undiscovered
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 Sir
                 William
                 Balfour's
                 Troop
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 whom
                 who
                 knew
                 me
                 not
                 would
                 have
                 fired
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 supposing
                 me
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 not
                 been
                 prevented
                 ,
                 and
                 assured
                 of
                 the
                 contrary
                 by
                 Mr.
                 
                   Francis
                   Russell
                
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 ten
                 Men
                 well
                 mounted
                 and
                 armed
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 maintained
                 ,
                 rode
                 in
                 the
                 Life-Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 pursuit
                 had
                 lost
                 sight
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 my self
                 had
                 also
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 now
                 perceived
                 no
                 other
                 Engagement
                 on
                 either
                 side
                 ,
                 only
                 a
                 few
                 great
                 Guns
                 continued
                 to
                 fire
                 upon
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 but
                 towards
                 the
                 close
                 of
                 the
                 Day
                 we
                 discovered
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 Horse
                 marching
                 from
                 our
                 Rear
                 on
                 the
                 left
                 of
                 us
                 under
                 the
                 Hedges
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Life
                 Guard
                 (
                 whom
                 I
                 had
                 then
                 found
                 )
                 having
                 discovered
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 resolving
                 to
                 charge
                 them
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Troops
                 that
                 stood
                 within
                 Musquet-shot
                 of
                 us
                 to
                 second
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 tho
                 they
                 refused
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 way
                 to
                 come
                 at
                 them
                 but
                 through
                 a
                 Gap
                 in
                 the
                 Hedg
                 ,
                 we
                 advanced
                 towards
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 falling
                 upon
                 their
                 Rear
                 ,
                 killed
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 off
                 some
                 Arms.
                 In
                 which
                 Attempt
                 being
                 dismounted
                 .
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 without
                 great
                 difficulty
                 recover
                 on
                 Horse-back
                 again
                 ,
                 being
                 loaded
                 with
                 Cuirassiers
                 Arms
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Guard
                 also
                 were
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 the
                 Right
                 Wing
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Horse
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 ,
                 who
                 taking
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Disorder
                 that
                 our
                 own
                 Horse
                 had
                 put
                 our
                 Foot
                 into
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 opened
                 their
                 Ranks
                 to
                 secure
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Retreat
                 ,
                 pressed
                 upon
                 them
                 with
                 such
                 Fury
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 put
                 them
                 to
                 flight
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 the
                 time
                 which
                 he
                 spent
                 in
                 pursuing
                 them
                 too
                 far
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 plundering
                 the
                 Wagons
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 employed
                 in
                 taking
                 such
                 Advantages
                 as
                 offered
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 the
                 Fight
                 was
                 ,
                 it
                 might
                 have
                 proved
                 more
                 serviceable
                 to
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy's
                 Designs
                 .
                 The
                 Night
                 after
                 the
                 Battle
                 our
                 Army
                 quartered
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Ground
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 sought
                 on
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 .
                 No
                 Man
                 nor
                 Horse
                 got
                 any
                 Meat
                 that
                 Night
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 had
                 touched
                 none
                 since
                 the
                 Saturday
                 before
                 ,
                 neither
                 could
                 I
                 find
                 my
                 Servant
                 who
                 had
                 my
                 Cloak
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 having
                 nothing
                 to
                 keep
                 me
                 warm
                 but
                 a
                 Sute
                 of
                 Iron
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 walk
                 about
                 all
                 Night
                 ,
                 which
                 proved
                 very
                 cold
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 a
                 sharp
                 Frost
                 .
              
               
               
                 Towards
                 Morning
                 our
                 Army
                 having
                 received
                 a
                 Reinforcement
                 of
                 Colonel
                 
                 Hampden's
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 Regiments
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 about
                 four
                 thousand
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 join
                 us
                 sooner
                 ,
                 was
                 drawn
                 up
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 Day-light
                 we
                 saw
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Hill
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 had
                 time
                 to
                 bury
                 our
                 Dead
                 ,
                 and
                 theirs
                 too
                 if
                 we
                 thought
                 fit
                 .
                 That
                 Day
                 was
                 spent
                 in
                 sending
                 Trumpeters
                 to
                 enquire
                 whether
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 missing
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 were
                 killed
                 ,
                 or
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 Those
                 of
                 ours
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 were
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                   St.
                   Johns
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 mortally
                 wounded
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 at
                 his
                 Death
                 a
                 full
                 Satisfaction
                 and
                 Cheerfulness
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 his
                 Life
                 in
                 so
                 good
                 a
                 Cause
                 ;
                 Colonel
                 Walton
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 Captain
                 Austin
                 an
                 eminent
                 Merchant
                 in
                 London
                 ;
                 of
                 whom
                 the
                 last
                 died
                 through
                 the
                 hard
                 Usage
                 he
                 received
                 in
                 the
                 Goal
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 committed
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 observed
                 that
                 the
                 greatest
                 Slaughter
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 was
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 ran
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 Enemy's
                 side
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 stood
                 ;
                 of
                 whom
                 I
                 saw
                 about
                 threescore
                 lie
                 within
                 the
                 compass
                 of
                 threescore
                 Yards
                 upon
                 the
                 Ground
                 whereon
                 that
                 Brigade
                 fought
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 King's
                 Standard
                 was
                 .
                 We
                 took
                 Prisoners
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Lindsey
                 ,
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 died
                 of
                 his
                 Wounds
                 ;
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Stradling
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Colonel
                 Lunsford
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 Warwick-Castle
                 .
                 That
                 Night
                 the
                 Country
                 brought
                 in
                 some
                 Provisions
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 I
                 got
                 Meat
                 I
                 could
                 scarce
                 eat
                 it
                 ,
                 my
                 Jaws
                 
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 use
                 having
                 almost
                 lost
                 their
                 natural
                 Faculty
                 .
              
               
                 Our
                 Army
                 was
                 now
                 refreshed
                 ,
                 and
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 received
                 such
                 a
                 considerable
                 Addition
                 of
                 Strength
                 as
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ,
                 we
                 hoped
                 that
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 pursued
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 marching
                 off
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 leaving
                 only
                 some
                 Troops
                 to
                 face
                 us
                 upon
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Hill
                 :
                 but
                 instead
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 for
                 what
                 reason
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 we
                 marched
                 to
                 Warwick
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 notice
                 ,
                 sent
                 out
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 under
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 ,
                 who
                 on
                 Tuesday
                 Night
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Keinton
                 ,
                 where
                 our
                 sick
                 and
                 wounded
                 Souldiers
                 lay
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 cruelly
                 murdered
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 their
                 Army
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 marched
                 to
                 Banbury
                 ,
                 and
                 summoned
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 about
                 a
                 thousand
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 yet
                 pretending
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 sufficiently
                 provided
                 for
                 a
                 Siege
                 ,
                 they
                 surrendred
                 it
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 From
                 thence
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Army
                 after
                 some
                 Refreshment
                 at
                 Warwick
                 returned
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 not
                 like
                 Men
                 that
                 had
                 obtained
                 a
                 Victory
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 beaten
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 ordered
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 recruited
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 advanced
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 to
                 Maidenhead
                 ,
                 or
                 thereabouts
                 ,
                 to
                 assure
                 him
                 of
                 their
                 earnest
                 Desire
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 effusion
                 of
                 more
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 right
                 Understanding
                 between
                 his
                 Majesty
                 and
                 Them.
                 The
                 King
                 in
                 
                 his
                 Answer
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 brought
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Peter
                   Killegrew
                
                 ,
                 professed
                 to
                 desire
                 nothing
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 leave
                 no
                 means
                 unattempred
                 for
                 the
                 effecting
                 thereof
                 .
                 Upon
                 which
                 Answer
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thought
                 themselves
                 secure
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 against
                 any
                 sudden
                 Attempt
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 very
                 next
                 day
                 the
                 King
                 taking
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 thick
                 Mist
                 ,
                 marched
                 his
                 Army
                 within
                 half
                 a
                 Mile
                 of
                 Brentford
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 discovered
                 ,
                 designing
                 to
                 surprize
                 our
                 Train
                 of
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 then
                 at
                 Hammersmith
                 )
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 City
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 certainly
                 done
                 ,
                 if
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 and
                 a
                 small
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 that
                 lay
                 at
                 Brentford
                 had
                 not
                 with
                 unspeakable
                 Courage
                 opposed
                 his
                 Passage
                 ,
                 and
                 stopt
                 the
                 March
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 :
                 During
                 which
                 time
                 the
                 Army
                 that
                 lay
                 quarter'd
                 in
                 and
                 about
                 London
                 drew
                 together
                 ;
                 which
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 the
                 Life-Guard
                 ,
                 had
                 opportunity
                 the
                 sooner
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 being
                 at
                 that
                 very
                 time
                 drawn
                 into
                 Chelsey-Fields
                 to
                 muster
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 heard
                 the
                 Vollies
                 of
                 Shot
                 that
                 passed
                 between
                 the
                 Enemy
                 and
                 our
                 little
                 Party
                 ;
                 the
                 Dispute
                 continued
                 for
                 some
                 Hours
                 ,
                 till
                 our
                 Men
                 were
                 encompassed
                 quite
                 round
                 with
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 being
                 over-power'd
                 with
                 Numbers
                 on
                 every
                 side
                 ,
                 many
                 brave
                 and
                 gallant
                 Men
                 having
                 lost
                 their
                 Lives
                 upon
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 chusing
                 rather
                 to
                 commit
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Mercy
                 of
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 engaged
                 in
                 so
                 treacherous
                 a
                 Design
                 ,
                 leap'd
                 into
                 
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 where
                 many
                 Officers
                 and
                 private
                 Souldiers
                 were
                 drowned
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 However
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Design
                 was
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 defeated
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 discouraged
                 from
                 any
                 farther
                 Attempt
                 that
                 Night
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 also
                 were
                 alarm'd
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 with
                 the
                 Danger
                 and
                 Treachery
                 of
                 this
                 Enterprize
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 used
                 all
                 possible
                 Diligence
                 to
                 bring
                 their
                 Forces
                 together
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 by
                 eight
                 of
                 the
                 Clock
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 we
                 had
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 drawn
                 up
                 upon
                 Turnham-green
                 ,
                 a
                 Mile
                 on
                 this
                 side
                 Brentford
                 :
                 Those
                 of
                 ours
                 also
                 that
                 lay
                 at
                 Kingston
                 were
                 marching
                 to
                 us
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 London
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 drew
                 out
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 theirs
                 towards
                 the
                 Hill
                 at
                 Acton
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 attacked
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 to
                 retire
                 in
                 Disorder
                 to
                 their
                 main
                 Body
                 .
                 And
                 here
                 again
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 opinion
                 of
                 many
                 judicious
                 Persons
                 ,
                 we
                 lost
                 ,
                 as
                 at
                 Edge-hill
                 before
                 ,
                 a
                 favourable
                 opportunity
                 of
                 engaging
                 the
                 Enemy
                 with
                 great
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 our
                 Numbers
                 exceeding
                 theirs
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Reputation
                 being
                 utterly
                 lost
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 Attempt
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 pretending
                 to
                 encourage
                 our
                 Army
                 by
                 their
                 Presence
                 ,
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 their
                 time
                 to
                 disswade
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 from
                 fighting
                 till
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 our
                 Forces
                 arrived
                 ;
                 magnifying
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 giving
                 them
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 their
                 Forces
                 and
                 Artillery
                 towards
                 Kingston
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 as
                 sast
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 leaving
                 only
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 face
                 us
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 
                 Brentfords
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 having
                 secured
                 themselves
                 by
                 a
                 timely
                 Retreat
                 :
                 Upon
                 this
                 Party
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 great
                 Guns
                 ,
                 guarded
                 by
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 were
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 Evening
                 ,
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 fired
                 .
                 The
                 like
                 Guard
                 was
                 drawn
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 High-ways
                 to
                 secure
                 our
                 Foot
                 from
                 any
                 Attempt
                 of
                 Horse
                 that
                 might
                 be
                 made
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 some
                 Great
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 pretended
                 a
                 Resolution
                 to
                 fight
                 in
                 that
                 Troop
                 ,
                 blamed
                 ,
                 charging
                 the
                 Advisers
                 thereof
                 with
                 Rashness
                 ,
                 in
                 hazarding
                 them
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 Pound
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 must
                 inevitably
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Enemy
                 should
                 advance
                 upon
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 fear
                 this
                 great
                 care
                 was
                 only
                 counterfeit
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 those
                 Persons
                 well
                 knew
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 flying
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 charging
                 Condition
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 quickly
                 appeared
                 ;
                 for
                 our
                 Cannon
                 no
                 sooner
                 began
                 to
                 play
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 retired
                 to
                 the
                 main
                 Body
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 ,
                 the
                 Rear
                 of
                 which
                 had
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 recovered
                 Hounslow-heath
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 took
                 up
                 their
                 Head-quarters
                 at
                 Kingston
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Bridg
                 over
                 the
                 Thames
                 ,
                 they
                 hoped
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 ,
                 tho
                 inferiour
                 in
                 Number
                 ,
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 against
                 a
                 more
                 numerous
                 Army
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 attacked
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 any
                 Design
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 upon
                 the
                 City
                 or
                 Places
                 adjacent
                 .
                 To
                 prevent
                 which
                 our
                 General
                 caused
                 a
                 Bridg
                 of
                 Boats
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 over
                 the
                 River
                 between
                 Putney
                 and
                 Battersey
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 finished
                 but
                 the
                 Enemy
                 retired
                 to
                 Oxford
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Reading
                 ,
                 which
                 Place
                 they
                 fortified
                 ,
                 and
                 placed
                 a
                 
                 Garison
                 therein
                 ,
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 ours
                 having
                 quitted
                 it
                 upon
                 their
                 Approach
                 .
                 Garisons
                 were
                 also
                 placed
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Towns
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 upon
                 
                   Tyne
                   ,
                   Chester
                   ,
                   Worcester
                
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 others
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 in
                 York
                 and
                 Shrewsbery
                 .
                 Some
                 of
                 ours
                 likewise
                 had
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 
                   Glocester
                   ,
                   Bristol
                   ,
                   Exeter
                   ,
                   Southampton
                   ,
                   Dover
                   ,
                
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Places
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 being
                 retired
                 ,
                 our
                 Army
                 advanced
                 to
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 it
                 our
                 Head-quarters
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 that
                 Winter
                 :
                 and
                 so
                 desirous
                 was
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 prevent
                 any
                 further
                 Effusion
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 that
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 treacherous
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Expedition
                 ,
                 they
                 again
                 sent
                 Propositions
                 of
                 Peace
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 same
                 in
                 effect
                 with
                 those
                 delivered
                 to
                 him
                 before
                 at
                 York
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 sound
                 no
                 better
                 Reception
                 than
                 the
                 others
                 had
                 done
                 .
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 remember
                 any
                 thing
                 remarkable
                 perform'd
                 by
                 either
                 Party
                 this
                 Winter
                 ,
                 save
                 only
                 an
                 Attempt
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 Quarters
                 at
                 Henly
                 ,
                 where
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 Major
                 General
                 
                 Skippon's
                 ,
                 then
                 were
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 tired
                 with
                 a
                 long
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 dispersed
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 were
                 fallen
                 upon
                 by
                 a
                 great
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 that
                 had
                 advanced
                 to
                 the
                 Town
                 's
                 end
                 undiscovered
                 ;
                 but
                 a
                 small
                 Party
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 getting
                 together
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 Gunners
                 hastned
                 to
                 the
                 Artillery
                 which
                 was
                 planted
                 upon
                 the
                 Avenue
                 ,
                 fired
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 Slaughter
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 those
                 Officers
                 who
                 were
                 
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 their
                 Party
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 retreated
                 in
                 great
                 Disorder
                 without
                 any
                 farther
                 Attempt
                 .
              
               
                 Our
                 General
                 having
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 a
                 Design
                 upon
                 Bristol
                 ,
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 commanded
                 by
                 Colonel
                 
                   Nathanael
                   Fines
                
                 to
                 reinforce
                 that
                 Garison
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 it
                 was
                 prevented
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Correspondents
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 thereupon
                 executed
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Hungerford
                
                 having
                 obtained
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Forces
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 invited
                 me
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Troop
                 of
                 Horse
                 in
                 his
                 Regiment
                 :
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 attended
                 him
                 at
                 the
                 Devizes
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 went
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 seized
                 some
                 quantity
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Arms
                 from
                 Persons
                 disafsected
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 them
                 mounted
                 and
                 armed
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Men.
                 And
                 I
                 having
                 done
                 what
                 was
                 convenient
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 for
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Head-quarters
                 at
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 gave
                 them
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 Condition
                 of
                 Colonel
                 Fines
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Hungerford
                
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 a
                 little
                 surprized
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 made
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 they
                 and
                 their
                 Troops
                 were
                 routed
                 and
                 cut
                 in
                 pieces
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Bevil
                   Greenvil
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 were
                 very
                 active
                 in
                 raising
                 Forces
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 Cornwall
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 remote
                 parts
                 of
                 Devonshire
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 
                   Pendennis
                   ,
                   Dartmouth
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Barnstaple
                 ,
                 as
                 Colonel
                 Ashburnham
                 and
                 others
                 had
                 done
                 of
                 Weymouth
                 in
                 Dorsetshire
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 ordered
                 
                 Garisons
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 
                   Plymouth
                   ,
                   Lyme
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Pool
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Spring
                 our
                 Army
                 was
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 making
                 it
                 his
                 business
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 upon
                 the
                 defensive
                 till
                 the
                 Queen
                 should
                 arrive
                 in
                 England
                 with
                 an
                 Army
                 to
                 his
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 hoping
                 to
                 exhaust
                 the
                 Treasure
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 by
                 Delays
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 abate
                 their
                 Zeal
                 for
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 omitting
                 no
                 opportunity
                 by
                 his
                 Emissaries
                 to
                 create
                 and
                 foment
                 Differences
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 by
                 all
                 means
                 to
                 procure
                 an
                 Insurrection
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 compel
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 submit
                 to
                 such
                 terms
                 as
                 he
                 pleased
                 to
                 impose
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 marched
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 besiege
                 Reading
                 ,
                 a
                 Frontier
                 Town
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 strongly
                 fortify'd
                 and
                 garison'd
                 .
                 The
                 General
                 himself
                 sat
                 down
                 on
                 the
                 Northwest
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Grey
                 of
                 Wark
                 on
                 the
                 South-east
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 :
                 the
                 great
                 Shot
                 did
                 some
                 Damage
                 to
                 the
                 Houses
                 ;
                 from
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 a
                 Tile
                 salling
                 upon
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Ashton
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 and
                 Governour
                 thereof
                 ,
                 disabled
                 him
                 from
                 executing
                 that
                 Charge
                 during
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 and
                 Colonel
                 Fielding
                 was
                 made
                 Governour
                 in
                 his
                 room
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 thinking
                 this
                 Place
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 great
                 Importance
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 brought
                 together
                 all
                 the
                 Forces
                 he
                 could
                 ;
                 and
                 marching
                 on
                 Cansam-side
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 relieve
                 it
                 ,
                 was
                 opposed
                 by
                 a
                 small
                 Party
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 who
                 taking
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 some
                 Ditches
                 and
                 Pales
                 to
                 shelter
                 themselves
                 ,
                 repulsed
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 him
                 to
                 retreat
                 to
                 
                 Oxsord
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 the
                 Town
                 was
                 surrendred
                 upon
                 Articles
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Fielding
                 the
                 Governour
                 retiring
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 tried
                 ,
                 and
                 condemned
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 executed
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 my
                 coming
                 into
                 Wiltshire
                 with
                 three
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 Life-Guard
                 ,
                 two
                 whereof
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 Officers
                 in
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 third
                 in
                 another
                 Troop
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Hungerford
                
                 with
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 and
                 Colonel
                 Stroud
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 Somersetshire
                 ,
                 besieging
                 Warder-Castle
                 ,
                 before
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 about
                 a
                 week
                 ,
                 battering
                 it
                 with
                 two
                 small
                 Pieces
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 little
                 other
                 hurt
                 save
                 only
                 to
                 a
                 Chimney-piece
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Shot
                 entring
                 at
                 a
                 Window
                 :
                 But
                 there
                 being
                 a
                 Vault
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 conveying
                 away
                 of
                 Filth
                 ,
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Barrels
                 of
                 Powder
                 were
                 put
                 into
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 fired
                 ,
                 blew
                 up
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 with
                 the
                 grazing
                 of
                 a
                 Bullet
                 upon
                 the
                 Face
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 threatning
                 of
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 to
                 spring
                 the
                 other
                 Mine
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 storm
                 it
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 surrendrcd
                 before
                 an
                 Hour-glass
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 turn'd
                 up
                 ,
                 was
                 run
                 out
                 ,
                 so
                 terrified
                 the
                 Ladies
                 therein
                 ,
                 whereof
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Number
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 agreed
                 to
                 surrender
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Government
                 of
                 this
                 Castle
                 was
                 entrusted
                 to
                 my
                 care
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Hungerford
                
                 ,
                 who
                 left
                 with
                 me
                 a
                 Company
                 of
                 Foot
                 commanded
                 by
                 Captain
                 Bean
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 own
                 Troop
                 ,
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Marlborough
                 
                 with
                 some
                 Horse
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 a
                 House
                 in
                 our
                 Neighbourhood
                 called
                 Fount-hill
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Design
                 to
                 block
                 us
                 up
                 ;
                 but
                 Sir
                 Edward
                 sent
                 a
                 party
                 of
                 Horse
                 who
                 fell
                 upon
                 him
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 quit
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 levelled
                 the
                 Works
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 raised
                 during
                 the
                 Siegc
                 ,
                 sunk
                 a
                 Well
                 ,
                 broke
                 down
                 the
                 Vaults
                 about
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 it
                 with
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 expecting
                 to
                 be
                 besieged
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 .
                 For
                 within
                 a
                 Fortnight
                 after
                 I
                 was
                 possessed
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 it
                 belonged
                 ,
                 and
                 whose
                 Father
                 died
                 soon
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 News
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 supposing
                 to
                 find
                 me
                 unprovided
                 ,
                 came
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 summoned
                 me
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 Place
                 for
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Use.
                 Some
                 who
                 were
                 with
                 me
                 advised
                 me
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 return'd
                 the
                 Enemy
                 answer
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 was
                 entrusted
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Castle
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 surrender
                 it
                 without
                 their
                 Command
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 not
                 being
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ready
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 Attempt
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 retreated
                 to
                 their
                 main
                 Body
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 tho
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Hertford
                 carried
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 General
                 ,
                 that
                 thereby
                 the
                 Country
                 might
                 be
                 encouraged
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 ,
                 yet
                 Prince
                 Maurice
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 then
                 the
                 principal
                 Influence
                 over
                 them
                 ,
                 so
                 he
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 placed
                 in
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 promote
                 that
                 Arbitrary
                 and
                 boundless
                 〈◊〉
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 over
                 the
                 People
                 .
              
               
                 Having
                 notice
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Forces
                 were
                 at
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 out
                 with
                 six
                 of
                 my
                 
                 Troop
                 to
                 procure
                 Intelligence
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 Service
                 I
                 could
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Straglers
                 :
                 When
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 Sutton
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 six
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 gone
                 up
                 the
                 Town
                 just
                 before
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 we
                 made
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 their
                 Horses
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 saw
                 tied
                 in
                 a
                 Yard
                 ,
                 supposed
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 to
                 which
                 it
                 belonged
                 :
                 upon
                 which
                 I
                 went
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 within
                 the
                 door
                 but
                 two
                 of
                 them
                 shut
                 it
                 upon
                 me
                 ;
                 but
                 my
                 Party
                 rushing
                 in
                 ,
                 they
                 ran
                 out
                 at
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 escaped
                 ;
                 a
                 third
                 mounted
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Mens
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 rid
                 away
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 three
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 a
                 Room
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 upon
                 promise
                 of
                 quarter
                 for
                 Life
                 ,
                 surrendred
                 themselves
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 and
                 six
                 Horses
                 we
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 .
              
               
                 Our
                 Army
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 possest
                 themselves
                 of
                 Reading
                 ,
                 did
                 nothing
                 remarkable
                 that
                 Summer
                 ,
                 only
                 there
                 hapned
                 some
                 Skirmishes
                 ,
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 that
                 most
                 eminent
                 Patriot
                 Col.
                 Hampden
                 lost
                 his
                 Life
                 by
                 a
                 Shot
                 in
                 the
                 Shoulder
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 commanded
                 a
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 considerable
                 Service
                 ,
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 so
                 small
                 that
                 he
                 marched
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 to
                 conceal
                 his
                 Weakness
                 .
                 He
                 reduced
                 Higham-house
                 ,
                 a
                 place
                 of
                 Strength
                 ,
                 garisoned
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 protected
                 the
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 raising
                 Forces
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 And
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 Sir
                 Arthur
                 Hasterig's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 
                   Wilts
                   ,
                   Somerset
                
                 and
                 Dorset
                 ,
                 with
                 as
                 many
                 as
                 could
                 be
                 spared
                 from
                 Bristol
                 ;
                 
                 he
                 was
                 become
                 so
                 considerable
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 the
                 March
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 Western
                 Army
                 ;
                 which
                 coming
                 to
                 the
                 Town
                 where
                 my
                 Father's
                 House
                 was
                 ,
                 wholly
                 ruined
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 destroyed
                 his
                 Park
                 .
                 But
                 upon
                 their
                 Removal
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 conceiving
                 I
                 might
                 take
                 some
                 Straglers
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 way
                 or
                 other
                 annoy
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 thither
                 the
                 Night
                 after
                 with
                 about
                 forty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 where
                 tho
                 I
                 could
                 hear
                 of
                 no
                 Men
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 found
                 much
                 Provision
                 ,
                 which
                 a
                 Gentlewoman
                 had
                 obliged
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 to
                 bring
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 she
                 was
                 preparing
                 to
                 send
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 Horses
                 and
                 Carts
                 ready
                 to
                 carry
                 it
                 ;
                 amongst
                 which
                 there
                 was
                 half
                 a
                 dozen
                 Pasties
                 of
                 my
                 Father's
                 Venison
                 ready
                 baked
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Provisions
                 as
                 we
                 could
                 ,
                 we
                 carried
                 away
                 with
                 us
                 .
                 The
                 two
                 Armies
                 before-mentioned
                 engaged
                 about
                 Lansdown
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Success
                 was
                 doubtful
                 a
                 good
                 while
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 ours
                 obtained
                 the
                 Victory
                 .
                 The
                 Cornish-men
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Bevil
                   Greenvil
                
                 stood
                 their
                 Ground
                 till
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 push
                 of
                 Pike
                 ,
                 but
                 were
                 then
                 routed
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 Bevil
                 killed
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 retreated
                 to
                 the
                 Devizes
                 ,
                 and
                 ours
                 pursued
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 Action
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 out
                 with
                 my
                 Horse
                 towards
                 Warmister
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 searching
                 the
                 Houses
                 of
                 some
                 Persons
                 disaffected
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 two
                 of
                 our
                 most
                 active
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 whom
                 we
                 carried
                 away
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 great
                 Hopes
                 we
                 had
                 conceived
                 of
                 enjoying
                 some
                 Quiet
                 
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 this
                 Victory
                 were
                 soon
                 blasted
                 ;
                 for
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 Horse
                 sent
                 from
                 Oxford
                 not
                 being
                 attended
                 by
                 any
                 from
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 (
                 tho
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 commanded
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 )
                 engaged
                 our
                 Horse
                 on
                 Roundway-hill
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Over-forwardness
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Party
                 to
                 charge
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 disadvantageous
                 Ground
                 was
                 the
                 principal
                 Cause
                 of
                 their
                 Defeat
                 .
                 The
                 Horse
                 being
                 routed
                 ,
                 our
                 Foot
                 also
                 quitted
                 their
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 shifted
                 for
                 themselves
                 ;
                 many
                 of
                 whom
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 killed
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 retreated
                 to
                 Bristol
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 made
                 the
                 best
                 Preparation
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 ,
                 expecting
                 suddenly
                 to
                 be
                 besieged
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 fell
                 out
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 with
                 what
                 Horse
                 he
                 had
                 left
                 marched
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 where
                 no
                 means
                 were
                 omitted
                 to
                 recruit
                 them
                 .
                 Exeter
                 was
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 terms
                 ,
                 and
                 Bristol
                 besieged
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 stormed
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 ours
                 not
                 doing
                 their
                 Duty
                 ,
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 entred
                 ,
                 the
                 Governour
                 desired
                 to
                 capitulate
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 up
                 the
                 Town
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 not
                 well
                 kept
                 ,
                 in
                 retaliation
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 pretended
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 like
                 breach
                 by
                 ours
                 at
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 Reading
                 .
                 The
                 Governour
                 of
                 Bristol
                 was
                 hereupon
                 tried
                 and
                 condemned
                 by
                 a
                 Court
                 Martial
                 ,
                 how
                 justly
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ordered
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 the
                 Sentence
                 to
                 be
                 suspended
                 .
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 related
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Cottington
                 ,
                 desired
                 a
                 Conference
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 me
                 to
                 
                 surrender
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Warder
                 ,
                 promising
                 me
                 any
                 Terms
                 I
                 would
                 desire
                 ,
                 and
                 assuring
                 me
                 that
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Western
                 Gentlemen
                 finding
                 our
                 Affairs
                 desperate
                 ,
                 had
                 made
                 their
                 Peace
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Kentish
                 Men
                 who
                 were
                 risen
                 for
                 him
                 would
                 be
                 sufficient
                 to
                 accomplish
                 his
                 Work
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 Army
                 .
                 Also
                 Colonel
                 
                   Robert
                   Philips
                
                 ,
                 my
                 Friend
                 and
                 Kinsman
                 ,
                 coming
                 before
                 the
                 Castle
                 some
                 time
                 after
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 desiring
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 was
                 earnest
                 with
                 me
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 effect
                 :
                 my
                 Answers
                 to
                 both
                 were
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 resolved
                 to
                 run
                 all
                 Hazards
                 in
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 that
                 Trust
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 undertaken
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 two
                 Houses
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 many
                 Difficulties
                 they
                 met
                 with
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 having
                 sent
                 over
                 Forces
                 to
                 subdue
                 the
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 also
                 their
                 Duty
                 to
                 send
                 Recruits
                 thither
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 presented
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 with
                 a
                 Jewel
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Testimony
                 of
                 their
                 acceptance
                 of
                 his
                 Service
                 at
                 the
                 Battle
                 of
                 Rosse
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 above
                 forty
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Name
                 and
                 Kindred
                 killed
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Enemy
                 totally
                 routed
                 ,
                 tho
                 for
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 they
                 had
                 much
                 the
                 better
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Leicester
                 having
                 been
                 voted
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 Ireland
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 approved
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 wanted
                 nothing
                 but
                 his
                 Commission
                 to
                 begin
                 his
                 Journey
                 for
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 several
                 Delays
                 he
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 at
                 Chester
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 
                 take
                 Shipping
                 ,
                 the
                 Carriages
                 and
                 Draught-Horses
                 which
                 lay
                 there
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 the
                 Clothes
                 and
                 other
                 Provisions
                 designed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 were
                 seized
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 for
                 his
                 Service
                 here
                 ;
                 whilst
                 his
                 Agents
                 there
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 English
                 Souldiers
                 in
                 that
                 Country
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 neglected
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 Upon
                 which
                 false
                 Suggestion
                 he
                 prevailed
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 serve
                 him
                 in
                 England
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 Engagement
                 to
                 both
                 Houses
                 not
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 Rebels
                 without
                 their
                 Concurrence
                 ,
                 made
                 a
                 Cessation
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 over
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 his
                 Army
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 who
                 being
                 encompassed
                 with
                 Difficulties
                 on
                 all
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 understanding
                 that
                 the
                 Queen
                 was
                 landing
                 with
                 a
                 considerable
                 Strength
                 at
                 Bridlington-Bay
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 York
                 ,
                 sent
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 their
                 Friends
                 in
                 Scotland
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 England
                 to
                 their
                 Assistance
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 timethe
                 King's
                 Army
                 besieged
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Glocester
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 there
                 in
                 Person
                 to
                 countenance
                 the
                 Siege
                 .
                 The
                 Besieged
                 made
                 a
                 vigorous
                 Defence
                 for
                 about
                 a
                 Month
                 ,
                 during
                 which
                 the
                 Parliament
                 took
                 care
                 to
                 recruit
                 their
                 Army
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 relieve
                 them
                 .
                 Their
                 Rendezvouz
                 was
                 appointed
                 on
                 Hounslow-heath
                 ,
                 whither
                 some
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 (
                 of
                 which
                 my
                 Father
                 was
                 one
                 )
                 were
                 sent
                 ,
                 to
                 inspect
                 their
                 Condition
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Wants
                 being
                 known
                 ,
                 
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 better
                 supplied
                 ;
                 who
                 found
                 them
                 a
                 very
                 shatter'd
                 and
                 broken
                 Body
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 City
                 being
                 then
                 very
                 affectionate
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 soon
                 recruited
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 forth
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Trained
                 Bands
                 and
                 Auxiliary
                 Regiments
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 them
                 up
                 a
                 gallant
                 Army
                 .
                 In
                 their
                 March
                 towards
                 Glocester
                 some
                 of
                 ours
                 fell
                 upon
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 at
                 Cirencester
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 they
                 took
                 many
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 seized
                 a
                 great
                 quantity
                 of
                 Provisions
                 which
                 they
                 found
                 prepared
                 for
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 our
                 Approach
                 raised
                 the
                 Siege
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 having
                 relieved
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 was
                 marching
                 back
                 again
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 perceived
                 the
                 Enemy
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 get
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 London
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 falling
                 upon
                 his
                 Rear
                 with
                 a
                 strong
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 they
                 so
                 disordered
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 retarded
                 the
                 March
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 sound
                 himself
                 obliged
                 to
                 engage
                 them
                 at
                 Newbury
                 .
                 The
                 Dispute
                 was
                 very
                 hot
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 the
                 better
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 Men
                 resolving
                 to
                 carry
                 their
                 point
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 City-Regiments
                 behaving
                 themselves
                 with
                 great
                 Bravery
                 ,
                 gave
                 them
                 before
                 Night
                 so
                 little
                 cause
                 to
                 boast
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 they
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 permit
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 London
                 without
                 interruption
                 .
                 Few
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 taken
                 on
                 either
                 side
                 :
                 The
                 Enemy
                 had
                 several
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 killed
                 ;
                 the
                 principal
                 of
                 whom
                 were
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Carnarvan
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Sunderland
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Falkland
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 French
                 Marquiss
                 .
                 We
                 lost
                 a
                 Colonel
                 of
                 one
                 
                 of
                 the
                 City-Regiments
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 some
                 inferiour
                 Officers
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 Duty
                 ,
                 withdrew
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 met
                 together
                 ,
                 but
                 never
                 did
                 any
                 thing
                 considerable
                 for
                 the
                 King's
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 shewed
                 themselves
                 so
                 little
                 willing
                 to
                 assume
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Queen
                 (
                 a
                 Copy
                 whereof
                 was
                 afterwards
                 found
                 amongst
                 his
                 Papers
                 )
                 called
                 them
                 his
                 
                   Mongrel
                   Parliament
                
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 received
                 a
                 Commission
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 raise
                 Forces
                 in
                 the
                 associated
                 Counties
                 of
                 
                   Suffolk
                   ,
                   Norfolk
                   ,
                   Essex
                   ,
                   Cambridg
                   ,
                   Huntington
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 which
                 was
                 very
                 necessary
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 Master
                 of
                 all
                 Places
                 of
                 Strength
                 from
                 Berwick
                 to
                 Boston
                 ,
                 except
                 Hull
                 and
                 two
                 small
                 Castles
                 in
                 Lincolnshire
                 ;
                 and
                 Ferdinando
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Field
                 against
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 was
                 retired
                 with
                 his
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 to
                 Hull
                 :
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Strength
                 in
                 the
                 North
                 no
                 way
                 inferiour
                 to
                 what
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 and
                 none
                 considerable
                 enough
                 to
                 oppose
                 their
                 March
                 into
                 the
                 South
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 upon
                 advice
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 of
                 Parham
                 had
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Gainsborough
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 sent
                 his
                 Brother
                 Col.
                 Cavendish
                 ,
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 to
                 summon
                 it
                 ,
                 himself
                 
                 marching
                 after
                 with
                 the
                 Foot.
                 Col.
                 
                   Oliver
                   Cromwell
                
                 having
                 notice
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 understanding
                 by
                 fresh
                 Experience
                 that
                 Victory
                 is
                 not
                 always
                 obtained
                 by
                 the
                 greater
                 Number
                 ,
                 having
                 lately
                 defeated
                 near
                 Grantham
                 twenty
                 four
                 Troops
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 with
                 seven
                 Troops
                 only
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 Gainsborough
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 twelve
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 marched
                 thither
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 found
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 drawn
                 up
                 near
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 than
                 thrice
                 his
                 Number
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 way
                 to
                 attack
                 them
                 but
                 through
                 a
                 Gate
                 ,
                 and
                 up-hill
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 which
                 Disadvantages
                 he
                 adventured
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 Dispute
                 totally
                 routed
                 them
                 ,
                 killing
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 amongst
                 them
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cavendish
                 .
                 Thus
                 was
                 Gainsborough
                 relieved
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Conquerors
                 had
                 little
                 time
                 to
                 rejoice
                 ,
                 for
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 hours
                 the
                 routed
                 Enemy
                 rallying
                 ,
                 and
                 joining
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 
                 Newcastle's
                 Army
                 ,
                 marched
                 against
                 them
                 :
                 Upon
                 which
                 they
                 retreated
                 to
                 Lincoln
                 that
                 night
                 in
                 good
                 order
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 Loss
                 ,
                 facing
                 the
                 Enemy
                 with
                 three
                 Troops
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 as
                 they
                 drew
                 off
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 Lincoln
                 not
                 being
                 defensible
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 marched
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 to
                 Boston
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 join
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 his
                 new-rais'd
                 Forces
                 had
                 very
                 seasonably
                 reduced
                 Lynn
                 ,
                 a
                 Town
                 in
                 Norfolk
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 naturally
                 strong
                 ,
                 and
                 might
                 have
                 proved
                 impregnable
                 ,
                 if
                 Time
                 
                 had
                 favoured
                 Art
                 and
                 Industry
                 to
                 have
                 fortified
                 and
                 furnished
                 it
                 with
                 Provisions
                 .
                 But
                 Sir
                 
                   Hammond
                   Lestrange
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 before
                 surprized
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 soon
                 surprized
                 himself
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 suddenly
                 summoned
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 ,
                 and
                 threatned
                 with
                 a
                 Storm
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 fired
                 a
                 few
                 great
                 Shot
                 against
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 ,
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 surrender
                 it
                 upon
                 Articles
                 .
                 From
                 thence
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 marched
                 to
                 Boston
                 ,
                 where
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 command
                 under
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 brought
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 by
                 Sea
                 from
                 Hull
                 ,
                 he
                 mustered
                 about
                 six
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 thirty
                 seven
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 .
                 To
                 prevent
                 any
                 further
                 addition
                 to
                 his
                 Forces
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 advanced
                 with
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 a
                 strong
                 Detachment
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 towards
                 Boston
                 ,
                 appearing
                 by
                 their
                 Standards
                 to
                 be
                 eighty
                 seven
                 Troops
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Henderson
                
                 an
                 old
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 who
                 hearing
                 that
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 was
                 drawn
                 out
                 towards
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 made
                 haste
                 to
                 engage
                 him
                 before
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 with
                 the
                 Foot
                 could
                 march
                 up
                 ,
                 as
                 accordingly
                 it
                 fell
                 out
                 at
                 a
                 place
                 called
                 Winsby-field
                 near
                 Horn-castle
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 first
                 shock
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 had
                 his
                 Horse
                 kill'd
                 under
                 him
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Encounter
                 was
                 but
                 short
                 ,
                 tho
                 very
                 sharp
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 being
                 Field-room
                 enough
                 ,
                 the
                 Fight
                 lasted
                 but
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 an
                 hour
                 before
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Newcastle's
                 Forces
                 were
                 totally
                 routed
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 killed
                 :
                 
                 amongst
                 them
                 the
                 Lord
                 Widdrington
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Ingram
                   Hopton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 had
                 no
                 time
                 to
                 rally
                 ,
                 being
                 pursued
                 by
                 ours
                 almost
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 Lincoln
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 fourteen
                 Miles
                 off
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 Pursuit
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 killed
                 and
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Horse
                 and
                 Arms
                 taken
                 .
                 Neither
                 were
                 they
                 suffered
                 to
                 rest
                 at
                 Lincoln
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 marching
                 thither
                 the
                 day
                 following
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Enemies
                 broken
                 Troops
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 fortisy
                 the
                 higher
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 called
                 
                   the
                   Close
                
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 not
                 quite
                 finished
                 their
                 Works
                 when
                 the
                 Earl
                 arrived
                 ,
                 and
                 summoned
                 them
                 to
                 surrender
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 resusing
                 ,
                 our
                 Foot
                 and
                 Horse
                 fell
                 on
                 and
                 took
                 it
                 by
                 storm
                 ,
                 with
                 little
                 loss
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 a
                 considerable
                 Party
                 in
                 Kent
                 rose
                 and
                 declared
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 dispersed
                 by
                 some
                 Forces
                 sent
                 from
                 London
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 Col.
                 Brown
                 ;
                 whereby
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 Kent
                 were
                 encouraged
                 and
                 enabled
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 good
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Father
                 apprehending
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 not
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 relieved
                 in
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Months
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 I
                 were
                 besieged
                 ;
                 and
                 knowing
                 that
                 the
                 Enemies
                 were
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 about
                 twenty
                 Miles
                 from
                 any
                 of
                 our
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 procured
                 an
                 Order
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 impowering
                 me
                 to
                 slight
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Warder
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 saw
                 cause
                 :
                 which
                 Care
                 of
                 theirs
                 quickned
                 my
                 Zeal
                 
                 to
                 their
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 me
                 upon
                 endeavouring
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 to
                 prepare
                 for
                 the
                 worst
                 .
                 To
                 that
                 end
                 being
                 in
                 want
                 of
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 Southampton
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 bought
                 what
                 they
                 could
                 spare
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 ;
                 where
                 being
                 in
                 great
                 want
                 of
                 Money
                 ,
                 having
                 always
                 paid
                 the
                 Country
                 People
                 for
                 whatsoever
                 I
                 had
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 made
                 a
                 seasonable
                 Discovery
                 of
                 Money
                 ,
                 Plate
                 and
                 Jewels
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 value
                 of
                 about
                 twelve
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 walled
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 Part
                 of
                 this
                 Sum
                 I
                 expended
                 upon
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 an
                 account
                 thereof
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 was
                 now
                 beginning
                 to
                 draw
                 about
                 us
                 ,
                 yet
                 would
                 not
                 actually
                 besiege
                 us
                 before
                 they
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 reduce
                 us
                 by
                 Treachery
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 one
                 Capt.
                 White
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 of
                 Dorsetshire
                 ,
                 having
                 found
                 a
                 Boy
                 at
                 Shaftsbury
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 purpose
                 ,
                 gave
                 him
                 such
                 Instructions
                 as
                 he
                 thought
                 fit
                 :
                 He
                 was
                 not
                 above
                 twelve
                 Years
                 of
                 Age
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 afterwards
                 informed
                 ,
                 had
                 already
                 attempted
                 to
                 poison
                 his
                 Grandfather
                 .
                 This
                 Boy
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 to
                 desire
                 of
                 me
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 to
                 turn
                 the
                 Spit
                 ,
                 or
                 perform
                 any
                 other
                 servile
                 Employment
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 consented
                 ,
                 his
                 Youth
                 freeing
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 thought
                 ,
                 from
                 any
                 Suspicion
                 .
                 About
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 after
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 appeared
                 before
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 a
                 great
                 shout
                 ,
                 the
                 Cattle
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 about
                 forty
                 Cows
                 and
                 one
                 Bull
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 all
                 followed
                 ,
                 ran
                 away
                 at
                 the
                 Noise
                 :
                 Some
                 of
                 us
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 turn
                 them
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Enemy
                 fired
                 so
                 thick
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Souldiers
                 and
                 my self
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 betake
                 our selves
                 to
                 a
                 Tree
                 for
                 shelter
                 ;
                 where
                 my
                 Souldier
                 levelling
                 his
                 Musquet
                 through
                 a
                 hole
                 of
                 the
                 Tree
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 about
                 a
                 Foot
                 in
                 diameter
                 ,
                 a
                 Ball
                 from
                 the
                 Enemy
                 grazing
                 upon
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Hole
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 forced
                 downwards
                 ,
                 shot
                 the
                 young
                 Man
                 through
                 the
                 Hand
                 ,
                 and
                 me
                 into
                 the
                 Leg
                 ,
                 which
                 obliged
                 me
                 to
                 keep
                 my
                 bed
                 for
                 two
                 days
                 .
                 A
                 great
                 Wall-gun
                 called
                 a
                 
                   Harquebuz
                   de
                   Croq
                
                 being
                 fired
                 from
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 burst
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 .
                 At
                 night
                 as
                 this
                 Boy
                 was
                 sitting
                 with
                 the
                 Guard
                 by
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 conceived
                 a
                 Jealousy
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 strictly
                 examining
                 him
                 about
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 coming
                 ,
                 he
                 affirmed
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 because
                 the
                 Master
                 whom
                 he
                 served
                 had
                 used
                 him
                 cruelly
                 for
                 speaking
                 some
                 Words
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 With
                 which
                 Answer
                 they
                 not
                 being
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 threatned
                 that
                 unless
                 he
                 would
                 confess
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 hang
                 him
                 immediately
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 afright
                 him
                 ,
                 tied
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Match
                 about
                 his
                 Neck
                 ,
                 and
                 began
                 to
                 pull
                 him
                 up
                 on
                 a
                 Halbert
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 he
                 promised
                 to
                 confess
                 all
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 spare
                 his
                 Life
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 acknowledged
                 that
                 Capt.
                 White
                 had
                 hired
                 him
                 to
                 number
                 the
                 Men
                 and
                 Arms
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 to
                 poison
                 the
                 Arms
                 ,
                 the
                 Well
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Beer
                 ,
                 to
                 blow
                 up
                 the
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 to
                 steal
                 away
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 best
                 Horses
                 ,
                 to
                 carry
                 him
                 back
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 which
                 Service
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 receive
                 half
                 a
                 Crown
                 :
                 confessing
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 accordingly
                 
                 poisoned
                 two
                 Cannon
                 and
                 the
                 Harquebuz
                 that
                 was
                 broken
                 ,
                 but
                 pretended
                 that
                 his
                 Conscience
                 would
                 not
                 give
                 him
                 leave
                 to
                 poison
                 the
                 Water
                 and
                 the
                 Beer
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 Guns
                 were
                 made
                 serviceable
                 again
                 by
                 oiling
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 a
                 fire
                 in
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Poison
                 he
                 used
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 red
                 Colour
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 Candle
                 ,
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 rubbed
                 three
                 of
                 our
                 Guns
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 Deliverance
                 we
                 got
                 in
                 some
                 Cattle
                 for
                 our
                 Provision
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Enemy
                 drawing
                 into
                 the
                 Villages
                 about
                 us
                 ,
                 soon
                 prevented
                 us
                 from
                 bringing
                 in
                 any
                 more
                 :
                 Yet
                 we
                 ventured
                 one
                 Morning
                 ,
                 knowing
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 Market-day
                 ,
                 to
                 draw
                 out
                 between
                 forty
                 and
                 fifty
                 Pikes
                 and
                 Firelocks
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 we
                 went
                 about
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 Mile
                 from
                 the
                 Castle
                 upon
                 the
                 Road
                 that
                 leads
                 to
                 Shaftsbury
                 .
                 According
                 to
                 our
                 expectation
                 the
                 Market-people
                 came
                 with
                 Carts
                 and
                 Horses
                 loaded
                 with
                 Corn
                 and
                 other
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 seized
                 and
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 paying
                 for
                 it
                 the
                 Market-price
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 a
                 little
                 surprized
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 we
                 furnished
                 our selves
                 with
                 three
                 Months
                 more
                 Provision
                 than
                 we
                 had
                 before
                 ;
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 taken
                 in
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Enemy
                 drew
                 round
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 that
                 time
                 blocked
                 us
                 up
                 more
                 closely
                 ,
                 raising
                 a
                 Breastwork
                 by
                 casting
                 up
                 of
                 Earth
                 about
                 a
                 Tree
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 cut
                 down
                 on
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 a
                 Hill
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 commanded
                 the
                 Gate
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 the
                 only
                 way
                 that
                 we
                 had
                 to
                 sally
                 out
                 upon
                 occasion
                 ,
                 and
                 shot
                 several
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 amongst
                 the
                 rest
                 
                 my
                 Gunner
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 fetched
                 in
                 Wood.
                 The
                 Person
                 that
                 commanded
                 the
                 Party
                 which
                 lay
                 before
                 us
                 was
                 one
                 Capt.
                 
                   Christopher
                   Bowyer
                
                 of
                 Dorsetshire
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 to
                 get
                 us
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 proposed
                 to
                 grant
                 us
                 what
                 terms
                 we
                 desired
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 we
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 designed
                 to
                 discharge
                 our
                 Duty
                 by
                 keeping
                 it
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 we
                 could
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 he
                 threatned
                 us
                 with
                 great
                 Numbers
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 attended
                 with
                 several
                 pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 said
                 were
                 drawing
                 towards
                 us
                 ,
                 boasting
                 of
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 his
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 representing
                 to
                 us
                 the
                 Greatness
                 of
                 our
                 Danger
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 inevitable
                 Ruin
                 that
                 must
                 ensue
                 upon
                 our
                 Obstinacy
                 :
                 But
                 Capt.
                 Bean
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 served
                 as
                 Cannoneer
                 ,
                 ours
                 being
                 shot
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ,
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 afrighted
                 with
                 his
                 Menaces
                 ;
                 but
                 upon
                 confidence
                 of
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 our
                 Cause
                 ,
                 were
                 resolved
                 to
                 defend
                 the
                 Place
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 ;
                 and
                 warning
                 him
                 to
                 look
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 fired
                 a
                 Gun
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 wounded
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 Heel
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 being
                 unsafe
                 for
                 any
                 to
                 carry
                 him
                 off
                 by
                 day
                 ,
                 his
                 Wound
                 gangreened
                 before
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 died
                 about
                 two
                 days
                 after
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 Capt.
                 Bowyer
                 one
                 Col.
                 Barnes
                 was
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Forces
                 that
                 lay
                 before
                 us
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 Brother
                 to
                 an
                 honest
                 Gentleman
                 who
                 was
                 Chaplain
                 to
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 for
                 whose
                 sake
                 ,
                 and
                 because
                 he
                 had
                 the
                 Reputation
                 of
                 being
                 an
                 old
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 a
                 thing
                 much
                 valued
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 my
                 Father
                 had
                 procured
                 him
                 a
                 considerable
                 Employment
                 
                 in
                 their
                 Service
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 continued
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 their
                 constant
                 Pay
                 lasted
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 failing
                 ,
                 he
                 ran
                 away
                 to
                 the
                 King.
                 Upon
                 his
                 coming
                 he
                 raised
                 a
                 Fort
                 within
                 Musquet-shot
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 Hill
                 that
                 surrounded
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 except
                 only
                 on
                 the
                 West-side
                 ,
                 where
                 was
                 a
                 Pond
                 of
                 about
                 six
                 Acres
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Out-houses
                 ,
                 but
                 used
                 them
                 only
                 by
                 night
                 ,
                 not
                 thinking
                 it
                 safe
                 to
                 come
                 at
                 them
                 by
                 day
                 ;
                 which
                 we
                 observing
                 ,
                 one
                 Evening
                 conveyed
                 forty
                 Men
                 through
                 a
                 Vault
                 leading
                 to
                 those
                 Houses
                 ,
                 ordering
                 them
                 to
                 lie
                 private
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavour
                 to
                 surprize
                 them
                 when
                 they
                 came
                 ;
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 effected
                 ,
                 if
                 one
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 order
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 entrance
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 fired
                 his
                 Pistol
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 given
                 warning
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 .
                 The
                 Man
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 this
                 Disappointment
                 was
                 deprived
                 of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 Arms
                 till
                 he
                 should
                 attempt
                 something
                 for
                 the
                 redeeming
                 of
                 his
                 Reputation
                 ;
                 which
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 Sally
                 we
                 made
                 on
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 we
                 took
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 some
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 How
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 killed
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 learn
                 :
                 On
                 our
                 side
                 some
                 were
                 wounded
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 one
                 died
                 soon
                 after
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Kinsman
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 related
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Cottington
                 ,
                 was
                 sent
                 from
                 Oxford
                 to
                 offer
                 me
                 what
                 Terms
                 I
                 would
                 desire
                 .
                 I
                 permitted
                 him
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 ,
                 that
                 seeing
                 our
                 Strength
                 and
                 Provision
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 make
                 his
                 Report
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Enemy
                 to
                 our
                 Advantage
                 :
                 For
                 things
                 were
                 fo
                 ordered
                 by
                 removing
                 our
                 Guards
                 from
                 place
                 to
                 place
                 ,
                 filling
                 up
                 our
                 Hogsheads
                 with
                 empty
                 Barrels
                 ,
                 and
                 covering
                 them
                 with
                 Beef
                 and
                 Pork
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 ordering
                 our
                 Corn
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 thing
                 appeared
                 double
                 ,
                 to
                 what
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Substance
                 of
                 the
                 Conditions
                 I
                 proposed
                 was
                 :
                 That
                 if
                 I
                 understood
                 from
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 relieve
                 us
                 within
                 six
                 Months
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 then
                 deliver
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 upon
                 condition
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 made
                 a
                 Garison
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Parliament
                 should
                 have
                 two
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 for
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 expended
                 in
                 the
                 taking
                 and
                 keeping
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 carried
                 to
                 Oxford
                 with
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 we
                 never
                 had
                 any
                 Return
                 from
                 him
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 neither
                 indeed
                 did
                 we
                 expect
                 any
                 .
                 Our
                 Beer
                 was
                 now
                 spent
                 ,
                 our
                 Corn
                 much
                 diminished
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 Drink
                 but
                 the
                 Water
                 of
                 our
                 Well
                 ,
                 which
                 tho
                 we
                 drunk
                 dry
                 by
                 day
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 was
                 sufficiently
                 supplied
                 every
                 night
                 .
                 But
                 being
                 resolved
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Castle
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 we
                 could
                 ,
                 we
                 shortned
                 our
                 Allowance
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 three
                 Pecks
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 of
                 Wheat
                 one
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Bushel
                 of
                 Barley
                 another
                 ,
                 served
                 near
                 a
                 hundred
                 Men
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 all
                 our
                 Force
                 ,
                 my
                 Troop
                 being
                 sent
                 away
                 before
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Conveniency
                 for
                 Horse
                 :
                 This
                 Allowance
                 was
                 so
                 short
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 caused
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Horses
                 we
                 had
                 taken
                 to
                 be
                 killed
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 eat
                 up
                 in
                 two
                 days
                 ,
                 besides
                 their
                 Ordinary
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Forces
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 distressed
                 Protestants
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 being
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 neglected
                 ,
                 as
                 hath
                 been
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 brought
                 into
                 England
                 to
                 serve
                 against
                 those
                 who
                 raised
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Pacification
                 made
                 with
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Order
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 Promise
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 full
                 Enjoyment
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 gotten
                 from
                 the
                 English
                 by
                 Rapine
                 and
                 Murder
                 ;
                 part
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 came
                 out
                 of
                 Ireland
                 landed
                 at
                 Chester
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 before
                 Nantwich
                 :
                 they
                 were
                 commanded
                 by
                 one
                 Capt.
                 Sandford
                 ,
                 Brother
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Sandford
                
                 ,
                 a
                 worthy
                 Person
                 of
                 Grays-Inn
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 solemnly
                 promised
                 never
                 to
                 engage
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 Yet
                 did
                 he
                 send
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 threatning
                 Summons
                 to
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 seconded
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 most
                 furious
                 Assault
                 ,
                 whilst
                 the
                 Works
                 were
                 but
                 slenderly
                 defended
                 ,
                 the
                 Guard
                 consisting
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 Townsmen
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 then
                 gone
                 to
                 dinner
                 :
                 But
                 it
                 so
                 happened
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Boy
                 of
                 the
                 Age
                 of
                 fifteen
                 firing
                 a
                 Musquet
                 from
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 shot
                 him
                 dead
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 which
                 discouraged
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 from
                 any
                 farther
                 Attempt
                 .
              
               
                 Col.
                 
                   George
                   Monk
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 into
                 Ireland
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 scrupled
                 to
                 quit
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 engage
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 being
                 upon
                 that
                 account
                 secured
                 on
                 Ship-board
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 whilst
                 he
                 sent
                 those
                 Forces
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 lest
                 
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 obstructed
                 their
                 going
                 over
                 ;
                 yet
                 having
                 afterwards
                 his
                 liberty
                 to
                 wait
                 on
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 prevailed
                 with
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 taken
                 Prisoner
                 by
                 a
                 Party
                 from
                 Yorkshire
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ,
                 who
                 sent
                 him
                 Prisoner
                 to
                 Hull
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 some
                 time
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 conveyed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
                 of
                 London
                 .
                 Another
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Forces
                 from
                 Ireland
                 landed
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 and
                 marched
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 Hinden
                 towards
                 Warder-Castle
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 besiege
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Person
                 whom
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 dispossess
                 was
                 a
                 Protestant
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 into
                 whose
                 hands
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 put
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 they
                 mutinied
                 against
                 their
                 Offcers
                 ,
                 and
                 refused
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 against
                 us
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Queen
                 landed
                 with
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 French
                 ,
                 Walloons
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Foreigners
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 with
                 her
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Money
                 ,
                 procured
                 by
                 pawning
                 the
                 Crown-Jewels
                 in
                 Holland
                 .
                 With
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 Forces
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 marched
                 to
                 besiege
                 Hull
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Place
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                   Ferdinando
                   Fairfax
                
                 was
                 Governour
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Seamen
                 belonging
                 to
                 some
                 Ships
                 that
                 lay
                 in
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 made
                 so
                 fierce
                 a
                 Sally
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 quit
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Guns
                 ,
                 and
                 withdraw
                 to
                 a
                 greater
                 distance
                 ,
                 leaving
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 behind
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 some
                 were
                 killed
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 Col.
                 Overton
                 carried
                 himself
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 well
                 informed
                 ,
                 with
                 much
                 Honour
                 and
                 Gallantry
                 in
                 this
                 Action
                 .
                 This
                 bad
                 Success
                 so
                 dispirited
                 
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 abandoned
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 and
                 retired
                 to
                 York
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 also
                 the
                 approach
                 of
                 Winter
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Preparations
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 a
                 little
                 contribute
                 :
                 For
                 the
                 Parliaments
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 had
                 at
                 length
                 agreed
                 upon
                 Terms
                 ,
                 and
                 removed
                 the
                 last
                 and
                 greatest
                 Difficulty
                 ,
                 consisting
                 in
                 some
                 doubtful
                 Words
                 in
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 by
                 both
                 Nations
                 ,
                 concerning
                 
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   the
                   King's
                   Person
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   reducing
                   the
                   Doctrine
                   and
                   Discipline
                   of
                   both
                   Churches
                   to
                   the
                   Pattern
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   Reformed
                   :
                
                 For
                 which
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Vane
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 found
                 out
                 an
                 Expedient
                 ,
                 by
                 adding
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 Clause
                 these
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 words
                 ,
                 
                   In
                   preservation
                   of
                   the
                   Laws
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   Liberty
                   of
                   the
                   Subject
                
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Word
                   of
                   God.
                
                 Which
                 being
                 an
                 Explanation
                 that
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 refused
                 ,
                 prevented
                 any
                 farther
                 Contestation
                 about
                 that
                 Matter
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 Enemy
                 by
                 cruel
                 Usage
                 put
                 a
                 period
                 to
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 my
                 Brother
                 Capt.
                 
                   Robert
                   Ludlow
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 their
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 before
                 related
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Danger
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 ,
                 so
                 afflicted
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 his
                 constant
                 Labours
                 in
                 the
                 publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 possibly
                 his
                 Dissatisfaction
                 about
                 the
                 Imprisonment
                 of
                 his
                 good
                 Friend
                 Mr.
                 
                   Henry
                   Martin
                
                 ,
                 for
                 Words
                 spoken
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 conceived
                 ,
                 in
                 discharge
                 of
                 his
                 Duty
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 died
                 ,
                 expressing
                 himself
                 deeply
                 sensible
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Condition
                 of
                 the
                 bleeding
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 heartily
                 praying
                 for
                 the
                 Prosperity
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 .
                 The
                 Words
                 spoken
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Martin
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 better
                 one
                 Family
                 should
                 perish
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 the
                 People
                 should
                 be
                 destroyed
                 :
                 And
                 being
                 required
                 to
                 explain
                 himself
                 ,
                 he
                 ingenuously
                 confessed
                 that
                 he
                 meant
                 the
                 Family
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 for
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 but
                 afterwards
                 released
                 ,
                 and
                 re-admitted
                 to
                 his
                 Place
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 About
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Pym
                
                 also
                 died
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 very
                 instrumental
                 in
                 promoting
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 :
                 His
                 Body
                 was
                 for
                 several
                 days
                 exposed
                 to
                 publick
                 view
                 in
                 Derby-house
                 before
                 it
                 was
                 interred
                 ,
                 in
                 confutation
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 reported
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 eaten
                 with
                 Lice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Enemy
                 before
                 Warder-Castle
                 kept
                 their
                 Guards
                 within
                 Pistol-shot
                 of
                 it
                 day
                 and
                 night
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 expect
                 any
                 more
                 Intelligence
                 from
                 abroad
                 ;
                 yet
                 one
                 of
                 ours
                 sent
                 by
                 us
                 into
                 the
                 Country
                 a
                 Week
                 before
                 ,
                 to
                 informs
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 met
                 ,
                 at
                 an
                 honest
                 Man's
                 House
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 a
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 pressed
                 to
                 serve
                 them
                 ;
                 whose
                 Heart
                 being
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 these
                 two
                 agreed
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 Relief
                 should
                 be
                 coming
                 ,
                 he
                 who
                 was
                 without
                 should
                 appear
                 with
                 a
                 white
                 Cap
                 on
                 his
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 blow
                 his
                 Nose
                 with
                 his
                 Handkerchief
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 raised
                 a
                 Battery
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 a
                 shot
                 from
                 thence
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 Chain
                 of
                 our
                 Portcullis
                 ,
                 which
                 rendring
                 
                 our
                 Gate
                 unserviceable
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 made
                 it
                 so
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 barricading
                 it
                 up
                 on
                 the
                 inside
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 now
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 way
                 out
                 but
                 through
                 a
                 Window
                 ,
                 our
                 other
                 Doors
                 being
                 walled
                 up
                 before
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Battery
                 not
                 answering
                 their
                 expectation
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 try
                 other
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 digging
                 a
                 Hole
                 in
                 the
                 Castle-wall
                 ,
                 and
                 putting
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 Powder
                 therein
                 to
                 blow
                 it
                 up
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 undermining
                 the
                 said
                 Wall
                 ,
                 and
                 supporting
                 it
                 with
                 Timber
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 setting
                 it
                 on
                 fire
                 :
                 whereby
                 they
                 supposed
                 to
                 destroy
                 that
                 also
                 on
                 which
                 the
                 Wall
                 rested
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 bring
                 down
                 the
                 Wall.
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 this
                 they
                 prepared
                 Materials
                 to
                 defend
                 them
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 about
                 the
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 together
                 about
                 two
                 dozen
                 of
                 Oaken
                 Plants
                 three
                 Inches
                 thick
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 endeavoured
                 in
                 a
                 dark
                 Night
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 against
                 the
                 Castle-wall
                 ,
                 half
                 of
                 them
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 .
                 Our
                 Sentinels
                 discovered
                 them
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 beat
                 them
                 off
                 ,
                 forcing
                 them
                 to
                 leave
                 their
                 Boards
                 behind
                 them
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 they
                 set
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 were
                 hard
                 at
                 work
                 under
                 their
                 Shelter
                 .
                 We
                 heard
                 a
                 noise
                 of
                 digging
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 could
                 not
                 perceive
                 where
                 :
                 at
                 length
                 we
                 discovered
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 remove
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 throwing
                 down
                 hot
                 Water
                 and
                 melted
                 Lead
                 ,
                 tho
                 to
                 little
                 purpose
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 with
                 Hand-granadoes
                 we
                 obliged
                 them
                 to
                 quit
                 their
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 leave
                 their
                 Tools
                 behind
                 them
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Provisions
                 for
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 tho
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 way
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 but
                 by
                 a
                 narrow
                 Window
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 brought
                 in
                 their
                 Materials
                 and
                 Provisions
                 :
                 for
                 that
                 Morning
                 having
                 shot
                 the
                 Officer
                 that
                 commanded
                 their
                 Guard
                 in
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 their
                 Trenches
                 not
                 being
                 finished
                 to
                 secure
                 their
                 Approaches
                 to
                 the
                 Out-houses
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 shelter
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 kept
                 their
                 Guard
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 admonished
                 by
                 what
                 befel
                 Capt.
                 Bowyer
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 danger
                 of
                 delaying
                 to
                 dress
                 a
                 Wound
                 ,
                 they
                 desired
                 leave
                 to
                 carry
                 off
                 their
                 wounded
                 Man
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 granted
                 on
                 condition
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 commit
                 no
                 Act
                 of
                 Hostility
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 :
                 And
                 when
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 of
                 them
                 who
                 carried
                 him
                 off
                 were
                 about
                 Pistol-shot
                 from
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 I
                 appeared
                 with
                 forty
                 Musqueteers
                 ready
                 to
                 fire
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Men
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Window
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ,
                 who
                 brought
                 in
                 their
                 Materials
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Relation
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 one
                 Capt.
                 
                   Henry
                   Williams
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 a
                 Company
                 in
                 Colonel
                 Barns
                 his
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 desiring
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 consenting
                 ,
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 me
                 to
                 a
                 Surrender
                 ,
                 offering
                 me
                 any
                 Conditions
                 I
                 would
                 ask
                 ;
                 but
                 his
                 Arguments
                 made
                 no
                 Impression
                 upon
                 me
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 encourage
                 his
                 Friends
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 to
                 rise
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 sent
                 them
                 a
                 Commisiion
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 by
                 the
                 Lady
                 Aubogny
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 brought
                 made
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Hair
                 of
                 her
                 Head
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Design
                 being
                 discovered
                 ,
                 she
                 sled
                 for
                 Resuge
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 
                 Ambassador
                 ;
                 who
                 refusing
                 to
                 deliver
                 her
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Vane
                
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Lisle
                
                 ,
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 with
                 a
                 Guard
                 to
                 seize
                 her
                 ,
                 pretending
                 his
                 Privilege
                 ,
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 being
                 informed
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Knowles
                
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 bloody
                 Massacre
                 at
                 Paris
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 King's
                 Secretaries
                 who
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 Reformed
                 Religion
                 flying
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Ambassador's
                 House
                 for
                 Protection
                 ,
                 and
                 disguizing
                 himself
                 amongst
                 the
                 Grooms
                 ,
                 was
                 forced
                 〈◊〉
                 thence
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Command
                 ,
                 ordered
                 this
                 Lady
                 to
                 be
                 treated
                 in
                 the
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 accordingly
                 .
                 Hereupon
                 an
                 Order
                 was
                 passed
                 for
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 engaged
                 in
                 this
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Thomson
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Challoner
                 were
                 found
                 guilty
                 ,
                 and
                 executed
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Hotham
                
                 and
                 his
                 Son
                 were
                 also
                 condemned
                 to
                 lose
                 their
                 Heads
                 for
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 betray
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Hull
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 which
                 Sentence
                 was
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 upon
                 the
                 Son
                 the
                 1
                 st
                 of
                 January
                 ,
                 1643.
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 Father
                 the
                 day
                 following
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Alexander
                   Carew
                
                 was
                 also
                 beheaded
                 for
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 betray
                 Plimouth
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 entrusted
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 16
                 th
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 January
                 the
                 Scots
                 marched
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 Berwick
                 secured
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 thing
                 they
                 attempted
                 was
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 by
                 storm
                 :
                 The
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 for
                 their
                 Encouragement
                 having
                 sentenced
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 execution
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 upon
                 
                   William
                   Laud
                
                 Archbishop
                 
                 of
                 Canterbury
                 ,
                 their
                 Capital
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 o●
                 the
                 10
                 th
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Month.
                 
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 being
                 reinforced
                 with
                 some
                 City-Regiments
                 ,
                 thought
                 himself
                 strong
                 enough
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 field
                 :
                 and
                 because
                 the
                 Western
                 Clothiers
                 were
                 often
                 obstructed
                 in
                 their
                 Passage
                 to
                 London
                 by
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Basinghouse
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 kept
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 he
                 attempted
                 to
                 reduce
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 repulsed
                 with
                 loss
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 he
                 marched
                 to
                 Arundel
                 in
                 Sussex
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 soon
                 beat
                 the
                 King's
                 Garison
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 into
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 some
                 Men
                 ,
                 was
                 surrendred
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 therein
                 ,
                 at
                 Mercy
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 January
                 Sir
                 William
                 assured
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 we
                 held
                 out
                 a
                 Fortnight
                 longer
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 relieve
                 us
                 ,
                 or
                 lay
                 his
                 Bones
                 under
                 our
                 Walls
                 .
                 We
                 had
                 also
                 some
                 hopes
                 given
                 us
                 from
                 Southampton
                 and
                 Pool
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 of
                 which
                 Places
                 about
                 this
                 time
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 betray
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Crawford
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Design
                 being
                 discovered
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 entring
                 the
                 Outworks
                 ,
                 and
                 expecting
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 some
                 great
                 Guns
                 loaded
                 with
                 small
                 Shot
                 were
                 fired
                 upon
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 a
                 great
                 Slaughter
                 amongst
                 them
                 .
                 Between
                 these
                 two
                 Garisons
                 of
                 Southampton
                 and
                 Pool
                 lay
                 my
                 Troop
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 Service
                 they
                 could
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 favour
                 our
                 Relief
                 :
                 where
                 my
                 Cornet
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Major
                 
                   William
                   Ludlow
                
                 ,
                 was
                 shot
                 through
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 into
                 the
                 Thigh
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Horse
                 in
                 two
                 places
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 from
                 an
                 Ambuscade
                 ;
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 Southampton
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Wounds
                 searched
                 ,
                 the
                 Bullet
                 that
                 went
                 in
                 at
                 his
                 Belly
                 was
                 found
                 at
                 the
                 Chine
                 of
                 his
                 Back
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 the
                 Wastband
                 of
                 his
                 Breeches
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 cut
                 out
                 ,
                 he
                 wonderfully
                 recovered
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 serviceable
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 encourage
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 Pool
                 and
                 Southampton
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 our
                 Relief
                 ,
                 I
                 sent
                 them
                 word
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 have
                 seven
                 or
                 eight
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 to
                 gratify
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 was
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 with
                 what
                 I
                 had
                 remaining
                 of
                 the
                 Plate
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 found
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Closets
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 Towards
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Winter
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 King's
                 Forces
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Battery
                 which
                 had
                 fired
                 against
                 us
                 for
                 two
                 Months
                 had
                 done
                 no
                 great
                 execution
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Col.
                 Barns
                 was
                 more
                 employed
                 in
                 plundering
                 the
                 Country
                 than
                 in
                 advancing
                 the
                 King's
                 Service
                 ,
                 sent
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 with
                 a
                 further
                 Supply
                 of
                 Men
                 to
                 reduce
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 him
                 an
                 Engineer
                 to
                 undermine
                 the
                 Castle
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 forced
                 the
                 Miners
                 of
                 Meinshup
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 .
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 we
                 heard
                 the
                 noise
                 of
                 their
                 Digging
                 ,
                 we
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 countermine
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Castle
                 Walls
                 being
                 joined
                 with
                 an
                 entire
                 Wall
                 at
                 the
                 Foundation
                 ,
                 the
                 Morter
                 whereof
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 tempered
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 harder
                 than
                 the
                 Stones
                 themselves
                 ,
                 we
                 could
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 break
                 
                 through
                 it
                 .
                 Our
                 Medicines
                 were
                 now
                 spent
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Chirurgeon
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 eight
                 of
                 his
                 Brothers
                 served
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 in
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 shot
                 through
                 the
                 Body
                 and
                 disabled
                 ,
                 tho
                 the
                 Bullet
                 gl●ncing
                 missed
                 the
                 Vitals
                 .
                 One
                 of
                 his
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 with
                 another
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 adventured
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Window
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 procure
                 some
                 means
                 for
                 his
                 Recovery
                 ,
                 whilst
                 some
                 of
                 ours
                 by
                 Discourses
                 ,
                 firing
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 Noise
                 ,
                 drew
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 safely
                 passed
                 their
                 Guards
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 honest
                 Man's
                 House
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 met
                 again
                 that
                 Friend
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 pressed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 serve
                 them
                 ,
                 remained
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 serve
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 received
                 from
                 him
                 a
                 Letter
                 directed
                 to
                 us
                 from
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Friends
                 ,
                 encouraging
                 us
                 to
                 hold
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 promising
                 us
                 Relief
                 within
                 ten
                 days
                 :
                 of
                 whose
                 Approach
                 this
                 our
                 Friend
                 undertook
                 to
                 give
                 us
                 notice
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 signs
                 before
                 agreed
                 on
                 .
                 Our
                 Messengers
                 having
                 furnished
                 themselves
                 with
                 what
                 they
                 went
                 for
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 us
                 with
                 this
                 good
                 News
                 ,
                 this
                 poor
                 honest
                 Man
                 having
                 drawn
                 off
                 the
                 Sentinel
                 by
                 whom
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 pass
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 ten
                 days
                 being
                 expired
                 ,
                 and
                 ten
                 more
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 tidings
                 of
                 Relief
                 ,
                 our
                 Provisions
                 wasting
                 ,
                 I
                 observed
                 a
                 great
                 Silence
                 amongst
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 desirous
                 to
                 know
                 whether
                 our
                 Friend
                 were
                 upon
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 learn
                 of
                 him
                 what
                 he
                 knew
                 ,
                 we
                 took
                 occasion
                 from
                 their
                 Silence
                 to
                 desire
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 alive
                 they
                 
                 would
                 make
                 some
                 Noise
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 speak
                 :
                 which
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 doing
                 by
                 blowing
                 his
                 Nose
                 ,
                 we
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 further
                 Discovery
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 told
                 him
                 he
                 did
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 Sleeve
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 a
                 Handkerchief
                 ,
                 he
                 by
                 this
                 time
                 understanding
                 our
                 meaning
                 ,
                 appeared
                 in
                 sight
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 his
                 Handkerchief
                 blew
                 his
                 Nose
                 again
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 by
                 Signs
                 and
                 Words
                 to
                 inform
                 us
                 of
                 our
                 Condition
                 ,
                 digging
                 in
                 the
                 Wall
                 of
                 the
                 Stable
                 ,
                 and
                 laying
                 the
                 Stones
                 in
                 order
                 ;
                 then
                 discoursing
                 with
                 two
                 of
                 his
                 Fellows
                 ,
                 he
                 challenged
                 them
                 to
                 play
                 at
                 Football
                 with
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 the
                 next
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 the
                 day
                 after
                 ;
                 saying
                 to
                 them
                 aloud
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 hear
                 ,
                 If
                 I
                 beat
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 I
                 fear
                 not
                 the
                 second
                 .
                 Tho
                 we
                 supposed
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 Danger
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 admonish
                 us
                 of
                 was
                 the
                 Mine
                 ;
                 yet
                 for
                 the
                 more
                 clear
                 discovery
                 thereof
                 ,
                 we
                 laid
                 a
                 train
                 of
                 Powder
                 upon
                 the
                 Castle-wall
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 by
                 signs
                 signified
                 to
                 us
                 to
                 be
                 what
                 he
                 intended
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 were
                 mistaken
                 in
                 the
                 Interpretation
                 of
                 his
                 second
                 Action
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 concluded
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 represent
                 to
                 us
                 a
                 speedy
                 Relief
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 could
                 hold
                 out
                 against
                 the
                 first
                 ;
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 indeed
                 another
                 Mine
                 prepared
                 to
                 spring
                 immediately
                 after
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 afterwards
                 found
                 ,
                 tho
                 we
                 never
                 had
                 the
                 happiness
                 to
                 see
                 or
                 speak
                 with
                 the
                 poor
                 Man
                 more
                 .
                 I
                 received
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 in
                 Chief
                 before
                 us
                 ,
                 wherein
                 taking
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 Relation
                 between
                 our
                 Families
                 ,
                 he
                 expressed
                 himself
                 ready
                 
                 to
                 do
                 me
                 any
                 friendly
                 Office
                 ,
                 and
                 advised
                 me
                 to
                 a
                 timely
                 Delivery
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 lest
                 by
                 refusing
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 I
                 should
                 bring
                 my
                 Blood
                 upon
                 my
                 own
                 head
                 .
                 In
                 my
                 Answer
                 I
                 acknowledged
                 his
                 Civility
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 entrusted
                 with
                 the
                 Custody
                 of
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 cheerfully
                 lay
                 down
                 my
                 Lise
                 in
                 discharge
                 of
                 the
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 me
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 only
                 in
                 my
                 Defence
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 and
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 cautioned
                 him
                 how
                 he
                 proceeded
                 any
                 farther
                 in
                 assaulting
                 us
                 ,
                 left
                 he
                 should
                 thereby
                 contract
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 more
                 innocent
                 Blood.
                 His
                 Letter
                 with
                 my
                 Answer
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 as
                 appeared
                 by
                 the
                 weekly
                 News-paper
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 printed
                 from
                 that
                 of
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 which
                 Aulicus
                 published
                 to
                 shew
                 my
                 
                   Opiniatreté
                   ,
                   Britannicus
                
                 my
                 Fidelity
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 two
                 Nights
                 following
                 we
                 all
                 continued
                 upon
                 the
                 Guard
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 Thursday
                 Morning
                 ,
                 being
                 very
                 weary
                 ,
                 I
                 lay
                 down
                 and
                 slept
                 till
                 between
                 ten
                 or
                 eleven
                 of
                 the
                 Clock
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 time
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 great
                 Guns
                 firing
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 shook
                 the
                 Match
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 left
                 burning
                 for
                 the
                 springing
                 of
                 the
                 Mine
                 into
                 the
                 Powder
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Mine
                 springing
                 I
                 was
                 lifted
                 up
                 with
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 Floor
                 ,
                 with
                 much
                 Dust
                 suddenly
                 about
                 me
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 laid
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 found
                 both
                 the
                 Doors
                 of
                 my
                 Chamber
                 blown
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Window
                 towards
                 
                 the
                 Enemy
                 blown
                 down
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 a
                 Cart
                 might
                 have
                 entred
                 at
                 the
                 Breach
                 .
                 The
                 Party
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 prepared
                 to
                 storm
                 us
                 lay
                 at
                 some
                 distance
                 ,
                 to
                 secure
                 themselves
                 from
                 any
                 hurt
                 by
                 the
                 springing
                 of
                 the
                 Mine
                 :
                 but
                 that
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 they
                 made
                 haste
                 to
                 storm
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 might
                 easily
                 do
                 at
                 my
                 Window
                 ,
                 the
                 Rubbish
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 having
                 made
                 them
                 a
                 way
                 almost
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 Those
                 who
                 stormed
                 on
                 my
                 side
                 were
                 the
                 Irish
                 yellow
                 Coats
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Capt.
                 Leicester
                 .
                 My
                 Pistols
                 being
                 Wheel-locks
                 ,
                 and
                 wound
                 up
                 all
                 night
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 get
                 to
                 fire
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 trust
                 to
                 my
                 Sword
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 down
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 being
                 alone
                 in
                 the
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Relief
                 excluded
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 except
                 such
                 as
                 came
                 in
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Windows
                 that
                 looked
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 through
                 which
                 I
                 called
                 to
                 my
                 Men
                 there
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 them
                 with
                 my
                 condition
                 ,
                 and
                 requiring
                 them
                 to
                 hasten
                 to
                 my
                 Relief
                 .
                 Mr.
                 
                   Gabriel
                   Ludlow
                
                 my
                 Kinsman
                 not
                 only
                 came
                 himself
                 ,
                 but
                 ordered
                 others
                 to
                 my
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 placed
                 a
                 Ladder
                 under
                 the
                 Window
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 too
                 short
                 by
                 near
                 two
                 Yards
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Breach
                 where
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 enter
                 ,
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 times
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 his
                 Arms
                 and
                 himself
                 in
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 he
                 helped
                 in
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 more
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 ordered
                 to
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 Breach
                 and
                 the
                 Doors
                 with
                 the
                 Bed
                 ,
                 Chairs
                 ,
                 Table
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 were
                 next
                 at
                 hand
                 .
                 This
                 place
                 being
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 secured
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 see
                 what
                 
                 other
                 Breaches
                 had
                 been
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 their
                 Defence
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 one
                 in
                 the
                 Room
                 under
                 me
                 well
                 defended
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 Ground-room
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 ;
                 there
                 I
                 placed
                 a
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 ran
                 to
                 the
                 upper
                 Rooms
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 many
                 Doors
                 and
                 Windows
                 blown
                 open
                 ,
                 at
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 appointed
                 a
                 Guard
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 proportionable
                 to
                 the
                 Danger
                 .
                 From
                 thence
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 leaded
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 sex-angular
                 Figure
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Turret
                 upon
                 each
                 Angle
                 .
                 Two
                 of
                 these
                 were
                 blown
                 down
                 ,
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Leads
                 ,
                 behind
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 sheltered
                 themselves
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 remove
                 them
                 by
                 our
                 shot
                 ;
                 but
                 by
                 throwing
                 down
                 some
                 great
                 Stones
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 the
                 Mine
                 had
                 plentifully
                 furnished
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 killed
                 one
                 of
                 theirs
                 ,
                 and
                 wounded
                 some
                 others
                 .
                 Capt.
                 Leicester
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 sheltered
                 themselves
                 behind
                 this
                 Rubbish
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 leave
                 to
                 carry
                 off
                 the
                 wounded
                 Men
                 that
                 were
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 readily
                 granted
                 ,
                 letting
                 them
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 sought
                 not
                 their
                 Blood
                 ,
                 but
                 our
                 own
                 Defence
                 .
                 Soon
                 after
                 we
                 also
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 make
                 trial
                 of
                 their
                 Humanity
                 ;
                 for
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 Souldiers
                 being
                 buried
                 in
                 the
                 outward
                 Rubbish
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 alive
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 acquaint
                 me
                 with
                 his
                 Condition
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 desire
                 my
                 Help
                 :
                 Upon
                 which
                 I
                 desired
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 dig
                 him
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 him
                 Prisoner
                 ;
                 or
                 suffer
                 us
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 would
                 deliver
                 him
                 to
                 them
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 would
                 consent
                 to
                 neither
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 
                 I
                 told
                 them
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 used
                 them
                 so
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 permitted
                 them
                 to
                 carry
                 off
                 their
                 wounded
                 Men
                 ,
                 they
                 replied
                 ,
                 That
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 my
                 Favour
                 to
                 suffer
                 that
                 ,
                 yet
                 their
                 chief
                 Officer
                 would
                 not
                 permit
                 this
                 ,
                 The
                 poor
                 Man
                 lived
                 in
                 this
                 condition
                 near
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 through
                 most
                 barbarous
                 Usage
                 ,
                 being
                 denied
                 any
                 Relief
                 ,
                 he
                 died
                 .
                 We
                 lost
                 three
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 by
                 the
                 springing
                 of
                 the
                 Mine
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 rest
                 were
                 most
                 wonderfully
                 preserved
                 .
                 Our
                 Provision
                 of
                 Corn
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 the
                 rate
                 we
                 liv'd
                 would
                 have
                 lasted
                 three
                 Weeks
                 longer
                 ,
                 was
                 blown
                 up
                 ,
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 our
                 Ammunition
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 Provision
                 of
                 Flesh
                 being
                 for
                 about
                 four
                 days
                 ,
                 was
                 preserved
                 .
                 Whilst
                 this
                 lasted
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 advisable
                 ,
                 having
                 repulsed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 best
                 countenance
                 we
                 could
                 upon
                 our
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 hoping
                 by
                 so
                 doing
                 we
                 might
                 bring
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 give
                 us
                 the
                 better
                 Conditions
                 .
                 But
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 our
                 Minister
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 more
                 religious
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 till
                 that
                 time
                 had
                 carried
                 themselves
                 without
                 discovering
                 any
                 Fear
                 ,
                 pressed
                 me
                 very
                 earnestly
                 to
                 propose
                 a
                 Treaty
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 I
                 told
                 them
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 unseasonable
                 time
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ,
                 having
                 beat
                 off
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 Provisions
                 left
                 :
                 That
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 doubt
                 before
                 that
                 was
                 spent
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 good
                 Improvement
                 of
                 our
                 time
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 reasonable
                 terms
                 :
                 Whereas
                 if
                 we
                 should
                 now
                 desire
                 a
                 Treaty
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 conclude
                 our
                 Spirits
                 low
                 ,
                 our
                 Condition
                 desperate
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 so
                 hold
                 us
                 to
                 harder
                 terms
                 ,
                 or
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 give
                 us
                 none
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 They
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 refused
                 to
                 hearken
                 to
                 their
                 Proposal
                 ,
                 they
                 judged
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 Blood
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 spilt
                 in
                 further
                 Opposition
                 would
                 be
                 charged
                 upon
                 my
                 account
                 .
                 This
                 being
                 a
                 very
                 heavy
                 Charge
                 laid
                 on
                 me
                 by
                 Men
                 of
                 Age
                 and
                 Experience
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Integrity
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 very
                 good
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 I
                 durst
                 not
                 resist
                 any
                 longer
                 ,
                 by
                 balancing
                 my
                 Youth
                 and
                 little
                 Experience
                 against
                 their
                 Years
                 and
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 left
                 it
                 to
                 them
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 they
                 should
                 think
                 fit
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 assuring
                 me
                 they
                 would
                 rather
                 lose
                 their
                 Lives
                 than
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 without
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 promised
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 call
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 for
                 a
                 Parley
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 answer
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 they
                 moved
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 took
                 time
                 to
                 acquaint
                 their
                 Commander
                 in
                 Chief
                 with
                 it
                 .
                 His
                 Answer
                 was
                 ;
                 That
                 since
                 we
                 had
                 refused
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 him
                 whilst
                 the
                 Castle
                 was
                 whole
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 now
                 treat
                 with
                 us
                 .
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 forbear
                 letting
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Return
                 was
                 no
                 other
                 than
                 I
                 expected
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Motion
                 did
                 not
                 arise
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 consented
                 to
                 by
                 me
                 for
                 the
                 satisfaction
                 of
                 some
                 about
                 me
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 now
                 resolved
                 to
                 expose
                 themselves
                 with
                 me
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 Hazards
                 in
                 defence
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 without
                 demanding
                 any
                 Terms
                 again
                 ;
                 not
                 doubting
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 our
                 Lives
                 in
                 this
                 Service
                 ,
                 to
                 sell
                 them
                 at
                 a
                 good
                 rate
                 .
                 My
                 Friends
                 having
                 found
                 their
                 Advice
                 to
                 produce
                 no
                 other
                 effect
                 than
                 I
                 had
                 
                 foretold
                 ,
                 resolved
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 to
                 be
                 wholly
                 disposed
                 of
                 by
                 me
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 both
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 began
                 to
                 prepare
                 against
                 the
                 utmost
                 Extremity
                 .
                 None
                 of
                 ours
                 had
                 been
                 killed
                 by
                 the
                 Shot
                 during
                 the
                 Storm
                 ,
                 but
                 some
                 slightly
                 wounded
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Clothes
                 shot
                 through
                 ,
                 a
                 Bullet
                 from
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 pierced
                 my
                 Hat
                 close
                 by
                 my
                 Head.
                 The
                 Besiegers
                 had
                 ten
                 killed
                 by
                 Shot
                 and
                 Stones
                 in
                 the
                 Storm
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 wounded
                 :
                 Amongst
                 the
                 former
                 was
                 one
                 Hillsdeane
                 ,
                 who
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 he
                 expired
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 saw
                 his
                 Brother
                 fire
                 that
                 Musquet
                 by
                 which
                 he
                 received
                 his
                 mortal
                 Wound
                 ;
                 which
                 might
                 probably
                 be
                 ,
                 his
                 Brother
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 defended
                 that
                 Breach
                 where
                 he
                 ,
                 attempting
                 to
                 enter
                 ,
                 was
                 shot
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 so
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 justly
                 do
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 Man
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 his
                 Duty
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Defence
                 .
                 The
                 Silver
                 Plate
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 found
                 soon
                 after
                 we
                 were
                 close
                 besieged
                 ,
                 I
                 buried
                 in
                 the
                 Cellar
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Servants
                 .
                 On
                 Saturday
                 the
                 Enemy
                 began
                 to
                 converse
                 friendly
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Cessation
                 of
                 Acts
                 of
                 Hostility
                 being
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 a
                 Son
                 of
                 Col.
                 Barnes
                 ,
                 Capt.
                 Farmer
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Plott
                 ,
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 whom
                 I
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 to
                 be
                 related
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Cottington
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 me
                 to
                 surrender
                 the
                 Castle
                 before
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 other
                 Officers
                 ,
                 came
                 up
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 Breaches
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 conferred
                 together
                 :
                 and
                 they
                 earnestly
                 pressing
                 me
                 to
                 surrender
                 ,
                 
                 I
                 told
                 them
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 averse
                 to
                 it
                 upon
                 fitting
                 Terms
                 ;
                 for
                 had
                 not
                 those
                 who
                 owned
                 the
                 Castle
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 prejudice
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 I
                 presumed
                 it
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 taken
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 possessed
                 by
                 us
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 like
                 Inconveniences
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ;
                 against
                 which
                 conceiving
                 sufficient
                 provision
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 springing
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Mine
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 quit
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 liberty
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 the
                 next
                 Garison
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 with
                 our
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 else
                 we
                 had
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 .
                 They
                 replied
                 ,
                 They
                 could
                 not
                 answer
                 to
                 his
                 Majesty
                 the
                 giving
                 of
                 such
                 Conditions
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 having
                 lately
                 refused
                 to
                 receive
                 Arundel-Castle
                 from
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 upon
                 any
                 other
                 Terms
                 than
                 at
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 who
                 they
                 knew
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 in
                 a
                 much
                 better
                 state
                 of
                 Defence
                 than
                 we
                 were
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 pressed
                 us
                 to
                 deliver
                 our selves
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Condition
                 ,
                 promising
                 us
                 much
                 Favour
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 some
                 related
                 to
                 us
                 had
                 already
                 experienced
                 the
                 Favours
                 they
                 extended
                 to
                 their
                 Prisoners
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Compliance
                 of
                 those
                 at
                 Arundel
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 no
                 Precedent
                 to
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 unless
                 we
                 might
                 march
                 off
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 not
                 surrender
                 .
                 They
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 the
                 longer
                 I
                 held
                 out
                 the
                 worse
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 for
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Plott
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 since
                 informed
                 me
                 ,
                 had
                 prevailed
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 propose
                 this
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 earnestly
                 pressed
                 me
                 to
                 lay
                 hold
                 on
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 intimating
                 by
                 his
                 Words
                 and
                 Gestures
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 refused
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 another
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 resolving
                 to
                 defend
                 the
                 Place
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 our
                 Treaty
                 came
                 to
                 nothing
                 .
                 I
                 had
                 some
                 thoughts
                 of
                 charging
                 through
                 the
                 Enemy
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 force
                 our
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 nearest
                 of
                 our
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 presumed
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 effected
                 by
                 the
                 Morning
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 desperate
                 Condition
                 in
                 which
                 we
                 must
                 have
                 left
                 our
                 sick
                 and
                 wounded
                 Men
                 ,
                 diverted
                 me
                 from
                 putting
                 that
                 Design
                 in
                 execution
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 my
                 Souldiers
                 began
                 to
                 flag
                 ;
                 my
                 Gunsmith
                 desiring
                 leave
                 to
                 go
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 others
                 making
                 choice
                 of
                 one
                 amongst
                 them
                 to
                 speak
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 were
                 very
                 importunate
                 with
                 me
                 to
                 surrender
                 ;
                 with
                 which
                 expressing
                 my self
                 displeased
                 ,
                 I
                 acquainted
                 them
                 that
                 I
                 would
                 take
                 the
                 best
                 time
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 for
                 their
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 quieted
                 them
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 move
                 me
                 no
                 more
                 about
                 it
                 ;
                 yet
                 ceasing
                 not
                 to
                 complain
                 to
                 each
                 other
                 of
                 their
                 Wants
                 and
                 Hardships
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 became
                 acquainted
                 therewith
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 afterwards
                 told
                 me
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 Lord's-day
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 discoursed
                 with
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 who
                 were
                 upon
                 the
                 Leads
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 draw
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 thither
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Breaches
                 being
                 left
                 unguarded
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 take
                 us
                 by
                 storm
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 animate
                 our
                 Men
                 afresh
                 ,
                 and
                 succeeded
                 so
                 well
                 therein
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 by
                 our
                 Cheerfulness
                 began
                 to
                 suspect
                 that
                 we
                 had
                 some
                 notice
                 of
                 Relief
                 approaching
                 .
                 
                 This
                 Suspicion
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 continue
                 discoursing
                 with
                 my
                 Souldiers
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 Truth
                 out
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 promising
                 them
                 liberty
                 to
                 march
                 away
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 deliver
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 our
                 Minister
                 ,
                 or
                 my self
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 came
                 up
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Breaches
                 ,
                 to
                 perswade
                 us
                 to
                 surrender
                 ;
                 which
                 Opportunity
                 being
                 willing
                 to
                 improve
                 ,
                 having
                 ten
                 Doors
                 blown
                 open
                 by
                 the
                 first
                 Mine
                 ,
                 our
                 Walls
                 that
                 stood
                 being
                 cracked
                 in
                 several
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Mine
                 ready
                 to
                 spring
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 probably
                 level
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 with
                 the
                 Ground
                 ,
                 not
                 having
                 Provision
                 sufficient
                 for
                 one
                 day
                 left
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 hopes
                 of
                 Relief
                 ,
                 I
                 propounded
                 to
                 them
                 to
                 yield
                 my self
                 their
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 consent
                 that
                 those
                 with
                 me
                 might
                 march
                 off
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 they
                 answering
                 ,
                 That
                 tho
                 my
                 good
                 Nature
                 led
                 me
                 to
                 make
                 that
                 Offer
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 accept
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 I
                 told
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 unless
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 four
                 things
                 granted
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 deliver
                 the
                 Castle
                 .
                 1
                 st
                 .
                 Quarter
                 without
                 distinction
                 for
                 the
                 Lives
                 of
                 every
                 one
                 .
                 2
                 dly
                 .
                 Civil
                 Usage
                 for
                 all
                 my
                 Party
                 .
                 3
                 dly
                 .
                 Not
                 to
                 be
                 carried
                 to
                 Oxford
                 .
                 4
                 thly
                 .
                 A
                 speedy
                 Exchange
                 .
                 They
                 promised
                 me
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 all
                 these
                 made
                 good
                 to
                 the
                 full
                 ;
                 and
                 Col.
                 Barns
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 pleased
                 to
                 come
                 out
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 find
                 more
                 Friends
                 than
                 I
                 expected
                 :
                 whereupon
                 requiring
                 my
                 Men
                 to
                 be
                 upon
                 their
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 suffer
                 any
                 to
                 come
                 near
                 them
                 till
                 my
                 Return
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 out
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 
                 brought
                 me
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 without
                 the
                 Garden-wall
                 ,
                 where
                 my
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 was
                 agreed
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 good
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 was
                 pleased
                 further
                 to
                 add
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 he
                 preferred
                 my
                 Conversion
                 before
                 the
                 Enjoyment
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Children
                 ,
                 yet
                 if
                 I
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 persist
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 I
                 had
                 begun
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 do
                 his
                 utmost
                 to
                 endeavour
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 be
                 exchanged
                 for
                 his
                 two
                 Sons
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 then
                 Prisoners
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 convinced
                 that
                 the
                 Cause
                 I
                 had
                 engaged
                 in
                 was
                 not
                 good
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 soon
                 recede
                 from
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 till
                 then
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 but
                 persist
                 in
                 the
                 prosecution
                 thereof
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 glad
                 to
                 see
                 me
                 alive
                 ,
                 but
                 sorry
                 to
                 find
                 so
                 much
                 Resolution
                 employed
                 in
                 so
                 bad
                 a
                 Cause
                 .
                 I
                 let
                 him
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 my
                 Apprehensions
                 concerning
                 the
                 Cause
                 were
                 very
                 different
                 from
                 his
                 ,
                 else
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 hazarded
                 my self
                 as
                 I
                 had
                 done
                 .
                 He
                 also
                 promised
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 of
                 his
                 Power
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 my self
                 ,
                 that
                 whilst
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 Custody
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 no
                 other
                 Prison
                 but
                 his
                 own
                 Lodgings
                 .
                 Thus
                 all
                 things
                 being
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 I
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 my
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 directed
                 them
                 to
                 draw
                 together
                 into
                 a
                 certain
                 Room
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 set
                 a
                 Guard
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 gave
                 me
                 the
                 liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 upon
                 my
                 Parole
                 ,
                 offering
                 me
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 Company
                 
                 to
                 associate
                 with
                 me
                 :
                 whereupon
                 I
                 desired
                 that
                 my
                 Cousin
                 
                   Gabriel
                   Ludlow
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Servant
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 granted
                 .
                 Their
                 Civility
                 to
                 me
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 especially
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 discovered
                 to
                 him
                 the
                 Plate
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 hid
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 cannot
                 say
                 that
                 they
                 performed
                 their
                 Articles
                 with
                 me
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 my
                 Men
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 second
                 day
                 after
                 their
                 entrance
                 ,
                 they
                 threatned
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Lives
                 of
                 two
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 been
                 formerly
                 pressed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Consciences
                 not
                 giving
                 them
                 leave
                 to
                 serve
                 them
                 ,
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 besieged
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 have
                 liberty
                 to
                 range
                 and
                 oppress
                 the
                 Country
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 poor
                 Men
                 made
                 their
                 Condition
                 known
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 charged
                 them
                 with
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 breach
                 of
                 that
                 Article
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 were
                 to
                 have
                 all
                 our
                 Lives
                 secured
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 in
                 virtue
                 of
                 these
                 words
                 ,
                 
                   Quarter
                   without
                   distinction
                
                 .
                 Capt.
                 Leicester
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 principally
                 applied
                 my self
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 pretended
                 to
                 most
                 Experience
                 in
                 things
                 of
                 this
                 nature
                 ,
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 only
                 conditioned
                 for
                 my
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 these
                 who
                 ran
                 from
                 them
                 were
                 not
                 mine
                 ,
                 but
                 theirs
                 :
                 I
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 never
                 theirs
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 had
                 forced
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 pressed
                 them
                 into
                 their
                 Service
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 no
                 Power
                 to
                 do
                 ;
                 but
                 tho
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 granted
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 theirs
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 were
                 now
                 ours
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Article
                 were
                 ,
                 
                   Quarter
                   without
                   distinction
                
                 .
                 He
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 intended
                 to
                 have
                 these
                 included
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 particularly
                 named
                 them
                 .
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 needless
                 ,
                 every
                 Particular
                 being
                 included
                 in
                 the
                 Vniversal
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 suspected
                 such
                 Usage
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 died
                 before
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 delivered
                 the
                 Castle
                 them
                 .
                 He
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 disliked
                 the
                 Conditions
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 withdraw
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 me
                 as
                 they
                 found
                 me
                 .
                 I
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 seeing
                 they
                 were
                 now
                 acquainted
                 with
                 my
                 Necessities
                 ,
                 that
                 Proposition
                 was
                 as
                 unworthy
                 and
                 disingenuous
                 as
                 their
                 Interpretation
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 proceeded
                 to
                 Extremities
                 against
                 the
                 two
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Power
                 was
                 at
                 present
                 in
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 doubt
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 give
                 me
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 resent
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 fully
                 assured
                 that
                 He
                 would
                 do
                 it
                 himself
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 I
                 was
                 desired
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Sir
                 Francis
                 Doddington's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 at
                 a
                 Gentleman's
                 House
                 about
                 half
                 a
                 Mile
                 from
                 the
                 Castle
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 place
                 I
                 was
                 accompanied
                 by
                 one
                 Lieutenant
                 Elsing
                 ,
                 Brother
                 to
                 the
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 that
                 name
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 free
                 Debate
                 concerning
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 our
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Evil
                 of
                 their
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 those
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 had
                 returned
                 and
                 drawn
                 their
                 Swords
                 against
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 raised
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 his
                 case
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 so
                 convinced
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 what
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 he
                 took
                 the
                 first
                 opportunity
                 he
                 could
                 find
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Glocester
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 employed
                 ,
                 and
                 behaved
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 advanced
                 to
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 in
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Foot
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 Capacity
                 he
                 went
                 afterwards
                 into
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 lost
                 his
                 Life
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 .
                 Having
                 received
                 notice
                 that
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 was
                 sitting
                 upon
                 the
                 two
                 Souldiers
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 that
                 they
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 find
                 some
                 Pretext
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 our
                 Minister
                 ,
                 I
                 sent
                 to
                 admonish
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 careful
                 to
                 preserve
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 innocent
                 Blood
                 ;
                 putting
                 them
                 in
                 mind
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 proceeded
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 breach
                 of
                 their
                 Faith
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 expect
                 to
                 account
                 for
                 it
                 at
                 another
                 time
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Message
                 one
                 Capt.
                 Bishop
                 observing
                 them
                 to
                 persist
                 in
                 their
                 bloody
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 withdrew
                 from
                 the
                 Council
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 from
                 the
                 Party
                 .
                 But
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   '
                   Doddington
                
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Leicester
                 so
                 ordered
                 the
                 matter
                 at
                 the
                 Council
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 two
                 Souldiers
                 were
                 condemned
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 persidiously
                 executed
                 .
                 They
                 also
                 discovered
                 all
                 imaginable
                 Malice
                 against
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 ,
                 but
                 finding
                 no
                 colour
                 to
                 proceed
                 against
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 publick
                 way
                 ,
                 they
                 sell
                 upon
                 a
                 more
                 secret
                 and
                 baser
                 Method
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 his
                 Life
                 ;
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 sending
                 three
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 broke
                 in
                 upon
                 him
                 whilst
                 he
                 was
                 at
                 Prayer
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 rising
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 looking
                 steddily
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 observing
                 them
                 to
                 stand
                 still
                 ,
                 demanded
                 of
                 them
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 
                 their
                 coming
                 ,
                 who
                 standing
                 some
                 time
                 with
                 Horror
                 and
                 Confusion
                 in
                 their
                 Faces
                 ,
                 after
                 some
                 Conference
                 with
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 confessed
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 destroy
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 they
                 found
                 a
                 Superiour
                 Power
                 restraining
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 convincing
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 Wickedness
                 of
                 their
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 offering
                 to
                 convey
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 for
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 desire
                 .
                 He
                 thanked
                 them
                 for
                 their
                 Kindness
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 unwilling
                 they
                 should
                 hazard
                 themselves
                 for
                 his
                 sake
                 ,
                 desired
                 only
                 some
                 sew
                 Necessaries
                 ,
                 the
                 Weather
                 being
                 cold
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 in
                 great
                 want
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 readily
                 furnished
                 him
                 with
                 .
                 Soon
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 carried
                 away
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 our
                 Garison
                 sent
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 express
                 Words
                 of
                 the
                 third
                 Article
                 of
                 our
                 Capitulation
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 pretending
                 to
                 a
                 positive
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 so
                 doing
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 having
                 dispatched
                 some
                 Affairs
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 took
                 me
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 our
                 way
                 thither
                 shewed
                 me
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 ,
                 desiring
                 him
                 to
                 use
                 all
                 means
                 possible
                 to
                 draw
                 me
                 to
                 their
                 Party
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 by
                 making
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Arguments
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 to
                 prove
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 their
                 Cause
                 ,
                 the
                 Probability
                 of
                 their
                 Success
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Inconsiderableness
                 of
                 our
                 Strength
                 in
                 all
                 Parts
                 ,
                 accompanying
                 them
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Incouragements
                 imaginable
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 Night
                 of
                 our
                 Journey
                 we
                 lay
                 at
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                 Awbery's
                 of
                 Chalk
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 met
                 with
                 Dr.
                 Earl
                 and
                 young
                 
                 Mr.
                 Gataker
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 design
                 to
                 convert
                 me
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Gataker
                 rather
                 chid
                 than
                 argued
                 with
                 me
                 :
                 Dr.
                 Earl
                 accused
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 endeavouring
                 the
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 desiring
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 appear
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 abolishing
                 Episcopacy
                 we
                 took
                 away
                 all
                 Encouragement
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 Men
                 would
                 not
                 send
                 their
                 Sons
                 to
                 the
                 University
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 not
                 some
                 hopes
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 attain
                 to
                 that
                 Preferment
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 much
                 more
                 honest
                 for
                 such
                 Men
                 to
                 train
                 up
                 their
                 Children
                 at
                 the
                 Plow
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 certainly
                 provided
                 with
                 a
                 Livelihood
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 spend
                 their
                 Time
                 and
                 Money
                 to
                 advance
                 them
                 to
                 an
                 Office
                 ,
                 pretended
                 to
                 be
                 spiritual
                 ,
                 and
                 instituted
                 for
                 spiritual
                 Ends
                 ,
                 upon
                 such
                 a
                 sordid
                 Principle
                 and
                 Consideration
                 .
                 Sir
                 Francis
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 conceived
                 ,
                 ashamed
                 of
                 the
                 Doctor
                 's
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 the
                 Conversation
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 we
                 went
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 tho
                 multitudes
                 of
                 People
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Streets
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Inn
                 where
                 I
                 was
                 lodged
                 ,
                 no
                 Person
                 offered
                 me
                 the
                 least
                 Incivility
                 ,
                 tho
                 I
                 took
                 the
                 liberty
                 in
                 my
                 Chamber
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 our
                 Cause
                 in
                 the
                 Presence
                 of
                 forty
                 or
                 fifty
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Penruddock
                
                 ,
                 High
                 Sheriff
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 ,
                 having
                 confined
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 to
                 the
                 County-Goal
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 prepare
                 himself
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 executed
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 Expressions
                 of
                 Kindness
                 desired
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 any
                 
                 Extremity
                 I
                 would
                 send
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 assuring
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 wished
                 me
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 his
                 own
                 Children
                 ,
                 and
                 promising
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 ride
                 Night
                 and
                 Day
                 to
                 serve
                 me
                 .
                 This
                 poor
                 Gentleman
                 was
                 so
                 unhappy
                 ,
                 during
                 his
                 Shrievalty
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 two
                 of
                 his
                 Nephews
                 ,
                 presuming
                 upon
                 their
                 Uncle's
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 pressing
                 through
                 his
                 Guards
                 ,
                 killed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 having
                 given
                 Order
                 that
                 none
                 should
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 pass
                 without
                 a
                 strict
                 Examination
                 .
                 In
                 our
                 way
                 to
                 Winchester
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Fisher
                 ,
                 an
                 Acquaintance
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 then
                 an
                 Officer
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 ,
                 saluted
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 enquiring
                 how
                 I
                 did
                 ,
                 I
                 answered
                 him
                 ,
                 As
                 well
                 as
                 one
                 could
                 be
                 in
                 my
                 condition
                 ;
                 he
                 thereupon
                 replying
                 ,
                 Why
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 they
                 use
                 you
                 civilly
                 ,
                 do
                 they
                 not
                 ?
                 Yes
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 very
                 civilly
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 over-hearing
                 him
                 ,
                 took
                 it
                 so
                 ill
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 immediately
                 disarmed
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 too
                 bold
                 ,
                 to
                 call
                 in
                 question
                 the
                 Usage
                 of
                 his
                 Prisoner
                 .
                 Being
                 arrived
                 at
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 I
                 staid
                 at
                 an
                 Inn
                 till
                 a
                 private
                 Lodging
                 was
                 provided
                 for
                 Sir
                 Francis
                 ,
                 at
                 whose
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Promise
                 ,
                 I
                 lodged
                 ,
                 whilst
                 in
                 his
                 Custody
                 .
                 Most
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 about
                 the
                 Town
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 at
                 the
                 Inn
                 ,
                 several
                 of
                 them
                 pressing
                 me
                 to
                 discourse
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 concerning
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 our
                 Cause
                 :
                 I
                 excused
                 my self
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 my
                 present
                 Circumstances
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 still
                 persisting
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 my self
                 obliged
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 our
                 taking
                 up
                 Arms
                 in
                 defence
                 of
                 our
                 Religion
                 and
                 Liberties
                 ;
                 but
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 being
                 
                 wholly
                 biassed
                 to
                 their
                 Interest
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 went
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 met
                 a
                 Relation
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 one
                 Col.
                 
                   Richard
                   Manning
                
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 tho
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 commanded
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 came
                 from
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 boldest
                 Rebels
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 ever
                 seen
                 .
                 The
                 Colonel
                 coming
                 to
                 visit
                 me
                 ,
                 informed
                 me
                 of
                 this
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 advising
                 me
                 ,
                 whatsoever
                 I
                 thought
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 free
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 do
                 me
                 some
                 Mischief
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 before
                 our
                 Departure
                 for
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 brought
                 me
                 to
                 Sir
                 Ralph
                 Hopton's
                 Lodgings
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 the
                 Head-quarters
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 there
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 that
                 Army
                 ;
                 where
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 saluted
                 me
                 ,
                 demanded
                 how
                 I
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 could
                 satisfy
                 my self
                 to
                 bear
                 Arms
                 against
                 my
                 King
                 :
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 conceived
                 ,
                 the
                 Laws
                 both
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 Man
                 did
                 justify
                 me
                 in
                 what
                 I
                 had
                 done
                 .
                 Well
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 understand
                 you
                 are
                 so
                 fixed
                 in
                 your
                 Principles
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 like
                 to
                 do
                 little
                 good
                 upon
                 you
                 by
                 my
                 Perswasions
                 ;
                 but
                 shall
                 desire
                 the
                 Archbishop
                 of
                 Armagh
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 come
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 cannot
                 work
                 on
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 who
                 can
                 .
                 This
                 Bishop
                 was
                 very
                 learned
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 great
                 Reputation
                 for
                 Piety
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 was
                 assured
                 by
                 one
                 who
                 had
                 his
                 Information
                 from
                 Mr.
                 Bernard
                 of
                 Batcomb
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 the
                 said
                 Mr.
                 Bernard
                 earnestly
                 pressed
                 him
                 to
                 deal
                 faithfully
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 the
                 Controversy
                 which
                 was
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 
                 concerning
                 Episcopacy
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Judgment
                 in
                 that
                 matter
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 knew
                 to
                 be
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 representing
                 to
                 him
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 important
                 Service
                 he
                 would
                 thereby
                 do
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 Archbishop
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 do
                 as
                 Mr.
                 Bernard
                 proposed
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 ruin
                 himself
                 and
                 Family
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 Child
                 and
                 many
                 Debts
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 reason
                 those
                 Arguments
                 which
                 could
                 not
                 prevail
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 when
                 used
                 by
                 others
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 more
                 Efficacy
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 a
                 business
                 of
                 such
                 Concernment
                 had
                 been
                 diverted
                 from
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 his
                 Duty
                 by
                 such
                 low
                 and
                 sordid
                 Considerations
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 conducted
                 by
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 commanded
                 by
                 one
                 who
                 was
                 Captain
                 Lieutenant
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 ,
                 where
                 reposing
                 a
                 while
                 at
                 a
                 House
                 near
                 Christ-Church
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Pleasure
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 might
                 be
                 known
                 concerning
                 me
                 ,
                 there
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 two
                 Persons
                 very
                 zealous
                 to
                 justify
                 the
                 King's
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 condemn
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 These
                 Men
                 were
                 Irish
                 Papists
                 ,
                 sent
                 over
                 by
                 the
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 on
                 their
                 part
                 ,
                 about
                 assisting
                 him
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 This
                 I
                 afterwards
                 understood
                 from
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 whose
                 Name
                 was
                 
                   Callaghan
                   O
                   Callaghan
                
                 ,
                 when
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Brigade
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Musquerry
                 ,
                 he
                 laid
                 down
                 his
                 Arms
                 to
                 me
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 looking
                 upon
                 such
                 Men
                 as
                 most
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 confided
                 in
                 ,
                 gives
                 the
                 Presidentship
                 of
                 Munster
                 ,
                 
                 vacant
                 by
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   St.
                   Leger
                
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Musquerry
                 ,
                 an
                 Irish
                 Rebel
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 ,
                 Son-in-law
                 to
                 Sir
                 William
                 ,
                 soliciting
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 claiming
                 a
                 Right
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 took
                 so
                 ill
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghill
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 since
                 informed
                 me
                 ,
                 found
                 no
                 great
                 difficulty
                 to
                 prevail
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 declare
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 thereupon
                 made
                 him
                 their
                 President
                 of
                 Munster
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Capacity
                 he
                 performed
                 many
                 considerable
                 Services
                 against
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 taking
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 Plunder
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 sparing
                 even
                 his
                 own
                 Kindred
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 he
                 found
                 them
                 faulty
                 ,
                 hanging
                 them
                 up
                 without
                 distinction
                 .
                 Having
                 brought
                 together
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 he
                 marched
                 into
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Tipperary
                 ,
                 and
                 hearing
                 that
                 many
                 Priests
                 and
                 Gentry
                 about
                 Cashell
                 had
                 retired
                 with
                 their
                 Goods
                 into
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 he
                 stormed
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 entred
                 ,
                 put
                 three
                 thousand
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 taking
                 the
                 Priests
                 even
                 from
                 under
                 the
                 Altar
                 :
                 Of
                 such
                 Force
                 is
                 Ambition
                 when
                 it
                 seizes
                 upon
                 the
                 Minds
                 of
                 Men.
                 
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Deering
                
                 came
                 from
                 the
                 King's
                 Quarters
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 and
                 surrendred
                 himself
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ;
                 where
                 being
                 examined
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 the
                 Cessation
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 seeing
                 so
                 many
                 Papists
                 and
                 Irish
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Councils
                 wholly
                 governed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 his
                 Conscience
                 would
                 not
                 permit
                 him
                 to
                 remain
                 longer
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 was
                 come
                 to
                 throw
                 himself
                 upon
                 the
                 
                 Mercy
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 conformity
                 to
                 their
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 to
                 compound
                 for
                 his
                 Delinquency
                 .
                 Accordingly
                 he
                 was
                 admitted
                 to
                 Composition
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Order
                 made
                 to
                 proceed
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 towards
                 such
                 as
                 should
                 come
                 in
                 after
                 him
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Westmorland
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 others
                 ,
                 came
                 in
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 their
                 Declaration
                 for
                 Composition
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 I
                 was
                 attending
                 the
                 King's
                 Pleasure
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 the
                 Captain
                 that
                 conveyed
                 me
                 thither
                 brought
                 me
                 word
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 deliver
                 me
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Thorpe
                 the
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ;
                 and
                 pretending
                 much
                 Affection
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 said
                 Keeper
                 would
                 take
                 from
                 me
                 my
                 upper
                 Garment
                 ,
                 my
                 Money
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 loose
                 about
                 me
                 ,
                 advising
                 me
                 therefore
                 to
                 leave
                 such
                 things
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 promising
                 to
                 bring
                 them
                 to
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 :
                 I
                 not
                 suspecting
                 his
                 Design
                 ,
                 delivered
                 him
                 my
                 Cloke
                 ,
                 with
                 my
                 Money
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 all
                 which
                 he
                 carried
                 away
                 with
                 him
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 ;
                 neither
                 could
                 I
                 have
                 any
                 Redress
                 ,
                 tho
                 I
                 wrote
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 ,
                 complaining
                 of
                 this
                 Treachery
                 ,
                 the
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 not
                 laying
                 the
                 least
                 Claim
                 to
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 Our
                 sick
                 and
                 wounded
                 Men
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 kept
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 Prisoners
                 in
                 the
                 Hall
                 of
                 Warder-Castle
                 ,
                 where
                 a
                 Popish
                 Priest
                 very
                 solemnly
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 Hands
                 spread
                 over
                 them
                 ,
                 cursed
                 them
                 three
                 times
                 ,
                 were
                 carried
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 Bristol
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Castle
                 at
                 Oxford
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 other
                 Friends
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 with
                 me
                 in
                 Warder-Castle
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 more
                 who
                 were
                 detained
                 there
                 for
                 their
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 amongst
                 whom
                 were
                 Col.
                 Shilborn
                 of
                 Buckinghamshire
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Henly
                 of
                 Dorsetshire
                 ,
                 Capt.
                 Haley
                 of
                 Glocestershire
                 ,
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Abercromy
                 a
                 Scots-man
                 .
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 Friend
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 who
                 furnished
                 me
                 with
                 what
                 I
                 wanted
                 :
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 not
                 any
                 such
                 means
                 of
                 Relief
                 ,
                 were
                 supplied
                 from
                 London
                 by
                 a
                 Collection
                 of
                 the
                 Sum
                 of
                 three
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 made
                 for
                 them
                 by
                 some
                 Citizens
                 ,
                 and
                 conveyed
                 down
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 Neither
                 was
                 Oxford
                 it self
                 destitute
                 of
                 some
                 who
                 contributed
                 to
                 their
                 Relief
                 ;
                 one
                 Dr.
                 Hobbs
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 who
                 preached
                 then
                 at
                 Carfax
                 ,
                 an
                 honest
                 Man
                 of
                 the
                 Episcopal
                 Party
                 ,
                 usually
                 putting
                 them
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 it
                 after
                 his
                 Sermon
                 .
                 The
                 Prisoners
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 had
                 been
                 treated
                 very
                 cruelly
                 ,
                 especially
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 by
                 Smith
                 the
                 Marshal
                 there
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 that
                 deserted
                 their
                 Trust
                 at
                 Westminster
                 coming
                 thither
                 ,
                 and
                 sitting
                 in
                 Council
                 there
                 ,
                 having
                 not
                 quite
                 lost
                 the
                 Affections
                 of
                 English-men
                 ,
                 took
                 the
                 examination
                 of
                 that
                 Affair
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 suspended
                 Smith
                 from
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 his
                 Office
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 should
                 give
                 Satisfaction
                 concerning
                 those
                 things
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 accused
                 .
                 They
                 committed
                 the
                 Management
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 to
                 one
                 Thorp
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Number
                 to
                 enquire
                 concerning
                 our
                 Usage
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Smith
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 by
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 offered
                 me
                 the
                 liberty
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 lodg
                 where
                 I
                 pleased
                 therein
                 ,
                 upon
                 my
                 Parole
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 true
                 Prisoner
                 :
                 but
                 demanding
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 whether
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 I
                 accepted
                 his
                 Offer
                 ,
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 liberty
                 to
                 visit
                 my
                 Friends
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 when
                 I
                 thought
                 fit
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 answering
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 allowed
                 ,
                 I
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 be
                 confined
                 with
                 my
                 Friends
                 than
                 at
                 liberty
                 with
                 my
                 Enemies
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 his
                 Promise
                 of
                 procuring
                 my
                 Exchange
                 for
                 his
                 two
                 Sons
                 ,
                 earnestly
                 solicited
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 great
                 Sufferer
                 for
                 his
                 Service
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 positively
                 refused
                 to
                 grant
                 his
                 Request
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 use
                 of
                 Children
                 .
                 The
                 Lady
                 Byron
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 me
                 to
                 procure
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 Prisoner
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 exchanged
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 me
                 to
                 my
                 Mother
                 then
                 at
                 London
                 ,
                 about
                 it
                 ;
                 who
                 soliciting
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 our
                 General
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ,
                 was
                 desired
                 by
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 trouble
                 her self
                 any
                 more
                 therein
                 ,
                 assuring
                 her
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 as
                 careful
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 his
                 own
                 Son.
                 A
                 Person
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Stradling
                
                 came
                 also
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 an
                 Exchange
                 between
                 us
                 ,
                 telling
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 promised
                 that
                 nothing
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 before
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Stradling
                
                 and
                 Col.
                 Lunsford
                 were
                 exchanged
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Willmot
                 sent
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 to
                 acquaint
                 me
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 procured
                 a
                 Grant
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 exchanged
                 for
                 Sir
                 
                   Hugh
                   Pollard
                
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 would
                 write
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 
                 with
                 the
                 Proposal
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 send
                 it
                 by
                 a
                 Trumpeter
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 judging
                 this
                 Exchange
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 unequal
                 ,
                 Sir
                 Hugh
                 being
                 a
                 Person
                 much
                 esteemed
                 for
                 his
                 Interest
                 and
                 Experience
                 ,
                 proposed
                 in
                 my
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 General
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 put
                 some
                 other
                 Person
                 with
                 me
                 into
                 the
                 Balance
                 against
                 him
                 .
                 Whilst
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Answer
                 ,
                 we
                 received
                 Advice
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Foot
                 that
                 lay
                 before
                 Newark
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Meldrum
                
                 ,
                 a
                 worthy
                 Scots-man
                 ,
                 were
                 defeated
                 and
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 by
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 :
                 But
                 this
                 Loss
                 was
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 recompensed
                 by
                 a
                 Victory
                 obtained
                 at
                 Cherington
                 in
                 Hampshire
                 ,
                 by
                 our
                 Forces
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 against
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 .
                 The
                 Numbers
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 were
                 very
                 near
                 equal
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Success
                 had
                 been
                 doubtful
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 totally
                 routed
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 to
                 flight
                 :
                 And
                 had
                 good
                 use
                 been
                 made
                 of
                 this
                 Victory
                 ,
                 the
                 Controversy
                 had
                 soon
                 been
                 decided
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 were
                 not
                 yet
                 so
                 happy
                 to
                 improve
                 our
                 Advantages
                 :
                 by
                 which
                 Negligence
                 we
                 got
                 little
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Reputation
                 of
                 the
                 Victory
                 ,
                 tho
                 the
                 Enemy
                 lost
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 principal
                 Officers
                 in
                 the
                 Fight
                 ,
                 amongst
                 whom
                 were
                 the
                 Lord
                 John
                 ,
                 Brother
                 to
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lennox
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Stawell
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Richard
                   Manning
                
                 ,
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Smith
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 knighted
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 rescuing
                 his
                 Standard
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Chambers
                 ,
                 
                 Secretary
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 .
                 This
                 Fight
                 at
                 Cherington
                 happened
                 on
                 the
                 29
                 th
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 1644.
                 about
                 a
                 Fortnight
                 after
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 Warder-Castle
                 ,
                 till
                 which
                 time
                 had
                 I
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 relieved
                 .
                 The
                 Enemies
                 Officers
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 at
                 Oxford
                 to
                 solicit
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 to
                 take
                 Arms
                 under
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 their
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 prove
                 ineffectual
                 ,
                 they
                 soon
                 desisted
                 from
                 that
                 Attempt
                 .
                 After
                 three
                 Weeks
                 Confinement
                 here
                 ,
                 my
                 Exchange
                 was
                 agreed
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 General
                 Essex
                 expressing
                 much
                 Generosity
                 and
                 Readiness
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 to
                 my
                 Mother
                 :
                 for
                 lest
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 reminded
                 of
                 his
                 Promise
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Stradling
                
                 and
                 Col.
                 Lunsford
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 that
                 to
                 my
                 Lord
                 Willmot
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Hugh
                   Pollard
                
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 on
                 either
                 hand
                 the
                 design
                 of
                 my
                 Liberty
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 obstructed
                 ,
                 he
                 consented
                 to
                 the
                 Exchange
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 three
                 for
                 Col.
                 Houghton
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Savil
                
                 ,
                 Capt.
                 Abercromy
                 ,
                 and
                 my self
                 .
                 Col.
                 Henley
                 went
                 off
                 also
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 being
                 exchanged
                 for
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 
                   Robert
                   Sandys
                
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 led
                 blindfold
                 through
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Oxford
                 till
                 I
                 had
                 passed
                 their
                 Works
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 arrived
                 at
                 London
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 found
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 disposed
                 to
                 an
                 Exchange
                 for
                 my
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 them
                 for
                 Mr.
                 Balsum
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 entertained
                 as
                 his
                 Chaplain
                 to
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 Death
                 .
                 He
                 expressed
                 a
                 great
                 Desire
                 to
                 provide
                 me
                 with
                 a
                 Command
                 in
                 his
                 Army
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Instances
                 of
                 the
                 Gentlemen
                 
                 that
                 served
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 having
                 appointed
                 me
                 Sheriff
                 thereof
                 ,
                 upon
                 an
                 Invitation
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Haslerig
                
                 to
                 be
                 Major
                 of
                 his
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 in
                 Sir
                 William
                 Waller's
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 designed
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 I
                 accepted
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 mounted
                 the
                 choicest
                 of
                 my
                 old
                 Souldiers
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 Sir
                 Arthur
                 buying
                 a
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 in
                 Smithfield
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 :
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 my
                 Men
                 the
                 Lord
                 General
                 took
                 into
                 his
                 own
                 Company
                 .
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 my
                 Troop
                 was
                 compleated
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 ,
                 I
                 repaired
                 to
                 the
                 Regiment
                 then
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 near
                 Abingdon
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 directed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 with
                 his
                 Army
                 to
                 block
                 up
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 whilst
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 should
                 do
                 the
                 same
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 .
                 Which
                 Storm
                 the
                 Queen
                 foreseeing
                 ,
                 withdrew
                 to
                 Exeter
                 ,
                 where
                 she
                 was
                 delivered
                 of
                 a
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 leaving
                 in
                 the
                 Custody
                 of
                 the
                 Lady
                 Dalkeith
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 France
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 secure
                 her self
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 solicit
                 for
                 Supplies
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 King
                 breaking
                 out
                 from
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 marched
                 towards
                 Worcestershire
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 commanded
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 to
                 march
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 whilst
                 he
                 himself
                 with
                 his
                 Army
                 marched
                 westward
                 .
                 This
                 Order
                 seemed
                 very
                 strange
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 most
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 being
                 likely
                 to
                 break
                 Sir
                 William
                 Waller's
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 consisted
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 Western
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 who
                 hop'd
                 thereby
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 enabled
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 .
                 
                 The
                 Parliament
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 General
                 to
                 observe
                 his
                 former
                 Orders
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 King's
                 Motions
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 sending
                 them
                 a
                 short
                 Answer
                 ,
                 continued
                 his
                 March
                 West
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 took
                 Weymouth
                 ,
                 and
                 relieved
                 Lyme
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 endured
                 a
                 long
                 Siege
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Seamen
                 ,
                 tho
                 their
                 Works
                 were
                 inconsiderable
                 ,
                 had
                 often
                 repulsed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 killed
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 several
                 Sallies
                 that
                 they
                 made
                 upon
                 them
                 .
                 A
                 Party
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Pye
                
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 Taunton
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 reduced
                 to
                 the
                 Obedience
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 Advance
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Maurice
                 retreated
                 farther
                 Westward
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Orders
                 from
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 followed
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 find
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 engage
                 him
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Summer
                 being
                 almost
                 spent
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Western
                 Gentlemen
                 observing
                 little
                 done
                 for
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 those
                 Parts
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 related
                 ,
                 prevailed
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 permit
                 Col.
                 
                   Alexander
                   Popham
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Popham
                
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 return
                 into
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 provide
                 Recruits
                 for
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 Country
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 I
                 received
                 a
                 Commission
                 from
                 him
                 to
                 raise
                 and
                 command
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Permission
                 to
                 take
                 my
                 own
                 Troop
                 with
                 me
                 .
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 we
                 came
                 into
                 Wiltshire
                 we
                 were
                 earnestly
                 solicited
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 Major
                 Wansey
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 besieged
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 in
                 Woodhouse
                 ,
                 formerly
                 
                 purchased
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Arundet
                 ,
                 Brother
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 of
                 Warder
                 .
                 Upon
                 our
                 Approach
                 we
                 understanding
                 that
                 their
                 Forces
                 were
                 drawn
                 off
                 ,
                 staid
                 a
                 day
                 or
                 two
                 at
                 the
                 Devizes
                 ;
                 where
                 notice
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Return
                 before
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 we
                 immediately
                 advanced
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 that
                 Night
                 to
                 Warmister
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 we
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 about
                 forty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 order
                 to
                 bring
                 us
                 certain
                 Intelligence
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Condition
                 :
                 This
                 Party
                 meeting
                 upon
                 Warmister-heath
                 with
                 about
                 the
                 like
                 Number
                 of
                 theirs
                 ,
                 fought
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 taken
                 some
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 account
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 only
                 drew
                 off
                 from
                 Woodhouse
                 to
                 reinforce
                 themselves
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 their
                 Work
                 ;
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 with
                 a
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 was
                 come
                 from
                 Bristol
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 faced
                 us
                 on
                 the
                 Heath
                 ,
                 thereby
                 to
                 provoke
                 us
                 to
                 charge
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 by
                 retreating
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 drawn
                 us
                 within
                 their
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 marching
                 on
                 our
                 left
                 amongst
                 the
                 Hedges
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 get
                 into
                 our
                 Rear
                 ;
                 which
                 we
                 suspecting
                 ,
                 forbore
                 making
                 any
                 Attempt
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 noon
                 finding
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 of
                 performing
                 what
                 we
                 came
                 about
                 ,
                 marched
                 off
                 towards
                 Salisbury
                 .
                 We
                 were
                 no
                 sooner
                 got
                 upon
                 the
                 Downs
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 discovered
                 their
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 marching
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ;
                 yet
                 we
                 continued
                 our
                 March
                 ,
                 observing
                 the
                 Enemy
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 we
                 could
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 which
                 end
                 I
                 kept
                 in
                 the
                 Rear
                 ;
                 and
                 discovering
                 them
                 climbing
                 the
                 Hills
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 I
                 informed
                 Col.
                 
                   Alexander
                   Popham
                
                 thereof
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 appearing
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 least
                 four
                 times
                 our
                 Number
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 advisable
                 to
                 engage
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 saying
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 near
                 ,
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 in
                 Honour
                 avoid
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 promised
                 him
                 that
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 desert
                 him
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 he
                 drew
                 up
                 his
                 Party
                 into
                 one
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 with
                 reformed
                 Officers
                 and
                 others
                 consisted
                 of
                 near
                 a
                 hundred
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 drew
                 up
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 Number
                 ,
                 into
                 another
                 Body
                 :
                 but
                 having
                 before
                 sent
                 away
                 my
                 Sumpter
                 and
                 led
                 Horses
                 ,
                 upon
                 suspicion
                 of
                 the
                 Event
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 ride
                 after
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 my
                 Sute
                 of
                 Arms
                 which
                 was
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 ordered
                 my
                 Men
                 not
                 to
                 stir
                 from
                 their
                 Ground
                 till
                 I
                 came
                 back
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 very
                 punctual
                 .
                 As
                 I
                 was
                 returning
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 Col.
                 Popham
                 and
                 all
                 his
                 Party
                 flying
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 demanding
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 this
                 Alteration
                 of
                 his
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 he
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 advisable
                 to
                 fight
                 them
                 .
                 I
                 found
                 my
                 Men
                 standing
                 their
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Enemy
                 advancing
                 towards
                 them
                 in
                 twelve
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 which
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 ours
                 .
                 I
                 thanked
                 them
                 for
                 obeying
                 my
                 Orders
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 continued
                 to
                 do
                 so
                 ,
                 I
                 doubted
                 not
                 by
                 the
                 Blessing
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 bring
                 them
                 off
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 sent
                 my
                 Standard
                 before
                 with
                 half
                 a
                 score
                 chosen
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 began
                 to
                 march
                 off
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 some
                 of
                 
                 my
                 Men
                 beginning
                 to
                 ride
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 put
                 my self
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 see
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 ride
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 they
                 ;
                 withal
                 telling
                 them
                 .
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 stand
                 by
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 bring
                 up
                 the
                 Rear
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 I
                 got
                 my
                 Men
                 to
                 keep
                 close
                 together
                 ,
                 which
                 contribtued
                 much
                 to
                 their
                 Safety
                 .
                 The
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Company
                 followed
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Popham
                
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ;
                 but
                 his
                 Brother
                 Col.
                 Alexander
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 six
                 Horse
                 ,
                 struck
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 retired
                 to
                 Pool
                 .
                 After
                 we
                 had
                 made
                 about
                 three
                 Miles
                 of
                 our
                 way
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Troopers
                 fell
                 from
                 his
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Beast
                 running
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 great
                 danger
                 of
                 being
                 destroyed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 in
                 pursuit
                 of
                 us
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 willing
                 to
                 prevent
                 ,
                 I
                 took
                 him
                 up
                 behind
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Horse
                 running
                 along
                 with
                 the
                 Company
                 ,
                 was
                 taken
                 soon
                 after
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Hill
                 very
                 seasonably
                 ;
                 for
                 my
                 Horse
                 was
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 so
                 far
                 spent
                 with
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 Weight
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 gallop
                 any
                 longer
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Souldier
                 mounting
                 his
                 own
                 Horse
                 ,
                 mine
                 soon
                 recovered
                 his
                 Wind
                 and
                 Strength
                 again
                 .
                 Twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 the
                 Enemy
                 came
                 up
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 demanding
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 as
                 often
                 repulsed
                 to
                 their
                 Body
                 :
                 the
                 last
                 time
                 we
                 shot
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Officers
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 them
                 more
                 cautious
                 of
                 approaching
                 us
                 .
                 Many
                 of
                 our
                 Horses
                 being
                 spent
                 ,
                 I
                 commanded
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 quit
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 run
                 them
                 through
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 not
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 advising
                 the
                 Men
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 
                 either
                 amongst
                 the
                 Corn
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 Villages
                 through
                 which
                 we
                 passed
                 ,
                 whereby
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 secured
                 themselves
                 ;
                 but
                 some
                 were
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 killed
                 in
                 cold
                 Blood
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Officers
                 after
                 Quarter
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Lives
                 promised
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 with
                 about
                 thirty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 where
                 divers
                 Persons
                 disaffected
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 made
                 a
                 great
                 shout
                 at
                 our
                 coming
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 reioicing
                 at
                 our
                 Defeat
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 heard
                 of
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Company
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 passed
                 through
                 the
                 Town
                 about
                 an
                 hour
                 before
                 .
                 From
                 thence
                 I
                 continued
                 my
                 way
                 to
                 a
                 place
                 called
                 Mutton-bridg
                 ,
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 of
                 which
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 Causway
                 about
                 three
                 foot
                 broad
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 made
                 a
                 halt
                 ;
                 and
                 ordering
                 my
                 Party
                 to
                 continue
                 their
                 Retreat
                 towards
                 Southampton
                 ,
                 I
                 kept
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 the
                 best
                 mounted
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 good
                 that
                 Pass
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 tho
                 they
                 followed
                 us
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 
                   White
                   Parish
                
                 ,
                 twenty
                 Miles
                 from
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 first
                 began
                 their
                 pursuit
                 ,
                 they
                 took
                 no
                 more
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 after
                 this
                 Halt
                 which
                 we
                 put
                 them
                 to
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 I
                 arrived
                 safe
                 at
                 Southampton
                 .
                 Two
                 days
                 after
                 my
                 coming
                 to
                 Southampton
                 Col.
                 Norton
                 received
                 Advice
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 preparing
                 to
                 send
                 some
                 Forces
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 beat
                 off
                 those
                 of
                 ours
                 that
                 blocked
                 up
                 Basing-house
                 .
                 He
                 being
                 then
                 before
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 and
                 resolving
                 to
                 march
                 with
                 his
                 Troop
                 to
                 reinforce
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 ,
                 desired
                 me
                 with
                 my
                 Troop
                 to
                 supply
                 his
                 place
                 at
                 Winchester
                 
                 till
                 his
                 Return
                 .
                 Being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 refuse
                 any
                 publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 tho
                 my
                 Men
                 were
                 already
                 very
                 much
                 harassed
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 thither
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 those
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 might
                 see
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 at
                 liberty
                 to
                 ravage
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 I
                 drew
                 out
                 my
                 Troop
                 and
                 faced
                 them
                 :
                 upon
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 out
                 what
                 Horse
                 they
                 had
                 to
                 skirmish
                 with
                 us
                 ;
                 amongst
                 whom
                 observing
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                   William
                   Neale
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 of
                 my
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 and
                 formerly
                 my
                 School-fellow
                 ,
                 I
                 called
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 sorry
                 to
                 see
                 him
                 there
                 ;
                 but
                 since
                 it
                 was
                 so
                 ,
                 I
                 offered
                 to
                 exchange
                 a
                 shot
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 riding
                 up
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 he
                 retreated
                 towards
                 his
                 Party
                 ,
                 where
                 making
                 a
                 stand
                 ,
                 he
                 called
                 to
                 me
                 to
                 come
                 on
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 did
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 retreated
                 again
                 till
                 he
                 came
                 within
                 the
                 shelter
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 with
                 him
                 dismounting
                 ,
                 fired
                 a
                 Musquet
                 at
                 me
                 loaded
                 with
                 a
                 brace
                 of
                 Bullets
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 one
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 Belly
                 of
                 my
                 Horse
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 struck
                 upon
                 my
                 Breast-plate
                 ,
                 within
                 half
                 an
                 Inch
                 of
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 my
                 Horse
                 carried
                 me
                 off
                 ,
                 but
                 died
                 that
                 Night
                 .
                 The
                 Necessities
                 of
                 my
                 Men
                 being
                 great
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Service
                 not
                 immediately
                 belonging
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 my
                 Duty
                 to
                 return
                 into
                 Wiltshire
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 might
                 expect
                 to
                 be
                 better
                 supplied
                 than
                 in
                 Hampshire
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 County
                 I
                 had
                 no
                 relation
                 :
                 therefore
                 sending
                 to
                 Col.
                 Norton
                 to
                 make
                 provision
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 at
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 with
                 fourscore
                 Horse
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ;
                 which
                 Town
                 having
                 triumphed
                 upon
                 our
                 Defeat
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 most
                 proper
                 to
                 supply
                 
                 us
                 with
                 what
                 we
                 wanted
                 :
                 And
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 having
                 procured
                 a
                 List
                 of
                 the
                 disaffected
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 I
                 required
                 them
                 ,
                 without
                 delay
                 ,
                 to
                 collect
                 amongst
                 themselves
                 five
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 for
                 the
                 recruiting
                 and
                 paying
                 of
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 not
                 received
                 any
                 Pay
                 since
                 they
                 came
                 out
                 .
                 The
                 Town
                 made
                 many
                 Excuses
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 prevailed
                 with
                 me
                 to
                 take
                 two
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 I
                 paid
                 and
                 recruited
                 my
                 Troop
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 disposed
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 manner
                 I
                 could
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 London
                 to
                 compleat
                 my
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 furnish
                 it
                 with
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 were
                 necessary
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 had
                 caused
                 the
                 two
                 Men
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 at
                 Warder
                 to
                 be
                 hanged
                 ,
                 upon
                 pretence
                 that
                 they
                 ran
                 away
                 from
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 brought
                 some
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 before
                 Woodhouse
                 ,
                 made
                 a
                 Breach
                 so
                 considerable
                 in
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Besieged
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 surrender
                 at
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 found
                 very
                 little
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 were
                 presently
                 stripp'd
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 good
                 about
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Doddington
                
                 being
                 informed
                 by
                 one
                 Bacon
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 Parson
                 of
                 the
                 Parish
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 had
                 threatned
                 to
                 stick
                 in
                 his
                 skirts
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 call'd
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 reading
                 the
                 Common-Prayer
                 ,
                 struck
                 the
                 Man
                 so
                 many
                 Blows
                 upon
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 such
                 Force
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 broke
                 his
                 Skull
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 a
                 Swound
                 ;
                 from
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 recovered
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 picked
                 out
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 
                 the
                 twelve
                 which
                 Sir
                 Francis
                 had
                 granted
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   St.
                   Leger
                
                 to
                 be
                 hanged
                 ,
                 in
                 lieu
                 of
                 six
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 executed
                 at
                 Warum
                 by
                 Col.
                 Sydenham
                 ,
                 in
                 pursuance
                 of
                 an
                 Order
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 no
                 Quarter
                 .
                 These
                 twelve
                 being
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 Clothiers
                 ,
                 were
                 hanged
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Tree
                 ;
                 but
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 breaking
                 his
                 Halter
                 ,
                 desired
                 that
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 suffered
                 might
                 be
                 accepted
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 fight
                 against
                 any
                 two
                 for
                 his
                 Life
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 which
                 they
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 hanged
                 up
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 proceeded
                 much
                 farther
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 sent
                 Orders
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 their
                 Butcheries
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 ranged
                 about
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 return
                 towards
                 Oxford
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 some
                 Foot
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 skirmished
                 with
                 Sir
                 William
                 Waller's
                 Army
                 at
                 Cropredy-bridg
                 ,
                 wherein
                 little
                 hurt
                 being
                 done
                 on
                 either
                 side
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 marched
                 into
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 a
                 conjunction
                 with
                 his
                 Forces
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Maurice
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 I
                 first
                 took
                 Arms
                 under
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Liberties
                 of
                 my
                 Country
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 a
                 Work
                 so
                 good
                 and
                 so
                 necessary
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 attended
                 with
                 so
                 great
                 Difficulties
                 :
                 but
                 finding
                 by
                 Experience
                 the
                 strong
                 Combination
                 of
                 Interests
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 close
                 Conjunction
                 of
                 the
                 Popish
                 and
                 Prelatical
                 Parties
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 what
                 vast
                 Numbers
                 depended
                 upon
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 Preferments
                 or
                 Subsistence
                 ;
                 
                 how
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Nobility
                 and
                 Gentry
                 were
                 contented
                 to
                 serve
                 his
                 Arbitrary
                 Designs
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 leave
                 to
                 insult
                 over
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 of
                 a
                 lower
                 Order
                 ;
                 and
                 adding
                 to
                 all
                 this
                 the
                 great
                 Corruption
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 I
                 became
                 convinced
                 of
                 my
                 former
                 Error
                 ,
                 and
                 began
                 now
                 more
                 to
                 wonder
                 that
                 they
                 found
                 so
                 many
                 Friends
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 just
                 and
                 lawful
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 than
                 I
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 at
                 the
                 Opposition
                 they
                 met
                 with
                 .
                 In
                 these
                 Thoughts
                 I
                 was
                 every
                 day
                 more
                 confirmed
                 by
                 observing
                 the
                 strange
                 Divisions
                 amongst
                 our
                 own
                 Party
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 striving
                 to
                 enlarge
                 his
                 own
                 Power
                 in
                 a
                 factious
                 and
                 ambitious
                 way
                 ,
                 not
                 caring
                 tho
                 thereby
                 they
                 obstructed
                 and
                 ruined
                 the
                 Cause
                 it self
                 .
                 Of
                 this
                 I
                 had
                 some
                 Experience
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Particular
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 of
                 a
                 much
                 greater
                 Figure
                 than
                 my self
                 :
                 for
                 tho
                 my
                 Country-men
                 had
                 in
                 my
                 Absence
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 make
                 me
                 Sheriff
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 and
                 engaged
                 themselves
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Regiment
                 for
                 me
                 ;
                 yet
                 because
                 I
                 refused
                 to
                 deliver
                 up
                 my
                 former
                 Commission
                 received
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 new
                 one
                 from
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 tho
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 from
                 Sir
                 William
                 obliged
                 me
                 to
                 obey
                 the
                 said
                 Earl
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 one
                 given
                 me
                 immediately
                 from
                 himself
                 ,
                 those
                 of
                 my
                 Country-men
                 who
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 Faction
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 obstructed
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 my
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 keeping
                 from
                 me
                 those
                 Arms
                 that
                 were
                 bought
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ,
                 countenancing
                 my
                 Major
                 ,
                 for
                 whom
                 I
                 had
                 procured
                 
                 that
                 Employment
                 ,
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 detaining
                 our
                 Pay
                 from
                 us
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 and
                 my
                 Men
                 had
                 nothing
                 to
                 keep
                 us
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 Cause
                 but
                 our
                 Affection
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 Yet
                 were
                 we
                 not
                 wanting
                 to
                 improve
                 every
                 Opportunity
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 manner
                 we
                 could
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ;
                 for
                 having
                 notice
                 that
                 a
                 Garison
                 was
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Sturton's
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 into
                 that
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 at
                 Witham
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 first
                 to
                 Sturton-house
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 defended
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 till
                 each
                 of
                 us
                 carrying
                 a
                 Fagot
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Gates
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 we
                 set
                 them
                 on
                 fire
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Rooms
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 kept
                 it
                 slipped
                 out
                 at
                 a
                 back-door
                 through
                 the
                 Garden
                 into
                 the
                 Park
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 undiscovered
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Darkness
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 .
                 Having
                 rendred
                 that
                 Place
                 untenable
                 ,
                 we
                 hastned
                 to
                 Witham
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Park
                 near
                 a
                 hundred
                 Cattle
                 belonging
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 ,
                 which
                 served
                 for
                 the
                 Paiment
                 of
                 my
                 Souldiers
                 :
                 Those
                 who
                 were
                 within
                 desired
                 to
                 treat
                 ,
                 and
                 demanded
                 liberty
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 granted
                 ,
                 upon
                 condition
                 to
                 deliver
                 up
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 engage
                 to
                 keep
                 no
                 Garison
                 in
                 that
                 Place
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 .
                 Being
                 upon
                 my
                 Return
                 ,
                 I
                 took
                 with
                 me
                 my
                 Hangings
                 ,
                 Pictures
                 ,
                 best
                 Beds
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 my
                 Father's
                 Servants
                 had
                 so
                 well
                 conceal'd
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 breaking
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 part
                 of
                 my
                 House
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 escaped
                 the
                 Search
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 plundered
                 all
                 they
                 could
                 find
                 ,
                 broken
                 all
                 the
                 
                 Windows
                 ,
                 taken
                 away
                 the
                 Leads
                 ,
                 and
                 pulled
                 up
                 the
                 Boards
                 in
                 most
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 .
                 Whilst
                 I
                 was
                 at
                 London
                 ,
                 that
                 Party
                 which
                 I
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 had
                 taken
                 some
                 Wool
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 Cottington
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Arundel
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 sold
                 ,
                 and
                 divided
                 the
                 Money
                 amongst
                 themselves
                 .
                 From
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Cottington's
                 they
                 brought
                 ,
                 amongst
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 a
                 Horse
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 taken
                 from
                 me
                 before
                 at
                 Warder-Castle
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 besieged
                 York
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 was
                 Governour
                 ,
                 having
                 with
                 him
                 a
                 Garison
                 consisting
                 of
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 ,
                 besides
                 Horse
                 .
                 After
                 some
                 time
                 spent
                 in
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 arrived
                 with
                 about
                 eighteen
                 thousand
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 who
                 joining
                 their
                 Forces
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 observe
                 his
                 Motions
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 fight
                 him
                 if
                 they
                 found
                 an
                 occasion
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 a
                 little
                 refreshed
                 and
                 furnished
                 with
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 wanted
                 ,
                 they
                 marched
                 towards
                 Tadcaster
                 .
                 If
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 acquired
                 Honour
                 enough
                 by
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 York
                 in
                 the
                 view
                 of
                 three
                 Generals
                 ,
                 could
                 have
                 contented
                 himself
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 retreated
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 without
                 fighting
                 ,
                 the
                 Reputation
                 he
                 had
                 gained
                 would
                 have
                 caused
                 his
                 Army
                 to
                 increase
                 like
                 the
                 rolling
                 of
                 a
                 Snowball
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 thinking
                 this
                 nothing
                 unless
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 all
                 ,
                 forced
                 his
                 Enemies
                 to
                 a
                 Battel
                 against
                 the
                 Advice
                 of
                 many
                 of
                 those
                 
                 that
                 were
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 Lest
                 Wing
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 charging
                 the
                 Right
                 Wing
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 English
                 and
                 Scots
                 ,
                 so
                 totally
                 routed
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 three
                 Generals
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 quitted
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 and
                 fled
                 towards
                 Cawood
                 Castle
                 :
                 The
                 Left
                 Wing
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 commanded
                 by
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 knowing
                 nothing
                 of
                 this
                 Rout
                 ,
                 engaged
                 the
                 Right
                 Wing
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 gained
                 an
                 advantageous
                 piece
                 of
                 Ground
                 upon
                 Marston-Moor
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 a
                 Battery
                 to
                 be
                 erected
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 Capt.
                 Walton
                 ,
                 Cromwell's
                 Sister's
                 Son
                 ,
                 was
                 wounded
                 by
                 a
                 shot
                 in
                 the
                 Knee
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 commanded
                 two
                 Field-pieces
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 annoy
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 appointing
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 to
                 guard
                 them
                 ;
                 who
                 marching
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 were
                 attacked
                 by
                 the
                 Foot
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 right
                 Wing
                 ,
                 that
                 fired
                 thick
                 upon
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Ditches
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 both
                 Parties
                 seconding
                 their
                 Foot
                 ,
                 were
                 wholly
                 engaged
                 ,
                 who
                 before
                 had
                 stood
                 only
                 facing
                 each
                 other
                 .
                 The
                 Horse
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 behaved
                 themselves
                 with
                 the
                 utmost
                 Bravery
                 ;
                 for
                 having
                 discharged
                 their
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 and
                 flung
                 them
                 at
                 each
                 others
                 Heads
                 ,
                 they
                 sell
                 to
                 it
                 with
                 their
                 Swords
                 .
                 The
                 King's
                 Party
                 were
                 encouraged
                 in
                 this
                 Encounter
                 ,
                 by
                 seeing
                 the
                 Success
                 of
                 their
                 Left
                 Wing
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Forces
                 that
                 remained
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 were
                 not
                 discouraged
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 knew
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 both
                 sides
                 eagerly
                 contending
                 for
                 Victory
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 after
                 an
                 obstinate
                 
                 Dispute
                 ,
                 was
                 obtained
                 by
                 
                 Cromwell's
                 Brigade
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Right
                 Wing
                 being
                 totally
                 routed
                 and
                 flying
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 ,
                 our
                 Horse
                 pursuing
                 and
                 killing
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Flight
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Left
                 Wing
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 Conquerors
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 their
                 former
                 Ground
                 ,
                 presuming
                 upon
                 an
                 entire
                 Victory
                 ,
                 and
                 utterly
                 ignorant
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 befallen
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 they
                 could
                 put
                 themselves
                 into
                 any
                 order
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 charged
                 and
                 entirely
                 defeated
                 by
                 the
                 Reserves
                 of
                 
                 Cromwell's
                 Brigade
                 .
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 routing
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Right
                 Wing
                 ,
                 concluding
                 all
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 had
                 sent
                 Letters
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 acquaint
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 Victory
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Bells
                 were
                 rung
                 ,
                 and
                 Bonfires
                 made
                 at
                 Oxford
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Lucas
                
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Porter
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Tilyard
                 ,
                 with
                 above
                 a
                 hundred
                 Officers
                 more
                 ,
                 were
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Forces
                 :
                 All
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 great
                 Numbers
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 good
                 quantity
                 of
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Baggage
                 fell
                 also
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 .
                 The
                 Prince's
                 own
                 Standard
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 the
                 Palatinate
                 ,
                 was
                 likewise
                 taken
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 others
                 both
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot.
                 Fifteen
                 days
                 after
                 this
                 Fight
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 16
                 th
                 of
                 July
                 ,
                 1644.
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 York
                 was
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Forces
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 having
                 had
                 some
                 Dispute
                 with
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 before
                 the
                 Engagement
                 ,
                 wherein
                 some
                 Words
                 had
                 passed
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 could
                 not
                 well
                 digest
                 ,
                 soon
                 after
                 left
                 
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Prince
                 retired
                 to
                 Bristol
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 was
                 marched
                 with
                 his
                 Army
                 into
                 Cornwall
                 ;
                 yet
                 to
                 what
                 publick
                 end
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 understand
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Enemy
                 there
                 had
                 already
                 dispersed
                 themselves
                 .
                 Some
                 said
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 perswaded
                 to
                 march
                 thither
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Roberts
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 collect
                 his
                 Rents
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 the
                 King
                 drew
                 out
                 what
                 Forces
                 he
                 could
                 from
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 designing
                 to
                 join
                 them
                 with
                 some
                 others
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 Conjunction
                 the
                 Parliament
                 apprehending
                 their
                 Army
                 under
                 Essex
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 danger
                 ,
                 ordered
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 to
                 observe
                 the
                 King's
                 Motions
                 :
                 But
                 whether
                 the
                 Neglect
                 of
                 relieving
                 him
                 at
                 the
                 Devizes
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Affront
                 put
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 by
                 commanding
                 him
                 to
                 follow
                 the
                 King
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 ordered
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 or
                 what
                 else
                 it
                 was
                 that
                 had
                 sower'd
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 say
                 ;
                 yet
                 visible
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 much
                 Care
                 and
                 Expedition
                 was
                 not
                 used
                 in
                 attending
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 his
                 Marches
                 as
                 was
                 requisite
                 .
                 However
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 then
                 under
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 was
                 sent
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 kept
                 at
                 such
                 a
                 distance
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 afforded
                 him
                 little
                 Help
                 .
                 Neither
                 was
                 there
                 that
                 Diligence
                 as
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 then
                 used
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 himself
                 ,
                 to
                 engage
                 the
                 King
                 before
                 his
                 Conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 Western
                 Forces
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 fight
                 them
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 united
                 ,
                 they
                 not
                 much
                 ,
                 if
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 exceeding
                 ours
                 in
                 Number
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 in
                 Courage
                 and
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Cause
                 engaged
                 in
                 much
                 inferiour
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Roberts
                 having
                 led
                 the
                 Army
                 into
                 a
                 Corner
                 of
                 Cornwall
                 ,
                 betook
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Ships
                 with
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Warwick
                 attended
                 the
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 Being
                 thus
                 deserted
                 ,
                 the
                 Horse
                 broke
                 through
                 the
                 Enemy
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Balfour
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Foot
                 and
                 Train
                 of
                 Artillery
                 being
                 left
                 with
                 Major
                 General
                 Skippon
                 about
                 Bodmin
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 forced
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 1644.
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 best
                 Terms
                 he
                 could
                 with
                 the
                 Enemy
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 agreeing
                 to
                 leave
                 their
                 Arms
                 and
                 Cannon
                 behind
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 conducted
                 into
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 with
                 whatsoever
                 belonged
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 the
                 Convoy
                 had
                 done
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 lost
                 most
                 of
                 their
                 Clothes
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 condition
                 arrived
                 at
                 Portsmouth
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 found
                 their
                 General
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 soon
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 armed
                 and
                 clothed
                 again
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Horse
                 having
                 forced
                 their
                 way
                 ,
                 as
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 speedily
                 recruited
                 ,
                 scarce
                 a
                 Man
                 having
                 taken
                 Arms
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 were
                 ordered
                 with
                 their
                 Forces
                 to
                 draw
                 Westward
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 favour
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 upon
                 occasion
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Approach
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 attempt
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 marched
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 expected
                 ,
                 in
                 great
                 Triumph
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 lying
                 about
                 
                 Basingstoke
                 ;
                 from
                 whom
                 I
                 received
                 a
                 Letter
                 ,
                 inviting
                 me
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 their
                 Assistance
                 :
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 began
                 my
                 March
                 with
                 some
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 raised
                 by
                 Major
                 Wansey
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 to
                 continue
                 with
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 way
                 received
                 an
                 Order
                 from
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
                 to
                 advance
                 towards
                 them
                 with
                 what
                 Force
                 I
                 had
                 .
                 We
                 were
                 very
                 well
                 received
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 with
                 us
                 about
                 five
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 because
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 under
                 some
                 apprehensions
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 intercepted
                 us
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 indeed
                 posted
                 on
                 our
                 way
                 ;
                 yet
                 we
                 passed
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 without
                 disturbance
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 safely
                 to
                 our
                 Friends
                 .
                 Within
                 a
                 day
                 or
                 two
                 our
                 Army
                 advanced
                 towards
                 Newbury
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Place
                 the
                 Enemies
                 had
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 being
                 indisposed
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 attend
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 sent
                 some
                 Members
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 that
                 all
                 possible
                 Advantages
                 might
                 be
                 taken
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 prevent
                 any
                 Contention
                 amongst
                 our
                 Friends
                 concerning
                 the
                 Command
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Matters
                 .
                 The
                 River
                 that
                 ran
                 through
                 the
                 Town
                 defended
                 the
                 Enemy
                 on
                 the
                 South-side
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 come
                 at
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 on
                 the
                 North-west
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 within
                 Cannon-shot
                 ,
                 lay
                 Dennington-Castle
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 placed
                 a
                 Garison
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 but
                 on
                 the
                 North-East
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 had
                 raised
                 
                 a
                 Breast-work
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 some
                 Houses
                 that
                 were
                 without
                 it
                 with
                 Foot
                 ,
                 the
                 Ground
                 between
                 that
                 and
                 the
                 River
                 being
                 marshy
                 ,
                 full
                 of
                 Ditches
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 passable
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 North-side
                 of
                 this
                 High-way
                 was
                 a
                 strong
                 Stone
                 House
                 belonging
                 to
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 Rampart
                 of
                 Earth
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 also
                 possessed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 little
                 could
                 be
                 done
                 upon
                 them
                 the
                 first
                 day
                 ,
                 save
                 skirmishing
                 in
                 small
                 Parties
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 come
                 out
                 to
                 us
                 .
                 On
                 our
                 side
                 we
                 had
                 the
                 Advantage
                 of
                 a
                 Hill
                 ,
                 which
                 served
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 to
                 cover
                 our
                 Men
                 :
                 Here
                 we
                 planted
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Field-pieces
                 ,
                 and
                 fired
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 answered
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 like
                 manner
                 from
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 they
                 drew
                 two
                 of
                 their
                 Guns
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 them
                 fired
                 upon
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 ours
                 that
                 lay
                 on
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Hill
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 much
                 exposed
                 to
                 that
                 place
                 where
                 their
                 Guns
                 were
                 planted
                 :
                 My
                 Regiment
                 being
                 that
                 day
                 on
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 received
                 the
                 greatest
                 Damage
                 ;
                 amongst
                 others
                 my
                 Cousin
                 
                   Gabriel
                   Ludlow
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 a
                 Cornet
                 therein
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 had
                 behaved
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 in
                 the
                 Defence
                 of
                 Warder-Castle
                 ,
                 was
                 killed
                 :
                 He
                 died
                 not
                 immediately
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 shot
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 having
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 removed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 reach
                 of
                 their
                 Guns
                 ,
                 and
                 procured
                 a
                 Chirurgeon
                 to
                 search
                 his
                 Wounds
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 his
                 Belly
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 Bowels
                 torn
                 ,
                 his
                 Hip-bone
                 broken
                 all
                 to
                 shivers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bullet
                 lodged
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 which
                 he
                 recovered
                 some
                 
                 Sense
                 ,
                 tho
                 the
                 Chirurgeon
                 refused
                 to
                 dress
                 him
                 ,
                 looking
                 on
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 dead
                 Man.
                 This
                 Accident
                 troubled
                 me
                 exceedingly
                 ,
                 he
                 being
                 one
                 who
                 had
                 expressed
                 great
                 Affection
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 whom
                 I
                 had
                 great
                 hopes
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 useful
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 condition
                 he
                 desired
                 me
                 to
                 kiss
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 not
                 presently
                 doing
                 it
                 ,
                 thinking
                 he
                 had
                 talked
                 lightly
                 ,
                 he
                 pressed
                 me
                 again
                 to
                 do
                 him
                 that
                 favour
                 ;
                 whereby
                 observing
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 sensible
                 ,
                 I
                 kissed
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 having
                 recommended
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 Brothers
                 and
                 Sisters
                 to
                 my
                 Care
                 ,
                 he
                 died
                 .
                 Our
                 Enemies
                 having
                 secured
                 themselves
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ,
                 we
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 divide
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 attack
                 them
                 on
                 the
                 North-west
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 by
                 DenningtonCassle
                 ;
                 where
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Foot
                 who
                 engaged
                 the
                 Enemy
                 were
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 lately
                 stripp'd
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 Cornwall
                 :
                 Which
                 Usage
                 being
                 fresh
                 in
                 their
                 Memory
                 ,
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 charge
                 with
                 such
                 Vigour
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ran
                 up
                 to
                 their
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 and
                 clapped
                 their
                 Hats
                 upon
                 the
                 Touch-holes
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 falling
                 so
                 furioully
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 stand
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 quit
                 their
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 run
                 under
                 the
                 shelter
                 of
                 
                 Dennington-Castle
                 ,
                 leaving
                 behind
                 them
                 several
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 besides
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 killed
                 and
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 Those
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 observing
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 retreat
                 in
                 that
                 disorderly
                 manner
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 their
                 Duty
                 
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 force
                 their
                 Passage
                 on
                 this
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 our
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 were
                 drawn
                 into
                 a
                 bottom
                 ,
                 between
                 
                 Doleman's
                 House
                 and
                 the
                 Hill
                 ,
                 where
                 our
                 Guns
                 were
                 first
                 planted
                 :
                 Those
                 at
                 the
                 little
                 Houses
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 Breast-work
                 ,
                 fired
                 thick
                 upon
                 us
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 Foot
                 ran
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Houses
                 ,
                 and
                 attacked
                 the
                 Enemy
                 so
                 vigorously
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 retire
                 to
                 their
                 Breast-work
                 ;
                 between
                 which
                 and
                 
                 Doleman's
                 House
                 our
                 Men
                 continued
                 firing
                 about
                 an
                 hour
                 and
                 half
                 .
                 But
                 finding
                 many
                 to
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 probability
                 of
                 doing
                 any
                 good
                 ,
                 they
                 retreated
                 ,
                 leaving
                 two
                 Drakes
                 behind
                 them
                 .
                 Our
                 Horse
                 had
                 stood
                 drawn
                 up
                 within
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 than
                 Pistol-shot
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Works
                 all
                 the
                 while
                 our
                 Foot
                 were
                 engaged
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 Encouragement
                 and
                 Protection
                 against
                 any
                 Horse
                 that
                 should
                 attack
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 to
                 second
                 them
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 had
                 made
                 way
                 .
                 I
                 had
                 divers
                 Men
                 and
                 Horse
                 shot
                 ,
                 and
                 amongst
                 the
                 rest
                 my
                 own
                 .
                 The
                 Night
                 coming
                 on
                 separated
                 us
                 ,
                 when
                 drawing
                 off
                 I
                 perceived
                 that
                 my
                 Major
                 had
                 secured
                 his
                 Troop
                 in
                 the
                 Rear
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 having
                 taken
                 care
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 Regiment
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 lost
                 in
                 one
                 Engagement
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Night
                 the
                 Enemies
                 removed
                 their
                 Cannon
                 and
                 other
                 Carriages
                 to
                 Dennington-Castle
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 lodged
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 marched
                 between
                 our
                 two
                 Parties
                 towards
                 Oxford
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 we
                 drew
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 followed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 with
                 our
                 Horse
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 greatest
                 Body
                 that
                 I
                 saw
                 together
                 during
                 the
                 
                 whole
                 Course
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 amounting
                 to
                 at
                 least
                 seven
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 had
                 got
                 so
                 much
                 Ground
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 never
                 recover
                 sight
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 not
                 expect
                 to
                 see
                 them
                 any
                 more
                 in
                 a
                 Body
                 that
                 Year
                 :
                 neither
                 had
                 we
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 if
                 Encouragement
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 given
                 them
                 privately
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Party
                 .
                 Col.
                 
                 Norton's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 Foot
                 ,
                 being
                 left
                 to
                 block
                 up
                 Basinghouse
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 have
                 more
                 Force
                 assigned
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 more
                 effectual
                 carrying
                 on
                 that
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 my
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 not
                 ignorant
                 of
                 the
                 Hardship
                 of
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 it
                 not
                 being
                 properly
                 my
                 Work
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 raised
                 by
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ;
                 yet
                 having
                 received
                 an
                 Order
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 from
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 my
                 Major
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Regiment
                 into
                 Wiltshire
                 for
                 the
                 Defence
                 of
                 that
                 County
                 ,
                 I
                 resolved
                 to
                 obey
                 ,
                 especially
                 considering
                 that
                 the
                 Entercourse
                 between
                 London
                 and
                 the
                 West
                 was
                 much
                 interrupted
                 by
                 that
                 Carison
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 all
                 expectation
                 ,
                 appeared
                 again
                 in
                 a
                 Body
                 near
                 Newbury
                 ,
                 where
                 our
                 Army
                 lay
                 ,
                 who
                 drew
                 out
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 .
                 Some
                 small
                 Skirmishes
                 happened
                 between
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 general
                 Engagement
                 was
                 opposed
                 in
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 amongst
                 us
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 twice
                 as
                 numerous
                 as
                 his
                 ,
                 had
                 time
                 to
                 send
                 his
                 Artillery
                 from
                 Dennington-Castle
                 towards
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 opposition
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Astonishment
                 of
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 wished
                 well
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 .
                 But
                 by
                 this
                 time
                 it
                 was
                 clearly
                 manifest
                 that
                 the
                 Nobility
                 had
                 no
                 further
                 Quarrel
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 than
                 till
                 they
                 could
                 make
                 their
                 Terms
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 having
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 ,
                 grounded
                 their
                 Dissatisfactions
                 upon
                 some
                 particular
                 Affront
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 prevalency
                 of
                 a
                 Faction
                 about
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 tho
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 granted
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Intentions
                 in
                 taking
                 Arms
                 were
                 to
                 oblige
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 redress
                 the
                 Grievances
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 yet
                 if
                 a
                 War
                 of
                 this
                 nature
                 must
                 be
                 determined
                 by
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 the
                 Royal
                 Authority
                 after
                 the
                 utmost
                 violation
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 greatest
                 Calamities
                 brought
                 upon
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 it
                 doth
                 not
                 appear
                 to
                 me
                 what
                 Security
                 can
                 be
                 given
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 Enjoyment
                 of
                 their
                 Rights
                 and
                 Privileges
                 ;
                 nor
                 with
                 what
                 Prudence
                 wise
                 men
                 can
                 engage
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 ,
                 by
                 Practice
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 liable
                 to
                 be
                 dissolved
                 at
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 are
                 thereby
                 rendred
                 unable
                 to
                 protect
                 themselves
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 as
                 take
                 up
                 Arms
                 under
                 their
                 Authority
                 ,
                 if
                 after
                 infinite
                 Hardships
                 and
                 Hazards
                 of
                 their
                 Lives
                 and
                 Estates
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 fall
                 under
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 a
                 provoked
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 once
                 re-established
                 in
                 his
                 former
                 Authority
                 ,
                 will
                 never
                 want
                 means
                 to
                 revenge
                 himself
                 upon
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 ,
                 in
                 Desence
                 of
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 adventure
                 to
                 resist
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 illegal
                 and
                 arbitrary
                 Proceedings
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 
                 things
                 were
                 managed
                 with
                 such
                 heat
                 as
                 created
                 great
                 Differences
                 between
                 the
                 principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 this
                 favourable
                 Conjuncture
                 was
                 lost
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Season
                 being
                 far
                 advanced
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 dispersed
                 into
                 Winter-quarters
                 .
                 The
                 Blockade
                 of
                 Basinghouse
                 was
                 also
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 broken
                 up
                 ,
                 after
                 which
                 I
                 returned
                 with
                 those
                 under
                 my
                 Command
                 into
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Winter
                 the
                 Parliament
                 caused
                 Abingdon
                 to
                 be
                 fortified
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Place
                 Col.
                 Brown
                 was
                 Governour
                 ,
                 who
                 holding
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 ,
                 then
                 Secretary
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 promised
                 him
                 that
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 finished
                 the
                 Fortifications
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 deliver
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 he
                 kept
                 the
                 King's
                 Forces
                 from
                 interrupting
                 him
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 perfected
                 the
                 Work.
                 But
                 then
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 probable
                 by
                 his
                 Carriage
                 since
                 ,
                 observing
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 a
                 better
                 posture
                 than
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 he
                 altered
                 his
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 desiance
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 ,
                 published
                 the
                 Correspondence
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 between
                 them
                 about
                 that
                 matter
                 .
                 The
                 Dissatisfaction
                 that
                 arose
                 upon
                 the
                 permission
                 given
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 carry
                 off
                 his
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 rested
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 all
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 was
                 made
                 acquainted
                 with
                 it
                 by
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 under
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 charged
                 with
                 the
                 breach
                 of
                 his
                 Trust
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Friends
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 lay
                 the
                 blame
                 on
                 others
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 adhering
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 .
                 Whilst
                 I
                 was
                 before
                 Basing
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 Col.
                 Coke
                 came
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 sortifying
                 the
                 Close
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 Major
                 Wansey
                 having
                 advice
                 ,
                 marched
                 thither
                 with
                 the
                 Forces
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 sent
                 into
                 Wiltshire
                 ,
                 and
                 falling
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 retire
                 in
                 haste
                 :
                 but
                 finding
                 the
                 Gates
                 fortified
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 set
                 fire
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 seizing
                 upon
                 all
                 their
                 Horse
                 ,
                 took
                 the
                 Colonel
                 and
                 fourscore
                 more
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 them
                 to
                 Southampton
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 my
                 Return
                 into
                 Wiltshire
                 I
                 received
                 Orders
                 from
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 to
                 send
                 what
                 Men
                 I
                 could
                 spare
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 Regiment
                 to
                 reinforce
                 a
                 Party
                 commanded
                 by
                 Major
                 General
                 Holborn
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 the
                 West
                 to
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 Col.
                 Blake
                 ,
                 besieged
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 in
                 Tauntoa
                 .
                 I
                 drew
                 out
                 two
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 necessitated
                 to
                 march
                 with
                 them
                 my self
                 ,
                 my
                 Major
                 who
                 had
                 got
                 possession
                 of
                 good
                 Quarters
                 at
                 Deane
                 ,
                 a
                 House
                 belonging
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Evelyn
                
                 ,
                 being
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 remove
                 .
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Popham
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Starr
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Brewin
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Anthony
                   Ashley
                
                 ,
                 came
                 from
                 London
                 with
                 this
                 Party
                 .
                 In
                 our
                 March
                 we
                 were
                 joined
                 by
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 Dorsetshire
                 .
                 When
                 we
                 were
                 advanced
                 near
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 my
                 Troop
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 a
                 Quarter
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 possession
                 ,
                 but
                 quitted
                 it
                 upon
                 our
                 Approach
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 did
                 also
                 the
                 Siege
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 our
                 expectation
                 .
                 
                 We
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 the
                 Town
                 with
                 Provisions
                 and
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 Wilts
                 and
                 Dorsetshire
                 marched
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Counties
                 .
                 Being
                 returned
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 put
                 a
                 Garison
                 into
                 Langford-house
                 ,
                 two
                 Miles
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 I
                 resolved
                 to
                 fortify
                 the
                 Belfrey
                 in
                 the
                 Close
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 might
                 keep
                 a
                 small
                 Guard
                 to
                 secure
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 Horse-Quarter
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 had
                 summoned
                 Workmen
                 to
                 perform
                 that
                 Work.
                 At
                 Night
                 having
                 drawn
                 up
                 my
                 Regiment
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 acquaint
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 necessity
                 that
                 lay
                 upon
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 than
                 ordinarily
                 diligent
                 in
                 their
                 Duty
                 at
                 that
                 juncture
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 to
                 divide
                 their
                 Watches
                 between
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 appoint
                 the
                 Guard
                 for
                 that
                 Night
                 ,
                 I
                 received
                 an
                 Alarm
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Approach
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 advanced
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 Amesbury
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 desiring
                 to
                 have
                 certain
                 Information
                 ,
                 I
                 sent
                 threescore
                 Horse
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 Capt.
                 Sadler
                 ,
                 the
                 only
                 Captain
                 of
                 my
                 Regiment
                 then
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 being
                 absent
                 with
                 leave
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 without
                 ,
                 to
                 advance
                 towards
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 till
                 by
                 taking
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 get
                 some
                 certain
                 Intelligence
                 concerning
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 come
                 back
                 to
                 me
                 .
                 With
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 my
                 Men
                 I
                 marched
                 slowly
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 retire
                 into
                 our
                 Quarters
                 till
                 I
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 further
                 Discovery
                 concerning
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 Capt.
                 Sadler
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Instructions
                 ,
                 marched
                 to
                 Amesbury
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 sent
                 me
                 word
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 advice
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 not
                 far
                 off
                 .
                 I
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 continue
                 his
                 March
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Orders
                 as
                 before
                 ,
                 my self
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Regiment
                 following
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 come
                 to
                 Nether-Haven
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 is
                 called
                 ,
                 I
                 received
                 notice
                 from
                 Capt.
                 Sadler
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 engaged
                 an
                 advanced
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 get
                 off
                 ;
                 which
                 unexpected
                 News
                 ,
                 and
                 contrary
                 to
                 my
                 Orders
                 ,
                 caused
                 me
                 to
                 advance
                 with
                 all
                 Diligence
                 to
                 his
                 Relief
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 approached
                 so
                 near
                 their
                 main
                 Guard
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 an
                 Alarm
                 to
                 draw
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 had
                 not
                 pursued
                 his
                 Charge
                 ,
                 which
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 easily
                 have
                 dispersed
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 prevented
                 the
                 rest
                 from
                 coming
                 together
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 having
                 only
                 alarm'd
                 them
                 ,
                 stood
                 looking
                 upon
                 them
                 whilst
                 they
                 drew
                 up
                 their
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 came
                 up
                 ,
                 I
                 perceived
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 numerous
                 than
                 all
                 ours
                 :
                 However
                 thinking
                 it
                 unfit
                 to
                 shew
                 any
                 Backwardness
                 at
                 such
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 I
                 advanced
                 with
                 that
                 Party
                 that
                 was
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 above
                 one
                 half
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 following
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 charge
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Body
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 ,
                 before
                 we
                 came
                 within
                 Pistol-shot
                 ,
                 faced
                 about
                 and
                 ran
                 away
                 .
                 Thereupon
                 I
                 divided
                 my
                 Men
                 into
                 two
                 Parties
                 ,
                 giving
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 one
                 Marshall
                 ,
                 my
                 Major's
                 Lieutenant
                 ,
                 the
                 chief
                 Officer
                 then
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 except
                 Capt.
                 Sadler
                 ,
                 with
                 whose
                 Conduct
                 the
                 Troopers
                 were
                 so
                 far
                 dissatisfied
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 refused
                 to
                 follow
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 
                 other
                 Party
                 I
                 headed
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 Orders
                 to
                 both
                 not
                 to
                 pursue
                 farther
                 than
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 agreed
                 to
                 rally
                 ,
                 falling
                 into
                 it
                 by
                 several
                 ways
                 .
                 My
                 Party
                 halted
                 according
                 to
                 Order
                 ,
                 after
                 having
                 killed
                 and
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 about
                 thirty
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 of
                 their
                 Horses
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 Party
                 commanded
                 by
                 Lieutenant
                 Marshall
                 not
                 observing
                 his
                 Orders
                 ,
                 having
                 pursued
                 the
                 Enemy
                 at
                 least
                 two
                 Miles
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 other
                 Bodies
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 drawn
                 together
                 upon
                 the
                 Alarm
                 ,
                 who
                 killed
                 and
                 took
                 some
                 of
                 ours
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 retreating
                 in
                 a
                 disorderly
                 manner
                 .
                 At
                 my
                 Return
                 to
                 Salisbury
                 I
                 commanded
                 all
                 my
                 Men
                 to
                 be
                 upon
                 the
                 Guard
                 till
                 the
                 Morning
                 ,
                 without
                 unbridling
                 or
                 unsadling
                 their
                 Horses
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 I
                 disposed
                 my
                 Prisoners
                 into
                 the
                 Belfrey
                 ,
                 and
                 placed
                 a
                 Guard
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 set
                 our
                 Sentinels
                 ,
                 I
                 received
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 Col.
                 Norton
                 ,
                 desiring
                 me
                 to
                 send
                 some
                 Horse
                 to
                 his
                 Assistance
                 against
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Forces
                 ,
                 which
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 reading
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Sentinels
                 brought
                 me
                 word
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 appeared
                 at
                 the
                 Town's-end
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 I
                 immediately
                 mounted
                 with
                 six
                 more
                 ,
                 ordering
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 make
                 ready
                 ;
                 and
                 riding
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 three
                 Swans
                 ,
                 heard
                 a
                 great
                 noise
                 of
                 Horses
                 in
                 the
                 Street
                 that
                 leads
                 into
                 the
                 City
                 from
                 
                   Old
                   Sarum
                
                 ,
                 which
                 caused
                 me
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Market-place
                 ,
                 where
                 finding
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 by
                 the
                 back-side
                 of
                 the
                 Town-house
                 through
                 a
                 Street
                 called
                 the
                 Ditch
                 ,
                 to
                 my
                 Guard
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 drawn
                 up
                 in
                 
                 the
                 Close
                 ,
                 but
                 very
                 short
                 of
                 the
                 Number
                 I
                 expected
                 ;
                 for
                 some
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 Orders
                 ,
                 were
                 gone
                 to
                 bed
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 taking
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 had
                 stoln
                 away
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 those
                 remaining
                 were
                 not
                 much
                 above
                 thirty
                 Horse
                 .
                 Of
                 these
                 I
                 sent
                 ten
                 under
                 a
                 Cornet
                 to
                 charge
                 them
                 ,
                 my self
                 following
                 after
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 and
                 ordering
                 a
                 Trumpet
                 to
                 sound
                 in
                 our
                 Rear
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 more
                 were
                 coming
                 on
                 .
                 Passing
                 by
                 the
                 chief
                 Cross
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 march
                 one
                 by
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 entring
                 the
                 Market-place
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 the
                 Cornet
                 pickeering
                 with
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 with
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 of
                 mine
                 charged
                 on
                 the
                 Left
                 Flank
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 gave
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 pressed
                 so
                 hard
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 Men
                 on
                 the
                 Right
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 on
                 their
                 File-leaders
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 whole
                 Party
                 was
                 soon
                 routed
                 ,
                 and
                 ran
                 before
                 us
                 .
                 We
                 followed
                 them
                 close
                 in
                 the
                 Rear
                 ,
                 and
                 tho
                 they
                 made
                 many
                 shot
                 at
                 me
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 received
                 no
                 Wound
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 Action
                 .
                 About
                 a
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 ran
                 through
                 Winchester-Gate
                 to
                 their
                 main
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 twice
                 that
                 Number
                 fled
                 up
                 a
                 Street
                 called
                 Endless-street
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 pursuing
                 ,
                 my
                 Horse
                 fell
                 backwards
                 with
                 me
                 .
                 by
                 a
                 Check
                 I
                 gave
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 my
                 own
                 Men
                 being
                 in
                 my
                 Rear
                 ,
                 I
                 soon
                 recovered
                 on
                 Horseback
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 ,
                 till
                 I
                 found
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 stand
                 ,
                 the
                 Street
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 its
                 name
                 ,
                 being
                 walled
                 up
                 at
                 the
                 farther
                 end
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 breaking
                 back
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 leaping
                 the
                 Brook
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Horse
                 losing
                 his
                 Fect
                 ,
                 threw
                 him
                 down
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 perceiving
                 
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 my
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 desired
                 his
                 Life
                 .
                 His
                 Horse
                 I
                 gave
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Men
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 dismounted
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 examined
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 ,
                 his
                 name
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Papist
                 .
                 He
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 three
                 hundred
                 Men
                 in
                 that
                 Party
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 routed
                 ,
                 three
                 hundred
                 appointed
                 to
                 second
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 three
                 hundred
                 more
                 attending
                 at
                 the
                 Town's-end
                 as
                 a
                 Reserve
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 was
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Marmaduke
                   Langdale
                
                 .
                 I
                 acquainted
                 him
                 that
                 my
                 Party
                 being
                 not
                 so
                 considerable
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 probably
                 be
                 rescued
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 give
                 him
                 Quarter
                 ,
                 unless
                 he
                 would
                 engage
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 true
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 upon
                 condition
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 my
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 promised
                 him
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 most
                 of
                 my
                 Men
                 being
                 dispersed
                 ,
                 I
                 lodged
                 my
                 Colours
                 at
                 an
                 honest
                 Man's
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 delivering
                 my
                 Prisoner
                 and
                 wounded
                 Men
                 to
                 the
                 Guard
                 in
                 the
                 Belfrey
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 five
                 or
                 siz
                 made
                 my
                 Retreat
                 through
                 the
                 Close
                 by
                 one
                 Mrs.
                 
                 Sadler's
                 ,
                 at
                 whose
                 House
                 I
                 quartered
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 found
                 a
                 Boy
                 standing
                 at
                 the
                 door
                 with
                 my
                 Sute
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 put
                 on
                 .
                 Upon
                 Harnham-hill
                 I
                 found
                 a
                 Cornet
                 with
                 about
                 twelve
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 I
                 resolved
                 to
                 return
                 and
                 march
                 after
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 we
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Belfrey
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 encouraging
                 our
                 little
                 Guard
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 we
                 discovered
                 three
                 of
                 their
                 Troops
                 marching
                 into
                 the
                 Close
                 from
                 the
                 North-Gate
                 ,
                 their
                 whole
                 Body
                 
                 following
                 them
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 having
                 commanded
                 the
                 Guard
                 to
                 fire
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 charged
                 the
                 Enemy
                 with
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 my
                 Party
                 as
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 follow
                 me
                 ,
                 exchanging
                 several
                 shot
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 Their
                 first
                 Squadron
                 soon
                 began
                 to
                 give
                 ground
                 ;
                 but
                 my
                 Guard
                 not
                 firing
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 according
                 to
                 my
                 Orders
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 being
                 now
                 grown
                 light
                 ,
                 they
                 soon
                 perceived
                 the
                 Smalness
                 of
                 our
                 Number
                 ,
                 and
                 refused
                 to
                 run
                 as
                 before
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 retire
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 with
                 my
                 Men
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 whom
                 carried
                 away
                 a
                 Sword
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 which
                 was
                 run
                 through
                 his
                 Arm.
                 Before
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 Harnham-bridg
                 they
                 overtook
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Servants
                 whose
                 Name
                 was
                 Stent
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 long
                 defended
                 himself
                 ,
                 delivered
                 up
                 his
                 Sword
                 upon
                 promise
                 of
                 Quarter
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 Word
                 ,
                 they
                 gave
                 him
                 several
                 Cuts
                 on
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 above
                 threescore
                 Splinters
                 of
                 Bones
                 were
                 afterwards
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Scull
                 .
                 Being
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Bridg
                 ,
                 I
                 turned
                 and
                 faced
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Pistols
                 in
                 my
                 hand
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 they
                 halted
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 whereby
                 my
                 Men
                 had
                 time
                 to
                 recover
                 almost
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 Harnham-hill
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 posture
                 I
                 stood
                 till
                 the
                 Enemies
                 were
                 come
                 within
                 half
                 Pistol-shot
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 made
                 my
                 Retreat
                 .
                 Another
                 of
                 my
                 Servants
                 ,
                 called
                 
                   Henry
                   Coles
                
                 ,
                 who
                 entred
                 into
                 my
                 Father's
                 Service
                 two
                 days
                 after
                 I
                 was
                 born
                 ,
                 fell
                 also
                 into
                 the
                 Enemies
                 hands
                 ,
                 being
                 mortally
                 wounded
                 ,
                 and
                 died
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 after
                 .
                 My
                 Groom
                 
                 also
                 was
                 taken
                 by
                 them
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 descent
                 of
                 the
                 Hill
                 beyond
                 Odstock
                 I
                 missed
                 the
                 Road
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Snow
                 ,
                 which
                 lying
                 upon
                 the
                 Ground
                 ,
                 had
                 covered
                 the
                 beaten
                 way
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 cross
                 some
                 plow'd
                 Lands
                 to
                 get
                 into
                 it
                 again
                 ;
                 which
                 while
                 I
                 was
                 doing
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 came
                 up
                 within
                 shot
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 calling
                 me
                 by
                 my
                 Name
                 ,
                 asked
                 if
                 I
                 would
                 take
                 Quarter
                 ;
                 but
                 as
                 he
                 rid
                 directly
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 armed
                 with
                 Back
                 and
                 Breast
                 ,
                 I
                 fired
                 a
                 Pistol
                 at
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 shot
                 him
                 into
                 the
                 Belly
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 Wound
                 he
                 fell
                 from
                 his
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 carried
                 to
                 the
                 next
                 Town
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 died
                 two
                 days
                 after
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Troopers
                 afterwards
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 taken
                 Prisoner
                 near
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 .
                 In
                 Odstock-lane
                 another
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 being
                 advanced
                 within
                 Musquet-shot
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 called
                 me
                 also
                 by
                 Name
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 me
                 to
                 stay
                 and
                 take
                 honourable
                 Quarter
                 .
                 I
                 hearing
                 him
                 give
                 good
                 Words
                 ,
                 thought
                 he
                 had
                 proposed
                 to
                 render
                 himself
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 stopped
                 my
                 Horse
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 hear
                 him
                 more
                 distinctly
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 instead
                 of
                 that
                 made
                 ready
                 his
                 Carabine
                 to
                 fire
                 at
                 me
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 and
                 sensible
                 of
                 my
                 Danger
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Greatness
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Number
                 ,
                 made
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 my
                 way
                 towards
                 Fording-bridg
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 rested
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 and
                 rallied
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 my
                 Horse
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 Southampton
                 .
                 At
                 that
                 Place
                 I
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 procure
                 some
                 Force
                 for
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 those
                 poor
                 Men
                 that
                 were
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 Belfrey
                 at
                 Salisbury
                 ;
                 which
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 doing
                 ,
                 
                 I
                 received
                 Advice
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 a
                 vigorous
                 Resistance
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 that
                 day
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemies
                 had
                 forced
                 a
                 Collier
                 to
                 drive
                 his
                 Cart
                 ,
                 loaden
                 with
                 Charcoal
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 door
                 of
                 the
                 Belsrey
                 ,
                 (
                 where
                 he
                 lost
                 his
                 Life
                 )
                 and
                 with
                 it
                 burnt
                 down
                 the
                 door
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 a
                 day's
                 time
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 secured
                 by
                 a
                 Breast-work
                 ;
                 but
                 for
                 want
                 thereof
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 Read
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 yield
                 the
                 Place
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 such
                 Terms
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 get
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 their
                 Lives
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 Prisoners
                 of
                 War.
                 The
                 Enemy
                 took
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 pursued
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 my
                 Orders
                 ,
                 fourscore
                 Prisoners
                 ;
                 and
                 had
                 taken
                 more
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 received
                 a
                 Check
                 upon
                 their
                 first
                 Arrival
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 by
                 a
                 handful
                 of
                 Men
                 :
                 For
                 they
                 had
                 placed
                 Guards
                 at
                 the
                 Gates
                 of
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 Inns
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ;
                 but
                 their
                 Party
                 flying
                 ,
                 those
                 Guards
                 also
                 quitted
                 their
                 Posts
                 ,
                 whereby
                 many
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 had
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 get
                 off
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 slightly
                 wounded
                 on
                 the
                 Breast
                 with
                 a
                 Sword
                 :
                 my
                 Horse
                 was
                 hurt
                 with
                 a
                 shot
                 ,
                 and
                 died
                 of
                 it
                 soon
                 after
                 .
                 We
                 had
                 about
                 threescore
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 Southampton
                 ,
                 taken
                 with
                 Col.
                 Coke
                 ;
                 these
                 we
                 exchanged
                 for
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 having
                 engaged
                 to
                 procure
                 elsewhere
                 the
                 Discharge
                 of
                 as
                 many
                 as
                 we
                 wanted
                 of
                 the
                 Number
                 they
                 had
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 made
                 good
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 most
                 serviceable
                 of
                 my
                 Horse
                 I
                 sent
                 towards
                 Portsmouth
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 Advantages
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 as
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 occasion
                 ,
                 remaining
                 
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 about
                 Limington
                 and
                 Hurst-Castle
                 ,
                 resolving
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 to
                 mount
                 my
                 Men
                 again
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 hoping
                 to
                 surprize
                 me
                 in
                 this
                 Corner
                 marched
                 towards
                 me
                 ,
                 but
                 failed
                 in
                 their
                 Design
                 .
                 I
                 being
                 gone
                 into
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 to
                 confer
                 with
                 our
                 Friends
                 there
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 found
                 very
                 well
                 disposed
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 designed
                 to
                 attempt
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Christ-Church
                 ,
                 we
                 imbarked
                 some
                 Men
                 to
                 reinforce
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 ready
                 to
                 put
                 to
                 Sea
                 ,
                 News
                 was
                 brought
                 that
                 the
                 Enemies
                 were
                 beaten
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 saved
                 our
                 Men
                 that
                 trouble
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 having
                 left
                 a
                 considerable
                 Force
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 marched
                 with
                 his
                 Army
                 into
                 Somersetshire
                 ,
                 where
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 besieged
                 Taunton
                 ,
                 they
                 sat
                 down
                 before
                 it
                 again
                 :
                 Col.
                 Massey
                 was
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 relieve
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 but
                 finding
                 his
                 Forces
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 he
                 durst
                 not
                 attempt
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 ordered
                 my
                 Regiment
                 to
                 lie
                 at
                 Odium
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Excursions
                 of
                 the
                 Garison
                 at
                 Basinghouse
                 ;
                 but
                 after
                 we
                 had
                 been
                 there
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 ,
                 my
                 Major
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 more
                 Wit
                 than
                 Courage
                 or
                 Honesty
                 ,
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Officers
                 to
                 vote
                 our
                 lying
                 there
                 unsafe
                 and
                 unadvisable
                 .
                 I
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 stay
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 Advice
                 ,
                 without
                 an
                 especial
                 Order
                 ,
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 with
                 the
                 Result
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Officers
                 ,
                 who
                 approving
                 their
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 
                 sent
                 me
                 Orders
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 :
                 In
                 obedience
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 marched
                 into
                 Surrey
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 Night
                 arrived
                 at
                 a
                 place
                 called
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 think
                 ,
                 Godliman
                 near
                 Guilford
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Evelyn
                
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 me
                 to
                 join
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 ordered
                 into
                 the
                 West
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 engaged
                 to
                 attend
                 our
                 Committee
                 about
                 the
                 recruiting
                 of
                 my
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 stir
                 till
                 that
                 Business
                 was
                 effected
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 not
                 leave
                 so
                 many
                 honest
                 Men
                 who
                 had
                 lost
                 their
                 Horses
                 in
                 the
                 Service
                 ,
                 before
                 I
                 had
                 procured
                 some
                 provision
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 for
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Disputes
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 continued
                 in
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 concerning
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 what
                 was
                 objected
                 touching
                 the
                 late
                 Miscarriages
                 at
                 the
                 Fight
                 of
                 Newbury
                 ,
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 ,
                 amounted
                 not
                 to
                 a
                 formal
                 Charge
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 so
                 far
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 convince
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 making
                 an
                 Alteration
                 in
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 War
                 to
                 a
                 conclusion
                 ;
                 which
                 Resolution
                 was
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 House
                 upon
                 a
                 Report
                 made
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 Mr.
                 
                   Zouch
                   Tate
                
                 ,
                 Chairman
                 of
                 the
                 Committee
                 appointed
                 for
                 the
                 reforming
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 represented
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 obey
                 their
                 Orders
                 ,
                 but
                 found
                 the
                 Condition
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 as
                 the
                 Physician
                 did
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 his
                 Patient
                 ,
                 that
                 consulted
                 him
                 about
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 a
                 slight
                 Tumour
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 whole
                 Mass
                 of
                 his
                 Blood
                 was
                 entirely
                 corrupted
                 ;
                 that
                 therefore
                 the
                 Committee
                 had
                 ordered
                 
                 him
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 being
                 infected
                 ,
                 nothing
                 would
                 serve
                 for
                 their
                 Recovery
                 less
                 than
                 the
                 entire
                 renewing
                 of
                 their
                 Constitution
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 do
                 it
                 without
                 giving
                 occasion
                 to
                 any
                 sinister
                 Reflections
                 upon
                 themselves
                 ,
                 agreed
                 upon
                 a
                 self-denying
                 Ordinance
                 ,
                 the
                 Grounds
                 whereof
                 were
                 expressed
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 the
                 clearing
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 from
                 the
                 Aspersions
                 cast
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 prolonging
                 the
                 War
                 on
                 purpose
                 to
                 gratify
                 each
                 other
                 with
                 Places
                 ,
                 and
                 neglecting
                 their
                 Duty
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 by
                 holding
                 Employments
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 :
                 They
                 therefore
                 enacted
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 should
                 surrender
                 the
                 Offices
                 they
                 held
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 the
                 better
                 attend
                 their
                 Duty
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Manchester
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 were
                 laid
                 aside
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 rather
                 to
                 shew
                 their
                 Impartiality
                 ,
                 than
                 from
                 any
                 Distrust
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 having
                 never
                 discovered
                 to
                 that
                 time
                 any
                 Inclination
                 to
                 favour
                 the
                 King's
                 Cause
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Change
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 was
                 voted
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Philip
                   Skippon
                
                 Major
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Foot.
                 A
                 Committee
                 was
                 also
                 appointed
                 to
                 consider
                 what
                 Number
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 this
                 Army
                 should
                 consist
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 under
                 the
                 General
                 should
                 command
                 them
                 .
                 They
                 agreed
                 also
                 upon
                 the
                 Colonels
                 ,
                 some
                 whereof
                 were
                 Scots
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Middleton
                   ,
                   Holborn
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 who
                 disliking
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 accept
                 of
                 Employments
                 .
                 Pointz
                 was
                 commissionated
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 
                 Forces
                 in
                 the
                 North
                 ,
                 and
                 Massey
                 those
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 consisting
                 chiefly
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 served
                 under
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 .
                 The
                 Committee
                 would
                 have
                 named
                 me
                 for
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 a
                 Regiment
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Gentlemen
                 who
                 served
                 in
                 Parliament
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 pretended
                 then
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 spare
                 me
                 ;
                 yet
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 observing
                 me
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 promote
                 a
                 Faction
                 ,
                 and
                 solely
                 applying
                 my self
                 to
                 advance
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 they
                 combined
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 procured
                 me
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 aside
                 ,
                 under
                 colour
                 that
                 they
                 stood
                 not
                 in
                 need
                 of
                 more
                 than
                 four
                 Troops
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 offered
                 me
                 the
                 Command
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 declined
                 it
                 ,
                 had
                 I
                 found
                 my
                 Endeavours
                 answered
                 with
                 sutable
                 Acceptance
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 they
                 whom
                 I
                 served
                 had
                 been
                 willing
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 my
                 Life
                 ,
                 should
                 prosper
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 contrary
                 being
                 most
                 evident
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Gentlemen
                 continued
                 to
                 manifest
                 their
                 Fidelity
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Affection
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 yet
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 having
                 now
                 espoused
                 another
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 rejoicing
                 at
                 any
                 Loss
                 that
                 fell
                 upon
                 ours
                 ,
                 I
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 desist
                 and
                 wait
                 for
                 a
                 better
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 improve
                 my
                 Talent
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 .
                 My
                 Major
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 his
                 Artifices
                 ,
                 being
                 disappointed
                 in
                 his
                 Expectation
                 to
                 command
                 these
                 Troops
                 ,
                 openly
                 pulled
                 off
                 the
                 Mask
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 about
                 thirty
                 of
                 his
                 Troop
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Strangers
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 beating
                 up
                 a
                 Quarter
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 went
                 over
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 sent
                 his
                 Wife
                 before
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 notice
                 of
                 his
                 Design
                 .
                 But
                 his
                 Lieutenant
                 continuing
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 hindred
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Troop
                 from
                 following
                 him
                 .
                 Soon
                 after
                 he
                 undertook
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Regiment
                 in
                 the
                 North
                 Parts
                 of
                 Wiltshire
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 whilst
                 he
                 was
                 attempting
                 to
                 effect
                 it
                 ,
                 an
                 Encounter
                 happened
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 some
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 wherein
                 being
                 worsted
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 save
                 himself
                 by
                 leaping
                 over
                 a
                 Ditch
                 ,
                 he
                 fell
                 with
                 his
                 Horse
                 into
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 so
                 bruised
                 with
                 his
                 Fall
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 never
                 spoke
                 more
                 ,
                 thereby
                 receiving
                 such
                 a
                 Recompence
                 as
                 was
                 due
                 to
                 his
                 Treachery
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 that
                 the
                 Parliament
                 made
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 General
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 made
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 General
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 his
                 late
                 ill
                 Success
                 at
                 Marston-Moor
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Dissatisfaction
                 of
                 many
                 of
                 his
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Committee
                 of
                 Wilts
                 divided
                 themselves
                 ,
                 one
                 part
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 sit
                 at
                 Malmsbury
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 to
                 reside
                 about
                 Salisbury
                 ;
                 but
                 wanting
                 a
                 Place
                 for
                 their
                 Security
                 ,
                 they
                 put
                 a
                 Garison
                 into
                 Falston-house
                 ;
                 and
                 Capt.
                 
                   Edward
                   Doyly
                
                 contending
                 with
                 Major
                 
                   William
                   Ludlow
                
                 for
                 the
                 Government
                 thereof
                 ,
                 the
                 Committee
                 at
                 London
                 gave
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 latter
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 his
                 Troop
                 somewhat
                 restrained
                 the
                 Excursions
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 from
                 their
                 Garison
                 thereabouts
                 .
                 That
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Committee
                 which
                 sat
                 at
                 Malmsbury
                 
                 having
                 some
                 Affairs
                 to
                 dispatch
                 at
                 Marlborough
                 ,
                 went
                 thither
                 accompanied
                 by
                 Col.
                 Devereux
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 Night
                 after
                 their
                 Arrival
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 surprized
                 them
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Committee
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 said
                 Governour
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Forces
                 they
                 had
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 Prisoners
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 wanting
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 fitting
                 Preparations
                 for
                 War
                 ,
                 yet
                 neglected
                 no
                 honest
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 procure
                 Peace
                 ,
                 assuring
                 themselves
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 the
                 better
                 enabled
                 to
                 bear
                 whatsoever
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 Event
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 took
                 care
                 to
                 discharge
                 their
                 Consciences
                 in
                 that
                 Particular
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 manifest
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 compelled
                 to
                 it
                 by
                 mere
                 Necessity
                 ,
                 so
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 continued
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 through
                 their
                 Choice
                 or
                 Obstinacy
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 it
                 was
                 agreed
                 ,
                 that
                 Commissioners
                 should
                 be
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 others
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 about
                 Conditions
                 of
                 Peace
                 .
                 The
                 Place
                 of
                 their
                 Meeting
                 was
                 at
                 Vxbridg
                 ,
                 where
                 after
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 owned
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 as
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 without
                 difficulty
                 perswaded
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 by
                 an
                 Act
                 engaged
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 continue
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Parliament
                 till
                 they
                 dissolved
                 themselves
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 done
                 ;
                 and
                 consented
                 that
                 his
                 Commissioners
                 should
                 treat
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Quality
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 before
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 declining
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 the
                 Titles
                 conferred
                 upon
                 them
                 since
                 ;
                 they
                 made
                 some
                 Progress
                 
                 in
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 which
                 began
                 the
                 13
                 th
                 of
                 January
                 ,
                 1645.
                 but
                 the
                 Proposition
                 concerning
                 the
                 Bishops
                 being
                 rejected
                 ,
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 nothing
                 .
                 During
                 the
                 Treaty
                 Mr.
                 Love
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Chaplains
                 attending
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 preaching
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 averred
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 vain
                 thing
                 to
                 hope
                 for
                 the
                 Blessing
                 of
                 God
                 upon
                 any
                 Peace
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 till
                 Satisfaction
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 for
                 the
                 Blood
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 .
                 For
                 these
                 Words
                 the
                 King's
                 Commissioners
                 demanded
                 Satisfaction
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Treaty
                 breaking
                 up
                 ,
                 nothing
                 was
                 done
                 in
                 order
                 thereunto
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 both
                 Parties
                 renewed
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 Weymouth
                 being
                 seized
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Advantage
                 obtained
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 near
                 Pomfret
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 surprized
                 the
                 important
                 Town
                 of
                 Shrewsbury
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 King's
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 Wales
                 became
                 much
                 interrupted
                 .
                 They
                 also
                 recovered
                 Weymouth
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Melcolm-Regis
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 separated
                 from
                 the
                 said
                 Town
                 by
                 a
                 small
                 Arm
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Bridg
                 over
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 was
                 preserved
                 by
                 the
                 Industry
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 Col.
                 Sydenham
                 .
              
               
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 Self-denying
                 Ordinance
                 ,
                 was
                 dispensed
                 with
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 impower'd
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Horse
                 under
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ,
                 he
                 marched
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 from
                 Windsar
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 Islip-Bridg
                 met
                 ,
                 fought
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 defeated
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Regiments
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Northampton
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Wilmot
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 Palmer
                 ,
                 taking
                 five
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 and
                 two
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 whereof
                 many
                 were
                 Officers
                 and
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 he
                 summoned
                 Blechington-house
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 surrendred
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 Col.
                 Windebank
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 late
                 Secretary
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 who
                 coming
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 was
                 shot
                 to
                 death
                 for
                 so
                 doing
                 .
                 He
                 forced
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Vaughan
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 Littleton
                 ,
                 with
                 three
                 hundred
                 and
                 fifty
                 Men
                 ,
                 into
                 Bampton-bush
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 took
                 them
                 both
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 hundred
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Arms
                 ;
                 sending
                 Col.
                 Fiennes
                 after
                 another
                 Party
                 ,
                 who
                 took
                 a
                 hundred
                 and
                 fisty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 three
                 Colonels
                 ,
                 and
                 forty
                 private
                 Souldiers
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Arms
                 :
                 and
                 being
                 reinforced
                 by
                 about
                 five
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 from
                 Col.
                 Brown
                 ,
                 he
                 attempted
                 Faringdon-house
                 ,
                 but
                 without
                 Success
                 .
              
               
                 General
                 Fairfax
                 leaving
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 to
                 block
                 up
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 marched
                 Westward
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 design
                 to
                 relieve
                 Taunton
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 ordered
                 by
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 to
                 besiege
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 he
                 appointed
                 Col.
                 Welden
                 to
                 relieve
                 that
                 Town
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 easily
                 effected
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 marching
                 off
                 at
                 his
                 Approach
                 ,
                 apprehending
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 whole
                 Army
                 marching
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 before
                 had
                 been
                 informed
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 sent
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Wales
                 ,
                 accompanied
                 with
                 Hyde
                 and
                 Culpeper
                 ,
                 into
                 the
                 
                 West
                 ,
                 to
                 raise
                 Forces
                 ;
                 and
                 despising
                 the
                 
                   New
                   Model
                
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 called
                 ,
                 because
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 Officers
                 were
                 either
                 omitted
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 or
                 had
                 quitted
                 their
                 Commands
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 judging
                 himself
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 marched
                 towards
                 Leicester
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 time
                 was
                 grown
                 so
                 considerable
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 thought
                 it
                 high
                 time
                 to
                 look
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 commanded
                 the
                 General
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 march
                 and
                 observe
                 his
                 Motions
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 he
                 could
                 overtake
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 made
                 himself
                 Master
                 of
                 Leicester
                 by
                 storm
                 ,
                 and
                 plundered
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 about
                 seven
                 hundred
                 Men
                 on
                 his
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 one
                 hundred
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 Being
                 encouraged
                 with
                 this
                 Success
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 consideration
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 encounter
                 with
                 an
                 unexperienced
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 upon
                 advice
                 that
                 our
                 Army
                 was
                 in
                 search
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 advanced
                 towards
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 both
                 Armies
                 met
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 of
                 Naseby
                 on
                 the
                 14
                 th
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 1645.
                 
                 Some
                 days
                 before
                 one
                 Col.
                 Vermuyden
                 ,
                 an
                 old
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 had
                 laid
                 down
                 his
                 Commission
                 ,
                 whether
                 through
                 diffidence
                 of
                 Success
                 ,
                 or
                 what
                 other
                 Consideration
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Engagement
                 Major
                 General
                 Skippon
                 ,
                 the
                 only
                 old
                 Souldier
                 remaining
                 amongst
                 the
                 chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 received
                 a
                 shot
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 from
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Party
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 supposed
                 unwillingly
                 ,
                 whereby
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 great
                 measure
                 disabled
                 to
                 perform
                 the
                 Duty
                 of
                 his
                 Place
                 that
                 day
                 ,
                 tho
                 
                 extreamly
                 desirous
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 .
                 Under
                 these
                 Discouragements
                 the
                 Horse
                 upon
                 our
                 Left
                 Wing
                 were
                 attacked
                 by
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Right
                 ,
                 and
                 beaten
                 back
                 to
                 our
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 being
                 taken
                 ,
                 our
                 Foot
                 giving
                 ground
                 also
                 .
                 But
                 our
                 Right
                 Wing
                 being
                 strengthned
                 by
                 those
                 of
                 our
                 Left
                 that
                 were
                 rallied
                 by
                 their
                 Officers
                 ,
                 fell
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Left
                 Wing
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 broken
                 and
                 repulsed
                 them
                 ,
                 resolving
                 to
                 improve
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 charged
                 the
                 main
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Regiments
                 of
                 our
                 Infantry
                 ,
                 entirely
                 encompassed
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Body
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 who
                 finding
                 themselves
                 deserted
                 by
                 their
                 Horse
                 ,
                 threw
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 yielded
                 themselves
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 our
                 Horse
                 were
                 at
                 leisure
                 to
                 pursue
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 fled
                 with
                 him
                 towards
                 Leicester
                 ,
                 taking
                 many
                 Prisoners
                 in
                 the
                 pursuit
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 those
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 amounted
                 in
                 all
                 to
                 about
                 six
                 thousand
                 ,
                 and
                 amongst
                 them
                 six
                 Colonels
                 ,
                 eight
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonels
                 ,
                 eighteen
                 Majors
                 ,
                 seventy
                 Captains
                 ,
                 eighty
                 Lieutenants
                 ,
                 eighty
                 Ensigns
                 ,
                 two
                 hundred
                 inferiour
                 Officers
                 ,
                 about
                 one
                 hundred
                 and
                 forty
                 Standards
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Footmen
                 and
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Train
                 of
                 Artillery
                 and
                 Baggage
                 .
                 This
                 Victory
                 was
                 obtained
                 with
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 few
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 above
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 hundred
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 the
                 King's
                 Cabinet
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 it
                 many
                 Letters
                 of
                 Consequence
                 ,
                 particularly
                 
                 one
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 ,
                 advising
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 before
                 any
                 Act
                 of
                 Hostility
                 on
                 either
                 side
                 ,
                 to
                 betake
                 himself
                 to
                 some
                 Place
                 of
                 Strength
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 to
                 declare
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 Men
                 perceived
                 that
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 making
                 War
                 upon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 resolved
                 upon
                 early
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 having
                 followed
                 this
                 Council
                 exactly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 had
                 impeached
                 Finch
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 for
                 advising
                 the
                 illegal
                 Tax
                 of
                 Ship-money
                 ,
                 soliciting
                 the
                 Judges
                 to
                 declare
                 it
                 lawful
                 ,
                 and
                 threatning
                 those
                 who
                 refused
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 good
                 Service
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 preferred
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Seal
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Place
                 being
                 vacant
                 upon
                 his
                 Flight
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 not
                 entrust
                 it
                 with
                 Littleton
                 before
                 he
                 had
                 obliged
                 him
                 by
                 an
                 Oath
                 to
                 promise
                 to
                 send
                 the
                 Seal
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 whensoever
                 he
                 should
                 by
                 any
                 Messenger
                 require
                 it
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 inclined
                 to
                 believe
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 Cause
                 why
                 Littleton
                 left
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 not
                 daring
                 to
                 stay
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Oath
                 ,
                 sent
                 the
                 Seal
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 by
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Elliot
                 ,
                 dispatched
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 The
                 Seal
                 being
                 thus
                 carried
                 away
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 finding
                 Justice
                 obstructed
                 through
                 the
                 want
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 declared
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Seal
                 ought
                 to
                 attend
                 them
                 during
                 their
                 Sitting
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 that
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 or
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 since
                 it
                 was
                 carried
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 null
                 and
                 void
                 .
                 Upon
                 which
                 a
                 new
                 Seal
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 Commissioners
                 nominated
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 putting
                 it
                 in
                 execution
                 to
                 all
                 Intents
                 and
                 Purposes
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thereby
                 exercising
                 the
                 Supreme
                 Authority
                 in
                 virtue
                 of
                 their
                 frequent
                 Declarations
                 ;
                 
                   That
                   the
                   King
                   doth
                   nothing
                   in
                   his
                   personal
                   Capacity
                   as
                   King
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   his
                   politick
                   Capacity
                   according
                   to
                   Law
                   ;
                   of
                   which
                   the
                   Judges
                   of
                
                 Westminster-hall
                 
                   are
                   Judges
                   in
                   the
                   Intervals
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   during
                   the
                   sitting
                   of
                   Parliament
                   the
                   Two
                   Houses
                   being
                   the
                   Great
                   Council
                   both
                   of
                   King
                   and
                   People
                   ,
                   are
                   the
                   sole
                   Judges
                   thereof
                   .
                
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 King's
                 Cabinet
                 were
                 also
                 found
                 Letters
                 from
                 the
                 Queen
                 ,
                 blaming
                 him
                 for
                 owning
                 those
                 at
                 Westminster
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 warning
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 the
                 prejudice
                 of
                 the
                 Roman
                 Catholicks
                 ;
                 with
                 a
                 Copy
                 of
                 his
                 Answer
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 promised
                 his
                 Care
                 of
                 the
                 Papists
                 ,
                 and
                 excused
                 his
                 owning
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 at
                 Westminster
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 assuring
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 have
                 found
                 two
                 of
                 his
                 Mongrel
                 Parliament
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 called
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 his
                 mind
                 therein
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 done
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 it
                 publickly
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 refusing
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 him
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 Order
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 entred
                 in
                 the
                 Journal
                 of
                 his
                 Council
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 ,
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 of
                 any
                 Validity
                 for
                 the
                 enabling
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Another
                 Paper
                 was
                 found
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 giving
                 some
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 Troubles
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Papists
                 who
                 had
                 taken
                 Arms
                 being
                 qualified
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 that
                 term
                 was
                 struck
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 word
                 
                 Irish
                 added
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 himself
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 likewise
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ,
                 complaining
                 of
                 the
                 Unkindness
                 and
                 Ingratitude
                 of
                 the
                 Queen
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Reasons
                 of
                 the
                 Removal
                 of
                 her
                 Servants
                 that
                 she
                 brought
                 over
                 with
                 her
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 Discretion
                 in
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 have
                 kept
                 no
                 Memorials
                 ,
                 such
                 Matters
                 ,
                 when
                 buried
                 in
                 Oblivion
                 ,
                 being
                 next
                 best
                 to
                 the
                 not
                 having
                 any
                 Differences
                 between
                 so
                 near
                 Relations
                 .
                 Many
                 more
                 Letters
                 there
                 were
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 printed
                 with
                 Observations
                 ,
                 by
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 no
                 less
                 Consequence
                 suppressed
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 credibly
                 informed
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 instructed
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 since
                 the
                 King's
                 Return
                 have
                 been
                 rewarded
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 One
                 Paper
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 omit
                 which
                 was
                 here
                 found
                 ,
                 being
                 that
                 very
                 Paper
                 which
                 contained
                 the
                 principal
                 Evidence
                 against
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 been
                 ,
                 as
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 purloined
                 from
                 the
                 Committee
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 to
                 manage
                 the
                 Charge
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 having
                 these
                 Words
                 written
                 upon
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 own
                 Hand
                 ,
                 
                   This
                   Paper
                   was
                   delivered
                   to
                   me
                   by
                   George
                   Digby
                   ,
                
                 tho
                 he
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 that
                 Committee
                 ,
                 had
                 solemnly
                 protested
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 neither
                 taken
                 that
                 Paper
                 away
                 ,
                 nor
                 knew
                 what
                 was
                 become
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Prisoners
                 and
                 Standards
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 Fight
                 were
                 brought
                 through
                 London
                 to
                 Westminster
                 .
                 The
                 Standards
                 were
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 hung
                 up
                 in
                 Westminster-Hall
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 secured
                 
                 in
                 the
                 Artillery-Ground
                 near
                 Tuttle-fields
                 ;
                 a
                 Committee
                 being
                 appointed
                 to
                 consider
                 how
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 permitted
                 those
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 that
                 would
                 give
                 Security
                 for
                 their
                 living
                 peaceably
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ;
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 did
                 not
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 much
                 the
                 greater
                 Number
                 ,
                 were
                 shipped
                 off
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 Foreign
                 Parts
                 upon
                 Conditions
                 .
                 This
                 Success
                 was
                 astonishing
                 ,
                 being
                 obtained
                 by
                 Men
                 of
                 little
                 Experience
                 in
                 Affairs
                 of
                 this
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 that
                 account
                 despised
                 by
                 their
                 Enemies
                 ;
                 yet
                 it
                 proved
                 the
                 deciding
                 Battel
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 after
                 this
                 time
                 never
                 making
                 any
                 considerable
                 Opposition
                 .
                 Leicester
                 capitulated
                 two
                 days
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 surrendred
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Forces
                 besieged
                 Chester
                 ,
                 whilst
                 the
                 Scots
                 did
                 the
                 like
                 to
                 Hereford
                 .
                 The
                 General
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 marched
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 relieve
                 our
                 Friends
                 at
                 Taunton
                 ,
                 where
                 Col.
                 Welden
                 was
                 besieged
                 ,
                 took
                 Highworth
                 in
                 his
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 dissipated
                 the
                 Club-men
                 ,
                 defeated
                 
                 Goring's
                 Forces
                 at
                 Lamport
                 ,
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 Towns
                 of
                 Bridgwater
                 and
                 Bath
                 by
                 Capitulation
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Sherburn-Castle
                 by
                 storm
                 .
                 Bristol
                 also
                 was
                 surrendred
                 after
                 the
                 Outworks
                 and
                 Fort
                 had
                 been
                 taken
                 by
                 Assault
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 other
                 Successes
                 of
                 less
                 importance
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 unnecessary
                 to
                 be
                 mentioned
                 here
                 .
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 being
                 sent
                 to
                 reduce
                 such
                 Garisons
                 as
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 began
                 with
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 delivered
                 to
                 him
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 he
                 marched
                 to
                 Basinghouse
                 ,
                 and
                 erected
                 
                 a
                 Battery
                 on
                 the
                 East-side
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 having
                 made
                 a
                 Breach
                 ,
                 he
                 stormed
                 and
                 entered
                 it
                 ,
                 putting
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Garison
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 the
                 rest
                 with
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 whose
                 House
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 Col.
                 
                   Robert
                   Hammond
                
                 had
                 been
                 before
                 made
                 Prisoner
                 by
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 kept
                 here
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 secure
                 his
                 own
                 Life
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 by
                 putting
                 himself
                 under
                 the
                 Colonel's
                 Protection
                 ,
                 when
                 ours
                 entred
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 suspected
                 that
                 Col.
                 
                   Hammond
                   '
                
                 ,
                 being
                 related
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 whose
                 half-Sister
                 was
                 married
                 to
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Winchester
                 ,
                 had
                 suffered
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 Prisoner
                 on
                 design
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 said
                 Marquiss
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Place
                 he
                 attempted
                 was
                 Langford-house
                 near
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 yielded
                 in
                 a
                 day
                 or
                 two
                 upon
                 Articles
                 .
                 The
                 Works
                 about
                 Basing
                 were
                 levelled
                 ,
                 Sherborn-Castle
                 slighted
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 Falston-house
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Major
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 Governour
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 removed
                 to
                 undertake
                 the
                 same
                 Charge
                 at
                 Langford-house
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 Garison
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 its
                 nearness
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 secure
                 himself
                 by
                 getting
                 as
                 far
                 from
                 our
                 Forces
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 new
                 Army
                 if
                 possible
                 ,
                 marched
                 with
                 the
                 Horse
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 left
                 towards
                 North-Wales
                 ,
                 hoping
                 in
                 his
                 way
                 to
                 relieve
                 Chester
                 besieged
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Brereton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 Presence
                 in
                 Wales
                 to
                 prevail
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 furnish
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 Foot
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 found
                 himself
                 frustrated
                 
                 in
                 both
                 these
                 Designs
                 :
                 For
                 being
                 worsted
                 near
                 Routen
                 Heath
                 by
                 Major
                 General
                 Pointz
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 a
                 Brigade
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 he
                 saw
                 the
                 Face
                 of
                 Affairs
                 much
                 altered
                 both
                 in
                 North
                 and
                 South-Wales
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 entertained
                 civilly
                 by
                 some
                 particular
                 Persons
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 that
                 during
                 his
                 Successes
                 had
                 subjected
                 themselves
                 even
                 slavishly
                 to
                 his
                 Instruments
                 ,
                 now
                 fearing
                 he
                 might
                 draw
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 their
                 Country
                 the
                 Seat
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 murmur
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 together
                 a
                 numerous
                 Body
                 in
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 a
                 Club-Army
                 ,
                 whispering
                 amongst
                 themselves
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 intended
                 to
                 seize
                 his
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 deliver
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 Peace
                 .
                 Which
                 being
                 reported
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 retire
                 from
                 thence
                 with
                 his
                 Forces
                 ,
                 only
                 leaving
                 a
                 small
                 Garison
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Cardiff
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 County
                 ,
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 reduced
                 to
                 the
                 Obedience
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 Col.
                 Pritchard
                 ,
                 where
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Strangwaies
                
                 was
                 amongst
                 others
                 taken
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 sent
                 up
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower.
                 The
                 Isle
                 of
                 Anglesey
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 Places
                 of
                 North-Wales
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 held
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 were
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 but
                 Glamorganshire
                 and
                 the
                 parts
                 adjacent
                 continued
                 not
                 long
                 in
                 their
                 Duty
                 ,
                 but
                 revolted
                 at
                 the
                 Instigation
                 of
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Kerne
                 of
                 Winny
                 ,
                 who
                 pretending
                 great
                 Fidelity
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 
                 was
                 intrusted
                 by
                 them
                 as
                 their
                 Sheriff
                 for
                 that
                 County
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 that
                 Authority
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Country
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 besiege
                 Colonel
                 Pritchard
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 their
                 Friends
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Cardiff
                 ;
                 who
                 being
                 reduced
                 to
                 some
                 necessity
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 probably
                 constrained
                 to
                 surrender
                 it
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 speedy
                 relief
                 been
                 procured
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 Colonel
                 Kirle
                 of
                 Glocestershire
                 ;
                 who
                 falling
                 suddenly
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 routed
                 and
                 killed
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Affairs
                 being
                 in
                 this
                 low
                 condition
                 in
                 England
                 and
                 Wales
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 try
                 what
                 might
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ;
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 ,
                 he
                 commands
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 to
                 march
                 thither
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 sixteen
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 join
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Montross
                 then
                 in
                 Arms
                 for
                 him
                 in
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 In
                 obedience
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Order
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 marched
                 from
                 Newark
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 way
                 surprized
                 about
                 eight
                 hundred
                 of
                 ours
                 near
                 Sherbon
                 ;
                 but
                 was
                 afterwards
                 routed
                 by
                 Col.
                 Copley
                 ,
                 who
                 recovered
                 the
                 Men
                 and
                 Arms
                 taken
                 from
                 ours
                 ,
                 killed
                 forty
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 the
                 spot
                 ,
                 took
                 four
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 six
                 hundred
                 Horses
                 :
                 The
                 Lord
                 
                 Digby's
                 Coach
                 and
                 Papers
                 were
                 also
                 taken
                 .
                 This
                 Party
                 was
                 defeated
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Brown
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 third
                 by
                 Col.
                 Bright
                 ,
                 who
                 took
                 two
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 Prisoners
                 ;
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 with
                 about
                 twenty
                 more
                 hardly
                 escaping
                 to
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 Ireland
                 .
              
               
               
                 At
                 the
                 approach
                 of
                 Sir
                 Thomas
                 Fairfax's
                 Army
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 raised
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Taunton
                 ;
                 from
                 thence
                 the
                 General
                 marched
                 to
                 Honyton
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 to
                 Colompton
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 the
                 Enemy
                 retired
                 in
                 great
                 disorder
                 .
                 On
                 October
                 20.
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 tho
                 much
                 weakned
                 by
                 hard
                 Duty
                 and
                 the
                 Rigour
                 of
                 the
                 Season
                 ,
                 resolved
                 upon
                 the
                 Blockade
                 of
                 
                   Exeter
                   .
                   Carmarthen
                
                 Castle
                 ,
                 Monmouth
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Places
                 were
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 looking
                 upon
                 the
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 as
                 his
                 last
                 Refuge
                 ,
                 sends
                 Orders
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 Cessation
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 conclude
                 a
                 Peace
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 upon
                 condition
                 they
                 would
                 oblige
                 themselves
                 to
                 send
                 over
                 an
                 Army
                 to
                 his
                 Assistance
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 The
                 Supreme
                 Council
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 called
                 themselves
                 ,
                 having
                 notice
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 invited
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 to
                 treat
                 about
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 who
                 being
                 willing
                 to
                 see
                 his
                 Relations
                 and
                 his
                 Estate
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 to
                 expedite
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 accepted
                 their
                 Invitation
                 ,
                 and
                 marched
                 thither
                 with
                 about
                 three
                 or
                 4000
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 for
                 his
                 Guard
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mountgarret
                 and
                 the
                 Supreme
                 Council
                 ,
                 were
                 dispersed
                 into
                 Quarters
                 in
                 the
                 Villages
                 thereabouts
                 ;
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 suspecting
                 nothing
                 ,
                 having
                 sent
                 Orders
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Willoughby
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 that
                 Party
                 under
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 being
                 an
                 old
                 and
                 experienced
                 Commander
                 ,
                 well
                 acquainted
                 with
                 the
                 Treachery
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 particularly
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Popish
                 Religion
                 ,
                 knowing
                 how
                 easy
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 for
                 the
                 Irish
                 to
                 cut
                 them
                 off
                 in
                 the
                 Quarters
                 assigned
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 resolved
                 not
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 the
                 dispersing
                 of
                 his
                 Men
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 desired
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 quarter
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 or
                 where
                 his
                 Lordship
                 should
                 appoint
                 ,
                 desiring
                 if
                 this
                 would
                 not
                 satisfy
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 Liberty
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 ;
                 advising
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 trust
                 his
                 Person
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 their
                 fair
                 Words
                 .
                 My
                 Lord
                 hereupon
                 leaves
                 the
                 Care
                 of
                 quartering
                 his
                 Men
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Willoughby
                
                 ;
                 but
                 resolves
                 himself
                 to
                 stay
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 .
                 Sir
                 Francis
                 draws
                 the
                 Troops
                 into
                 Goran
                 ,
                 a
                 Town
                 five
                 Miles
                 from
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 kept
                 his
                 Guards
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 Caution
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 in
                 an
                 Enemies
                 Country
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 being
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 disappointed
                 of
                 their
                 Design
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 Party
                 by
                 surprize
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 attempt
                 it
                 by
                 open
                 Force
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 favour
                 that
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 could
                 get
                 amongst
                 his
                 Relations
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 notice
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 which
                 with
                 much
                 difficulty
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 sending
                 Orders
                 to
                 his
                 Forces
                 to
                 march
                 towards
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 very
                 readily
                 obeyed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 had
                 advice
                 that
                 the
                 Country
                 was
                 rising
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 in
                 such
                 numbers
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 Col.
                 Bagnal
                 Governour
                 of
                 Loughlyn
                 had
                 not
                 permitted
                 them
                 to
                 pass
                 the
                 Bridg
                 there
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 in
                 all
                 appearance
                 been
                 cut
                 off
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 had
                 recovered
                 their
                 own
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 they
                 discovered
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 
                 Treachery
                 ,
                 as
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Willoughby
                
                 ,
                 who
                 gave
                 me
                 this
                 account
                 ,
                 judged
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 knew
                 not
                 on
                 whom
                 to
                 charge
                 it
                 :
                 for
                 they
                 found
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 fallen
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Powder
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 furnished
                 having
                 no
                 force
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 came
                 to
                 be
                 discovered
                 upon
                 the
                 trial
                 of
                 a
                 Musquet
                 at
                 a
                 Mark
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 small
                 report
                 it
                 gave
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 fall
                 of
                 the
                 Bullet
                 half
                 way
                 from
                 it
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 searching
                 further
                 into
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 they
                 found
                 all
                 their
                 Store
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 sort
                 .
                 The
                 Irish
                 seized
                 upon
                 all
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Ormond's
                 Plate
                 ,
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 his
                 Haste
                 not
                 permitting
                 him
                 to
                 save
                 any
                 thing
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 Usage
                 his
                 Zeal
                 for
                 the
                 prosecution
                 of
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Rebels
                 became
                 much
                 abated
                 .
                 The
                 King's
                 Commission
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 was
                 not
                 of
                 so
                 large
                 an
                 extent
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 allow
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Irish
                 came
                 to
                 any
                 effect
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Glamorgan
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 Earl
                 of
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 was
                 impowered
                 by
                 private
                 Instructions
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 promise
                 them
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Romish
                 Religion
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 other
                 Advantages
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 he
                 treated
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 because
                 this
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 be
                 publickly
                 known
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 was
                 highly
                 resented
                 by
                 many
                 even
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Digby
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 ordered
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 assist
                 in
                 that
                 Affair
                 ,
                 finding
                 that
                 the
                 Treaty
                 was
                 not
                 like
                 to
                 take
                 effect
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 specious
                 Colour
                 to
                 the
                 
                 matter
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 Glamorgan
                 had
                 in
                 that
                 particular
                 exceeded
                 his
                 Commission
                 ,
                 accused
                 him
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 and
                 procured
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 imprison'd
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 :
                 but
                 in
                 Letters
                 intercepted
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 Glamorgan
                 to
                 his
                 Lady
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 entertain
                 any
                 Fears
                 concerning
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 he
                 doubted
                 not
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 be
                 admitted
                 to
                 be
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 justify
                 his
                 Proceedings
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Confusion
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 caused
                 his
                 Imprisonment
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 English
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 provoked
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Treachery
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 and
                 apprehending
                 that
                 without
                 Assistance
                 from
                 England
                 they
                 might
                 fall
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 satisfied
                 unless
                 a
                 Message
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 treat
                 about
                 Conditions
                 for
                 the
                 putting
                 of
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Forces
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 into
                 their
                 Hands
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Parliament
                 sent
                 over
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 and
                 the
                 Council
                 .
                 But
                 tho
                 the
                 Earl
                 was
                 not
                 willing
                 that
                 any
                 thing
                 should
                 be
                 concluded
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ;
                 yet
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Willoughby
                
                 was
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 him
                 say
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 convinced
                 of
                 the
                 Necessity
                 and
                 Duty
                 that
                 lay
                 upon
                 them
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 promised
                 our
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 then
                 Governour
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 whensoever
                 they
                 should
                 command
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Montross
                 having
                 obtained
                 a
                 Victory
                 against
                 those
                 whom
                 the
                 Scots
                 had
                 left
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 
                 Peace
                 of
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 become
                 Master
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 
                   David
                   Lesley
                
                 was
                 sent
                 thither
                 from
                 Hereford
                 with
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Scotish
                 Horse
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 defeated
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 Montross
                 ,
                 and
                 reduced
                 that
                 Nation
                 to
                 its
                 former
                 Obedience
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 Bristol
                 to
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 Governour
                 thereof
                 returned
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 found
                 so
                 cool
                 a
                 Reception
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 that
                 Col.
                 Leg
                 then
                 Governour
                 of
                 Oxford
                 was
                 turned
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 Command
                 for
                 being
                 of
                 his
                 Faction
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 that
                 City
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Glenham
                
                 .
                 The
                 Prince
                 was
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 forbidden
                 to
                 wear
                 a
                 Sword
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 restored
                 to
                 that
                 Liberty
                 ;
                 yet
                 he
                 was
                 never
                 more
                 intrusted
                 with
                 any
                 Command
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 finding
                 their
                 Business
                 to
                 increase
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 numbers
                 to
                 diminish
                 by
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 some
                 ,
                 and
                 Desertion
                 of
                 others
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 ordered
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Seal
                 to
                 issue
                 out
                 Writs
                 to
                 such
                 Counties
                 ,
                 Cities
                 ,
                 and
                 Boroughs
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 House
                 by
                 their
                 particular
                 Order
                 should
                 direct
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Election
                 of
                 Members
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
                 They
                 ordered
                 also
                 a
                 Jewel
                 to
                 be
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 about
                 seven
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 presented
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ;
                 it
                 had
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 represented
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Battel
                 of
                 Naseby
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 :
                 three
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 were
                 
                 deputed
                 to
                 carry
                 the
                 Present
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 of
                 whose
                 Guard
                 I
                 took
                 to
                 go
                 into
                 the
                 West
                 without
                 disturbance
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 difficult
                 to
                 do
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 hovering
                 about
                 the
                 Downs
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 were
                 called
                 Col.
                 Downs
                 his
                 Men
                 ;
                 who
                 rendring
                 the
                 Rode
                 unsafe
                 ,
                 I
                 procured
                 a
                 Guard
                 of
                 twenty
                 or
                 thirty
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 Horse
                 to
                 accompany
                 me
                 during
                 my
                 stay
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
                 So
                 small
                 a
                 Number
                 not
                 being
                 sufficient
                 either
                 to
                 defend
                 me
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 Attempt
                 ,
                 I
                 betook
                 my self
                 to
                 Col.
                 
                 Massey's
                 Party
                 ,
                 commanded
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 by
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Cook
                
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 long
                 before
                 an
                 Alarm
                 was
                 given
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 from
                 Oxford
                 had
                 marched
                 by
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 design
                 to
                 relieve
                 Corse-Castle
                 ,
                 besieged
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 by
                 our
                 Forces
                 :
                 But
                 before
                 we
                 could
                 get
                 our
                 Men
                 together
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 surprized
                 part
                 of
                 ours
                 in
                 Warham
                 ,
                 and
                 beaten
                 off
                 the
                 Guard
                 between
                 that
                 Place
                 and
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 relieved
                 with
                 what
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 returned
                 back
                 again
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Action
                 a
                 Brother
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 's
                 was
                 mortally
                 wounded
                 ,
                 taken
                 Prisoner
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 died
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 .
                 Col.
                 Cook
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 content
                 himself
                 to
                 reinforce
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 his
                 former
                 Station
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Army
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 having
                 left
                 a
                 strong
                 Party
                 to
                 block
                 up
                 Exeter
                 ,
                 advanced
                 Westward
                 towards
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 
                   Bovey
                   Tracy
                
                 fought
                 the
                 Brigade
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Wentworth
                 ,
                 took
                 four
                 hundred
                 
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 a
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 ,
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 six
                 Standards
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 King's
                 .
                 Two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 ours
                 appeared
                 before
                 Dartmouth
                 ,
                 and
                 summoned
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Garison
                 being
                 numerous
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 surrender
                 :
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Army
                 advancing
                 ,
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 their
                 Outworks
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 turned
                 their
                 Cannon
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 two
                 Forts
                 ,
                 distant
                 about
                 a
                 Mile
                 from
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 wherein
                 were
                 thirty
                 four
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 Ships
                 of
                 War
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 surrendred
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 Governour
                 understanding
                 ,
                 capitulated
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 the
                 Town
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ,
                 being
                 permitted
                 to
                 march
                 off
                 himself
                 ;
                 but
                 Sir
                 
                   Hugh
                   Pollard
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Newport
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Seymour
                 ,
                 four
                 Colonels
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 others
                 ,
                 were
                 to
                 remain
                 Prisoners
                 :
                 and
                 a
                 French
                 Vessel
                 coming
                 into
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 ,
                 was
                 seized
                 ,
                 and
                 Letters
                 of
                 Consequence
                 found
                 in
                 her
                 from
                 the
                 Queen
                 .
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 Wales
                 ,
                 who
                 to
                 countenance
                 their
                 Affairs
                 had
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 General
                 in
                 the
                 Western
                 Parts
                 ,
                 finding
                 their
                 Affairs
                 desperate
                 ,
                 shipped
                 himself
                 for
                 Scilly
                 ,
                 leaving
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 summoned
                 by
                 General
                 Fairfax
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 his
                 Arms
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 several
                 Messages
                 ,
                 four
                 Commissioners
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 met
                 at
                 Tresilian-Bridg
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ;
                 the
                 Substance
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 to
                 deliver
                 up
                 all
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 except
                 what
                 was
                 excepted
                 by
                 the
                 
                 Articles
                 ;
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 to
                 compound
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Rates
                 fixed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 Liberty
                 granted
                 for
                 such
                 as
                 desired
                 it
                 to
                 go
                 beyond
                 Sea
                 ,
                 which
                 Sir
                 
                   Ralph
                   Hopton
                
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 did
                 .
                 The
                 People
                 of
                 Padstow
                 seized
                 a
                 Ship
                 coming
                 from
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 perceiving
                 a
                 Letter
                 floating
                 in
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 took
                 it
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 opening
                 it
                 ,
                 found
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 from
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Glamorgan
                 ,
                 therein
                 acquainting
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ,
                 that
                 six
                 thousand
                 Irish
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 be
                 embarked
                 for
                 their
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 four
                 thousand
                 more
                 should
                 follow
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 dispersion
                 of
                 Sir
                 Ralph
                 Hopton's
                 Army
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Forts
                 and
                 tenable
                 Places
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 procured
                 the
                 best
                 Conditions
                 they
                 could
                 for
                 themselves
                 .
                 Hereford
                 was
                 surprized
                 on
                 the
                 18
                 th
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 by
                 Col.
                 Birch
                 and
                 Col.
                 Morgan
                 ,
                 after
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 besieged
                 for
                 about
                 two
                 Months
                 ineffectually
                 by
                 the
                 Scots
                 :
                 In
                 this
                 Place
                 was
                 taken
                 that
                 inveterate
                 Enemy
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 Serjeant
                 Jenkins
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 others
                 .
                 In
                 February
                 following
                 Byron
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 Chester
                 surrendred
                 that
                 Place
                 upon
                 Terms
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 best
                 Friends
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 not
                 without
                 fears
                 what
                 the
                 Issue
                 of
                 their
                 new
                 Elections
                 might
                 be
                 :
                 for
                 tho
                 the
                 People
                 durst
                 not
                 chuse
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 open
                 Enemies
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 probably
                 they
                 would
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 most
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 for
                 a
                 Peace
                 upon
                 any
                 Terms
                 ,
                 corruptly
                 preferring
                 the
                 Fruition
                 of
                 their
                 Estates
                 and
                 sensual
                 Enjoyments
                 before
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 ;
                 which
                 fort
                 of
                 Men
                 were
                 no
                 less
                 dangerous
                 than
                 
                 the
                 other
                 :
                 and
                 therefore
                 honest
                 Men
                 in
                 all
                 Parts
                 did
                 what
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 Election
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 most
                 hearty
                 for
                 the
                 Accomplishment
                 of
                 our
                 Deliverance
                 ;
                 judging
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 highest
                 Importance
                 so
                 to
                 wind
                 up
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 over-reach'd
                 by
                 our
                 Enemies
                 in
                 a
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 contend
                 with
                 us
                 in
                 open
                 War.
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 I
                 endeavoured
                 that
                 my
                 Uncle
                 Mr.
                 
                   Edmund
                   Ludlow
                
                 might
                 be
                 chosen
                 for
                 the
                 Borough
                 of
                 Hinden
                 ,
                 where
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 elected
                 and
                 returned
                 by
                 the
                 principal
                 Burgesses
                 and
                 Bailiff
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 Rabble
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 whom
                 lived
                 upon
                 the
                 Alms
                 of
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                   George
                   How
                
                 ,
                 pretending
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 chosen
                 the
                 latter
                 ,
                 the
                 Sheriff
                 returned
                 them
                 both
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 Mr.
                 How
                 got
                 first
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 ,
                 commanded
                 him
                 to
                 withdraw
                 till
                 the
                 Case
                 should
                 be
                 decided
                 by
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 Privileges
                 .
                 Shortly
                 after
                 a
                 Writ
                 being
                 issued
                 out
                 for
                 the
                 Election
                 of
                 two
                 Knights
                 to
                 serve
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 who
                 died
                 in
                 their
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   James
                   Thynne
                
                 ,
                 who
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 Trust
                 had
                 deserted
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Pembroke
                 sent
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 understood
                 that
                 the
                 Country
                 was
                 inclined
                 to
                 chuse
                 me
                 to
                 serve
                 for
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Knights
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 desiring
                 me
                 to
                 endeavour
                 that
                 his
                 second
                 Son
                 Mr.
                 
                   James
                   Herbert
                
                 might
                 be
                 chosen
                 for
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 promising
                 that
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 young
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 would
                 undertake
                 he
                 
                 should
                 vote
                 honestly
                 for
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 I
                 inform'd
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 knew
                 nothing
                 of
                 the
                 Intentions
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 to
                 elect
                 me
                 ,
                 but
                 hoped
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 elected
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 make
                 good
                 his
                 Promise
                 .
                 His
                 Son
                 ,
                 also
                 entred
                 into
                 the
                 like
                 Engagement
                 for
                 himself
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 Day
                 appointed
                 for
                 the
                 Election
                 ,
                 having
                 had
                 several
                 Invitations
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 I
                 attended
                 according
                 to
                 Custom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Words
                 of
                 the
                 Writ
                 ,
                 which
                 require
                 the
                 Candidates
                 to
                 be
                 present
                 at
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 Election
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Pembroke's
                 Friends
                 desired
                 me
                 to
                 consent
                 that
                 his
                 Son
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 first
                 Voice
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 did
                 ,
                 tho
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 Gentlemen
                 were
                 unwilling
                 to
                 permit
                 it
                 :
                 which
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 County
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 confer
                 the
                 Trust
                 upon
                 me
                 without
                 any
                 Opposition
                 .
                 Some
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 present
                 ,
                 took
                 it
                 ill
                 that
                 I
                 sent
                 not
                 to
                 them
                 to
                 desire
                 their
                 Company
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 excused
                 ,
                 assuring
                 them
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 sent
                 to
                 any
                 Person
                 ,
                 having
                 forborn
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 any
                 Disrespect
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 Confidence
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Interest
                 ,
                 but
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Sense
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 Inability
                 to
                 undertake
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 Charge
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Desire
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 clear
                 and
                 unquestionable
                 Right
                 to
                 an
                 Employment
                 of
                 such
                 Importance
                 .
                 When
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 Col.
                 
                   Robert
                   Blake
                
                 ,
                 attending
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 ,
                 being
                 chosen
                 for
                 Taunton
                 ;
                 where
                 having
                 taken
                 the
                 usual
                 Oaths
                 ,
                 we
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 together
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 chose
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 assuring
                 my self
                 ,
                 he
                 having
                 been
                 faithful
                 and
                 active
                 in
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 abroad
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 
                 should
                 be
                 as
                 unanimous
                 in
                 the
                 carrying
                 it
                 on
                 within
                 those
                 Doors
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 being
                 sensible
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 corrupted
                 those
                 Forces
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 sent
                 over
                 to
                 suppress
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 no
                 great
                 Assurance
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 ,
                 nominated
                 the
                 Lord
                 Viscount
                 Lisle
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Leicester
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Lieutenant
                 for
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 looking
                 upon
                 him
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 Person
                 of
                 Integrity
                 they
                 could
                 think
                 upon
                 .
                 He
                 procured
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Col.
                 Monk
                 ,
                 then
                 Prisoner
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 upon
                 information
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 good
                 Experience
                 in
                 that
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Interest
                 in
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 there
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 Mr.
                 
                   William
                   Cawley
                
                 gave
                 his
                 single
                 Negative
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 13
                 th
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 1646.
                 
                 Exeter
                 was
                 delivered
                 to
                 ours
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 and
                 Garison
                 were
                 admitted
                 to
                 compound
                 for
                 their
                 Estates
                 ,
                 paying
                 two
                 Years
                 Value
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 
                   Barnstable
                   ,
                   Dunstar-Castle
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Michael's-Mount
                 in
                 Cornwall
                 ,
                 were
                 also
                 surrendred
                 :
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 which
                 Places
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 was
                 Prisoner
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 restored
                 to
                 his
                 Liberty
                 upon
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 Favour
                 he
                 acknowledged
                 to
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 attending
                 in
                 Person
                 at
                 their
                 door
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 .
                 The
                 most
                 considerable
                 Body
                 of
                 Men
                 remaining
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Jacob
                   Ashley
                
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 on
                 his
                 March
                 towards
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 was
                 attacked
                 by
                 Col.
                 Morgan
                 
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Brereton
                
                 at
                 
                   Stow
                   in
                   the
                   Woald
                
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 sharp
                 Dispute
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 Sir
                 Jacob
                 Ashley's
                 Forces
                 were
                 entirely
                 defeated
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 killed
                 and
                 wounded
                 ,
                 and
                 himself
                 taken
                 Prisoner
                 .
                 During
                 his
                 Confinement
                 he
                 was
                 heard
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   now
                   they
                   had
                   no
                   hopes
                   to
                   prevail
                   but
                   by
                   our
                   Divisions
                   .
                
                 Which
                 deserves
                 the
                 more
                 Reflection
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 being
                 well
                 acquainted
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 Secrets
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 ignorant
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 amongst
                 us
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 appeared
                 most
                 forward
                 to
                 engage
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 invite
                 others
                 to
                 the
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 finding
                 themselves
                 disappointed
                 of
                 those
                 Preferments
                 which
                 they
                 expected
                 ,
                 or
                 out
                 of
                 some
                 particular
                 Disgusts
                 taken
                 ,
                 had
                 made
                 Conditions
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 not
                 only
                 for
                 their
                 Indemnity
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 Places
                 and
                 Advancements
                 under
                 him
                 ;
                 endcavouring
                 by
                 a
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 by
                 Treachery
                 ,
                 to
                 betray
                 what
                 had
                 cost
                 so
                 much
                 Blood
                 to
                 obtain
                 .
                 These
                 Men
                 ,
                 to
                 strengthen
                 their
                 Interest
                 ,
                 applied
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 ,
                 who
                 jealous
                 of
                 the
                 Increase
                 of
                 Sectaries
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 reported
                 chiefly
                 to
                 consist
                 ,
                 readily
                 joined
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 Conjunction
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 new
                 elected
                 Members
                 were
                 either
                 Men
                 of
                 a
                 neutral
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 willing
                 to
                 have
                 Peace
                 upon
                 any
                 Terms
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 ,
                 who
                 tho
                 they
                 had
                 engaged
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 yet
                 finding
                 things
                 tending
                 to
                 a
                 Composition
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Favour
                 ,
                 tho
                 with
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Blood
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 in
                 the
                 War
                 upon
                 
                 their
                 Heads
                 ,
                 in
                 not
                 requiring
                 Satisfaction
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 nor
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 like
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ;
                 designing
                 at
                 the
                 most
                 only
                 to
                 punish
                 some
                 inferiour
                 Instruments
                 ,
                 whilst
                 the
                 Capital
                 Offender
                 should
                 not
                 only
                 go
                 free
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Authority
                 be
                 still
                 acknowledged
                 and
                 adored
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 Nation
                 more
                 enslaved
                 than
                 ever
                 to
                 a
                 Power
                 ,
                 which
                 tho
                 it
                 destroys
                 the
                 People
                 by
                 Thousands
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 accountable
                 to
                 none
                 but
                 God
                 for
                 so
                 doing
                 ;
                 whom
                 some
                 Persons
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 apparent
                 by
                 their
                 Usage
                 of
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 either
                 think
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 superiour
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 Another
                 sort
                 of
                 Men
                 there
                 was
                 amongst
                 us
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 acquired
                 Estates
                 in
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 now
                 adhered
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 for
                 the
                 preserving
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 got
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 discharged
                 from
                 their
                 Employments
                 by
                 the
                 Reform
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 or
                 envied
                 their
                 Success
                 ,
                 combined
                 together
                 against
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 This
                 Party
                 was
                 encouraged
                 and
                 supported
                 upon
                 all
                 occasions
                 by
                 the
                 Scots
                 and
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 :
                 The
                 first
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 began
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 tho
                 their
                 Assembly
                 of
                 Ministers
                 had
                 declared
                 the
                 King
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 Thousands
                 of
                 his
                 best
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 their
                 Covenant
                 engaging
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 his
                 Person
                 so
                 far
                 only
                 as
                 might
                 consist
                 with
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
                 and
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ;
                 yet
                 having
                 had
                 many
                 good
                 Opportunities
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 hoping
                 for
                 more
                 ,
                 supposing
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 their
                 Power
                 to
                 awe
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 whatsoever
                 they
                 
                 should
                 think
                 fit
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 contented
                 to
                 swallow
                 that
                 Ocean
                 of
                 Blood
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 ,
                 pressing
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 conclude
                 upon
                 such
                 Terms
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 as
                 shewed
                 them
                 rather
                 Advocates
                 ,
                 than
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 Enemies
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 latter
                 having
                 had
                 their
                 Treasure
                 much
                 exhausted
                 by
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Trade
                 long
                 interrupted
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 Influence
                 the
                 Scots
                 had
                 upon
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 their
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 the
                 Common
                 Council
                 being
                 also
                 debauched
                 by
                 Serjeant
                 Glyn
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 that
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ;
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 to
                 be
                 wondred
                 at
                 if
                 they
                 earnestly
                 solicited
                 for
                 a
                 speedy
                 Determination
                 of
                 the
                 Difference
                 by
                 a
                 Treaty
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 also
                 perceiving
                 Judgment
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 against
                 him
                 by
                 that
                 Power
                 to
                 which
                 both
                 Parties
                 had
                 made
                 their
                 solemn
                 Appeal
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 advisable
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Foxes
                 Skin
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 to
                 lay
                 aside
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Lion
                 ,
                 sending
                 Messages
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 desire
                 of
                 them
                 a
                 safe
                 Conduct
                 for
                 his
                 coming
                 to
                 London
                 in
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Freedom
                 and
                 Safety
                 ,
                 there
                 personally
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 Two
                 Houses
                 about
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 settling
                 a
                 firm
                 and
                 lasting
                 Peace
                 ;
                 the
                 Scots
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 repeating
                 their
                 Instances
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 of
                 Religion
                 contained
                 in
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 speedy
                 Peace
                 to
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 to
                 pay
                 them
                 near
                 two
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 pretended
                 to
                 be
                 due
                 to
                 them
                 for
                 their
                 Arrcars
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 just
                 Estimate
                 of
                 the
                 Losses
                 they
                 
                 had
                 sustained
                 by
                 Sea
                 and
                 Land
                 since
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 such
                 Supplies
                 as
                 were
                 promised
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 computed
                 at
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 former
                 Sum.
                 The
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 for
                 divers
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 convenient
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Propositions
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 answer
                 to
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 demanded
                 of
                 them
                 an
                 exact
                 Account
                 of
                 what
                 was
                 due
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 requiring
                 them
                 to
                 withdraw
                 their
                 Garisons
                 from
                 such
                 Places
                 as
                 they
                 possessed
                 in
                 England
                 .
                 Some
                 Differences
                 they
                 had
                 also
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 Commissioners
                 concerning
                 the
                 Exclusion
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 from
                 having
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 the
                 Militia
                 ,
                 and
                 touching
                 the
                 Scots
                 intermedling
                 with
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 Education
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Children
                 ,
                 the
                 disbanding
                 of
                 Armies
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Act
                 of
                 Oblivion
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 Matters
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 would
                 not
                 permit
                 the
                 Scots
                 to
                 interpose
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 acquainted
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 Power
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 any
                 Demands
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 :
                 whereupon
                 the
                 Deputies
                 of
                 Scotland
                 applied
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Two
                 Houses
                 ,
                 demanding
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 enlarge
                 the
                 Powers
                 of
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 .
                 But
                 there
                 being
                 found
                 in
                 these
                 Demands
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 some
                 Expressions
                 highly
                 reflecting
                 upon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 the
                 Two
                 Houses
                 declared
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 injurious
                 and
                 scandalous
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 burnt
                 by
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Common
                 Hangman
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 they
                 commanded
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 besiege
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 that
                 
                 Design
                 blocked
                 up
                 
                   Farringdon
                   ,
                   Wallingford
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Woodstock
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 they
                 could
                 form
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 escaped
                 from
                 thence
                 on
                 the
                 27
                 th
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 1646.
                 of
                 which
                 notice
                 being
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 Col.
                 Rainsborough
                 ,
                 who
                 lay
                 before
                 Woodstock
                 ;
                 they
                 suspecting
                 that
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 London
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Party
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 published
                 an
                 Ordinance
                 ,
                 declaring
                 ,
                 That
                 whosoever
                 should
                 harbour
                 or
                 conceal
                 the
                 King's
                 Person
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 proceeded
                 against
                 as
                 a
                 Traitor
                 to
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 .
                 Within
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 they
                 received
                 a
                 Message
                 from
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 ,
                 informing
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 coming
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 pretending
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 surprized
                 at
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 appeared
                 afterwards
                 that
                 this
                 Resolution
                 had
                 been
                 communicated
                 to
                 them
                 before
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 was
                 accompanied
                 in
                 this
                 Expedition
                 by
                 one
                 Hudson
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 passing
                 as
                 a
                 Servant
                 to
                 the
                 latter
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 notice
                 ,
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 sent
                 an
                 Order
                 to
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 in
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 to
                 demand
                 the
                 Person
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 judging
                 it
                 unreasonable
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 being
                 in
                 their
                 Pay
                 ,
                 should
                 assume
                 the
                 Authority
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 otherwise
                 than
                 by
                 their
                 Order
                 ;
                 resolving
                 further
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 conducted
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Warwick
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 came
                 out
                 of
                 Oxford
                 with
                 him
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 London
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 they
                 commanded
                 their
                 Army
                 to
                 advance
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 hinder
                 the
                 Conjunction
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Forces
                 
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 soon
                 after
                 his
                 Arrival
                 at
                 the
                 Scots
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 gave
                 order
                 for
                 the
                 Delivery
                 of
                 Newark
                 into
                 their
                 Hands
                 ;
                 which
                 having
                 received
                 ,
                 they
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 and
                 marched
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 Newcastle
                 ;
                 whereof
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 being
                 informed
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Leven
                 ,
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 ,
                 had
                 by
                 Proclamation
                 forbidden
                 his
                 Forces
                 to
                 have
                 any
                 Communication
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ,
                 they
                 desisted
                 from
                 their
                 Resolution
                 of
                 advancing
                 their
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 conducting
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 Warwick
                 ,
                 ordering
                 the
                 Scots
                 to
                 keep
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 was
                 permitted
                 by
                 the
                 Scots
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Escape
                 ,
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Hudson
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 Examination
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 confessed
                 some
                 things
                 about
                 the
                 King's
                 Journey
                 from
                 Oxford
                 .
                 Commissioners
                 being
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 in
                 this
                 Conjuncture
                 ,
                 they
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 two
                 Lords
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Pembroke
                 was
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 four
                 of
                 the
                 Commons
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 number
                 Col.
                 Brown
                 the
                 Woodmonger
                 being
                 nominated
                 to
                 that
                 Imployment
                 ,
                 he
                 turned
                 about
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 who
                 sat
                 behind
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 assuring
                 me
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 ever
                 true
                 to
                 us
                 :
                 And
                 truly
                 I
                 then
                 believed
                 him
                 ,
                 having
                 met
                 him
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 in
                 Smithfield
                 buying
                 Horses
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 spoke
                 very
                 affectionately
                 concerning
                 their
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 and
                 served
                 them
                 afterwards
                 very
                 successfully
                 ,
                 
                 especially
                 at
                 Abingdon
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 wretched
                 Man
                 soon
                 discovered
                 the
                 Corruption
                 of
                 his
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 Malignity
                 that
                 lay
                 concealed
                 in
                 his
                 Heart
                 :
                 for
                 no
                 sooner
                 had
                 the
                 King
                 found
                 out
                 his
                 ambitious
                 Temper
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 some
                 slight
                 Favours
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 giving
                 him
                 a
                 Pair
                 of
                 Silk
                 Stockings
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 Hand
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 low
                 and
                 abject
                 Original
                 and
                 Education
                 became
                 so
                 prevalent
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 transform
                 him
                 into
                 an
                 Agent
                 and
                 Spy
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 proving
                 ,
                 as
                 will
                 be
                 hereaster
                 related
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 bloodiest
                 Butchers
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Friends
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 having
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 their
                 Power
                 ,
                 pressed
                 him
                 to
                 write
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 his
                 Lieutenant
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Governours
                 and
                 Commanders
                 of
                 Places
                 that
                 remained
                 in
                 Arms
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 said
                 Places
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 should
                 appoint
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 otherwise
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 protect
                 him
                 .
                 Submitting
                 to
                 this
                 Necessiry
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 Orders
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ,
                 which
                 some
                 obeyed
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 resused
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 ,
                 looking
                 upon
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 under
                 a
                 Force
                 .
                 Amongst
                 those
                 who
                 yielded
                 Obedience
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Orders
                 ,
                 was
                 Montross
                 ,
                 who
                 disbanded
                 the
                 Forces
                 he
                 had
                 left
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 beyond
                 Sea.
                 The
                 City
                 of
                 Oxford
                 having
                 been
                 blocked
                 up
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 capitulate
                 ,
                 lest
                 their
                 farther
                 Obstinacy
                 should
                 prove
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 particularly
                 in
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 Compositions
                 for
                 their
                 Estates
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 being
                 
                 there
                 .
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 appointed
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 to
                 treat
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 on
                 the
                 22
                 d
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 1646.
                 upon
                 such
                 Terms
                 as
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 unwilling
                 to
                 confirm
                 ;
                 but
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 Debate
                 concerning
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 they
                 understood
                 that
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 were
                 marched
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 in
                 pursuance
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Garison
                 would
                 be
                 entirely
                 evacuated
                 before
                 they
                 could
                 signify
                 their
                 Pleasure
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 tho
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 approve
                 the
                 Conditions
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 thought
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 break
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 principal
                 Reason
                 given
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 their
                 proceeding
                 so
                 hastily
                 to
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 of
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 lest
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 make
                 Terms
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 their
                 Army
                 to
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 
                   Oxford
                   .
                   Farringdon-house
                   ,
                   Wallingford-Castle
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Woodstock
                 ,
                 were
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 Worcester
                 and
                 Litchfield
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 Pendennis
                 and
                 Ragland-Castle
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 by
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 pressed
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 send
                 Propositions
                 of
                 Peace
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 seconded
                 by
                 an
                 insolent
                 Address
                 from
                 the
                 Mayor
                 and
                 Common-Council
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 after
                 some
                 Acknowledgments
                 of
                 the
                 Care
                 and
                 Courage
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 the
                 Refermation
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 Preservation
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 they
                 desired
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 Assemblies
                 as
                 were
                 privately
                 held
                 to
                 introduce
                 new
                 Sects
                 might
                 be
                 suppressed
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 breed
                 
                 Disturbances
                 in
                 Church
                 and
                 State
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 hasten
                 the
                 Establishment
                 of
                 Peace
                 in
                 the
                 three
                 Kingdoms
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 consider
                 the
                 great
                 Services
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 and
                 dismiss
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 distinguished
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Independents
                 from
                 all
                 Imployments
                 Civil
                 and
                 Military
                 ,
                 esteeming
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 Firebrands
                 that
                 might
                 endanger
                 the
                 Publick
                 Peace
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Particulars
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 .
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Address
                 was
                 not
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 the
                 Petitioners
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 positive
                 Declaration
                 that
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 preserve
                 their
                 Authority
                 entire
                 to
                 themselves
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 a
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Temper
                 with
                 the
                 Addressers
                 ,
                 who
                 earnestly
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 break
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 principal
                 Obstacle
                 to
                 their
                 Designs
                 ,
                 pretending
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 relieving
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 said
                 would
                 be
                 infinitely
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 England
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 prevent
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 send
                 thither
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 united
                 in
                 Affection
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 great
                 Reputation
                 both
                 for
                 Courage
                 and
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 would
                 strike
                 a
                 Terror
                 into
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 undoubtedly
                 accomplish
                 that
                 important
                 Work
                 ;
                 not
                 forgetting
                 to
                 urge
                 that
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 were
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 bear
                 their
                 present
                 Burdens
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 must
                 be
                 eased
                 .
                 To
                 these
                 Pretences
                 it
                 was
                 replied
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 could
                 not
                 consist
                 with
                 the
                 Honour
                 or
                 Safety
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 lessen
                 their
                 Forces
                 ,
                 whilst
                 they
                 had
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 another
                 Nation
                 in
                 their
                 Bowels
                 ;
                 who
                 tho
                 they
                 were
                 
                 united
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Cause
                 and
                 Interest
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 best
                 way
                 to
                 continue
                 them
                 so
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 Posture
                 as
                 might
                 secure
                 us
                 from
                 any
                 fear
                 of
                 their
                 breaking
                 with
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 more
                 Reputation
                 the
                 Army
                 had
                 ,
                 the
                 fitter
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 together
                 for
                 that
                 end
                 .
                 After
                 a
                 long
                 Debate
                 ,
                 the
                 Question
                 was
                 put
                 ;
                 Whether
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 should
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ?
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 carried
                 in
                 the
                 Negative
                 by
                 one
                 Voice
                 only
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commonwealth-Party
                 taking
                 Advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Arguments
                 used
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 for
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 Ease
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 procured
                 an
                 Order
                 for
                 the
                 disbanding
                 of
                 Col.
                 
                 Massey's
                 Brigade
                 ,
                 and
                 Money
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Devizes
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wiles
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 together
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 Alderman
                 Allen
                 and
                 my self
                 ,
                 who
                 served
                 sor
                 that
                 County
                 ,
                 were
                 commissionated
                 to
                 see
                 it
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 we
                 repaired
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 lay
                 then
                 at
                 Cornbury
                 ,
                 and
                 prevailed
                 with
                 him
                 and
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 to
                 draw
                 to
                 the
                 Devizes
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 found
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 necessary
                 :
                 for
                 tho
                 many
                 of
                 that
                 Brigade
                 were
                 glad
                 of
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 to
                 their
                 several
                 Callings
                 ,
                 having
                 taken
                 up
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 hazarded
                 their
                 Lives
                 purely
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 Publick
                 ;
                 yet
                 divers
                 idle
                 and
                 debauched
                 Persons
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 Foreigners
                 ,
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 how
                 to
                 betake
                 themselves
                 to
                 any
                 honest
                 Employment
                 ,
                 
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 stir
                 up
                 the
                 Brigade
                 to
                 a
                 Mutiny
                 ;
                 but
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 effect
                 that
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 listed
                 themselves
                 to
                 serve
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Ireland
                 under
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Fenton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 there
                 present
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 Instructions
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 the
                 rest
                 dispersed
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 home
                 .
                 The
                 Forces
                 also
                 that
                 served
                 in
                 the
                 North
                 under
                 Major
                 General
                 Pointz
                 were
                 soon
                 after
                 disbanded
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 had
                 made
                 it
                 their
                 Request
                 in
                 the
                 Petition
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 Commissioners
                 from
                 them
                 might
                 accompany
                 those
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 their
                 own
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 fearing
                 perhaps
                 to
                 be
                 outbid
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 not
                 having
                 quite
                 lost
                 all
                 Sense
                 of
                 Honour
                 ,
                 rejected
                 that
                 Motion
                 with
                 Contempt
                 ,
                 alledging
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 their
                 Representatives
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 concluded
                 by
                 what
                 they
                 acted
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 other
                 Men
                 :
                 upon
                 which
                 Mr.
                 Martin
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 tho
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 but
                 agree
                 with
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 affirmed
                 touching
                 their
                 being
                 involved
                 in
                 what
                 their
                 Representatives
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 not
                 sending
                 Commissioners
                 as
                 desired
                 ;
                 yet
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Substance
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 proposed
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 blame
                 them
                 as
                 others
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 they
                 therein
                 shewing
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 no
                 less
                 prudent
                 than
                 they
                 had
                 expressed
                 themselves
                 honest
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 :
                 for
                 as
                 when
                 the
                 Parliament
                 invited
                 them
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 in
                 Defence
                 of
                 
                 their
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Lives
                 ,
                 Liberties
                 and
                 Estates
                 ,
                 they
                 did
                 it
                 heartily
                 ,
                 and
                 therein
                 shewed
                 themselves
                 good
                 Christians
                 and
                 true
                 English-men
                 ;
                 so
                 now
                 the
                 War
                 being
                 ended
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 upon
                 making
                 Terms
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 thinking
                 fit
                 to
                 sue
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 now
                 their
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 for
                 Peace
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 all
                 incensed
                 by
                 their
                 Resistance
                 ,
                 the
                 Citizens
                 having
                 considerable
                 Estates
                 to
                 lose
                 ,
                 shewed
                 themselves
                 prudent
                 Men
                 ,
                 in
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 procure
                 their
                 Pardons
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 :
                 And
                 tho
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 permit
                 them
                 to
                 send
                 as
                 they
                 desire
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 expressed
                 their
                 good
                 Will
                 ,
                 which
                 without
                 doubt
                 will
                 be
                 well
                 accepted
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 joining
                 with
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 before
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 him
                 to
                 agree
                 to
                 the
                 Propositions
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 disliking
                 several
                 things
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 abolition
                 of
                 Episcopacy
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 Interest
                 he
                 continued
                 obstinately
                 stedfast
                 ,
                 refused
                 his
                 Consent
                 ,
                 upon
                 private
                 Encouragement
                 from
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 and
                 English
                 ,
                 to
                 expect
                 more
                 easy
                 Terms
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 be
                 received
                 without
                 any
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 willing
                 to
                 bring
                 this
                 Matter
                 to
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 ,
                 sent
                 the
                 same
                 Propositions
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 the
                 Scots
                 to
                 use
                 their
                 utmost
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 procure
                 his
                 Consent
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Scots
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 Lord
                 Loudon
                 ,
                 pressed
                 the
                 King
                 very
                 earnestly
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 the
                 Propositions
                 were
                 higher
                 in
                 some
                 Particulars
                 than
                 they
                 
                 could
                 have
                 wished
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 their
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 bring
                 them
                 as
                 low
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 Promises
                 ;
                 yet
                 if
                 he
                 continued
                 to
                 reject
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 must
                 not
                 expect
                 to
                 be
                 received
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 whither
                 they
                 must
                 return
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 his
                 resusal
                 of
                 the
                 Conditions
                 offered
                 ,
                 deliver
                 him
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 But
                 whatsoever
                 they
                 or
                 the
                 English
                 could
                 say
                 ,
                 making
                 no
                 Impression
                 upon
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Commissioners
                 returned
                 with
                 a
                 Negative
                 from
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Interposition
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 in
                 this
                 Affair
                 proving
                 ineffectual
                 ,
                 the
                 War
                 being
                 at
                 an
                 end
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 considerable
                 Forces
                 altogether
                 unnecessary
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 appointed
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 conser
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 Scotland
                 concerning
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 remained
                 to
                 be
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 Treaty
                 between
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 fraternal
                 Union
                 might
                 continue
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Scots
                 depart
                 towards
                 their
                 own
                 Country
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Accounts
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 were
                 adjusted
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 Sum
                 of
                 Money
                 agreed
                 to
                 be
                 paid
                 to
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Sums
                 upon
                 certain
                 days
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 full
                 Satisfaction
                 .
                 Major
                 General
                 Skippon
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 considerable
                 Body
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 carried
                 down
                 the
                 Money
                 
                   in
                   specie
                
                 for
                 the
                 Paiment
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 received
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 delivered
                 the
                 King
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Commissioners
                 that
                 attended
                 him
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 began
                 their
                 March
                 for
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 having
                 delivered
                 Newcastle
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 and
                 drawn
                 their
                 Men
                 out
                 of
                 Berwick
                 
                 and
                 Carlisle
                 ,
                 which
                 two
                 Places
                 were
                 agreed
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 garisoned
                 without
                 the
                 Consent
                 of
                 both
                 Kingdoms
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 having
                 over-heated
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 Chace
                 of
                 a
                 Stag
                 in
                 Windsor
                 Forest
                 ,
                 departed
                 this
                 Lise
                 :
                 His
                 Death
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Loss
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 Party
                 ,
                 who
                 to
                 keep
                 up
                 their
                 Spirits
                 and
                 Credit
                 procured
                 his
                 Funeral
                 to
                 be
                 celebrated
                 with
                 great
                 Magnificence
                 at
                 the
                 Charge
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 Officers
                 and
                 Gentlemen
                 accompanying
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Grave
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 I
                 observed
                 that
                 another
                 Party
                 was
                 not
                 idle
                 ;
                 for
                 walking
                 one
                 Morning
                 with
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 in
                 Sir
                 Robert
                 Cotton's
                 Garden
                 ,
                 he
                 inveighed
                 bitterly
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 saying
                 in
                 a
                 familiar
                 way
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 
                   If
                   thy
                   Father
                   were
                   alive
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   let
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   hear
                   what
                   they
                   deserve
                   :
                
                 adding
                 farther
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   a
                   miserable
                   thing
                   to
                   serve
                   a
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   let
                   a
                   Man
                   be
                   never
                   so
                   faithful
                   ,
                   if
                   one
                   pragmatical
                   Fellow
                   amongst
                   them
                   rise
                   up
                   and
                   asperse
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   shall
                   never
                   wipe
                   it
                   off
                   .
                   Whereas
                   ,
                
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   when
                   one
                   serves
                   under
                   a
                   General
                   ,
                   he
                   may
                   do
                   as
                   much
                   Service
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   be
                   free
                   from
                   all
                   Blame
                   and
                   Envy
                   .
                
                 This
                 Text
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Comment
                 that
                 his
                 after-Actions
                 put
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 hath
                 since
                 perswaded
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 already
                 conceived
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 destroying
                 the
                 Civil
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 setting
                 up
                 of
                 himself
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 took
                 that
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 feel
                 my
                 Pulse
                 ,
                 whether
                 I
                 were
                 a
                 fit
                 Instrument
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 by
                 him
                 to
                 those
                 ends
                 .
                 
                 But
                 having
                 replied
                 to
                 his
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 ought
                 to
                 perform
                 the
                 Duty
                 of
                 our
                 Stations
                 ,
                 and
                 trust
                 God
                 with
                 our
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 is
                 dear
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 not
                 permitting
                 any
                 such
                 Considerations
                 to
                 discourage
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 prosecution
                 of
                 our
                 Duty
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 any
                 more
                 from
                 him
                 upon
                 that
                 point
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 at
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 the
                 President
                 
                   de
                   Bellievre
                
                 came
                 over
                 into
                 England
                 in
                 the
                 Quality
                 of
                 an
                 Ambassador
                 from
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ,
                 with
                 Orders
                 to
                 endeavour
                 a
                 Reconciliation
                 between
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 a
                 favourable
                 Audience
                 from
                 the
                 Two
                 Houses
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Permission
                 to
                 apply
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 on
                 his
                 way
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 upon
                 farther
                 Debate
                 ,
                 they
                 judged
                 it
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 subject
                 that
                 Affair
                 to
                 the
                 Cognizance
                 of
                 any
                 Foreign
                 Prince
                 ,
                 resolving
                 to
                 determine
                 it
                 themselves
                 without
                 the
                 Interposition
                 of
                 any
                 ,
                 having
                 experienced
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 neighbouring
                 States
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 Monarchical
                 ,
                 were
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 their
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Ambassadors
                 and
                 Residents
                 so
                 many
                 Spies
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 appeared
                 more
                 particularly
                 by
                 Letters
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Cabinet
                 after
                 the
                 Battel
                 of
                 Naseby
                 ,
                 which
                 discovered
                 that
                 the
                 Emperor
                 's
                 Resident
                 in
                 London
                 held
                 a
                 private
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 ground
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 the
                 Ambassador
                 of
                 Portugal
                 did
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 from
                 Letters
                 therein
                 found
                 from
                 that
                 King.
                 These
                 Applications
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Permission
                 granted
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Turky
                 Company
                 ,
                 to
                 address
                 themselves
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 commissionating
                 of
                 one
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 nominated
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Agent
                 with
                 the
                 Grand
                 Signior
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 otherwise
                 be
                 received
                 :
                 To
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 added
                 the
                 frequent
                 Overtures
                 of
                 Peace
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 a
                 Sword
                 left
                 wherewith
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 great
                 Expectations
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 his
                 Return
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Heads
                 of
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 had
                 promised
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Delivery
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 disbanded
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 bring
                 him
                 to
                 London
                 in
                 Honour
                 and
                 Safety
                 :
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 made
                 the
                 People
                 ready
                 to
                 conclude
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 his
                 Designs
                 had
                 been
                 wonderfully
                 defeated
                 ,
                 his
                 Armies
                 beaten
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 and
                 himself
                 delivered
                 into
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 against
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 long
                 and
                 bloody
                 War
                 ;
                 yet
                 certainly
                 he
                 must
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 right
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 many
                 thousands
                 ,
                 yet
                 was
                 still
                 unaccountable
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 give
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 in
                 need
                 of
                 receiving
                 any
                 :
                 which
                 made
                 them
                 flock
                 from
                 all
                 Parts
                 to
                 see
                 him
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 brought
                 from
                 Newcastle
                 to
                 Holmby
                 ,
                 falling
                 down
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 bringing
                 their
                 Sick
                 to
                 be
                 touched
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 courting
                 him
                 as
                 only
                 able
                 to
                 restore
                 to
                 them
                 their
                 Peace
                 and
                 Settlement
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 that
                 were
                 betraying
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 their
                 Country
                 ,
                 became
                 Encouragers
                 of
                 such
                 Petitioners
                 as
                 came
                 to
                 them
                 from
                 
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Places
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ;
                 very
                 many
                 of
                 whom
                 had
                 been
                 always
                 for
                 the
                 King's
                 Interest
                 ,
                 but
                 their
                 Estates
                 lying
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 they
                 secured
                 them
                 by
                 their
                 Presence
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 promoted
                 his
                 Designs
                 by
                 their
                 Votes
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 another
                 sort
                 of
                 Men
                 who
                 were
                 contented
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 all
                 Civil
                 Liberties
                 to
                 the
                 Ambition
                 of
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Clergy
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 vest
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 Power
                 as
                 great
                 or
                 greater
                 than
                 that
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 declared
                 intolerable
                 in
                 the
                 Bishops
                 before
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 encouraged
                 the
                 reduced
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 
                   Massey
                   ,
                   Waller
                   ,
                   Pointz
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 press
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 their
                 Arrears
                 in
                 a
                 peremptory
                 and
                 seditious
                 manner
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 furnished
                 with
                 Money
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 enabled
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 these
                 their
                 Patrons
                 in
                 whatsoever
                 Design
                 they
                 had
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 facilitate
                 the
                 disbanding
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 so
                 much
                 desired
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 a
                 considerable
                 part
                 of
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 render
                 the
                 Work
                 more
                 acceptable
                 ,
                 voted
                 Major
                 General
                 Skippon
                 to
                 command
                 them
                 ;
                 joining
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Warwick
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 in
                 Commission
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ,
                 to
                 draw
                 out
                 such
                 Forces
                 as
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 to
                 continue
                 such
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 thought
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 disband
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 The
                 Army
                 being
                 well
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 begun
                 to
                 consult
                 how
                 to
                 prevent
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 were
                 prevailed
                 with
                 to
                 
                 engage
                 by
                 Advancements
                 to
                 higher
                 Commands
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 major
                 part
                 absolutely
                 resused
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 having
                 done
                 what
                 they
                 could
                 in
                 prosecution
                 of
                 their
                 Instructions
                 ,
                 ordered
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 Irish
                 Service
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 then
                 lay
                 at
                 
                   Saffron
                   Walden
                
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 Newmarket
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 quartered
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 which
                 done
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 to
                 London
                 with
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 what
                 passed
                 ,
                 were
                 highly
                 displeased
                 with
                 the
                 Carriage
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Prudence
                 and
                 Moderation
                 of
                 Major
                 General
                 Skippon
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Report
                 of
                 that
                 Matter
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 much
                 abated
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 their
                 Resentment
                 :
                 Yet
                 some
                 menacing
                 Expressions
                 falling
                 from
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 took
                 the
                 occasion
                 to
                 whisper
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 Ear
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 
                   These
                   Men
                   will
                   never
                   leave
                   till
                   the
                   Army
                   pull
                   them
                   out
                   by
                   the
                   Ears
                   :
                
                 Which
                 Expression
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 resented
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 our
                 Affairs
                 would
                 have
                 permitted
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Conjuncture
                 five
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Horse
                 chose
                 their
                 Agitators
                 ,
                 who
                 agreed
                 upon
                 a
                 Petition
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 desire
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
                 settle
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 the
                 Arrears
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 declare
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 disband
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 till
                 these
                 things
                 were
                 done
                 ;
                 deputing
                 
                   William
                   Allen
                
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 Adjutant
                 General
                 ,
                 
                   Edward
                   Sexby
                
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 Col.
                 Sexby
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Philips
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 present
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 accordingly
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 .
                 After
                 the
                 reading
                 of
                 the
                 Petition
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Members
                 moved
                 that
                 the
                 Messengers
                 might
                 be
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Petition
                 declared
                 seditious
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 House
                 after
                 a
                 long
                 Debate
                 satisfied
                 themselves
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 did
                 not
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Souldiery
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 Civil
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 prepare
                 or
                 present
                 any
                 Petition
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 without
                 the
                 Advice
                 and
                 Consent
                 of
                 their
                 General
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 they
                 ordered
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 desire
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 his
                 Care
                 therein
                 ;
                 with
                 which
                 acquainting
                 the
                 three
                 Agents
                 ,
                 and
                 requiring
                 their
                 Conformity
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 they
                 dismissed
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 not
                 satisfying
                 ,
                 another
                 Petition
                 was
                 carried
                 on
                 throughout
                 the
                 Army
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 effect
                 ,
                 only
                 they
                 observed
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 directing
                 it
                 to
                 their
                 General
                 ,
                 desiring
                 him
                 to
                 present
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 having
                 notice
                 of
                 this
                 Combination
                 against
                 them
                 from
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Harley
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 Regiment
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 expressed
                 themselves
                 highly
                 dissatisfied
                 therewith
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 moved
                 that
                 the
                 Petitioners
                 might
                 be
                 declared
                 Traitors
                 ,
                 alledging
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 Servants
                 ,
                 who
                 ought
                 to
                 obey
                 ,
                 not
                 capitulate
                 .
                 Others
                 were
                 not
                 wanting
                 ,
                 who
                 resolved
                 the
                 securing
                 of
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 suspecting
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 under-hand
                 given
                 countenance
                 to
                 this
                 Design
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 being
                 advertised
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 went
                 that
                 Afternoon
                 towards
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 missed
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 were
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 shew
                 their
                 Teeth
                 since
                 they
                 could
                 do
                 no
                 more
                 .
                 The
                 Debate
                 continued
                 till
                 late
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sense
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 required
                 to
                 forbear
                 the
                 prosecution
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Petition
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 wearied
                 with
                 long
                 sitting
                 ,
                 was
                 grown
                 thin
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Denzil
                   Hollis
                
                 ,
                 taking
                 that
                 opportunity
                 ,
                 drew
                 up
                 a
                 Resolution
                 upon
                 his
                 Knee
                 ,
                 declaring
                 the
                 Petition
                 to
                 be
                 seditious
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 Traitors
                 who
                 should
                 endeavour
                 to
                 promote
                 it
                 after
                 such
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 promising
                 Pardon
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 were
                 concerned
                 therein
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 desist
                 by
                 the
                 time
                 limited
                 .
                 Some
                 of
                 us
                 fearing
                 the
                 Consequence
                 of
                 these
                 Divisions
                 ,
                 expressed
                 our
                 Dissatisfaction
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 out
                 ;
                 which
                 gave
                 them
                 occasion
                 to
                 pass
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 very
                 sharp
                 Votes
                 against
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 The
                 Agitators
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 sensible
                 of
                 their
                 Condition
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 fall
                 under
                 the
                 Mercy
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 could
                 secure
                 themselves
                 from
                 their
                 Power
                 by
                 prosecuting
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 begun
                 ;
                 and
                 fearing
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 shewed
                 themselves
                 so
                 forward
                 to
                 close
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 Principle
                 ,
                 upon
                 any
                 Terms
                 ,
                 would
                 now
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 Preservation
                 receive
                 him
                 without
                 any
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 put
                 themselves
                 under
                 his
                 Protection
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 the
                 better
                 subdue
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 reduce
                 them
                 to
                 Obedience
                 by
                 Force
                 ,
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 Cornet
                 Joyce
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 4
                 th
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 1647.
                 with
                 an
                 Order
                 in
                 Writing
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 King
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 Cornet
                 having
                 placed
                 Guards
                 about
                 Holmby-house
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 his
                 Coming
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 admitted
                 into
                 his
                 Bed-chamber
                 ,
                 where
                 upon
                 Promise
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 used
                 civilly
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 his
                 Servants
                 and
                 other
                 Conveniences
                 continued
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 obtained
                 his
                 Consent
                 to
                 go
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 whilst
                 Cornet
                 Joyce
                 was
                 giving
                 Orders
                 concerning
                 the
                 King's
                 Removal
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Commissioners
                 took
                 that
                 occasion
                 to
                 discourse
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 perswaded
                 him
                 to
                 alter
                 his
                 Resolution
                 :
                 which
                 Joyce
                 perceiving
                 at
                 his
                 Return
                 ,
                 put
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 his
                 Promise
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 execute
                 his
                 Orders
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 the
                 King
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 he
                 had
                 passed
                 his
                 Word
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 go
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 descending
                 the
                 Stairs
                 to
                 take
                 Horse
                 ,
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 being
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Brown
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Crew
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 two
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 publickly
                 declared
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 forced
                 out
                 of
                 their
                 hands
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 returned
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 done
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Officers
                 who
                 waited
                 on
                 him
                 were
                 continued
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 began
                 publickly
                 to
                 own
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 pretending
                 thereby
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 private
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 would
                 no
                 longer
                 be
                 called
                 Common
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 from
                 running
                 into
                 greater
                 Extravagancies
                 and
                 Disorders
                 .
                 Col.
                 
                   Francis
                   Russell
                
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 attending
                 on
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 became
                 soon
                 converted
                 by
                 
                 the
                 Splendor
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ;
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Pye
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Colonel
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 supplied
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 a
                 Querry
                 ,
                 riding
                 bare
                 before
                 him
                 when
                 he
                 rode
                 abroad
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 began
                 to
                 promise
                 to
                 himself
                 that
                 his
                 Condition
                 was
                 alatered
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 Independent
                 Interest
                 as
                 more
                 consisting
                 with
                 Episcopacy
                 than
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 it
                 could
                 subsist
                 under
                 any
                 Form
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 other
                 could
                 not
                 do
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 largely
                 promised
                 Liberty
                 to
                 the
                 Independent
                 Party
                 ,
                 being
                 fully
                 perswaded
                 how
                 naturally
                 his
                 Power
                 would
                 revive
                 upon
                 his
                 Restitution
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 easy
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 break
                 through
                 all
                 such
                 Promises
                 and
                 Engagements
                 upon
                 pretence
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 under
                 a
                 Force
                 .
                 The
                 principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 made
                 it
                 so
                 much
                 their
                 business
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 good
                 Opinion
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 Whalley
                 being
                 sent
                 from
                 them
                 with
                 Orders
                 to
                 use
                 all
                 means
                 but
                 Constraint
                 to
                 cause
                 him
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Holmby
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 refusing
                 ,
                 Whalley
                 was
                 contented
                 to
                 bring
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 Yet
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 a
                 Charge
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 was
                 drawn
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 against
                 eleven
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 Mr.
                 
                   Denzil
                   Hollis
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Philip
                   Stapylton
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Clotworthy
                
                 ,
                 Serjeant
                 Glyn
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Anthony
                   Nichols
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Walter
                   Long
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Lewis
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Harly
                
                 ,
                 Commissary
                 Copley
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Massey
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Maynard
                
                 ,
                 for
                 betraying
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 break
                 and
                 destroy
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Particulars
                 .
                 
                 This
                 Charge
                 they
                 accompanied
                 with
                 a
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 shewing
                 the
                 Reasons
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 affirming
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 obliged
                 by
                 their
                 Duty
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 tendred
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 the
                 publick
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 securing
                 the
                 good
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 from
                 being
                 a
                 Prey
                 to
                 their
                 Enemies
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 end
                 of
                 this
                 Charge
                 of
                 Treason
                 being
                 rather
                 to
                 keep
                 these
                 Members
                 from
                 using
                 their
                 Power
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 the
                 Proccedings
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 than
                 from
                 any
                 Design
                 to
                 proceed
                 capitally
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 rather
                 to
                 withdraw
                 themselves
                 voluntarily
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 Parliament
                 or
                 Army
                 to
                 any
                 farther
                 Trouble
                 ,
                 or
                 their
                 Persons
                 to
                 any
                 more
                 Hazard
                 .
                 By
                 these
                 means
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 were
                 too
                 many
                 who
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 Design
                 but
                 the
                 Advancement
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 their
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 enlarge
                 their
                 Concessions
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 giving
                 his
                 Chaplains
                 leave
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 officiate
                 in
                 their
                 way
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 denied
                 before
                 .
                 Whilst
                 this
                 Design
                 was
                 on
                 foot
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 their
                 Quarters
                 at
                 Maidenhead
                 ,
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 Officers
                 ;
                 where
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 suspecting
                 that
                 these
                 things
                 might
                 occasion
                 Jealousies
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 me
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 their
                 Friends
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 desired
                 me
                 to
                 be
                 assured
                 of
                 their
                 stedfast
                 Adherence
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 intended
                 only
                 to
                 dispense
                 with
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 were
                 not
                 material
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 quiet
                 the
                 restless
                 
                 Spirits
                 of
                 the
                 Cavaliers
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 could
                 put
                 themselves
                 into
                 a
                 condition
                 of
                 serving
                 the
                 People
                 effectually
                 .
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 approve
                 of
                 their
                 Practices
                 ;
                 but
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 them
                 proceeding
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 they
                 had
                 begun
                 ,
                 gave
                 out
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   the
                   Intentions
                   of
                   the
                   Officers
                   and
                   Souldiers
                   in
                   the
                   Army
                   ,
                   were
                   to
                   establish
                   his
                   Majesty
                   in
                   his
                   just
                   Rights
                   .
                
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Queen
                 and
                 Prince
                 of
                 Wales
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 they
                 dispatched
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Ford
                
                 ,
                 Brother-in-law
                 to
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 to
                 found
                 the
                 Designs
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 promote
                 an
                 Agreement
                 between
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 them
                 .
                 Soon
                 after
                 which
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Denham
                
                 was
                 sent
                 over
                 on
                 the
                 like
                 Errand
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 also
                 upon
                 his
                 Return
                 to
                 the
                 Queen
                 from
                 Holland
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 ordered
                 to
                 condole
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Orange
                 ,
                 came
                 into
                 England
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 Purpose
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 Instructions
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 Pass
                 for
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Ashburnham
                
                 ,
                 to
                 come
                 over
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Negotiation
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 Particulars
                 relating
                 to
                 this
                 Business
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 in
                 a
                 Manuscript
                 written
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 a
                 Merchant
                 at
                 Geneva
                 .
                 Being
                 at
                 Diepe
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 embark
                 for
                 England
                 ,
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 Mr.
                 
                   William
                   Leg
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 Bed-chamber
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 two
                 came
                 over
                 together
                 into
                 England
                 .
                 They
                 landed
                 at
                 Hastings
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 on
                 their
                 way
                 towards
                 London
                 ,
                 were
                 met
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Allen
                   Appesley
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 
                 been
                 Lieutenant
                 Governour
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 at
                 Exeter
                 ,
                 by
                 whom
                 he
                 understood
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 from
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 Letters
                 and
                 a
                 Cypher
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 particular
                 Instructions
                 to
                 desire
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 to
                 remember
                 his
                 own
                 Discourse
                 at
                 a
                 Conference
                 with
                 Col.
                 Lambert
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 upon
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 Exeter
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 bitter
                 Invectives
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 against
                 the
                 King's
                 Person
                 ;
                 and
                 presuming
                 that
                 such
                 Discourses
                 were
                 encouraged
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 prepare
                 Mens
                 Minds
                 to
                 receive
                 an
                 Alteration
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 had
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 only
                 a
                 most
                 wicked
                 but
                 difficult
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 impossible
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 Men
                 ,
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 Quality
                 ,
                 to
                 introduce
                 a
                 Popular
                 Government
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 Gentry
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Genius
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 accustomed
                 for
                 so
                 many
                 Ages
                 to
                 a
                 Monarchical
                 Government
                 ;
                 advising
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 begun
                 the
                 War
                 upon
                 divers
                 specious
                 Pretences
                 ,
                 were
                 discovered
                 to
                 have
                 sought
                 their
                 own
                 Advantages
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 they
                 had
                 lost
                 almost
                 all
                 their
                 Power
                 and
                 Credit
                 ;
                 the
                 Independent
                 Party
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 no
                 particular
                 Obligations
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 had
                 ,
                 would
                 make
                 good
                 what
                 the
                 Presbytery
                 had
                 only
                 pretended
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 restore
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 People
                 to
                 their
                 just
                 and
                 antient
                 Rights
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 obliged
                 both
                 by
                 Prudence
                 and
                 Interest
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 no
                 means
                 under
                 Heaven
                 
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 establish
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 obtain
                 as
                 much
                 Trust
                 and
                 Power
                 as
                 Subjects
                 are
                 capable
                 of
                 :
                 whereas
                 if
                 they
                 aimed
                 at
                 more
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 accompanied
                 with
                 a
                 general
                 Hatred
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 own
                 Destruction
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 Orders
                 also
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 to
                 this
                 Discourse
                 of
                 his
                 they
                 then
                 gave
                 only
                 the
                 hearing
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 had
                 since
                 found
                 by
                 Experience
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 was
                 reasonable
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 resolved
                 to
                 act
                 accordingly
                 ,
                 as
                 might
                 be
                 perceived
                 by
                 what
                 had
                 already
                 passed
                 :
                 desiring
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 present
                 them
                 humbly
                 to
                 the
                 Queen
                 and
                 Prince
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 a
                 Suitor
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Names
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 condemn
                 them
                 absolutely
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 suspend
                 their
                 Opinions
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 till
                 their
                 future
                 Behaviour
                 had
                 made
                 full
                 Proof
                 of
                 their
                 Innocence
                 ,
                 whereof
                 they
                 had
                 already
                 given
                 some
                 Testimonies
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 this
                 Office
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 return
                 to
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 an
                 Eye-witness
                 of
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 .
                 Thus
                 did
                 the
                 Army-Party
                 endeavour
                 to
                 fortify
                 their
                 Interest
                 against
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 who
                 tho
                 they
                 were
                 very
                 much
                 weakened
                 by
                 the
                 Absence
                 of
                 the
                 eleven
                 Members
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 altogether
                 wanting
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 passed
                 a
                 Vote
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 Richmond
                 ,
                 whither
                 he
                 was
                 inclined
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 having
                 conceived
                 a
                 Distrust
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 grounded
                 chiefly
                 upon
                 the
                 Refusal
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 to
                 receive
                 any
                 Honours
                 or
                 Advantages
                 from
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 disswaded
                 from
                 this
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Army
                 had
                 
                 obliged
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 recal
                 their
                 Vote
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 he
                 insisted
                 upon
                 going
                 to
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 much
                 against
                 the
                 Sense
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 prevailed
                 with
                 to
                 pass
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 his
                 way
                 thither
                 .
                 This
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 suspect
                 that
                 he
                 hearkned
                 to
                 some
                 secret
                 Propositions
                 from
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 and
                 designed
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 absolute
                 Breach
                 between
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 discerning
                 ,
                 said
                 these
                 Words
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   an
                   Intention
                   to
                   be
                   Arbitrator
                   between
                   the
                   Parliament
                   and
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   mean
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   between
                   You
                   and
                   the
                   Parliament
                   .
                
                 But
                 the
                 King
                 finding
                 himself
                 courted
                 on
                 all
                 hands
                 ,
                 became
                 so
                 confident
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Interest
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 think
                 himself
                 able
                 to
                 turn
                 the
                 Scale
                 to
                 what
                 side
                 soever
                 he
                 pleased
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Temper
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 found
                 him
                 when
                 he
                 delivered
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Letters
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 after
                 leave
                 obtained
                 from
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Confirmation
                 received
                 from
                 his
                 own
                 Mouth
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 communicated
                 before
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Allen
                   Appesley
                
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 Addition
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 thought
                 no
                 Man
                 could
                 enjoy
                 his
                 Life
                 and
                 Estate
                 quietly
                 ,
                 unless
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 his
                 Rights
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 said
                 they
                 had
                 already
                 declared
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 in
                 general
                 Terms
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 more
                 particularly
                 very
                 speedily
                 ,
                 wherin
                 they
                 would
                 comprize
                 the
                 several
                 Interests
                 of
                 the
                 Royalists
                 ,
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 and
                 Independents
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 consistent
                 with
                 one
                 another
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 now
                 in
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 dissemble
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 proposed
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Peters
                 might
                 preach
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 converse
                 freely
                 with
                 others
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 gain
                 the
                 good
                 Opinion
                 of
                 the
                 Agitators
                 ,
                 whose
                 Interest
                 he
                 perceived
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 great
                 amongst
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 Advice
                 made
                 no
                 Impression
                 upon
                 the
                 King.
                 He
                 gave
                 him
                 also
                 a
                 relation
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 formerly
                 passed
                 between
                 himself
                 and
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 met
                 near
                 Causum
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Head-quarters
                 were
                 at
                 Reading
                 ,
                 where
                 Cromwell
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 lately
                 seen
                 the
                 tenderest
                 Sight
                 that
                 ever
                 his
                 Eyes
                 beheld
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 Interview
                 between
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Children
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 wept
                 plentifully
                 at
                 the
                 Remembrance
                 thereof
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 that
                 never
                 Man
                 was
                 so
                 abused
                 as
                 he
                 in
                 his
                 sinister
                 Opinion
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 upright
                 and
                 conscientious
                 of
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 that
                 they
                 of
                 the
                 Independent
                 Party
                 had
                 infinite
                 Obligations
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 not
                 consenting
                 to
                 the
                 Propositions
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 at
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 have
                 totally
                 ruined
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Interest
                 seemed
                 to
                 invite
                 him
                 to
                 ;
                 concluding
                 with
                 this
                 Wish
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   God
                   would
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   look
                   upon
                   him
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Sincerity
                   of
                   his
                   Heart
                   towards
                   the
                   King.
                
                 With
                 this
                 relation
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 moved
                 than
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 firmly
                 believing
                 such
                 Expressions
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 a
                 necessity
                 that
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 the
                 Army
                 had
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 without
                 whom
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 could
                 do
                 nothing
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 the
                 King
                 
                 was
                 not
                 without
                 reason
                 of
                 that
                 Opinion
                 ;
                 for
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Agitators
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 conversed
                 at
                 Reading
                 ,
                 expressing
                 to
                 him
                 their
                 Jealousy
                 that
                 Cromwell
                 was
                 not
                 sincere
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 desired
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 found
                 him
                 false
                 ,
                 to
                 acquaint
                 them
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 promising
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 endeavour
                 to
                 set
                 him
                 right
                 ,
                 either
                 with
                 or
                 against
                 his
                 Will.
                 Major
                 Huntington
                 ,
                 a
                 Creature
                 of
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 entrusted
                 by
                 him
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Guard
                 about
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 either
                 believing
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 earnest
                 in
                 his
                 Pretensions
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 finding
                 the
                 King's
                 Affairs
                 in
                 a
                 rising
                 Condition
                 ,
                 became
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Confidents
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 brought
                 two
                 General
                 Officers
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 recommending
                 them
                 to
                 him
                 as
                 Persons
                 upon
                 whom
                 he
                 might
                 rely
                 :
                 these
                 two
                 had
                 frequent
                 Conferences
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 and
                 assured
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 universally
                 desired
                 by
                 the
                 Officers
                 and
                 Agitators
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 were
                 great
                 Dissemblers
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 real
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 so
                 bent
                 upon
                 it
                 at
                 present
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 durst
                 not
                 shew
                 themselves
                 otherwise
                 ;
                 protesting
                 that
                 however
                 things
                 might
                 happen
                 to
                 change
                 ,
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 others
                 might
                 do
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 for
                 ever
                 continue
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 King.
                 They
                 acquainted
                 him
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 Proposals
                 were
                 drawn
                 up
                 by
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Episcopacy
                 was
                 not
                 required
                 to
                 be
                 abolished
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 wholly
                 ruined
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Militia
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 
                 away
                 from
                 the
                 Crown
                 ;
                 advising
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 with
                 all
                 Expedition
                 agree
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 no
                 Assurance
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 observed
                 already
                 to
                 have
                 changed
                 more
                 than
                 once
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 brought
                 him
                 to
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 continued
                 all
                 Night
                 debating
                 upon
                 the
                 Proposals
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 altering
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 saith
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 Manuscript
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 most
                 material
                 Points
                 ;
                 but
                 upon
                 his
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 alter
                 a
                 third
                 ,
                 touching
                 the
                 Exclusion
                 of
                 seven
                 Persons
                 ,
                 not
                 mentioned
                 in
                 the
                 Papers
                 ,
                 from
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 admission
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 to
                 sit
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 Ireton
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 must
                 be
                 a
                 Distinction
                 made
                 between
                 the
                 Conquerors
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 beaten
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 himself
                 should
                 be
                 afraid
                 of
                 a
                 Parliament
                 where
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 had
                 the
                 major
                 Vote
                 :
                 In
                 Conclusion
                 ,
                 conjuring
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 tendred
                 the
                 King's
                 Welfare
                 ,
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 procure
                 his
                 Consent
                 to
                 the
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 with
                 more
                 Confidence
                 be
                 offered
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Differences
                 accommodated
                 .
                 Cromwell
                 appeared
                 in
                 all
                 his
                 Conferences
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 most
                 zealous
                 for
                 a
                 speedy
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 insomuch
                 that
                 he
                 sometimes
                 complained
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 
                 Ireton's
                 Slowness
                 in
                 perfecting
                 the
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Unwillingness
                 to
                 come
                 up
                 to
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Sense
                 :
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 he
                 would
                 wish
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 would
                 act
                 more
                 frankly
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 tie
                 himself
                 up
                 by
                 narrow
                 Principles
                 ;
                 
                 always
                 affirming
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 doubted
                 the
                 Army
                 would
                 not
                 persist
                 in
                 their
                 good
                 Intentions
                 towards
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
               
                 During
                 these
                 Transactions
                 the
                 Army
                 marched
                 from
                 about
                 Reading
                 to
                 Bedford
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 his
                 usual
                 Guard
                 to
                 Woburn
                 ,
                 a
                 House
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Bedford
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Proposals
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 peruse
                 before
                 they
                 were
                 offered
                 to
                 him
                 in
                 publick
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 much
                 displeased
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 any
                 Intention
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 impose
                 such
                 Conditions
                 on
                 him
                 :
                 to
                 which
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 who
                 brought
                 them
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 rather
                 suspect
                 they
                 designed
                 to
                 abuse
                 him
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 demanded
                 less
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 no
                 appearance
                 that
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 through
                 so
                 many
                 Dangers
                 and
                 Difficulties
                 acquired
                 such
                 Advantages
                 ,
                 would
                 content
                 themselves
                 with
                 less
                 than
                 was
                 contained
                 in
                 the
                 said
                 Proposals
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 Crown
                 so
                 near
                 lost
                 was
                 never
                 recovered
                 so
                 easily
                 as
                 this
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 if
                 things
                 were
                 adjusted
                 upon
                 these
                 Terms
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 of
                 another
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 subsist
                 without
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 therefore
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 doubt
                 to
                 find
                 them
                 shortly
                 willing
                 to
                 condescend
                 farther
                 ,
                 making
                 his
                 chief
                 Objections
                 against
                 the
                 three
                 following
                 Points
                 :
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 Exclusion
                 of
                 seven
                 Persons
                 from
                 Pardon
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 incapacitating
                 any
                 of
                 his
                 Party
                 from
                 being
                 elected
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 next
                 ensuing
                 Parliament
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 there
                 
                 was
                 nothing
                 mentioned
                 concerning
                 Church-Government
                 .
                 To
                 the
                 first
                 it
                 was
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 Army
                 were
                 agreed
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 impossible
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 remit
                 in
                 that
                 point
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 that
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 obtained
                 ,
                 yet
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 restored
                 to
                 his
                 Power
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 easily
                 supply
                 seven
                 Persons
                 living
                 beyond
                 the
                 Seas
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 Banishment
                 supportable
                 .
                 To
                 the
                 second
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 next
                 Parliament
                 would
                 be
                 necessitated
                 to
                 lay
                 great
                 Burdens
                 upon
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Happiness
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 to
                 have
                 no
                 hand
                 therein
                 .
                 To
                 the
                 third
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Law
                 was
                 Security
                 enough
                 for
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 point
                 gained
                 ,
                 to
                 reduce
                 Men
                 who
                 had
                 fought
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 wholly
                 silent
                 in
                 the
                 matter
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 King
                 breaking
                 away
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   see
                   them
                   glad
                   e're
                   long
                   to
                   accept
                   of
                   more
                   equal
                   Terms
                   .
                
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 arrived
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 great
                 Contentment
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Instructions
                 referring
                 to
                 Sir
                 John
                 Barkley's
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 prosecute
                 jointly
                 ,
                 Sir
                 John
                 gave
                 him
                 what
                 light
                 he
                 could
                 into
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 Affairs
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 soon
                 departed
                 from
                 the
                 Methods
                 proposed
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 and
                 entirely
                 complying
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Humour
                 ,
                 declared
                 openly
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 always
                 used
                 the
                 best
                 Company
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 converse
                 with
                 such
                 sensless
                 Fellows
                 as
                 the
                 Agitators
                 ;
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Officers
                 could
                 be
                 gained
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 doubt
                 but
                 they
                 would
                 
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 command
                 their
                 own
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 resolved
                 to
                 apply
                 himself
                 wholly
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 there
                 grew
                 a
                 great
                 Familiarity
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 Whalley
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Guard
                 that
                 waited
                 on
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 long
                 after
                 a
                 close
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 Messages
                 daily
                 passing
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 the
                 Head-quarters
                 .
                 With
                 these
                 Encouragements
                 and
                 others
                 from
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Lauderdale
                 and
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 assuring
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 oppose
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 the
                 Death
                 ,
                 he
                 seemed
                 so
                 much
                 elevated
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 the
                 Proposals
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Concurrence
                 humbly
                 desired
                 ,
                 he
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Astonishment
                 not
                 only
                 of
                 Ireton
                 and
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Party
                 ,
                 entertained
                 them
                 with
                 very
                 sharp
                 and
                 bitter
                 Language
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 That
                 no
                 Man
                 should
                 suffer
                 for
                 his
                 sake
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 repented
                 him
                 of
                 nothing
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 that
                 he
                 passed
                 the
                 Bill
                 against
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 :
                 which
                 tho
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 confessed
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 an
                 unworthy
                 Act
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 all
                 things
                 considered
                 ,
                 yet
                 was
                 it
                 no
                 less
                 imprudent
                 in
                 that
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 to
                 mention
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 the
                 Church
                 established
                 according
                 to
                 Law
                 by
                 the
                 Proposals
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 their
                 Work
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 thought
                 it
                 sufficient
                 for
                 them
                 to
                 wave
                 the
                 point
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 hoped
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 too
                 ,
                 he
                 having
                 already
                 consented
                 to
                 the
                 abolition
                 of
                 the
                 Episcopal
                 Government
                 in
                 Scotland
                 .
                 
                 The
                 King
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 hoped
                 God
                 had
                 forgiven
                 him
                 that
                 Sin
                 ,
                 repeating
                 frequently
                 these
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 words
                 ;
                 
                   You
                   cannot
                   be
                   without
                   me
                   ;
                   You
                   will
                   fall
                   to
                   Ruin
                   if
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   sustain
                   you
                   .
                
                 This
                 manner
                 of
                 Carriage
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 observed
                 with
                 the
                 utmost
                 Amazement
                 by
                 many
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 who
                 were
                 present
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 appearance
                 were
                 Promoters
                 of
                 the
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 taking
                 notice
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 looked
                 with
                 much
                 wonder
                 upon
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 stepping
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 said
                 in
                 his
                 Ear
                 ,
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   you
                   speak
                   as
                   if
                   you
                   had
                   some
                   secret
                   Strength
                   and
                   Power
                   which
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   of
                   ;
                   and
                   since
                   you
                   have
                   concealed
                   it
                   from
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   wish
                   you
                   had
                   done
                   it
                   from
                   these
                   Men
                   also
                   .
                
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 King
                 began
                 to
                 recollect
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 soften
                 his
                 former
                 Discourse
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 too
                 late
                 ,
                 for
                 Col.
                 Rainsborough
                 ,
                 who
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Army
                 seemed
                 the
                 least
                 to
                 desire
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 having
                 observed
                 these
                 Passages
                 ,
                 went
                 out
                 from
                 the
                 Conference
                 ,
                 and
                 hastned
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 informing
                 them
                 what
                 Entertainment
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 and
                 Proposals
                 had
                 found
                 with
                 the
                 King.
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 being
                 desirous
                 to
                 allay
                 this
                 heat
                 ,
                 demanded
                 of
                 Ireton
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 what
                 they
                 would
                 do
                 if
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 consent
                 :
                 By
                 whom
                 it
                 was
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 offer
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 their
                 Approbation
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 thus
                 bid
                 defiance
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 bend
                 all
                 his
                 Force
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 to
                 strengthen
                 their
                 Enemies
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 a
                 Petition
                 
                 was
                 contrived
                 to
                 press
                 them
                 to
                 a
                 speedy
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 presented
                 in
                 a
                 most
                 tumultuous
                 manner
                 by
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 Apprentices
                 and
                 Rabble
                 ,
                 back'd
                 and
                 encouraged
                 by
                 many
                 dismissed
                 and
                 disaffected
                 Officers
                 who
                 joined
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 Whilst
                 the
                 Two
                 Houses
                 were
                 in
                 Debate
                 what
                 Answer
                 to
                 give
                 to
                 this
                 insolent
                 Multitude
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 getting
                 to
                 the
                 Windows
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 ,
                 threw
                 Stones
                 in
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 threatned
                 them
                 with
                 worse
                 Usage
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 gave
                 them
                 an
                 Answer
                 to
                 their
                 liking
                 :
                 Others
                 knocked
                 at
                 the
                 door
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 requiring
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 ;
                 but
                 some
                 of
                 us
                 with
                 our
                 Swords
                 forced
                 them
                 to
                 retire
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 House
                 resolved
                 to
                 rise
                 without
                 giving
                 any
                 Answer
                 ,
                 judging
                 it
                 below
                 them
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 by
                 compulsion
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 Speaker
                 went
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 but
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 Lobby
                 ,
                 was
                 forced
                 back
                 into
                 the
                 Chair
                 by
                 the
                 Violence
                 of
                 the
                 insolent
                 Rabble
                 ;
                 whereof
                 above
                 a
                 thousand
                 attended
                 without
                 doors
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 sorty
                 or
                 fifty
                 were
                 got
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 thought
                 convenient
                 to
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 their
                 Rage
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Speaker
                 demanding
                 what
                 Question
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 ,
                 they
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 desired
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 London
                 forth
                 with
                 :
                 which
                 Question
                 being
                 put
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 asked
                 again
                 what
                 further
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 ;
                 they
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 invited
                 to
                 come
                 with
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Freedom
                 and
                 Sasety
                 :
                 to
                 both
                 which
                 I
                 gave
                 a
                 loud
                 Negative
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Members
                 as
                 
                 loud
                 an
                 Affirmative
                 ,
                 rather
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 prudential
                 Compliance
                 than
                 any
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Design
                 on
                 foot
                 .
                 By
                 these
                 Votes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 coming
                 down
                 of
                 divers
                 well-affected
                 Citizens
                 to
                 appease
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Tumult
                 was
                 somewhat
                 allayed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 with
                 their
                 Speaker
                 passed
                 through
                 the
                 Multitude
                 safely
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 I
                 advised
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Haslerig
                
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 what
                 was
                 fittest
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 this
                 Conjuncture
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 concluded
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 sit
                 in
                 Parliament
                 without
                 apparent
                 Hazard
                 of
                 our
                 Lives
                 ,
                 till
                 we
                 had
                 a
                 Guard
                 for
                 our
                 Defence
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 manifestly
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Party
                 either
                 to
                 drive
                 us
                 away
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 destroy
                 us
                 .
                 Therefore
                 we
                 resolved
                 to
                 betake
                 our selves
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 for
                 Protection
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Haslerig
                
                 undertaking
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 Speaker
                 to
                 go
                 thither
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 consented
                 with
                 some
                 Difficulty
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 caused
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 to
                 be
                 thrown
                 into
                 his
                 Coach
                 ,
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 lay
                 then
                 at
                 
                   Windsor
                   ,
                   Maidenhead
                   ,
                   Colebrook
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 adjacent
                 Places
                 .
                 Having
                 acquainted
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 our
                 Friends
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 with
                 our
                 Resolution
                 to
                 repair
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 down
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 same
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 adjourned
                 themselves
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 rendezvouzed
                 upon
                 Hownslow-heath
                 ,
                 where
                 those
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 Lords
                 as
                 Commons
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 not
                 with
                 Safety
                 stay
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 appeared
                 in
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 the
                 Army
                 expressed
                 great
                 Joy
                 ,
                 declaring
                 
                 themselves
                 resolved
                 to
                 live
                 and
                 die
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 At
                 night
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Northumberland
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Say
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Wharton
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Lords
                 ;
                 the
                 Speaker
                 and
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 met
                 at
                 Sion-house
                 to
                 consult
                 what
                 was
                 most
                 advisable
                 to
                 do
                 in
                 that
                 Juncture
                 ;
                 which
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 doing
                 ,
                 an
                 Account
                 was
                 brought
                 of
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 of
                 those
                 at
                 Westminster
                 that
                 day
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Serjeant
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 who
                 came
                 with
                 his
                 Mace
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 no
                 little
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 the
                 Speaker
                 .
                 He
                 acquainted
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 remaining
                 Members
                 being
                 met
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 had
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 attended
                 the
                 coming
                 of
                 their
                 Speaker
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 gone
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Pelham
                 a
                 Lawyer
                 ,
                 and
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Speaker
                 :
                 After
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 of
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 the
                 Directors
                 of
                 the
                 Militia
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 raise
                 Forces
                 for
                 the
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 the
                 Success
                 of
                 which
                 Attempt
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 see
                 before
                 they
                 would
                 declare
                 against
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 
                   Massey
                   ,
                   Pointz
                   ,
                   Brown
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 encouraged
                 by
                 the
                 Common
                 Council
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 various
                 Artifices
                 had
                 been
                 corrupted
                 ,
                 used
                 all
                 possible
                 Diligence
                 to
                 list
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 prepare
                 a
                 Force
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 but
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 therein
                 were
                 much
                 obstructed
                 by
                 divers
                 honest
                 Citizens
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 importunately
                 solicited
                 them
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 by
                 the
                 News
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 Rendezvouz
                 upon
                 Hounslow-heath
                 .
              
               
                 Tho
                 the
                 Lords
                 had
                 been
                 removed
                 from
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 was
                 manifest
                 that
                 their
                 Influence
                 there
                 still
                 continued
                 ;
                 partly
                 from
                 a
                 desire
                 of
                 some
                 great
                 Officers
                 to
                 oblige
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 from
                 the
                 Ambition
                 of
                 others
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 their
                 Number
                 ,
                 who
                 to
                 shew
                 their
                 earnest
                 Desires
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 being
                 morally
                 assured
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 City
                 were
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 shortly
                 in
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 might
                 be
                 induced
                 to
                 take
                 other
                 Counsels
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 upon
                 such
                 Success
                 ,
                 especially
                 considering
                 his
                 late
                 Carriage
                 towards
                 them
                 ;
                 they
                 sent
                 an
                 Express
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 advising
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 not
                 yield
                 to
                 their
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 send
                 a
                 kind
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 before
                 it
                 were
                 known
                 that
                 London
                 would
                 submit
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 a
                 Letter
                 was
                 prepared
                 immediately
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 not
                 sign
                 it
                 ,
                 till
                 after
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Debates
                 ,
                 which
                 lost
                 one
                 whole
                 day's
                 time
                 :
                 At
                 last
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 going
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 Messengers
                 from
                 the
                 Officers
                 to
                 hasten
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 before
                 they
                 could
                 come
                 to
                 Sion-house
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 from
                 London
                 were
                 arrived
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Letter
                 out
                 of
                 season
                 .
                 For
                 coming
                 after
                 it
                 was
                 known
                 with
                 what
                 Difficulty
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 obtained
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Matters
                 were
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 adjusted
                 between
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 Army
                 ,
                 it
                 lost
                 both
                 its
                 Grace
                 and
                 Efficacy
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 all
                 which
                 
                 the
                 Officers
                 being
                 resolved
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 proposed
                 ,
                 whilst
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 very
                 Act
                 of
                 giving
                 Thanks
                 for
                 their
                 Success
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 too
                 much
                 elevated
                 therewith
                 ,
                 but
                 keep
                 still
                 to
                 their
                 former
                 Engagement
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 once
                 more
                 solemnly
                 vote
                 the
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 accordingly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 face
                 of
                 Affairs
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 was
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 very
                 various
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 different
                 Advices
                 they
                 received
                 ;
                 for
                 upon
                 the
                 Report
                 of
                 the
                 Advance
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Scouts
                 ,
                 they
                 cried
                 out
                 ,
                 
                   Treat
                   ,
                   Treat
                
                 :
                 And
                 at
                 another
                 time
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 Men
                 listed
                 in
                 great
                 numbers
                 ,
                 the
                 word
                 was
                 ,
                 
                   Live
                   and
                   die
                   ,
                   Live
                   and
                   die
                   :
                
                 but
                 when
                 Southwark
                 had
                 let
                 in
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 joined
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 former
                 Cry
                 of
                 
                   Treat
                   ,
                   Treat
                
                 :
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 ,
                 Aldermen
                 ,
                 and
                 Common
                 Council
                 consenting
                 ,
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 admit
                 the
                 Army
                 as
                 Friends
                 ,
                 being
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 as
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 to
                 attend
                 those
                 Members
                 who
                 had
                 retired
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 being
                 in
                 all
                 about
                 a
                 hundred
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Having
                 resumed
                 our
                 Places
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 eleven
                 Members
                 as
                 had
                 returned
                 to
                 act
                 ,
                 immediately
                 withdrew
                 ;
                 and
                 Pointz
                 with
                 other
                 reduced
                 Officers
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 form
                 a
                 Body
                 against
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 fled
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 had
                 other
                 Difficulties
                 to
                 encounter
                 :
                 for
                 tho
                 that
                 Vote
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 Petition
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 declared
                 seditious
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 guilty
                 of
                 Treason
                 ,
                 who
                 
                 should
                 prosecute
                 the
                 same
                 after
                 such
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 was
                 razed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Journal
                 ;
                 yet
                 by
                 reason
                 that
                 the
                 bulk
                 of
                 the
                 opposite
                 Party
                 was
                 left
                 still
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 the
                 Militia
                 of
                 London
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 changed
                 without
                 much
                 Difficulty
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Votes
                 of
                 great
                 Consequence
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 altered
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 However
                 the
                 Parliament
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 inquire
                 into
                 the
                 late
                 Force
                 that
                 was
                 put
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 who
                 having
                 made
                 their
                 Report
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Maynard
                
                 was
                 impeached
                 ,
                 and
                 Recorder
                 Glyn
                 ,
                 with
                 Mr.
                 
                   Clement
                   Walker
                
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 imprisoned
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 day
                 or
                 two
                 after
                 the
                 Restitution
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 marched
                 through
                 the
                 City
                 without
                 offering
                 the
                 least
                 Violence
                 ,
                 promising
                 to
                 shew
                 themselves
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 ;
                 but
                 their
                 Actions
                 furnished
                 occasion
                 to
                 suspect
                 them
                 ,
                 particularly
                 their
                 discountenancing
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 endured
                 the
                 Heat
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 :
                 the
                 free
                 Access
                 of
                 all
                 Cavaliers
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Hampton-Court
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 publick
                 Speeches
                 made
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 by
                 the
                 great
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 held
                 at
                 Putney
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 that
                 Party
                 taking
                 the
                 same
                 liberty
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 where
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 publickly
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 thought
                 God
                 had
                 hitherto
                 blasted
                 our
                 Counsels
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 had
                 dealt
                 so
                 severely
                 with
                 the
                 Cavaliers
                 .
                 These
                 things
                 caused
                 many
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 who
                 thought
                 themselves
                 abused
                 and
                 cheated
                 ,
                 to
                 complain
                 to
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Adjutators
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Intimacy
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 and
                 
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 with
                 the
                 chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 affirming
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 doors
                 of
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 were
                 open
                 to
                 them
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 shut
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 Cromwell
                 was
                 much
                 offended
                 with
                 these
                 Discourses
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 telling
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 an
                 honest
                 Man
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 said
                 enough
                 of
                 the
                 Sincerity
                 of
                 his
                 Intentions
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 was
                 enough
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 conjured
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 tendred
                 the
                 King's
                 Service
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 come
                 so
                 frequently
                 to
                 his
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 send
                 privately
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 Suspicion
                 of
                 him
                 being
                 grown
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 afraid
                 to
                 lie
                 in
                 them
                 himself
                 .
                 This
                 had
                 no
                 effect
                 upon
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 who
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 must
                 shew
                 them
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 complying
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 from
                 their
                 own
                 Disorders
                 .
                 About
                 three
                 Weeks
                 after
                 the
                 Army
                 entred
                 London
                 ,
                 the
                 Scots
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 address
                 themselves
                 again
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 performed
                 in
                 the
                 old
                 Propositions
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 some
                 Particulars
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Scots
                 only
                 excepted
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 advising
                 with
                 some
                 about
                 him
                 concerning
                 this
                 Matter
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 concluded
                 to
                 be
                 unsafe
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 close
                 with
                 the
                 Enemies
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 whilst
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 King
                 refused
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 a
                 Personal
                 Treaty
                 .
                 The
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 having
                 seen
                 his
                 Answer
                 before
                 it
                 was
                 sent
                 ,
                 seemed
                 much
                 satisfied
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 to
                 use
                 their
                 utmost
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 Personal
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Cromwell
                   ,
                   Ireton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 pressing
                 the
                 King's
                 Desires
                 with
                 great
                 Earnestness
                 ;
                 wherein
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 Expectations
                 ,
                 they
                 found
                 a
                 vigorous
                 Opposition
                 from
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 already
                 conceived
                 a
                 Jealousy
                 of
                 their
                 private
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 now
                 confirmed
                 in
                 that
                 Opinion
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Suspicions
                 of
                 them
                 grew
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 strong
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 accounted
                 Betrayers
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 lost
                 almost
                 all
                 their
                 Friends
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 Army
                 that
                 lay
                 then
                 about
                 Putney
                 were
                 no
                 less
                 dissatisfied
                 with
                 their
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 daily
                 informed
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 came
                 to
                 them
                 from
                 London
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 began
                 to
                 change
                 their
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 complain
                 openly
                 in
                 Council
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 Malignants
                 about
                 him
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 rejected
                 their
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 engaged
                 any
                 further
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 now
                 to
                 consult
                 their
                 own
                 Safety
                 and
                 the
                 Publick
                 Good
                 :
                 that
                 having
                 the
                 Power
                 devolved
                 upon
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 Decision
                 of
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 both
                 Parties
                 had
                 appealed
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 convinced
                 that
                 Monarchy
                 was
                 inconsistent
                 with
                 the
                 Prosperity
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 use
                 their
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 reduce
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 England
                 to
                 the
                 Form
                 of
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 These
                 Proceedings
                 strook
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 Terror
                 into
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 thought
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 draw
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 a
                 general
                 Rendezvouz
                 ,
                 pretending
                 to
                 engage
                 them
                 to
                 adhere
                 to
                 their
                 former
                 Proposals
                 to
                 the
                 
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 indeed
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Army
                 into
                 subjection
                 to
                 them
                 and
                 their
                 Party
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 they
                 might
                 make
                 their
                 bargain
                 by
                 them
                 ;
                 designing
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 carry
                 this
                 point
                 at
                 the
                 Rendezvouz
                 ,
                 to
                 dismiss
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Adjutators
                 ,
                 to
                 divide
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 send
                 those
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 remote
                 Places
                 who
                 were
                 most
                 opposite
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 retaining
                 near
                 them
                 such
                 only
                 as
                 were
                 fit
                 for
                 their
                 purpose
                 .
                 This
                 Design
                 being
                 discovered
                 by
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 ,
                 amongst
                 whom
                 Col.
                 Rainsborough
                 had
                 the
                 principal
                 Interest
                 ,
                 they
                 used
                 all
                 possible
                 Industry
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 general
                 Muster
                 which
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 Ware
                 ;
                 supposing
                 the
                 Separation
                 thereupon
                 intended
                 to
                 be
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Agreement
                 made
                 upon
                 taking
                 the
                 King
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 destructive
                 to
                 the
                 Ends
                 which
                 they
                 thought
                 it
                 their
                 Duty
                 to
                 promote
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Cromwell
                 having
                 acquainted
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 his
                 Danger
                 ,
                 protesting
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 in
                 his
                 Power
                 to
                 undertake
                 for
                 his
                 Security
                 in
                 the
                 Place
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 real
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 desiring
                 the
                 Lord
                 to
                 deal
                 with
                 him
                 and
                 his
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Sincerity
                 of
                 his
                 Heart
                 towards
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 prepared
                 himself
                 to
                 act
                 his
                 part
                 at
                 the
                 General
                 Rendezvouz
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 being
                 doubtful
                 what
                 to
                 do
                 in
                 this
                 Conjuncture
                 ,
                 was
                 advised
                 by
                 some
                 to
                 go
                 privately
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 appear
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 :
                 to
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Army
                 being
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 and
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 would
                 undoubtedly
                 seize
                 the
                 King
                 there
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 if
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 any
                 Blood
                 shed
                 in
                 his
                 Defence
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 accused
                 of
                 beginning
                 a
                 new
                 War.
                 Others
                 counselled
                 him
                 to
                 secure
                 his
                 Person
                 by
                 quitting
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 Against
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 objected
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Rendezvouz
                 being
                 appointed
                 for
                 the
                 next
                 Week
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 quit
                 the
                 Army
                 till
                 that
                 was
                 passed
                 ;
                 because
                 if
                 the
                 superiour
                 Officers
                 prevailed
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 their
                 Engagement
                 ;
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 apply
                 themselves
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 Security
                 .
                 The
                 Scots
                 Commissioners
                 also
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 tampering
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 took
                 hold
                 of
                 this
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 perswade
                 him
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 their
                 Terms
                 ,
                 by
                 augmenting
                 his
                 Fears
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 also
                 proposed
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 conceal
                 himself
                 in
                 England
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 was
                 thought
                 unsafe
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 impossible
                 .
                 Some
                 there
                 were
                 who
                 proposed
                 his
                 going
                 to
                 Jersey
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 then
                 kept
                 for
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 told
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Lanerick
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Ships
                 provided
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 had
                 been
                 discovered
                 and
                 seized
                 ,
                 tho
                 Sir
                 John
                 affirms
                 in
                 his
                 Papers
                 that
                 none
                 were
                 provided
                 ,
                 that
                 Design
                 was
                 laid
                 aside
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 the
                 King
                 resolved
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 being
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 most
                 probable
                 ,
                 recommended
                 thither
                 by
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 had
                 a
                 good
                 Opinion
                 of
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 the
                 Governour
                 there
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 the
                 King
                 sent
                 Mr.
                 
                   William
                   Leg
                
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 requiring
                 them
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Escape
                 ;
                 and
                 Horses
                 were
                 laid
                 at
                 Sutton
                 
                 in
                 Hampshire
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 day
                 following
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 waiting
                 with
                 Horses
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Leg
                 came
                 out
                 towards
                 the
                 Evening
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 mounted
                 they
                 designed
                 to
                 ride
                 through
                 the
                 Forest
                 ,
                 having
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 their
                 Guide
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 lost
                 the
                 way
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Night
                 proving
                 dark
                 and
                 stormy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ways
                 very
                 bad
                 ,
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 reach
                 Sutton
                 before
                 break
                 of
                 day
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 hoped
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 there
                 three
                 hours
                 before
                 .
                 At
                 Sutton
                 they
                 were
                 informed
                 that
                 a
                 Committee
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 was
                 there
                 sitting
                 by
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 which
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 heard
                 ,
                 he
                 passed
                 by
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 his
                 way
                 towards
                 Southampton
                 ,
                 attended
                 only
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Leg
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 a
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Southampton
                 at
                 Titchfield
                 ,
                 having
                 sent
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 to
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Copy
                 of
                 the
                 Letter
                 left
                 upon
                 the
                 Table
                 in
                 his
                 Chamber
                 at
                 Hampton-Court
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 other
                 Letters
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 lately
                 received
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 without
                 a
                 Name
                 ,
                 expressing
                 great
                 Fears
                 and
                 Apprehensions
                 of
                 the
                 ill
                 Intentions
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth-Party
                 against
                 the
                 King.
                 The
                 other
                 from
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 Addition
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 prosecution
                 thereof
                 ,
                 a
                 new
                 Guard
                 was
                 designed
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 to
                 be
                 placed
                 about
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 Men
                 of
                 that
                 Party
                 .
                 He
                 also
                 sent
                 by
                 them
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 ,
                 wherein
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 expressed
                 his
                 Distrust
                 of
                 the
                 Levelling
                 Part
                 of
                 
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 termed
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 necessity
                 lying
                 upon
                 him
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 his
                 own
                 Safety
                 ,
                 he
                 assured
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 intend
                 to
                 desert
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 ordering
                 his
                 two
                 Messengers
                 to
                 acquaint
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Army
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 chosen
                 to
                 put
                 himself
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 knew
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Extraction
                 ,
                 and
                 tho
                 engaged
                 against
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 yet
                 without
                 any
                 Animosity
                 to
                 his
                 Person
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 informed
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 Aversion
                 :
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 it
                 fit
                 to
                 surprize
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 had
                 sent
                 the
                 two
                 Persons
                 before-mentioned
                 to
                 advertise
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 desire
                 his
                 Promise
                 to
                 protect
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Servants
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 his
                 Power
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 should
                 happen
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 oblige
                 himself
                 to
                 leave
                 them
                 in
                 as
                 good
                 a
                 Condition
                 as
                 he
                 found
                 them
                 .
                 Being
                 ready
                 to
                 depart
                 with
                 these
                 Instructions
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 said
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 no
                 knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 tell
                 whether
                 he
                 might
                 not
                 detain
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 advised
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 returned
                 not
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 think
                 no
                 more
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 secure
                 his
                 own
                 Escape
                 .
                 Towards
                 Evening
                 they
                 arrived
                 at
                 Limmington
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 pass
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 a
                 violent
                 Storm
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 they
                 got
                 over
                 to
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 directly
                 to
                 Carisbrook-Castle
                 ,
                 the
                 Residence
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 told
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 gone
                 towards
                 Newport
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 notice
                 they
                 rode
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 overtaken
                 and
                 acquainted
                 
                 him
                 with
                 their
                 Message
                 ,
                 he
                 grew
                 pale
                 ,
                 and
                 fell
                 into
                 such
                 a
                 trembling
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 thought
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 fallen
                 from
                 his
                 Horse
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Consternation
                 he
                 continued
                 about
                 an
                 hour
                 ,
                 breaking
                 out
                 sometimes
                 into
                 passionate
                 and
                 distracted
                 Expressions
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 O
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 undone
                 me
                 in
                 bringing
                 the
                 King
                 into
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 if
                 at
                 least
                 you
                 have
                 brought
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 pray
                 let
                 him
                 not
                 come
                 :
                 for
                 what
                 between
                 my
                 Duty
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 Gratitude
                 to
                 him
                 upon
                 this
                 fresh
                 Obligation
                 of
                 Confidence
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Discharge
                 of
                 my
                 Trust
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 confounded
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 they
                 took
                 occasion
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 intended
                 a
                 Favour
                 to
                 him
                 and
                 his
                 Posterity
                 ,
                 in
                 giving
                 him
                 this
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 lay
                 a
                 great
                 Obligation
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 was
                 very
                 consistent
                 with
                 his
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 solemnly
                 engaged
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 he
                 thought
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 be
                 far
                 from
                 imposing
                 his
                 Person
                 upon
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 ,
                 said
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 any
                 Mischance
                 ,
                 what
                 would
                 the
                 Army
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 say
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 had
                 refused
                 to
                 receive
                 him
                 ?
                 To
                 which
                 they
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 refused
                 him
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 Then
                 beginning
                 to
                 speak
                 more
                 calmly
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 know
                 where
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 ,
                 and
                 wished
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 absolutely
                 thrown
                 himself
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 the
                 two
                 Gentlemen
                 suspect
                 that
                 the
                 Governour
                 was
                 not
                 for
                 their
                 turn
                 ;
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 fearing
                 what
                 would
                 become
                 of
                 the
                 
                 King
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 discovered
                 before
                 he
                 had
                 gained
                 this
                 point
                 ,
                 took
                 the
                 Governour
                 aside
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 Conference
                 prevailed
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 did
                 believe
                 the
                 King
                 relied
                 on
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 Honour
                 and
                 Honesty
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 did
                 engage
                 himself
                 to
                 perform
                 whatsoever
                 could
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 a
                 Person
                 so
                 qualified
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 replied
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 ask
                 no
                 more
                 :
                 Then
                 said
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 Let
                 us
                 all
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 acquaint
                 him
                 with
                 it
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 Cowes-Castle
                 ,
                 where
                 a
                 Boat
                 lay
                 to
                 carry
                 them
                 over
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 took
                 Capt.
                 Basket
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 that
                 Castle
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 order
                 for
                 a
                 File
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 Musqueteers
                 to
                 follow
                 them
                 in
                 another
                 Boat.
                 When
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Southampton's
                 House
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 leaving
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 below
                 with
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Basket
                 ,
                 went
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 given
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 between
                 the
                 Governour
                 and
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 come
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 ;
                 the
                 King
                 striking
                 his
                 Hand
                 upon
                 his
                 Breast
                 ,
                 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
                 then
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 mistrusted
                 Hammond
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 undertake
                 to
                 secure
                 him
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 replied
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   understand
                   you
                   well
                   enough
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   I
                   should
                   follow
                   that
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   said
                   and
                   believed
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   ventured
                   his
                   Life
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   unworthily
                   taken
                   it
                   from
                   him
                   :
                
                 Telling
                 him
                 
                 further
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   now
                   too
                   late
                   to
                   think
                   upon
                   any
                   thing
                   but
                   going
                   through
                   the
                   way
                   he
                   had
                   forced
                   him
                   upon
                   ,
                   wondering
                   how
                   he
                   could
                   make
                   so
                   great
                   an
                   Oversight
                   :
                
                 At
                 which
                 Expression
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 having
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 wept
                 bitterly
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Basket
                 beginning
                 to
                 be
                 impatient
                 of
                 their
                 long
                 Attendance
                 below
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 sent
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Southampton's
                 ,
                 to
                 desire
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 would
                 remember
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 below
                 .
                 About
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 after
                 the
                 King
                 sent
                 for
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Basket
                 had
                 kissed
                 the
                 King's
                 Hand
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 aside
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 Sir
                 John
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   passionate
                   as
                
                 Jack
                 Ashburnham
                 :
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   think
                   you
                   have
                   followed
                   my
                   Directions
                   ?
                
                 He
                 answered
                 ,
                 
                   No
                   indeed
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   my
                   Fault
                   ,
                   as
                   Mr.
                
                 Ashburnham
                 
                   can
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   please
                   .
                
                 The
                 King
                 perceiving
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 now
                 too
                 late
                 to
                 take
                 other
                 measures
                 ,
                 received
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 cheerfully
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 repeated
                 to
                 him
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 before
                 ,
                 conducted
                 them
                 over
                 to
                 Cowes
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 with
                 the
                 Governour
                 to
                 Carisbrook
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 way
                 thither
                 was
                 met
                 by
                 divers
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 by
                 whom
                 he
                 understood
                 that
                 the
                 whole
                 Island
                 was
                 unanimously
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 except
                 the
                 Governours
                 of
                 the
                 Castles
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 
                 Hammond's
                 Captains
                 ;
                 that
                 Hammond
                 might
                 be
                 easily
                 gained
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 more
                 easily
                 forced
                 ,
                 the
                 Castle
                 being
                 day
                 and
                 night
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 might
                 chuse
                 his
                 own
                 time
                 of
                 quitting
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 having
                 liberty
                 to
                 ride
                 abroad
                 daily
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 his
                 whole
                 Party
                 ,
                 approved
                 of
                 the
                 Choice
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 applied
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Governour
                 with
                 so
                 good
                 Success
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 and
                 those
                 with
                 him
                 seemed
                 to
                 desire
                 nothing
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 than
                 to
                 send
                 a
                 civil
                 Message
                 to
                 both
                 Houses
                 ,
                 signifying
                 his
                 Propensity
                 to
                 Peace
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 accordingly
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 sooner
                 was
                 the
                 King's
                 Escape
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 by
                 the
                 Guards
                 ,
                 but
                 Col.
                 Whalley
                 hastened
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 with
                 the
                 Letter
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 left
                 upon
                 his
                 Table
                 ,
                 shewing
                 the
                 Reasons
                 of
                 his
                 withdrawing
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Resolution
                 not
                 to
                 desert
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 visible
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 made
                 his
                 Escape
                 by
                 the
                 Advice
                 of
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 in
                 all
                 appearance
                 with
                 the
                 Consent
                 of
                 Whalley
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 pretended
                 for
                 his
                 Excuse
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 had
                 broken
                 his
                 Engagement
                 to
                 him
                 at
                 his
                 first
                 coming
                 to
                 Woburn
                 ,
                 whereby
                 he
                 had
                 undertaken
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 not
                 leave
                 the
                 Army
                 without
                 his
                 Knowledg
                 and
                 Consent
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Advice
                 the
                 Parliament
                 declared
                 it
                 Treason
                 for
                 any
                 Person
                 to
                 conceal
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 his
                 Escape
                 being
                 soon
                 after
                 discovered
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 put
                 himself
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 they
                 sent
                 a
                 Messenger
                 to
                 the
                 Island
                 for
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Leg
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Governour
                 refused
                 to
                 deliver
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 the
                 General
                 Rendezvouz
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 being
                 now
                 come
                 ,
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 Party
                 amongst
                 them
                 declared
                 to
                 stand
                 to
                 their
                 Engagement
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 dispersed
                 till
                 the
                 things
                 they
                 had
                 demanded
                 were
                 effected
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 established
                 :
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 which
                 Resolution
                 several
                 Regiments
                 appeared
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 with
                 distinguishing
                 Marks
                 in
                 their
                 Hats
                 :
                 But
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 not
                 contenting
                 himself
                 with
                 his
                 part
                 in
                 an
                 equal
                 Government
                 ,
                 puffed
                 up
                 by
                 his
                 Successes
                 to
                 an
                 expectation
                 of
                 greater
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 driven
                 a
                 bargain
                 with
                 the
                 Grandees
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 settle
                 things
                 in
                 a
                 factious
                 way
                 without
                 him
                 ,
                 procured
                 a
                 Party
                 to
                 stand
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 seizing
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 appeared
                 at
                 the
                 Rendezvouz
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 his
                 Designs
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 being
                 accompanied
                 with
                 divers
                 Officers
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 preferred
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 that
                 means
                 made
                 his
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 he
                 rode
                 up
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Regiments
                 which
                 had
                 the
                 distinguishing
                 Marks
                 ,
                 requiring
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 them
                 out
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 not
                 doing
                 ,
                 he
                 caused
                 several
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 seized
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 their
                 Hearts
                 failing
                 ,
                 they
                 yielded
                 Obedience
                 to
                 his
                 Commands
                 .
                 He
                 ordered
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 shot
                 dead
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 delivering
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 those
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 seized
                 ,
                 being
                 eleven
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Marshal
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 dispersed
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 their
                 
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 Proceedings
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 and
                 tho
                 when
                 an
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 carried
                 on
                 by
                 other
                 hands
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 countenance
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 yet
                 now
                 the
                 bargain
                 for
                 the
                 Peoples
                 Liberty
                 being
                 driven
                 on
                 by
                 himself
                 ,
                 he
                 opposed
                 those
                 who
                 laboured
                 to
                 obstruct
                 it
                 ,
                 pretending
                 his
                 so
                 doing
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 subjection
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 who
                 being
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 have
                 this
                 Spirit
                 suppressed
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 by
                 any
                 means
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 approved
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 but
                 gave
                 him
                 the
                 Thanks
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 :
                 Whereunto
                 ,
                 tho
                 singly
                 ,
                 I
                 gave
                 as
                 loud
                 a
                 No
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 being
                 fully
                 convinced
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 acted
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 for
                 no
                 other
                 end
                 but
                 to
                 advance
                 his
                 own
                 Passion
                 and
                 Power
                 into
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 Right
                 and
                 Reason
                 ;
                 and
                 took
                 the
                 first
                 opportunity
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 having
                 taken
                 the
                 Power
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 effect
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 every
                 drop
                 of
                 Blood
                 shed
                 in
                 that
                 extraordinary
                 way
                 would
                 be
                 required
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 unless
                 the
                 Rectitude
                 of
                 their
                 Intentions
                 and
                 Actions
                 did
                 justify
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 careful
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 these
                 things
                 were
                 doing
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 finding
                 that
                 the
                 Irish
                 used
                 him
                 treacherously
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Inclinations
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 tended
                 towards
                 a
                 Submission
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 invited
                 them
                 to
                 send
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 about
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Forces
                 commanded
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 into
                 their
                 
                 hands
                 .
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 Articles
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 indemnifying
                 all
                 Protestants
                 in
                 Ireland
                 for
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 there
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 in
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 during
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 ;
                 and
                 admitting
                 them
                 to
                 compound
                 for
                 their
                 Estates
                 in
                 England
                 at
                 two
                 Years
                 Value
                 .
                 A
                 certain
                 Sum
                 was
                 also
                 promised
                 to
                 be
                 paid
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 disbursed
                 for
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 This
                 Agreement
                 being
                 concluded
                 ,
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Dublin
                 and
                 the
                 Forces
                 before-mentioned
                 were
                 delivered
                 to
                 Col.
                 
                   Michael
                   Jones
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 ordered
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 came
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 where
                 his
                 Money
                 was
                 paid
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 soon
                 after
                 retired
                 into
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 having
                 subdued
                 those
                 of
                 their
                 Body
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 just
                 Suspicion
                 had
                 opposed
                 their
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 thought
                 themselves
                 obliged
                 by
                 their
                 former
                 Engagement
                 to
                 press
                 for
                 a
                 Personal
                 Treaty
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 procured
                 to
                 be
                 offered
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 he
                 would
                 grant
                 four
                 preliminary
                 Bills
                 :
                 The
                 first
                 of
                 which
                 contained
                 the
                 Revocation
                 of
                 all
                 Proclamations
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 The
                 second
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 void
                 all
                 such
                 Titles
                 of
                 Honour
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 granted
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 since
                 he
                 had
                 left
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 none
                 should
                 be
                 conferred
                 upon
                 any
                 Person
                 without
                 the
                 Consent
                 of
                 Parliament
                 :
                 The
                 third
                 was
                 a
                 Bill
                 to
                 except
                 some
                 Persons
                 from
                 Pardon
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 fourth
                 for
                 investing
                 the
                 Militia
                 in
                 the
                 Two
                 Houses
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 those
                 who
                 thought
                 it
                 reasonable
                 
                 and
                 necessary
                 to
                 proceed
                 judicially
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 were
                 afraid
                 he
                 would
                 grant
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 visible
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 he
                 been
                 restored
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 upon
                 any
                 Terms
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 easily
                 have
                 gratified
                 his
                 Friends
                 ,
                 and
                 revenged
                 himself
                 upon
                 all
                 his
                 Enemies
                 .
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 had
                 frequent
                 Conferences
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 made
                 such
                 Promises
                 to
                 the
                 Colonel
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 declared
                 himself
                 extremely
                 desirous
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 might
                 resume
                 their
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 clear
                 themselves
                 of
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 ,
                 whose
                 Authority
                 he
                 said
                 he
                 had
                 never
                 approved
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 he
                 sent
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Traughton
                 his
                 Chaplain
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 perswade
                 them
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 their
                 Success
                 against
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 ;
                 and
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 after
                 earnestly
                 moved
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 send
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 about
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 Letters
                 of
                 Compliment
                 to
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 greater
                 Confidence
                 to
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 promising
                 to
                 write
                 to
                 them
                 himself
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 ;
                 conjuring
                 them
                 by
                 their
                 Engagements
                 ,
                 their
                 Honour
                 and
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 speedy
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 expose
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Fantastick
                 Giddiness
                 of
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 was
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 for
                 this
                 Employment
                 ,
                 who
                 taking
                 Mr.
                 
                   Henry
                   Barkley
                
                 his
                 Cousin
                 German
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 departed
                 from
                 the
                 Island
                 with
                 a
                 Pass
                 from
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 Cowes
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 on
                 his
                 way
                 met
                 Mr.
                 Traughton
                 on
                 his
                 Return
                 between
                 Bagshot
                 and
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 who
                 acquainted
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 good
                 News
                 to
                 
                 carry
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 having
                 taken
                 new
                 Resolutions
                 touching
                 his
                 Person
                 .
                 Being
                 gone
                 a
                 little
                 farther
                 he
                 was
                 met
                 by
                 Cornet
                 Joyce
                 ,
                 who
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 astonished
                 at
                 his
                 Design
                 of
                 going
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 debated
                 amongst
                 the
                 Adjutators
                 ,
                 whether
                 ,
                 in
                 justification
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 a
                 Trial
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 Opinion
                 he
                 declared
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 any
                 ill
                 Will
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Person
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 might
                 be
                 charged
                 upon
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 caused
                 it
                 .
                 About
                 an
                 hour
                 after
                 his
                 Arrival
                 at
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 found
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 assembled
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 admitted
                 ,
                 delivered
                 his
                 Letters
                 to
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 received
                 them
                 ,
                 ordered
                 him
                 to
                 withdraw
                 .
                 After
                 he
                 had
                 attended
                 about
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 called
                 in
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 by
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 Severity
                 on
                 his
                 Face
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 could
                 say
                 nothing
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Motion
                 about
                 Peace
                 ,
                 but
                 must
                 refer
                 those
                 Matters
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King's
                 Letters
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 Consideration
                 .
                 Then
                 Sir
                 John
                 looked
                 upon
                 
                   Cromwell
                   ,
                   Ireton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 who
                 saluted
                 him
                 very
                 coldly
                 ,
                 shewing
                 him
                 
                 Hammond's
                 Letter
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 smiling
                 with
                 disdain
                 upon
                 it
                 .
                 Being
                 thus
                 disappointed
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 his
                 Lodging
                 ,
                 and
                 staid
                 there
                 from
                 four
                 till
                 six
                 of
                 the
                 Clock
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 Company
                 ,
                 to
                 his
                 great
                 Dissatisfaction
                 .
                 
                 At
                 last
                 he
                 sent
                 out
                 his
                 Servant
                 with
                 Orders
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 if
                 possible
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 who
                 met
                 with
                 one
                 that
                 was
                 a
                 General
                 Officer
                 ,
                 by
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 tell
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 meet
                 him
                 at
                 Midnight
                 in
                 a
                 Close
                 behind
                 the
                 Garter-Inn
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 Time
                 and
                 Place
                 appointed
                 they
                 met
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Officer
                 acquainted
                 him
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 good
                 News
                 to
                 communicate
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 descending
                 to
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 said
                 ,
                 You
                 know
                 that
                 I
                 and
                 my
                 Friends
                 engaged
                 our selves
                 to
                 you
                 ;
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 zealous
                 for
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 rest
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 ,
                 we
                 were
                 abused
                 :
                 That
                 since
                 the
                 Tumults
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 we
                 did
                 mistrust
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 whereof
                 I
                 informed
                 you
                 .
                 I
                 come
                 now
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 mistrust
                 neither
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 resolved
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 our
                 Engagement
                 ,
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Posterity
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 end
                 Ireton
                 has
                 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
                 now
                 hazard
                 my
                 Life
                 by
                 doing
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 way
                 designed
                 to
                 ruin
                 the
                 King
                 is
                 to
                 send
                 eight
                 hundred
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 disaffected
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 secure
                 his
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 bring
                 him
                 to
                 a
                 Trial
                 ,
                 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
                 .
                 Sir
                 John
                 then
                 asking
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 this
                 Change
                 ,
                 seeing
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 done
                 all
                 things
                 in
                 compliance
                 with
                 
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Officers
                 were
                 become
                 superiour
                 since
                 the
                 last
                 Rendezvouz
                 :
                 he
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 certainly
                 tell
                 ;
                 but
                 conceived
                 the
                 ground
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 call'd
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 shot
                 to
                 Death
                 ,
                 eleven
                 more
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 in
                 appearance
                 over-aw'd
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 being
                 so
                 indeed
                 ,
                 that
                 two
                 thirds
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 had
                 been
                 since
                 with
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 to
                 tell
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 they
                 were
                 certain
                 to
                 perish
                 in
                 the
                 Enterprize
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 leave
                 nothing
                 unattempted
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 whole
                 Army
                 to
                 their
                 Sense
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 all
                 failed
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 make
                 a
                 Division
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 join
                 with
                 any
                 who
                 would
                 assist
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Destruction
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 should
                 oppose
                 them
                 .
                 That
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Ireton
                 argued
                 thus
                 :
                 If
                 the
                 Army
                 divide
                 ,
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 will
                 join
                 with
                 the
                 Presbyters
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 in
                 all
                 likelihood
                 prevail
                 ,
                 to
                 our
                 Ruin
                 ,
                 by
                 forcing
                 us
                 to
                 make
                 our
                 Applications
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 shall
                 rather
                 beg
                 than
                 offer
                 any
                 Assistance
                 ;
                 which
                 if
                 the
                 King
                 shall
                 give
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 have
                 the
                 good
                 Fortune
                 to
                 prevail
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 shall
                 then
                 pardon
                 us
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 all
                 we
                 can
                 pretend
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 than
                 we
                 can
                 certainly
                 promise
                 to
                 our selves
                 :
                 thereupon
                 concluding
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 bring
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 their
                 Sense
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 best
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 a
                 Schism
                 being
                 utterly
                 destructive
                 to
                 both
                 .
                 In
                 pursuance
                 of
                 this
                 Resolution
                 Cromwell
                 bent
                 all
                 his
                 Thoughts
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Peace
                 with
                 the
                 Party
                 that
                 was
                 most
                 opposite
                 
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 acknowledging
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 knew
                 well
                 how
                 to
                 do
                 on
                 such
                 occasions
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 this
                 World
                 had
                 so
                 dazled
                 his
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 discern
                 clearly
                 the
                 great
                 Works
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 was
                 doing
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 also
                 comfortable
                 Messages
                 to
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 seiz'd
                 at
                 the
                 general
                 Rendezvouz
                 ,
                 with
                 Assurances
                 that
                 nothing
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 to
                 their
                 Prejudice
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 these
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 Arts
                 he
                 perfected
                 his
                 Reconciliation
                 .
                 For
                 my
                 own
                 part
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 inclined
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 his
                 Son
                 Ireton
                 never
                 intended
                 to
                 close
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 to
                 lay
                 his
                 Party
                 asleep
                 ,
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 contesting
                 with
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Interest
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 having
                 secured
                 themselves
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 perswaded
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 deny
                 the
                 Propositions
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 subdued
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 freed
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 Importunity
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 ,
                 they
                 became
                 willing
                 to
                 quit
                 their
                 hands
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 since
                 their
                 Transactions
                 with
                 him
                 had
                 procured
                 them
                 so
                 much
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Breach
                 with
                 him
                 upon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 where
                 they
                 found
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 averse
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 with
                 him
                 upon
                 any
                 Proposals
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 Party
                 resolved
                 not
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 him
                 upon
                 any
                 at
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 being
                 return'd
                 to
                 his
                 Lodging
                 ,
                 dispatch'd
                 his
                 Cousin
                 
                   Henry
                   Barkley
                
                 to
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Wight
                 with
                 two
                 Letters
                 ;
                 one
                 to
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 containing
                 a
                 general
                 Relation
                 ,
                 and
                 doubtful
                 Judgment
                 of
                 things
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 another
                 
                 in
                 Cypher
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 particular
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 foresaid
                 Conference
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 most
                 passionate
                 Supplication
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 meditate
                 nothing
                 but
                 his
                 immediate
                 Escape
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 he
                 sent
                 Col.
                 Cooke
                 to
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 know
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 Letters
                 and
                 Instructions
                 to
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 returned
                 in
                 Answer
                 by
                 the
                 Messenger
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 durst
                 not
                 see
                 him
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 very
                 dangerous
                 to
                 them
                 both
                 ;
                 bidding
                 him
                 be
                 assured
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 serve
                 the
                 King
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 do
                 it
                 without
                 his
                 own
                 Ruin
                 ;
                 but
                 desired
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 expected
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 perish
                 for
                 his
                 sake
                 .
                 Having
                 received
                 this
                 Answer
                 ,
                 Sir
                 John
                 took
                 Horse
                 for
                 London
                 ,
                 resolving
                 not
                 to
                 acquaint
                 any
                 with
                 the
                 Inclinations
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 or
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 pretended
                 Escape
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 presumed
                 would
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 ,
                 the
                 Queen
                 having
                 sent
                 a
                 Ship
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 and
                 pressed
                 it
                 earnestly
                 in
                 her
                 Letters
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 after
                 his
                 Arrival
                 at
                 London
                 he
                 received
                 a
                 Message
                 from
                 the
                 Scots
                 Lords
                 Lanerick
                 and
                 Lauderdale
                 ,
                 desiring
                 a
                 Meeting
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 presuming
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Commission
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 treat
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 acquainting
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 said
                 at
                 his
                 parting
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 make
                 good
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 should
                 undertake
                 to
                 any
                 Person
                 in
                 his
                 Name
                 ;
                 the
                 Lord
                 Lanerick
                 replied
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 ask
                 no
                 other
                 Commission
                 from
                 him
                 .
                 At
                 their
                 second
                 Meeting
                 they
                 came
                 near
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 and
                 resolved
                 to
                 conclude
                 on
                 the
                 Monday
                 following
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 receiving
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 requiring
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Name
                 to
                 lay
                 aside
                 all
                 other
                 business
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 return
                 immediately
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 constrained
                 to
                 go
                 out
                 of
                 Town
                 that
                 Night
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Treaty
                 unfinished
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Dissatisfaction
                 of
                 both
                 Parties
                 .
                 At
                 his
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Island
                 he
                 found
                 the
                 King
                 determined
                 not
                 to
                 attempt
                 his
                 Escape
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 concluded
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 being
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 have
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 would
                 on
                 that
                 account
                 come
                 to
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 upon
                 reasonable
                 Conditions
                 ;
                 whereas
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 leave
                 the
                 Army
                 before
                 any
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 never
                 treat
                 with
                 him
                 but
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 Terms
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 the
                 King
                 ordered
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Barkley
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 Hammond
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Leg
                 to
                 review
                 the
                 Papers
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 managed
                 in
                 London
                 chiefly
                 by
                 Dr.
                 Gough
                 a
                 Popish
                 Priest
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Name
                 had
                 conjur'd
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 speedy
                 Escape
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 beseeched
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 insist
                 too
                 nicely
                 upon
                 Terms
                 in
                 the
                 present
                 Exigency
                 of
                 his
                 Affairs
                 :
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Ashburnham
                 hesitated
                 much
                 upon
                 many
                 Expressions
                 in
                 the
                 Articles
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Covenant
                 and
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 zealous
                 Professor
                 ,
                 making
                 many
                 Replies
                 and
                 Alterations
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 insisted
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 send
                 for
                 the
                 Scots
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 Accordingly
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Flemming
                
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 after
                 an
                 
                 Express
                 came
                 from
                 the
                 said
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 desiring
                 that
                 two
                 Papers
                 might
                 be
                 drawn
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 to
                 contain
                 the
                 least
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 contented
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 the
                 utmost
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 grant
                 to
                 the
                 Scots
                 ;
                 which
                 last
                 they
                 desired
                 he
                 would
                 sign
                 ,
                 promising
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 deliver
                 it
                 to
                 Dr.
                 Gough
                 upon
                 the
                 reception
                 of
                 his
                 Paper
                 so
                 signed
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 matter
                 was
                 delay'd
                 so
                 long
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 concluded
                 the
                 Scots
                 Commissioners
                 would
                 be
                 on
                 their
                 way
                 before
                 another
                 Express
                 could
                 be
                 gone
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 that
                 the
                 Scots
                 were
                 coming
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 also
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 with
                 offers
                 of
                 a
                 Personal
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 on
                 condition
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 testimony
                 of
                 his
                 future
                 Sincerity
                 ,
                 would
                 grant
                 the
                 four
                 Preliminary
                 Bills
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 .
                 Whilst
                 these
                 two
                 sorts
                 of
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 one
                 day
                 attending
                 the
                 King
                 as
                 he
                 walked
                 about
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 they
                 observed
                 him
                 to
                 throw
                 a
                 Bone
                 before
                 two
                 Spaniels
                 that
                 followed
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 great
                 delight
                 in
                 seeing
                 them
                 contesting
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 intended
                 by
                 him
                 to
                 represent
                 that
                 Bone
                 of
                 Contention
                 he
                 had
                 cast
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Parties
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 proposed
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 Party
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 give
                 a
                 dilatory
                 Answer
                 to
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 better
                 opportunity
                 to
                 escape
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 it
                 was
                 moved
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 offer
                 the
                 four
                 following
                 Bills
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 upon
                 presumption
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 well
                 refuse
                 them
                 ,
                 nor
                 
                 durst
                 grant
                 them
                 :
                 The
                 first
                 was
                 for
                 the
                 Payment
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 their
                 disbanding
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 paid
                 :
                 The
                 second
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 Period
                 to
                 the
                 present
                 Parliament
                 :
                 The
                 third
                 to
                 restore
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queen
                 to
                 the
                 Possession
                 of
                 their
                 Revenues
                 :
                 The
                 fourth
                 to
                 settle
                 a
                 Church-Government
                 without
                 any
                 coercive
                 Power
                 ;
                 and
                 till
                 such
                 a
                 Government
                 were
                 agreed
                 on
                 ,
                 the
                 present
                 to
                 continue
                 without
                 any
                 coercive
                 Authority
                 .
                 This
                 they
                 advised
                 upon
                 apprehensions
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 give
                 a
                 positive
                 Denial
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 might
                 have
                 Orders
                 to
                 enjoin
                 the
                 Governour
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 stricter
                 Guard
                 over
                 his
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 his
                 designed
                 Escape
                 be
                 prevented
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 Advice
                 the
                 King
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 found
                 out
                 a
                 Remedy
                 against
                 their
                 Fears
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 to
                 deliver
                 his
                 Answer
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 sealed
                 up
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 after
                 the
                 English
                 Commissioners
                 had
                 delivered
                 their
                 Message
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 the
                 King's
                 Answer
                 within
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 ;
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   Lowden
                   ,
                   Lanerick
                   ,
                   Lauderdale
                   ,
                
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 delivered
                 a
                 Protestation
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 subscribed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Message
                 ,
                 affirming
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 being
                 sent
                 without
                 their
                 Participation
                 or
                 Consent
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 this
                 time
                 began
                 seriously
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 concluding
                 at
                 last
                 upon
                 such
                 Terms
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 obtain
                 rather
                 than
                 such
                 as
                 they
                 desired
                 from
                 him
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 King's
                 Answer
                 was
                 come
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 for
                 the
                 English
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 before
                 he
                 delivered
                 his
                 Answer
                 ,
                 demanded
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Denbigh
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 Principal
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 had
                 power
                 to
                 alter
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 substantial
                 or
                 circumstantial
                 Parts
                 of
                 the
                 Message
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 replying
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 ,
                 he
                 delivered
                 his
                 Answer
                 sealed
                 up
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Denbigh
                 .
                 Having
                 received
                 the
                 King's
                 Answer
                 ,
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 withdrew
                 for
                 a
                 little
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 returned
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Denbigh
                 seem'd
                 to
                 be
                 offended
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 delivered
                 his
                 Message
                 sealed
                 ,
                 alledging
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 required
                 by
                 their
                 Instructions
                 to
                 bring
                 his
                 Answer
                 ,
                 which
                 whether
                 his
                 Letter
                 were
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 know
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 might
                 see
                 it
                 ,
                 saying
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 his
                 Ambassador
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 Employment
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 delivered
                 any
                 Letter
                 without
                 a
                 preceding
                 sight
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 The
                 King
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 employ'd
                 twenty
                 Ambassadors
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 had
                 ever
                 dared
                 to
                 open
                 his
                 Letters
                 ;
                 but
                 having
                 demanded
                 whether
                 what
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Denbigh
                 had
                 said
                 were
                 the
                 sense
                 of
                 them
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 it
                 so
                 to
                 be
                 :
                 Well
                 then
                 ,
                 said
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 shew
                 it
                 to
                 you
                 on
                 condition
                 you
                 will
                 promise
                 not
                 to
                 acquaint
                 any
                 one
                 with
                 the
                 Substance
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 have
                 delivered
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 consenting
                 to
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 the
                 Company
                 might
                 withdraw
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 proposed
                 that
                 the
                 Governour
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 might
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 stay
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 allow
                 ,
                 yet
                 
                 not
                 thinking
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 refuse
                 ,
                 gave
                 way
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 the
                 Governour
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 understand
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 waved
                 the
                 Interests
                 both
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 close
                 with
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 the
                 Substance
                 of
                 his
                 Letter
                 being
                 an
                 absolute
                 refusal
                 of
                 his
                 Consent
                 to
                 the
                 four
                 Bills
                 presented
                 to
                 Him.
                 The
                 Impression
                 which
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 made
                 upon
                 the
                 Governour
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 before
                 he
                 departed
                 from
                 Carisbrook
                 to
                 accompany
                 the
                 Farliament's
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 Newport
                 ,
                 he
                 gave
                 Orders
                 for
                 a
                 strict
                 Guard
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 in
                 his
                 Absence
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 his
                 return
                 commanded
                 the
                 Gates
                 to
                 be
                 lock'd
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Guards
                 to
                 be
                 doubled
                 ,
                 sitting
                 up
                 himself
                 with
                 them
                 all
                 Night
                 ;
                 whereby
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 intended
                 Escape
                 was
                 obstructed
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 he
                 ordered
                 the
                 King's
                 Servants
                 to
                 remove
                 ,
                 not
                 excepting
                 Dr.
                 Hammond
                 his
                 own
                 Kinsman
                 ,
                 who
                 taking
                 leave
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 acquainted
                 him
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 left
                 the
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 Frigat
                 and
                 two
                 trusty
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Escape
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 all
                 things
                 in
                 readiness
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Water
                 to
                 receive
                 him
                 .
                 At
                 their
                 Departure
                 the
                 King
                 commanded
                 them
                 to
                 draw
                 up
                 a
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 and
                 send
                 it
                 to
                 him
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 to
                 sign
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 afterwards
                 published
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Name
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 Newport
                 one
                 Capt.
                 Burleigh
                 caused
                 a
                 Drum
                 to
                 beat
                 to
                 draw
                 People
                 together
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 rescue
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 there
                 were
                 
                 few
                 ,
                 besides
                 Women
                 and
                 Children
                 ,
                 that
                 followed
                 him
                 ,
                 having
                 but
                 one
                 Musquet
                 amongst
                 them
                 all
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 King's
                 Servants
                 thought
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 or
                 encourage
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 went
                 over
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 continued
                 about
                 three
                 Weeks
                 expecting
                 the
                 King's
                 Arrival
                 ;
                 leaving
                 Capt.
                 Burleigh
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 divers
                 of
                 his
                 Followers
                 was
                 committed
                 to
                 Jail
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 return
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 Negative
                 to
                 the
                 four
                 previous
                 Bills
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 voted
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   no
                   farther
                   Addresses
                   should
                   be
                   made
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   by
                   themselves
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   Person
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   leave
                   of
                   both
                   Houses
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   if
                   any
                   presumed
                   so
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   they
                   should
                   incur
                   the
                   Guilt
                   of
                   High-Treason
                   .
                
                 They
                 also
                 publish'd
                 a
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 prepared
                 by
                 Colonel
                 
                   Nathanael
                   Fiennes
                
                 ,
                 shewing
                 the
                 Reasons
                 of
                 their
                 said
                 Resolutions
                 ;
                 wherein
                 ,
                 amongst
                 other
                 Miscarriages
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Reign
                 ,
                 was
                 represented
                 his
                 breaking
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 the
                 betraying
                 of
                 Rochel
                 ,
                 his
                 refusal
                 to
                 suffer
                 any
                 Inquiry
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 into
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 his
                 levying
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 rejecting
                 all
                 reasonable
                 Offers
                 of
                 Accommodation
                 after
                 six
                 several
                 Applications
                 to
                 him
                 on
                 their
                 part
                 .
                 Col.
                 Rainsborough
                 was
                 appointed
                 Admiral
                 of
                 the
                 Fleet
                 ;
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Holland
                 ,
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 sent
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 head
                 Quarters
                 at
                 Windsor
                 with
                 Orders
                 to
                 discharge
                 from
                 Custody
                 Capt.
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 called
                 in
                 derision
                 Levellers
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 imprisoned
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 
                 for
                 attempting
                 to
                 bring
                 about
                 that
                 which
                 they
                 themselves
                 were
                 now
                 doing
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 exhort
                 the
                 Officers
                 to
                 contribute
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 their
                 Endeavours
                 towards
                 a
                 speedy
                 Settlement
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 in
                 pursuance
                 of
                 their
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 made
                 what
                 Preparations
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 raise
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 and
                 Cavaliers
                 join'd
                 ,
                 tho
                 with
                 different
                 Designs
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 Spirit
                 began
                 to
                 appear
                 also
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 our
                 Ships
                 revolting
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 the
                 Instigation
                 of
                 one
                 Capt.
                 Batten
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 Vice-Admiral
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 encouraged
                 by
                 the
                 City
                 and
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 .
                 The
                 Seamen
                 on
                 board
                 the
                 Ship
                 commanded
                 by
                 Col.
                 Rainsborough
                 refused
                 to
                 receive
                 him
                 ,
                 having
                 before-hand
                 secured
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 with
                 others
                 whom
                 they
                 suspected
                 to
                 be
                 faithful
                 to
                 their
                 Commander
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Warwick
                 ,
                 as
                 most
                 acceptable
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 go
                 down
                 to
                 reduce
                 them
                 to
                 Obedience
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Fleet
                 was
                 preserved
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 immediately
                 issued
                 out
                 Orders
                 for
                 the
                 fitting
                 out
                 of
                 more
                 Ships
                 to
                 reinforce
                 them
                 .
                 With
                 the
                 revolted
                 Ships
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 block'd
                 up
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 his
                 Brother
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 York
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 Oxford
                 had
                 been
                 brought
                 by
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 St.
                 
                 James's
                 ,
                 and
                 Provision
                 made
                 for
                 him
                 there
                 ,
                 escaped
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 King's
                 Designs
                 .
                 The
                 Castles
                 of
                 Deal
                 and
                 Sandwich
                 declar'd
                 also
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 Rich
                 was
                 
                 sent
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 reduce
                 them
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 not
                 forgetting
                 himself
                 ,
                 procured
                 a
                 meeting
                 of
                 divers
                 leading
                 Men
                 amongst
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 and
                 Independents
                 ,
                 both
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 and
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 Dinner
                 in
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 endeavouring
                 a
                 Reconciliation
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Parties
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 found
                 it
                 a
                 Work
                 too
                 difficult
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 compose
                 the
                 Differences
                 between
                 these
                 two
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Interests
                 ;
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 would
                 endure
                 no
                 Superior
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 no
                 Equal
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 this
                 Meeting
                 produced
                 no
                 Effect
                 .
                 Another
                 Conference
                 he
                 contrived
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 in
                 King-street
                 between
                 those
                 called
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 and
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commonwealths-Men
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 Grandees
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 was
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 kept
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 not
                 declare
                 their
                 Judgments
                 either
                 for
                 a
                 Monarchical
                 ,
                 Aristocratical
                 or
                 Democratical
                 Government
                 ;
                 maintaining
                 that
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 might
                 be
                 good
                 in
                 themselves
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 Providence
                 should
                 direct
                 us
                 .
                 The
                 Commonwealths-Men
                 declared
                 that
                 Monarchy
                 was
                 neither
                 good
                 in
                 self
                 ,
                 nor
                 for
                 us
                 .
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 desirable
                 in
                 it self
                 ,
                 they
                 urged
                 from
                 the
                 8
                 th
                 Chapter
                 and
                 8
                 th
                 Verse
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Book
                 of
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 rejecting
                 of
                 the
                 Judges
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 charged
                 upon
                 the
                 Israelites
                 by
                 God
                 himself
                 as
                 a
                 Rejection
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 another
                 Passage
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Book
                 ,
                 where
                 Samuel
                 declares
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 
                 a
                 great
                 Wickedness
                 ;
                 with
                 divers
                 more
                 Texts
                 of
                 Scripture
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 effect
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 no
                 way
                 conducing
                 to
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 ,
                 was
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 be
                 proved
                 by
                 the
                 infinite
                 Mischiefs
                 and
                 Oppressions
                 we
                 had
                 suffered
                 under
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 it
                 :
                 that
                 indeed
                 our
                 Ancestors
                 had
                 consented
                 to
                 be
                 governed
                 by
                 a
                 single
                 Person
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 this
                 Proviso
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 govern
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Direction
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 always
                 bound
                 himself
                 by
                 Oath
                 to
                 perform
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 broken
                 this
                 Oath
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 dissolved
                 our
                 Allegiance
                 ;
                 Protection
                 and
                 Obedience
                 being
                 reciprocal
                 :
                 that
                 having
                 appealed
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 for
                 the
                 Decision
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 in
                 dispute
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 caused
                 the
                 Effusion
                 of
                 a
                 Deluge
                 of
                 the
                 Peoples
                 Blood
                 ,
                 it
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Duty
                 incumbent
                 upon
                 the
                 Representatives
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 to
                 call
                 him
                 to
                 an
                 account
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 more
                 especially
                 since
                 the
                 Controversy
                 was
                 determined
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 means
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 chosen
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 Establishment
                 of
                 an
                 equal
                 Commonwealth
                 founded
                 upon
                 the
                 Consent
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 providing
                 for
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Liberties
                 of
                 all
                 Men
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 Hearts
                 and
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 to
                 support
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 most
                 just
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 all
                 respects
                 most
                 conducing
                 to
                 the
                 Happiness
                 and
                 Prosperity
                 thereof
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 what
                 was
                 said
                 ,
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 not
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Conviction
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 hopes
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 better
                 Bargain
                 with
                 another
                 Party
                 ,
                 professed
                 himself
                 unresolved
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 
                 learn'd
                 what
                 he
                 could
                 of
                 the
                 Principles
                 and
                 Inclinations
                 of
                 those
                 present
                 at
                 the
                 Conference
                 ,
                 took
                 up
                 a
                 Cushion
                 and
                 flung
                 it
                 at
                 my
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 ran
                 down
                 the
                 Stairs
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 overtook
                 him
                 with
                 another
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 hasten
                 down
                 faster
                 than
                 he
                 desired
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 passing
                 by
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 was
                 convinced
                 of
                 the
                 Desirableness
                 of
                 what
                 was
                 proposed
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 Feasibleness
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 thereby
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 designing
                 to
                 encourage
                 me
                 to
                 hope
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 inclined
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 tho
                 unwilling
                 to
                 publish
                 his
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 lest
                 the
                 Grandees
                 should
                 be
                 informed
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 presume
                 he
                 professed
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 another
                 Judgment
                 .
              
               
                 Much
                 time
                 being
                 spent
                 since
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 voted
                 no
                 more
                 Addresses
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 Messages
                 received
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 nothing
                 done
                 towards
                 bringing
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 a
                 Trial
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 settling
                 of
                 Affairs
                 without
                 him
                 ;
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 who
                 had
                 waited
                 patiently
                 hitherto
                 ,
                 finding
                 themselves
                 as
                 far
                 from
                 a
                 Settlement
                 as
                 ever
                 ,
                 concluded
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 never
                 have
                 it
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 Ease
                 from
                 their
                 Burdens
                 and
                 Taxes
                 ,
                 without
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 entred
                 into
                 a
                 Combination
                 through
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   Scotland
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 to
                 restore
                 him
                 to
                 his
                 Authority
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 Petitions
                 were
                 promoted
                 throughout
                 all
                 Countries
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 by
                 his
                 Agents
                 fomenting
                 and
                 encouraging
                 this
                 Spirit
                 by
                 all
                 means
                 possible
                 ,
                 as
                 appeared
                 by
                 his
                 intercepted
                 Letters
                 :
                 
                 so
                 that
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 made
                 it
                 his
                 usual
                 Practice
                 to
                 gratify
                 Enemies
                 even
                 with
                 the
                 Oppression
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 by
                 Principle
                 his
                 Friends
                 ,
                 began
                 again
                 to
                 court
                 the
                 Commonwealth-Party
                 ,
                 inviting
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 confer
                 with
                 him
                 at
                 his
                 Chamber
                 :
                 with
                 which
                 acquainting
                 me
                 the
                 next
                 time
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 I
                 took
                 the
                 Freedom
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 knew
                 how
                 to
                 cajole
                 and
                 give
                 them
                 good
                 Words
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 whereat
                 breaking
                 out
                 into
                 a
                 Rage
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 a
                 proud
                 sort
                 of
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 considerable
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Conceits
                 .
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 no
                 new
                 thing
                 to
                 hear
                 Truth
                 calumniated
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 tho
                 the
                 Commonwealths-men
                 were
                 fallen
                 under
                 his
                 Displeasure
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 take
                 the
                 liberty
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 always
                 been
                 and
                 ever
                 would
                 be
                 considerable
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 not
                 a
                 total
                 Defection
                 from
                 Honesty
                 ,
                 Generosity
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 true
                 Vertue
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 hoped
                 was
                 not
                 yet
                 our
                 Case
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Warwick
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Fleet
                 equipped
                 for
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 sell
                 down
                 the
                 River
                 towards
                 the
                 Ships
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 ,
                 who
                 presuming
                 either
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 fight
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 perhaps
                 come
                 over
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 lay
                 some
                 time
                 in
                 expectation
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 by
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 his
                 Approach
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 deceived
                 in
                 that
                 Particular
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 the
                 sail
                 he
                 could
                 for
                 the
                 Coast
                 of
                 Holland
                 .
                 Our
                 Fleet
                 followed
                 him
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 the
                 Texel
                 ;
                 but
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 defensive
                 Principle
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 our
                 Admiral
                 thinking
                 he
                 had
                 sufficiently
                 discharged
                 his
                 Duty
                 by
                 clearing
                 the
                 Downs
                 ,
                 and
                 driving
                 the
                 other
                 Fleet
                 from
                 our
                 Coast
                 ,
                 declined
                 to
                 fight
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 engage
                 .
                 Deal
                 and
                 Sandown
                 Castles
                 were
                 reduced
                 by
                 Col.
                 Rich
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 our
                 revolted
                 Ships
                 not
                 finding
                 things
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 Expectation
                 ,
                 being
                 constrained
                 to
                 serve
                 under
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 ,
                 who
                 they
                 desired
                 might
                 command
                 them
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Obedience
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 making
                 all
                 possible
                 Preparations
                 to
                 raise
                 an
                 Army
                 for
                 the
                 Restitution
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Glenham
                
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Marmaduke
                   Langdale
                
                 went
                 to
                 Scotland
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 that
                 Enterprize
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 draw
                 what
                 English
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 Design
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 of
                 these
                 seized
                 upon
                 Carlisle
                 by
                 order
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 tho
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 Articles
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thinking
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 Berwick
                 ,
                 placed
                 a
                 good
                 Garison
                 therein
                 ,
                 and
                 resolving
                 to
                 reinforce
                 the
                 Militia
                 of
                 each
                 County
                 ,
                 sent
                 down
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 to
                 give
                 Life
                 to
                 the
                 Preparations
                 .
                 Amongst
                 others
                 I
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 go
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 County
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 served
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 agreed
                 to
                 raise
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 Horse
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 not
                 idle
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Discontents
                 of
                 Capt.
                 Poyer
                 Governour
                 of
                 Pembroke
                 ,
                 they
                 prevailed
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 revolt
                 ,
                 and
                 declare
                 for
                 
                 the
                 King.
                 Other
                 disaffected
                 Parts
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 not
                 yet
                 ready
                 for
                 open
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 acted
                 with
                 more
                 Caution
                 ,
                 preparing
                 and
                 encouraging
                 Petitions
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 a
                 Personal
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Principal
                 were
                 
                   Surrey
                   ,
                   Essex
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Kent
                 .
                 In
                 Essex
                 they
                 met
                 at
                 Chelmsford
                 in
                 a
                 tumultuous
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 seized
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Masham
                
                 and
                 other
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 who
                 being
                 ready
                 to
                 use
                 all
                 gentle
                 Methods
                 to
                 prevent
                 farther
                 Inconveniences
                 ,
                 sent
                 down
                 Mr.
                 
                   Charles
                   Rich
                
                 ,
                 second
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Warwick
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Harbottle
                   Grimston
                
                 ,
                 two
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 ,
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 quiet
                 that
                 tumultuous
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 with
                 Instructions
                 and
                 Power
                 to
                 promise
                 Indemnity
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 should
                 desist
                 from
                 the
                 prosecution
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 desired
                 in
                 this
                 violent
                 way
                 :
                 which
                 Commission
                 they
                 managed
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 upon
                 their
                 Promise
                 to
                 present
                 the
                 Requests
                 of
                 the
                 Petitioners
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 drawn
                 up
                 in
                 writing
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 return
                 them
                 an
                 Answer
                 ,
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 dispersed
                 themselves
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 Houses
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Sedition
                 of
                 the
                 Surrey-men
                 was
                 not
                 terminated
                 so
                 easily
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 many
                 hundreds
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 doors
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 Answer
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 give
                 to
                 their
                 Petition
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 heated
                 with
                 Drink
                 ,
                 and
                 animated
                 by
                 the
                 Cavalier
                 Party
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 force
                 from
                 them
                 another
                 Answer
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 intolerable
                 Insolence
                 pressed
                 upon
                 their
                 Guard
                 ,
                 beating
                 the
                 Sentinels
                 to
                 the
                 main
                 Guard
                 ,
                 which
                 
                 was
                 drawn
                 up
                 at
                 the
                 upper
                 end
                 of
                 Westminster-Hall
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 wounded
                 the
                 Officer
                 who
                 commanded
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 intreated
                 to
                 desist
                 ,
                 became
                 more
                 violent
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 were
                 necessitated
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Defence
                 ,
                 and
                 discharge
                 of
                 their
                 Duty
                 ,
                 to
                 fire
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 whereby
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 of
                 the
                 Country-men
                 were
                 killed
                 :
                 neither
                 did
                 this
                 quiet
                 them
                 ,
                 till
                 some
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 arrived
                 to
                 strengthen
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 dispersed
                 them
                 .
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 Cobbet
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 being
                 called
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 bleeding
                 from
                 the
                 Wounds
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 related
                 the
                 Passages
                 before-mentioned
                 :
                 but
                 some
                 Friends
                 of
                 the
                 Petitioners
                 within
                 doors
                 informing
                 the
                 House
                 that
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 was
                 otherwise
                 than
                 had
                 been
                 represented
                 by
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 examine
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 of
                 the
                 secluded
                 Members
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 England
                 being
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 divers
                 hard
                 Words
                 passed
                 between
                 them
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 and
                 one
                 day
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 speaking
                 something
                 concerning
                 them
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hollis
                 thinking
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 injurious
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 passing
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 whispered
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 ear
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 it
                 was
                 false
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 would
                 justify
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 follow
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 immediately
                 went
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 following
                 him
                 .
                 Some
                 Members
                 who
                 had
                 observed
                 their
                 passionate
                 
                 Carriage
                 to
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 seen
                 them
                 hastily
                 leaving
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Parliament
                 with
                 their
                 Apprehensions
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 they
                 sent
                 their
                 Serjeant
                 at
                 Arms
                 to
                 command
                 their
                 Attendance
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 letting
                 them
                 understand
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 taking
                 Boat
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 House
                 taking
                 notice
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 informed
                 concerning
                 them
                 ,
                 enjoined
                 them
                 to
                 forbear
                 all
                 Words
                 or
                 Actions
                 of
                 Enmity
                 towards
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 carry
                 themselves
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 as
                 Fellow-members
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 promised
                 to
                 do
                 .
              
               
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 perceiving
                 the
                 Clouds
                 to
                 gather
                 on
                 every
                 side
                 ,
                 complained
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 were
                 walking
                 in
                 the
                 Palace-Yard
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Unhappiness
                 of
                 his
                 Condition
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 by
                 adhering
                 to
                 a
                 just
                 Cause
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 pretended
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 greatest
                 Trouble
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 who
                 were
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Cause
                 with
                 him
                 had
                 entertained
                 a
                 Jealousy
                 and
                 Suspicion
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 assured
                 me
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Discouragement
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 asking
                 my
                 Advice
                 ,
                 what
                 Method
                 was
                 best
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 take
                 .
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 but
                 acknowledg
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 many
                 Enemies
                 for
                 the
                 sake
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 stood
                 engaged
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 that
                 many
                 who
                 were
                 Friends
                 to
                 that
                 Cause
                 had
                 conceived
                 Suspicions
                 of
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 observed
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 never
                 oblige
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 without
                 betraying
                 that
                 Cause
                 wherein
                 he
                 was
                 engaged
                 ;
                 which
                 if
                 he
                 
                 should
                 do
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 an
                 empty
                 Title
                 ,
                 Riches
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Advantages
                 ,
                 how
                 those
                 Contracts
                 would
                 be
                 kept
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 uncertain
                 ;
                 but
                 most
                 certain
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Name
                 would
                 be
                 abominated
                 by
                 all
                 good
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Memory
                 be
                 abhorred
                 by
                 Posterity
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 persisted
                 in
                 the
                 prosecution
                 of
                 our
                 just
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 probable
                 way
                 to
                 subdue
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 to
                 rectisy
                 the
                 Mistakes
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 conceived
                 a
                 Jealousy
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 convince
                 his
                 Friends
                 of
                 his
                 Integrity
                 :
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 fall
                 in
                 the
                 Attempt
                 ,
                 yet
                 his
                 Loss
                 would
                 be
                 lamented
                 by
                 all
                 good
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Name
                 be
                 transmitted
                 to
                 future
                 Ages
                 with
                 Honour
                 .
                 He
                 seemed
                 to
                 take
                 well
                 what
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 no
                 Disservice
                 to
                 him
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 acted
                 accordingly
                 :
                 but
                 his
                 Design
                 was
                 rather
                 to
                 perswade
                 me
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Rectitude
                 of
                 his
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 receive
                 Counsel
                 from
                 me
                 concerning
                 his
                 Conduct
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 we
                 obtained
                 some
                 Advantages
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 where
                 Col.
                 
                   Michael
                   Jones
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 order'd
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 command
                 at
                 Dublin
                 when
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 delivered
                 it
                 up
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 Forces
                 he
                 had
                 ,
                 fought
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 tho
                 double
                 his
                 Number
                 ,
                 at
                 Dungon-hill
                 ,
                 killed
                 some
                 thousands
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 totally
                 routed
                 the
                 rest
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 when
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 received
                 Information
                 ,
                 they
                 ordered
                 five
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 by
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 forseited
                 Lands
                 in
                 Ireland
                 to
                 be
                 settled
                 upon
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 
                 as
                 a
                 Reward
                 for
                 his
                 good
                 Service
                 .
                 In
                 England
                 the
                 Defection
                 began
                 to
                 increase
                 ;
                 Capt.
                 
                   Henry
                   Lilburn
                
                 who
                 commanded
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 Tinmouth-Castle
                 ,
                 which
                 lies
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 a
                 Key
                 to
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 declaring
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 but
                 notice
                 thereof
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Haslerig
                
                 at
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Town
                 he
                 was
                 Governour
                 ,
                 he
                 with
                 great
                 Expedition
                 drew
                 down
                 a
                 Party
                 before
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 attacking
                 it
                 unexpectedly
                 ,
                 took
                 it
                 by
                 Assault
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Men
                 had
                 been
                 throughly
                 confirmed
                 in
                 their
                 Revolt
                 by
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 and
                 placed
                 another
                 Garison
                 therein
                 .
              
               
                 Many
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 South-wales
                 now
                 joining
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ,
                 they
                 grew
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 considerable
                 Body
                 ;
                 whereby
                 Major
                 General
                 Laughern
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 some
                 Suspicion
                 had
                 been
                 under
                 Confinement
                 ,
                 was
                 encouraged
                 to
                 get
                 away
                 and
                 join
                 himself
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 Major
                 General
                 
                   John
                   Stradling
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Stradling
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Stradling
                
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 those
                 Parts
                 falling
                 in
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 Col.
                 Horton
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 five
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 was
                 sent
                 into
                 Wales
                 to
                 engage
                 them
                 ;
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 following
                 with
                 as
                 many
                 more
                 Forces
                 as
                 could
                 be
                 spared
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 who
                 being
                 within
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 March
                 of
                 Col.
                 Horton
                 ,
                 received
                 Advice
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 about
                 seven
                 thousand
                 ,
                 had
                 engaged
                 the
                 Colonel
                 at
                 St.
                 Faggons
                 
                 in
                 Glamorganshire
                 ;
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 first
                 Attack
                 our
                 Forces
                 gave
                 ground
                 ,
                 but
                 well
                 considering
                 the
                 Danger
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 ,
                 the
                 Country
                 being
                 full
                 of
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 encouraged
                 by
                 their
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Cause
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 engaged
                 ,
                 they
                 charged
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Van
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 ,
                 with
                 so
                 great
                 Bravery
                 and
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 forced
                 them
                 to
                 give
                 way
                 ;
                 which
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 their
                 Rear
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 new-raised
                 Men
                 ,
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 ours
                 followed
                 their
                 Charge
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Vigour
                 and
                 Success
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 soon
                 routed
                 and
                 dispersed
                 ;
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 killed
                 in
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 :
                 amongst
                 the
                 latter
                 was
                 Major
                 General
                 Stradling
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Officers
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 Success
                 was
                 very
                 welcome
                 to
                 all
                 those
                 that
                 wished
                 well
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 and
                 proved
                 a
                 great
                 Discouragement
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 Party
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Petitioners
                 of
                 Surrey
                 drew
                 into
                 a
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 Kentish-men
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ,
                 appointed
                 their
                 Rendezvouz
                 upon
                 
                   Black
                   heath
                
                 :
                 But
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 with
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 disappointed
                 that
                 Design
                 ,
                 by
                 possessing
                 himself
                 of
                 that
                 Ground
                 before
                 them
                 .
                 However
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 brought
                 together
                 a
                 considerable
                 Body
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 whom
                 were
                 induced
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 ,
                 upon
                 Assurances
                 given
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 commanded
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Hales
                 ,
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 of
                 
                 a
                 great
                 Estate
                 in
                 Kent
                 ;
                 tho
                 afterwards
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 appeared
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 designed
                 from
                 the
                 beginning
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 Advance
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 exceeded
                 him
                 in
                 Number
                 by
                 one
                 half
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 divided
                 their
                 Body
                 ,
                 sending
                 one
                 part
                 to
                 possess
                 themselves
                 of
                 Maidstone
                 and
                 the
                 adjacent
                 Places
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Party
                 to
                 block
                 up
                 Dover
                 and
                 other
                 Forts
                 upon
                 the
                 Coast
                 ,
                 whilst
                 Goring
                 remained
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 about
                 Rochester
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 resolving
                 first
                 to
                 attack
                 those
                 about
                 Maidstone
                 ,
                 fell
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 beat
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 fortified
                 before
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 tho
                 the
                 Numbers
                 within
                 the
                 Town
                 being
                 at
                 least
                 equal
                 to
                 those
                 without
                 ,
                 made
                 it
                 a
                 Work
                 of
                 great
                 Hazard
                 and
                 Difficulty
                 ,
                 yet
                 considering
                 that
                 those
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 exceeded
                 either
                 ,
                 and
                 might
                 march
                 to
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Relief
                 ,
                 ours
                 resolved
                 to
                 storm
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 the
                 Night
                 following
                 ;
                 the
                 General
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 Example
                 encouraging
                 the
                 Men
                 to
                 fall
                 on
                 ,
                 who
                 for
                 a
                 good
                 while
                 were
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 considerable
                 Progress
                 ,
                 till
                 Col.
                 Hewson
                 with
                 his
                 Regiment
                 opened
                 a
                 Passage
                 into
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Streets
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Dispute
                 growing
                 hot
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 knocked
                 down
                 with
                 a
                 Musquet
                 ;
                 but
                 recovering
                 himself
                 ,
                 he
                 pressed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 so
                 hard
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 retreat
                 to
                 their
                 main
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 falling
                 in
                 with
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 so
                 disordered
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 all
                 began
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 ;
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 favoured
                 by
                 the
                 Advantage
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 :
                 yet
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 killed
                 ;
                 many
                 Horses
                 and
                 all
                 their
                 Artillery
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 ours
                 .
                 The
                 General
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 refreshed
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 advanced
                 towards
                 that
                 Body
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 much
                 increased
                 in
                 Number
                 by
                 the
                 Addition
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 escaped
                 from
                 Maidstone
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 in
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 being
                 so
                 discouraged
                 with
                 their
                 Relation
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 there
                 ,
                 that
                 immediately
                 upon
                 our
                 Approach
                 they
                 began
                 to
                 retreat
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 running
                 away
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 Habitations
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 this
                 ,
                 a
                 considerable
                 Body
                 continuing
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 desiring
                 leave
                 to
                 march
                 through
                 the
                 City
                 into
                 Essex
                 ,
                 designing
                 to
                 recruit
                 his
                 Men
                 with
                 such
                 of
                 that
                 County
                 as
                 had
                 lately
                 expressed
                 so
                 much
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Interest
                 .
                 The
                 City
                 ,
                 tho
                 much
                 inclined
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 King
                 received
                 upon
                 Terms
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 willing
                 absolutely
                 to
                 espouse
                 the
                 Cavalier
                 Party
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 a
                 flying
                 Posture
                 ;
                 and
                 considering
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Number
                 still
                 amongst
                 them
                 who
                 retained
                 their
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 ,
                 returned
                 a
                 positive
                 Denial
                 to
                 Goring
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 necessitated
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 Boats
                 or
                 other
                 means
                 to
                 transport
                 his
                 Men
                 over
                 the
                 River
                 into
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Essex
                 .
                 A
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 was
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 Guard
                 at
                 Bow-bridg
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 disaflected
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 from
                 running
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 hinder
                 them
                 from
                 doing
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 the
                 prejudice
                 of
                 London
                 .
              
               
               
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 with
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 was
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 besieged
                 the
                 Castle
                 and
                 Town
                 of
                 Pembroke
                 ,
                 whither
                 the
                 principal
                 of
                 that
                 Body
                 which
                 fled
                 from
                 St.
                 Faggons
                 had
                 made
                 their
                 Retreat
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 prevailing
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Absence
                 of
                 divers
                 Members
                 who
                 belonged
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 employed
                 in
                 all
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 discharged
                 from
                 Prison
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 committed
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 that
                 Force
                 which
                 was
                 put
                 upon
                 the
                 House
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Tumults
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 left
                 to
                 the
                 Mercy
                 of
                 their
                 Enemies
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 slender
                 Guard.
                 The
                 Lord
                 
                 Lisle's
                 Commission
                 to
                 be
                 Lord
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 Ireland
                 expiring
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 they
                 refused
                 to
                 renew
                 it
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 the
                 Province
                 of
                 Munster
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 as
                 President
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 opportunity
                 to
                 displace
                 those
                 Officers
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 put
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Lisle
                 ,
                 preferring
                 his
                 own
                 Creatures
                 to
                 their
                 Employments
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 prejudice
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 in
                 that
                 Country
                 :
                 many
                 others
                 who
                 were
                 acquainted
                 with
                 his
                 Temper
                 and
                 Principles
                 quitted
                 voluntarily
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 he
                 still
                 pretended
                 Fidelity
                 to
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 expressed
                 himself
                 dissatisfied
                 with
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 of
                 the
                 Army-Party
                 towards
                 him
                 .
                 Some
                 Overtures
                 also
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Irish
                 touching
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 straitned
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 his
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 advancing
                 with
                 his
                 
                 Army
                 towards
                 them
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Temple
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 yet
                 remaining
                 in
                 his
                 Army
                 being
                 willing
                 to
                 improve
                 the
                 occasion
                 ,
                 pressed
                 him
                 so
                 hard
                 to
                 resolve
                 to
                 fight
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 well
                 avoid
                 it
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Battel
                 the
                 Success
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 doubtful
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 ours
                 obtained
                 the
                 Victory
                 ,
                 some
                 thousands
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 killed
                 ,
                 many
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 their
                 Baggage
                 taken
                 .
                 Not
                 long
                 after
                 this
                 he
                 declared
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 joined
                 with
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 :
                 Some
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Officers
                 concurred
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Declaration
                 ;
                 many
                 left
                 him
                 and
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 provision
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 came
                 away
                 before
                 .
                 Tho
                 this
                 Conjunction
                 of
                 Inchequin
                 was
                 not
                 concluded
                 without
                 the
                 King's
                 Consent
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 a
                 proper
                 season
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 condescend
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 they
                 desired
                 :
                 whereby
                 great
                 Divisions
                 arose
                 amongst
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Old
                 Irish
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 called
                 ,
                 headed
                 principally
                 by
                 
                   Owen
                   Roe
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 several
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Supreme
                 Council
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 an
                 innate
                 Hatred
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Government
                 ,
                 joined
                 with
                 those
                 who
                 would
                 be
                 satisfied
                 with
                 nothing
                 less
                 than
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Pope
                 acknowledged
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 only
                 Supreme
                 Lord
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 agree
                 ,
                 their
                 Differences
                 proved
                 very
                 serviceable
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 .
                 The
                 like
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Division
                 appeared
                 amongst
                 our
                 Enemies
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 where
                 tho
                 the
                 Number
                 was
                 great
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 professed
                 their
                 constant
                 Adherence
                 to
                 their
                 Engagements
                 
                 contained
                 in
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 yet
                 when
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 a
                 Trial
                 in
                 their
                 Convention
                 ,
                 the
                 Anti-Covenanters
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 for
                 restoring
                 the
                 King
                 without
                 any
                 Terms
                 ,
                 carried
                 all
                 before
                 them
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Argile
                 ,
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 was
                 appointed
                 General
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 ;
                 all
                 the
                 inferiour
                 Officers
                 being
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Mold
                 and
                 Principle
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 the
                 Pulpits
                 who
                 before
                 had
                 proclaimed
                 this
                 War
                 ,
                 now
                 accompanied
                 the
                 Army
                 that
                 was
                 preparing
                 to
                 march
                 with
                 their
                 Curses
                 :
                 for
                 tho
                 they
                 could
                 have
                 been
                 contented
                 that
                 the
                 Sectarian
                 Party
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 called
                 it
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 ruined
                 ,
                 provided
                 they
                 could
                 find
                 Strength
                 enough
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 the
                 King
                 themselves
                 ;
                 yet
                 they
                 feared
                 their
                 old
                 Enemy
                 more
                 than
                 their
                 new
                 one
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 latter
                 would
                 only
                 restrain
                 them
                 from
                 lording
                 it
                 over
                 them
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 affording
                 them
                 equal
                 Liberty
                 with
                 themselves
                 ;
                 whereas
                 the
                 former
                 was
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 that
                 ,
                 as
                 hardly
                 to
                 suffer
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 Hewers
                 of
                 Wood
                 and
                 Drawers
                 of
                 Water
                 :
                 for
                 those
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 all
                 Power
                 both
                 Civil
                 and
                 Ecclesiastical
                 put
                 into
                 one
                 Hand
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 possibly
                 agree
                 with
                 such
                 as
                 would
                 have
                 it
                 divided
                 into
                 many
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 Affairs
                 necessitated
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Militia
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 oppose
                 this
                 malevolent
                 Spirit
                 which
                 threatned
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 North
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 prevailed
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 discountenance
                 a
                 Charge
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 framed
                 by
                 Major
                 Huntington
                 ,
                 an
                 Officer
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Advice
                 of
                 some
                 Members
                 of
                 both
                 
                 Houses
                 ,
                 against
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromivell
                 ,
                 for
                 endeavouring
                 ,
                 by
                 betraying
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 advance
                 himself
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 manifest
                 that
                 the
                 preferring
                 this
                 Accusation
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 was
                 principally
                 designed
                 to
                 take
                 him
                 off
                 from
                 his
                 Command
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 to
                 weaken
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Enemies
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 better
                 enabled
                 to
                 prevail
                 against
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Escape
                 was
                 still
                 carried
                 on
                 ;
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 Vigilance
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 and
                 his
                 Officers
                 it
                 was
                 discovered
                 and
                 prevented
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 after
                 the
                 Discovery
                 they
                 found
                 the
                 Iron
                 Bars
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Chamber-window
                 eaten
                 through
                 by
                 something
                 applied
                 to
                 them
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 instrumental
                 in
                 his
                 Escape
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 otherwise
                 how
                 to
                 revenge
                 themselves
                 on
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 defeated
                 their
                 Enterprize
                 ,
                 accused
                 Major
                 Rolfe
                 ,
                 a
                 Captain
                 in
                 that
                 Garison
                 very
                 active
                 and
                 vigilant
                 in
                 his
                 Charge
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 Design
                 to
                 kill
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 raising
                 such
                 a
                 Clamour
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Parliament
                 thought
                 not
                 sit
                 to
                 decline
                 the
                 putting
                 him
                 upon
                 his
                 Trial
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Accusation
                 appearing
                 to
                 the
                 Grand
                 Jury
                 to
                 be
                 grounded
                 upon
                 Malice
                 ,
                 they
                 refused
                 to
                 find
                 the
                 Bill
                 .
                 About
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 Capt.
                 Burleigh
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 beat
                 a
                 Drum
                 at
                 Newport
                 for
                 the
                 rescuing
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 his
                 Trial
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Jury
                 having
                 found
                 him
                 guilty
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 executed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Sentence
                 .
              
               
               
                 Those
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 fled
                 into
                 Essex
                 ,
                 grew
                 to
                 a
                 considerable
                 Number
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 new-raised
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 well
                 acquainted
                 one
                 with
                 another
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Advance
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 retreated
                 to
                 Colchester
                 with
                 a
                 Body
                 so
                 much
                 exceeding
                 ours
                 ,
                 which
                 pursued
                 and
                 besieged
                 them
                 in
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 that
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 compared
                 the
                 Town
                 and
                 those
                 therein
                 to
                 a
                 great
                 Bee-hive
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Army
                 to
                 a
                 small
                 Swarm
                 of
                 Bees
                 sticking
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 ours
                 was
                 soon
                 increased
                 by
                 the
                 Forces
                 which
                 the
                 well-affected
                 in
                 the
                 Counties
                 of
                 
                   Essex
                   ,
                   Suffolk
                   ,
                   Norfolk
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Cambridg
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 their
                 Assistance
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 appeared
                 active
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 leaving
                 them
                 ,
                 had
                 gone
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 supposed
                 him
                 to
                 grow
                 strong
                 ;
                 then
                 again
                 returning
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 upon
                 the
                 declining
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 publishing
                 a
                 Declaration
                 at
                 his
                 coming
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 left
                 the
                 King
                 because
                 he
                 saw
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 so
                 eminently
                 favoured
                 by
                 him
                 ;
                 in
                 this
                 low
                 Condition
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 revolted
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 formed
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 about
                 a
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 marched
                 from
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 accompanied
                 by
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Buckingham
                 ,
                 (
                 whose
                 Sequestration
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 Minority
                 when
                 he
                 first
                 engaged
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 freely
                 remitted
                 )
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Francis
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 prevailing
                 also
                 with
                 Dalbeir
                 ,
                 formerly
                 Quarter-Master-General
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 Their
                 Rendezvouz
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 be
                 upon
                 Bansted-Downs
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Vigilance
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 was
                 soon
                 sent
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Michael
                   Lewesey
                
                 ,
                 who
                 without
                 much
                 Dispute
                 put
                 those
                 Courtly
                 Gentlemen
                 to
                 the
                 rout
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Francis
                 presuming
                 perhaps
                 that
                 his
                 Beauty
                 would
                 have
                 charmed
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 had
                 done
                 Mrs.
                 Kirke
                 ,
                 for
                 whom
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 splendid
                 Entertainment
                 the
                 Night
                 before
                 he
                 left
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 her
                 a
                 Present
                 of
                 Plate
                 to
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 stayed
                 behind
                 his
                 Company
                 ,
                 where
                 unseasonably
                 daring
                 the
                 Troopers
                 ,
                 and
                 refusing
                 to
                 take
                 Quarter
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 killed
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 his
                 Death
                 there
                 was
                 found
                 upon
                 him
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Hair
                 of
                 Mrs.
                 Kirk
                 sew'd
                 in
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Ribbon
                 that
                 hung
                 next
                 his
                 Skin
                 .
                 The
                 rest
                 fled
                 towards
                 St.
                 Neots
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Huntington
                 ,
                 where
                 being
                 fallen
                 upon
                 again
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 routed
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 :
                 in
                 which
                 Action
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 to
                 express
                 their
                 Detestation
                 of
                 
                 Dalbeir's
                 Treachery
                 ,
                 hewed
                 him
                 in
                 pieces
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 Prisoner
                 to
                 Warwick-Castle
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Buckingham
                 escaped
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 over
                 to
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 Pomfret-Castle
                 being
                 seized
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 ,
                 was
                 besieged
                 by
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 assisted
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Hugh
                   Cholmely
                
                 
                 commanding
                 at
                 the
                 Siege
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Army
                 finding
                 little
                 Progress
                 made
                 therein
                 ,
                 ordered
                 Col.
                 Rainsborough
                 with
                 more
                 Forces
                 thither
                 ,
                 appointing
                 him
                 to
                 command
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Hugh
                   Cholmely
                
                 .
                 Whilst
                 he
                 was
                 preparing
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 being
                 at
                 Doncaster
                 ,
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 Miles
                 from
                 Pomfret
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 considerable
                 Force
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 dismounting
                 at
                 his
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 and
                 going
                 up
                 as
                 Friends
                 to
                 his
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 having
                 business
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 seized
                 him
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 his
                 Refusal
                 to
                 go
                 silently
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 murdered
                 him
                 .
                 After
                 his
                 Death
                 another
                 Commander
                 being
                 appointed
                 in
                 his
                 place
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 those
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 were
                 reduced
                 to
                 such
                 Extremities
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 desperate
                 of
                 them
                 resolved
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 their
                 Governour
                 one
                 Morris
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 Page
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strassord
                 ,
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 breaking
                 through
                 our
                 Forces
                 on
                 Horseback
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 attempted
                 ,
                 and
                 tho
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 beaten
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 Castle
                 by
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 ,
                 yet
                 this
                 Morris
                 made
                 his
                 way
                 through
                 ;
                 but
                 was
                 afterwards
                 taken
                 as
                 he
                 passed
                 through
                 the
                 Country
                 in
                 the
                 Disguise
                 of
                 a
                 Beggar
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 to
                 York
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 arraigned
                 before
                 Justice
                 Thorpe
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 found
                 guilty
                 of
                 Treason
                 ,
                 was
                 executed
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 with
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 was
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 besieged
                 the
                 Town
                 and
                 Castle
                 of
                 Pembroke
                 ,
                 whither
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 that
                 Party
                 that
                 fled
                 from
                 St.
                 Faggons
                 
                 had
                 made
                 their
                 Retreat
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 before
                 ;
                 but
                 wanting
                 great
                 Guns
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 send
                 for
                 some
                 to
                 Glocester
                 ,
                 which
                 with
                 much
                 difficulty
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 This
                 Place
                 detained
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 about
                 six
                 Weeks
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 remarkable
                 ,
                 that
                 about
                 the
                 time
                 the
                 Scots
                 were
                 entring
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 capitulate
                 and
                 surrender
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 to
                 remain
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 to
                 be
                 banished
                 into
                 Ireland
                 for
                 three
                 Years
                 ;
                 amongst
                 the
                 latter
                 were
                 Col.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Stradling
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Stradling
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Button
                 and
                 Major
                 Butler
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 were
                 Col.
                 Laughern
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Poyer
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 Powell
                 .
              
               
                 Twenty
                 Thousand
                 Scots
                 being
                 upon
                 their
                 March
                 into
                 England
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 five
                 Thousand
                 English
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Marmaduke
                   Langdale
                
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 us
                 who
                 had
                 opposed
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 's
                 Arbitrary
                 Proceedings
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 were
                 convinced
                 he
                 acted
                 to
                 promote
                 a
                 selfish
                 and
                 unwarrantable
                 Design
                 ,
                 now
                 thinking
                 our selves
                 obliged
                 to
                 strengthen
                 his
                 Hands
                 in
                 that
                 necessary
                 Work
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 undertake
                 ,
                 writ
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 encourage
                 him
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 wherein
                 he
                 was
                 engaged
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Wickedness
                 of
                 those
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 encounter
                 ,
                 to
                 proceed
                 with
                 Chearfulness
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 withstanding
                 all
                 our
                 Discouragements
                 we
                 would
                 readily
                 give
                 him
                 all
                 the
                 Assistance
                 we
                 
                 could
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 declared
                 the
                 Scots
                 who
                 had
                 invaded
                 England
                 to
                 be
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 to
                 advance
                 towards
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 fight
                 them
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 Lords
                 in
                 this
                 doubtful
                 Posture
                 of
                 Affairs
                 declined
                 to
                 concur
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 :
                 Yet
                 both
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 joined
                 in
                 driving
                 on
                 a
                 Personal
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 revoked
                 the
                 Votes
                 for
                 Non-Addresses
                 ;
                 whereby
                 the
                 King
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 on
                 sure
                 ground
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 failed
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 still
                 make
                 Terms
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 King's
                 Party
                 in
                 Colchester
                 were
                 also
                 much
                 encouraged
                 with
                 hopes
                 of
                 Relief
                 from
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 very
                 numerous
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 furnished
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 but
                 a
                 good
                 Cause
                 .
                 To
                 fight
                 this
                 formidable
                 Army
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 could
                 not
                 make
                 up
                 much
                 above
                 seven
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 so
                 extremely
                 harassed
                 with
                 hard
                 Service
                 and
                 long
                 Marches
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 seemed
                 rather
                 fit
                 for
                 a
                 Hospital
                 than
                 a
                 Battel
                 .
                 With
                 this
                 handful
                 of
                 Men
                 he
                 advanced
                 towards
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 Preston
                 in
                 Lancashire
                 both
                 Armies
                 met
                 on
                 the
                 17
                 th
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 1648.
                 
                 The
                 English
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 had
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 Van
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 entertained
                 ours
                 with
                 some
                 Opposition
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 vigorously
                 pressed
                 by
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 retreat
                 to
                 a
                 Pass
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 maintained
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 whilst
                 they
                 sent
                 to
                 their
                 General
                 for
                 Succours
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 not
                 sending
                 ,
                 
                 on
                 purpose
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 English
                 might
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 kept
                 intire
                 to
                 enable
                 him
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 Law
                 to
                 both
                 Nations
                 ,
                 they
                 began
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 :
                 which
                 made
                 such
                 an
                 Impression
                 upon
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 soon
                 followed
                 their
                 Example
                 ,
                 retreating
                 in
                 a
                 disorderly
                 manner
                 .
                 Ours
                 followed
                 them
                 so
                 close
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 threw
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 yielded
                 themselves
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 Many
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Baggage
                 ;
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 with
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 in
                 a
                 Body
                 ,
                 left
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 pursued
                 by
                 Col.
                 Thorney
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 Colonel
                 of
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 a
                 worthy
                 and
                 a
                 valiant
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 following
                 them
                 too
                 close
                 ,
                 and
                 unadvisedly
                 run
                 himself
                 upon
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Lances
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 he
                 was
                 mortally
                 wounded
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 perceiving
                 by
                 the
                 wasting
                 of
                 his
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 to
                 express
                 his
                 Affection
                 to
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 Joy
                 for
                 the
                 Defeat
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 desired
                 his
                 Men
                 to
                 open
                 to
                 the
                 right
                 and
                 left
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 Satisfaction
                 to
                 see
                 them
                 run
                 before
                 he
                 died
                 .
                 The
                 Enemies
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 kept
                 themselves
                 together
                 for
                 some
                 days
                 roving
                 up
                 and
                 down
                 the
                 Country
                 about
                 Leicestershire
                 ,
                 which
                 County
                 the
                 Lord
                 Grey
                 of
                 Grooby
                 had
                 raised
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 together
                 about
                 three
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Country
                 from
                 Plunder
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 all
                 possible
                 Advantages
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 and
                 tho
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 in
                 pursuit
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 Leicestershire
                 Party
                 came
                 up
                 first
                 to
                 them
                 at
                 Uttoxeter
                 in
                 Staffordshire
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 was
                 ;
                 and
                 whilst
                 the
                 Scots
                 were
                 treating
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 Party
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Grey's
                 Men
                 observing
                 no
                 Guards
                 kept
                 ,
                 entred
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 before
                 any
                 Conditions
                 were
                 made
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 Hamilton
                 surrendred
                 himself
                 to
                 Col.
                 Wayte
                 ,
                 an
                 Officer
                 of
                 the
                 Leicestershire-Party
                 ,
                 delivering
                 to
                 him
                 his
                 Scarf
                 ,
                 his
                 George
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Sword
                 ,
                 which
                 last
                 he
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 keep
                 carefully
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 had
                 belonged
                 to
                 his
                 Ancestors
                 .
                 By
                 the
                 two
                 Parties
                 the
                 Scots
                 were
                 all
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 their
                 Horses
                 seized
                 :
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 was
                 carried
                 Prisoner
                 to
                 Windsor-Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 their
                 Standards
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 were
                 taken
                 and
                 sent
                 up
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ordered
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 hung
                 up
                 in
                 Westminster-Hall
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 who
                 had
                 avoided
                 to
                 declare
                 the
                 Scots
                 Enemies
                 whilst
                 their
                 Army
                 was
                 entire
                 ,
                 now
                 after
                 their
                 Defeat
                 prevented
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 and
                 moved
                 that
                 a
                 Day
                 might
                 be
                 appointed
                 to
                 give
                 God
                 Thanks
                 for
                 this
                 Success
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 Victory
                 being
                 carried
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 said
                 to
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 worst
                 News
                 that
                 ever
                 came
                 to
                 England
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 thought
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 no
                 cause
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 that
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 since
                 if
                 Hamilton
                 had
                 beaten
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 certainly
                 have
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 Thrones
                 of
                 England
                 
                 and
                 Scotland
                 :
                 The
                 King
                 presently
                 replied
                 ,
                 
                   You
                   are
                   mistaken
                   ,
                   I
                   could
                   have
                   commanded
                   him
                   back
                   with
                   the
                   motion
                   of
                   my
                   Hand
                   .
                
                 Which
                 whether
                 he
                 could
                 do
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 was
                 doubtful
                 ;
                 but
                 whatever
                 Reasons
                 he
                 had
                 for
                 this
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 it
                 seemed
                 very
                 unseasonable
                 to
                 own
                 it
                 openly
                 in
                 that
                 Conjuncture
                 .
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 marched
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 to
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 dispossessed
                 the
                 Hamiltonian
                 Party
                 of
                 their
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 the
                 Power
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 ;
                 by
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 received
                 with
                 great
                 Demonstrations
                 of
                 Joy
                 :
                 and
                 tho
                 lately
                 they
                 looked
                 upon
                 the
                 Independent
                 Party
                 as
                 the
                 worst
                 of
                 their
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 yet
                 now
                 they
                 owned
                 and
                 embraced
                 them
                 as
                 their
                 best
                 Friends
                 and
                 Deliverers
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 notice
                 given
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 English
                 Army
                 was
                 about
                 to
                 return
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 they
                 prevailed
                 with
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 to
                 leave
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 with
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 could
                 raise
                 more
                 Forces
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 Safety
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 pressed
                 with
                 more
                 heat
                 than
                 ever
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Design
                 visibly
                 appearing
                 to
                 render
                 all
                 our
                 Victories
                 useless
                 thereby
                 ;
                 by
                 the
                 Advice
                 of
                 some
                 Friends
                 I
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 lay
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 before
                 Colchester
                 ;
                 where
                 attending
                 upon
                 the
                 General
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ,
                 to
                 acquaint
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 Affairs
                 at
                 London
                 ,
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Design
                 was
                 driving
                 on
                 to
                 betray
                 the
                 Cause
                 in
                 which
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Peoples
                 
                 Blood
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 under
                 a
                 Restraint
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 account
                 himself
                 obliged
                 by
                 any
                 thing
                 he
                 should
                 promise
                 under
                 such
                 Circumstances
                 ;
                 assuring
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 pushed
                 on
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 greatest
                 Vehemency
                 ,
                 intended
                 not
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 bound
                 to
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 designed
                 principally
                 to
                 use
                 his
                 Authority
                 and
                 Favour
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 assumed
                 the
                 Power
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 best
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Ruin
                 of
                 Themselves
                 and
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
                 He
                 acknowledged
                 what
                 I
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 himself
                 resolved
                 to
                 use
                 the
                 Power
                 he
                 had
                 ,
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 clear
                 and
                 evident
                 Call
                 ,
                 looking
                 upon
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 obliged
                 to
                 pursue
                 the
                 Work
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 about
                 .
                 Perceiving
                 by
                 such
                 a
                 general
                 Answer
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 irresolute
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 great
                 Influence
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 found
                 him
                 ,
                 we
                 discoursed
                 together
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Subject
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 both
                 agreed
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 interpose
                 in
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 but
                 differed
                 about
                 the
                 time
                 ;
                 he
                 being
                 of
                 opinion
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 best
                 to
                 permit
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 wait
                 till
                 they
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 full
                 Discovery
                 of
                 their
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 People
                 becoming
                 sensible
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Danger
                 ,
                 would
                 willingly
                 join
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 .
                 My
                 Opinion
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 much
                 easier
                 for
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 from
                 a
                 Conjunction
                 ,
                 
                 than
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 when
                 united
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 highly
                 probable
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 things
                 they
                 would
                 fall
                 upon
                 after
                 their
                 Union
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 most
                 taking
                 with
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 oblige
                 them
                 to
                 assist
                 in
                 the
                 disbanding
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 lesiening
                 their
                 Taxes
                 :
                 and
                 then
                 if
                 the
                 Army
                 should
                 in
                 any
                 manner
                 signify
                 a
                 Dislike
                 of
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 esteemed
                 by
                 the
                 Majority
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Disturbers
                 of
                 the
                 publick
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 accused
                 of
                 designing
                 nothing
                 save
                 their
                 own
                 particular
                 Advantages
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Party
                 in
                 Colchester
                 expecting
                 to
                 be
                 included
                 in
                 the
                 Peace
                 which
                 was
                 treating
                 between
                 him
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 held
                 out
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 in
                 extreme
                 want
                 of
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 and
                 destitute
                 of
                 all
                 hopes
                 of
                 Relief
                 since
                 the
                 Defeat
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 sorced
                 to
                 surrender
                 on
                 the
                 28
                 th
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 1648.
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ,
                 whereby
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 of
                 them
                 being
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 Discretion
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 Martial
                 assembled
                 and
                 condemned
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Lucas
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Lisle
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Barnard
                   Gascoin
                
                 ,
                 to
                 die
                 ;
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 whom
                 being
                 a
                 Foreigner
                 ,
                 was
                 pardoned
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 were
                 shot
                 to
                 death
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Sentence
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Capel
                 were
                 sent
                 Prisoners
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
                 by
                 an
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Two
                 Houses
                 finding
                 things
                 in
                 this
                 posture
                 ,
                 hastened
                 the
                 Departure
                 of
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 with
                 Powers
                 
                 and
                 Instructions
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 principally
                 insisted
                 on
                 that
                 Article
                 concerning
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 accounted
                 to
                 be
                 by
                 Divine
                 Right
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 essentially
                 necessary
                 to
                 the
                 Support
                 of
                 Arbitrary
                 Power
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 Ministers
                 of
                 each
                 side
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 dispute
                 touching
                 that
                 Subject
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 satisfy
                 the
                 King's
                 Conscience
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Army
                 having
                 now
                 wonderfully
                 dispersed
                 their
                 Enemies
                 on
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 consider
                 how
                 to
                 secure
                 themselves
                 and
                 the
                 Common
                 Cause
                 against
                 those
                 Counsels
                 that
                 were
                 carried
                 on
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 under
                 pretext
                 of
                 making
                 Peace
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 drew
                 up
                 a
                 Declaration
                 at
                 St.
                 Albans
                 ,
                 dated
                 the
                 16
                 th
                 of
                 November
                 ,
                 1648.
                 shewing
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Grounds
                 of
                 their
                 first
                 Engagement
                 was
                 to
                 bring
                 Delinquents
                 to
                 Justice
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 shed
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 and
                 second
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 therefore
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 trust
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 Government
                 .
                 This
                 Remonstrance
                 they
                 presented
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 on
                 the
                 20
                 th
                 of
                 November
                 ,
                 1648.
                 
                 The
                 King
                 and
                 Parliament
                 seeing
                 this
                 Cloud
                 beginning
                 to
                 gather
                 ,
                 endeavoured
                 by
                 all
                 means
                 possible
                 to
                 hasten
                 their
                 Treaty
                 to
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 .
                 The
                 Army
                 also
                 were
                 not
                 wanting
                 to
                 fortify
                 themselves
                 against
                 that
                 Shock
                 ,
                 sending
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Number
                 to
                 those
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 esteemed
                 most
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 Common
                 Cause
                 ,
                 to
                 invite
                 them
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 should
                 in
                 a
                 publick
                 manner
                 have
                 expressed
                 their
                 Dissatisfaction
                 to
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 betrayed
                 the
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 good
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 ,
                 that
                 finding
                 it
                 impossible
                 to
                 be
                 any
                 farther
                 serviceable
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 resolved
                 to
                 repair
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 order
                 toprocure
                 their
                 Assistance
                 in
                 settling
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 upon
                 a
                 just
                 Foundation
                 .
                 At
                 a
                 Meeting
                 of
                 some
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 with
                 the
                 said
                 Officers
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 ,
                 That
                 tho
                 the
                 way
                 proposed
                 by
                 them
                 might
                 be
                 taken
                 in
                 case
                 all
                 other
                 means
                 failed
                 ,
                 yet
                 seeing
                 there
                 was
                 more
                 than
                 a
                 sufficient
                 Number
                 of
                 Members
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 House
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 most
                 affectionate
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 proper
                 for
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 relieve
                 them
                 from
                 those
                 who
                 rendred
                 them'useless
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 thereby
                 preserving
                 the
                 Name
                 and
                 Place
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 than
                 for
                 the
                 Members
                 thereof
                 to
                 quit
                 their
                 Stations
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 serve
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Civil
                 Authority
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 would
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 fall
                 in
                 with
                 any
                 Power
                 that
                 would
                 attempt
                 to
                 frustrate
                 what
                 should
                 be
                 agreed
                 on
                 by
                 them
                 and
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 In
                 prosecution
                 of
                 this
                 Result
                 the
                 Army
                 drew
                 to
                 Colebrook
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 sent
                 me
                 word
                 ,
                 that
                 now
                 he
                 hoped
                 they
                 should
                 please
                 me
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 must
                 acknowledg
                 they
                 did
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 taking
                 ;
                 not
                 from
                 any
                 particular
                 Advantages
                 that
                 I
                 expected
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 except
                 an
                 equal
                 share
                 of
                 Security
                 with
                 other
                 Men
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 might
                 
                 be
                 preserved
                 in
                 their
                 just
                 Rights
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Oppressions
                 of
                 violent
                 Men
                 ;
                 the
                 Question
                 in
                 dispute
                 between
                 the
                 King's
                 Party
                 and
                 us
                 being
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 apprehended
                 ,
                 
                   Whether
                   the
                   King
                   should
                   govern
                   as
                   a
                   God
                   by
                   his
                   Will
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Nation
                   be
                   governed
                   by
                   Force
                   like
                   Beasts
                   :
                   or
                   whether
                   the
                   People
                   should
                   be
                   governed
                   by
                   Laws
                   made
                   by
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   live
                   under
                   a
                   Government
                   derived
                   from
                   their
                   own
                   Consent
                   .
                
                 Being
                 fully
                 perswaded
                 that
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 unsafe
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 unjust
                 and
                 wicked
                 in
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 former
                 ,
                 besides
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 obvious
                 to
                 all
                 Men
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 himself
                 had
                 proved
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Duplicity
                 of
                 his
                 dealing
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 which
                 manifestly
                 appeared
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Papers
                 taken
                 at
                 the
                 Battel
                 of
                 Naseby
                 ,
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 .
                 Of
                 the
                 latter
                 I
                 was
                 convinced
                 by
                 the
                 express
                 Words
                 of
                 God's
                 Law
                 ;
                 
                   That
                   Blood
                   desileth
                   the
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Land
                   cannot
                   be
                   cleansed
                   of
                   the
                   Blood
                   that
                   is
                   shed
                   therein
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   the
                   Blood
                   of
                   him
                   that
                   shed
                   it
                   .
                
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 Chap.
                 35.
                 v.
                 33.
                 
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 consent
                 to
                 the
                 Counsels
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 contented
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 so
                 much
                 Blood
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 to
                 draw
                 down
                 the
                 just
                 Vengeance
                 of
                 God
                 upon
                 us
                 all
                 ;
                 when
                 it
                 was
                 most
                 evident
                 that
                 the
                 War
                 had
                 been
                 occasioned
                 by
                 the
                 Invasion
                 of
                 our
                 Rights
                 ,
                 and
                 open
                 Breach
                 of
                 our
                 Laws
                 and
                 Constitution
                 on
                 the
                 King's
                 part
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 that
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 manage
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 returned
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Answer
                 ,
                 containing
                 neither
                 a
                 positive
                 Grant
                 ,
                 nor
                 an
                 absolute
                 Denial
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 
                 he
                 still
                 retained
                 his
                 Principle
                 of
                 their
                 Divine
                 Right
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 declared
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 dispense
                 with
                 the
                 Abolition
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 for
                 present
                 Satisfaction
                 ,
                 hoping
                 by
                 giving
                 ground
                 to
                 gain
                 a
                 better
                 opportunity
                 to
                 serve
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 consented
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 bought
                 their
                 Lands
                 should
                 have
                 a
                 Lease
                 of
                 them
                 for
                 some
                 Years
                 :
                 and
                 for
                 satisfaction
                 for
                 the
                 Blood
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 willing
                 that
                 six
                 should
                 be
                 excepted
                 ;
                 but
                 withal
                 Care
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 far
                 enough
                 from
                 the
                 reach
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
                 By
                 another
                 Article
                 ,
                 the
                 Militia
                 was
                 to
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 ten
                 Years
                 :
                 thereby
                 implying
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 mistake
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Right
                 of
                 granting
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 that
                 we
                 had
                 done
                 him
                 wrong
                 in
                 contending
                 with
                 him
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 By
                 such
                 ways
                 and
                 means
                 did
                 some
                 Men
                 endeavour
                 to
                 abuse
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 of
                 our
                 Commissioners
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 pleaded
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 for
                 a
                 Concurrence
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 imployed
                 by
                 him
                 ;
                 tho
                 others
                 with
                 more
                 Ingenuity
                 acknowledged
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 advise
                 an
                 Agreement
                 upon
                 those
                 Terms
                 ,
                 were
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 prevent
                 a
                 greater
                 Evil
                 that
                 was
                 like
                 to
                 ensue
                 upon
                 the
                 Refusal
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Vane
                
                 so
                 truly
                 stated
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 evidently
                 discovered
                 the
                 Design
                 and
                 Deceit
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Answer
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 made
                 it
                 clear
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 it
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 our
                 Cause
                 was
                 not
                 asserted
                 ,
                 nor
                 our
                 Rights
                 secured
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ;
                 concluding
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 accept
                 of
                 these
                 Terms
                 without
                 the
                 Concurrence
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Army
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 prove
                 but
                 a
                 Feather
                 in
                 their
                 Caps
                 :
                 Notwithstanding
                 which
                 the
                 corrupt
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 having
                 bargain'd
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 and
                 the
                 Nation
                 's
                 Liberty
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 break
                 through
                 all
                 Hazards
                 and
                 Inconveniences
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 their
                 Contract
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 twenty
                 four
                 hours
                 Debate
                 ,
                 resolved
                 by
                 the
                 Plurality
                 of
                 Votes
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   the
                   King's
                   Concessions
                   were
                   Ground
                   for
                   a
                   future
                   Settlement
                   .
                
                 At
                 which
                 some
                 of
                 us
                 expressing
                 our
                 Dissatisfaction
                 ,
                 desired
                 that
                 our
                 Protestation
                 might
                 be
                 entred
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 being
                 denied
                 ,
                 as
                 against
                 the
                 Orders
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 I
                 contented
                 my self
                 to
                 declare
                 publickly
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 convinced
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 deserted
                 the
                 Common
                 Cause
                 and
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 no
                 longer
                 join
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 dissented
                 also
                 expressing
                 themselves
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 .
                 The
                 day
                 following
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 came
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 with
                 expectation
                 that
                 things
                 would
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 this
                 issue
                 ;
                 and
                 consulting
                 with
                 some
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 concluded
                 after
                 a
                 full
                 and
                 free
                 Debate
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Measures
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 tending
                 to
                 contract
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 upon
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Nation
                 :
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 therefore
                 the
                 Duty
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 such
                 Proceedings
                 ;
                 having
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 not
                 simply
                 as
                 Mercenaries
                 ,
                 but
                 out
                 of
                 Judgment
                 and
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 being
                 convinced
                 that
                 the
                 Cause
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 
                 were
                 engaged
                 was
                 just
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 was
                 involved
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 Being
                 come
                 to
                 this
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 three
                 of
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 three
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 withdrew
                 into
                 a
                 private
                 Room
                 ,
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 means
                 to
                 attain
                 the
                 ends
                 of
                 our
                 said
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 agreed
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 should
                 be
                 drawn
                 up
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 and
                 Guards
                 placed
                 in
                 Westminster-Hall
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Requests
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lobby
                 ;
                 that
                 none
                 might
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 pass
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 continued
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 we
                 went
                 over
                 the
                 Names
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Members
                 one
                 by
                 one
                 ,
                 giving
                 the
                 truest
                 Characters
                 we
                 could
                 of
                 their
                 Inclinations
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 presume
                 we
                 were
                 not
                 mistaken
                 in
                 many
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 fallen
                 into
                 such
                 Factions
                 and
                 Divisions
                 ,
                 that
                 any
                 one
                 who
                 usually
                 attended
                 and
                 observed
                 the
                 business
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 could
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 Debate
                 upon
                 any
                 Question
                 ,
                 easily
                 number
                 the
                 Votes
                 that
                 would
                 be
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Question
                 was
                 put
                 .
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 went
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fairfax
                
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 this
                 extraordinary
                 way
                 of
                 proceeding
                 ,
                 having
                 taken
                 care
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Army
                 drawn
                 up
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 by
                 seven
                 of
                 the
                 Clock
                 .
                 Col.
                 Pride
                 commanded
                 the
                 Guard
                 that
                 attended
                 at
                 the
                 Parliament-doors
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 List
                 of
                 those
                 Members
                 who
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 excluded
                 ,
                 preventing
                 them
                 from
                 entring
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 securing
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 suspected
                 under
                 a
                 Guard
                 provided
                 
                 for
                 that
                 end
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 assisted
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Grey
                 of
                 Grooby
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 who
                 knew
                 the
                 Members
                 .
                 To
                 justify
                 these
                 Proceedings
                 the
                 Army
                 sent
                 a
                 Message
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 representing
                 ,
                 That
                 whereas
                 divers
                 Members
                 had
                 been
                 expelled
                 the
                 House
                 upon
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 Violence
                 done
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 in
                 1647.
                 yet
                 upon
                 the
                 Absence
                 of
                 many
                 well-affected
                 Members
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 their
                 Employments
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 the
                 said
                 Persons
                 were
                 re-admitted
                 without
                 any
                 Trial
                 or
                 Satisfaction
                 in
                 the
                 things
                 whereof
                 they
                 were
                 accused
                 ;
                 whereby
                 the
                 Scots
                 had
                 been
                 drawn
                 to
                 invade
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 House
                 prevented
                 by
                 the
                 Intruders
                 and
                 their
                 Accomplices
                 from
                 declaring
                 against
                 the
                 Invaders
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 made
                 up
                 the
                 Number
                 of
                 ninety
                 odd
                 Votes
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 :
                 And
                 whereas
                 by
                 the
                 prevalency
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 corrupt
                 Counsels
                 ,
                 Justice
                 had
                 been
                 obstructed
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Settlement
                 of
                 Affairs
                 hindred
                 :
                 and
                 lastly
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Concessions
                 declared
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Ground
                 for
                 the
                 Settlement
                 of
                 Peace
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 Insufficiency
                 and
                 Defects
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 they
                 therefore
                 most
                 humbly
                 desired
                 that
                 all
                 those
                 Members
                 who
                 are
                 innocent
                 in
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 would
                 by
                 a
                 publick
                 Declaration
                 acquit
                 themselves
                 from
                 any
                 Guilt
                 thereof
                 ,
                 or
                 Concurrence
                 therein
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 shall
                 not
                 so
                 acquit
                 themselves
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 excluded
                 or
                 suspended
                 the
                 House
                 till
                 they
                 have
                 given
                 clear
                 Satisfaction
                 therein
                 ;
                 that
                 those
                 
                 who
                 have
                 faithfully
                 performed
                 their
                 Trust
                 ,
                 may
                 proceed
                 without
                 interruption
                 to
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 speedy
                 provision
                 for
                 an
                 equal
                 Succession
                 of
                 Representatives
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Differences
                 may
                 be
                 composed
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Men
                 comfortably
                 acquiesce
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 for
                 their
                 parts
                 thereby
                 engaged
                 and
                 assured
                 them
                 they
                 would
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 ,
                 wherein
                 there
                 was
                 about
                 six
                 score
                 ,
                 was
                 moved
                 to
                 send
                 for
                 those
                 Members
                 who
                 were
                 thus
                 excluded
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 presume
                 ,
                 rather
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 Decency
                 ,
                 than
                 from
                 any
                 desire
                 they
                 had
                 that
                 their
                 Message
                 should
                 be
                 obeyed
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 clearly
                 appear
                 that
                 this
                 Interruption
                 proceeded
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 from
                 any
                 Advice
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 what
                 they
                 should
                 act
                 separately
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 esteemed
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 prevent
                 such
                 Inconveniences
                 as
                 might
                 otherwise
                 fall
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 whole
                 Power
                 should
                 be
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 their
                 Actions
                 appearing
                 to
                 be
                 founded
                 upon
                 this
                 Necessity
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 the
                 better
                 secure
                 the
                 Respect
                 and
                 Obedience
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 Upon
                 such
                 Considerations
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Serjeant
                 returned
                 and
                 acquainted
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 excluded
                 Members
                 were
                 detained
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 the
                 House
                 proceeded
                 in
                 the
                 business
                 before
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 the
                 Night
                 after
                 the
                 Interruption
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 arrived
                 from
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 at
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 other
                 Places
                 ,
                 he
                 declared
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 
                 acquainted
                 with
                 this
                 Design
                 ;
                 yet
                 since
                 it
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 glad
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 endeavour
                 to
                 maintain
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Major
                 General
                 Harrison
                 being
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 King
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 entrusted
                 with
                 the
                 Custody
                 of
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 disputed
                 to
                 deliver
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 that
                 those
                 about
                 him
                 inclined
                 to
                 comply
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 convenient
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 farther
                 Opposition
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 conducted
                 from
                 the
                 Island
                 to
                 Hurst-Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 by
                 Major
                 General
                 Harrison
                 .
                 Being
                 on
                 his
                 way
                 ,
                 he
                 dined
                 at
                 Mr.
                 
                 Leviston's
                 in
                 Bagshot-Park
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 provided
                 a
                 Horse
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Escape
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 Design
                 also
                 was
                 discovered
                 ,
                 and
                 prevented
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 being
                 at
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 debated
                 what
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 with
                 him
                 :
                 The
                 Army
                 were
                 for
                 bringing
                 him
                 to
                 a
                 Trial
                 ,
                 for
                 levying
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Common
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 presented
                 a
                 Petition
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Col.
                 Titchborn
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ;
                 but
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealths-men
                 desired
                 that
                 before
                 they
                 consented
                 to
                 that
                 Method
                 ,
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 resolved
                 what
                 Government
                 to
                 establish
                 ,
                 fearing
                 a
                 Design
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 some
                 one
                 of
                 themselves
                 in
                 his
                 room
                 :
                 others
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 first
                 Work
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 their
                 Duty
                 to
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 People
                 
                 that
                 the
                 failure
                 therein
                 had
                 been
                 already
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 a
                 second
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 justly
                 to
                 be
                 charged
                 on
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 neglecting
                 that
                 Duty
                 ;
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 truly
                 Commonwealths-men
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 that
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 probable
                 means
                 to
                 attain
                 their
                 Desires
                 in
                 the
                 establishment
                 of
                 an
                 equal
                 and
                 just
                 Government
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 chiefly
                 to
                 be
                 suspected
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 guilty
                 of
                 so
                 much
                 Impudence
                 and
                 Folly
                 ,
                 to
                 erect
                 an
                 Arbitrary
                 Power
                 in
                 any
                 one
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 in
                 so
                 publick
                 a
                 manner
                 declared
                 their
                 Detestation
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 another
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 accomplishment
                 of
                 the
                 important
                 Work
                 which
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 had
                 now
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 voted
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   by
                   the
                   Fundamental
                   Laws
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   Treason
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   of
                
                 England
                 ,
                 
                   for
                   the
                   time
                   being
                   ,
                   to
                   levy
                   War
                   against
                   the
                   Parliament
                   and
                   Kingdom
                   .
                
                 To
                 which
                 the
                 Lords
                 not
                 concurring
                 ,
                 they
                 passed
                 it
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 without
                 their
                 Consent
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 day
                 after
                 declared
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   the
                   People
                   are
                   ,
                   under
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   Original
                   of
                   all
                   just
                   Power
                   :
                   That
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   being
                   chosen
                   by
                   ,
                   and
                   representing
                   the
                   People
                   ,
                   are
                   the
                   Supreme
                   Power
                   in
                   the
                   Nation
                   :
                   That
                   whatsoever
                   is
                   enacted
                   or
                   declared
                   for
                   Law
                   by
                   the
                   Commons
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   hath
                   the
                   Force
                   of
                   a
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   People
                   are
                   concluded
                   thereby
                   ,
                   tho
                   the
                   Consent
                   of
                   King
                   or
                   Peers
                   be
                   not
                   had
                   thereto
                   .
                
              
               
                 This
                 Obstruction
                 being
                 removed
                 ,
                 several
                 Petitions
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 for
                 
                 so
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 now
                 stiled
                 themselves
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 Borough
                 of
                 Southwark
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Counties
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 requesting
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 might
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 Justice
                 ;
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 passed
                 an
                 Act
                 ,
                 authorizing
                 the
                 Persons
                 therein
                 named
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thirty
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 Arraignment
                 ,
                 Condemnation
                 or
                 Acquittal
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 with
                 full
                 Power
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 Condemnation
                 ,
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 cause
                 the
                 said
                 Sentence
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 in
                 Execution
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 High
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 met
                 on
                 the
                 8
                 th
                 of
                 January
                 1648
                 in
                 the
                 Painted
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 about
                 fourscore
                 ,
                 consisting
                 chiefly
                 of
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ;
                 where
                 they
                 chose
                 Serjeant
                 Aske
                 ,
                 Serjeant
                 Steel
                 ,
                 and
                 Dr.
                 Dorrislaus
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Counsel
                 ;
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Coke
                
                 of
                 Grays-Inn
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Solicitor
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Andrew
                   Broughton
                
                 their
                 Secretary
                 ;
                 and
                 sent
                 out
                 a
                 Precept
                 under
                 their
                 Hands
                 and
                 Seals
                 for
                 proclaiming
                 the
                 Court
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 in
                 Westminster-Hall
                 on
                 the
                 tenth
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Month
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 performed
                 accordingly
                 by
                 Serjeant
                 Dendy
                 ,
                 attended
                 by
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 in
                 Cheapside
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 old
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Westminster-Hall
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 the
                 tenth
                 they
                 chose
                 Serjeant
                 Bradshaw
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 President
                 ,
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Lisle
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Say
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 Assistants
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 Charge
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 being
                 drawn
                 up
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 appointed
                 a
                 convenient
                 Place
                 to
                 be
                 prepared
                 at
                 the
                 upper
                 end
                 of
                 Westminster-Hall
                 
                 for
                 his
                 Publick
                 Trial
                 ,
                 directing
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 covered
                 with
                 Scarlet
                 Cloth
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 twenty
                 Halberdiers
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 President
                 ,
                 and
                 thirty
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
               
                 All
                 things
                 being
                 thus
                 prepared
                 for
                 the
                 Trial
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 conducted
                 from
                 Windsor
                 to
                 St.
                 
                 James's
                 :
                 from
                 whence
                 on
                 the
                 20
                 th
                 of
                 January
                 he
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 of
                 the
                 High
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 President
                 acquainted
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 the
                 Causes
                 of
                 his
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 that
                 Place
                 :
                 For
                 that
                 He
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 Laws
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 for
                 their
                 Good
                 ,
                 had
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 Power
                 to
                 subvert
                 those
                 Laws
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 his
                 Will
                 and
                 Pleasure
                 as
                 a
                 Law
                 over
                 them
                 :
                 that
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 effect
                 that
                 Design
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 the
                 Suppression
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 the
                 best
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 Peoples
                 Liberties
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 levied
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 wherein
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 People
                 had
                 been
                 slain
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Blood
                 the
                 Parliament
                 presuming
                 him
                 guilty
                 ,
                 had
                 appointed
                 this
                 High
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 for
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 Then
                 turning
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Broughton
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 he
                 commanded
                 him
                 to
                 read
                 the
                 Charge
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 who
                 as
                 the
                 Clerk
                 was
                 reading
                 the
                 Charge
                 ,
                 interrupted
                 him
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   intrusted
                   by
                   the
                   People
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   mine
                   by
                   Inheritance
                
                 ;
                 demanding
                 by
                 what
                 Authority
                 they
                 brought
                 him
                 thither
                 .
                 The
                 President
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 derived
                 their
                 Authority
                 from
                 an
                 Act
                 
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 Commons
                 of
                 England
                 assembled
                 in
                 Parliament
                 :
                 The
                 King
                 said
                 the
                 Commons
                 could
                 not
                 give
                 an
                 Oath
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 no
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 could
                 make
                 no
                 Act
                 for
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 any
                 Man
                 ,
                 much
                 less
                 of
                 him
                 their
                 Soveraign
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Commons
                 assembled
                 in
                 Parliament
                 could
                 acknowledg
                 no
                 other
                 Soveraign
                 but
                 God
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 upon
                 his
                 and
                 the
                 Peoples
                 Appeal
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 for
                 the
                 Decision
                 of
                 their
                 respective
                 Pretensions
                 ,
                 Judgment
                 had
                 been
                 given
                 for
                 the
                 People
                 ;
                 who
                 conceiving
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Duty
                 not
                 to
                 bear
                 the
                 Sword
                 in
                 vain
                 ,
                 had
                 appointed
                 the
                 Court
                 to
                 make
                 Inquisition
                 for
                 the
                 Blood
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 shed
                 in
                 that
                 Dispute
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 President
                 being
                 moved
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Solicitor
                 Coke
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 Behalf
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 commanded
                 the
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 to
                 proceed
                 in
                 the
                 reading
                 of
                 the
                 Charge
                 against
                 him
                 :
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 required
                 to
                 give
                 his
                 Anser
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 plead
                 guilty
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 demurred
                 to
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 affirming
                 that
                 no
                 Man
                 ,
                 nor
                 Body
                 of
                 Men
                 had
                 Power
                 to
                 call
                 him
                 to
                 an
                 account
                 ,
                 being
                 not
                 intrusted
                 by
                 Man
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 accountable
                 only
                 to
                 God
                 for
                 his
                 Actions
                 ;
                 entring
                 upon
                 a
                 large
                 Discourse
                 of
                 his
                 being
                 in
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Commissioners
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 being
                 taken
                 from
                 thence
                 he
                 knew
                 not
                 how
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 thought
                 he
                 was
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 This
                 Discourse
                 seeming
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 purpose
                 ,
                 the
                 President
                 told
                 
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 to
                 his
                 Plea
                 of
                 not
                 being
                 accountable
                 to
                 Man
                 ,
                 seeing
                 God
                 by
                 his
                 Providence
                 had
                 over-ruled
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 had
                 resolved
                 to
                 do
                 so
                 also
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 give
                 no
                 other
                 Answer
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 should
                 be
                 registred
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 would
                 proceed
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 confessed
                 the
                 Charge
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 President
                 commanded
                 his
                 Answer
                 to
                 be
                 entred
                 ,
                 directing
                 Serjeant
                 Dendy
                 ,
                 who
                 attended
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 to
                 withdraw
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 ;
                 which
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 doing
                 ,
                 many
                 Persons
                 cried
                 out
                 in
                 the
                 Hall
                 ,
                 
                   Justice
                   ,
                   Justice
                
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 being
                 withdrawn
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 adjourned
                 into
                 the
                 Painted
                 Chamber
                 to
                 consider
                 what
                 farther
                 was
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 desirous
                 to
                 prevent
                 all
                 Objections
                 tending
                 to
                 accuse
                 them
                 of
                 Haste
                 or
                 Surprize
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 convene
                 him
                 before
                 them
                 publickly
                 twice
                 more
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 if
                 he
                 persisted
                 in
                 his
                 Demurrer
                 to
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 give
                 Judgment
                 against
                 him
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 nothing
                 might
                 be
                 wanting
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 he
                 should
                 resolve
                 to
                 plead
                 ,
                 they
                 appointed
                 Witnesses
                 to
                 be
                 examined
                 to
                 every
                 Article
                 of
                 the
                 Charge
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 second
                 Appearance
                 before
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 on
                 the
                 22
                 d
                 of
                 January
                 ,
                 he
                 carried
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 as
                 before
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 his
                 Refusal
                 being
                 again
                 entred
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 withdrawn
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 adjourned
                 to
                 the
                 Painted
                 Chamber
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 twenty
                 third
                 of
                 January
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 brought
                 a
                 third
                 time
                 before
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 where
                 refusing
                 to
                 plead
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 ,
                 his
                 Refusal
                 
                 was
                 entered
                 ,
                 and
                 Witnesses
                 examined
                 publickly
                 to
                 prove
                 the
                 Charge
                 of
                 his
                 levying
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 After
                 which
                 Solicitor
                 General
                 Coke
                 demanded
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 pronouncing
                 of
                 Sentence
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 :
                 whereupon
                 the
                 Court
                 adjourned
                 into
                 the
                 Painted
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 serious
                 consideration
                 declared
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Tyrant
                 ,
                 Traitor
                 ,
                 Murderer
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 publick
                 Enemy
                 to
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 :
                 that
                 his
                 Condemnation
                 extend
                 unto
                 Death
                 ,
                 by
                 severing
                 his
                 Head
                 from
                 his
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 Sentence
                 grounded
                 upon
                 those
                 Votes
                 be
                 prepared
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 ordered
                 on
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 following
                 to
                 receive
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Sentence
                 being
                 engrossed
                 ,
                 was
                 read
                 on
                 the
                 27
                 th
                 of
                 January
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 the
                 Court
                 resolved
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 should
                 be
                 the
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 be
                 read
                 and
                 published
                 in
                 Westminster-Hall
                 the
                 same
                 Day
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 President
                 should
                 not
                 permit
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 speak
                 after
                 the
                 Sentence
                 pronounced
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 openly
                 declare
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Sense
                 and
                 Judgment
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 should
                 signify
                 their
                 Consent
                 by
                 standing
                 up
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 make
                 one
                 Proposition
                 before
                 they
                 proceeded
                 to
                 Sentence
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 earnestly
                 pressing
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 thought
                 would
                 tend
                 to
                 the
                 reconciling
                 of
                 all
                 Parties
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 three
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
                 they
                 permitted
                 
                 him
                 to
                 offer
                 it
                 :
                 The
                 effect
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 meet
                 the
                 two
                 Houses
                 in
                 the
                 Painted
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 doubted
                 not
                 to
                 offer
                 that
                 which
                 should
                 satisfy
                 and
                 secure
                 all
                 Interests
                 ;
                 designing
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 since
                 informed
                 ,
                 to
                 propose
                 his
                 own
                 Resignation
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 admission
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 upon
                 such
                 Terms
                 as
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 agreed
                 upon
                 .
                 This
                 Motion
                 being
                 new
                 and
                 unexpected
                 to
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 deny
                 or
                 grant
                 any
                 thing
                 without
                 serious
                 Deliberation
                 ,
                 they
                 withdrew
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 Inner
                 Court
                 of
                 Wards
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 satisfied
                 upon
                 debate
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 but
                 loss
                 of
                 time
                 would
                 be
                 the
                 consequence
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 with
                 a
                 Negative
                 to
                 his
                 Demand
                 ,
                 telling
                 him
                 that
                 they
                 met
                 there
                 as
                 a
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 commissionated
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Authority
                 they
                 were
                 fully
                 satisfied
                 :
                 that
                 by
                 their
                 Commission
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 authorized
                 to
                 receive
                 any
                 Proposals
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 that
                 in
                 order
                 thereto
                 ,
                 his
                 Charge
                 had
                 been
                 read
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 pleaded
                 ,
                 the
                 Counsel
                 for
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 have
                 proved
                 it
                 against
                 him
                 :
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 thrice
                 demurred
                 to
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 which
                 Demurrer
                 the
                 Court
                 had
                 overruled
                 and
                 registred
                 ,
                 ordering
                 to
                 proceed
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 confessed
                 the
                 Charge
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 any
                 Proposition
                 to
                 make
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 proper
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 address
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 
                 Then
                 the
                 Presideut
                 enlarged
                 upon
                 the
                 horrid
                 Nature
                 of
                 those
                 Crimes
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 accused
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 now
                 convicted
                 ;
                 declaring
                 that
                 the
                 only
                 just
                 Power
                 of
                 Kings
                 was
                 derived
                 from
                 the
                 Consent
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 :
                 That
                 whereas
                 the
                 People
                 had
                 intrusted
                 him
                 to
                 see
                 their
                 Laws
                 put
                 in
                 Execution
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 throughout
                 the
                 whole
                 Course
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 to
                 subvert
                 those
                 good
                 Laws
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 introduce
                 an
                 Arbitrary
                 and
                 Tyrannical
                 Government
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 That
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 hopes
                 of
                 redress
                 he
                 had
                 attempted
                 from
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 ,
                 either
                 wholly
                 to
                 destroy
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 render
                 them
                 only
                 subservient
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 corrupt
                 Designs
                 :
                 That
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 consented
                 ,
                 the
                 publick
                 Necessities
                 so
                 requiring
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 Parliament
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 dissolved
                 but
                 by
                 an
                 Act
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 levied
                 War
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 not
                 only
                 dissolve
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 Terrour
                 of
                 his
                 Power
                 for
                 ever
                 discourage
                 such
                 Assemblies
                 from
                 doing
                 their
                 Duty
                 :
                 That
                 in
                 this
                 War
                 many
                 thousands
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 had
                 lost
                 their
                 Lives
                 :
                 That
                 in
                 obedience
                 to
                 what
                 God
                 commanded
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Nation
                 expected
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 appointed
                 this
                 Court
                 to
                 make
                 Inquisition
                 for
                 this
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 try
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 :
                 That
                 his
                 Charge
                 had
                 been
                 read
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 required
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 Answer
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 having
                 thrice
                 refused
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 he
                 acquainted
                 him
                 that
                 the
                 Court
                 had
                 resolved
                 to
                 pronounce
                 Sentence
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 commanded
                 the
                 
                 Clerk
                 to
                 read
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 being
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 King
                 for
                 the
                 Crimes
                 contained
                 in
                 the
                 Charge
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 carried
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 from
                 whence
                 he
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 thence
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 Execution
                 ,
                 where
                 his
                 Head
                 should
                 be
                 severed
                 from
                 his
                 Body
                 :
                 which
                 Sentence
                 being
                 read
                 ,
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 testified
                 their
                 unanimous
                 Assent
                 by
                 their
                 standing
                 up
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 would
                 have
                 spoken
                 something
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 withdrawn
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 accounted
                 dead
                 in
                 Law
                 immediately
                 after
                 Sentence
                 pronounced
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 permitted
                 .
                 The
                 Court
                 withdrew
                 also
                 ,
                 and
                 agreed
                 that
                 the
                 Sentence
                 should
                 be
                 put
                 in
                 Execution
                 on
                 the
                 Tuesday
                 following
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 be
                 the
                 30
                 th
                 of
                 January
                 1648.
                 
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 refused
                 such
                 Ministers
                 as
                 the
                 Court
                 appointed
                 to
                 attend
                 him
                 ,
                 desired
                 that
                 Dr.
                 Juxton
                 late
                 Bishop
                 of
                 London
                 might
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 granted
                 ,
                 and
                 Adjutant
                 General
                 Allen
                 sent
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 Doctor
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Condition
                 and
                 Desires
                 ,
                 he
                 being
                 altogether
                 unprepared
                 for
                 such
                 a
                 Work
                 ,
                 broke
                 out
                 into
                 these
                 Expressions
                 ,
                 
                   God
                   save
                   me
                   ,
                   what
                   a
                   Trick
                   is
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   should
                   have
                   no
                   more
                   Warning
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   ready
                   !
                
                 but
                 recollecting
                 himself
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 he
                 put
                 on
                 his
                 Scarf
                 and
                 his
                 other
                 Furniture
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 read
                 the
                 Common
                 Prayer
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 old
                 Sermons
                 ,
                 he
                 administred
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 not
                 forgetting
                 to
                 use
                 the
                 Words
                 of
                 the
                 Confession
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 Liturgy
                 ,
                 inviting
                 all
                 those
                 that
                 truly
                 repent
                 to
                 
                 make
                 their
                 Confession
                 before
                 the
                 Congregation
                 then
                 gathered
                 together
                 ;
                 tho
                 there
                 was
                 none
                 present
                 but
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 himself
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 High
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 inspect
                 the
                 Parts
                 about
                 Whitehall
                 for
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 Execution
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 made
                 their
                 Report
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 agreed
                 that
                 a
                 Scaffold
                 should
                 be
                 erected
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 near
                 the
                 Banqueting-House
                 ,
                 and
                 order
                 given
                 to
                 cover
                 it
                 with
                 black
                 :
                 The
                 same
                 day
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 29
                 th
                 of
                 January
                 ,
                 they
                 signed
                 a
                 Warrant
                 for
                 his
                 Execution
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 about
                 threescore
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 set
                 their
                 Hands
                 and
                 Seals
                 ,
                 directing
                 it
                 to
                 Col.
                 Hacker
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Hunks
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 Phaier
                 ,
                 or
                 either
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Glocester
                 and
                 the
                 Lady
                 Elizabeth
                 waited
                 on
                 the
                 King
                 the
                 same
                 day
                 to
                 take
                 their
                 leave
                 of
                 him
                 .
                 An
                 Extraordinary
                 Ambassador
                 from
                 the
                 United
                 Provinces
                 had
                 his
                 Audience
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 his
                 business
                 was
                 to
                 intercede
                 with
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 preserve
                 a
                 fair
                 Correspondence
                 between
                 England
                 and
                 the
                 States
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 about
                 eight
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 attended
                 by
                 a
                 Guard
                 ,
                 was
                 brought
                 from
                 St.
                 
                 James's
                 through
                 the
                 Park
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 drunk
                 a
                 Glass
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 red
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 stayed
                 about
                 two
                 hours
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 Room
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 conducted
                 to
                 the
                 Scaffold
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Window
                 of
                 the
                 Banqueting-house
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 made
                 a
                 Speech
                 ,
                 and
                 taken
                 off
                 his
                 George
                 ,
                 he
                 kneeled
                 down
                 at
                 the
                 Block
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Executioner
                 persormed
                 his
                 Office.
                 The
                 Body
                 
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 interred
                 at
                 Windsor
                 :
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lenox
                 ,
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Hertford
                 ,
                 the
                 Earls
                 of
                 Southampton
                 and
                 Lindsey
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 others
                 having
                 Leave
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 attended
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Grave
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Report
                 of
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 of
                 the
                 High
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 being
                 made
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 they
                 declared
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Persons
                 imployed
                 in
                 that
                 important
                 Service
                 had
                 discharged
                 their
                 Trust
                 with
                 Courage
                 and
                 Fidelity
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 well
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 Account
                 of
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 ,
                 ordering
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 engrossed
                 ,
                 and
                 recorded
                 amongst
                 the
                 Parliament-Rolls
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 transmit
                 the
                 Memory
                 thereof
                 to
                 Posterity
                 ;
                 and
                 resolved
                 that
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Seal
                 should
                 issue
                 a
                 Certiorari
                 to
                 their
                 Clerk
                 to
                 record
                 those
                 Proceedings
                 in
                 the
                 Chancery
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 should
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 Courts
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Custos
                   Rotulorum
                
                 of
                 each
                 County
                 .
                 Judg
                 Jenkins
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Stowel
                
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Persons
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 carried
                 themselves
                 very
                 insolently
                 ,
                 now
                 finding
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 earnest
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 better
                 Temper
                 .
                 Colonel
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 also
                 a
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 Newcastle
                 upon
                 Parole
                 ,
                 ran
                 away
                 to
                 Scotland
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 required
                 to
                 return
                 ,
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 his
                 Life
                 was
                 dearer
                 to
                 him
                 than
                 his
                 Honour
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Marmaduke
                   Langdale
                
                 made
                 his
                 escape
                 also
                 ;
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Lewis
                   Dives
                
                 through
                 a
                 House
                 of
                 Office
                 in
                 Whitehall
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Capel
                 got
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Tower
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 
                 discovered
                 by
                 a
                 Waterman
                 as
                 he
                 crossed
                 the
                 Thames
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 seized
                 in
                 a
                 House
                 at
                 Lambeth
                 .
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 also
                 escaped
                 out
                 of
                 Windsor-Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 to
                 Southwark
                 ;
                 where
                 knocking
                 at
                 the
                 Door
                 of
                 an
                 Inn
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 seized
                 by
                 a
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 who
                 knew
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 passing
                 by
                 that
                 way
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 he
                 was
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower.
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 becoming
                 now
                 the
                 Subject
                 of
                 the
                 Consideration
                 and
                 Debate
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 appeared
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 already
                 had
                 a
                 close
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 presuming
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 farther
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 those
                 Designs
                 he
                 had
                 resolved
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 not
                 meeting
                 in
                 their
                 House
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 adjourned
                 ,
                 much
                 facilitated
                 their
                 Removal
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Question
                 being
                 put
                 ,
                 Whether
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 should
                 take
                 Advice
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 in
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 the
                 Legislative
                 Power
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 carried
                 in
                 the
                 Negative
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 resolved
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Peers
                   was
                   useless
                   and
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   and
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   abolished
                
                 ;
                 and
                 an
                 Act
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 passed
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 they
                 proceeded
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Office
                   of
                   a
                   King
                   in
                   this
                   Nation
                   is
                   unnecessary
                   ,
                   burdensome
                   and
                   dangerous
                   to
                   the
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   Safety
                   ,
                   and
                   publick
                   Interest
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   abolioshed
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   will
                   settle
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   in
                   the
                   way
                   of
                   a
                   Commonwealth
                   .
                
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 ordered
                 a
                 Declaration
                 to
                 be
                 published
                 ,
                 whereby
                 it
                 was
                 declared
                 Treason
                 
                 for
                 any
                 Person
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 promote
                 
                   Charles
                   Stuart
                
                 to
                 be
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 single
                 Person
                 to
                 be
                 chief
                 Governour
                 thereof
                 :
                 They
                 also
                 ordered
                 the
                 Great
                 Seal
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Seals
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 King
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 defaced
                 ;
                 and
                 appointed
                 new
                 ones
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 Stamp
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 accompanied
                 with
                 this
                 Inscription
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Great
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   of
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   of
                
                 England
                 :
                 On
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 was
                 engraven
                 the
                 Cross
                 and
                 the
                 Harp
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 England
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 Inscription
                 ,
                 
                   God
                   with
                   us
                
                 :
                 Ordering
                 all
                 Writs
                 formerly
                 running
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Name
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 issued
                 out
                 
                   in
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   the
                   Keepers
                   of
                   the
                   Liberty
                   of
                
                 England
                 .
                 A
                 High
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
                 was
                 constituted
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 for
                 the
                 trying
                 of
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Capel
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Owen
                
                 .
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 pleaded
                 that
                 he
                 entred
                 into
                 England
                 as
                 an
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 being
                 of
                 another
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 born
                 before
                 the
                 Act
                 of
                 Union
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 tried
                 by
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 this
                 ;
                 besides
                 he
                 had
                 surrendred
                 himself
                 upon
                 Conditions
                 .
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 pleaded
                 Articles
                 also
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 did
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Owen
                
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 Allegation
                 appeared
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 no
                 weight
                 by
                 the
                 Testimony
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 Lords
                 Goring
                 and
                 Capel
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Evidence
                 of
                 Col.
                 Wayte
                 touching
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 ;
                 the
                 like
                 being
                 affirmed
                 by
                 other
                 Witnesses
                 against
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Owen
                
                 :
                 for
                 if
                 there
                 
                 had
                 been
                 any
                 Promise
                 made
                 to
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 either
                 implicitely
                 or
                 by
                 word
                 of
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 it
                 could
                 only
                 extend
                 to
                 protect
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Military
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 Civil
                 Sword
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Plea
                 for
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 born
                 before
                 the
                 two
                 Nations
                 were
                 united
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 answered
                 that
                 they
                 tried
                 him
                 not
                 as
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 Earl
                 of
                 Cambridg
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 Capacity
                 he
                 had
                 sate
                 as
                 a
                 Peer
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 a
                 Subject
                 thereof
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 upon
                 full
                 Evidence
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 sentenced
                 by
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 their
                 Heads
                 struck
                 off
                 for
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 in
                 levying
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 Earnest
                 Solicitations
                 and
                 Petitions
                 were
                 made
                 for
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 thought
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 reprieve
                 the
                 Duke
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Lord
                 Capel
                 .
                 Touching
                 the
                 Lord
                 Goring
                 the
                 House
                 was
                 equally
                 divided
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Speaker
                 having
                 upon
                 such
                 Occasions
                 the
                 determining
                 Voice
                 ,
                 gave
                 it
                 for
                 his
                 Reprieve
                 .
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 observing
                 no
                 Motion
                 consider
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Commoner
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 more
                 properly
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 tried
                 in
                 another
                 way
                 by
                 a
                 Jury
                 :
                 whereupon
                 the
                 House
                 reprieved
                 him
                 also
                 .
                 The
                 other
                 three
                 were
                 executed
                 a
                 day
                 or
                 two
                 after
                 in
                 the
                 New
                 Palace-Yard
                 before
                 Westminster-Hall
                 ,
                 in
                 pursuance
                 of
                 a
                 Warrant
                 signed
                 by
                 the
                 Court
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 refusing
                 to
                 hearken
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Denbigh
                 ,
                 who
                 proposed
                 on
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 his
                 Brother-in-law
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 
                 them
                 a
                 Blank
                 signed
                 by
                 the
                 said
                 Duke
                 ,
                 to
                 answer
                 faithfully
                 to
                 such
                 Questions
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 there
                 inserted
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 resolved
                 to
                 constitute
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 executive
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 authorized
                 five
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 to
                 agree
                 upon
                 the
                 Number
                 and
                 Persons
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 they
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 proposed
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 their
                 Approbation
                 .
                 The
                 five
                 impowered
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 were
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Lisle
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Cornelius
                   Holland
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Luke
                   Robinson
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Scot
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Me
                 ,
                 who
                 tho
                 sensible
                 of
                 my
                 Unfitness
                 for
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Envy
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 attended
                 with
                 ,
                 yet
                 being
                 required
                 by
                 my
                 Country
                 to
                 assist
                 in
                 this
                 Service
                 ,
                 I
                 resolved
                 to
                 use
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 my
                 Endeavours
                 therein
                 .
                 The
                 Number
                 agreed
                 upon
                 was
                 thirty
                 five
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 filled
                 up
                 with
                 such
                 Persons
                 as
                 we
                 thought
                 best
                 qualified
                 with
                 Integrity
                 and
                 Abilities
                 sutable
                 to
                 so
                 important
                 a
                 Station
                 .
                 Four
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 Lords
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 Commoners
                 .
                 The
                 House
                 agreed
                 to
                 our
                 Report
                 ,
                 only
                 they
                 were
                 pleased
                 to
                 add
                 us
                 five
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 proposed
                 by
                 us
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 being
                 desirous
                 to
                 exclude
                 from
                 their
                 Places
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 likely
                 to
                 undo
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 unwilling
                 to
                 lose
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 many
                 honest
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 during
                 the
                 late
                 Transactions
                 ,
                 passed
                 an
                 Order
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 Members
                 as
                 had
                 not
                 sate
                 since
                 the
                 Trial
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 admitted
                 to
                 fit
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 House
                 should
                 be
                 particularly
                 satisfied
                 
                 concerning
                 them
                 ;
                 appointing
                 the
                 former
                 five
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 three
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 receive
                 Satisfaction
                 touching
                 the
                 Affections
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 ,
                 of
                 every
                 Member
                 who
                 had
                 not
                 sate
                 since
                 the
                 time
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Reasons
                 of
                 his
                 Absence
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 Report
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 concerning
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 finding
                 his
                 Affairs
                 in
                 England
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 desperate
                 Condition
                 ,
                 concluded
                 an
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 granting
                 them
                 full
                 Indemnity
                 for
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 hitherto
                 acted
                 ,
                 and
                 encouraging
                 them
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 their
                 Cruelties
                 against
                 the
                 English
                 by
                 his
                 Commission
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 had
                 already
                 declared
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 joined
                 with
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 was
                 dispatched
                 to
                 Ireland
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 a
                 Pledg
                 that
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 would
                 follow
                 ,
                 his
                 Baggage
                 and
                 Horses
                 were
                 sent
                 thither
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 fearing
                 their
                 Clergy
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 permitted
                 long
                 to
                 insult
                 over
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 expressed
                 themselves
                 highly
                 dissatisfied
                 with
                 our
                 Proceedings
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 chose
                 rather
                 to
                 espouse
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 enjoy
                 the
                 Fruit
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 contended
                 for
                 against
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 publickly
                 declaring
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 obliged
                 by
                 the
                 Covenant
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 ,
                 which
                 Government
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 had
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 alter
                 .
                 We
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 satisfy
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 by
                 shewing
                 them
                 the
                 Reasons
                 of
                 our
                 late
                 Resolutions
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 
                 refusing
                 to
                 hear
                 them
                 ,
                 returned
                 home
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 Country
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 found
                 things
                 disposed
                 to
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 with
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 ,
                 upon
                 presumption
                 that
                 when
                 by
                 his
                 Assistance
                 they
                 had
                 destroyed
                 the
                 Sectarian
                 Party
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 called
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 govern
                 him
                 well
                 enough
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 supposing
                 he
                 had
                 an
                 easier
                 part
                 to
                 act
                 with
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 whose
                 Principles
                 were
                 more
                 sutable
                 to
                 his
                 Inclinations
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 hearken
                 to
                 them
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 Col.
                 
                   Edward
                   Popham
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Richard
                   Dean
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 
                   Robert
                   Blake
                
                 ,
                 were
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Fleet
                 ;
                 the
                 latter
                 being
                 designed
                 with
                 a
                 Squadron
                 to
                 cruise
                 upon
                 the
                 Irish
                 Coast
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 meet
                 and
                 fight
                 the
                 Ships
                 commanded
                 by
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 .
                 Col.
                 Popham
                 was
                 sent
                 towards
                 Lisbon
                 to
                 intercept
                 the
                 Portugal
                 Fleet
                 coming
                 home
                 from
                 their
                 Islands
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 had
                 protected
                 some
                 Ships
                 that
                 had
                 revolted
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 sheltred
                 them
                 from
                 our
                 Fleet
                 that
                 was
                 in
                 pursuit
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 offered
                 some
                 Affronts
                 to
                 our
                 Agent
                 Mr.
                 Vane
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 sent
                 thither
                 to
                 endeavour
                 a
                 right
                 Understanding
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Nations
                 .
                 General
                 Dean
                 with
                 another
                 Squadron
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 remain
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Channel
                 .
                 This
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 well
                 understanding
                 how
                 great
                 Reputation
                 a
                 considerable
                 Fleet
                 would
                 give
                 to
                 their
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 what
                 Importance
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 this
                 Nation
                 always
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 Seas
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 particularly
                 in
                 that
                 Conjuncture
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 much
                 inclining
                 to
                 preserve
                 a
                 
                 good
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 the
                 States
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 United
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 sent
                 Dr.
                 Dorislaus
                 into
                 Holland
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Agent
                 there
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 after
                 his
                 Arrival
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 was
                 assaulted
                 by
                 about
                 ten
                 Assassins
                 ,
                 English
                 and
                 Scots
                 ,
                 who
                 broke
                 into
                 his
                 Lodgings
                 and
                 murdered
                 him
                 :
                 and
                 tho
                 this
                 Action
                 was
                 so
                 infamous
                 ,
                 and
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 of
                 Nations
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 Dutch
                 were
                 not
                 very
                 forward
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 Criminals
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 bring
                 them
                 to
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Ascham
                 who
                 was
                 sent
                 into
                 Spain
                 with
                 a
                 Publick
                 Character
                 also
                 ,
                 was
                 used
                 in
                 the
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 by
                 three
                 Persons
                 coming
                 to
                 his
                 House
                 at
                 Madrid
                 ,
                 where
                 pretending
                 to
                 be
                 English
                 Merchants
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 admitted
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 he
                 saluted
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 was
                 struck
                 into
                 the
                 Head
                 by
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 Poniard
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 Secretary
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Escape
                 ,
                 was
                 killed
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Murderers
                 took
                 Sanctuary
                 in
                 a
                 Church
                 ;
                 but
                 by
                 an
                 Order
                 of
                 State
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 and
                 committed
                 to
                 Prison
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Church-men
                 loudly
                 complained
                 ,
                 after
                 their
                 usual
                 manner
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 injurious
                 violation
                 of
                 their
                 Immunities
                 .
                 The
                 Squadron
                 commanded
                 by
                 Col.
                 Blake
                 being
                 first
                 ready
                 ,
                 set
                 fail
                 for
                 the
                 Irish
                 Coast
                 ,
                 where
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 thinking
                 himself
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 fight
                 him
                 ,
                 retired
                 with
                 his
                 Ships
                 into
                 the
                 Harbour
                 of
                 Kingsale
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Protection
                 of
                 the
                 Fort.
                 Col.
                 Popham
                 was
                 next
                 dispatched
                 with
                 his
                 Squadron
                 for
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 employ
                 a
                 Brother
                 of
                 mine
                 as
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 that
                 Ship
                 ,
                 which
                 
                 was
                 commanded
                 by
                 himself
                 .
                 The
                 Spanish
                 Ambassador
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 that
                 made
                 application
                 to
                 us
                 from
                 any
                 Foreign
                 State.
                 But
                 the
                 Parliament
                 not
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 Address
                 of
                 his
                 Credentials
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 till
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 directed
                 
                   to
                   the
                   Parliament
                   of
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   of
                
                 England
                 :
                 declaring
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 affect
                 any
                 slattering
                 Titles
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 have
                 their
                 Authority
                 owned
                 by
                 all
                 these
                 who
                 made
                 their
                 Addresses
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 With
                 which
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Spain
                 being
                 made
                 acquainted
                 ,
                 the
                 Ambassador
                 received
                 Instructions
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 his
                 Master
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ,
                 and
                 framed
                 the
                 Direction
                 according
                 to
                 our
                 Desires
                 .
              
               
                 Our
                 Affairs
                 beginning
                 to
                 acquire
                 Reputation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 carry
                 a
                 fair
                 Probability
                 of
                 Success
                 ,
                 divers
                 Members
                 of
                 Parliament
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 absent
                 ,
                 addressed
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Committee
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 their
                 admission
                 to
                 sit
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 would
                 not
                 scruple
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 Satisfaction
                 that
                 was
                 desired
                 to
                 the
                 Questions
                 proposed
                 unto
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 were
                 ,
                 
                   Whether
                   they
                   joined
                   in
                   ,
                   or
                   approved
                   that
                   I'ote
                   ,
                   declaring
                   the
                   King's
                   Concessions
                   a
                   Ground
                   for
                   a
                   future
                   Settlement
                   ?
                   Whether
                   they
                   approved
                   of
                   the
                   Proceedings
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   ?
                   and
                   whether
                   they
                   would
                   engage
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   to
                   a
                   Commonwealth
                   Government
                   ?
                
                 But
                 we
                 apprehending
                 such
                 extraordinary
                 Expulsions
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 lately
                 used
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 extremely
                 hazardous
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Safety
                 ,
                 made
                 it
                 our
                 Endeavour
                 to
                 keep
                 those
                 from
                 a
                 Re-admission
                 ,
                 who
                 might
                 necessitate
                 
                 another
                 occasion
                 of
                 using
                 the
                 like
                 Remedy
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 ,
                 tho
                 all
                 possible
                 Satisfaction
                 were
                 given
                 in
                 Words
                 ,
                 we
                 did
                 ,
                 by
                 weighing
                 the
                 former
                 Deportment
                 of
                 every
                 particular
                 Member
                 who
                 presented
                 himself
                 ,
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 assured
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 true
                 to
                 what
                 they
                 promised
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 Interest
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 disputed
                 ,
                 before
                 we
                 would
                 report
                 their
                 Condition
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 .
                 Some
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 having
                 procured
                 themselves
                 to
                 be
                 chosen
                 by
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 sat
                 in
                 Parliament
                 upon
                 the
                 Foot
                 of
                 their
                 Election
                 :
                 in
                 which
                 Number
                 was
                 Philip
                 Earl
                 of
                 Pembroke
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 chosen
                 by
                 the
                 Freeholders
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Berks
                 ,
                 upon
                 his
                 admission
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 signed
                 the
                 Engagement
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Members
                 who
                 sat
                 there
                 had
                 done
                 ;
                 the
                 Contents
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 
                   To
                   be
                   true
                   and
                   faithful
                   to
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   was
                   established
                   without
                   a
                   King
                   or
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   .
                
                 The
                 same
                 Engagement
                 was
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Salisbury
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                   Edward
                   Howard
                
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 took
                 their
                 Places
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 elected
                 to
                 serve
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 we
                 were
                 thus
                 providing
                 for
                 our
                 Security
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 our
                 Affairs
                 in
                 Ireland
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 same
                 Success
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 having
                 reconciled
                 the
                 English
                 in
                 Munster
                 to
                 the
                 Supreme
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 the
                 Scots
                 also
                 in
                 the
                 North
                 falling
                 in
                 with
                 them
                 against
                 us
                 :
                 with
                 whom
                 some
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 those
                 Parts
                 joined
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 had
                 engaged
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 
                 contrary
                 .
                 Yet
                 one
                 thing
                 happened
                 tending
                 very
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 few
                 Places
                 that
                 were
                 kept
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Owen
                   Roe
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 who
                 was
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Old
                 Irish
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 termed
                 ,
                 could
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 a
                 Conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 English.
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 being
                 besieged
                 in
                 London-derry
                 ,
                 agreed
                 to
                 supply
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 with
                 Powder
                 ,
                 upon
                 their
                 engaging
                 to
                 furnish
                 him
                 with
                 such
                 Provisions
                 as
                 he
                 wanted
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 performed
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 who
                 was
                 besieging
                 Dundalk
                 promised
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 for
                 Colonel
                 Monk
                 ,
                 who
                 then
                 commanded
                 in
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Conditions
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 performed
                 on
                 
                 Monk's
                 part
                 ;
                 but
                 as
                 his
                 Men
                 were
                 carrying
                 off
                 the
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 fallen
                 upon
                 by
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 
                 Inchequin's
                 Horse
                 ,
                 the
                 Ammunition
                 taken
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 killed
                 .
                 The
                 Scots
                 drawing
                 about
                 Dundalk
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Garison
                 revolted
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 Monk
                 delivered
                 up
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 upon
                 condition
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 return
                 into
                 England
                 :
                 where
                 being
                 arrived
                 ,
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 cold
                 Reception
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 upon
                 suggestion
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 corresponded
                 with
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebels
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 an
                 Agent
                 from
                 
                   Owen
                   Roe
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 came
                 privately
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 out
                 a
                 way
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 thought
                 sit
                 a
                 grant
                 him
                 a
                 safe
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 make
                 some
                 Propositions
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 
                 would
                 be
                 for
                 their
                 Service
                 .
                 The
                 Council
                 ,
                 to
                 avoid
                 any
                 Misconstruction
                 of
                 their
                 Actions
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 hear
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 was
                 one
                 ,
                 ordering
                 us
                 to
                 report
                 to
                 them
                 what
                 he
                 should
                 propose
                 .
                 His
                 Proposition
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Party
                 commanded
                 by
                 
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 should
                 submit
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 act
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 might
                 obtain
                 Indemnity
                 for
                 what
                 was
                 passed
                 ,
                 and
                 Assurance
                 of
                 the
                 Enjoyment
                 of
                 their
                 Religion
                 and
                 Estates
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 .
                 We
                 asked
                 him
                 why
                 they
                 made
                 application
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 refused
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 in
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ?
                 He
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 broken
                 his
                 Word
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 tho
                 they
                 had
                 deserved
                 well
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 them
                 many
                 fair
                 Promises
                 ,
                 yet
                 when
                 he
                 could
                 make
                 better
                 Terms
                 with
                 any
                 other
                 Party
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 always
                 ready
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 them
                 .
                 We
                 asked
                 him
                 farther
                 ,
                 Why
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 made
                 their
                 Application
                 sooner
                 ?
                 he
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 because
                 such
                 Men
                 had
                 been
                 possessed
                 of
                 the
                 Power
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 sworn
                 their
                 Extirpation
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 now
                 it
                 was
                 believed
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 those
                 in
                 Authority
                 to
                 grant
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
                 ;
                 promising
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 such
                 Liberty
                 might
                 be
                 extended
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 as
                 zealous
                 for
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 as
                 any
                 other
                 Party
                 ,
                 instancing
                 in
                 many
                 Countries
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 .
                 We
                 informed
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 our
                 Opinion
                 that
                 the
                 Council
                 would
                 not
                 promise
                 Indemnity
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 Party
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 esteemed
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 
                 the
                 principal
                 Actors
                 in
                 the
                 bloody
                 Massacre
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 :
                 Neither
                 did
                 we
                 think
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 grant
                 them
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 their
                 Religion
                 ,
                 believing
                 it
                 might
                 prove
                 dangerous
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Peace
                 .
                 The
                 Council
                 upon
                 our
                 Report
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 at
                 the
                 Conference
                 ,
                 concurred
                 with
                 our
                 Opinion
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 having
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 the
                 Agent
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 required
                 to
                 depart
                 within
                 a
                 limited
                 time
                 .
                 The
                 Farl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 General
                 Preston
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 beginning
                 to
                 draw
                 their
                 Forces
                 towards
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 resolved
                 first
                 to
                 reduce
                 Tredah
                 :
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 Col.
                 Worden
                 thither
                 with
                 a
                 strong
                 Detachment
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 who
                 attempting
                 to
                 take
                 it
                 by
                 Assault
                 ,
                 entred
                 with
                 most
                 of
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 beat
                 out
                 again
                 by
                 an
                 inconsiderable
                 Number
                 of
                 ours
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 which
                 the
                 Garison
                 wanting
                 Men
                 to
                 desend
                 their
                 Works
                 ,
                 their
                 Provisions
                 also
                 being
                 almost
                 consumed
                 ,
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 capitulate
                 ,
                 and
                 surrender
                 upon
                 condition
                 that
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 should
                 have
                 liberty
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 Duklin
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 enjoy
                 Protection
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 Dundalk
                 and
                 Tredagh
                 being
                 surrendred
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 Dublin
                 threatned
                 with
                 a
                 speedy
                 Siege
                 by
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Royalists
                 and
                 Irish
                 ,
                 combined
                 together
                 for
                 the
                 destruction
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 taking
                 into
                 their
                 serious
                 Consideration
                 the
                 deplorable
                 State
                 of
                 their
                 distressed
                 Friends
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 send
                 them
                 Relief
                 with
                 all
                 Expedition
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Enemy
                 
                 marched
                 towards
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 having
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 before
                 to
                 invest
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 prevent
                 any
                 Relief
                 from
                 Meath-side
                 ;
                 upon
                 whose
                 Approach
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Forces
                 he
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 retire
                 to
                 Jones
                 .
                 A
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 from
                 the
                 Town
                 made
                 a
                 Sally
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 repulsed
                 with
                 some
                 Loss
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 reinforced
                 from
                 England
                 by
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 commanded
                 by
                 Col.
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 being
                 also
                 come
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 upon
                 a
                 vigorous
                 Defence
                 .
                 Immediately
                 after
                 the
                 landing
                 of
                 these
                 Supplies
                 ,
                 Dublin
                 was
                 formally
                 besieged
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 great
                 Army
                 provided
                 with
                 all
                 Necessaries
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 of
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 by
                 the
                 Country
                 with
                 Provisions
                 in
                 great
                 abundance
                 ,
                 their
                 Head-quarters
                 being
                 at
                 Rathmims
                 ,
                 a
                 Mile
                 from
                 Dublin
                 towards
                 Wicklom
                 .
                 They
                 took
                 Rathfarnham
                 by
                 storm
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 fifteen
                 hundred
                 Men
                 to
                 fortify
                 Baggatrath
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 hinder
                 our
                 Army
                 from
                 landing
                 at
                 Ringsend
                 ,
                 being
                 within
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 Mile
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 lying
                 triangular
                 with
                 it
                 and
                 
                   Dublin
                   .
                   Baggatrath
                
                 had
                 a
                 Rampart
                 of
                 Earth
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 wrought
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 augment
                 its
                 Strength
                 ,
                 a
                 whole
                 Night
                 before
                 they
                 were
                 discovered
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 perceiving
                 their
                 Design
                 ,
                 concluded
                 it
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 remove
                 them
                 from
                 thence
                 before
                 their
                 Works
                 were
                 finished
                 .
                 To
                 that
                 end
                 he
                 drew
                 all
                 his
                 Forces
                 both
                 Horse
                 
                 and
                 Foot
                 to
                 the
                 Works
                 that
                 faced
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 and
                 leaving
                 as
                 many
                 as
                 he
                 thought
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 sallied
                 out
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 being
                 between
                 four
                 and
                 five
                 thousand
                 ,
                 and
                 falling
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 beat
                 them
                 from
                 their
                 Works
                 ,
                 killing
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Vaughan
                
                 who
                 commanded
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 that
                 were
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 closely
                 pursuing
                 the
                 rest
                 who
                 fled
                 towards
                 their
                 main
                 Army
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 thought
                 fit
                 at
                 last
                 to
                 throw
                 down
                 his
                 Cards
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 before
                 refused
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 in
                 contempt
                 of
                 our
                 Forces
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 his
                 Royal
                 Army
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 called
                 ,
                 retreated
                 in
                 great
                 Disorder
                 towards
                 Rathmims
                 :
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 pursued
                 him
                 close
                 ,
                 finding
                 little
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 except
                 from
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Inchequin's
                 Horse
                 that
                 had
                 formerly
                 served
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 defended
                 a
                 Pass
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 were
                 after
                 some
                 Dispute
                 broken
                 and
                 forced
                 to
                 fly
                 .
                 Having
                 routed
                 these
                 ,
                 he
                 marched
                 with
                 all
                 Diligence
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Walls
                 of
                 Rathmims
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 about
                 sixteen
                 Foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 contained
                 about
                 ten
                 Acres
                 of
                 Ground
                 ,
                 where
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Foot
                 had
                 shut
                 up
                 themselves
                 ;
                 but
                 perceiving
                 their
                 Army
                 to
                 be
                 entirely
                 routed
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 General
                 fled
                 ,
                 they
                 yielded
                 themselves
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 our
                 Men
                 continuing
                 their
                 Pursuit
                 ,
                 found
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Inchequin's
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Grove
                 belonging
                 to
                 Rathgar
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 some
                 Defence
                 obtained
                 Conditions
                 for
                 their
                 Lives
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 took
                 up
                 Arms
                 in
                 our
                 Service
                 .
                 This
                 Success
                 was
                 the
                 
                 more
                 remarkable
                 ,
                 because
                 unexpected
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 our
                 handful
                 of
                 Men
                 being
                 led
                 step
                 by
                 step
                 to
                 an
                 absolute
                 Victory
                 ,
                 whereas
                 their
                 utmost
                 Design
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Action
                 was
                 only
                 to
                 beat
                 the
                 Enemy
                 from
                 Baggatrath
                 :
                 and
                 so
                 surprizing
                 to
                 our
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 time
                 to
                 carry
                 off
                 their
                 Money
                 ,
                 which
                 lay
                 at
                 Rathfarnham
                 for
                 the
                 paying
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 ,
                 where
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 seized
                 four
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 very
                 seasonably
                 for
                 the
                 paiment
                 of
                 his
                 Men.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 an
                 Army
                 ready
                 to
                 send
                 to
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 a
                 sormidable
                 Fleet
                 to
                 put
                 to
                 Sea
                 ,
                 another
                 Army
                 to
                 keep
                 at
                 home
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 Defence
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 considerable
                 Force
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 North
                 against
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 declared
                 themselves
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 waited
                 only
                 an
                 Opportunity
                 of
                 shewing
                 it
                 with
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 thought
                 themselves
                 obliged
                 to
                 expose
                 to
                 sale
                 such
                 Lands
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 formerly
                 possessed
                 by
                 Deans
                 and
                 Chapters
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 enabled
                 thereby
                 to
                 desray
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 that
                 great
                 Charge
                 that
                 lay
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 authorized
                 Trustees
                 to
                 sell
                 the
                 said
                 Lands
                 ,
                 provided
                 they
                 could
                 do
                 it
                 at
                 ten
                 Years
                 Purchase
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 ;
                 but
                 such
                 was
                 the
                 good
                 Opinion
                 that
                 the
                 People
                 had
                 conceived
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 those
                 Lands
                 were
                 sold
                 at
                 the
                 clear
                 Income
                 of
                 fifteen
                 ,
                 sixteen
                 ,
                 and
                 seventeen
                 Years
                 ;
                 one
                 half
                 of
                 the
                 Sums
                 contracted
                 for
                 being
                 paid
                 down
                 in
                 ready
                 Money
                 :
                 besides
                 which
                 the
                 Woods
                 were
                 valued
                 distinctly
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 paid
                 for
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Valuation
                 .
                 
                 All
                 Impropriations
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Deans
                 and
                 Chapters
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 Possession
                 or
                 Reversion
                 ,
                 were
                 reserved
                 from
                 sale
                 to
                 enlarge
                 the
                 Maintenance
                 of
                 poor
                 Ministers
                 .
                 Yet
                 this
                 was
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 restrain
                 that
                 Generation
                 of
                 Men
                 from
                 inveighing
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 conspiring
                 with
                 their
                 Enemies
                 both
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 ,
                 to
                 weaken
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 possible
                 to
                 render
                 them
                 unable
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 .
                 The
                 Fee-farm
                 Rents
                 formerly
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 were
                 also
                 sold
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 such
                 was
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 that
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 this
                 the
                 Parliament
                 found
                 themselves
                 obliged
                 to
                 lay
                 a
                 Tax
                 of
                 a
                 hundred
                 and
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 a
                 Month
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 which
                 Burden
                 they
                 bore
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 without
                 regret
                 ,
                 being
                 convinced
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 wholly
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 Use
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 because
                 those
                 who
                 imposed
                 it
                 paid
                 an
                 equal
                 Proportion
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 The
                 Crown-Lands
                 were
                 assigned
                 to
                 pay
                 the
                 Arrears
                 of
                 those
                 Souldiers
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 Arms
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 1647.
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 by
                 the
                 Influence
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 that
                 was
                 in
                 present
                 Service
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 made
                 Provision
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 neglected
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 appeared
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 endured
                 the
                 Heat
                 and
                 Burden
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Month
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 1649
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 embarked
                 and
                 set
                 sail
                 for
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 with
                 one
                 part
                 of
                 them
                 designing
                 
                 for
                 Munster
                 ,
                 and
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 being
                 appointed
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 for
                 Dublin
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 Wind
                 blowing
                 a
                 strong
                 Gale
                 from
                 the
                 South
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 both
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 Bay
                 of
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 received
                 with
                 great
                 Joy
                 :
                 for
                 tho
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Army
                 had
                 been
                 beaten
                 from
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 with
                 the
                 small
                 Forces
                 he
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 had
                 made
                 the
                 best
                 Improvement
                 he
                 could
                 of
                 that
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 by
                 reducing
                 some
                 Garisons
                 that
                 lay
                 nearest
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Enemies
                 were
                 still
                 in
                 possession
                 of
                 nine
                 Parts
                 in
                 ten
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 fortified
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 Places
                 therein
                 .
                 After
                 our
                 Army
                 had
                 refreshed
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 joined
                 by
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 Col.
                 Jones
                 ,
                 they
                 mustered
                 in
                 all
                 between
                 sixteen
                 and
                 seventeen
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot.
                 Upon
                 their
                 Arrival
                 the
                 Enemies
                 withdrew
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 most
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 into
                 their
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 having
                 placed
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 thousand
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 ,
                 being
                 most
                 English
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Tredah
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Ashton
                
                 Governour
                 thereof
                 .
                 A
                 Resolution
                 being
                 taken
                 to
                 besiege
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 our
                 Army
                 sat
                 down
                 before
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 caused
                 a
                 Battery
                 to
                 be
                 erected
                 against
                 an
                 Angle
                 of
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 near
                 to
                 a
                 Fort
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 within
                 ,
                 called
                 the
                 Windmill-Fort
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 Breach
                 in
                 the
                 Wall
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 a
                 Half-moon
                 on
                 the
                 Out-side
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 designed
                 to
                 flank
                 the
                 Angle
                 of
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 possess
                 himself
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 
                 did
                 by
                 storm
                 ,
                 putting
                 most
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Sword.
                 The
                 Enemy
                 defended
                 the
                 Breach
                 against
                 ours
                 from
                 behind
                 an
                 Earth-work
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 cast
                 up
                 within
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 they
                 had
                 drawn
                 up
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 within
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Encouragement
                 and
                 Support
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 :
                 The
                 Fort
                 also
                 was
                 not
                 unserviceable
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 defence
                 of
                 the
                 Breach
                 .
                 The
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 well
                 knowing
                 the
                 Importance
                 of
                 this
                 Action
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 put
                 all
                 upon
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 commanded
                 some
                 Guns
                 to
                 be
                 loaded
                 with
                 Bullets
                 of
                 half
                 a
                 Pound
                 ,
                 and
                 fired
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 drawn
                 up
                 somewhat
                 in
                 view
                 ;
                 himself
                 with
                 a
                 Reserve
                 of
                 Foot
                 marched
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Breach
                 ,
                 which
                 giving
                 fresh
                 Courage
                 to
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 they
                 made
                 a
                 second
                 Attack
                 with
                 more
                 Vigour
                 than
                 before
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Foot
                 being
                 abandoned
                 by
                 their
                 Horse
                 ,
                 whom
                 our
                 Shot
                 had
                 forced
                 to
                 retire
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 break
                 and
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 ;
                 which
                 ours
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 followed
                 them
                 so
                 close
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 overtook
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 Bridg
                 that
                 lay
                 cross
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 separated
                 that
                 part
                 where
                 the
                 Action
                 was
                 from
                 the
                 principal
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ;
                 and
                 preventing
                 them
                 from
                 drawing
                 up
                 the
                 Bridg
                 ,
                 entred
                 pell-mell
                 with
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 put
                 all
                 they
                 met
                 with
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 having
                 positive
                 Orders
                 from
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 to
                 give
                 no
                 quarter
                 to
                 any
                 Souldier
                 .
                 Their
                 Works
                 and
                 Fort
                 were
                 also
                 stormed
                 and
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 defended
                 them
                 
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 also
                 ,
                 and
                 amongst
                 them
                 Sir
                 
                   Arthur
                   Ashton
                
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 A
                 great
                 Dispute
                 there
                 was
                 amongst
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 for
                 his
                 Artificial
                 Leg
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 reported
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 proved
                 to
                 be
                 but
                 of
                 Wood
                 ,
                 his
                 Girdle
                 being
                 found
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 better
                 Booty
                 ,
                 wherein
                 two
                 hundred
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Gold
                 were
                 found
                 quilted
                 .
                 The
                 Slaughter
                 was
                 continued
                 all
                 that
                 day
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 ;
                 which
                 extraordinary
                 Severity
                 I
                 presume
                 was
                 used
                 ,
                 to
                 discourage
                 others
                 from
                 making
                 Opposition
                 .
                 After
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 besieged
                 Wexford
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 erected
                 a
                 Battery
                 against
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 which
                 stood
                 near
                 the
                 Wall
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 fired
                 from
                 it
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 whereby
                 a
                 small
                 Breach
                 was
                 made
                 ;
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 sent
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 from
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 treat
                 about
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 our
                 Guns
                 continued
                 firing
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 no
                 Cessation
                 agreed
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 Breach
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 being
                 made
                 wider
                 ,
                 the
                 Guard
                 that
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 quitted
                 their
                 Post
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 entred
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 their
                 Colours
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 observed
                 ,
                 left
                 their
                 Stations
                 in
                 all
                 parts
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 ours
                 getting
                 over
                 the
                 Walls
                 ,
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 without
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 and
                 opened
                 the
                 Gates
                 that
                 the
                 Horse
                 might
                 enter
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 could
                 do
                 but
                 little
                 Service
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Streets
                 being
                 barred
                 with
                 Cables
                 :
                 But
                 our
                 Foot
                 pressed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 so
                 close
                 ,
                 that
                 crowding
                 to
                 escape
                 over
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 they
                 so
                 over-loaded
                 
                 the
                 Boats
                 with
                 their
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 drowned
                 .
                 Great
                 Riches
                 were
                 taken
                 in
                 this
                 Town
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 accounted
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 a
                 Place
                 of
                 Strength
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 Ships
                 were
                 seized
                 in
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 much
                 interrupted
                 the
                 Commerce
                 of
                 that
                 Coast.
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 Goods
                 that
                 were
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 improved
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 Advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 .
                 After
                 these
                 Successes
                 the
                 Army
                 grew
                 sickly
                 ,
                 many
                 dying
                 of
                 the
                 Flux
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 contracted
                 by
                 hard
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 Provisions
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 accustomed
                 to
                 .
                 The
                 Plague
                 also
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 amongst
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Irish
                 Army
                 ,
                 now
                 began
                 to
                 seize
                 upon
                 ours
                 .
                 Of
                 one
                 or
                 both
                 these
                 Distempers
                 Col.
                 
                   Michael
                   Jones
                
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 his
                 Courage
                 and
                 Conduct
                 in
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
                 had
                 justly
                 deserved
                 the
                 Applause
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 been
                 lately
                 made
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 feel
                 so
                 desperately
                 sick
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 no
                 longer
                 able
                 to
                 continue
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 carried
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 Reluctancy
                 ,
                 to
                 Wexford
                 ,
                 where
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 he
                 died
                 ,
                 much
                 lamented
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 all
                 that
                 desired
                 the
                 Prosperity
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Parliament
                 was
                 careful
                 to
                 send
                 Money
                 ,
                 Recruits
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Supplies
                 necessary
                 to
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 better
                 enabled
                 to
                 do
                 by
                 those
                 
                 great
                 Sums
                 of
                 Money
                 daily
                 brought
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 Purchasers
                 of
                 the
                 Lands
                 of
                 Deans
                 and
                 Chapters
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 thought
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 Reasons
                 before-mentioned
                 to
                 expose
                 to
                 sale
                 ;
                 which
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 an
                 Advantage
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 by
                 easing
                 them
                 of
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 Contributions
                 ,
                 so
                 was
                 it
                 no
                 Detriment
                 to
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 Purchasers
                 who
                 were
                 heartily
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ;
                 since
                 if
                 the
                 Tide
                 should
                 turn
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Enemies
                 become
                 prevalent
                 ,
                 such
                 Persons
                 were
                 likely
                 to
                 have
                 no
                 better
                 Security
                 for
                 the
                 Enjoyment
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Paternal
                 Estates
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Consideration
                 I
                 contracted
                 with
                 the
                 Trustees
                 commissionated
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Mannors
                 of
                 Eastknoel
                 and
                 Vpton
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Wilts
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 employed
                 that
                 Portion
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 received
                 with
                 my
                 Wife
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 greater
                 Sum
                 arising
                 from
                 the
                 Sale
                 of
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 my
                 Patrimonial
                 Estate
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Winter
                 approaching
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Season
                 being
                 very
                 tempestuous
                 ,
                 General
                 Blake
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 with
                 the
                 Ships
                 that
                 were
                 with
                 him
                 having
                 an
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 escape
                 ,
                 set
                 sail
                 for
                 Lisbon
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 received
                 and
                 protected
                 ;
                 but
                 General
                 Popham
                 who
                 had
                 waited
                 some
                 time
                 for
                 the
                 Portugal
                 Fleet
                 bound
                 thither
                 from
                 the
                 Islands
                 ,
                 took
                 eighteen
                 of
                 them
                 loaden
                 with
                 Sugars
                 and
                 other
                 valuable
                 Merchandizes
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 England
                 under
                 a
                 Convoy
                 ,
                 entrusting
                 the
                 Conduct
                 thereof
                 to
                 my
                 Brother
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 before
                 ,
                 was
                 his
                 Lieutenant
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 died
                 in
                 his
                 Voyage
                 homewards
                 .
                 With
                 the
                 rest
                 he
                 continued
                 cruizing
                 on
                 the
                 Coast
                 of
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 attending
                 Prince
                 
                 Rupert's
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 drawn
                 up
                 under
                 the
                 Protection
                 of
                 their
                 Guns
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 on
                 shore
                 ,
                 ours
                 took
                 that
                 occasion
                 to
                 seize
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Frigats
                 ,
                 by
                 surprizing
                 the
                 Watch
                 ,
                 and
                 keeping
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 under
                 Deck
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 they
                 brought
                 her
                 off
                 safe
                 to
                 the
                 Fleet.
                 
              
               
                 Our
                 Army
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 tho
                 much
                 diminished
                 by
                 Sickness
                 and
                 harassed
                 by
                 hard
                 Duty
                 ,
                 continued
                 their
                 Resolution
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 reduced
                 Rosse
                 with
                 little
                 Opposition
                 :
                 Goran
                 also
                 was
                 surrendred
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 upon
                 promise
                 of
                 Quarter
                 for
                 themselves
                 ;
                 their
                 Officers
                 being
                 delivered
                 at
                 Discretion
                 ,
                 were
                 shot
                 to
                 death
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Town
                 they
                 besieged
                 was
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 strong
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Walls
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 were
                 indifferent
                 good
                 :
                 Having
                 erected
                 a
                 Battery
                 on
                 the
                 East-side
                 of
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 our
                 Artillery
                 fired
                 upon
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 whole
                 Day
                 without
                 making
                 any
                 considerable
                 Breach
                 ;
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 our
                 Men
                 were
                 much
                 annoyed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemies
                 shot
                 from
                 the
                 Walls
                 and
                 Castle
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Garison
                 being
                 admonished
                 by
                 the
                 Examples
                 made
                 of
                 their
                 Friends
                 at
                 Tredah
                 and
                 Wexford
                 ,
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 surrender
                 the
                 Town
                 timely
                 ,
                 upon
                 such
                 Conditions
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 obtain
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 accordingly
                 .
                 
                   Youghall
                   ,
                   Cork
                
                 and
                 Kinsale
                 were
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Parliament
                 by
                 the
                 Contrivance
                 and
                 Diligence
                 of
                 some
                 Officers
                 and
                 well-affected
                 Persons
                 in
                 those
                 Places
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 sent
                 a
                 Detachment
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 to
                 their
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 any
                 thing
                 should
                 be
                 attempted
                 by
                 Inchequin
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 Disturbance
                 ;
                 whilst
                 he
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 marched
                 towards
                 Clonmel
                 .
                 Being
                 upon
                 his
                 March
                 thither
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 met
                 by
                 the
                 Corporation
                 of
                 Feather
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Tender
                 of
                 their
                 Submission
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 was
                 so
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 the
                 Army
                 being
                 far
                 advanced
                 into
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 no
                 place
                 of
                 Refreshment
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 promised
                 to
                 maintain
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Enjoyment
                 of
                 their
                 Privileges
                 .
                 Having
                 left
                 our
                 sick
                 Men
                 here
                 ,
                 he
                 marched
                 and
                 sat
                 down
                 before
                 Clonmel
                 ,
                 one
                 side
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 secured
                 by
                 a
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 encompassed
                 with
                 a
                 Wall
                 that
                 was
                 well
                 furnished
                 with
                 Men
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 .
                 Our
                 Guns
                 having
                 made
                 a
                 Breach
                 in
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 a
                 Detachment
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 storm
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Enemy
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 some
                 Houses
                 that
                 stood
                 near
                 ,
                 and
                 Earth-works
                 cast
                 up
                 within
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 made
                 good
                 their
                 Breach
                 till
                 Night
                 parted
                 the
                 Dispute
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Enemy
                 perceiving
                 ours
                 resolved
                 to
                 reduce
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 beat
                 a
                 Parley
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 out
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 .
                 Articles
                 were
                 agreed
                 and
                 signed
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 whereby
                 it
                 was
                 concluded
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Town
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Arms
                 and
                 ammunition
                 therein
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 delivered
                 up
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 
                 to
                 such
                 of
                 our
                 Forces
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 appointed
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 Agreement
                 was
                 made
                 and
                 signed
                 ,
                 the
                 General
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 Col.
                 
                   Hugh
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 had
                 marched
                 out
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 towards
                 Waterford
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 came
                 out
                 to
                 treat
                 .
                 It
                 something
                 troubled
                 the
                 Commanders
                 to
                 be
                 thus
                 over-reach'd
                 ;
                 but
                 Conditions
                 being
                 granted
                 ,
                 they
                 thought
                 it
                 their
                 Duty
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 Dungarvan
                 and
                 Carrick
                 were
                 next
                 reduced
                 ,
                 where
                 Col.
                 Reynolds
                 being
                 left
                 with
                 his
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 marched
                 towards
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Waterford
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 having
                 observed
                 ours
                 marching
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 took
                 that
                 Advantage
                 to
                 draw
                 together
                 a
                 considerable
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 marched
                 with
                 all
                 diligence
                 to
                 Carrick
                 ,
                 and
                 stormed
                 it
                 ,
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 doubting
                 to
                 carry
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 wherein
                 there
                 was
                 nothing
                 but
                 Horse
                 ,
                 armed
                 only
                 with
                 Swords
                 and
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 to
                 defend
                 a
                 Wall
                 of
                 great
                 compass
                 .
                 Yet
                 did
                 our
                 Men
                 manage
                 their
                 Defence
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 making
                 use
                 of
                 Stones
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 might
                 be
                 serviceable
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 beaten
                 off
                 with
                 loss
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 tho
                 Forces
                 were
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 relieve
                 their
                 Friends
                 upon
                 the
                 first
                 notice
                 of
                 their
                 Danger
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 found
                 the
                 Work
                 done
                 at
                 their
                 Arrival
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Army
                 began
                 now
                 to
                 prepare
                 for
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Waterford
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 hard
                 Service
                 of
                 
                 this
                 Winter
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Accidents
                 ,
                 being
                 much
                 diminished
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 remained
                 being
                 but
                 in
                 a
                 sickly
                 Condition
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 send
                 Orders
                 to
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 requiring
                 the
                 Forces
                 there
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 better
                 Health
                 to
                 march
                 towards
                 Wexford
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 reinforce
                 the
                 Army
                 before
                 Waterford
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 notice
                 of
                 their
                 March
                 ,
                 having
                 formed
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 two
                 thousand
                 five
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Foot
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 between
                 Arclo
                 and
                 Wexford
                 ,
                 our
                 Forces
                 not
                 amounting
                 to
                 more
                 than
                 fifteen
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 five
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 .
                 The
                 Enemies
                 charged
                 our
                 Horse
                 with
                 such
                 Fury
                 and
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 retreat
                 to
                 their
                 Foot
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 falling
                 upon
                 our
                 Foot
                 ,
                 they
                 obliged
                 them
                 to
                 retire
                 to
                 the
                 Rocks
                 that
                 were
                 on
                 the
                 Shore
                 in
                 great
                 Disorder
                 :
                 but
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 our
                 Foot
                 ,
                 rallying
                 again
                 ,
                 charged
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 their
                 Horse
                 with
                 such
                 Vigour
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 broke
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 killed
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 amongst
                 whom
                 were
                 divers
                 considerable
                 Persons
                 ;
                 which
                 so
                 discouraged
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 choicest
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 ours
                 so
                 distempered
                 with
                 the
                 Flux
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 fight
                 with
                 their
                 Breeches
                 down
                 ,
                 yet
                 durst
                 they
                 not
                 make
                 any
                 farther
                 Attempt
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 drew
                 off
                 and
                 permitted
                 ours
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 their
                 designed
                 Rendezvouz
                 without
                 any
                 more
                 Interruption
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 it
                 eminently
                 appeared
                 of
                 what
                 Importance
                 it
                 is
                 towards
                 the
                 obtaining
                 Success
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 fight
                 in
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 our
                 Country
                 ;
                 for
                 these
                 very
                 Men
                 ,
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 engaged
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 performed
                 Wonders
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ;
                 and
                 now
                 being
                 engaged
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 were
                 almost
                 as
                 easily
                 overcome
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 beaten
                 the
                 Irish
                 before
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 was
                 so
                 visible
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 themselves
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 time
                 after
                 at
                 a
                 Consultation
                 of
                 the
                 Chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 Leinster
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 was
                 debated
                 what
                 Course
                 to
                 take
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 destroy
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 some
                 advising
                 to
                 draw
                 into
                 a
                 Body
                 and
                 fight
                 us
                 ,
                 others
                 to
                 betake
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Woods
                 and
                 Bogs
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 break
                 our
                 Forces
                 by
                 Parties
                 ;
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 Glanmaleiro
                 assured
                 them
                 of
                 a
                 way
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 taken
                 ,
                 would
                 certainly
                 effect
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 induce
                 us
                 to
                 make
                 Peace
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 successful
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Men
                 are
                 dispirited
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 likely
                 to
                 get
                 any
                 thing
                 by
                 fighting
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 weary
                 them
                 out
                 by
                 our
                 Surprizes
                 and
                 Depredations
                 is
                 impossible
                 ,
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 the
                 way
                 from
                 England
                 is
                 open
                 for
                 their
                 Supplies
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 other
                 way
                 proposed
                 will
                 infallibly
                 ruin
                 them
                 :
                 for
                 did
                 not
                 our
                 Ancestors
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 means
                 render
                 the
                 Conquests
                 of
                 Queen
                 Elizabeth
                 fruitless
                 to
                 England
                 ?
                 and
                 have
                 we
                 not
                 thereby
                 ruined
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 and
                 Inchequin
                 already
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 been
                 always
                 successful
                 when
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 famous
                 for
                 nothing
                 since
                 their
                 Conjunction
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Losses
                 and
                 Repulses
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 sustained
                 ?
                 so
                 that
                 if
                 we
                 can
                 perswade
                 this
                 Army
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Truce
                 or
                 League
                 
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 become
                 as
                 unfortunate
                 as
                 the
                 fornier
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 was
                 making
                 Preparations
                 for
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Waterford
                 ,
                 a
                 Letter
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 requiring
                 his
                 Attendance
                 in
                 England
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 left
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 with
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 remaining
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Work
                 ;
                 going
                 himself
                 to
                 visit
                 those
                 Places
                 in
                 Munster
                 which
                 had
                 lately
                 submitted
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 with
                 intention
                 to
                 settle
                 the
                 Civil
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Military
                 Affairs
                 of
                 that
                 Province
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 he
                 impowered
                 
                   John
                   Coke
                
                 
                   Esq
                
                 to
                 be
                 Chief
                 Justice
                 of
                 Munster
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 accomplished
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 he
                 designed
                 ,
                 embarked
                 for
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 landed
                 at
                 Bristol
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Treaty
                 between
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 and
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 in
                 Scotland
                 hastening
                 towards
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 ,
                 the
                 Forces
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 raised
                 by
                 the
                 Encouragement
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 rescued
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Hamiltonian
                 Party
                 ,
                 fell
                 upon
                 Montrose
                 ,
                 killed
                 many
                 of
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 him
                 with
                 divers
                 other
                 Officers
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 amongst
                 them
                 Major
                 General
                 Hurry
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Spotiswood
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 said
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 Assassination
                 of
                 Dr.
                 Dorislaus
                 our
                 Agent
                 in
                 Holland
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 all
                 three
                 condemned
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 hanged
                 ;
                 Montrose
                 being
                 carried
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 Execution
                 in
                 an
                 ignominious
                 manner
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Declarations
                 issued
                 out
                 by
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 
                 tied
                 about
                 his
                 Neck
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 executed
                 on
                 a
                 Gibbet
                 of
                 thirty
                 Foot
                 high
                 .
                 His
                 Quarters
                 were
                 placed
                 upon
                 the
                 Gate
                 through
                 which
                 their
                 King
                 was
                 to
                 pass
                 at
                 his
                 coming
                 to
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 which
                 could
                 not
                 but
                 move
                 his
                 Indignation
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 the
                 least
                 Sense
                 of
                 Honour
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 had
                 acted
                 by
                 his
                 Commission
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 vest
                 him
                 with
                 that
                 absolute
                 and
                 uncontrolable
                 Power
                 which
                 Kings
                 think
                 to
                 be
                 most
                 for
                 their
                 Advantage
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 King
                 being
                 instructed
                 with
                 other
                 Maxims
                 ,
                 struck
                 up
                 the
                 bargain
                 with
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 and
                 engaged
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 they
                 cried
                 him
                 up
                 for
                 a
                 great
                 Convert
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 Sycophants
                 in
                 the
                 English
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 a
                 Race
                 of
                 Men
                 never
                 wanting
                 in
                 great
                 Councils
                 ,
                 pressed
                 earnestly
                 for
                 settling
                 two
                 thousand
                 five
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 a
                 Year
                 upon
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 a
                 Vote
                 formerly
                 passed
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ;
                 or
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 at
                 least
                 be
                 read
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 before
                 his
                 Arrival
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 he
                 being
                 then
                 upon
                 his
                 way
                 from
                 Bristol
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Motion
                 I
                 took
                 the
                 liberty
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 oppose
                 that
                 Motion
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 was
                 but
                 reasonable
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 their
                 Promises
                 also
                 to
                 Persons
                 that
                 had
                 served
                 them
                 usefully
                 in
                 former
                 occasions
                 ,
                 desiring
                 them
                 to
                 remember
                 the
                 past
                 Services
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 they
                 knew
                 continued
                 still
                 to
                 be
                 faithful
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 tho
                 not
                 then
                 in
                 actual
                 Employment
                 ;
                 and
                 particularly
                 not
                 to
                 forget
                 the
                 important
                 Services
                 of
                 Major
                 General
                 Skippon
                 ,
                 nor
                 
                 the
                 Vote
                 they
                 had
                 passed
                 to
                 settle
                 one
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 a
                 Year
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 hitherto
                 had
                 been
                 insignificant
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Motion
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ordered
                 that
                 the
                 said
                 Sum
                 should
                 be
                 paid
                 yearly
                 to
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Receipt
                 at
                 Goldsmiths-Hall
                 ,
                 till
                 so
                 much
                 should
                 be
                 settled
                 upon
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 forseited
                 Lands
                 in
                 Ireland
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 .
                 In
                 consideration
                 of
                 this
                 piece
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 the
                 Major
                 General
                 did
                 me
                 ever
                 after
                 the
                 Honour
                 to
                 call
                 me
                 his
                 Real
                 Friend
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Parliament
                 being
                 desirous
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 People
                 see
                 that
                 they
                 designed
                 not
                 to
                 perpetuate
                 themselves
                 after
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 compleat
                 Settlement
                 of
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 and
                 provide
                 for
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 from
                 Enemies
                 both
                 abroad
                 and
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 yet
                 in
                 great
                 Numbers
                 to
                 contend
                 with
                 ,
                 resolved
                 that
                 the
                 House
                 would
                 upon
                 every
                 Wednesday
                 turn
                 themselves
                 into
                 a
                 Grand
                 Committee
                 ,
                 to
                 debate
                 concerning
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 Assembling
                 ,
                 and
                 Power
                 of
                 future
                 successive
                 Parliaments
                 ;
                 the
                 Number
                 of
                 Persons
                 to
                 be
                 appointed
                 to
                 serve
                 for
                 each
                 County
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Nation
                 might
                 be
                 more
                 equally
                 represented
                 than
                 hitherto
                 had
                 been
                 practised
                 ;
                 and
                 touching
                 the
                 Qualifications
                 of
                 the
                 Electors
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 to
                 be
                 elected
                 :
                 which
                 Order
                 was
                 constantly
                 observed
                 ,
                 and
                 considerable
                 Progress
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 made
                 therein
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 being
                 arrived
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 resumed
                 his
                 Place
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ordered
                 their
                 Speaker
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 
                 Thanks
                 in
                 their
                 Name
                 for
                 the
                 Services
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 for
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 in
                 the
                 Nation
                 of
                 Ireland
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 concluding
                 it
                 highly
                 necessary
                 to
                 make
                 some
                 Preparations
                 against
                 the
                 Storm
                 which
                 threatned
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 North
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 that
                 the
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 their
                 General
                 was
                 of
                 great
                 Importance
                 to
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 desired
                 the
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 to
                 declare
                 his
                 Resolution
                 concerning
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 a
                 day
                 or
                 two's
                 Consideration
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Instigation
                 chiefly
                 (
                 as
                 was
                 thought
                 )
                 of
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 upon
                 whom
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Clergy
                 had
                 no
                 small
                 Influence
                 ,
                 seemed
                 unwilling
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 Scotland
                 ;
                 but
                 declared
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 Scots
                 should
                 attempt
                 to
                 invade
                 England
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 his
                 Life
                 in
                 opposing
                 them
                 .
                 We
                 laboured
                 to
                 perswade
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 Reasonableness
                 and
                 Justice
                 of
                 our
                 Resolution
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 they
                 having
                 already
                 declared
                 themselves
                 our
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 publick
                 Protestation
                 bound
                 themselves
                 to
                 impose
                 that
                 Government
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 found
                 necessary
                 to
                 abolish
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 had
                 made
                 their
                 Terms
                 with
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 ,
                 waiting
                 only
                 an
                 Opportunity
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 strengthned
                 themselves
                 by
                 foreign
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 expected
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 their
                 Design
                 in
                 execution
                 ,
                 after
                 we
                 should
                 be
                 reduced
                 to
                 great
                 Difficulties
                 incident
                 to
                 the
                 keeping
                 up
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 being
                 invaded
                 by
                 them
                 ;
                 〈◊〉
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 thought
                 our selves
                 indispeusably
                 obliged
                 in
                 Duty
                 to
                 our
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 as
                 we
                 tendred
                 the
                 Peace
                 and
                 Prosperity
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 effusion
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 hoped
                 upon
                 better
                 Information
                 would
                 be
                 our
                 Friends
                 ,
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 and
                 either
                 to
                 understand
                 from
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 our
                 Friends
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 so
                 ;
                 chusing
                 rather
                 to
                 make
                 that
                 Country
                 the
                 Seat
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 than
                 our
                 own
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 was
                 unwilling
                 to
                 alter
                 his
                 Resolution
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 said
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 pressed
                 ,
                 that
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 Unwillingness
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 to
                 command
                 upon
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 yet
                 continue
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 prosessing
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 rather
                 chuse
                 to
                 serve
                 under
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Post
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 greatest
                 Army
                 in
                 Europe
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 not
                 approving
                 that
                 Advice
                 ,
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 themselves
                 to
                 confer
                 farther
                 with
                 the
                 General
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 his
                 Satisfaction
                 .
                 This
                 Committee
                 was
                 appointed
                 upon
                 the
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 acted
                 his
                 part
                 so
                 to
                 the
                 Life
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 really
                 thought
                 him
                 in
                 earnest
                 ;
                 which
                 obliged
                 me
                 to
                 step
                 to
                 him
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 withdrawing
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Committee
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Council-Chamber
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 desire
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 in
                 Compliment
                 and
                 Humility
                 obstruct
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 by
                 his
                 Refusal
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Consequence
                 made
                 it
                 sufficiently
                 evident
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 such
                 Intention
                 .
                 The
                 Committee
                 having
                 spent
                 some
                 time
                 
                 in
                 Debate
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 without
                 any
                 Success
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 they
                 ordered
                 the
                 Report
                 of
                 this
                 Affair
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Friends
                 informing
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 shewed
                 some
                 Unwillingness
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 in
                 this
                 Expedition
                 himself
                 ,
                 yet
                 being
                 more
                 unwilling
                 to
                 hinder
                 the
                 undertaking
                 of
                 it
                 by
                 another
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 sent
                 his
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 who
                 attended
                 at
                 the
                 door
                 ,
                 to
                 surrender
                 his
                 Commission
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 receive
                 it
                 ;
                 the
                 Secretary
                 was
                 called
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 the
                 Commission
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Parliament
                 having
                 received
                 ,
                 they
                 proceeded
                 to
                 settle
                 an
                 annual
                 Revenue
                 of
                 five
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 upon
                 the
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 ,
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 his
                 former
                 Services
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 voted
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 to
                 be
                 Captain
                 General
                 of
                 all
                 their
                 Land
                 Forces
                 ,
                 ordering
                 a
                 Commission
                 forthwith
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 up
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ,
                 and
                 referred
                 to
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 to
                 hasten
                 the
                 Preparations
                 for
                 the
                 Northern
                 Expedition
                 .
                 A
                 little
                 after
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 sat
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 near
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 observed
                 an
                 Alteration
                 in
                 my
                 Looks
                 and
                 Carriage
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 apprehended
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 entertained
                 some
                 Suspicions
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 being
                 perswaded
                 of
                 the
                 Tendency
                 of
                 the
                 Designs
                 of
                 us
                 both
                 to
                 the
                 Advancement
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 that
                 a
                 Meeting
                 might
                 be
                 appointed
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 might
                 with
                 freedom
                 discover
                 the
                 Grounds
                 of
                 our
                 Mistakes
                 and
                 Misapprehensions
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 create
                 a
                 good
                 Understanding
                 between
                 us
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 .
                 I
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 discovered
                 in
                 me
                 what
                 I
                 had
                 never
                 perceived
                 in
                 my self
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 troubled
                 him
                 not
                 so
                 frequently
                 as
                 formerly
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 either
                 because
                 I
                 was
                 conscious
                 of
                 that
                 weight
                 of
                 Business
                 that
                 lay
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 nothing
                 to
                 importune
                 him
                 withal
                 upon
                 my
                 own
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 account
                 ;
                 yet
                 since
                 he
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 do
                 me
                 the
                 Honour
                 to
                 desire
                 a
                 free
                 Conversation
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 assured
                 him
                 of
                 my
                 Readiness
                 therein
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 we
                 resolved
                 to
                 meet
                 that
                 Afternoon
                 in
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 withdraw
                 to
                 a
                 private
                 Room
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 did
                 accordingly
                 in
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Guard-Chamber
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 me
                 of
                 the
                 Necessity
                 incumbent
                 upon
                 him
                 to
                 do
                 several
                 things
                 that
                 appeared
                 extraordinary
                 in
                 the
                 Judgment
                 of
                 some
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 him
                 took
                 such
                 Courses
                 as
                 would
                 bring
                 Ruin
                 upon
                 themselves
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 him
                 and
                 the
                 Publick
                 Cause
                 ,
                 affirming
                 his
                 Intentions
                 to
                 be
                 directed
                 entirely
                 to
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 professing
                 his
                 Readiness
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 his
                 Life
                 in
                 their
                 Service
                 .
                 I
                 freely
                 acknowledged
                 my
                 former
                 Dissatisfaction
                 with
                 him
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 looked
                 upon
                 as
                 the
                 only
                 Obstruction
                 to
                 the
                 Settlement
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 their
                 Actions
                 at
                 the
                 Rendezvouz
                 at
                 Ware
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 shot
                 a
                 Souldier
                 to
                 Death
                 ,
                 and
                 imprisoned
                 divers
                 others
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 that
                 
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 conceived
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 done
                 without
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 sinister
                 ends
                 :
                 yet
                 since
                 they
                 had
                 manifested
                 themselves
                 convinced
                 of
                 those
                 Errors
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 their
                 Adherence
                 to
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 tho
                 too
                 partial
                 a
                 hand
                 was
                 carried
                 both
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 distribution
                 of
                 Preferments
                 and
                 Gratuities
                 ,
                 and
                 too
                 much
                 Severity
                 exercised
                 against
                 some
                 who
                 had
                 formerly
                 been
                 their
                 Friends
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 I
                 hoped
                 would
                 be
                 so
                 still
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 things
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 entirely
                 approve
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 contented
                 patiently
                 to
                 wait
                 for
                 the
                 accomplishment
                 of
                 those
                 good
                 things
                 which
                 I
                 expected
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 had
                 overcome
                 the
                 Difficulties
                 they
                 now
                 laboured
                 under
                 ,
                 and
                 suppressed
                 their
                 Enemies
                 that
                 appeared
                 both
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 against
                 them
                 ;
                 hoping
                 that
                 then
                 their
                 Principles
                 and
                 Interest
                 would
                 lead
                 them
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 was
                 most
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 Constitution
                 of
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 Mankind
                 .
                 He
                 owned
                 my
                 Dissatisfaction
                 with
                 the
                 Army
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 founded
                 upon
                 good
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 and
                 excused
                 the
                 execution
                 done
                 upon
                 the
                 Souldier
                 at
                 the
                 Rendezvouz
                 ,
                 as
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 to
                 keep
                 things
                 from
                 falling
                 into
                 Confusion
                 ;
                 which
                 must
                 have
                 ensued
                 upon
                 that
                 Division
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 timely
                 prevented
                 .
                 He
                 professed
                 to
                 desire
                 nothing
                 more
                 than
                 that
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 might
                 be
                 settled
                 in
                 a
                 free
                 and
                 equal
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 acknowledging
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 other
                 probable
                 means
                 to
                 keep
                 out
                 the
                 
                 Old
                 Family
                 and
                 Government
                 from
                 returning
                 upon
                 us
                 ;
                 declaring
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 looked
                 upon
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 in
                 this
                 day
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 freeing
                 of
                 his
                 People
                 from
                 every
                 Burden
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 now
                 accomplishing
                 what
                 was
                 prophesied
                 in
                 the
                 110
                 th
                 Psalm
                 ;
                 from
                 the
                 consideration
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 often
                 encouraged
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 effecting
                 those
                 Ends
                 ,
                 spending
                 at
                 least
                 an
                 hour
                 in
                 the
                 Exposition
                 of
                 that
                 Psalm
                 ,
                 adding
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 Intention
                 to
                 contribute
                 the
                 utmost
                 of
                 his
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 thorow
                 Reformation
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 and
                 Law
                 :
                 but
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 the
                 Sons
                 of
                 Zerrviah
                 are
                 yet
                 too
                 strong
                 for
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 cannot
                 mention
                 the
                 Reformation
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 presently
                 cry
                 out
                 ,
                 We
                 design
                 to
                 destroy
                 Propriety
                 :
                 Whereas
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 now
                 constituted
                 ,
                 serves
                 only
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 Lawyers
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 encourage
                 the
                 Rich
                 to
                 oppress
                 the
                 Poor
                 ;
                 affirming
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Coke
                 ,
                 then
                 Justice
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 by
                 proceeding
                 in
                 a
                 summary
                 and
                 expeditious
                 way
                 ,
                 determined
                 more
                 Causes
                 in
                 a
                 Week
                 ,
                 than
                 Westminster-Hall
                 in
                 a
                 Year
                 ;
                 saying
                 farther
                 ,
                 that
                 Ireland
                 was
                 as
                 a
                 clean
                 Paper
                 in
                 that
                 Particular
                 ,
                 and
                 capable
                 of
                 being
                 governed
                 by
                 such
                 Laws
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 found
                 most
                 agreeable
                 to
                 Justice
                 ;
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 impartially
                 administred
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 good
                 Precedent
                 even
                 to
                 England
                 it self
                 ;
                 where
                 when
                 they
                 once
                 perceive
                 Propriety
                 preserved
                 at
                 an
                 easy
                 and
                 cheap
                 rate
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 never
                 permit
                 themselves
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 cheated
                 and
                 abused
                 as
                 now
                 they
                 are
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 he
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 Consideration
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Military
                 Government
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 complaining
                 that
                 the
                 whole
                 Weight
                 of
                 it
                 lay
                 upon
                 Major
                 General
                 Ireton
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 by
                 Death
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Accident
                 be
                 removed
                 from
                 that
                 Station
                 ,
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 that
                 Part
                 would
                 probably
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 such
                 Men
                 as
                 either
                 by
                 Principle
                 or
                 Interest
                 were
                 not
                 proper
                 for
                 that
                 Trust
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 certain
                 Assurance
                 .
                 He
                 therefore
                 proposed
                 that
                 some
                 Person
                 of
                 Reputation
                 and
                 known
                 Fidelity
                 might
                 be
                 sent
                 over
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Horse
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 assist
                 the
                 Major
                 General
                 in
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 that
                 Employment
                 being
                 next
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 desiring
                 me
                 to
                 propose
                 one
                 whom
                 I
                 thought
                 sufficiently
                 qualified
                 for
                 that
                 Station
                 .
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 my
                 Opinion
                 a
                 fitter
                 Man
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 found
                 than
                 Col.
                 
                   Algernon
                   Sidney
                
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 excepted
                 against
                 him
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 Relation
                 to
                 some
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Interest
                 ,
                 proposing
                 Col.
                 Norton
                 and
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 ,
                 yet
                 making
                 Objections
                 against
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 :
                 That
                 against
                 Col.
                 Hammond
                 I
                 remember
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 his
                 late
                 Deportment
                 with
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 disobliged
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 apprehended
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 acceptable
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 he
                 entred
                 upon
                 a
                 large
                 Commendation
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 pressed
                 me
                 earnestly
                 to
                 think
                 of
                 some
                 Person
                 capable
                 of
                 that
                 Employment
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 time
                 I
                 perceived
                 something
                 of
                 his
                 Intentions
                 concerning
                 me
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Condition
                 of
                 my
                 Affairs
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 having
                 lately
                 married
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 purchasing
                 
                 some
                 Lands
                 contracted
                 a
                 great
                 Debt
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 resolved
                 not
                 to
                 accept
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Departure
                 for
                 the
                 Expedition
                 of
                 Scotland
                 drawing
                 near
                 ,
                 he
                 moved
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 they
                 had
                 employed
                 him
                 about
                 a
                 Work
                 which
                 would
                 require
                 all
                 his
                 Care
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 pleased
                 to
                 ease
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 refusing
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 he
                 then
                 moved
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 at
                 least
                 send
                 over
                 some
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 the
                 Management
                 of
                 the
                 Civil
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 assuring
                 them
                 also
                 that
                 the
                 Military
                 being
                 more
                 than
                 Major
                 General
                 Ireton
                 could
                 possibly
                 carry
                 on
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 some
                 General
                 Officer
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 which
                 Employment
                 was
                 become
                 vacant
                 by
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 brave
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Jones
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 to
                 commissionate
                 some
                 Person
                 of
                 Worth
                 to
                 that
                 Employment
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 authorize
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 the
                 Civil
                 Government
                 ;
                 telling
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 a
                 Person
                 proper
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 had
                 consulted
                 with
                 one
                 there
                 present
                 ,
                 desiring
                 him
                 to
                 recommend
                 one
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 neither
                 of
                 them
                 had
                 proposed
                 any
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 approve
                 so
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Person
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 moved
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 appointed
                 to
                 that
                 Employment
                 ;
                 acquainting
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 he
                 himself
                 was
                 impowered
                 by
                 virtue
                 of
                 his
                 Commission
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 nominate
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 yet
                 because
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 he
                 proposed
                 ,
                 upon
                 
                 which
                 he
                 named
                 me
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 securing
                 the
                 Obedience
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Parliament
                 might
                 be
                 moved
                 to
                 nominate
                 and
                 appoint
                 me
                 to
                 that
                 Charge
                 .
                 I
                 endeavoured
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Council
                 sensible
                 of
                 my
                 Unfitness
                 for
                 an
                 Employment
                 of
                 so
                 great
                 Importance
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Desire
                 I
                 had
                 recommended
                 one
                 to
                 him
                 of
                 such
                 Abilities
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 doubted
                 not
                 they
                 would
                 judg
                 better
                 qualified
                 for
                 it
                 than
                 my self
                 ,
                 who
                 besides
                 my
                 want
                 of
                 Experience
                 sufficient
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 incumbred
                 with
                 Debts
                 and
                 Engagements
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 possibly
                 undertake
                 it
                 without
                 hazarding
                 the
                 Ruin
                 of
                 my
                 Family
                 and
                 Estate
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Council
                 refused
                 to
                 allow
                 my
                 Excuse
                 ,
                 which
                 indeed
                 was
                 real
                 and
                 unseigned
                 ;
                 telling
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 proper
                 to
                 represent
                 those
                 things
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Report
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Council
                 :
                 which
                 was
                 agreed
                 upon
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 ;
                 
                   That
                   the
                   House
                   should
                   be
                   moved
                   to
                   appoint
                   me
                   Lieutenant
                   General
                   of
                   the
                   Horse
                   in
                
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   that
                   General
                
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 
                   Major
                   General
                
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 
                   my self
                   ,
                   Col.
                
                 John
                 Jones
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   Major
                
                 Richard
                 Salloway
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   any
                   three
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   authorized
                   by
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   to
                   be
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   the
                   Administration
                   of
                   the
                   Civil
                   Affairs
                   in
                   that
                   Nation
                   .
                
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 Transaction
                 was
                 unwelcome
                 to
                 some
                 of
                 my
                 nearest
                 Relations
                 and
                 best
                 Friends
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 for
                 
                 the
                 Reasons
                 above-mentioned
                 ,
                 but
                 upon
                 suspicion
                 that
                 this
                 Opportunity
                 was
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 General
                 to
                 remove
                 me
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 lest
                 I
                 should
                 prove
                 an
                 Obstruction
                 to
                 his
                 Designs
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 think
                 my self
                 so
                 considerable
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 could
                 not
                 concur
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 that
                 Opinion
                 .
                 Yet
                 I
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 clear
                 my self
                 of
                 this
                 Employment
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 that
                 this
                 Affair
                 was
                 carried
                 on
                 chiefly
                 by
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Influence
                 ,
                 I
                 applied
                 my self
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 him
                 with
                 my
                 present
                 Circumstances
                 ,
                 and
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 altogether
                 inconvenient
                 ,
                 and
                 might
                 prove
                 very
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 me
                 .
                 He
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 Mens
                 private
                 Affairs
                 must
                 give
                 place
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 seriously
                 considered
                 the
                 Matter
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 find
                 a
                 Person
                 so
                 fit
                 for
                 those
                 Employments
                 as
                 my self
                 ,
                 desiring
                 me
                 therefore
                 to
                 acquiesce
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 many
                 days
                 before
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 made
                 their
                 Report
                 of
                 this
                 Affair
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 again
                 pressed
                 the
                 Reasons
                 I
                 had
                 used
                 before
                 to
                 the
                 Council
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 Earnestness
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 :
                 But
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 hearken
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 Debate
                 ,
                 presently
                 concurred
                 with
                 the
                 Council
                 therein
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 addition
                 only
                 of
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Weaver
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 appointed
                 to
                 manage
                 the
                 Civil
                 Government
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 our
                 Army
                 proceeded
                 successfully
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 reduced
                 Waterford
                 after
                 a
                 Siege
                 of
                 some
                 Weeks
                 ;
                 which
                 
                 Place
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 considerably
                 fortified
                 :
                 but
                 their
                 Provisions
                 failing
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 surrender
                 it
                 upon
                 Articles
                 .
                 During
                 this
                 Siege
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 supplied
                 with
                 all
                 Necessaries
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Ships
                 that
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Harbour
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 .
                 After
                 the
                 reduction
                 of
                 Waterford
                 a
                 Detachment
                 was
                 made
                 from
                 our
                 Army
                 to
                 besiege
                 Duncannon
                 ,
                 a
                 Place
                 of
                 considerable
                 Strength
                 ,
                 having
                 seven
                 hundred
                 Men
                 within
                 to
                 desend
                 it
                 ,
                 tho
                 one
                 third
                 of
                 their
                 Number
                 had
                 been
                 sufficient
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 This
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 Cause
                 produced
                 the
                 Plague
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 lessened
                 their
                 Number
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 their
                 Provisions
                 to
                 hold
                 out
                 the
                 longer
                 :
                 yet
                 at
                 last
                 they
                 were
                 constrained
                 to
                 deliver
                 up
                 the
                 Place
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Arms
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 to
                 our
                 Men.
                 The
                 Lord
                 of
                 Esmond
                 had
                 been
                 Governour
                 of
                 this
                 Place
                 for
                 the
                 English
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 held
                 it
                 out
                 for
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 Months
                 against
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 he
                 killed
                 great
                 Numbers
                 before
                 it
                 during
                 the
                 Siege
                 that
                 he
                 sustained
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 driven
                 to
                 great
                 Extremities
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 surrender
                 it
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 went
                 so
                 near
                 the
                 gallant
                 old
                 Gentleman's
                 Heart
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 soon
                 after
                 departed
                 this
                 Life
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 Place
                 our
                 Army
                 attempted
                 was
                 Carlo
                 ,
                 an
                 inland
                 Garison
                 ,
                 distant
                 from
                 Dublin
                 about
                 thirty
                 Miles
                 ,
                 and
                 lying
                 upon
                 the
                 River
                 Barrow
                 .
                 The
                 Place
                 was
                 esteemed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 great
                 Importance
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 fortified
                 by
                 them
                 with
                 divers
                 Works
                 ;
                 besides
                 ,
                 
                 it
                 had
                 a
                 small
                 Castle
                 at
                 the
                 foot
                 of
                 the
                 Bridg
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 River
                 running
                 under
                 the
                 Walls
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 .
                 The
                 Country
                 beyond
                 it
                 were
                 also
                 their
                 Friends
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 them
                 with
                 Provisions
                 in
                 great
                 abundance
                 .
                 To
                 prevent
                 which
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Ireton
                 found
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 employ
                 the
                 principal
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Forces
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 Barrow
                 ;
                 yet
                 by
                 what
                 means
                 to
                 secure
                 a
                 Communication
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 parts
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Difficulty
                 ,
                 they
                 having
                 neither
                 Boats
                 nor
                 Casks
                 sufficient
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 end
                 they
                 sell
                 upon
                 this
                 Expedient
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 together
                 great
                 Quantities
                 of
                 the
                 biggest
                 Reeds
                 ,
                 and
                 tying
                 them
                 up
                 in
                 many
                 little
                 Bundles
                 with
                 small
                 Cords
                 ,
                 they
                 fastned
                 them
                 to
                 two
                 Cables
                 that
                 were
                 fixed
                 in
                 the
                 Ground
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 distance
                 of
                 about
                 eight
                 or
                 ten
                 Yards
                 from
                 each
                 other
                 :
                 These
                 being
                 covered
                 with
                 Wattles
                 ,
                 bore
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Companies
                 of
                 Foot
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Bridg
                 arched
                 with
                 Stone
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 these
                 things
                 were
                 doing
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Ormona's
                 Forces
                 retired
                 into
                 Connaught
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 into
                 Kerry
                 :
                 the
                 Lord
                 Castlehaven
                 also
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 fired
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 small
                 Castles
                 in
                 Leinster
                 and
                 Munster
                 ,
                 marched
                 out
                 of
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Enemy
                 which
                 most
                 threatned
                 the
                 Disturbance
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 was
                 that
                 of
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 where
                 all
                 Interests
                 were
                 united
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 the
                 present
                 Authority
                 in
                 England
                 .
                 They
                 had
                 also
                 many
                 who
                 favoured
                 their
                 Design
                 
                 in
                 our
                 Nation
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 Presbyterians
                 as
                 Cavaliers
                 :
                 the
                 former
                 of
                 these
                 were
                 most
                 bold
                 and
                 active
                 ,
                 upon
                 presumption
                 of
                 more
                 Favour
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 ill
                 Success
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 being
                 sensible
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 published
                 a
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 shewing
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 no
                 Design
                 to
                 impose
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 of
                 Scotland
                 any
                 thing
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 Inclinations
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 would
                 leave
                 them
                 to
                 chuse
                 what
                 Government
                 they
                 thought
                 most
                 convenient
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 provided
                 they
                 would
                 suffer
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 to
                 live
                 under
                 that
                 Establishment
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 chosen
                 :
                 That
                 it
                 evidently
                 appeared
                 that
                 the
                 Scots
                 were
                 acted
                 by
                 a
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Domination
                 and
                 Rule
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 nothing
                 might
                 be
                 wanting
                 to
                 compel
                 us
                 to
                 submit
                 to
                 their
                 Impositions
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 espoused
                 the
                 Interests
                 of
                 that
                 Family
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 themselves
                 had
                 declared
                 guilty
                 of
                 much
                 precious
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 resolved
                 to
                 force
                 the
                 same
                 upon
                 England
                 :
                 That
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 there
                 mentioned
                 had
                 obliged
                 them
                 to
                 send
                 an
                 Army
                 into
                 Scotland
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 Preservation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Scots
                 from
                 destroying
                 themselves
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 about
                 to
                 do
                 ;
                 resolving
                 notwithstanding
                 to
                 extend
                 all
                 possible
                 Favour
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 seduced
                 through
                 Weakness
                 ,
                 and
                 misled
                 by
                 the
                 Malice
                 of
                 others
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 hastned
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 consisted
                 of
                 about
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 removed
                 a
                 Colonel
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 inferiour
                 Officers
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 unwilling
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 in
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 
                 up
                 a
                 Regiment
                 for
                 Col.
                 Monk
                 ,
                 with
                 six
                 Companies
                 out
                 of
                 Sir
                 Arthur
                 Haslerig's
                 ,
                 and
                 six
                 out
                 of
                 Col.
                 
                 Fenwick's
                 Regiment
                 ,
                 he
                 marched
                 into
                 Scotland
                 without
                 any
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 being
                 fled
                 from
                 their
                 Habitations
                 towards
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 whither
                 all
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Strength
                 was
                 drawn
                 together
                 .
                 The
                 English
                 Army
                 drew
                 up
                 within
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Scots
                 would
                 not
                 hazard
                 all
                 by
                 the
                 decision
                 of
                 a
                 Battel
                 ,
                 hoping
                 to
                 tire
                 us
                 out
                 with
                 frequent
                 Skirmishes
                 and
                 harassing
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 relying
                 much
                 upon
                 the
                 Unsutableness
                 of
                 the
                 Climate
                 to
                 our
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 detain
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 till
                 Winter
                 .
                 Their
                 Counsels
                 succeeded
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 Desires
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Army
                 through
                 hard
                 Duty
                 ,
                 scarcity
                 of
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Rigour
                 of
                 the
                 Season
                 ,
                 grew
                 very
                 sickly
                 ,
                 and
                 diminished
                 daily
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 to
                 receive
                 Supplies
                 from
                 our
                 Shipping
                 ,
                 which
                 could
                 not
                 come
                 nearer
                 to
                 them
                 than
                 Dunbar
                 ,
                 distant
                 from
                 Edinburgh
                 about
                 twenty
                 Miles
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 observing
                 our
                 Army
                 to
                 retire
                 ,
                 followed
                 them
                 close
                 ;
                 and
                 falling
                 upon
                 our
                 Rear-Guard
                 of
                 Horse
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 having
                 the
                 Advantage
                 of
                 a
                 clear
                 Moon
                 ,
                 beat
                 them
                 up
                 to
                 our
                 Rear-Guard
                 of
                 Foot.
                 Which
                 Alarm
                 coming
                 suddenly
                 upon
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 into
                 some
                 Disorder
                 ;
                 but
                 a
                 thick
                 Cloud
                 interposing
                 in
                 that
                 very
                 Moment
                 ,
                 and
                 intercepting
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 the
                 Moon
                 for
                 about
                 an
                 Hour
                 ,
                 our
                 Army
                 took
                 that
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 secure
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 arrived
                 without
                 
                 any
                 further
                 disturbance
                 at
                 Dunbar
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 shipped
                 their
                 heavy
                 Baggage
                 and
                 sick
                 Men
                 ,
                 they
                 designed
                 to
                 return
                 into
                 England
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 upon
                 Confidence
                 of
                 Success
                 ,
                 had
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Passes
                 ,
                 having
                 in
                 their
                 Army
                 about
                 thirty
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 ours
                 being
                 reduced
                 to
                 ten
                 Thousand
                 at
                 the
                 most
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 now
                 no
                 way
                 left
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 yield
                 themselves
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 fight
                 upon
                 these
                 unequal
                 Terms
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Extremity
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 was
                 called
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 Dispute
                 it
                 was
                 agreed
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 about
                 an
                 Hour
                 before
                 Day
                 ,
                 and
                 accordingly
                 the
                 several
                 '
                 Regiments
                 were
                 ordered
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Posts
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 first
                 shock
                 our
                 Forlorn
                 of
                 Horse
                 was
                 somewhat
                 disordered
                 by
                 their
                 Lanciers
                 ;
                 but
                 two
                 of
                 our
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Van
                 behaved
                 themselves
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 not
                 only
                 sustained
                 the
                 Charge
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 ,
                 but
                 beat
                 them
                 back
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 following
                 them
                 close
                 ,
                 forced
                 both
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 to
                 retreat
                 up
                 the
                 Hill
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 had
                 attacked
                 us
                 .
                 The
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Army
                 finding
                 their
                 Van-Guard
                 ,
                 which
                 consisted
                 of
                 their
                 choicest
                 Men
                 ,
                 thus
                 driven
                 back
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 shift
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 with
                 such
                 Precipitation
                 and
                 Disorder
                 ,
                 that
                 few
                 of
                 them
                 ventured
                 to
                 look
                 behind
                 them
                 till
                 they
                 arrived
                 at
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 taking
                 no
                 care
                 of
                 their
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 means
                 to
                 secure
                 himself
                 as
                 his
                 new
                 Subjects
                 had
                 
                 done
                 .
                 One
                 Party
                 of
                 their
                 Horse
                 made
                 a
                 stand
                 till
                 some
                 of
                 ours
                 came
                 up
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 ran
                 away
                 after
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 their
                 Companions
                 .
                 Many
                 were
                 killed
                 upon
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 more
                 in
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 :
                 All
                 their
                 Baggage
                 ,
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Artillery
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 :
                 Many
                 also
                 were
                 taken
                 and
                 sent
                 Prisoners
                 into
                 England
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 first
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Victory
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 London
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Hipsley
                
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 my
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 with
                 others
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Fairfax
                 at
                 Hampton-Court
                 ,
                 who
                 seemed
                 much
                 to
                 rejoice
                 at
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Victory
                 it self
                 was
                 not
                 more
                 welcome
                 to
                 me
                 than
                 the
                 Contents
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 's
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 wherein
                 amongst
                 many
                 other
                 Expressions
                 savouring
                 of
                 a
                 publick
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 one
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 ;
                 That
                 seeing
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 upon
                 this
                 solemn
                 Appeal
                 made
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 Scots
                 and
                 us
                 ,
                 had
                 so
                 signally
                 given
                 Judgment
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 ,
                 when
                 all
                 hopes
                 of
                 Deliverance
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 it
                 became
                 us
                 not
                 to
                 do
                 his
                 Work
                 negligently
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 took
                 occasion
                 to
                 put
                 us
                 in
                 mind
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 content
                 our selves
                 with
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 do
                 real
                 things
                 for
                 the
                 Common
                 Good
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 permit
                 any
                 Interest
                 for
                 their
                 particular
                 Advantage
                 to
                 prevail
                 with
                 us
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 .
                 Our
                 Army
                 in
                 Scotland
                 having
                 received
                 some
                 Recruits
                 ,
                 advanced
                 toward
                 Edinburgh
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 their
                 March
                 ,
                 withdrew
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 leaving
                 a
                 strong
                 Garison
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 retreated
                 
                 towards
                 Sterling
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 being
                 very
                 careful
                 to
                 supply
                 their
                 Armies
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 ,
                 caused
                 great
                 Quantities
                 of
                 Hay
                 to
                 be
                 bought
                 up
                 in
                 Norfolk
                 and
                 Suffolk
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 by
                 Sea
                 to
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 was
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 had
                 so
                 strongly
                 intrenched
                 themselves
                 by
                 the
                 Advantage
                 of
                 a
                 Wood
                 ,
                 that
                 ours
                 could
                 not
                 possibly
                 attack
                 them
                 without
                 great
                 Hazard
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 were
                 furnished
                 with
                 Provisions
                 from
                 Fife
                 and
                 the
                 adjacent
                 Parts
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 most
                 fruitful
                 in
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 by
                 means
                 of
                 the
                 Bridg
                 at
                 Sterling
                 :
                 whereas
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 lay
                 encamped
                 near
                 them
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 Country
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 might
                 draw
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 already
                 in
                 the
                 Possession
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 Besides
                 that
                 ,
                 Hay
                 is
                 generally
                 scarce
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 our
                 Forces
                 consisted
                 of
                 Horse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Owen
                   Roe
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Old
                 Northern
                 Irish
                 in
                 vlster
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 principally
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 Massacre
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 ,
                 being
                 dead
                 ,
                 the
                 Popish
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Cloghar
                 undertook
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 grown
                 considerably
                 strong
                 ,
                 necessitated
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 to
                 draw
                 his
                 Forces
                 together
                 to
                 defend
                 his
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 designed
                 to
                 invade
                 ,
                 desperately
                 resolving
                 to
                 put
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 issue
                 of
                 a
                 Battel
                 .
                 Their
                 Foot
                 was
                 more
                 numerous
                 than
                 ours
                 ,
                 but
                 Sir
                 Charles
                 exceeded
                 them
                 in
                 Horse
                 .
                 The
                 Dispute
                 was
                 hot
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ;
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 the
                 Irish
                 were
                 beaten
                 ,
                 tho
                 not
                 without
                 
                 Loss
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 :
                 Amongst
                 others
                 Col.
                 Fenwick
                 ,
                 a
                 brave
                 and
                 gallant
                 Man
                 ,
                 was
                 mortally
                 wounded
                 .
                 The
                 Enemies
                 Baggage
                 and
                 Train
                 of
                 Artillery
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 tho
                 not
                 many
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 being
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Cloghar
                 their
                 General
                 ,
                 whose
                 Head
                 was
                 cut
                 off
                 and
                 set
                 upon
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Gates
                 of
                 
                   London
                   derry
                
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 this
                 Defeat
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 those
                 in
                 Carlo
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 held
                 out
                 in
                 hopes
                 of
                 Relief
                 from
                 their
                 Friends
                 in
                 vlster
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 scarcity
                 of
                 Provisions
                 in
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 beating
                 down
                 of
                 the
                 little
                 Castle
                 that
                 stood
                 at
                 the
                 foot
                 of
                 the
                 Bridg
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 which
                 happened
                 about
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 so
                 discouraged
                 those
                 within
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 surrendred
                 the
                 Place
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 Ireton
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 caused
                 punctually
                 to
                 be
                 executed
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 constant
                 manner
                 was
                 .
              
               
                 Pursuant
                 to
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 appointing
                 me
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 directed
                 by
                 the
                 said
                 Order
                 ,
                 sent
                 me
                 a
                 Commission
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 him
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 Reception
                 ,
                 acquainting
                 him
                 also
                 how
                 sensible
                 I
                 was
                 of
                 my
                 want
                 of
                 Experience
                 to
                 manage
                 so
                 weighty
                 an
                 Employment
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 hand
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 fail
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 discharge
                 my
                 Duty
                 with
                 the
                 utmost
                 Fidelity
                 .
                 He
                 replied
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 rely
                 upon
                 that
                 God
                 to
                 carry
                 me
                 through
                 the
                 Work
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 called
                 me
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Close
                 of
                 his
                 Letter
                 recommended
                 
                 the
                 procuring
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 a
                 Settlement
                 upon
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 of
                 the
                 Inheritance
                 of
                 some
                 Lands
                 which
                 he
                 then
                 held
                 by
                 Lease
                 from
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 which
                 he
                 paid
                 two
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 annual
                 Rent
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 thing
                 that
                 might
                 be
                 proper
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 do
                 before
                 my
                 Departure
                 for
                 Ireland
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 afterwards
                 informed
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 had
                 earnestly
                 solicited
                 for
                 this
                 Employment
                 of
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 General
                 not
                 thinking
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 entrust
                 him
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 unwilling
                 he
                 should
                 know
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 perswaded
                 him
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 the
                 Parliament
                 had
                 over-ruled
                 him
                 therein
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 then
                 passed
                 an
                 Act
                 ,
                 constituting
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 the
                 Administration
                 of
                 Civil
                 Affairs
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 agreed
                 upon
                 Instructions
                 of
                 sufficient
                 Latitude
                 for
                 them
                 to
                 act
                 by
                 ,
                 in
                 particular
                 to
                 lay
                 a
                 Tax
                 on
                 that
                 Nation
                 not
                 exceeding
                 the
                 Sum
                 of
                 thirty
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 :
                 To
                 give
                 order
                 for
                 the
                 distribution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 as
                 near
                 to
                 the
                 Rules
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 nencessity
                 of
                 the
                 Times
                 would
                 permit
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 a
                 Method
                 of
                 Proceeding
                 in
                 the
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 there
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 offered
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 their
                 Approbation
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 those
                 that
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ,
                 only
                 Major
                 Salloway
                 desiring
                 to
                 be
                 excused
                 from
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Miles
                   Corbet
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 was
                 inserted
                 in
                 his
                 room
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 Suspicions
                 there
                 were
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 that
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 Party
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 especially
                 
                 those
                 about
                 London
                 ,
                 entertained
                 a
                 private
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 their
                 Brethren
                 in
                 Scotland
                 :
                 where
                 tho
                 that
                 Nation
                 had
                 received
                 a
                 great
                 Blow
                 at
                 Dunbar
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 that
                 their
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 crowned
                 upon
                 his
                 taking
                 the
                 Solemn
                 League
                 and
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 and
                 obliging
                 himself
                 thereby
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 extirpation
                 of
                 Popery
                 and
                 Episcopacy
                 .
                 This
                 Action
                 was
                 performed
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Circumstances
                 and
                 Solemnities
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 used
                 in
                 the
                 Condition
                 of
                 their
                 Affairs
                 .
                 The
                 Nobility
                 swore
                 Fidelity
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Argile
                 put
                 the
                 Crown
                 upon
                 his
                 Head
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 Hands
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 having
                 a
                 King
                 like
                 other
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Covenanting
                 King
                 too
                 ,
                 they
                 doubted
                 not
                 of
                 Success
                 under
                 his
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 presuming
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 most
                 certainly
                 to
                 retrieve
                 all
                 their
                 Losses
                 and
                 Reputation
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Parliament
                 who
                 had
                 removed
                 one
                 King
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 frighted
                 with
                 the
                 setting
                 up
                 of
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 proceeded
                 in
                 the
                 Settlement
                 of
                 their
                 Affairs
                 both
                 Military
                 and
                 Civil
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ordered
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 to
                 be
                 advanced
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Civil
                 Affairs
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 directing
                 them
                 to
                 receive
                 also
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 yearly
                 .
                 They
                 like
                 wise
                 gave
                 Orders
                 for
                 the
                 payment
                 of
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 to
                 me
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Advance
                 upon
                 my
                 Pay
                 as
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 be
                 enabled
                 to
                 furnish
                 my self
                 with
                 Tents
                 ,
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 necessary
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 .
                 The
                 Committee
                 of
                 Irish
                 Affairs
                 raised
                 also
                 a
                 Troop
                 consisting
                 of
                 a
                 hundred
                 
                 Horse
                 to
                 accompany
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 armed
                 them
                 with
                 Back
                 ,
                 Breast
                 ,
                 Head-pieces
                 ,
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 and
                 Musquetoons
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 Months
                 Pay
                 advanced
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 Ireton's
                 Lady
                 ,
                 Daughter
                 to
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 prepared
                 to
                 go
                 over
                 with
                 us
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 removed
                 his
                 Head-quarters
                 to
                 Waterford
                 ,
                 partly
                 because
                 he
                 thought
                 that
                 Place
                 most
                 convenient
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Enemy
                 then
                 lay
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 from
                 some
                 Disgust
                 conceived
                 against
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 had
                 extorted
                 unreasonable
                 Rates
                 for
                 their
                 Provisions
                 and
                 other
                 Necessaries
                 sold
                 to
                 our
                 Army
                 at
                 their
                 Arrival
                 there
                 for
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 Ireland
                 .
                 Therefore
                 resolving
                 to
                 pass
                 through
                 
                   South
                   Wales
                
                 ,
                 I
                 hastned
                 out
                 of
                 Town
                 before
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 my
                 Company
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 take
                 leave
                 of
                 my
                 Friends
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 going
                 to
                 Glamorganshire
                 ,
                 I
                 stayed
                 there
                 with
                 some
                 Relations
                 of
                 my
                 Wife
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Company
                 came
                 down
                 .
              
               
                 Before
                 I
                 left
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 some
                 Difference
                 happening
                 between
                 the
                 Countess
                 of
                 Rutland
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                   Edward
                   Howard
                
                 of
                 Escrick
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Gell
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Servant
                 of
                 the
                 Countess
                 ,
                 informed
                 Major
                 General
                 Harison
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                   Edward
                   Howard
                
                 being
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Committee
                 at
                 Haberdashers-Hall
                 ,
                 had
                 taken
                 divers
                 Bribes
                 for
                 the
                 excusing
                 Delinquents
                 from
                 Sequestration
                 ,
                 and
                 easing
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Compositions
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 particular
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 a
                 Diamond
                 Hatband
                 valued
                 at
                 eight
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 from
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                 Compton
                 of
                 Sussex
                 ;
                 concerning
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 prevail
                 with
                 any
                 to
                 inform
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Major
                 General
                 Harrison
                 being
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 severe
                 Principles
                 ,
                 and
                 zealous
                 for
                 Justice
                 ,
                 especially
                 against
                 such
                 as
                 betrayed
                 the
                 Publick
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 assured
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 satisfy
                 him
                 that
                 the
                 Fact
                 was
                 as
                 he
                 affirmed
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 fail
                 to
                 inform
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 and
                 upon
                 Satisfaction
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Colonel
                 touching
                 that
                 Matter
                 ,
                 said
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 That
                 tho
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 every
                 Member
                 was
                 dear
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 that
                 Gentleman
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 naming
                 the
                 Lord
                 Howard
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 openly
                 owned
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 decline
                 his
                 Peerage
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 sit
                 upon
                 the
                 foot
                 of
                 his
                 Election
                 by
                 the
                 People
                 ;
                 yet
                 he
                 loved
                 Justice
                 before
                 all
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 looking
                 upon
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 therefore
                 he
                 durst
                 not
                 refuse
                 to
                 lay
                 this
                 Matter
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 very
                 desirous
                 that
                 the
                 said
                 Lord
                 might
                 clear
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 Accusation
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 received
                 his
                 Information
                 ,
                 referred
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 to
                 a
                 Committee
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 was
                 fully
                 examined
                 ;
                 and
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Counsel
                 learned
                 in
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 very
                 skilful
                 at
                 putting
                 a
                 good
                 Appearance
                 upon
                 a
                 bad
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Friends
                 the
                 Lord
                 Howard
                 could
                 make
                 ,
                 so
                 just
                 and
                 equitable
                 a
                 Spirit
                 then
                 governed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Committee
                 having
                 represented
                 the
                 Matter
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 as
                 they
                 found
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 they
                 discharged
                 
                 him
                 from
                 being
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 sent
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 and
                 fined
                 him
                 ten
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 January
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 the
                 Lady
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 and
                 my self
                 ,
                 met
                 at
                 Milford
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 embark
                 for
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 three
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 lying
                 ready
                 for
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 Ships
                 for
                 the
                 Transportation
                 of
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 with
                 our
                 Goods
                 and
                 Horses
                 .
                 We
                 came
                 to
                 Milford
                 on
                 Saturday
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 Monday
                 following
                 the
                 Lady
                 Ireton
                 and
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 set
                 sail
                 with
                 fair
                 Wind
                 ,
                 leaving
                 the
                 Guinea-Frigat
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 Convoy
                 to
                 those
                 Vessels
                 that
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 transport
                 the
                 Horse
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 but
                 one
                 could
                 be
                 ready
                 time
                 enough
                 to
                 set
                 sail
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 my
                 Troop
                 being
                 not
                 yet
                 mustered
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 Mr.
                 Lort
                 ,
                 by
                 order
                 of
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 mustered
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 began
                 to
                 ship
                 them
                 on
                 Wednesday
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 Thursday
                 Morning
                 they
                 being
                 all
                 embarked
                 ,
                 we
                 set
                 sail
                 ,
                 and
                 tho
                 the
                 Weather
                 proved
                 very
                 calm
                 ,
                 we
                 arrived
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 under
                 the
                 Fort
                 of
                 Duncannon
                 near
                 Waterford
                 ;
                 where
                 I
                 understood
                 that
                 the
                 Lady
                 Ireton
                 and
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 had
                 landed
                 there
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 gone
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 at
                 Waterford
                 .
              
               
                 Immediately
                 after
                 my
                 Arrival
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 wait
                 on
                 the
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 much
                 surprized
                 at
                 my
                 landing
                 so
                 soon
                 after
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Company
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 good
                 Quarters
                 to
                 be
                 
                 assigned
                 to
                 my
                 Troop
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 refreshed
                 before
                 they
                 entred
                 upon
                 Duty
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 was
                 observed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 English
                 Horses
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 fit
                 for
                 Service
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 seasoned
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 with
                 the
                 Air
                 and
                 Provisions
                 of
                 that
                 Country
                 .
                 Having
                 received
                 Advice
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 marched
                 out
                 of
                 Connaught
                 and
                 Limerick
                 towards
                 our
                 Quarters
                 in
                 Munster
                 ,
                 he
                 drew
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 out
                 of
                 their
                 Winter-quarters
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 lately
                 sent
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 them
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 who
                 upon
                 his
                 Advance
                 ,
                 retreated
                 into
                 their
                 own
                 Quarters
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 being
                 returned
                 ,
                 was
                 very
                 careful
                 to
                 prepare
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 were
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 the
                 Field
                 early
                 the
                 next
                 Spring
                 ;
                 making
                 Provision
                 of
                 Tents
                 ,
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Clothes
                 and
                 Bread
                 for
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ;
                 sending
                 Cannon
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 of
                 all
                 sorts
                 up
                 the
                 Shannon
                 towards
                 Limerick
                 by
                 Vessels
                 provided
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ;
                 that
                 being
                 the
                 first
                 Place
                 which
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 attack
                 the
                 following
                 Year
                 ,
                 having
                 in
                 his
                 last
                 March
                 ,
                 by
                 putting
                 Garisons
                 into
                 
                   Castle-Conel
                   ,
                   Kilmallock
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Places
                 ,
                 blocked
                 them
                 up
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 the
                 Deputy
                 was
                 one
                 ,
                 spent
                 a
                 considerable
                 time
                 in
                 debating
                 and
                 resolving
                 in
                 what
                 manner
                 Justice
                 should
                 be
                 administred
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 in
                 each
                 Precinct
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 Affairs
                 could
                 be
                 reduced
                 into
                 a
                 more
                 exact
                 Order
                 ;
                 and
                 accounting
                 it
                 most
                 just
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 the
                 most
                 
                 immediate
                 Advantage
                 by
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 should
                 bear
                 the
                 principal
                 Burden
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 laid
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 of
                 Ireland
                 a
                 Tax
                 proportionable
                 to
                 their
                 Ability
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Excise
                 and
                 Customs
                 that
                 by
                 our
                 Authority
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 we
                 were
                 impowered
                 to
                 impose
                 ,
                 we
                 appointed
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 the
                 Precincts
                 of
                 
                   Dublin
                   ,
                   Waterford
                   ,
                   Cork
                   ,
                   Clonmel
                   ,
                   Kilkenny
                
                 and
                 Vlster
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 to
                 proceed
                 according
                 to
                 such
                 Rules
                 as
                 they
                 should
                 receive
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Commissioners
                 .
                 The
                 Governour
                 of
                 each
                 Precinct
                 was
                 appointed
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 that
                 Precinct
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Hewetson
                 being
                 for
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 and
                 Col.
                 Venables
                 for
                 Vlster
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Daniel
                   Axtel
                
                 for
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Zanchey
                 for
                 Clonmel
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Phaier
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Cork
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 Laurence
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Waterford
                 :
                 They
                 appointed
                 Col.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Herbert
                
                 and
                 Col.
                 Markham
                 to
                 be
                 Inspectors
                 over
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 go
                 from
                 place
                 to
                 place
                 to
                 see
                 that
                 their
                 Instructions
                 were
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 .
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 also
                 appointed
                 in
                 the
                 several
                 Precincts
                 for
                 the
                 more
                 equal
                 Distribution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 Proclamation
                 was
                 published
                 ,
                 forbidding
                 the
                 killing
                 of
                 Lambs
                 or
                 Calves
                 for
                 the
                 Year
                 next
                 ensuing
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Country
                 might
                 recover
                 a
                 Stock
                 again
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 so
                 exhausted
                 by
                 the
                 Wars
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Natives
                 who
                 had
                 committed
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 waste
                 upon
                 the
                 Possessions
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 were
                 driven
                 to
                 such
                 Extremities
                 that
                 they
                 starved
                 with
                 Hunger
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 informed
                 by
                 Persons
                 deserving
                 Credit
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 Calamity
                 fell
                 upon
                 them
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 Depredations
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 roasted
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 eat
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 supply
                 their
                 Necessities
                 .
                 In
                 conjunction
                 with
                 this
                 Evil
                 they
                 were
                 also
                 afflicted
                 with
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 supposed
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 brought
                 amongst
                 them
                 by
                 a
                 Ship
                 from
                 Spain
                 ,
                 and
                 bound
                 to
                 Galway
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 the
                 Infection
                 spread
                 it self
                 through
                 most
                 Parts
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 amongst
                 others
                 had
                 reached
                 Waterford
                 ,
                 where
                 several
                 died
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 a
                 Kinswoman
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 been
                 driven
                 out
                 of
                 Ireland
                 with
                 her
                 Husband
                 and
                 Children
                 at
                 the
                 breaking
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 took
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 return
                 thither
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 died
                 there
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 of
                 her
                 Children
                 ,
                 very
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 having
                 dined
                 with
                 me
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 .
                 The
                 Spring
                 approaching
                 ,
                 we
                 removed
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 that
                 Place
                 lying
                 most
                 convenient
                 for
                 the
                 distribution
                 of
                 Tents
                 ,
                 Clothes
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 other
                 things
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 :
                 It
                 was
                 also
                 near
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 thought
                 most
                 proper
                 to
                 favour
                 any
                 Attempt
                 against
                 them
                 from
                 thence
                 .
                 Col.
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 who
                 returned
                 from
                 England
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 being
                 made
                 Commissary
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 was
                 sent
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 into
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 
                   Queen's
                   County
                
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 a
                 Garison
                 into
                 Marriborough
                 ,
                 appointing
                 Major
                 Owen
                 to
                 be
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 At
                 his
                 Return
                 it
                 was
                 agreed
                 that
                 a
                 Detachment
                 
                 from
                 Nenagh
                 ,
                 where
                 Col.
                 Abbot
                 commanded
                 ,
                 another
                 from
                 Cashil
                 and
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 third
                 from
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 should
                 march
                 from
                 their
                 respective
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 and
                 contrive
                 it
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 sall
                 upon
                 the
                 Quarters
                 of
                 Col.
                 Fitzpatrick
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 advantageously
                 situated
                 ,
                 encompassed
                 with
                 Woods
                 and
                 Bogs
                 ,
                 and
                 inaccessible
                 ,
                 except
                 by
                 three
                 very
                 narrow
                 and
                 difficult
                 ways
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 ordered
                 to
                 attack
                 him
                 separatcly
                 .
                 This
                 Enterprize
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 effected
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Place
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 ,
                 besides
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 Men
                 killed
                 or
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 At
                 this
                 time
                 it
                 happened
                 that
                 Col.
                 Axtell
                 ,
                 than
                 whom
                 no
                 Man
                 was
                 better
                 acquainted
                 with
                 the
                 Country
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 was
                 accused
                 for
                 not
                 performing
                 some
                 Conditions
                 said
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 promised
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 pretended
                 that
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 surrendred
                 upon
                 assurance
                 of
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 except
                 a
                 few
                 who
                 made
                 their
                 Escape
                 .
                 The
                 Colonel
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 prove
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 Conditions
                 had
                 been
                 granted
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 by
                 Force
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 who
                 had
                 shewed
                 no
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 deserve
                 to
                 receive
                 any
                 .
                 Tho
                 the
                 Proof
                 was
                 not
                 clear
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 them
                 their
                 Lives
                 ,
                 yet
                 because
                 it
                 appeared
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 had
                 thrown
                 out
                 some
                 Expressions
                 tending
                 that
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 Friend
                 to
                 Justice
                 ,
                 even
                 where
                 an
                 Enemy
                 was
                 concerned
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 Col.
                 Axtell
                 was
                 a
                 Person
                 extraordinarily
                 qualified
                 for
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 
                 that
                 Conjuncture
                 ;
                 he
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 also
                 present
                 ,
                 suspended
                 him
                 from
                 his
                 Employment
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 conceived
                 great
                 hopes
                 of
                 obtaining
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 a
                 General
                 Officer
                 ,
                 well
                 knowing
                 his
                 own
                 Merit
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 thinking
                 himself
                 neglected
                 ,
                 made
                 his
                 Complaint
                 to
                 the
                 Deputy
                 in
                 a
                 Letter
                 directed
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 unsealed
                 in
                 another
                 to
                 Adjutant
                 General
                 Allen
                 ;
                 wherein
                 enumerating
                 the
                 Services
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 Losses
                 he
                 had
                 sustained
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 slender
                 Encouragements
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 ,
                 he
                 declared
                 his
                 Resolution
                 not
                 to
                 obey
                 the
                 Commands
                 of
                 any
                 other
                 but
                 of
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 him
                 .
                 In
                 answer
                 to
                 this
                 the
                 Deputy
                 by
                 another
                 Letter
                 acquainted
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 sorry
                 to
                 find
                 such
                 a
                 Spirit
                 in
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 particularly
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 discover
                 it
                 at
                 such
                 a
                 time
                 when
                 the
                 Season
                 for
                 Action
                 was
                 drawing
                 on
                 ,
                 desiring
                 him
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Head-quarters
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 confer
                 together
                 touching
                 this
                 Matter
                 .
                 At
                 his
                 coming
                 the
                 Deputy
                 consulted
                 with
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 what
                 Course
                 to
                 take
                 in
                 this
                 Affair
                 .
                 I
                 excused
                 my self
                 to
                 them
                 from
                 giving
                 my
                 Advice
                 ,
                 (
                 his
                 principal
                 Objection
                 being
                 against
                 me
                 )
                 telling
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 convinced
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 some
                 Ground
                 for
                 his
                 Dissatisfaction
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 Interest
                 and
                 Experience
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 ;
                 I
                 being
                 in
                 those
                 respects
                 much
                 inferiour
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 had
                 the
                 
                 Confidence
                 to
                 have
                 undertaken
                 the
                 Employment
                 I
                 possessed
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 pure
                 Obedience
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 Authority
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 abundantly
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 Clearness
                 of
                 my
                 Proceeding
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 less
                 of
                 my
                 Abilities
                 to
                 discharge
                 the
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 perform
                 the
                 Duties
                 of
                 my
                 Employments
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 given
                 sufficient
                 Demonstration
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 of
                 a
                 constant
                 and
                 hearty
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Interest
                 .
                 In
                 conclusion
                 ,
                 the
                 Debate
                 concerning
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghill
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 this
                 Question
                 ;
                 Whether
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 wholly
                 laid
                 aside
                 ,
                 or
                 whether
                 something
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 content
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 by
                 conferring
                 upon
                 him
                 some
                 Office
                 of
                 Profit
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 a
                 General
                 Officer
                 .
                 The
                 latter
                 was
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 declared
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Ordinance
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 having
                 settled
                 Affairs
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 the
                 Deputy
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 in
                 making
                 all
                 necessary
                 Preparations
                 for
                 the
                 ensuing
                 Service
                 ,
                 took
                 that
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 regulate
                 Affairs
                 at
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 where
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 dispatched
                 the
                 Publick
                 Business
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 spent
                 about
                 a
                 Week
                 ,
                 and
                 provided
                 Houses
                 to
                 receive
                 their
                 Families
                 when
                 they
                 should
                 arrive
                 from
                 England
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 had
                 designed
                 to
                 surprize
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 way
                 to
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 again
                 in
                 their
                 Return
                 to
                 us
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 them
                 attended
                 
                 by
                 a
                 strong
                 Guard
                 ,
                 they
                 durst
                 not
                 venture
                 to
                 attempt
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Enemies
                 Forces
                 being
                 retreated
                 into
                 Connaught
                 ,
                 which
                 Province
                 was
                 covered
                 by
                 the
                 Shannon
                 ,
                 and
                 keeping
                 strong
                 Guards
                 upon
                 the
                 Bridges
                 and
                 Fords
                 of
                 that
                 River
                 ,
                 the
                 Reduction
                 of
                 Limerick
                 could
                 not
                 well
                 be
                 expected
                 till
                 we
                 had
                 blocked
                 them
                 up
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 ,
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 between
                 four
                 and
                 five
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 should
                 march
                 into
                 Connaught
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Ballyshannon
                 ,
                 a
                 Passage
                 on
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 Ulster
                 ,
                 not
                 far
                 distant
                 from
                 the
                 Sea
                 ;
                 and
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 was
                 sent
                 with
                 his
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 his
                 Assistance
                 .
              
               
                 Col.
                 Axtell
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 about
                 this
                 time
                 going
                 for
                 England
                 ,
                 were
                 taken
                 by
                 a
                 Pirate
                 belonging
                 to
                 Scilly
                 ,
                 whither
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 carried
                 Prisoners
                 :
                 The
                 Irish
                 who
                 were
                 many
                 in
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 against
                 whom
                 Col.
                 Axtell
                 had
                 been
                 very
                 active
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 had
                 heard
                 of
                 the
                 Charge
                 lately
                 exhibited
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 pressed
                 hard
                 for
                 the
                 taking
                 away
                 his
                 Life
                 .
                 But
                 upon
                 consideration
                 of
                 the
                 Preparations
                 making
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 send
                 a
                 Fleet
                 with
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 reduce
                 that
                 Island
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 thought
                 convenient
                 to
                 attempt
                 any
                 thing
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 had
                 a
                 strong
                 Inclination
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 an
                 exemplary
                 Retaliation
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Parliament
                 sent
                 a
                 Fleet
                 with
                 some
                 Land-Forces
                 to
                 reduce
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 
                 Jersey
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Castle
                 which
                 was
                 kept
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Philip
                   Carteret
                
                 for
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 .
                 Col.
                 Haines
                 who
                 commanded
                 them
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 some
                 Opposition
                 at
                 his
                 landing
                 ;
                 but
                 having
                 brought
                 his
                 Men
                 ashore
                 ,
                 the
                 Island
                 generally
                 submitted
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 The
                 Castle
                 having
                 made
                 some
                 Resistance
                 ,
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 surrendred
                 also
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 being
                 thus
                 successful
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Authority
                 acknowledged
                 by
                 the
                 Applications
                 of
                 Agents
                 and
                 Ambassadors
                 from
                 Foreign
                 Nations
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 to
                 send
                 some
                 Ministers
                 abroad
                 to
                 entertain
                 a
                 good
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 our
                 Neighbours
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Interests
                 of
                 the
                 Subjects
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
                 To
                 that
                 effect
                 the
                 Lord
                 Chief
                 Justice
                 
                   St.
                   Johns
                
                 was
                 dispatched
                 with
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 Ambassador
                 Extraordinary
                 to
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 the
                 
                   United
                   Netherlands
                
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 Mr.
                 
                   Walter
                   Strickland
                
                 ,
                 our
                 Resident
                 there
                 ,
                 was
                 joined
                 in
                 Commission
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 prevent
                 such
                 another
                 Attempt
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 made
                 upon
                 our
                 former
                 Agent
                 ,
                 forty
                 Gentlemen
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 attend
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 Security
                 and
                 Honour
                 ,
                 ten
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 being
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Ambassador's
                 Steward
                 for
                 the
                 Expence
                 of
                 the
                 Embassy
                 .
                 Yet
                 this
                 great
                 Equipage
                 was
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 prevent
                 a
                 publick
                 Affront
                 which
                 was
                 offered
                 him
                 by
                 Prince
                 Edward
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Palatine
                 Family
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 passing
                 the
                 Streets
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Prince
                 immediately
                 retiring
                 to
                 some
                 Place
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 ,
                 secured
                 himself
                 from
                 any
                 Prosecution
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 pretended
                 upon
                 the
                 Complaint
                 of
                 our
                 Ambassadors
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 do
                 them
                 what
                 Right
                 they
                 could
                 .
                 The
                 Negotiation
                 of
                 our
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 designed
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 nearer
                 Conjunction
                 and
                 Coalition
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 States
                 ,
                 proved
                 also
                 ineffectual
                 ,
                 the
                 Province
                 of
                 Holland
                 being
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 inclined
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 it
                 as
                 was
                 expected
                 ,
                 and
                 Frizeland
                 ,
                 with
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 entirely
                 against
                 it
                 ;
                 presuming
                 that
                 such
                 a
                 Conjunction
                 as
                 was
                 demanded
                 would
                 be
                 no
                 less
                 than
                 rendring
                 those
                 Countries
                 a
                 Province
                 to
                 England
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 our
                 Ambassadors
                 having
                 used
                 all
                 possible
                 means
                 to
                 succeed
                 in
                 their
                 Business
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 the
                 Dutch
                 unwilling
                 to
                 conclude
                 with
                 us
                 whilst
                 the
                 King
                 had
                 an
                 Army
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 England
                 without
                 effecting
                 any
                 thing
                 but
                 the
                 Expence
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Sum
                 of
                 Money
                 .
                 This
                 Disappointment
                 sat
                 so
                 heavy
                 upon
                 the
                 haughty
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Chief
                 Justice
                 
                   St.
                   Johns
                
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 reported
                 these
                 Transactions
                 with
                 the
                 highest
                 Aggravations
                 against
                 the
                 States
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 was
                 a
                 principal
                 Instrument
                 to
                 prevail
                 with
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 to
                 move
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 pass
                 an
                 Act
                 prohibiting
                 foreign
                 Ships
                 from
                 bringing
                 any
                 Merchandizes
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 except
                 such
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Growth
                 or
                 Manufacture
                 of
                 that
                 Country
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 said
                 Ships
                 did
                 belong
                 .
                 This
                 Law
                 ,
                 tho
                 just
                 in
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 advantageous
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 highly
                 resented
                 by
                 the
                 
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 for
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 driven
                 the
                 Trade
                 of
                 Europe
                 by
                 the
                 great
                 Number
                 of
                 their
                 Ships
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 soon
                 proved
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Ball
                 of
                 Contention
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Nations
                 .
              
               
                 During
                 these
                 Transactions
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 of
                 Ireland
                 labouring
                 with
                 all
                 diligence
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 ordered
                 the
                 Army
                 to
                 rendezvouz
                 at
                 Cashil
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 he
                 marched
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Nenagh
                 to
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 Shannon
                 which
                 lies
                 over
                 against
                 Killalo
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Castle-haven
                 lay
                 with
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 disposed
                 along
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 defended
                 by
                 Breast-works
                 cast
                 up
                 for
                 their
                 Security
                 ,
                 resolving
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 obstruct
                 our
                 Passage
                 into
                 Connaught
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 intended
                 to
                 divert
                 the
                 Course
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 set
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 and
                 Pioneers
                 at
                 work
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 Ground
                 lower
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Water
                 venting
                 it self
                 into
                 the
                 Passage
                 ,
                 the
                 River
                 might
                 become
                 fordable
                 ;
                 which
                 so
                 alarmed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 drew
                 out
                 most
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 to
                 oppose
                 us
                 .
                 Whilst
                 they
                 were
                 thus
                 amused
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 taking
                 me
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Guard
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 marched
                 privately
                 by
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Shannon
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 find
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 to
                 pass
                 that
                 River
                 .
                 The
                 ways
                 were
                 almost
                 impassable
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Bogs
                 ,
                 tho
                 Col.
                 Reeves
                 and
                 others
                 who
                 commanded
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 had
                 repaired
                 them
                 with
                 Hurdles
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 .
                 Being
                 advanced
                 about
                 half
                 way
                 from
                 Killalo
                 to
                 Castle-Conel
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 a
                 place
                 that
                 answered
                 our
                 Desires
                 ,
                 where
                 
                 a
                 Bridg
                 had
                 formerly
                 been
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 old
                 Castle
                 still
                 standing
                 at
                 the
                 foot
                 of
                 it
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 .
                 We
                 took
                 only
                 a
                 short
                 view
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 lest
                 we
                 should
                 give
                 occasion
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 suspect
                 our
                 Design
                 .
                 The
                 way
                 hither
                 from
                 our
                 Camp
                 was
                 so
                 full
                 of
                 Bogs
                 ,
                 that
                 neither
                 Horse
                 nor
                 Man
                 could
                 pass
                 without
                 great
                 Danger
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 mend
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 laying
                 Hurdles
                 and
                 great
                 pieces
                 of
                 Timber
                 a-cross
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 bear
                 our
                 Carriages
                 :
                 which
                 we
                 did
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 making
                 a
                 passable
                 way
                 between
                 our
                 Camp
                 and
                 Castle-Conel
                 ,
                 a
                 Garison
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 where
                 Provisions
                 were
                 laid
                 up
                 for
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 about
                 ten
                 days
                 before
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 this
                 Design
                 could
                 be
                 prepared
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Col.
                 Reeves
                 was
                 commanded
                 to
                 bring
                 three
                 Boats
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 a
                 place
                 appointed
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 by
                 one
                 a
                 Clock
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Night
                 three
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 four
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 marched
                 silently
                 towards
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 the
                 Boats
                 were
                 ordered
                 to
                 lie
                 ,
                 and
                 arrived
                 there
                 an
                 hour
                 before
                 day
                 .
                 They
                 found
                 but
                 two
                 Boats
                 waiting
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 served
                 to
                 carry
                 over
                 three
                 Files
                 of
                 Musqueteers
                 and
                 six
                 Troopers
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 unsaddled
                 their
                 Horses
                 ,
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 swim
                 by
                 the
                 Boat
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 safely
                 landed
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 .
                 Two
                 Sentinels
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 one
                 was
                 killed
                 by
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 made
                 his
                 Escape
                 .
                 Our
                 Boats
                 had
                 transported
                 about
                 sixty
                 Foot
                 and
                 twenty
                 Horse
                 before
                 
                 any
                 Enemy
                 appeared
                 ;
                 but
                 then
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Horse
                 coming
                 up
                 skirmished
                 with
                 ours
                 ,
                 wherein
                 one
                 Mr.
                 How
                 ,
                 a
                 hopeful
                 daring
                 young
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 accompanied
                 me
                 into
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 distinguished
                 himself
                 .
                 About
                 a
                 thousand
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Foot
                 advancing
                 ,
                 our
                 Horse
                 was
                 commanded
                 to
                 retire
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 some
                 Reluctancy
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 hasty
                 March
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 was
                 retarded
                 by
                 our
                 Guns
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 planted
                 on
                 a
                 Hill
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 we
                 fired
                 so
                 thick
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 to
                 retreat
                 under
                 the
                 shelter
                 of
                 a
                 rising
                 Ground
                 ;
                 where
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 while
                 ,
                 and
                 considered
                 what
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 finding
                 ours
                 coming
                 over
                 apace
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 attacking
                 us
                 ,
                 they
                 began
                 to
                 think
                 it
                 high
                 time
                 to
                 provide
                 against
                 our
                 falling
                 upon
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 sent
                 to
                 all
                 their
                 Guards
                 upon
                 the
                 River
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 ,
                 they
                 retreated
                 farther
                 through
                 the
                 Woods
                 into
                 their
                 own
                 Quarters
                 .
                 We
                 were
                 no
                 sooner
                 got
                 over
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 received
                 advice
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 and
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 were
                 entred
                 into
                 Connaught
                 ,
                 and
                 advanced
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 Athenree
                 .
                 Our
                 Ships
                 were
                 also
                 come
                 up
                 the
                 River
                 of
                 Limerick
                 with
                 our
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Limerick
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Deputy
                 thinking
                 himself
                 abundantly
                 provided
                 for
                 the
                 Reduction
                 of
                 that
                 important
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 knowing
                 what
                 Necessities
                 the
                 Party
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 might
                 be
                 driven
                 to
                 ,
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Strength
                 being
                 drawn
                 
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 send
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 spare
                 above
                 a
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 for
                 that
                 Service
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 unwilling
                 to
                 desire
                 me
                 to
                 command
                 them
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 Person
                 with
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 conveniently
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 therein
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Colonels
                 of
                 Horse
                 being
                 employed
                 in
                 their
                 respective
                 Precincts
                 to
                 secure
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Incursions
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 .
                 This
                 I
                 perceived
                 ,
                 and
                 offered
                 to
                 match
                 with
                 them
                 :
                 whereupon
                 the
                 Deputy
                 furnished
                 me
                 with
                 three
                 Majors
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 Majors
                 Warden
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 Major
                 Owen
                 of
                 the
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 and
                 Major
                 Bol●●n
                 of
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 a
                 brave
                 and
                 diligent
                 Officer
                 .
                 We
                 began
                 our
                 March
                 about
                 five
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 twelve
                 at
                 Night
                 having
                 marched
                 between
                 sixteen
                 and
                 seventeen
                 Miles
                 ,
                 we
                 dismounted
                 to
                 forage
                 our
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 rest
                 our selves
                 .
                 Before
                 day
                 we
                 mounted
                 and
                 continued
                 our
                 March
                 through
                 a
                 desolate
                 Country
                 ,
                 the
                 People
                 being
                 fled
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 Provisions
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 but
                 what
                 we
                 carried
                 with
                 us
                 .
                 About
                 ten
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 our
                 Forlorn
                 perceived
                 a
                 Creaght
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Country
                 People
                 call
                 it
                 ,
                 where
                 half
                 a
                 dozen
                 Families
                 with
                 their
                 Cattle
                 were
                 got
                 together
                 .
                 Some
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 saw
                 them
                 first
                 ,
                 presuming
                 all
                 the
                 Irish
                 in
                 that
                 Country
                 to
                 be
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 kill
                 them
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 having
                 notice
                 ,
                 I
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 a
                 share
                 with
                 them
                 of
                 a
                 Pot
                 of
                 sowr
                 Milk
                 ,
                 which
                 seemed
                 to
                 me
                 the
                 most
                 pleasant
                 Liquor
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 drank
                 .
                 
                 In
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 we
                 found
                 the
                 ways
                 exceeding
                 bad
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 impassable
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Hurdles
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 laid
                 upon
                 them
                 being
                 drawn
                 away
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 supposed
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 yet
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 than
                 twenty
                 four
                 hours
                 we
                 had
                 marched
                 about
                 forty
                 Miles
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 informed
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 was
                 besieging
                 Portumna
                 ,
                 a
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clanrickard
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Enemies
                 were
                 about
                 Athenree
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 notice
                 ,
                 leaving
                 my
                 Party
                 advantageously
                 posted
                 in
                 a
                 Place
                 furnished
                 with
                 Provisions
                 for
                 themselves
                 and
                 Horses
                 ,
                 I
                 took
                 with
                 me
                 sixty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 Portumna
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 informed
                 more
                 particularly
                 concerning
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 Affairs
                 .
                 At
                 my
                 Arrival
                 I
                 understood
                 that
                 an
                 Attempt
                 had
                 been
                 made
                 upon
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 wherein
                 our
                 Men
                 had
                 been
                 repulsed
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 large
                 Line
                 to
                 keep
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 poor
                 People
                 within
                 ,
                 fearing
                 to
                 hazard
                 another
                 Assault
                 ,
                 had
                 agreed
                 to
                 surrender
                 upon
                 Articles
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 accordingly
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 having
                 found
                 Sir
                 Charles
                 Coote's
                 Party
                 in
                 good
                 condition
                 ,
                 and
                 able
                 to
                 deal
                 with
                 the
                 Enemies
                 on
                 that
                 side
                 ,
                 I
                 returned
                 to
                 my
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 and
                 five
                 hundred
                 more
                 that
                 joined
                 me
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 I
                 followed
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 removed
                 from
                 one
                 Place
                 to
                 another
                 with
                 such
                 Expedition
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 overtake
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 left
                 their
                 Carriages
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 march
                 the
                 lighter
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 Castle
                 belonging
                 to
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Brabston
                 ,
                 situated
                 
                 upon
                 a
                 considerable
                 Pass
                 .
                 This
                 Place
                 I
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 reduce
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 indifferently
                 strong
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 very
                 ill
                 provided
                 for
                 such
                 an
                 Attempt
                 ,
                 yet
                 after
                 some
                 Resistance
                 the
                 Enemies
                 delivered
                 it
                 upon
                 Articles
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 were
                 permitted
                 to
                 carry
                 off
                 whatsoever
                 belonged
                 properly
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 the
                 Tents
                 and
                 Draught-Oxen
                 remaining
                 in
                 our
                 possession
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 other
                 things
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clanrickard
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 had
                 constituted
                 his
                 Deputy
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
                 Having
                 put
                 a
                 Garison
                 into
                 this
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 back
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 with
                 his
                 Party
                 to
                 Portumna
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 with
                 my
                 Horse
                 towards
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 to
                 Gourtenshegore
                 ,
                 a
                 Castle
                 belonging
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Dermot
                   O
                   Shortness
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 gone
                 to
                 Galway
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 left
                 his
                 Tenants
                 with
                 some
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Foliot
                 an
                 English
                 Man
                 to
                 command
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 .
                 At
                 my
                 coming
                 before
                 it
                 I
                 summoned
                 them
                 to
                 submit
                 ,
                 offering
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 would
                 dismiss
                 their
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 promise
                 to
                 live
                 quietly
                 in
                 the
                 obedience
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 leave
                 no
                 Garison
                 in
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 nor
                 suffer
                 any
                 Prejudice
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 They
                 pretending
                 they
                 had
                 already
                 submitted
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 Castle
                 to
                 any
                 other
                 .
                 Tho
                 I
                 took
                 this
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 a
                 pretence
                 ,
                 yet
                 to
                 leave
                 them
                 without
                 excuse
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 prevent
                 all
                 Exceptions
                 ,
                 I
                 sent
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 to
                 desire
                 him
                 to
                 let
                 me
                 know
                 how
                 the
                 Matter
                 stood
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 direct
                 them
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 Place
                 to
                 me
                 .
                 Having
                 
                 received
                 an
                 Answer
                 to
                 my
                 Letter
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 I
                 sent
                 it
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 telling
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 now
                 I
                 expected
                 their
                 Obedience
                 ;
                 but
                 instead
                 of
                 that
                 they
                 sent
                 me
                 a
                 Defiance
                 ,
                 and
                 sounded
                 their
                 Bagpipes
                 in
                 contempt
                 of
                 us
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 chiefly
                 encouraged
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 had
                 sent
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 to
                 me
                 some
                 Iron
                 Bars
                 ,
                 Sledges
                 ,
                 and
                 Pickaxes
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 under
                 colour
                 of
                 going
                 to
                 setch
                 them
                 ,
                 ran
                 away
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 them
                 with
                 our
                 want
                 of
                 Artillery
                 and
                 Instruments
                 to
                 force
                 them
                 .
                 I
                 gave
                 Orders
                 to
                 take
                 up
                 all
                 the
                 Horses
                 from
                 Grass
                 ,
                 to
                 bridle
                 and
                 saddle
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 tie
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Tents
                 of
                 their
                 respective
                 Troops
                 ,
                 commanding
                 two
                 Troops
                 to
                 mount
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 send
                 out
                 Scouts
                 to
                 discover
                 if
                 any
                 Enemy
                 were
                 near
                 .
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 I
                 drew
                 into
                 several
                 Parties
                 ,
                 and
                 assigned
                 them
                 their
                 particular
                 Attacks
                 :
                 Every
                 Souldier
                 carried
                 a
                 Fagot
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 defend
                 himself
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Trenches
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 fire
                 the
                 Gates
                 ,
                 as
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 occasion
                 .
                 On
                 one
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Wall
                 there
                 was
                 an
                 Earth-work
                 about
                 eleven
                 Foot
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Trench
                 of
                 equal
                 breadth
                 without
                 .
                 The
                 Wall
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 was
                 about
                 twelve
                 Foot
                 high
                 ,
                 well
                 flanked
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 the
                 Place
                 was
                 secured
                 by
                 a
                 River
                 .
                 Upon
                 our
                 first
                 Approach
                 the
                 Enemy
                 shot
                 very
                 thick
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 killed
                 two
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 which
                 so
                 enraged
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 ran
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Works
                 ,
                 and
                 helping
                 one
                 another
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 beat
                 off
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 following
                 them
                 
                 so
                 close
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 means
                 of
                 some
                 Ladders
                 which
                 those
                 within
                 had
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 they
                 got
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 most
                 of
                 those
                 they
                 found
                 there
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 not
                 daring
                 to
                 open
                 the
                 Gate
                 to
                 receive
                 their
                 Friends
                 .
                 Those
                 of
                 ours
                 who
                 had
                 entred
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 having
                 no
                 Instruments
                 to
                 force
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 a
                 wooden
                 Bar
                 which
                 they
                 found
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 wrested
                 out
                 the
                 Iron
                 Bars
                 of
                 a
                 strong
                 stone
                 Window
                 about
                 six
                 Foot
                 from
                 the
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 the
                 Enemy
                 by
                 their
                 Shot
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 Room
                 ,
                 where
                 being
                 entred
                 ,
                 they
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 there
                 .
                 Lieutenant
                 Foliot
                 finding
                 his
                 Case
                 desperate
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 sell
                 his
                 Life
                 at
                 as
                 dear
                 a
                 rate
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 charged
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 nine
                 or
                 ten
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Tuck
                 in
                 one
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Stilletto
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 defending
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 with
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 pressing
                 them
                 so
                 hard
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 all
                 gave
                 ground
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 closing
                 with
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 wounded
                 ,
                 and
                 probably
                 might
                 have
                 killed
                 ,
                 gave
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 another
                 to
                 run
                 him
                 through
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 Wound
                 he
                 fell
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 House
                 was
                 quickly
                 cleared
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 Most
                 of
                 the
                 Principal
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 being
                 got
                 into
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 our
                 Men
                 fired
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 Fagots
                 at
                 the
                 Gates
                 ,
                 which
                 burned
                 so
                 furiously
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Flame
                 took
                 hold
                 of
                 the
                 Floors
                 and
                 other
                 Timber
                 within
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 Iron
                 Grate
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 perceived
                 by
                 those
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 they
                 hung
                 out
                 a
                 white
                 Flag
                 ,
                 begging
                 earnestly
                 for
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 
                 we
                 would
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Fire
                 .
                 I
                 commanded
                 my
                 Men
                 to
                 leave
                 shooting
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Besieged
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 expected
                 any
                 Favour
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 throw
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 presently
                 did
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 I
                 ordered
                 the
                 Fire
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 a
                 Souldier
                 twenty
                 Shillings
                 to
                 fetch
                 out
                 two
                 Barrels
                 of
                 Powder
                 that
                 was
                 near
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 continued
                 to
                 burn
                 so
                 fiercely
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 put
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 but
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 throw
                 up
                 Skains
                 of
                 Match
                 into
                 the
                 Chambers
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 those
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 descended
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 being
                 about
                 fourscore
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 besides
                 many
                 Women
                 and
                 Children
                 .
                 We
                 secured
                 the
                 Men
                 till
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 called
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 pressed
                 by
                 the
                 Officers
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Principal
                 of
                 them
                 might
                 be
                 punished
                 with
                 Death
                 for
                 their
                 Obstinacy
                 ,
                 I
                 consented
                 to
                 their
                 Demand
                 ,
                 provided
                 it
                 might
                 not
                 extend
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 drawn
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 Malice
                 of
                 others
                 .
                 Those
                 who
                 were
                 Tenants
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Dermot
                   O
                   Shortness
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Country-men
                 ,
                 I
                 dismissed
                 to
                 their
                 Habitations
                 ,
                 upon
                 promise
                 to
                 behave
                 themselves
                 peaceably
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 engage
                 against
                 us
                 no
                 more
                 :
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 them
                 we
                 carried
                 away
                 with
                 us
                 .
                 Whilst
                 we
                 were
                 spending
                 our
                 time
                 in
                 sending
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 and
                 expecting
                 his
                 Answer
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 that
                 were
                 marched
                 towards
                 the
                 Barony
                 of
                 Burren
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 overtake
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 met
                 with
                 sour
                 or
                 five
                 hundred
                 Head
                 of
                 Cattle
                 ,
                 and
                 seized
                 
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 proved
                 a
                 great
                 Refreshment
                 to
                 our
                 Party
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 that
                 was
                 besieging
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 whither
                 we
                 returned
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 our
                 Proceedings
                 to
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 who
                 expressed
                 himself
                 well
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 my
                 Return
                 I
                 found
                 that
                 our
                 Army
                 had
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Forts
                 that
                 stood
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 Shannon
                 upon
                 the
                 
                   Fishing
                   Ware
                
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 .
                 A
                 small
                 Battery
                 of
                 two
                 Guns
                 being
                 erected
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 was
                 fired
                 into
                 a
                 Room
                 ,
                 and
                 breaking
                 the
                 Leg
                 of
                 a
                 Souldier
                 there
                 ,
                 so
                 frighted
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 that
                 betaking
                 themselves
                 to
                 their
                 Boats
                 ,
                 they
                 abandoned
                 the
                 Place
                 ;
                 which
                 ours
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 sired
                 so
                 thick
                 upon
                 them
                 with
                 their
                 Shot
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Boats
                 ,
                 whether
                 moved
                 by
                 Fear
                 or
                 Promise
                 of
                 Life
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 surrendred
                 to
                 our
                 Men
                 ;
                 yet
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 the
                 Deputy
                 was
                 much
                 troubled
                 ,
                 judging
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 quitted
                 the
                 means
                 they
                 had
                 in
                 their
                 hands
                 for
                 their
                 Preservation
                 ,
                 but
                 upon
                 Terms
                 of
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 referred
                 the
                 Matter
                 to
                 be
                 examined
                 by
                 a
                 Court
                 Martial
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 having
                 considered
                 of
                 the
                 Summons
                 sent
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 Deputy
                 for
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 agreed
                 to
                 treat
                 concerning
                 Articles
                 ,
                 supposing
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 obtain
                 more
                 favourable
                 Conditions
                 than
                 when
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 driven
                 to
                 Extremities
                 .
                 Accordingly
                 six
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 appointed
                 on
                 
                 each
                 side
                 .
                 Those
                 for
                 the
                 Enemy
                 were
                 Major
                 General
                 Purcel
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Stockdale
                 Recorder
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Butler
                   ,
                   Jeffrey
                   Barrow
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 
                   Supreme
                   Council
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Baggot
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 more
                 ,
                 whose
                 Name
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 remember
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 nominated
                 by
                 the
                 Deputy
                 were
                 Major
                 General
                 Waller
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 Major
                 Smith
                 ,
                 Adjutant
                 General
                 Allen
                 ,
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 more
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 have
                 also
                 forgot
                 .
                 We
                 met
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 Tent
                 placed
                 between
                 the
                 Town
                 and
                 our
                 Camp
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 dined
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 treated
                 of
                 Conditions
                 for
                 several
                 days
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 having
                 great
                 Expectations
                 of
                 Relief
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Success
                 against
                 us
                 in
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 the
                 drawing
                 together
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Parties
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 able
                 to
                 form
                 an
                 Army
                 more
                 numerous
                 than
                 ours
                 ,
                 insisted
                 upon
                 such
                 excessive
                 Terms
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Treaty
                 was
                 broken
                 up
                 without
                 coming
                 to
                 any
                 Conclusion
                 .
                 The
                 Fort
                 which
                 we
                 were
                 preparing
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 block
                 them
                 up
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 being
                 almost
                 finished
                 ,
                 and
                 Materials
                 ready
                 for
                 building
                 a
                 Bridg
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 over
                 the
                 Shannon
                 to
                 preserve
                 a
                 Communication
                 between
                 our
                 Forces
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 ,
                 we
                 resolved
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 Reduction
                 of
                 a
                 Castle
                 possessed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 standing
                 beyond
                 their
                 Bridg.
                 To
                 that
                 end
                 a
                 Battery
                 was
                 erected
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Breach
                 being
                 made
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 remembring
                 the
                 Vigour
                 of
                 the
                 Troopers
                 in
                 the
                 Action
                 at
                 Gourtenshegore
                 ,
                 desired
                 that
                 one
                 might
                 be
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 each
                 Troop
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 Example
                 to
                 the
                 Foot
                 that
                 
                 were
                 to
                 storm
                 :
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 armed
                 with
                 Back
                 ,
                 Breast
                 ,
                 and
                 Head-piece
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 with
                 Hand-Granadoes
                 .
                 One
                 Mr.
                 Hacket
                 ,
                 a
                 stout
                 Gentleman
                 of
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 was
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 to
                 lead
                 them
                 on
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 all
                 not
                 above
                 twenty
                 .
                 This
                 Design
                 succeeded
                 beyond
                 Expectation
                 ;
                 for
                 our
                 Men
                 having
                 thrown
                 in
                 their
                 Granadoes
                 ,
                 marched
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Breach
                 ,
                 and
                 entred
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Hacket
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 followed
                 by
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 ordered
                 to
                 sustain
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 stand
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 quitted
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 retired
                 by
                 the
                 Bridg
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 The
                 Castle
                 was
                 immediately
                 searched
                 ,
                 and
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 Barrels
                 of
                 Powder
                 were
                 sound
                 in
                 a
                 Vault
                 ready
                 to
                 take
                 fire
                 by
                 a
                 lighted
                 Match
                 left
                 there
                 by
                 the
                 Enemy
                 on
                 purpose
                 to
                 blow
                 up
                 our
                 Men.
                 The
                 Deputy
                 gave
                 Mr.
                 Hacket
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Troopers
                 a
                 Gratuity
                 for
                 their
                 good
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 Encouragement
                 of
                 this
                 Success
                 ,
                 formed
                 a
                 Design
                 to
                 possess
                 himself
                 of
                 an
                 Island
                 that
                 lay
                 near
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 containing
                 about
                 forty
                 or
                 fifty
                 Acres
                 of
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 encompassed
                 by
                 the
                 River
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 Boats
                 were
                 prepared
                 ,
                 and
                 Floats
                 sufficient
                 to
                 transport
                 three
                 hundred
                 Men
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 and
                 Orders
                 given
                 to
                 fall
                 down
                 the
                 River
                 about
                 Midnight
                 .
                 Three
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Foot
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 Horse
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 be
                 wasted
                 over
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 three
                 hundred
                 ,
                 being
                 all
                 Foot
                 ,
                 were
                 commanded
                 by
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 Walker
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 landed
                 on
                 the
                 Island
                 with
                 his
                 Men
                 ,
                 marched
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Enemies
                 Breast-work
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 cast
                 up
                 quite
                 round
                 the
                 Place
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 having
                 discovered
                 our
                 Men
                 before
                 their
                 Landing
                 ,
                 had
                 drawn
                 most
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 together
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 being
                 oppressed
                 by
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 forced
                 into
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 either
                 killed
                 or
                 drowned
                 ,
                 except
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 only
                 who
                 came
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 Camp.
                 Our
                 Bridge
                 being
                 finished
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 small
                 Fort
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 erected
                 at
                 the
                 foot
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 with
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 marched
                 over
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 marked
                 out
                 Ground
                 for
                 three
                 Bodies
                 of
                 Men
                 to
                 encamp
                 separately
                 ,
                 each
                 to
                 consist
                 of
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 ,
                 giving
                 Orders
                 for
                 the
                 fortifying
                 of
                 those
                 Places
                 ,
                 assigning
                 to
                 each
                 Regiment
                 their
                 Proportion
                 ,
                 and
                 quartering
                 them
                 by
                 Brigades
                 in
                 the
                 most
                 convenient
                 manner
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 ,
                 to
                 relieve
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 annoy
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 and
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 great
                 Fort
                 on
                 which
                 our
                 Men
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 working
                 was
                 rendred
                 defensible
                 ,
                 he
                 drew
                 off
                 all
                 our
                 Forces
                 from
                 this
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 except
                 a
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 three
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 draw
                 their
                 Forces
                 together
                 to
                 relieve
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 well
                 knowing
                 of
                 what
                 Importance
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 their
                 Affairs
                 .
                 To
                 that
                 end
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 had
                 brought
                 together
                 about
                 five
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 in
                 the
                 Counties
                 of
                 Cork
                 and
                 Kerry
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   David
                   Rock
                
                 between
                 two
                 or
                 
                 three
                 thousand
                 more
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Clare
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 and
                 Major
                 Wallis
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 ,
                 whilst
                 I
                 with
                 another
                 Detachment
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 look
                 after
                 the
                 other
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 soon
                 met
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 Dispute
                 entirely
                 defeated
                 him
                 ,
                 killing
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 others
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 little
                 loss
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 .
                 I
                 passed
                 the
                 River
                 at
                 Inchecroghnan
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 advice
                 ,
                 drew
                 off
                 their
                 Forces
                 from
                 Caricgoholt
                 ,
                 a
                 Garison
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 besieging
                 ,
                 whereby
                 Capt.
                 Lucas
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 wanting
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 took
                 that
                 opportunity
                 to
                 quit
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 Capt.
                 
                 Taff's
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 came
                 safe
                 to
                 us
                 .
                 Whilst
                 I
                 was
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 Advice
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 three
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 were
                 marching
                 with
                 all
                 diligence
                 to
                 possess
                 themselves
                 of
                 the
                 Pass
                 at
                 Inchecrohgnan
                 ,
                 thereby
                 designing
                 to
                 obstruct
                 our
                 Return
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 before
                 Limerick
                 :
                 which
                 being
                 confirmed
                 by
                 a
                 Letter
                 we
                 intercepted
                 ,
                 I
                 drew
                 out
                 two
                 hundred
                 and
                 fifty
                 Horse
                 with
                 sixty
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 them
                 before
                 ,
                 with
                 Orders
                 to
                 take
                 possession
                 of
                 the
                 Pass
                 ,
                 marching
                 after
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 my
                 Party
                 .
                 When
                 I
                 was
                 almost
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Pass
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 informed
                 by
                 those
                 sent
                 before
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 found
                 a
                 small
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 there
                 ,
                 who
                 immediately
                 retreated
                 upon
                 the
                 advance
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 whom
                 were
                 in
                 pursuit
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 
                 Presently
                 after
                 Advice
                 was
                 brought
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 made
                 good
                 a
                 Pass
                 leading
                 to
                 some
                 Woods
                 and
                 Bogs
                 which
                 they
                 used
                 sor
                 a
                 Retreat
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 view
                 of
                 their
                 Posture
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 necessary
                 I
                 might
                 order
                 a
                 greater
                 Force
                 to
                 succour
                 our
                 Men.
                 Being
                 come
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 where
                 the
                 Dispute
                 was
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 that
                 
                   Connor
                   O
                   Brian
                
                 ,
                 deputed
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Inchequin
                 to
                 command
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Clare
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 shot
                 from
                 his
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 away
                 by
                 his
                 Party
                 .
                 The
                 Enemy
                 retreated
                 to
                 a
                 Pass
                 ,
                 and
                 fired
                 thick
                 upon
                 us
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 advancing
                 within
                 Pistol-shot
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 quitted
                 their
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 betook
                 themselves
                 to
                 their
                 Woods
                 and
                 Bogs
                 .
                 Divers
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 killed
                 in
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Ground
                 was
                 so
                 advantagious
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Heels
                 so
                 good
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 we
                 pursued
                 them
                 with
                 all
                 possible
                 diligence
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 out
                 Parties
                 several
                 ways
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 take
                 above
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 of
                 them
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 Having
                 dispersed
                 this
                 Party
                 ,
                 and
                 relieved
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Caricogoholt
                 ,
                 I
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 before
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 found
                 a
                 considerable
                 Progress
                 made
                 in
                 our
                 Works
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Reinforcement
                 from
                 England
                 of
                 between
                 three
                 and
                 four
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 ,
                 whose
                 Arrival
                 was
                 very
                 seasonable
                 and
                 welcome
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 having
                 lost
                 many
                 Men
                 by
                 hard
                 Service
                 ,
                 change
                 of
                 Food
                 ,
                 and
                 alteration
                 of
                 the
                 Climate
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 fearing
                 that
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 which
                 raged
                 fiercely
                 in
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 might
                 reach
                 our
                 Army
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 care
                 might
                 be
                 taken
                 of
                 our
                 sick
                 and
                 wounded
                 Men
                 ,
                 caused
                 an
                 Hospital
                 to
                 be
                 prepared
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 ;
                 and
                 whilst
                 the
                 Works
                 were
                 finishing
                 against
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Killalo
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 order
                 a
                 Bridg
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 over
                 the
                 River
                 at
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 Communication
                 of
                 the
                 Counties
                 of
                 Tipperary
                 and
                 Clare
                 .
                 I
                 accompanied
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 Journey
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 passed
                 all
                 Places
                 of
                 Danger
                 ,
                 he
                 left
                 his
                 Guard
                 to
                 refresh
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 rode
                 so
                 hard
                 that
                 he
                 spoiled
                 many
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 hazarded
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 diligent
                 in
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 careless
                 of
                 every
                 thing
                 that
                 belonged
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 never
                 regarded
                 what
                 Clothes
                 or
                 Food
                 he
                 used
                 ,
                 what
                 Hour
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 rest
                 ,
                 or
                 what
                 Horse
                 he
                 mounted
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 our
                 Army
                 in
                 Scotland
                 lying
                 near
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Camp
                 at
                 Torwood
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 plentifully
                 furnished
                 with
                 Provisions
                 from
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Fife
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 that
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Colonel
                 Overton
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 sent
                 in
                 Boats
                 from
                 Leith
                 and
                 Edinburgh
                 into
                 that
                 County
                 ,
                 to
                 contrive
                 some
                 way
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Supplies
                 from
                 thence
                 .
                 This
                 Party
                 was
                 followed
                 by
                 four
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 commanded
                 by
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 notice
                 ,
                 sent
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Brown
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 esteemed
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 Courage
                 and
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 with
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 
                 to
                 oppose
                 them
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 the
                 two
                 Parties
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Engagement
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Enemy
                 was
                 totally
                 routed
                 ;
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Brown
                
                 who
                 commanded
                 them
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 of
                 his
                 Men
                 killed
                 ,
                 many
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 their
                 Baggage
                 taken
                 .
                 The
                 Scots
                 being
                 deprived
                 of
                 their
                 usual
                 Supplies
                 from
                 Fife
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 expecting
                 any
                 from
                 foreign
                 Parts
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 our
                 Ships
                 cruizing
                 on
                 their
                 Coast
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 having
                 received
                 Encouragement
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 from
                 their
                 old
                 and
                 new
                 Friends
                 there
                 .
                 They
                 passed
                 the
                 River
                 Tweed
                 near
                 Carlisle
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 a
                 strong
                 Garison
                 in
                 Berwick
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 considerably
                 advanced
                 on
                 their
                 March
                 before
                 our
                 Army
                 in
                 Scotland
                 were
                 acquainted
                 with
                 their
                 Design
                 .
                 Major
                 General
                 Harrison
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 four
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 somewhat
                 obstructed
                 their
                 March
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 considerable
                 enough
                 to
                 fight
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 they
                 observed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 so
                 closely
                 as
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 from
                 Excursions
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 prevent
                 others
                 from
                 joining
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Scots
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 great
                 expectation
                 of
                 Assistance
                 from
                 Wales
                 ,
                 and
                 relied
                 much
                 upon
                 Col.
                 
                 Massey's
                 Interest
                 in
                 Glocestershire
                 ,
                 advanced
                 that
                 way
                 .
                 Few
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 came
                 in
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 so
                 affectionate
                 were
                 the
                 People
                 to
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 brought
                 in
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 from
                 all
                 Parts
                 to
                 assist
                 the
                 Parliament
                 :
                 Insomuch
                 
                 that
                 their
                 Number
                 was
                 by
                 many
                 thought
                 sufficient
                 to
                 have
                 beaten
                 the
                 Enemy
                 without
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 some
                 even
                 of
                 the
                 excluded
                 Members
                 appearing
                 in
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 leading
                 Regiments
                 against
                 the
                 Common
                 Enemy
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 upon
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Derby
                 was
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 fifteen
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 in
                 Lancashire
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Liburn
                 was
                 sent
                 that
                 way
                 with
                 about
                 eight
                 hundred
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 meeting
                 with
                 the
                 Earl's
                 Forces
                 near
                 Wigan
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 sharp
                 Dispute
                 for
                 about
                 an
                 hour
                 ,
                 totally
                 routed
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Number
                 of
                 the
                 Slain
                 was
                 considerable
                 on
                 the
                 Enemies
                 side
                 :
                 The
                 Lord
                 Widdrington
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 ,
                 were
                 killed
                 .
                 All
                 their
                 Baggage
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 hundred
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Loss
                 only
                 of
                 one
                 Officer
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 ten
                 private
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 Col.
                 
                 Lilburn's
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Derby
                 himself
                 was
                 wounded
                 ,
                 and
                 escaped
                 to
                 Worcester
                 ;
                 but
                 bringing
                 not
                 above
                 thirty
                 tired
                 Horse
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 Townsmen
                 began
                 to
                 repent
                 their
                 Revolt
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 having
                 possessed
                 themselves
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 and
                 fortified
                 it
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 in
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 attack
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 now
                 advanced
                 to
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 posted
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Severn
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 ,
                 with
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 at
                 their
                 Head.
                 Their
                 first
                 Attack
                 was
                 made
                 upon
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 
                 Fleetwood's
                 Quarters
                 
                 that
                 were
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 some
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Reinforcement
                 of
                 the
                 Militia
                 made
                 a
                 vigorous
                 Resistance
                 .
                 The
                 General
                 fearing
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 overpower'd
                 ,
                 dispatch'd
                 some
                 Troops
                 to
                 his
                 Assistance
                 by
                 a
                 Bridg
                 laid
                 over
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 commanding
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 to
                 send
                 another
                 Detachment
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 excused
                 ,
                 alledging
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Enemy
                 should
                 alter
                 their
                 Course
                 ,
                 and
                 fall
                 upon
                 those
                 on
                 this
                 side
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 probably
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 that
                 remained
                 :
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 unlikely
                 ,
                 for
                 soon
                 after
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Strength
                 fell
                 upon
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 where
                 the
                 General
                 and
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 were
                 .
                 The
                 Battel
                 was
                 sought
                 with
                 various
                 Success
                 for
                 a
                 considerable
                 time
                 ;
                 but
                 at
                 length
                 the
                 Scots
                 Army
                 was
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 quitting
                 their
                 Ground
                 ,
                 retreated
                 in
                 great
                 Disorder
                 to
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 .
                 Major
                 General
                 Harrison
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Croxton
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 Cheshire
                 ,
                 entred
                 the
                 Place
                 at
                 their
                 heels
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 followed
                 by
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 soon
                 finished
                 the
                 Dispute
                 ,
                 and
                 totally
                 defeated
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 Three
                 English
                 Earls
                 ,
                 seven
                 Scots
                 Lords
                 ,
                 and
                 above
                 six
                 hundred
                 Officers
                 ,
                 besides
                 ten
                 thousand
                 private
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 were
                 made
                 Prisoners
                 .
                 The
                 King's
                 Standard
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 hundred
                 fifty
                 eight
                 Colours
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Baggage
                 ,
                 was
                 also
                 taken
                 .
                 On
                 our
                 side
                 ,
                 Quarter-master
                 General
                 Mosely
                 ,
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Jones
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 a
                 hundred
                 private
                 
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 were
                 killed
                 ,
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Howard
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 Captain
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 three
                 hundred
                 Souldiers
                 wounded
                 .
                 This
                 Victory
                 was
                 obtained
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Forces
                 on
                 the
                 3
                 d
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 same
                 Day
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Month
                 that
                 the
                 Scots
                 had
                 been
                 defeated
                 at
                 Dunbar
                 the
                 preceding
                 Year
                 .
                 Col.
                 Massey
                 escaped
                 into
                 Leicestershire
                 ,
                 but
                 being
                 dangerously
                 wounded
                 ,
                 found
                 himself
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 continue
                 his
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 fearing
                 to
                 be
                 knock'd
                 on
                 the
                 head
                 by
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 delivered
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 Countess
                 of
                 Stamford
                 ,
                 Mother
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Grey
                 of
                 Grooby
                 ,
                 who
                 caused
                 his
                 Wounds
                 to
                 be
                 carefully
                 dressed
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 notice
                 of
                 his
                 Surrender
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 a
                 Party
                 was
                 dispatched
                 with
                 Orders
                 to
                 conduct
                 him
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 fit
                 to
                 travel
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 committed
                 Prisoner
                 to
                 the
                 Tower.
                 The
                 Scots
                 King
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 Wilmot
                 were
                 concealed
                 by
                 three
                 Country-men
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 could
                 furnish
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 crossed
                 the
                 Country
                 to
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                 Gunter's
                 near
                 Shoreham
                 in
                 Sussex
                 ,
                 carrying
                 one
                 Mrs.
                 Lane
                 behind
                 him
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 in
                 a
                 small
                 Bark
                 he
                 escaped
                 to
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 General
                 after
                 this
                 Action
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 called
                 the
                 Crowning
                 Victory
                 ,
                 took
                 upon
                 him
                 a
                 more
                 stately
                 Behaviour
                 ,
                 and
                 chose
                 new
                 Friends
                 ;
                 neither
                 must
                 it
                 be
                 omitted
                 ,
                 that
                 instead
                 of
                 acknowledging
                 the
                 Services
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 came
                 from
                 all
                 Parts
                 to
                 assist
                 against
                 the
                 Common
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 knew
                 they
                 had
                 deserved
                 as
                 
                 much
                 Honour
                 as
                 himself
                 and
                 the
                 standing
                 Army
                 ,
                 he
                 srowned
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 very
                 next
                 day
                 after
                 the
                 Fight
                 dismissed
                 and
                 sent
                 them
                 home
                 ,
                 well
                 knowing
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 useful
                 and
                 experienced
                 Militia
                 was
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 obstruct
                 than
                 to
                 second
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 ambitious
                 Designs
                 .
                 Being
                 on
                 his
                 way
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 many
                 Members
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 attended
                 by
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 Persons
                 of
                 all
                 Orders
                 and
                 Conditions
                 ,
                 went
                 some
                 Miles
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 to
                 meet
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 tended
                 not
                 a
                 little
                 to
                 heighten
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 this
                 haughty
                 Gentleman
                 .
              
               
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Monk
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 General
                 had
                 raised
                 to
                 that
                 Employment
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 to
                 command
                 in
                 Scotland
                 during
                 his
                 Absence
                 ,
                 took
                 Sterling-Castle
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 marched
                 with
                 about
                 four
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 before
                 Dundee
                 .
                 But
                 being
                 advised
                 that
                 General
                 Lesley
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Crawford
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 were
                 met
                 at
                 Elliot
                 to
                 consult
                 of
                 means
                 to
                 relieve
                 that
                 Town
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 commanded
                 by
                 Col.
                 Alured
                 and
                 Col.
                 Morgan
                 ,
                 to
                 surprize
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 principal
                 of
                 them
                 being
                 taken
                 ,
                 were
                 sent
                 Prisoners
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Tower.
                 After
                 this
                 he
                 summoned
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Dundee
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Place
                 being
                 well
                 fortified
                 ,
                 and
                 provided
                 with
                 a
                 numerous
                 Garison
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 surrender
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 he
                 storm'd
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 entred
                 ,
                 put
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 hundred
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 killed
                 in
                 cold
                 Blood.
                 
              
               
               
                 Tho
                 the
                 News
                 of
                 these
                 Successes
                 much
                 discouraged
                 our
                 Enemies
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 yet
                 those
                 in
                 Limerick
                 were
                 not
                 without
                 some
                 hopes
                 ,
                 that
                 either
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 or
                 Scarcity
                 of
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 badness
                 of
                 the
                 Weather
                 ,
                 might
                 constrain
                 us
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Siege
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 resused
                 to
                 accept
                 such
                 Conditions
                 as
                 we
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 grant
                 .
                 The
                 Line
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 made
                 about
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Forts
                 being
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 of
                 Defence
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 resolved
                 to
                 look
                 after
                 the
                 Enemy
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Clare
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 possible
                 to
                 get
                 some
                 Provisions
                 from
                 thence
                 for
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 He
                 took
                 me
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 knowing
                 I
                 had
                 been
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 between
                 three
                 and
                 four
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot.
                 At
                 our
                 Approach
                 to
                 the
                 Places
                 where
                 the
                 Enemies
                 usually
                 were
                 ,
                 we
                 divided
                 our
                 Body
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 being
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Party
                 ;
                 hoping
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 so
                 to
                 encompass
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 escape
                 us
                 :
                 but
                 tho
                 we
                 sometimes
                 came
                 within
                 sight
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 used
                 our
                 utmost
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 engage
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Advantages
                 they
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Woods
                 ,
                 Rocks
                 ,
                 Hills
                 ,
                 and
                 Bogs
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 Retreat
                 ,
                 we
                 could
                 do
                 them
                 little
                 hurt
                 ,
                 save
                 by
                 seizing
                 their
                 Horses
                 and
                 Cattel
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 absence
                 of
                 this
                 Party
                 from
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 with
                 two
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 made
                 a
                 Sally
                 out
                 of
                 Limerick
                 so
                 unexpectedly
                 upon
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 almost
                 surprized
                 our
                 Guard
                 of
                 Horse
                 ;
                 but
                 ours
                 immediately
                 mounting
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 being
                 not
                 accustomed
                 to
                 be
                 beaten
                 ,
                 charged
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 Inequality
                 of
                 the
                 Forces
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 much
                 superiour
                 to
                 us
                 in
                 Number
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 to
                 a
                 stand
                 ,
                 till
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 came
                 to
                 their
                 Relief
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 the
                 Enemies
                 to
                 retreat
                 under
                 the
                 Walls
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 their
                 Men
                 fired
                 so
                 thick
                 upon
                 ours
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 own
                 Men
                 had
                 time
                 to
                 get
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 this
                 Account
                 was
                 brought
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 to
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 upon
                 his
                 Return
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 before
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 having
                 left
                 me
                 with
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 ease
                 our
                 Quarters
                 about
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 how
                 long
                 we
                 might
                 lie
                 before
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Clare-Castle
                 ,
                 a
                 strong
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 situated
                 upon
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 to
                 surrender
                 .
                 To
                 that
                 end
                 being
                 arrived
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 one
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 White
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 served
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 had
                 a
                 Commission
                 to
                 raise
                 Forces
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Spain
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 Order
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 permit
                 him
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Garison
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 inform
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 Impossibility
                 of
                 their
                 receiving
                 any
                 Relief
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Necessities
                 to
                 which
                 Limerick
                 was
                 already
                 reduced
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 prevail
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 make
                 speedy
                 provision
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 list
                 under
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 his
                 Design
                 proving
                 ineffectual
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 my self
                 obliged
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Camp
                 before
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 made
                 provision
                 for
                 a
                 Winter-Siege
                 .
              
               
               
                 Great
                 Numbers
                 of
                 People
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 get
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 sent
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 Garison
                 either
                 as
                 useless
                 Persons
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 spread
                 the
                 Contagion
                 amongst
                 us
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 commanded
                 them
                 to
                 return
                 ,
                 and
                 threatned
                 to
                 shoot
                 any
                 that
                 should
                 attempt
                 to
                 come
                 out
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 :
                 But
                 this
                 not
                 being
                 sufficient
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 desist
                 ,
                 he
                 caused
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 out
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 be
                 executed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 be
                 whipped
                 back
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 One
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 hanged
                 was
                 the
                 Daughter
                 of
                 an
                 old
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 in
                 that
                 number
                 which
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 back
                 :
                 He
                 desired
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 hanged
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 his
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 was
                 refused
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 driven
                 back
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 a
                 Gibbet
                 was
                 erected
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Town-Walls
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 Persons
                 hanged
                 up
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 condemned
                 for
                 other
                 Crimes
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 within
                 might
                 suppose
                 that
                 Execution
                 to
                 be
                 for
                 coming
                 out
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 terrified
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 no
                 farther
                 disturbed
                 on
                 that
                 account
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 upon
                 Information
                 received
                 that
                 some
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 were
                 desirous
                 to
                 surrender
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 others
                 did
                 violently
                 oppose
                 them
                 ,
                 endeavoured
                 by
                 Letters
                 and
                 Messages
                 to
                 foment
                 the
                 Division
                 ,
                 declaring
                 against
                 several
                 Persons
                 by
                 name
                 that
                 were
                 most
                 active
                 and
                 obstinate
                 for
                 holding
                 out
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 have
                 no
                 Benefit
                 by
                 the
                 Articles
                 to
                 be
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 severely
                 inveighing
                 against
                 a
                 Generation
                 of
                 Men
                 
                 whom
                 he
                 called
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 that
                 made
                 a
                 trade
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 valued
                 not
                 the
                 Lives
                 or
                 Happiness
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 This
                 wrought
                 the
                 desired
                 effect
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 encouraged
                 the
                 complying
                 Party
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 carried
                 for
                 a
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 and
                 Commissioners
                 again
                 appointed
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 .
                 We
                 insisted
                 that
                 about
                 seventeen
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Persons
                 in
                 the
                 Place
                 should
                 be
                 excepted
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 number
                 were
                 Col.
                 
                   Hugh
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 the
                 Governour
                 ,
                 the
                 Mayor
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 the
                 Bishops
                 of
                 Limerick
                 and
                 Emmene
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Purcel
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Geoffrey
                   Galloway
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Jeffrey
                   Barrow
                
                 ,
                 one
                 Wolf
                 a
                 Priest
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Everard
                
                 and
                 others
                 .
                 But
                 these
                 made
                 so
                 strong
                 a
                 Party
                 that
                 the
                 Treaty
                 was
                 broke
                 up
                 without
                 any
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 other
                 way
                 left
                 to
                 reduce
                 them
                 but
                 by
                 Force
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Deputy
                 caused
                 the
                 great
                 Guns
                 to
                 be
                 landed
                 from
                 the
                 Ships
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 from
                 the
                 adjacent
                 Garisons
                 .
                 With
                 these
                 he
                 erected
                 a
                 Battery
                 against
                 the
                 Town
                 in
                 the
                 most
                 convenient
                 Place
                 that
                 could
                 possibly
                 have
                 been
                 found
                 ,
                 being
                 against
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 which
                 tho
                 it
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Height
                 and
                 Thickness
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 as
                 well
                 flanked
                 ;
                 yet
                 it
                 proved
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 lined
                 with
                 Earth
                 within
                 ,
                 as
                 all
                 the
                 other
                 Parts
                 were
                 ,
                 nor
                 had
                 any
                 Counterscarp
                 without
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Parliament
                 seeing
                 a
                 Period
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 War
                 in
                 England
                 and
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 Ireland
                 drawing
                 towards
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 gratify
                 such
                 Officers
                 as
                 the
                 General
                 
                 recommended
                 to
                 their
                 Favour
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 settled
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 yearly
                 on
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 ,
                 three
                 hundred
                 on
                 Major
                 General
                 Overton
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 on
                 Col.
                 Pride
                 and
                 Col.
                 Whalley
                 ;
                 five
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 annually
                 on
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 a
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 
                   per
                   annum
                
                 on
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 .
                 They
                 also
                 settled
                 four
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 a
                 Year
                 on
                 the
                 Lord
                 General
                 himself
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Estates
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Buckingham
                 and
                 Marquiss
                 of
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 two
                 thousand
                 five
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 a
                 Year
                 formerly
                 granted
                 .
                 This
                 they
                 did
                 to
                 oblige
                 him
                 by
                 all
                 means
                 possible
                 to
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 his
                 Duty
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 leave
                 him
                 without
                 excuse
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 depart
                 from
                 it
                 .
                 They
                 ordered
                 also
                 an
                 Act
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 in
                 for
                 settling
                 two
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 
                   per
                   annum
                
                 on
                 the
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 Ireton
                 ;
                 the
                 News
                 of
                 which
                 being
                 brought
                 over
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 unacceptable
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   They
                   had
                   many
                   just
                   Debts
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   desired
                   they
                   would
                   pay
                   before
                   they
                   made
                   any
                   such
                   Presents
                   ;
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   need
                   of
                   their
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   should
                   be
                   more
                   contented
                   to
                   see
                   them
                   doing
                   the
                   Service
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   than
                   so
                   liberal
                   in
                   disposing
                   of
                   the
                   Publick
                   Treasure
                   .
                
                 And
                 truly
                 I
                 believe
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 earnest
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 always
                 careful
                 to
                 husband
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 belonged
                 to
                 the
                 State
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 so
                 was
                 he
                 most
                 liberal
                 in
                 employing
                 his
                 own
                 Purse
                 and
                 Person
                 in
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 .
              
               
               
                 Our
                 Battery
                 being
                 now
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Regiments
                 that
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 storm
                 disposed
                 to
                 their
                 several
                 Posts
                 ,
                 we
                 began
                 to
                 fire
                 ;
                 directing
                 all
                 our
                 Shot
                 to
                 one
                 particular
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 made
                 such
                 a
                 Breach
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 not
                 daring
                 to
                 run
                 any
                 farther
                 Hazard
                 ,
                 beat
                 a
                 Parley
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 came
                 to
                 a
                 Resolution
                 to
                 surrender
                 upon
                 the
                 Articles
                 we
                 had
                 offered
                 before
                 ,
                 delivering
                 up
                 the
                 East-gate
                 of
                 the
                 out-Town
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 separated
                 by
                 a
                 River
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 Draw-bridg
                 over
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 Town
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 ordered
                 all
                 the
                 Arms
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 to
                 be
                 carefully
                 preserved
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 up
                 between
                 the
                 Place
                 and
                 our
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 as
                 desired
                 it
                 might
                 have
                 Convoys
                 to
                 conduct
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Parties
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 would
                 return
                 to
                 their
                 Habitatious
                 ,
                 might
                 have
                 Passes
                 granted
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 .
                 The
                 Governour
                 Col.
                 
                   Hugh
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 met
                 the
                 Deputy
                 at
                 the
                 Gate
                 ;
                 where
                 he
                 presented
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 Keys
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 order
                 for
                 the
                 marching
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 Townsmen
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Articles
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 in
                 number
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 five
                 hundred
                 Men.
                 As
                 they
                 were
                 marching
                 out
                 ,
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 of
                 them
                 fell
                 down
                 dead
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 .
                 Several
                 of
                 them
                 also
                 lay
                 unburied
                 in
                 the
                 Church-yard
                 .
                 The
                 Governour
                 waited
                 on
                 the
                 Deputy
                 to
                 shew
                 him
                 the
                 Stores
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 sufficient
                 to
                 have
                 lasted
                 near
                 three
                 Months
                 longer
                 .
                 
                 He
                 shewed
                 him
                 also
                 the
                 Fortifications
                 ,
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 else
                 he
                 desired
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 withal
                 acquainting
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 nine
                 or
                 ten
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 excepted
                 from
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 had
                 surrendred
                 themselves
                 to
                 his
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 waiting
                 his
                 Orders
                 in
                 a
                 certain
                 House
                 which
                 he
                 named
                 :
                 Upon
                 which
                 the
                 Deputy
                 commanded
                 a
                 Guard
                 to
                 be
                 set
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 committed
                 the
                 Governour
                 also
                 to
                 their
                 Custody
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Emmene
                 and
                 Major
                 General
                 Purcel
                 ,
                 with
                 Wolf
                 the
                 Priest
                 ,
                 were
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 Pest-house
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 had
                 hid
                 themselves
                 .
                 
                   Jeffery
                   Barrow
                
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Geoffrey
                   Galloway
                
                 surrendred
                 themselves
                 .
                 Two
                 days
                 after
                 the
                 Delivery
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 the
                 Mayor
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 Worship
                 ,
                 where
                 our
                 Court
                 of
                 Guard
                 was
                 met
                 ;
                 and
                 whether
                 by
                 his
                 Words
                 or
                 Actions
                 he
                 gave
                 cause
                 of
                 Suspicion
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 seized
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 Examination
                 found
                 who
                 he
                 was
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 they
                 committed
                 him
                 to
                 Prison
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Limerick
                 was
                 the
                 only
                 Person
                 excepted
                 that
                 was
                 yet
                 undiscovered
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 afterwards
                 understood
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 peaceable
                 Spirit
                 than
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 A
                 Court
                 Martial
                 was
                 assembled
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Emmene
                 ,
                 with
                 Major
                 General
                 Purcel
                 ,
                 required
                 to
                 acquaint
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 say
                 why
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 die
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Sentence
                 passed
                 upon
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 many
                 Sins
                 to
                 confess
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 time
                 to
                 prepare
                 himself
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 granted
                 .
                 Major
                 General
                 Purcel
                 fell
                 
                 upon
                 his
                 Knees
                 ,
                 and
                 begged
                 earnestly
                 for
                 his
                 Life
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 was
                 denied
                 .
                 This
                 poor
                 Man
                 was
                 of
                 so
                 low
                 a
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 that
                 wanting
                 Courage
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 Execution
                 ,
                 he
                 stood
                 in
                 need
                 of
                 two
                 Musqueteers
                 to
                 support
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop
                 died
                 with
                 more
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 and
                 Wolf
                 the
                 Priest
                 was
                 also
                 executed
                 .
                 The
                 Governour
                 and
                 
                   Jeffrey
                   Barrow
                
                 were
                 also
                 condemned
                 to
                 die
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Deputy
                 resolving
                 to
                 hear
                 them
                 ,
                 demanded
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 say
                 for
                 himself
                 :
                 who
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 War
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 on
                 foot
                 before
                 he
                 came
                 over
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 came
                 upon
                 the
                 Invitation
                 of
                 his
                 Country-men
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 always
                 demeaned
                 himself
                 as
                 a
                 fair
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 ground
                 of
                 his
                 Exception
                 from
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 being
                 his
                 encouraging
                 to
                 hold
                 out
                 ,
                 tho
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 hope
                 of
                 Relief
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 applicable
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 always
                 moved
                 them
                 to
                 a
                 timely
                 Surrender
                 ,
                 as
                 indeed
                 he
                 made
                 it
                 appear
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 hoped
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 enjoy
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 in
                 confidence
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 faithfully
                 delivered
                 up
                 the
                 Keys
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 without
                 Embezlement
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 own
                 Person
                 also
                 to
                 the
                 Deputy
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Blood
                 formerly
                 shed
                 at
                 Clonmel
                 ,
                 where
                 this
                 Col.
                 
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 was
                 Governour
                 ,
                 had
                 made
                 such
                 an
                 Impression
                 on
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 of
                 great
                 weight
                 with
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 moved
                 them
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 to
                 vote
                 him
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 tho
                 some
                 of
                 us
                 earnestly
                 opposed
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Reasons
                 before
                 mentioned
                 by
                 himself
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 because
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 guilty
                 of
                 before
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 relation
                 to
                 these
                 Articles
                 ,
                 which
                 did
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 exempt
                 him
                 from
                 being
                 called
                 to
                 an
                 account
                 by
                 the
                 Civil
                 Magistrate
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 The
                 Court
                 having
                 passed
                 Sentence
                 of
                 Death
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 now
                 entirely
                 freed
                 from
                 his
                 former
                 manner
                 of
                 adhering
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 observed
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 greatest
                 Infirmity
                 ,
                 observing
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 to
                 be
                 unsatisfied
                 with
                 this
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 referred
                 it
                 again
                 to
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 their
                 third
                 Vote
                 consented
                 to
                 save
                 his
                 Lise
                 .
                 
                   Jeffrey
                   Barrow
                
                 having
                 the
                 same
                 Question
                 put
                 to
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 just
                 to
                 exclude
                 him
                 from
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Cause
                 as
                 we
                 pretended
                 to
                 sight
                 for
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 for
                 the
                 Liberty
                 and
                 Religion
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 .
                 The
                 Deputy
                 replied
                 ,
                 That
                 Ireland
                 being
                 a
                 Conquered
                 Country
                 ,
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 might
                 with
                 Justice
                 assert
                 their
                 Right
                 of
                 Conquest
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 treated
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Government
                 far
                 beyond
                 their
                 Merits
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Rules
                 of
                 Reason
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 barbarously
                 murdered
                 all
                 the
                 English
                 that
                 fell
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 robbed
                 them
                 of
                 their
                 Goods
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 gained
                 by
                 their
                 Industry
                 ,
                 and
                 taken
                 away
                 the
                 Lands
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 purchased
                 with
                 their
                 Money
                 :
                 That
                 touching
                 the
                 Point
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 wide
                 Difference
                 also
                 between
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 only
                 contending
                 to
                 preserve
                 our
                 natural
                 Right
                 therein
                 ,
                 
                 without
                 imposing
                 our
                 Opinions
                 upon
                 other
                 Men
                 ;
                 whereas
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 contented
                 unless
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 Power
                 to
                 compel
                 all
                 others
                 to
                 submit
                 to
                 their
                 Impositions
                 upon
                 pain
                 of
                 Death
                 .
                 The
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 looking
                 upon
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 said
                 for
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 hereby
                 fully
                 refuted
                 ,
                 adjudged
                 him
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 did
                 the
                 Mayor
                 also
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Sentence
                 was
                 executed
                 accordingly
                 .
              
               
                 Limerick
                 being
                 taken
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 debated
                 in
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 whether
                 we
                 should
                 march
                 to
                 Galway
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 reduce
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 besieged
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 and
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 .
                 I
                 concurred
                 with
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Garison
                 being
                 under
                 a
                 great
                 Consternation
                 by
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 would
                 probably
                 be
                 soon
                 brought
                 to
                 Reason
                 ;
                 but
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 complaining
                 of
                 the
                 ill
                 Condition
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 through
                 Sickness
                 and
                 hard
                 Service
                 ,
                 representing
                 also
                 the
                 near
                 Approach
                 of
                 Winter
                 ,
                 we
                 being
                 already
                 entred
                 into
                 the
                 Month
                 of
                 November
                 ,
                 the
                 Deputy
                 contented
                 himself
                 to
                 send
                 only
                 a
                 Summons
                 to
                 General
                 Preston
                 Governour
                 of
                 Galway
                 ,
                 with
                 Offers
                 of
                 such
                 Conditions
                 as
                 were
                 first
                 tendred
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 refused
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 no
                 better
                 than
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 lately
                 obliged
                 to
                 submit
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 Proposition
                 he
                 rejected
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 hazard
                 the
                 Event
                 ,
                 took
                 Shipping
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 beyond
                 Sea.
                 
              
               
               
                 Whilst
                 the
                 Deputy
                 was
                 settling
                 Affairs
                 at
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 he
                 ordered
                 me
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 to
                 march
                 into
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Clare
                 to
                 reduce
                 some
                 Places
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 .
                 Accordingly
                 I
                 marched
                 with
                 about
                 two
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 and
                 fifteen
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 to
                 Inchecroghnan
                 ,
                 fifteen
                 Miles
                 from
                 Limerick
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 being
                 late
                 before
                 we
                 began
                 our
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 Night
                 overtaking
                 us
                 before
                 we
                 could
                 reach
                 that
                 Place
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 were
                 passing
                 the
                 Bridg
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Horses
                 that
                 carried
                 my
                 Waters
                 and
                 Medicines
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 which
                 proved
                 a
                 great
                 Loss
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 things
                 sell
                 out
                 afterwards
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 I
                 came
                 before
                 Clare-Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 summoned
                 it
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 they
                 sent
                 out
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 ,
                 tho
                 the
                 Place
                 was
                 of
                 very
                 great
                 Strength
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 hours
                 Debate
                 ,
                 we
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 Castle
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 delivered
                 to
                 me
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 leaving
                 Hostages
                 with
                 us
                 for
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 their
                 part
                 .
                 That
                 Night
                 I
                 lay
                 in
                 my
                 Tent
                 upon
                 a
                 Hill
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Weather
                 being
                 very
                 tempestuous
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Season
                 far
                 advanced
                 ,
                 I
                 took
                 a
                 very
                 dangerous
                 Cold.
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 the
                 Enemy
                 marched
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 Passes
                 from
                 me
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Articles
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 having
                 appointed
                 Col.
                 Foulk
                 and
                 a
                 Garison
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 towards
                 Carickgoholt
                 .
                 That
                 Night
                 my
                 Cold
                 increased
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 I
                 found
                 my self
                 so
                 much
                 discomposed
                 ,
                 that
                 Adjutant
                 General
                 Allen
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 earnestly
                 pressed
                 
                 me
                 to
                 go
                 aboard
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Vessels
                 that
                 attended
                 our
                 Party
                 with
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 Artillery
                 and
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 appoint
                 a
                 Person
                 to
                 command
                 them
                 in
                 my
                 Absence
                 .
                 But
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 quit
                 the
                 Charge
                 committed
                 to
                 my
                 Care
                 ,
                 I
                 clothed
                 my self
                 as
                 warm
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 putting
                 on
                 a
                 Fur
                 Coat
                 over
                 my
                 Buff
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 oiled
                 one
                 over
                 that
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 I
                 prevented
                 the
                 farther
                 Increase
                 of
                 my
                 Distemper
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 ordered
                 our
                 Quarters
                 that
                 Night
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 lay
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Bed
                 set
                 up
                 in
                 an
                 Irish
                 Cabin
                 ,
                 where
                 about
                 break
                 of
                 day
                 I
                 fell
                 into
                 so
                 violent
                 a
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 keep
                 with
                 me
                 two
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 for
                 my
                 Guard
                 ,
                 after
                 I
                 had
                 given
                 Orders
                 for
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 to
                 march
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Condition
                 I
                 continued
                 about
                 two
                 hours
                 ,
                 and
                 tho
                 my
                 Sweating
                 had
                 not
                 ceased
                 ,
                 I
                 mounted
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 overtake
                 my
                 Party
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 bitter
                 day
                 to
                 march
                 in
                 ,
                 the
                 Wind
                 and
                 the
                 Hail
                 beating
                 so
                 violently
                 in
                 our
                 Faces
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Horses
                 being
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 endure
                 it
                 ,
                 often
                 turned
                 about
                 .
                 Yet
                 in
                 this
                 Extremity
                 of
                 Weather
                 the
                 poor
                 Foot
                 were
                 necessitated
                 to
                 wade
                 through
                 a
                 Branch
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 near
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 Mile
                 over
                 ,
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Waste
                 in
                 water
                 .
                 At
                 Night
                 we
                 arrived
                 within
                 view
                 of
                 Carickgoholt
                 ,
                 my
                 Distemper
                 being
                 but
                 little
                 abated
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Body
                 in
                 a
                 continual
                 Sweat.
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 I
                 summoned
                 the
                 Garison
                 to
                 surrender
                 the
                 Castle
                 :
                 In
                 answer
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 out
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 first
                 insisted
                 upon
                 very
                 high
                 Terms
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 us
                 resolved
                 not
                 to
                 grant
                 their
                 Propositions
                 ,
                 
                 they
                 complied
                 with
                 ours
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 surrendred
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 Liberty
                 was
                 given
                 by
                 the
                 Articles
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 desired
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 join
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Muskerry's
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Kerry
                 :
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 return
                 home
                 ,
                 with
                 promise
                 of
                 Protection
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 they
                 behaved
                 themselves
                 peaceably
                 ,
                 excepting
                 only
                 such
                 who
                 should
                 appear
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 guilty
                 of
                 Murder
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 or
                 afterwards
                 .
                 Having
                 placed
                 a
                 Garison
                 in
                 Carickgoholt
                 ,
                 I
                 returned
                 towards
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 on
                 my
                 March
                 thither
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 met
                 by
                 an
                 Officer
                 of
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 with
                 Orders
                 from
                 the
                 Deputy
                 for
                 my
                 Return
                 ;
                 who
                 thinking
                 it
                 impossible
                 to
                 reduce
                 this
                 Garison
                 by
                 Force
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 Season
                 ,
                 was
                 unwilling
                 that
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 should
                 remain
                 longer
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 exposed
                 to
                 such
                 cruel
                 and
                 sharp
                 Weather
                 .
                 The
                 Messenger
                 also
                 acquainted
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Deputy
                 was
                 coming
                 towards
                 us
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 view
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 more
                 equal
                 distribution
                 of
                 Winter-quarters
                 and
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 let
                 us
                 see
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 command
                 any
                 Service
                 ,
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 share
                 of
                 himself
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 advice
                 I
                 hastned
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 to
                 meet
                 him
                 ,
                 giving
                 Orders
                 for
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 follow
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 conveniently
                 .
                 At
                 our
                 Meeting
                 I
                 gave
                 him
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 what
                 I
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 very
                 well
                 satisfied
                 .
                 After
                 two
                 days
                 March
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 thing
                 remarkable
                 but
                 bad
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 we
                 entred
                 into
                 the
                 Barony
                 of
                 Burren
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 it
                 is
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 
                 Country
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 Water
                 enough
                 to
                 drown
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 Wood
                 enough
                 to
                 hang
                 one
                 ,
                 nor
                 Earth
                 enough
                 to
                 bury
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 last
                 is
                 so
                 scarce
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 steal
                 it
                 from
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 their
                 Cattle
                 are
                 very
                 fat
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Grass
                 growing
                 in
                 Turfs
                 of
                 Earth
                 ,
                 of
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Foot
                 square
                 ,
                 that
                 lie
                 between
                 the
                 Rocks
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 Limestone
                 ,
                 is
                 very
                 sweet
                 and
                 nourishing
                 .
                 Being
                 in
                 these
                 Parts
                 we
                 went
                 to
                 Lemmene
                 ,
                 a
                 House
                 of
                 that
                 
                   Connor
                   O
                   Bryan
                
                 whom
                 we
                 had
                 killed
                 near
                 Inchecroghuan
                 ;
                 and
                 finding
                 it
                 indifferent
                 strong
                 ,
                 being
                 built
                 with
                 Stone
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 a
                 good
                 Wall
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 we
                 put
                 a
                 Garison
                 into
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 it
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 the
                 Deputy
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 went
                 to
                 view
                 some
                 other
                 Places
                 where
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 appoint
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 sending
                 of
                 Provisions
                 into
                 Galway
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 this
                 Country
                 lies
                 contiguous
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 attend
                 him
                 according
                 to
                 my
                 Duty
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 having
                 observed
                 my
                 Distemper
                 to
                 continue
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 permit
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 I
                 pressed
                 it
                 more
                 earnestly
                 ,
                 he
                 positively
                 commanded
                 me
                 to
                 stay
                 .
                 That
                 day
                 there
                 fell
                 abundance
                 of
                 Rain
                 and
                 Snow
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 accompanied
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 high
                 Wind
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 Deputy
                 took
                 a
                 very
                 great
                 Cold
                 that
                 discovered
                 it self
                 immediately
                 upon
                 his
                 Return
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 perswade
                 him
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 bed
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 determined
                 a
                 Cause
                 that
                 was
                 before
                 him
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 Martial
                 ,
                 touching
                 an
                 Officer
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 
                 accused
                 of
                 some
                 Violence
                 done
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 in
                 all
                 Cases
                 he
                 carried
                 himself
                 with
                 the
                 utmost
                 impartiality
                 ,
                 so
                 he
                 did
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 dismissing
                 the
                 Officer
                 ,
                 tho
                 otherwise
                 an
                 useful
                 Man
                 ,
                 from
                 his
                 Command
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 we
                 marched
                 towards
                 Clare-Castle
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 the
                 way
                 so
                 rocky
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 rode
                 near
                 three
                 Miles
                 together
                 upon
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 whereby
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Horses
                 cast
                 their
                 Shoes
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 though
                 every
                 Troop
                 came
                 provided
                 with
                 Horse-shoes
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 delivered
                 to
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Stores
                 ,
                 yet
                 before
                 that
                 day's
                 March
                 was
                 over
                 ,
                 a
                 Horse-shoe
                 was
                 sold
                 sor
                 five
                 shillings
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 morning
                 the
                 Lady
                 
                   Honoria
                   Obryan
                
                 ,
                 Daughter
                 to
                 the
                 late
                 Earl
                 of
                 Thomond
                 ,
                 being
                 accused
                 of
                 protecting
                 the
                 Goods
                 and
                 Cattle
                 of
                 the
                 ●●emy
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 that
                 they
                 belonged
                 to
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 thereby
                 abusing
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 Deputy's
                 Safeguard
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 granted
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 charged
                 by
                 him
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 expected
                 a
                 more
                 ingenuous
                 Carriage
                 from
                 her
                 ;
                 she
                 burst
                 out
                 into
                 Tears
                 ,
                 and
                 assured
                 him
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 forgive
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 never
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 again
                 ,
                 desiring
                 me
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 Deputy
                 was
                 withdrawn
                 ,
                 to
                 intercede
                 with
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 continuance
                 of
                 his
                 favour
                 to
                 her
                 :
                 which
                 when
                 I
                 acquainted
                 him
                 with
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   As
                   much
                   a
                   Cynick
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   ,
                   the
                   Tears
                   of
                   this
                   Woman
                   moved
                   me
                
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 gave
                 order
                 that
                 his
                 Protection
                 should
                 be
                 continued
                 to
                 her
                 .
                 From
                 hence
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 attended
                 him
                 to
                 Limerick
                 ;
                 but
                 so
                 much
                 more
                 
                 care
                 did
                 he
                 take
                 of
                 me
                 than
                 of
                 himself
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 suffer
                 it
                 ;
                 desiring
                 me
                 to
                 go
                 that
                 day
                 ,
                 being
                 Saturday
                 ,
                 and
                 quarter
                 at
                 Bonratto
                 ,
                 a
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                 Thomond's
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 recover
                 my
                 health
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 on
                 Monday
                 morning
                 at
                 Limerick
                 .
                 Accordingly
                 I
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 the
                 Deputy
                 grown
                 worse
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 let
                 blood
                 ,
                 and
                 sweating
                 exceedingly
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 burning
                 Fever
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 .
                 Yet
                 for
                 all
                 this
                 he
                 ceased
                 not
                 to
                 apply
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 business
                 ,
                 settling
                 Garisons
                 and
                 distributing
                 Winter-quarters
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 all
                 that
                 remained
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 of
                 the
                 Military
                 Service
                 for
                 that
                 year
                 .
                 I
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 perswade
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 had
                 often
                 done
                 before
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 immoderate
                 Labours
                 for
                 his
                 Country
                 would
                 much
                 impair
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 utterly
                 destroy
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 totally
                 neglected
                 himself
                 during
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 not
                 putting
                 off
                 his
                 Clothes
                 all
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 except
                 to
                 change
                 his
                 Linen
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 malignant
                 Humours
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 contracted
                 ,
                 wanting
                 room
                 to
                 perspire
                 ,
                 became
                 confined
                 to
                 his
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 rendred
                 him
                 more
                 liable
                 to
                 be
                 infected
                 by
                 the
                 Contagion
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 unwilling
                 to
                 leave
                 him
                 till
                 I
                 saw
                 the
                 event
                 of
                 his
                 Distemper
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 supposing
                 my
                 Family
                 was
                 by
                 this
                 time
                 come
                 to
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 permit
                 me
                 to
                 stay
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 finding
                 I
                 could
                 in
                 no
                 way
                 be
                 serviceable
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 submitted
                 to
                 his
                 desires
                 .
                 I
                 found
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 at
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 Affairs
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 from
                 whence
                 I
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 Resolutions
                 
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Deputy
                 at
                 Limerick
                 ;
                 but
                 soon
                 after
                 my
                 arrival
                 ,
                 the
                 sad
                 news
                 of
                 his
                 Death
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 universally
                 lamented
                 by
                 all
                 good
                 Men
                 ,
                 more
                 especially
                 because
                 the
                 Publick
                 was
                 thereby
                 deprived
                 of
                 a
                 most
                 faithful
                 ,
                 able
                 and
                 useful
                 Servant
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 taking
                 into
                 their
                 consideration
                 what
                 method
                 to
                 observe
                 in
                 that
                 Conjuncture
                 ,
                 and
                 presuming
                 that
                 my
                 Command
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 was
                 next
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 resolved
                 by
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 our
                 Forces
                 in
                 Ireland
                 with
                 their
                 judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 require
                 them
                 to
                 yield
                 Obedience
                 to
                 me
                 accordingly
                 .
                 I
                 earnestly
                 desired
                 them
                 to
                 forbear
                 sending
                 any
                 such
                 Letter
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 did
                 ,
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 feigned
                 modesty
                 ,
                 but
                 from
                 a
                 real
                 sense
                 of
                 the
                 weight
                 of
                 such
                 an
                 Undertaking
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 own
                 inability
                 to
                 perform
                 the
                 duty
                 of
                 that
                 important
                 Station
                 :
                 For
                 tho
                 the
                 Work
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 almost
                 finished
                 ,
                 yet
                 there
                 remained
                 great
                 Difficulties
                 behind
                 ,
                 the
                 Enemy
                 possessing
                 some
                 strong
                 Places
                 and
                 Islands
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 many
                 thousands
                 yet
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 ;
                 there
                 being
                 also
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Pay
                 between
                 seven
                 and
                 eight
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 with
                 above
                 two
                 and
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 Foot.
                 For
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 Reasons
                 I
                 desired
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 reserve
                 the
                 Power
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Parliament
                 should
                 send
                 over
                 some
                 Person
                 to
                 undertake
                 that
                 Employment
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 might
                 do
                 soon
                 enough
                 ;
                 the
                 season
                 of
                 Action
                 being
                 already
                 past
                 ,
                 the
                 
                 Troops
                 dispersed
                 into
                 their
                 Winter-quarters
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 of
                 importance
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 before
                 the
                 next
                 Spring
                 ;
                 acquainting
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 number
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 be
                 as
                 serviceable
                 in
                 their
                 Deliberations
                 and
                 Resolutions
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 entrusted
                 with
                 the
                 sole
                 Power
                 .
                 But
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 say
                 was
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 disswade
                 them
                 from
                 sending
                 the
                 Letter
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 it
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 general
                 submission
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 resolved
                 not
                 to
                 undertake
                 any
                 thing
                 without
                 their
                 Advice
                 and
                 Consent
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 readily
                 promised
                 to
                 afford
                 me
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 of
                 General
                 
                 Cromwell's
                 Relations
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 ignorant
                 of
                 his
                 vast
                 Designs
                 now
                 on
                 foot
                 ,
                 caused
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 Ireton
                 to
                 be
                 transported
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 solemnly
                 interred
                 at
                 Westminster
                 in
                 a
                 magnificent
                 Monument
                 at
                 the
                 Publick
                 Charge
                 :
                 Who
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 have
                 foreseen
                 what
                 was
                 done
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 would
                 certainly
                 have
                 made
                 it
                 his
                 desire
                 that
                 his
                 Body
                 might
                 have
                 found
                 a
                 Grave
                 where
                 his
                 Soul
                 left
                 it
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 did
                 he
                 despise
                 those
                 pompous
                 and
                 expensive
                 Vanities
                 ;
                 having
                 erected
                 for
                 himself
                 a
                 more
                 glorious
                 Monument
                 in
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 good
                 Men
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 affection
                 to
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
                 his
                 abilities
                 of
                 Mind
                 ,
                 his
                 impartial
                 Justice
                 ,
                 his
                 diligence
                 in
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 other
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 a
                 far
                 greater
                 Honour
                 to
                 his
                 Memory
                 ,
                 than
                 a
                 Dormitory
                 amongst
                 the
                 Ashes
                 of
                 Kings
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 governed
                 others
                 by
                 their
                 Passions
                 ,
                 so
                 were
                 they
                 themselves
                 as
                 much
                 governed
                 by
                 them
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Isles
                 of
                 Scilly
                 and
                 Man
                 were
                 reduced
                 to
                 the
                 Obedience
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ;
                 but
                 nothing
                 extraordinary
                 happening
                 at
                 their
                 reduction
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 not
                 coming
                 to
                 my
                 knowledg
                 ,
                 I
                 purposely
                 omit
                 the
                 relation
                 of
                 those
                 Actions
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 this
                 time
                 we
                 were
                 informed
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 Western
                 Islands
                 ,
                 which
                 still
                 continued
                 in
                 Arms
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 arrived
                 at
                 the
                 Barbadoes
                 on
                 the
                 26
                 th
                 of
                 October
                 ,
                 1651.
                 and
                 having
                 opened
                 a
                 Passage
                 into
                 the
                 Harbour
                 by
                 firing
                 some
                 great
                 Shot
                 ,
                 seized
                 upon
                 twelve
                 of
                 their
                 Ships
                 without
                 opposition
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 morning
                 he
                 sent
                 a
                 Summons
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 to
                 submit
                 to
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 not
                 acknowledging
                 any
                 such
                 Power
                 ,
                 declared
                 his
                 Resolution
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Island
                 for
                 the
                 King's
                 Service
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 News
                 of
                 the
                 Defeat
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 and
                 their
                 King
                 at
                 Worcester
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 an
                 intercepted
                 Letter
                 from
                 the
                 Lady
                 Willoughby
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 same
                 Account
                 ;
                 he
                 summoned
                 him
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 accompanied
                 his
                 Summons
                 with
                 his
                 Lady's
                 Letter
                 to
                 assure
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 that
                 report
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 relying
                 upon
                 his
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 fewness
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 reduce
                 him
                 ,
                 being
                 in
                 all
                 but
                 fifteen
                 Sail
                 ,
                 returned
                 an
                 Answer
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 substance
                 with
                 the
                 former
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 sent
                 two
                 hundred
                 Men
                 on
                 shore
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Captain
                 Morrice
                 ,
                 to
                 attack
                 a
                 Quarter
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 that
                 
                 lay
                 by
                 the
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 executed
                 Successfully
                 by
                 taking
                 the
                 Fort
                 and
                 about
                 forty
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 four
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 nailed
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 on
                 board
                 again
                 .
                 At
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 Virginia
                 Fleet
                 arriving
                 at
                 the
                 Barbadoes
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 send
                 a
                 third
                 Summons
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 that
                 neither
                 this
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Declaration
                 sent
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 ,
                 produced
                 any
                 effect
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 landed
                 seven
                 hundred
                 Men
                 from
                 his
                 own
                 and
                 the
                 Virginia
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 giving
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 Captain
                 Morrice
                 ,
                 who
                 fell
                 upon
                 thirteen
                 hundred
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Foot
                 and
                 three
                 Troops
                 of
                 their
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 beat
                 them
                 from
                 their
                 Works
                 ,
                 killing
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 about
                 a
                 hundred
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 Guns
                 .
                 The
                 Loss
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 was
                 inconsiderable
                 ,
                 few
                 of
                 ours
                 being
                 killed
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 above
                 thirty
                 wounded
                 .
                 Yet
                 these
                 Successes
                 were
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 accomplish
                 the
                 Work
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 above
                 five
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 in
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Virginia
                 Fleet
                 preparing
                 to
                 depart
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Provisions
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 conjuncture
                 Colonel
                 Muddiford
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 a
                 Regiment
                 in
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 a
                 Friend
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 in
                 our
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 made
                 his
                 Terms
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 for
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Many
                 of
                 his
                 Friends
                 following
                 his
                 Example
                 ,
                 did
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 conjunction
                 with
                 him
                 encamped
                 under
                 the
                 protection
                 of
                 our
                 Fleet.
                 Upon
                 this
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 were
                 inclined
                 to
                 join
                 
                 us
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 prevented
                 them
                 by
                 placing
                 Guards
                 on
                 all
                 the
                 Avenues
                 to
                 our
                 Camp
                 ,
                 and
                 designed
                 to
                 charge
                 our
                 Men
                 with
                 his
                 Body
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 was
                 much
                 superior
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 a
                 Cannon-Ball
                 that
                 was
                 fired
                 at
                 random
                 ,
                 beat
                 open
                 the
                 door
                 of
                 a
                 Room
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 were
                 sitting
                 ;
                 which
                 taking
                 off
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Sentinel
                 who
                 was
                 placed
                 at
                 the
                 door
                 ,
                 so
                 alarmed
                 them
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 changed
                 his
                 design
                 ,
                 and
                 retreated
                 to
                 a
                 Place
                 two
                 Miles
                 distant
                 from
                 the
                 Harbour
                 .
                 Our
                 Party
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 two
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 and
                 one
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 advancing
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 treat
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 accepted
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Muddiford
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Collyton
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Searl
                 and
                 Captain
                 Pack
                 ,
                 were
                 appointed
                 Commissioners
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Pierce
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Charles
                   Pym
                
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Ellis
                 and
                 Major
                 Byham
                 .
                 By
                 these
                 it
                 was
                 concluded
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Islands
                 of
                 
                   Barbadoes
                   ,
                   Mevis
                   ,
                   Antego
                
                 and
                 
                   St.
                   Christophers
                
                 should
                 be
                 surrendered
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Lord
                 Willoughby
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Walrond
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 restored
                 to
                 their
                 Estates
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Isles
                 should
                 be
                 maintained
                 in
                 the
                 quiet
                 enjoyment
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 possessed
                 ,
                 on
                 condition
                 to
                 do
                 nothing
                 to
                 the
                 prejudice
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 This
                 News
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 Virginia
                 ,
                 they
                 submitted
                 also
                 ,
                 where
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                   George
                   Ludlow
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Relation
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 served
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 the
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 as
                 Col.
                 Muddiford
                 had
                 done
                 at
                 the
                 Barbadoes
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 being
                 desirous
                 after
                 all
                 these
                 Successes
                 ,
                 to
                 convince
                 even
                 their
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 principal
                 design
                 was
                 to
                 procure
                 the
                 happiness
                 and
                 prosperity
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 were
                 under
                 their
                 Government
                 ,
                 sent
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 Scotland
                 to
                 treat
                 concerning
                 an
                 Union
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 with
                 England
                 in
                 one
                 Common-wealth
                 ;
                 directing
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 ,
                 till
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 effected
                 ,
                 that
                 Obedience
                 should
                 be
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 the
                 Common
                 wealth
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 appointed
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 on
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 were
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Vane
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Chief
                 Justice
                 
                   St.
                   Johns
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Fenwick
                 ,
                 Major
                 Salloway
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Titchborn
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Dean
                 and
                 Colonel
                 Monk.
                 This
                 Proposition
                 of
                 Union
                 was
                 chearfully
                 accepted
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 iudicious
                 amongst
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 who
                 well
                 understood
                 how
                 great
                 a
                 condescension
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 to
                 permit
                 a
                 People
                 they
                 had
                 conquered
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 part
                 in
                 the
                 Legislative
                 Power
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 States-General
                 being
                 highly
                 displeased
                 with
                 the
                 late
                 Act
                 of
                 Navigation
                 passed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 accounted
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 great
                 obstruction
                 to
                 their
                 Trade
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 leave
                 no
                 means
                 unattempted
                 to
                 procure
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 repealed
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 sent
                 three
                 Ambassadors
                 to
                 England
                 ,
                 who
                 pretending
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 finish
                 the
                 Treaty
                 begun
                 formerly
                 between
                 the
                 Two
                 States
                 ,
                 requested
                 that
                 things
                 might
                 be
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 our
                 Ambassador's
                 departure
                 
                 from
                 Holland
                 ,
                 designing
                 thereby
                 that
                 the
                 Act
                 lately
                 passed
                 for
                 the
                 Encouragement
                 of
                 our
                 Seamen
                 should
                 be
                 suspended
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 such
                 Merchandizes
                 restored
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 seized
                 from
                 the
                 Dutch
                 by
                 virtue
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Act.
                 The
                 Parliament
                 refusing
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 this
                 Proposal
                 ,
                 the
                 States-General
                 gave
                 Orders
                 for
                 the
                 equipping
                 a
                 considerable
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 about
                 a
                 hundred
                 Ships
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 giving
                 notice
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 by
                 their
                 Ambassadors
                 of
                 these
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 and
                 assuring
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 design'd
                 to
                 offend
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 maintain
                 a
                 friendly
                 Correspondence
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 provided
                 to
                 no
                 other
                 end
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 protect
                 their
                 own
                 Subjects
                 in
                 their
                 Trade
                 and
                 Navigation
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Parliament
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 rely
                 upon
                 the
                 Promises
                 of
                 those
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 their
                 past
                 and
                 present
                 Actions
                 had
                 manifested
                 little
                 Friendship
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 what
                 Preparations
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 defend
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Alarm
                 awakened
                 us
                 to
                 a
                 diligent
                 performance
                 of
                 our
                 duty
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 fearing
                 that
                 the
                 Hollanders
                 might
                 transport
                 some
                 foreign
                 Forces
                 by
                 their
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 only
                 still
                 numerous
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 also
                 divers
                 Places
                 of
                 Strength
                 to
                 retreat
                 to
                 .
                 Our
                 Suspicions
                 were
                 farther
                 increased
                 by
                 the
                 Advices
                 we
                 received
                 of
                 a
                 Treaty
                 on
                 foot
                 between
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lorain
                 and
                 Theobald
                 Viscount
                 Taff
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Irish
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 that
                 Duke
                 into
                 Ireland
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 extirpate
                 all
                 Hereticks
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 to
                 re-establish
                 the
                 Romish
                 Religion
                 in
                 all
                 Parts
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 restore
                 the
                 Irish
                 to
                 their
                 Possessions
                 ;
                 all
                 which
                 being
                 performed
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 deliver
                 up
                 the
                 Authority
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 
                   Great
                   Britain
                
                 ,
                 and
                 assist
                 him
                 against
                 his
                 Rebellious
                 Subjects
                 in
                 England
                 :
                 That
                 all
                 Ireland
                 should
                 be
                 ingaged
                 for
                 his
                 Re-imbursement
                 :
                 That
                 
                   Galway
                   ,
                   Limerick
                   ,
                   Athenree
                   ,
                   Athlone
                   ,
                   Waterford
                   ,
                
                 and
                 the
                 Fort
                 of
                 Duncannon
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 his
                 hands
                 as
                 Cautionary
                 Places
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 things
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 .
                 The
                 Report
                 of
                 this
                 Agreement
                 being
                 spread
                 amongst
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 encouraged
                 them
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 possible
                 Opposition
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 the
                 promised
                 Succours
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 hand
                 ,
                 laboured
                 with
                 all
                 diligence
                 to
                 dispose
                 their
                 Affairs
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 manner
                 they
                 could
                 for
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ;
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 several
                 Commanders
                 of
                 our
                 Army
                 to
                 excite
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 their
                 Duty
                 ,
                 making
                 provision
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 Clothes
                 ,
                 Tents
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 the
                 War
                 in
                 the
                 ensuing
                 Spring
                 .
                 A
                 general
                 Meeting
                 of
                 Officers
                 was
                 also
                 appointed
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 at
                 Kilkenay
                 to
                 consult
                 about
                 the
                 best
                 Method
                 of
                 employing
                 our
                 Arms
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 And
                 because
                 the
                 Propositions
                 offered
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 Galway
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 no
                 farther
                 prosecuted
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 Death
                 ,
                 Orders
                 were
                 dispatched
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 authorizing
                 
                 him
                 to
                 conclude
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 should
                 accept
                 the
                 Conditions
                 at
                 ,
                 or
                 before
                 the
                 ninth
                 of
                 the
                 next
                 January
                 .
                 According
                 to
                 their
                 Orders
                 the
                 Officers
                 met
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 by
                 whom
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 thought
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 ensuing
                 Service
                 ,
                 we
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Parliament
                 and
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 with
                 the
                 Particulars
                 of
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 were
                 requisite
                 ,
                 desiring
                 them
                 to
                 send
                 them
                 over
                 with
                 all
                 convenient
                 speed
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 time
                 might
                 be
                 lost
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Season
                 of
                 the
                 Year
                 should
                 permit
                 us
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 Field
                 .
                 We
                 published
                 two
                 Proclamations
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Country
                 from
                 supplying
                 the
                 Enemy
                 with
                 Arms
                 and
                 other
                 Necessaries
                 ;
                 wherein
                 drawing
                 a
                 Line
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 about
                 the
                 Irish
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 we
                 required
                 all
                 Persons
                 to
                 withdraw
                 themselves
                 and
                 their
                 Goods
                 from
                 the
                 places
                 of
                 their
                 resort
                 within
                 a
                 limited
                 time
                 ;
                 which
                 if
                 they
                 refused
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 we
                 declared
                 them
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 all
                 Officers
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 treat
                 them
                 accordingly
                 :
                 commanding
                 also
                 all
                 Smiths
                 ,
                 Armourers
                 and
                 Sadlers
                 that
                 lived
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 to
                 retire
                 in
                 twenty
                 days
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 Families
                 ,
                 Forges
                 and
                 Instruments
                 ,
                 into
                 some
                 Garison
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 on
                 pain
                 of
                 forfeiture
                 of
                 their
                 Goods
                 and
                 Tools
                 ,
                 besides
                 six
                 months
                 Imprisonment
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 Offence
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Death
                 for
                 the
                 second
                 .
                 We
                 ordered
                 also
                 that
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 withdrawn
                 themselves
                 out
                 of
                 our
                 Protection
                 ,
                 and
                 joined
                 with
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 coming
                 over
                 of
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 deprived
                 of
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 Quarter
                 .
                 Having
                 published
                 
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 Orders
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 tenour
                 ,
                 we
                 appointed
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 ,
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Axtel
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 ,
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 ,
                 as
                 occasion
                 should
                 require
                 .
              
               
                 Having
                 finished
                 our
                 Affairs
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 and
                 dismissed
                 the
                 Officers
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 I
                 resolved
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Portumna
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 things
                 ready
                 for
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Galway
                 .
                 Being
                 on
                 my
                 March
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 Nenagh
                 ,
                 an
                 advanced
                 Party
                 found
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 whom
                 was
                 killed
                 by
                 the
                 Guard
                 before
                 I
                 came
                 up
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 was
                 saved
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 brought
                 before
                 me
                 at
                 Portumna
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 asking
                 him
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 be
                 hanged
                 ?
                 he
                 only
                 answered
                 ,
                 
                   If
                   you
                   please
                
                 ;
                 so
                 insensibly
                 stupid
                 were
                 many
                 of
                 these
                 poor
                 Creatures
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 having
                 done
                 their
                 business
                 in
                 this
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 given
                 Directions
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Galway
                 ,
                 with
                 Power
                 to
                 treat
                 ,
                 as
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 we
                 returned
                 to
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 our
                 arrival
                 were
                 informed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Barony
                 of
                 B●rren
                 relying
                 upon
                 the
                 security
                 of
                 their
                 places
                 of
                 Retreat
                 ,
                 had
                 refused
                 to
                 pay
                 the
                 Contributions
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 promised
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 had
                 been
                 obliged
                 to
                 lay
                 the
                 Country
                 waste
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 seize
                 what
                 he
                 could
                 find
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 no
                 longer
                 useful
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 We
                 had
                 advice
                 also
                 from
                 Vlster
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Troops
                 had
                 killed
                 and
                 drowned
                 about
                 a
                 hundred
                 and
                 forty
                 Tories
                 who
                 infested
                 that
                 Province
                 with
                 their
                 Robberies
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 time
                 limited
                 by
                 the
                 Proclamation
                 ,
                 requiring
                 the
                 Irish
                 to
                 withdraw
                 from
                 the
                 places
                 mentioned
                 therein
                 ,
                 being
                 expired
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 into
                 the
                 Fastnesses
                 of
                 Wicklo
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 make
                 Examples
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 not
                 obeyed
                 the
                 Proclamation
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 place
                 a
                 Garison
                 there
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Excursions
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 
                 Talbot's
                 Town
                 was
                 the
                 Place
                 I
                 thought
                 fittest
                 for
                 that
                 end
                 ;
                 which
                 having
                 rendred
                 defensible
                 against
                 any
                 sudden
                 attempt
                 ,
                 and
                 furnished
                 with
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 farther
                 into
                 the
                 Country
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 morning
                 I
                 divided
                 my
                 Men
                 into
                 three
                 Parties
                 ,
                 sending
                 away
                 Colonel
                 Pretty
                 with
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 lest
                 the
                 Enemy
                 should
                 fall
                 upon
                 them
                 in
                 his
                 absence
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 we
                 scoured
                 by
                 different
                 ways
                 ,
                 the
                 Passes
                 and
                 Retreats
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 but
                 met
                 not
                 with
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 our
                 Parties
                 being
                 so
                 big
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 Sentinels
                 placed
                 upon
                 every
                 Hill
                 ,
                 gave
                 notice
                 of
                 our
                 March
                 to
                 their
                 Friends
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 upon
                 our
                 Approach
                 ,
                 they
                 still
                 fled
                 to
                 their
                 Bogs
                 and
                 Woods
                 .
                 When
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 Dundrum
                 ,
                 a
                 Place
                 lying
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 I
                 perceived
                 the
                 Walls
                 and
                 Roof
                 of
                 an
                 old
                 Church
                 standing
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 placed
                 Captain
                 Jacob
                 with
                 his
                 Company
                 ;
                 who
                 was
                 afterwards
                 very
                 serviceable
                 against
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
                 The
                 like
                 Methods
                 being
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Zanchey
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 Abbot
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 ,
                 the
                 Irish
                 were
                 reduced
                 to
                 great
                 Extremities
                 .
              
               
               
                 About
                 fourscore
                 of
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 Galway
                 went
                 privately
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 seizing
                 a
                 hundred
                 Head
                 of
                 Cattel
                 ,
                 designed
                 to
                 drive
                 them
                 thither
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 upon
                 their
                 Return
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 met
                 by
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 who
                 killed
                 threescore
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 recovered
                 all
                 the
                 Cattel
                 .
                 This
                 Disappointment
                 was
                 attended
                 with
                 another
                 much
                 greater
                 ;
                 for
                 two
                 Vessels
                 loaden
                 with
                 Corn
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 get
                 into
                 the
                 Harbour
                 of
                 Galway
                 ,
                 being
                 pursued
                 by
                 two
                 of
                 our
                 Frigats
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 forced
                 upon
                 the
                 Rocks
                 near
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Arran
                 ,
                 where
                 she
                 was
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 received
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 hopeful
                 Condition
                 of
                 their
                 Affairs
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Appearance
                 there
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 speedy
                 Determination
                 of
                 that
                 War
                 ,
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 summon
                 before
                 them
                 those
                 Adventurers
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 1641
                 had
                 advanced
                 Monies
                 upon
                 the
                 Lands
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
                 The
                 said
                 Persons
                 being
                 met
                 at
                 Grocers-Hall
                 ,
                 chose
                 twenty
                 eight
                 Deputies
                 to
                 manage
                 the
                 Business
                 with
                 the
                 Committee
                 in
                 the
                 Names
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 In
                 conformity
                 to
                 this
                 Proceeding
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 in
                 Ireland
                 began
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 Qualifications
                 and
                 Heads
                 under
                 which
                 the
                 Irish
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Innocent
                 might
                 be
                 freed
                 from
                 their
                 Fears
                 and
                 Apprehensions
                 ;
                 that
                 Justice
                 might
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Guilty
                 punished
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 different
                 nature
                 of
                 their
                 Crimes
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 the
                 Irish
                 having
                 notice
                 ,
                 and
                 considering
                 the
                 declining
                 
                 Condition
                 of
                 their
                 Affairs
                 in
                 all
                 Parts
                 ,
                 sent
                 a
                 Letter
                 directed
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 from
                 the
                 Principal
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 called
                 themselves
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 subscribed
                 by
                 
                   Gerald
                   Fitz-Gerald
                
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 their
                 Assembly
                 held
                 at
                 Glanmaliero
                 in
                 the
                 Province
                 of
                 Leinster
                 ;
                 representing
                 ,
                 That
                 being
                 advised
                 that
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 England
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 give
                 honourable
                 and
                 sure
                 Terms
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 an
                 entire
                 Disposition
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 desire
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 that
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 a
                 safe
                 Conduct
                 for
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 with
                 Blanks
                 subscribed
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 impower
                 and
                 send
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Members
                 to
                 present
                 Propositions
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 that
                 are
                 or
                 should
                 be
                 authorized
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 answered
                 in
                 substance
                 ,
                 That
                 tho
                 the
                 Letter
                 was
                 subscribed
                 by
                 one
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 pretext
                 of
                 an
                 Authority
                 which
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 own
                 without
                 prejudice
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 yet
                 for
                 the
                 satisfaction
                 of
                 those
                 concerned
                 ,
                 they
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Establishment
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 doth
                 of
                 Right
                 belong
                 only
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 who
                 will
                 distinguish
                 those
                 who
                 have
                 always
                 lived
                 peaceably
                 ,
                 or
                 have
                 already
                 submitted
                 to
                 their
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 themselves
                 under
                 their
                 Protection
                 ,
                 from
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 committed
                 and
                 countenanced
                 the
                 Murders
                 and
                 Massacres
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 during
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 from
                 those
                 
                 who
                 continue
                 still
                 in
                 Arms
                 to
                 oppose
                 their
                 Authority
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 cannot
                 in
                 Justice
                 consent
                 to
                 an
                 Act
                 so
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 as
                 would
                 involve
                 quiet
                 and
                 peaceable
                 People
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Prosecution
                 with
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 in
                 open
                 Hostility
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 cannot
                 grant
                 safe
                 Conducts
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 persist
                 in
                 their
                 Opposition
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 assemble
                 from
                 all
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 communicate
                 their
                 Designs
                 to
                 each
                 other
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 will
                 lay
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 submit
                 to
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 ,
                 shall
                 have
                 as
                 favourable
                 Conditions
                 as
                 they
                 can
                 justly
                 expect
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Resolution
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 being
                 made
                 publick
                 ,
                 the
                 Irish
                 fell
                 upon
                 another
                 Expedient
                 :
                 in
                 pursuance
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clanrickard
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 left
                 Deputy
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 sent
                 a
                 Letter
                 directed
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 then
                 Commander
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Words
                 following
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     ;
                  
                
                 
                   
                     MANY
                     of
                     the
                     Nobility
                     ,
                     Clergy
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     Persons
                     of
                     Quality
                     ,
                     Subjects
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Corporation
                     of
                     Galway
                     ,
                     having
                     considered
                     the
                     present
                     State
                     of
                     Affairs
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     ruinous
                     Effects
                     which
                     this
                     long
                     War
                     hath
                     produced
                     ,
                     have
                     solicited
                     me
                     to
                     desire
                     of
                     you
                     a
                     Conference
                     for
                     the
                     establishment
                     of
                     the
                     Repose
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     obtain
                     a
                     safe
                     Conduct
                     for
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     ,
                     
                     whom
                     by
                     their
                     Advice
                     I
                     shall
                     judg
                     capable
                     to
                     be
                     sent
                     to
                     you
                     for
                     that
                     end
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     this
                     which
                     hath
                     obliged
                     me
                     to
                     send
                     you
                     an
                     Express
                     ,
                     with
                     this
                     Protestation
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     shall
                     not
                     abandon
                     them
                     ,
                     till
                     I
                     see
                     such
                     Conditions
                     granted
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     may
                     with
                     Honour
                     accept
                     :
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     which
                     I
                     am
                     resolved
                     to
                     continue
                     the
                     Authority
                     and
                     Protection
                     of
                     his
                     Majesty
                     over
                     them
                     ,
                     even
                     to
                     Extremity
                     ,
                     not
                     doubting
                     but
                     by
                     Divine
                     Assistance
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Forces
                     we
                     have
                     already
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Succours
                     which
                     shall
                     be
                     sent
                     us
                     by
                     his
                     Majesty
                     and
                     Allies
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     be
                     found
                     in
                     a
                     condition
                     to
                     change
                     the
                     present
                     State
                     of
                     Affairs
                     ,
                     or
                     at
                     least
                     to
                     render
                     your
                     former
                     Conquests
                     of
                     little
                     advantage
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     end
                     to
                     sell
                     our
                     Lives
                     at
                     a
                     dear
                     rate
                     if
                     we
                     shall
                     be
                     forced
                     thereto
                     :
                     the
                     which
                     leaving
                     to
                     your
                     Consideration
                     ,
                     and
                     expecting
                     your
                     certain
                     Answer
                     and
                     Resolution
                     ,
                     I
                     remain
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       24
                       March
                       ,
                       1652.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     SIR
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Servant
                     ,
                     CLANRICKARD
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   POSTSCRIPT
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     If
                     you
                     please
                     to
                     send
                     a
                     safe
                     Conduct
                     ,
                     I
                     desire
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     addressed
                     to
                     Sir
                     
                       Charles
                       Coote
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     whom
                     you
                     shall
                     think
                     fit
                     near
                     to
                     this
                     
                     Place
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     Pass
                     for
                     the
                     number
                     of
                     five
                     Commissioners
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     Retinue
                     of
                     about
                     twenty
                     Persons
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     end
                     that
                     having
                     notice
                     thereof
                     ,
                     I
                     may
                     send
                     a
                     List
                     of
                     the
                     Names
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Commissioners
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   this
                   I
                   returned
                   the
                   following
                   Answer
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                     ;
                  
                
                 
                   
                     IN
                     answer
                     to
                     yours
                     of
                     the
                     24
                     th
                     of
                     March
                     ,
                     by
                     which
                     you
                     propose
                     a
                     Treaty
                     for
                     the
                     Settlement
                     of
                     this
                     Country
                     ,
                     and
                     desire
                     a
                     safe
                     Conduct
                     for
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     you
                     shall
                     judg
                     fit
                     to
                     employ
                     in
                     the
                     management
                     of
                     that
                     Affair
                     ,
                     I
                     think
                     fit
                     ,
                     in
                     pursuance
                     of
                     the
                     Advice
                     of
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     of
                     the
                     Parliament
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     many
                     Officers
                     of
                     the
                     English
                     Army
                     ,
                     to
                     advertise
                     you
                     ,
                     as
                     hath
                     been
                     already
                     answered
                     to
                     those
                     who
                     have
                     sent
                     Propositions
                     of
                     the
                     like
                     nature
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Settlement
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     doth
                     of
                     Right
                     belong
                     to
                     the
                     Parliament
                     of
                     the
                     Common-wealth
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     to
                     whom
                     we
                     are
                     obliged
                     in
                     duty
                     to
                     leave
                     it
                     ;
                     being
                     assured
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     will
                     not
                     capitulate
                     with
                     those
                     who
                     ought
                     to
                     submit
                     to
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     yet
                     oppose
                     themselves
                     to
                     their
                     Authority
                     ,
                     and
                     upon
                     vain
                     and
                     frivolous
                     hopes
                     have
                     refused
                     such
                     Offers
                     of
                     Favour
                     as
                     they
                     would
                     gladly
                     accept
                     at
                     present
                     :
                     so
                     that
                     I
                     fear
                     they
                     will
                     be
                     constrained
                     to
                     proceed
                     against
                     them
                     with
                     the
                     highest
                     Severity
                     ;
                     which
                     that
                     you
                     may
                     
                     prevent
                     by
                     your
                     timely
                     Submission
                     ,
                     is
                     the
                     Desire
                     of
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Your
                     humble
                     Servant
                     ,
                     EDMVND
                     LVDLOW
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 That
                 Passage
                 in
                 my
                 Answer
                 touching
                 their
                 Readiness
                 to
                 accept
                 such
                 Terms
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 formerly
                 rejected
                 ,
                 was
                 grounded
                 upon
                 notice
                 sent
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Galway
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 time
                 limited
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 their
                 Submission
                 was
                 expired
                 ,
                 desired
                 a
                 Treaty
                 :
                 whereupon
                 I
                 had
                 acquainted
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 seeing
                 the
                 Besieged
                 had
                 refused
                 the
                 Conditions
                 formerly
                 offered
                 ,
                 they
                 ought
                 not
                 now
                 to
                 expect
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 after
                 such
                 an
                 addition
                 of
                 Trouble
                 and
                 Charge
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 lately
                 put
                 us
                 upon
                 ;
                 yet
                 for
                 all
                 this
                 Caution
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 concluded
                 a
                 Treaty
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 immediately
                 after
                 the
                 Return
                 of
                 my
                 Answer
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clanrickard
                 ;
                 upon
                 Conditions
                 much
                 more
                 advantagious
                 to
                 them
                 than
                 those
                 formerly
                 proposed
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 undertaking
                 to
                 get
                 them
                 ratified
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 within
                 twenty
                 days
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 promising
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 inviolably
                 observed
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 having
                 received
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 and
                 conceiving
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 unjust
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 
                 imprudent
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 best
                 Terms
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 made
                 the
                 longest
                 Opposition
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 what
                 dangerous
                 Consequence
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 ,
                 if
                 that
                 Place
                 were
                 not
                 fully
                 secured
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 ,
                 spent
                 the
                 whole
                 Night
                 in
                 Consultation
                 with
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 resolved
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 consent
                 that
                 any
                 should
                 receive
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 those
                 Articles
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 any
                 way
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 murdering
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 oblige
                 themselves
                 to
                 permit
                 any
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 Galway
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 should
                 hereafter
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 remove
                 from
                 thence
                 for
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 cannot
                 consent
                 that
                 the
                 Burgesses
                 shall
                 enjoy
                 any
                 more
                 than
                 two
                 thirds
                 of
                 their
                 Estates
                 lying
                 near
                 the
                 Town
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 suffer
                 the
                 Habitations
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 been
                 forced
                 to
                 quit
                 the
                 Place
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 their
                 Affection
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 detained
                 from
                 them
                 .
                 With
                 these
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Alterations
                 they
                 declared
                 their
                 Consent
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 before-mentioned
                 ;
                 which
                 if
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 refused
                 ,
                 they
                 ordered
                 that
                 our
                 Men
                 should
                 not
                 enter
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 entred
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 restore
                 the
                 Possession
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Garison
                 :
                 but
                 notwithstanding
                 this
                 Expedition
                 ,
                 the
                 Messenger
                 that
                 was
                 dispatched
                 with
                 the
                 Resolutions
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 came
                 too
                 late
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 obtained
                 was
                 a
                 Promise
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coote
                
                 ,
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 perswade
                 those
                 of
                 Galway
                 to
                 accept
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 with
                 
                 the
                 Amendments
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 resolved
                 upon
                 the
                 Incorporation
                 of
                 Scotland
                 with
                 the
                 Nation
                 of
                 England
                 into
                 one
                 Free
                 State
                 or
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 reimburse
                 themselves
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 that
                 Treasure
                 they
                 had
                 expended
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Defence
                 against
                 the
                 Invasions
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 declared
                 the
                 Goods
                 and
                 Lands
                 formerly
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 of
                 Scotland
                 to
                 be
                 confiscated
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 possessed
                 by
                 such
                 Persons
                 as
                 had
                 assisted
                 in
                 the
                 Invasion
                 of
                 England
                 by
                 Duke
                 Hamilton
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 1648
                 ,
                 or
                 had
                 appeared
                 in
                 Arms
                 since
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Scots
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 subvert
                 the
                 present
                 Government
                 ;
                 excepting
                 those
                 who
                 since
                 the
                 Battel
                 of
                 Dunbar
                 had
                 abandoned
                 the
                 said
                 King
                 of
                 Scots
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 their
                 Merits
                 and
                 Services
                 had
                 rendred
                 themselves
                 worthy
                 of
                 Favour
                 :
                 That
                 all
                 such
                 who
                 are
                 not
                 comprehended
                 under
                 the
                 said
                 Qualifications
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 concur
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 just
                 Enterprize
                 ,
                 shall
                 receive
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 their
                 Protection
                 ,
                 and
                 enjoy
                 their
                 Liberties
                 and
                 Goods
                 equally
                 with
                 the
                 free
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 In
                 pursuance
                 of
                 this
                 Declaration
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 in
                 Scotland
                 published
                 another
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 discharge
                 from
                 Confiscation
                 all
                 Merchants
                 and
                 Tradesmen
                 ,
                 who
                 possess
                 not
                 in
                 Lands
                 or
                 Goods
                 above
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 five
                 hundred
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 not
                 Prisoners
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 Moss
                 Troopers
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 killed
                 or
                 committed
                 Outrages
                 against
                 
                 the
                 English
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Laws
                 and
                 Customs
                 of
                 War.
                 They
                 also
                 emitted
                 a
                 Proclamation
                 ,
                 abolishing
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Authority
                 and
                 Jurisdiction
                 derived
                 from
                 any
                 other
                 Power
                 but
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 Scotland
                 as
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 Isles
                 belonging
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 they
                 summoned
                 the
                 Counties
                 ,
                 Cities
                 and
                 Boroughs
                 ,
                 to
                 agree
                 to
                 the
                 Incorporation
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 eighteen
                 of
                 one
                 and
                 thirty
                 Counties
                 ,
                 and
                 twenty
                 four
                 of
                 fifty
                 six
                 Cities
                 and
                 Boroughs
                 consented
                 to
                 send
                 their
                 Deputies
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 excusing
                 themselves
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Money
                 to
                 defray
                 the
                 Expences
                 of
                 their
                 Representatives
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Business
                 being
                 accomplished
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Act
                 passed
                 for
                 the
                 Incorporation
                 of
                 England
                 and
                 Scotland
                 into
                 one
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 were
                 prevailed
                 with
                 by
                 the
                 Importunities
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Members
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 particular
                 of
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 he
                 might
                 fortify
                 himself
                 by
                 the
                 Addition
                 of
                 new
                 Friends
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 his
                 Designs
                 ,
                 to
                 pass
                 an
                 Act
                 of
                 General
                 Pardon
                 and
                 Amnesty
                 :
                 whereby
                 tho
                 it
                 had
                 thirty
                 eight
                 several
                 Exceptions
                 ,
                 many
                 Persons
                 who
                 deserved
                 to
                 pay
                 towards
                 the
                 Reimbursement
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 no
                 less
                 than
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 already
                 fined
                 ,
                 escaped
                 the
                 Punishment
                 due
                 to
                 their
                 Misdemeanours
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 was
                 defrauded
                 of
                 great
                 Sums
                 of
                 Money
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 they
                 were
                 rendred
                 
                 unable
                 to
                 discharge
                 many
                 just
                 Debts
                 owing
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 served
                 them
                 with
                 Diligence
                 and
                 Fidelity
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 Ireland
                 the
                 Rebels
                 were
                 so
                 pressed
                 by
                 our
                 Forces
                 in
                 all
                 Parts
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 began
                 to
                 think
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 treat
                 about
                 Conditions
                 of
                 Submission
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 obtained
                 Liberty
                 to
                 be
                 transported
                 into
                 foreign
                 Service
                 ;
                 wherein
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 assisted
                 them
                 with
                 Ships
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Irish
                 Officers
                 were
                 in
                 many
                 Places
                 deserted
                 by
                 their
                 own
                 Souldiers
                 .
                 Col.
                 Fitzpatrick
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 who
                 submitted
                 ,
                 on
                 condition
                 to
                 be
                 transported
                 with
                 his
                 Regiment
                 into
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Spain
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 blow
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 Confederacy
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 treat
                 in
                 conjunction
                 ,
                 hoping
                 to
                 obtain
                 more
                 favourable
                 Terms
                 ,
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 their
                 Numbers
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 they
                 published
                 Declarations
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Irish
                 Clergy
                 excommunicated
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 joined
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 which
                 Col.
                 Odowyer
                 ,
                 Commander
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 in
                 the
                 Counties
                 of
                 Waterford
                 and
                 Tipperary
                 ,
                 followed
                 his
                 Example
                 ,
                 and
                 proposed
                 a
                 Treaty
                 to
                 Col.
                 Zanchey
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 received
                 Instructions
                 from
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 concluded
                 an
                 Agreement
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 the
                 principal
                 Articles
                 whereof
                 were
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Arms
                 and
                 Horses
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Brigade
                 of
                 Col.
                 
                   Edmund
                   Odowyer
                
                 shall
                 be
                 delivered
                 up
                 at
                 a
                 certain
                 price
                 :
                 That
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 shall
                 enjoy
                 their
                 personal
                 Estates
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 a
                 proportion
                 
                 of
                 their
                 real
                 Estates
                 as
                 others
                 under
                 their
                 Qualification
                 shall
                 be
                 permitted
                 to
                 do
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 shall
                 not
                 extend
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 murdered
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 or
                 had
                 been
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 during
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 ;
                 or
                 to
                 any
                 Romish
                 Priests
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 General
                 Assembly
                 ;
                 those
                 also
                 who
                 had
                 taken
                 away
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 ours
                 after
                 Quarter
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 deserted
                 us
                 and
                 joined
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 were
                 excepted
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Treaty
                 :
                 All
                 others
                 to
                 have
                 Liberty
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 our
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 transport
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 any
                 foreign
                 State
                 in
                 Friendship
                 with
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 England
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 the
                 Ambassadors
                 from
                 Holland
                 were
                 in
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 ,
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Fleet
                 consisting
                 of
                 forty
                 three
                 Ships
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 the
                 Heer
                 
                   Van
                   Tromp
                
                 ,
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Downs
                 .
                 Major
                 Bourn
                 having
                 with
                 him
                 a
                 Squadron
                 of
                 eight
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 perceiving
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Ships
                 making
                 sail
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 them
                 to
                 demand
                 the
                 Reason
                 of
                 their
                 Approach
                 ;
                 and
                 an
                 Answer
                 being
                 returned
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 a
                 Message
                 to
                 deliver
                 from
                 Admiral
                 
                   Van
                   Tromp
                
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Commander
                 of
                 that
                 Squadron
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 permitted
                 to
                 come
                 up
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 The
                 Captains
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 Dutch
                 Ships
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 saluted
                 Major
                 Bourn
                 by
                 striking
                 the
                 Flag
                 ,
                 went
                 on
                 board
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 acquainted
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 sent
                 by
                 their
                 Admiral
                 
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 riding
                 with
                 his
                 Fleet
                 near
                 Dunkirk
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 lost
                 many
                 Cables
                 and
                 Anchors
                 by
                 bad
                 Weather
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 now
                 brought
                 by
                 a
                 North
                 Wind
                 more
                 Southward
                 than
                 he
                 designed
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 thought
                 himself
                 obliged
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 notice
                 to
                 prevent
                 any
                 Misunderstanding
                 .
                 Major
                 Bourn
                 told
                 them
                 he
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 believe
                 what
                 was
                 said
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 it
                 would
                 best
                 appear
                 by
                 their
                 speedy
                 Retreat
                 .
                 With
                 this
                 Answer
                 the
                 two
                 Captains
                 returned
                 to
                 their
                 Fleet
                 ;
                 which
                 coming
                 within
                 Cannon-shot
                 of
                 Dover-Castle
                 with
                 their
                 Sails
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 Flag
                 at
                 the
                 Top-mast
                 ,
                 not
                 saluting
                 the
                 Fort
                 according
                 to
                 Custom
                 ,
                 the
                 Garison
                 was
                 constrained
                 to
                 fire
                 three
                 Guns
                 at
                 the
                 Hollanders
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 their
                 Duty
                 :
                 But
                 their
                 Admiral
                 made
                 no
                 Answer
                 ,
                 and
                 still
                 keeping
                 up
                 his
                 Flag
                 ,
                 lay
                 in
                 the
                 Road
                 till
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 about
                 Noon
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 time
                 he
                 weighed
                 Anchor
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 sail
                 towards
                 Calais
                 .
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Fleet
                 consisting
                 only
                 of
                 thirteen
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 commanded
                 by
                 General
                 Blake
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 upon
                 the
                 Coast
                 of
                 Sussex
                 ,
                 returning
                 into
                 the
                 Downs
                 soon
                 after
                 the
                 Departure
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 was
                 joined
                 by
                 Major
                 Bourn
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 eight
                 Ships
                 he
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 Admiral
                 
                   Van
                   Tromp
                
                 being
                 obliged
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 some
                 rich
                 Merchant
                 Ships
                 bound
                 home
                 to
                 Holland
                 from
                 the
                 Straits
                 ,
                 returned
                 towards
                 the
                 Downs
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 come
                 within
                 Cannon-shot
                 of
                 our
                 Fleet
                 without
                 striking
                 their
                 Flag
                 ,
                 General
                 Blake
                 commanded
                 three
                 several
                 Guns
                 one
                 after
                 the
                 
                 other
                 to
                 be
                 fired
                 at
                 him
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 he
                 answered
                 with
                 one
                 Gun
                 ,
                 which
                 shot
                 through
                 the
                 English
                 Flag
                 ,
                 and
                 followed
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 whole
                 Broad-side
                 ,
                 setting
                 up
                 a
                 red
                 Standard
                 on
                 his
                 Topmast
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Signal
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 Fleet
                 to
                 prepare
                 to
                 fight
                 .
                 The
                 Engagement
                 began
                 about
                 four
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 ,
                 and
                 lasted
                 till
                 nine
                 at
                 Night
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Loss
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 little
                 Damage
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 ,
                 tho
                 their
                 Fleet
                 was
                 double
                 our
                 Number
                 .
                 We
                 took
                 two
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 in
                 the
                 Fight
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 brought
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 being
                 very
                 much
                 shatter'd
                 ,
                 sunk
                 down
                 as
                 our
                 Men
                 were
                 carrying
                 her
                 off
                 .
                 The
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 having
                 received
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 this
                 Action
                 ,
                 made
                 their
                 Report
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 passed
                 a
                 Vote
                 for
                 the
                 justification
                 of
                 General
                 Blake
                 ;
                 and
                 resolving
                 to
                 have
                 Satisfaction
                 for
                 this
                 Assault
                 ,
                 placed
                 a
                 Guard
                 upon
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Ambassadors
                 ,
                 at
                 their
                 Lodgings
                 in
                 Chelsey
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Denis
                   Bond
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 with
                 Assurances
                 that
                 nothing
                 should
                 be
                 wanting
                 for
                 their
                 Encouragement
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Event
                 of
                 this
                 Undertaking
                 not
                 answering
                 the
                 Expectations
                 of
                 the
                 Hollanders
                 ,
                 serving
                 only
                 to
                 provoke
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 publish
                 their
                 own
                 Dishonour
                 ,
                 they
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 World
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Parliament
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Quarrel
                 was
                 begun
                 by
                 General
                 Blake
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 that
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 done
                 was
                 not
                 by
                 their
                 Orders
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 desired
                 that
                 
                 the
                 Treaty
                 might
                 go
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 late
                 Fight
                 might
                 be
                 restored
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 sent
                 over
                 the
                 Heer
                 Paw
                 of
                 Heemsted
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 Treaty
                 in
                 conjunction
                 with
                 the
                 Ambassadors
                 they
                 had
                 sent
                 before
                 into
                 England
                 .
                 This
                 Minister
                 was
                 received
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 usual
                 Demonstrations
                 of
                 Honour
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 admitted
                 to
                 Audience
                 ,
                 pressed
                 for
                 an
                 Accommodation
                 of
                 all
                 Differences
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Cessation
                 of
                 all
                 Acts
                 of
                 Hostility
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Nations
                 ;
                 assuring
                 the
                 Parliament
                 that
                 his
                 Masters
                 had
                 given
                 Orders
                 to
                 their
                 Ships
                 to
                 strike
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Flag
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 as
                 had
                 been
                 practised
                 in
                 former
                 times
                 :
                 But
                 being
                 demanded
                 to
                 shew
                 his
                 Powers
                 ,
                 he
                 produced
                 nothing
                 save
                 Letters
                 of
                 Credence
                 and
                 Passports
                 ,
                 referring
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 Ambassadors
                 in
                 that
                 Point
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 made
                 some
                 General
                 Propositions
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 them
                 to
                 declare
                 their
                 Demands
                 .
                 By
                 these
                 Proceedings
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 perceiving
                 that
                 this
                 Difference
                 was
                 not
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 decided
                 by
                 a
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 contented
                 themselves
                 to
                 require
                 Satisfaction
                 for
                 the
                 Injuries
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 Assurance
                 that
                 nothing
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 should
                 be
                 attempted
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ;
                 which
                 if
                 the
                 Ambassadors
                 would
                 consent
                 to
                 ,
                 they
                 declared
                 themselves
                 ready
                 to
                 proceed
                 in
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 grant
                 a
                 Cessation
                 of
                 Arms.
                 But
                 so
                 little
                 were
                 they
                 disposed
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Satisfaction
                 demanded
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 made
                 no
                 farther
                 mention
                 of
                 the
                 Cessation
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 so
                 earnestly
                 pressed
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 taken
                 their
                 
                 Audience
                 of
                 Leave
                 ,
                 they
                 broke
                 off
                 the
                 Treaty
                 abruptly
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 home
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 tho
                 the
                 Number
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 submitted
                 on
                 condition
                 to
                 be
                 transported
                 into
                 foreign
                 Service
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 became
                 a
                 great
                 Burden
                 to
                 us
                 before
                 we
                 could
                 procure
                 Shipping
                 for
                 their
                 Transportation
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 received
                 several
                 Defeats
                 by
                 our
                 Forces
                 during
                 the
                 Winter
                 ,
                 wherein
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 had
                 been
                 killed
                 and
                 taken
                 ;
                 yet
                 they
                 continued
                 to
                 make
                 Incursions
                 into
                 our
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 carrying
                 away
                 Cattel
                 and
                 other
                 Booty
                 :
                 and
                 having
                 lately
                 seized
                 upon
                 the
                 Horses
                 belonging
                 to
                 two
                 Troops
                 of
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 encouraged
                 ,
                 that
                 Sir
                 
                   Walter
                   Dungan
                
                 ,
                 Commissary
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Scurlock
                 a
                 forward
                 Officer
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 who
                 had
                 done
                 us
                 much
                 Mischief
                 ,
                 with
                 five
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 and
                 two
                 hundred
                 and
                 fifty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 marched
                 into
                 Wexford
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Design
                 to
                 plunder
                 that
                 County
                 .
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 Throgmorton
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 having
                 informed
                 us
                 of
                 their
                 March
                 ,
                 we
                 sent
                 two
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 to
                 his
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 them
                 and
                 about
                 four
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 charged
                 the
                 Enemy
                 upon
                 their
                 Return
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 Dispute
                 routed
                 them
                 ,
                 killing
                 two
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 upon
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 more
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 Officers
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 ;
                 besides
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Loss
                 of
                 about
                 twenty
                 killed
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 hundred
                 wounded
                 on
                 our
                 side
                 .
                 The
                 Booty
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 gotten
                 
                 consisting
                 chiefly
                 in
                 five
                 hundred
                 Cows
                 ,
                 was
                 all
                 recovered
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Season
                 of
                 Action
                 advancing
                 ,
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 went
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 confer
                 with
                 the
                 Officers
                 from
                 all
                 Parts
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 necessary
                 Preparations
                 for
                 the
                 ensuing
                 Service
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Westmeath
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Forces
                 in
                 Leinster
                 ,
                 having
                 notice
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 desire
                 a
                 safe
                 Conduct
                 for
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 be
                 named
                 by
                 them
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 us
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 on
                 their
                 behalf
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 granted
                 ,
                 they
                 appointed
                 Commissary
                 General
                 
                   Dungan
                   ,
                   Lewis
                
                 Viscount
                 of
                 Glanmaliere
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Talbot
                
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Barnwel
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Walter
                   Bagnol
                
                 ,
                 Col.
                 
                   Lewis
                   Moor
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Col.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tyrrell
                
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 .
                 And
                 on
                 our
                 part
                 ,
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Hewetson
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Lawrence
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Axtel
                 ,
                 Adjutant
                 General
                 Allen
                 ,
                 Major
                 
                   Henry
                   Owen
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   James
                   Standish
                
                 ,
                 Deputy-Treasurer
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 were
                 commissionated
                 to
                 treat
                 and
                 conclude
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 conformity
                 to
                 such
                 Instructions
                 as
                 they
                 received
                 from
                 a
                 General
                 Council
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 several
                 days
                 Conference
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 on
                 each
                 part
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 upon
                 Terms
                 that
                 were
                 the
                 same
                 in
                 substance
                 with
                 those
                 formerly
                 granted
                 to
                 Col.
                 
                   Edmund
                   Odonryer
                
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 ,
                 with
                 liberty
                 left
                 for
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 Taaf
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Commanders
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 in
                 the
                 Provinces
                 of
                 
                   M●nster
                   ,
                   Connaught
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Vlster
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 Arms
                 ,
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 and
                 accept
                 of
                 the
                 
                 same
                 Conditions
                 within
                 a
                 limited
                 time
                 .
                 The
                 Articles
                 were
                 approved
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Westmeath
                 on
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 England
                 by
                 Me
                 ,
                 as
                 Commander
                 in
                 chief
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Committee
                 appointed
                 by
                 the
                 Parliament
                 for
                 the
                 Reformation
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 made
                 a
                 considerable
                 progress
                 in
                 that
                 matter
                 :
                 Judges
                 were
                 also
                 sent
                 into
                 Scotland
                 for
                 the
                 Administration
                 of
                 Justice
                 there
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 performed
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 satisfaction
                 of
                 that
                 People
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 also
                 appointed
                 a
                 Committee
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 means
                 to
                 set
                 at
                 work
                 all
                 the
                 Poor
                 throughout
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 Provision
                 for
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 work
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 no
                 Beggar
                 in
                 England
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 Scotland
                 our
                 Forces
                 having
                 reduced
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Dunotter
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 last
                 Garison
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 that
                 held
                 out
                 against
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 four
                 considerable
                 Forts
                 ,
                 one
                 at
                 Inverness
                 ,
                 another
                 at
                 Leith
                 ,
                 a
                 third
                 at
                 Ayre
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 fourth
                 at
                 
                   St.
                   Johnsto●n
                
                 :
                 and
                 because
                 the
                 Enemy
                 being
                 entirely
                 beaten
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 was
                 retired
                 to
                 the
                 mountainous
                 Parts
                 ,
                 which
                 to
                 that
                 time
                 had
                 been
                 accounted
                 inaccessible
                 by
                 the
                 English
                 ;
                 it
                 was
                 agreed
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 clear
                 those
                 Places
                 of
                 them
                 also
                 ,
                 being
                 perswaded
                 that
                 where
                 any
                 went
                 before
                 ,
                 others
                 might
                 follow
                 after
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 our
                 Men
                 were
                 divided
                 into
                 three
                 Parties
                 :
                 
                 the
                 first
                 consisted
                 of
                 Colonel
                 
                 Overcon's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Major
                 Blackmore
                 :
                 The
                 second
                 of
                 Colonel
                 
                 Hacker's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 Foot
                 commanded
                 by
                 Colonel
                 Lilburn
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 third
                 was
                 composed
                 of
                 the
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 of
                 Major
                 General
                 Dean
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Foot
                 belonging
                 to
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Monk.
                 Each
                 of
                 these
                 having
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Dragoons
                 to
                 attend
                 them
                 ,
                 rendezvouzed
                 at
                 Loughaber
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 fell
                 separately
                 into
                 the
                 Enemy's
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 killed
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 burned
                 their
                 Provisions
                 ,
                 pursuing
                 them
                 so
                 close
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 they
                 fled
                 from
                 one
                 Party
                 ,
                 they
                 fell
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 another
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 entirely
                 dispersed
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Irish
                 that
                 submitted
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Articles
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 up
                 their
                 Arms
                 and
                 Horses
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 appointed
                 by
                 me
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 ,
                 were
                 in
                 all
                 about
                 three
                 thousand
                 .
                 But
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 finding
                 themselves
                 within
                 that
                 exception
                 concerning
                 the
                 Murders
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 or
                 hoping
                 to
                 obtain
                 better
                 Conditions
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 taking
                 pleasure
                 in
                 their
                 predatory
                 Life
                 ,
                 continued
                 still
                 in
                 Arms.
                 Of
                 this
                 number
                 was
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Irish
                 in
                 Munster
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 our
                 Treaty
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 Leinster
                 ,
                 had
                 sent
                 one
                 Colonel
                 Poor
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 to
                 acquaint
                 us
                 that
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Conditions
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 suspecting
                 his
                 sincerity
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 
                 means
                 of
                 some
                 Letters
                 which
                 we
                 intercepted
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 wanting
                 to
                 prepare
                 what
                 was
                 necessary
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 reduce
                 him
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 by
                 force
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 finished
                 our
                 Affairs
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 I
                 removed
                 with
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 Clonmel
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 Youghal
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 Cork
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Rebels
                 in
                 Connaught
                 and
                 Vlster
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 submitting
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 expected
                 ,
                 got
                 together
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 about
                 five
                 thousand
                 Men
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clanrickard
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Phelim
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 besieged
                 and
                 took
                 the
                 Fort
                 of
                 Ballishannon
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Coot
                
                 and
                 Colonel
                 Venables
                 drew
                 out
                 what
                 Forces
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 advanced
                 towards
                 them
                 with
                 such
                 expedition
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 near
                 the
                 Place
                 before
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 notice
                 of
                 their
                 March
                 ;
                 who
                 finding
                 themselves
                 surprized
                 ,
                 retreated
                 to
                 the
                 Bogs
                 ,
                 leaving
                 a
                 small
                 Garison
                 in
                 Ballishannon
                 :
                 but
                 being
                 pursued
                 by
                 our
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 killed
                 and
                 wounded
                 about
                 three
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 number
                 were
                 thirty
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 from
                 them
                 seven
                 or
                 eight
                 thousand
                 Cows
                 ,
                 upon
                 whose
                 Milk
                 they
                 chiefly
                 subsisted
                 ,
                 twelve
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 came
                 in
                 and
                 laid
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 :
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Garison
                 they
                 had
                 placed
                 in
                 Ballishannon
                 ,
                 surrendred
                 upon
                 Articles
                 .
              
               
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 making
                 great
                 Preparations
                 to
                 come
                 over
                 to
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 quality
                 of
                 Deputy
                 to
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 the
                 Commission
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 General
                 to
                 be
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 Ireland
                 expired
                 .
                 
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 Parliament
                 took
                 that
                 Affair
                 into
                 their
                 Consideration
                 ;
                 and
                 tho
                 there
                 were
                 not
                 wanting
                 many
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 affirmed
                 the
                 Title
                 and
                 Office
                 of
                 Lieutenant
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 sutable
                 to
                 a
                 Monarchy
                 than
                 a
                 Free
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 was
                 likely
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 carried
                 for
                 the
                 renewing
                 his
                 Commission
                 under
                 the
                 same
                 Title
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 ,
                 having
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 another
                 Part
                 to
                 act
                 ,
                 stood
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 his
                 satisfaction
                 with
                 what
                 had
                 been
                 said
                 against
                 constituting
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 desiring
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 continue
                 him
                 with
                 that
                 Character
                 .
                 Upon
                 which
                 the
                 Question
                 being
                 put
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 willing
                 to
                 believe
                 him
                 in
                 earnest
                 ,
                 ordered
                 it
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Motion
                 .
                 He
                 farther
                 moved
                 ,
                 that
                 tho
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 continue
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 pleased
                 ,
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 the
                 worthy
                 Person
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 formerly
                 approved
                 to
                 go
                 over
                 with
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 to
                 continue
                 that
                 Character
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Parliament
                 having
                 suppressed
                 the
                 Title
                 and
                 Office
                 of
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 altogether
                 improper
                 to
                 constitute
                 a
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 Substitute
                 of
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 refused
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 that
                 Proposal
                 ,
                 ordering
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 inserted
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 Civil
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 and
                 constituted
                 Commander
                 in
                 chief
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 management
                 of
                 this
                 Affair
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Weaver
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 but
                 then
                 at
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 sitting
                 
                 in
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 was
                 very
                 active
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 discontent
                 of
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 who
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 Parliament
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Ireland
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 unless
                 their
                 Commander
                 in
                 chief
                 came
                 over
                 qualified
                 as
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Weaver
                 assured
                 them
                 that
                 upon
                 his
                 knowledg
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 sober
                 People
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Army
                 there
                 ,
                 except
                 a
                 few
                 factious
                 Persons
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 only
                 well
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 present
                 Government
                 both
                 Civil
                 and
                 Military
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 with
                 the
                 Governours
                 who
                 managed
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 moved
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 make
                 no
                 alteration
                 in
                 either
                 ,
                 and
                 renew
                 their
                 Commissions
                 for
                 a
                 longer
                 time
                 .
                 This
                 discourse
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Weaver
                 tending
                 to
                 perswade
                 the
                 Parliament
                 to
                 continue
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 Military
                 Command
                 ,
                 increased
                 the
                 Jealousie
                 which
                 General
                 Cromwell
                 had
                 conceived
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 prove
                 an
                 obstruction
                 to
                 the
                 Design
                 he
                 was
                 carrying
                 on
                 to
                 advance
                 himself
                 by
                 the
                 ruin
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 ,
                 since
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 refused
                 to
                 go
                 over
                 with
                 any
                 Character
                 less
                 than
                 that
                 of
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 by
                 any
                 means
                 to
                 place
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Fleetwood
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 Affairs
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 Conduct
                 he
                 procured
                 two
                 great
                 Advantages
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 thereby
                 putting
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Ireland
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 a
                 person
                 secured
                 to
                 his
                 Interest
                 by
                 the
                 Marriage
                 of
                 his
                 Daughter
                 ;
                 and
                 drawing
                 Major
                 General
                 Lambert
                 into
                 an
                 enmity
                 towards
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 prepared
                 him
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 should
                 
                 find
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 put
                 his
                 Design
                 in
                 execution
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 I
                 was
                 not
                 wanting
                 in
                 my
                 endeavours
                 to
                 reduce
                 the
                 Enemy
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 marched
                 with
                 about
                 4000
                 Foot
                 and
                 2000
                 Horse
                 towards
                 Ross
                 in
                 Kerry
                 ;
                 where
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 made
                 his
                 principal
                 Rendezvouz
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 only
                 place
                 of
                 Strength
                 the
                 Irish
                 had
                 left
                 ,
                 except
                 the
                 Woods
                 ,
                 Bogs
                 and
                 Mountains
                 ;
                 being
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 an
                 Island
                 ,
                 encompassed
                 on
                 every
                 part
                 by
                 Water
                 ,
                 except
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Bog
                 not
                 passable
                 but
                 by
                 a
                 Causway
                 which
                 the
                 Enemy
                 had
                 fortified
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Expedition
                 I
                 was
                 accompanied
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Broghil
                 ,
                 and
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 Major
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Foot.
                 Being
                 arrived
                 at
                 this
                 Place
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Enemy
                 received
                 continual
                 Supplies
                 from
                 those
                 parts
                 that
                 lay
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 covered
                 with
                 Woods
                 and
                 Mountains
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 I
                 sent
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 two
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 to
                 clear
                 those
                 Woods
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 some
                 convenient
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 erecting
                 a
                 Fort
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 occasion
                 .
                 These
                 Forces
                 met
                 with
                 some
                 opposition
                 ;
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 they
                 routed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 killing
                 some
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 others
                 Prisoners
                 ;
                 the
                 rest
                 saved
                 themselves
                 by
                 their
                 good
                 Footmanship
                 .
                 Whilst
                 this
                 was
                 doing
                 ,
                 I
                 employed
                 that
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 was
                 with
                 me
                 in
                 fortifying
                 a
                 Neck
                 of
                 Land
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 designed
                 to
                 leave
                 a
                 Party
                 to
                 keep
                 in
                 the
                 Irish
                 on
                 this
                 side
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 be
                 at
                 liberty
                 with
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 to
                 look
                 after
                 the
                 Enemy
                 abroad
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 receive
                 and
                 convoy
                 
                 such
                 Boats
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 necessary
                 as
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 sent
                 to
                 us
                 by
                 Sea.
                 When
                 we
                 had
                 received
                 our
                 Boats
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 capable
                 of
                 containing
                 a
                 hundred
                 and
                 twenty
                 Men
                 ,
                 I
                 ordered
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 rowed
                 about
                 the
                 Water
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 most
                 convenient
                 Place
                 for
                 Landing
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 which
                 they
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 thought
                 fit
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 timely
                 Submission
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Danger
                 that
                 threatned
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 expressed
                 their
                 Desires
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 Commissioners
                 were
                 appointed
                 on
                 both
                 Parts
                 to
                 treat
                 .
                 The
                 Articles
                 were
                 the
                 same
                 in
                 effect
                 with
                 those
                 granted
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 in
                 Leinster
                 and
                 other
                 Places
                 .
                 But
                 much
                 time
                 was
                 spent
                 in
                 the
                 discussion
                 of
                 some
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 especially
                 that
                 concerning
                 the
                 Murder
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 an
                 Exception
                 we
                 never
                 failed
                 to
                 make
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Irish
                 Commissioners
                 seeming
                 doubtful
                 whether
                 by
                 the
                 wording
                 that
                 Article
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 all
                 included
                 ,
                 desired
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 explained
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 we
                 consented
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 accordingly
                 done
                 .
                 They
                 also
                 made
                 it
                 their
                 Request
                 ,
                 that
                 instead
                 of
                 that
                 Article
                 relating
                 to
                 their
                 real
                 Estates
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 enjoy
                 such
                 a
                 part
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 allotted
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 Qualifications
                 to
                 be
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 expressed
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 wholly
                 submitted
                 to
                 the
                 Mercy
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 therein
                 .
                 The
                 Exercise
                 also
                 of
                 their
                 Religion
                 was
                 earnestly
                 insisted
                 upon
                 by
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 refused
                 to
                 oblige
                 our selves
                 to
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 that
                 Particular
                 ,
                 declaring
                 
                 only
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 neither
                 the
                 Principle
                 or
                 Practice
                 of
                 the
                 Authority
                 which
                 we
                 served
                 ,
                 to
                 impose
                 their
                 way
                 of
                 Worship
                 upon
                 any
                 by
                 violent
                 means
                 .
                 With
                 these
                 Explanations
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 Fortnight's
                 Debate
                 ,
                 concluded
                 the
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Muskerry
                 and
                 my self
                 confirming
                 it
                 ;
                 his
                 Son
                 with
                 Sir
                 
                   Daniel
                   Obryan
                
                 were
                 delivered
                 to
                 me
                 as
                 Hostages
                 for
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 :
                 in
                 consequence
                 of
                 which
                 about
                 five
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 laid
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 surrendred
                 their
                 Horses
                 .
              
               
                 Whilst
                 this
                 was
                 doing
                 in
                 Munster
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Grace
                 with
                 some
                 Forces
                 that
                 had
                 not
                 submitted
                 ,
                 passed
                 the
                 Shannon
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 of
                 Connaught
                 and
                 Galway
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 grow
                 considerable
                 ,
                 being
                 about
                 three
                 thousand
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 Foot.
                 Col.
                 Ingoldsby
                 having
                 notice
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 drew
                 together
                 a
                 Party
                 about
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 and
                 marching
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 attacked
                 them
                 at
                 a
                 Pass
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 disputed
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 Horse
                 breaking
                 in
                 upon
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 encouraging
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 fall
                 on
                 ,
                 the
                 Irish
                 quitted
                 their
                 Post
                 ,
                 and
                 shifted
                 for
                 themselves
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Action
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 killed
                 and
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 escaping
                 to
                 the
                 Bogs
                 and
                 Woods
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 Defeat
                 Col.
                 Grace
                 and
                 his
                 Party
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 submit
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 treated
                 with
                 Col.
                 Zanchey
                 ,
                 but
                 found
                 that
                 his
                 obstinate
                 Resistance
                 so
                 long
                 had
                 done
                 him
                 no
                 Service
                 ;
                 for
                 Col.
                 Zanchey
                 upon
                 the
                 Surrender
                 of
                 
                 Inch
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Submission
                 of
                 Col.
                 
                 Grace's
                 Forces
                 ,
                 caused
                 a
                 Captain
                 ,
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Serjeant
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Officers
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 shot
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 for
                 revolting
                 at
                 Carrick
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Liberty
                 he
                 had
                 reserved
                 to
                 himself
                 in
                 that
                 case
                 by
                 the
                 Capitulation
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 North
                 of
                 Ireland
                 Col.
                 
                   Theophilus
                   Jones
                
                 being
                 sent
                 out
                 with
                 seven
                 Troops
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 and
                 three
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 ,
                 to
                 get
                 Provisions
                 for
                 the
                 Relief
                 of
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 sixteen
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 and
                 three
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 charged
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 a
                 sharp
                 Dispute
                 routed
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 to
                 flight
                 ,
                 killing
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 three
                 hundred
                 Souldiers
                 upon
                 the
                 Place
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 their
                 Foot
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 hundred
                 and
                 fifty
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Loss
                 only
                 of
                 six
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 killed
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 twenty
                 wounded
                 .
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clanrickard
                 finding
                 the
                 Irish
                 Affairs
                 in
                 a
                 desperate
                 Condition
                 ,
                 with
                 what
                 Forces
                 he
                 had
                 left
                 retired
                 into
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Carrick
                 ,
                 where
                 being
                 encompassed
                 by
                 our
                 Men
                 on
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 he
                 submitted
                 ,
                 and
                 obtained
                 Liberty
                 to
                 transport
                 himself
                 with
                 three
                 thousand
                 Men
                 to
                 any
                 foreign
                 Country
                 in
                 Friendship
                 with
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 within
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 three
                 Months
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 already
                 sent
                 over
                 to
                 us
                 five
                 Companies
                 of
                 Foot
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 Licutenant
                 Colonel
                 Finch
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 done
                 very
                 good
                 Service
                 at
                 the
                 Battel
                 of
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 send
                 eight
                 hundred
                 more
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Major
                 Gen.
                 Lambert
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 intire
                 Regiment
                 commanded
                 by
                 Col.
                 Clark
                 ;
                 which
                 Forces
                 were
                 procured
                 rather
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 Designs
                 of
                 General
                 Cromvel
                 ,
                 than
                 from
                 any
                 need
                 we
                 had
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 our
                 military
                 Service
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Blessing
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 drawing
                 towards
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 Forces
                 having
                 submitted
                 and
                 laid
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 no
                 Garison
                 of
                 any
                 Strength
                 holding
                 out
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Thousand
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 sent
                 into
                 foreign
                 Service
                 .
                 The
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 
                 Lambert's
                 Regiment
                 were
                 countermanded
                 upon
                 his
                 refusal
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Ireland
                 without
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 Deputy
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Col.
                 Clark
                 being
                 throughly
                 principled
                 for
                 
                 Cromvel's
                 Design
                 ,
                 continued
                 their
                 March
                 by
                 order
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 perswaded
                 to
                 constitute
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Fleetwood
                 Commander
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 the
                 Civil
                 Affairs
                 in
                 that
                 Nation
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 States
                 General
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Return
                 of
                 their
                 Ambassadors
                 from
                 England
                 ,
                 dispatched
                 Orders
                 to
                 their
                 Admiral
                 to
                 take
                 all
                 Advantages
                 against
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 and
                 solicited
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Denmark
                 to
                 break
                 with
                 us
                 also
                 ,
                 encouraging
                 him
                 to
                 detain
                 twenty
                 two
                 English
                 Merchant
                 Ships
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 formerly
                 seized
                 coming
                 through
                 the
                 Sound
                 .
                 The
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Dangers
                 that
                 might
                 ensue
                 by
                 farther
                 Delay
                 ,
                 gave
                 Orders
                 to
                 General
                 Blake
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 the
                 Subjects
                 of
                 Holland
                 wheresoever
                 he
                 should
                 meet
                 
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 to
                 interrupt
                 their
                 Fishery
                 upon
                 the
                 Northern
                 Coast
                 ,
                 sending
                 the
                 Regiments
                 of
                 Col.
                 Ingoldsby
                 and
                 Col.
                 Goff
                 on
                 board
                 the
                 Fleet.
                 General
                 Blake
                 having
                 received
                 these
                 Instructions
                 ,
                 set
                 sail
                 for
                 the
                 North
                 ,
                 where
                 meeting
                 with
                 about
                 six
                 hundred
                 Herring-Busses
                 ,
                 under
                 a
                 Convoy
                 of
                 twelve
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 and
                 sunk
                 the
                 whole
                 Convoy
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 seized
                 the
                 Fish
                 that
                 the
                 Busses
                 had
                 taken
                 ,
                 he
                 released
                 all
                 the
                 Vessels
                 with
                 the
                 Seamen
                 belonging
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 Which
                 Action
                 was
                 blamed
                 by
                 some
                 ,
                 who
                 thought
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 those
                 Ships
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 enabled
                 to
                 erect
                 a
                 Fishery
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 have
                 made
                 some
                 Reparation
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 for
                 the
                 Damages
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 sustained
                 from
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 by
                 detaining
                 their
                 Mariners
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 weakned
                 and
                 distressed
                 them
                 considerably
                 ,
                 they
                 wanting
                 Men
                 for
                 the
                 management
                 of
                 their
                 Shipping
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 lately
                 returned
                 from
                 the
                 Reduction
                 of
                 Barbadoes
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 convoyed
                 into
                 the
                 River
                 five
                 Merchant
                 Ships
                 richly
                 laden
                 from
                 the
                 
                   East
                   Indies
                
                 ,
                 fell
                 upon
                 a
                 Fleet
                 of
                 Hollanders
                 consisting
                 of
                 sorty
                 Merchant-men
                 under
                 the
                 Convoy
                 of
                 four
                 Men
                 of
                 War.
                 Of
                 this
                 Fleet
                 he
                 took
                 seven
                 ,
                 forced
                 divers
                 on
                 shore
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 narrowly
                 escaped
                 .
                 About
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 a
                 Ship
                 from
                 Guiny
                 ,
                 valued
                 at
                 forty
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 was
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 ours
                 taken
                 srom
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 rich
                 Ships
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Prejudice
                 and
                 Interruption
                 of
                 their
                 Trade
                 .
                 To
                 apply
                 
                 some
                 Remedy
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Admiral
                 with
                 his
                 Fleet
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Downs
                 ,
                 and
                 anchored
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   George
                   Ayscue
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 retired
                 under
                 Dover-Castle
                 ,
                 being
                 much
                 inferiour
                 in
                 Number
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Hollanders
                 after
                 a
                 short
                 stay
                 left
                 our
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 sail
                 ,
                 without
                 attempting
                 any
                 thing
                 against
                 us
                 .
                 At
                 Leghorn
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 preparing
                 to
                 seize
                 such
                 English
                 Merchants
                 Ships
                 as
                 lay
                 in
                 that
                 Port
                 ,
                 the
                 Grand
                 Duke
                 sent
                 a
                 Message
                 to
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 committed
                 any
                 Acts
                 of
                 Hostility
                 against
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 in
                 that
                 Harbour
                 ,
                 their
                 Goods
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 should
                 be
                 responsible
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 Admiral
                 Blake
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Downs
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 a
                 French
                 Fleet
                 was
                 going
                 to
                 relieve
                 Dunkirk
                 ,
                 then
                 besieged
                 by
                 the
                 Spaniards
                 ,
                 called
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 their
                 Advice
                 sent
                 a
                 Squadron
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 coming
                 up
                 with
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 took
                 divers
                 of
                 their
                 Ships
                 ,
                 and
                 dispersed
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 chiefly
                 the
                 Town
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 surrendred
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Irish
                 being
                 reduced
                 to
                 Extremity
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 ,
                 the
                 Parliament
                 resolved
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Adventurers
                 Possession
                 of
                 Lands
                 proportionable
                 to
                 the
                 several
                 Sums
                 they
                 had
                 advanced
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 to
                 satisfy
                 the
                 Arrears
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 formerly
                 promised
                 :
                 which
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 enabled
                 to
                 perform
                 ,
                 they
                 passed
                 an
                 Act
                 ,
                 confiscating
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Estates
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 acted
                 against
                 the
                 
                 English
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 judged
                 the
                 Quality
                 of
                 their
                 Crimes
                 to
                 require
                 ,
                 and
                 extending
                 their
                 Clemency
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 carried
                 themselves
                 peaceably
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 bring
                 such
                 as
                 remained
                 yet
                 in
                 Arms
                 against
                 us
                 to
                 a
                 necessity
                 of
                 submitting
                 ,
                 I
                 marched
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 about
                 four
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 scoured
                 the
                 Counties
                 of
                 Wexford
                 and
                 Wicklo
                 ,
                 placing
                 Garisons
                 where
                 I
                 thought
                 convenient
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 Tredagh
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 met
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament's
                 Commissioners
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 staid
                 eight
                 days
                 in
                 that
                 Place
                 to
                 settle
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 I
                 continued
                 my
                 March
                 into
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Meath
                 ,
                 and
                 coming
                 to
                 
                   Carrick
                   Mac
                   Ross
                
                 ,
                 a
                 House
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Rebels
                 had
                 barbarously
                 murdered
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Blany
                 a
                 Justice
                 of
                 Peace
                 in
                 that
                 Country
                 ,
                 I
                 caused
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 fortified
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 a
                 Garison
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 being
                 advantageously
                 situated
                 to
                 restrain
                 the
                 Enemies
                 Excursions
                 .
                 From
                 hence
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 Garison
                 of
                 Dundalk
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 upon
                 my
                 Return
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 retired
                 within
                 a
                 hollow
                 Rock
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 discovered
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 who
                 saw
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 of
                 them
                 standing
                 before
                 a
                 narrow
                 Passage
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Cave
                 .
                 The
                 Rock
                 was
                 so
                 thick
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 thought
                 it
                 impossible
                 to
                 dig
                 it
                 down
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 resolved
                 to
                 try
                 to
                 reduce
                 them
                 by
                 Smoak
                 .
                 After
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 had
                 spent
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 in
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 smother
                 those
                 within
                 by
                 Fire
                 placed
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Cave
                 ,
                 they
                 withdrew
                 the
                 
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 supposing
                 the
                 Irish
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 uncapable
                 of
                 Resistance
                 by
                 the
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 Candle
                 besore
                 them
                 crawled
                 into
                 the
                 Rock
                 .
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 who
                 lay
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 Entrance
                 fired
                 his
                 Pistol
                 ,
                 and
                 shot
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 into
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 by
                 whose
                 Loss
                 we
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 Smoak
                 had
                 not
                 taken
                 the
                 designed
                 effect
                 .
                 But
                 seeing
                 no
                 other
                 way
                 to
                 reduce
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 caused
                 the
                 Trial
                 to
                 be
                 repeated
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 examination
                 found
                 that
                 tho
                 a
                 great
                 Smoak
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 Cavity
                 of
                 the
                 Rock
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 came
                 out
                 again
                 at
                 other
                 Crevices
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 I
                 ordered
                 those
                 Places
                 to
                 be
                 closely
                 stopped
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Smother
                 made
                 .
                 About
                 an
                 hour
                 and
                 half
                 after
                 this
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 was
                 heard
                 to
                 groan
                 very
                 strongly
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 more
                 weakly
                 ,
                 whereby
                 we
                 presumed
                 that
                 the
                 Work
                 was
                 done
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Fire
                 was
                 continued
                 till
                 about
                 Midnight
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 taken
                 away
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Place
                 might
                 be
                 cool
                 enough
                 for
                 ours
                 to
                 enter
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 .
                 At
                 which
                 time
                 some
                 went
                 in
                 armed
                 with
                 Back
                 ,
                 Breast
                 ,
                 and
                 Head-piece
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 such
                 another
                 Accident
                 as
                 fell
                 out
                 at
                 their
                 first
                 Attempt
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 gone
                 above
                 six
                 Yards
                 before
                 they
                 found
                 the
                 Man
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 heard
                 to
                 groan
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 same
                 that
                 had
                 killed
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 with
                 his
                 Pistol
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 resolving
                 not
                 to
                 quit
                 his
                 Post
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 ,
                 upon
                 stopping
                 the
                 holes
                 of
                 the
                 Rock
                 ,
                 choaked
                 by
                 the
                 Smoak
                 .
                 Our
                 Souldiers
                 put
                 a
                 Rope
                 about
                 his
                 Neck
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 him
                 out
                 .
                 The
                 Passage
                 being
                 
                 cleared
                 ,
                 they
                 entred
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 put
                 about
                 fifteen
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 brought
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 out
                 alive
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Priest's
                 Robes
                 ,
                 a
                 Crucifix
                 ,
                 Chalice
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Furniture
                 of
                 that
                 kind
                 .
                 Those
                 within
                 preserved
                 themselves
                 by
                 laying
                 their
                 Heads
                 close
                 to
                 a
                 Water
                 that
                 ran
                 through
                 the
                 Rock
                 .
                 We
                 found
                 two
                 Rooms
                 in
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 large
                 enough
                 to
                 turn
                 a
                 Pike
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 filled
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 it
                 with
                 large
                 Stones
                 ,
                 we
                 quitted
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 marched
                 to
                 Castle-Blany
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 left
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Horse
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 at
                 Carrick
                 and
                 Newry
                 ,
                 whereby
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Monaghan
                 was
                 pretty
                 well
                 secured
                 .
                 We
                 continued
                 our
                 March
                 to
                 Monaghan
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 Aghur
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 cast
                 up
                 some
                 Works
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 a
                 Garison
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 .
                 Near
                 this
                 Place
                 lay
                 the
                 Creaght
                 of
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 that
                 
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 who
                 after
                 several
                 Years
                 Imprisonment
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 of
                 London
                 died
                 there
                 :
                 He
                 came
                 over
                 from
                 the
                 Service
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Spain
                 to
                 be
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 
                   Owen
                   Roe
                   O
                   Neal
                
                 ;
                 but
                 upon
                 some
                 Jealousy
                 or
                 particular
                 Discontent
                 was
                 laid
                 aside
                 .
                 This
                 Man
                 with
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 who
                 he
                 said
                 was
                 Niece
                 to
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Artois
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Children
                 ,
                 removed
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Irish
                 do
                 generally
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Tenants
                 and
                 Cattel
                 ,
                 from
                 one
                 Place
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 Conveniency
                 of
                 Grass
                 ,
                 Water
                 and
                 Wood
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 having
                 built
                 a
                 House
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 do
                 compleatly
                 in
                 an
                 hour
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 they
                 stay
                 till
                 they
                 want
                 Grass
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 then
                 dislodg
                 to
                 another
                 Station
                 .
                 This
                 way
                 of
                 living
                 is
                 accompanied
                 with
                 many
                 Inconveniences
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 not
                 only
                 give
                 shelter
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 but
                 take
                 all
                 Advantages
                 themselves
                 both
                 to
                 plunder
                 and
                 kill
                 ,
                 none
                 knowing
                 whence
                 they
                 come
                 ,
                 or
                 whither
                 they
                 go
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 can
                 neither
                 easily
                 be
                 prevented
                 nor
                 found
                 out
                 .
                 From
                 hence
                 I
                 marched
                 to
                 Inniskillin
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Fermagnah
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 take
                 a
                 view
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 provide
                 Materials
                 to
                 fortify
                 Lesneskey
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 
                   Bally
                   Balfoar
                
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 reduce
                 an
                 Island
                 kept
                 by
                 the
                 Irish
                 in
                 Loughern
                 ,
                 with
                 another
                 Fort
                 they
                 possessed
                 near
                 Bulturbet
                 .
                 Being
                 at
                 Lesneskey
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 met
                 by
                 Commissary
                 General
                 Reynolds
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Foot
                 had
                 dispersed
                 the
                 Enemy
                 in
                 Letrim
                 .
                 Having
                 fortified
                 this
                 Place
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 some
                 Preparations
                 for
                 the
                 Reduction
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 I
                 received
                 Advice
                 from
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Parliament
                 at
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 that
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 Fleetwood
                 had
                 landed
                 at
                 Waterford
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 gone
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 designed
                 to
                 attend
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 News
                 of
                 his
                 Arrival
                 was
                 very
                 welcome
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 having
                 found
                 my
                 Care
                 and
                 Fatigues
                 recompensed
                 only
                 with
                 Envy
                 and
                 Hatred
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 having
                 given
                 Orders
                 where
                 I
                 was
                 for
                 the
                 carrying
                 on
                 the
                 Publick
                 Service
                 ,
                 I
                 hastned
                 after
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 come
                 to
                 Kilkenny
                 ,
                 I
                 saluted
                 the
                 Commander
                 in
                 Chief
                 ,
                 and
                 congratulated
                 his
                 safe
                 Arrival
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 I
                 gave
                 him
                 an
                 Account
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 with
                 Assurances
                 of
                 my
                 Resolution
                 to
                 obey
                 his
                 Orders
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 place
                 Col.
                 
                   Walter
                   Bagnal
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Hostages
                 delivered
                 to
                 us
                 for
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 the
                 Treaty
                 concluded
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Province
                 of
                 Leinster
                 ,
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 Marshal
                 detained
                 Prisoner
                 upon
                 an
                 Accusation
                 brought
                 against
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 Murder
                 of
                 an
                 English-Man
                 ;
                 which
                 Crime
                 being
                 excepted
                 out
                 of
                 those
                 Articles
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 others
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 granted
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 ,
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 thought
                 themselves
                 obliged
                 in
                 duty
                 to
                 put
                 him
                 upon
                 his
                 Trial
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 that
                 end
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 where
                 upon
                 full
                 Proof
                 they
                 condemned
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 shot
                 to
                 death
                 ;
                 which
                 Sentence
                 was
                 executed
                 accordingly
                 .
                 The
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 remained
                 some
                 time
                 at
                 Kilkenny
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 having
                 dispatched
                 their
                 Affairs
                 in
                 those
                 Parts
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 accompanied
                 them
                 thither
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Holland
                 Fleet
                 appearing
                 off
                 the
                 
                   Goodwin
                   Sands
                
                 ,
                 Admiral
                 Blake
                 hastned
                 the
                 Foot
                 Souldiers
                 aboard
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 sail
                 after
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 tacked
                 about
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 away
                 towards
                 the
                 French
                 Coast
                 ;
                 where
                 being
                 joined
                 by
                 the
                 Ships
                 commanded
                 by
                 Vice
                 Admiral
                 
                   De
                   Ruyter
                
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 towards
                 our
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 within
                 six
                 Leagues
                 of
                 the
                 North
                 Foreland
                 .
                 Capt.
                 Mildmay
                 in
                 the
                 Nonpareille
                 ,
                 about
                 four
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 ,
                 exchanged
                 some
                 Shot
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 the
                 English
                 Admiral
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 more
                 ,
                 came
                 up
                 also
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Fleet
                 by
                 
                 reason
                 of
                 bad
                 Weather
                 being
                 yet
                 far
                 behind
                 .
                 The
                 Dutch
                 kept
                 themselves
                 close
                 together
                 ,
                 firing
                 several
                 single
                 Shot
                 at
                 ours
                 ,
                 which
                 our
                 Admiral
                 thought
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 answer
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Fleet
                 was
                 come
                 up
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 fire
                 on
                 the
                 Admiral
                 of
                 Holland
                 .
                 The
                 Fight
                 lasted
                 from
                 five
                 till
                 seven
                 ,
                 when
                 Night
                 parted
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Reer-Admiral
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 having
                 lost
                 all
                 his
                 Masts
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 more
                 of
                 their
                 Ships
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 Rigging
                 .
                 Capt.
                 Mildmay
                 followed
                 them
                 close
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 come
                 up
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 commanded
                 his
                 small
                 Shot
                 to
                 be
                 fired
                 into
                 that
                 Ship
                 that
                 made
                 most
                 sail
                 ,
                 immediately
                 after
                 which
                 he
                 boarded
                 and
                 took
                 her
                 .
                 This
                 done
                 ,
                 he
                 pursued
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 overtook
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 her
                 to
                 yield
                 also
                 .
                 In
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Ships
                 was
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Reer-Admiral
                 ,
                 whom
                 Capt.
                 Mildmay
                 took
                 out
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 let
                 her
                 sink
                 ,
                 she
                 being
                 so
                 disabled
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 despaired
                 of
                 bringing
                 her
                 off
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 Morning
                 our
                 Fleet
                 pursued
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 away
                 with
                 all
                 possible
                 speed
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 four
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 bore
                 up
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 none
                 of
                 our
                 great
                 Ships
                 except
                 the
                 Admiral
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 reach
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Night
                 separated
                 them
                 again
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 the
                 Dutch
                 recovered
                 Goree
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 their
                 Harbours
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 our
                 Fleet
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 desist
                 any
                 sarther
                 Pursuit
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 On
                 our
                 side
                 we
                 had
                 but
                 three
                 of
                 our
                 Men
                 and
                 Capt.
                 Jarvis
                 killed
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 twenty
                 wounded
                 .
                 The
                 Enemies
                 Loss
                 was
                 considerable
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 
                 Men
                 being
                 killed
                 and
                 wounded
                 ,
                 besides
                 several
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 ;
                 and
                 three
                 of
                 their
                 Ships
                 sunk
                 and
                 taken
                 .
                 Fourteen
                 more
                 were
                 also
                 brought
                 into
                 their
                 Ports
                 much
                 damaged
                 in
                 the
                 Engagement
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Numbers
                 of
                 wounded
                 Men
                 on
                 board
                 .
                 Their
                 Fleet
                 coming
                 to
                 Goree
                 ,
                 the
                 Captains
                 were
                 forbidden
                 to
                 come
                 a
                 shore
                 till
                 Enquiry
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 touching
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 refused
                 to
                 fight
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Encounter
                 with
                 the
                 English.
                 Hereupon
                 the
                 Enmity
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 against
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 grew
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 height
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 render
                 them
                 odious
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 encourage
                 their
                 own
                 Subjects
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 to
                 serve
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 caused
                 the
                 Execution
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 King
                 to
                 be
                 represented
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 in
                 a
                 most
                 tragical
                 manner
                 :
                 Insomuch
                 that
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 
                 Orange's
                 Party
                 were
                 not
                 without
                 hopes
                 that
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 Holland
                 would
                 rather
                 surrender
                 their
                 Liberties
                 to
                 the
                 Prince
                 ,
                 than
                 quietly
                 suffer
                 England
                 to
                 live
                 under
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 a
                 Commonweath
                 .
                 Some
                 Prejudice
                 we
                 received
                 in
                 two
                 Encounters
                 with
                 the
                 Dutch
                 in
                 the
                 Mediterranean
                 Sea
                 ;
                 but
                 those
                 slight
                 Successes
                 were
                 wholly
                 owing
                 to
                 their
                 Number
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 their
                 Courage
                 or
                 Conduct
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 gave
                 Audience
                 to
                 Ambassadors
                 from
                 Venice
                 and
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 referring
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 their
                 Instructions
                 to
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 required
                 to
                 report
                 their
                 Opinions
                 touching
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Parliament
                 .
                 They
                 also
                 ordered
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 up
                 and
                 dispatched
                 to
                 the
                 Grand
                 Duke
                 of
                 Tuscany
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 give
                 him
                 Thanks
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 Usage
                 received
                 from
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 English
                 Merchants
                 at
                 Leghorn
                 .
                 About
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 thirty
                 Frigats
                 were
                 appointed
                 to
                 be
                 built
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 increase
                 the
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 Trade
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 by
                 Cruising
                 .
                 Eighteen
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 were
                 likewise
                 sent
                 into
                 the
                 Sound
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 Capt.
                 Hall
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 his
                 Arrival
                 before
                 Elsenore
                 ,
                 delivered
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 that
                 Place
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Denmark
                 ,
                 with
                 Assurances
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 come
                 thither
                 for
                 no
                 other
                 end
                 than
                 to
                 convoy
                 home
                 two
                 and
                 twenty
                 English
                 Merchant
                 Ships
                 formerly
                 seized
                 by
                 the
                 said
                 King
                 at
                 Copenhagen
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 of
                 Denmark
                 seemed
                 much
                 offended
                 that
                 Capt.
                 Hall
                 had
                 entred
                 the
                 Sound
                 without
                 his
                 leave
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 four
                 thousand
                 Men
                 to
                 Cronenburg
                 and
                 Elsenore
                 ,
                 to
                 reinforce
                 those
                 Places
                 ,
                 giving
                 Orders
                 to
                 his
                 Fleet
                 to
                 join
                 with
                 the
                 Hollanders
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 not
                 far
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 fight
                 the
                 English
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 attacked
                 the
                 Dutch.
                 These
                 great
                 Preparations
                 obliged
                 Capt.
                 Hall
                 to
                 retire
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Newcastle
                 .
                 Hereupon
                 the
                 Danish
                 Ambassador
                 at
                 London
                 had
                 his
                 Audience
                 of
                 Leave
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Master
                 began
                 to
                 prepare
                 twenty
                 Ships
                 of
                 War
                 for
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 alledging
                 himself
                 bound
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 by
                 a
                 Treaty
                 with
                 them
                 :
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 caused
                 the
                 Goods
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 and
                 twenty
                 Ships
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 sold
                 ,
                 declaring
                 openly
                 for
                 the
                 Hollanders
                 .
              
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Reformation
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 went
                 on
                 but
                 slowly
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Lawyers
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Lives
                 ,
                 Liberties
                 and
                 Estates
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Nation
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 hands
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 Debate
                 of
                 
                   Registring
                   Deeds
                   in
                   each
                   County
                   ,
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   which
                   ,
                   within
                   a
                   certain
                   time
                   fixed
                   after
                   the
                   Sale
                   ,
                   such
                   Sales
                   should
                   be
                   void
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   so
                   registred
                   ,
                   that
                   Land
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   subject
                   to
                   any
                   Incumbrance
                   :
                
                 This
                 word
                 Incumbrance
                 was
                 so
                 managed
                 by
                 the
                 Lawyers
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 took
                 up
                 three
                 Months
                 time
                 before
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 ascertained
                 by
                 the
                 Committee
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               End
               of
               the
               First
               Part.