portrait of Charles II over royal coat of arms 
Carolus Secundus Dei Gratia  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE F. H. van Hove fec.   

 document title embellished by images of battle 
CLAUSTRUM REGALE RESERATUM or The King's Concealment at Trent: By A. W. In umbra alarum tuarum Sperabo donec trans eat miquitas  
London Printed for Henry Brome.  
F. H. Van. Hove. Sculp:    

BOSCOBEL: OR THE Complete History Of His Sacred MAJESTY'S Most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651.  
introduced by an exact Relation of that Battle; and Illustrated with a Map of the City.  
The Third Edition with Addition.  JOEL 1. 2. 
Hear this ye Old men, and give ear all ye Inhabitants of the 〈◊〉: Has this been in your days, or in the days of your Fathers?  
LONDON: ●rinted by M. Clark, and to be sold by H. Brome and C. Harper, at their Shops in S. Paul's Churchyard and Fleetstreet. 1680.   

TO THE KING'S Most Excellent MAJESTY.  
SIR,  
AMong the many Addresses, which every day offers Your Sacred Majesty, This humbly hopes Your particular graci●us Acceptance; since it has no other am●tion than faithfully to represent to Your Majesty, and, by Your Royal permission, ● all the world, the History of those mi●culous Providences that preserved You ● the Battle of Worcester, concealed You ● the Wilderness at Boscobel, and led You ●n Your way towards a Land, where ●ou might safely expect the returning faours of Heaven, which now, after so long ● trial, has graciously heard our Prayers, ●d abundantly crowned Your Patience.  
And, as in the conduct of a great part o● this greatest Affair, it pleased God (th● more to endear his Mercies (to mak● choice of many very little, though fit Instruments: So has my weakness, by thi● happy Precedent, been encouraged to hop● it not unsuitable for me to relate, wha● the wisest King thought proper for the● to act; wherein yet I humbly beg Yo● Majesty's pardon, being conscious to m● self of my utter incapacity to express, e●ther Your unparallelled Valour in the da● of Contending, or (which is a virtue farless usual for Kings) Your strong and eve● Mind in the time of Your Sufferings.  
From which sublime Endowments ● Your most Heroic Majesty I derive the● comforts to myself; That whoever undertakes to reach at Your Perfections must fall short as well as I, though not ● much: And while I depend on Your Roy● Clemency more than others, I am mo● obliged to be  
Your Majesty's Most Loyal Subject, and most Humble Servant Tho. Blou●▪   

TO THE READER.  
BEhold, I present you with an History of wonders; wonders so great, that, as no former Age can parallel, succeeding Times will scarce believe them.  
Expect here to read the highest Tyranny ●nd Rebellion that was ever acted by Sub●cts, and the greatest hardships and per●cutions that ever were suffered by a King; ●t did His Patience exceed His sorrows; ●nd His virtue became at last victorious.  
Some particulars, I confess, are so super●tively extraordinary, that I easily should ●ar, they would scarce gain belief, even ●om my modern Reader, had I not this ●rong Argument to secure me; That no ingenuous person will think me so frontless, as knowingly to writ an untruth in an History, ●here His Sacred Majesty (my dread Sovereign and the best of Kings) bears the prin●pal part, and most of the other persons con●rn'd in the same Action (except the Earl of ●arby, Lord Wilmot, and Col. Blague) still alive, ready to pour out shame and confusion on so impudent a Forgery.  
But I am so far from that foul crime 〈◊〉 publishing what's false, that I can safely s● I know not one line unauthentick; such h● been my care to be sure of the truth tha● have diligently collected the particular from most of their mouths, who were the ve● Actors themselves in this Scene of Miracle  
To every individual person (as far as ● industry could arrive to know) I have giv● the due of his merit; be it for Valour, Fi●lity, or whatever other quality that any w● had the honour to relate to His Majestic Service.  
In this later Edition I have added so● particulars, which came to my knowledge since the first publication, and have observ● that in this persecution, much of His Majesty's Actions and Sufferings have run●rallel with those of King David.  
And though the whole Complex may w● elegance and politeness of style (which Nature of such Relations does not prope challenge) yet it cannot want Truth, chief ingredient for such Undertake. which assurance I am not afraid to venture self in your hands.  
Read on and wonder.   

 map of Worcester 
An Exact Ground-Plot of the City of WORCESTER, As it stood fortified 3. Sept. 1651.  


1 The Cathedral, or College Church  
2 St. Peter's Church  
3 St. Andrews Church  
4 St. Martin's Church  
5 St. Nicholas Church  
6 St. Clement's Church  
7 St. Alban Church  
8 St. Helen's Church  
9 St. Swithins Church  
10 St. john's  
11 All S. ts Church  
12 The Fort Royal  
13 Castle hill  
14 Bishops Palace  
15 Castle-Gate  
16 Colledge-Gate  
17 Sudbury-Gate  
18 St. Martin's Gate  
19 Foregate  
20 Friers-Gate  
21 Frog-Gate  
22 High-Streete  
23 Friars Street  
24 Pitch Croft  
25 Bridge over Severn  
26 The Water house  
27 The Key    Burnford sculp.   

 map of Boscobel House and surrounding grounds 


1 Boscobel House  
2 White Ladies  
3 Boscobel garden  
4 The Arbour, and Mountin ● Garden wherein his Md. sa●●.  
5 The back door through wh●n his ●a. ● ●ast to go to the Oak.  
6 Boscobel Wood  
7 A Stone Table in the Wood  
8 The Royal Oak in 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 and Coli Carlos sat  
9 Spring Coppice  
10 His Na. ●● and Rich. Pond●rel under a Treathere  
11 His Na. ●● Troop marching from White Ladies  
12 The plain● between Boscobal Wood, and Spring Coppice.    Burnford fecit.   

THE HISTORY Of His Sacred MAJESTY'S Most miraculous Preservation after the Battle of WORCESTER, etc.  
IT was in June in the year 1650. That CHARLES the Second, undoubted heir of CHARLES the First, of Glorious Memory, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, (After his Royal Father had been Barbarously murdered, and Himself Banished his own Dominions, by his own rebellious Subjects) took Shipping at Scheveling in Holland, and, having escaped great dangers at Sea, arrived soon after at Spey in the North of Scotland.  
On the first of January following, His Majesty was Crowned at Scoon, and an Army raised in that Kingdom, to invade this; in hope to recover His Regalities here, than most unjustly detained from him by some Members of the Long Parliament, and Oliver Cromwell their General, who soon after most traitorously assumed the Title of Protector of the new-minted Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.  
Of this Royal-Scotch Army the General Officers were these, Lieutenant Gen. David Lesley, L. Gen. Middleton (who is sense created Earl of Middleton, Lord Clarmont, and Fettercairn) Mayor. Gen. Massey, M. Gen. Montgomery, M. Gen. Daliel, and M. Gen. Vandrose, a Dutchman.  
The first of August 1651 His Majesty with His Army began his March into England, and on the fifth of the same Month, at His Royal Camp at Woodhouse near the Border, published His Gracious Declaration of General Pardon and Oblivion, to all His loving Subjects of the Kingdom o● England and Dominion of Wales, tha● would desist from assisting the Usurped Authority of the pretended Commonwealth of England, and return to the obedience they owed to their Lawful King, and to the ancient happy Government of the Kingdom; Except only Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, John Bradshaw, John Cook (pretended Solicitor,) and all others, who did actually sit and vote in the murder of His Royal Father.  
And lasty did declare, that the Service being done, the Scotch Army should quietly retire, that so all Armies might be disbanded, and a lasting peace settled with Religion and Righteousness.  
His Majesty, after the publication of this gracious Offer, marched his Army into Lancashire, where He received some considerable Supplies from the Earl of Derby (that Loyal subject,) and at Warrington Bridge met with the first opposition made by the Rebels in England, but His presence soon put them to flight.  
In this interim his Majesty had sent a Copy of His Declaration, enclosed in a Gracious Letter to Thomas Andrews than Lord Mayor, (who had been one of his late Majesty's Judges) and the Aldermen of the City of London, which, by order of the Rump-Rebels than sitting a Westminster, was (on the 26. of August▪ publicly burnt at the Old Exchange by the Hangman; and their own Declaration Proclaimed there and at Westminster▪ with beaten of Drum, and sound of Trumpet; by which His Sacred Majesty, (to whom they could afford no better Title than Charles Stuart) His Abetters, Agents and Complices, were Declared Traitors, Rebels, and public Enemies. Impudence and Treason beyond Example!  
After a tedious March of near 300. Miles, His Majesty, with His Army, on the 22. of August, possessed himself of Worcester, after some small opposition made by the Rebels there commanded by Col. John James. And at his entrance the Mayor of that City carried the Sword before His Majesty, who had left the Earl of Derby in Lancashire, as well to settle that and the adjacent Counties in a posture of Defence, against Cromwell and his Confederates; as to raise some Auxiliary Forces to recruit His Majesty's Army, in case the success of a Battle should not prove so happy as all good Men desired.  
But (such was Heaven's Decree) On ●●e 25 of August, the Earl's new raised ●orces, being overpowered, were totally defeated near Wiggan in that County ●y Col. Lilburn, with a Regiment of Rebellious Sectaries. In which conflict ●he Lord Widdrington, Sir Thomas Tillesly, Colonel Trollop, Colonel Bointon, Lieutenant Colonel Galliard, (faithful Subjects and Valiant Soldiers) with ●ome others of good note, were slain; Colonel Edward Roscarrock wounded, Sir William Throkmorton, (now Knight Marshal to His Majesty) Sir Timothy Fe●herstonhaugh, (who was beheaded by the Rebels at Chester, on the 22. of October following) Colonel Bains and others taken Prisoners, and their General the Earl of Derby (who charged the Rebels valiantly, and received several wounds) put to flight with a small number of his men; In which condition he made choice of the way towards Worcester, whither he knew his Majesty's Army was designed to march.  
After some days, my Lord, with Colonel Roscarrock and two Servants, got into the Confines of Staffordshire and Shropshire near Newport, where at one Mr. Watsons house he met with Mr. Richard Snead, (an honest Gentleman of tha● Country, and of his Lordship's acquaintance) to whom he recounted the Misfortune of his Defeat at Wiggan, and the Necessity of his taking some rest, if Mr. Snead could recommend His Lordship to any private house near hand, where he might safely continued, till he could found an opportunity to go to His Majesty.  
Mr. Snead brought my Lord and His Company to Boscobel-house, a very obscure habitation, Scituate in Shropshire, but adjoining upon Staffordshire, and lies between Tong-castle and Brewood, in a kind of Wilderness. John Giffard Esq; having built this house about thirty years since, invited Sir Basil Brook with other Friends and Neighbours to a house-warming Feast; at which time Sir Basil was desired by Mr. Giffard to give the house a Name, He aptly calls it BOSCOBEL (from the Italian Bosco-bello, which in that language signifies fair-wood) because seated in the midst of many fair Woods. It is now the Inheritance and dwelling House of Mr. Basil Fitzherbert, by Jane his Wife, daughter and heir of Mr. John Cotton, by Frances, daughter and heir of the said John Giffard.  
At this place the Earl arrived on the 29. of August (being Friday) at night, but ●he house at that time afforded no Inhabitant except William Penderel, the housekeeper and his Wife, who, to preserve so eminent a Person, freely adventured to receive my Lord, and kept him in safety till Sunday night following, when (according to my Lords desire of going to Wercester) he conveyed him to Mr. Humphrey Elliots house at Gatakar Park, (a true hearted Royalist) which was about nine miles on the way from Boscobel thither. Mr. eliot did not only cheerfully entertain the Earl, but lent him ten pounds, and conducted him and his Company safe to Worcester.  
The next day, after His Majesty's arrival at Worcester, being Saturday the 23. of August, He was Proclaimed King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, by Mr. Thomas Lisens' Mayor, and Mr. James Bridges Sheriff of that Loyal City, with great Acclamations.  
On the same day His Majesty published this following Manifesto or Declaration.  
CHARLES by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the faith, etc. To all whom it may concern Greeting. We desire not the effusion of blood, We covet not the spoil or forfeiture of our people, our Declaration at our entry into this Kingdom, the quiet behaviour and abstinence of our Army throughout this long March, and our own General Pardon declared to all the Inhabitants of this City, without taking advantage of the opposition here made us, by a force of the Enemy over-mastring them, until we chased them away, have sufficiently certified both what we seek in only that the Laws of England (which secure the right both of King and Subject) may henceforth recover their due power and force, and all past bitterness of these unnatural Wars be buried and forgotten. As a means whereunto, We ●ave by our Warrants of the date hereof, and do hereby Summon, upon their Allegiance, all the Nobility, Gentry, and others of what degree and condition so●ver of our County of Worcester from ●ixteen to sixty to appear in their person's, and with any Horses, Arms and Ammunition they have or can procure, at Pitchcroft, near the City, on Tuesday next being the 26th of this instant Month, where ourselves will be present that day (and also the next, in case those of the further parts of the County should not be able to come up sooner) to dispose of such of them as We shall think fit, for our-Service in the war, in defence of this City and County, and to add unto our marching Army, and to apply others (therein versed) to matters of Civil advice and Government. Upon which appearance We shall immediately Declare to all present and conforming themselves to our Royal Authority, our Free Pardon not excluding from this Summons or th● Pardon held forth, or from trust and employment in our service, as we shall fin● them cordial and useful therein, any pe●son or persons heretofore or at this tim● actually employed in opposition to us, whether in the Military way, as Governors' Colonels, Captains, Common souldier● or whatsoever else; or in the Civil, ● Sheriff's, Undersheriffs, Justices of th● Peace, Collectors, High Constables, ● any other of higher or lower quality; f●● securing of all whom before mentione● in there Loyal addresses, and performa●ces, (besides our Army (more than on● successful since our entrance) which w● be between them and the Enemy, and t●● engagement of Our own Person in the defence,) We have directed this City be forthwith fortified, and shall use su● other helps and means as shall occur ●s in order to that end: but on the other ●ide, if any person of what degree or quality soever, either through disloyalty and disaffection, or out of fear of the cruel ●●surpers, and Oppressors, accompanied ●ith a presumption upon our mercy and ●oodness, or lastly, presuming upon former ●ervice, shall oppose or neglect us at this ●ime, they shall found, that as We have Authority to punish in life, liberty, and estate, ● we want not now the power to do it, and ● if overmuch provoked) shall not want ●he will neither, and in particular un●o those who have heretofore done and suffered for their Loyalty, We say it is ●ow in their hands either to double that ●core, or to strike it of; concluding with ●his, That although our disposition a●ound with tenderness to our people, yet ●e cannot think it such to let them lie ●nder a confessed slavery, and false peace, ●hen as We well know, and all the world may see, We have force enough, with t … conjunction of those that groan under t … present yoke (we will not say to dispute for that We shall do well enough wit● those We have brought with us) but clearly (without any considerable opposition to restore together with Ourselves the Quiet, the Liberty, and the Laws of t … English Nation.  
Given at Our City of Worcester th● 23th of August 1651. And in th● Third year of Our Reign.  
Upon Sunday the 24. of August, M● Crosby (an eminent Divine of that City● preached before His Majesty in the Cathedral Church; And in his Prayer, stile● His Majesty, in all causes, and over all person's, next under God, Supreme Head a●● Governor: At which the Presbyteria● Scots took exception, and Mr. Crosby w●● afterwards admonished by some of the● to forbear such expressions.  
Tuesday the 26. of August was the Rendezvouz in Pitcheroft of such Loyal Subjects as came into His Majesty's aid, in pursuance of His  Declaration and Summons: Here appeared  

Francis Lord Talbot, now Earl of Shrewsbury, with about 60. Horse.  
Mr. Mervin Touchet, his Lieut. Colonel.  
Sir John Packington.  
Sir Walter Blount.  
Sir Ralph Clare.  
Sir Rowland Berkley.  
Sir John Winford.  
Mr. Ralph Sheldon of Beoly.  
Mr. John Was●burn of Witchinford, with 40. Horse.  
Mr. Thomas Hornyold of Blackmore Park, with 40, Horse.  
Mr. William Seldon of Finstall.  
Mr. Thomas Acton.  
Captain Benbow.  
Mr. Robert Blount of Kenswick.  
Mr. Robert Wigmore of Lucton.  
Mr. Edward Pennel the Elder.  
Captain John Kingston.  
Mr. Peter Blount.  
Mr. Edward Blount.  
Mr. Walter Walsh.  
Mr. Charles Wash.  
Mr. William Dansey.  
Mr. Francis Knotsford.   
Mr. George Chambers, etc. With diver● others, who were honoured and encouraged by His Majesty's presence; Notwithstanding which access, the numbe● of his Army both English and Scots, wa● conceived not to exceed 12000. men (viz.) 10000 Scots, and about 200● English; and those too not excellently Armed, nor plentifully stored with Ammunition.  
Mean time Cromwell (that grand Patron of Sectaries) had amassed together a numerous Body of Rebels, commande● by himself in chief, and by the Lord Gr●● of Groby, Fleetwood and Lambert unde● him, consisting of above 30000. me● (being generally the Scum and Froth o● the whole Kingdom) one part of whic● were Sectaries, who, through a Fanatique zeal, were become Devotees to th● great Idol; the other part seduced person's, who either by force or fear we●● unfortunately made Actors or Partic●pants in this so horrible and fatal a Tragedy.  
Thus than began the Pickeering to the grand Engagement, Mayor General Massey with a commanded party, being sent by His Majesty to secure the Bridge and Pass at Vpton upon Severn, 7. miles below Worcester, On Thursday the 28. of August, Lambert with a far greater number of Rebels attaqu'd him, and after ●ome dispute, gained the Pass, the river being than fordable. Yet the Mayor General behaved himself very gallantly, received a shot in the hand from some Musketeers the Enemy had conveyed into the Church, and retreated in good order to Worcester.  
During this encounter, Cromwell himself, (whose Head-quarter was the night before at Pershore) advanced to Stoughton within 4. miles of the City on the Southside, himself quartered that night at Mr. Simons house at White Lady-Aston, and a Party of his Horse faced the City that Evening.  
The next day (August the 29.) Sultan Oliver appeared with a great Body of Horse and Foot on Redhill within a mile of Worcester, where he made a Bonnemine, but attempted nothing; And that night part of his Army quartered a Judge Barkleys' house at Speachley. Th● same day it was resolved by His Majesty, at a Council of War, to give the Grand Rebel a Camisado, by beating u● his Quarters that night with 1500. select Horse and Foot commanded by Lieutenant General Middleton, and Sir Willia● Keyth; All of them wearing their shirts over their Armour for distinction; which accordingly was attempted, and might in all probability have been successful▪ had not the design been most traitorously discovered to the Rebels by one Guyse a Tailor in the Town, and a notorious Sectary, who was hanged the day following, as the just reward of his treachery: In this Action Major Knox was slain, and some few taken Prisoners by the Enemy. A considerable Party of the Rebels commanded by Colonel Fleetwood, Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, (who is since become a real Convert, and was created Knight of the Bath at His Majesty's Coronation) Colonel Goff, and Colonel Gibbons being got over the Severn at Vpton, marched next day to Powick Town, where they made an Halt, for Powick Bridge (lying upon the River Team, between Powick Town and Worcester) was guarded by a Brigade of His Majesty's Horse and Foot, commanded by Mayor General Robert Montgomery, and Colonel George Keyth.  
The fatal 3d. of September being come, His Majesty this day (holding a Council of War upon the top of the Colledge-Church-steeple, the better to discover the Enemy's posture) observed some Firing at Powick, and Cromwell making a bridge of Boats over Severn, under Bunshill, about a mile below the City towards Team mouth; His Majesty presently goes down, commands all to their Arms, and marches in Person to Powick Bridge to give orders, as well for maintaining that Bridge, as for opposing the making the other of Boats, and hasted back to His Army in the City.  
Soon after His Majesty was gone from Powick Bridge, the Enemy assaulted it furiously, which was well defended by Montgomery, till himself was dangerously wounded, and his Ammunition spent; So that he was forced to make a disorderly retreat into Worcester, leaving Colonel Keyth a Prisoner at the Bridge. At the same time Cromwell had with much celerity finished his Bridge of boats and planks over the main River, without any considerable opposition; saving that Col. Piscotty, with about three hundred Highlanders, performed as much therein as could be expected from a handful of men fight against great numbers: By this means Oliver held communication with those of his party at Powick Bridge, and when he had marched over a considerable number of his men, said, (in his hypocritical way) the Lord of Hosts be with you, and returned himself to raise a Battery of great Guns against the Fort-royal on the Southside the City.  
His Majesty being returned from Powick Bridge, marched, with the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Grandison, and some other of His Cavalry, through the City, and out at Sudbury gate by the Fort-Royal, where the Rebels great shot came frequently near His Sacred Person.  
At this time Cromwell was settled in an advantageous Post at Perry wood within a mile of the City, swelling with pride and confident in the numbers of his men, having besides raised a breast-work at the Cockshoot of that wood, for his greater security; But Duke Hamilton (formerly Lord Lanerick,) with his own Troop and ●ome High-landers, Sir Alexander Forbus with his Regiment of Foot, and divers English Lords and Gentlemen volunteers, ●y His Majesty's command and encouragement, engaged him, and did great execution upon his best men, forced the ●reat Sultan (as the Rhodians in like case ●id the Turk) to retreat with his Janissaries, and his Majesty was once as absolute master of his great Guns, as He ●ught than to have been of the whole ●and.  
Here His Majesty gave an incomparable 
Ps. 86. 14. O God the Proud are risen against me and the Assemblies of violent men have sought after my Soul, and have not set Thee before them.  Example of valour to the rest, by charging in Person, which the High-lan●ers especially imitated in a great mea●ure, fight with the but-ends of their musket's, when their Ammunition was ●pent; but new Supplies of Rebels being continually poured upon them, and the ●ain Body of Scotch Horse not coming up ●n due time from the Town to His Majesty's relief, His Army was forced to retreat in at Sudbury gate in much disorder.  
In this Action Duke Hamilton (wh● fought valiantly) had his horse kill'● under him, and was himself mortally wounded, of which he died within fe● days; and many of his Troop (consistin● much of Gentlemen and divers of his ow● name) were slain; Sir John Dougla● received his death's wound; and Si● Alex. Forbus, (who was the first Knight the King made in Scotland, and commanded the Fort Royal here) was shot through both the Calves of his legs, lay in the wood all night, and was brought Prisoner to Worcester next day.  
The Rebels in this Encounter had great advantage, as well in their numbers, as by fight both with horse and foot, against His Majesty's foot only, the greatest part of his Horse being wedged up in the Town; And when the foot were defeated, a part of His Majesty's horse fought afterwards against both the enemy's horse and foot upon great disadvantage. And as they had few persons of condition among them to loose so no Rebels, but Quartermaster General Moseley and one Captain Jones, were worth taking notice of to be slain in this Battle.  
At Sudbury gate (I know not whether by accident or on purpose) a Cart laden with Ammunition was overthrown and lay cross the passage, one of the Oxen that drew it being there killed; so that His Majesty could not ride into the Town, but was forced to dismount and come in on foot.  
The Rebels soon after stormed the Fort royal (the Fortifications whereof were not perfected,) and put all the Scots they found therein to the Sword.  
In the Friar's street His Majesty put of his Armour, (which was heavy and troublesome to him,) and took a fresh horse; and than perceiving many of His Foot-soldiers begin to throw down their Arms and decline fight, He road up and down among them, sometimes with his hat in his hand, entreating them to stand to their Arms and fight like men; other whiles encouraging them, alleging the goodness and justice of the Cause they fought for; but seeing himself not able to prevail, said, I had rather you would shoot me, than keep me alive to see the sad consequences of this fatal day: So deep a sense had His prophetic Soul of the miseries of his loved Country, even in the midst of his own danger.  
During this hot Engagement at Perry-wood and Red-hill, the Rebels on the other side the Water possessed themselves of S. Johns, and a Brigade of His Majesty's Foot which were there, under command of M. Gen. Daliel, without any great resistance, laid down their Arms and craved Quarter.  
When some of the Enemy were entered, and entering the Town both at the Key, Castle-hill and Sudbury gate, without any Conditions; The Earl of Cleveland, Sir James Hamilton, Col. Tho. Wogan, Col. William Carlis (than Mayor to the Lord Talbot) L. Col. John Slaughter, Capt. Tho. Hornyold, Capt. Tho. Giffard, Capt. John Astley, Mr. Peter Blount, and Capt. Richard Kemble (Capt. Lieutenant to the Lord Talbot) and some others rallied what force they could (though inconsiderable to the Rebel's numbers) and charged the Enemy very gallantly both in Sudbury-street and High-street, where Sir James and Capt. Kemble were desperately wounded, and others slain; yet this Action did much secure His Majesty's march out at St. Martin's gate, Who had otherwise been in danger of being taken in the Town.  
About the same time the Earl of Rothes, Sir. William Hamilton, and Col. Drummond, with a Party of Scots, maintained the Castle hill with much resolution, till such time as Conditions were agreed on for Quarter.  
Lastly, Some of His Majesty's English Army valiantly opposed the Rebels at the Town Hall, where Mr. Coningsby Colles, and some others were slain, Mr. John Rumney, Mr. Charles Wells, and others taken Prisoners; So that the Rebels having in the end subdued all their Opponents, fell to plundering the City unmercifully, few or none of the Citizens escaping, but such as were of the Phanatique party.  
When His Majesty saw no hope of rallying His thus discomfited Foot, He marched out of Worcester at S. Martin's gate (the Foregate being mured up) about six of the Clock in the evening with his main body of horse, as than commanded by General David Lesley, but were now in some confusion.  
The Lord St. Clare with divers o● the Scottish Nobility and Gentry wer● taken Prisoners in the Town. And the foot Soldiers (consisting most of Scots) were almost all either slain or taken and such of them (who in the Battle escaped death) lived but longer to die fo● the most part more miserably; many o● them being afterwards knocked o'th' head by Country people, some bought and sold like slaves for a small price, others went begging up and down, till Charity failing them, their necessities brought upon them diseases, and diseases, death.  
Before His Majesty was come to Barbon's bridge, about half a mile out of Worcester, He made several Stands, faced about and desired the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Wilmot, and other of his Commanders, that they might rally and try the fortune of War once more; But at the Bridge a serious consultation was held, and than perceiving many of the Troopers to throw of their Arms and shift for themselves, they were all of opinion, the day was irrecoverably lost, and that their only remaining work was to save the King from those ravenous wolves and Regicides; Whereupon His Majesty, by advice of His Council, resolved to march with all speed for Scotland; Following therein the steps of King David his great Predecessor in Ro●al patience, who finding himself in circumstances not unlike to these, said to all 
2 Sam. 15. 14.  his servants that were with him at Hierusa●em, arise and let us fly, for we shall not else escape from Absolom, make speed to de●art, jest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us, and smite the City with the edge of the sword.  
Immediately after this Result, the Duke asked the Lord Talbot, (being of that Country) If he could direct the way Northwards? His Lordship answered, that he had one Richard Walker in his Troop (formerly a Scout-master in those parts, and who since died in Jamaica) that knew the way well; who was accordingly called to be the Guide, and performed that duty for some miles; but being come to Kinver heath, not far from Kederminster, and daylight being gone, Walker was at a puzzle in the way.  
Here His Majesty made a stand, and consulted with the Duke, Earl of Derby, Lord Wilmot, etc. To what place H● might march, at lest to take some hou● rest; The Earl of Derby told His Majesty, that in his flight from Wiggan to Worcester, he had met with a perfect honest man, and a great convenience o● concealment at Boscobel house (before mentioned) but withal acquainted the King, it was a Recusants' house; And i● was suggested, that those people (being accustomed to persecution and searches) were most like to have the readiest means, and safest contrivances to preserve Him; His Majesty therefore inclined to go thither.  
The Lord Talbot being made acquainted therewith, and finding Walker dubious of the way, called for Mr. Charle● Giffard, (a faithful Subject, and of the ancient Family of Chillington) to be Hi● Majesty's conductor, which office Mr. Giffard willingly undertook, having one Yates a servant with him, very expert i● the ways of that Country; and being come near Sturbridge, it was under consideration whether His Majesty should march through that Town or not, and resolved in the affirmative, and that al● about His Person should speak French, to prevent any discovery of His Majesty's presence.  
Mean time General Lesley with the Scottish Horse, had, in the close of the Evening, taken the more direct way Northward, by Newport, His Majesty being left only attended by the Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Derby, Earl of Landerdail, Lord Talbot, Lord Wilmot, Col. Thomas Blague, Col. Edward Ros●arrock, Mr. Marmaduke Darcy, Mr. Richard Lane, Mr. William Armorer, (since Knighted) Mr. Hugh May, Mr. Charles Giffard, Mr. Peter Street, and ●ome others, in all about 60 Horse.  
At a house about a mile beyond Stur●ridge, His Majesty drank, and eat a crust of bread, the house affording no ●etter Provision; and as His Majesty ●ode on, he discoursed with Col. Ros●arrock touching Boscobel house, and the ●eans of security which the Earl of Der●y and he found at that place.  
However Mr. Giffard humbly proposed to carry His Majesty first to Whitela●ies (another seat of the Giffards) lying ●ut half a mile beyond Boscobel, where He might repose Himself for a while and than take such further resolution, a● His Majesty and Council should think fi●▪  
This house is distant about 26 mile● from Worcester, and still reteins the ancient name of Whiteladies, from its having formerly been a Monastery of Cistertian Nuns, whose habit was of that colour.  
His Majesty and his Retinue (being safely conducted thither by Mr. Giffard alighted, now, as they hoped, out o● danger of any present surprise by pursuit George Penderel (who was a servant in th● house) opened the Doors, and after Hi● Majesty and the Lords were entered th● house, His Majesty's horse was brought into the hall, and by this time it wa● about break of day on Tursday morning 
Psa. 142. 6. Attend O Lord unto my Cry, for I am brought very low, deliver me from my persecutors for they are stronger than I  Here every one was in a sad consult ho● to escape the fury of bloodthirsty Enemies, but the greatest solicitude was ●● save the King, who was both hungr● and tired with this long and hast● march.  
Mr. Giffard presently sent for Richar● Penderel, who lived near hand at Holbal Grange, and Col. Roscarrock cause● Bartholomew Martin, a boy in the house, to be sent to Boscobel for William Penderel, mean time Mrs. Giffard brought His Majesty some Sack and Biscuit, For the King and all the people that 
2 Sam. 1●. 14.  were with him, came weary and refreshed themselves there: Richard came first, and was immediately sent back to bring a suit of his Clotheses for the King, and by that time he arrived with them, William came, and both were brought into the Parlour to the Earl of Derby, who immediately carried them into an inner Parlour (where the King was) and told William Penderel, This is the King (pointing to His Majesty) thou must have a care of Him, and preserve Him as thou didst me; And Mr. Giffard did also much conjure Richard to have a special care of his Charge, to which commands the two Brothers yielded ready obedience.  
Whilst Richard and William were thus sent for, His Majesty had been advised to rub his hands on the back of the Chimney, and with them his face, for a disguise, and some person had disorderly cut of His Hair: His Majesty (having put of his Garter, Blue Ribbon, George of Diamonds, Buffcoat, and other Princely Ornaments committed his Watch to the custody of the Lord Wilmot, and his George to Col. Blague, and distributed the Gold he had in his pocket among his Servants, and than put on a noggen corpse shirt which was borrowed of Edward Martin, who lived in the house, and Richard Penderels Green Suit, and Leather Doublet, but had not time to be so exactly disguised as he was afterwards; for both William and Richard Penderel did advertise the Company to make haste away, in regard there was a Troop of Rebels commanded by Col. Ashenhurst, quartered at Cotsal, but three miles distant; some of which Troop came to the house within half an hour after the dissolution of the Royal Troop. Thus David and his men departed 
1 Sam. 23. 13.  out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go.  
Richard Penderel conducted the King out at a backdoor, unknown to most of the Company, (except some of the Lords and Colonel Roscarrock, who with sad hearts, but hearty prayers, took leave of Him) and carried Him into an adjacent wood belonging to Boscobel, called Spring Coppice, about half a mile from Whiteladies, (where He abode, as 
1 Sam. 23. 15.  David did in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood) whilst William, Humphrey and George, were scouting abroad to bring what news they could learn to His Majesty in the Coppice, as occasion required.  
His Majesty being thus, as they hoped, in a way of security, the Duke, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lauderdail, Lord Talbot, and the rest (having Mr. Giffard for their guide, and being than not above 40 horse, of which number His Majesty's pad-nag was one, ridden by Mr. Richard Lane, one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber) marched from Whiteladies Northward by the way of Newport, in hope to overtake or meet General Lesley with the main Body of Scotch horse.  
As soon as they were got into the Road, the Lord Leviston (who commanded His Majesty's Lifeguard) overtook them, pursued by a party of Rebels under the command of Col. Blundel; the Lords with their Followers faced about, fought and repelled them, but when they came a little beyond Newport, some of Col. Lilburns men met them in the Front, other Rebels from Worcester pursued them in the Rear, themselves and horses being sufficiently tired, the Earl of Derby, Earl of Lauderdail, Mr. Charles Giffard, and some others were taken and carried Prisoners, first to Whitchurch, and from thence to an Inn in Bunbury in Ches●ire, where Mr. Giffard found means to make an escape; but the noble Earl of Derby was thence conveyed to Westchester, and there tried by a pretended Court Martial, held the first of October 1651. by virtue of a Commission from Cromwell, grounded on an execrable Rump-Act, of the 12. of August than last passed, the very Title whereof cannot be mentioned without horror, but it pretended most traitorously to prohibit correspondence with CHARLES STUART (their lawful Sovereign) under penalty of High Treason, loss of life and estate,— Prodigious Rebels!  
In this black Tribunal there sat, as Judges, these Persons, and under These Titles:  

Colonel Humphrey Mackworth, President.  
Mayor General Mitton.  
Colonel Robert Duckenfield.  
Colonel Henry Bradshaw.  
Colonel Thomas Croxton.  
Colonel George Twisleton.  
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Birkenhead.  
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Finch.  
Lieutenant Col. Alexander Newton.  
Captain James Stepford.  
Captain Samuel Smith.  
Captain John Downs.  
Captain Vincent Corbet.  
Captain John Delves.  
Captain John Griffith.  
Captain Thomas Portington.  
Captain Edward Alcock.  
Captain Ralf Pownall.  
Captain Richard Grantham.  
Captain Edward Stelfax.   
Their Cruel Sentence.  
Resolved by the Court upon the Question, That James Earl of Derby is guilty of the Breach of the Act of the 12. of August 1651. last passed, Entitled An Act prohibiting correspondence with CHARLES STUART or his Party, and so of High Treason against the Commonwealth of England, and is therefore worthy of Death.  
Resolved by the Court, That the said James Earl of Derby is a Traitor to the Commonwealth of England, and an Abetter, Encourager and Assister of the Declared Traitors and Enemies thereof, and shall be put to Death by severing his Head from his Body at the Market place in the Town of Boulton in Lancashire, upon Wednesday the 15 th'. day of this instant October, about the hour of one of the Clock the same day.  
This was the Authority, and some of these the Persons that so barbarously, and contrary to the Law of Nations, condemned this noble Earl to Death, notwithstanding his just Plea, That he had Quarter for Life given him by one Captain Edge, who took him Prisoner. But this could not obtain Justice, nor any Intercession, Mercy; So that on the 15. of the said October, He was accordingly Beheaded at Boulton, in a most Barbarous and Inhuman manner.  
The Earl of Lauderdail, with several others were carried Prisoners to the Tower, and afterwards to Windsor Castle, where they continued divers years.  
Whilst the Rebels were plundering those noble Persons, the Duke, with the Lord Leviston, Col. Blague, Mr. Marmaduke Darcy, and Mr. Hugh May, forsook the road first, and soon after their horses, and betook themselves to a by-way and got into Bloore Park, near Cheswardine, about five miles from Newport, where they received some refreshment at a little obscure house of Mr. George Barlows, and afterwards met with two honest Laborers in an adjoining wood, to whom they communicated the exigent and distress which the fortune of war had reduced them to, and finding them like to prove faithful, the Duke thought fit to imitate his Royal Master, delivered his George (which was given him by the Queen of England) to Mr. May (who preserved it through all difficulties, and after restored it t● his Grace in Holland) and changed habit with one of the Workmen; and i● this disguise, by the assistance of Mr▪ Barlow and his wife, was, after some days, conveyed by one Nich. Matthew a Carpenter, to the house of Mr. Hawle● an hearty Cavalier at Bilstrop in Nottinghamshire, from thence to the Lady Villiars house at Booksby in Leicestershire and after many hardships and encounters, his Grace got secure to London and from thence to His Majesty in France.  
At the same time the Lord Leviston, Col. Blague, Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Ma●, all quitted their horses, disguised themselves, and severally shifted for themselves, and some of them, through various dangers and sufferings, contrived their Escapes; In particular Mr. May was forced to lie 21. days in a hay-mow belonging to one John Bold, an honest Husbandman, who lived at Soudley; Bold having all that time Rebel-souldiers quartered in his house, yet failed not to give a constant relief to his more welcome Guest; and when the ●oast was clear of Soldiers, Mr. Mayhime ●●me to London on foot in his disguise.  
The Lord Talbot (seeing no hope of ●●llying,) hasted towards his Father's ●ouse at Longford near Newport, where ●eing arrived, he conveyed his horse ●●to a neighbour's barn, but was immediately pursued by the Rebels, who ●ound the horse saddled, and by that concluded my Lord to be not far of, so ●hat they searched Longford house narrowly, and some of them continued in 〈◊〉 four or five days; during all which ●ime my Lord was in a close place in one ●f the outhouses, almost stifled for want ●f air, and had perished for want of ●ood, had he not been once relieved in ●he dead of night, and with much difficulty by a trusty servant; yet his Lordship thought it a great providence, even by these hardships, to escape the fury of such enemies, who sought the destruction of the Nobility, as well as of their King.  
In this interim the valiant Earl of Cleveland, (who being above 60. years of age, had marched 21 days together upon a trotting horse) had also made his escape from Worcester, when all the fight work was over, and was go● to Woodcot in Shropshire, whither he wa● pursued, and taken at or near M●● Broughtons' house, from whence he w●● carried Prisoner to Stafford, and fro● thence to the Tower of London.  
Col. Blague, remaining at Mr. Barlows house at Bloor-Pipe, about eigh● miles from Stafford, his first action wa● with Mrs. Barlows privity and advice to hid His Majesty's George under ● heap of Chips and Dust: Yet the Colonel could not conceal himself s● well, but that he was here soon after taken and carried prisoner to Stafford and from thence conveyed to the Tower of London; Mean time the Georg● was transmitted to Mr. Robert Milwar● of Stafford for better security; who afterwards faithfully conveyed it to Co● Blague in the Tower by the trusty hand● of Mr. Isaac Walton; And the Colonel, not long after happily escaping thence, restored it to his Majesties own hands, which had been thus wonderfully preserved from being made a prise to sordid Rebels.  
The Scotch Cavalry (having no place t● ●●treat unto nearer than Scotland,) were ●on after dispersed, and most of them ta●en by the Rebels and Country people in cheshire, Lancashire, and parts adjacent.  
Thus was this Royal Army totally ●bdued, thus dispersed; and if in this ●● important affair any of the Scottish commander's were treacherous at Wor●ster, (as some suspected) he has a ●reat account to make for the many ●ears miseries that ensued thereby to ●oth Nations, under the tyrannical, ●surped government of Cromwell.  
But to return to the duty of my attendance on His Sacred Majesty in Spring coppice; By that time Richard Penderel ●ad conveyed Him into the obscurest ●art of it, it was about Sunrising on ●hursday morning, and the heavens ●ept bitterly at these calamities; insomuch as the thickest tree in the wood ●as not able to keep His Majesty dry, ●or was there any thing for Him to sit ●n; Wherhfore Richard went to Fran●is Yates house, (a trusty neighbour ●ho married his wife's sister) where he ●orrowed a blanket, which he folded ●nd laid on the ground under a Tree for His Majesty to sit on.  
At the same time Richard spoke the goodwife Yates, to provide ●o● victuals, and bring it into the wood a place he appointed her, she present made ready a mess of milk, and so●● butter and eggs, and brought them His Majesty in the wood; Who bei●● a little surprised to see the woman (〈◊〉 good concealer of a secret,) said cheerfully to her; Good woman, can you ● faithful to a distressed Cavalier? She answered, Yes Sir, I will dye rather th● discover you; with which answer H●● Majesty was well satisfied, and receive● from her hands, as David did from A●gails, 
1 Sam. 25. 35.  that which she brought Him.  
The Lord Wilmot in the interim too John Penderel for his guide, but kne● not determinately whither to go, purposing at first to have marched Northwards, but as they passed by Brewo●● Forge, the forgemen made after than till being told by one Rich. Dutto● that it was Col. Crompton whom the pursued, the Vulcan's happily, upon th●● mistake, quitted the chase.  
Soon after they narrowly escaped party of Rebels as they passed by Coven-brook; so that seeing danger on every side, and John meeting with William Walker (a trusty neighbour,) committed my Lord to his care and counsel, who for the present conveyed them into a dry marl-pit, where they stayed a while, and afterwards to one Mr. Huntbaches house at Brinsford, and put their horses into John Evans barn, whilst John Penderel goes to Wolverhampton to see what convenience he could found for my Lords coming thither, but met with none, the Town being full of Soldiers.  
Yet John leaves no means unessayed, hastens to Northcot, (an adjacent village) and there, whilst he was talking with Goodwife Vnderhil (a neighbour,) in the instant Mr. John Huddleston (a sojourner at Mr. Tho. Whitgreaves of Moseley, and of John's acquaintance) was accidentally passing by, to whom John (well assured of his integrity,) presently addresses himself and his business, relates to him the sad news of the defeat of His Majesty's Army at Worcester, and discovers in what straight and confusion he had left His Majesty and his followers at Whiteladies, and in particular that he had brought thence a person of quality, (for John than knew not who my Lord was) to Huntbaches house, who, without present relief, would be in great danger of being taken.  
Mr. Huddleston goes home forthwith, takes John with him, and acquaints Mr. Whitgreave with the business, who freely resolved to venture all, rather than such a person should miscarry.  
Hereupon Mr. Whitgreave repairs to Huntbaches house, speaks with my Lord, and giveth direction how he should be privately conveyed into his house a● Moseley about ten of the clock at night; and, though it so fell out that the directions were not punctually observed yet my Lord and his man were at las● brought into the house where Mr. Whitgreave (after some refreshment give● them) conveys them into a secret place which my Lord admiring for its excellent contrivance, and solicitous for H●● Majesty's safety, said, I would give ● world my friend (meaning the King) wer● here; and than (being abundantly satisfied of Mr. Whitgreaves fidelity ●eposited in his hands a little bag of ●ewels, which my Lord received again ●t his departure.  
As soon as it was day Mr. Whitgreave ●ent William Walker with my Lords horses to his neighbour Col. John Lane of Bentley near Walsall, Southeast from Moseley about four miles, (whom Mr. Whitgreave knew to be a right honest Gentleman, and ready to contribute any assistance to so charitable a work) and wished Walker to acquaint the Colonel, ●hat they belonged to some eminent Per●on about the King, whom he could bet●er secure than the horses: The Col. willingly receives them and sends word to Mr. Whitgreave to meet him that night in ● Close not far from Moseley, in order to ●he tender of farther service to the owner of the horses, whose name neither the Colonel nor Mr. Whitgreave than knew.  
On Thursday night, when it grew ●ark, His Majesty resolved to go from ●hose parts into Wales, and to take Richard Penderel with him for His guide; ●ut, before they began their journey, His Majesty went into Richard's house ●t Hobbal Grange, where the old Good wife Penderel had not only the honour to see His Majesty, but to see him attended by her son Richard. Here His Majesty had time and means better to complete His disguise; His Name was agreed to be Wil Jones, and His arms a wood-Bill▪ In this posture about nine a Clock at night (after some refreshment taken in the house) His Majesty, with his trusty servant Richard, began their journey on foot, resolving to go that night to Madely in Shrop-shire about five mile● from Whiteladies, and within a mile o● the River Severn, over which their way lay for Wales; in this Village lived one Mr. Francis Woolf, an honest Gentleman of Richard's acquaintance.  
His Majesty had not been long gone but the Lord Wilmot sent John Pendere from Mr. Whitgreaves to Whiteladies an● Boscobel, to know in what security the King was, John returned and acquainted my Lord, that His Majesty was marche● from thence; Hereupon my Lord bega● to consider which way himself shoul● remove with safety.  
Col. Lane, having secured my Lord horses, and being come to Moseley according to appointment on Friday ●ight, was brought up to my Lord by Mr. Whitgreave, and (after mutual salutation) acquainted him, that his sister Mistress ●ane Lane had by accident procured a Pass from some Commander of the Re●els, for herself and a man to go a little beyond Bristol, to see Mistress Norton her special friend than near her time of lying ●n; and freely offered, if His Lordship thought fit, he might make use of it, ●hich my Lord seemed inclinable to accept; and on Saturday night was conducted by Col. Lanes man (himself not being well) to the Colonel's house at Bent●ey; His Lordship than and not before discovering his Name to Mr. Whit●reave, and giving him many thanks ●or so great a kindness in so imminent ● danger.  
Before His Majesty came to Madeley, ●●e met with an ill-favoured encounter ●t Evelin Mill, being about two mile's ●●om thence; The Miller (it seems) was ●n honest man, but His Majesty and ●ichard knew it not, and had than in ●is house some considerable persons of ●is Majesty's Army, who took shelter there in their flight from Worcester, and had not been long in the Mill; so that the Miller was upon his watch, and Richard unhappily permitting a gate to clap, through which they passed, gave occasion to the Miller to come out o● the Mill and boldly ask, Who is there? Richard thinking the Miller had pursued them, quitted the usual way in some haste, and led his Majesty over a little Brook, which they were forced to wad● through, and which contributed much towards the surbating and galling Hi● Majesty's Feet, who (as he afterwards pleasantly observed) was here in som● danger of losing his Guide, but that th● rustling of Richard's calveskin breeche● was the best direction His Majesty had t● follow him in that dark night.  
They arrived at Madeley about midnight, Richard goes to Mr. Woe … house, where they were all in bed● knocks them up and acquaints Mr. Woe … Daughter, (who came to the door● that the King was there, who present●● received him into the house, where H●● Majesty refreshed himself for some time● but understanding the Rebels ke … several Guards upon Severn, and it being ●eared that some of their party (of which many frequently passed through ●he Town) might quarter at the house,▪ as had often happened,) it was apprehended unsafe for His Majesty to lodge ●n the house (which afforded no secret place for concealment,) but rather to retire into a Barn near adjoining, as lesle ●iable to the danger of a surprise, whither His Majesty went accordingly, and continued in a hay-mow there all the day following, His servant Richard attending him.  
During his Majesty's stay in the Barn, Mr. Woolf had often conference with him about His intended journey, and in order thereto took care by a trusty servant (sent abroad for that purpose,) to inform himself more particularly of those guards upon Severn, and had certain word brought him, that not only the Bridges were secured, but all the Passage-boats seized on; Insomuch that he conceived it very hazardous for His Majesty to prosecute His design for Wales, but rather to go to Boscobel-house, being the most retired place for concealment in all the Country, and ●● stay there till an opportunity of a further safe conveyance could be foun● out; which advice His Majesty incline● to approve: And thereupon resolve● for Boscobel the night following; in th● mean time, His hands not appearing sufficiently discoloured, suitable to his other disguise, Mistress Woolf provided Walnut-tree leaves, as the readiest expedien●● for that purpose.  
The day being over, His Majesty adventured to come again into the house where having for sometime refreshe● himself, and being furnished with conveniences for His Journey, (which wa● conceived to be fafer on foot than b● horse) He, with His faithful guide Richard, about eleven of Clock at night set forth toward Boscobel.  
About three of the Clock on Saturd●● morning, being come near the house Richard left His Majesty in the wood whilst he went in to see if any Souldie● were there or other danger; Where h● found Col. William Carlis, (who had seen not the last man born, but the last ma● killed at Worcester, and) who, having wit● much difficulty, made his escape from thence, was got into his own neighbourhood, and for some time concealing himself in Boscobel-wood, was come that morning to the house to get some relief of William Penderel his old acquaintance.  
Richard having acquainted the Col. that the King was in the wood, the Col. with William and Richard go presently thither to give their attendance, where they found His Majesty sitting on the root of a tree, who was glad to see the Col. and came with them into the house, where He eat bread and cheese hearty, and (as an Extraordinary) William Penderels wife made His Majesty a Posset, of thin milk and small beer, and got ready some warm water to wash His feet not only extreme dirty, but much galled with travail.  
The Col. pulled of His Majesty's shoes, which were full of gravel, and stockens which were very wet, and there being no other shoes in the house that would fit Him, the good wife put some hot embers in those to dry them, wilt His Majesty's feet were washing and His stockings shifted.  
Being thus a little refreshed, the Colonel persuaded His Majesty to go back into the wood, (supposing it safer than the house,) where the Colonel made choice of a thick leafed Oak, into which William and Richard helped them both up, and brought them such provision as they could get, with a cushion for His Majesty to sit on; the Col. humbly desired His Majesty (who had taken little or no rest the two preceding nights) to seat himself as easily as He could in the tree, and rest his head on the Colonel's lap, who was watchful that His Majesty might not fall; In this Oak they continued most part of that day, and in that posture His Majesty slumbered away some part of the time, and bore all these hardships and afflictions with incomparable patience.  
In the Evening they returned to the house, where William Penderel acquainted His Majesty with the secret place, wherein the Earl of Derby had been secured, which His Majesty liked so well, that He resolved, whilst he stayed there, to trust only to that, and go not more into the Royal Oak, as from hence it must be called, where he could not so much as sit at ease.  
His Majesty now finding himself in a hopeful security, permitted William Penderel to shave Him, and cut the hair of His head, as short at top as the Scissors would do it, but leaving some about the ears, according to the Country mode; Col. Carlis attending, told His Majesty, William was but a mean Barber; To which His Majesty answered, He had never been shaved by any Barber before: The King bad William burn the hair which he cut of, but William was only disobedient in that, for he kept a good part of it, wherewith he has since pleasured some persons of Honour, and is kept as a civil Relic.  
Humphrey Penderel was this Saturday designed to go to Shefnal, to pay some Taxes to one Captain Broadway; At whose house he met with a Colonel of the Rebels, who was newly come from Worcester in pursuit of the King, and who, being informed that His Majesty had been at Whitladies, and that Humphrey was a near Neighbour to the place, examined him strictly, and laid before him, as well the penalty for concealing the King, which was death without mercy; as the reward for discovering him, which should be one thousand pounds certain pay. But neither fear of punishment, nor hope of reward, was able to tempt Humphrey into any disloyalty; He pleaded ignorance, and was dismissed; And on Saturday night related to His Majesty and the Loyal Colonel at Boscobel, what had passed betwixt him and the Rebel Colonel at Shefnal.  
This night the Goodwife (whom His Majesty was pleased to call My dame Joan) provided some chickens for His Majesty's supper, (a dainty He had not lately been acquainted with) and a little Pallet was put into the secret place for His Majesty to rest in; some of the Brothers being continually upon duty, watching the Avenues of the house and the Roadway, to prevent the danger of a surprise.  
After supper Col. Carlis asked His Majesty what meat He would please to have provided for the morrow, being Sunday, His Majesty desired some Mutton, if it might be had; but it was thought dangerous for William to go to any market to buy it; since his Neighbours all knew he did not use to buy such for his own diet, and so it might beget a suspicion of his having strangers at his house; But the Colonel found another expedient to satisfy His Majesty's desires; Early on Sunday morning he repairs to Mr. William Stauntons' sheep-coat, who rent some of the Demeans of Boscobel, here he chose one of the best sheep, sticks him with his dagger, than sends William for the Mutton, who brings him home on his back.  
On Sunday morning (September the seventh) His Majesty got up early (his dormitory being none of the best nor his bed the easiest) and, near the secret place where he lay, had the convenience of a Gallery to walk in, where be was observed to spend some time in His 
* Ps. 116. I have found tribulation and sorrow, and I called on the name of our Lord.  Devotions, and where he had the advantage of a window, which surveyed the road from Tongue to Brewood; Soon after His Majesty coming down into the Parlour, his nose fell a bleeding, which put his poor faithful servants into a great fright, but his Majesty was pleased soon to remove it, by telling them, It often did so.  
As soon as the Mutton was cold, William cut it up and brought a Leg of it into the Parlour; His Majesty called for a Knife and a Trencher, and cut some of it into Collops and pricked them with the Knife's point, than called for a Frying-pan and butter, and fried the Collops himself, of which he eat hearty; Col. Carlis the while being but Under-cook, (and that honour enough too) made the fire, and turned the Collops in the Pan.  
When the Colonel afterwards attended His Majesty in France, His Majesty calling to remembrance this passage among others, was pleased merrily to propose it, as a Problematical Question; Whether Himself or the Col. were the Master-Cook at Boscobel; and the supremacy was of right adjudged to His Majesty.  
All this while the other Brothers of the Penderels were in their several stations, either scouting abroad to learn Intelligence, or upon some other service; but it so pleased God, that, though the Soldiers had some Intelligence of His Majesty's having been at Whiteladies, and none that he was gone thence, yet this house (which proved a happy sanctuary for His Majesty in this sad Exigent) had not at all been searched during His Majesty's abode there, though that had several times; this perhaps the rather escaping, because the Neighbours could truly inform, none but poor servants lived here.  
His Majesty spent some part of this Lordsday in Reading in a pretty Arbour in Boscobel garden, which grew upon a Mount, and wherein there was a stone Table and Seats about it; and commended the place for its retiredness.  
And having understood by John Penderel, that the Lord Wilmot was at Mr. Whitgreaves house, (for John knew not of his remove to Bentley) His Majesty was desirous to let my Lord hear of Him, and that He intended to come to Mosely that night.  
To this end John was sent on Sunday morning to Moseley; But, finding my Lord removed thence, was much troubled, and than acquainted Mr. Whitgreave and Mr. Huddleston, that His Majesty was returned to Boscobel, and the disaccommodation He had there; whereupon they both resolve to go with John to Bentley, where having gained him an access to my Lord, his Lordship designed to attend the King that night at Moseley, and desired Mr. Whitgreave to meet his Lordship at a place appointed about 12. of the Clock, and Mr. Huddleston to nominate a place where he would attend His Majesty about one of the clock, the same night.  
Upon this Intelligence my Lord made stay of Mrs. Jane Lane's journey to Bristol, till His Majesty's pleasure was known.  
John Penderel returned to Boscobel in the afternoon with intimation of this designed meeting with my Lord at Moseley, that night, and the place which was appointed by Mr. Huddleston, where His Majesty should be expected. But His Majesty, having not recovered his late foot journey to Madeley, was not able without a horse, to perform this to Moseley, which was about five miles distant from Boscobel, and near the midway from thence to Bentley.  
It was therefore concluded, that His Majesty should ride upon Humphrey Penderels Mill-horse (for Humphrey was the Miller of Whiteladies Mill,) The horse was taken up from Grass, and accoutred, not with rich trappingss or furniture, befitting so great a King, but with a pitiful old Saddle and a worse Bridle.  
When His Majesty was ready to take horse, Col. Carlis humbly took leave of Him, being so well known in the Country that his attendance upon His Majesty would in all probability have proved rather a disservice than otherwise; however his hearty prayers were not wanting for His Majesty's preservation.  
Thus than His Majesty was mounted, and thus he road towards Moseley, attended by all the honest brothers, William, John, Richard, Humphrey, and George Penderel, and Francis Yates, each of these took a Bill or Pike staff on his back, and some of them had Pistols in their pockets; two marched before, one on each side His Majesty's horse, and two came behind aloof of, their design being this, that in case they should have been questioned or encountered but by five or six Troopers or such like small Party, they would have showed their valour in defending, as well as they had done their fidelity in otherwise serving His Majesty: And though it was near Midnight, yet they conducted His Majesty through byways, for better Security.  
After some experience had of the horse, His Majesty complained, It was the heaviest Dull Jade he ever road on; To which Humphrey (the owner of him) Answered (beyond the usual capacity of a Miller,) My Liege! Can you blame the horse to go heavily, when he has the weight of three Kingdoms on his back?  
When His Majesty came to Penford Mill, within two miles of Mr. Whitgreaves house, His Guides desired Him to alight and go on foot the rest of the way, for more security, the Footway being the more secure and the nearer, and at last they arrived at the place appointed by Mr. Huddleston, (which was a little grove of trees in a Close of Mr. Whitgreaves called the Pit-leasow,) in order to his Majesty's being privately conveyed into Mr. Whitgreaves house; William, Humphrey and George, returned with the horse, the other three attended His Majesty to the House; but His Majesty, being gone a little way, had forgot (it seems) to bid Farewell to William and the rest, who were going back, so He called to them and said, My troubles make me forget myself, I thank you all, and gave them his hand to kiss.  
The Lord Wilmot, in pursuance of his own appointment; came to the meetingplace precisely at his hour, where Mr. Whitgreave received him and conveyed him to his old chamber; but hearing nothing of the King at his prefixed time, gave occasion to suspect ●ome misfortune might have befallen him, though the night was very dark and ●ainy, which might possibly be the occasion of so long stay; Mr. Whitgreave therefore leaves my Lord in his chamber, and goes to Pit-leasow, where Mr. Huddleston attended His Majesty's coming, and about two hours after the time appointed His Majesty came, whom Mr. Whitgreave and Mr. Huddleston conveyed, with much satisfaction, into the house to my Lord, who expected him with great solicitude, and presently kneeled down and embraced His Majesty's knees, who kissed my Lord on the cheek, and asked him earnestly, What is become of Buckingham, Cleveland, and others? To which my Lord could give little satisfaction, but hoped they were in safety.  
My Lord soon after (addressing himself to Mr. Whitgreave, and Mr. Huddleston,) said, though I have concealed my friends name all this while, now I must tell you, this is my Master, your Master, and the Master of us all; not knowing that they understood it wa● King; Whereupon His Majesty was pleased to give his hand to Mr. Whitgreave and Mr. Huddleston to kiss, and told them he had received such an Account from my Lord Wilmot of their fidelity, tha● he should never forget it; and presently asked Mr. Whitgreave, Where is yo●● secret place? which being showed Hi● Majesty, He was well pleased therewith, and returning into my Lord● chamber, sat down on the bedside, where his nose fell a bleeding; and than pulled out of His pocket a handkerchief, suitable to the rest of his Apparel, both coarse and dirty.  
His Majesty's Attire, as was before observed in part, was than a leather-doublet, with pewter buttons, a pair of old green breeches and a Jump-coat (as the Country calls it) of the same green, a pair of his own stockens with the tops cut of, because embroidered, and a pair of stirrup stockens which were lent him at Madeley, a pair of old shoes, cut and slashed to give ease to his feet, an old grey, greasy hat without a lining, a noggen shirt, of the coarsest linen, His face and hands made of a reechy complexion, by the help of the Walnut-tree leaves.  
Mr. Huddleston, observing the coarsness of His Majesty's shirt to dis-ease ●im much and hinder his rest, asked my Lord, if the King would be pleased to change his shirt, which His Majesty condescended unto, and presently put of his corpse shirt and put on a flaxen one of Mr. Huddleston's, who pulled of His Majesty's shoes and stockens, and put him on fresh stockens and dried his Feet, where he found some body had innocently, but indiscreetly applied white paper, which, with going on foot from the place where His Majesty alighted to the house, was rolled betwixt his stockens and his skin, and served to increase rather than assuage the soreness of his feet.  
Mr. Whitgreave had by this time brought up some Biscuit and a Bottle of Sack, His Majesty eat of the one, and drank a good glass of the other; and, being thus refreshed, was pleased to say cheerfully, I am now ready for another March; And if it shall please God once more to place me in the head of bu● eight or ten thousand good men, ● of one mind, and resolved to fight, I shall not doubt to drive these Rogues out of my Kingdoms.  
It was now break of the day on Monday morning the eighth of September▪ and His Majesty was desirous to tak● some rest: To which purpose a Pale was carried into one of the secret places, where His Majesty lay down, bu● rested not so well as his host desired for the place was close and inconvenient, and they durst not adventure to put him into any bed in an open Chamber, for fear of a surprise by the Rebels.  
After some rest taken in the hole, His Majesty got up, and was pleased to take notice of, and salute Mr. Whitgreaves Mother, and (having his place of retreat still ready) sat between while in a Closet over the Porch; where he might see those that passed the road by the house.  
Before the Lord Wilmot betook himself to his Dormitory, he conferred with Mr. Whitgreave, and advised, that himself or Mr. Huddleston would be always vigilant about the house, and give notice if any Soldiers came, and (says this noble Lord) If it should so fall out that the Rebels have intelligence of your harbouring any of the King's Party, and should therefore put you to any torture for confession, be sure you discover me first, which may haply in such case satisfy them, and preserve the King. This was the expression and care of a loyal Subject, worthy eternal memory.  
On Monday His Majesty and my Lord resolved to dispatch John Penderel to Col. Lane at Bentley, with direction for the Colonel to sand my Lords horses for him that night about midnight, and to expect him at the usual place: My Lord accordingly goes to Bentley again, to make way for His Majesty's reception there, pursuant to a resolution taken up by His Majesty to go Westward, under the protection of Mrs. Jane Lanes Pass; it being most probable, that the Rebels wholly pursued His Majesty Northwards, and would not at all suspect him gone into the West.  
This Monday after noon Mr. Whitgreave had notice that some Soldiers were in the neighbourhood, intending to apprehended him, upon information that he had been at Worcester Fight: The King was than laid down upon Mr. Huddlestons' bed, but Mr. Whitgreave presently secures his Royal Guest in the secret place, and my Lord also, leaves open all the Chamber doors, and goes boldly down to the Soldiers, assuring them (as his Neighbours also testified) that he not been from home in a fortnight than last passed; with which asseveration the Soldiers were satisfied, and came not up stairs at all.  
In this interval the Rebels had taken a Cornet in Cheshire, who come in His Majesty's Troop to Whiteladies, and either by menaces or some other way, had extorted this confession from him concerning the King, (whom these bold Bloodhounds sought with all possible diligence) that he came in company with His Majesty to Whiteladies, where the Rebels had no small hope to found him; whereupon they posted thither without ever drawing bit, almost killed their horses, and brought their faint-hearted Prisoners with them.  
Being come to Whiteladies, on Tuesday, they called for Mr. George Giffard, who lived in an appartiment of the house, present a Pistol to his breast, and bade him confess where the King was, or he should presently die; Mr. Giffard was too loyal, and too much a Gentleman to be frighted into any infidelity, resolutely denies the knowing any more, but that divers Cavaliers came thither on Wednesday night, eat up their provision and departed, and that he was as ignorant who they were as whence they came, or whither they went, and begged, if he must dye, that they would first give him leave to say a few prayers. One of these Villains answered, If you can tell us no news of the King, you shall say no prayers: But his discreet answer did somewhat assuage the fury of their Leader. They used the like threats and violence (mingled notwithstanding with high promises of reward) to Mrs. Anne Andrew (to whose custody some of the King's , when He first took upon him the disguise were committed) who (like a true Virago) faithfully sustained the one, and loyally refused the other, which put the Rebels into such a fury, that they searched every corner of the house, broke down much of the Wainscoat, and at last beaten the Intelligencer severely, for making them loose their labours.  
During this Tuesday in my Lord Wilmots absence, His Majesty was for the most part attended by Mr. Huddleston, Mr. Whitegrave being much abroad in the Neighbourhood, and Mrs Whitegrave below stairs, both inquisitive after news, and the motions of the Soldiery, in order to the preservation of their Royal Guest; the old Gentle woman was this day ●old by a Countryman, who came to her house, that he heard the King, upon his retreat had beaten His Enemies at Warrington-bridg, and that there were three Kings come in to his assistance; which story she related to His Majesty for divertisement, Who smiling, answered, Surely they are the three Kings of Colen come down from heaven, for I can imagine none else.  
The same day His Majesty out of the Closet window, espied two Soldiers, who passed by the gate in the Road, and told Mr. Huddleston, he knew one of them to be a Highlander, and of his own Regiment; who little thought his King and Colonel to be so near.  
And His Majesty for entertainment of the time was pleased to discourse with Mr. Huddleston the particulars of the Battle of Worchester (the same in substance with what is before related) And by some words which His Majesty let fall, it might easily be collected that His Counsels had been too often sooner discovered to the Rebels, than executed by His loyal Subjects.  
Mr. Huddlestone had under his charge● young Sir John Preston, Mr. Thomas Play●● and Mr. Frances Reynolds, and on thi● Tuesday in the morning (the better to conceal His Majesty's being in the house, and excuse his own more than usual long stay above stairs) pretended himself to be indisposed and afraid of the Soldiers, and therefore set his Scholars at several Garret windows, that surveyed the roads, to watch and give notice when they saw any troopers coming; This service the youths performed very diligently all day and at night when they were at Supper Sir John called upon his Companions, and said (more truly than he imagined) Come Lads let us eat lustily, for we have been upon the lifeguard to day.  
This very day (9 Septemb.) the Rebels at Westminster (in further pursuance o● their bloody designs) set forth a Proclamation, for the discovery and apprehending of Charles Stuart (for so their frontless impudence usually styled His Sacred Majesty) His Adherents and Abettors, with promise of 1000 l. Reward to whomsoever should apprehended Him, (so vile ● price they set upon so inestimable a Jewel.) And besides gave strict command to all, Officer's of Port-Towns, that they should permit no person to pass beyond Sea, without special Licence. And Saul ●ought David every day, but God delivered 
1 Sam. 23. 14.  him not into his hands.  
On Tuesday night between 12 and one of the Clock, The Lord Wilmot sent Colonel Lane to attend His Majesty to Bentley, Mr. Whitgreave meets the Colonel at the place appointed, and brings him to the corner of his Orchard, where the Colonel thought fit to stay whilst Mr. Whitgreave goes in and acquaints the King that he was come: Whereupon His Majesty took his leave of Mrs. Whitgreave, saluted her and gave her many thanks for his entertainment, but was pleased to be more particular with Mr. Whitgreave and Mr. Huddleston, not only by giving them thanks, but by telling them, he was very sensible of the dangers they might incur by entertaining Him, if it should chance to be discovered to the Rebels; Therefore His Majesty advised them to be very careful of themselves, and gave them direction to repair to a Merchant in London, who should have order to furnish them with moneys and means of conveyance beyond Sea, if they thought fit. However His Majesty concluded, that if it should please God ever to restore Him to the Government of His Dominions, He should not be unmindful of their civilities and fidelity to him. Thus grateful was this Excellent King, for even that which was every good Subjects duty, and thus solicitous (in the midst of His own dangers) for their Security.  
After His Majesty had vouchsafed these gracious expressions to Mr. Whitegrave and Mr. Huddleston, they told His Majesty Al● the service they could now do Him, was to pray hearty to Almighty God for His safety and preservation, and than kneeling down, His Majesty gave them His hand to kiss, and so wen● down stairs with them into the Orchard, where Mr Whitgreave both humbly and faithfully delivered his great Charge into Col. Lanes hands, telling the Colone● who the Person was he there presented to him.  
The night was both dark and cold, and His Majesty's clothing thin, therefore Mr. Huddleston humbly offered His Majesty a Cloak, which He was pleased to accept, and wore to Bentley, from whence Mr. Huddleston afterwards received it.  
As soon as Mr. Whitgreave and Mr. Huddleston heard His Majesty was not only got safe to Bentley but marched securely from thence, they began to reflect upon His advice, &, jest any discovery should be made of what had been acted at Moseley, they both absented themselves from home; The one went to London, the other to a friends house in Warwickshire, where they lived privately till such time as they heard His Majesty was safely arrived in France, and that no part of the aforesaid transactions at Moseley had been discovered to the Rebels, and than returned home.  
This Mr. Whitgreave is descended of the ancient family of the Whitgreaves of Burton in the County of Stafford, and was first a Cornet, afterwards Lieutenant to Captain Thomas Giffard, in the first War for His late Majesty.  
Mr. John Huddleston is a younger brother of the renowned Family of the house of Hutten-John in the County of Cumberland, and was a Gentleman voluntier in His late Majesties service first under Sir John Preston the Elder, till Sir John was rendered unserviceable by the desperate wounds he received in that service and after under Colonel Ralph Pudsey at Newark.  
His Majesty, being safely conveyed to Bentley by Colonel Lane, stayed there but a short time, took the opportunity of Mistress Janes Pass, and road before her to Bristol, the Lord Wilmot attending, by another way, at a distance. In all which Journey Mrs. Lane performed the part of a most faithful and prudent Servant to His Majesty, showing her observance, when any opportunity would allow it, and at other times acting her part in the disguise with much discretion.  
But His Majesty's particular Gists to Bristol and to the houses of several Loyal Subjects, both in Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and so to Brighempston in Sussex where he on the 15. of October 1651. took shipping and landed securely in France the next morning, and the several accidents, hardships and encounters, in all that Journey, must be the admired Subject of the Second part of this History.  
The very next day, after His Majesty ●eft Boscobel, being Monday the eighth of September, two parties of Rebels came thither, the one being part of the County Troop, who searched the house with some civility; The other, (Captain Broadwayes men) did it with more severity, eat up their little Store of provision, plundered the house of what was portable, and one of them presented a pistol to William Penderel, and much frighted My Dame Joan; yet both Parties returned, as ignorant as ●hey came, of that intelligence they so greedily sought after.  
This danger being over, honest Wil●iam began to think of making satisfaction for the fat Mutton, and accordingly ●endered Mr. Staunton its worth in money; but Staunton, understanding the Sheep was killed for the relief of some ●onest Cavaliers, who had been sheltered at Boscobel, refused to take the money, but wished, much good it might do them.  
These Penderels were of honest Parentage, but mean degree, six brothers born at Hobbal Grange in the Parish of Tong and County of Salop; William, John, Richard, Humphrey, Thomas, and George; John, Thomas and George▪ were Soldiers in the first War for Hi● late Majesty, Thomas was slain at Sto●● fight, William, as you have heard, wa● a servant at Boscobel, Humphrey a Miller and Richard rent part of Hobba● Grange.  
His Majesty had not been long gone from Boscobel, but Colonel Carlis sen● William Penderel to Mr. Humphrey Ironmonger, his old friend, at Wolverhampton; who not only procured him a Pas● from some of the Rebel-Commanders in a disguised name to go to London, bu● furnished him with money for his Journey, by means whereof he got safe thither, and from thence into Holland▪ where he brought the first happy new● of His Majesty's safety to His Royal Sister▪ the Princess of Orange.  
This Colonel William Carlis was bo●● at Bromhall in Staffordshire, within two miles of Boscobel, of good Parentage, is ● Person of approved valour, and was engaged all along in the first War for His lat● Majesty, of happy memory; and since Hi● Death has been no lesle active for His Majesty that now is; for which, and his particular service and fidelity before mentioned, His Majesty has been pleased by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England ●o give him, by the name of William CARLOS (which in Spanish signifies Charles) this very honourable Coat of Arms, in perpetuam rei memoriam, as 'tis expressed in the Letters Patents.   blazon or coat of arms 
SUBDITUS FIDEIISS REGIS & REGNI SALUS  
He bears upon an Oak proper in a Field Or a Fess Gules, charged with three Regal Crowns of the second; by the name of Carlos. And for his Crest ● Civie Crown, or Oaken Garland with a Sword and Sceptre crossed through it Saltierwise.  
The Oak is now properly called The ●oyal Oak of Boscobel, nor will it loose at name whilst it continues a Tree, ●●r that Tree a memory, whilst we have ●● Inn left in England; since the Royal ●ake is now become a frequent sign both London, and all the chief Cities of is Kingdom. And since His Majesties ●●ppy Restauration, that these mysteries ●●ve been revealed, hundreds of people for many miles round, have flocked ●● see the Famous BOSCOBEL, which (as ●ou have heard) had once the honour to ●e the Palace of His Sacred Majesty, but ●●iefly to behold the Royal Oak, which as been deprived of all its young ●oughs by the numerous visiters of it, ●ho keep them in memory of His Majesty's happy preservation; Insomuch that ●r. Fitzherbert the Proprietor, has been ●●rced in a due season of the year, to crop ●art of it, for its preservation, and has ●●tely been at the charge to fence it a●out with a high Fale, the better to transmit the happy memory of it to posteri●●.  
This Boscobel House has yet been a third ●●me fortunate; for after Sir George Booths forces were routed in Cheshire in Aug. 1959. the Lord Brereton, who was engaged with him, took Sanctuary the● for some time, and was preserved.  
When His Majesty was thus happi●● conveyed away by Colonel Lane and Sister, the Rebels had an intimation th● some of the Brothers were instruments in His preservation; so that, besides t● temptations Humphrey overcame at Sh●nal, William Penderel was twice questioned at Shrewsbury on the same account ●● Captain Fox and one L●luellin a Sequestrator, and Richard was much threatened by a peevish Neighbour at Whitel●dies; but neither threats nor temptation were able to batter the Fort of their Lo●alties.  
After this unhappy Defeat of His Majesty's Army at Worcester, Good God i● what strange canting language did th● fanatics communicate their exultation to one another; particularly in a Lett●● (hypocritically pretended to be writte● from the Church of Christ at Wrexham, a●● printed in the Diurnal, Nou. 10. 1651▪ there is this malignant expression, Chri●● has revealed his own Arm, and broke t●● ●rm of the Mighty once and again, and now ●●stly at Worcester; so that we conclude (in ●zekiels phrase) there will be found no roller ● bind the late Kings Arm to hold a Sword ●gain, etc. And that you may know who ●●ese false Prophets were, the Letter was ●●us Subscribed;  
Daniel Lloyd. Mor. Lloyd. John ●rown. Edw. Taylor. An. Maddokes. Dau. ●aurice. Men who measured Causes by ●hat Success, which fell out according ●● their evil desires, not considering that ●od intended, in his own good time, To establish the King's Throne with Justice. 
Prov. 25.   
After the King had entered into the kingdom, and returned to his own Land, 
Dan. 1. 9  ●e five Brothers attended Him at Whitehall, on Wednesday the 13. of June 1660. ●hen His Majesty was pleased to own ●●eir faithful service, and graciously dis●isled them with a Princely Reward. And soon after Mr. Huddleston and ●r. Whitgreave made their humble Addresses to His Majesty, from whom they ●●kewise received a gracious acknowledgement of their service and fidelity to Him ● Moseley; and this in so high a degree ●f gratitude, and with such a condescending frame of spirit, not at all puffed u● with prosperity, as cannot be paralleled i● the best of Kings.  
Here let us all with glad and thankful hearts humbly contemplate the admirable Providence of Almighty God, wh● contrived such wondered ways, an● made use of such mean Instruments fo● preservation of so great a Person. Let ●● delight to reflect minutely on every particular, and especially on such as mo●● approach to Miracle; let us sum up th● number of those, who were privy to thi● first and principal part of His Majesty's disguise and concealment; Mr. Giffard the five Penderels, their Mother, and thre● of their Wives, Colonel Carlos, Franci● Yates and his Wife, divers of the Inhabitants of Whiteladies (which than held fiv● several Families) Mr. Woolf, his Wife, So●▪ Daughter and Maid, Mr. Whitgreave an● his Mother, Mr. Huddleston, Colonel La● and his Sister; and than consider whether it were not indeed a Miracle, that s● many men, and (which is far more) s● many women should faithfully conceal s● important and unusual a Secret; and thi● notwithstanding the temptations an● promises of reward on the one hand, the ●anger and menaces of punishment on ●he other.  
To which I shall add but this one circumstance, that it was performed by person's, for the most part, of that Religion ●hich has long suffered under an imputation (laid on them by some mistaken Zealots) of disloyalty to their Sovereign.  
And now, on my bended knees, let me joyfully congratulate His restored Majesty, and humbly offer Him this short and hearty wish, O KING LIVE FOR 
Dan. 3. 10.  EVER. And not content with my own ●nconsiderable Prayers, with all my Soul ● beg the universal assistance of others, earnestly inviting all the Nation, even all the three Nations, to sing  
Te Deum Laudamus,  
2 Sam. 19 14.  
And he bowed the hearts of all the people, as the heart of one man; So that they sent this word unto the King, Return thou and all thy Servants.  
FINIS.   

BOSCOBEL: OR THE HISTORY Of His Sacred MAJESTY'S Most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651.  
The Second Part.  Psal. 19 15. 
〈◊〉 shall call upon me, and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in trouble, I will deliver Him and will honour Him.  
LONDON … nted by M. Clark, and are to be sold by H. Brome and C. Harper, at their Shops in S. Paul's Churchyard and Fleetstreet. 1681.   

PREFACE.  
THe First Part of this Miraculous History I long since published, having the means to be well informed in all circumstances relating to it; The Scene (whereon those great Actions were performed) being my native Comntrey, and many of the Actors my particular Friends.  
I did not than intent to have proceeded farther, presuming some of those worthy Persons of the West (who were the happy Instruments in this Second Part) would have given us that so much desired supplement; The rather since the publication of the wondered series of this great Work, wherein the hand of God so miraculously appeared, in preservation of Him, whom the Lord hath chosen, 
1 Sam. 10. 24.  wust needs open the eyes and convert the hearts of the most disloyal.  
But finding, in all this time, nothing done, and the world more greedy of it, than ever young Ladies were to read the Conclusion of an amorous strange Romance, after they had left the darling Lover plunged into some dire misfortune; I have thus endeavoured to complete the History.  
Chiefly encouraged hereunto, by an Express from Lisbon, wherein 'tis certified, that (besides the translation of the First Part of Boscobel into French) Mr. Peter Giffard of Whiteladies has lately made it speak Portugese, and presented it to the Infanta, our most excellent Queen, who was pleased to accept it with Grace, and peruse it with Passion; intimating her Royal desire to see the particulars, how the hand of Providence bade led the great Monarch of her heart out of the treacherous snares of so many Rebels.  
In this, I dare not undertake to deliver so many particulars, as in the former; for though the time of His Majesties stay in those Western parts was longer, yet the places were more remote, and my Lord Wilmot the principal Agent) dead: But I will again confidently promise' to writ nothing but truth, as near as a severe scrutiny can inform me.  
And perhaps a lesle exactness in Circumstantials will better please some, who (as I have heard) object against my former endeavours on this Royal Subject as too minutely written and particulars set down of too mean a concern, for which I have yet the example of that renowned Historian 
De Bello Belgico.  Famian Strada to protect me, who writing of the Emperor Charles the fifth, mentions what meat he fed on such a day, what  he wore another time, and gives this reason; That it pleases, to know every thing that Princes do: Especially when by a chain of Providences, whose every Link seems small and weak in its single self, so great a Blessing will, at last, be drawn in among us. 
1 Sam. 23. 17.   
That Part of this unparallelled Relation of a King, which here I undertake to deliver, may fitly I think be called The second Stage of the Royal Progress; wherein, as I am sure every good subject will be astonished to read the hardships and difficulties his Majesty encountered in this long and perilous journey; so will they be even overjoyed to found Him at last (by the conduct of Heaven) brought safe to Paris, where my humble endeavours leave Him, thus comforted by the Prophet,  Fear not, for the hand of Saul shall not found Thee, and Thou shalt be King over Israel. 
T. B.   

THE HISTORY Of His SACRED MAJESTY'S Most Miraculous Preservation after the BATTLE of WORCESTER. The Second Stage of the Royal Progress.  
HE that well considers the admirable events, particularised in the First Part of this History of His Majesty's most Miraculous Preservation, will be apt to think His Evil Genius had almost racked its invention to found out hardships and perils beyond human imagination, and that his Good Angel had been even tired out with contriving suitable means for his deliverance; yet if you please, (after you have sufficiently wondered and blessed God for the preservations you read there) proceed and admire the strange stupendious passages you shall found here; which, when you have done with just and due attention, I cannot doubt but your thoughts will easily raise themselves into some holy ecstasy, and growing warm with often repeating their own reflections, break forth at last, and join your exclamations, with all the true and hearty Adorers of the divine Providence,  
Thou art great O Lord, and dost wonderful 
Psal. 86. 10.  things; Thou art God alone.  
I shall not need, I hope, to bespeak my Readers patience for any long Introduction; since all the Compliment I intent, is humbly to kiss the pen and paper, which have the honour to be Servants of this Royal Subject, and without farther Ceremony begin.  
Colonel John Lane having (as't has been related) safely conveyed his Majesty from Mosely to his own house at Bent●ey in Staffordshire on tuesday night the 9th of September 1651. the Lord Wilmot was there ready to receive Him, and af●er His Majesty had eaten and conferred with my Lord and the Colonel of his intended journey towards Bristol the very next morning, He went to bed, though his rest was not like to be long; for at ●he very break of the day on Wednesday morning the Colonel called up His Majesty and brought him a new suit and Cloak which he had provided for him of Country grey cloth, as near as could be contrived like the holiday suit of a Farmer's Son, which was thought fittest to carry on the disguise; Here His Majesty quitted his Leather Doublet and Green Breeches, for this new Grey Suit; and forsook his former name William. Jones for that of William. Jackson.  
Thus than was the royal Journey designed, the King, as a tenants Son (a quality far more convenient for their inten●ion, than that of a direct Servant) was ordered to ride before Mrs. Jane Lane, as her Attendant, Mr. Henry Lassels (who was Kinsman and had been Cornet to the Colonel in the late wars) to ride single and Mr. John Petre of Horton in Buckinghamshire and his Wife, the Colonel's Sister, who were than accidentally at Bentley, being bound homeward, to ride i● the same Company; Mr Petre and hi● Wife little suspecting William. Jackson, their fellow Traveller, to be the Monarch o● Great Britain.  
His Majesty, thus refreshed and thus accoutred with all necessaries for a journey in the designed equipage, after he had taken leave of my Lord Wilmot and agreed on their meeting within few days after at Mr. George Nortons' house at Leigh near Bristol, the Colonel conveyed him a back way into the Stable, where he fitted His Stirrups, and gave Him some Instructions for better acting the part of Will. Jackson, mounted Him on a good double Gelding, and directed Him to come to the Gate of the House, which He punctually performed, with his Hat under his Arm.  
By this time it was twilight, and old Mrs. Lane (who knew nothing of this Great Secret) would needs see her Beloved Daughter take horse, which whilst she was intending, the Colonel said to the King, William. thou must give my Sister thy hand; But His Majesty, (unacquainted with such little Offices) Offered his hand ●he contrary way, which the old Gentlewoman taking notice of, laughed, and asked the Colonel her Son, what goodly Horseman her Daughter had got to ride before her?  
Mr. Petre and his wife, and Mr. Lassels being also mounted, the whole Company took their journey under the pro●ection of the King of Kings) towards Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire; And ●oon after they were gone from Bentley, ●he Lord Wilmot, Colonel Lane, and Robert Swan my Lord's Servant, took Horse, with a Hawk, and Spaniels with them for ● disguise, intending to go that night to Sir Clement Fisher's house at Packington in Warwickshire; where the Colonel knew ●hey should be both as welcome as Generosity, and as secure as Fidelity could make ●hem.  
When the King and His small Retinue ●●rived near Wotton, within four miles of Stratford, they espy'ed a Troop of Rebels, baiting (as they conceived) almost a mile before them in the very Road, which caused a Council to be held among them, whereein Mr. Petre presided, and he would by no means go on, for fear of losing his Horse, or some other Detriment; so that they wheeled about a more indirect way, and at Stratford (where they were of necessity to pass the River Avon) met the same or another Troop in a narrow passage, who very fairly opened to the right and left, and made way for the Travellers to march through them.  
That night (according to designment) Mistress Lane and her Company took up their Quarters at Mr. Tombs house, a● Longmarston, some tree miles West o● Stratford, with whom she was well acquainted; here William. Jackson being in th● Kitchen, in pursuance of his disguise, an● the Cook Maid busy in providing supper for her Master's Friends, she desire● him to wind up the Jack; William. Jackson wa● obedient, and attempted it, but hit no● the right way, which made the Maid, i● some passion ask, What Countryman are yo● that you know not how to wind up a Jack▪ William. Jackson answered very satisfactorily I am a poor Tenant's son of Colonel La●● in Staffordshire, we seldom have roast-meat, but when we have, we don't make use of a Jack; which in some measure assuaged the Maid's indignation.  
The same night my Lord, with the Colonel arrived safely at Sir Clement Fisher's house at Packington, where they found a welcome suitable to the Nobleness of his mind, and a security answerable to the faithfulness of his heart.  
Next morning my Lord thought fit to dispatch the Colonel to London, to procure, if possible, a Pass for the King, by the name of William Jackson, to go into France, and to bring it himself or sand it (as opportunity should be offered) to Mr. Norton's house, where my Lord (as you have heard) was designed to attend His Majesty.  
On Thursday morning (11th. of Septemb.) the King with Mistress Lane, and Mr. Lassels risen early, and after Mistress Lane had taken leave both of Mr. Petre and his Wife (whose way lay more South) and of Mr Tombs the Master of the house, they took horse, and wtihout any considerable accident, road by Camden, and arrived that night at an Inn in Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, distant about twenty four miles from Long-marstons. After Supper a good bed was provided for Mr. Lassels, and a truckle-bed for William. Jackson, in the same (Chamber; but Mr. Lassels after the Chamberlain had left them) laid His Majesty in the best bed, and himself in the other, and used the like due observance, when any opportunity would allow it.  
The next day, being Friday, the Royal Traveller, with his Attendants, left Cirencester, and by the way of Sudbury road to and through the City of Bristol, (wherein they had once lost their way, till inquiry better informed them) and arrived that evening at Mr. Norton's house at Leigh, some three miles from Bristol, and about thirty from Cirencester, which was the desired end of this perilous journey.  
At this place His Majesty still continued under the notion of one of Colonel Lanes Tenants sons; and, by a presettled contrivance with Mrs. Lane, feigned himself sick of an Ague, under colour whereof she procured Him the better Chamber and Accommodation without any suspicion, and still took occasion from thence with all possible care, and observance to sand the sick person some of the ●est meat from Mr. Nortons' Table; and Mistress Nortons' Maid, Margaret Rider, (who was commanded to be his Nursekeeper, and ●elieved Him sick indeed) made William a ●arduus-posset, & was very careful of Him; ●or was His Majesty at all known or suspected here, either by Mr. Norton or his Lady, ●rom whose knowledge yet, he was not concealed out of any the lest distrust of ●heir Fidelity, (for his whole Dominions yielded not more faithful Subjects) ●ut because such knowledge might haply ●t unawares have drawn a greater respect and observance from them, than ●hat Exigent would safely admit of.  
Under the disguise of this Ague His Majesty for the most part kept his Cham●er, during his stay at Leigh; yet, being somewhat wearied with that kind of Imprisonment, one day (when his Ague might be imagined to be in the intermission) he walked down to a place where the Young men played at a game of Ball called Five, where His Majesty was asked by one of the Gamesters, if he could play, and would take his part at that Game; He pleaded unskilfulness and modestly refused.  
But behold an unexpected accident here fell out, which put His Majesty and Mrs. Lane into some apprehension of the danger of a discovery, Mr. Norton's Butler (whose name was John Pope) had served a Courtier some years before the War, and his late Majesty in the War, under Colonel Bagot at Litchfield, and by that means had the Physiognomy of the King (than Prince of Wales) so much imprinted in his memory, that (though His Majesty was in all points most accurately disguised) yet the Butler knew him, and communicated his knowledge to Mrs. Lane, who at first absolutely denied him to be the King, but after, upon conference and advice had with His Majesty, it was thought best to acknowledge it to the Butler, and, by the bonds of Allegiance, conjure him to secrecy, who thereupon kissed the King's hand, and proved perfectly honest.  
On Saturday night (13th. of September) the Lord Wilmot arrived at a village near Leigh where he lay, but came every day to visit Will Jackson and Mistress Lane, as persons of his acquaintance; and so had the opportunity to attend and consult with His Majesty unsuspected, during their stay at Leigh.  
Soon after, upon serious advice had with my Lord, it was resolved by His Majesty to go to Trent, the house of Colonel Frances Windham, (of whose Fidelity His Majesty had ample assurance) which lies in Somersetshire, but bordering on the very skirts of Dorsetshire near Sherburn; and therefore was judged to be conveniently seated in the way towards Lime and other Port Tows, where His Majesty might probably take Shipping for France.  
In pursuance of this Resolve, the Lord Wilmot (as His Majesty's Harbinger,) road to Trent on Monday, to make way for His more private reception there; and on Tuesday morning (Sept. 16.) His MAJESTY'S Ague being than (as was pretended) in the Recess, He repaired to the Stable, and there gave Order for making ready the Horses, and than it was signified from Mrs. Lane, (though before so agreed) that William Jackson should rid single and carry the Portmantean; Accordingly they mounted, being attended part of the way by one of Mr. Nortons' men, as a Guide, and that day road, through the body of Somersetshire, to Mr. Edward Kirton's house, at Castle Cary near Burton, where his Majesty lay that night, and next morning arrived at Colonel Windhams said house, which was about twenty six miles from Leigh.  
His Majesty was now at Trent, in as much safety, as the Master of the House his Fidelity and Prudence could make Him; but the great work was how to procure a Vessel for Transportation of this great Treasure; for this end His Majesty, the Lord Wilmot, and Colonel Windham, had several Consults, and in pursuance of their determination, the Colonel, with his trusty servant, Henry Peter, posted to Lime, which is about twenty miles from Trent, where, after some difficulty, by the assistance of Captain William Eldsden, a Loyal Subject (at whose house the Colonel lodged) he hired a Bark to transport His Majesty for France, which Bark was by agreement to attend at Charmouth (a little maritine Village near Lime) at a time appointed, and returned with all speed to Trent with the good news.  
The next day His Majesty resolved for Lime and Mrs. Jane Lane here humbly took her leave of Him, returning with Mr. Lassels, by His Majesty's permission, into Staffordshire, leaving Him in faithful hands, and in a hopeful way of escaping the bloody designs of merciless Rebels; which as it was all along the scope of her endeavours, so was it now the subject of her prayers; yet it was still thought the best disguise, for His Majesty to ride before some woman, and accordingly Mrs. Julian Conningsby, Colonel Windhams kinswoman, had the honour to ●ide behind His Majesty, who with the Lord Wilmot, the Colonel, and Henry Pe●ers, came that evening to a blind Inn in Charmouth, nee● which place the Skipper had promised to be in readiness with his Bark; but observe the disappointment.  
In the interim (whilst Colonel Windham was gone back to Trent) it seems the Rebel's proclamation, for apprehending Charles Stuart (meaning, in their impudent phrase, our gracious King) and prohibiting, for a certain time, the transportation of any Person without a particular Licence, had been published in and about Lime, and the Skipper having acquainted his wife, that he had agreed t● transport two or three persons into France, whom he believed might be Cavaliers, it seems the Grey-Mare was the better Horse; for she locked up her husband in his Chamber, and would by n● means permit him to go the Voyage; so that whilst Henry Peter's stayed on the Beach most part of the night, His Majesty and the rest of the Company sat up i● the Inn, expecting news of the Seaman with his Boat, who never appeared.  
The next morning His Majesty and Attendants resolving to return to Trent road first to Bruteport in Dorsetshire where He stayed at an Inn, whilst Henry Peter's was sent back to Captain Eldsden to see if their were any hope left of persuading the Skipper, or rather of gaining leave of his wife, for him to undertake the Voyage; but all endeavours proved ineffectual, and by that time Harry returned, the day was so far spent, that His Majesty could conveniently reach not farther that night than Broad-Windsor; And (which added much to the danger) Col. Heane (one of Cromwel's Commanders) at this very time was marching Rebels from several Garrisons to Weymouth and other adjacent Ports, in order to their being shipped, for the forcing the Island of Jarsey from His Majesty's obedience, as they had done all the rest of His Dominions; so that the roads of this County were full of Soldiers:  
Broad-windsor afforded but one Inn, and that the George, a mean one too (and which was worse) the best accommodations in it were, before His Majesty's arrival taken up by Rebel Soldiers, one of whose Doxies was brought to bed in the House, which caused the Constable and Overseers for the Poor of the Parish to come thither at an unseasonable Hour of the night, to take care that the Brat might not be left to the charge of the Parish; so that His Majesty, through this Disturbance, went not into Bed at all, and we may safely conclude, He took as little rest here, as He did the night before at Charmouth. Thus were the tribulations of David's heart enlarged, and he prayed, deliver me, O Lord from my distresses.  
His Majesty having still thus miraculously escaped Dangers, which hourly environed Him, returned safe to Trent next morning, where after some refreshment and rest taken, He was pleased to call my Lord Wilmot and Colonel Windham (the Members of His little privy council) together, to consider what way was next to be attempted for His transportation.  
After several Proposals, it was at last resolved that my Lord (attended and conducted by Henry Peter) should the next day be sent to Salisbury to Mr. John Coventry, (Son to the late Lord Coventry, Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England) who than lived in the Close of that City, and was known to be both a prudent person and a perfect lover of this Sovereign, as well to advice how to procure a Bark for passing His Majesty into France, as for providing some moneys for His present necessary occasions.  
My Lord, being arrived at Salisbury, dispatched Henry Peter's back to Trent, with intimation of the good reception he found there; For, Mr. Coventry did not only furnish him with moneys, but was very solicitous for His Majesty's safety; To which end he advised with Dr. Humphrey Henchman, a worthy Divine, who since His Majesty's happy restauration, is with much merit advanced to the Episcopal Sea of Salisbury.  
The result of these two loyal persons consultation was, that His Majesty should be desired to remove to Helena, (which lay about three mile's North-East of Salisbury) the dwelling house of Mrs. Mary Hyde, the relict of Laurence Hyde Es; eldest brother to honourable Sir Robert Hyde one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-pleas, whom they knew to be both as discreet and as loyal, as any of her sex.  
With this resolution and advice Mr. Coventry dispatched his Chaplain, Mr. John Selleck to Trent with a Letter, rolled up into the bigness of a musket Bullet which the faithful Messenger had order to swallow down his throat, in case of any danger.  
Mean time Mr. Coventry had found out a trusty Seaman at Southampton, who undertook to transport whom he pleased, ●ut on second thoughts and advice had with my Lord Wilmot, it was not held safe for His Majesty to take shipping there, in regard of the so many Castles by which the ships pass, that are outward bound, and the often examination of the Passengers in them; so that some of the small Ports of Sussex were concluded to be the safer places, for effecting this great work of His Majesty's delivery from the hands of such unparallelled Rebels, who even ravenously thirsted after Royal blood.  
In the interim Mr. Selleck returned with His Majesty's resolution to come to Helena, signified by a like paper bullet, And by this time His Majesty thought fit to admit of the service and assistance of Colonel Robert Phillips (Grandson to the famed Sir Edward Phillip's late Master of the Rolls) who lived in those parts, and was well acquainted with the ways of the Country, and known to be as faithful as loyalty could make him; This Colonel undertook to be His Majesty's conductor to Helena, which was near thirty miles distant from Trent.  
During His Majesty's stay at Tren● (which was above a fortnight) He was▪ for His own security, forced to confine● Himself to the voluntary Imprisonment of His Chamber, which was happily accommodated (in case the Rebels had searched the House) with an old well-contrived secret place, long before made (for a shelter against the inquisition of Pursuivants) by some of the ancient Family of the Gerhards, Col. Windhams Lady's Ancestors, who were Recusants, and had formerly been owners of that House.  
His Majesty's meat was likewise (to prevent the danger of a discovery) for the most part dressed in his own Chamber, the Cookery whereof served Him for some divertisement of the time; And 'tis a great truth, if we say, there was no cost spared, nor care wanting in the Colonel, for the entertainment and preservation of his Royal Guest.  
On the 3. of October, His Majesty) having given Colonel Windham particular thanks for his great care and sidelity towards him) left Trent, and began his journey, with Colonel Philip's, and personating a tenant's son of his, towards Helena, attended by Henry Pe●●rs (who i● now Yeoman of the field ●● Hi● Majesty) ●nd riding before Mistress Cunningsby: The Travellers passed by Wincaunton, and near the midst of that day's journey arrived at Mere, a little Market Town in Wiltshire, and dined at the George-Inn; the Host, Mr. Christoph. Philip's, whom the Colonel knew to be perfectly honest.  
The Host sat at the Table with His Majesty, and administered matters of discourse, told the Colonel for news, that he heard the Men of Westminster (meaning the Rebels) not withstanding their Victory at Worcester, were in a grate maze, not knowing what was become of the King; but (says he) 'tis the most received opinion that he is come in a disguise to London, and many Houses have been searched for Him there; at which His Majesty was observed to mile.  
After Dinner mine Host familiarly asked the King, if he were a friend to Caesar, to which His Majesty answered, Yes▪ than said he, here's a health to King Charles in a glass of Wine, which His Majesty and the Colonel both pledged, and that evening arrived in safety at Hele. And Hi● Majesty since His happy return has been pleased to ask what was become of his honest Host at Mere?  
In the mean time the Lord Wilmot (who took up the borrowed name of Mr. Barlow) road to such Gentlemen of his acquaintance in Hampshire, whom he knew to be faithful Subjects, to seek means for (what he so much desired) the transportation of His Majesty; and first repaired to Mr. Laurence Hyde, (a name as faithful, as fortunate in His Majesty's service at his house at Hinton D'aubigny near Catharington, than to Mr. Thamas Henslow at Burhant in the same County, to whom (as persons of known fidelity) my Lord communicated his weighty business, and desired their assistance for procuring a Bark for His Majesty's transportation.  
Mr. Henslow (in zeal to this service) immediately acquainted the Earl of Southampton (than at his House at Titchfield, and now with much merit dignifyed with the great Office of Lord high Treasurer of England) with this most important affair; my Lord Wilmot judging it fit for Mr. Henslow (his neighbour) to do it, than for, himself, in those circumstances, to appear at my Lord's house; whose eminent fidelity and singular prudence, in the conduct of even the greatest affairs of State, being known both to them and all the world, and his great power and command at Bewly Haven and the maritine parts of Hampshire, esteemed very  for their design, wherein his Lordship was extremely active and solicitous.  
Besides this, Mr Laurance Hyde recommended my Lord Wilmot to Colonel George gunter, who lived at Rackton near Chichester in Sussex, and was known to be both faithful and active, not unlike to be successful in this service, to whom therefore my Lord hasted, and lay at Rackton one night, where he imparted his great solicitation to the Colonel and and his kinsman Mr. Thomas Gunter, who was than accidentally there.  
All these persons had the like instructions from my Lord, which made a deep impression on their loyal hearts, and excited them to use their utmost endeavours by several ways and means to procure the Noah's Ark, which might at last secure His Majesty from the great inundation of Rebellion and Treason, which than did overspread the face of his whole Dominions.  
But to return to my humble observance of His Majesty at Helena, where Mrs. Hyde was so transported with zeal and loyalty towards Him, that at Supper, though His Majesty was set at the lower end of the Table, yet the good Gentlewoman had much ado to overcome herself, and not carve to him first, however she could not refrain from drinking to Him in a glass of Wine, and giving Him two Larks, when others had but one.  
After Supper Mr. Fredrick Hyde (brother in Law to the Widow, who was than at Helena, and since created Sergeant at Law) discoursed with His Majesty upon various subjects, not suspecting who he was, but wondered to receive such rational discourse from a Person, whose habit spoke him, but of mean degree; and when His Majesty was brought to his Chamber, Doctor Henchman attended him there, and had a long and private communication with him.  
Next day it was thought fit, to prevent the danger of any discovery, or even suspicion in the house, that in regard His Majesty might possibly stay there some days before the conveniency of a Transportation could be found out, he should that day publicly take his leave, and ride about two miles from the house, and than be privately brought in again the same evening, when all the servants were at Supper; which was accordingly performed, and after that time His Majesty appeared no more at Helena in public, but had meat brought him privately to his Chamber, and was attended by the good Widow with much care and observance.  
Now among the many faithful Solicitors for this long expected Bark, Colonel Gunter happened to be the lucky man, who first procured it at Brighthemston in Sussex by the assistance of Mr. Francis Mansel, Merchant of Chichester; and the concurrent endeavours of Mr. Thomas Gunter; And on Saturday night the eleventh of October he brought the happy tidings to My Lord Wilmot, and Col. Philips who than lay, the one at Mr. Laurence, Hydes, the other at Mr. Anthony Brown's house, his neighbour and Tenant.  
The next morning, being Sunday, Col. Philips was dispatched to Helena with the much desired news, and with instructions to attend His Majesty on monday to the Down's called old Winchester, near Warnford.  
Early in the morning His Majesty was privately conveyed from Helena, and went on foot at lest two miles to Clarendon Park Corner, attended by Doctor Henchman, than took horse, with Col. Philip's, and at the appointed time and place the Lord Wilmot, Col. Gunter, and Mr. Tho. Gunter met His Majesty, with a brace of Crey-hounds, the better to carry on the disguise.  
That night, though both Mr. Laurence Hyde and Mr. Henslow had each of them provided a secure lodging for His Majesty by the Lord Wilmots order, yet it was judged fittest by Colonel Gunter, and accordingly agreed unto by my Lord, that His Majesty should lodge at Mr. Thomas Symons house at Hambledon in Hampshire, who married the Colonel's Sister, in regard the Colonel knew them to be very faithful, but chief because it lay more directly in the way from Helena to Brighthemston; and accordingly Colonel Gunter attended His Majesty to his Sister's house that night, who provided a good Supper for them, though she had not the lest suspicion or intimation of His Majesty's Presence among them.  
The KING and his small Retinue, arriving in safety at Mr. Symons house on Monday night the 13. of October, were hearty welcomed by Mistress Symons, for her husband was not than at home; but by that time they had supped in comes Mr. Symons, who, wondering to see so many strangers in his house, was assured by his Brother Gunter, that they were all honest Gentlemen, yet, at first interview, he much suspected Mr. Jackson to be a Round-head, observing how little hair William Penderels Scissors had left Him; but at last being fully satisfied they were all Cavaliers, he soon laid open his heart, and thought nothing too good for them, was sorry his beer was no stronger, and, to encourage it, fetched down a bottle of strong water, and, mixing it with the Beer, drank a cheerful cup to Mr. Jackson, calling him brother Roundhead, whom His Majesty pledged; who was here observed to be clothed in a short Juppa of a sad coloured cloth, and his breeches of another species, with a black hat, and without cuffs, somewhat like the meaner sort of Country Gentlemen.  
Mr. Symons in the time of entertaining his Guests, did by chance let fall an Oath, for which Mr. Jackson took occasion modestly to reprove him.  
His Majesty, thus resting himself Monday night at Hambledon, early on Tuesday morning (14. Octob.) prepared for his journey to Brigthemston, distant about thirty five miles from thence; But (having than not further use of Colonel Philip's) dismissed him with thanks for his fidelity and service, in this most secret and important affair; and than, having also bidden farewell to Mr. Symons and his wife, took horse, attended by my Lord Wilmot and his man, Colonel Gunter, and Mr. Thomas Gunter.  
When they came near the Lord Lumleys' house at Stanstead in Sussex, it was considered, that the greatness of the number of horse might possibly raise some suspicion of them, Mr. Thomas Gunter was therefore dismissed with thanks, for the service he had done, and His Majesty held on his journey without any stay, and being come to Bramber within seven miles of the desired Port, met there some of Colonel Herbert Morleys' Soldiers, who yet did neither examine, nor had they, as far as could be discerned, the lest suspicion of the Royal Passengers, who arrived at last at the George Inn in Brighthamston, where Mr. Francis Mansel, (who assisted Colonel Gunter in this happy service, had agreed to meet him.)  
At supper Mr. Mansel sat at the upper end of the Table, and Mr. Jackson (for that Name His Majesty still retained) at the lower end. The Innkeepers name was Smith, and had formerly related to the Court, so that he suspected Mr. Jackson to be whom he really was, which His Majesty understanding, he discoursed with his Host after supper, whereby his loyalty was confirmed; and the man proved faithful.  
The next morning, being Wedenesday 15. October, (the same day on which the Noble Earl of Derby became a Royal Martyr at Boulton) His Majesty, having given particular thanks to Colonel Gunter, for his great care, pains, and fidelity towards Him, took Shipping with the Lord Wilmot in the Bark, which lay in readiness for him at that Harbour, and whereof Mr. Nicholas Tetersal was owner; And the next day, with an auspicious gale of wind, landed safely at Fecan near Haure de Grace in Normandy; Where His Majesty might happily say with David; Thou hast delivered me from the violent man, therefore will I sing praises to thy Name, O Lord.  
This very Bark, after His Majesty's happy restauration, was by Cap. Tetersal brought into the River Thames, and lay some months at Anchor before Whitehall, to renew the memory of the happy service it had performed.  
His Majesty having nobly rewarded Cap. Tetersal, in Gold for his transportation, lodged this night at an Inn in Fecam, and the next day road to Rouen, still attended by the faithful Lord Wilmot, where he continued Incognito several days at Mr. William Scots house, since created Baronet, till he had sent an Express to the Queen his Royal Mother (who had been long solicitous to hear of his safety) and the Court of France; intimating his safe arrival there, and had quitted his disguised habit for one more befitting the dignity of so great a KING.  
Upon the first intelligence of this welcome news, his Highness the Duke of York sent his Coach forthwith to attend His Majesty at Rouen, and the Lord Gerard, with others His Majesty Servants, made all possible haste, with glad hearts, to perform their duty to Him. So that on the 29 of October, His Majesty set forward towards Paris, lay that night at Fleury, about seven Leagues from Rouen; the next morning his Royal Brother the Duke of York was ready to receive Him at Magnie, and that evening His Majesty was met at Mouceaux, a Village near Paris, by the Queen of England, accompanied with her Brother the Duke of Orleans, and attended by a great number of coaches and many both English and French Lords and Gentlemen on horseback, and was thus gladly conducted the same night, though somewhat late, to the Lovure at Paris, to the inexpressible joy of his Dear Mother the Queen, his Royal Brother the Duke of York, and of all true hearts.  
Here we must again, with greater reason, humbly contemplate the admirable Providence of Almighty God, which certainly never appeared more miraculously ●han in this strange deliverance of His Majesty from such an infinity of dangers, that History itself cannot produce a parallel, nor will Posterity willingly believe it.  
From the 3. of September at Worcester to the 15. of October at Brithemston, being one and forty days, He pasted through more dangers than he travailed miles, of which yet He traversed in that time only ●eer' three hundred (not to speak of His dangers at Sea, both at his coming ●nto Scotland, and his going out of England, nor of his long march from Scotland to Worcester (sometimes on foot with uneasy shoes; at other times on horseback, encombered with a portmantean, and which was worse, at another time, on the gall-backed, slow-paced miller's horse; sometimes acting one disguise in course linen and a leather doublet; sometimes another, of almost as bad a complexion; one day He is forced to sculke in a barn at Madely; another day sits with Colonel Carlos in ● Tree, with his feet extremely surbated and at night glad to 
1 Sam. 19 2. Thus Jonathan prayed David to abide in a secret place and hid himself from the fury of Saul.  lodge with Willam Penderel in a secret plac● at Boscobel which never was intended for the dormitory of a King.  
Sometimes he was forced to shifted with course far for a Bellyful; another time in a wood, glad to relieve the necessities of nature with a mess of milk, served up in an homely dish by Goodwife Yates a poor Country woman; Than again, for a variety of tribulation, when he thought himself almost out of danger, he directly meets some of those rebels, who so greedily sought his blood, yet, by God's great providence, had not the power to discover Him; and (which is more than has yet been mentioned) He sent at another time to some Subjects for relief and assistance in his great necessity, who out of a pusillanimous fear of the bloody Arch-Rebel than reigning, durst not own Him.  
Besides all this 'twas not the lest of his afflictions daily to hear the Earl of Derby and other his most Loyal Subjects, some murdered, some imprisoned, and others sequestered in heaps, by the same bloody Usurper, only for performing their duty ●o their Lawful King. In a word, there ●as no kind of misery (but death itself) ●f which His Majesty, in this horrid persecution, did not in some measure, ●oth in body, mind, and estate, bear a ●ery great share; yet such was his invincible Patience in this time of Trial, such ●is Fortitude, that he overcame them all with such pious advantage to himself, ●hat their memory is now sweet, and It's ●ood for Him, that He has been afflicted.  
Of these His Majesty's sufferings and forced extermination from his own Dominions, England's Great Chancellor thus excellently Descants.  
We may tell those desperate wretches, 
Lord Chancellor's Speech to the Parliament, 29. Decemb. 1660.  who yet harbour in their thoughts wicked designs against the Sacred person of ●he King, in order to the compassing their own imaginations, That God Almighty would not have led Him through so many wildernesses of afflictions of all kinds, conducted Him through so many perils by Sea, and perils by Land, snatched Him out of the midst of thi● Kingdom, when it was not worthy o● Him, and when the hands of His Enemies were even upon Him, when they thought themselves so sure of Him, tha● they would bid so cheap and so vile a price for Him; He would not in that Article have so covered Him with a Cloud, tha● He travailed even with some pleasure and great observation through the midst of His Enemies: He would not so wonderfully have new modelled that Army; s● inspired their hearts and the hearts of th● whole Natoniwith an honest and impatien● longing for the return of their Dear Sovereign, and in the mean time have exercised Him (which had little less of Providence in it than the other) with those unnature or at lest unusual disrespects & reproaches abroad, that He might have a harmless and an innocent appetite to His ow● Country, and return to His own People, with a full value, and the whole unwasted bulk of His affections, without being corrupted or biased by extraordinary foreign obligations; God Almighty would not have done all this but for a Servant, whom he will always preserve, as the apple of his own eye, and always defend from the most secret machinations of His Enemies.  
Thus the best and happiest of Orators.  
WE have hitherto only admired his Majesty's Fortitude; which Cardinal virtue, properly consists of two parts, the one active, the other passive, the first was signally manifest in his Courage during the time of Battle; the other, in his Patience, by suffering his following afflictions with an even and undaunted Spirit; yet his Gratitude and invincible Memory remain still to be reverenced by my humble Pen: For, among the so many persons, who were instrumental and serviceable in this his great deliverance, there was scarce one whose face (after so many years' absence) His Majesty did not, at his happy return, precisely remember, and whose merits he has not particularly owned and rewarded, either in fact, or by his Royal Promise, which are equivalent.  
He dignifyed the Lord Wilmot (of principal merit in this service) with the Earldom of Rochester, and doubtless his acknowledgements had not beenso bounded, but that death snatched that noble Lord away, before his great Master's restauration.  
And, besides His Majesty's Grace vouchsafed to Mistress Jane Lane and Col. Francis Windham, the most honourable Houses of Parliament took notice of the great services performed by them, and were so sensible thereof, That on the seventeenth of December 1660. they voted one thousand pounds to be given the one, and on the nineteenth of the same month, voted the like sum to the other, with the thanks of the Parliament, the Representative of the whole Nation.  
Doctor Henchman (as ye have heard) is advanced to the Bishopric of Salisbury.  
Master George Norton has received the honour of Knighthood from His Majesty's hands.  
Col. Philips is deservedly preferred to be one of the Grooms of His Majesty's Bedchamber.  
Mr. Selleck (to omit others) is now Dr. in Divinity, and advanced to the Archdeaconry of the Cathedral Church of .  
How can we better conclude these our humble endeavours, than in the Words of Holy David, His Majesty's great Exemplar in afflictions, and Royal Patience, and to whom we hearty pray; and confidently hope His Majesty will be a perfect Successor in tranquillity of State, and execution of judgement and justice to all His People,  
The KING shall joy in thy strength, O● Lord, and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice?  
Thou hast given Him his heart's desire and not denied him the request of his lips. For thou preventest him with the blessing o● goodness: thou settest a Crown of pure gol● on his head.  
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest i● him, even length of days for ever and ever  
His glory is great in thy salvation, honour and Majesty hast thou laid upon him.  
For Thou hast made him most blessed fo● ever: Thou hast made him exceeding gla● with thy countenance.  
For the KING trusteth in our Lord, an● though the mercy of the most high, he sha●● not be moved.  
Some may haply here expect I should have continued the particulars of this History to the time of His Majesty's happy restauration, by giving an account of the reception His Majesty found from ●he several Princes beyond the Seas, during his Exile, and of his evenness of mind, ●nd prudent deportment towards them upon all occasions; But that was clearly beyond the scope of my intention, which aimed only to writ the wondered History of a Great and Good King, violently pursued in His own Dominions, by the worst of Rebels, and miraculously preserved, under God, by the best of Subjects.  
In other countries', of which His Majesty traversed not a few, He found kindness and a just compassion of His Adversity from many, and from some a neglect and disregard; yet, in all the almost nine years abroad, I have not heard of any passage that approached ●he degree of a Miracle like that at home. Therefore I may, with faith to my own intentions, not improperly make a silent transition from His Majesty's arrival at Paris, on the thirtieth day of October 1651. to His Return to London on the nine and twentieth o● May 1660. and with a TE DEUM LAUDAMUS, sum up all, and say▪ with the Prophet,  
My Lord, the King, is come against in peace, to his own House, 2 Sam. 19 30.  
And all the people shouted, and said GOD SAVE THE KING 1 Sam. 30 24.  
FINIS.   

Claustrum Regale Reseratum OR THE KING'S Concealment AT TRENT  
Published by A. W.  In umbra alarum tuarum sperabo donec transeat iniquitas. 
LONDON, Printed by M. Clark, for H. Brome in S. Paul's Churchyard, & C. Harper in Fleetstreet. 1681   

TO THE QUEENS Most Excellent MAJESTY.  
THis little Book having obtained liberty, after a long Imprisonment, to walk abroad, prostrates itself at Your Majesty's feet for patronage and protection. In it Your Majesty may behold GOD's wonderful Mercy and Providence, in keeping and preserving our Gracious Sovereign from the hands of His Enemies, when they so pleased themselves with the hopes of seizing His Sacred Person after the Battle of Worcester, As they had invented and prepared new ways to afflict His Majesty, such as till than never entered into the hearts the worst of Tyrants before them. But it pleased God to frustrate the hopes and designs of the King's Adversaries, and to restore His Majesty to His Father's Throne: Which that he may long enjoy with Your Majesty, in health, Peace and Happiness, Is, and shall be the prayers of  
Your MAJESTY'S Most obedient, and most Faithful Servant, ANNE WYNDHAM.   

Claustrum Regale Reseratum: OR, THE KING'S Concealment AT TRENT.  
HOw that after the Battle of Worcester, His Sacred Majesty most wonderfully escaped the hands of his bloodthirsty Enemies, and (under a Disguise, in the company of Mrs. Jane Lane) safely arrived at Abbots-Leigh in Somersetshire, (the seat of Sir George Norton, lying near to the City of Bristol) hath been fully published unto the World. His Majesty's Journey from thence to the house of Colonel Francis Wyndham at Trent in the same County, his Stay there, his Endeaour (though frustrate) to get over into France, his Return to Trent, his final Departure thence in order to his happy Transportation, are the subject of this present Relation. A Story, in which the Constellations of Providence are so refulgent, that their light is sufficient to confute all the Atheists of the world, and to enforce all persons (whose faculties are not pertinaciously depraved) to acknowledge a watchful Eye of GOD from above, looking upon all Actions of Men here below, making even the most wicked, subservient to his just and glorious designs. And indeed, whatsoever the Ancients fabled of Gyges' Ring, by which he could tender himself Invisible, or the Poets fancied of their Gods, who usually carried their chief Favourites in the Clouds, and by drawing those aerial Curtains, did so conceal them, that they were heard and seen of none, whilst they both heard and saw others, is here most certainly verified. For, the Almighty so closely coveed the King, with the wing of his Protection, and so clouded the Understanding of his cruel Enemies, that the most piercing Eye of malice could not see, nor the most Barbarously-bloody Hand offer Violence to his Sacred Person: God smiting his pursuers (as once he did the Sodomites) with blindness, who with as much eagerness sought to sacrifice the Lords Anointed to their fury, as the other did to prostitute the Angels to their lust.  
But before the several Particulars of this Story are laid open, two Questions (easily foreseen) which will be readily asked by every Reader, call for an Answer. The one is, Why this Relation so much expected, so much longed for, has been kept up all this while from public view? And the other, How it comes to pass, that now it takes the liberty to walk abroad? Concerning the first, it must be known, that a Narrative of these Passages was (by especial command frnm his Majesty) written by the Colonels own hand, immediately after the King's return into England; which (being presented to his Majesty) was laid up in his Royal Cabinet, there to rest for some time, it being the King's pleasure (for reasons best known to his Sacred self) that it should not than be published.  
And as his Majesty's command to keep it private, is a satisfactory answer to the first; so, his licence now obtained that it might travel abroad, may sufficiently resolve the second question. But besides this, many prevalent reasons there are, which pled for a publication; the chief of which are briefly these. That the implacable Enemies of this Crown may be for ever silenced and ashamed; who having neither Law, nor Religion to patronise their unjust undertake, construed a bore Permission, to be a Divine Approbation of their Actions; and (taking the Almighty to be such a one as themselves) blasphemously entitled God to be the Author of all their wickedness. But the arm of God stretched out from heaven to the rescue of the King, cutting of the clue of their Success, even than when they thought they had spun up their thread, hath not left them so much as an apron of fig-leaves to cover the nakedness of their most shameful proceed.  
The next is, That the Truth of his Majesty's Escape (being minced by some, mistaken by others, and not fully set forth by any) might appear in its native beauty and splendour: That as every dust ●f gold is gold, and every ray of light is ●●ght; so every jot and title of Truth being ●ruth, not one grain of the treasure, nor ●ne beam of the lustre of this Story might ●e lost or clouded; it being so rare, so excellent, that aged Time out of all the Archives ●f Atiquity can hardly produce a Parallel. singularly admirable indeed it is, if we consider the Circumstances and Actors. The Colonel (who chief designed, and ●oved in this great affair) could not have ●ad the freedom to have served his Majesty, had he not been a Prisoner; his very Confinement giving him both a liberty, ●nd protection to act. For, coming home ●rom Weymouth upon his Parole, he had ●he opportunity to travel freely, without fear of being stopped, and taken up: And being newly removed from Sher●orne to Trent, the jealous eye of Somer●etshire Potentates had scarce than found him out, whose malevolent Aspect afterwards seldom suffered him to live at home. and too too often furnished his house with very  guests. Others, who contributed their assistance, were persons of both sexes, and of very different conditions and qualities: And although their endeavours often proved successless, though they received discouragements on one hand, were terrified with threats on the other; That a seal of silence should be imprinted upon the lips of Women, who are become proverbial for their garrulity; That faithfulness and constancy should guard the heart● of servants, who are usually corrupted with rewards, or affrighted with punishments; That neither Hope nor Fear (mos● powerful passions, heightened by Capital animadversions proclaimed against Al● that should conceal, and large Remunerations promised to such as should discover the King) could work nothing upon any single person, so as to remove him o● her from their respective duty, but that al● should so harmoniously concentre, both i● the Design, and also afterwards keep themselves so long close shut up under th● lock of secrecy, that nothing could be discovered by the most exquisite art an● cunning, till the blessed Restauration o● his Majesty to his glorious Throne, s● filled their hearts with joy, that it brok● open the door of their lips, and let thei● tongue lose to tell this Miracle to the amazed World, would (were not the Persons yet alive, and the Story fresh in memory) rarify it into a Romance.  
The reproaches and scandals, by which some envious persons have sought to diminish and vilify the faithful services, which the Colonel out of the integrity of his soul performed unto his Majesty, shall not here be mentioned. Because by taking up dirt to bespatter him, they defile their own hands, and the gun they levelly at his Reputation, recoils to the wounding of their own.  
These things thus premised, by way of Introduction, open the Gate, through which you may enter, and in the ensuing Pages (as in several Tables) take a full view of the Particulars.  
The Disguise His Majesty put on, secured him from the Cruelty of his Enemies; but could not altogether hid him from the prying eyes of his dutiful Subjects. For in the time of his stay at Leigh, one John Pope (than Butler to Sir George Norton, but formerly a Soldier for the King in the West) through all those clouds espied the most Illustrious Person of the King, With him His Majesty (after he saw himself discovered) was pleased familiarly to discourse; And speaking of the great Sufferings of very many of his Friends in the Western parts, (most whereof were well known to Pope) his Majesty enquired if he knew Colonel Francis Wyndham, who (in the time of the late Wars) was Governor of Dunster-Castle? Very well, Sir, answered Pope. The King than demanding what was become of him? Pope replies, That the Colonel had married Mrs. Anne Gerard, one of the daughters and heiresses of Thomas Gerard Esq; late of Trent in Somersetshire, and that he had newly brought thither his Mother (the Lady Wyndham) his Wife and family, and that he believed the Colonel intended there to reside and live. His Majesty having received this intelligence concerning the Colonel, together with an exact information of the situation of Trent, sought an opportunity to speak with Mrs. Lane, (from whom the better to conceal himself, he than kept at a distance) and by means of Mr. Lassels (who accompanied the King in this journey) obtaining his desire, His Majesty with much contentment imparted to Mistress Lane what Pope had informed him concerning Colonel Wyndham, and his habitation; telling her withal, That if she could bring him thither, he should not much doubt of his safety.  
In this very point of time comes the Lord Henry Wilmot (afterwards Earl of Rochester) from Dirham in Glocestershire (the seat of John Winter Esq; a person of known loyalty and integrity) to ●eigh. My Lord had attended his Majesty in his passage Westward, and on Friday morning (September the 13.) met accidentally Captain Thomas Abington of Dowdswell in the County of Gloucester at Pinbury Park; and being known by the Captain, (who had served, under his Lordship in the Wars) was that night by ●im conducted to Mr. Winter's, from whom his Lordship (as he hath often ●ince acknowledged) received great Civilities. Mistress Lane presently reveals to ●he Lord Wilmot the King's resolution to remove to Trent: whereupon my Lord demanded of Henry Rogers (Mr. Winter's ●ervant, and his Lordship's guide from Dirham to Leigh) whether he knew Trent? He answered that Colonel Wyndham and his Master had married two Sisters, and that he had often waited on his Master thither. These things so happily concurring, his Majesty commanded the Lord Wilmot to haste to Trent and to ascertain the Colonel of his speedy Approach.  
His Lordship took leave, and continuing Rogers for his guide, with one Robert Swan, arrived at Trent the sixteenth of September. Roger's was sent in forthwith to the Colonel to acquaint him, that a Gentleman a friend of his, desired the  of him, that he would please to step forth and speak with him. The Colonel enquiring of Rogers whether he knew the Gentleman or his business? answered, Not, he understood nothing at all, but only that he was called by the name of Mr. Morton. Than without further discourse the Colonel came forth, and found the Gentleman walking near the Stable; whom as soon he approached, (although it was somewhat dark) he saluted by the Title of My Lord Wilmot. His Lordship seemed to wonder that he should be known, but it was nothing strange onsidering the Colonel's former acquaintance with him, being one of the first that engaged under his Command in his late Majesty's service. Besides his Lordship was not in the lest altered, except a Hawk on his fist, and a Lure by his side might pass for a Disguise. This Confidence of his Lordship really begat admiration in the Colonel, calling to mind the great danger he was in, and whose Harbinger he was; For he advertised the Colonel, that the King himself was on his way to Trent, intending that very night to lodge at Castle-Cary (a Town six miles thence) hoping by God's assistance to be with him about ten of the clock next morning.  
At this joyful news the Colonel was transported, (there having run a report, that his Majesty was slain in the Fight at Worcester) and giving God thanks for his wondered mercy, he assured his Lordship, That for his Majesty's preservation he would value neither his life, family nor fortune, and would never injure His Majesty's confidence of him; not doubting, but that God who had led His Majesty through the midst of such inexpressible dangers, would deliver him from all those barbarous threats, and bloody intentions of his Enemies. With these and such like expressions, the Colonel brought the Lord Wilmot into his parlour, where he received an exact account of His Majesty's condition and present affairs.  
Next morning, the Colonel found it necessary to acquaint the Lady Wyndham his mother, and also his own Lady, with the particulars the Lord Wilmot had overnight imparted to him, concerning the King. The relation he gave them, did not (through the weakness of their sex) bring upon them any womanish passion, but surprised with joy, they most cheerfully resolve (without the lest show of fear) to hazard all, for the safety of the King. And so (begging God's blessing upon their future endeavours) they contrive how his Majesty might be brought into the house, without any suspicion to their family, consisting of above twenty persons. Among them therefore, Mistress Julian Coningsby (the Lady Wyndham's Niece) Elinor Withers, Joan Halsenoth, and Henry Peter's (whose loyalty to the King, and fidelity to themselves, they had sufficiently experienced) are made privy to their design. Next they consider what Chambers are fittest for his Majesty's rception. Four are made choice of; amongst which the Lady. Wyndham's was counted most convenient for the daytime, where the servants might wait with most freedom upon his Majesty. Than a safe place is provided to retreat unto, in case of search, or imminent danger: And lastly, Employments are designed to remove all others out of the way at the instant of his Majesty's arrival. All which after a while, answered their desires, even beyond their expectation.  
Between nine and ten the next morning, the Colonel and his Lady walking towards the fields adjoining to the house, espied the King riding before Mrs. Lane, and Mr. Lassels in their company. Assoon as his Majesty came near the Colonel, He called to him, Frank, Frank, how dost thou do? By which gracious pleasance the Colonel perceived, that though his Majesty's habit and countenance were much changed yet his Heroic spirit was the same, and his mind immutable. The Colonel (to avoid the jealous eyes of some neighbours) instantly conveyed the King and Mistress Lane into the Lady Wyndham's Chamber, where the passions of Joy and Sorrow did a while combat in them, who beheld his Sacred Person. For what loyal Eye could look upon so Glorious a Prince thus eclipsed, and not pay unto him the homage of tears? But the consideration of his Majesty's safety, the gracious words of his own mouth confuting the sad reports of his untimely death, together with the hope of his future preservation, soon dried them up. In a short time the Colonel brought the Lord Wilmot to the King, and than the Ladies withdrew into the Parlour, having first agreed to call Mistress Lane Cousin, and to entertain her with the same familiarity as if she had been their near Relation. That day she stayed at Trent, and the next morning early Mr. Lassels and she departed.  
His Majesty, after he had refreshed himself, commanded the Colonel in the presence of the Lord Wilmot, to propose, What way he thought most probable for his Escape into France; for thither he desired with all speed to be transported. The Colonel (the King giving him this opportunity) entertained and encouraged his Majesty with this remarkable passage of Sir Thomas Windham (his Father) Who, not long before his death [in the Year 1636] called unto him his five Sons, (having not seen them together in some years before) and discoursed unto us [said he] of the loving Peace and Prosperity this Kingdom had enjoyed under its Three last Glorious Monarches: Of the many Miseries and Calamities which lay sore upon our Ancestors, by the several Invasions and Conquests of Foreign Nations, and likewise by Intestine Insurrections and Rebellions. And notwithstanding the strange mutations and Changes in England, He shown, how it pleased God in love to our Nation to preserve an undoubted Succession of Kings, to sit in the Regal Throne. He mentioned the healing Conjunction of the two Houses of York and Lancaster, and the blessed Union of the two Crowns of England and Scotland, stopping up those fountains of Blood, which, by National feuds and quarrels kept open, had like to have drowned the whole Island. He said, he feared the beautiful garment of Peace would shortly be torn in pieces through the Neglect of Magistrates, the general corruption of manners, and the prevalence of a Puritanical faction, which (if not prevented) would undermine the very pillars of Government. My sons! We have hither to seen serene and quiet Times: but now prepare yourselves for cloudy and troublesome. I command you to honour and obey our Gracious Sovereign, and in all times to adhere to the Crown; and though the Crown should hung upon a Bush, I charge you forsake it not. These words being spoken with much earnestness, both in gesture and manner extraordinary, he arose from his chair, and left us in a deep consultation what the meaning should be of— The Crown hanging upon a Bush. These words, Sir, (said the Colonel) made so firm an impression in all our breasts, that the many afflictions of these sad Times cannot raze out their undelible characters. Certainly these are the days which my Father pointed out in that Expression: and I doubt not, God hath brought me through so many dangers, that I might show myself both a dutiful Son, and a loyal Subject, in faithfully endeavouring to serve your Sacred Majesty, in this your greatest Distress▪  
After this Rehearsal, the Colonel (in obedience to His Majesty's command) told the King, That Sir John Strangways (who had given many testimonies of his loyalty, having two Sons, both of them Colonels for his Royal Father) lived but four miles from Trent; That he was a person of great fortune and interest in Dorsetshire, and therefore he supposed that either Sir John, or his Sons might be serviceable to His Majesty's occasions. The King, in prosecution of this proposal, commanded the Colonel to wait on them; and accordingly the next morning he went over to Melbury; the place where Sir John dwelled. Not sooner was he come thither, but he met with Colonel Giles Strangways, and after usual salutations, they walked inio the Park adjoining to the house, where Colonel Wyndham imparted the reason and end of his present Visit. Colonel Strangways his answer was, That he was infinitely grieved, because he was not able to serve His Majesty in procuring a Vessel according to expectation; That he knew not any one Master of a Ship, or so much as one Mariner that he could trust: All that were formerly of his acquaintance in Weymouth, being for their loyalty banished, and gone beyond the sea; and in Pool and Lime he was a mere stranger, having not one Confident in either. A hundred pounds in Gold he delivered to Colonel Wyndham, to present to the King; which at his return, by command was deposited in the hands of the Lord Wilmot, for his Majesty's use.  
About this time the Forces under Cromwell were retreated from Worcester into the several Quarters of the Country; some of which coming to Trent, proclaimed the Overthrow of the King's Army, and the Death of the King, giving out that he was certainly killed; And one of them affirmed that he saw him dead, and that he was buried among the rest of the slain, no injury being offered to his body, because he was a Valiant Soldier, and a Gallant man. This welcome News so tickled the Sectaries, that they could not hold from expressing their joy by making Bonfires, firing of Guns, Drinking, and other jollities, And for a close of all, to the Church they must, and there ring the King's knell. These rude Extravagancies moved not His Majesty at all, but only (as if he were more troubled for their madness, than his own misfortune) to this most Christian and compassionate Expression, Alas poor people!  
Now though the King valued not the menaces of his proud Enemies, being confident they could do him no hurt; yet he neglected not to try the faithfulness of his Friends to convey him out of their reach. Thus the former design proving unsuccessful, and all hope of Transfretation that way being laid aside, the Colonel acquainted His Majesty, that one Captain William Ellesden of Lime (formerly well known unto him) with his Brother John Ellesden, (by means of Colonel Bullen Reymes of Wadden in Dorsetshire) had conveyed over into France, Sir John Berkley (afterwards Lord Berkley) in a time of danger. To this Captain therefore His Majesty sends the Colonel, who lodging at his house in Lime, took an opportunity to tell him. That the Lord Wilmot had made his escape from Worcester; that he lay privately near to him; and that his Lordship had earnestly solicited him to use his utmost endeavours to secure him from the hands of the pursuers. To this purpose he was come to town, and assured the Captain, if he would join in this affair, his courtesy should never be forgotten. The Captain very cordially embraced the motion, and went with the Colonel to Charmouth (a little place near Lime) where at an Inn, he brought to him a Tenant of his, one Stephen Limbry, assuring the Colonel that he was a right honest man, and a perfect Royalist. With this Limbry Colonel Wyndham treated under the name of Captain Norris, and agreed with him to transport himself and three or four friends into France. The conditions of their Agreement were; That before the two and twentieth day of that instant September, Limbry should bring his Vessel into Charmou●●-Road, and on the said two and twentieth, in the night should receive the Colonel and his company into his Longboat from the Beach near Charmouth, from thence carry them to his Ship, and so landlord them safe in France. This the Colonel conjured Limbry to perform with all secrecy, because all the Passengers were of the Royal party, and intended to be shipped without leave, to avoid such Oaths and Engagements, which otherwise would be forced upon them: And therefore Privacy in this transaction would free him from Danger, and themselves from Trouble, the true cause why they so earnestly thirsted (for some time) to leave their native Country. Limbry's Salary was Sixty pounds, which the Captain engaged to pay at his return from France, upon sight of a Certificate under the Passengers hands of their landing there. To the performance of these Covenants, Limbry with many vows and protestations obliging himself, the Colonel with much satisfaction, and speed came back to his Majesty and the Lord Wilmot to Trent, who at the narration of these passages expressed no small contentment.  
The business being thus far successfully laid, the King consults how it might be prudentially managed, that so there might be no miscarriage in the prosecution. Necessary it was that his Majesty and all his Attendants (contrary to the use of Tavellers) should sit up all the night in the Inn at Charmouth; that they aught to have the command of the house, to go in and out at pleasure, the Tide not serving till twelve at night. To remove therefore all suspicion and Inconveniniencies, this Expedient was found out.  
Henry Peter's (Colonel Windham's servant) was sent to Charmouth Inn, who inviting the Hostess to drink a glass of wine, told her, That he served a very gallant Master, who had long most affectionately loved a Lady in Devon, and had the happiness to be well beloved by her; and though her Equal in birth and fortune, yet so unequal was his fate, that by no means could he obtain her Friends consent: And therefore it was agreed between them, that he should carry her thence, and marry her among his own Allies. And for this purpose his Master had sent him to desire her to keep the best Chambers for him, intending to be at her house upon the two and twentieth day of that month in the evening; where he resolved not to lodge, but only to refresh himself and friends, and so travel on either that night, or very early next morning. With this Love-story (thus contrived and acted) together with a Persent delivered by Peter from his Master, the Hostess was so well pleased, that she promised him, her house and servants should be at his Master's command. All which she very justly performed.  
When the day appointed for His Majesty's journey to Charmouth was come, he was pleased to ride before Mrs Julian Coningsby (the Lady Wyndham's Niece) as formerly before Mrs. Lane: The Colonel was His Majesty's Guide, whilst the Lord Wilmot with Peter's kept at a convenient distance, that they might not seem to be all of one company.  
In this manner travelling, they were timely met by Captain Elesden, and by him conducted to a private house of his Brothers among the hills near Charmouth. There His Majesty was pleased to discover himself to the Captain, and to give him a piece of foreign Gold, in which in his solitary hours he made a hole to put a ribbon in. Many like pieces His Majesty vouchsafed the Colonel and his Lady, to be kept as Records of His Majesty's favour, and of their own fidelity to his most Sacred Person in the day of his greatest Trial. Alderman which they have most thankfully treasured up as the chiefest Jewels of their Family.  
This Royal Company from thence came to the Inn at Charmouth, a little after night; where Captain Elesden solemnly engaging to see the Master of the ship ready, (the wind blowing than fair for France) took leave of his Majesty. About an hour after came Limbry to the Inn, and assured the Colonel all things were prepared, and that about midnight his Longboat should wait at the place appointed. The set hour drawing nigh, the Colonel with Peter went to the Seaside (leaving His Majesty and the Lord Wilmot in a posture to come away upon call) where they remained all night expecting; but seeing no Longboat, neither hearing any message from the Master of the ship, at the break of day the Colonel returns to the Inn, and beseeches the King and the Lord Wilmot to haste from thence. His Majesty was entreated; but the Lord Wilmot was desirous ●o stay behind a little, promising to follow the King to Bridport, where His Majesty intended to make a halt for him.  
When the King was gone, the Lord Wilmot sent Peter's into Lime, to demand of Captain Elesden the reason why Limbry broke his promise, and forfeited his word? He seemed much surprised with this message, and said, He knew no reason, except it being Fair-day the Seamen were drunk in taking their Farewell; and withal advised his Lordship to be gone, because his stay there could not be safe. But since that, Limbry himself hath given this account under his own hand:—  
That according to an Agreement made at Charmouth, September the 19 1651. betwixt himself and one Captain Norris, (since known to be Colonel Francis Winham) he put forth his Ship beyond the Cobs-mouth into Charmouth-road, where his servants on the 22. of the same month were all ready in her, waiting his coming; That he going to his house about ten that night, for linen to carry with him, was unexpectedly locked into a chamber by his Wife, to whom he had a little before revealed his intended Voyage with some Passengers into France▪ for whose Transportation, at his return, he was to receive a considerable sum o● money from Captain Elesden.  
This woman (it seems) was frighted into a panic fear by that dreadful Proclamation (of the tenth of September) set out by the Men of Westminster, and published that day at Lime. In this, ● heavy Penalty was thundered out against all that should conceal the King, or any of his party who were at Worcester Fight▪ and a Reward of a Thousand pound● promised to any that should betray him▪ She, apprehending the Persons her husband engaged to carry over to be Royalists, resolved to secure him from danger, by making him a Prisoner in hi● own chamber. All the persuasions he use● for his liberty, were in vain: For th● more he entreated, the more her violent passion increased, breaking forth into such clamours and lamentations, that h● feared if he should any longer contend both himself and the Gentlemen he promised to transport, would be cast away in this storm, without ever going to Sea▪  
Thus a Design in a business of the highest nature, carried on with industry and prudence, even to the very last, still promising full hope of a happy production, by one man's single whisper (the bane of Action) proved abortive. For no doubt, had Limbry kept his counsel, he had gained the honour of Conveying over his Majesty; of whose Noble Courage and Virtue, God was pleased to make yet farther trial, as the sequel will inform.  
The King passing on upon London-Road from Charmouth, met many travellers, among whom was one of his Father's servants, well known both to His Majesty and the Colonel; who were very well pleased that he was not guilty of so much Civility, as to give either of them the compliment of a Salutation. As they drew near to Bridport, the Colonel riding a little before, and entering the town, perceived it full of Soldiers: whereupon stopping his horse till the King came up, he inreated His Majesty to keep on, and by no means to put himself into the mouth of them, who gaped greedily after his destruction. Nevertheless, the King having engaged to the Lord Wilmot to expect him there, (without the lest apprehension of danger) road into the George, and alighting in the Court, was forced to stay there, and in the Stable, near half an hour, before the Colonel could procure a Chamber. All this while his bloody Enemies were his only Companions, with whom he discoursed freely without fear, and learned from them their intended Voyage for Jersey and Guernsey, and their Design upon those Islands. Here may you see the Pursuers overtaken, and the bitterest of Enemies friendly discoursing with Him, whose utter Ruin they accounted would complete their Happiness. He that sat in Heaven certainly laughed them to scorn, and by the interposition of his mighty Arm eclipsed their glory, and by his admirable Wisdom reproved and confuted their malice against the King, and their blasphemies against Heaven.  
Not sooner had the King withdrawn himself from this dangerous Company into a Chamber (with much difficulty obtained) but Mrs. Coningsby espied Pelers riding into the Inn. He (being beckoned up) acquainted His Majesty, that the Lord Wilmot humbly petitioned him to make haste out of that place, and to overtake him slowly passing on the road, and waiting his Majesty's coming. Presently upon the dismission of Peter's, the King having taken some small repast, not far from the Town joined in company again with the Lord Wilmot, and discoursing of the several Adventures of that hopeful, and (as it fell out) most perilous Journey, concluded that London-Road was very unsafe, and therefore resolved to follow the next Turning which might probably lead towards Yeavill or Sherborn, neither of which is computed to be above two miles distant from Trent. Providence (the best of Guides) directed these Strangers (for so they were all to those parts) to a way, which after many hours travel brought them into a Village, in which was a small Inn for entertainment. Thus entered these masked Travellers, to inquire where they were. And to this purpose calling for some Beer, the Host of the house (one Rice Jones) came forth, and informed them that the place was called Broadwinsor. The Colonel knew the Innkeeper and his wife to be very honest, loyal persons, and that for their fidelity to the King and his party, they had (according to their condition) undergone their share of troubles. The King understanding the affection of the people, resolves to lodge in the house that night, it being already somewhat dark, and His Majesty and Company sufficiently wearied with their former nights watching, and that days travel. The Colonel (while the horses were put up) desired Mr. Jones to show him the most private rooms; the reason he gave was, Because his Brother-in-law Colonel Reymes (whom the Lord Willmot personated) had been a long time imprisoned as well as himself; That they had lately obtained their Paroles, and to be seen together so far from their homes, might created new jealousies, and so consequently crush them with new troubles. The good Host upon this brought them up into the highest chambers, where Privateness recompensed the meanness of the Accommodation, and the pleasantness of the Host (a merry fellow) allayed and mitigated the weariness of the Guests. Now the face of things began to smile, which all the day and night preceding looked so louring and ill-favoured. But this short Calm was on a sudden interrupted by a violent Storm. For in comes the Constable with almost Forty Soldiers to be billeted that very night in the Inn: All the lower Receptacles were thronged up with this unexpected Company; so that the King was in a manner besieged, there being no passage from above, but through those suspected Guards. Thus every place brought forth its troubles, and every period of time disclosed fresh dangers! Shortly after the Soldiers had taken up their Quarters, a Woman in their company fell in labour in the Kitchin. The pangs she endured, made the Inhabitants of that place very ill at ease, fearing jest the whole Parish should become the reputed Father, and be enforced to keep the Child. To avoid this charge, the chiefest of the Parish post to the Inn, between whom and the Soldiers arose a very hot conflict concerning provision to be made for the mother and the infant. This dispute continued till such time as (according to orders) they were to march to the Seaside. This quarrelsome gossiping was a most seasonable diversion, exercising the minds of those troublesome Fellows, who otherwise were likely to have proved too too inquisitive after the Guests in the house; the sad consequences of which, every loyal heart trembles to think on.  
Surely we cannot, (except we wilfully shut our own eyes) but clearly see, and with all reverence and thankfulness adore the Divine Goodness for His Majesty's signal Deliverances in this Voyage. Especially if looking back upon Charmouth, we consider the dangers that threatened him, occaonsied by the Lord Wilmots short stay there, after the King's departure. For one Hamnet a Smith, being called to show his Lordship's horse, said, He well knew by the fashion of the shoes, that they were never set in the West, but in the North. The Ostler (a bird of the same feather) hearing this, began to tell what Company had been there, how they sat up, and kept their horses saddled all the night; and from hence they conclude, That either the King, or some Great Persons had certainly been at the Inn. The Ostler (whose heart was soured against the King) runs presently to one Westly (of the same leaven) than Minister of Charmouth, to inform him of these Passages, and to ask counsel what was to be done. This Westley was at his Morning Exercise, and being something longwinded [And by the way it may be observed, that long Prayers proceeding from a Traitorous heart, once did good, but by accident only] the Ostler, unwilling to loose his reward at the Gentleman's taking horse, returns without doing his errand. As soon as my Lord was mounted and gone, Hamnet tells Westly of the discourse between himself and the Ostler. Away comes Westley upon full speed to the Inn, and (almost out of breath) asks the woman of the house, what Guests she had entertained that night? She said, They were all strangers to her, she knew them not. I tell you than (said he) one of them was the King. Than hastily turning away from her, he and Hamnet ran to Mr. Butler of Comer (than Justice of Peace) to have him dispatch abroad his Warrants to raise the Country for the apprehending of the King, and those persons the last night with him at Charmouth. But he spends his mouth in vain, a deaf ear is turned upon him, no Warrant would be issued forth. This check given to his zeal so vexed him, that it had like to have caused a suffocation, had not Captain Massey (as errand a Hotspur as himself) given it vent, by raising a Party and pursuing the King upon London-Road. But God preserved His Majesty by diverting him to Broadwinsor, whilst Massey and his hot-mettled company outran their Prey as far as Dorchester. And indeed, the report of the Kings being at Charmouth, was grown so common, that the Soldiers (lying in those parts) searched the houses of several Gentlemen, who were accounted Royalists, thinking to surprise him. Amongst which, Pilisdon (the house of Sir Hugh Windham Uncle to Colonel Francis Windham) was twice rifled. They took the old Baronet, his Lady, Daughters, and whole Family, and set a Guard upon them in the Hall, whilst they examine every corner, not sparing either Trunk or Box. Than taking a particular view of their Prisoners, they seize a lovely young Lady, saying, she was the King disguised in women's apparel. At length being convinced of their gross and rude mistake, they desisted from offering any farther violence to that Family. And here it is much to be observed, that the same day the King went from Charmouth, Captain Elesden came to Pilesdon, and enquired of Sir Hugh and his Lady for the King and Colonel, confidently affirming that they must needs be there.  
His Majesty having with an evenness of spirit gotten through this roughpassage, safely anchored at Broadwinsor, Where at length enjoying some rest, he commands the Colonel to give his opinion what course was to be taken, as the face of affairs than looked. The Colonel (seeing Forces drawn every where upon that shore) thought it very hazardous to attempt any thing more in Dorsetshire; and therefore humbly besought his Majesty, that he would be pleased to retreat to Trent: He hoped his Majesty was already satisfied in the fidelity of his servants; and that he doubted not, his Majesty might lie securely in that Creek, till it was fair weather, and a good season to put forth to Sea. He humbly advised, that Peter might conduct the Lord Wilmot to Mr. Huits house at the Kings-Arms in Sarum, where he and many of his friends had been sheltered in the time of troubles. That Peter's (being at Sarum) should by a private token bring his Lordship to Mr. John Coventry (his Kinsman) a Person Noble, Wise, and Loyal, with whom he had kept Intelligence in order to the King's service, ever since his Majesty had set foot in Scotland; That he was assured Mr. Coventry would think himself highly honoured to correspond in this matchless employment, The King's Preservation. He desired the Lord Wilmot to be confident of lying concealed; And likewise to treat with Mr. Coventry, and by Peter to return his Majesty an account how he found that Gentleman affected towards this service.  
This counsel being well relished and approved, 'twas resolved, That between Sarum and Trent (lying 30 miles distant and better) an intercourse should be kept by trusty messengers, and a secret way of writing, to avoid danger in case of interception. All things being thus concluded, the King left his jovial Host at Broadwindsor, and returned with the Colonel and Mistress Coningsby to Trent. The Lord Wilmot with Peter went that night to Sherborn, and the next morning was waited on by Swan (who attended his Lordship to the Colonels) and that day got into Sarum; where he soon saluted Mr. Coventry, in all things fully answering his Lordship's expectation: And (the 25. of September) Peter was sent back with this joyful message from the Lord Wilmot to his Majesty, That he doubted not (by Mr. Coventries' assistance, and those recommended by him) to be able in some short time to effect his desires.  
Whilst his Sacred Majesty enjoys his peace at Trent, and the Lord Wilmot (with those other Worthies) is busied at Sarum to procure its continuation, It cannot be impertinent ro mention a Circumstance or two, which inserted in the midst of the web and texture of this Story would have looked unhandsome, but added as a fringe may prove ornamental.  
Upon the Sunday morning after the King came to Trent, a Tailor of the Parish informed the Colonel, That the Zealots [which swarmed in that place] discoursed overnight, that Persons of Quality were hid in his house, and that they intended to search and seize them; and therefore he desired the Colonel (if any such there were) to convey them thence, to avoid surprisal. The Colonel (rewarding the good man for his care and kindness towards himself and family) told him, That his Kinsman (meaning the Lord Wilmot) was not private, but public in his house, (for so his Lordship pleased to be) and that he believed he would show himself in the Church at the time of Prayers. When the honest fellow was gone, the Colonel acquaints the King what passed between himself and the Tailor, and withal besought his Majesty to persuade the Lord Wilmot to accompany him to Church, thinking by this means not only to lessen the jealousy, but also to gain the good opinion of some of the fanatics, who would be apt to believe, that the Colonel was rather brought to Church by my Lord, than his Lordship by the Colonel, who seldom came to that Place, since Faction and Rebellion had justled out, and kept possession against Peace and Religion. He alleged moreover, that he sat in an I'll distinct from the body of the Congregation, so that the Parishioners could not take a full view of any of his company. These reasons, joined with his Majesty's command, prevailed with his Lordship; and (though he thought it a bold adventure, yet) it not only allayed the fury, but also took out the very sting of those wasps; insomuch that they who the last night talked of nothing but searching, began now to say, that Cromwell's late success against the King, had made the Colonel a Convert.  
All being now quiet about home, the Colonel's Lady (under a pretence of a Visit) goes over to Sherborn to hear what news there was abroad of the King. And towards evening, at her return, a Troop of horse clapped privately into the town. This silent way of entering their Quarters, in so triumphant a time, gave a strong alarm to this careful Lady, whose thoughts were much troubled concerning her Royal Guest. A stop she made to harken out what brought them thither, and whither they were bound: But not one grain of Intelligence could be procured by the most industrious enquiry. When she came home, she gave his Majesty an account of many stories, which like flying clouds were blown about by the breath of the people, striving to cover her trouble with the vail of cheerfulness. But this the King perceiving to be rather forced than free, as at other times, was earnest to know the cause of her discomposure. And to satisfy his Majesty's importunity, she gave him a full relation of the Troop at Sherborn: At which his Majesty laughed most hearty, as if he had not been in the lest concerned. Yet upon a serious debate of the matter, the Colonel and his Lady supplicated the King to take a view of his Privy chamber, into which he was persuaded to enter, but came presently forth again, much pleased, that upon the lest approach of danger, he could thither retreat with an assurance of security. All that night the Colonel kept strict watch in his house, and was the more vigilant, because he understood from Sherborn, that the Troop intended not to quarter there, but only to refresh themselves and march. And accordingly (not so much as looking towards Trent) about two of the clock next morning, they removed towards the Sea-coast. This fear being over, the King rested all the time of his stay at Trent, without so much as the apprehension of a disturbance.  
The strangeness of which will be much increased by the addition of what a Captain who served under Cromwell at Worcester, reported to two Divines of undoubted veracity, long before the King's blessed Restauration: That he was followed and troubled with Dreams for three nights together, That the King was hid at Trent near Sherborn, in a house nigh to which stood a Grove or patch of trees, and that thither he should go and found him. This suggestion thus reiterated, was a powerful spur to prick him forwards: But the hand which held the reinss and kept him back, was irresistible.  
Now the hands of his Majesty's enemies were not only restrained from doing him evil, but the hands of his friends were strengthened to do him good. In order to which, Colonel Edward Phelips of Montacute in the County of Somerset, came from Sarum to his Majesty (Septem. 28.) with this intelligence, That his brother Colonel Robert Phelips was employed to Southampton to procure a Vessel, of whose transaction his Majesty should receive a speedy account.  
In the mean time, Captain Thomas Littleton (a Neighbour of Colonel Wyndham) was dispatched up into Hampshire, where by the aid of Mr. Standish he dealt with the Master of a Ship, who undertook to carry of the Lord Wilmet and his company, upon the condition his Lordship would follow his direction. But the hope of Colonel Phelips his good success at Hampton dashed this enterprise, and the Captain was remanded to Trent, and to make no progress till farther order.  
Upon the first of October Mr. John Selliok (Chaplain to Mr. Coventry) brought a Letter to his Majesty. In answer to which the King wrote back, That he desired all diligence might be used in providing a Vessel; and if it should prove difficult at Hampton, trial should be made farther: That they should be ascertained of a Ship before they sent to remove him, that so he might run no more hazards than what of necessity he must meet with in his passage from Trent to the place of his Transportation.  
October the fifth, Colonel Phelips came from the Lord Wilmot and Mr. Coventry to his Majesty with this assurance, That all things were ready; And that he had informed himself with the most private ways, that so he might with greater probability of safety guide his Majesty to the Seaside. Assoon as the King heard this Message, He resolved upon his Journey. Colonel Wyndham earnestly petitions his Majesty, that he might wait on him to the shore: But his Majesty gave no grant, saying, It was no way necessary, and might prove very inconvenient. Upon the renewing this request, the King commanded the contrary, but sweetened his denial with this promise, That if he were put to any distress, he would again retreat to Trent.  
About ten next morning (October the sixth) his Majesty took leave of the old Lady Wyndham, the Colonel's Lady and Family, not omitting the meanest of them that served him. But to the good old Lady he vouchsafed more than an ordinary respect, who accounted it her highest honour, that she had three Sons and one Grandchild slain in the defence of the Father, and that she herself in her old age had been instrumental in the protection of the Son, both Kings of England.  
Thus his Sacred Majesty, taking Mrs. Juliana Coningsby behind him, attended by Colonel Robert Phelips, and Peter's, bad Farewell to Trent, the Ark in which God shut him up, when the Floods of Rebellion had covered the face of his Dominions. Here he rested Nineteen days, to give his faithful Servants time to work his deliverance: And the Almighty crowned their endeavours with success, that his Majesty might live to appear as Glorious in his Actions, as Courageous in his Sufferings.  
FINIS.