A brief chronicle of all the chief actions so fatally falling out in these three kingdoms, viz. England, Scotland & Ireland from the year, 1640, to this present twentieth of November, 1661 : containing the unhappy breaches, sad divisions, the great battels fought, number of men, with the eminent persons of honor and note slain, with several debates and treaties : also, the happy escape by a wonderful delivererance of His Majestie at Worcester, more fully expressed then hitherto : with His Majesties happy return, together with what passages of note hapned to this present November, 1661 : the like exact account hath not as yet been printed.
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             A brief chronicle of all the chief actions so fatally falling out in these three kingdoms, viz. England, Scotland & Ireland from the year, 1640, to this present twentieth of November, 1661 : containing the unhappy breaches, sad divisions, the great battels fought, number of men, with the eminent persons of honor and note slain, with several debates and treaties : also, the happy escape by a wonderful delivererance of His Majestie at Worcester, more fully expressed then hitherto : with His Majesties happy return, together with what passages of note hapned to this present November, 1661 : the like exact account hath not as yet been printed.
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           A
           BRIEF
           CHRONICLE
           OF
           All
           the
           chief
           Actions
           so
           fatally
           falling
           out
           in
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           ;
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             &
             Ireland
          
           ,
           From
           the
           year
           ,
           1640.
           to
           this
           present
           twentieth
           of
           November
           ,
           1661.
           
        
         
           CONTAINING
           The
           unhappy
           Breaches
           ,
           sad
           Divisions
           ,
           the
           great
           Battels
           fought
           ,
           number
           of
           men
           ,
           with
           the
           Eminent
           Persons
           of
           Honor
           and
           note
           slain
           ,
           with
           several
           Debates
           and
           Treaties
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           ,
           The
           happy
           Escape
           by
           a
           Wonderful
           deliveverance
           of
           His
           Majestie
           at
           Worcester
           ,
           more
           fully
           expressed
           then
           hitherto
           :
           with
           His
           Majesties
           happy
           return
           ,
           together
           with
           what
           passages
           of
           note
           hapned
           to
           this
           present
           November
           ,
           1661.
           
        
         
           The
           like
           exact
           account
           hath
           not
           as
           yet
           been
           printed
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Lee
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Turks-Head
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
           1662.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           This
           useful
           Manual
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           long
           desired
           ,
           now
           offers
           it self
           to
           your
           hands
           ,
           the
           English
           Iliads
           in
           a
           nut-shel
           ,
           being
           comprized
           in
           such
           an
           Epitomy
           and
           Abridgement
           ;
           yet
           with
           so
           much
           perspicuity
           ,
           faithfulness
           and
           truth
           ,
           as
           would
           be
           allowance
           enough
           for
           a
           reasonable
           volumn
           .
        
         
           Even
           same
           small
           and
           minute
           actions
           ,
           where
           (
           like
           little
           wires
           that
           give
           motion
           to
           the
           grand
           Engine
           )
           they
           had
           to
           the
           main
           design
           ,
           are
           here
           registred
           ,
           with
           a
           most
           exact
           Chronology
           of
           their
           time
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           passages
           of
           greater
           moment
           ,
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           Field
           ,
           Leagures
           ,
           Stratagems
           ,
           storming
           of
           Towns
           and
           Castles
           ,
           they
           have
           roomy
           place
           here
           ,
           without
           that
           bustle
           they
           made
           in
           the
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           those
           Noble
           and
           Valiant
           Persons
           who
           fell
           ,
           and
           who
           survived
           this
           fatal
           War
           ,
           might
           be
           orderly
           transmitted
           to
           posterity
           ,
           we
           have
           also
           inserted
           them
           in
           their
           several
           stations
           of
           Command
           ,
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           the
           irreparable
           loss
           of
           whom
           fell
           chiefly
           on
           the
           Royal
           and
           justest
           side
           .
        
         
         
           Abundance
           of
           English
           blood
           hath
           been
           shed
           profusely
           in
           several
           Quarrels
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           before
           ,
           but
           never
           such
           a
           slaughter
           as
           this
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           passeth
           easie
           Arithmetick
           ,
           which
           causeth
           that
           the
           gross
           of
           the
           numbers
           slain
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           (
           of
           the
           multitude
           )
           as
           could
           be
           recovered
           .
        
         
           But
           behold
           the
           greatest
           misery
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           the
           issue
           of
           it
           when
           it
           was
           past
           ,
           was
           ten
           times
           worse
           then
           the
           War
           it self
           ,
           like
           the
           Viper
           ,
           that
           expires
           in
           the
           production
           of
           many
           :
           The
           Medusa
           of
           War
           ,
           brought
           forth
           a
           Hydra
           of
           Peace
           ,
           in
           a
           Serpentine
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           Democratical
           Anarchy
           ,
           we
           had
           lost
           what
           was
           pretended
           to
           be
           fought
           for
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           we
           had
           done
           fighting
           :
           such
           our
           fury
           ,
           such
           our
           strange
           fate
           .
        
         
           This
           obliged
           the
           Collector
           of
           this
           Chronicle
           to
           proceed
           in
           the
           tracing
           of
           those
           (
           till
           then
           )
           untrodden
           steps
           of
           Government
           ,
           through
           all
           the
           changes
           and
           variations
           during
           the
           Usurpation
           ;
           wherein
           you
           shall
           finde
           all
           the
           most
           considerable
           passages
           and
           remarks
           of
           State
           ,
           of
           the
           War
           and
           Treaties
           abroad
           with
           Forreign
           Princes
           and
           Commonwealths
           ,
           particularly
           set
           down
           ,
           so
           conform
           to
           the
           Originals
           ,
           that
           herein
           you
           will
           have
           the
           pleasure
           to
           see
           all
           over
           again
           ,
           which
           with
           sorrow
           you
           so
           lately
           underwent
           ,
           with
           the
           happy
           restitution
           of
           His
           Majestic
           ,
           and
           other
           passages
           deduced
           to
           this
           present
           day
           .
        
         
           
             Olim
             haec
             meminisse
             juvabit
             .
             Thine
             ,
             W.
             Lee.
             
          
           
             
               Novemb
               18.
               1661.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Brief
           CHRONICLE
           OF
           THE
           Civil
           Wars
           OF
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           From
           1640.
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           1661.
           
        
         
           NO
           higher
           or
           greater
           cause
           can
           be
           assigned
           for
           this
           war
           (
           setting
           aside
           the
           sins
           of
           all
           Times
           and
           Nations
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Justice
           of
           Heaven
           is
           seldom
           long
           a
           Debtor
           )
           but
           the
           fate
           and
           catastrophe
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           Monarchies
           ,
           which
           do
           at
           certain
           periods
           of
           time
           taste
           of
           that
           vicissitude
           and
           mutability
           ,
           to
           which
           other
           sublunary
           things
           are
           more
           frequently
           subjected
           .
        
         
           The
           secondary
           causes
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           so
           many
           and
           so
           uncertain
           ,
           
           so
           variously
           reported
           and
           beleeved
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           spend
           the
           paper
           allotted
           to
           this
           Epitome
           in
           ascertaining
           them
           ;
           therefore
           to
           contain
           and
           keep
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           this
           designment
           ,
           something
           onely
           stall
           be
           said
           of
           them
           that
           was
           obvious
           to
           every
           eye
           ,
           not
           favouring
           of
           partiality
           or
           affection
           〈…〉
           .
        
         
           Many
           disorders
           and
           irregulari●●es
           there
           were
           in
           the
           State
           no
           doubt
           contracted
           through
           a
           long
           and
           lazy
           peace
           bolstred
           up
           with
           an
           universal
           trade
           which
           procured
           a
           general
           wealth
           ,
           the
           patent
           of
           wantonness
           ;
           the
           excess
           of
           National
           riches
           being
           but
           as
           the
           burden
           which
           the
           A●
           carries
           ,
           and
           mistakes
           for
           provender
           ;
           people
           being
           onely
           the
           better
           enabled
           to
           sustain
           the
           future
           misery
           with
           their
           present
           plenty
           .
        
         
           These
           conceived
           abuses
           in
           the
           menage
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           like
           ill
           Humors
           ,
           where
           they
           finde
           an
           equal
           resistance
           ,
           or
           over
           power
           of
           Nature
           ,
           sunck
           and
           descended
           upon
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           regiment
           too
           impotent
           to
           sustain
           those
           general
           assaults
           which
           were
           given
           it
           .
           The
           first
           complaint
           of
           the
           people
           was
           male-administration
           and
           delinquency
           of
           some
           about
           the
           King
           ;
           this
           terrified
           but
           a
           few
           ,
           though
           it
           reached
           the
           life
           of
           that
           incomparable
           Statesman
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ;
           some
           others
           dreading
           more
           the
           popular
           fury
           then
           their
           objected
           crimes
           ,
           withdrawing
           and
           absenting
           themselves
           from
           the
           present
           storm
           impending
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           was
           beheaded
           at
           Tower
           hill
           (
           the
           King
           being
           forced
           to
           assent
           to
           the
           Bill
           for
           his
           execution
           )
           all
           things
           ●un
           a
           main
           with●unany
           stop
           to
           the
           ensuing
           breach
           and
           confusion
           .
           The
           Axe
           had
           but
           tasted
           of
           that
           blood
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           soon
           after
           glutted
           it self
           ,
           all
           persons
           of
           all
           rank
           ;
           and
           conditions
           ,
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           Mechanicks
           ,
           suffering
           under
           its
           edge
           .
           A
           remarkable
           thing
           ,
           the
           paralle●
           of
           it
           being
           no
           where
           in
           our
           English
           Chronicles
           ,
           but
           so
           that
           blood
           of
           Straffords
           was
           at
           last
           expiated
           ,
           〈◊〉
           will
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           series
           of
           our
           late
           unhappy
           troubles
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           fatal
           business
           was
           over
           ,
           then
           began
           the
           cry
           ,
           
             No
             Bishops
             ,
             no
             Bishops
          
           ,
           who
           were
           at
           last
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           extorted
           from
           the
           King
           devoyded
           and
           barred
           from
           sitting
           and
           voting
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           or
           exercising
           any
           remporal
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           to
           this
           the
           Parliament
           were
           the
           better
           induced
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           strongly
           inclined
           from
           several
           complaints
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           were
           before
           famous
           through
           the
           Nation
           ,
           of
           their
           haid
           and
           barbarous
           usage
           of
           several
           Ministers
           and
           others
           ,
           for
           the
           business
           of
           non-conformancy
           :
           Amongst
           the
           rest
           the
           case
           of
           Mr.
           
           Pryn
           ,
           Mr.
           Burton
           ,
           Dr.
           Bastick
           were
           very
           notorious
           .
           These
           men
           at
           this
           time
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           troubles
           were
           brought
           from
           their
           prisons
           in
           distant
           remote
           parts
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           triumph
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           most
           of
           the
           Bishop
           ;
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           under
           no
           less
           then
           a
           charge
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           which
           being
           not
           to
           be
           evidenced
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           were
           after
           some
           time
           dismissed
           upon
           bail
           ,
           onely
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           and
           Bishop
           of
           Ely
           were
           reserved
           to
           their
           Justice
           .
        
         
           Many
           honest
           Patriots
           there
           were
           no
           doubt
           of
           that
           party
           which
           inclined
           to
           the
           clipping
           and
           abridging
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Hierarchy
           which
           they
           so
           unhappily
           mistook
           ,
           the
           importunities
           of
           the
           people
           made
           others
           ,
           otherwise
           principled
           to
           swim
           with
           the
           stream
           ;
           but
           no
           sooner
           this
           Fit
           was
           over
           ,
           but
           we
           were
           ●eised
           all
           over
           with
           the
           disease
           of
           a
           Civil
           War.
           
        
         
           The
           King
           had
           been
           so
           affronted
           with
           the
           daily
           tumults
           which
           those
           for
           Justice
           against
           Straford
           ,
           and
           
             No
             Bishops
          
           brought
           with
           them
           ,
           &
           had
           so
           often
           moved
           for
           the
           prevention
           and
           remedy
           thereof
           ,
           in
           vain
           ,
           that
           having
           certain
           intelligence
           who
           the
           Grandees
           were
           that
           abetted
           those
           riotous
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           also
           had
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           Scorch
           Troubles
           ,
           whose
           untoward
           issue
           and
           conclusion
           lay
           heavy
           upon
           his
           heart
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           seise
           them
           in
           the
           Parliament-house
           ,
           and
           so
           bring
           them
           to
           a
           speedy
           Trial.
           
        
         
           This
           was
           attempted
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           the
           birds
           were
           flown
           ,
           notice
           being
           given
           the
           House
           of
           Common
           by
           one
           Langrish
           ,
           a
           Servant
           of
           the
           Queens
           ,
           of
           the
           Kings
           coming
           thither
           to
           demand
           the
           Five
           Members
           :
           But
           the
           business
           ended
           not
           so
           ,
           the
           House
           vote
           it
           a
           breach
           of
           priviledge
           ,
           and
           complain
           o●
           evil
           Counsellors
           about
           the
           Kings
           person
           ,
           who
           not
           able
           or
           willing
           longer
           to
           endure
           those
           indignities
           oftered
           daily
           at
           his
           Court
           gates
           ,
           leaves
           Whitehal
           ,
           and
           departs
           from
           
             Hampton
             Court
          
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           the
           Five
           Members
           return
           to
           their
           places
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           guarded
           thither
           in
           much
           bravery
           by
           the
           Trained
           Bands
           by
           water
           .
        
         
           This
           added
           fuel
           to
           the
           fire
           ,
           that
           was
           now
           ready
           to
           flame
           ;
           nor
           could
           another
           combustion
           in
           the
           sister
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           which
           broke
           forth
           in
           October
           some
           two
           moneths
           before
           give
           them
           caution
           to
           look
           to
           this
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           The
           manner
           of
           the
           breaking
           forth
           ,
           and
           the
           discovery
           of
           that
           Irish
           Rebellion
           was
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1641.
             
          
           
             ON
             the
             23.
             day
             of
             October
             ,
             1641.
             that
             horrid
             Rebellion
             broke
             forth
             there
             ,
             that
             day
             they
             intended
             to
             seize
             the
             Castle
             of
             Dublin
             ,
             the
             Irish
             being
             every
             where
             else
             risen
             and
             in
             arms
             ,
             but
             the
             design
             was
             discovered
             by
             one
             
               Owen
               Conally
            
             ,
             an
             Irish
             Gentleman
             by
             birth
             and
             family
             ,
             but
             a
             retainer
             to
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Clotworthy
            
             ,
             who
             being
             acquainted
             with
             the
             plot
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Rebells
             leaping
             over
             a
             set
             of
             pales
             ,
             whether
             he
             pretended
             to
             go
             and
             ease
             himself
             ,
             escaped
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             a
             dark
             night
             ,
             ran
             away
             ,
             and
             informed
             the
             Lord
             Justice
             Parsons
             with
             the
             whole
             design
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             discovery
             the
             Lord
             
               Mack
               Gutre
            
             ,
             
             and
             one
             Mr.
             
               Mac
               Mahon
            
             were
             seised
             in
             Dublin
             ,
             the
             Town
             ,
             though
             in
             a
             most
             terrible
             fright
             ,
             was
             presently
             put
             into
             a
             posture
             of
             defence
             .
             Advice
             was
             sent
             thorowout
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Ireland
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             ,
             but
             all
             too
             late
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             universal
             ,
             and
             no
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             where
             they
             were
             not
             risen
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             Proclamation
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             raising
             of
             Arms
             ,
             was
             the
             best
             present
             remedy
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             the
             Rebels
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               Oneal
            
             as
             General
             ,
             
             seize
             all
             Vlster
             except
             the
             Castle
             of
             Eneskelin
             ,
             sparing
             for
             a
             while
             the
             Scotch
             Plantations
             there
             ;
             but
             growing
             so
             numerous
             ,
             that
             they
             dreaded
             not
             any
             supplies
             from
             the
             vicinity
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             they
             at
             last
             force
             them
             ,
             plunder
             them
             ,
             and
             garrison
             the
             cheil
             places
             of
             strength
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               Oneale
            
             taketh
             Dundalk
             ,
             
             and
             publisheth
             his
             Declaration
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Declaration
               of
               the
               Catholique
               Confederate
               Subjects
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Kingdome
               of
               Ireland
               ,
            
             s●uft
             with
             many
             shews
             of
             their
             Religion
             and
             Loyalty
             as
             could
             be
             ;
             and
             which
             is
             notable
             ,
             asserting
             that
             they
             did
             it
             to
             remove
             that
             Tyranny
             put
             upon
             their
             consciences
             ,
             in
             imitation
             of
             their
             fellow-subjects
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             who
             got
             a
             priviledge
             by
             that
             course
             .
          
           
             Presently
             after
             they
             besieged
             Tredah
             ,
             
             but
             after
             several
             encounters
             betwixt
             the
             besieged
             ,
             their
             relief
             being
             defeated
             at
             Gillington-bridge
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             mutiny
             amongst
             them
             and
             the
             Rebels
             :
             The
             Town
             was
             at
             last
             freed
             by
             a
             strong
             assistance
             and
             supply
             sent
             them
             from
             Dublin
             ,
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Titchburn
            
             ,
             who
             soon
             after
             ,
             upon
             the
             dislodgement
             of
             the
             Enemy
             from
             the
             Town
             ,
             
             followed
             him
             ,
             overtook
             him
             ,
             and
             routed
             him
             ,
             recovering
             Dundalk
             again
             by
             storm
             ,
             putting
             all
             to
             the
             sword
             ,
             while
             Oneale
             hardly
             escaped
             over
             the
             river
             ,
             and
             so
             fled
             .
          
           
           
             Leave
             we
             this
             Kingdom
             in
             a
             forlorn
             ,
             miserable
             condition
             ,
             and
             cast
             an
             eye
             homeward
             .
             
             The
             King
             was
             departed
             from
             
               Hampton
               Court
            
             ,
             thence
             in
             company
             with
             his
             Queen
             and
             his
             Daughter
             the
             Princess
             of
             Aurange
             to
             Dover
             to
             see
             them
             shipped
             for
             Holland
             ;
             he
             returned
             streight
             to
             Greenwich
             ,
             from
             thence
             having
             the
             Prince
             in
             his
             company
             to
             Theoballs
             .
             Still
             the
             difference
             widened
             more
             and
             more
             according
             as
             he
             removed
             from
             London
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             was
             importunately
             desired
             to
             return
             by
             both
             Houses
             by
             the
             members
             thereof
             who
             continued
             sitting
             ;
             though
             the
             Grandees
             of
             the
             Faction
             were
             well
             contented
             with
             what
             distance
             he
             kept
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             rendring
             their
             pretended
             jealousies
             and
             fears
             more
             and
             more
             credible
             to
             the
             deluded
             people
             .
             From
             Thoballs
             the
             misundestandings
             still
             increasing
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Two
             Houses
             ,
             he
             removed
             Northward
             ,
             first
             to
             Royston
             ,
             thence
             to
             Newmarket
             ,
             and
             in
             conclusion
             to
             York
             ,
             having
             received
             and
             answered
             several
             messages
             from
             the
             Parliament
             by
             the
             way
             .
          
           
             The
             principal
             difference
             between
             the
             King
             and
             them
             was
             the
             Militia
             ,
             this
             was
             disputed
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             the
             King
             claiming
             it
             as
             an
             unseparable
             right
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             the
             Houses
             urging
             the
             management
             of
             it
             for
             present
             satisfaction
             and
             safety
             ,
             and
             had
             thereupon
             nominated
             Officers
             ,
             which
             designation
             the
             King
             disallowed
             ,
             and
             now
             the
             rupture
             was
             visible
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domoni
            
             1642.
             
          
           
             THe
             Gentry
             and
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             County
             of
             York
             ,
             proffer
             to
             raise
             a
             Guard
             from
             amongst
             themselves
             for
             the
             Kings
             person
             ;
             
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             desire
             him
             that
             the
             Magazine
             might
             be
             removed
             from
             Hull
             ;
             at
             which
             the
             King
             being
             displeased
             ,
             goes
             from
             York
             ,
             and
             demands
             the
             said
             Town
             ,
             stores
             ,
             and
             Magazines
             therein
             ,
             to
             be
             delivered
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             the
             Governour
             ,
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Hotham
            
             ,
             presenting
             himself
             on
             his
             knees
             upon
             the
             walls
             ,
             refused
             to
             do
             ,
             save
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             King
             with
             some
             small
             retinue
             would
             enter
             ,
             
             he
             freely
             might
             .
          
           
             This
             affront
             very
             much
             ne●led
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             did
             very
             sharply
             complain
             of
             it
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             but
             they
             rather
             justified
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Hotham
            
             ,
             then
             gave
             the
             King
             any
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             attempt
             ,
             for
             his
             Honour
             sake
             ,
             something
             against
             the
             Town
             by
             force
             ,
             in
             which
             enterprise
             some
             twenty
             of
             the
             Kings
             Guards
             were
             killed
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             retreated
             to
             
             Beverley
             ;
             where
             he
             found
             a
             very
             great
             addition
             of
             Gentlemen
             from
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             who
             with
             their
             duty
             ,
             presented
             him
             their
             service
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             the
             Parliament
             was
             intent
             on
             the
             business
             of
             leavying
             Arms
             ,
             
             though
             several
             Patriots
             of
             both
             Houses
             did
             what
             they
             could
             to
             perswade
             to
             an
             accommodation
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             Sir
             
               Benjamin
               Rudyard
            
             was
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             ,
             who
             all
             along
             warned
             them
             of
             the
             miseries
             of
             a
             Civil
             War
             ,
             and
             what
             a
             shame
             it
             would
             be
             to
             them
             in
             after
             times
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             to
             all
             Parliaments
             ,
             if
             when
             the
             King
             had
             condescended
             so
             far
             they
             should
             proceed
             to
             the
             effusion
             of
             blood
             upon
             so
             unnecessary
             a
             quarrel
             ;
             he
             dyed
             soon
             after
             the
             first
             blood
             was
             drawn
             ;
             and
             that
             speech
             of
             his
             on
             his
             death-bed
             is
             very
             remarkable
             ,
             
               Mr.
               Pym
               and
               Mr
               ,
               Hamden
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             Grandees
             of
             the
             then
             Faction
             )
             
               told
               me
               ,
               That
               they
               thought
               the
               King
               so
               ●ll-beloved
               by
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               never
               be
               able
               to
               raise
               an
               Army
               to
               oppose
               them
               ,
            
             which
             mistake
             of
             theirs
             cost
             many
             thousand
             live
             .
          
           
             Nom
             the
             Militia
             was
             on
             foot
             ,
             
             every
             where
             the
             Parliaments
             Cause
             had
             the
             precedency
             of
             affection
             ,
             their
             Ordinances
             being
             obeyed
             like
             Acts
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             King
             prohibited
             by
             Proclamation
             any
             Levies
             ,
             Musters
             ,
             or
             of
             his
             Subjects
             any
             where
             in
             England
             ,
             without
             his
             command
             and
             set●on
             foot
             his
             Commission
             of
             Array
             ;
             which
             the
             Parliament
             likewise
             inhibit
             to
             be
             obeyed
             any
             where
             ,
             but
             neither
             of
             them
             signified
             any
             thing
             to
             those
             that
             were
             bent
             and
             inclined
             to
             each
             Cause
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             preparations
             for
             War
             both
             of
             Men
             ,
             Horse
             ,
             Money
             and
             Arms
             went
             on
             very
             fast
             ,
             especially
             on
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             side
             at
             London
             ,
             where
             all
             persons
             of
             all
             ages
             and
             Sexes
             contributed
             so
             excessively
             to
             the
             furtherance
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             that
             the
             sum
             which
             it
             amounted
             unto
             is
             almost
             incredible
             .
             This
             money
             was
             borrowed
             upon
             the
             credit
             of
             the
             
               PVBLICK
               FAITH
            
             ,
             a
             name
             much
             adored
             then
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             contemned
             and
             hated
             now
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             finding
             how
             the
             pulse
             of
             these
             distracted
             Kingdom
             ;
             
             did
             beat
             ,
             giving
             symptomes
             of
             some
             violent
             disease
             and
             distemper
             approaching
             ,
             redoubled
             His
             instances
             to
             the
             Houses
             for
             peace
             ,
             adjuring
             them
             to
             prevent
             that
             bloodshed
             now
             so
             threatning
             and
             imminent
             ,
             and
             they
             regest
             the
             like
             entreaties
             and
             obtestation●
             upon
             him
             (
             but
             not
             bating
             an
             ace
             ,
             or
             receding
             a
             tittle
             from
             their
             first
             Demands
             )
             so
             that
             there
             was
             no
             hopes
             or
             likelihood
             of
             a
             Pacification
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             therefore
             having
             called
             the
             Gentry
             of
             York
             together
             
             at
             a
             Rendezvous
             ,
             protested
             his
             unwillingness
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             unprovidedness
             for
             a
             War
             ,
             desiring
             (
             if
             he
             should
             be
             thereunto
             compelled
             )
             their
             assistance
             in
             the
             maintenance
             of
             His
             most
             just
             Cause
             ,
             and
             then
             departed
             for
             Lincolnshire
             to
             Newark
             whether
             he
             had
             sent
             before
             his
             Letters
             Mandatory
             to
             my
             Lord
             Willoughby
             of
             Parham
             ,
             charging
             him
             to
             desist
             from
             raising
             levying
             opexercising
             any
             forces
             within
             that
             County
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             Commission
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             wherein
             nevertheless
             he
             had
             proceeded
             .
             Here
             the
             King
             convened
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             this
             County
             ,
             and
             made
             to
             them
             the
             like
             protestations
             ,
             and
             having
             received
             some
             small
             Supplies
             returned
             back
             again
             to
             York
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Parliament
             were
             listing
             men
             apace
             ,
             appointed
             their
             General
             ,
             and
             the
             Superior
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             .
          
           
             At
             York
             the
             King
             made
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Hertford
             Lieutenant
             General
             of
             the
             Western
             Counties
             ,
             intending
             forthwith
             himself
             to
             set
             upon
             Hull
             (
             a
             place
             he
             had
             designed
             once
             to
             have
             made
             a
             magazine
             for
             Ireland
             to
             reduce
             those
             Rebells
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             often
             declared
             to
             the
             two
             Houses
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             by
             no
             means
             consent
             to
             it
             )
             but
             upon
             deliberate
             advice
             he
             pass
             by
             ●t
             ,
             onely
             making
             one
             attempt
             near
             it
             ,
             to
             shew
             his
             just
             indignation
             ,
             and
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Honor
             ,
             where
             ●e
             lost
             unhappily
             some
             twenty
             men
             ,
             and
             marched
             directly
             into
             Nottinghamshire
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             beginning
             of
             August
             he
             came
             to
             Nottingham
             Town
             ,
             
             and
             on
             the
             tenth
             of
             the
             same
             Moneth
             ,
             published
             his
             Royal
             Proclamation
             ,
             commanding
             and
             enjoyning
             all
             his
             Subjects
             to
             the
             Northward
             of
             Trent
             and
             twenty
             miles
             Southward
             ,
             to
             Rendezvous
             at
             Nottingham
             the
             23.
             of
             that
             instant
             ,
             where
             he
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             purpose
             of
             his
             Proclamation
             ,
             set
             up
             his
             Standard
             ,
             where
             appeared
             5
             or
             6000
             m●n
             .
          
           
             After
             a
             view
             and
             Muster
             of
             these
             Royal
             Volunteers
             ,
             the
             King
             proceeded
             to
             the
             nomination
             of
             a
             General
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lindsey
             ,
             
             General
             formerly
             for
             the
             Ro●hil
             Expedition
             ;
             and
             the
             Parliament
             made
             Robert
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             their
             Captain
             General
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bedford
             General
             of
             the
             Horse
             ,
             Essex
             about
             this
             time
             departed
             from
             London
             in
             great
             state
             and
             magnificence
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             leaves
             Nottinghamshire
             and
             marched
             into
             Staffordshire
             ,
             
             thence
             into
             Leicestershire
             ,
             caressing
             the
             Gentry
             all
             the
             way
             he
             went
             ,
             so
             into
             the
             Confines
             of
             Wales
             ,
             and
             sate
             down
             at
             last
             in
             Shresbury
             ,
             where
             he
             much
             increased
             his
             strength
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             was
             ordered
             to
             advance
             towards
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             hinder
             his
             new
             Leavies
             ,
             having
             then
             Commission
             to
             rescue
             
             the
             King
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             evil
             Councellors
             .
             He
             marched
             therefore
             from
             S.
             Albans
             into
             Northampton
             ,
             being
             strong
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             14000
             men
             .
          
           
             Portsmouth
             was
             now
             taken
             by
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Merrick
            
             ,
             
             having
             first
             surprized
             Southsea
             Castle
             ,
             and
             held
             for
             the
             Parliament
             :
             
               Co●●o
               .
               Goring
            
             being
             forced
             to
             yield
             it
             ,
             the
             Town
             being
             commanded
             by
             that
             Castle
             ,
             before
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Hertford
             could
             come
             to
             the
             relief
             of
             it
             ,
             being
             then
             besieged
             in
             Sherburn
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Bedford
               ;
               Goring
            
             ,
             according
             to
             agreement
             ,
             passing
             for
             the
             present
             over
             into
             France
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             advanceth
             into
             Worcestershire
             ,
             
             while
             the
             Army
             staid
             still
             at
             Shrewsbury
             ,
             expecting
             forces
             out
             of
             Southwales
             ;
             to
             prevent
             the
             conjunction
             of
             whom
             ,
             Essex
             sent
             a
             party
             of
             horse
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Colonel
             Sands
             ,
             betwixt
             whom
             ,
             and
             Prince
             Rupert
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Byron
             ,
             happened
             a
             smart
             incounter
             in
             the
             lanes
             neer
             Worcester
             City
             ,
             where
             at
             first
             the
             Parliament
             Army
             had
             the
             better
             ,
             but
             Prince
             Rupert
             falling
             in
             the
             Rear
             ,
             forced
             them
             to
             leave
             their
             design
             :
             Colonel
             Sands
             was
             desperately
             wounded
             ,
             his
             Major
             Douglass
             was
             killed
             ,
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             threescore
             men
             ,
             nevertheless
             ,
             Essex
             hastily
             advancing
             ,
             the
             Cavaliers
             quitted
             Worcester
             ,
             which
             was
             Garrison'd
             for
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             While
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             staid
             here
             about
             setling
             the
             Militia
             ,
             the
             King
             passed
             directly
             away
             from
             Shrewsbury
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             coyned
             money
             out
             of
             the
             Plate
             freely
             brought
             him
             by
             the
             Gentry
             ,
             to
             London
             ,
             having
             got
             the
             start
             of
             Essex
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             doubled
             his
             hast
             after
             him
             ;
             the
             King
             therefore
             resolved
             to
             fight
             him
             ,
             and
             staid
             at
             Keynton
             ,
             whether
             next
             morning
             came
             the
             Essexians
             .
          
           
             Sunday
             the
             23
             of
             Octob.
             
             being
             the
             same
             day
             twelvemoneth
             ,
             the
             Irish
             Rebellion
             broke
             forth
             ,
             both
             Armies
             met
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             Edge-hill
             ,
             from
             which
             the
             Kings
             forces
             descended
             to
             the
             fight
             .
             The
             Earl
             of
             Linsey
             commanded
             the
             main
             body
             ,
             Prince
             Rupert
             commanded
             the
             right
             wing
             ,
             the
             left
             was
             commanded
             by
             the
             Lord
             Wilmot
             .
             Of
             the
             Parliaments
             side
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             commanded
             the
             battel
             ,
             Sir
             
               Iames
               Ramsey
            
             the
             left
             wing
             of
             horse
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Balfour
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Stapleton
            
             the
             left
             .
             Prince
             Rupert
             suddenly
             overthrew
             the
             left
             wing
             of
             horse
             under
             Ramsey
             ,
             but
             overcharging
             ,
             and
             following
             the
             pursuit
             too
             far
             ,
             Essex
             seeing
             the
             Kings
             foot
             destitute
             on
             that
             side
             ,
             charged
             furiously
             ,
             where
             the
             General
             Lindsey
             fighting
             with
             a
             half
             pike
             in
             his
             hand
             afoot
             ,
             was
             
             wounded
             (
             of
             which
             he
             presently
             died
             )
             and
             taken
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             the
             Lord
             Willoughby
             coming
             to
             his
             rescue
             ,
             was
             taken
             with
             him
             ;
             The
             Standard-bearer
             also
             ,
             Sir
             
               Edmund
               Varney
            
             (
             so
             valiantly
             the
             Parliamentarians
             prest
             upon
             the
             Kings
             foot
             )
             was
             killed
             ,
             and
             the
             Standard
             seized
             ,
             but
             freed
             again
             by
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Smith
            
             ,
             who
             was
             Knighted
             under
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             committed
             to
             his
             defence
             .
             Here
             was
             also
             killed
             the
             Noble
             Lord
             Aubigney
             ,
             with
             sundry
             other
             inferiour
             Officers
             .
             On
             the
             Parliaments
             side
             were
             slain
             the
             Lord
             S.
             Iohn
             of
             Bletso
             ,
             who
             died
             presently
             of
             his
             wounds
             ,
             being
             offered
             in
             exchange
             for
             the
             Lord
             Willoughby
             ,
             and
             Col.
             
               Tho.
               Essex
            
             newly
             come
             from
             Worcester
             .
             The
             number
             of
             the
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             was
             very
             neer
             equal
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             amounting
             to
             neer
             5000
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             victory
             remained
             as
             equal
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             lodging
             that
             night
             (
             which
             parted
             the
             fray
             )
             upon
             the
             field
             where
             they
             fought
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             ascending
             the
             hill
             from
             whence
             he
             came
             down
             that
             morning
             ,
             keeping
             great
             fires
             all
             the
             night
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             next
             day
             marched
             towards
             Coventry
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             by
             Ayno
             ,
             where
             his
             Army
             refreshed
             themselves
             ,
             to
             Banbury
             ,
             which
             was
             presently
             delivered
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Oxford
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             marched
             from
             Oxford
             ,
             
             where
             by
             the
             way
             to
             London
             ,
             came
             Commissioners
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             rendring
             Propositions
             ,
             and
             desiring
             that
             during
             the
             Treaty
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Army
             should
             march
             no
             neerer
             this
             way
             ,
             to
             spin
             time
             ,
             while
             Essex
             could
             recruit
             his
             Army
             ;
             therefore
             the
             King
             advanced
             from
             C●lebrook
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             Brainford
             ,
             
             where
             part
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             Army
             ,
             being
             the
             Regiments
             of
             Col.
             
               Hollis
               ,
               Hambden●
            
             ,
             and
             the
             L.
             Brooks
             ,
             for
             a
             while
             maintained
             themselves
             stoutly
             ,
             but
             being
             over-power'd
             ,
             some
             were
             driven
             into
             the
             river
             ,
             and
             there
             drowned
             ,
             and
             300
             slain
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             taken
             prisoners
             .
             This
             brought
             a
             general
             consternation
             upon
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             all
             shops
             were
             shut
             up
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Regiments
             ,
             both
             Trained-Bands
             and
             Auxiliary
             were
             drawn
             out
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             had
             a
             most
             compleat
             and
             numerous
             Army
             o●
             a
             sudden
             .
             Hereupon
             the
             King
             presently
             marched
             away
             ,
             fearing
             to
             be
             incompassed
             by
             the
             Parliamentarians
             ,
             over
             Kingston-bridge
             (
             which
             he
             broke
             down
             ,
             to
             stop
             the
             pursuit
             Essex
             made
             after
             him
             )
             to
             Reading
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             where
             he
             took
             up
             his
             Winter
             quarters
             .
          
           
             The
             Cities
             of
             Winchester
             and
             Chichester
             delivered
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             
             Marlborough
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             prevailed
             against
             the
             Earl
             or
             Stamford
             ;
             several
             Townes
             taken
             
             for
             the
             King
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             others
             for
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             North.
             
          
           
             Cyrencester
             had
             been
             Garrisoned
             by
             the
             Parliament
             Forces
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             
             being
             the
             midway
             betwixt
             that
             City
             and
             Oxford
             ,
             upon
             this
             place
             Prince
             Rupert
             had
             a
             design
             ,
             though
             his
             march
             that
             way
             was
             given
             out
             for
             the
             regaining
             of
             Shudly
             Castle
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             Col.
             Massey
             had
             smothered
             the
             Cavaleirs
             with
             wet
             hay
             ,
             for
             after
             he
             had
             passed
             some
             ten
             miles
             beyond
             Cirencester
             he
             suddenly
             returned
             back
             ,
             and
             surprising
             the
             Guards
             ,
             within
             two
             hours
             time
             became
             Master
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             puting
             the
             Earl
             of
             Stamfords
             Regiment
             to
             the
             sword
             ,
             who
             made
             a
             stout
             opposition
             ,
             taking
             1100
             prisoners
             ,
             and
             8000
             Arms
             ,
             and
             other
             provisions
             for
             war
             ,
             it
             being
             newly
             made
             a
             Magazeen
             .
             From
             thence
             the
             Prince
             came
             before
             Glocester
             ,
             summoned
             the
             Town
             and
             departed
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Brooks
             and
             Northampton
             were
             in
             Arms
             against
             each
             other
             in
             the
             Counties
             of
             Warwick
             and
             Stafford
             ,
             
             where
             several
             small
             skirmishes
             had
             been
             between
             them
             ,
             at
             last
             in
             March
             the
             Lord
             Brook
             came
             and
             besieiged
             
               Litchfield
               Close
            
             ,
             garrisoned
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             was
             viewing
             the
             approaches
             to
             it
             out
             of
             a
             window
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             a
             single
             bullet
             from
             the
             Close
             shot
             him
             in
             the
             head
             through
             the
             eye
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             fell
             down
             dead
             ,
             nevertheless
             the
             siege
             was
             continued
             ,
             and
             the
             Close
             delivered
             to
             the
             Parliamentarians
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             North
             the
             Queen
             landed
             at
             Bridlington
             Bay
             with
             some
             supplies
             of
             money
             and
             Arms
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             with
             her
             ,
             Lieut.
             Gen.
             King
             ,
             she
             was
             conveyed
             to
             York
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             met
             the
             King
             at
             Edge-hill
             where
             the
             fight
             had
             been
             .
             And
             so
             ended
             this
             year
             with
             the
             surrender
             at
             Malmsbury
             to
             the
             Parliament
             again
             ,
             and
             the
             defeat
             of
             the
             Lord
             Fairfax
             ,
             who
             was
             chief
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             forces
             in
             the
             North
             of
             
               '
               Bramham
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Earls
             of
             Newcastle
             and
             
               Cumberland
               .
               Scarborough
            
             delivered
             to
             the
             King
             by
             
               Brown
               Bushel
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1643.
             
          
           
             PRince
             Rupert
             having
             coasted
             the
             Country
             from
             Glocester
             into
             Wales
             ,
             
             returned
             back
             by
             Litchfield
             ,
             intending
             to
             reduce
             it
             again
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             long
             lain
             before
             it
             ,
             but
             he
             compelled
             the
             Garrison
             to
             surrender
             :
             To
             the
             releif
             hereof
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Gell
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               '
               Brereton
            
             ,
             having
             gathered
             a
             considerable
             strength
             
             marched
             ;
             these
             were
             met
             by
             part
             of
             Prince
             Ruperts
             forces
             ,
             and
             some
             under
             the
             command
             of
             the
             valiant
             Earl
             of
             Northampton
             ,
             
             where
             the
             said
             releif
             was
             defeated
             ,
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Gell
            
             routed
             ,
             though
             the
             victory
             cost
             dear
             ,
             through
             the
             loss
             of
             that
             brave
             Earl
             ,
             who
             refusing
             quarter
             was
             killed
             by
             a
             private
             Souldier
             .
          
           
             After
             General
             Essex
             had
             recruited
             his
             Army
             with
             new
             supplies
             ,
             
             the
             first
             thing
             he
             attempted
             was
             the
             siege
             of
             Reding
             ,
             which
             being
             manfully
             defended
             by
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Aston
            
             till
             he
             received
             a
             wound
             on
             his
             head
             by
             the
             falling
             of
             a
             brick-bat
             ,
             and
             the
             releif
             brought
             by
             the
             King
             himself
             from
             Oxford
             being
             worsted
             at
             
             Caversham-Bridge
             ,
             after
             ten
             days
             siege
             was
             yeilded
             by
             Col.
             Fielding
             (
             then
             substituted
             Governor
             )
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             North
             things
             went
             something
             equaller
             then
             before
             on
             the
             Parliaments
             side
             ,
             
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Fairfax
            
             had
             defeated
             the
             Kings
             Forces
             under
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Newcastle
             at
             Wakefield
             ,
             and
             hoyed
             up
             the
             sinking
             interest
             of
             that
             Cause
             .
             Monmouth
             likewise
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             ,
             as
             also
             Worder
             Castle
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             West
             the
             King
             prevailed
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             commanded
             there
             ,
             
             being
             a
             valiant
             and
             expert
             Royalist
             ,
             for
             the
             Parliament
             the
             Earl
             of
             Stamford
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Chidleigh
             ,
             these
             opposite
             Forces
             met
             the
             16.
             of
             May
             in
             
             Stratton-field
             ,
             where
             the
             Parliamets
             foot
             stood
             stifly
             to
             the
             business
             ,
             but
             the
             Horse
             either
             through
             treachery
             or
             cowardize
             ,
             not
             seconding
             or
             releiving
             their
             Foot
             ,
             an
             entire
             Victory
             fell
             to
             the
             Cavaleers
             ,
             some
             1500
             of
             the
             Parliamentarians
             being
             slain
             and
             taken
             prisoners
             ,
             but
             do
             of
             great
             account
             lost
             on
             either
             side
             .
             Chidleigh
             afterwards
             came
             over
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             was
             made
             for
             this
             good
             service
             Baron
             of
             Stratton
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             Parliament
             flew
             high
             in
             their
             Consultations
             at
             home
             ,
             the
             Grandees
             working
             upon
             the
             sober
             part
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             this
             action
             of
             the
             Queens
             ,
             in
             bringing
             over
             Arms
             ,
             Money
             and
             other
             provisions
             for
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             a
             dangerous
             ,
             destructive
             business
             ,
             wound
             up
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Two
             Houses
             to
             such
             a
             pitch
             that
             the
             Queen
             was
             proclaimed
             Traytor
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             down
             went
             all
             the
             Crosses
             throughout
             England
             ,
             particularly
             the
             third
             of
             this
             moneth
             ,
             Cheapside-cro●s
             was
             demolished
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             beginning
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             
             the
             Parliament
             took
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             at
             Westminster
             ;
             this
             was
             first
             framed
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             was
             generally
             taken
             by
             them
             in
             the
             year
             1639.
             the
             main
             drift
             of
             it
             was
             against
             the
             Episcopal
             
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             was
             now
             for
             the
             mutual
             endearment
             of
             the
             two
             Nations
             (
             assistance
             being
             promised
             the
             Parliament
             from
             Scotland
             )
             pressed
             upon
             all
             in
             England
             ,
             where
             the
             Parliaments
             power
             was
             paramount
             ,
             being
             taken
             throughout
             London
             the
             fifth
             of
             this
             moneth
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             advanceth
             from
             Reading
             to
             Tame
             ,
             where
             a
             general
             sickness
             seized
             upon
             the
             Army
             :
             during
             their
             quartering
             thereabout
             :
             
             Prince
             Rupert
             fell
             into
             part
             of
             their
             quarters
             ,
             but
             the
             Essexians
             taking
             the
             Alarum
             ,
             and
             drawing
             out
             ,
             the
             business
             came
             to
             a
             fight
             in
             Chalgrave
             field
             ,
             where
             Colonel
             Hambden
             was
             mortally
             wounded
             .
             It
             was
             observeable
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             place
             the
             said
             Colonel
             Hambden
             first
             listed
             and
             trained
             his
             men
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             war.
             
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Keeper
             Littleton
             having
             fled
             with
             the
             Great
             Seal
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Kings
             Command
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             voted
             a
             new
             Great
             Seal
             to
             be
             made
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             to
             redress
             their
             affairs
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             
             had
             made
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             Major
             General
             of
             those
             Counties
             ,
             and
             had
             sent
             him
             down
             with
             a
             well-furnished
             Army
             to
             meet
             the
             Kings
             Army
             under
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             ,
             who
             having
             cleared
             Devonshire
             ,
             after
             Strafton
             fight
             marched
             Eastward
             ,
             where
             in
             Somersetshire
             Sir
             William
             had
             taken
             Taunton
             and
             Br●dgewater
             .
             
             Both
             these
             Armies
             met
             at
             Landsdown
             neer
             
               Bath
               ,
               Iuly
            
             the
             fifth
             .
             The
             Cavaliers
             were
             less
             in
             number
             ,
             but
             supplyed
             that
             with
             valour
             ;
             the
             fight
             began
             about
             three
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             and
             was
             maintained
             till
             neer
             the
             same
             time
             next
             morning
             .
             Here
             my
             Lord
             Hoptons
             powder
             was
             blown
             up
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             was
             hurt
             himself
             ,
             and
             was
             compelled
             for
             want
             of
             it
             to
             quit
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             shelter
             his
             Army
             in
             the
             Devices
             ;
             of
             his
             side
             were
             lost
             in
             this
             fight
             about
             a
             thousand
             :
             The
             persons
             of
             quality
             slain
             ,
             were
             Sir
             
               Bevil
               Greenvile
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Leak
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Denicourts
             son
             ,
             Mr.
             Barker
             ,
             Mr.
             Lower
             ,
             and
             other
             Gentlemen
             :
             The
             loss
             of
             private
             souldiers
             was
             as
             great
             on
             Sir
             Williams
             side
             ,
             but
             no
             persons
             of
             extraordinary
             note
             .
          
           
             Upon
             my
             Lord
             Hoptons
             taking
             into
             the
             Devices
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             presently
             pursued
             him
             ,
             and
             cooped
             him
             up
             ,
             whereupon
             a
             Messenger
             was
             dispatcht
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             inform
             him
             of
             the
             desperate
             condition
             my
             Lord
             was
             in
             ,
             if
             not
             timely
             relieved
             .
             Prince
             Maurice
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Carn●van
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Wilmo●
             ,
             were
             sent
             presently
             with
             a
             party
             of
             fifteen
             hundred
             horse
             ,
             who
             
             made
             such
             expedition
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             thirteenth
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             by
             break
             of
             day
             ,
             
             they
             presented
             themselves
             alike
             to
             besiegers
             and
             the
             besieged
             (
             to
             whom
             they
             gave
             a
             signal
             of
             their
             relief
             )
             upon
             a
             rising
             ground
             ,
             and
             presently
             in
             an
             entire
             body
             charged
             Sir
             Williams
             Army
             ,
             being
             received
             by
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Hazelrigs
            
             Curaziers
             at
             first
             ;
             but
             they
             being
             broken
             ,
             the
             Fortune
             of
             the
             day
             soon
             fell
             to
             the
             Royallists
             :
             The
             Parliaments
             Foot
             ,
             after
             a
             little
             execution
             done
             upon
             them
             ,
             (
             the
             besieged
             also
             being
             ready
             to
             fall
             upon
             them
             )
             laid
             down
             their
             Arms
             ,
             and
             submitted
             :
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             Arthur
             ,
             with
             much
             difficulty
             ,
             and
             greater
             speed
             ,
             escaped
             ,
             and
             came
             throughout
             to
             London
             with
             the
             bad
             news
             .
             Here
             were
             slain
             neer
             a
             thousand
             men
             ,
             four
             thousand
             taken
             ,
             four
             brass
             Guns
             ,
             twenty
             eight
             Colours
             of
             Foot
             ,
             and
             nine
             Cornets
             .
          
           
             This
             loss
             soon
             reduced
             Bristol
             into
             the
             Kings
             hands
             ,
             being
             delivered
             by
             Colonel
             Fiennes
             after
             three
             dayes
             siege
             ;
             
             for
             which
             surrender
             he
             had
             like
             to
             have
             lost
             his
             head
             .
          
           
             These
             successes
             drew
             the
             King
             into
             the
             West
             ,
             where
             
               Dorchester
               ,
               Portland
               ,
               Weymouth
            
             ,
             and
             Melcomb
             ,
             submitted
             themselves
             :
             The
             like
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             
             Beverley
             taken
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Newcastle
               ,
               Bedford
               ,
               Appleford
            
             ,
             and
             Barnstable
             ,
             surrendred
             ;
             and
             after
             a
             little
             dispute
             before
             Exeter
             ,
             and
             some
             Granadoes
             thrown
             in
             ,
             and
             firing
             part
             of
             the
             Suburbs
             ,
             the
             great
             Sconce
             being
             taken
             in
             storm
             ,
             that
             City
             was
             delivered
             to
             Prince
             Maurice
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Berkley
            
             made
             Governour
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             therefore
             concluded
             to
             set
             upon
             Glocester
             ,
             
             being
             the
             only
             considerable
             place
             that
             held
             out
             for
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             lay
             very
             inconvenient
             ,
             hindring
             the
             intercourse
             betwixt
             Wales
             and
             the
             Kings
             Countryes
             ;
             the
             King
             therefore
             the
             tenth
             of
             August
             came
             himself
             from
             Oxford
             in
             person
             before
             it
             with
             a
             Royal
             Army
             ,
             (
             while
             it
             was
             hardly
             imaginable
             where
             the
             Parliament
             could
             raise
             another
             Army
             )
             and
             that
             done
             ,
             to
             march
             for
             London
             ,
             which
             proved
             a
             fatal
             mistake
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             if
             he
             had
             gone
             directly
             for
             London
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             opposition
             in
             readiness
             against
             him
             ,
             not
             any
             place
             to
             stay
             him
             .
             The
             King
             therefore
             summons
             Glocester
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Governor
             and
             Mayor
             return
             a
             negative
             answer
             ;
             so
             the
             Guns
             were
             set
             on
             work
             ,
             many
             attempts
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             
             till
             the
             besieged
             had
             little
             or
             no
             ammunition
             left
             them
             ,
             when
             on
             the
             eighth
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Essex
            
             having
             made
             up
             an
             Army
             with
             the
             Trained-Bands
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             new
             raised
             men
             in
             the
             respective
             
             Militia's
             and
             
             associated
             Counties
             ,
             then
             entirely
             at
             the
             Parliaments
             devotion
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             releif
             of
             it
             ,
             having
             been
             encountred
             at
             Stow
             in
             the
             Would
             by
             several
             parties
             of
             Horse
             under
             Prince
             Rupert
             ,
             but
             he
             could
             not
             be
             stopt
             from
             advancing
             .
             Being
             come
             within
             five
             miles
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             upon
             the
             brim
             of
             a
             steep
             hill
             he
             discharged
             two
             pieces
             of
             Canon
             ,
             as
             a
             signal
             of
             their
             releif
             ,
             which
             was
             answered
             by
             the
             Town
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             King
             drew
             off
             from
             before
             the
             siege
             ,
             and
             marched
             hastily
             away
             ,
             intending
             to
             intercept
             Essex
             from
             returning
             ,
             his
             men
             being
             almost
             wearied
             ,
             and
             tired
             out
             with
             their
             hard
             march
             and
             weather
             .
             But
             Essex
             having
             releived
             the
             Town
             ,
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             provision
             ,
             directed
             his
             march
             back
             again
             ,
             and
             falling
             into
             Cirencester
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             King
             dislodged
             the
             day
             before
             ,
             and
             had
             lest
             some
             baggage
             behinde
             him
             ,
             
             took
             400
             prisoners
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             matched
             toward
             ;
             Newbery
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             way
             was
             attaqued
             in
             Auborn
             Chase
             ,
             by
             several
             Squadrons
             of
             the
             Kings
             Horse
             ;
             here
             was
             killed
             that
             French
             Marquess
             Mous
             .
             
               De
               la
               Vejuville
            
             ,
             having
             behaved
             himself
             valiantly
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             the
             King
             possest
             himself
             of
             Newberry
             ,
             the
             place
             Essex
             aimed
             at
             ,
             
             so
             that
             both
             Armies
             met
             h●re
             ,
             and
             began
             the
             fight
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             ;
             abundance
             of
             resolution
             and
             valour
             ,
             was
             manifested
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             but
             especially
             the
             Trained
             Bands
             of
             London
             ,
             performed
             far
             beyond
             releif
             .
             Prince
             Rupert
             was
             repelled
             and
             beaten
             back
             to
             the
             right
             wing
             of
             the
             Kings
             Army
             ,
             but
             returned
             again
             to
             the
             charge
             with
             greater
             fury
             .
             This
             Battel
             ,
             like
             Edge-hill
             was
             dubious
             as
             to
             the
             success
             ,
             but
             something
             more
             bloody
             .
             The
             Kings
             General
             here
             was
             the
             Lord
             Ruthen
             ,
             made
             lately
             Earl
             of
             Brentford
             .
             On
             the
             Kings
             side
             were
             slain
             near
             2500
             men
             ,
             among
             whom
             were
             the
             Earl
             of
             Carnarven
             ,
             who
             had
             done
             the
             King
             special
             service
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderland
             ,
             and
             the
             learned
             Lord
             Faulkland
             very
             near
             the
             Kings
             person
             ,
             with
             Col.
             Constable
             .
             Of
             the
             Parliaments
             side
             ,
             not
             any
             of
             note
             slain
             ,
             save
             Col.
             Tucker
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             Officers
             ,
             the
             number
             of
             their
             slain
             being
             near
             3500
             men
             .
             After
             the
             fight
             was
             over
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             a
             party
             of
             Horse
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Col.
             Hurrie
             followed
             the
             Parliament
             Army
             in
             the
             Lanes
             toward
             Reading
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             into
             some
             disorder
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             facing
             about
             they
             were
             repelled
             back
             again
             with
             loss
             :
             And
             so
             the
             Parliamentarians
             to
             Reading
             ,
             the
             Trained
             Bands
             to
             London
             ,
             whether
             soon
             followed
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             returned
             to
             Oxford
             .
          
           
             This
             moneth
             the
             King
             pressed
             by
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             of
             
             Ireland
             ,
             who
             were
             not
             able
             to
             subsist
             longer
             under
             the
             war
             ,
             conclude
             a
             Cessation
             with
             the
             Irish
             Rebels
             ,
             and
             in
             November
             following
             received
             a
             Supply
             of
             3000
             men
             of
             his
             Protestant
             Army
             which
             landed
             in
             Wales
             ,
             
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Sir
             
               Michael
               Ernely
            
             ,
             the
             renowned
             Col.
             Monk
             (
             now
             Duke
             of
             Albemarle
             )
             and
             others
             ,
             which
             being
             by
             Prince
             Ruperts
             order
             divided
             into
             other
             Regiments
             were
             made
             unserviceable
             ;
             pat
             of
             them
             ,
             with
             the
             said
             Colonel
             being
             being
             surprised
             at
             Nantwich
             ,
             by
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Fairfax
            
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Pym
             a
             great
             stickler
             of
             the
             Faction
             ,
             
             and
             the
             onely
             Grandee
             of
             the
             times
             died
             .
             
               Hawarden
               ,
               Arundel
            
             and
             Beeston
             Castles
             rendred
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             Graston
             House
             taken
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Arundel
             in
             the
             next
             Mon●th
             taken
             again
             by
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             according
             to
             stipulation
             and
             Compact
             ,
             
             the
             Scots
             enter
             England
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             2000
             in
             maintenance
             and
             purstiance
             of
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             against
             this
             invasion
             the
             King
             protested
             as
             a
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             sent
             the
             Marquess
             Hamilton
             prisoner
             to
             Pendennis
             ,
             as
             having
             deceived
             the
             trust
             the
             King
             put
             in
             him
             ,
             he
             all
             along
             suggesting
             that
             the
             Scots
             would
             never
             attempt
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             and
             yet
             maintaining
             correspondencies
             with
             the
             cheif
             of
             that
             Cabal
             .
             Several
             Towns
             and
             Castles
             lost
             and
             taken
             by
             both
             parties
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1644.
             
          
           
             SIR
             
               William
               Waller
            
             after
             his
             reducement
             of
             Arundel
             Castle
             ,
             
             marched
             to
             finde
             out
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             ,
             to
             cry
             quits
             with
             him
             for
             his
             defeat
             at
             Roundway
             Down
             ,
             both
             Armies
             were
             near
             one
             another
             a
             good
             space
             ,
             for
             my
             Lord
             hovered
             about
             Winchester
             and
             those
             parts
             ;
             at
             Brandon
             Heath
             near
             
               Alesford
               ,
               Hopton
            
             was
             drawn
             up
             (
             having
             a
             little
             before
             in
             his
             intended
             march
             to
             the
             releif
             of
             Arundel
             beaten
             Col.
             Norton
             into
             Chichester
             ,
             who
             endeavoured
             to
             impede
             him
             )
             and
             stood
             ready
             to
             receive
             Sir
             William
             ,
             who
             had
             taken
             the
             advantage
             of
             a
             hill
             ,
             from
             which
             the
             Cavaliers
             with
             fury
             beat
             him
             and
             drove
             him
             to
             another
             ,
             where
             under
             the
             shelter
             of
             some
             bu●hes
             and
             trees
             ,
             he
             so
             galled
             the
             Kings
             Horse
             that
             they
             were
             forced
             in
             disorder
             to
             retreat
             on
             their
             foot
             .
             There
             was
             a
             hollow
             betwixt
             both
             Bodies
             which
             each
             endeavouring
             to
             gain
             ,
             many
             men
             found
             it
             for
             their
             graves
             on
             both
             sides
             .
             My
             Lord
             Hopton
             therefore
             seeing
             the
             slaughter
             
             that
             was
             made
             ,
             and
             likely
             to
             continue
             upon
             his
             men
             ,
             timely
             drew
             off
             his
             Artillery
             and
             Canon
             ,
             towards
             Winchester
             ,
             and
             then
             wheeling
             about
             marched
             for
             Basing
             ;
             and
             so
             presently
             to
             Oxford
             :
             In
             this
             fight
             was
             killed
             on
             the
             Kings
             part
             ,
             that
             valiant
             person
             Iohn
             Lord
             Stuart
             ,
             second
             Brother
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Richmond
             ,
             who
             died
             at
             Abbington
             of
             his
             wounds
             received
             :
             Here
             Sir
             Iohn-Smith
             ,
             Col.
             Sandys
             ,
             Col.
             Scot
             ,
             and
             Col.
             Manwaring
             ,
             with
             divers
             other
             persons
             of
             quality
             wounded
             ,
             among
             whom
             was
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Stawell
            
             ,
             eldest
             son
             to
             Sir
             Iohn
             ,
             and
             Sir
             Henry
             .
             now
             Lord
             Bard
             ,
             besides
             private
             souldiers
             above
             1400.
             
             Of
             the
             Parliaments
             side
             few
             men
             of
             note
             ,
             killed
             about
             900
             common
             souldiers
             ;
             Colonel
             Dolbier
             wounded
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Thompsons
             leg
             shot
             off
             by
             a
             Canon
             buller
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             
             and
             Waller
             ,
             (
             who
             had
             followed
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             to
             Basing
             )
             and
             there
             shewed
             a
             mind
             or
             besieging
             the
             House
             ,
             now
             joyned
             their
             Armies
             together
             ,
             amounting
             to
             a
             very
             great
             strength
             ,
             with
             intention
             to
             set
             upon
             the
             King
             at
             Oxford
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Queen
             was
             sent
             away
             with
             a
             sufficient
             Convoy
             to
             Exeter
             ;
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             Essex
             plunders
             Abbington
             ,
             and
             makes
             a
             Garrison
             of
             it
             afterwards
             .
             The
             King
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             marcheth
             with
             his
             Army
             from
             Oxford
             to
             Worcester
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             two
             Parliament
             Generals
             to
             divide
             their
             forces
             again
             ;
             Waller
             was
             to
             go
             after
             the
             King
             ,
             
             as
             they
             termed
             it
             ,
             
               A
               King-catching
            
             ,
             while
             Essex
             marched
             with
             another
             gallant
             Army
             into
             the
             West
             ,
             which
             was
             totally
             lost
             from
             the
             Parliament
             .
             The
             King
             had
             but
             few
             forces
             about
             him
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             Prince
             Rupert
             was
             sent
             with
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             the
             relief
             of
             York
             ,
             then
             besieged
             by
             the
             joynt
             power
             of
             three
             Armies
             ,
             the
             Scots
             ,
             Manchesters
             ,
             and
             Fairfaxes
             .
             Prince
             Rupert
             in
             his
             way
             storms
             Bolton
             ,
             and
             plunders
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             having
             traversed
             his
             ground
             ,
             
             came
             back
             again
             from
             Worcester
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             from
             out
             of
             the
             skirts
             of
             Glocestershire
             ,
             
             was
             ready
             at
             his
             heels
             ;
             so
             he
             overtook
             him
             neer
             Banbury
             ,
             at
             a
             place
             called
             
               Cropredy-Bridge
               ,
               Waller
            
             drew
             up
             in
             Bartalia
             on
             a
             hill
             ,
             expecting
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Kings
             pasting
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             adventuring
             to
             do
             ,
             Waller
             descends
             from
             his
             Post
             ,
             and
             fall
             ,
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Rear
             beyond
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             so
             gallantly
             received
             by
             the
             Earls
             of
             Cleveland
             and
             Northampton
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             quite
             routed
             ,
             600
             kill'd
             ,
             and
             700
             taken
             prisoners
             ,
             his
             Train
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             his
             Officers
             ,
             so
             that
             Sir
             William
             was
             forced
             to
             fly
             to
             have
             recourse
             ●o
             London
             for
             another
             recruit
             .
          
           
           
             It
             was
             therefore
             resolved
             upon
             this
             defeat
             of
             Waller
             ,
             
             that
             the
             K●ng
             should
             immediately
             follow
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             who
             was
             advanced
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             who
             was
             delivered
             of
             the
             Princess
             Henrietta
             at
             Exeter
             ,
             the
             sixteenth
             of
             Iune
             ,
             in
             the
             moneth
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             was
             fain
             to
             be
             gone
             from
             Exeter
             for
             fear
             of
             a
             siege
             ,
             and
             carry
             the
             young
             Lady
             along
             with
             her
             into
             France
             ,
             where
             she
             landed
             on
             the
             25th
             at
             Brest
             in
             Britany
             .
             At
             the
             beginning
             of
             August
             the
             King
             had
             overtaken
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             at
             L●stithel
             ,
             his
             force
             ,
             in
             so
             ill
             a
             condition
             through
             their
             long
             march
             ,
             
             and
             their
             want
             of
             necessaries
             which
             the
             Country
             people
             kept
             from
             them
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             concluded
             an
             easie
             thing
             to
             conquer
             them
             :
             The
             King
             therefore
             resolved
             to
             coop
             them
             up
             ,
             and
             keep
             all
             manner
             of
             provisions
             from
             them
             .
             After
             two
             or
             three
             daies
             league
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             horse
             broke
             through
             the
             Kings
             Army
             by
             night
             ;
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Roberts
             ,
             at
             whose
             instance
             this
             expedition
             was
             undertaken
             ,
             got
             by
             boat
             from
             Foy
             to
             Plymouth
             ,
             and
             the
             foot
             being
             destitute
             ,
             and
             deserted
             by
             the
             horse
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Major
             General
             Skippon
             ,
             came
             to
             a
             Capitulation
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             was
             agreed
             ,
             they
             should
             render
             their
             A●ms
             ,
             Ammunition
             ,
             Artillery
             ,
             and
             Stores
             ,
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             have
             liberty
             ,
             as
             many
             as
             would
             ,
             to
             pass
             home
             ,
             they
             engaging
             never
             more
             to
             bear
             Arms
             against
             the
             King
             ;
             so
             that
             by
             this
             defeat
             the
             Parliament
             were
             quite
             undone
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             as
             to
             present
             appearance
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             success
             crowned
             the
             King
             here
             ,
             
             it
             failed
             him
             as
             much
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             whether
             Prince
             Rupert
             was
             advanced
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             before
             ,
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             York
             :
             For
             upon
             notice
             of
             the
             Princes
             approach
             ,
             having
             with
             him
             the
             bravest
             Army
             that
             ever
             was
             seen
             in
             England
             ,
             both
             for
             number
             and
             persons
             ,
             The
             Confederate
             Forces
             of
             Scotch
             and
             English
             drew
             of●
             from
             before
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             drew
             up
             into
             a
             fighting
             posture
             .
             On
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Newcastle
             &
             the
             Prince
             joyned
             their
             forces
             together
             :
             On
             the
             third
             both
             Armies
             met
             one
             another
             upon
             a
             great
             plain
             ,
             called
             Marston-Moo●
             ;
             the
             Prince
             being
             General
             ,
             commanded
             the
             right
             wing
             ,
             General
             Goring
             ,
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Lucas
            
             ,
             and
             Col.
             Tillier
             ,
             the
             main
             body
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             of
             Newcastle
             the
             left
             wing
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             stout
             Regiment
             of
             White-coats
             ,
             called
             his
             Lambs
             .
             At
             the
             first
             onset
             the
             Prince
             totally
             routed
             the
             Scots
             ,
             who
             were
             opposed
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             desire
             of
             revenge
             for
             their
             unnatural
             siding
             with
             the
             Parliament
             of
             England
             ,
             pursued
             them
             so
             lar
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             not
             back
             time
             enough
             to
             the
             assistance
             of
             his
             own
             :
             But
             most
             remarkable
             was
             the
             valour
             
             of
             the
             English
             under
             Manchester
             ,
             led
             by
             Lievtenant
             General
             Cromwell
             ,
             who
             being
             the
             Reserve
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             when
             the
             Prince
             was
             so
             far
             ingaged
             ,
             fell
             in
             so
             impetuously
             with
             the
             Curaziers
             ,
             that
             they
             bore
             down
             all
             before
             them
             ;
             the
             field
             was
             now
             almost
             cleared
             ,
             the
             Scots
             and
             Fairfaxes
             men
             on
             one
             side
             being
             fled
             ,
             and
             giving
             the
             day
             for
             lost
             ,
             and
             the
             main
             body
             of
             the
             Kings
             being
             discomfited
             ,
             and
             Prince
             Rupert
             just
             returned
             to
             see
             the
             overthrow
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             was
             none
             standing
             in
             the
             field
             save
             only
             my
             Lord
             of
             Newcastles
             men
             ,
             upon
             whose
             Lambs
             a
             terrible
             slaughter
             was
             committed
             ,
             while
             they
             discharged
             the
             parts
             of
             valiant
             ,
             expert
             and
             Loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             refusing
             quarter
             ,
             and
             casting
             themselves
             into
             rings
             ,
             till
             there
             were
             very
             few
             of
             them
             left
             ;
             and
             it
             had
             been
             a
             shame
             for
             the
             enemy
             to
             have
             killed
             such
             gallant
             and
             brave
             persons
             .
             In
             conclusion
             ,
             the
             Cromwellians
             prevailed
             ,
             killing
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             Army
             4000
             men
             ,
             and
             rather
             more
             prisoners
             :
             The
             slaughter
             that
             was
             on
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             side
             was
             5000
             ,
             which
             fell
             most
             upon
             the
             Scots
             ,
             on
             whom
             the
             Prince
             did
             fierce
             execution
             .
          
           
             The
             Fight
             being
             thus
             over
             ,
             
             which
             was
             the
             bloodiest
             of
             all
             the
             Wars
             .
             Prince
             Rupert
             fled
             into
             Lanc●ire
             ,
             and
             so
             Westward
             ,
             and
             the
             Marque●
             of
             Newcastle
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Lord
             with
             him
             ,
             took
             shipping
             at
             Newcastle
             ,
             and
             departed
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             
             York
             ●ndred
             it self
             ,
             by
             its
             Governour
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Glenham
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             During
             the
             Kings
             absence
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             had
             recruited
             himself
             ,
             and
             joyned
             with
             the
             forces
             of
             Col.
             Norton
             ,
             and
             Col.
             Morley
             ,
             who
             had
             drawn
             down
             before
             Basing
             ,
             a
             house
             of
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Winchesters
             ,
             
             garrison'd
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             kept
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             being
             distressed
             ,
             for
             want
             both
             of
             Ammunition
             and
             provision
             ,
             was
             distressed
             by
             the
             enemy
             ;
             many
             brave
             salleys
             they
             made
             ,
             and
             a
             multitude
             of
             men
             they
             slew
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             was
             afterwards
             called
             
               B●sting-House
               .
               Waller
            
             was
             resolved
             not
             to
             rise
             ,
             cost
             what
             it
             would
             ;
             at
             length
             relief
             was
             put
             into
             it
             ,
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             Col.
             Gage
             ,
             nevertheless
             he
             persisted
             in
             the
             enterprise
             :
             Till
             after
             Newbery
             fight
             ,
             
             the
             King
             marching
             that
             way
             ,
             the
             forces
             left
             to
             block
             it
             up
             ,
             rose
             and
             departed
             without
             it
             ;
             a
             little
             before
             which
             Banbury
             siege
             was
             also
             raised
             by
             the
             said
             Col.
             Gage
             ,
             afterwards
             made
             Governour
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Northampton
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             the
             King
             seemed
             to
             have
             fortune
             inclineable
             to
             him
             ,
             saving
             in
             that
             unfortunate
             business
             of
             Marston-Moor
             .
             Now
             the
             case
             began
             to
             be
             disputed
             ,
             Essex
             had
             raised
             another
             Army
             ,
             aided
             
             also
             by
             Waller
             ,
             and
             other
             forces
             ,
             resolved
             to
             fight
             the
             King
             ;
             so
             it
             came
             to
             another
             battel
             at
             the
             same
             place
             of
             Newbury
             ;
             
             the
             Parliamentarians
             to
             revenge
             their
             disgrace
             at
             Lestithiel
             ,
             the
             Cavaliers
             to
             repair
             their
             loss
             at
             Marston-Moor
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             cruel
             fight
             ,
             only
             no
             more
             were
             killed
             in
             this
             then
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             what
             advantage
             was
             lay
             on
             Essexes
             side
             ;
             few
             men
             of
             note
             were
             slain
             on
             either
             side
             ,
             save
             Sir
             
               William
               S.
               Leger
            
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             a
             Colonel
             of
             Foot
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             .
             The
             Earl
             of
             Cleveland
             making
             good
             the
             Kings
             retreat
             ,
             was
             taken
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             the
             darkness
             of
             the
             night
             ,
             the
             King
             had
             hardly
             escaped
             them
             :
             Sir
             
               George
               Lisle
            
             performed
             here
             signal
             service
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Trained-Bands
             for
             the
             Parliament
             .
             Essex
             had
             clearly
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             marched
             to
             the
             siege
             of
             Dennington
             Castle
             ,
             under
             whose
             walls
             the
             King
             had
             sheltered
             and
             drawn
             his
             Artillery
             .
          
           
             Somewhat
             before
             this
             Colonel
             Massey
             had
             defeated
             and
             slain
             Col.
             My
             ,
             
             and
             by
             intelligence
             with
             one
             Kirle
             ,
             had
             surprized
             Monmouth
             Town
             ,
             and
             had
             some
             other
             successes
             against
             Prince
             Ruperts
             parties
             ,
             while
             he
             staid
             about
             Bristol
             ,
             upon
             design
             of
             new
             Leavies
             .
          
           
             Dennington
             Castle
             was
             ,
             as
             said
             before
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             sending
             a
             considerable
             force
             to
             relieve
             it
             ,
             the
             besiegers
             drew
             off
             ,
             and
             marched
             away
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             scandal
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             and
             the
             Officers
             then
             in
             command
             under
             him
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             sad
             experience
             of
             one
             anothers
             strength
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             sent
             Propositions
             to
             the
             King
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             
             which
             begat
             the
             Treaty
             at
             ●xbridge
             ,
             
             before
             the
             meeting
             whereof
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             had
             executed
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Hothum
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             ,
             their
             first
             Champion
             ,
             for
             endeavouring
             or
             designing
             to
             render
             Hull
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             from
             which
             he
             had
             formerly
             shut
             him
             out
             :
             As
             also
             〈◊〉
             
               Alexander
               Carew
            
             ,
             for
             betraying
             his
             like
             trust
             of
             Pl●
             〈◊〉
             Fort.
             
          
           
             Also
             during
             the
             designment
             of
             a
             Treaty
             ,
             the
             Com●
             〈…〉
             ●er-Book
             was
             abolished
             by
             Ordinance
             ,
             and
             a
             Directo●
             〈…〉
             in
             the
             room
             thereof
             ;
             and
             for
             consummation
             of
             all
             ,
             the
             〈…〉
             Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             was
             beheaded
             likewise
             .
          
           
             Though
             the
             project
             of
             a
             Treaty
             was
             now
             in
             hand
             ,
             yet
             never
             was
             the
             design
             of
             the
             War
             carried
             on
             more
             fiercely
             and
             subtilly
             .
             
             The
             Independents
             now
             first
             appeared
             ,
             the
             Army
             must
             be
             new
             modelled
             ,
             another
             General
             ,
             and
             other
             Officers
             ,
             and
             no
             persons
             ,
             Members
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             Military
             Command
             ,
             (
             only
             Cromwell
             got
             himself
             excepted
             )
             This
             design
             was
             not
             
             nosed
             by
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             who
             were
             convinced
             of
             some
             deficiency
             in
             their
             old
             Commanders
             ,
             so
             that
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Fairfax
            
             was
             unanimously
             agreed
             upon
             for
             General
             ,
             and
             under
             him
             all
             factious
             Sec●aries
             ,
             and
             wild
             principled
             men
             obtained
             Command
             ,
             whilest
             the
             former
             Officers
             were
             reduced
             to
             the
             condition
             of
             Reformad's
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             ,
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             they
             cashiered
             Colonel
             Massey
             ,
             
             having
             shifted
             him
             from
             his
             Government
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             to
             a
             Command
             in
             the
             Army
             .
          
           
             Al●ngdon
             had
             been
             garrison'd
             by
             Essex
             in
             his
             expedition
             into
             the
             West
             ,
             Colonel
             Gage
             ,
             the
             Governour
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             had
             a
             design
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             attempt
             was
             killed
             at
             Cullam
             bridge
             .
          
           
             The
             thirtieth
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             that
             fatal
             day
             ,
             began
             the
             aforesaid
             Treaty
             at
             〈◊〉
             ,
             
             which
             continued
             some
             23
             daies
             in
             dispute
             ,
             without
             any
             power
             of
             the
             Parliament
             Commissioners
             to
             conclude
             without
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             ended
             on
             the
             22
             of
             Feb.
             
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             forces
             surprize
             Shrewsbury
             ,
             but
             Col.
             Rossiter
             is
             defeated
             in
             Leicestershire
             ,
             an
             active
             man
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Marmaduke
               Langdale
            
             relieves
             Pont●sra●l
             Castle
             ,
             and
             defeat
             ,
             the
             besiegers
             ,
             twice
             superiour
             to
             him
             in
             number
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             there
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             Faction
             in
             the
             King
             ,
             Court
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             some
             alterations
             betwixt
             the
             partie
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Kings
             Councel
             ,
             so
             that
             some
             Lords
             ,
             
               Savil
               ,
               Percy
            
             ,
             and
             Andover
             ,
             were
             confined
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             same
             Houses
             at
             West●inster
             ,
             who
             adhered
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             Kings
             Order
             were
             the
             year
             before
             convened
             o●
             Oxford
             ,
             were
             so
             some
             reasons
             adjourned
             till
             the
             tenth
             of
             October
             ,
             but
             that
             Parliament
             signified
             nothing
             .
          
           
             The
             House
             o●
             Commons
             voted
             ,
             that
             in
             their
             new
             Generals
             Commission
             ,
             
             the
             words
             ,
             
               For
               Preservation
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Person
               ,
            
             should
             be
             left
             out
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             they
             were
             so
             ;
             and
             so
             ended
             the
             year
             1644.
             the
             last
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             felicity
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1645.
             
          
           
             WE
             will
             begin
             this
             year
             ,
             though
             we
             post-date
             the
             time
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             recite
             all
             the
             exploits
             in
             Scotland
             together
             ,
             with
             the
             actions
             of
             the
             Renowned
             Marquess
             of
             Montross
             ,
             appointed
             Governour
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Scotland
             .
             The
             year
             before
             he
             came
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             attended
             only
             by
             three
             men
             ,
             much
             ado
             he
             had
             to
             pass
             ,
             the
             wayes
             being
             so
             strictly
             guarded
             ,
             during
             the
             Scotch
             Army
             was
             in
             England
             :
             At
             his
             arrival
             in
             the
             Highland
             ,
             being
             supplyed
             with
             a
             1100
             men
             from
             the
             Marquess
             
             of
             Antrim
             out
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             another
             addition
             under
             the
             Lord
             Kilpont
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Perths
             son
             ,
             he
             matched
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Army
             of
             the
             Covenantes
             ,
             then
             gathered
             under
             the
             command
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Tullibarne
             ,
             the
             Lords
             Elch
             and
             Drummond
             ,
             consisting
             of
             a
             great
             force
             ,
             into
             Perthshire
             ,
             where
             at
             Tepper-Moor
             he
             obtained
             a
             great
             victory
             ,
             his
             Souldier
             ;
             for
             want
             of
             Arms
             and
             Ammunition
             making
             use
             of
             the
             stones
             ,
             lying
             advantagiously
             on
             the
             fighting
             ground
             .
             Here
             he
             killed
             no
             less
             then
             2000
             men
             ;
             whereupon
             Perth
             City
             opened
             its
             Gates
             to
             the
             Conquerour
             .
          
           
             To
             withstand
             and
             repress
             so
             dangerous
             an
             Enemy
             within
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             another
             Army
             wa●
             raised
             ,
             and
             put
             under
             more
             expe●ienced
             Captains
             ;
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             Montross
             had
             fallen
             into
             Argyles
             Country
             ,
             where
             he
             made
             miserable
             havock
             ,
             intending
             utterly
             to
             break
             the
             spirits
             of
             that
             people
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             surely
             ingaged
             to
             Argyles
             side
             .
             Here
             the
             Earl
             of
             Seaforth
             followed
             him
             with
             an
             Army
             ,
             and
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Aogyle
             had
             another
             of
             the
             other
             side
             ;
             Montross
             therefore
             resolved
             to
             fight
             with
             one
             first
             ,
             and
             so
             tell
             upon
             that
             party
             under
             Argyle
             ,
             which
             he
             totally
             ●outed
             ,
             killing
             1500
             on
             the
             place
             ,
             the
             rest
             escaped
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Montross
             ,
             bent
             his
             way
             after
             the
             other
             Army
             ,
             which
             he
             defeated
             at
             Br●●hin
             ,
             being
             newly
             put
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Colonel
             Hurry
             ,
             afterwards
             offers
             battel
             to
             Bayly
             ,
             who
             had
             another
             Army
             ready
             to
             fight
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             waited
             for
             advantages
             ;
             whereupon
             he
             marches
             after
             Hurry
             ,
             who
             had
             re●●uited
             ,
             
             and
             was
             pressing
             the
             Lord
             Gourdon
             (
             having
             taken
             
               Dun
               ice
            
             in
             his
             way
             )
             and
             at
             Alderne
             discomfits
             him
             killing
             ●300
             and
             dispersing
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             He
             seeks
             out
             Baily
             ,
             to
             whom
             was
             joyned
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lindsey
             ,
             and
             at
             Ale●fo●d
             hills
             forced
             them
             to
             fight
             ,
             utterly
             routed
             them
             ,
             
             and
             obtained
             a
             remarkable
             victory
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             lessened
             the
             triumph
             ,
             was
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Lord
             Gourdon
             ,
             one
             that
             was
             as
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             Montross
             ,
             a
             very
             Loyal
             Right
             Noble
             Gentleman
             ,
             being
             eldest
             son
             to
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Huntl●y
             .
             After
             this
             ,
             he
             comes
             to
             
               S.
               Iohnstons
            
             ,
             where
             he
             alar●m'd
             the
             Parliament
             there
             sitting
             ,
             and
             so
             into
             the
             Lowlands
             ,
             where
             the
             Kirk
             had
             another
             Army
             in
             readiness
             ,
             
             under
             the
             command
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Baily
             .
          
           
             At
             a
             place
             called
             Kilsith
             ,
             both
             Armies
             met
             ,
             and
             a
             cruel
             battel
             it
             was
             ,
             
             but
             in
             conclusion
             success
             and
             victory
             crowned
             Montrosses
             head
             ,
             and
             almost
             6000
             men
             were
             slain
             in
             this
             fight
             ,
             the
             p●rsuit
             being
             eagerly
             followed
             for
             a
             great
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             Covenanters
             
             at
             first
             fighting
             very
             resolutely
             ,
             but
             the
             fortune
             of
             Montross
             still
             prevailed
             .
             The
             Nobility
             now
             every
             where
             readily
             assisting
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Towns
             and
             Cities
             declaring
             for
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             that
             Kingdome
             which
             afforded
             men
             and
             assistance
             for
             the
             invasion
             of
             another
             Kingdome
             ,
             was
             not
             now
             able
             to
             defend
             it self
             .
             The
             Governour
             ,
             so
             was
             Montross
             dignified
             ,
             be●ng
             seized
             of
             all
             places
             almost
             of
             strength
             ,
             even
             as
             far
             as
             Edinburgh
             ,
             where
             some
             Royal
             prisoners
             were
             delivered
             him
             .
             The
             Estates
             of
             Scotland
             therefore
             send
             for
             
               Dav●d
               Leshley
            
             ,
             while
             Montross
             expected
             forces
             from
             the
             King
             under
             the
             Lord
             Dighy
             ,
             which
             staid
             too
             long
             ,
             and
             were
             afterwards
             defeated
             at
             Sherburn
             in
             Yorkshire
             .
             Upon
             the
             arrival
             of
             Leshley
             ,
             most
             of
             the
             forces
             under
             Montross
             ,
             not
             dreading
             an
             Enemy
             so
             soon
             out
             of
             England
             ,
             were
             departed
             home
             ;
             so
             that
             Leshley
             finding
             Montross
             in
             a
             very
             weak
             condition
             at
             Philips-Haugh
             ,
             fell
             upon
             him
             before
             he
             could
             retreat
             ,
             almost
             before
             his
             Scours
             could
             give
             him
             intelligence
             ,
             and
             there
             routs
             him
             :
             He
             at
             first
             resolved
             to
             lose
             his
             life
             with
             the
             field
             ,
             but
             being
             perswaded
             of
             better
             hopes
             ,
             he
             resolutely
             charged
             through
             ,
             and
             brought
             the
             flying
             remains
             of
             his
             Army
             safe
             into
             the
             Highlands
             ,
             where
             he
             began
             new
             Levies
             ,
             but
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             King
             failing
             every
             where
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             next
             year
             ordered
             by
             the
             King
             then
             in
             the
             Scots
             custody
             to
             disband
             ,
             and
             depart
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             so
             we
             leave
             him
             ,
             till
             a
             more
             unhappy
             revolution
             of
             time
             .
          
           
             The
             memory
             of
             this
             man
             had
             almost
             caused
             an
             Oblivion
             of
             some
             things
             done
             he●e
             ,
             during
             his
             great
             successes
             ,
             for
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Hotham
            
             and
             his
             Son
             ,
             for
             intending
             the
             delivery
             of
             Hull
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             so
             unhandsomely
             before
             denied
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             beheaded
             ;
             
             as
             also
             Sir
             
               Alexander
               Car●w
            
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             the
             Right
             Reverend
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             for
             many
             pretended
             crimes
             of
             innovation
             and
             disaffection
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             was
             executed
             the
             tenth
             of
             Ianuary
             .
             These
             mens
             deaths
             happened
             in
             December
             and
             Ianuary
             ,
             1644.
             and
             are
             therefore
             here
             inserted
             .
          
           
             To
             begin
             therefore
             the
             year
             1645.
             
             Dennington
             Castle
             was
             the
             very
             25th
             of
             March
             delivered
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             was
             counterpoised
             with
             a
             defeat
             given
             Col.
             Massey
             by
             Prince
             Rupert
             at
             Lidbury
             ,
             
             being
             surprized
             there
             ,
             and
             his
             foot
             routed
             ,
             his
             house
             consisting
             most
             of
             Officers
             ,
             with
             himself
             hardly
             escaped
             to
             Glocester
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             Army
             being
             new
             modelled
             ,
             Lievtenant
             General
             Cromwell
             was
             sent
             by
             Fairfax
             ,
             to
             hinder
             a
             conjunction
             of
             forces
             at
             Oxford
             from
             Worc●ster
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             ,
             defeating
             the
             Queens
             Regiment
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             took
             Blechington
             House
             by
             surrender
             ,
             for
             which
             Col.
             Windbank
             was
             shot
             to
             death
             at
             Oxford
             .
          
           
           
             Notwithstanding
             which
             interruption
             ,
             the
             King
             matched
             from
             Oxford
             ,
             
             intending
             Northward
             ,
             to
             recover
             what
             he
             had
             lost
             there
             ,
             with
             a
             very
             compleat
             Army
             ;
             and
             coming
             to
             Leicester
             ,
             then
             garrison'd
             by
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Pye
            
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             after
             s●mmons
             refused
             ,
             
             stormed
             it
             and
             took
             it
             ,
             the
             Souldiers
             for
             a
             while
             plundring
             the
             Town
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             the
             residence
             of
             a
             Parliament
             Committee
             from
             the
             beginning
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             
             General
             Fairfax
             was
             advanced
             from
             London
             with
             his
             new
             modelled
             Army
             ,
             and
             by
             Order
             of
             the
             Committee
             of
             both
             Kingdomes
             ,
             had
             besieged
             Oxford
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             received
             a
             notable
             salley
             ,
             but
             upon
             news
             of
             the
             Kings
             success
             at
             Leicester
             ,
             presently
             raised
             his
             siege
             ,
             resolving
             to
             fight
             the
             King
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             could
             overtake
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             was
             now
             in
             a
             dispute
             ,
             whether
             he
             should
             march
             upon
             his
             first
             intendments
             Northward
             ,
             or
             staying
             for
             some
             forces
             out
             of
             the
             West
             under
             Colonel
             Goring
             ,
             march
             for
             London
             .
             When
             he
             had
             notice
             of
             Fairfaxes
             advance
             after
             him
             ,
             whom
             he
             thought
             to
             be
             taken
             up
             at
             Oxford
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             by
             the
             ill
             late
             of
             things
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             advised
             not
             to
             delay
             time
             ,
             but
             even
             at
             midnight
             to
             dislodge
             from
             his
             quarters
             ,
             whether
             Fairfax
             was
             neerly
             come
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             morning
             to
             seek
             him
             out
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             him
             battel
             .
             
          
           
             This
             happened
             to
             be
             at
             Naseby
             field
             ,
             on
             Saturday
             Iune
             the
             14.
             
             where
             at
             the
             first
             encounter
             the
             Kings
             Army
             had
             the
             best
             on
             't
             ,
             his
             right
             wing
             of
             horse
             discomfiting
             and
             overthrowing
             the
             left
             wing
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             under
             Skippon
             ,
             taking
             Ireton
             the
             Commissary
             General
             prisoner
             ;
             but
             the
             left
             wing
             ,
             consisting
             of
             Northern
             horse
             ,
             under
             Sir
             
               Marmaduke
               Langdale
            
             ,
             who
             were
             clearly
             for
             the
             Kings
             going
             Northward●
             to
             their
             own
             Country
             to
             relieve
             Pomfret
             Castle
             ,
             made
             no
             defence
             at
             all
             .
             The
             King
             was
             very
             couragious
             and
             active
             in
             this
             field
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             over-eagerness
             of
             Prince
             Rupert
             half
             lost
             the
             day
             ,
             the
             foot
             being
             destitute
             ,
             after
             some
             slaughter
             ,
             threw
             down
             their
             A●ms
             ,
             and
             were
             taken
             prisoners
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             four
             or
             five
             thousand
             ;
             the
             Kings
             Coach
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             his
             Cabinet
             ,
             afterwards
             most
             disloyally
             and
             dishonestly
             published
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             other
             Letters
             and
             papers
             ;
             all
             his
             Artillery
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Ammunition
             ,
             bag
             and
             baggage
             taken
             ,
             himself
             hardly
             escaping
             to
             Leicester
             that
             night
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             
               Ashby
               de
               la
               Zouch
            
             .
             After
             this
             battel
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Cause
             and
             Arms
             visibly
             declined
             every
             where
             .
          
           
             Leicester
             regained
             by
             the
             Parliament
             upon
             surrender
             ,
             
             while
             the
             King
             made
             hast
             towards
             Wales
             ,
             to
             the
             relief
             of
             Chester
             ,
             and
             
             there
             to
             form
             a
             new
             Army
             ,
             but
             
               Poyntz
               ,
               Middleton
            
             ,
             and
             Brereton
             .
             
             rising
             from
             their
             siege
             ,
             met
             him
             at
             
               Rowton
               Heath
            
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             beginning
             (
             as
             usual
             )
             the
             King
             had
             the
             better
             ;
             but
             the
             Parliament
             being
             supplyed
             with
             fresh
             forces
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             vanquished
             there
             also
             ,
             and
             the
             right
             valiant
             Lord
             
               Bernard
               Stuart
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Litchfield
             slain
             ,
             with
             above
             six
             hundred
             more
             :
             Soon
             after
             followed
             the
             rendition
             of
             Chester
             ,
             the
             King
             flying
             back
             to
             Oxford
             .
          
           
             The
             Sects
             had
             besieged
             Ca●lis●e
             almost
             a
             year
             after
             Marston-Moor
             fight
             ,
             
             now
             it
             was
             surrendred
             by
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Glenham
            
             ;
             but
             the
             like
             success
             they
             had
             not
             at
             Hereford
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             rose
             with
             disgrace
             ,
             and
             came
             and
             sate
             d●wn
             soon
             after
             before
             Newark
             .
          
           
             General
             Fairfax
             marched
             after
             Naseby
             fight
             into
             the
             West
             ,
             leaving
             the
             King
             to
             pursue
             his
             ill
             fortunes
             ,
             and
             took
             in
             Bridgewater
             (
             having
             before
             defeated
             General
             Goring
             at
             Lamport
             ,
             
             newly
             raised
             from
             the
             siege
             at
             Taunton
             by
             Colonel
             Wellen
             ,
             who
             relieved
             the
             Governour
             Colonel
             Blake
             ,
             though
             with
             some
             losses
             )
             a●
             also
             Bath
             and
             Sherburn
             ,
             and
             sate
             down
             before
             Bristol
             ,
             
             which
             after
             a
             short
             siege
             was
             delivered
             by
             Prince
             Rupert
             upon
             Articles
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Prince
             ,
             and
             his
             Brother
             ,
             came
             soon
             after
             to
             Oatlands
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             depart
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             Cromwell
             also
             came
             with
             a
             party
             to
             the
             reinforcing
             of
             the
             siege
             of
             Basing
             and
             by
             smothering
             of
             wet
             hay
             ,
             
             made
             his
             approaches
             ,
             and
             stormed
             it
             ,
             taking
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Winchest●r
             prisoner
             ,
             with
             other
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             600
             persons
             .
          
           
             Several
             House
             ,
             
             Castles
             ,
             and
             Towns
             ,
             were
             d●l●vered
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             while
             the
             King
             kept
             close
             in
             Oxford
             :
             The
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             being
             sent
             West
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             care
             of
             my
             Lord
             Hopton
             ,
             in
             company
             with
             my
             Lord
             Capel
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             but
             General
             Fairfax
             following
             him
             into
             
               Cornwall
               ,
               Hopton
            
             accepted
             of
             conditions
             (
             afte●
             the
             firing
             of
             Torrington
             ,
             and
             the
             delivery
             of
             
               Lanceston
               ,
               Saltash
               ,
               Lizard
               ,
               Dartmouth
               ,
               Mount-Edge
               ,
               Foy
               ,
            
             all
             being
             qu●tted
             by
             him
             gra●atim
             )
             and
             disbanded
             ,
             the
             Pr●nce
             taking
             sail
             from
             Pendennis
             Castle
             to
             the
             Isle
             of
             Scilly
             ,
             and
             thence
             into
             France
             .
          
           
             Hereford
             was
             also
             about
             this
             time
             surprized
             by
             Colonel
             Birch
             ,
             
             Belvoir
             Castle
             taken
             ,
             all
             places
             now
             submitting
             to
             the
             power
             and
             fortune
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             for
             a
             conclusion
             ,
             Exeter
             was
             now
             delivered
             by
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Berkley
            
             ,
             upon
             very
             honourable
             and
             advantagious
             articles
             ,
             to
             the
             Lord
             Fairfax
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             
             Astley
             defeated
             at
             Stow
             in
             the
             Would
             ,
             two
             thousand
             kill'd
             ,
             and
             taken
             prisoners
             ;
             and
             so
             ended
             this
             year
             ,
             the
             next
             beginning
             with
             the
             same
             face
             of
             affairs
             ,
             several
             surrenders
             being
             made
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1646.
             
          
           
             AFter
             the
             delivery
             of
             Woodstock
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             held
             safe
             for
             the
             King
             to
             continue
             longer
             in
             Oxford
             ;
             
             but
             the
             siege
             approaching
             to
             that
             City
             also
             ,
             the
             King
             disguised
             ,
             in
             the
             company
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             servant
             to
             Colonel
             
               Iohn
               Ashburnham
            
             ,
             with
             one
             Mr.
             Hudson
             a
             Minister
             ,
             by
             virtue
             of
             a
             Pass
             from
             Cromwell
             ,
             left
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             put
             himself
             upon
             the
             Scotch
             Army
             ,
             then
             lying
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             Newark
             ,
             who
             sent
             him
             away
             with
             their
             Guards
             to
             Newcastle
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             the
             Scotch
             Army
             followed
             him
             ,
             upon
             surrender
             of
             that
             Garrison
             of
             Newark
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             in
             their
             hands
             by
             their
             perswasions
             and
             desires
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             resolvedness
             for
             peace
             ,
             gave
             Order
             to
             all
             his
             Governours
             to
             make
             such
             terms
             as
             were
             most
             suitable
             and
             convenient
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             deliver
             their
             respective
             Governments
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             War
             might
             be
             at
             an
             end
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             all
             the
             Garrisons
             in
             the
             Kings
             hands
             came
             to
             a
             capitulation
             ,
             
             
               Oxford
               ,
               Tarringdon
               ,
               Wallingford
               ,
               Borstall-House
               ,
               Ludlow
               ,
               Litchfield-Close
               ,
               Worcester
               ,
               Ragland
               ,
               Conway
               ,
               Pendennis
               ,
            
             and
             Scilly
             Isle
             surrendred
             ;
             at
             which
             time
             also
             died
             their
             former
             General
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             and
             was
             most
             magnificently
             interred
             in
             Westminster
             Abbey
             .
          
           
             General
             Fairfax
             came
             in
             triumph
             to
             London
             ,
             
             while
             the
             Treaty
             was
             on
             foot
             betwixt
             the
             Parliament
             and
             the
             Scots
             at
             Newcastle
             concerning
             the
             delivery
             and
             disposal
             of
             the
             King.
             In
             fine
             ,
             upon
             the
             price
             and
             payment
             of
             200000
             pound
             ,
             the
             Scots
             perfidiously
             ,
             after
             many
             disputes
             ,
             whereby
             they
             affirmed
             it
             unlawful
             and
             dishonourable
             for
             them
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             sold
             their
             Native
             Prince
             to
             his
             English
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             so
             departed
             over
             Tweed
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             according
             to
             agreement
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1647.
             
          
           
             THe
             English
             Commissioners
             ,
             
             deputed
             thereto
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             having
             received
             the
             King
             from
             the
             Scots
             ,
             brought
             him
             to
             Holmby-House
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             Palaces
             in
             Northamptonshire
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             stipulation
             and
             hypocritical
             salvo
             made
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             should
             be
             treated
             honourably
             ;
             but
             with
             no
             attendance
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             either
             servants
             or
             Chaplains
             ,
             and
             a
             Guard
             upon
             him
             perpetually
             ,
             till
             in
             conclusion
             ,
             Cromwell
             beginning
             his
             projected
             Soveraignty
             ,
             by
             an
             Order
             from
             him
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             General
             tacitly
             consented
             ,
             The
             King
             was
             taken
             from
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             and
             removed
             by
             one
             Corner
             Ioyce
             from
             Holdenby
             to
             the
             Army
             ,
             they
             pretending
             an
             extraordinary
             kindness
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Patty
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             deceiving
             of
             the
             King
             himself
             ,
             by
             their
             Declarations
             and
             Protestations
             for
             Publick
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             carried
             about
             from
             Holmby
             to
             
               Childersley
               ,
               Newmarket
               ,
               Royston
               ,
               Hatfield
               ,
               Windsor
               ,
            
             in
             progress
             with
             the
             Army
             to
             
               Caversham
               ,
               Maidenhead
            
             ,
             to
             Latiner
             ,
             to
             Stoke
             ,
             to
             Oatlands
             ,
             being
             treated
             with
             a
             far
             greater
             shew
             of
             honour
             then
             the
             Parliament
             allowed
             him
             ,
             with
             much
             hopes
             and
             many
             promises
             of
             his
             speedy
             restitution
             :
             His
             Chaplains
             ,
             and
             other
             persons
             ,
             engaged
             on
             his
             side
             ,
             having
             free
             access
             to
             him
             ,
             with
             the
             free
             exercise
             of
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             &c.
             
             At
             last
             they
             bring
             him
             to
             
             Hampton-Court
             ,
             where
             Propositions
             as
             bad
             as
             any
             they
             tendred
             ,
             were
             offered
             to
             him
             again
             ,
             but
             there
             for
             their
             unreasonableness
             being
             rejected
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             being
             informed
             of
             a
             plot
             to
             murther
             him
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             fled
             from
             
             Hampton-Court
             privately
             to
             the
             
               Isle
               of
               W●ght
            
             ,
             the
             said
             Colonel
             Ashburnham
             being
             with
             him
             in
             this
             disguize
             also
             ,
             and
             rendred
             himself
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Hamond
             ,
             the
             Governour
             of
             the
             said
             Isle
             ,
             who
             forthwith
             certified
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             they
             presently
             vote
             ,
             that
             no
             more
             Addresses
             should
             be
             made
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             no
             Papers
             received
             from
             him
             .
          
           
             While
             the
             Army
             were
             thus
             coasting
             the
             King
             about
             ,
             fell
             out
             a
             tumult
             in
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             the
             Apprentices
             and
             Citizens
             flocking
             down
             to
             Westminster
             about
             the
             establishing
             of
             the
             Militia
             in
             the
             same
             hands
             it
             stood
             before
             the
             Army
             had
             interposed
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             instance
             had
             made
             the
             Houses
             alter
             the
             persons
             named
             the
             fourth
             of
             May
             ,
             as
             being
             suspected
             favourers
             of
             the
             King
             :
             Whereupon
             the
             Lords
             readily
             assented
             to
             the
             impowring
             those
             of
             the
             fourth
             of
             May
             ,
             to
             act
             as
             before
             in
             the
             Militia
             ;
             
             and
             so
             after
             a
             little
             dispute
             ,
             did
             the
             Common
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             same
             multitude
             not
             consented
             with
             this
             ,
             brought
             back
             the
             Speaker
             into
             his
             Chair
             ,
             the
             House
             being
             risen
             ,
             and
             compelled
             him
             and
             the
             Members
             back
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             
             to
             vote
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             should
             come
             to
             London
             to
             treat
             .
             After
             this
             tumult
             (
             which
             the
             King
             observes
             in
             his
             book
             to
             be
             justly
             retaliated
             upon
             them
             )
             the
             Speaker
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             with
             some
             forty
             more
             ,
             privately
             departed
             to
             the
             Army
             then
             at
             Windsor
             ,
             complaining
             of
             the
             force
             ;
             the
             other
             remaining
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             140.
             meeting
             according
             to
             their
             adjournment
             ,
             finding
             not
             the
             Speaker
             nor
             his
             Mace
             ,
             chose
             another
             Speaker
             ,
             as
             did
             the
             Lords
             also
             ,
             their
             Speaker
             having
             withdrawn
             himself
             likewise
             to
             the
             Army
             .
          
           
             The
             Army
             seem
             to
             be
             highly
             incensed
             at
             these
             Riots
             of
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             take
             upon
             them
             the
             rectifying
             of
             those
             disorders
             ,
             the
             fugitive
             members
             are
             entertained
             ,
             and
             consultation
             is
             held
             between
             them
             what
             's
             fit
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             while
             the
             Parliament
             sitting
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             are
             advising
             about
             listing
             of
             forces
             ,
             appointing
             
               Massey
               ,
               Poyntz
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             for
             General
             Officers
             ,
             and
             recall
             those
             Members
             against
             whom
             the
             Army
             had
             exhibited
             a
             full
             charge
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Army
             advanceth
             neer
             London
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             these
             preparations
             ,
             and
             the
             stomach
             of
             the
             City
             soon
             were
             dashed
             ,
             and
             new
             agreements
             made
             ,
             their
             Fortifications
             and
             Works
             to
             be
             demolished
             ,
             and
             the
             Army
             admitted
             to
             march
             through
             in
             triumph
             ;
             so
             the
             fugitive
             Members
             were
             reseated
             again
             with
             their
             Speaker
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             put
             in
             the
             same
             bad
             state
             and
             condition
             they
             were
             before
             ,
             and
             several
             Lords
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             some
             Aldermen
             ,
             and
             divers
             Citizens
             of
             great
             wealth
             and
             quality
             ,
             are
             ,
             the
             one
             committed
             to
             the
             Black
             Rod
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             so
             that
             now
             all
             things
             passed
             in
             both
             Houses
             according
             to
             the
             disposition
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             being
             wholly
             subservient
             to
             their
             designs
             ,
             having
             made
             my
             Lord
             Fairfax
             Generalissimo
             ,
             and
             Constable
             of
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             In
             Ireland
             ,
             
             after
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Ormond
             had
             delivered
             up
             by
             capitulation
             ,
             the
             Government
             to
             Colonel
             Iones
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             the
             said
             Colonel
             marched
             out
             ,
             and
             fought
             with
             the
             Lord
             Preston
             ,
             but
             was
             forced
             to
             fly
             ,
             being
             overpowred
             by
             him
             ;
             but
             the
             business
             came
             to
             a
             second
             encounter
             ,
             neer
             Trym
             ,
             where
             the
             victory
             fell
             to
             Iones
             ,
             killing
             5470
             foot
             souldiers
             ,
             taking
             a
             very
             great
             booty
             ,
             and
             a
             number
             of
             prisoners
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             Inchequin
             defeats
             another
             Army
             under
             the
             Lord
             Taaf
             ,
             where
             were
             slain
             4000
             more
             of
             those
             Rebels
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Coot
            
             gave
             them
             
             another
             defeat
             ,
             so
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Towns
             were
             reduced
             ,
             and
             the
             Rebellion
             neer
             extinguished
             :
             The
             Scots
             therefore
             were
             desired
             to
             retreat
             with
             their
             forces
             out
             of
             Vlster
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1648.
             
          
           
             BEgin
             we
             now
             with
             the
             24th
             year
             ,
             being
             the
             last
             of
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             1648.
             wherein
             the
             King
             seemed
             as
             formidable
             in
             his
             interest
             ,
             as
             ever
             he
             was
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             War.
             The
             Parliament
             was
             divided
             ,
             and
             jealousies
             betwixt
             them
             and
             the
             Army
             encreased
             every
             day
             ,
             Trading
             stopt
             so
             that
             on
             the
             ninth
             of
             April
             another
             tumult
             happened
             in
             London
             by
             the
             Apprentices
             ,
             who
             seized
             the
             Gates
             ,
             took
             a
             Drake
             from
             the
             Lord
             Mayors
             ,
             and
             planted
             it
             at
             Ludgate
             ,
             but
             the
             Army
             horse
             entring
             with
             their
             General
             at
             Aldersgate
             ,
             marched
             to
             Leaden-Hall
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             little
             skirmish
             dispersed
             them
             :
             Several
             Petitions
             for
             restitution
             of
             the
             King
             came
             from
             several
             Counties
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             Wales
             a
             stronger
             Insurrection
             broke
             out
             ,
             Major
             General
             Laughorn
             ,
             
             formerly
             a
             great
             man
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             Colonel
             Poyer
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Powell
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             side
             ,
             refuse
             to
             disband
             ,
             and
             presently
             seize
             upon
             Pembroke
             Castle
             ,
             Tenby
             Castle
             ,
             and
             declare
             for
             the
             King
             ;
             Chepstow
             Castle
             is
             likewise
             taken
             by
             Sir
             
               Nicholas
               Kemish
            
             for
             the
             same
             side
             :
             Against
             these
             Colonel
             Horton
             is
             sent
             with
             three
             thousand
             men
             ;
             Horton
             receives
             a
             brush
             ,
             by
             falling
             with
             part
             of
             his
             men
             under
             Colonel
             Fleming
             into
             an
             Ambuscado
             :
             Whereupon
             Laughorn
             hearing
             of
             Cromwells
             advance
             also
             ,
             resolved
             to
             fight
             Horton
             ;
             so
             the
             business
             came
             to
             a
             fight
             at
             S.
             Fagons
             ,
             where
             the
             Welsh
             being
             taken
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             not
             intending
             to
             fight
             that
             day
             ,
             were
             presently
             after
             the
             first
             onset
             routed
             ,
             above
             five
             thousand
             of
             their
             eight
             being
             taken
             ,
             a
             great
             many
             killed
             ▪
             and
             the
             rest
             sheltred
             in
             the
             two
             Castles
             aforesaid
             .
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Owen
            
             was
             up
             in
             Arms
             in
             North-Wales
             ,
             and
             had
             defeated
             the
             Sheriff
             opposing
             him
             ,
             but
             was
             afterwards
             taken
             himself
             .
             Cromwell
             storms
             Tenby
             Castle
             ,
             and
             takes
             it
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             sbort
             resistance
             ,
             Pembroke
             yielded
             upon
             discretion
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             lives
             of
             those
             three
             Commanders
             ,
             whereof
             one
             Colonel
             Poyer
             died
             by
             lot
             ;
             and
             so
             Cromwell
             having
             quieted
             Wales
             ,
             (
             Sir
             
               Nicholas
               Kemish
            
             being
             slain
             by
             the
             storming
             of
             Chepstow
             Castle
             which
             he
             had
             newly
             taken
             )
             marched
             into
             Lancashire
             to
             meet
             the
             Scotch
             Army
             ,
             who
             under
             their
             General
             Duke
             Hamilton
             ,
             having
             joyned
             with
             those
             English
             forces
             under
             Sir
             
               Marmaduke
               Langdale
            
             &
             Sir
             
               Phil●p
               Ma●grave
            
             ,
             were
             advancing
             for
             London
             to
             restore
             the
             King.
             This
             Army
             consisted
             of
             24000
             men
             effective
             .
          
           
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             also
             the
             Kentishmen
             having
             seen
             and
             heard
             the
             usage
             their
             Neighbours
             of
             Surrey
             had
             for
             petitioning
             for
             peace
             ,
             being
             some
             of
             them
             killed
             by
             the
             Army-guards
             in
             
               Westminster
               Hall
            
             ,
             resolved
             to
             ask
             or
             demand
             with
             their
             sword
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             that
             which
             the
             Surrey
             men
             had
             been
             refused
             .
             
             They
             rose
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             ten
             thousand
             ,
             and
             had
             designed
             the
             Duke
             of
             Richmond
             for
             their
             General
             ,
             which
             upon
             his
             refusal
             ,
             was
             conferred
             upon
             the
             Earl
             of
             Norwich
             .
             To
             suppress
             this
             rising
             ,
             whether
             abundance
             of
             stout
             valiant
             young
             men
             resorted
             out
             of
             London
             ,
             General
             Fairfax
             was
             sent
             in
             person
             ,
             and
             to
             glose
             with
             the
             Londoners
             ,
             the
             old
             Militia
             was
             again
             confirmed
             .
             At
             Maidstone
             ,
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Kentishmen
             opposed
             themselves
             against
             the
             General
             ,
             maintaining
             the
             Bridge
             so
             resolutely
             ,
             that
             it
             came
             to
             a
             very
             hot
             encounter
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             General
             was
             forced
             to
             alight
             out
             of
             his
             Coach
             ,
             and
             led
             in
             his
             men
             himself
             .
             After
             they
             had
             passed
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             fight
             every
             hedg
             before
             they
             came
             to
             the
             Town
             ,
             where
             the
             fight
             was
             continued
             with
             the
             like
             gallantry
             ,
             and
             had
             any
             relief
             come
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             a
             question
             whether
             it
             had
             not
             utterly
             routed
             the
             Parliament
          
           
             Upon
             this
             defeat
             ,
             the
             other
             greater
             party
             that
             were
             at
             Rochester
             ,
             slipt
             away
             to
             Black-Heath
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             ferried
             and
             passed
             over
             into
             Essex
             and
             made
             their
             Head-quarter
             at
             Bow
             ,
             but
             the
             City
             stirred
             not
             in
             favour
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             a
             party
             of
             horse
             of
             the
             Army
             was
             sent
             thither
             ,
             where
             after
             some
             light
             skirmishes
             ,
             they
             removed
             further
             into
             Essex
             ,
             where
             many
             Gentlemen
             joyned
             with
             them
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Capel
             ,
             
             and
             others
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Colchester
             ,
             whether
             the
             General
             presently
             after
             followed
             them
             .
          
           
             To
             second
             this
             ,
             part
             of
             the
             Navy
             revolts
             also
             ,
             and
             set
             ashore
             Col.
             
             R●nsborough
             their
             Commander
             ,
             and
             Pontefract
             Castle
             was
             surprized
             by
             Col.
             Morris
             ;
             and
             now
             the
             Parliament
             having
             so
             many
             irons
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             null
             those
             Votes
             of
             non-Address
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             resolve
             of
             a
             Treaty
             as
             the
             best
             expedient
             .
          
           
             To
             further
             which
             purpose
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             having
             imbarqued
             himself
             in
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             came
             into
             the
             Downs
             with
             25
             Sail
             of
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             where
             he
             landed
             ●ome
             men
             ,
             and
             had
             Deal
             and
             Sandwich
             Castles
             delivered
             him
             ;
             but
             the
             E.
             of
             Warwick
             and
             Sir
             
               George
               Ayscue
            
             making
             into
             the
             Dow●s
             together
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             lacking
             victual
             ,
             
             he
             set
             sail
             for
             
               Helvo●t
               Sluce
            
             (
             not
             being
             able
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             for
             his
             friends
             at
             Colchester
             )
             whether
             Warwick
             also
             followed
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             not
             all
             that
             was
             done
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             this
             very
             same
             time
             the
             Earl
             of
             Holland
             ,
             the
             D.
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             his
             brother
             
             the
             Lord
             Francis
             ,
             
             the
             Earl
             of
             Peterborough
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             assembled
             at
             Kingston
             ,
             and
             declared
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             being
             about
             a
             thousand
             ,
             and
             more
             hourly
             expected
             ;
             but
             Sir
             
               Michael
               Livesey
            
             falling
             upon
             them
             suddenly
             ;
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             leave
             the
             Town
             ,
             losing
             that
             Noble
             Gentleman
             the
             Lord
             Francis
             ,
             who
             refu●ed
             quarter
             ,
             and
             so
             speeded
             to
             
               S.
               Neots
            
             in
             Bedfordshire
             ,
             where
             Colonel
             Scroop
             fell
             upon
             them
             in
             their
             quarters
             ,
             killed
             Colonel
             Dalbeir
             ,
             and
             took
             the
             Earl
             of
             Holland
             prisoner
             ,
             with
             some
             forty
             more
             ,
             (
             the
             Duke
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Peterborough
             hardly
             escaping
             )
             and
             dispersed
             the
             whole
             party
             .
          
           
             The
             Scotch
             Army
             was
             advanced
             now
             as
             far
             as
             Preston
             in
             Lancashire
             ,
             
             where
             Lievtenant
             General
             Cromwell
             ,
             being
             joyned
             with
             Major
             General
             Lambert
             ,
             awaited
             them
             .
             At
             this
             time
             also
             Scarborough
             declares
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             Sir
             
               Matthew
               Boynton
            
             being
             Governour
             there
             .
             August
             17.
             both
             Armies
             faced
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             within
             two
             hours
             time
             the
             Scots
             begin
             to
             flinch
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             brunt
             of
             the
             fight
             fell
             upon
             the
             English
             ,
             who
             sided
             with
             them
             .
             The
             Scots
             being
             ready
             to
             fly
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             Army
             doubled
             their
             courage
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             to
             the
             rout
             two
             several
             wayes
             .
             The
             next
             morning
             ,
             being
             the
             18th
             of
             August
             ,
             the
             Scot
             ,
             made
             a
             stand
             ,
             and
             did
             some
             notable
             execution
             on
             the
             p●r●●●ers
             ,
             but
             the
             Army
             coming
             up
             ,
             they
             fled
             again
             ,
             crying
             
               Mercy
               ,
               Mercy
            
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             might
             be
             heard
             five
             miles
             together
             an
             end
             ;
             multitudes
             were
             killed
             ,
             and
             more
             taken
             prisoners
             ,
             being
             in
             number
             equivalent
             to
             the
             Army
             that
             vanquished
             them
             .
             Duke
             Hamilton
             fled
             first
             to
             Namptwich
             with
             three
             thousand
             horse
             ,
             there
             the
             Country
             took
             five
             hundred
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             Vttoxeter
             in
             Staffordshire
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             taken
             by
             my
             Lord
             
               Grey
               of
               Grooby
               :
               Monro
            
             escaped
             with
             part
             of
             the
             Scotch
             Horse
             to
             Berwick
             ,
             and
             so
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             but
             Middleton
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             way
             thither
             .
          
           
             After
             it
             was
             known
             which
             way
             Hamilton
             took
             ,
             
             Cromwell
             followed
             after
             Monro
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             there
             begun
             intelligence
             with
             some
             of
             those
             Scots
             in
             tendency
             to
             his
             a●ter-design
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             had
             cajoled
             one
             another
             ,
             he
             departed
             into
             England
             ,
             having
             received
             the
             thanks
             of
             the
             Committee
             of
             Estates
             for
             the
             service
             he
             had
             done
             their
             Nation
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             news
             of
             this
             defeat
             sent
             in
             by
             General
             Fairfax
             to
             the
             besieged
             in
             Colchester
             ,
             a
             Councel
             of
             War
             was
             held
             what
             to
             do
             ,
             
             it
             was
             once
             agreed
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             eruption
             out
             ,
             and
             attempt
             the
             whole
             Army
             beleaguring
             them
             ;
             but
             this
             ,
             through
             some
             suspition
             amongst
             the
             Souldiers
             of
             being
             deserted
             by
             their
             Officers
             in
             the
             action
             ,
             was
             frustrated
             ;
             whereupon
             it
             came
             to
             a
             resolve
             
             of
             treating
             with
             the
             Enemy
             :
             and
             so
             it
             was
             concluded
             (
             the
             besieged
             having
             eaten
             all
             their
             horses
             and
             the
             dogs
             in
             the
             Town
             )
             that
             the
             Officers
             should
             be
             left
             to
             discretion
             ,
             the
             souldiers
             to
             have
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             the
             Town
             to
             pay
             14000
             
               l.
            
             to
             preserve
             it
             from
             plunder
             :
             Whereupon
             the
             Town
             being
             surrendred
             ,
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Lucas
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               George
               Lisle
            
             ,
             were
             shot
             to
             death
             presently
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Lord
             Capel
             was
             beheaded
             by
             a
             sentence
             of
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             perplexity
             of
             these
             affairs
             ,
             
             the
             Treaty
             was
             voted
             in
             the
             
               Isle
               of
               Wight
            
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             effectually
             prosecuted
             ,
             the
             King
             being
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             Regality
             in
             the
             said
             Isle
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             had
             it
             proceeded
             ,
             that
             in
             November
             the
             Parliament
             voted
             the
             Kings
             Concessions
             to
             be
             sufficient
             ground
             for
             them
             to
             proceed
             on
             to
             the
             settlement
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             when
             the
             Army
             being
             now
             Lords
             and
             Masters
             through
             their
             late
             success
             ,
             came
             and
             put
             a
             force
             upon
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             ,
             excluding
             above
             140.
             and
             by
             the
             remnant
             of
             their
             faction
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             unvoted
             these
             Votes
             ,
             and
             the
             Army
             next
             remov'd
             the
             King
             from
             Wight
             to
             Hurst
             Castle
             ,
             then
             to
             Winchester
             ,
             then
             to
             Windsor
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Saint
             Iames
             ,
             and
             last
             to
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
             where
             after
             four
             times
             being
             at
             that
             detestable
             Bar
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             own
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             they
             pronounced
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             and
             the
             order
             ,
             place
             ,
             and
             time
             of
             the
             execution
             was
             referred
             to
             Colonel
             
               Harrison
               ,
               &c.
            
             who
             appoint
             Tuesday
             ,
             Ian.
             30.
             before
             Whitehall
             gates
             ,
             in
             the
             open
             place
             ,
             where
             accordingly
             that
             execrable
             murder
             was
             perpetrated
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Vizarded
             Executioner
             ,
             to
             the
             amazement
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             unexpressible
             sorrows
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             Kingdome
             .
             The
             Kings
             last
             words
             on
             the
             Scaffold
             ,
             being
             the
             sum
             of
             the
             Life
             ,
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             Death
             of
             that
             most
             incomparable
             pious
             Prince
             ,
             are
             here
             fully
             inserted
             ,
             to
             serve
             for
             all
             .
          
           
           
             scene of Charles 'execution
          
           
           
             
               I
               shall
               be
               very
               little
               heard
               of
               any
               body
               else
               ,
               I
               shall
               therefore
               speak
               a
               word
               to
               you
               here
               :
               Indeed
               I
               could
               have
               held
               my
               peace
               very
               well
               ,
               if
               I
               did
               not
               think
               ,
               that
               holding
               my
               peace
               ,
               would
               make
               som
               men
               think
               ,
               that
               I
               did
               submit
               to
               the
               Guilt
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               the
               Punishment
               :
               But
               I
               think
               it
               is
               my
               duty
               to
               God
               first
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               my
               Country
               ,
               to
               clear
               my self
               ,
               both
               as
               an
               honest
               man
               ,
               a
               good
               King
               ,
               and
               a
               good
               Christian
               .
            
             
               I
               
                 Shall
                 begin
                 first
                 ,
                 with
                 my
              
               Innocency
               ;
               
                 and
                 ,
                 in
                 tr●ath
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 not
                 very
                 needful
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 insist
                 long
                 upon
                 this
                 :
                 For
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 knows
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 did
                 never
                 begin
                 a
              
               War
               
                 with
                 the
              
               two
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               
                 and
                 I
              
               call
               God
               to
               witness
               ,
               
                 unto
                 whom
                 I
                 must
                 shortly
                 make
                 an
                 account
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 did
                 never
                 intend
                 to
                 incroach
                 upon
                 their
              
               Priviledges
               :
               
                 They
                 began
                 upon
                 me
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 the
              
               Militia
               
                 they
                 began
                 upon
                 :
                 They
                 confess
                 the
              
               Militia
               
                 was
                 mine
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 thought
                 it
                 fit
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 from
                 me
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 body
                 will
                 look
                 to
                 the
                 dates
                 of
                 Commissions
                 ,
                 of
                 their
                 Commissions
                 and
                 mine
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 to
                 the
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 see
                 clearly
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 began
                 these
                 unhappy
              
               Troubles
               ,
               
                 not
                 I.
                 So
                 as
                 far
                 the
                 guilt
                 of
                 these
                 enormous
                 Crimes
                 that
                 are
                 laid
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 that
                 God
                 will
                 clear
                 me
                 out
                 .
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 in
                 charity
                 )
                 and
                 God
                 forbid
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 ,
                 lay
                 it
                 upon
                 the
              
               two
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 necessity
                 of
                 either
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 
                 they
                 are
                 free
                 of
                 this
                 guilt
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 ill
                 Instruments
                 between
                 them
                 and
                 me
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 chief
                 cause
                 of
                 all
                 this
                 blood-shed
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 my self
                 clear
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 (
                 and
                 pray
                 God
                 )
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 too
                 ;
                 Yet
                 for
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 God
                 forbid
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 so
                 ill
                 a
                 Christian
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 Gods
                 Judgements
                 are
                 just
                 upon
                 me
                 :
                 Many
                 times
                 he
                 doth
                 pay
                 Justice
                 by
                 an
                 unjust
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ordinary
                 :
                 I
                 will
                 only
                 say
                 this
                 ,
              
               That
               unjust
               Sentence
               that
               I
               suffered
               to
               take
               effect
               ,
               is
               punished
               by
               an
               unjust
               Sentence
               upon
               me
               .
               
                 So
                 far
                 I
                 have
                 said
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
              
               that
               I
               am
               an
               innocent
               man
               :
               
                 Now
                 to
                 shew
                 you
              
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               a
               good
               Christian
               ;
               
                 I
                 hope
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 that
                 will
                 bear
                 me
                 witness
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 forgiven
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 those
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 chief
                 causers
                 of
                 my
                 death
                 :
                 Who
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 God
                 knows
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 desire
                 to
                 know
                 ,
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 forgive
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 is
                 not
                 all
                 ,
                 my
                 charity
                 must
                 go
                 further
                 ,
                 I
                 wish
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 repent
                 ,
                 for
                 indeed
                 they
                 have
                 committed
                 a
                 great
                 sin
                 in
                 that
                 particular
                 ;
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 with
              
               S
               Stephen
               ,
               that
               this
               be
               not
               laid
               to
               their
               charge
               :
               
                 And
                 withall
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 take
                 the
                 right
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 ;
                 for
                 my
                 charity
                 commands
                 me
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 forgive
                 particular
                 men
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 the
                 last
                 gasp
                 ,
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 .
                 So
                 (
                 Sirs
                 )
                 I
                 do
                 wish
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 soul
                 :
                 (
                 I
                 see
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 here
                 that
                 will
                 carry
                 it
                 further
                 :
                 )
                 that
                 they
                 endeavour
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 .
                 (
                 Sirs
                 )
                 I
                 must
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
                 both
                 how
                 you
                 are
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 you
                 in
                 a
                 way
                 .
                 First
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 for
                 certainly
                 all
                 the
                 wayes
                 you
                 ever
                 had
                 yet
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 find
                 by
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Conquests
                 :
                 Certainly
                 this
                 is
                 an
                 ill
                 way
                 for
                 Conquest
                 ,
                 in
                 my
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 is
                 never
                 just
                 ,
                 except
                 there
                 he
                 a
                 just
                 and
                 good
                 cause
                 ,
                 either
                 for
                 matter
                 of
                 wrong
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 just
                 title
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 if
                 ye
                 go
                 beyond
                 the
                 first
                 quarrel
                 
                 that
                 ye
                 have
                 :
                 that
                 makes
                 it
                 unjust
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 just
                 at
                 first
                 :
                 for
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 only
                 matter
                 of
                 Conquest
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 robbery
                 ;
                 as
                 a
                 Pyrate
                 said
                 to
              
               Alexander
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               the
               great
               Robber
               himself
               ,
               himself
               was
               but
               a
               petty
               Robber
               .
               
                 And
                 so
                 ,
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 think
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 way
                 that
                 you
                 are
                 in
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 much
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 :
                 Now
                 ,
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 believe
                 it
                 you
                 will
                 never
                 go
                 right
                 ,
                 nor
                 God
                 will
                 never
                 prosper
                 you
                 ,
                 until
                 you
                 give
                 God
                 his
                 due
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 his
                 due
                 (
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 my
                 Successor
                 )
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 their
                 due
                 ;
                 I
                 am
                 as
                 much
                 for
                 them
                 as
                 any
                 of
                 you
                 .
                 You
                 must
                 give
                 God
                 his
                 due
                 ,
                 by
                 regulating
                 rightly
                 his
                 Church
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 now
                 out
                 of
                 order
                 .
                 )
                 and
                 to
                 set
                 you
                 in
                 a
                 way
                 particularly
                 ,
                 now
                 I
                 cannot
                 ;
                 but
                 only
                 this
                 ,
                 A
                 National
                 Synod
                 freely
                 called
                 ,
                 freely
                 debating
                 among
                 themselves
                 ,
                 must
                 settle
                 this
                 :
                 When
                 every
                 Opinion
                 is
                 freely
                 and
                 clearly
                 heard
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 indeed
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 will
                 clearly
                 instruct
                 you
                 for
                 that
                 ;
                 therefore
                 because
                 it
                 concerns
                 mine
                 own
                 particular
                 ,
                 I
                 only
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 touch
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 truly
                 I
                 desire
                 their
                 liberty
                 and
                 freedome
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 any
                 body
                 whomsoever
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 liberty
                 and
                 their
                 freedome
                 consist
                 in
                 having
                 Government
                 under
                 those
                 Laws
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 their
                 lives
                 and
                 theirs
                 may
                 be
                 most
                 their
                 own
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 having
                 a
                 share
                 in
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 nothing
                 pertaining
                 to
                 them
                 :
                 A
                 Subject
                 and
                 a
                 Soveraign
                 are
                 clean
                 different
                 things
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 until
                 you
                 do
                 that
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 put
                 the
                 people
                 into
                 that
                 liberty
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 certainly
                 they
                 will
                 never
                 enjoy
                 themselves
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 for
                 this
                 that
                 now
                 I
                 am
                 hither
                 come
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 given
                 way
                 to
                 an
                 arbitrary
                 way
                 ,
                 for
                 to
                 have
                 all
                 Laws
                 changed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 have
                 come
                 here
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 (
                 and
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 laid
                 to
                 your
                 charge
                 )
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 
                 Martyr
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 .
                 Introath
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 hold
                 you
                 any
                 longer
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 only
                 say
                 this
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 have
                 desired
                 some
                 little
                 time
                 longer
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 put
                 this
                 ,
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 said
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 better
                 order
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 had
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 better
                 digested
                 then
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 excuse
                 me
                 ;
                 I
                 have
                 delivered
                 my
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 you
                 take
                 those
                 courses
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 best
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 own
                 Salvation
                 .
              
            
          
           
             After
             some
             Ejaculations
             ,
             he
             laid
             down
             his
             Head
             upon
             the
             Block
             ,
             and
             stretched
             out
             his
             hands
             
               (
               The
               S●gn
            
             )
             〈◊〉
             had
             it
             severed
             from
             his
             body
             at
             one
             blow
             ,
             by
             the
             Vizarded
             Executioner
             ,
             who
             presently
             held
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             shewed
             it
             to
             the
             people
             :
             His
             Head
             and
             Trunk
             were
             afterwards
             coffined
             in
             Lead
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             publick
             view
             at
             S.
             
             Iames's
             ;
             till
             lastly
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Len●●
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Hartford
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Southampton
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             begged
             the
             Body
             to
             bury
             it
             ,
             which
             they
             conducted
             to
             Windsor
             Chappel-Royal
             ,
             and
             there
             interred
             it
             ;
             with
             only
             this
             Insc●●ption
             upon
             the
             Co●●●
             ;
             CHARLES
             ,
             KING
             OF
             ENGLAND
             ,
             MDC.XLVIII
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             most
             〈◊〉
             murder
             ,
             
             they
             declared
             themselves
             to
             be
             a
             Free
             State
             setting
             out
             a
             Proclamation
             wherein
             they
             declare
             ,
             th●t
             no
             person
             hath
             Right
             to
             the
             Crown
             o●
             England
             ,
             abolishing
             thereby
             the
             ●ingly
             ●overnment
             ,
             and
             debarring
             of
             our
             Rightful
             Soveraign
             ●om
             any
             claim
             ,
             &c.
             declaring
             him
             also
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Royal
             Issue
             ;
             for
             refusing
             the
             publication
             of
             which
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             Reynoldson
             was
             outed
             ,
             imprisoned
             ,
             and
             fined
             2000
             
               l.
               
            
          
           
             In
             March
             they
             proceed
             with
             their
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
             
             newly
             modelled
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             President
             ,
             to
             the
             Tryal
             of
             these
             Noble
             persons
             they
             had
             in
             custody
             ,
             about
             the
             last
             years
             risings
             ,
             whereof
             Duke
             Hamilton
             ,
             
             Earl
             of
             Holland
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Norwich
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Capel
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Owen
            
             ,
             were
             condemned
             to
             be
             beheaded
             ;
             the
             Duke
             ,
             and
             Holland
             ,
             and
             Capel
             ,
             were
             accordingly
             executed
             in
             the
             Palace-yard
             ,
             the
             other
             two
             with
             much
             ado
             were
             pardoned
             .
             P●nt●fract
             Castle
             was
             now
             rendred
             to
             the
             Parliament
             by
             Colonel
             Morris
             ,
             being
             the
             last
             Garrison
             for
             the
             King
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             Now
             they
             had
             leisure
             to
             look
             towards
             Ireland
             ,
             whether
             
             Lievtenant
             General
             Cromwell
             was
             sent
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             10000
             men
             ,
             
             which
             landed
             about
             this
             time
             at
             Dublin
             ,
             where
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             Colonel
             Iones
             the
             Governour
             having
             received
             a
             supply
             of
             1000
             men
             ,
             had
             sallied
             out
             ,
             and
             beaten
             my
             Lord
             of
             Ormond
             from
             off
             the
             siege
             ,
             where
             he
             lay
             with
             20000
             and
             upwards
             ,
             through
             the
             carelesness
             and
             treachery
             of
             the
             Guards
             :
             Here
             were
             slain
             to
             the
             number
             of
             three
             thousand
             ,
             and
             five
             thousand
             taken
             prisoners
             ;
             this
             proved
             the
             loss
             of
             all
             Ireland
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             entirely
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             save
             this
             City
             and
             London-Derry
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domoni
            
             1649.
             
          
           
             Cromwell
             upon
             his
             arrival
             ,
             sets
             presently
             forward
             towards
             Tredah
             ,
             whereinto
             the
             Lord
             Lievtenant
             Ormond
             had
             put
             a
             Garrison
             of
             choice
             English
             ,
             and
             some
             Irish
             ;
             to
             this
             Town
             he
             gave
             three
             assaults
             ,
             and
             was
             valiantly
             repulsed
             ,
             but
             in
             conclusion
             of
             the
             third
             ,
             the
             Town
             was
             entred
             and
             man
             ,
             woman
             ,
             and
             children
             put
             to
             the
             sword
             for
             three
             daies
             in
             cold
             bloud
             ,
             with
             the
             Governour
             himself
             ,
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Aston
            
             ,
             a
             well
             experienced
             and
             valiant
             Captain
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1649.
             and
             1650.
             
          
           
             VPon
             this
             success
             Trim
             and
             Dundalk
             yielded
             themselves
             to
             him
             ,
             
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Ormond
             hovering
             neer
             him
             with
             his
             Army
             ,
             but
             yet
             not
             daring
             to
             attempt
             any
             thing
             .
             Wexford
             was
             the
             next
             Town
             he
             attaqued
             ,
             which
             by
             storm
             he
             took
             also
             ,
             putting
             all
             in
             arms
             to
             the
             sword
             ;
             thence
             to
             Passage
             Fort
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Waterford
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             (
             considering
             the
             Winter
             approaching
             )
             drew
             off
             to
             quarters
             ,
             having
             already
             possession
             of
             most
             of
             the
             Towns
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
               Limrick
               ,
               Galloway
               ,
               Clonmell
               ,
            
             and
             Kilkenny
             excepted
             ,
             which
             soon
             after
             were
             reduced
             by
             him
             and
             his
             Successor
             Ireton
             ,
             and
             that
             Kingdome
             was
             wholly
             brought
             in
             subjection
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             thing
             that
             busied
             the
             new
             Commonwealth
             ,
             was
             the
             affairs
             of
             Scotland
             who
             had
             long
             before
             proclaimed
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             were
             now
             treating
             with
             him
             ;
             therefore
             they
             recalled
             home
             Lievtenant
             General
             Cromwell
             ,
             whom
             upon
             Fairfaxes
             refusal
             of
             going
             against
             the
             Scots
             ,
             they
             now
             advanced
             to
             be
             General
             :
             He
             came
             Iune
             the
             last
             to
             London
             ,
             having
             landed
             at
             Bristol
             and
             was
             highly
             treated
             by
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Dorislaus
             that
             drew
             up
             the
             charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             killed
             at
             the
             Hague
             ,
             in
             May
             last
             ;
             and
             Ascham
             that
             was
             sent
             
             on
             the
             same
             errand
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             was
             killed
             also
             by
             some
             English
             men
             in
             his
             Inne
             at
             Supper
             ;
             this
             did
             mightily
             inrage
             the
             new
             Commonwealth
             ,
             that
             their
             Min●sters
             could
             no
             where
             be
             protected
             .
          
           
             According
             to
             the
             conclusion
             of
             the
             Treaty
             between
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Subjects
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             he
             took
             shipping
             at
             Schiveling
             in
             Holland
             ,
             and
             landed
             ,
             after
             some
             dangerous
             weather
             ,
             safe
             in
             the
             Spey
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             having
             narrowly
             mist
             some
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             Frigots
             ,
             that
             lay
             in
             wait
             for
             him
             .
             Cromwell
             therefore
             expedited
             his
             march
             ,
             and
             entred
             Scotland
             with
             a
             well-appointed
             Army
             of
             18000
             men
             ,
             against
             which
             invasion
             the
             Scot
             ;
             did
             very
             much
             expostulate
             ,
             and
             more
             fiercely
             prepared
             to
             defend
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             English
             Army
             therefore
             ,
             Iuly
             22.
             advanced
             from
             Berwick
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             
             the
             Scotch
             Army
             lying
             incamped
             in
             the
             fields
             about
             Muscle●orough
             ,
             strongly
             intrenched
             ,
             divers
             skirmishes
             past
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             wet
             weather
             ,
             which
             very
             much
             incommodated
             the
             English
             ;
             nevertheless
             they
             take
             two
             houses
             by
             storm
             ,
             and
             both
             Armies
             then
             faced
             one
             another
             ,
             the
             great
             Guns
             playing
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             but
             the
             Scots
             declined
             the
             Engagement
             ,
             which
             the
             English
             perceiving
             ,
             marched
             back
             to
             Dunbar
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             corn
             field
             ,
             half
             a
             mile
             from
             the
             Sea
             ,
             in
             a
             low
             ground
             ,
             lodged
             there
             Septemb.
             1.
             whether
             the
             Scots
             drew
             and
             incamped
             in
             the
             high
             ground
             above
             it
             ,
             making
             sure
             of
             a
             victory
             ;
             but
             Cromwells
             forces
             charging
             resolutely
             to
             gain
             the
             pass
             ,
             and
             having
             mastred
             it
             ,
             the
             whole
             Army
             on
             a
             sudden
             fell
             upon
             the
             Scots
             ,
             and
             after
             an
             hours
             dispute
             ,
             though
             inferiour
             in
             number
             ,
             routed
             them
             ,
             killing
             4000.
             and
             taking
             10000
             prisoners
             ,
             200
             Cornets
             and
             Colours
             ,
             27
             Field-pieces
             ,
             10000
             Arms
             ,
             and
             three
             Lords
             :
             These
             Colours
             ,
             with
             those
             taken
             at
             Preston
             ,
             were
             afterwards
             set
             up
             in
             Westminster
             Hall
             ,
             as
             also
             those
             of
             Worcester
             thereafter
             .
             The
             Scot
             ;
             quit
             Leith
             and
             Edinborough
             ,
             which
             are
             possessed
             by
             the
             English
             ,
             who
             advance
             to
             Sterling
             ,
             and
             fortifie
             
               L●nl
               thgow
            
             .
          
           
             Several
             encounters
             ,
             and
             parleys
             were
             between
             Cromwell
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Ker
             ,
             and
             Straughan
             ,
             for
             the
             Kirk
             alone
             ;
             in
             one
             whereof
             Ker
             was
             defeated
             ,
             and
             taken
             prisoner
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             other
             Straughan
             was
             brought
             over
             to
             side
             with
             the
             English
             .
             Edinborough
             Castle
             had
             been
             long
             besieged
             and
             undermined
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             the
             treacherous
             Governour
             Dundasse
             delivered
             it
             upon
             Articles
             .
          
           
             Colonel
             
               Eusebius
               Andrews
            
             ,
             
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Hide
            
             ,
             were
             beheaded
             about
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             Doctor
             Lewen
             hanged
             about
             the
             matters
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             after
             crowned
             King
             of
             Scotland
             at
             
             Schoon
             ,
             where
             they
             had
             news
             of
             another
             loss
             ,
             the
             rendition
             of
             Hume
             and
             Tim●tallon
             Castle
             .
          
           
             While
             the
             Army
             in
             Scotland
             made
             this
             progress
             ,
             another
             war
             was
             breeding
             at
             home
             betwixt
             the
             Dutch
             and
             us
             :
             
               S.
               Iohns
            
             had
             been
             sent
             Ambassador
             thither
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             very
             highly
             affronted
             ;
             upon
             his
             return
             an
             Act
             was
             made
             ,
             prohibiting
             and
             impeding
             the
             liberty
             and
             freedome
             of
             the
             Dutch
             at
             Sea
             ,
             which
             they
             not
             brooking
             ,
             the
             business
             came
             to
             be
             decided
             by
             blows
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1651.
             
          
           
             BLackness
             Castle
             was
             taken
             by
             Colonel
             Monk
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Presbyterian
             Plot
             ,
             laid
             by
             Mr.
             
               Love
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             a
             rising
             in
             Lancashire
             ,
             where
             M.
             G.
             Harrison
             had
             order
             to
             attend
             ,
             was
             discovered
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             said
             Love
             ,
             and
             one
             Mr.
             Gibbons
             ,
             were
             beheaded
             at
             
               Tower-hill
               ,
               August
            
             22.
             
          
           
             The
             Scots
             had
             raised
             another
             Army
             ,
             whereof
             the
             King
             was
             General
             :
             This
             Army
             was
             compounded
             of
             Cavaliers
             and
             Presbyters
             ,
             being
             in
             all
             21000
             men
             ;
             with
             these
             the
             King
             marched
             from
             Sterling
             to
             Torwood
             ,
             and
             there
             regularly
             incamped
             ;
             thither
             came
             Cromwell
             ,
             hoping
             to
             draw
             them
             out
             to
             fight
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             ,
             only
             he
             stormed
             Calendar
             House
             in
             their
             view
             :
             Nevertheless
             ,
             in
             the
             interim
             ,
             Colonel
             Overton
             ,
             by
             boats
             ,
             had
             passed
             par●
             of
             the
             Army
             from
             Le●h
             into
             Fife
             ,
             who
             being
             seconded
             by
             a
             greater
             force
             under
             Major
             General
             Lambert
             ,
             the
             Scots
             being
             alarum'd
             at
             this
             unexpected
             invasion
             ,
             send
             down
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Brown
            
             to
             drive
             them
             out
             ;
             whereupon
             a
             bloudy
             fight
             ensued
             ,
             but
             the
             victory
             fell
             to
             the
             English
             ,
             neer
             1500
             Scots
             were
             slain
             ,
             and
             1000.
             with
             Sir
             Iohn
             ,
             taken
             prisoners
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             Army
             thus
             was
             landed
             on
             Fifes
             fide
             ,
             and
             had
             given
             the
             Kings
             forces
             a
             defeat
             ,
             it
             was
             advised
             the
             King
             should
             presently
             desert
             Scotland
             ,
             (
             the
             English
             having
             now
             shipt
             most
             of
             their
             men
             over
             ,
             and
             so
             given
             the
             King
             the
             advantage
             of
             two
             daies
             march
             from
             Sterling
             )
             and
             by
             the
             way
             of
             Carlisle
             speedily
             march
             for
             England
             ,
             which
             was
             accordingly
             put
             in
             execution
             ;
             and
             after
             a
             very
             troublesome
             march
             ,
             some
             opposition
             being
             made
             at
             Warrington
             Bridge
             by
             Major
             General
             Harrison
             ,
             (
             since
             executed
             ,
             and
             there
             worsted
             )
             on
             the
             22
             of
             August
             ,
             having
             marched
             three
             hundred
             miles
             in
             three
             weeks
             time
             he
             arrived
             at
             Worcester
             with
             his
             Army
             ,
             consisting
             of
             11000
             foot
             ,
             most
             whereof
             were
             Highlanders
             ,
             and
             3000
             horse
             ,
             made
             up
             with
             some
             additional
             English
             ,
             under
             the
             now
             Right
             Honourable
             Earl
             of
             Shrewslury
             ,
             
             Colonel
             Howard
             ,
             and
             other
             Knights
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             had
             escaped
             with
             the
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             thither
             ,
             after
             the
             defeat
             given
             the
             said
             Earl
             by
             Colonel
             Lilburn
             at
             Wigan
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             King
             had
             rested
             his
             Army
             a
             while
             at
             Worcester
             ,
             and
             summoned
             in
             the
             neighbouring
             Counties
             to
             a
             rendezvouze
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             a
             conjuncture
             ;
             upon
             which
             some
             small
             appearance
             was
             made
             (
             the
             Rebels
             drawing
             neer
             to
             attaque
             the
             City
             )
             the
             King
             betook
             himself
             to
             make
             some
             fortifications
             ,
             such
             as
             time
             would
             permit
             ,
             at
             Vpton
             bridge
             ,
             and
             about
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Cromwells
            
             whole
             Army
             ,
             after
             a
             sufficient
             refreshment
             ,
             and
             additional
             forces
             of
             the
             Militia
             ,
             which
             were
             speedily
             raised
             in
             every
             County
             ,
             presented
             himself
             on
             every
             side
             of
             the
             City
             ;
             the
             number
             of
             them
             consisted
             of
             very
             neer
             50000
             men
             well
             armed
             ;
             the
             first
             places
             attaqued
             was
             Vpton
             Bridge
             ,
             which
             Colonel
             ,
             now
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Massey
            
             ,
             stoutly
             defended
             ,
             till
             being
             over-powred
             ,
             and
             himself
             wounded
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             retreat
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             enemy
             free
             passage
             .
          
           
             Wednesday
             the
             third
             of
             September
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             resolved
             to
             fall
             on
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             at
             several
             places
             ,
             first
             at
             Powick
             bridge
             ,
             whether
             the
             King
             himself
             in
             person
             went
             ,
             and
             beat
             back
             the
             Brigade●
             assigned
             to
             that
             post
             ;
             but
             being
             necessitated
             to
             go
             back
             into
             the
             City
             to
             give
             other
             Orders
             ,
             his
             forces
             lacking
             Ammunition
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             give
             way
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             disorderly
             retreat
             into
             Worcester
             .
             Presently
             upon
             this
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             charged
             furiously
             upon
             another
             part
             ,
             where
             his
             Majesty
             himself
             in
             person
             gave
             not●ble
             proof
             of
             his
             valour
             ,
             Duke
             Hamilton
             receiving
             a
             shot
             hard
             by
             him
             ,
             of
             which
             lie
             afterwards
             died
             ;
             but
             fresh
             supplyes
             coming
             in
             every
             minute
             ,
             and
             the
             slaughter
             falling
             upon
             the
             new
             raised
             men
             (
             Cromwell
             reserving
             his
             Veteranes
             for
             the
             last
             )
             the
             King
             quit
             the
             field
             :
             (
             Some
             impute
             it
             to
             
               David
               Les●leyes
            
             not
             coming
             with
             his
             horse
             to
             his
             succour
             in
             time
             )
             and
             drew
             within
             the
             walls
             :
             But
             the
             Rebel
             pursued
             their
             success
             ,
             and
             having
             cast
             up
             a
             sudden
             battery
             ,
             compelled
             the
             Fort-Royal
             to
             surrender
             ,
             while
             another
             part
             of
             the
             Army
             entred
             at
             another
             place
             ,
             and
             fell
             in
             mediately
             to
             the
             plunde●ing
             o●
             the
             City
             :
             By
             fix
             of
             the
             clock
             the
             whole
             Town
             was
             gained
             ,
             and
             the
             street
             ;
             fill'd
             with
             blood
             ,
             a
             great
             slaughter
             being
             made
             that
             unfortunate
             day
             .
          
           
             Between
             six
             and
             seven
             a
             clock
             ,
             in
             the
             dusk
             of
             the
             evening
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             the
             chief
             of
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             some
             sixty
             horse
             ,
             departed
             Northward
             out
             of
             S.
             Martins
             gate
             :
             Having
             rid
             a
             little
             way
             ,
             and
             upon
             consultation
             held
             what
             to
             do
             
             in
             that
             distress
             of
             affairs
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             advised
             the
             King
             to
             fly
             to
             a
             house
             called
             Bos●abell
             ,
             where
             he
             himself
             had
             sound
             security
             in
             his
             flight
             from
             Wigan
             aforesaid
             :
             To
             that
             intent
             ,
             one
             Mr.
             Giffard
             ,
             an
             Inhabitant
             thereabouts
             ,
             was
             called
             for
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             assistance
             of
             one
             Mr.
             Walker
             ,
             formerly
             a
             Scoutmaster
             in
             the
             ●ings
             Army
             ,
             with
             some
             difficulty
             ,
             (
             the
             King
             riding
             all
             the
             night
             )
             brought
             him
             to
             a
             place
             called
             the
             W●ite-Ladies
             ,
             a
             mile
             b●v●nd
             Boscabell
             ,
             to
             avoid
             suspition
             of
             staying
             there
             .
          
           
             At
             their
             coming
             to
             White-Ladies
             on
             break
             of
             day
             .
             Thursday
             Septemb.
             4.
             one
             
               George
               Pendrill
            
             ,
             the
             youngest
             brother
             of
             the
             four
             ,
             being
             awakened
             with
             the
             loud
             noyse
             they
             made
             at
             the
             gates
             ,
             and
             hearing
             distinctly
             Mr.
             G●ffards
             voice
             calling
             him
             ,
             ran
             down
             in
             hi●
             shirt
             and
             opened
             the
             door
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             King
             and
             th●
             Noblem●n
             presently
             entred
             the
             house
             ,
             the
             Kings
             horse
             being
             brought
             into
             the
             Hall
             ,
             where
             another
             consultation
             was
             held
             what
             should
             be
             done
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Kings
             person
             in
             this
             exigence
             :
             At
             last
             it
             was
             concluded
             ,
             that
             this
             George
             should
             go
             presently
             to
             Tong
             ,
             and
             enquire
             what
             news
             ,
             or
             whether
             any
             parties
             were
             stir●ing
             or
             no
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             one
             Martin
             was
             sent
             by
             Colonel
             Ros●anrck
             ,
             by
             order
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             ,
             for
             
               William
               Pendrill
            
             ,
             the
             eldest
             Brother
             ,
             who
             presently
             came
             ,
             and
             there
             met
             his
             Brother
             George
             ,
             who
             had
             brought
             Richard
             by
             Mr.
             Giffards
             order
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             informed
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             the
             coast
             was
             yet
             clear
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             all
             dispatch
             was
             made
             to
             get
             the
             King
             out
             before
             any
             further
             danger
             ;
             the
             King
             hair
             was
             first
             out
             off
             by
             my
             Lord
             Wilmot
             ,
             then
             rounded
             by
             
               William
               Pendrill
            
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             t●me
             Richard
             had
             ,
             by
             direction
             from
             Mr.
             Giffard
             ,
             fetcht
             his
             b●st
             cloaths
             ,
             being
             a
             jump
             and
             breeches
             of
             green
             course
             cloth
             ,
             and
             a
             Doe-kin
             leather
             doublet
             ,
             the
             hat
             was
             borrowed
             of
             
               Humphrey
               Pendrill
            
             the
             Miller
             ,
             being
             an
             old
             grey
             one
             that
             turned
             up
             its
             brims
             ;
             the
             shirt
             ,
             which
             in
             that
             Country
             language
             they
             call
             an
             Harden
             ,
             or
             Noggen-shirt
             ,
             a
             kind
             of
             linnen
             that
             is
             made
             of
             the
             coursest
             of
             the
             hemp
             ,
             was
             had
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             
               Martin
               ,
               George
               Pendrill
            
             lent
             the
             band
             ,
             and
             
               William
               Creswell
            
             the
             shoes
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             having
             presently
             unstript
             himself
             of
             his
             own
             cloaths
             ,
             did
             quickly
             put
             on
             :
             His
             ●uft-coat
             ,
             and
             linnen
             doubler
             ,
             and
             a
             grey
             pair
             of
             breeches
             ,
             which
             he
             wore
             before
             ,
             he
             gave
             into
             his
             brothers
             hands
             ,
             who
             forthwith
             buried
             them
             under
             ground
             ,
             where
             they
             lay
             five
             weeks
             before
             they
             durst
             take
             them
             up
             again
             .
             The
             Jewels
             off
             his
             arm
             he
             gave
             to
             one
             of
             Lords
             then
             departing
             .
          
           
           
             Straightwith
             
               William
               Pendrill
            
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             King
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             ,
             and
             the
             care
             and
             preservation
             of
             his
             most
             Sacred
             Majesty
             committed
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Brothers
             (
             the
             Earl
             himself
             would
             have
             staid
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             no
             undertaking
             security
             for
             them
             both
             )
             so
             presently
             the
             Lords
             took
             their
             heavy
             leave
             ,
             and
             departed
             ,
             every
             one
             shifting
             for
             himself
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             ,
             Lord
             Talbot
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lauderdale
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             party
             ,
             being
             overtaken
             at
             Newport
             ,
             in
             their
             march
             Northward
             ,
             and
             routed
             :
             the
             Duke
             escaped
             ,
             and
             found
             a
             hiding
             place
             at
             a
             friends
             of
             his
             Family
             in
             Shropshire
             ;
             the
             rest
             were
             taken
             (
             the
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             most
             inhumanely
             and
             unjustly
             beheaded
             at
             Bolton
             ,
             with
             Sir
             
               Timothy
               Fetherston-Haugh
            
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             elsewhere
             )
             and
             imprisoned
             ;
             only
             the
             Lord
             W●lmot
             (
             since
             decea●ed
             ,
             during
             the
             Kings
             Exile
             abroad
             )
             staid
             behind
             ,
             and
             wa●
             by
             
               Iohn
               Pendrill
            
             ,
             through
             many
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             tryals
             o●
             several
             places
             ,
             conveyed
             safely
             to
             Mr.
             Whitgrea●s
             at
             Mosely
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             King
             and
             his
             company
             being
             departed
             ,
             having
             taken
             a
             Woodbill
             into
             his
             hand
             ,
             went
             out
             with
             Richard
             into
             the
             adjoyning
             wood
             ,
             called
             
               Spring
               Coppice
               .
               William
            
             departed
             home
             ,
             and
             George
             and
             Humphrey
             went
             out
             to
             scout
             ,
             and
             lay
             hovering
             about
             the
             woods
             to
             hear
             or
             see
             if
             any
             approached
             that
             way
             .
             You
             must
             note
             here
             ,
             that
             these
             Brothers
             had
             taken
             into
             their
             assistance
             one
             
               Frances
               Yates
            
             ,
             their
             Sisters
             Husband
             ,
             who
             was
             also
             with
             the
             King
             in
             the
             wood
             ,
             they
             being
             by
             profession
             wood-cutters
             :
             But
             the
             King
             had
             not
             been
             an
             hour
             in
             the
             wood
             ,
             before
             a
             party
             of
             horse
             ,
             in
             pursuit
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             come
             to
             White-Ladies
             ,
             and
             had
             enquired
             ,
             and
             sound
             out
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             with
             a
             party
             had
             been
             there
             ,
             as
             they
             supposed
             ,
             but
             they
             affirmed
             directly
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             gone
             away
             with
             all
             speed
             from
             thence
             in
             the
             said
             company
             Northwards
             .
             Upon
             which
             words
             ,
             spurr'd
             on
             by
             the
             expectat
             on
             &
             greediness
             of
             their
             prey
             ,
             supposing
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Lords
             were
             all
             together
             ,
             they
             made
             no
             stay
             ,
             or
             further
             inquisition
             or
             search
             (
             save
             only
             in
             the
             house
             )
             and
             rode
             away
             as
             fast
             as
             they
             could
             possible
             .
             This
             the
             King
             was
             informed
             of
             by
             his
             two
             aforesaid
             Sco●ts
             ,
             who
             stragled
             for
             intelligence
             neer
             the
             village
             .
          
           
             This
             Thursday
             the
             King
             continued
             all
             day
             in
             the
             wood
             ,
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             
               Richard
               Pendrill
            
             being
             constantly
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             the
             other
             three
             :
             It
             proved
             to
             be
             a
             very
             rainy
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             was
             wet
             with
             the
             showers
             ;
             thereupon
             
               Francis
               Yates
            
             his
             wife
             came
             into
             the
             wood
             ,
             on
             whom
             the
             King
             at
             first
             
             lookt
             something
             dubiously
             ,
             yet
             resolutely
             askt
             her
             ,
             whether
             she
             could
             be
             faithful
             to
             a
             distressed
             Cavalier
             :
             To
             which
             she
             replyed
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             will
             die
             rather
             then
             discover
             you
             :
             She
             brought
             with
             her
             a
             blanket
             to
             keep
             the
             King
             dry
             ,
             and
             his
             first
             meat
             he
             eat
             there
             ,
             viz.
             a
             mess
             of
             milk
             ,
             eggs
             ,
             and
             sugar
             ,
             in
             a
             black
             earthen
             cup
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             guessed
             to
             be
             milk
             and
             apples
             ,
             and
             said
             he
             loved
             it
             very
             well
             .
             After
             he
             had
             drank
             some
             ,
             and
             eat
             some
             in
             a
             Pewter
             spoon
             ,
             he
             gave
             the
             rest
             to
             George
             ,
             and
             bid
             him
             eat
             it
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             very
             good
             .
             There
             was
             nothing
             of
             moment
             passed
             this
             day
             in
             Court
             ,
             but
             only
             his
             Majesty
             exchanged
             his
             Wood-bill
             for
             
               Francis
               Yates
            
             his
             Broom-hook
             ,
             being
             something
             lighter
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             was
             hardly
             brought
             to
             fashion
             himself
             to
             their
             gate
             ,
             or
             to
             bend
             his
             streight
             body
             down
             to
             his
             feet
             ,
             the
             language
             in
             his
             stay
             and
             passing
             to
             Worcester
             ,
             he
             could
             tune
             pretty
             well
             ;
             most
             of
             the
             day
             was
             spent
             in
             conforming
             him
             to
             their
             words
             ,
             till
             about
             five
             a
             clock
             that
             evening
             ,
             the
             King
             with
             his
             gallant
             Retinue
             of
             
               Richard
               ,
               Humphry
               ,
               George
            
             ,
             and
             
               Francis
               Yates
            
             ,
             left
             the
             wood
             ,
             and
             betook
             himself
             to
             Richards
             little
             house
             ,
             where
             he
             went
             under
             the
             name
             of
             
               William
               Iones
            
             ,
             a
             Woodcutter
             ,
             newly
             come
             thither
             for
             work
             .
             At
             his
             coming
             ,
             the
             good
             wife
             for
             his
             entertainment
             at
             supper
             ,
             was
             preparing
             a
             Fricass
             of
             Bacon
             and
             Eggs
             ,
             and
             while
             that
             was
             doing
             ,
             the
             King
             held
             on
             his
             knees
             their
             Daughter
             Nan
             :
             He
             eat
             very
             little
             ,
             ruminating
             and
             pausing
             on
             his
             intended
             passage
             into
             Wales
             .
          
           
             After
             supper
             ended
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             the
             Pendrills
             came
             and
             kneeled
             ,
             and
             took
             her
             leave
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             so
             did
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             poor
             mean
             attendants
             ,
             only
             Richard
             went
             along
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             conduct
             and
             guide
             him
             ,
             it
             being
             then
             dark
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             troublesome
             .
          
           
             Their
             intended
             journey
             was
             to
             Mr.
             Wolfes
             of
             Madely
             ,
             some
             5
             miles
             distant
             from
             White-Ladies
             ,
             of
             whom
             the
             King
             had
             a
             good
             character
             from
             his
             servant
             Richard.
             By
             the
             way
             they
             were
             put
             to
             a
             fright
             at
             a
             Mill-water
             ,
             by
             a
             Miller
             that
             had
             taken
             into
             his
             protection
             some
             of
             the
             same
             undone
             party
             ,
             so
             that
             Richard
             was
             forced
             to
             wade
             through
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             to
             follow
             him
             by
             the
             ●atling
             musick
             of
             his
             leather
             breeches
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             late
             at
             night
             before
             they
             got
             to
             Madely
             ;
             wherefore
             Richard
             very
             confidently
             knockt
             at
             Mr.
             Wolfes
             door
             ,
             which
             his
             Daughter
             opening
             ,
             he
             desired
             to
             be
             let
             in
             ,
             telling
             her
             the
             King
             was
             with
             him
             :
             So
             they
             both
             entred
             ,
             till
             Mr.
             Wolfe
             came
             and
             welcomed
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             though
             wearied
             ,
             and
             his
             feet
             extremely
             
             sore
             ,
             yet
             held
             it
             not
             convenient
             (
             of
             which
             Opinion
             Mr.
             Wolfe
             was
             also
             )
             to
             lodge
             in
             the
             house
             .
             Here
             he
             was
             informed
             (
             which
             was
             his
             main
             business
             )
             that
             there
             was
             no
             passage
             to
             be
             had
             over
             Severn
             into
             Wales
             ,
             the
             river
             being
             so
             guarded
             and
             watched
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             attempting
             of
             it
             without
             extreme
             hazard
             and
             peril
             .
             After
             some
             other
             discourses
             of
             the
             like
             tendency
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             conveyed
             to
             an
             Heyloft
             ,
             where
             he
             and
             Richard
             reposed
             themselves
             (
             though
             the
             Kings
             sore
             feet
             very
             much
             troubled
             him
             )
             that
             night
             ,
             and
             next
             day
             ,
             being
             Friday
             ,
             and
             on
             that
             night
             ,
             the
             same
             hour
             they
             arrived
             ,
             they
             set
             forward
             to
             Boscabell
             ,
             having
             had
             provision
             ,
             and
             some
             money
             from
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Wolfe
             ,
             his
             Daughter
             also
             bringing
             the
             King
             into
             his
             way
             some
             two
             miles
             ,
             and
             then
             she
             returned
             .
          
           
             At
             his
             coming
             to
             Boscabell
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             so
             wearied
             ,
             his
             feer
             being
             blistered
             with
             travelling
             in
             such
             course
             and
             stiff
             accoutrements
             as
             he
             had
             on
             his
             legs
             ,
             and
             lying
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             scarce
             able
             to
             stand
             or
             go
             ,
             which
             Will.
             wife
             perceiving
             ,
             she
             stript
             off
             his
             stockings
             ,
             and
             cut
             the
             blisters
             ,
             and
             washed
             his
             feet
             ,
             which
             gave
             the
             King
             some
             ease
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             time
             Colonel
             Carelos
             ,
             one
             that
             made
             good
             the
             Kings
             Rear
             at
             Worcester
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             King
             time
             to
             escape
             ,
             having
             seen
             the
             last
             man
             killed
             in
             that
             lamentable
             fight
             ,
             was
             also
             come
             to
             Boscabell
             ,
             a
             refuge
             he
             had
             used
             before
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             met
             him
             ,
             the
             Colonel
             most
             humbly
             and
             joyfully
             welcoming
             him
             to
             that
             most
             sure
             retreat
             .
          
           
             
               After
               a
               short
               conference
               together
               ,
               it
               was
               judged
               by
               them
               both
               ,
               as
               the
               probablest
               means
               of
               security
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               should
               betake
               himself
               again
               to
               the
               wood
               :
               Accordingly
               ,
               Saturday
               the
               sixth
               of
            
             September
             ,
             
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               they
               went
               into
               the
               wood
               together
               ,
               the
               Colonel
               leading
               the
               way
               to
               that
               so
               much
               now
               celebrated
               Oak
               ,
               where
               before
               he
               had
               been
               lodged
               himself
               :
            
             William
             Pendrill
             
               brought
               a
               Ladder
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               got
               up
               into
               the
               boughs
               and
               branches
               of
               the
               tree
               ,
               which
               were
               very
               thick
               ,
               and
               well
               spread
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               leaves
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               was
               not
               possible
               for
               any
               to
               see
               through
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               When
               they
               were
               both
               up
            
             ,
             William
             
               brought
               them
               up
               two
               Pillows
               to
               lye
               upon
               ,
               where
               the
               Arms
               and
               branches
               were
               thickest
               ;
               and
               the
               King
               being
               over-wearied
               with
               his
               journey
               and
               sore
               travel
               ,
               waxed
               very
               heavy
               ,
               with
               a
               propensity
               to
               sleep
               .
               The
               Colonel
               to
               ease
               his
               Majesty
               the
               best
               he
               could
               ,
               desired
               him
               to
               lay
               his
               head
               in
               his
               lap
               ,
               and
               rest
               the
               other
               parts
               of
               his
               body
               on
               the
               pillow
               ,
               which
               the
               King
               did
               ;
               and
               after
               he
               had
               taken
               a
               good
               sleep
               (
               while
            
             William
             
               and
               his
               wife
            
             Joan
             
               went
               peaking
               up
               and
               down
               with
               anxious
               thoughts
               gathering
               of
               
               st●cks
               with
               a
               Nut-hook
               )
               awaked
               very
               hungry
               ,
               and
               wished
               for
               some
               victuals
               :
               That
               desire
               was
               soon
               satisfied
               ,
               the
               Colonel
               pulling
               out
               of
               his
               pocket
               a
               good
               lunchion
               of
               bread
               and
               cheese
               ,
               which
            
             Joan
             
               had
               given
               him
               for
               provant
               that
               day
               ,
               and
               had
               wrapt
               it
               up
               in
               a
               clean
               l●nnen
               cloth
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               King
               fed
               very
               heartily
               ,
               and
               was
               well
               pleased
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               highly
               commended
               his
               good
               fare
               :
               Some
               other
               pittance
               of
               relief
               in
               drink
               he
               had
               also
               ,
               which
               was
               put
               up
               to
               him
               in
               a
               bottle
               by
               a
               long
               book-stick
               .
            
          
           
             The
             King
             intended
             not
             long
             to
             stay
             at
             Boscabell
             ;
             therefore
             Richard
             was
             sent
             to
             one
             Mr.
             Manwaring
             ,
             an
             acquaintance
             of
             Colonel
             Ca●elos
             at
             
               Woller
               Hampton
            
             ,
             some
             three
             miles
             from
             Boscabell
             ,
             with
             some
             instructions
             ,
             and
             to
             enquire
             if
             he
             knew
             not
             o●
             any
             security
             for
             one
             of
             the
             Kings
             ruined
             party
             ,
             Mr.
             Manwaring
             returned
             ,
             that
             himself
             could
             not
             ,
             but
             would
             enquire
             if
             a
             friend
             of
             his
             ,
             naming
             Mr.
             Whitgrea●
             could
             :
             So
             Richard
             returned
             ,
             and
             brought
             with
             him
             some
             wine
             ,
             and
             other
             refreshments
             from
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             Neither
             was
             Humphrey
             idle
             or
             unimployed
             ,
             but
             was
             sent
             abroad
             to
             lay
             out
             for
             intelligence
             ,
             which
             the
             ea●ilier
             to
             come
             by
             ,
             he
             was
             sent
             to
             one
             Captain
             Broadwayes
             of
             Shesual
             ,
             a
             Captain
             of
             the
             new
             raised
             Militia
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             paying
             his
             Mistresses
             money
             for
             a
             man
             that
             was
             taxed
             upon
             her
             for
             that
             service
             :
             While
             he
             was
             th●re
             ,
             a
             Parliament
             Colonel
             came
             in
             to
             understand
             of
             Broadwayes
             ,
             what
             further
             discovery
             was
             made
             at
             White-Ladies
             since
             the
             time
             the
             King
             escaped
             ;
             to
             which
             Broadwayes
             answered
             ,
             he
             could
             say
             nothing
             more
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             one
             of
             that
             place
             below
             ,
             that
             might
             perhaps
             give
             him
             better
             satisfaction
             .
             Humphrey
             was
             called
             and
             examined
             ,
             but
             he
             resolutely
             denied
             any
             knowledge
             whether
             the
             King
             went
             otherwayes
             then
             Northward
             ;
             but
             that
             party
             being
             taken
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             not
             among
             them
             ,
             made
             the
             Colonel
             believe
             he
             staid
             behind
             ,
             and
             therefore
             told
             him
             there
             was
             a
             proffer
             of
             a
             thousand
             pound
             to
             any
             that
             would
             discover
             him
             ,
             and
             did
             thereupon
             earnestly
             press
             Humphrey
             about
             the
             business
             ;
             but
             all
             was
             in
             vain
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             prevailing
             upon
             his
             conscience
             and
             duty
             .
             The
             news
             of
             this
             afterwards
             something
             amused
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             the
             Colonel
             told
             the
             King
             there
             was
             no
             danger
             in
             it
             ,
             for
             upon
             his
             life
             they
             should
             prove
             constant
             and
             faithful
             to
             his
             Majesty
          
           
             At
             night
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Colonel
             came
             down
             from
             the
             Tree
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Ladder
             they
             gat
             up
             ,
             and
             was
             brought
             into
             Boscabell
             garden
             ,
             where
             he
             sate
             in
             the
             Bower
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             drank
             part
             of
             the
             wine
             which
             Richard
             brought
             from
             
               Woller
               Hampton
            
             ,
             
             till
             't
             was
             very
             late
             .
             But
             the
             King
             was
             hungry
             again
             ,
             and
             his
             appetite
             then
             served
             him
             for
             a
             joynt
             of
             Mutton
             ,
             though
             hi●
             Dame
             Ioan
             (
             so
             the
             King
             then
             called
             his
             Host
             )
             had
             provided
             him
             a
             dish
             of
             Chickens
             :
             To
             which
             William
             replyed
             ,
             that
             truly
             he
             had
             none
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Market
             would
             be
             very
             suspectful
             ,
             for
             they
             used
             not
             to
             buy
             such
             cheer
             ,
             but
             if
             his
             Majesty
             would
             have
             some
             ,
             he
             would
             make
             bold
             ,
             and
             borrow
             one
             of
             Mr.
             Stauntons
             :
             to
             whose
             Sheepcote
             he
             and
             the
             Colonel
             presently
             went
             and
             fetched
             one
             ,
             and
             brought
             it
             home
             into
             the
             Cellar
             ,
             where
             the
             Colonel
             stabb'd
             it
             with
             his
             dagger
             ,
             and
             both
             of
             them
             drest
             it
             as
             well
             as
             they
             could
             ,
             and
             brought
             the
             King
             up
             a
             Hind-quarter
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             presently
             sliced
             part
             of
             into
             Scotch
             Collops
             ,
             and
             the
             Colonel
             and
             he
             fryed
             betwixt
             them
             ;
             which
             pleasant
             passage
             yielded
             a
             merrier
             dispute
             afterward
             in
             France
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             questioned
             which
             of
             the
             two
             was
             the
             Cook
             or
             the
             Scullion
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             being
             Sunday
             ,
             Iohn
             came
             to
             Boscabell
             from
             my
             Lord
             Wilmot
             ,
             having
             been
             sent
             before
             to
             White-Ladies
             ,
             but
             mist
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             being
             at
             Madely
             then
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             the
             King
             with
             the
             conveniency
             of
             Mr.
             Whitgreavs
             house
             ,
             there
             being
             such
             a
             secret
             place
             in
             it
             betwixt
             two
             walls
             ,
             that
             a
             safer
             could
             not
             be
             imagined
             :
             Upon
             this
             news
             it
             was
             resolved
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             on
             Sunday
             night
             late
             should
             go
             to
             Mosely
             ,
             to
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Whtigreavs
             ,
             and
             the
             Colonel
             to
             shift
             for
             himself
             :
             All
             that
             day
             being
             Sunday
             ,
             the
             King
             kept
             himself
             in
             the
             secret
             place
             where
             he
             lay
             that
             night
             ,
             having
             been
             much
             discommodated
             through
             the
             shortness
             of
             it
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             the
             appointed
             hour
             was
             come
             ,
             Humphrey
             the
             Miller
             was
             ready
             with
             his
             horse
             that
             should
             carry
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             none
             other
             with
             safety
             and
             convenience
             could
             he
             had
             .
             This
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             War-horse
             ,
             that
             had
             carried
             many
             a
             load
             of
             provision
             ,
             meal
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ;
             but
             now
             there
             was
             put
             on
             him
             a
             bridle
             and
             a
             saddle
             that
             had
             outworn
             its
             tree
             and
             irons
             .
          
           
             The
             horse
             standing
             at
             the
             door
             ,
             the
             King
             came
             out
             ,
             intending
             to
             have
             none
             along
             with
             him
             but
             Iohn
             ;
             but
             the
             other
             five
             brothers
             insisting
             on
             the
             danger
             of
             his
             going
             so
             ill
             attended
             ,
             so
             many
             stragling
             souldiers
             lying
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Country
             ,
             he
             agreed
             to
             have
             them
             all
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             took
             his
             farewell
             of
             Colonel
             Carelos
             ,
             who
             very
             disconsolately
             parted
             from
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             mounted
             ,
             the
             six
             Brethren
             guarding
             him
             behind
             ,
             and
             before
             ,
             and
             on
             each
             side
             ,
             Humphrey
             leading
             the
             
             horse
             ,
             they
             began
             their
             journey
             :
             The
             way
             wa●
             something
             dirty
             ,
             and
             every
             where
             the
             horse
             blundering
             ,
             caused
             the
             King
             to
             suspect
             falling
             ,
             and
             to
             bid
             Humphrey
             have
             a
             care
             ;
             to
             which
             he
             returned
             ,
             that
             his
             horse
             had
             carried
             many
             a
             heavy
             weight
             before
             ,
             but
             never
             the
             price
             of
             three
             Kingdomes
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             might
             be
             excused
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             extraordinary
             burden
             ,
          
           
             When
             they
             came
             within
             a
             mile
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             they
             made
             fast
             the
             horse
             ,
             and
             came
             the
             foot-way
             through
             the
             fields
             thither
             :
             before
             the
             King
             went
             into
             the
             house
             ,
             he
             took
             his
             leave
             of
             all
             of
             them
             but
             Iohn
             ,
             they
             upon
             their
             knees
             crying
             and
             praying
             for
             his
             safety
             and
             preservation
             .
             As
             they
             were
             departing
             ,
             the
             King
             called
             them
             back
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             am
             so
             full
             of
             care
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             forget
             what
             I
             do
             ;
             but
             here
             is
             my
             hand
             (
             giving
             it
             them
             to
             kiss
             )
             if
             God
             bless
             me
             ,
             I
             will
             remember
             all
             another
             day
             .
             A
             promise
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             most
             graciously
             perfopmed
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             came
             into
             the
             house
             ,
             with
             none
             but
             Iohn
             ,
             he
             was
             most
             submisly
             and
             cordially
             welcomed
             by
             Mr.
             Whitgreave
             ,
             who
             presently
             conducted
             him
             to
             my
             Lord
             Wilmot
             ,
             in
             the
             secret
             place
             ,
             who
             with
             infinite
             gladness
             ●ell
             down
             and
             imbraced
             his
             knees
             ,
             The
             first
             thing
             they
             did
             ,
             was
             to
             shist
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             taking
             off
             that
             course
             shirt
             ,
             and
             putting
             on
             a
             ●●er
             ,
             and
             changing
             his
             stockings
             and
             shoes
             :
             Next
             they
             consulted
             about
             his
             Majesties
             manner
             of
             escape
             out
             of
             England
             ;
             whereupon
             Col.
             Lane
             was
             propounded
             as
             a
             very
             fit
             and
             necessary
             instrument
             in
             that
             business
             ,
             and
             agreed
             on
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             transacted
             ,
             as
             before
             designed
             by
             my
             Lord
             Wilmot
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             never-to-be-forgotten
             Lady
             
               Iane
               Lane
            
             ,
             under
             some
             pre●ence
             of
             visiting
             her
             Sister
             ,
             and
             other
             affairs
             in
             Bristoll
             ,
             should
             g●t
             a
             Pass
             for
             her
             Man
             and
             her self
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             King
             should
             be
             the
             Man
             ,
             and
             ride
             before
             her
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             concluded
             on
             and
             done
             ,
             Mrs.
             Lane
             sending
             some
             Spring-water
             ,
             in
             which
             Wallnuts
             had
             been
             boiled
             to
             discolour
             his
             hands
             and
             face
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             open
             to
             view
             ;
             and
             on
             Thursday
             night
             ,
             the
             eleventh
             of
             September
             ,
             Colonel
             Lane
             came
             with
             her
             ,
             all
             things
             fit
             for
             his
             Majesties
             journey
             being
             provided
             ,
             to
             a
             field
             adjoyning
             to
             Mr.
             Whitgreaves
             house
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             was
             mounted
             before
             her
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             they
             immediately
             set
             forward
             ,
             having
             directions
             given
             to
             know
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             recommendations
             also
             to
             the
             Allies
             ,
             friends
             and
             acquaintance
             of
             her
             Family
             ,
             if
             any
             sinister
             rancounter
             should
             put
             them
             to
             tryal
             .
          
           
             At
             one
             Town
             in
             their
             journey
             they
             met
             with
             a
             Troop
             of
             horse
             ,
             but
             the
             Captain
             perceiving
             they
             rid
             double
             ,
             commanded
             
             the
             Troop
             to
             open
             to
             the
             right
             and
             left
             ,
             and
             so
             past
             them
             .
          
           
             Being
             come
             to
             Bristoll
             ,
             they
             endeavoured
             to
             get
             a
             passage
             thereabouts
             for
             France
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             being
             Nobly
             and
             secretly
             entertained
             at
             the
             house
             of
             Mr.
             Norton
             (
             at
             Leigh
             hard
             by
             Bristoll
             )
             since
             Knighted
             for
             his
             loyalty
             ;
             but
             it
             not
             succeeding
             there
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Wilmot
             being
             come
             to
             Bristoll
             ,
             it
             was
             agreed
             to
             go
             for
             Salisbury
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             had
             entertainment
             by
             the
             Relations
             of
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Nicholas
            
             ,
             his
             Majestics
             Secretary
             .
             Here
             Colonel
             Gunter
             fortunately
             came
             to
             know
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             whose
             conveyance
             the
             King
             was
             brought
             sale
             into
             Sussex
             ,
             to
             the
             habitation
             of
             this
             Noble
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             a
             Bark
             b●b●
             means
             procured
             for
             fifty
             pound
             ,
             to
             transport
             two
             Gentlemen
             ,
             upon
             account
             of
             a
             quarrel
             and
             Duel
             lately
             fought
             ,
             into
             France
             :
             The
             Master
             not
             knowing
             otherwise
             ,
             while
             at
             Sea
             ,
             who
             safely
             and
             dutifully
             landed
             them
             at
             Deep
             in
             Normandy
             ;
             from
             whence
             the
             King
             went
             immediately
             to
             Paris
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             welcomed
             by
             that
             Court
             ,
             but
             most
             joyfully
             received
             by
             our
             Queen
             his
             Mother
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             ,
             and
             that
             most
             affectionate
             Uncle
             of
             his
             Majesties
             ,
             the
             late
             deceased
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             ,
             of
             famous
             memory
             .
          
           
             
               De
               Bello
               ducit
               Pax
               laeta
               Triumphos
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1652.
             
          
           
             AF●er
             this
             defeat
             ,
             Scotland
             is
             with
             little
             difficulty
             (
             General
             Mon●
             seizing
             most
             of
             the
             Scotch
             Presbyterian
             Nobility
             at
             Ellas
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             in
             Councel
             )
             reduced
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             Garrisons
             were
             placed
             every
             where
             ,
             and
             four
             Citradels
             most
             impregnably
             fortified
             at
             
               Leith
               ,
               S.
               Iohnstons
               ,
               Ayre
               ,
            
             and
             Innerness
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             total
             Conquest
             of
             that
             Nation
             was
             by
             the
             English
             then
             accomplished
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             forth
             secured
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             This
             Triumph
             swelled
             the
             new
             State
             to
             other
             great
             enterprizes
             ;
             the
             Dutch
             had
             stood
             upon
             some
             punctilio
             of
             honour
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             junior
             state
             ;
             and
             for
             their
             relation
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Aurange
             ,
             their
             General
             ,
             were
             suspected
             (
             though
             many
             variations
             in
             that
             compass
             )
             of
             adherance
             to
             the
             King
             his
             Brother-in-law
             ,
             the
             said
             Prince
             being
             lately
             dead
             .
             For
             these
             reasons
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             published
             an
             Act
             (
             by
             them
             made
             )
             for
             the
             incouragement
             of
             Navigation
             ,
             the
             most
             advantagious
             and
             pleasing
             to
             the
             English
             Marriners
             ,
             and
             as
             hurtful
             and
             displeasant
             to
             the
             Hollander
             ,
             forbidding
             any
             goods
             to
             be
             exported
             from
             any
             place
             ,
             but
             what
             were
             of
             the
             growth
             and
             manufacture
             thereof
             in
             any
             other
             vessels
             but
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             English
             ,
             which
             totally
             excluded
             the
             Hollander
             ,
             saving
             some
             petty
             Merchandises
             of
             Linen
             ,
             Maderas
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             States
             of
             Holland
             hereupon
             arm
             ,
             and
             set
             forth
             a
             Fleet
             of
             ships
             under
             Admiral
             Van-Trump
             ,
             who
             meeting
             with
             our
             Fleet
             at
             the
             Downs
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             May
             ,
             under
             Bourn
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             relieved
             by
             General
             Blake
             ,
             the
             Flag
             being
             refused
             by
             the
             Dutch
             ;
             the
             fight
             began
             ,
             and
             continued
             about
             four
             houres
             till
             night
             ,
             the
             success
             lighting
             on
             the
             English
             .
          
           
             This
             attempt
             made
             by
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             highly
             exasperated
             the
             then
             State
             ,
             who
             were
             used
             to
             the
             excesses
             and
             uncoutroulments
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Ambassadors
             here
             could
             not
             allay
             their
             fury
             ,
             but
             departed
             home
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               George
               A●scue
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             Captains
             over
             a
             Squadron
             of
             ships
             ,
             being
             about
             Plymouth
             ,
             met
             with
             a
             Sail
             of
             fifty
             Dutch
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             by
             night
             ,
             after
             some
             conflict
             ,
             parted
             equally
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             General
             Blake
             roving
             about
             the
             Downs
             ,
             met
             with
             the
             French
             Fleet
             ,
             then
             bound
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             Dunkirk
             ,
             besieged
             by
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             altogether
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             that
             Town
             
             was
             rendred
             to
             the
             Arch-Duke
             Leopold
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             28
             of
             September
             ,
             
             the
             English
             met
             the
             Dutch
             Fleet
             at
             a
             place
             called
             the
             Kentish-Knock
             ,
             where
             some
             of
             the
             greatest
             English
             ships
             struck
             on
             the
             Sands
             ,
             but
             getting
             off
             again
             ,
             they
             so
             fiercely
             plyed
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             fly
             ,
             saving
             themselves
             from
             a
             greater
             loss
             then
             the
             disabling
             of
             some
             six
             ship
             ;
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Rear-Admiral
             was
             one
             .
             This
             was
             recompensed
             by
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             who
             took
             a
             Man
             of
             War
             in
             the
             Stra●ts
             ,
             by
             Porto-Longone
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             twentieth
             of
             December
             ,
             
             Van-Trump
             with
             a
             new
             rigged
             Fleet
             came
             again
             to
             the
             Downs
             with
             100
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             Fireships
             ,
             where
             Blake
             unhappily
             with
             a
             small
             number
             met
             them
             ,
             and
             was
             forced
             to
             sail
             for
             it
             ,
             being
             much
             indangered
             himself
             :
             Here
             were
             lost
             the
             Garland
             and
             Bonadventure
             ,
             and
             two
             other
             Merchants
             Ships
             ,
             besides
             the
             Vanguard
             and
             Victory
             very
             much
             shattered
             .
          
           
             The
             Dutch
             crowed
             upon
             this
             Victory
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             numero●s
             Fleet
             of
             Merchant-men
             sailed
             to
             Rochel
             ,
             
             giving
             out
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             sweep
             the
             Seas
             of
             the
             English
             ;
             but
             at
             their
             return
             the
             English
             met
             them
             at
             Portland
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             such
             a
             re-encounter
             ,
             that
             after
             three
             daies
             fight
             (
             very
             terrible
             )
             the
             Dutch
             fled
             ,
             nine
             Men
             of
             War
             being
             taken
             ,
             and
             fifty
             Merchant-men
             ,
             much
             slaughter
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             on
             the
             conquered
             :
             Van-Trump
             to
             Calice
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             the
             Weilings
             ;
             the
             English
             to
             Dover
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Ports
             .
          
           
             This
             a
             second
             time
             was
             repaid
             us
             ,
             by
             an
             overthrow
             given
             us
             in
             the
             Straits
             ,
             where
             five
             of
             our
             Ships
             being
             not
             longer
             to
             be
             protected
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Florence
             ,
             coming
             out
             of
             Legorn
             ,
             were
             over-powred
             by
             a
             Dutch
             Fleet
             of
             24
             Soil
             ,
             and
             the
             Leopard
             ,
             and
             another
             Bonaventure
             taken
             ,
             with
             other
             damages
             to
             the
             Levant
             Trade
             .
          
           
             But
             such
             was
             their
             great
             preparations
             at
             home
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             minded
             nothing
             else
             ,
             waving
             all
             publick
             businesses
             from
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Ships
             taken
             at
             Dunkirk
             ,
             and
             another
             message
             from
             Bourd●aux
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             while
             deferring
             the
             Portugal
             Embassador
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             offer
             restitution
             .
             And
             yet
             in
             the
             height
             of
             this
             grand
             design
             ,
             an
             unexpected
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             an
             unwardable
             blow
             quite
             undid
             them
             and
             their
             designs
             ,
             leaving
             them
             ,
             as
             became
             ,
             the
             laughter
             and
             scorn
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             while
             their
             General
             having
             turned
             them
             out
             ,
             and
             dissolved
             them
             ,
             made
             himself
             ,
             after
             a
             short
             intervall
             of
             time
             ,
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1653.
             
          
           
             FOr
             on
             the
             twentieth
             of
             April
             ,
             
             1653.
             
             Cromwell
             suddenly
             and
             forcibly
             turns
             out
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             who
             had
             for
             four
             years
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             as
             from
             Ianuary
             to
             April
             this
             year
             ,
             since
             they
             murthered
             the
             King
             ,
             tyrannized
             over
             the
             three
             Nations
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             violation
             of
             that
             violencing
             Parliament
             ,
             
             Cromwell
             and
             his
             Officers
             call
             a
             new
             Representative
             ,
             and
             erect
             a
             new
             Councel
             of
             State
             ,
             wherein
             not
             one
             man
             of
             (
             but
             only
             such
             as
             were
             revolters
             from
             )
             the
             Commonwealth
             were
             admitted
             .
             By
             the
             FACE
             of
             this
             new
             erected
             Councel
             ,
             a
             Convention
             is
             assembled
             of
             120.
             who
             did
             nothing
             but
             folly
             and
             mischief
             against
             Church
             and
             people
             ,
             particularly
             by
             their
             lawless
             act
             of
             Marriages
             ,
             and
             vote
             against
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             cunninger
             part
             of
             them
             reassigned
             their
             Trust
             and
             Power
             to
             the
             same
             hand
             that
             gave
             it
             ,
             having
             made
             an
             Act
             also
             for
             a
             Tax
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             old
             mode
             of
             120000
             pound
             
               per
               mensem
            
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             shift
             of
             power
             ,
             
             Cromwell
             was
             ,
             as
             they
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             invested
             with
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             ,
             it
             being
             devolved
             unto
             him
             by
             the
             late
             resignation
             ;
             and
             therefore
             a
             new
             device
             of
             Government
             was
             now
             projected
             ,
             which
             was
             contained
             in
             an
             Instrument
             consisting
             of
             42
             Articles
             ;
             whereby
             he
             is
             made
             Lord
             Protector
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             solemnly
             installed
             before
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             ,
             on
             the
             sixteenth
             of
             the
             same
             moneth
             .
             This
             was
             pretended
             to
             be
             drawn
             out
             of
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             ;
             but
             what
             need
             we
             say
             of
             it
             ?
          
           
             Some
             struglings
             there
             were
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             new
             year
             in
             Scotland
             and
             Ireland
             ;
             in
             the
             first
             for
             life
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             death
             ,
             the
             Scotch
             hoping
             to
             recover
             themselves
             ,
             and
             the
             Irish
             at
             the
             l●st
             gasp
             ,
             all
             places
             and
             persons
             being
             neer
             reduced
             to
             the
             Usurper
             ,
             .
          
           
             During
             this
             intermission
             of
             Government
             in
             England
             ,
             yet
             there
             was
             no
             vacancy
             of
             War
             betwixt
             us
             and
             the
             Hollanders
             ,
             who
             sensible
             of
             their
             own
             weakness
             ,
             and
             the
             new
             Protectors
             troubles
             ,
             in
             his
             ambitious
             aspiring
             designs
             ,
             sent
             over
             Embassadors
             to
             treat
             .
             While
             they
             were
             here
             ,
             the
             Fleets
             of
             both
             States
             being
             prepared
             ,
             and
             out
             at
             Sea
             ,
             happened
             two
             dismal
             encounters
             ;
             the
             first
             on
             the
             23
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             (
             the
             Dutch
             having
             before
             conveyed
             one
             Fleet
             out
             towards
             the
             East
             and
             West
             ,
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Levant
             ,
             about
             by
             Scotland
             ;
             and
             conveyed
             two
             Fleetshome
             ,
             one
             from
             the
             Baltick
             and
             Northern
             Sea
             from
             Prussia
             ,
             and
             another
             
             that
             came
             about
             from
             
               France
               ,
               Levant
               ,
               &c.
            
             )
             which
             continued
             for
             three
             daies
             fighting
             and
             flying
             ;
             in
             the
             first
             whereof
             General
             Dean
             was
             slain
             with
             a
             Canon
             bullet
             hard
             by
             General
             Monck
             (
             so
             Providence
             distinguished
             betwixt
             a
             King-Murderer
             and
             a
             King-Restorer
             )
             and
             the
             two
             next
             ,
             in
             seizing
             and
             entring
             several
             ships
             in
             the
             pursuit
             ,
             until
             such
             time
             as
             they
             got
             into
             the
             Weylings
             ,
             having
             lost
             seventeen
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             whereof
             eleven
             taken
             and
             six
             sunk
             ,
             and
             many
             prisoners
             taken
             ;
             and
             which
             was
             worst
             ,
             the
             Coast
             of
             Holland
             was
             so
             blockt
             up
             ,
             that
             no
             ships
             could
             safely
             arrive
             in
             their
             harbours
             ,
             nor
             no
             joyning
             of
             one
             part
             of
             the
             Fleet
             (
             then
             a
             rigging
             new
             ,
             to
             remedy
             this
             overthrow
             )
             with
             another
             .
          
           
             All
             preparations
             were
             therefore
             made
             by
             the
             Hollander
             ,
             to
             recover
             not
             only
             their
             credit
             ,
             but
             their
             livelihood
             and
             subsistance
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             drive
             the
             English
             from
             the
             coast
             ;
             and
             General
             Van-Trump
             having
             fitted
             himself
             with
             the
             choice
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             both
             for
             men
             and
             ships
             ,
             resolved
             for
             to
             effect
             it
             ;
             whereupon
             on
             the
             second
             of
             Iuly
             he
             sailed
             from
             the
             Weylings
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             joyned
             with
             a
             Fleet
             from
             the
             Texel
             ,
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             which
             Fleets
             the
             English
             weighed
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             23
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             part
             of
             the
             English
             under
             General
             Monk
             ,
             then
             Admiral
             ,
             charged
             through
             them
             ;
             the
             next
             day
             the
             whole
             Fleet
             came
             up
             ,
             but
             being
             blustrous
             weather
             could
             not
             ingage
             ,
             but
             on
             Saturday
             both
             Fleets
             fell
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             made
             an
             end
             ,
             the
             Dutch
             being
             worsted
             ,
             and
             miserably
             shattered
             ,
             thirty
             six
             ships
             taken
             ,
             burnt
             ,
             and
             sunk
             ,
             the
             rest
             escaping
             into
             the
             Texel
             ,
             from
             whence
             were
             lately
             some
             of
             them
             equipped
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             parting
             blow
             of
             that
             War
             ,
             the
             Dutch
             Ambassadors
             concluding
             a
             peace
             presently
             ,
             which
             was
             transacted
             by
             Oliver
             ,
             and
             concluded
             by
             him
             ,
             for
             the
             facilitating
             his
             vaster
             designs
             at
             home
             ,
             this
             adding
             reputation
             to
             his
             future
             undertakings
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             quarrel
             for
             the
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Seas
             ended
             .
          
           
             This
             War
             so
             ended
             ,
             with
             such
             honourable
             success
             and
             advantage
             ,
             Cromwell
             having
             ,
             as
             before
             is
             said
             ,
             the
             power
             resigned
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             took
             upon
             him
             to
             act
             as
             chief
             Magistrate
             ,
             urg'd
             thereto
             by
             the
             Army
             and
             the
             well-affected
             people
             ,
             and
             installed
             himself
             ,
             as
             before
             ,
             at
             Westminster
             the
             sixteenth
             day
             of
             December
             ,
             Lord
             Protector
             of
             the
             three
             Nations
             .
          
           
             Being
             also
             now
             proclaimed
             by
             his
             Councel
             ,
             with
             the
             stile
             aforesaid
             ,
             endeavours
             were
             used
             every
             where
             to
             countenance
             it
             with
             Addresses
             ,
             but
             the
             main
             one
             ,
             was
             the
             invitation
             of
             the
             City
             for
             him
             to
             dine
             at
             
               Grocers
               Hall
            
             ,
             which
             they
             sumptuously
             
             performed
             ,
             and
             he
             ambitiously
             enough
             received
             ,
             Knighting
             the
             Mayor
             for
             the
             Cities
             kindness
             .
          
           
             But
             kindness
             would
             yield
             no
             money
             ,
             therefore
             cruelty
             must
             ;
             a
             plot
             against
             the
             Protectors
             life
             by
             one
             Colonel
             
               Iohn
               Gerrard
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Fox
             Mr.
             Vowel
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             not
             being
             chargeable
             by
             the
             Laws
             for
             any
             such
             attempts
             ,
             were
             brought
             before
             a
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Gerrard
             and
             Mr.
             Vowel
             condemned
             ,
             and
             severally
             executed
             ;
             with
             Gerrard
             was
             executed
             
               Don
               Pontaleon
            
             ,
             the
             Portugal
             Ambassadors
             Brother
             ,
             who
             had
             made
             a
             Riot
             in
             the
             New-Exchange
             ,
             and
             slain
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             to
             whose
             rescue
             this
             Noble
             Gerrard
             very
             bravely
             ventured
             ,
             and
             yet
             their
             fate
             was
             one
             .
          
           
             General
             Middleton
             lands
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             with
             some
             supplyes
             from
             the
             King
             ;
             whereupon
             Glencarn
             and
             Seasort
             joyn
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             a
             new
             face
             upon
             the
             Kings
             business
             there
             ;
             but
             in
             conclusion
             all
             came
             to
             nothing
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Middleton
             being
             defeated
             at
             Longherry
             ,
             who
             had
             marched
             through
             all
             the
             Highlands
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             there
             overtook
             and
             worsted
             him
             ,
             Middleton
             himself
             escaping
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Glencarn
             ,
             and
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Royal
             Party
             ,
             coming
             in
             upon
             conditions
             ,
             till
             all
             was
             quieted
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1654.
             
          
           
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             about
             this
             time
             departed
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             ,
             upon
             intimation
             of
             a
             Treaty
             then
             on
             foot
             betwixt
             that
             Crown
             and
             the
             Protector
             ,
             whom
             soon
             followed
             his
             Brother
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ;
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             being
             tempted
             to
             turn
             Papist
             ,
             was
             fought
             out
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             Colledg
             by
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             command
             of
             the
             King
             his
             Brother
             .
          
           
             Now
             according
             to
             the
             Instrument
             of
             Government
             ,
             Cromwel
             called
             his
             first
             Triennial
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             had
             sit
             but
             just
             five
             lunary
             moneths
             ,
             spent
             in
             debating
             the
             aforesaid
             Instrument
             ,
             and
             Cromwells
             Authority
             ,
             when
             Cromwell
             came
             ,
             sent
             for
             the
             House
             to
             the
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             dissolved
             it
             with
             a
             very
             ted●ous
             and
             deceitful
             speech
             .
          
           
             Now
             another
             plot
             ,
             after
             this
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             ended
             with
             much
             publick
             discontent
             ,
             and
             therefore
             was
             thought
             a
             very
             fit
             juncture
             for
             such
             a
             business
             ,
             was
             found
             out
             ,
             and
             discovered
             from
             abroad
             by
             one
             Manning
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Secretaries
             to
             the
             King
             then
             at
             Colen
             :
             The
             first
             eruption
             of
             this
             general
             
             design
             was
             at
             Salisbury
             ,
             on
             the
             sixteenth
             of
             March
             ,
             of
             some
             three
             hundred
             men
             ,
             under
             the
             command
             of
             Sir
             
               Ioseph
               Wagstaff
            
             ,
             in
             chief
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Penruddo●k
             ,
             and
             Gr●ves
             ,
             consisting
             altogether
             o●
             men
             of
             quality
             and
             condition
             :
             These
             proceeded
             Westward
             ,
             where
             at
             Blandford
             they
             proclaimed
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             Oliver
             knowing
             the
             plot
             before
             hand
             ,
             had
             sent
             some
             horse
             that
             way
             ,
             who
             forthwith
             pursued
             them
             ,
             they
             bending
             towards
             Devonshire
             ,
             where
             at
             Southmolton
             they
             were
             surprized
             in
             their
             quarters
             ,
             Wagstaff
             escaped
             ,
             but
             Penruddock
             and
             Groves
             ,
             though
             after
             quarter
             promised
             by
             Colonel
             
               Vnton
               Crook
            
             ,
             who
             took
             them
             ,
             with
             some
             twenty
             more
             ,
             were
             beheaded
             and
             executed
             〈◊〉
             several
             places
             .
          
           
             Another
             party
             at
             the
             same
             time
             surprized
             the
             Town
             of
             Shrewsbury
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             to
             take
             the
             Castle
             ,
             but
             were
             discovered
             ,
             and
             so
             failed
             of
             their
             enterprise
             :
             The
             like
             rising
             also
             in
             Montgomerysh●re
             ,
             in
             Sherwood
             Forrest
             in
             Nottingham●hire
             ,
             and
             in
             Yorkshire
             and
             Northumberland
             ,
             so
             that
             though
             it
             was
             laid
             generally
             through
             the
             Nation
             ,
             yet
             by
             the
             treachery
             of
             that
             Manning
             ,
             the
             design
             was
             fr●strated
             ,
             which
             soon
             brought
             after
             it
             a
             trick
             called
             Decimation
             of
             the
             Cavaliers
             Estates
             for
             their
             old
             and
             this
             new
             (
             so
             termed
             )
             Delinquency
             .
          
           
             The
             Protector
             had
             feared
             himself
             ,
             
             as
             he
             thought
             ,
             pretty
             fast
             in
             his
             new
             Usurpation
             ,
             he
             had
             concluded
             a
             League
             with
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             and
             Whitlock
             had
             made
             another
             for
             him
             with
             the
             Swede
             ,
             and
             now
             the
             French
             had
             also
             entred
             into
             the
             like
             Confederation
             ,
             prevening
             the
             Sp●n●ard
             ,
             the
             first
             design
             whereof
             proved
             to
             be
             an
             attempt
             upon
             the
             King
             of
             
               Spains
               West-Indies
            
             ,
             advised
             by
             Cardinal
             Mazarine
             ,
             and
             vigorously
             put
             in
             execution
             by
             the
             Protector
             ;
             for
             on
             the
             nineteenth
             of
             December
             ,
             a
             well-appointed
             Fleet
             set
             sail
             from
             Portsmouth
             to
             the
             Barbadoes
             ,
             where
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             ,
             the
             General
             ,
             had
             order
             to
             open
             their
             Commissions
             ,
             (
             Venables
             for
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             Pen
             for
             the
             Sea
             forces
             )
             no
             body
             certainly
             knowing
             their
             design
             ,
             an
             occasion
             of
             much
             mischief
             afterwards
             to
             the
             expedition
             ,
             neither
             Commanders
             nor
             Souldiers
             being
             sufficiently
             provided
             for
             so
             long
             a
             service
             with
             necessaries
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             29th
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             the
             whole
             Fleet
             ,
             except
             the
             Charity
             ,
             where
             the
             horses
             and
             other
             provisions
             were
             put
             aboard
             ,
             arrived
             at
             Anchor
             in
             
               Carlisle
               Bay
            
             at
             the
             Barbadoes
             ,
             and
             landed
             their
             men
             ,
             where
             having
             made
             up
             the
             three
             thousand
             they
             brought
             with
             them
             from
             England
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             eight
             thousand
             ,
             
             with
             Planters
             from
             the
             adjacent
             Isles
             ,
             the
             31
             of
             March
             
             they
             set
             sail
             from
             the
             Barbadoes
             ,
             and
             six
             daies
             after
             ,
             at
             S.
             Christophers
             ,
             took
             in
             thirteen
             hundred
             men
             more
             (
             Voluntiers
             )
             and
             from
             thence
             on
             the
             thirteenth
             of
             April
             arrived
             at
             S.
             Domingo
             .
             Here
             a
             Councel
             of
             War
             was
             called
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             determined
             ,
             that
             Gen
             Venables
             should
             land
             with
             seven
             thousand
             men
             ,
             and
             three
             daies
             provision
             ,
             ten
             or
             twelve
             leagues
             Westward
             to
             the
             Town
             ,
             the
             Army
             being
             ve●y
             joyf●l
             ,
             and
             expecting
             nothing
             less
             then
             heaps
             of
             gold
             ;
             accordingly
             they
             landed
             ,
             but
             then
             a
             Proclamation
             was
             made
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             should
             touch
             or
             plunder
             to
             his
             own
             use
             any
             plate
             ,
             money
             ,
             &c.
             which
             so
             deaded
             their
             hearts
             ,
             that
             what
             with
             that
             ,
             and
             the
             incommodiousness
             and
             thirst
             they
             suffered
             in
             that
             hot
             passage
             ,
             being
             forced
             to
             drink
             their
             own
             Urine
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             disheartned
             and
             dismayed
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             very
             first
             encounter
             of
             the
             Enemy
             their
             courage
             failed
             them
             ,
             and
             an
             inconsiderable
             Enemy
             made
             great
             execution
             on
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1655.
             
          
           
             This
             first
             succesless
             combat
             struck
             a
             panick
             fear
             through
             the
             whole
             Army
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             began
             to
             grow
             afraid
             of
             the
             rustling
             of
             the
             leafs
             of
             those
             thick
             woods
             they
             wandred
             in
             ;
             but
             at
             last
             up
             they
             came
             to
             a
             Fort
             neer
             S.
             Domingo
             ,
             where
             having
             made
             ready
             their
             Mortar
             Guns
             to
             play
             upon
             it
             ,
             orders
             were
             given
             for
             the
             dismounting
             and
             hiding
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             with
             all
             hast
             the
             Army
             reimbarqued
             again
             ,
             having
             neither
             provision
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             else
             fit
             for
             their
             long
             return
             to
             Windward
             for
             Barbadnes
             ;
             
             and
             therefore
             it
             was
             resolved
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             steer
             directly
             before
             the
             wind
             to
             Iamaica
             ,
             where
             they
             arrived
             on
             the
             eighteenth
             of
             May
             ,
             and
             meeting
             no
             opposition
             landed
             ,
             and
             possest
             themselves
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Town
             ;
             whereupon
             ensued
             a
             Treaty
             betwixt
             the
             Spanish
             Governour
             and
             the
             General
             ,
             which
             spun
             out
             time
             ,
             till
             the
             Inhabitants
             had
             conveyed
             away
             their
             best
             goods
             and
             cattel
             ;
             and
             soon
             after
             this
             worthy
             adventure
             ,
             the
             two
             Generals
             returned
             into
             England
             ,
             and
             for
             shew-sake
             were
             clapt
             up
             in
             the
             Tower
             by
             the
             Protector
             ,
             and
             presently
             again
             released
             .
             But
             great
             was
             the
             mortality
             of
             this
             expedition
             ,
             scarce
             one
             in
             four
             surviving
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             misery
             befell
             them
             that
             were
             afterwards
             sent
             thither
             ,
             being
             two
             thousand
             stout
             old
             Souldiers
             ,
             under
             the
             several
             commands
             of
             Colonel
             Humphreys
             ,
             and
             Lievtenant
             Colonel
             Brayn
             ,
             who
             was
             sent
             last
             to
             command
             in
             chief
             in
             that
             new-gained
             Island
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             honour
             was
             lost
             here
             ,
             was
             something
             compensated
             
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             General
             Blake
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             this
             Fleet
             went
             for
             the
             West-Indies
             ,
             was
             sent
             with
             another
             into
             the
             Straits
             to
             repress
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             Pyrates
             of
             Algiers
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             infested
             those
             Seas
             ,
             that
             commerce
             was
             not
             free
             for
             any
             Nation
             :
             Therefore
             having
             anchored
             before
             Algiers
             ,
             he
             demanded
             restitution
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             civil
             answer
             ,
             from
             thence
             to
             his
             satisfaction
             ;
             thence
             he
             arrived
             at
             Tunis
             ,
             demanding
             as
             before
             ;
             to
             which
             the
             Dye
             or
             Vice-King
             returned
             answer
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             the
             Castles
             and
             Ships
             of
             the
             Grand
             Seignior
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             do
             his
             worst
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             to
             be
             scared
             with
             his
             Fleet
             :
             whereupon
             a
             Councel
             of
             War
             being
             called
             ,
             it
             was
             resolved
             ,
             to
             attaque
             the
             Castles
             and
             Port
             of
             Ferino
             ,
             wherein
             lay
             nine
             Frigats
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             to
             burn
             them
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             ,
             and
             in
             despight
             of
             all
             their
             Ordnance
             and
             Castles
             they
             effected
             ,
             with
             a
             very
             small
             loss
             :
             The
             news
             hereof
             was
             carried
             to
             the
             Grand
             Seignior
             ,
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             a
             massacre
             was
             committed
             in
             Piedmont
             on
             the
             Protestants
             there
             (
             many
             say
             not
             for
             Religion
             ,
             but
             Rebell
             on
             )
             and
             vast
             sums
             of
             money
             were
             raised
             by
             a
             Declaration
             of
             the
             Protectors
             ,
             resenting
             their
             miserable
             estate
             ,
             most
             part
             of
             which
             came
             into
             his
             own
             purse
             at
             the
             Conclusion
             ;
             yet
             while
             he
             was
             taking
             money
             in
             one
             hand
             for
             the
             Christians
             accompt
             ,
             he
             had
             another
             open
             for
             the
             Jewish
             ,
             who
             about
             this
             time
             had
             offered
             large
             sums
             for
             their
             readmistion
             into
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             this
             could
             not
             be
             done
             without
             an
             odium
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             Protector
             kept
             what
             he
             had
             in
             hand
             as
             earnest
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             design
             was
             a
             Turkish
             one
             ,
             having
             erected
             the
             office
             and
             power
             of
             Major
             Generals
             ,
             equal
             to
             Bashaws
             ,
             for
             the
             several
             Counties
             ,
             but
             they
             being
             upstarts
             ,
             and
             something
             eclipsing
             his
             own
             entire
             greatness
             ,
             he
             soon
             after
             laid
             them
             aside
             ,
             (
             but
             never
             totally
             abrogated
             them
             )
             having
             made
             use
             of
             them
             to
             levy
             his
             new
             extortion
             of
             Decimation
             .
          
           
             A
             War
             now
             was
             declared
             betwixt
             the
             Spaniard
             and
             the
             Prorector
             ,
             who
             sent
             the
             two
             Generals
             ,
             Blake
             ,
             (
             and
             Montague
             new
             made
             one
             )
             to
             block
             up
             the
             Port
             at
             Cadiz
             ,
             and
             to
             way-lay
             the
             Plate-Fleet
             in
             its
             return
             from
             the
             Indies
             (
             nothing
             was
             omitted
             to
             get
             money
             ,
             which
             the
             people
             of
             England
             would
             not
             part
             with
             to
             him
             )
             while
             the
             French
             peace
             was
             then
             proclaimed
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             agreed
             on
             ,
             as
             before
             .
             Before
             Cadiz
             ,
             the
             English
             lay
             ,
             hoping
             to
             draw
             the
             Spaniards
             out
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             not
             stir
             ,
             imagining
             the
             English
             must
             remove
             for
             fresh
             water
             homeward
             ,
             but
             that
             was
             found
             neerer
             there
             ,
             at
             
               Wyers
               Bay
            
             in
             Portugal
             ,
             
             whether
             the
             Generals
             being
             gone
             for
             the
             aforesaid
             purpose
             ,
             leaving
             Rear-Admiral
             Stayner
             to
             have
             an
             eye
             upon
             the
             Coast
             ,
             and
             port
             of
             Cadiz
             ,
             he
             crusing
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             espied
             a
             Fleet
             making
             thitherwards
             ,
             whereupon
             being
             to
             Leeward
             ,
             he
             made
             all
             the
             possible
             speed
             he
             could
             to
             get
             up
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             supposing
             his
             Squadron
             to
             be
             but
             Fishermen
             ,
             and
             having
             received
             false
             intelligence
             the
             day
             before
             ,
             that
             the
             English
             were
             departed
             ,
             and
             presently
             ingaged
             :
             The
             Spaniards
             were
             eight
             tall
             Galeons
             ,
             he
             but
             three
             that
             fought
             ;
             viz.
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             the
             Bridgewater
             ,
             and
             the
             Plymouth
             ;
             the
             fight
             was
             soon
             over
             ;
             of
             the
             Spanish
             two
             were
             taken
             ,
             two
             burnt
             ,
             one
             sunk
             ,
             two
             ran
             ashore
             ,
             and
             one
             escaped
             :
             In
             one
             of
             those
             that
             was
             taken
             great
             riches
             were
             found
             ,
             both
             in
             Plate
             and
             in
             Cocheneal
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             other
             little
             save
             hides
             :
             For
             this
             Victory
             a
             Thanksgiving
             day
             was
             ordered
             ,
             and
             much
             rejoycing
             at
             Wh●tehall
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1656.
             
          
           
             Nevertheless
             this
             money
             would
             not
             serve
             turn
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Protector
             resolved
             to
             put
             it
             to
             tryal
             what
             he
             could
             do
             by
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             hoping
             this
             success
             ,
             and
             his
             reputation
             abroad
             ,
             might
             have
             begot
             a
             dread
             and
             reverence
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             summons
             a
             Parliament
             by
             his
             own
             Writ
             ,
             to
             be
             held
             at
             Westminster
             the
             17th
             of
             September
             ;
             where
             finding
             the
             Election
             ,
             not
             answering
             his
             intendments
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             late
             Assembly
             being
             returned
             again
             for
             this
             ,
             he
             imposeth
             a
             recognition
             of
             his
             Authority
             to
             be
             taken
             by
             every
             Member
             ,
             before
             he
             should
             sit
             in
             the
             House
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             excludes
             far
             the
             major
             part
             .
             Others
             also
             ,
             offended
             at
             this
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             voluntarily
             absented
             themselves
             ,
             and
             retired
             into
             their
             respective
             Counties
             ;
             so
             that
             having
             packt
             this
             Convention
             according
             to
             his
             mind
             ,
             the
             remnant
             chose
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Widdrington
            
             Speaker
             ,
             and
             fell
             to
             work
             ,
             enacting
             several
             things
             for
             the
             Protector
             first
             ,
             for
             security
             of
             his
             person
             and
             dignity
             ,
             which
             had
             lately
             been
             attempted
             by
             one
             Syndercomb
             (
             and
             for
             which
             he
             was
             convicted
             and
             condemned
             at
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             Bar
             ,
             then
             called
             the
             Upper
             bench
             ,
             and
             was
             supposed
             to
             prevent
             his
             execution
             ,
             to
             have
             poysoned
             himself
             the
             night
             before
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             drawn
             naked
             at
             a
             horse
             tail
             ,
             and
             burned
             under
             the
             Scaffold
             at
             Tower-hill
             ,
             and
             a
             stake
             drove
             through
             him
             )
             and
             the
             next
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             for
             raising
             of
             money
             to
             maintain
             the
             War
             against
             Spain
             ,
             and
             for
             continuing
             Tonnage
             and
             Poundage
             ;
             another
             was
             ,
             an
             
             Act
             for
             preventing
             buildings
             in
             and
             about
             London
             ,
             a
             whole
             years
             Revenue
             to
             be
             paid
             for
             all
             such
             houses
             as
             had
             been
             built
             upon
             new
             foundations
             since
             the
             year
             1620.
             and
             an
             Act
             confirming
             and
             continuing
             the
             Excise
             :
             But
             the
             chiefest
             of
             all
             was
             ,
             a
             device
             called
             ,
             
               The
               humble
               Petition
               and
               Advice
            
             ,
             wherein
             Cromwell
             was
             entreated
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             but
             his
             ambition
             durst
             not
             venture
             upon
             it
             ,
             as
             things
             yet
             stood
             ,
             so
             he
             was
             contented
             to
             be
             installed
             again
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             was
             wanting
             before
             ,
             and
             that
             solemnly
             and
             very
             stately
             was
             soon
             after
             celebrated
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             adjounred
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1657.
             
          
           
             Leave
             we
             the
             Protector
             awhile
             ,
             and
             return
             to
             General
             Blake
             on
             the
             Coast
             of
             Spa●n
             ,
             where
             finding
             nothing
             to
             do
             ,
             being
             informed
             that
             the
             Plate-Fleet
             was
             arrived
             in
             the
             Canary
             Islands
             ,
             and
             unladen
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             sail
             thither
             ,
             and
             fire
             the
             Galeons
             in
             the
             Harbour
             of
             
               Sancta
               Cruz
            
             ,
             which
             with
             much
             bravery
             ,
             though
             with
             as
             much
             danger
             and
             hazard
             ,
             on
             the
             20th
             of
             April
             ,
             was
             attempted
             first
             by
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Stayner
            
             ,
             and
             seconded
             by
             the
             whole
             Fleet
             ,
             so
             that
             in
             four
             hours
             space
             they
             fired
             sixteen
             ships
             ,
             and
             slew
             many
             hundred
             Spaniards
             on
             board
             and
             on
             shore
             ,
             losing
             only
             ,
             some
             50
             slain
             ,
             and
             120
             wounded
             .
             For
             this
             exploit
             the
             General
             had
             a
             Diamond
             ,
             nigh
             worth
             five
             hundred
             pound
             sent
             him
             ,
             and
             Captain
             Stayner
             was
             Knighted
             by
             Oliver
             ,
             but
             since
             the
             King
             ,
             out
             of
             respect
             to
             his
             merit
             ,
             hath
             confirmed
             him
             a
             Knight
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             19th
             of
             April
             a
             conspiracy
             was
             found
             out
             of
             the
             Fifth
             Monarchists
             ;
             at
             a
             house
             in
             Shoreditch
             ,
             several
             Arms
             and
             Colours
             were
             taken
             ;
             as
             l●kewise
             Major
             General
             Harrison
             ,
             Colonel
             Rich
             ,
             Vice-Admiral
             
               Lawson
               ,
               Venner
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             that
             party
             were
             secured
             ;
             it
             came
             to
             nothing
             then
             ,
             but
             burst
             out
             dangerously
             since
             .
          
           
             This
             Summer
             the
             Protector
             ,
             according
             to
             compact
             and
             agreement
             with
             the
             French
             ,
             had
             sent
             over
             some
             forces
             to
             joyn
             with
             the
             French
             King
             against
             the
             Spaniard
             in
             Flanders
             :
             These
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Commissary
             General
             Reynolds
             ,
             landed
             in
             Picardy
             ,
             and
             about
             the
             end
             of
             October
             ,
             the
             French
             and
             he
             came
             and
             sit
             down
             before
             Mardike
             ,
             a
             Fort
             neer
             Dunkirk
             ,
             and
             of
             concernment
             to
             the
             taking
             of
             Dunkirk
             it self
             :
             This
             place
             ,
             after
             a
             short
             siege
             ,
             was
             rendred
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             French
             put
             into
             the
             English
             hands
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             French
             betook
             themselves
             to
             their
             
             winter-quarters
             ,
             while
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             under
             the
             leading
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             attempted
             by
             storm
             in
             the
             night
             time
             to
             regain
             it
             from
             the
             English
             ,
             but
             were
             valiantly
             repulsed
             .
          
           
             General
             Blake
             returning
             home
             from
             hi●
             Triumphs
             over
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             died
             on
             Shipboard
             ,
             in
             sight
             of
             English
             Land
             ;
             and
             General
             Reynolds
             returning
             out
             of
             Flanders
             to
             England
             ,
             was
             cast
             away
             in
             the
             Goodwin
             Sands
             ,
             and
             with
             him
             Colonel
             White
             ,
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             By
             one
             of
             the
             clauses
             of
             the
             humble
             Petition
             and
             Advice
             ,
             it
             was
             declared
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             should
             consist
             of
             two
             Houses
             ;
             therefore
             Cromwell
             ,
             during
             the
             adjournment
             ,
             fill'd
             up
             the
             number
             of
             that
             Other
             House
             ,
             that
             was
             its
             name
             ,
             consisting
             of
             sixty
             two
             persons
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             his
             neer
             Relations
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             of
             mean
             extraction
             :
             These
             nevertheless
             ,
             at
             the
             expiring
             of
             the
             prorogation
             appeared
             ,
             and
             took
             their
             places
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             antient
             custome
             was
             ,
             whether
             the
             Protector
             came
             and
             sent
             for
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             where
             he
             made
             a
             canting
             speech
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             Commons
             returning
             to
             their
             House
             ,
             having
             admitted
             all
             their
             Members
             ,
             would
             neither
             own
             the
             new
             Lords
             ,
             nor
             him
             that
             made
             them
             so
             ,
             but
             fell
             into
             high
             disputes
             about
             the
             Government
             ;
             so
             that
             Cromwell
             seeing
             how
             the
             game
             was
             likely
             to
             go
             ,
             came
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             great
             ●ury
             within
             ten
             daies
             after
             their
             resitting
             ,
             dissolved
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1658.
             
          
           
             After
             the
             dissolution
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             of
             course
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             custome
             another
             plot
             was
             discovered
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             clearly
             of
             Cromwells
             own
             making
             ;
             the
             City
             was
             to
             be
             fired
             ,
             and
             a
             general
             insurrection
             and
             massacre
             of
             the
             well-affected
             :
             
             In
             this
             snare
             were
             taken
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Slingsby
            
             ,
             Doctor
             Hewet
             ,
             and
             Master
             ,
             now
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Woodcock
               ,
               Iohn
            
             now
             Lord
             Viscount
             Mordant
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             meaner
             rank
             ,
             as
             Colonel
             
               Ashton
               ,
               Thomas
               Bettley
               ,
               Edmond
               Stacy
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ;
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Slingsby
            
             and
             Doctor
             Hewet
             ,
             were
             beheaded
             at
             Tower-hill
             ,
             and
             the
             three
             last
             hang'd
             and
             quartered
             in
             the
             streets
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             Dunkirk
             ,
             
             after
             a
             gallant
             defence
             ,
             and
             a
             field
             battel
             ,
             in
             attempting
             the
             relief
             ,
             where
             the
             English
             had
             the
             honour
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             and
             English
             the
             victory
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             was
             on
             the
             25th
             of
             Iune
             delivered
             to
             the
             United
             Forces
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             French
             King
             put
             into
             the
             English
             hands
             ;
             Lockhart
             ,
             formerly
             Ambassador
             in
             
             France
             ,
             and
             then
             General
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             being
             made
             Governour
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Now
             it
             pleased
             God
             suddenly
             after
             this
             tyranny
             and
             cruelty
             ,
             committed
             on
             those
             innocent
             persons
             above-named
             ,
             to
             call
             this
             Protector
             to
             an
             account
             ,
             who
             lingring
             some
             time
             with
             an
             ague
             and
             a
             pain
             in
             his
             intestines
             ,
             on
             the
             third
             day
             of
             September
             ,
             his
             great
             fortunate
             day
             ,
             breathed
             out
             h●s
             last
             ,
             his
             death
             being
             ushered
             by
             a
             most
             terrible
             wind
             ,
             and
             the
             coming
             of
             a
             Whale
             up
             the
             River
             of
             Thames
             ,
             of
             twenty
             yards
             long
             .
             Thus
             ended
             that
             wretched
             Politique
             .
          
           
             After
             Oliver
             Protector
             war
             dead
             ,
             his
             Son
             Richard
             ,
             according
             to
             an
             Article
             in
             the
             Instrument
             o●
             Government
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             was
             to
             declare
             his
             Successor
             ,
             was
             by
             his
             Fathers
             Councel
             proclaimed
             Lord
             Protector
             of
             these
             three
             Nations
             ,
             with
             the
             usual
             solemnities
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             owned
             by
             several
             addresses
             from
             most
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             drawn
             and
             subscribed
             by
             some
             particular
             persons
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             who
             obtruded
             them
             upon
             the
             rest
             .
             He
             was
             courted
             also
             by
             the
             French
             ,
             Swedish
             ,
             Dutch
             Ambassadors
             ,
             who
             all
             condoled
             him
             for
             his
             Fathers
             death
             .
          
           
             After
             a
             little
             respit
             of
             time
             ,
             Richard
             was
             advised
             to
             call
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Courtiers
             thinking
             ,
             that
             what
             with
             the
             Army
             and
             the
             Lawyers
             ,
             they
             should
             make
             their
             party
             good
             for
             the
             Protector
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             being
             sure
             of
             their
             other
             House
             of
             Peers
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             took
             care
             for
             his
             Fathers
             Funerals
             ;
             which
             were
             solemnized
             in
             most
             ample
             manner
             ,
             above
             the
             expences
             usual
             to
             any
             of
             our
             Kings
             deceased
             ,
             November
             23.
             1658.
             
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             being
             convened
             on
             the
             27th
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             the
             Protector
             and
             his
             new
             Lords
             gave
             them
             a
             meeting
             in
             the
             Lords
             House
             ,
             where
             he
             made
             a
             speech
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             seconded
             by
             the
             Keeper
             Fiennes
             ,
             and
             so
             departed
             to
             Whitehall
             ,
             the
             Lords
             keeping
             their
             seats
             ,
             and
             the
             major
             part
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             not
             vouchsafing
             audience
             ,
             betook
             themselves
             to
             their
             own
             house
             ,
             and
             elected
             
               Challoner
               Chute
            
             for
             their
             Speaker
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             being
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             fuller
             then
             it
             used
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             Knights
             and
             Burgesses
             from
             Scotland
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             began
             with
             the
             old
             Trade
             of
             questioning
             the
             power
             .
             In
             conclusion
             ,
             the
             debate
             came
             to
             this
             result
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             recognize
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             but
             so
             that
             nothing
             should
             be
             binding
             ,
             till
             all
             other
             Acts
             to
             be
             prepared
             by
             the
             Parliament
             should
             likewise
             pass
             and
             be
             confirmed
             :
             For
             the
             other
             House
             also
             ,
             that
             no
             stop
             might
             be
             put
             to
             the
             great
             design
             of
             setling
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             which
             was
             then
             aimed
             at
             ,
             and
             that
             question
             of
             owning
             them
             being
             but
             a
             baulk
             to
             their
             proceeding
             ,
             they
             resolved
             to
             transact
             with
             them
             for
             this
             Parliament
             as
             a
             House
             of
             Peers
             ,
             not
             excluding
             the
             right
             of
             other
             the
             Peers
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             The
             Protector
             ,
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Sweden
             ,
             had
             rigg'd
             forth
             a
             Fleet
             for
             the
             Sound
             ,
             which
             being
             ready
             to
             set
             sail
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             ordered
             that
             for
             this
             time
             the
             Protector
             should
             have
             the
             mannagement
             of
             the
             Militia
             in
             this
             expedition
             ,
             reserving
             to
             themselves
             the
             Supreme
             right
             thereto
             ;
             that
             Fleet
             ,
             after
             six
             moneths
             time
             ,
             returned
             back
             again
             ,
             
               re
               infecta
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             debates
             flew
             high
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             tending
             to
             the
             lessening
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Sword
             ,
             which
             was
             grown
             so
             exorbitant
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Army
             being
             sensible
             whereto
             such
             consultations
             would
             finally
             tend
             ,
             resolved
             to
             break
             up
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             ,
             having
             secured
             the
             Protector
             ,
             made
             him
             sign
             a
             Commission
             to
             Fiennes
             to
             dissolve
             it
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             was
             done
             ,
             though
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             to
             prevent
             it
             ,
             adjourned
             themselves
             for
             three
             daies
             ;
             but
             then
             out
             came
             a
             Proclamation
             ,
             forced
             likewise
             from
             the
             Protector
             ,
             whereby
             he
             declared
             that
             Parliament
             to
             be
             absolutely
             dissolved
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             tail
             of
             the
             Parliament
             which
             were
             turned
             out
             by
             Oliver
             in
             1653.
             joyn
             their
             heads
             together
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             way
             for
             their
             free
             Commonwealth
             again
             .
             Richard
             Protector
             is
             laid
             aside
             ,
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             playing
             some
             eight
             daies
             with
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             then
             resigning
             it
             to
             those
             men
             ,
             who
             very
             readily
             imbraced
             the
             motion
             ,
             and
             met
             
               May
               7.
            
             in
             the
             House
             the
             Old
             Speaker
             ,
             and
             some
             forty
             more
             making
             up
             a
             Quorum
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             published
             a
             Declaration
             ,
             how
             that
             by
             the
             wonderful
             Providence
             and
             goodness
             of
             God
             they
             were
             restored
             ,
             which
             to
             most
             seemed
             the
             saddest
             judgement
             could
             befall
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             Presently
             they
             fall
             to
             their
             old
             trade
             of
             squeezing
             money
             ,
             and
             providing
             sure
             for
             themselves
             against
             any
             more
             attempts
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             leisurely
             purging
             out
             those
             that
             had
             been
             active
             with
             Oliver
             against
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             all
             means
             refuse
             to
             admit
             those
             Members
             that
             by
             the
             like
             force
             were
             formerly
             secluded
             in
             1648.
             
             They
             depose
             the
             Protector
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             sign
             a
             Resignation
             ,
             yet
             promising
             him
             the
             yearly
             allowance
             of
             10000
             
               l.
            
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             and
             the
             payment
             of
             his
             debts
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             thought
             themselves
             now
             cock-sure
             ,
             levying
             money
             by
             taxes
             before
             hand
             ,
             to
             gratifie
             the
             Army
             ,
             for
             the
             peoples
             love
             they
             never
             expected
             ,
             and
             then
             settle
             the
             Militia
             in
             confiding
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             ,
             1659.
             
          
           
             But
             this
             then
             exclusion
             of
             their
             Members
             ,
             and
             taxes
             ,
             and
             the
             fear
             of
             other
             pressures
             ,
             the
             Nation
             having
             had
             too
             late
             and
             long
             experience
             of
             their
             Government
             ,
             so
             stomacked
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             designs
             were
             every
             where
             laid
             to
             turn
             them
             out
             of
             their
             new
             acquired
             Authority
             :
             But
             the
             most
             powerfullest
             attempt
             against
             them
             was
             in
             Cheshire
             ,
             
             under
             Sir
             
               George
               B●ooh
            
             ,
             with
             whom
             there
             rose
             to
             the
             number
             of
             4000
             or
             5000
             men
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             that
             County
             .
             Against
             these
             ,
             Major
             General
             Lambert
             ,
             then
             highly
             in
             favour
             with
             the
             Rump
             ,
             so
             it
             was
             commonly
             called
             ,
             was
             sent
             with
             an
             Army
             ,
             which
             with
             addition
             ;
             out
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             very
             neer
             equalled
             that
             number
             :
             At
             a
             place
             called
             Northwich
             ,
             a
             small
             skirmish
             happened
             between
             them
             ,
             some
             fourteen
             killed
             and
             wounded
             ;
             whereupon
             those
             under
             Sir
             
               George
               Booth
            
             fled
             ,
             and
             Chester
             was
             delivered
             ;
             with
             some
             other
             holds
             newly
             possest
             by
             the
             Cheshire
             men
             to
             Lambert
             ,
             and
             Zanchy
             ,
             whom
             he
             left
             behind
             him
             to
             reduce
             them
             ,
             while
             he
             himself
             passed
             through
             Lancashire
             to
             his
             house
             at
             Craven
             ,
             where
             with
             his
             Officers
             plotted
             the
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Rump
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             upon
             his
             coming
             up
             to
             London
             ,
             was
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             October
             the
             11th
             ;
             and
             now
             the
             Army
             had
             the
             sole
             power
             in
             their
             hands
             again
             .
          
           
             Lambert
             hereupon
             ,
             for
             we
             must
             suppose
             he
             is
             the
             Agent
             for
             his
             own
             ambition
             ,
             though
             also
             agreed
             upon
             by
             Fleetwood
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Officers
             ,
             erect
             a
             Committee
             of
             Safery
             of
             some
             thirty
             of
             the
             most
             eminent
             amongst
             them
             ,
             into
             whose
             hands
             they
             devolve
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Members
             o●
             the
             Rump
             resolve
             not
             to
             be
             baffled
             so
             ,
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Hazelrig
            
             in
             December
             possest
             himself
             of
             Portsmouth
             ,
             and
             General
             Monk
             in
             Scotland
             declares
             his
             unsatisfiedness
             in
             these
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Army
             at
             London
             ,
             so
             that
             while
             Lambert
             was
             ingaged
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             attending
             the
             issue
             of
             a
             Treaty
             with
             General
             Monk
             there
             ,
             the
             Members
             return
             from
             Portsmouth
             to
             London
             ,
             through
             the
             division
             they
             had
             wrought
             in
             the
             Army
             ,
             the
             way
             they
             chalked
             out
             to
             their
             own
             ruine
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Fairfax
             was
             also
             risen
             with
             a
             sufficient
             force
             ,
             restraining
             Lamberts
             men
             from
             free
             quarter
             ;
             so
             that
             lacking
             money
             ,
             and
             news
             arrived
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             sitting
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             he
             comes
             back
             to
             London
             ,
             whither
             immediately
             followed
             him
             General
             Monk
             ,
             having
             been
             courted
             all
             along
             his
             march
             by
             the
             
             Gentlemen
             of
             all
             the
             Counties
             of
             England
             for
             a
             free
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             At
             his
             coming
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             he
             declared
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             Countryes
             through
             which
             he
             passed
             ,
             but
             nothing
             less
             was
             minded
             by
             them
             then
             a
             new
             or
             free
             Parliament
             ;
             but
             this
             ,
             and
             other
             his
             actions
             ,
             rendred
             him
             very
             suspitious
             to
             them
             ,
             nor
             was
             any
             man
             assured
             of
             his
             intentions
             .
             To
             try
             him
             therefore
             ,
             the
             Rump
             having
             been
             denied
             moneys
             by
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             therefore
             offended
             with
             them
             ;
             to
             ruine
             both
             ,
             by
             their
             express
             Command
             ,
             the
             General
             was
             sent
             with
             his
             Army
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             pulled
             down
             their
             Gates
             and
             Portcullises
             ,
             seized
             several
             Citizens
             at
             the
             Guildhall
             ,
             and
             sent
             them
             to
             the
             Tower
             ;
             this
             seemed
             to
             portend
             some
             dreadful
             conclusion
             :
             But
             in
             the
             interim
             ,
             the
             Rump
             voted
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Army
             should
             rest
             in
             five
             persons
             ,
             making
             the
             General
             one
             of
             those
             ;
             which
             procedure
             of
             theirs
             ,
             presently
             drew
             the
             Curtain
             to
             the
             Scene
             and
             design
             ensuing
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1660.
             
          
           
             For
             now
             the
             General
             having
             rendezvcuz●d
             his
             Army
             in
             Finsbury
             fields
             ,
             acquainted
             his
             Officers
             with
             the
             necessity
             of
             introducing
             the
             secluded
             Members
             ever
             since
             1648.
             into
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             well-settlement
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             assented
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             the
             whole
             Army
             marched
             into
             London
             ,
             where
             upon
             the
             joyful
             news
             of
             this
             miraculous
             turn
             ,
             (
             expecting
             nothing
             but
             massacres
             and
             plunderings
             )
             they
             were
             most
             welcomely
             entertained
             ,
             nothing
             being
             thought
             too
             good
             for
             these
             Guests
             ,
             whom
             they
             little
             before
             more
             then
             suspected
             for
             their
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             Saturday
             the
             of
             February
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             night
             the
             Town
             was
             all
             of
             a
             blaze
             ,
             every
             door
             having
             a
             bonfire
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             contumely
             and
             disgrace
             that
             could
             be
             done
             a
             perdite
             and
             hated
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             by
             burning
             ,
             roasting
             ,
             and
             frying
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Rumps
             of
             Creatures
             ,
             was
             most
             spitefully
             performed
             ,
             their
             Speaker
             getting
             home
             with
             much
             danger
             to
             his
             house
             in
             Chancery-lane
             .
          
           
             A
             fortnights
             time
             the
             General
             let
             them
             alone
             ,
             minding
             them
             only
             of
             their
             dissolution
             ,
             which
             time
             they
             spent
             in
             making
             qualifications
             for
             the
             Members
             to
             serve
             in
             the
             ensuing
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             were
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             so
             strict
             and
             unreasonable
             ,
             that
             the
             General
             delayed
             no
             longer
             ,
             but
             on
             Munday
             ,
             having
             convened
             the
             aforesaid
             secluded
             Members
             at
             Whitehall
             ,
             went
             with
             them
             
             to
             the
             Parliament
             House
             ,
             and
             there
             put
             them
             in
             ,
             to
             the
             confusion
             and
             astonishment
             of
             the
             Rumpers
             ,
             many
             of
             whom
             forbore
             to
             sit
             thereafter
             in
             company
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             knowing
             what
             would
             ensue
             ,
          
           
             The
             said
             Members
             being
             thus
             setled
             ,
             addrest
             themselves
             immediately
             to
             the
             settlement
             ,
             &c.
             making
             the
             General
             Captain
             General
             of
             all
             the
             Forces
             in
             the
             three
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             nulling
             some
             former
             destructive
             Votes
             ,
             and
             establishing
             a
             Militia
             of
             well-affected
             and
             loyal
             persons
             in
             the
             several
             Countie
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             then
             according
             to
             the
             contract
             and
             compromise
             with
             the
             General
             ,
             on
             the
             day
             of
             March
             ,
             dissolved
             that
             long
             and
             fatal
             Parliament
             ,
             having
             ordered
             Writs
             to
             issue
             out
             for
             a
             new
             one
             to
             sit
             down
             at
             Westminster
             the
             25th
             of
             April
             next
             the
             year
             1661.
             
          
           
             In
             this
             interval
             ,
             the
             Government
             was
             lodged
             in
             a
             Councel
             of
             State
             ,
             who
             persisted
             in
             the
             same
             wayes
             for
             a
             settlement
             ,
             leaving
             the
             Top-stone
             to
             be
             laid
             by
             the
             Free
             Parliament
             ,
             a
             term
             unusual
             to
             our
             Ancestors
             ,
             but
             to
             this
             Generation
             a
             delightful
             novelty
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             forces
             and
             violences
             upon
             so
             many
             in
             so
             few
             years
             .
             Colonel
             Lambert
             ,
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             General
             ,
             had
             by
             the
             Rump
             been
             sent
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             from
             whence
             now
             he
             broke
             and
             escaped
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             Edge-●●ll
             ,
             where
             was
             intended
             a
             great
             Rendezvouz
             of
             the
             Phanatick
             part
             of
             the
             Army
             then
             male-contented
             with
             the
             proceedings
             ;
             but
             his
             design
             failed
             of
             the
             expected
             assistance
             ,
             Colonel
             Ingoldsby
             being
             sent
             in
             pursuit
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             dispersing
             his
             small
             party
             at
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             brought
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             committed
             a
             safer
             prisoner
             to
             the
             Tower
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             25th
             of
             April
             the
             Parliament
             convened
             in
             both
             Houses
             ,
             to
             whom
             a
             week
             after
             their
             sitting
             came
             a
             Letter
             from
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             ,
             with
             another
             to
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             one
             to
             the
             City
             of
             
               I
               widon
            
             ,
             brought
             by
             Iohn
             Lord
             Viscount
             Mordant
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Greenvile
            
             ,
             now
             Earl
             of
             Bath
             ,
             which
             were
             all
             with
             due
             humility
             and
             gladness
             received
             ,
             and
             a
             Vote
             passed
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             their
             most
             humble
             thanks
             should
             be
             presented
             ,
             by
             Commissioners
             appointed
             to
             attend
             his
             Majesty
             then
             at
             the
             Hague
             for
             his
             gracious
             Letters
             ,
             and
             he
             should
             be
             desired
             to
             return
             with
             all
             convenient
             speed
             to
             the
             exercise
             of
             his
             Kingly
             Government
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Clarges
            
             was
             first
             dispatcht
             by
             the
             General
             on
             the
             same
             Errand
             ,
             where
             at
             Court
             he
             was
             very
             much
             welcomed
             .
          
           
             Tuesday
             the
             eighth
             of
             May
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             proclaimed
             with
             
             all
             the
             magnificences
             usual
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             unusual
             and
             extraordinary
             joy
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             made
             great
             bonfires
             that
             night
             ,
             and
             seemed
             as
             it
             were
             to
             be
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             extasie
             :
             On
             the
             25th
             the
             King
             landed
             from
             Holland
             ,
             being
             attended
             by
             a
             gallant
             Fleet
             ,
             commanded
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sandwich
             at
             〈◊〉
             ,
             where
             the
             Genral
             met
             him
             (
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             Earth
             ,
             ●ung
             with
             the
             peals
             of
             Ordinance
             )
             and
             so
             to
             Canterbury
             ,
             to
             Rochester
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             29
             day
             ,
             being
             Tuesday
             ,
             his
             most
             auspicious
             Birth-day
             ,
             triumphantly
             and
             peaceably
             entred
             his
             Royal
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             where
             the
             acclamations
             and
             shoutings
             were
             so
             loud
             and
             hearty
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             eccho
             or
             express
             them
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             yet
             disturbance
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             about
             six
             in
             the
             evening
             came
             to
             his
             Palace
             at
             Whitehal
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             Banquetting
             House
             both
             Houses
             attended
             him
             .
             All
             the
             way
             the
             way
             through
             the
             City
             ,
             the
             General
             rode
             bareheaded
             next
             before
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             his
             two
             Brothers
             ,
             York
             and
             ●●oncester
             riding
             of
             each
             side
             covered
             .
             After
             a
             short
             congratulation
             ,
             the
             King
             being
             weary
             ,
             went
             to
             his
             Bed-chamber
             ,
             where
             he
             supped
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             his
             rest
             ,
             having
             come
             27
             miles
             that
             day
             ,
             besides
             his
             going
             through
             London
             ;
             and
             within
             two
             days
             after
             ,
             his
             Royal
             Brethren
             having
             taken
             their
             places
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             where
             he
             made
             a
             Speech
             ,
             earnestly
             pressing
             the
             Act
             of
             Free
             pardon
             and
             indempnity
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             promised
             in
             his
             Declaration
             from
             Dreda
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             thing
             he
             did
             ,
             was
             the
             emitting
             a
             Proclamation
             ,
             requiring
             all
             those
             who
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             the
             execrable
             murther
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             to
             render
             themselves
             within
             such
             a
             time
             ,
             which
             some
             obeyed
             ,
             the
             rest
             fled
             ;
             those
             that
             came
             in
             ,
             were
             (
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Pardon
             ,
             which
             came
             out
             soon
             after
             with
             some
             other
             )
             respited
             ,
             till
             another
             Parliament
             should
             determine
             of
             them
             either
             to
             life
             or
             death
             :
             This
             was
             in
             favour
             for
             their
             ●endring
             themselves
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             day
             of
             August
             ,
             dyed
             the
             most
             noble
             and
             accomplisht
             Prince
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Gloucester
             of
             the
             Small
             Fox
             ,
             at
             Whitehal
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             great
             sorrow
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             being
             a
             Prince
             of
             singular
             vertues
             and
             endowments
             .
          
           
             In
             
               October
               ,
               1661.
            
             they
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             that
             were
             apprehended
             for
             the
             said
             〈◊〉
             ,
             were
             severally
             arraigned
             at
             the
             Sessions
             House
             in
             the
             Old-Bailey
             ,
             before
             Sir
             
               Orlando
               〈◊〉
            
             where
             after
             Tryal
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             found
             guilty
             ,
             and
             convicted
             of
             High-Treason
             ,
             for
             compassing
             ,
             contriving
             and
             bringing
             about
             the
             death
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             for
             which
             26
             of
             them
             〈◊〉
             sentence
             to
             
             be
             drawn
             ,
             hanged
             ,
             and
             quartered
             ,
             sixteen
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             rendred
             themselves
             according
             to
             the
             aforesaid
             Proclamation
             ,
             were
             respited
             till
             the
             Parliament
             should
             by
             an
             Act
             determine
             of
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             other
             ten
             :
             viz.
             Mojor
             General
             
               Harrison
               ,
               Iohn
               Carew
               ,
               Iohn
               Cook
               ,
            
             the
             Sollicitor
             to
             the
             pretended
             Cour●
             o●
             Justice
             ,
             
               Hugh
               Peter
               〈◊〉
               Thomas
               Scot
               ,
               Gregory
               Clement
               ,
               Iohn
               Iones
               ,
               Adrian
               Scroop
               ,
               Francis
               Ha●ker
               ,
            
             and
             
               Daniel
               Ax●el
            
             ,
             were
             executed
             according
             to
             the
             sentence
             ,
             eight
             of
             them
             at
             
               Charing
               ●ross
            
             ,
             and
             the
             two
             last
             at
             Tybur●
             ;
             their
             Heads
             set
             upon
             
             Westminster-Hall
             and
             
             London-Bridge
             ,
             and
             their
             quarter
             upon
             the
             Gate●
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             In
             December
             the
             King
             dissolved
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             he
             honored
             with
             the
             Epithere
             of
             
               The
               Healing
               Parliament
            
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             24
             of
             December
             dyed
             also
             that
             most
             illustrious
             Princess
             of
             〈◊〉
             .
             His
             Majesties
             Sister
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             disease
             which
             snatch
             away
             her
             Brother
             the
             Duke
             o●
             Gloucester
             ,
             to
             the
             extreme
             grief
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             ●he
             Queen
             Mother
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Court.
             
          
           
             The
             Queen
             Mother
             had
             come
             over
             some
             while
             before
             ,
             with
             her
             Daughter
             the
             Lady
             〈◊〉
             ,
             and
             now
             prepared
             for
             her
             depath●ed
             ,
             feating
             the
             disease
             might
             run
             in
             the
             blood
             ,
             the
             young
             Princess
             being
             not
             very
             well
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             the
             King
             in
             company
             with
             them
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             the
             water
             side
             ,
             came
             to
             Portsmouth
             in
             the
             Christmast
             time
             ,
             and
             thence
             the
             Ladies
             took
             shipping
             for
             〈◊〉
          
           
             While
             the
             King
             was
             but
             this
             short
             while
             absent
             ,
             hapned
             that
             despera●e
             Rebellion
             and
             Insurrection
             in
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             by
             the
             Fifth
             Monarchists
             ,
             at
             two
             sundry
             times
             on
             the
             ninth
             of
             Ianuary
             at
             night
             ,
             being
             Sunday
             ;
             where
             they
             alarmed
             the
             City
             ,
             marched
             through
             the
             gates
             ,
             threatning
             to
             take
             down
             their
             Masters
             ,
             those
             Regi●ide
             ;
             quarters
             ,
             killing
             some
             four
             men
             ,
             and
             so●sc●lked
             till
             Wednesday
             morning
             next●
             at
             which
             time
             they
             〈◊〉
             again
             ,
             and
             resolutely
             fought
             with
             the
             Trained
             Bands
             ,
             and
             a
             Squadron
             of
             the
             Life
             guard
             of
             Horse
             ,
             in
             Woods●●●t
             〈…〉
             their
             ground
             till
             they
             were
             surrounded
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             they
             began
             to
             retreat
             but
             still
             in
             order
             :
             There
             were
             killed
             〈◊〉
             some
             eighteen
             ,
             and
             they
             killed
             as
             many
             .
             Venner●
             a
             Wine
             Cooper
             ,
             who
             was
             their
             Leader
             ,
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             twenty
             more
             ,
             〈◊〉
             of
             which
             were
             executed
             with
             him
             at
             seueral
             places
             in
             London
             ,
             being
             convicted
             of
             High-Treason
             for
             levying
             war
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             On
             Ianuary
             30.
             1660.
             the
             bodies
             of
             
               Oliver
               Cromwel
               ,
               〈…〉
            
             ,
             and
             
               Hinry
               Ireton
            
             ,
             were
             removed
             from
             their
             Interments
             ,
             
             in
             Westminster
             Abbey
             ,
             and
             hanged
             at
             Tyburn
             ,
             and
             there
             buried
             ,
             their
             heads
             set
             upon
             
             Westminster-Hall
             .
          
           
             In
             Michaelmas
             Term
             this
             year
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             call
             of
             fourteen
             Sergeants
             at
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Courts
             at
             Westminster
             were
             filed
             with
             Judges
             ;
             the
             names
             of
             which
             most
             Grave
             and
             Honorable
             Persons
             are
             as
             followeth
             ,
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Foster
            
             ,
             Lord
             chief
             Justice
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Sir
               Thomas
               Mullet
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Tw●sden
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Wadham
               Windham
            
             of
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             ,
             Sir
             
               Orlando
               Bridgeman
            
             Lord
             chief
             Justice
             ,
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Hyde
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Samuel
               Brown
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Tyr●yl
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Common
             Pleas
             ,
             Sir
             
               Matthew
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Atkins
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Turner
            
             ,
             Barons
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1661.
             
          
           
             HIs
             Majestie
             at
             His
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             having
             promised
             to
             call
             another
             with
             all
             convenient
             expedition
             ;
             issued
             out
             Writs
             for
             the
             election
             thereof
             ,
             and
             appointed
             the
             eighth
             of
             May
             for
             their
             sitting
             down
             at
             Westminster
             ;
             where
             they
             accordingly
             convened
             ,
             and
             ratified
             several
             Acts
             made
             by
             the
             preceding
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             being
             not
             summoned
             by
             the
             Kings
             Writ
             ,
             was
             not
             by
             Law
             held
             sufficient
             ;
             the
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
             was
             first
             confirmed
             ,
             being
             very
             much
             urged
             and
             pressed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             the
             foundation
             of
             a
             sure
             and
             lasting
             settlement
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             King
             acquainted
             them
             with
             His
             resolution
             ,
             of
             marrying
             
               Donna
               Catharina
            
             ,
             the
             Infanta
             of
             Portugal
             ,
             which
             they
             very
             joyfully
             received
             ,
             by
             a
             Vote
             passed
             to
             that
             purpose
             in
             both
             Hou●es
             :
             There
             likewise
             passed
             an
             Act
             in
             repeal
             of
             that
             1
             Carol.
             17.
             against
             the
             Civil
             Power
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             thereby
             debarring
             them
             from
             their
             Priviledges
             as
             Peers
             ,
             which
             by
             this
             Repeal
             are
             to
             be
             restored
             fully
             unto
             them
             ;
             with
             many
             other
             Acts
             of
             Publique
             concernment
             ,
             and
             then
             adjourned
             till
             the
             November
             20.
             instant
             .
          
           
             The
             Right
             Honorable
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sandwich
             ,
             having
             sailed
             with
             a
             Fleet
             of
             men
             of
             War
             to
             the
             Coasts
             of
             Barbary
             ,
             to
             confirm
             the
             League
             between
             those
             Pyrates
             and
             this
             Nation
             ,
             came
             to
             an
             Anchor
             at
             Algeir
             ,
             where
             he
             entred
             into
             a
             Treaty
             with
             the
             Governor
             of
             that
             Port
             ,
             which
             not
             succeeding
             ,
             the
             Fleet
             weighed
             and
             stood
             into
             the
             Harbour
             ;
             where
             after
             the
             had
             fired
             some
             ships
             ,
             and
             done
             some
             execution
             on
             shore
             ,
             he
             came
             out
             again
             ,
             having
             received
             some
             little
             loss
             both
             of
             men
             and
             rigging
             .
             
             From
             thence
             he
             set
             sail
             towards
             the
             Coast
             of
             Spain
             ,
             leaving
             Vice
             Admiral
             Lawson
             to
             guard
             the
             said
             Port.
             
          
           
             By
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Right
             Honorable
             the
             Earl
             of
             Peterburgh
             was
             made
             General
             for
             the
             expedition
             to
             Tanger
             ,
             a
             strong
             place
             and
             Fortress
             of
             the
             Portugals
             ,
             on
             the
             streights
             of
             Gibrala●r
             ;
             and
             Forces
             are
             now
             ready
             to
             imbark
             in
             company
             with
             that
             Fleet
             which
             is
             going
             to
             bring
             home
             her
             Majestie
             the
             Queen
             from
             Lisbon
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             hapned
             a
             fray
             ,
             or
             conflict
             on
             Tower-hill
             ,
             at
             the
             Reception
             of
             the
             Swedish
             Ambassador
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             French
             and
             Spanish
             Ambassadors
             Coaches
             for
             Praecedency
             ,
             where
             seven
             or
             eight
             were
             killed
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             worsted
             :
             This
             so
             highly
             incensed
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             that
             he
             sent
             to
             Madrid
             to
             demand
             satisfaction
             ,
             but
             received
             none
             ;
             so
             that
             upon
             ,
             this
             and
             some
             other
             janglings
             ,
             there
             is
             now
             a
             kinde
             of
             a
             petty
             Hostility
             between
             them
             .
             During
             this
             clash
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Spain
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             King
             of
             France
             was
             born
             a
             Daulphin
             ,
             Christned
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Lewes
               To●s
               Saints
            
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             born
             on
             All-Saints
             Day
             .
          
           
             October
             .
             Col.
             Lambert
             ,
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Vane
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Hadress
               Waller
            
             ,
             Col.
             Cobbet
             ,
             were
             sent
             away
             from
             the
             Tower
             ,
             to
             several
             remote
             places
             ,
             for
             their
             own
             preservation
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             security
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             secured
             upon
             account
             of
             a
             Plot
             ,
             a
             Narrative
             whereof
             cannot
             be
             given
             yet
             ,
             not
             in
             this
             piece
             ,
             which
             hath
             attained
             its
             conclusion
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70196-e360
           
             October
             
          
           
             Novem.
             
          
           
             Decem.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             ●●odah
             ●●●eged
             
          
           
             F●●
             ▪
             relleved
             
          
           
             Jan.
             10.
             
             T●●
             K●ng
             removeth
             from
             the
             parliament
             .
          
           
             March.
             The
             King
             at
             York
             
          
           
             Excluded
             H●
             April
             .
          
           
             May
          
           
             June
             ,
             the
             militia
             set
             on
             foot
             .
          
           
             July
             
          
           
             August
             ,
             the
             Kin●
             sets
             up
             his
             Standard
             at
             Nottingham
             .
          
           
             August
             
          
           
             Sept.
             th●
             King
             〈◊〉
             Shrewsbury
             .
          
           
             Portsmouth
             taken
             ,
             Aug.
             2.
             
          
           
             A
             skirmish
             in
             Worcestershire
             
          
           
             Octo
             23.
             
             Edg-hill
             Fight
             .
          
           
             Novem.
             
          
           
             Nov.
             1
             Bramfor
             Fight
             .
          
           
             Decem●
             
          
           
             Cirencester
             stoemed
             Febr.
             1.
             March
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             Brook
             killed
             at
             .
             Litchfield
             .
          
           
             May
             Litchfie●●etaken
             ●y
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             TheE
             of
             Noth●mprton
             slain
             .
          
           
             April
             6
             Reading
             besieged
             
          
           
             May
             
          
           
             16
             Stratton
             fight
             .
          
           
             June
             .
             The
             Covenant
             taken
             .
          
           
             Hambden
             killed
             .
          
           
             July
             .
          
           
             Landsdown
             Fight
             .
             July
             5.
             
          
           
             July
             
          
           
             July
             27.
             
             Bristol
             surrendred
             .
          
           
             Exeter
             delivered
             .
             August
             .
          
           
             10
             Glocester
             besieged
             .
          
           
             Glocester
             relieved
             .
             Sept.
             8
             
          
           
             Auborn
             Chase
             sight
             .
             Sept.
             19.
             
          
           
             Newb.
             ●irst
             fight
             Sept.
             20.
             
          
           
             Novemb
             
          
           
             Decemb
             8.
             
          
           
             January
             
          
           
             Mar.
             29
             Charrington
             Fight
             .
          
           
             April
             .
          
           
             April
             .
          
           
             ●une
             .
          
           
             Cropr●dy
             bridg●●ight
             .
             ●une
             29.
             
          
           
             Leistithiel
             surrender
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             5.
             
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             vanquished
             in
             Cornwal
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             Fight
             .
          
           
             ●000
             killed
             at
             Marston
             ●loor
             ,
             ●uly
             16.
             
             York
             ●iel●ed
             ●o
             the
             Parlia●ent
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             ●iege
             of
             ●asing
             ●●ised
             .
          
           
             Nov.
             21.
             
             Newbery
             second
             Fight
             .
          
           
             Colonel
             Massey
             defeats
             Myn
             ,
             and
             takes
             Mon-mouth
             .
          
           
             Decemb
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             T●●●
             my
             modelled
             ,
             and
             Gen
             Fa●rfax
             declared
             
          
           
             Jan.
             11.
             
          
           
             30
             Vxbridg
             ●●●ty
             .
          
           
             Mar.
             2●
             .
          
           
             Alle●ne
             fight
             .
          
           
             July
             22.
             
          
           
             Kilsith
             Field
             .
          
           
             Aug
             27.
             
          
           
             Vide●
             spee●hes
             pages
             5.
             
          
           
             April
             
          
           
             May
             
          
           
             31
             
          
           
             June
             .
          
           
             June
             14
             
          
           
             Naseby
             Fight
             .
          
           
             Leices●●ake●
             
          
           
             Rowlin
             Hea●h
             Fight
             .
             Sept.
             24.
             
          
           
             June
             28.
             
          
           
             July
             10.
             
             Lamport
             Fight
             .
          
           
             Br●oll
             ●e●verd
             Aug
             1●
             .
          
           
             ●●●●ng
             House
             to
             me●
             .
             Sept.
             14.
             
          
           
             Novem.
             
          
           
             ●auary
             .
          
           
             April
             .
          
           
             June
             3
             ,
             Septem
             .
          
           
             Novem.
             
          
           
             June
             .
          
           
             July
             26.
             
          
           
             June
             
          
           
             Fagans
             ●ight
             .
             say
             8.
             
          
           
             Maidstone
             Fight
             ,
             June
             2.
             
          
           
             June
             
          
           
             The
             N●vy
             revolt●
             
          
           
             Augu●
             
          
           
             July
             .
             Kingston
             Insurrection
             .
          
           
             ●reston
             ●ight
             .
             Aug.
             17
             
          
           
             ●●omwel
             ●st
             into
             ●tland
             
          
           
             ●lche
             .
             〈◊〉
             ●lded
             .
             ●gust
             .
          
           
             Treaty
             at
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             .
             October
             .
          
           
             January
             .
          
           
             Vide
             speech
             page
             3●
             .
          
           
             Vide
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             Dublin
             freed
             ,
             and
             the
             Marques
             of
             Ormond
             defeated
             
          
           
             August
             
          
           
             ●uly
             22.
             
          
           
             ●uary
             .
          
           
             Sept.
             28.
             
          
           
             Decemb
             20.
             
          
           
             Feb.
             18.
             
          
           
             April
             .
          
           
             July
             4.
             
          
           
             Decemb
             12.
             
          
           
             Decemb
             
          
           
             March
             
          
           
             May
             
          
           
             June
             .
          
           
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             June
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             Sir
             Geo●●ooth
             ●feated
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             20.