MEMOIRS
OF
EDMUND
LUDLOW
,
Esq
;
THE
Act
for
putting
a
Period
to
the
Parliament
was
still
before
a
Committee
of
the
whole
House
,
who
had
made
a
considerable
Progress
therein
,
having
agreed
upon
a
more
equal
Distribution
of
the
Power
of
Election
throughout
England
:
And
whereas
formerly
some
Boroughs
that
had
scarce
a
House
upon
them
chose
two
Members
to
be
their
Representatives
in
Parliament
,
(
just
as
many
as
the
greatest
Cities
in
England
,
London
only
excepted
)
and
the
single
County
of
Cornwall
elected
forty
four
,
when
Essex
and
other
Counties
bearing
as
great
a
share
in
the
Payment
of
Taxes
,
sent
no
more
than
six
or
eight
;
this
unequal
Representation
of
the
People
the
Parliament
resolved
to
correct
,
and
to
permit
only
some
of
the
principal
Cities
and
Boroughs
to
chuse
,
and
that
for
the
most
part
but
one
Representative
,
the
City
of
London
only
exceptd
,
which
on
account
of
the
great
proportion
of
their
Contributions
and
Taxes
were
allowed
to
elect
six
.
The
rest
of
the
four
hundred
,
whereof
the
Parliament
was
to
consist
,
(
besides
those
that
served
for
Ireland
and
Scotland
)
were
appointed
to
be
chosen
by
the
several
Counties
,
in
as
near
a
proportion
as
was
possible
to
the
Summs
charged
upon
them
for
the
Service
of
the
State
,
and
all
Men
admitted
to
be
Electors
who
were
worth
two
hundred
Pounds
in
Lands
,
Leases
or
Goods
.
Divers
Informations
were
brought
against
the
Irish
for
Murders
committed
at
the
beginning
of
the
Rebellion
,
and
since
upon
the
English
.
The
Principal
of
the
Accused
were
Col.
Maccarty
Reagh
,
who
was
seized
in
the
County
of
Cork
;
the
Lord
Mayo
in
the
County
of
Galway
;
the
Mother
of
Col.
Fitz-Patrick
in
the
Province
of
Leinster
,
with
many
others
.
And
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Plantations
in
Ireland
,
the
Parliament
permitted
the
People
of
England
to
transport
thither
all
sorts
of
Cattel
and
Grain
free
of
all
Custom
,
and
ordered
that
their
Commissioners
in
Ireland
should
raise
a
Revenue
there
for
all
such
as
had
been
wounded
and
disabled
,
and
for
the
Widows
and
Children
of
those
that
had
been
killed
in
the
Publick
Service
.
The
Vice
Admiral
of
Prince
Rupert's
Fleet
carrying
forty
Pieces
of
Cannon
,
was
brought
into
Plymouth
by
the
English
Seamen
she
had
on
board
,
who
finding
a
favourable
occasion
,
near
Cape
de
Verd
,
seized
the
Captain
and
the
rest
of
the
Company
,
being
all
French
and
Dutch
:
Upon
which
the
Council
of
State
received
Orders
from
the
Parliament
to
reward
the
said
Seamen
,
and
to
prepare
an
Act
to
encourage
others
to
follow
their
Example
.
The
Dutch
Admiral
Van
Trump
,
with
one
hundred
and
ten
Ships
of
War
,
and
some
Fire-ships
,
being
joined
by
seventeen
Men
of
War
from
Zealand
,
sailed
from
Goree
with
Orders
to
convoy
safe
out
of
the
Channel
a
Fleet
of
near
five
hundred
Merchant-Ships
,
designed
for
France
,
Spain
,
Portugal
,
Italy
,
Barbary
,
and
the
Levant
,
and
to
take
all
the
Advantages
he
could
against
the
English
.
Hereupon
the
Parliament
passed
an
Act
for
the
Sale
of
the
Estates
of
some
,
who
having
been
adjudged
Delinquents
,
had
refused
to
lay
hold
of
the
Favour
extended
to
them
of
Compounding
;
which
they
did
to
ease
the
People
of
some
part
of
the
Charge
of
this
War
against
the
Dutch
;
yet
their
Occasions
were
so
pressing
,
that
they
were
constrained
to
lay
a
Tax
for
some
Months
of
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
Pounds
a
Month
,
which
the
People
willingly
paid
,
because
they
knew
that
it
was
wholly
employed
in
their
Service
.
Most
of
the
Dutch
Merchant-Ships
were
by
bad
Weather
and
contrary
Winds
driven
back
into
their
Harbours
,
but
their
Men
of
War
kept
out
at
Sea
;
and
Van
Trump
having
received
Advice
that
Admiral
Blake
had
sent
away
twenty
of
his
Ships
to
convoy
a
Fleet
of
Laden
Colliers
from
Newcastle
,
twelve
towards
Plymouth
,
and
fifteen
up
the
River
,
which
had
suffered
some
Damage
by
Storm
,
and
that
he
had
left
with
him
but
thirty
seven
Ships
of
War
,
came
into
the
Downs
with
fourscore
Men
of
War
,
and
thirty
of
the
ablest
Merchantmen
of
the
Fleet
he
was
appointed
to
convoy
.
Notwithstanding
which
Inequality
of
Number
it
was
unanimously
resolved
in
a
Council
of
War
to
fight
the
Dutch
Fleet
.
Accordingly
a
day
or
two
after
ours
engaged
them
about
Noon
,
and
the
Fight
continued
till
Night
separated
them
.
In
this
Fight
we
lost
two
Ships
,
the
Garland
of
40
,
and
the
Bonaventure
of
36
Guns
;
and
tho'
in
recompence
we
burnt
one
of
their
Admirals
,
and
killed
many
of
their
Men
,
particularly
two
Secretaries
who
were
on
board
their
Admiral
,
yet
the
Dutch
were
exceedingly
elevated
with
this
little
Success
;
and
being
informed
that
the
English
Fleet
was
in
great
want
of
all
sorts
of
Naval
Stores
,
they
published
a
Placaet
to
prohibit
the
Exportation
of
them
hither
under
severe
Penalties
.
They
also
threat'ned
to
drive
us
out
of
the
Islands
which
we
possessed
in
America
,
and
to
that
end
sent
some
Ships
to
join
Prince
Rupert
,
which
with
those
revolted
English
made
up
in
all
twenty
five
Sail
.
The
King
of
Denmark
likewise
promised
to
assist
them
by
the
next
Spring
with
thirty
Ships
of
War
for
the
Summ
of
one
Million
of
Guilders
,
which
they
agreed
to
pay
to
him
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Parliament
,
having
received
Information
of
the
Misbehaviour
of
some
Officers
in
the
late
Engagement
,
appointed
a
Committee
,
whereof
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Mr.
John
Carew
,
and
Major
Salloway
,
were
the
principal
,
impowering
them
to
place
and
displace
Officers
,
and
to
regulate
all
Matters
relating
to
the
Sea
,
in
such
a
manner
as
might
be
most
conducing
to
the
Service
of
the
State
.
These
Commissioners
used
such
Care
and
Diligence
in
the
discharge
of
this
Trust
,
that
the
face
of
Affairs
soon
became
much
alter'd
for
the
better
;
the
Ships
that
were
unserviceable
repaired
,
a
considerable
Fleet
put
to
Sea
well
officer'd
and
well
mann'd
,
the
Store-houses
replenish'd
with
all
manner
of
necessary
Provisions
,
and
thirty
Frigats
preparing
to
be
built
.
Lieutenant
General
Monk
was
also
added
to
the
Generals
Blake
and
Dean
,
in
the
room
of
Col.
Edward
Popham
lately
deceased
,
to
take
care
of
the
equipping
and
commanding
the
Fleet
.
And
that
nothing
might
be
wanting
on
our
part
to
preserve
a
good
Correspondence
with
such
Foreign
States
as
were
in
Amity
with
us
,
the
Parliament
sent
the
Lord
Commissioner
Whitlock
on
an
extraordinary
Embassy
to
the
Crown
of
Sweden
,
where
he
was
received
with
all
the
Honours
due
to
his
Character
.
The
Commissioners
for
the
Irish
Affairs
being
at
Dublin
,
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
came
thither
with
his
Family
;
after
whose
Arrival
a
Commission
was
issued
out
for
the
Trials
of
such
as
were
accused
of
having
murdered
the
English
,
which
was
directed
to
Persons
of
known
Ability
and
Integrity
in
each
Province
.
To
those
formerly
accused
,
was
added
the
Lord
Muskerry
,
who
was
charged
to
have
put
many
English
Men
to
death
in
the
way
between
his
House
of
Mackroom
and
the
City
of
Cork
.
Upon
this
Accusation
the
said
Lord
was
seized
,
and
ordered
to
be
prosecuted
by
the
Court
of
Justice
at
Dublin
for
the
same
.
The
Commissioners
also
by
Order
of
the
Parliament
published
a
Declaration
to
inform
the
Publick
,
and
particularly
the
Adventurers
,
who
had
advanced
Money
upon
the
Irish
Lands
,
that
the
War
in
Ireland
was
concluded
.
This
they
did
as
well
that
the
said
Adventurers
might
have
what
was
justly
due
to
them
,
as
that
the
poor
wasted
Country
of
Ireland
might
have
the
Assistance
of
their
own
Purses
and
Labour
,
to
recover
the
Stock
and
Growth
of
the
Land
;
the
Irish
having
all
along
eaten
out
the
Heart
and
Vigour
of
the
Ground
,
and
of
late
much
more
than
ever
,
being
in
daily
Apprehensions
of
being
removed
.
All
Arrears
due
to
the
English
Army
in
Ireland
were
satisfied
by
the
Parliament
out
of
the
Estates
forfeited
by
the
Rebels
,
which
were
delivered
to
them
at
the
same
Rates
with
the
first
Adventurers
.
In
this
Transaction
those
of
the
Army
shewed
great
Partiality
,
by
confining
the
Satisfaction
of
Arrears
only
to
such
as
were
in
Arms
in
August
1649.
which
was
the
time
when
the
English
Army
commanded
by
Lieutenant
General
Cromwel
arrived
in
Ireland
;
and
tho'
the
hardships
endured
by
those
who
were
in
Arms
before
had
been
much
greater
,
yet
nothing
could
be
obtained
but
such
a
Proportion
of
Lands
in
the
County
of
Wicklo
,
and
elsewhere
,
as
was
not
sufficient
to
clear
the
fourth
part
of
what
was
due
to
them
.
Those
who
solicited
the
Affairs
of
the
Army
in
Ireland
with
the
Parliament
,
having
persuaded
the
Adventurers
that
there
were
Forfeited
Lands
enough
in
one
Moiety
of
nine
principal
Counties
,
they
accepted
of
them
for
their
Satisfaction
,
and
the
other
Moiety
was
assigned
by
the
Act
for
the
Satisfaction
of
the
Soldiers
;
the
rest
of
Ireland
was
also
disposed
of
,
only
the
Province
of
Connaught
was
reserved
for
the
Irish
under
the
Qualifications
agreed
upon
by
the
Parliament
:
According
to
which
they
were
to
be
put
into
possession
of
the
several
Proportions
of
Land
which
had
been
promised
them
in
the
said
Province
;
that
so
the
Adventurers
,
Soldiers
,
and
others
to
whom
the
Parliament
should
assign
their
Lands
,
might
plant
without
disturbance
,
or
danger
of
being
Corrupted
by
intermixing
with
the
Natives
in
Marriages
or
otherwise
,
which
by
the
Experience
of
former
times
the
English
had
been
found
to
be
,
rather
than
to
have
bettered
the
Irish
either
in
Religion
or
good
Manners
:
and
that
the
Natives
being
divided
by
the
River
Shannon
from
the
other
Provinces
,
and
having
Garrisons
placed
round
and
amongst
them
in
the
most
proper
and
convenient
Stations
,
they
might
not
have
those
Opportunities
to
prejudice
the
English
as
formerly
they
had
.
An
Act
being
drawn
up
to
this
purpose
,
the
Parliament
passed
it
,
reserving
the
Counties
of
Dublin
,
Kildare
,
Carlo
and
Cork
,
(
together
with
the
remaining
part
of
the
Lands
formerly
belonging
to
the
Bishops
,
Deans
and
Chapters
of
Ireland
,
whereof
some
had
been
already
applied
,
to
augment
the
Revenues
of
the
College
of
Dublin
)
to
be
disposed
of
as
the
Parliament
should
think
fit
.
The
Forfeited
Lands
were
divided
between
the
Adventurers
and
Soldiers
by
Lot
,
according
to
an
Estimate
taken
of
the
Number
of
Acres
in
the
respective
Counties
,
in
conformity
to
an
Order
from
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
;
by
whom
were
appointed
Sub-Commissioners
to
judge
of
the
Qualifications
of
each
Person
,
and
others
,
who
upon
Certificate
from
the
Sub-Commissioners
for
determining
Qualifications
,
were
required
to
set
out
so
much
Land
in
the
Province
of
Connaught
as
belonged
to
every
one
by
virtue
of
the
said
Act.
They
also
established
a
Committee
to
sit
at
Dublin
to
receive
and
adjudge
all
Claims
of
English
and
others
to
any
Lands
,
limitting
a
time
within
which
they
were
obliged
to
bring
in
and
make
appear
their
respective
Claims
to
be
Legal
;
to
the
end
that
the
Adventurers
,
Soldiers
,
and
others
,
might
be
at
a
certainty
,
and
after
such
a
time
free
from
any
Molestation
in
the
possession
of
their
Lands
;
and
that
none
through
Ignorance
or
Absence
might
be
surprized
,
they
prorogued
the
said
time
twice
or
thrice
to
a
longer
day
.
The
Courts
of
Justice
erected
at
Dublin
and
in
other
Parts
,
proceeded
vigorously
in
making
Inquisition
after
the
Murders
that
had
been
committed
:
Maccarty
Reagh
,
after
much
search
into
the
Matter
whereof
he
stood
accused
,
was
acquitted
by
the
Court
sitting
at
Cork
;
and
so
was
the
Lord
Clanmaliere
by
that
of
Kilkenny
;
but
the
Mother
of
Col.
Fitz-Patrick
was
found
guilty
of
the
Murder
of
the
English
,
with
this
Aggravation
,
that
she
said
she
would
make
Candles
of
their
Fat
.
She
was
condemned
to
be
burnt
,
and
the
Sentence
was
executed
accordingly
.
Col.
Lewis
Moor
and
Lewis
Demley
were
also
found
guilty
of
Murder
,
for
which
they
were
hanged
.
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
with
the
rest
of
the
Court
of
Justice
in
the
Province
of
Connaught
,
proceeded
against
the
Lord
Mayo
,
and
declared
him
guilty
of
the
same
Crime
,
for
which
he
was
executed
accorded
to
the
Sentence
pronounced
against
him
.
The
Trial
of
the
Lord
Muskerry
was
long
,
by
reason
of
a
Clause
which
he
urged
in
his
Defence
from
a
printed
Copy
of
the
Articles
made
with
him
;
which
tho'
it
had
been
unjust
for
me
to
grant
in
the
Terms
there
mentioned
,
yet
would
have
cleared
him
,
and
thrown
the
Blame
and
Guilt
upon
me
;
for
Articles
given
ought
to
be
made
good
.
But
this
Clause
upon
search
into
the
Original
,
which
I
kept
,
appeared
to
have
been
inserted
by
themselves
in
the
Print
which
they
produced
for
Evidence
,
under
pretence
of
having
lost
the
Original
Articles
signed
by
me
.
Notwithstanding
which
,
it
appearing
that
tho'
divers
of
the
English
were
murdered
by
the
Convoy
appointed
to
conduct
them
safe
to
Cork
,
the
Lord
Muskerry
had
taken
what
care
he
could
for
their
security
,
and
had
done
what
in
him
lay
to
bring
the
Person
who
was
guilty
of
that
Blood
to
Justice
,
the
Court
acquitted
him
,
and
he
was
permitted
according
to
his
Articles
to
pass
into
Spain
.
I
have
heard
that
upon
his
arrival
in
that
Kingdom
,
a
Faction
appeared
against
him
,
upon
account
of
his
former
Opposition
to
the
Pope's
Nuncio
in
Ireland
;
so
that
he
finding
but
cold
Entertainment
there
,
entred
into
a
Treaty
to
put
himself
and
his
Men
into
the
Service
of
the
Venetians
.
Luke
Took
,
the
Head
of
a
Sept
in
the
County
of
Wicklo
,
being
conscious
of
his
Guilt
,
had
formerly
desired
my
Pass
to
come
and
Treat
with
me
about
Conditions
for
laying
down
the
Arms
of
himself
and
Party
;
and
to
induce
me
to
give
him
more
favourable
Terms
,
said
,
he
had
a
Horse
and
Saddle
worth
a
hundred
Pounds
,
which
he
desired
I
would
accept
of
.
I
refusing
his
Present
,
he
took
it
as
an
ill
Omen
to
him
;
for
they
are
so
accustomed
to
Bribe
their
Magistrates
in
that
Country
,
that
if
any
one
refuse
their
Presents
,
they
presently
conclude
him
to
be
their
Enemy
,
and
give
their
Cause
for
lost
;
and
therefore
he
submitted
not
at
that
time
.
But
now
supposing
he
could
by
no
means
avoid
falling
into
our
hands
,
by
reason
of
the
number
of
our
Garisons
placed
in
all
Parts
amongst
them
,
who
by
this
time
were
as
well
acquainted
with
their
Retreats
and
Fastnesses
as
themselves
,
and
it
may
be
thinking
there
would
not
appear
sufficient
Evidence
to
prove
him
guilty
,
he
submitted
upon
the
same
Condition
I
had
formerly
offered
to
him
,
which
was
,
That
he
should
be
liable
to
be
questioned
for
Murder
,
whereof
being
accused
before
the
Court
at
Dublin
,
he
was
convicted
,
sentenced
,
and
executed
.
Sir
Phelim
O
Neal
,
Head
also
of
a
Sept
,
and
one
who
had
as
great
a
share
as
any
in
the
contriving
and
carrying
on
the
Massacre
and
Rebellion
,
sell
into
the
Hands
of
the
Lord
Cawfield
,
whose
Brother
he
had
caused
to
be
murdered
at
the
beginning
of
the
Rebellion
in
this
manner
.
O
Neal
being
a
Neighbour
of
the
Lord
Cawfield
,
came
to
him
under
the
pretence
of
Friendship
,
with
about
half
a
dozen
Friends
,
to
his
Castle
of
Charlemont
,
where
being
received
,
he
and
those
that
were
with
him
were
carried
to
drink
in
the
Cellar
by
the
Lord
Cawfield
,
(
both
of
them
being
too
much
addicted
to
that
which
the
World
calls
good
Fellowship
.
)
After
some
time
Sir
Phelim
O
Neal
fires
a
Pistol
,
which
was
a
Signal
agreed
on
,
and
immediately
thirty
Irish
entred
and
surprized
the
Castle
,
taking
the
Lord
,
his
Mother
,
Lady
,
and
Children
,
with
the
rest
of
the
Family
Prisoners
;
and
after
three
or
four
days
murdered
the
Lord
Cawfield
,
the
rest
hardly
escaping
with
their
Lives
.
But
now
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
having
by
their
prescribed
Lines
,
within
which
all
were
obliged
to
inhabit
,
withdrawn
Provisions
from
the
Enemy
,
who
could
not
be
supplied
without
hazard
of
their
Lives
,
thought
fit
as
a
further
means
to
reduce
them
,
to
set
a
Sum
of
Money
upon
the
Heads
of
the
Principal
of
those
who
yet
persisted
in
their
Rebellion
,
upon
some
twenty
,
others
forty
,
and
upon
Sir
Phelim
O
Neal
a
hundred
Pounds
,
to
bring
him
dead
or
alive
.
This
was
such
an
Incouragement
to
look
after
him
,
that
one
of
the
Country
People
having
notice
that
he
was
in
an
Island
in
the
North
,
gave
Intelligence
thereof
to
the
Lord
Cawfield
,
who
having
brought
together
a
Party
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
entred
the
Island
in
Boats
,
and
seized
him
there
.
From
thence
he
carried
him
to
Dublin
,
where
divers
of
his
Cruelties
to
the
English
being
proved
against
him
,
he
was
sentenced
by
the
Court
of
Justice
to
be
put
to
death
,
and
his
Head
to
be
set
upon
the
Gate
that
stands
at
the
Foot
of
the
Bridge
,
which
was
put
in
execution
accordingly
.
Thus
the
Enemy
by
the
Blessing
of
God
upon
the
Counsels
of
the
Parliament
,
and
Endeavours
of
their
Armies
,
was
every
where
dispersed
and
conquered
,
and
the
Nation
likely
to
attain
in
a
short
time
that
measure
of
Happiness
which
humane
things
are
capable
of
,
when
by
the
Ambition
of
one
Man
the
Hopes
and
Expectations
of
all
good
Men
were
disappointed
,
and
the
People
robbed
of
that
Liberty
which
they
had
contended
for
at
the
Expence
of
so
much
Blood
and
Treasure
.
General
Cromwel
had
long
been
suspected
by
wise
and
good
Men
;
but
he
had
taken
such
Care
to
form
and
mould
the
Army
to
his
Humour
and
Interests
,
that
he
had
filled
all
Places
either
with
his
own
Creatures
,
or
with
such
as
hoped
to
share
with
him
in
the
Sovereignty
,
and
removed
those
who
foreseeing
his
Design
,
had
either
the
Courage
or
Honesty
to
oppose
him
in
it
.
His
pernicious
Intentions
did
not
discover
themselves
openly
till
after
the
Battel
at
Worcester
,
which
in
one
of
his
Letters
to
the
Parliament
he
called
The
Crowning
Victory
.
At
the
same
time
when
he
dismissed
the
Militia
,
who
had
most
readily
offered
themselves
to
serve
the
Commonwealth
against
the
Scots
,
he
did
it
with
Anger
and
Contempt
,
which
was
all
the
Acknowledgment
they
could
obtain
from
him
for
their
Service
and
Affection
to
the
Publick
Cause
.
In
a
word
,
so
much
was
he
elevated
with
that
Success
,
that
Mr.
Hugh
Peters
,
as
he
since
told
me
,
took
so
much
notice
of
it
,
as
to
say
in
confidence
to
a
Friend
upon
the
Road
in
his
return
from
Worcester
,
That
Cromwel
would
make
himself
King
.
He
now
began
to
dispise
divers
Members
of
the
House
whom
he
had
formerly
courted
,
and
grew
most
familiar
with
those
whom
he
used
to
shew
most
Aversion
to
;
endeavouring
to
oblige
the
Royal
Party
,
by
procuring
for
them
more
favourable
Conditions
than
consisted
with
the
Justice
of
the
Parliament
to
grant
,
under
colour
of
quieting
the
Spirits
of
many
People
,
and
keeping
them
from
engaging
in
new
Disturbances
to
rescue
themselves
out
of
those
Fears
,
which
many
who
had
acted
for
the
King
yet
lay
under
;
tho'
at
the
same
time
he
designed
nothing
,
as
by
the
Success
was
most
manifest
,
but
to
advance
himself
by
all
manner
of
means
,
and
to
betray
the
great
Trust
which
the
Parliament
and
good
People
of
England
had
reposed
in
him
.
To
this
end
he
pressed
the
Act
of
Oblivion
with
so
much
Importunity
,
that
tho'
some
Members
earnestly
opposed
its
bearing
date
till
after
some
Months
,
as
well
in
Justice
to
those
of
that
Party
who
had
already
fined
for
their
Delinquency
,
that
others
as
guilty
as
themselves
might
be
upon
an
equal
foot
with
them
,
as
that
the
State
might
by
that
means
be
supplied
with
Money
,
which
they
wanted
,
and
that
such
who
had
been
plundered
by
the
Enemy
,
might
receive
some
Satisfaction
from
those
who
had
ruined
them
,
yet
nothing
could
prevail
upon
the
General
;
and
so
the
Act
was
passed
:
The
Parliament
being
unwilling
to
deny
him
any
thing
for
which
there
was
the
least
colour
of
Reason
.
But
tho'
he
had
gained
this
Point
,
and
eagerly
coveted
his
own
Advancement
,
he
thought
it
not
convenient
yet
to
unmask
himself
;
but
rather
to
make
higher
Pretences
to
Honesty
than
ever
he
had
done
before
,
thereby
to
engage
Major
General
Harrison
,
Col.
Rich
,
and
their
Party
,
to
himself
.
To
this
end
he
took
all
occasions
in
their
Presence
to
asperse
the
Parliament
,
as
not
designing
to
do
those
good
things
they
pretended
to
;
but
rather
intending
to
support
the
corrupt
Interests
of
the
Clergy
and
Lawyers
.
And
tho'
he
was
convinced
that
they
were
hastning
with
all
Expedition
to
put
a
Period
to
their
sitting
,
having
passed
a
Vote
that
they
would
do
it
within
the
space
of
a
Year
,
and
that
they
were
making
all
possible
Preparations
in
order
to
it
;
yet
did
he
industriously
publish
,
that
they
were
so
in
love
with
their
Seats
,
that
they
would
use
all
means
to
perpetuate
themselves
.
These
and
other
Calumnies
he
had
with
so
much
Art
insinuated
into
the
Belief
of
many
honest
and
well
meaning
People
,
that
they
began
to
wish
him
Prosperity
in
his
Undertaking
.
Divers
of
the
Clergy
from
their
Pulpits
began
to
prophecy
the
Destruction
of
the
Parliament
,
and
to
propose
it
openly
as
a
thing
desirable
.
Insomuch
that
the
General
,
who
had
all
along
concurred
with
this
Spirit
in
them
,
hypocritically
complained
to
Quarter-Master
General
Vernon
,
That
he
was
pushed
on
by
two
Parties
to
do
that
,
the
consideration
of
the
Issue
whereof
made
his
Hair
to
stand
an
end
.
One
of
these
,
said
he
,
is
headed
by
Major
General
Lambert
,
who
in
revenge
of
that
Injury
the
Parliament
did
him
,
in
not
permitting
him
to
go
into
Ireland
with
a
Character
and
Conditions
sutable
to
his
Merit
,
will
be
contented
with
nothing
less
than
their
Dissolution
:
Of
the
other
Major
General
Harrison
is
the
Chief
,
who
is
an
honest
Man
,
and
aims
at
good
things
,
yet
from
the
Impatience
of
his
Spirit
will
not
wait
the
Lord's
leisure
,
but
hurries
me
on
to
that
which
he
and
all
honest
Men
will
have
cause
to
repent
.
Thus
did
he
craftily
feel
the
Pulse
of
Men
towards
this
Work
,
endeavouring
to
cast
the
Infamy
of
it
on
others
,
reserving
to
himself
the
appearance
of
Tenderness
to
Civil
and
Religious
Liberty
,
and
of
skreening
the
Nation
from
the
Fury
of
the
Parties
beforementioned
.
This
Mine
of
his
was
not
wrought
with
so
much
Privacy
but
it
was
observed
by
some
discerning
Men
of
the
Parliament
,
especially
by
those
who
had
the
Direction
and
Management
of
the
War
with
Holland
.
These
Men
endeavoured
to
countermine
him
two
ways
:
First
by
balancing
his
Interest
in
the
Army
with
that
of
the
Fleet
,
procuring
an
Order
from
the
Parliament
,
whose
Ear
they
had
upon
all
occasions
,
by
reason
of
the
Importance
of
the
War
with
the
Dutch
,
to
send
some
Regiments
of
the
Army
to
strengthen
the
Fleet
;
and
secondly
by
recommending
,
as
an
easie
way
to
raise
Money
in
that
Exigency
,
the
Sale
of
Hampton-Court
,
and
other
Places
,
that
were
esteemed
as
Baits
to
tempt
some
ambitious
Man
to
ascend
the
Throne
.
The
Parliament
having
ordered
these
things
to
be
done
,
the
General
,
sensible
of
the
Design
,
and
of
the
Consequences
of
suffering
the
Army
to
be
new-moulded
,
and
put
under
another
Conduct
,
made
haste
to
execute
his
former
Resolutions
,
railing
to
Col.
Okey
and
other
Officers
of
the
Army
against
divers
Members
of
the
Parliament
▪
affirming
that
little
Good
could
be
expected
from
that
Body
where
such
Men
had
so
great
an
Influence
.
At
the
same
time
he
made
the
most
solemn
Professions
of
Fidelity
to
the
Parliament
,
assuring
them
,
that
if
they
would
command
the
Army
to
break
their
Swords
over
their
Heads
,
and
to
throw
them
into
the
Sea
,
he
would
undertake
they
should
do
it
.
Yet
did
he
privately
engage
the
Officers
of
the
Army
to
draw
up
a
Petition
to
the
Parliament
,
That
for
the
Satisfaction
of
the
Nation
they
would
put
that
Vote
which
they
had
made
for
fixing
a
Period
to
their
sitting
,
into
an
Act
;
which
whilst
the
Officers
were
forming
and
debating
,
the
General
having
,
it
seems
,
for
that
time
altered
his
Counsels
,
sent
Col.
Desborough
,
one
of
his
Instruments
,
to
the
Council
of
Officers
,
who
told
them
,
that
they
were
a
sort
of
Men
whom
nothing
could
satisfie
;
That
the
Parliament
were
more
ready
to
do
any
Good
than
they
to
desire
it
;
That
they
ought
to
relie
upon
their
Word
and
Promise
to
dissolve
themselves
by
the
time
prefixed
;
and
that
to
petition
them
to
put
their
Vote
into
an
Act
,
would
manifest
a
Diffidence
of
them
,
and
lessen
their
Authority
,
which
was
so
necessary
to
the
Army
.
The
General
coming
into
the
Council
whilst
Desborough
was
speaking
,
seconded
him
;
to
which
some
of
the
Officers
took
the
Liberty
to
reply
,
that
they
had
the
same
Opinion
of
the
Parliament
and
Petition
with
them
,
and
that
the
chief
Argument
that
moved
them
to
take
this
Matter
into
consideration
,
was
the
Intimation
they
had
received
,
that
it
was
according
to
the
Desires
of
those
who
had
now
spoken
against
it
,
and
whose
latter
Motion
they
were
much
more
ready
to
comply
with
than
their
former
.
Thus
was
this
Business
stifled
for
the
present
,
none
being
so
well
able
to
lay
the
Evil
Spirit
as
those
that
had
raised
it
.
But
either
the
General's
Ambition
was
so
great
,
that
he
could
not
forbear
ascending
the
Throne
till
the
time
limited
by
the
Parliament
for
their
sitting
was
expired
,
or
his
Fears
hastned
him
to
the
Accomplishment
of
his
Design
,
lest
the
disinterested
Proceeding
of
the
Parliament
,
who
were
about
to
leave
the
Nation
under
a
Form
of
Government
that
provided
sufficiently
for
the
Good
of
the
Community
,
might
work
the
People
into
a
greater
Aversion
to
his
selfish
Design
.
Certain
it
is
that
he
vehemently
desired
to
be
rid
of
this
Parliament
that
had
performed
such
great
things
,
having
subdued
their
Enemies
in
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
;
established
the
Liberty
of
the
People
,
reduced
the
Kingdom
of
Portugal
to
such
Terms
as
they
thought
fit
to
grant
;
maintained
a
War
against
the
Dutch
with
that
Conduct
and
Success
,
that
it
seemed
now
drawing
to
a
happy
Conclusion
;
recovered
our
Reputation
at
Sea
,
secured
our
Trade
,
and
provided
a
powerful
Fleet
for
the
Service
of
the
Nation
.
And
however
the
Malice
of
their
Enemies
may
endeavour
to
deprive
them
of
the
Glory
which
they
justly
merited
,
yet
it
will
appear
to
unprejudiced
Posterity
,
that
they
were
a
disinterested
and
impartial
Parliament
,
who
tho'
they
had
the
Sovereign
Power
of
the
three
Nations
in
their
hands
for
the
space
of
ten
or
twelve
Years
,
did
not
in
all
that
time
give
away
amongst
themselves
so
much
as
their
Forces
spent
in
three
Months
;
no
,
not
so
much
as
they
spent
in
one
,
from
the
time
that
the
Parliament
consisted
but
of
one
House
,
and
the
Government
was
formed
into
a
Commonwealth
.
To
which
ought
to
be
added
,
that
after
so
many
Toils
and
Hazards
,
so
much
Trouble
and
Loss
for
the
Publick
Good
,
they
were
not
unwilling
to
put
an
end
to
their
Power
,
and
to
content
themselves
with
an
equal
share
with
others
,
for
the
whole
Reward
of
their
Labours
.
Of
this
Cromwel
was
very
sensible
,
as
well
as
of
their
great
Skill
and
Experience
in
the
Management
of
Publick
Affairs
,
and
of
the
good
Esteem
they
had
acquired
amongst
the
most
discerning
part
of
the
Nation
,
and
therefore
was
very
desirous
to
lay
them
aside
with
as
little
Noise
as
might
be
.
To
this
end
,
after
he
had
resolved
not
to
suffer
the
Act
for
their
Dissolution
to
be
finished
,
he
would
needs
perswade
them
to
be
the
Instruments
of
their
own
Destruction
,
by
putting
a
Period
to
themselves
,
and
at
the
same
time
investing
a
certain
Number
with
the
Supreme
Authority
,
not
doubting
when
they
had
so
done
,
to
find
Pretences
enough
to
disperse
any
such
,
well
knowing
that
when
the
face
of
Civil
Authority
was
once
taken
away
,
the
Power
would
naturally
fall
into
the
hands
of
that
Person
who
had
the
greatest
Interest
in
the
Army
,
which
he
supposed
to
be
himself
.
This
made
him
join
with
Major
General
Harrison
,
being
confident
that
when
he
had
used
him
and
his
Party
to
dissolve
the
present
Government
,
he
could
crush
both
him
and
them
at
his
pleasure
.
And
tho'
it
was
no
difficult
matter
to
discover
this
,
yet
those
poor
,
deluded
,
however
well-meaning
Men
,
would
not
believe
it
.
But
all
were
not
so
blind
,
for
divers
Members
of
the
Parliament
whom
he
endeavoured
to
cajole
into
a
good
Opinion
of
his
Design
,
being
very
sensible
of
the
great
Mischiefs
that
must
necessarily
ensue
from
such
Courses
,
resolved
either
to
disswade
him
from
them
,
or
endeavour
to
countermine
him
therein
.
To
this
end
they
had
several
Meetings
with
Cromwel
,
at
one
of
which
,
when
he
and
his
Party
laboured
to
shew
that
it
was
impossible
for
the
Parliament
,
consisting
,
as
they
said
,
for
the
most
part
of
Men
interested
in
the
Corruptions
of
the
Law
and
the
Clergy
,
to
effect
those
things
that
good
Men
expected
from
them
,
Major
Salloway
desired
of
them
,
that
before
they
took
away
the
present
Authority
,
they
would
declare
what
they
would
have
established
in
its
room
;
to
which
it
was
replied
by
one
of
the
General's
Party
,
That
it
was
necessary
to
pull
down
this
Government
,
and
it
would
be
time
enough
then
to
consider
what
should
be
placed
in
the
room
of
it
.
So
both
Parties
understanding
one
another
,
prepared
to
secure
themselves
.
The
Parliament
now
perceiving
to
what
kind
of
Excesses
the
Madness
of
the
Army
was
like
to
carry
them
,
resolved
to
leave
as
a
Legacy
to
the
People
the
Government
of
a
Commonwealth
by
their
Representatives
,
when
assembled
in
Parliament
,
and
in
the
Intervals
thereof
by
a
Council
of
State
,
chosen
by
them
,
and
to
continue
till
the
Meeting
of
the
next
succeeding
Parliament
,
to
whom
they
were
to
give
an
account
of
their
Conduct
and
Management
.
To
this
end
they
resolved
,
without
any
further
Delay
,
to
pass
the
Act
for
their
own
Dissolution
;
of
which
Cromwel
having
notice
,
makes
haste
to
the
House
,
where
he
sat
down
and
heard
the
Debate
for
some
time
.
Then
calling
to
Major
General
Harrison
,
who
was
on
the
other
side
of
the
House
,
to
come
to
him
,
he
told
him
,
That
he
judged
the
Parliament
ripe
for
a
Dissolution
,
and
this
to
be
the
time
of
doing
it
.
The
Major
General
answered
,
as
he
since
told
me
;
Sir
,
the
Work
is
very
great
and
dangerous
,
therefore
I
desire
you
seriously
to
consider
of
it
before
you
engage
in
it
.
You
say
well
,
replied
the
General
,
and
thereupon
sat
still
for
about
a
quarter
of
an
hour
;
and
then
the
Question
for
passing
the
Bill
being
to
be
put
,
he
said
again
to
Major
General
Harrison
,
This
is
the
time
I
must
do
it
;
and
suddenly
standing
up
,
made
a
Speech
,
wherein
he
loaded
the
Parliament
with
the
vilest
Reproaches
,
charging
them
not
to
have
a
Heart
to
do
any
thing
for
the
Publick
Good
,
to
have
espoused
the
corrupt
Interest
of
Presbytery
and
the
Lawyers
,
who
were
the
Supporters
of
Tyranny
and
Oppression
,
accusing
them
of
an
Intention
to
perpetuate
themselves
in
Power
,
had
they
not
been
forced
to
the
passing
of
this
Act
,
which
he
affirmed
they
designed
never
to
observe
,
and
thereupon
told
them
,
that
the
Lord
had
done
with
them
,
and
had
chosen
other
Instruments
for
the
carrying
on
his
Work
that
were
more
worthy
.
This
he
spoke
with
so
much
Passion
and
Discomposure
of
Mind
,
as
if
he
had
been
distracted
.
Sir
Peter
Wentworth
stood
up
to
answer
him
,
and
said
,
That
this
was
the
first
time
that
ever
he
had
heard
such
unbecoming
Language
given
to
the
Parliament
,
and
that
it
was
the
more
horrid
in
that
it
came
from
their
Servant
,
and
their
Servant
whom
they
had
so
highly
trusted
and
obliged
:
But
as
he
was
going
on
,
the
General
stept
into
the
midst
of
the
House
,
where
continuing
his
distracted
Language
,
he
said
,
Come
,
come
,
I
will
put
an
end
to
your
prating
;
then
walking
up
and
down
the
House
like
a
Mad-man
,
and
kicking
the
Ground
with
his
Feet
,
he
cried
out
,
You
are
no
Parliament
,
I
say
you
are
no
Parliament
;
I
will
put
an
end
to
your
Sitting
;
call
them
in
,
call
them
in
:
Whereupon
the
Serjeant
attending
the
Parliament
opened
the
Doors
,
and
Lieutenant-Colonel
Worsley
with
two
Files
of
Musqueteers
entred
the
House
;
which
Sir
Henry
Vane
observing
from
his
Place
,
said
aloud
,
This
is
not
honest
,
yea
it
is
against
Morality
and
Common
Honesty
.
Then
Cromwel
fell
a
railing
at
him
,
crying
out
with
a
loud
Voice
,
O
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
the
Lord
deliver
me
from
Sir
Henry
Vane
.
Then
looking
upon
one
of
the
Members
,
he
said
,
There
sits
a
Drunkard
;
and
giving
much
reviling
Language
to
others
,
he
commanded
the
Mace
to
be
taken
away
,
saying
,
What
shall
we
do
with
this
Bauble
?
here
,
take
it
away
.
Having
brought
all
into
this
Disorder
,
Major-General
Harrison
went
to
the
Speaker
as
he
sat
in
the
Chair
,
and
told
him
,
That
seeing
things
were
reduc'd
to
this
pass
,
it
would
not
be
convenient
for
him
to
remain
there
.
The
Speaker
answered
,
That
he
would
not
come
down
unless
he
were
forc'd
.
Sir
,
said
Harrison
,
I
will
lend
you
my
Hand
;
and
thereupon
putting
his
Hand
within
his
,
the
Speaker
came
down
.
Then
Cromwel
applied
himself
to
the
Members
of
the
House
,
who
were
in
number
between
80
and
100
,
and
said
to
them
,
It
's
you
that
have
forced
me
to
this
,
for
I
have
sought
the
Lord
Night
and
Day
,
that
he
would
rather
slay
me
,
than
put
me
upon
the
doof
this
Work
.
Hereupon
Alderman
Allen
,
a
Member
of
Parliament
,
told
him
,
that
it
was
not
yet
gone
so
far
,
but
all
things
might
be
restored
again
;
and
that
if
the
Soldiers
were
commanded
out
of
the
House
,
and
the
Mace
returned
,
the
Publick
Affairs
might
go
on
in
their
former
Course
:
But
Cromwel
having
now
passed
the
Rubicon
,
not
only
rejected
his
Advice
,
but
charged
him
with
an
Account
of
some
hundred
thousand
Pounds
,
for
which
he
threatned
to
question
him
,
he
having
been
long
Treasurer
for
the
Army
,
and
in
a
Rage
committed
him
to
the
Custody
of
one
of
the
Musqueteeers
.
Alderman
Allen
told
him
,
That
it
was
well
known
that
it
had
not
been
his
Fault
that
his
Account
was
not
made
up
long
since
;
that
he
had
often
tendred
it
to
the
House
,
and
that
he
asked
no
Favour
from
any
Man
in
that
matter
.
Cromwel
having
acted
this
treacherous
and
impious
part
,
ordered
the
Guard
to
see
the
House
clear'd
of
all
the
Members
,
and
then
seized
upon
the
Records
that
were
there
,
and
at
Mr.
Scobell's
House
.
After
which
he
went
to
the
Clerk
,
and
snatching
the
Act
of
Dissolution
,
which
was
ready
to
pass
,
out
of
his
Hand
,
he
put
it
under
his
Cloak
,
and
having
commanded
the
Doors
to
be
locked
up
,
went
away
to
Whitehall
.
This
villainous
Attempt
was
much
encouraged
by
Neiuport
and
the
other
Ambassadors
lately
arrived
from
Holland
,
with
Instructions
to
conclude
a
Peace
;
who
finding
the
Parliament
supported
by
the
Affections
of
the
People
,
because
acting
for
their
Interest
,
and
therefore
not
to
be
forced
,
much
less
cheated
into
an
unjust
and
disadvantageous
Agreement
,
instigated
Cromwel
to
take
the
Power
into
his
hands
,
well
understanding
that
he
would
soon
be
necessitated
to
make
Peace
with
them
upon
what
Terms
they
should
think
fit
;
in
the
mean
time
resolving
to
interrupt
our
Trade
,
and
to
put
the
Nation
to
a
great
Expence
to
maintain
a
Fleet
for
the
Guard
of
the
Seas
,
which
they
knew
the
People
would
be
unwilling
to
keep
when
they
should
perceive
that
it
served
only
to
uphold
and
strengthen
a
Tyranny
.
They
also
had
made
Preparations
to
send
over
Money
,
Arms
,
and
Men
,
with
Lieut.
Gen.
Middleton
,
to
enable
the
Mountaneers
of
Scotland
to
give
Disturbance
to
the
English
Interest
there
.
Cromwel
being
returned
to
Whitehall
,
found
the
Council
of
War
in
Debate
concerning
this
Weighty
Affair
,
and
informed
them
,
that
he
had
done
it
,
and
that
they
needed
not
to
trouble
themselves
any
further
about
it
.
Some
of
the
Officers
of
the
Army
well
affected
to
the
Publick
Cause
,
and
not
of
his
Juncto
,
of
whom
were
Col.
Okey
and
others
,
repaired
to
the
General
,
to
desire
Satisfaction
in
that
Proceeding
,
conceiving
that
the
way
they
were
now
going
,
tended
to
Ruin
and
Confusion
.
To
these
,
having
not
yet
taken
off
his
Mask
,
but
pretending
to
more
Honesty
and
Self-denial
than
ever
,
he
professed
himself
resolved
to
do
much
more
Good
,
and
with
more
Expedition
than
could
be
expected
from
the
Parliament
:
Which
Professions
from
him
put
most
of
them
to
silence
,
and
moved
them
to
a
Resolution
of
waiting
for
a
further
Discovery
of
his
Design
,
before
they
would
proceed
to
a
Breach
and
Division
from
him
.
But
Col.
Okey
being
jealous
that
the
End
would
be
bad
,
because
the
Means
were
such
as
made
them
justly
suspected
of
Hypocrisie
,
enquired
of
Col.
Desborough
what
his
meaning
was
to
give
such
high
Commendations
to
the
Parliament
,
when
he
endeavoured
to
disswade
the
Officers
of
the
Army
from
petitioning
them
for
a
Dissolution
,
and
so
short
a
time
after
,
to
eject
them
with
so
much
Scorn
and
Contempt
;
who
had
no
other
Answer
to
make
,
but
that
if
ever
he
drolled
in
his
Life
,
he
had
drolled
then
.
We
who
were
in
Ireland
being
not
so
well
informed
of
these
Clandestine
Practices
,
and
no
less
confident
that
the
Principles
of
some
Men
who
joined
in
this
Attempt
were
directed
to
the
Good
of
the
Nation
;
and
that
tho'
some
might
be
such
arrant
Knaves
as
to
have
other
Designs
,
yet
trusting
that
an
impossibility
of
accomplishing
the
same
would
oblige
them
to
fall
in
with
the
Publick
Interest
,
and
not
to
be
so
very
foolish
to
attempt
the
setting
up
for
themselves
,
tho'
we
could
not
but
have
some
Doubts
of
the
ill
Consequences
of
these
things
,
yet
thought
our selves
by
the
Rules
of
Charity
obliged
to
hope
the
best
,
and
therefore
continued
to
act
in
our
Places
and
Stations
as
before
,
Cromwel
having
interrupted
the
Parliament
in
the
morning
of
the
20th
of
April
,
1653.
came
in
the
afternoon
to
the
Council
of
State
,
(
who
were
assembled
to
do
their
Duty
at
the
usual
place
)
accompanied
with
Major-General
Lambert
and
Col.
Harrison
,
and
told
them
at
his
entrance
;
Gentlemen
,
If
you
are
met
here
as
private
Persons
,
you
shall
not
be
disturbed
;
but
if
as
a
Council
of
State
,
this
is
no
place
for
you
;
and
since
you
can't
but
know
what
was
done
at
the
House
in
the
Morning
,
so
take
notice
,
that
the
Parliament
is
dissolved
.
To
this
Serjeant
Bradshaw
answered
;
Sir
,
we
have
heard
what
you
did
at
the
House
in
the
Morning
,
and
before
many
Hours
all
England
will
hear
it
:
But
,
Sir
,
you
are
mistaken
to
think
that
the
Parliament
is
dissolved
;
for
no
Power
under
Heaven
can
dissolve
them
but
themselves
;
therefore
take
you
notice
of
that
.
Something
more
was
said
to
the
same
purpose
by
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Mr.
Love
,
and
Mr.
Scot
;
and
then
the
Council
of
State
perceiving
themselves
to
be
under
the
same
Violence
,
departed
▪
Soon
after
Cromwel
had
thus
barbarously
treated
the
Parliament
,
and
effaced
the
Civil
Authority
,
he
sent
for
Major
Salloway
and
Mr.
John
Carew
,
to
whom
he
complained
of
the
great
Weight
of
Affairs
that
by
this
Undertaking
was
fallen
upon
him
;
affirming
,
that
the
Thoughts
of
the
Consequences
thereof
made
him
to
tremble
,
and
therefore
desired
them
to
free
him
from
the
Temptations
that
might
be
laid
before
him
;
and
to
that
end
to
go
immediately
to
the
Chief
Justice
St.
Johns
,
Mr.
Selden
,
and
some
others
,
and
endeavour
to
perswade
them
to
draw
up
some
Instrument
of
Govennment
that
might
put
the
Power
out
of
his
hands
.
To
this
it
was
answered
by
Major
Salloway
;
the
way
,
Sir
,
to
free
you
from
this
Temptation
,
is
for
you
not
to
look
upon
your self
to
be
under
it
,
but
to
rest
perswaded
that
the
Power
of
the
Nation
is
in
the
Good
People
of
England
,
as
formerly
it
was
.
Cromwel
perceiving
by
this
Answer
that
he
was
better
understood
than
he
could
have
wished
,
fell
upon
another
Expedient
before
he
would
openly
discover
himself
,
appointing
a
Meeting
of
the
Chief
Officers
of
the
Army
to
be
at
Whitehall
,
in
order
to
consider
what
was
fit
to
be
done
in
this
Exigency
.
Major
Gen.
Lambert
,
Col.
Harrison
,
and
divers
other
Officers
,
were
at
this
Assembly
,
where
Major
Salloway
,
tho'
he
had
then
no
Command
,
was
desired
to
be
present
.
Major
Gen.
Lambert
moved
that
a
few
Persons
,
not
exceeding
the
Number
of
10
or
12
,
might
be
intrusted
with
the
Supreme
Power
:
Major
Gen.
Harrison
was
for
a
greater
Number
,
inclining
most
to
that
of
70
,
being
the
Number
of
which
the
Jewish
Sanhedrim
consisted
;
but
after
some
Debate
it
was
resolved
that
out
of
each
County
and
City
in
England
,
Ireland
,
and
Scotland
,
a
certain
Number
of
persons
,
as
near
as
might
be
proportionable
to
their
Payments
toward
the
Publick
Charge
,
should
be
nominated
by
the
Council
of
Officers
to
be
sent
for
to
meet
at
Westminster
,
on
a
certain
day
,
where
all
the
Authority
of
the
Nation
should
be
delivered
into
their
hands
by
an
Instrument
signed
and
sealed
by
the
General
and
the
Officers
,
obliging
themselves
to
yield
Obedience
to
their
Orders
.
The
Gentlemen
who
were
summoned
,
met
at
the
time
and
place
appointed
,
where
after
they
had
heard
the
General's
Harangue
,
in
which
he
seemed
to
acknowledge
the
Goodness
of
the
Lord
in
that
he
saw
that
day
wherein
the
Saints
began
their
Rule
in
the
Earth
,
&c.
they
went
into
the
House
wherein
the
Parliament
used
to
sit
,
where
they
voted
themselves
to
be
the
Parliament
of
the
Commonwealth
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
.
Many
of
the
Members
of
this
Assembly
had
manifested
a
good
Affection
to
the
publick
Cause
;
but
some
there
were
among
them
who
were
brought
in
as
Spies
and
Trapanners
;
and
tho'
they
had
been
always
of
the
contrary
Party
,
made
the
highest
pretensions
to
Honesty
,
and
the
Service
of
the
Nation
.
This
Assembly
therefore
being
composed
for
the
most
part
of
honest
and
well-meaning
persons
,
(
who
having
good
Intentions
,
were
less
ready
to
suspect
the
evil
Designs
of
others
)
thought
themselves
in
full
possession
of
the
Power
and
Authority
of
the
Nation
,
and
therefore
proceeded
to
the
making
of
Laws
relating
to
the
publick
;
amongst
others
one
concerning
the
Plantation
of
Ireland
,
settling
the
Lands
there
upon
the
Adventurers
and
Soldiers
,
together
with
an
Act
for
Mariners
;
one
for
Payment
of
some
Publick
Debts
,
with
divers
others
.
They
also
made
some
Progress
in
the
Reformation
of
the
Law
,
having
appointed
a
Committee
to
that
end
.
In
Ireland
we
disbanded
some
of
our
Forces
to
the
Number
of
about
5000
Horse
and
Foot
,
and
summoned
a
Council
of
Officers
to
adjust
the
Arrears
of
the
Soldiers
,
and
to
put
them
into
possession
of
the
Land
assigned
for
their
Satisfaction
;
who
judging
that
it
would
not
hold
out
to
satisfie
the
whole
,
rated
the
best
Land
of
each
County
according
to
its
intrinsick
Value
,
reserving
the
worst
to
be
equally
distributed
amongst
them
,
when
the
Arrears
should
appear
to
be
satisfied
on
the
foot
of
the
new
Valuation
.
The
County
of
Dublin
was
in
this
Estimate
rated
at
1500
l.
for
1000
Acrees
;
the
County
of
Wexford
at
800
l.
the
County
of
Kilkenny
at
1000
l.
All
which
Counties
being
within
the
Province
of
Lempster
,
were
rated
by
the
Act
at
600
l.
for
1000
Acres
.
Instructions
were
also
given
to
the
Committee
for
stating
the
Accounts
of
the
Arrears
of
the
Soldiers
,
by
which
those
who
were
disbanded
in
Connaught
,
had
their
Arrears
assigned
in
Lands
about
Slego
,
those
in
Munster
in
the
County
of
Cork
,
&c.
Those
who
had
been
for
some
time
with
the
Lord
Inchequin
,
and
therefore
thought
fit
to
be
disbanded
,
had
their
Arrears
assigned
(
upon
my
Desire
)
together
,
about
Collen
,
in
the
County
of
Kilkenny
,
that
they
might
be
the
better
able
to
defend
themselves
,
and
assist
their
Friends
upon
occasion
.
Col.
Theophilus
Jones's
Regiment
was
reduced
,
his
own
Troop
and
some
others
appointed
to
compleat
mine
,
and
Col.
Jones
to
be
Major
of
my
Regiment
in
the
room
of
Col.
Warden
,
who
was
disbanded
.
The
Pay
of
some
of
the
Officers
of
the
Army
was
also
reduced
,
but
yet
they
now
received
the
Pay
of
seven
days
per
Week
,
whereas
before
they
had
but
four
;
but
the
General
Officers
who
had
been
paid
seven
days
for
a
Week
,
had
some
ten
Shillings
,
others
five
Shillings
per
day
abated
of
their
Pay
;
amongst
whom
it
fell
heavier
on
me
than
any
other
;
for
as
my
Work
was
double
both
as
a
Commissioner
of
Parliament
,
and
Lieutenant
General
of
the
Horse
,
so
were
my
Expences
also
,
being
oblig'd
to
keep
a
more
plentiful
Table
than
any
other
of
the
Commissioners
,
and
more
than
twenty
Horses
continually
in
my
Stable
ready
for
Service
:
but
indeed
could
I
have
seen
our
Victories
employed
to
the
Good
of
the
Commonwealth
,
I
should
have
been
satisfied
without
any
other
Encouragement
:
And
I
can
clearly
make
it
appear
,
that
during
the
four
Years
I
served
in
Ireland
,
I
expended
4500
l.
of
my
own
Estate
more
than
all
the
Pay
that
I
received
.
The
Commissioners
for
the
Management
of
Affairs
by
Sea
having
not
finished
the
Time
limitted
by
the
Parliament
for
their
acting
,
nor
clearly
seeing
to
what
Extremities
things
would
be
driven
,
continued
to
act
in
their
Station
;
which
they
did
with
that
Diligence
and
Vigour
,
that
since
the
late
Engagement
in
the
Downs
they
had
equipped
a
very
considerable
Fleet
,
and
furnished
it
with
all
sorts
of
Provisions
,
Amunition
and
Men
.
This
Fleet
was
commanded
by
Dean
and
Monk
as
Admirals
,
by
Penn
as
Vice-Admiral
,
and
by
Lawson
as
Reer-Admiral
.
On
the
2d
of
June
,
1653.
early
in
the
Morning
they
Attacked
the
Dutch
Fleet
commanded
by
Van
Tromp
,
Evertson
,
De
Witt
,
and
De
Ruyter
,
on
the
Coast
of
Flanders
.
Lawson
who
commanded
the
Blue
Squadron
,
charged
through
the
Dutch
Fleet
with
forty
Ships
,
which
Storm
falling
principally
on
De
Ruyter's
Squadron
,
Van
Tromp
bore
up
to
his
Assistance
;
which
when
our
Admirals
,
who
were
both
on
the
same
Ship
,
perceived
,
they
engaged
Tromp
with
the
Body
of
the
Fleet
,
and
the
Fight
continued
till
three
in
the
Afternoon
,
at
which
time
the
Wind
coming
up
contrary
to
the
English
,
the
Dutch
fled
,
and
were
pursued
by
the
lightest
of
our
Frigats
.
The
next
Morning
the
two
Fleets
found
themselves
again
near
each
other
,
but
for
want
of
Wind
could
not
come
to
engage
till
about
Noon
,
at
which
time
the
Dispute
began
,
and
continued
very
hot
on
both
sides
till
ten
at
Night
.
Our
Fleet
charged
the
Dutch
with
so
much
Resolution
,
and
put
them
into
so
great
Disorder
,
that
tho'
their
Admiral
fired
on
them
to
rally
them
,
he
could
not
procure
more
than
twenty
Ships
of
his
whole
Fleet
to
stand
by
him
,
the
rest
making
all
the
sail
they
could
away
to
the
Eastward
.
But
the
Wind
blowing
a
fresh
Gale
from
the
Westward
,
ours
pursued
them
so
effectually
,
that
they
sunk
six
of
their
best
Ships
,
and
blew
up
two
others
that
were
in
the
Body
of
their
Fleet
,
taking
eleven
of
their
biggest
Ships
,
and
two
others
,
with
thirteen
hundred
Prisoners
,
among
whom
were
six
of
their
principal
Captains
;
and
had
not
the
rest
of
their
Fleet
sheltered
themselves
between
Dunkirk
and
Calais
,
where
it
was
unsafe
to
expose
our
great
Ships
by
reason
of
the
Sands
,
we
had
probably
taken
or
destroyed
most
of
the
rest
.
The
Hollanders
were
much
superiour
to
the
English
in
number
of
Ships
;
but
such
was
the
Courage
and
Conduct
of
our
Men
,
that
we
lost
but
one
Ship
in
the
Fight
,
had
but
one
Captain
killed
,
except
Admiral
Dean
,
which
indeed
was
a
great
loss
,
and
about
one
hundred
and
sixty
private
Men
killed
and
wounded
.
Our
Fleet
having
put
their
Prisoners
on
Shoar
,
and
left
some
of
their
Ships
to
be
resitted
,
returned
to
the
Coast
of
Holland
,
where
they
took
many
Prizes
.
The
People
in
Holland
seeing
themselves
as
it
were
besieged
by
the
English
Fleet
,
constrained
the
Magistrates
by
their
Clamours
,
to
send
their
Fleet
again
to
Sea
,
which
they
reinforced
with
divers
great
Ships
,
and
some
Fireships
,
so
that
they
made
up
in
all
,
one
hundred
and
forty
Sail
.
The
English
Fleet
were
little
more
in
number
than
ninety
,
yet
resolved
to
fight
the
Enemy
;
and
accordingly
detaching
the
lightest
of
their
Frigats
,
assisted
by
some
greater
Ships
,
they
engaged
the
Dutch
,
and
maintained
the
Fight
till
they
were
separated
by
the
Night
.
The
next
day
little
was
done
,
but
on
the
day
after
they
fought
again
;
and
tho'
many
of
our
Men
were
sick
of
the
Scurvy
,
and
that
the
Dutch
had
Fireships
,
of
which
we
had
none
,
the
Wind
also
entirely
favouring
them
,
yet
did
the
Fight
continue
in
equal
balance
till
two
or
three
in
the
Afternoon
,
about
which
time
their
Admiral
Van
Tromp
was
killed
with
a
Musket-ball
,
as
he
walked
upon
the
Deck
with
his
Sword
drawn
.
This
so
discouraged
the
Enemy
,
that
they
made
all
the
haste
they
could
away
towards
the
Texel
,
and
were
pursued
with
that
Diligence
by
ours
,
that
the
Ship
of
Cornelius
Evertzen
was
sunk
,
with
about
thirty
more
,
as
we
were
informed
by
the
Prisoners
taken
or
saved
from
perishing
.
The
Victory
was
great
,
but
cost
us
dear
,
for
we
lost
eight
of
our
brave
Captains
,
whose
Names
were
,
Graves
,
Peacock
,
Taylor
,
Crisp
,
Newman
,
Cox
,
Owen
and
Chapman
,
with
about
four
hundred
Men
.
We
had
also
about
seven
hundred
wounded
,
and
amongst
them
five
Commanders
,
yet
we
lost
but
one
Ship
in
this
Fight
.
Our
Admiral
having
put
his
Prisoners
with
the
wounded
Men
on
shoar
,
and
taken
in
Provisions
,
returned
with
the
Fleet
to
the
Coast
of
Holland
,
where
many
of
the
Officers
of
the
Enemies
Fleet
and
others
ingenuously
acknowledged
that
the
Hand
of
God
was
against
them
,
and
that
they
ought
not
to
contend
any
longer
with
us
.
The
English
Fleet
being
now
absolute
Masters
of
the
Sea
,
no
Ship
could
stir
out
of
the
Texel
without
their
Permission
.
The
Dutch
were
willing
to
impute
their
ill
Success
to
the
Treachery
and
Cowardice
of
their
Officers
;
but
so
it
was
,
by
the
Blessing
of
God
upon
the
Endeavours
of
the
Parliament
and
their
Fleet
,
that
since
the
beginning
of
the
War
we
had
taken
,
sunk
and
destroyed
,
between
fourteen
and
fifteen
hundred
of
their
Ships
,
of
which
many
were
considerable
Men
of
War
.
Their
Seamen
generally
declined
the
Service
,
neither
had
they
a
sufficient
number
of
Ships
to
put
to
Sea
,
tho'
they
had
been
furnished
with
all
other
Accommodations
.
In
short
,
Matters
were
brought
to
that
pass
,
that
Myn
Heer
Nieuport
,
one
of
the
Ambassadors
from
Holland
,
demanded
of
some
of
the
Parliament
▪
Party
what
they
intended
to
do
with
them
,
endeavouring
by
all
means
possible
to
persuade
them
that
the
Ruin
of
the
Dutch
would
be
prejudicial
to
themselves
.
Our
Friends
plainly
told
him
,
that
they
desired
nothing
but
a
Coalescence
with
them
,
and
then
would
be
as
ready
to
promote
the
Good
of
Holland
as
their
own
.
To
this
the
Ambassador
replied
,
that
he
would
engage
his
Masters
should
send
us
a
Blank
,
and
that
what
Conditions
soever
we
should
think
fit
to
write
on
it
,
they
would
subscribe
.
Soon
after
they
sent
Ambassadors
to
treat
in
good
earnest
concerning
a
Peace
,
which
they
were
the
more
necessitated
to
do
,
by
reason
of
some
Divisions
amongst
themselves
on
account
of
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Interest
.
But
this
Attempt
proved
ineffectual
,
and
they
not
able
to
prevail
as
long
as
the
face
of
Authority
remained
in
England
,
without
consenting
to
the
Coalescence
.
For
many
of
the
present
Assembly
acting
with
Sincerity
for
the
Publick
,
and
therefore
little
suspecting
the
Treachery
of
others
,
resolved
whilst
they
had
opportunity
to
be
doing
their
Duty
,
and
to
discharge
the
Trust
committed
to
their
care
,
according
to
the
best
of
their
Judgment
,
for
the
Good
of
the
Commonwealth
.
They
issued
forth
Orders
for
regulating
the
Excise
and
Customs
,
and
enlarged
the
Powers
of
the
Committee
established
for
Trade
.
They
made
all
necessary
Preparations
for
carrying
on
the
War
by
Sea
,
and
declared
General
Robert
Blake
,
General
George
Monk
,
Major
General
Desborough
,
and
Vice-Admiral
Penn
,
to
be
the
four
Generals
of
the
Fleet
of
the
Commonwealth
,
impowering
them
with
some
others
to
manage
the
Affairs
of
the
Admiralty
for
six
Months
.
They
also
gave
Order
to
prepare
an
Act
to
erect
a
High
Court
of
Justice
for
proceeding
against
such
as
should
surprize
or
betray
any
of
the
Fortresses
,
Magazines
,
or
Ships
of
the
Commonwealth
into
the
hands
of
the
Enemy
;
and
also
against
those
who
should
,
contrary
to
the
Laws
already
made
,
proclaim
any
to
be
King
of
England
or
Ireland
,
whereby
it
is
manifest
they
suspected
the
Design
on
foot
,
tho'
their
Jealousy
did
not
at
all
defer
,
but
rather
hasten
the
execution
of
it
.
The
perfidious
Cromwel
having
forgot
his
most
solemn
Professions
and
former
Vows
,
as
well
as
the
Blood
and
Treasure
that
had
been
spent
in
this
Contest
,
thought
it
high
time
to
take
off
the
Masque
,
and
resolved
to
sacrifice
all
our
Victories
and
Deliverances
to
his
Pride
and
Ambition
,
under
colour
of
taking
upon
him
the
Office
as
it
were
of
a
High
Constable
,
in
order
to
keep
the
Peace
of
the
Nation
,
and
to
restrain
Men
from
cutting
one
anothers
Throats
.
One
Difficulty
yet
remained
to
obstruct
his
Design
,
and
that
was
the
Convention
,
which
he
had
assembled
and
invested
with
Power
,
as
well
as
earnestly
solicited
to
reform
the
Law
,
and
reduce
the
Clergy
to
a
more
Evangelical
Constitution
.
And
having
sufficiently
alarmed
those
Interests
,
and
shewn
them
their
Danger
from
the
Convention
,
he
informs
them
farther
,
that
they
cannot
be
ignorant
of
the
Confusion
that
all
things
are
brought
into
by
the
immoderate
Zeal
of
those
in
Authority
,
and
to
what
Extremities
Matters
might
be
reduced
,
if
permitted
to
go
on
;
possibly
said
he
,
to
the
utter
Extirpation
of
Law
and
Gospel
from
amongst
us
;
and
therefore
advised
that
they
would
join
their
Interests
to
his
,
in
order
to
prevent
this
Inundation
.
His
Proposition
was
readily
embraced
by
the
corrupt
part
of
the
Lawyers
and
Clergy
,
and
so
he
became
their
Protector
,
and
they
the
humble
Supporters
of
his
Tyranny
.
But
that
his
Usurpation
might
seem
less
horrid
,
he
so
contrived
it
by
his
Instruments
,
that
some
of
the
Convention
must
openly
manifest
their
Disapprobation
of
their
own
Proceedings
,
and
under
divers
specious
pretences
put
a
period
to
their
sitting
.
To
this
end
it
was
agreed
by
Mr.
Rouse
,
Chairman
to
that
Assembly
,
and
the
rest
of
Cromwel's
Junto
,
to
meet
earlier
in
the
House
than
was
usual
,
which
was
done
accordingly
on
the
12th
of
December
,
1653.
hoping
by
surprize
,
to
obtain
a
Vote
for
their
Dissolution
.
Being
met
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Sir
Charles
Wolsely
and
others
,
according
to
their
Instructions
,
bitterly
inveighed
against
the
Transactions
of
the
Convention
,
and
particularly
charged
them
with
a
Design
to
destroy
the
Army
,
by
not
making
a
sufficient
and
timely
Provision
for
their
Pay
.
They
alledged
,
that
tho'
they
had
Voted
them
a
Sum
of
Money
,
yet
having
resolved
to
raise
it
by
way
of
a
Pound-rate
,
it
would
take
up
so
much
time
to
bring
it
in
,
that
the
Army
must
either
starve
by
want
,
or
oppress
the
Country
by
Free
Quarter
.
A
second
Ground
of
their
Invectives
was
taken
from
a
Motion
made
that
the
Great
Officers
of
the
Army
should
serve
without
Pay
for
one
Year
.
They
accused
them
also
of
endeavouring
to
destroy
the
Clergy
,
the
Law
,
and
the
Propriety
of
the
Subject
,
instancing
in
their
denying
a
Right
of
Presentation
to
the
Patrons
of
Ecclesiastical
Benefices
:
In
general
,
that
they
had
not
a
frame
of
Spirit
to
do
Justice
,
which
they
would
have
made
out
by
their
not
relieving
Sir
John
Stawell
,
when
he
made
his
Application
to
them
.
Thus
they
endeavoured
to
cajole
the
Clergy
,
Lawyers
,
Cavaliers
,
and
all
Interests
,
except
that
which
they
should
have
had
most
regard
to
.
They
thought
to
have
prevented
any
Debate
about
their
Design
,
by
meeting
so
early
in
the
Morning
;
but
they
were
deceived
,
and
enough
found
in
the
House
to
answer
their
Objections
.
To
that
concerning
the
Army
it
was
said
,
That
the
Pound-rate
was
found
to
be
the
most
equal
way
of
raising
Money
,
and
therefore
resolved
upon
by
them
;
not
at
all
doubting
that
it
would
come
in
soon
enough
for
the
Soldiers
Supply
:
That
they
thought
it
reasonable
and
just
,
that
the
Great
Officers
of
the
Army
who
were
possessed
of
plentiful
Estates
,
and
had
received
all
their
Arrears
,
should
abate
somewhat
of
their
Superfluities
,
and
serve
for
a
little
time
freely
,
as
well
as
those
who
were
employed
in
Civil
Affairs
,
whose
Labour
and
Hazard
was
as
great
,
and
both
equally
concerned
in
the
Publick
Good
;
especially
considering
how
much
this
Conduct
would
contribute
to
the
Ease
and
Satisfaction
of
the
People
,
who
could
not
be
ignorant
that
there
were
now
no
pressing
Occasions
of
Charge
or
Danger
,
the
Enemy
being
every
where
entirely
subdued
.
To
what
had
been
done
in
order
to
a
Reformation
of
the
Law
and
Clergy
,
it
was
answered
,
That
as
they
conceived
there
was
great
need
of
it
,
so
they
had
been
told
that
they
were
called
together
principally
for
that
end
;
and
that
if
they
had
done
any
thing
too
much
therein
,
the
Gentlemen
who
blamed
them
for
it
were
very
unfit
so
to
do
,
having
themselves
been
the
Men
that
pressed
them
continually
to
go
much
farther
than
they
had
done
.
To
the
Objection
concerning
Presentations
,
they
said
,
that
the
Method
used
therein
seemed
to
them
too
unreasonable
to
be
continued
,
it
being
in
effect
to
give
a
Power
to
the
greatest
of
the
Parish
,
who
were
not
always
the
best
,
to
prescribe
what
Religion
they
pleased
to
the
Parishioners
,
by
presenting
a
Person
,
howsoever
unfit
for
that
Office
,
to
be
their
Minister
.
Lastly
,
in
answer
to
the
Charge
of
denying
Relief
to
Sir
John
Stawel
,
it
was
answered
,
that
the
Consideration
of
that
Matter
was
before
them
,
and
that
they
would
not
fail
to
act
as
his
Case
deserved
.
The
Debate
thus
spun
out
,
the
House
began
to
fill
,
so
that
Cromwel's
Party
despairing
to
carry
their
Design
by
Vote
,
broke
off
in
an
abrupt
manner
,
saying
,
that
it
was
not
a
time
to
Debate
,
but
to
do
something
that
might
prevent
those
Inconveniences
which
they
pretended
did
threaten
them
.
Then
Mr.
Rouse
,
who
was
of
the
Plot
,
descending
from
his
Chair
,
went
out
of
the
House
,
and
with
the
rest
of
the
Cabal
repaired
to
Whitehall
,
where
they
subscribed
a
Writing
,
taking
notice
of
the
Power
with
which
the
Army
had
intrusted
them
,
and
of
the
sense
they
had
of
their
own
Inability
to
bring
any
thing
to
Perfection
for
the
Good
and
Settlement
of
the
Nation
:
and
that
therefore
they
resigned
that
Power
into
the
hands
of
Cromwel
,
from
whom
they
had
received
it
.
The
other
part
of
that
Assembly
,
who
came
with
honest
Minds
and
sincere
Intentions
to
perform
their
Duty
and
to
serve
their
Country
,
kept
their
Places
in
the
House
,
and
would
not
quit
them
till
they
were
removed
by
a
Guard
of
Soldiers
sent
by
Cromwel
to
that
end
.
And
it
seems
remarkable
,
that
tho'
this
Body
of
Men
had
not
a
clear
Authority
according
to
the
National
Constitution
,
and
were
called
together
with
a
Design
of
rendring
them
odious
,
as
well
as
to
scare
the
Lawyers
and
Clergy
into
a
Compliance
with
Cromwel
;
yet
many
being
convinced
of
the
Rectitude
of
their
Intentions
,
were
brought
over
daily
to
approve
their
Actions
.
And
as
this
treacherous
and
unworthy
Resignation
of
the
Power
to
Cromwel
could
not
be
carried
by
a
Vote
in
the
House
,
so
I
have
been
informed
that
the
major
part
of
those
who
were
Members
of
that
Assembly
,
could
never
be
persuaded
to
sign
the
Paper
for
that
Resignation
,
tho'
importuned
to
it
by
all
Politick
and
Devilish
Arguments
imaginable
.
This
Convention
,
who
derived
all
the
Authority
they
had
from
Cromwel
,
being
dissolved
,
after
they
had
driven
the
Clergy
and
corrupt
part
of
the
Lawyers
into
his
Net
,
as
had
been
designed
,
all
Men
were
full
of
Expectation
what
step
he
would
take
next
to
advance
himself
.
And
because
all
honest
Men
who
stood
near
the
Centre
of
his
Actions
had
lost
all
hopes
of
Good
from
him
,
he
began
to
court
and
cajole
those
that
were
at
a
distance
,
whom
he
hoped
the
more
easily
to
surprize
,
as
less
acquainted
with
his
treacherous
Designs
.
Amongst
others
I
received
a
Message
from
him
by
one
of
my
Relations
,
to
assure
me
of
his
Friendship
and
Intentions
to
do
as
much
for
me
as
for
any
Man
.
After
a
few
Days
,
a
Council
of
Field-Officers
was
summoned
,
where
Major
General
Lambert
having
rehearsed
the
several
steps
and
degrees
by
which
things
had
been
brought
to
the
present
state
wherein
they
were
,
and
pressed
the
Necessity
incumbent
upon
the
Army
,
to
provide
something
in
the
room
of
what
was
lately
taken
away
,
presented
to
them
a
Paper
intituled
,
An
Instrument
of
Government
,
which
he
read
in
his
place
.
Some
of
the
Officers
being
convinced
that
the
Contents
of
this
Instrument
tended
to
the
sacrificing
all
our
Labours
to
the
Lust
and
Ambition
of
a
single
Person
,
began
to
declare
their
Unwillingness
to
concur
in
it
.
But
they
were
interrupted
by
the
Major
General
,
and
informed
that
it
was
not
now
to
be
disputed
,
Whether
this
should
be
the
Form
of
Government
or
not
,
for
that
was
already
resolved
,
it
having
been
under
consideration
for
two
Months
past
:
Neither
was
it
brought
before
them
with
any
other
Intention
than
to
give
them
Permission
to
offer
any
Amendment
they
might
think
fit
,
with
a
Promise
that
they
should
be
taken
into
consideration
.
The
Council
of
Officers
perceiving
to
what
Terms
they
were
restrained
,
proposed
,
that
it
might
be
declared
in
this
Instrument
,
that
the
General
of
the
Army
should
,
after
this
first
time
,
be
held
uncapable
of
being
Protector
;
(
for
that
was
the
Title
given
by
this
Instrument
to
the
Chief
Magistrate
,
tho'
some
were
said
to
have
moved
that
it
might
be
King
)
That
none
of
the
Relations
of
the
last
Protector
should
be
chosen
at
the
next
succeeding
Election
;
and
that
a
General
Council
of
all
the
Commission
Officers
who
were
about
the
Town
,
should
be
summoned
to
consider
thereof
.
To
these
Propositions
they
could
obtain
no
other
Answer
,
than
that
they
should
be
offered
to
the
General
,
which
was
the
Title
they
yet
gave
to
Cromwel
.
At
the
next
Meeting
of
Officers
,
it
was
not
thought
fit
to
consult
with
them
at
all
;
but
they
were
openly
told
by
Major
General
Lambert
,
that
the
General
would
take
care
of
managing
the
Civil
Government
;
and
then
having
required
them
to
repair
to
their
respective
Charges
,
where
their
Troops
and
Companies
lay
,
that
they
might
preserve
the
Publick
Peace
,
he
dismissed
them
.
Thus
was
this
important
Business
that
so
highly
concerned
the
Nation
,
and
in
some
measure
all
Europe
,
in
a
clandestine
manner
carried
on
and
huddled
up
by
two
or
three
persons
;
for
more
they
were
not
who
were
let
into
the
Secret
of
it
,
so
that
it
may
justly
be
called
a
Work
of
Darkness
.
This
Instrument
appointed
the
Legislative
Power
to
be
in
the
Representative
of
the
People
and
the
Protector
;
That
a
Parliament
should
be
chosen
every
three
Years
,
which
should
sit
five
Months
,
if
they
thought
fit
,
without
any
Interruption
:
That
their
first
Meeting
should
be
on
the
thirteenth
of
September
next
ensuing
:
That
the
Members
of
whom
the
Parliament
was
to
consist
,
should
be
chosen
by
the
People
:
That
whatsoever
they
would
have
Enacted
,
should
be
presented
to
the
Protector
for
his
Consent
;
and
that
if
he
did
not
confirm
it
within
twenty
days
after
it
was
first
tendered
to
him
,
it
should
have
the
Force
and
Obligation
of
a
Law
;
provided
that
it
extended
not
to
lessen
the
Number
or
Pay
of
the
Army
,
to
punish
any
Man
on
account
of
his
Conscience
,
or
to
make
any
Alteration
in
the
Instrument
of
Government
;
in
all
which
a
Negative
was
reserved
to
the
single
person
.
It
provided
also
that
all
Writs
should
issue
out
in
the
Protector's
Name
:
That
most
of
the
Magistrates
should
be
appointed
,
and
all
Honours
conferred
by
him
:
That
he
should
have
the
Power
of
the
Militia
by
Sea
and
Land
:
That
in
the
Intervals
of
Parliament
the
Nation
should
be
governed
by
the
Protector
and
his
Council
,
who
were
not
to
exceed
the
Number
of
one
and
twenty
,
nor
to
be
under
thirteen
.
The
first
persons
nominated
to
be
of
his
Council
were
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborough
,
Mr.
Henry
Lawrence
,
Sir
Charles
Wolsely
,
Col.
William
Sydenham
,
Mr.
Francis
Rouse
,
Philip
Viscount
Lisle
,
Col.
Philip
Jones
,
Col.
Montague
,
Mr.
Richard
Major
,
Walter
Strickland
Esq
;
Sir
Gilbert
Pickering
,
Major
General
Skippon
,
and
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
,
in
all
fourteen
.
It
was
observed
,
that
in
the
choice
of
this
Council
,
such
were
put
in
for
the
most
part
who
had
been
principal
Instruments
in
the
Interruption
of
the
late
Assembly
,
and
leading
Men
in
the
Resignation
of
that
Power
into
the
Hands
of
Cromwel
;
and
because
nothing
of
Honour
or
Conscience
could
be
presumed
to
oblige
them
to
be
faithful
to
Cromwel
and
his
Government
,
tho'
they
took
an
Oath
to
that
purpose
,
he
as
a
publick
Robber
having
possessed
himself
of
the
Purse
of
the
Nation
,
distributed
a
thousand
Pounds
a
Year
to
each
of
his
Council
.
He
also
established
a
Commission
for
the
viewing
and
taking
care
of
all
Forests
,
Fees
and
Lands
belonging
to
the
late
King
,
Queen
,
and
Prince
,
under
pretence
of
improving
them
to
the
Advantage
of
the
Commonwealth
,
but
indeed
in
order
to
convert
them
to
his
own
profit
.
The
Management
of
the
Treasury
was
put
into
the
Hands
of
Col.
Desborough
,
Montague
,
and
Sydenham
,
who
were
his
Creatures
;
to
whom
was
added
Mr.
William
Masham
,
a
worthy
Gentleman
,
and
a
Member
of
Parliament
,
placed
there
by
Cromwel
,
upon
Information
that
he
had
divers
Relations
of
considerable
Interest
in
the
Clergy-Party
,
together
with
a
numerous
Family
,
and
small
Estate
during
his
Father's
Life
,
which
Considerations
prevailed
with
the
said
Gentleman
to
accept
of
that
Employment
.
Things
being
thus
prepared
,
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
of
London
were
required
to
attend
at
Whitehall
in
their
Scarlet
Gowns
,
whither
when
they
came
,
the
Design
was
imparted
to
them
,
and
they
being
under
the
Power
of
an
Army
,
were
forced
to
contribute
to
this
Pageantry
,
by
accompanying
Cromwel
to
Westminster-Hall
.
The
Commissioners
of
the
Seal
,
the
Judges
,
and
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
marched
first
,
the
Council
of
the
Commonwealth
following
them
,
and
then
the
Mayor
,
Sheriffs
,
and
the
Aldermen
of
London
in
their
Robes
.
After
them
came
the
General
with
a
great
number
of
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
Major
General
Lambert
carrying
the
Sword
before
him
into
the
Court
of
Chancery
;
where
after
the
General
had
heard
the
Instrument
of
Government
read
,
and
taken
the
Oath
as
directed
in
the
Close
of
the
said
Instrument
,
Major
General
Lambert
kneeling
,
presented
him
with
a
Sword
in
the
Scabbard
,
representing
the
Civil
Sword
;
which
Cromwel
accepting
,
put
off
his
own
,
intimating
thereby
that
he
would
no
longer
rule
by
the
Military
Sword
,
tho
like
a
false
Hypocrite
he
designed
nothing
more
.
The
Commissioners
delivered
the
Seals
to
him
,
and
the
Mayor
of
London
the
Sword
,
all
which
he
restored
again
,
with
an
Exhortation
to
use
them
well
;
and
having
assured
them
that
he
would
not
have
undertaken
this
Charge
,
but
to
make
use
of
it
for
the
good
of
the
Publick
,
he
returned
to
Whitehall
in
the
same
manner
and
order
as
he
came
.
His
Council
having
taken
their
places
,
issued
out
Orders
to
all
Counties
and
considerable
Corporations
for
the
proclaiming
Oliver
Cromwel
Protector
of
the
Commonwealth
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
;
and
care
was
taken
to
alter
all
legal
Writs
and
Process
from
the
Title
of
the
Keepers
of
the
Liberties
of
England
,
to
that
of
Protector
.
A
Declaration
also
was
published
impowering
all
those
who
stood
lawfully
invested
with
any
Office
of
Judicature
,
or
with
the
Power
of
the
Admiralty
on
the
20th
of
the
present
December
,
to
continue
in
their
Imployments
till
farther
Order
.
The
News
of
this
great
Alteration
of
Affairs
was
very
unwelcome
to
us
in
Ireland
,
because
contrary
to
the
Oaths
which
had
been
taken
,
and
especially
to
the
Engagement
,
whereby
all
that
took
it
,
promised
Fidelity
to
the
Commonwealth
of
England
,
as
it
was
established
without
a
King
or
House
of
Lords
:
which
Engagement
having
subscribed
both
with
Hand
and
Heart
,
I
was
resolved
to
use
my
best
Endeavours
,
either
to
oppose
this
Usurpation
,
or
at
least
not
to
do
any
thing
that
might
contribute
to
the
strengthning
of
it
.
To
this
end
,
when
it
was
pressed
by
some
Court-Parasites
amongst
us
,
that
seeing
things
were
brought
to
this
pass
,
and
that
there
was
now
no
other
Face
of
Authority
in
being
;
therefore
to
prevent
the
Designs
of
our
Enemies
,
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
should
proclaim
Cromwel
Protector
in
Dublin
,
and
other
parts
of
Ireland
:
I
objected
against
it
as
a
thing
evil
in
it self
,
tending
to
the
betraying
of
our
Cause
,
and
contrary
to
an
Act
of
Parliament
;
that
if
it
were
but
dubious
whether
it
were
evil
or
no
,
we
ought
at
least
to
expect
an
Order
from
those
who
had
the
Power
in
their
Hands
,
which
as
yet
we
had
not
received
.
By
this
means
I
hindred
the
proclaiming
of
him
in
Ireland
for
more
than
a
Fortnight
,
tho'
continually
earnestly
pressed
to
a
Compliance
.
But
a
Day
being
appointed
for
the
Consideration
of
that
Affair
,
the
Commissioners
with
three
or
four
chief
Officers
,
of
whose
Integrity
and
Abilities
we
had
the
best
opinion
,
met
in
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood's
Chamber
in
the
Castle
,
where
after
near
five
hours
Debate
,
and
the
Question
put
,
the
Votes
were
found
to
be
equal
on
both
sides
.
In
that
instant
of
time
Mr.
Roberts
the
Auditor-General
coming
thither
upon
some
particular
Business
of
the
Army
,
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
being
well
acquainted
with
his
flattering
Spirit
,
and
earnestly
desiring
to
have
the
thing
done
,
gave
him
Liberty
to
declare
his
Opinion
;
which
,
when
he
had
done
in
the
Affirmative
,
the
Lieut.
General
took
his
Concurrence
(
he
being
a
General
Officer
)
to
be
a
Decision
of
the
Controversie
.
So
it
was
resolved
to
be
done
,
and
an
Order
directed
to
be
drawn
up
for
that
purpose
,
which
the
Commissioners
endeavoured
to
perswade
me
to
sign
;
but
I
positively
refusing
so
to
do
,
they
ordered
it
to
be
signed
by
their
Secretary
in
the
name
of
the
Commission
;
which
way
was
taken
,
that
it
might
not
appear
that
any
of
the
Commissioners
Hands
were
wanting
to
the
Proclamation
.
At
this
Ceremony
there
was
but
a
thin
Appearance
,
some
Captains
and
inferior
Officers
;
but
no
Colonel
nor
General
Officer
,
except
Sir
Hardress
Waller
and
one
Col.
Moore
were
present
.
The
Herald
at
Arms
,
who
made
Proclamation
,
was
clothed
in
black
;
but
the
Artillery
,
which
was
at
the
Command
of
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
,
wasted
some
of
the
Powder
belonging
to
the
Publick
,
the
Report
of
which
was
very
unwelcome
Musick
to
me
,
who
desiring
to
be
as
far
from
this
Pageantry
as
I
could
,
rode
out
of
Town
that
Afternoon
.
Having
done
what
I
could
to
obstruct
the
Proclamation
of
that
,
which
was
called
an
Instrument
of
Government
,
imposed
upon
the
People
by
the
Military
Sword
,
contrary
to
many
Oaths
and
solemn
Engagements
,
as
well
as
to
the
Interest
and
Expectations
of
the
People
,
I
thought
my self
obliged
in
Duty
to
act
no
further
in
my
Civil
Capacity
as
Commissioner
of
Parliament
,
lest
I
should
seem
by
acting
with
them
,
to
acknowledge
this
as
a
lawful
Authority
:
To
that
end
I
forbore
to
go
to
Cork-house
,
which
was
the
usual
place
where
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
met
;
but
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
by
great
Importunity
did
once
prevail
with
me
to
be
present
there
,
and
to
give
my
Advice
in
some
things
that
absolutely
concerned
the
Peace
of
Ireland
;
after
which
time
I
never
gave
any
Vote
amongst
them
,
or
set
my
Hand
to
any
of
their
Orders
,
tho'
pressed
to
do
it
by
divers
honest
and
well-meaning
Men
.
But
because
I
was
always
ready
to
call
in
question
my
own
Judgment
,
when
different
from
knowing
and
conscientious
Persons
,
I
consented
that
a
Day
might
be
appointed
to
consult
with
them
touching
my
Duty
in
this
Conjuncture
.
The
most
weighty
Arguments
which
were
then
used
to
perswade
me
to
continue
in
my
Imployments
were
,
That
supposing
Cromwel
to
be
a
Tyrant
,
to
have
no
just
Call
to
his
present
Imployment
,
and
a
wicked
Man
,
as
most
of
them
were
so
ingenuous
to
acknowledge
him
to
be
;
yet
they
declared
themselves
to
be
of
opinion
,
that
a
good
Man
might
act
under
him
;
and
for
proof
of
this
they
urged
the
Example
of
Cornelius
,
who
was
a
Centurion
under
Nero
.
To
this
I
answered
,
That
tho'
in
an
evil
Government
already
established
,
an
honest
Man
may
take
an
Imployment
,
and
bless
God
for
such
an
Opportunity
of
doing
good
,
yet
our
Case
seemed
to
me
to
be
very
different
,
the
Dispute
lying
now
between
Tyranny
and
Liberty
;
and
that
I
durst
not
in
any
measure
contribute
to
the
support
of
Tyranny
against
the
Liberty
of
my
Country
.
Another
Argument
much
pressed
was
,
that
by
declining
my
Station
I
should
neglect
an
occasion
of
doing
some
good
,
and
lay
a
necessity
upon
those
in
Power
to
employ
others
,
who
might
do
mischief
.
To
this
I
replied
,
That
it
was
not
lawful
to
do
the
least
Evil
for
the
attaining
the
greatest
Good
;
and
that
I
apprehended
it
to
be
an
evil
thing
to
fortifie
Cromwel
in
his
Usurpation
;
that
I
hoped
I
sh●●●d
do
more
good
by
my
open
Protestation
against
his
Injustice
,
and
declining
to
act
under
him
,
than
by
the
contrary
means
:
For
should
all
Men
who
continued
well
affected
to
the
Interest
of
the
Commonwealth
,
refuse
to
act
in
the
present
state
of
Affairs
,
there
could
be
no
way
thought
of
,
in
my
opinion
,
more
probable
to
reduce
the
Usurper
to
his
right
Senses
;
who
not
daring
to
trust
such
as
had
acted
against
him
,
must
of
necessity
by
this
means
be
left
destitute
of
Instruments
to
carry
on
his
unjust
Designs
.
A
third
Argument
was
,
That
I
should
wait
to
see
how
he
would
use
his
Power
,
which
if
he
improved
to
evil
ends
,
I
should
then
find
many
others
to
join
with
,
who
would
be
as
ready
to
oppose
him
as
my self
.
To
this
also
I
answered
,
That
I
was
fully
convinced
of
the
Injustice
of
his
Undertaking
;
that
he
had
betrayed
his
Masters
,
under
colour
that
they
would
not
reform
the
Law
and
the
Clergy
;
and
that
having
called
an
Assembly
in
order
,
as
he
pretended
,
to
accomplish
that
Work
,
he
had
now
broken
them
also
for
endeavouring
to
do
it
;
that
as
soon
as
he
had
made
the
corrupt
Interests
of
the
Nation
sensible
of
their
Danger
,
he
had
contracted
an
Alliance
with
them
,
and
was
become
their
Protector
;
That
it
could
not
be
reasonably
expected
that
he
should
do
any
thing
towards
their
Reformation
,
because
every
step
he
should
take
towards
the
lessening
of
their
Credit
,
would
tend
to
the
weakening
of
his
own
Authority
;
and
that
he
was
no
less
neces●●●●ted
to
be
a
Vassal
to
them
,
than
he
designed
the
rest
of
the
Nation
to
be
Slaves
to
him
.
Tho'
for
these
and
other
Reasons
I
durst
not
act
in
my
Civil
Capacity
,
yet
I
was
unwilling
to
decline
the
Exercise
of
my
Military
Authority
as
Lieutenant
General
of
the
Horse
,
having
received
my
Commission
from
the
Parliament
,
which
I
resolved
to
keep
,
till
it
should
be
forced
from
me
,
and
to
act
by
it
in
order
to
attain
those
Ends
for
which
I
received
it
,
the
principal
whereof
were
,
to
bring
those
to
Justice
who
had
been
guilty
of
the
Blood
of
many
thousands
of
English
Protestants
,
and
to
restore
the
English
who
remained
alive
,
to
the
Lands
which
had
been
taken
from
them
by
the
Irish
.
And
tho'
much
of
this
Work
was
already
effected
;
yet
it
was
no
less
a
Duty
to
bring
it
to
perfection
than
to
begin
it
,
and
to
defend
our
Country-men
in
a
just
Possession
,
than
to
gain
it
for
them
.
Neither
was
it
impossible
that
as
one
had
made
use
of
the
Military
Sword
to
destroy
the
Civil
Authority
,
so
others
might
have
an
opportunity
to
restore
it
by
the
same
means
.
One
of
the
first
important
Affairs
of
Cromwel's
new
Government
,
was
to
make
Peace
with
the
Dutch
,
which
the
low
Condition
they
had
been
brought
into
by
the
good
Conduct
of
the
Parliament
made
them
earnestly
to
desire
.
In
the
Articles
some
seeming
Provision
was
made
for
bringing
those
to
Justice
,
who
had
been
guilty
of
the
Blood
of
the
English
at
Amboyna
,
if
they
could
be
found
.
The
Dutch
also
undertook
to
reimburse
to
our
Merchants
the
Losses
they
sustained
by
the
Seizure
of
twenty
two
Ships
in
Denmark
;
the
Duty
of
striking
the
Flag
to
the
English
in
the
Narrow
Seas
was
acknowledged
,
and
compliance
promised
with
the
Act
of
Parliament
,
whereby
all
foreign
Commodities
were
forbidden
to
be
brought
into
England
save
in
English
Bottoms
,
except
by
such
Vessels
as
properly
belonged
to
that
Country
where
those
Commodities
should
grow
.
By
another
Article
it
was
agreed
,
that
the
Enemies
of
the
respective
Nations
should
not
be
protected
by
either
of
them
;
but
there
was
no
provision
made
by
this
Treaty
for
the
Coalescence
so
much
insisted
upon
during
the
Administration
of
Affairs
by
the
Parliament
.
The
Lord
Whitlock
,
who
had
been
sent
Ambassador
to
the
Crown
of
Sweden
by
the
Parliament
,
acquainted
the
Queen
with
the
late
Change
of
Government
,
producing
Letters
of
Credence
from
Cromwel
,
and
owning
him
as
his
Master
;
upon
which
he
was
received
as
kindly
as
formerly
by
the
Queen
,
who
signed
the
Articles
agreed
upon
by
the
two
Nations
,
to
the
great
satisfaction
of
both
.
Cromwel
having
thus
all
clear
before
him
,
and
no
Enemy
in
the
Field
,
except
only
in
the
Highlands
of
Scotland
,
a
considerable
Army
by
Land
,
and
a
powerful
Fleet
at
Sea
,
all
the
Soldiers
fully
paid
,
with
a
Month's
Advance
;
the
Stores
sufficiently
supplied
with
all
Provisions
for
Sea
and
Land
,
three
hundred
thousand
Pounds
of
ready
Money
in
England
,
and
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
Pounds
in
the
Treasury
of
Ireland
;
he
removed
from
the
Cock-pit
,
which
House
the
Parliament
had
assign'd
him
,
to
take
possession
of
Whitehall
,
which
he
assigned
to
himself
.
His
Wise
seemed
at
first
unwilling
to
remove
thither
,
tho'
afterwards
she
became
better
satisfied
with
her
Grandeur
;
but
his
Mother
,
who
by
reason
of
her
great
Age
was
not
so
easily
flattered
with
these
Temptations
,
very
much
mistrusted
the
Issue
of
Affairs
,
and
would
be
often
afraid
,
when
she
heard
the
Noise
of
a
Musquet
,
that
her
Son
was
shot
,
being
exceedingly
dissatisfied
,
unless
she
might
see
him
once
a
day
at
least
:
But
she
shortly
after
dying
,
left
him
the
Possession
of
what
she
held
in
Jointure
,
which
was
reported
not
to
exceed
sixty
Pounds
by
Year
,
tho'
he
out
of
the
Publick
Purse
expended
much
more
at
her
Interment
,
and
amongst
other
needless
Ceremonies
,
caused
many
hundred
Torches
to
be
carried
with
the
Hearse
,
tho'
she
was
buried
by
day-light
.
The
Usurper
endeavouring
to
fix
himself
in
his
Throne
by
all
ways
imaginable
,
gave
Direction
to
the
Judges
,
who
were
ready
to
go
their
several
Circuits
,
to
take
especial
care
to
extend
all
Favour
and
Kindness
to
the
Cavalier
Party
.
He
himself
restored
Col.
Grace
,
a
notorious
Irish
Rebel
,
to
his
Estate
;
and
sent
a
Letter
in
favour
of
the
Lord
Fitz-Williams
,
who
had
been
Lieutenant
General
in
Preston's
Army
in
Ireland
:
But
he
dealt
otherways
with
those
whom
formerly
he
had
most
courted
,
summoning
Major
General
Harrison
,
Col.
Rich
,
Mr.
Carew
,
and
others
,
before
the
Council
;
requiring
such
of
them
as
had
Commissions
from
him
to
surrender
them
,
upbraiding
Major
General
Harrison
with
his
Carriage
to
him
,
and
charging
him
with
coveting
his
Employment
when
he
was
sick
in
Scotland
.
And
because
they
refused
to
engage
not
to
act
against
him
and
his
Government
,
he
sent
them
to
several
Prisons
.
Major
General
Harrison
was
ordered
to
be
carried
to
Carisbrooke
Castle
in
the
Isle
of
Wight
,
Mr.
Carew
was
sent
to
Pendennis
in
Cornwal
,
and
Col.
Rich
confined
to
the
Custody
of
the
Serjeant
at
Arms.
Soon
after
Mr.
Rogers
,
Mr.
Feak
,
and
Mr.
Symson
,
Ministers
,
having
publickly
declared
against
his
Usurpation
,
both
by
printing
and
preaching
,
were
also
imprisoned
.
So
having
changed
his
Interest
,
and
taken
off
his
Masque
,
he
sent
his
second
Son
Col.
Henry
Cromwel
into
Ireland
,
to
feel
the
Pulse
of
the
Officers
there
touching
his
coming
over
to
command
in
that
Nation
,
where
he
arrived
attended
only
by
one
Servant
;
and
landing
near
my
Country-House
,
I
sent
my
Coach
to
receive
him
,
and
to
bring
him
thither
,
where
he
staid
till
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
,
with
several
Officers
,
came
with
Coaches
to
conduct
him
to
Dublin
.
Having
made
what
Observations
he
could
of
Persons
and
Things
in
Ireland
,
he
resolved
upon
his
Return
;
of
which
having
given
me
advice
,
I
desired
him
to
take
my
House
in
his
way
;
and
to
that
end
dined
with
him
on
the
Day
of
his
Departure
at
the
Lieutenant
Generals
in
the
Castle
.
After
Dinner
we
went
together
to
my
House
at
Moncktown
,
where
after
a
short
Collation
walking
in
the
Garden
,
I
acquainted
him
with
the
Grounds
of
my
Dissatisfaction
with
the
present
state
of
Affairs
in
England
,
which
I
assured
him
was
in
no
sort
personal
,
but
would
be
the
same
were
my
own
Father
alive
,
and
in
the
Place
of
his
.
He
told
me
that
his
Father
looked
upon
me
to
be
dissatisfied
upon
a
distinct
account
from
most
Men
in
the
three
Nations
;
and
thereupon
affirmed
that
he
knew
it
to
be
his
Resolution
to
carry
himself
with
all
Tenderness
towards
me
.
I
told
him
that
I
ought
to
have
so
much
Charity
for
his
Father
,
to
beleive
that
he
apprehended
his
late
Undertaking
to
have
been
absolutely
necessary
,
being
well
assured
that
he
was
not
so
weak
a
Man
to
decline
his
former
Station
,
wherein
his
Power
was
as
great
,
and
his
Wealth
as
much
as
any
rational
Man
could
wish
to
procure
to
himself
nothing
but
Envy
and
Trouble
.
I
supposed
he
would
have
agreed
with
me
in
these
Sentiments
;
but
he
instead
of
that
acknowledged
the
Ambition
of
his
Father
in
these
Words
:
You
that
are
here
may
think
he
had
Power
,
but
they
made
a
very
Kickshaw
of
him
at
London
.
I
replied
,
that
if
it
were
so
,
they
did
ill
;
for
he
had
deserved
much
from
them
.
Then
I
proceeded
to
acquaint
him
with
my
Resolution
not
to
act
in
my
Civil
Employment
,
and
my
expectation
not
to
be
permitted
to
continue
in
my
Military
Command
;
to
which
he
answered
,
that
he
was
confident
I
should
receive
no
Interruption
therein
.
I
told
him
I
could
not
foresee
what
his
Father
would
do
;
but
inclined
to
think
that
no
other
Man
in
his
Case
would
permit
it
.
To
this
I
added
,
that
the
Reason
of
my
drawing
a
Sword
in
this
War
,
was
to
remove
those
Obstructions
that
the
Civil
Magistrate
met
with
in
the
discharge
of
his
Duty
;
which
being
now
accomplished
,
I
could
not
but
think
that
all
things
ought
for
the
future
to
run
in
their
proper
and
genuine
Channel
:
For
as
the
extraordinary
Remedy
is
not
to
be
used
,
till
the
ordinary
fail
to
work
its
proper
effect
,
so
ought
it
to
be
continued
no
longer
than
the
necessity
of
using
it
subsists
;
whereas
this
that
they
called
a
Government
had
no
other
means
to
preserve
it self
,
but
such
as
were
violent
;
which
not
being
natural
,
could
not
be
lasting
.
Would
you
then
,
said
he
,
have
the
Sword
laid
down
?
I
cannot
but
think
you
believe
it
to
be
as
much
your
Interest
to
have
it
kept
up
as
any
Man
:
I
confessed
I
had
been
of
that
Opinion
whilst
I
was
perswaded
there
was
a
necessity
of
it
,
which
seeming
to
me
to
be
now
over
,
I
accounted
it
to
be
much
more
my
Interest
to
see
it
well
laid
down
,
there
being
a
vast
difference
between
using
the
Sword
to
restore
the
People
to
their
Rights
and
Privileges
,
and
the
keeping
it
up
for
the
robbing
and
despoiling
them
of
the
same
.
But
Company
coming
in
,
and
the
time
for
his
going
on
board
approaching
,
we
could
not
be
permitted
to
continue
our
Discourse
;
so
after
we
had
taken
leave
of
each
other
,
he
departed
from
Ireland
,
and
upon
his
Arrival
at
Chester
,
was
attended
by
many
of
the
late
King's
Party
;
and
amongst
others
by
Col.
Molson
,
who
enquiring
of
him
how
he
left
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
he
answered
very
well
,
only
that
some
who
were
in
love
with
their
Power
must
be
removed
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Cromwel
so
ordered
matters
at
London
,
that
he
procured
himself
,
his
Officers
,
and
Council
,
to
be
invited
by
the
City
to
Dinner
,
which
was
managed
with
all
possible
state
.
He
and
the
rest
of
his
Company
rode
on
Horseback
through
the
City
;
the
Mayor
and
Alderman
met
him
at
Temple-Bar
,
where
the
Mayor
,
as
an
acknowledgement
of
his
Authority
,
delivered
the
Sword
to
him
,
and
he
(
as
Kings
use
to
do
)
restored
it
to
him
again
.
He
was
harangu'd
by
the
Recorder
,
and
the
Mayor
riding
bareheaded
,
carried
the
Sword
before
him
,
the
several
Liveries
in
their
Gowns
standing
on
each
side
of
the
Streets
where
he
passed
.
Commissary
General
Reynolds
,
and
Col.
Whalley
,
led
a
Troop
of
three
hundred
Officers
to
Grocers-Hall
,
being
the
place
appointed
for
the
Entertainment
;
which
being
ended
,
he
bestowed
a
Badge
of
his
Usurpation
in
conferring
a
Knighthood
upon
Alderman
Thomas
Viner
,
then
Mayor
of
London
.
This
was
principally
contrived
,
to
let
the
World
understand
how
good
a
Correspondence
there
was
between
him
and
the
City
of
London
;
yet
amongst
discerning
Men
it
had
a
contrary
effect
,
who
knew
it
to
be
rather
an
act
of
Force
than
of
Choice
in
the
City
,
as
appeared
in
the
great
Silence
and
little
Respect
that
was
given
him
in
his
Passage
thro'
the
Streets
:
And
tho'
he
,
to
invite
them
to
it
,
rode
bareheaded
the
greatest
part
of
the
way
;
and
tho'
some
of
his
Creatures
had
placed
themselves
at
the
entrance
of
Cheapside
,
and
began
to
shout
,
yet
it
took
not
at
all
with
the
People
.
About
this
time
Cromwel
having
resolved
upon
a
foreign
Expedition
,
drew
out
five
or
six
thousand
Men
,
by
which
Artifice
he
not
only
alarm'd
foreign
States
,
but
also
engaged
all
the
Reformade
Officers
to
his
Party
,
who
otherwise
would
have
been
ready
to
join
with
any
Party
against
him
.
Col.
Venables
was
chosen
to
command
this
Army
;
and
tho'
the
particular
Design
of
these
Preparations
was
not
certainly
known
,
yet
it
was
soon
suspected
to
be
against
some
of
the
King
of
Spain's
Territories
.
Vice
Admiral
Pen
commanded
the
Fleet
that
was
to
transport
them
,
which
consisted
of
sixteen
or
seventeen
Men
of
War
,
besides
the
Vessels
of
Transportation
.
When
they
arrived
at
the
Barbadoes
,
they
made
Ploclamation
there
,
that
whosoever
would
engage
in
the
Undertaking
should
have
his
Freedom
,
whereupon
about
two
thousand
Servants
listed
themselves
,
to
the
great
damage
of
the
Planters
.
The
Spanish
Ambassador
being
informed
that
the
Fleet
was
gone
towards
the
West-Indies
,
and
that
the
Storm
was
likely
to
fall
upon
some
of
his
Master's
Territories
,
made
application
to
Cromwel
,
to
know
whether
he
had
any
just
ground
of
Complaint
against
the
King
his
Master
;
and
if
so
,
that
he
was
ready
to
give
him
all
possible
Satisfaction
.
Cromwel
demanded
a
Liberty
to
Trade
to
the
Spanish
West-Indies
,
and
the
repeal
of
the
Laws
of
the
Inquisition
.
To
which
the
Ambassador
replied
,
That
his
Master
had
but
two
Eyes
,
and
that
he
would
have
him
to
put
them
both
out
at
once
.
The
Goods
of
our
Merchants
trading
in
Spain
were
seized
for
want
of
timely
notice
to
withdraw
their
Effects
from
thence
.
And
one
Major
Walters
with
others
concerned
with
him
in
the
Transportation
of
Irish
Souldiers
into
the
Spanish
Service
,
lost
thirty
thousand
Pounds
,
which
remained
due
to
them
from
the
King
of
Spain
.
The
Fleet
being
arrived
at
Hispaniola
,
whether
thro'
any
difference
between
Col.
Venables
,
who
commanded
the
Army
,
and
Vice-Admiral
Pen
,
who
commanded
the
Fleet
,
or
for
what
other
Reason
,
is
not
easie
to
determine
,
they
neglected
to
land
their
Army
near
the
Town
,
as
was
advised
by
many
of
the
Officers
,
and
as
they
might
easily
have
done
,
with
great
probability
of
taking
the
Town
,
which
most
of
the
Inhabitants
had
deserted
:
But
the
Army
having
landed
far
from
the
Town
,
were
upon
their
March
towards
it
,
when
the
Forlorn
was
attacked
at
the
Entrance
of
a
Wood
by
forty
or
fifty
Fellows
,
who
were
employ'd
to
kill
the
wild
Cows
of
that
Country
.
This
inconsiderable
number
of
Men
put
the
Forlorn
to
flight
;
and
they
retreating
in
great
disorder
,
struck
the
whole
Army
with
such
a
panick
Fear
,
that
they
began
to
shift
for
themselves
,
and
could
not
be
prevailed
with
,
either
by
Promises
or
Threatnings
to
keep
their
ground
.
Which
being
observed
by
Major
General
Haines
,
and
five
or
six
Officers
more
,
they
resolved
either
to
put
a
stop
to
the
pursuit
of
the
Enemy
,
or
not
to
out-live
the
Disgrace
:
Thereupon
they
made
a
stand
and
fought
them
,
till
the
Major
General
and
most
of
the
rest
were
killed
.
During
this
time
our
Forces
rallied
,
yet
could
not
recover
Courage
enough
to
charge
that
inconsiderable
Enemy
;
and
those
very
Men
,
who
when
they
fought
for
the
Liberties
of
their
Country
,
had
performed
Wonders
,
having
now
engaged
to
support
the
late
erected
Tyranny
,
disgracefully
fled
when
there
was
none
to
pursue
them
.
The
Expedition
against
Hispaniola
proving
unsuccessful
,
they
shipped
themselves
,
and
soon
after
arrived
at
the
Island
of
Jamaica
,
belonging
also
to
the
Spaniards
;
which
being
but
meanly
fortified
,
the
Inhabitants
,
who
lived
for
the
most
part
together
in
the
principal
Town
,
ran
away
,
and
betook
themselves
to
the
Woods
,
leaving
what
they
could
not
carry
away
to
be
plunder'd
by
the
Army
.
Col.
Venables
being
disabled
by
Sickness
to
perform
the
Functions
of
his
Office
,
was
permitted
by
the
Council
of
Officers
to
return
into
England
;
and
Vice-Admiral
Pen
suspecting
he
would
lay
the
whole
Blame
of
that
Affair
on
him
,
obtained
leave
also
:
And
being
both
arrived
,
they
were
heard
at
Whitehall
one
against
the
other
;
where
the
Accusations
of
both
seemed
to
be
of
more
weight
than
the
Defences
of
either
of
them
.
So
Pen
was
committed
to
the
Tower
,
and
Col.
Venables
confined
to
his
Lodging
,
the
Distemper
that
was
upon
him
excusing
him
from
a
stricter
Imprisonment
.
According
to
the
Promise
contained
in
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
it
was
resolved
to
issue
out
Writs
for
the
Election
of
Members
to
serve
in
an
Assembly
at
Westminster
,
who
were
to
be
chosen
,
not
by
small
Boroughs
,
and
two
for
each
County
,
as
formerly
,
but
in
such
manner
as
had
been
agreed
upon
by
the
Parliarment
in
the
Rule
for
chusing
successive
Representatives
,
which
indeed
was
much
more
equal
and
just
.
And
because
it
was
provided
by
the
same
Instrument
,
that
thirty
Members
should
be
sent
by
Ireland
,
and
the
same
Number
by
Scotland
,
to
sit
in
the
House
,
Letters
were
sent
by
Cromwel
and
his
Council
to
the
Commissioners
there
,
acquainting
them
with
that
Clause
in
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
and
desiring
their
Advice
touching
the
ensuing
Election
.
Some
of
the
Commissioners
in
Ireland
were
of
Opinion
,
That
if
the
Proprietors
should
chuse
,
they
would
return
such
as
were
Enemies
to
the
English
Interest
,
and
therefore
proposed
that
for
this
time
Cromwel
and
his
Council
should
nominate
the
thirty
who
were
to
be
chosen
for
that
Nation
.
This
Question
coming
before
the
Commissioners
before
the
arrival
of
the
new
Set
nominated
by
Cromwel
,
tho'
I
resolved
to
intermeddle
as
little
as
might
be
,
yet
this
Advice
seemed
so
strange
to
me
,
that
I
could
not
forbear
to
desire
of
them
,
that
seeing
we
had
no
more
of
Liberty
left
but
the
Name
,
they
would
at
least
retain
the
Form
,
in
hopes
that
in
time
Men
might
become
so
sensible
of
their
own
Interest
as
to
be
enabled
thereby
to
recover
the
Efficacy
and
Substance
of
it
,
especially
since
it
was
most
probable
that
by
the
Influence
of
those
in
Power
,
the
same
persons
would
be
chosen
that
they
desired
.
To
this
they
agreed
;
and
having
proportioned
the
Cities
and
Counties
for
the
Election
before
the
issuing
out
the
Writs
,
a
private
Junto
was
held
by
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
who
agreed
upon
the
persons
that
they
would
have
chosen
for
each
Place
,
which
they
had
a
great
Advantage
to
effect
,
having
nominated
and
fitted
the
Sheriffs
and
other
Officers
for
that
purpose
.
The
Court-party
endeavoured
to
promote
the
Election
of
such
as
would
center
in
adoring
the
Idol
lately
set
up
,
however
different
in
Opinions
about
other
Matters
.
The
Clergy
in
some
parts
proved
so
strong
,
that
they
carried
it
against
those
agreed
on
by
the
Court
;
but
both
Parties
concurred
in
the
decrying
all
such
who
would
not
sacrifice
the
Cause
of
the
Publick
to
the
Ambition
of
Men
.
In
England
they
better
understood
the
Design
that
was
carrying
on
,
insomuch
that
many
persons
of
known
Vertue
and
Integrity
were
chosen
to
sit
in
this
Assembly
,
in
particular
the
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Mr.
Thomas
Scott
,
Mr.
Robert
Wallup
,
and
divers
others
.
When
the
time
appointed
for
the
Meeting
of
this
Assembly
was
come
,
Cromwel
went
in
a
Coach
to
Westminster
,
accompanied
by
his
Horse
and
Foot
Guard
,
with
many
Officers
of
the
Army
on
Foot
;
where
being
arrived
,
his
first
Business
was
to
appear
in
his
Kingly
Garb
at
the
Abby
,
there
to
hear
a
Sermon
with
the
Members
of
that
Assembly
before
they
went
about
their
other
Affairs
.
Which
done
,
he
went
into
the
Painted
Chamber
,
where
he
entertained
the
Members
with
a
tedious
Speech
,
wherein
he
endeavoured
to
make
it
appear
,
that
things
were
brought
to
this
pass
,
not
by
his
Contrivance
,
but
by
the
over-ruling
Hand
of
God
;
assuring
them
,
that
he
was
much
rejoiced
to
see
so
free
an
Assembly
of
the
People
met
together
,
and
that
he
resolved
to
submit
himself
to
their
Judgment
.
But
notwithstanding
these
specious
pretences
,
he
caused
the
Lord
Grey
of
Grooby
,
Mr.
John
Wildman
,
Mr.
Highland
,
and
others
,
who
had
always
manifested
a
constant
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
to
be
excluded
from
the
House
.
And
tho'
many
undue
Methods
had
been
used
at
the
Elections
to
procure
those
to
be
chosen
who
were
Enemies
,
and
to
keep
out
many
who
were
known
Friends
to
the
Common
Cause
;
and
tho'
they
saw
themselves
under
the
Power
of
one
who
they
knew
would
force
his
way
to
the
Throne
,
yet
they
appeared
in
a
few
days
not
to
be
for
his
purpose
,
but
resolved
,
at
the
least
,
to
lay
a
Claim
to
their
Liberties
.
For
whereas
the
Court-Party
would
have
obliged
them
to
approve
at
once
the
whole
Instrument
of
Government
which
they
had
framed
,
the
Assembly
took
it
in
pieces
,
and
referred
the
Consideration
of
it
to
a
Committee
,
where
the
first
Question
fallen
upon
was
,
Whether
the
Supreme
Legislative
Power
of
the
Nation
shall
be
in
a
single
Person
and
the
Parliament
.
In
this
Debate
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Mr.
Scott
,
and
many
others
,
especially
the
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
were
very
instrumental
in
opening
the
Eyes
of
many
young
Members
who
had
never
before
heard
their
Interest
so
clearly
stated
and
asserted
;
so
that
the
Commonwealth-Party
increased
daily
,
and
that
of
the
Sword
lost
ground
.
Cromwel
being
informed
of
these
Transactions
by
his
Creatures
,
and
fearing
to
have
that
great
Question
put
;
lest
he
should
be
deposed
,
by
a
Vote
of
this
Assembly
,
from
the
Throne
which
he
had
usurped
,
caused
a
Guard
to
be
set
upon
the
Door
of
the
House
early
in
the
Morning
,
and
sent
to
the
Mayor
of
London
to
acquaint
him
with
the
Reasons
of
what
he
was
about
to
do
,
to
the
end
that
he
might
prevent
any
Disorders
in
the
City
.
The
Members
coming
at
the
usual
hour
were
refused
the
Door
,
and
required
to
attend
him
in
the
Painted
Chamber
;
where
he
taking
notice
of
what
was
under
Debate
in
the
House
,
contrary
to
the
Priviledge
of
a
Parliament
,
(
as
he
would
have
this
thought
to
be
)
told
them
,
that
being
called
by
virtue
of
the
Instrument
of
Government
to
that
Assembly
,
they
were
bound
up
by
the
Indentures
themselves
,
upon
which
they
were
returned
,
from
altering
the
Government
by
a
single
Person
and
a
Parliament
;
and
that
the
Country
having
owned
him
by
Electing
a
Parliament
called
by
his
Writ
,
and
that
the
Judges
with
the
Justices
of
Peace
having
acted
by
virtue
of
his
Authority
,
he
was
resolved
not
to
permit
that
point
to
be
called
in
question
,
acquainting
them
,
that
no
Person
should
be
admitted
,
for
the
time
to
come
,
to
sit
as
a
Member
in
that
Assembly
,
till
he
had
subscribed
an
Acknowledgment
of
the
Government
by
a
single
Person
and
a
Parliament
.
Some
of
those
who
had
been
chosen
Members
of
this
Convention
,
had
already
declined
the
House
,
upon
account
that
Cromwel
and
his
Council
had
excluded
from
their
places
divers
Persons
who
had
been
constantly
faithful
to
the
publick
Interest
;
but
so
soon
as
this
visible
Hand
of
Violence
appeared
to
be
upon
them
,
most
of
the
Eminent
Assertors
of
the
Liberty
of
their
Country
withdrew
themselves
,
being
perswaded
they
should
better
discharge
their
Duty
to
the
Nation
by
this
way
of
expressing
their
Abhorrence
of
his
Tyrannical
Proceedings
,
than
by
surrendring
their
Liberties
under
their
own
hands
,
and
then
treating
with
him
who
was
possessed
of
the
Sword
,
to
recover
some
part
of
them
again
.
However
this
Engagement
was
signed
by
about
one
hundred
and
thirty
Members
within
a
day
or
two
,
and
some
days
after
several
others
subscribed
it
,
and
took
their
Places
in
the
House
,
where
a
Debate
arising
touching
the
said
Recognition
,
they
passed
a
Declaration
,
that
it
should
not
be
intended
to
comprehend
the
whole
Government
contained
in
the
forty
two
Articles
of
the
Instrument
,
but
that
only
which
required
the
Government
of
the
Commonwealth
to
be
by
a
single
Person
and
successive
Parliaments
.
And
to
this
the
major
part
consented
,
hoping
that
by
their
compliance
with
him
,
in
making
Provision
for
his
Safety
,
and
the
Government
of
the
Nation
during
his
Life
,
he
would
have
been
satisfied
therewith
,
and
in
Gratitude
would
have
judged
the
People
after
his
Death
to
be
of
Age
and
Wisdom
sufficient
to
chuse
a
Government
for
themselves
.
This
great
Point
touching
the
single
Person
being
thus
over-ruled
,
they
applied
themselves
to
the
Consideration
and
Debate
of
the
remaining
Clauses
of
the
Instrument
of
Government
.
They
declared
that
he
should
be
Protector
during
his
Life
,
and
limited
the
Number
of
Forces
to
be
kept
up
in
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
with
Provision
for
the
Paiment
of
them
.
They
agreed
upon
the
Number
of
Ships
that
they
thought
necessary
for
the
Guard
of
the
Seas
,
and
ordered
two
hundred
thousand
Pounds
a
Year
for
his
own
Expence
,
the
Salaries
of
his
Council
,
the
Judges
,
Foreign
Intelligence
,
and
the
Reception
of
Ambassadors
.
They
also
Voted
a
Clause
to
be
inferred
,
to
declare
the
Rights
of
the
People
of
England
,
and
particularly
that
no
Money
should
be
raised
upon
the
Nation
but
by
Authority
of
Parliament
.
And
whereas
by
the
Instrument
of
Government
it
was
provided
,
that
if
the
Parliament
were
not
sitting
at
the
Death
of
the
present
Protector
,
the
Council
of
Officers
should
chuse
a
Successor
;
they
resolved
,
that
nothing
should
be
determined
by
the
Council
after
his
Death
,
but
the
calling
of
a
Parliament
,
who
were
then
to
consider
what
they
would
have
done
.
Besides
these
things
,
I
can
remember
no
remarkable
Variation
from
what
was
formerly
set
down
in
the
Paper
called
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
except
this
additional
Vote
,
That
no
one
Clause
of
this
should
be
looked
upon
as
binding
,
unless
the
whole
were
consented
unto
.
Which
they
did
,
lest
Cromwel
should
interrupt
them
,
and
taking
what
made
for
his
own
Advancement
,
reject
what
was
advantageous
to
the
Commonwealth
.
Much
time
was
spent
,
and
pains
taken
,
to
effect
this
within
the
time
limited
,
so
that
hardly
any
private
Business
was
done
all
that
time
,
except
an
Order
given
to
the
Exeise-Office
for
satisfying
an
old
Debt
pretended
by
Col.
John
Birch
,
one
of
their
Members
,
a
nimble
Gentleman
,
and
one
who
used
to
neglect
no
Opportunity
of
providing
for
himself
.
The
Usurper
,
that
he
might
make
way
for
his
Posterity
to
succeed
him
in
his
Greatness
,
changed
the
Title
of
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
from
that
of
Commander
in
Chief
,
to
that
of
Deputy
of
Ireland
,
to
continue
till
such
time
as
it
should
be
thought
fit
to
recal
him
from
thence
,
and
to
establish
his
Son
Harry
in
his
Place
.
In
order
to
this
a
Commission
was
sent
to
Fleetwood
from
Cromwel
,
wherein
those
who
were
before
called
Commissioners
are
now
stiled
only
his
Counsellors
.
Having
thus
modelled
the
Government
of
Ireland
,
he
began
to
apply
his
Care
to
that
of
Scotland
;
and
knowing
Monk
to
be
a
Soldier
,
and
faithful
enough
to
him
,
as
long
as
he
would
gratifie
his
vicious
,
covetous
,
and
ambitious
Inclinations
,
he
entrusted
him
with
the
Command
of
the
Forces
,
and
made
him
one
of
the
Commissioners
for
Civil
Affairs
in
that
Nation
.
But
that
he
might
balance
him
with
some
of
another
Temper
,
who
might
be
a
Guard
upon
his
Actions
,
he
sent
Col.
Adrian
Scroop
to
be
one
of
the
Commissioners
there
also
,
having
first
caused
the
Castle
of
Bristol
,
whereof
he
was
Governour
,
to
be
slighted
,
not
daring
to
trust
a
Person
of
so
much
Honour
and
Worth
with
a
Place
of
that
Importance
.
He
likewise
sent
thither
Col.
Whetham
with
the
same
Character
,
who
having
been
one
of
the
late
Assembly
,
as
well
as
Governour
of
Portsmouth
,
and
understanding
that
a
Design
was
on
foot
to
make
Cromwel
King
,
had
in
the
House
applied
to
him
the
Saying
of
the
Prophet
to
Ahab
,
Hast
thou
killed
,
and
also
taken
Possession
?
By
which
words
it
appearing
that
this
Gentleman
was
not
for
Oliver's
turn
,
he
removed
him
from
Portsmouth
,
and
sent
him
to
Scotland
to
be
one
of
the
Commissioners
there
also
.
The
Lord
Broghil
was
made
President
of
the
Council
in
Scotland
,
with
an
Allowance
of
two
thousand
Pounds
a
Year
,
with
a
Promise
from
him
,
who
never
kept
any
but
such
as
suted
with
his
corrupt
ends
,
that
his
Service
should
be
dispenced
with
after
one
Year
,
and
yet
his
Salary
to
continue
.
In
Holland
the
Party
of
the
Prince
of
Orange
having
long
obstructed
the
signing
of
the
Articles
agreed
upon
between
that
State
and
Cromwel
,
the
States
General
sent
Myn
Heer
Beverning
Ambassador
into
England
,
to
assure
Cromwel
,
that
if
the
Provinces
did
not
agree
to
the
Articles
within
eight
days
,
he
had
Power
from
the
States
General
to
sign
them
in
their
Names
.
But
before
this
Peace
was
concluded
,
the
King
of
Scots
Party
had
obtained
Succours
to
be
sent
to
their
Friends
in
Scotland
,
who
were
augmented
to
the
Number
of
about
five
thousand
Horse
and
Foot
,
having
received
fifteen
hundred
Foot
,
two
hundred
Horse
,
and
great
Numbers
of
Arms
brought
to
them
by
seventeen
Holland
Ships
;
so
that
it
was
thought
fit
to
take
Lieutenant
General
Monk
from
the
Fleet
,
the
War
at
Sea
being
now
over
,
and
to
send
him
to
take
care
of
Affairs
in
Scotland
;
but
chiefly
to
keep
the
Officers
there
from
drawing
to
a
Head
against
Cromwel's
Usurpation
.
Lieutenant
General
Middleton
,
with
about
one
hundred
Men
more
,
for
the
most
part
Officers
,
five
hundred
Arms
,
and
one
hundred
and
fifty
Barrels
of
Powder
,
landed
also
in
the
North
of
Scotland
.
To
oppose
these
Forces
we
sent
fifteen
hundred
Men
from
Ireland
under
Lieutenant
Col.
Braine
,
into
the
Mountains
of
Scotland
,
who
contributed
very
much
to
the
suppression
of
them
.
Monk
being
arrived
in
Scotland
,
divided
his
Army
into
several
Bodies
,
the
two
principal
of
which
were
commanded
by
himself
and
Col.
Morgan
.
With
these
they
pursued
the
Enemy
so
closely
,
that
at
a
Council
of
War
held
by
them
in
the
County
of
Murray
,
they
made
a
Resolution
to
disperse
themselves
upon
every
Alarm
,
and
to
meet
again
at
a
Rendezvouz
to
be
agreed
upon
.
This
being
resolved
,
they
advanced
towards
the
Quarters
of
Col.
Braine
,
where
they
were
warmly
received
,
and
forced
to
retire
.
Middleton
,
to
avoid
the
pursuit
of
ours
,
dispersed
his
Foot
into
inaccessible
Quarters
,
and
drew
together
about
six
hundred
Horse
at
Kennagh
;
whereby
Monk
perceiving
that
his
Design
was
to
tire
out
our
Forces
,
declined
following
him
so
close
,
endeavouring
to
drive
him
upon
Col.
Morgan
,
whom
Monk
had
informed
of
the
Enemies
March
.
Middleton
seeing
himself
no
farther
pursued
,
stayed
at
Kennagh
;
whereupon
Monk
having
received
Advice
of
the
Approach
of
Col.
Morgan's
Party
,
advanced
with
his
Forces
towards
the
Enemy
,
who
retiring
towards
Badenorth
,
and
being
about
to
take
their
Quarters
that
Night
at
Loughary
,
found
themselves
engaged
at
a
narrow
Pass
by
Col.
Morgan
,
who
designed
to
quarter
at
the
same
place
.
Middleton
endeavouring
to
retire
,
was
obstructed
by
a
Morass
;
and
being
hotly
pursued
by
Col.
Morgan's
Forces
,
and
much
harassed
by
difficult
Marches
,
was
soon
routed
,
many
of
his
Men
were
killed
,
and
many
taken
Prisoners
;
four
hundred
of
their
Horse
were
taken
,
together
with
the
Charging
and
Sumpter
Horses
of
Middleton
himself
,
who
being
wounded
in
the
Action
,
saved
himself
with
much
difficulty
on
Foot
.
His
Commission
,
Instructions
,
and
divers
Letters
written
to
him
and
his
Friends
,
by
their
King
,
were
taken
also
;
and
had
not
such
as
fled
been
favoured
by
the
bad
Ways
and
the
Night
,
very
few
had
escaped
.
The
News
of
this
Defeat
coming
to
the
Enemies
Foot
,
who
were
in
Number
about
twelve
hundred
,
they
immediately
disbanded
themselves
,
and
divers
of
the
Enemies
principal
Officers
came
in
and
submitted
,
and
amongst
them
the
Earl
of
Glencarne
,
Lieutenant
Col.
Maxwel
,
Lieutenant
Col.
Herriott
,
the
Lord
Forester
,
and
Sir
George
Monroe
.
Yet
notwithstanding
this
low
Condition
of
that
Party
in
Scotland
,
the
Clergy
refused
to
observe
such
Fasts
as
were
appointed
by
the
Government
in
England
,
and
instead
of
them
,
appointed
others
by
their
own
Authority
,
wherein
they
exhorted
the
People
,
amongst
other
things
,
to
seek
the
Lord
,
to
preserve
the
Ministry
among
them
,
to
forget
the
Offences
of
the
House
of
the
Stewarts
,
and
to
turn
from
his
People
the
sad
Effects
of
a
late
Eclipse
.
A
Fleet
commanded
by
General
Blake
was
sent
into
the
Mediterranean
,
to
require
satisfaction
from
the
Grand
Duke
of
Tuscany
,
for
Injuries
done
to
our
Merchants
,
and
for
entertaining
and
harbouring
Prince
Rupert's
Fleet
;
in
which
Expedition
he
not
only
procured
the
Satisfaction
demanded
,
but
rendred
the
Power
of
England
so
formidable
not
only
to
all
Italy
,
but
even
to
the
Grand
Seignior
himself
,
that
they
expressed
a
greatier
readiness
to
preserve
the
Friendship
of
the
English
than
ever
they
had
done
before
.
In
the
mean
time
Cromwel
having
assumed
the
whole
Power
of
the
Nation
to
himself
,
and
sent
Ambassadors
and
Agents
to
Foreign
States
,
was
courted
again
by
them
,
and
presented
with
the
Rarities
of
several
Countries
;
amongst
the
rest
the
Duke
of
Holstein
made
him
a
Present
of
a
Set
of
gray
Frizeland
Coach-Horses
,
with
which
taking
the
Air
in
the
Park
,
attended
only
with
his
Secretary
Thurlow
,
and
Guard
of
Janizaries
,
he
would
needs
take
the
place
of
the
Coachman
,
not
doubting
but
the
three
pair
of
Horses
he
was
about
to
drive
would
prove
as
tame
as
the
three
Nations
which
were
ridden
by
him
:
and
therefore
not
contented
with
their
ordinary
pace
,
he
lashed
them
very
furiously
.
But
they
unaccustomed
to
such
a
rough
Driver
,
ran
away
in
a
Rage
and
stop'd
not
till
they
had
thrown
him
out
of
the
Box
,
with
which
fall
his
Pistol
fired
in
his
Pocket
,
tho'
without
any
hurt
to
himself
;
by
which
he
might
have
been
instructed
how
dangerous
it
was
to
intermeddle
with
those
things
wherein
he
had
no
Experience
.
The
Representative
sitting
at
Westminster
,
tho'
garbled
as
he
thought
fit
,
proving
not
sufficiently
inclined
to
serve
his
Designs
,
but
rather
in
prudence
yielding
to
the
strength
of
the
present
Stream
,
in
hopes
the
People
might
in
time
recover
their
Oars
,
and
make
use
of
them
for
the
publick
good
;
he
grew
impatient
till
the
five
Months
allowed
for
their
sitting
should
be
expired
;
during
which
time
he
was
restrained
by
that
which
he
called
The
Instrument
of
Government
,
from
giving
them
Interruption
.
And
tho'
they
differed
not
in
any
material
point
from
that
Form
of
Government
which
he
himself
had
set
up
,
unless
it
were
in
reserving
the
Nomination
of
his
Successor
to
the
Parliament
;
yet
did
the
Omission
of
this
one
thing
so
inrage
him
,
that
he
resolved
upon
their
Dissolution
.
They
had
prepared
all
things
to
offer
to
him
,
and
had
been
very
cautious
of
giving
him
any
just
occasion
of
Offence
,
well
knowing
that
in
case
they
had
given
him
the
least
pretence
of
Dissatisfaction
,
he
would
have
laid
all
the
blame
at
their
Door
;
and
therefore
they
prudently
left
the
settling
of
the
Church
Government
,
and
the
Liberty
that
was
to
be
extended
to
tender
Consciences
(
an
Engine
by
which
Cromwel
did
most
of
his
work
)
to
the
consideration
of
the
next
Assembly
:
Whereupon
he
wanting
wherewith
justly
to
accuse
them
,
unless
it
were
for
too
much
complying
with
him
to
the
prejudice
of
the
Commonwealth
,
after
he
had
perused
the
Form
of
Government
which
the
Assembly
had
agreed
upon
,
and
tendred
to
him
for
his
Consideration
;
the
five
Months
of
their
Sessions
,
according
to
the
Soldiers
account
of
twenty
eight
Days
to
the
Month
,
being
expired
,
they
were
ordered
to
attend
him
on
the
23d
of
Januar
.
1654
,
in
the
Painted
Chamber
,
where
he
made
up
with
Words
and
Passion
what
he
wanted
of
Matter
to
charge
them
with
,
accusing
them
of
endeavouring
to
bring
all
things
into
Disorder
and
Confusion
,
by
raking
into
the
particulars
of
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
which
he
extolled
very
highly
.
He
charged
them
with
neglecting
to
make
provision
for
the
Army
,
and
necessitating
them
thereby
to
take
Free
Quarter
,
to
the
great
dissatisfaction
of
the
Country
,
if
it
had
not
been
prevented
by
the
Care
,
and
at
the
Expence
of
the
Officers
.
In
this
and
in
many
other
particulars
he
very
much
preferred
the
Wisdom
and
Prudence
of
the
Long
Parliament
,
which
was
the
part
he
proposed
now
to
act
,
having
determined
to
cry
down
this
.
And
because
he
could
not
accuse
them
of
any
Practices
against
Liberty
of
Conscience
,
he
charged
them
with
their
Principles
,
and
imputed
to
them
all
those
Discontents
and
Designs
,
which
were
on
foot
by
several
Parties
against
the
present
Government
,
affirming
that
if
they
had
not
their
Rise
from
some
that
sat
among
them
(
which
he
thought
he
should
make
appear
)
yet
they
grew
like
Shrubs
under
their
Shadow
.
And
that
he
might
obviate
that
Objection
,
which
his
own
Conscience
told
him
was
the
true
reason
of
his
Dissatisfaction
with
what
had
been
agreed
on
in
this
Assembly
,
he
told
them
that
their
not
settling
the
Government
on
him
and
his
Heirs
was
not
the
reason
why
he
refused
to
consent
to
what
they
presented
to
him
,
For
,
said
he
,
so
fully
am
I
convinced
(
in
the
Judgment
I
now
am
)
of
the
Injustice
of
Hereditary
Government
,
that
if
you
had
offered
me
the
whole
Instrument
of
Government
with
that
one
alteration
in
favour
of
my
Family
,
I
should
have
refused
the
whole
for
the
sake
of
that
;
and
I
do
not
know
tho'
you
have
begun
with
an
unworthy
Person
,
but
hereafter
the
same
Method
may
be
observed
in
the
Choice
of
Magistrates
,
as
was
amongst
the
Children
of
Israel
,
who
appointed
those
that
had
been
most
eminent
in
delivering
them
from
their
Enemies
abroad
to
govern
them
at
home
.
In
which
Excuse
three
things
seem
remarkable
;
First
,
that
tho'
in
the
Judgment
he
then
was
Hereditary
Government
was
unjust
,
yet
he
reserved
a
Liberty
to
alter
his
Opinion
,
if
he
should
find
Persons
and
Things
inclining
that
way
.
Secondly
,
in
declaring
this
to
be
his
present
Opinion
,
he
flattered
the
Ambition
of
Major
General
Lambert
,
and
kept
him
in
expectation
of
succeeding
him
,
and
so
secured
his
Assistance
in
carrying
on
his
wicked
Design
.
In
the
third
place
,
by
designing
that
the
General
should
be
always
chosen
Protector
,
it
appears
that
he
would
have
had
the
Nation
to
be
perpetually
governed
by
the
Military
Sword
.
Thus
did
this
wise
Man
(
as
he
would
be
thought
)
weaken
his
own
Interest
,
and
lose
the
Affections
of
the
People
:
For
as
by
his
Interruption
of
the
long
Parliament
,
he
disobliged
the
most
sober
part
of
the
Nation
,
so
by
the
Dissolution
of
this
Assembly
he
opened
the
Eyes
of
the
rest
,
who
had
been
hitherto
made
to
believe
that
he
was
necessitated
to
that
extraordinary
Action
,
because
they
would
not
do
those
good
things
for
the
Nation
which
were
expected
from
them
;
and
by
this
reproachful
dismission
of
the
Convention
,
which
consisted
for
the
most
part
of
Men
of
moderate
Spirits
,
and
who
had
gone
in
the
Judgment
of
the
most
discerning
Men
,
but
too
far
in
compliance
with
him
for
the
purchase
of
their
present
Peace
,
he
made
a
considerable
part
of
those
who
had
been
Friends
to
him
,
irreconcilable
Enemies
,
and
sent
the
Members
into
their
respective
Countries
to
relate
to
their
Neighbours
and
those
that
sent
them
what
an
unreasonable
Creature
they
had
found
him
.
Having
dissolved
the
pretended
Representative
called
by
his
own
Authority
,
he
began
by
Bribes
to
corrupt
others
to
his
Interest
;
and
to
this
end
ordered
the
Arrears
of
Col.
Hewetson
for
his
English
Service
to
be
paid
in
ready
Money
,
and
his
Irish
Arrears
to
be
satisfied
out
of
forfeited
Lands
in
the
County
of
Dublin
,
at
the
rate
of
the
Adventurers
in
such
places
as
he
should
choose
.
He
ordered
two
thousand
Pounds
to
be
paid
out
of
the
Treasury
to
Mr.
Weaver
in
lieu
of
what
the
Parliament
had
setled
upon
him
out
of
the
forfeited
Lands
in
Scotland
,
and
ten
thousand
Pounds
in
ready
Money
to
Major
General
Lambert
in
consideration
of
one
thousand
Pounds
by
Year
out
of
the
said
forfeited
Lands
given
to
him
by
the
Parliament
,
not
regarding
how
he
lavished
away
the
Publick
Treasure
,
so
as
he
might
procure
such
Instruments
as
he
thought
would
be
subservient
to
his
unjust
Designs
.
By
this
time
many
began
openly
to
discover
their
Discontents
,
and
particularly
the
Friends
of
the
Scots
King
,
who
tho'
he
saw
clearly
his
Game
playing
by
this
Usurper
through
the
Divisions
he
made
amongst
those
,
whose
Interest
it
was
to
be
united
in
opposition
to
him
;
yet
being
impatient
of
delay
,
and
not
caring
how
many
he
sacrificed
,
so
as
he
might
with
more
expedition
recover
the
Exercise
of
his
Power
,
he
sent
over
divers
Commissions
for
the
raising
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
and
prevailed
with
some
young
Gentlemen
of
little
Consideration
and
less
Experience
to
accept
them
,
and
to
engage
against
a
victorious
Army
commanded
by
one
,
who
spared
not
the
Purse
of
the
Commonwealth
to
procure
Intelligence
.
By
which
means
he
caused
a
great
number
of
Arms
that
were
provided
for
the
execution
of
this
Design
to
be
seized
,
and
imprisoned
divers
Persons
concerned
in
it
;
wherein
he
made
use
of
one
Baily
a
Jesuit
,
who
discovered
his
Kinsman
one
Mr.
Bagnal
,
Son
to
the
Lady
Terringham
,
together
with
his
own
Brother
Capt
.
Nicholas
Baily
,
accusing
them
both
of
accepting
Commissions
for
raising
a
Regiment
,
which
Mr.
Bagnal
upon
his
examination
did
not
deny
.
But
notwithstanding
this
Discovery
,
so
confident
were
these
young
Men
of
Success
,
that
they
still
carried
on
their
Plot
,
and
appointed
a
Day
for
the
execution
of
it
.
Cromwel
suspecting
they
might
have
some
Grounds
for
their
Confidence
,
dispatched
Commissary
General
Reynolds
to
Ireland
with
Orders
to
cause
some
Forces
to
be
imbarked
for
England
,
and
accordingly
about
two
thousand
Foot
and
three
hundred
Horse
were
ordered
to
be
sent
over
to
his
assistance
;
the
Foot
to
be
commanded
by
Col.
Sadler
,
and
the
Horse
by
Major
Bolton
.
This
Party
being
drawn
to
the
Waterside
,
some
of
the
private
Soldiers
,
whether
from
any
Scruple
of
Conscience
,
or
from
an
unwillingness
to
leave
their
Wives
,
Children
,
and
Plantations
in
Ireland
,
I
cannot
say
,
refused
to
imbark
,
tho'
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
with
several
Field-Officers
of
the
Army
were
present
;
alledging
that
they
had
listed
themselves
to
fight
against
the
Rebels
of
Ireland
,
and
in
prosecution
of
that
Obligation
were
ready
to
obey
all
Commands
;
that
they
knew
not
against
whom
they
should
be
drawn
to
engage
in
England
,
possibly
against
some
of
their
best
Friends
,
and
therefore
desired
to
be
excused
from
that
Service
.
The
Officers
resolving
to
compel
them
by
Force
to
go
aboard
,
called
a
Court
Martial
upon
the
Place
,
where
they
condemned
one
of
the
most
active
to
Death
,
and
ordered
one
entire
Company
to
be
cashiered
;
both
which
Orders
were
immediately
put
in
execution
,
by
breaking
the
Company
,
and
hanging
the
Man
upon
the
Mast
of
one
of
the
Ships
:
At
this
Execution
Col.
Hewetson
,
who
had
been
lately
obliged
in
the
matter
of
his
Arrears
,
as
a
Mark
of
his
Gratitude
gave
order
that
the
poor
Man
should
be
hanged
higher
than
was
at
first
designed
.
The
Cavalier
Plot
was
still
on
foot
in
England
;
and
tho'
divers
of
them
were
imprisoned
,
and
many
Arms
seized
,
yet
it
was
still
resolved
to
attempt
something
.
To
this
end
a
Cartload
of
Arms
was
conveyed
to
the
place
of
Rendezvouz
agreed
upon
for
the
Northern
Parts
,
where
it
was
reported
the
Contrivers
of
this
Design
were
to
be
headed
by
the
Lord
Wilmot
.
But
receiving
some
Alarm
upon
their
first
meeting
,
and
fearing
lest
the
regular
Forces
should
fall
upon
them
before
they
were
sufficiently
prepared
for
their
Defence
,
they
dispersed
themselves
,
and
left
their
Arms
behind
them
.
The
only
considerable
Party
that
appeared
were
those
at
Salisbury
,
which
they
had
an
opportunity
of
doing
under
colour
of
going
to
the
Assizes
.
They
consisted
of
about
one
hundred
and
fifty
Horse
,
and
drew
together
in
the
Night
,
and
were
ordered
to
seize
the
Judges
there
in
Circuit
,
the
Sheriff
of
the
County
,
and
such
other
Persons
as
they
should
suspect
to
be
Enemies
to
the
Design
.
Col.
Wagstaff
was
said
to
be
their
Commander
;
but
Col.
Penruddock
,
a
Gentleman
of
that
Country
,
appeared
most
forward
in
giving
out
the
necessary
Orders
and
Directions
.
Capt
.
Hugh
Grove
,
and
Mr.
Jones
of
Newton
,
with
several
other
Gentlemen
of
those
parts
,
were
amongst
them
.
They
proclaimed
Charles
the
Second
to
be
King
of
England
,
&c.
seized
the
Judges
,
and
having
taken
away
their
Commissions
,
set
them
at
liberty
.
They
carried
the
Sheriff
Mr.
Dove
away
with
them
to
Dogtown
,
to
which
place
they
thought
sit
to
retire
,
apprehending
more
danger
at
Salisbury
,
their
Forces
not
at
all
answering
their
first
Expectations
.
From
thence
they
marched
as
far
as
Blandford
in
Dorsetshire
,
but
so
few
joined
them
in
their
way
,
that
at
their
arrival
there
they
exceeded
not
the
number
of
two
hundred
Horse
.
Most
Men
looked
upon
them
as
flying
,
divers
of
their
own
Party
stealing
from
them
as
fast
as
others
came
to
them
;
and
those
that
staid
with
them
,
did
so
rather
to
secure
themselves
,
and
obtain
better
Conditions
,
than
from
any
hopes
of
succeeding
.
What
they
did
served
only
to
alarm
the
Army
,
some
Troops
of
which
pursued
them
into
Devonshire
,
where
they
were
fallen
upon
by
Major
Unton
Crook
▪
and
defeated
.
Divers
of
them
were
taken
Prisoners
,
and
amongst
them
Col.
Penruddock
,
Mr.
Jones
,
and
Capt
.
Grove
.
Major
General
Wagstaff
,
Mr.
Mompesson
,
and
several
others
escaped
,
and
went
privately
to
their
own
Habitations
;
but
upon
Information
given
that
they
were
concerned
in
this
Plot
,
they
were
seized
and
secured
in
order
to
Trial
.
The
Prisoners
taken
in
the
Fight
pretended
Articles
for
Life
from
Major
Crook
,
alledging
that
otherwise
they
would
not
have
delivered
themselves
on
so
easie
Terms
;
but
the
Major
absolutely
denied
any
such
thing
:
So
that
a
Commission
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
was
issued
for
their
Trial
,
and
Mr.
Attorney
General
Prideaux
was
sent
from
London
to
prosecute
them
.
The
Chief
Justice
Rolls
was
nominated
in
the
Commission
to
be
one
of
their
Judges
,
but
he
refused
to
act
therein
,
on
account
that
the
Prisoners
had
done
a
particular
Injury
to
him
in
seizing
his
Person
at
their
first
rising
,
and
therefore
he
thought
himself
unfit
to
give
his
Judgment
in
their
Case
,
wherein
he
might
be
thought
a
Party
concerned
.
Some
of
them
were
condemned
at
Salisbury
,
and
some
at
Exeter
,
of
which
number
were
Col.
Penruddock
and
Capt
.
Grove
;
and
in
aggravation
of
their
Crimes
it
was
urged
,
that
this
was
their
second
Offence
of
this
kind
,
and
that
it
was
committed
against
much
Favour
and
Kindness
,
not
only
in
that
they
had
been
permitted
to
compound
for
their
Estates
at
a
reasonable
rate
,
when
they
had
forfeited
all
,
but
also
that
an
Act
of
Oblivion
had
been
granted
to
them
and
their
whole
Party
,
whereby
they
were
put
into
a
condition
of
enjoying
the
Advantages
of
all
the
Victories
of
those
to
whom
they
had
been
Enemies
.
To
this
they
answered
,
That
they
did
not
rise
against
those
who
had
extended
that
Favour
to
them
,
but
against
a
Person
who
had
dissipated
those
Men
,
and
established
himself
in
their
Place
.
And
I
cannot
tell
by
what
Laws
of
God
or
Man
they
could
have
been
justly
condemned
,
had
they
been
upon
as
sure
a
Foundation
in
what
they
declared
for
,
as
they
were
in
what
they
declared
against
.
But
certainly
it
can
never
be
esteemed
by
a
wise
Man
to
be
worth
the
scratch
of
a
Finger
to
remove
a
single
Person
acting
by
an
Arbitrary
Power
,
in
order
so
set
up
another
with
the
same
unlimited
Authority
.
Col.
Penruddock
and
Capt
.
Grove
were
executed
by
beheading
,
according
to
the
Sentence
pronounced
against
them
;
but
Mr.
Jones
of
Newton-Tony
being
allied
to
Cromwel
,
was
pardoned
after
he
had
been
found
guilty
by
the
Jury
,
and
Major
Crook
was
ordered
to
have
two
hundred
Pounds
by
year
out
of
Mr.
Monpesson's
Estate
for
his
good
Service
in
the
suppression
of
this
Party
.
The
Usurper
was
not
a
little
startled
at
this
Insurrection
,
suspecting
that
so
small
a
Number
would
not
have
appeared
without
more
considerable
Encouragement
;
and
therefore
tho'
he
had
lately
so
meanly
stooped
to
court
the
Cavalier
Party
,
and
thereby
highly
provoked
his
ancient
Friends
to
a
just
Jealousie
and
Indignation
,
he
resolved
now
to
fall
upon
them
,
and
to
break
through
all
their
Compositions
,
even
the
Act
of
Oblivion
it self
,
in
the
obtaining
and
passing
of
which
he
had
so
great
a
hand
.
To
this
end
he
commanded
a
tenth
part
of
their
Estates
to
be
levied
,
in
order
as
he
pretended
to
maintain
those
extraordinary
Forces
which
their
turbulent
and
seditious
Practices
obliged
him
to
keep
up
.
In
defence
of
which
Oppression
I
could
never
yet
hear
one
Argument
offered
that
carried
any
Weight
,
either
with
respect
to
Justice
or
Policy
:
for
having
by
his
Treachery
and
Usurpation
disobliged
those
with
whom
he
first
engaged
,
he
seemed
to
have
no
other
way
left
to
support
himself
,
but
by
balancing
his
new
with
his
old
Enemies
,
whom
by
this
fresh
Act
of
Injustice
he
rendred
desperate
and
irreconcilable
,
they
being
not
able
to
call
any
thing
their
own
,
whilst
by
the
same
rule
that
he
seized
one
Tenth
,
he
might
also
take
away
the
other
nine
parts
at
his
pleasure
.
And
to
put
this
detestable
Project
in
execution
,
he
divided
England
into
Cantons
,
over
each
of
which
he
placed
a
Bashaw
under
the
Title
of
Major
General
,
who
was
to
have
the
Inspection
and
Government
of
inferiour
Commissioners
in
every
County
,
with
Orders
to
seize
the
Persons
,
and
distrain
the
Estates
of
such
as
should
be
refractory
,
and
to
put
in
execution
such
further
Directions
as
they
should
receive
from
him
.
In
the
Army
there
were
not
wanting
some
that
still
retained
an
Affection
to
the
Cause
of
their
Country
,
which
appeared
more
particularly
in
a
Petition
to
Cromwel
,
signed
by
many
of
them
,
containing
things
so
suitable
to
the
Desires
of
honest
Men
,
that
it
proved
on
that
account
very
unwelcome
to
the
Usurper
.
Amongst
others
Col.
Okey
endeavoured
to
perswade
the
Officers
of
his
Regiment
to
stand
by
him
in
the
prosecution
of
the
ends
of
it
,
but
was
interrupted
in
that
Design
by
his
Major
,
for
whom
he
had
not
without
difficulty
obtained
that
Employment
.
It
was
also
pretended
,
that
Major
General
Overton
,
with
some
Officers
of
the
Army
in
Scotland
,
designed
to
seize
upon
Monk
,
and
to
march
with
that
Army
to
London
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
:
Upon
suspicion
of
which
he
was
seized
and
sent
Prisoner
to
London
,
where
he
was
committed
to
the
Tower
.
About
three
hundred
of
the
Petition
aforesaid
,
together
with
another
Writing
called
the
Memento
,
were
sent
into
Ireland
in
a
Box
directed
to
me
,
and
accompanied
with
a
short
Letter
without
any
Subscription
:
Which
Papers
,
when
I
had
perused
,
and
found
them
to
contain
such
Truths
as
were
very
proper
to
prepare
the
Minds
of
Men
to
embrace
the
first
Opportunity
of
rescuing
themselves
from
the
present
Oppression
,
I
thought
it
my
Duty
to
procure
them
to
be
dispersed
as
much
to
the
Advantage
of
the
Publick
as
I
could
.
Wherein
I
was
particularly
assisted
by
Capt
.
Walcot
,
one
of
the
faithful
Officers
of
my
Regiment
,
and
divers
others
of
my
Friends
.
I
acquainted
Lieutenant
Col.
Brayfield
with
my
Design
,
and
sent
some
of
the
Papers
to
Major
Davis
,
who
was
then
at
Dublin
,
but
resided
usually
in
Connaught
,
thinking
him
to
be
a
proper
Person
to
be
employed
to
disperse
them
in
that
Province
.
The
said
Major
Davis
having
received
the
Papers
,
came
to
me
,
and
desired
to
know
if
they
came
from
me
.
I
answered
him
,
that
tho'
I
wished
my
Name
might
have
been
concealed
,
yet
that
Question
being
put
to
me
,
I
durst
not
deny
it
;
and
having
further
informed
him
of
the
Reasons
which
moved
me
so
to
do
,
he
declared
himself
to
be
fully
satisfied
with
them
.
But
it
afterwards
appeared
,
that
upon
the
first
receipt
of
those
Papers
,
he
had
acquainted
Mr.
Roberts
,
the
Auditor
General
therewith
,
presuming
him
to
be
well
affected
to
the
Common
Cause
;
which
proving
otherwise
,
the
said
Roberts
inform'd
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
of
what
he
knew
.
The
Lieutenant
General
having
also
had
advice
that
I
had
discoursed
with
Lieutenant
Col.
Brayfield
in
the
Castle-yard
,
and
suspecting
it
might
be
upon
the
same
Business
,
sent
for
Major
Davis
and
the
said
Lieutenant
Colonel
to
examine
them
,
who
confessed
so
much
of
the
matter
,
as
was
a
ground
for
him
to
dispach
a
Messenger
to
me
,
in
order
to
enquire
concerning
the
Truth
of
it
.
The
Person
imployed
was
one
Major
Wallis
,
who
coming
to
my
House
at
Moncktown
,
informed
me
,
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
had
received
Information
that
I
had
dispersed
some
of
the
late
Petitions
and
Memento's
.
To
which
I
answered
,
that
seeing
the
thing
which
I
desired
to
carry
on
privately
was
not
concealed
,
I
should
not
decline
to
affirm
,
that
my
Conscience
obliged
me
not
to
smother
so
much
Truth
as
those
Papers
seem'd
to
me
to
contain
.
He
then
told
me
,
that
the
Lieutenant
General
desired
to
speak
with
me
about
that
Matter
;
and
I
promised
to
attend
him
the
next
Morning
.
Accordingly
I
went
to
him
,
and
after
some
Conference
concerning
the
Papers
,
he
produced
an
Order
from
Cromwel
and
his
Council
to
this
effect
:
That
whereas
I
had
declared
my self
dissatisfied
with
the
present
Government
,
he
the
said
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
was
required
to
take
care
,
that
my
Charge
in
the
Army
might
be
managed
some
other
way
.
He
added
,
that
he
had
received
the
said
Order
some
Months
since
,
but
would
not
communicate
it
to
me
till
now
,
when
upon
the
distribution
of
these
Papers
he
durst
not
conceal
it
any
longer
,
lest
he
should
be
accounted
a
Confederate
with
me
.
I
replied
,
that
if
my
Life
as
well
as
my
Employment
had
been
at
stake
,
I
durst
not
have
omitted
what
I
thought
to
be
my
Duty
in
this
Particular
:
That
having
no
Power
to
dispute
their
Pleasure
,
I
should
at
present
look
upon
it
as
a
Law
to
which
I
must
submit
.
Some
time
after
,
Mr.
Benjamin
Worseley
was
sent
to
acquaint
me
,
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
had
been
in
expectation
of
hearing
from
me
touching
my
submission
to
the
Order
he
shewed
me
,
either
by
Letter
,
or
the
surrender
of
my
Commission
.
I
answered
,
that
I
thought
neither
of
them
necessary
;
and
hoped
that
my
Retirement
into
my
own
Country
,
which
I
suddenly
designed
,
might
be
sufficient
.
But
it
was
determined
that
I
should
not
so
easily
quit
the
Publick
Stage
:
For
the
next
Morning
I
was
desired
to
attend
the
Lieutenant
General
,
which
accordingly
I
did
,
and
found
eight
or
ten
of
his
Advisers
with
him
.
The
Design
of
their
Meeting
was
to
perswade
me
either
to
deliver
up
my
Commission
,
or
to
engage
under
my
Hand
,
not
to
act
by
virtue
of
it
,
till
I
should
first
receive
Commission
so
to
do
from
Cromwel
,
or
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
.
To
the
first
I
answered
,
That
I
durst
not
deliver
my
Commission
to
any
other
Power
save
that
of
the
Parliament
,
who
had
entrusted
me
with
it
;
and
that
it
was
all
I
had
to
justifie
me
for
doing
many
things
wherein
the
Lives
of
Men
had
been
concerned
.
To
the
Second
I
could
by
no
means
consent
,
because
I
durst
not
tie
my
own
Hands
from
acting
by
virtue
of
it
,
when
I
should
be
justly
call'd
upon
so
to
do
.
Being
returned
to
my
House
,
doubtful
what
the
Event
of
this
Contest
might
be
,
and
desirous
to
have
good
Advice
before
I
proceeded
any
farther
,
I
sent
to
four
or
five
Officers
,
of
whose
Integrity
I
had
a
good
Opinion
,
to
ask
their
Judgment
in
this
case
.
The
Result
of
our
Conference
was
,
That
I
should
in
a
Letter
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
state
the
Justice
of
my
Call
to
the
Employment
whereof
I
was
possest
,
and
the
Conditions
on
which
I
received
my
Commission
,
being
particularly
solicited
to
it
by
Cromwel
himself
,
when
he
appeared
in
the
shape
of
a
Commonwealths
▪
man
:
The
Authority
that
gave
me
my
Commission
;
the
present
Defection
from
that
Authority
and
Common
Cause
,
which
Cromwel
as
well
as
I
had
engaged
to
maintain
;
the
Duty
incumbent
upon
me
to
disperse
the
said
Books
,
because
the
Substance
of
my
Dissatisfaction
was
contained
in
them
;
withal
to
declare
what
I
would
be
satisfied
with
,
if
it
might
be
attained
;
and
if
that
could
not
be
,
how
far
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
submit
.
A
Letter
to
this
effect
being
drawn
up
by
me
,
with
the
Advice
of
the
Officers
above-mentioned
,
I
sent
it
to
the
Lieutenant
General
,
and
some
time
after
received
a
Message
from
him
to
acquaint
me
,
that
according
to
a
late
Order
brought
to
him
from
England
,
I
must
either
deliver
my
Commission
,
or
be
sent
Prisoner
thither
.
I
told
the
Messenger
,
that
I
could
not
comply
with
his
Demand
,
tho'
I
should
be
sent
Prisoner
to
Rome
;
but
that
the
Commission
lay
in
a
Cabinet
in
my
Closet
,
where
he
might
find
it
if
he
thought
fit
to
break
open
the
Door
,
and
take
it
away
.
But
he
having
no
other
Orders
than
to
demand
the
Delivery
of
my
Commission
,
departed
without
it
.
A
Day
or
two
after
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
came
to
my
House
by
order
of
the
Lieutenant
General
,
and
shewed
me
the
Letter
that
Cromwel
had
sent
to
require
him
to
demand
the
Surrender
of
my
Commission
,
and
in
case
of
refusal
to
secure
my
Person
in
Ireland
,
or
to
send
me
Prisoner
to
England
.
He
used
what
Arguments
he
could
to
induce
me
to
a
Compliance
,
which
when
I
had
heard
,
I
set
down
in
writing
my
Answer
,
to
be
delivered
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
which
was
in
substance
to
let
him
know
,
That
I
looked
upon
my
Commission
to
be
of
no
more
danger
to
them
,
than
if
it
was
actually
taken
from
me
,
and
cancelled
at
the
head
of
the
Army
,
but
that
I
was
not
willing
,
by
a
voluntary
Submission
,
to
own
the
Justice
of
the
present
Order
,
because
I
had
received
the
said
Commission
from
the
Parliament
to
serve
as
an
Officer
in
their
Army
,
in
order
to
the
execution
of
Justice
upon
those
who
had
murdered
and
oppressed
the
English
Protestants
;
and
that
I
durst
not
consent
to
be
withdrawn
from
that
Duty
by
any
save
that
Authority
alone
which
had
placed
me
in
that
Station
:
That
if
I
had
received
my
Commission
immediately
from
the
General
,
I
should
not
willingly
return
it
at
his
Pleasure
in
this
Conjuncture
,
as
well
in
regard
to
the
Duty
I
owed
to
the
Publick
,
as
to
the
Army
:
That
it
could
be
esteemed
nothing
less
than
a
wilful
betraying
of
that
Cause
for
which
I
had
contended
in
conjunction
with
the
Army
,
if
I
,
who
had
been
honoured
with
an
Employment
in
a
War
raised
for
the
Defence
of
Liberty
against
the
Arbitrary
Power
of
a
single
Person
,
should
voluntarily
submit
to
what
was
proposed
.
For
since
the
whole
Authority
of
the
Three
Nations
was
assumed
by
the
Army
,
if
I
should
acknowledge
the
entire
Disposal
of
all
things
relating
to
that
Army
to
reside
in
the
General
,
what
would
this
be
but
to
declare
my
Consent
to
give
up
the
Power
of
the
Parliament
,
Army
,
and
Nation
into
his
hands
?
However
,
to
avoid
Extremities
,
as
far
as
I
was
able
,
I
proposed
that
if
a
Council
of
the
Officers
who
were
about
Dublin
might
be
called
,
and
that
upon
a
full
hearing
and
debate
of
the
matter
they
should
declare
it
to
be
my
Duty
,
I
would
submit
,
as
to
the
Higher
Powers
,
having
none
at
present
to
appeal
to
from
them
but
God
.
This
Expedient
being
not
approved
,
the
Lieutenant
General
sent
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
again
to
me
,
with
a
Proposition
,
that
I
would
chuse
either
to
go
to
London
,
or
to
be
confined
in
Ireland
.
In
answer
to
which
,
and
upon
consideration
of
the
Discomposure
of
my
Affairs
in
England
,
by
reason
of
a
great
Debt
left
upon
my
Estate
at
my
departure
thence
,
not
likely
to
be
lessened
by
my
Absence
;
and
being
very
desirous
to
come
to
a
speedy
Trial
for
my
Refusal
to
deliver
my
Commission
,
I
made
choice
of
the
former
.
Mr.
Corbet
then
told
me
,
that
a
Man
of
War
should
be
prepared
for
my
Transportation
,
provided
I
would
give
my
word
to
appear
before
Cromwel
,
and
not
to
act
any
thing
against
him
in
the
mean
time
,
to
which
I
consented
.
For
tho'
I
durst
not
engage
to
disable
my self
from
acting
,
whilst
nothing
was
objected
against
me
,
lest
I
should
thereby
not
only
have
given
away
my
own
Liberty
,
but
also
make
an
ill
Precedent
for
other
Men
;
yet
being
now
accused
of
a
pretended
Crime
,
I
was
contented
to
pass
my
Parole
to
appear
as
desired
,
and
in
the
mean
time
not
to
act
against
him
.
When
the
Lieutenant
General
perceived
that
I
was
resolved
on
my
Journey
,
he
desired
me
to
put
off
my
departure
for
two
Months
,
pretending
that
things
being
in
some
disorder
in
England
,
he
feared
Cromwel
might
apprehend
a
necessity
of
using
me
with
more
Severity
than
he
wished
;
and
to
soften
this
Delay
,
gave
a
Warrant
for
the
payment
of
a
Sum
of
Money
to
me
for
defraying
my
Expences
whilst
I
staid
,
together
with
those
of
my
Journey
to
London
.
And
indeed
what
he
said
concerning
the
Disorders
of
England
,
was
not
without
ground
,
things
running
every
day
more
and
more
into
Confusion
,
the
Cavaliers
being
enraged
to
see
the
Throne
usurped
,
and
those
who
had
hazarded
all
for
their
Country
finding
themselves
cheated
,
Custom
and
Excise
raised
without
Authority
of
Parliament
,
and
Taxes
imposed
to
no
other
end
than
to
support
the
Pride
and
Insolence
of
a
single
Person
.
Some
there
were
that
openly
opposed
these
Oppressions
,
and
amongst
others
Mr.
George
Cony
a
Merchant
,
who
having
refused
to
pay
Custom
,
it
was
violently
taken
from
him
,
and
he
thereupon
sued
the
Collector
at
the
Common
Law
.
But
Cromwel
resolving
to
put
a
stop
to
such
dangerous
Precedents
,
caused
the
Counsel
for
Mr.
Cony
,
who
were
Serjeant
Maynard
,
Serjeant
Twysden
,
and
Mr.
Wadham
Windham
,
to
be
sent
to
the
Tower
,
where
they
had
not
been
above
three
or
four
Days
,
when
they
unworthily
petitioned
to
be
set
at
liberty
,
acknowledging
their
Fault
,
and
promising
to
do
so
no
more
,
chusing
rather
to
sacrifice
the
Cause
of
their
Client
,
wherein
that
of
their
Country
was
also
●minently
concerned
,
than
to
endure
a
little
Restraint
,
with
the
loss
of
the
Fees
for
a
few
days
.
By
this
means
,
when
the
Cause
came
to
the
next
hearing
,
Mr.
Cony
was
necessitated
to
plead
for
himself
,
which
he
did
in
as
short
a
manner
as
he
could
,
referring
it
wholly
to
the
Judge
,
whether
that
Tax
being
not
authorized
by
Parliament
,
ought
to
be
paid
by
the
Law
of
the
Land
;
and
declaring
that
he
would
abide
by
his
Judgment
therein
.
Serjeant
Rolls
,
then
Chief
Justice
of
the
Upper
Bench
,
tho'
a
conscientious
Man
,
and
a
Lover
of
Civil
Liberty
,
yet
not
daring
to
determine
it
for
him
,
said
,
that
something
must
be
allowed
to
Cases
of
Necessity
.
To
which
Mr.
Cony
replied
,
That
it
was
never
wont
to
be
a
good
Plea
in
Law
,
for
a
Man
to
make
Necessities
,
and
then
to
plead
them
.
But
the
Judge
wanting
Courage
,
would
not
give
Judgment
against
the
Usurper
;
and
being
too
much
an
honest
Man
to
give
it
for
him
,
he
took
time
till
the
next
ensuing
Term
,
to
consider
what
Rule
he
should
give
in
the
case
.
In
the
mean
time
,
upon
consideration
that
his
continuance
in
that
Station
was
like
to
ensnare
him
more
and
more
,
he
desired
,
by
a
Letter
to
Cromwel
,
to
have
his
Quietus
;
and
Serjeant
Glyn
was
appointed
to
succeed
him
in
his
Employment
,
as
a
fitter
Instrument
to
carry
on
the
Designs
on
foot
.
The
new
Chief
Justice
,
before
he
came
to
sit
on
the
Bench
,
took
care
to
have
this
Business
accommodated
with
Cony
,
who
lost
his
Reputation
by
withdrawing
himself
from
a
Cause
wherein
the
Publick
was
so
much
concerned
.
Sir
Peter
Wentworth
;
a
Member
of
the
Long
Parliament
,
caused
also
a
Collector
in
the
Country
to
be
arrested
and
prosecuted
at
his
Suit
,
tho'
he
could
hardly
procure
an
Attorney
to
appear
,
or
Counsel
to
plead
for
him
.
Cromwel
having
received
notice
of
this
Prosecution
,
sent
a
Messenger
with
an
Order
to
bring
him
before
the
Council
;
where
being
examined
concerning
the
Ground
of
his
Proceeding
,
he
told
them
,
that
he
was
moved
to
it
by
his
constant
Principle
,
That
by
the
Law
of
England
,
no
Money
ought
to
be
levied
upon
the
People
without
their
Consent
in
Parliament
.
Cromwel
then
asked
him
,
whether
he
would
withdraw
his
Action
or
no
?
To
which
he
replied
,
If
you
will
command
me
,
I
must
submit
;
and
thereupon
Cromwel
having
commanded
it
,
he
withdrew
his
Action
.
Some
time
after
taking
the
liberty
in
a
Discourse
with
him
to
reprove
him
for
that
Retractation
,
he
made
me
this
Answer
,
That
no
Man
could
have
done
more
than
he
did
to
the
time
of
his
appearing
at
the
Council
,
and
that
if
he
had
then
failed
in
any
thing
,
it
must
be
attributed
to
his
Age
of
threescore
and
three
Years
,
when
,
said
he
,
the
Blood
does
not
run
with
the
same
Vigour
as
in
younger
Men
.
It
having
been
discovered
that
the
Lord
Grey
of
Grooby
had
given
to
a
Person
a
Copy
of
the
Memento
which
I
had
before
dispersed
in
Ireland
,
he
was
sent
for
to
London
,
and
committed
Prisoner
to
Windsor-Castle
for
the
same
.
The
next
Term
he
sued
for
a
Habeas
Corpus
,
which
the
Chief
Justice
,
according
to
Law
,
granted
him
,
but
the
Governour
of
Windsor-Castle
refused
to
give
Obedience
to
the
Order
of
Court
,
and
so
rendred
it
ineffectual
to
him
,
insomuch
that
he
could
not
obtain
his
Liberty
till
he
had
given
a
pecuniary
Security
not
to
act
against
the
Government
,
which
he
chose
to
do
rather
than
to
engage
his
Parole
,
thereby
hazarding
only
the
Loss
of
so
much
Money
,
and
preserving
his
Honour
and
Integrity
.
Col.
Sexby
was
also
suspected
to
have
had
a
hand
in
the
dispersion
of
the
Petitions
and
Memento's
before-mentioned
;
and
thereupon
was
sent
for
in
order
to
be
secured
,
which
he
having
notice
of
,
fled
,
but
was
pursued
so
close
,
that
his
Man
was
taken
with
his
Portmanteau
.
Cromwel
being
disappointed
of
taking
him
,
pretended
on
the
account
of
ancient
Friendship
to
pass
by
what
he
had
done
,
and
proposed
to
imploy
him
as
his
Agent
to
those
of
Bourdeaux
,
who
had
applied
themselves
for
Succour
against
the
oppressing
Ministry
of
France
.
The
Colonel
being
under
necessity
,
accepted
of
the
Employment
,
and
Cromwel
ordered
him
a
Sum
of
Money
to
supply
his
present
Occasions
,
with
Letters
of
Exchange
for
more
at
Bourdeaux
.
Being
thus
furnished
,
he
went
over
to
France
,
where
his
Business
being
betrayed
to
the
Magistrates
of
Bourdeaux
,
they
gave
order
to
seize
his
Person
;
but
he
having
received
advice
of
their
Intentions
,
made
his
Escape
by
Night
over
the
Wall
of
the
Town
,
and
departed
from
that
Kingdom
.
In
Ireland
it
was
thought
fit
to
disband
some
part
of
the
Army
;
yet
rather
to
free
themselves
of
some
of
the
discontented
Party
,
than
that
Nation
of
the
Charge
.
In
order
to
this
,
a
List
was
produced
lately
sent
from
England
,
appointing
what
Regiments
of
Horse
and
Foot
should
be
broken
.
Of
these
mine
was
to
be
one
,
tho'
care
was
taken
that
those
of
my
Regiment
,
or
any
other
,
that
would
sail
with
any
Wind
,
should
be
provided
for
;
and
it
must
be
acknowledged
,
that
they
were
so
just
to
allow
both
Officers
and
Soldiers
their
full
Arrears
out
of
the
forfeited
Lands
in
each
County
,
according
to
the
Rates
that
had
been
set
upon
them
by
the
General
Council
of
Officers
,
wherein
the
Goodness
and
Conveniency
of
every
County
was
estimated
and
equally
balanced
.
The
Arrears
of
my
Regiment
fell
by
Lot
to
be
satisfied
in
the
County
of
Wexford
,
where
I
ordered
Capt
.
Walcot
,
my
Captain
Lieutenant
,
with
my
Cornet
and
Quarter-master
,
to
act
for
me
,
which
they
did
;
and
my
Proportion
in
the
said
Land
,
yielded
me
about
one
hundred
pounds
the
first
Year
,
and
afterwards
near
200.
It
was
reported
to
be
farther
improvable
;
but
I
never
saw
it
,
and
know
not
whether
I
ever
shall
.
My
Lieutenant
Colonel
having
had
his
Arrears
with
the
rest
of
the
Regiment
,
was
accused
of
saying
that
this
Distribution
would
prove
invalid
without
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
and
the
Crime
aggravated
by
one
,
who
informed
at
the
head
Quarters
as
if
he
designed
to
excite
the
Soldiers
to
a
Mutiny
;
whereupon
he
was
sent
for
,
and
committed
to
Custody
till
he
gave
assurance
of
his
quiet
and
peaceable
Behaviour
.
The
Design
of
seizing
the
Riches
of
the
Spaniards
in
the
West-Indies
,
having
proved
unsuccessful
,
and
instead
of
bringing
Gold
or
Silver
home
,
much
was
transported
from
hence
thither
,
where
many
of
our
Men
daily
perished
thro'
want
and
the
excessive
Heats
of
that
Climate
;
yet
it
was
resolved
to
keep
Jamaica
,
of
which
place
Col.
Fortescue
was
made
Governour
,
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
the
Forces
there
,
after
the
return
of
Col.
Venables
.
Amongst
others
that
died
,
there
was
one
Mr.
Winslow
,
who
had
been
designed
to
be
Governour
of
some
Place
,
when
they
could
get
it
.
In
this
Expedition
one
Mr.
Gage
a
Priest
died
also
,
who
was
reported
to
have
been
a
principal
Adviser
of
this
Undertaking
.
Colonel
Fortescue
continued
not
long
in
his
Employment
before
he
died
also
:
After
whose
Death
Colonel
Edward
Doily
was
made
Commander
in
Chief
,
and
he
falling
to
plant
,
made
a
shift
to
get
a
Subsistence
,
which
was
but
a
poor
return
for
the
Expence
and
Loss
sustained
in
this
Attempt
.
And
as
Cromwel
was
thus
prodigal
of
the
Lives
of
English-men
abroad
,
so
was
he
no
less
of
our
Liberties
at
home
;
for
not
contenting
himself
with
the
Death
of
many
of
those
who
had
raised
Arms
against
him
,
and
Seizure
of
the
Goods
of
that
Party
,
he
transported
whole
Droves
of
them
at
a
time
into
foreign
parts
,
without
any
legal
Trial
.
In
the
number
of
those
that
were
sent
away
was
Mr.
William
Ashburnham
,
Sir
Thomas
Armstrong
,
and
others
,
to
whom
may
be
added
Lieut.
Col.
John
Lilburn
,
who
contrary
to
all
Law
,
and
after
an
Acquittal
by
a
Jury
,
had
been
formerly
banished
.
And
now
to
prevent
Major
General
Overton
from
the
Benefit
of
a
Habeas
Corpus
,
for
which
Cromwel
was
informed
he
intended
to
move
,
tho'
he
had
no
reason
to
alledge
why
it
should
be
denied
him
;
yet
he
sent
him
in
custody
to
Jersey
with
the
hazard
of
his
Life
,
and
to
the
great
prejudice
of
his
Estate
.
Major
John
Wildman
was
also
seized
upon
,
and
it
was
pretended
that
he
was
taken
dictating
to
his
Servant
a
Declaration
for
levying
War
against
Oliver
Cromwel
.
The
Citizens
of
London
were
made
acquainted
with
it
,
and
the
said
Major
brought
to
London
by
a
Guard
of
Horse
,
and
committed
Prisoner
to
the
Tower
.
Oliver
having
felt
the
Pulse
of
the
Army
in
Ireland
,
as
was
observed
before
,
resolved
to
send
his
Son
Harry
thither
,
that
being
on
the
Place
,
he
might
be
the
more
able
to
fix
the
Soldiery
to
his
Interest
.
In
his
Journey
to
Ireland
with
his
Wife
and
Family
,
he
was
every-where
caressed
by
the
Cavalier
Party
,
and
particularly
entertained
by
Col.
Mosson
in
North-Wales
,
where
the
Health
of
his
Father
was
drunk
by
the
said
Colonel
.
After
some
time
spent
in
those
parts
,
he
put
to
Sea
;
and
upon
his
arrival
in
the
Bay
of
Dublin
,
the
Men
of
War
that
accompanied
him
,
and
other
Ships
in
the
Harbour
,
rung
such
a
Peal
with
their
Cannon
,
as
if
some
great
good
News
had
been
coming
to
us
;
and
tho'
the
usual
place
of
landing
for
those
who
come
in
Ships
of
War
was
near
my
House
,
yet
he
and
his
company
went
up
in
Boats
to
the
Rings-end
,
where
they
went
ashore
,
and
were
met
there
by
most
of
the
Officers
Civil
and
Military
about
the
Town
:
The
end
of
his
coming
over
was
not
at
first
discovered
,
and
conjectured
to
be
only
to
command
in
the
Army
as
Major
General
under
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
.
The
two
Months
agreed
on
at
the
desire
of
the
Lieutenant
General
for
my
Stay
in
Ireland
being
expired
,
he
renewed
his
Request
that
I
would
again
defer
my
Journey
to
England
for
two
Months
longer
,
to
which
I
consented
,
not
doubting
that
it
proceeded
from
his
Friendship
to
me
.
But
the
last
two
Months
drawing
near
to
an
end
,
I
began
to
prepare
for
my
Journey
;
which
being
observed
,
an
Order
,
pursuant
to
Instructions
from
England
,
was
brought
to
me
by
Col.
Thomas
Herbert
,
Secretary
of
the
Council
,
requiring
me
to
remain
in
Ireland
.
The
Secretary
told
me
,
that
he
had
it
in
Commission
from
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
,
to
acquaint
me
,
that
upon
his
own
account
,
and
notwithstanding
this
Order
,
he
would
take
upon
him
to
give
me
permission
to
go
into
England
for
setling
my
Affairs
there
,
if
I
would
engage
to
return
within
six
Months
,
and
not
act
against
the
present
Government
during
that
time
.
Tho'
I
thought
my self
very
ill
used
,
not
only
by
being
denied
the
opportunity
of
coming
to
a
speedy
Trial
for
not
delivering
my
Commission
at
the
Command
of
the
General
,
but
also
by
being
prevented
to
take
care
of
my
private
Affairs
without
these
Fetters
;
yet
I
let
him
know
,
that
I
would
attend
the
Lieutenant
General
the
next
Morning
concerning
this
matter
:
Which
having
done
according
to
my
Promise
,
he
pressed
me
to
comply
with
his
Request
,
with
the
general
Argument
of
the
Duty
that
lay
upon
me
to
submit
to
the
higher
Powers
.
I
answered
,
that
as
I
conceived
it
was
yet
in
dispute
who
were
these
higher
Powers
,
whether
the
Government
of
a
Commonwealth
,
or
that
of
a
single
Person
;
that
I
knew
not
whether
within
the
time
prefixed
by
him
for
me
to
engage
not
to
act
,
I
might
have
an
opportunity
so
to
do
,
and
therefore
durst
not
engage
to
the
contrary
.
He
demanded
of
me
what
I
judged
an
opportunity
to
justifie
me
in
such
an
Undertaking
?
To
which
I
replied
,
Such
an
appearance
of
good
Men
,
as
might
probably
balance
the
Power
of
the
single
Person
:
I
took
the
Liberty
also
to
tell
him
,
that
he
himself
had
already
justified
that
Principle
by
his
own
Practice
in
acting
against
the
King
:
But
,
said
he
,
we
had
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
for
our
Justification
.
But
what
,
said
I
,
have
you
to
countenance
you
in
your
Actions
now
for
a
single
Person
against
the
Parliament
,
which
I
may
not
have
to
justifie
me
in
acting
with
another
Power
against
this
single
Person
?
and
for
any
thing
I
know
,
the
same
Parliamentary
Authority
that
commissioned
us
all
to
act
against
the
King
,
may
within
that
time
authorize
me
to
act
against
the
present
single
Person
.
Two
or
three
Conferences
and
Messages
passed
between
us
upon
this
Business
,
the
result
of
all
which
was
,
that
I
promised
to
render
my self
a
Prisoner
to
Cromwel
,
who
might
farther
dispose
of
me
as
God
should
permit
him
:
But
this
Offer
not
proving
satisfactory
,
the
Council
seconded
their
former
Order
,
and
required
me
not
to
go
out
of
Ireland
without
their
farther
Directions
.
Finding
my self
thus
surrounded
,
and
well
knowing
that
this
Hardship
was
imposed
upon
me
by
Order
from
Whitehall
,
and
that
what
the
Lieutenant
General
had
proposed
,
was
out
of
Affection
to
my
Person
,
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
use
my
utmost
Endeavours
to
secure
him
from
suffering
for
his
Civility
and
Friendship
to
me
:
To
that
end
I
proposed
that
tho'
I
could
not
engage
positively
not
to
act
during
six
Months
,
as
was
desired
,
because
whatever
Opportunity
might
be
offered
,
I
should
then
have
my
Hands
tied
during
the
said
time
;
yet
I
would
promise
not
to
act
within
that
time
against
the
present
Government
,
unless
I
had
first
surrendred
my self
to
the
General
,
or
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
,
and
desired
of
them
to
be
freed
from
this
Engagement
.
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
consented
to
this
Proposition
,
professing
his
readiness
to
comply
with
my
Desires
in
what
he
could
;
and
accordingly
this
Agreement
being
drawn
up
to
our
mutual
Satisfaction
,
together
with
his
Permission
for
my
Departure
to
England
,
was
signed
by
him
at
the
Phoenix
,
in
the
presence
of
Mr.
Corbet
,
then
Chief
Baron
in
that
Nation
.
The
next
Day
Col.
Lawrence
came
to
me
,
and
after
some
Discourse
,
told
me
,
that
by
reason
of
some
Opposition
which
the
Lieutenant
General
had
met
with
in
my
Affair
,
he
had
sent
him
to
desire
of
me
,
that
notwithstanding
what
had
passed
between
us
,
I
would
respite
my
Journey
for
a
Fortnight
or
three
Weeks
longer
,
in
which
time
he
doubted
not
to
clear
my
way
for
me
.
I
presently
suspected
from
what
Corner
the
Wind
blew
,
but
knew
not
how
to
help
my self
for
the
present
.
The
next
Morning
Mr.
Corbet
sent
me
a
Message
,
to
desire
that
I
would
meet
him
on
the
Road
betwixt
my
House
and
Dublin
;
which
having
done
according
to
his
Appointment
,
he
acquainted
me
more
particularly
with
what
had
happened
,
telling
me
that
Col.
Cromwel
was
so
enraged
at
the
Form
of
our
Agreement
,
that
he
had
written
to
his
Father
concerning
it
,
insomuch
that
if
I
should
venture
to
go
,
he
doubted
I
might
be
obstructed
by
the
way
,
which
would
not
only
be
troublesome
to
me
,
but
dishonourable
to
the
Lieutenant
General
.
He
assured
me
also
that
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
would
take
such
care
to
represent
the
matter
in
England
,
that
all
Obstacles
to
my
Passage
might
be
removed
in
a
short
time
,
and
desired
of
me
that
I
would
not
have
the
worse
Opinion
of
him
for
not
performing
at
present
what
he
had
promised
.
In
answer
to
Mr.
Corbet
,
I
let
him
know
,
that
I
found
my self
so
much
disposed
to
the
contrary
,
that
whereas
once
I
thought
the
Lieutenant
General
could
have
done
more
for
me
if
he
would
,
now
I
clearly
perceived
he
had
done
more
on
my
account
than
he
could
well
answer
.
It
now
began
to
be
publick
that
Lieut.
Gen.
Fleetwood
was
suddenly
to
depart
for
England
,
tho'
it
was
given
out
that
his
Business
there
was
only
to
advise
in
some
particular
Affairs
,
and
that
he
should
speedily
return
to
Ireland
.
At
his
Departure
he
was
accompanied
by
Col.
Cromwel
and
his
Lady
,
the
Council
,
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
of
Dublin
,
with
most
of
the
considerable
Persons
then
about
the
City
.
They
brought
him
as
far
as
my
House
,
which
stood
near
the
place
of
embarking
,
where
after
a
short
stay
he
went
on
board
,
and
departed
for
England
,
leaving
me
with
a
permission
to
transport
my self
into
England
,
which
was
to
take
effect
about
a
Month
after
,
requiring
all
Persons
to
permit
me
to
pass
without
Interruption
.
He
promised
me
likewise
that
in
the
mean
time
he
would
take
care
to
remove
all
Difficulties
that
might
hinder
me
,
and
that
it
should
be
the
first
Business
he
would
do
after
his
arrival
at
London
.
Some
time
after
,
I
understood
by
a
Letter
from
my
Father
Oldsworth
,
that
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
had
assured
him
that
I
would
suddenly
be
in
England
,
and
that
he
had
left
me
a
Passport
as
sufficient
to
that
purpose
as
he
could
give
,
or
I
needed
;
which
being
spoken
by
him
after
he
had
been
with
his
Father
Cromwel
,
made
me
presume
he
had
cleared
the
way
for
me
.
Having
received
this
Advice
,
I
prepared
for
my
Journey
,
and
waiting
on
Mr.
Corbet
to
take
my
leave
of
him
,
I
shewed
him
the
Lieut.
General's
Pass
,
and
that
Clause
in
my
Father
Oldsworth's
Letter
which
related
to
it
.
He
told
me
that
Col.
Cromwel
,
who
was
then
in
his
Progress
,
had
sent
a
Message
to
him
that
he
should
acquaint
me
with
a
second
Order
lately
brought
from
England
,
to
require
positively
my
Stay
in
Ireland
;
but
withal
added
,
that
being
unwilling
to
be
employed
in
such
unwelcome
Messages
to
his
Friends
,
he
had
made
his
Excuse
to
the
Colonel
by
Letter
,
which
he
presumed
was
accepted
by
him
,
because
he
had
heard
nothing
of
it
since
that
time
,
and
therefore
declared
,
that
he
mentioned
it
not
to
me
as
a
Person
commissioned
so
to
do
,
but
only
as
a
Friend
.
I
told
him
that
I
should
take
no
notice
of
it
,
but
proceed
on
my
Voyage
,
as
I
had
before
designed
,
having
already
hired
a
Vessel
to
that
end
.
He
then
desired
that
I
would
stay
till
the
return
of
Colonel
Cromwel
,
which
would
certainly
be
within
two
or
three
days
,
lest
it
should
be
suspected
that
he
had
advised
with
me
about
my
Departure
.
I
being
unwilling
to
bring
any
prejudice
upon
him
,
consented
to
defer
my
Journey
till
the
return
of
Colonel
Cromwel
,
and
endeavoured
to
attend
him
on
the
Day
of
his
coming
to
Town
:
But
he
arriving
late
in
the
Night
,
I
found
my self
obliged
to
go
home
without
speaking
to
him
,
by
reason
of
a
Humour
fallen
upon
one
of
my
Legs
,
which
had
been
hurt
by
a
Horse
;
so
that
I
was
constrained
to
put
my
Wise
to
the
trouble
of
making
my
Excuse
;
who
acquainting
him
with
my
Condition
,
and
shewing
him
the
Lieutenant
General's
Pass
,
with
the
Clause
in
that
Letter
before
mentioned
,
assured
him
that
the
Composure
and
Settlement
of
my
Estate
in
England
necessarily
required
my
presence
there
.
He
told
her
that
he
knew
nothing
to
hinder
my
passage
,
and
that
a
Man
of
War
was
ready
in
the
Harbour
for
our
Transportation
;
and
desiring
her
to
dine
,
promised
that
after
Dinner
they
should
go
together
to
Cork-House
,
to
speak
with
Mr.
Corbet
her
Husband's
old
Friend
,
as
he
favoured
me
to
call
him
,
and
that
the
work
should
be
done
.
My
Wife
accordingly
went
with
him
full
of
Expectation
,
that
the
Business
she
came
about
would
be
effected
;
but
after
he
had
consulted
with
Mr.
Corbet
,
he
told
her
,
that
though
I
had
the
Lieut.
General's
Pass
,
yet
because
he
had
since
received
a
Command
for
my
stay
,
he
could
not
give
Order
for
my
Departure
:
That
if
she
would
go
,
she
should
have
a
Ship
of
War
to
transport
her
,
which
she
excused
,
unless
I
might
have
permission
to
go
also
.
Then
said
she
,
tho'
you
will
not
grant
a
Warrant
for
my
Husband's
going
,
I
hope
you
will
not
order
his
stay
.
No
indeed
,
said
Col.
Cromwel
,
I
shall
not
,
tho'
I
think
it
would
be
much
better
for
him
to
stay
;
tho'
what
I
speak
is
as
a
Friend
,
and
not
as
one
in
Authority
.
Upon
consideration
of
these
Particulars
:
1st
.
That
I
had
the
Lieutenant
General's
Order
,
who
was
then
the
Chief
Officer
in
Ireland
,
together
with
Mr.
Corbet's
Advice
for
my
going
,
who
was
one
of
the
Council
,
in
case
I
were
not
ordered
to
stay
,
and
also
Col.
Cromwel's
Promise
,
who
was
Principal
in
Command
upon
the
place
,
that
he
would
not
detain
me
,
I
resolved
to
go
aboard
.
And
having
written
a
Letter
to
Col.
Cromwel
,
to
assure
him
that
the
end
of
my
going
to
England
was
to
settle
my
discomposed
Family
and
Estate
,
I
ordered
it
not
to
be
delivered
to
him
till
the
next
Day
about
Noon
,
and
endeavoured
to
get
on
board
with
my
Wife
and
Servants
on
that
Day
;
but
the
Wind
blowing
hard
,
and
the
Weather
being
very
bad
,
no
Boat
could
be
procured
that
would
adventure
to
Sea
.
At
last
I
prevailed
not
without
difficulty
with
the
Master
of
one
of
the
largest
Herring-Vessels
that
was
in
the
Bay
to
carry
me
and
my
Family
to
the
Ship
which
was
to
transport
me
,
and
lay
about
a
League
and
half
from
the
Shoar
.
We
departed
between
two
and
three
in
the
Afternoon
,
and
were
accompanied
to
the
Ship
by
about
two
hundred
People
of
the
place
,
so
that
it
could
not
be
justly
said
,
as
it
was
afterwards
,
that
I
stole
away
privately
,
the
Road
by
which
the
Vessel
must
necessarily
pass
,
being
also
within
sight
of
Dublin
.
Being
arrived
on
board
the
Man
of
War
which
lay
ready
for
us
,
we
weighed
Anchor
about
eleven
a
Clock
that
Night
,
and
recovered
the
Harbour
of
Beaumaris
by
next
Day
at
Noon
,
about
which
time
my
Letter
to
Col.
Cromwel
was
according
to
my
Order
delivered
to
him
by
my
Servant
.
The
Weather
was
so
tempestuous
,
that
we
durst
not
adventure
to
land
till
the
second
Day
after
our
Arrival
,
when
the
Wind
somewhat
abating
,
we
went
a-shoar
,
where
the
Governour
of
Beaumaris
met
us
,
and
furnished
us
with
Horses
to
carry
us
to
the
Town
.
We
observed
him
to
look
a
little
melancholy
,
yet
suspected
not
the
reason
of
it
.
But
after
Dinner
the
Governour
,
as
civilly
as
he
could
,
acquainted
me
,
that
one
Captain
Shaw
,
who
was
then
in
Town
,
had
brought
him
an
Order
from
Col.
Henry
Cromwel
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Council
in
Ireland
,
to
detain
me
there
till
the
Pleasure
of
his
Father
should
be
known
concerning
me
.
I
desired
a
sight
of
the
Order
,
and
found
it
to
be
directed
to
the
Governour
of
Beaumaris
,
Chester
,
or
any
other
Garrison
,
or
Commander
of
any
of
the
Forces
,
&c.
and
signed
by
Henry
Cromwel
,
......
Pepis
,
Matt
.
Thomlinson
,
and
Miles
Corbet
.
Capt
.
Shaw
excused
himself
for
being
employed
in
this
Message
,
and
told
me
,
that
the
Day
after
I
left
Ireland
,
he
being
just
then
arrived
from
England
,
and
very
weary
of
his
Journey
,
went
to
bed
,
where
he
had
not
been
above
an
Hour
,
before
he
was
sent
for
by
Col.
Cromwel
,
and
told
,
that
being
informed
of
my
Departure
for
England
,
which
was
expresly
against
an
Order
received
from
his
Father
,
he
had
immediately
summoned
a
Council
,
where
it
had
been
agreed
to
send
after
me
,
and
to
secure
me
wheresoever
I
should
be
overtaken
,
and
that
he
had
pitched
upon
him
as
a
fit
Person
to
be
employed
in
this
Business
,
and
to
attend
his
Father
and
the
Lieutenant
General
with
an
account
of
it
.
He
said
he
had
endeavoured
to
get
himself
excused
,
but
neither
his
Weariness
by
reason
of
his
great
Journey
,
nor
any
other
Arguments
would
prevail
with
Col.
Cromwel
.
I
told
him
,
that
those
who
resolved
to
worship
the
Rising
Sun
,
must
not
refuse
to
run
upon
more
ungrateful
Errands
than
this
,
even
towards
the
best
of
their
Friends
,
and
therefore
could
not
suppose
that
any
Respect
which
he
expressed
to
have
for
me
should
prevail
to
excuse
him
from
this
Employment
:
However
,
that
I
thought
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
whom
I
knew
to
be
the
Person
he
hoped
to
advance
himself
by
,
would
not
take
it
well
that
he
should
be
instrumental
in
offering
this
Affront
to
his
Authority
,
he
being
Chief
Governour
of
Ireland
,
and
I
on
my
Journey
by
his
Passport
and
Permission
,
who
I
hoped
understood
his
own
Power
.
The
Lord
Fitz-Williams
,
a
civil
Person
,
tho'
a
Papist
,
and
one
who
had
been
Lieutenant
General
to
Preston
when
he
commanded
an
Army
of
Irish
Rebels
,
came
over
with
us
from
Ireland
,
and
being
ready
to
take
Horse
for
London
,
was
pleased
to
give
me
a
Visit
before
he
went
,
wherein
he
not
only
expressed
himself
very
sorry
to
see
me
under
Restraint
,
but
assured
me
of
his
readiness
to
use
his
utmost
Endeavours
with
his
Highness
the
Lord
Protector
,
as
he
thought
fit
to
call
him
,
in
my
behalf
.
I
gave
him
my
Thanks
for
his
Civility
,
but
thought
it
a
strange
Revolution
of
Affairs
,
that
the
Interest
of
a
Gentleman
who
had
been
Lieutenant
General
in
the
Army
of
the
Irish
Rebels
,
should
be
so
much
greater
than
mine
in
the
General
of
the
Army
of
the
Commonwealth
.
Capt
.
Shaw
being
ready
to
depart
for
London
,
and
desiring
to
know
if
he
could
do
any
Service
for
me
there
,
I
gave
him
a
Letter
for
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
which
was
to
let
him
know
what
had
hapned
since
his
Departure
,
wherein
I
thought
him
to
be
much
more
concerned
than
my self
;
and
that
being
his
Prisoner
,
and
coming
upon
his
Permission
,
the
Affront
was
wholly
done
to
him
,
tho'
the
suffering
part
fell
to
my
share
.
In
the
Evening
I
was
conveyed
to
a
Widow's
House
in
the
Town
,
where
I
had
the
Conveniency
of
a
Chamber
and
Dining-Room
,
with
a
Sentinel
placed
at
the
Stairs-head
.
With
great
Impatience
I
expected
the
Return
of
the
Post
from
London
,
hoping
that
the
Matter
would
be
so
presented
by
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
and
Capt
.
Shaw
,
that
I
might
have
my
Liberty
.
But
the
Usurper
,
whose
Jealousies
increased
with
his
Guilt
,
being
informed
of
my
Landing
,
dispatched
an
Order
to
the
Governour
of
Beaumaris
,
to
this
effect
,
That
whereas
Lieutenant
General
Ludlow
was
stoln
out
of
Ireland
,
he
should
take
care
to
keep
him
in
strict
and
safe
Custody
,
and
not
to
permit
any
to
speak
with
him
.
Upon
the
Receipt
of
this
Order
,
the
Governour
,
resolving
to
make
his
Fortune
by
any
means
,
proposed
to
imprison
me
in
the
Castle
,
the
Air
of
which
place
is
so
unhealthy
,
that
the
Soldiers
dare
not
lodge
there
;
and
it
is
observed
,
that
few
Prisoners
who
have
been
confined
there
have
ever
recovered
from
the
Distempers
which
they
contracted
.
I
told
him
,
that
being
in
his
Power
,
I
could
not
resist
;
but
the
Warrant
requiring
no
such
thing
,
a
time
might
come
wherein
he
might
be
called
to
account
for
what
he
now
did
.
Whereupon
he
thought
fit
to
let
me
remain
at
my
Lodgings
,
but
permitted
no
Man
to
come
to
me
save
my
own
Servants
,
and
of
those
not
above
two
.
One
cause
of
this
Severity
toward
me
,
as
I
conjecture
,
was
,
that
I
might
not
have
an
Opportunity
of
speaking
with
the
Officers
of
the
Irish
Brigade
,
lest
I
should
have
put
them
in
mind
of
their
Duty
,
who
having
served
Cromwel's
turn
in
assisting
to
suppress
the
late
Attempts
against
him
,
were
now
returning
for
Ireland
,
and
lay
at
Beaumaris
in
expectation
of
a
Wind
.
Neither
did
their
Cruelty
extend
only
to
me
,
but
Col.
Cromwel
having
notice
that
Col.
Kempstone
,
who
Married
my
Sister
,
had
assisted
me
in
my
going
away
,
and
had
not
given
advice
to
him
of
it
,
committed
him
to
Prison
where
he
was
used
with
equal
Severity
as
my self
,
tho'
he
alledged
in
his
justification
that
he
knew
not
that
I
was
guilty
of
any
Crime
,
nor
that
I
was
forbidden
to
depart
from
Ireland
;
and
tho'
he
did
not
know
of
any
Necessity
I
had
of
a
Pass
for
my
going
,
yet
he
well
knew
that
I
had
one
from
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
the
Chief
Officer
of
Ireland
,
and
that
he
only
accompanied
me
to
the
Water-side
,
as
a
hundred
more
had
done
.
To
prevent
any
false
Representation
of
the
State
of
my
Business
,
I
gave
an
account
of
it
to
my
Friends
in
Ireland
,
as
well
as
to
those
in
England
.
Some
of
my
Letters
were
intercepted
,
and
in
one
of
them
was
found
an
Expression
to
this
effect
:
Tho'
I
know
not
of
any
Crime
whereof
I
am
guilty
,
yet
I
am
worse
used
by
those
with
whom
I
have
engaged
,
than
by
those
against
whom
I
fought
;
for
when
I
was
made
Prisoner
by
the
latter
,
no
Person
was
denied
the
Liberty
of
coming
to
me
,
and
I
was
permitted
in
publick
to
give
my
Reasons
in
justification
of
the
Proceedings
of
the
Parliament
;
but
the
present
Powers
being
as
it
seems
more
conscious
of
their
own
Guilt
,
will
not
permit
me
either
to
see
or
speak
with
any
of
my
Friends
.
After
I
had
been
six
Weeks
a
Prisoner
,
Capt
.
Shaw
returned
to
Beaumaris
with
an
Order
for
my
Discharge
,
on
condition
that
I
would
sign
an
Engagement
which
he
brought
ready
drawn
,
to
oblige
my self
never
to
act
against
the
present
Government
.
He
told
me
,
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
suspecting
my
unwillingness
to
sign
any
such
Paper
,
had
desired
Col.
John
Jones
to
accompany
him
to
me
,
and
either
to
perswade
me
to
subscribe
it
,
or
to
accommodate
the
Business
as
well
as
he
could
.
Accordingly
Col.
Jones
came
to
me
with
Col.
Sadler
,
who
commanded
the
Irish
Brigade
before-mentioned
,
and
who
had
been
long
in
the
Town
,
tho'
he
durst
not
come
to
me
before
this
time
.
Upon
the
perusal
of
this
Engagement
,
which
was
proposed
as
the
condition
of
my
Discharge
,
I
soon
came
to
a
Resolution
,
that
I
would
not
sign
it
,
if
my
Life
as
well
as
my
Liberty
had
lain
at
stake
;
acquainting
them
with
the
Reasons
of
my
Refusal
,
and
with
the
Engagement
given
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
by
which
I
stood
obliged
to
render
my self
a
Prisoner
either
to
Cromwel
or
himself
,
which
I
was
ready
to
perform
.
Col.
Sadler
said
,
That
it
was
highly
reasonable
,
and
as
much
as
could
be
expected
from
me
;
and
added
,
that
he
was
confident
the
Difference
between
Cromwel
and
me
was
grounded
upon
Mistakes
,
he
having
heard
him
express
great
Affection
to
me
,
with
Protestations
that
he
wished
me
as
well
as
any
Man
in
the
three
Nations
.
I
thought
it
not
convenient
to
take
much
pains
to
undeceive
him
,
but
was
rather
willing
he
should
believe
that
he
spoke
in
earnest
,
tho'
indeed
he
loved
no
Person
living
any
farther
than
he
served
to
promote
his
Ambitition
;
for
how
could
it
be
expected
that
one
who
had
sacrificed
his
Conscience
and
Honour
,
as
well
as
the
Cause
of
his
Country
,
to
the
Idol
of
his
Pride
,
should
scruple
to
trample
under
foot
any
Man
that
stood
in
his
way
?
One
of
the
Company
endeavoured
to
perswade
me
to
sign
the
Paper
as
it
was
drawn
,
reserving
to
my self
those
Explanations
which
I
had
before
proposed
,
or
else
to
look
upon
my self
as
free
from
any
Obligation
,
being
under
a
Force
.
To
which
I
answered
,
That
I
thought
it
below
a
Man
to
be
compelled
to
any
Act
against
his
Conscience
,
with
an
intention
to
violate
the
same
;
and
that
to
reserve
any
Explanations
to
my self
,
as
it
had
been
against
my
Practice
,
so
was
it
contrary
to
my
Principles
,
unless
the
Governour
would
consent
to
accept
my
Subscription
to
the
Engagement
with
such
an
Explanation
as
I
was
willing
to
make
.
Thus
despairing
to
obtain
the
Liberty
of
pursuing
my
Journey
at
that
time
,
I
prepared
to
send
my
Wise
to
settle
my
Affairs
as
well
as
she
could
;
and
the
Company
being
gone
to
Dinner
,
I
wrote
Letters
to
my
Friends
and
Relations
;
when
on
a
sudden
Col.
Jones
and
Col.
Sadler
came
up
to
tell
me
that
the
Governour
was
willing
to
discharge
me
if
I
would
sign
the
Engagement
with
such
an
Explanation
as
I
had
proposed
.
Hereupon
I
desired
the
Governour
not
to
do
any
thing
out
of
respect
to
me
,
that
might
not
consist
with
the
Duty
of
his
Place
,
or
prove
to
be
to
his
Prejudice
,
my
Explanation
being
in
my
Opinion
an
absolute
Repeal
of
the
Engagement
as
soon
as
I
had
rendred
my self
.
He
replied
,
he
had
considered
of
it
,
and
was
willing
to
accept
of
it
,
if
I
would
sign
it
.
Whereupon
the
Company
desired
me
to
draw
my
own
Explanation
,
which
I
did
to
this
effect
,
viz.
I
look
upon
this
Engagement
now
tendred
to
me
for
my
Subscription
by
the
Governour
of
Beaumaris
,
by
Order
from
,
&c.
to
be
no
longer
of
any
force
than
till
I
have
rendred
my self
a
Prisoner
at
Whitehall
,
and
in
that
Sense
I
only
subscribe
it
.
Having
drawn
and
signed
two
Copies
of
this
Explanation
,
and
procured
them
to
be
attested
by
Colonel
John
Jones
,
Colonel
Sadler
,
and
Captain
Shaw
,
I
delivered
one
of
them
to
the
Governour
,
and
kept
the
other
my self
,
and
then
signed
the
Engagement
.
Capt
.
Shaw
informed
me
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
had
been
much
concerned
for
my
Restraint
,
and
had
expressed
himself
highly
displeased
with
him
for
undertaking
that
Imployment
;
that
he
had
used
all
possible
Diligence
for
my
Liberty
,
in
which
he
had
met
with
great
Opposition
;
in
particular
,
that
Major
General
Lambert
had
endeavoured
to
perswade
him
that
I
was
of
such
Principles
,
and
such
a
Spirit
,
as
not
to
deserve
my
Liberty
,
tho'
I
cannot
remember
that
our
Familiarity
had
ever
been
so
great
as
to
enable
him
to
give
a
Character
of
me
.
Having
thus
cleared
my
way
,
I
departed
from
Beaumaris
,
and
passing
over
Penman-Maur
I
arrived
at
Conway
the
first
Night
.
From
thence
in
two
days
I
reached
Wrexham
,
where
after
we
had
been
treated
two
or
three
days
by
Col.
Jones
,
my
Coach
which
I
had
sent
before
from
Ireland
being
brought
to
us
,
we
set
forward
on
our
Journey
for
London
;
but
the
ways
being
extremely
bad
,
by
reason
of
a
Frost
which
yet
was
not
able
to
bear
the
Coach
,
it
was
near
three
a
Clock
before
we
came
to
Whitchurch
,
tho'
it
was
not
above
twelve
Miles
.
But
being
desirous
to
reach
London
if
possible
that
Week
,
fearing
if
Cromwel
should
hear
of
my
being
on
the
Road
,
he
would
send
to
stop
me
,
we
travelled
till
nine
a
Clock
that
Night
,
and
the
next
after
till
twelve
.
The
next
day
we
came
to
Coventry
about
four
in
the
Afternoon
,
where
Col.
Whalley
commanded
as
Bashaw
,
or
Major
General
.
After
some
refreshment
we
continued
our
Journey
,
and
by
the
help
of
the
Moon-light
and
the
Snow
that
lay
on
the
Ground
,
we
reached
Dunchurch
a
little
after
twelve
;
there
we
rested
till
about
three
,
and
then
set
forward
toward
Tocester
,
where
we
arrived
by
six
that
Night
,
and
between
one
and
two
the
next
Morning
we
began
our
Journey
for
London
:
But
at
Stony-stratford
the
Coach
breaking
,
my
Wife
and
I
,
with
two
or
three
Servants
,
took
Horse
,
and
about
six
of
the
Clock
in
the
evening
of
the
10th
of
December
,
one
of
the
shortest
days
of
the
Year
,
we
came
to
Westminster
,
having
travelled
fifty
Miles
that
day
.
The
same
Night
I
waited
on
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
to
acknowledge
his
Care
of
me
,
and
to
acquaint
him
with
the
Condition
on
which
I
had
my
Liberty
to
come
up
,
and
with
the
explanation
upon
which
only
I
had
signed
the
Engagement
proposed
to
me
,
and
desired
of
him
that
the
whole
Matter
of
Fact
might
be
plainly
stated
to
his
Father-in-law
,
and
that
I
might
be
now
accounted
free
from
that
Engagement
,
according
to
the
Explanation
.
He
told
me
,
he
was
glad
to
see
me
there
,
and
would
take
care
to
acquaint
his
Highness
,
as
he
called
him
,
with
what
I
had
said
,
and
to
represent
it
as
much
as
might
be
to
my
advantage
.
The
next
Wednesday
after
my
arrival
about
eight
in
the
Evening
,
Cromwel
sent
a
Gentleman
,
one
Mr.
Fenwick
,
to
let
me
know
that
he
would
speak
with
me
.
I
found
him
in
his
Bed-Chamber
at
Whitehall
,
and
with
him
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Mr.
Walter
Strickland
,
Col.
Montague
,
and
soon
after
came
in
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
.
The
first
Salute
I
received
from
him
was
to
tell
me
,
that
I
had
not
dealt
fairly
with
him
in
making
him
to
believe
I
had
signed
an
Engagement
not
to
act
against
him
,
and
yet
reserving
an
Explanation
whereby
I
made
void
that
Engagement
;
which
if
it
had
not
been
made
known
to
him
,
he
might
have
relied
upon
my
Promise
,
and
so
have
been
engaged
in
Blood
before
he
was
aware
.
I
told
him
,
I
knew
not
why
he
should
look
upon
me
to
be
so
considerable
;
neither
could
I
apprehend
how
it
had
been
possible
for
me
to
deal
more
fairly
and
openly
with
him
than
I
had
done
:
For
I
had
told
his
Governour
at
Beaumaris
,
that
if
my
Life
as
well
as
my
Liberty
had
been
at
stake
,
I
could
not
sign
the
Engagement
simply
,
and
therefore
had
resolved
to
continue
there
,
had
not
the
Governour
himself
expressed
a
Desire
to
accept
of
my
Subscription
with
that
Explanation
.
And
because
I
accounted
it
to
be
in
effect
a
Repeal
of
the
Engagement
,
I
had
told
him
so
and
desired
him
to
do
nothing
out
of
respect
to
me
that
consisted
not
with
his
Duty
;
notwithstanding
which
,
the
Governour
told
me
,
he
was
free
to
accept
my
Subscription
,
so
that
I
knew
not
but
he
might
have
received
Instructions
so
to
do
.
No
,
said
Cromwel
,
he
had
none
from
me
.
That
was
more
,
said
I
,
than
I
knew
;
and
if
you
had
not
notice
as
well
of
the
one
as
the
other
,
it
was
not
my
fault
,
for
I
had
acquainted
you
with
neither
;
and
those
who
informed
you
of
the
one
,
I
presumed
had
made
you
acquainted
with
the
other
also
.
He
then
objected
to
me
,
that
I
was
stolen
from
Ireland
without
leave
:
To
which
I
made
answer
,
That
tho'
I
knew
no
cause
why
I
should
either
be
detained
in
Ireland
,
or
obliged
to
ask
leave
to
depart
,
yet
to
avoid
all
pretence
of
Exception
against
me
,
I
had
taken
care
to
procure
even
that
too
,
as
far
as
it
was
possible
,
having
a
Passport
for
England
from
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
the
Chief
Officer
of
Ireland
,
with
the
Advice
of
Mr.
Corbet
,
one
of
his
Council
,
for
my
coming
,
and
his
Son
Harry's
Promise
not
to
obstruct
me
in
my
Journey
.
He
next
asked
me
,
wherefore
I
would
not
engage
not
to
act
against
the
present
Government
,
telling
me
,
that
if
Nero
were
in
Power
,
it
would
be
my
Duty
to
submit
.
To
which
I
replied
,
that
I
was
ready
to
submit
,
and
could
truly
say
,
that
I
knew
not
of
any
Design
against
him
.
But
said
I
,
if
Providence
open
a
way
,
and
give
an
Opportunity
of
appearing
in
behalf
of
the
People
,
I
cannot
consent
to
tie
my
own
Hands
before-hand
,
and
oblige
my self
not
to
lay
hold
on
it
.
However
,
said
he
,
it
is
not
reasonable
to
suffer
one
that
I
distrust
to
come
within
my
House
,
till
he
assure
me
he
will
do
me
no
Mischief
:
I
told
him
,
I
was
not
accustomed
to
go
to
any
House
,
unless
I
expected
to
be
welcom
;
neither
had
I
come
hither
but
upon
a
Message
from
him
,
and
that
I
desired
nothing
but
a
little
liberty
to
breathe
in
the
Air
,
to
which
I
conceived
I
had
an
equal
Right
with
other
Men
.
He
then
fell
to
inveigh
bitterly
against
Major
Wildman
,
as
the
Author
of
the
Petition
from
the
Army
before-mentioned
,
reviling
him
with
unhandsom
Language
,
and
saying
,
he
deserved
to
be
hanged
;
and
that
he
must
secure
me
also
,
if
I
would
not
oblige
my self
never
to
act
against
him
.
I
told
him
I
had
gone
as
far
as
I
could
in
that
Engagement
which
I
had
given
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
;
and
if
that
were
not
thought
sufficient
,
I
resolved
with
God's
Assistance
to
suffer
any
Extremities
that
might
be
imposed
upon
me
.
Yes
,
said
he
,
we
know
your
Resolution
well
enough
,
and
we
have
cause
to
be
as
stout
as
you
;
but
I
pray
who
spoke
of
your
Suffering
?
Sir
,
said
I
,
if
I
am
not
deceived
,
you
mentioned
the
securing
my
Person
.
Yea
,
said
he
,
and
great
Reason
there
is
why
we
should
do
so
;
for
I
am
ashamed
to
see
that
Engagement
which
you
have
given
to
the
Lieutenant
General
,
which
would
be
more
fit
for
a
General
who
should
be
taken
Prisoner
,
and
that
hath
yet
an
Army
of
thirty
thousand
Men
in
the
Field
,
than
for
one
in
your
condition
.
I
answered
,
that
it
was
as
much
as
I
could
consent
to
give
,
and
what
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
thought
fit
to
accept
.
Then
beginning
to
carry
himself
more
calmly
,
he
said
that
he
had
been
always
ready
to
do
me
what
good
Offices
he
could
,
and
that
he
wished
me
as
well
as
he
did
any
one
of
his
Council
,
desiring
me
to
make
choice
of
some
Place
to
be
in
,
where
I
might
have
good
Air
.
I
assured
him
,
that
my
Dissatisfactions
were
not
grounded
upon
any
Animosity
against
his
Person
;
and
that
if
my
own
Father
were
alive
,
and
in
his
Place
,
they
would
,
I
doubted
not
,
be
altogether
as
great
.
He
acknowledged
that
I
had
always
carried
my self
fairly
and
openly
to
him
,
and
protested
that
he
had
never
given
me
just
Cause
to
act
otherwise
.
When
Cromwel
had
finished
his
Discourse
,
some
of
those
who
were
present
,
began
to
make
their
Observations
,
and
particularly
Col.
Montague
thought
it
worthy
his
notice
,
that
I
had
intimated
,
If
Providence
should
offer
an
Occasion
,
I
was
ready
to
act
against
the
present
Government
;
but
the
rest
of
the
Company
seemed
ashamed
of
what
he
said
.
Major
General
Lambert
then
desired
to
know
from
me
why
I
could
not
own
this
as
a
lawful
Government
:
Because
,
said
I
,
it
seems
to
me
to
be
in
substance
a
Re-establishment
of
that
which
we
all
engaged
against
,
and
had
with
a
great
Expence
of
Blood
and
Treasure
abolished
.
What
then
,
said
he
,
would
you
account
to
be
a
sufficient
Warrant
for
you
to
act
against
the
present
Authority
?
I
answered
,
When
I
might
rationally
hope
to
be
supported
by
an
Authority
equal
or
superior
to
to
this
,
and
could
be
perswaded
that
the
said
Authority
would
employ
its
Power
for
the
Good
of
Mankind
.
But
who
shall
be
Judge
of
that
,
said
he
?
For
all
are
ready
to
say
they
do
so
,
and
we
our selves
think
we
use
the
best
of
our
Endeavours
to
that
end
.
I
replied
,
that
if
they
did
so
,
their
Crime
was
the
less
,
because
every
Man
stands
obliged
to
govern
himself
by
the
Light
of
his
own
Reason
,
which
Rule
,
with
the
Assistance
of
God
,
I
was
determined
to
observe
.
Col.
Sydenham
said
,
we
might
be
mistaken
in
Judging
that
to
be
a
Power
giving
us
a
just
and
rational
Call
to
act
,
which
may
not
be
so
.
I
told
him
,
that
we
ought
to
be
very
careful
and
circumspect
in
that
particular
,
and
at
least
be
assured
of
very
probable
Grounds
to
believe
the
Power
under
which
we
engage
to
be
sufficiently
able
to
protect
us
in
our
Undertaking
;
otherwise
I
should
account
my self
not
only
guilty
of
my
own
Blood
,
but
also
in
some
measure
of
the
Ruine
and
Destruction
of
all
those
that
I
should
induce
to
engage
with
me
,
tho'
the
Cause
were
never
so
just
.
This
Discourse
being
ended
,
I
was
desired
to
withdraw
into
the
next
room
,
where
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
came
to
me
,
and
laboured
to
perswade
me
to
engage
,
as
was
desired
,
tho'
but
for
a
Week
.
I
made
answer
,
that
I
was
not
willing
to
do
it
for
an
Hour
;
then
,
said
he
,
you
shall
engage
to
me
.
I
told
him
I
looked
upon
my self
already
obliged
by
the
Conditions
of
my
late
Engagement
,
farther
than
which
I
could
not
go
;
and
thereupon
returned
to
my
Lodging
,
in
order
to
imploy
my
leisure
about
my
private
Affairs
during
that
time
.
The
Design
against
the
Spaniards
in
the
West-Indies
having
been
,
as
was
before
related
,
unsuccessful
,
it
was
resolved
to
send
three
thousand
Men
from
Scotland
and
Ireland
to
reinforce
the
Party
in
Jamaica
,
which
from
twelve
thousand
Men
was
now
reduced
to
little
more
than
three
thousand
.
The
Officers
of
this
Reinforcement
were
to
be
of
such
as
were
accounted
dissatisfied
with
the
present
Posture
of
Affairs
,
and
therefore
thought
unfit
to
remain
here
.
Amongst
the
Officers
of
the
Scots
Regiment
was
a
Lieutenant
Colonel
,
I
think
it
was
Lieut.
Col.
Brain
,
who
some
time
before
had
been
cashiered
for
his
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
which
was
now
esteemed
the
Common
Enemy
.
But
not
having
gained
by
his
faithful
Services
any
competent
Subsistence
,
as
mercenary
Officers
generally
know
how
to
do
,
he
was
driven
to
the
necessity
of
accepting
the
Command
of
that
Regiment
.
According
to
their
Instructions
they
set
sail
for
the
place
of
Rendezvouz
,
where
they
were
to
meet
those
Forces
that
were
ordered
to
join
them
from
Ireland
.
But
a
violent
Storm
arising
in
their
Passage
,
this
Colonel
,
with
about
three
hundred
Men
,
was
cast
away
,
the
rest
being
driven
on
the
Coast
of
Ireland
.
Great
endeavours
were
used
in
Ireland
to
perswade
Lieut.
Col.
Walker
,
an
honest
Man
and
a
good
Officer
,
to
undertake
the
Command
of
those
Forces
that
were
ordered
to
be
sent
from
thence
;
but
he
perceiving
the
Design
,
and
being
throughly
sensible
that
this
Offer
was
not
made
to
him
from
any
Affection
to
his
Person
,
or
sense
of
his
Services
,
refused
to
bite
at
the
Bait
,
tho'
it
was
gilded
as
much
as
might
be
,
by
advancing
a
considerable
Sum
,
and
satisfying
the
Arrears
of
those
that
went
,
out
of
the
forfeited
Lands
in
such
places
as
they
should
chuse
.
Upon
his
refusal
,
Major
Moor
accepted
the
Imployment
with
the
Title
of
Colonel
;
but
on
condition
that
after
he
had
conducted
the
Men
to
Jamaica
,
he
should
have
liberty
to
return
,
which
he
did
after
many
Difficulties
and
Hazards
of
his
Person
.
Capt
.
Chester
,
a
stout
Man
,
and
one
who
at
a
General
Council
of
Officers
had
openly
expressed
his
Discontent
against
the
Usurpation
,
was
also
perswaded
to
engage
in
his
Service
,
and
lost
his
Life
in
the
Expedition
.
Cromwel
perceiving
he
could
not
compass
his
Designs
again
Spain
by
his
own
Power
,
entred
into
an
Alliance
with
the
French
,
who
by
the
Treaty
with
him
,
obliged
themselves
not
to
permit
the
Sons
of
the
late
King
to
remain
in
any
part
of
France
;
which
Article
was
punctually
performed
.
For
such
is
the
Mystery
,
or
rather
Knavery
of
those
Governments
that
are
framed
to
support
an
Arbitrary
Power
,
that
they
will
not
scruple
to
sacrifice
the
best
Friends
and
nearest
Relations
when
they
stand
in
the
way
of
their
Designs
.
This
Confederacy
was
dearly
purchased
on
our
part
;
for
by
it
the
Balance
of
the
two
Crowns
of
Spain
and
France
was
destroyed
,
and
a
Foundation
laid
for
the
future
Greatness
of
the
French
,
to
the
unspeakable
Prejudice
of
all
Europe
in
general
,
and
of
this
Nation
in
particular
,
whose
Interest
it
had
been
to
that
time
accounted
to
maintain
that
Equality
as
near
as
might
be
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Major
Generals
carried
things
with
unheard
of
Insolence
in
their
several
Precincts
,
Decimating
to
extremity
whom
they
pleased
,
and
interrupting
the
Proceedings
at
Law
upon
Petitions
of
those
who
pretended
themselves
aggrieved
;
threatning
such
as
would
not
yield
a
ready
submission
to
their
Orders
,
with
Transportation
to
Jamaica
or
some
other
Plantations
in
the
West-Indies
;
and
suffering
none
to
escape
their
Persecution
,
but
those
that
would
betray
their
own
Party
,
by
discovering
the
Persons
that
had
acted
with
them
or
for
them
.
And
here
I
cannot
omit
to
mention
a
Farmer
in
Barkshire
,
who
being
demanded
to
pay
his
Tenth
,
desired
to
know
of
the
Commissioners
,
in
case
he
did
so
,
what
Security
he
should
have
for
the
other
nine
parts
:
and
answer
being
made
that
he
should
have
Cromwel's
Order
and
theirs
for
the
Enjoyment
of
the
rest
;
he
replied
,
that
he
had
already
an
Act
of
Parliament
for
the
whole
,
which
he
could
not
but
think
to
be
as
good
Security
as
they
could
give
.
But
,
said
he
,
if
Goodman
such
a
one
,
and
another
whom
he
named
of
his
Neighbours
,
will
give
me
their
Bond
for
it
,
I
know
what
to
say
to
such
a
Proposal
;
for
if
they
break
their
Agreement
,
I
know
where
to
right
my self
;
but
these
Sword-men
are
too
strong
for
me
.
A
Squadron
of
our
Ships
cruizing
off
the
Coast
of
Spain
,
met
with
and
fought
5
Ships
returning
thither
from
the
West-Indies
,
which
had
on
board
a
Spanish
Marquiss
,
who
with
his
Family
and
great
Wealth
acquired
in
his
Government
there
,
was
coming
back
to
Spain
.
The
Spaniards
defended
themselves
as
well
as
they
could
;
but
the
Marquiss
thinking
it
impossible
to
escape
,
set
fire
to
the
Ship
wherein
he
was
,
and
with
most
of
his
Family
was
burnt
in
her
.
Of
the
other
four
one
was
sunk
in
the
Fight
,
another
made
her
escape
,
and
two
were
taken
,
on
board
of
one
of
which
was
the
Son
of
the
said
Marquiss
.
It
was
reported
that
in
the
two
Ships
taken
,
there
was
found
about
three
Millions
in
Bullion
,
which
was
brought
in
triumph
by
Carts
from
Portsmouth
to
London
,
in
order
to
be
coined
at
the
Tower
.
The
Siege
of
Dunkirk
being
undertaken
by
the
French
,
their
Confederate
Cromwel
sent
a
Body
of
Men
in
number
about
six
thousand
,
for
the
most
part
Foot
,
to
their
Assistance
.
The
Cavalier
Party
under
the
Duke
of
York
joined
themselves
to
the
Spaniards
,
who
endeavoured
with
an
Army
to
relieve
the
Place
;
and
having
sent
a
Party
to
possess
themselves
of
a
Sand-Hill
,
so
galled
the
English
from
thence
,
that
they
resolved
,
if
possible
,
to
remove
them
from
that
Post
.
The
Ground
was
so
deep
and
loose
,
that
they
could
not
without
extreme
difficulty
march
up
the
Hill
;
yet
at
last
they
effected
it
,
and
having
put
the
Spaniards
to
flight
,
pursued
them
to
their
main
Body
:
But
having
engaged
themselves
too
far
,
and
being
over-powered
by
great
numbers
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
(
the
French
leaving
the
whole
stress
of
the
Fight
upon
them
)
they
were
in
danger
of
being
entirely
cut
off
;
which
being
perceived
by
Major
General
Drummond
a
Scots
Officer
,
who
served
with
the
English
as
a
Volunteer
,
he
rode
up
to
the
French
Horse
,
and
by
reproaching
them
with
Treachery
and
Negligence
,
procured
a
Party
of
Horse
to
be
sent
to
their
Succour
.
Upon
the
arrival
of
this
seasonable
Relief
,
the
English
took
fresh
Courage
,
renewed
their
Attack
,
and
killed
a
great
number
of
the
Enemy
;
many
of
those
that
were
killed
on
the
Enemies
side
were
English
and
Irish
,
that
fought
under
the
Duke
of
York
.
And
as
it
was
confessed
by
all
present
,
that
the
English
who
took
part
with
the
French
,
behaved
themselves
with
more
Bravery
than
any
in
the
Field
that
day
;
so
it
was
observed
that
those
of
the
Cavalier
Party
,
who
had
joined
with
the
Spaniards
,
behaved
themselves
worst
.
Soon
after
this
Battel
the
Town
of
Dunkirk
was
surrendred
to
the
French
,
and
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
English
,
as
it
had
been
agreed
between
Cromwel
and
Cardinal
Mazarine
.
It
being
thought
fit
to
fortifie
divers
Places
of
Importance
in
Scotland
,
Cromwel
appointed
a
considerable
Sum
of
Money
to
be
expended
on
the
Works
of
Ayre
,
Dundee
,
Leith
,
St.
Johns-town
,
Sterling
,
&c.
and
had
so
balanced
the
several
Interests
in
his
Councils
there
,
that
tho'
Monk
generally
favoured
the
more
loose
and
vitious
Party
amongst
the
Scots
,
yet
there
were
not
wanting
some
who
supported
an
honester
sort
of
Men
,
that
were
not
willing
to
permit
their
King
to
return
without
Conditions
.
The
Lord
Broghil
had
been
of
great
use
to
moderate
these
two
Parties
;
but
being
much
afflicted
with
the
Gout
,
and
the
Air
of
Scotland
not
agreeing
with
his
distemper'd
Body
,
he
desired
Cromwel
to
grant
him
leave
to
return
to
Ireland
according
to
his
Promise
,
the
Year
of
his
Residence
in
Scotland
being
now
expired
.
Cromwel
not
willing
to
comply
with
his
Desires
in
this
particular
,
dispatched
Instructions
to
his
Son
Henry
in
Ireland
by
all
means
to
procure
a
Petition
from
the
discontented
Party
,
against
the
Lord
Broghil's
return
thither
.
To
this
end
Sir
Hardress
Waller
suspecting
that
the
Presence
of
this
Lord
might
eclipse
his
Greatness
,
became
an
earnest
Solicitor
to
Adjutant
General
Allen
,
and
Quartermaster
General
Vernon
,
to
join
in
a
Petition
to
that
effect
.
But
they
perceiving
the
Design
,
not
only
refused
so
to
do
,
but
plainly
told
him
that
they
were
ready
to
join
in
a
Petition
for
his
coming
,
it
being
impossible
to
be
worse
with
them
than
now
it
was
.
This
Discourse
being
reported
to
Col.
Henry
Cromwel
with
an
Insinuation
,
that
it
was
to
be
suspected
that
there
was
some
Design
carrying
on
by
the
Lord
Broghil
and
the
dissatisfied
Party
in
Ireland
,
he
sent
an
account
of
it
to
his
Father
,
and
desired
that
he
would
not
by
any
means
permit
him
to
return
thither
.
Divers
Conspiracies
that
had
been
formed
against
the
Government
of
the
Usurper
being
already
defeated
,
and
the
Authors
of
them
for
the
most
part
punished
,
he
was
prevailed
with
to
permit
Major
General
Harrison
and
Mr.
Carew
,
whom
he
had
sent
to
remote
Confinements
,
to
be
Prisoners
at
their
own
Habitations
;
and
accordingly
he
ordered
Major
Strange
to
go
to
Carisbrook
Castle
,
and
to
bring
the
Major
General
from
thence
to
his
House
at
Highgate
:
where
when
I
was
acquainted
with
his
arrival
,
I
went
to
make
him
a
Visit
,
and
having
told
him
that
I
was
very
desirous
to
be
informed
by
him
of
the
Reasons
that
moved
him
to
join
with
Cromwel
in
the
Interruption
of
the
Civil
Authority
;
he
answered
that
he
had
done
it
,
because
he
was
fully
perswaded
they
had
not
a
heart
to
do
any
more
good
for
the
Lord
and
his
People
,
Then
,
said
I
,
are
you
not
now
convinced
of
your
Error
,
in
entertaining
such
Thoughts
,
especially
since
it
has
been
seen
what
use
has
been
made
of
the
usurped
Power
?
To
which
he
replied
,
Upon
their
Heads
be
the
Guilt
,
who
have
made
a
wrong
use
of
it
;
for
my
own
part
,
my
Heart
was
upright
and
sincere
in
the
thing
.
I
answered
,
that
I
conceived
it
not
to
be
sufficient
in
matters
of
so
great
Importance
to
Mankind
,
to
have
only
good
Intentions
and
Designs
,
unless
there
be
also
probable
means
of
attaining
those
Ends
by
the
Methods
we
enter
upon
;
and
tho'
it
should
be
granted
that
the
Parliament
was
not
inclined
to
make
so
full
a
Reformation
of
things
amiss
as
might
be
desired
,
yet
I
could
not
doubt
that
they
would
have
done
as
much
good
for
us
,
as
the
Nation
was
fitted
to
receive
;
and
therefore
that
extraordinary
Means
ought
not
to
have
been
used
,
till
it
had
been
clearly
evident
that
the
ordinary
had
failed
,
especially
since
it
could
not
but
be
manifest
to
every
Man
,
who
observed
the
state
of
our
Affairs
;
that
upon
the
suppression
of
the
Civil
Authority
,
the
Power
would
immediately
devolve
upon
that
Person
who
had
the
greatest
Interest
in
the
Army
.
His
second
Reason
for
joining
with
Cromwel
was
,
because
he
pretended
to
own
and
favour
a
sort
of
Men
,
who
acted
upon
higher
Principles
than
those
of
Civil
Liberty
.
I
replied
,
that
I
thought
him
mistaken
in
that
also
,
since
it
had
not
appeared
that
he
ever
approved
of
any
Persons
or
things
farther
than
he
might
make
them
subservient
to
his
own
ambitious
Designs
;
reminding
him
that
the
generality
of
the
People
that
had
engag'd
with
us
having
acted
upon
no
higher
Principles
than
those
of
Civil
Liberty
,
and
that
they
might
be
governed
by
their
own
Consent
,
it
could
not
be
just
to
treat
them
in
another
manner
upon
any
pretences
whatsoever
.
The
Major
General
then
cited
a
Passage
of
the
Prophet
Daniel
,
where
't
is
said
,
That
the
Saints
shall
take
the
Kingdom
and
possess
it
.
To
which
he
added
another
to
the
same
effect
,
That
the
Kingdom
shall
not
be
left
to
another
People
.
I
answered
,
that
the
same
Prophet
says
in
another
Place
,
That
the
Kingdom
shall
be
given
to
the
People
of
the
Saints
of
the
most
High
.
And
that
I
conceived
,
if
they
should
presume
to
take
it
before
it
was
given
,
they
would
at
the
best
be
guilty
of
doing
evil
,
that
good
might
come
from
it
:
For
to
deprive
those
of
their
Right
in
the
Government
,
who
had
contended
for
it
equally
with
our selves
,
were
to
do
as
we
would
not
that
others
should
do
to
us
:
That
such
Proceedings
are
not
only
unjust
,
but
also
impracticable
,
at
least
for
the
present
;
because
we
cannot
perceive
that
the
Saints
are
clothed
with
such
a
Spirit
,
as
those
are
required
to
be
to
whom
the
Kingdom
is
promised
;
and
therefore
we
may
easily
be
deceived
in
judging
who
are
sit
for
Government
,
for
many
have
taken
upon
them
the
Form
of
Saintship
,
that
they
might
be
admitted
to
it
,
who
yet
have
not
acted
sutably
to
their
Pretensions
in
the
sight
of
God
or
Men
:
for
proof
of
which
we
need
go
no
further
than
to
those
very
Persons
who
had
drawn
him
to
assist
them
in
their
Design
of
exalting
themselves
,
under
the
specious
Pretence
of
advancing
the
Kingdom
of
Christ
.
He
confessed
himself
not
able
to
answer
the
Arguments
I
had
used
;
yet
said
,
he
was
not
convinced
that
the
Texts
of
Scripture
quoted
by
him
were
not
to
be
interpreted
in
the
Sense
he
had
taken
them
,
and
therefore
desired
a
farther
Conference
with
me
at
another
time
,
when
each
of
us
might
be
accompanied
with
some
Friends
to
assist
us
in
the
clearing
of
this
Matter
.
I
consented
to
his
proposal
,
and
so
we
parted
;
but
from
that
time
forward
we
had
not
an
opportunity
to
discourse
farther
upon
this
Subject
.
About
the
same
time
Mr.
Peters
,
who
still
kept
fair
with
those
at
Whitehall
,
made
me
a
Visit
;
and
in
our
Conversation
about
the
Publick
Affairs
I
freely
told
him
my
Opinion
concerning
the
Actions
of
Cromwel
,
endeavouring
to
make
him
sensible
not
only
of
his
Injustice
,
but
great
Imprudence
,
thus
to
sacrifice
the
Common
Cause
to
his
Ambition
,
and
by
every
step
he
had
lately
taken
to
strengthen
the
hands
of
the
Common
Enemy
,
whereby
he
would
undoubtedly
open
a
way
for
the
Return
of
the
Family
of
the
late
King
,
who
would
not
fail
to
do
all
that
Revenge
could
inspire
them
with
:
Whereas
if
he
had
made
use
of
his
Power
to
establish
the
just
Liberties
of
the
Nation
,
or
could
yet
be
perswaded
so
to
do
,
he
might
live
more
honoured
and
esteemed
,
have
the
Pleasure
and
Satisfaction
arising
from
so
generous
an
Action
,
when
he
died
,
and
leave
his
own
Family
,
together
with
the
whole
Body
of
the
People
,
in
a
most
happy
and
flourishing
Condition
.
He
confessed
that
what
I
had
said
was
most
true
,
but
added
,
that
there
was
not
a
Man
about
him
who
had
Courage
enough
to
tell
him
so
:
That
for
his
part
he
had
observed
him
immediately
after
the
Victory
at
Worcester
to
be
so
elevated
,
that
he
then
began
to
fear
what
was
since
come
to
pass
;
and
that
he
told
a
Friend
with
whom
he
then
quartered
in
his
return
to
London
,
that
he
was
inclined
to
believe
Cromwel
would
endeavour
to
make
himself
King
.
The
Usurper
having
governed
as
he
thought
long
enough
by
virtue
of
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
which
tho'
drawn
up
by
himself
and
his
Creatures
,
was
now
thought
to
lay
too
great
a
Restraint
upon
his
ambitious
Spirit
;
and
resolving
to
rest
satisfied
with
nothing
less
than
the
Succession
of
his
Family
to
the
Crown
,
he
attempted
to
make
himself
King
.
To
this
end
he
thought
it
necessary
to
call
a
Parliament
;
and
that
he
might
engage
the
Army
to
assist
him
in
all
Parts
to
procure
such
Men
to
be
chosen
as
would
be
fit
for
his
purpose
,
he
pretended
that
this
Assembly
was
called
only
in
order
to
raise
Money
for
the
Paiment
of
the
Army
and
Fleet
,
to
confirm
the
Authority
of
the
Major
Generals
,
and
that
of
the
Instrument
of
Government
.
By
this
means
he
obtained
his
Desires
in
a
great
measure
,
especially
in
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
where
all
kinds
of
Artifice
,
and
in
many
places
the
most
irregular
Courses
,
were
taken
to
get
such
Men
returned
as
were
proposed
by
the
Court
.
But
knowing
the
People
of
England
not
to
be
of
so
mercenary
a
Spirit
;
and
that
as
they
were
better
instructed
in
the
Principles
of
Civil
Liberty
,
so
they
were
not
wanting
in
Courage
to
assert
it
,
he
used
his
utmost
Endeavours
to
disable
and
incapacitate
such
Men
from
being
chosen
,
whom
he
thought
most
likely
to
obstruct
his
Designs
.
In
order
to
this
he
summoned
the
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Col.
Rich
,
and
my self
,
to
appear
before
him
in
Council
:
Which
we
all
did
except
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
who
told
the
Messenger
he
should
be
at
his
House
at
Charing-Cross
on
a
certain
day
.
Cromwel
,
as
soon
as
he
saw
the
Lord
President
,
required
him
to
take
out
a
new
Commission
for
his
Office
of
Chief
Justice
of
Chester
,
which
he
refused
,
alledging
that
he
held
that
Place
by
a
Grant
from
the
Parliament
of
England
to
continue
quamdiu
se
bene
gesserit
.
And
whether
he
had
carried
himself
with
that
Integrity
which
his
Commission
exacted
from
him
,
he
was
ready
to
submit
to
a
Trial
by
twelve
English
Men
,
to
be
chosen
even
by
Cromwel
himself
.
Col.
Rich
being
pressed
to
give
Security
not
to
act
against
the
Government
,
and
refusing
so
to
do
,
was
sent
Prisoner
to
Windsor-Castle
.
Then
I
drew
near
to
the
Council-Table
,
where
Cromwel
charged
me
with
dispersing
treasonable
Books
in
Ireland
,
and
with
endeavouring
to
render
the
Officers
of
the
Army
disaffected
,
by
discoursing
to
them
concerning
new
Models
of
Government
.
I
acknowledged
that
I
had
caused
some
Papers
to
be
dispersed
in
Ireland
,
but
denied
that
they
justly
could
be
called
Treasonable
.
And
tho'
I
knew
not
that
it
was
a
Crime
to
debate
of
the
several
Forms
of
Government
,
yet
that
I
had
not
done
any
thing
of
that
nature
lately
to
the
best
of
my
remembrance
.
He
then
said
,
that
he
was
not
ignorant
of
the
many
Plots
that
were
on
foot
to
disturb
the
present
Power
,
and
that
he
thought
it
his
Duty
to
secure
such
as
he
suspected
.
To
this
I
replied
,
that
there
were
two
Duties
required
by
God
of
the
Magistrate
,
i.e.
that
he
be
a
Terror
to
those
that
do
evil
,
and
a
Praise
to
such
as
do
well
;
and
whether
my
Actions
were
good
or
bad
,
I
was
ready
to
submit
to
a
legal
Trial
:
That
I
was
ignorant
of
any
other
way
to
secure
the
Magistrate
from
being
afraid
of
the
People
,
or
the
People
from
the
Dread
of
the
Magistrate
,
unless
both
will
do
that
which
is
just
and
good
.
You
do
well
,
said
he
,
to
reflect
on
our
Fears
;
yet
I
would
have
you
know
,
that
what
I
do
,
proceeds
not
from
any
Motive
of
Fear
,
but
from
a
timely
Prudence
to
foresee
and
prevent
Danger
:
That
had
I
done
as
I
should
,
I
ought
to
have
secured
you
immediately
upon
your
coming
into
England
,
or
at
least
when
you
desired
to
be
freed
from
the
Engagement
you
had
given
after
your
arrival
;
and
therefore
I
now
require
you
to
give
assurance
not
to
act
against
the
Government
.
I
desired
to
be
excused
in
that
Particular
,
reminding
him
of
the
Reasons
I
had
formerly
given
him
for
my
Refusal
,
adding
,
that
I
was
in
his
Power
,
and
that
he
might
use
me
as
he
thought
fit
.
Pray
then
,
said
he
,
what
is
it
that
you
would
have
?
May
not
every
Man
be
as
good
as
he
will
?
What
can
you
desire
more
than
you
have
?
It
were
easie
,
said
I
,
to
tell
what
we
would
have
.
What
is
that
,
I
pray
,
said
he
?
That
which
we
fought
for
,
said
I
,
that
the
Nation
might
be
governed
by
its
own
Consent
.
I
am
,
said
he
,
as
much
for
a
Governmeent
by
Consent
as
any
Man
;
but
where
shall
we
find
that
Consent
?
Amongst
the
Prelatical
,
Presbyterian
,
Independent
,
Anabaptist
,
or
Leveling
Parties
?
I
answered
,
amongst
those
of
all
sorts
who
had
acted
with
Fidelity
and
Affection
to
the
Publick
.
Then
he
sell
into
the
Commendation
of
his
own
Government
,
boasting
of
the
Protection
and
Quiet
which
the
People
enjoyed
under
it
,
saying
that
he
was
resolved
to
keep
the
Nation
from
being
imbrued
in
Blood
.
I
said
,
that
I
was
of
Opinion
too
much
Blood
had
been
already
shed
,
unless
there
were
a
better
account
of
it
.
You
do
well
,
said
he
,
to
charge
us
with
the
Guilt
of
Blood
;
but
we
think
there
is
a
good
Return
for
what
hath
been
shed
;
and
we
understand
what
clandestine
Correspondences
are
carrying
on
at
this
time
between
the
Spaniard
and
those
of
your
Party
,
who
make
use
of
your
Name
,
and
affirm
that
you
will
own
them
and
assist
them
.
I
know
not
,
said
I
,
what
you
mean
by
my
Party
,
and
can
truly
say
,
that
if
any
Men
have
entred
into
an
Engagement
with
Spain
,
they
have
had
no
Advice
from
me
so
to
do
,
and
that
if
they
will
use
my
Name
I
cannot
help
it
.
Then
in
a
softer
way
he
told
me
,
that
he
desired
not
to
put
any
more
Hardships
on
me
than
on
himself
;
that
he
had
been
always
ready
to
do
me
all
the
good
Offices
that
lay
in
his
Power
,
and
that
he
aimed
at
nothing
by
this
Proceeding
but
the
Publick
Quiet
and
Security
.
Truly
Sir
,
said
I
,
I
know
not
why
you
should
be
an
Enemy
to
me
who
have
been
faithful
to
you
in
all
your
Difficulties
.
I
understand
not
,
said
he
,
what
you
mean
by
my
Difficulties
.
I
am
sure
they
were
not
so
properly
mine
as
those
of
the
Publick
;
for
in
respect
to
my
outward
Condition
I
have
not
much
improved
it
,
as
these
Gentlemen
,
pointing
to
his
Council
,
well
know
.
To
which
they
seemed
to
assent
,
by
rising
from
their
Chairs
;
and
therefore
I
thought
not
fit
to
insist
farther
on
that
Point
,
contenting
my self
to
say
,
that
it
was
from
that
Duty
which
I
owed
to
the
Publick
,
whereof
he
expressed
such
a
peculiar
Regard
,
that
I
durst
not
give
the
Security
he
desired
,
because
I
conceived
it
to
be
against
the
Liberty
of
the
People
,
and
contrary
to
the
known
Law
of
England
.
For
proof
of
this
I
produced
an
Act
of
Parliament
for
restraining
the
Council-Table
from
imprisoning
any
of
the
free-born
People
of
England
;
and
in
case
they
should
do
so
,
requiring
the
Justices
of
the
Upper
Bench
,
upon
the
Application
of
the
aggrieved
Party
,
to
grant
his
Habeas
Corpus
,
and
to
give
him
considerable
Damages
.
To
this
Act
I
supposed
he
gave
his
free
Vote
,
assuring
him
,
that
for
my
own
part
I
durst
not
do
any
thing
that
should
tend
to
the
violation
of
it
.
But
,
said
he
,
did
not
the
Army
and
Council
of
State
commit
Persons
to
Prison
?
I
answered
,
that
the
Council
of
State
did
so
,
but
it
was
by
virtue
of
an
Authority
granted
to
them
by
the
Parliament
;
and
if
the
Army
had
sometimes
acted
in
that
manner
,
it
had
been
in
time
of
War
,
and
then
only
in
order
to
bring
the
Persons
secured
to
a
legal
Trial
;
whereas
it
is
now
pretended
that
we
live
in
a
time
of
Peace
,
and
are
to
be
governed
by
the
known
Laws
of
the
Land
.
A
Justice
of
Peace
,
said
he
,
may
commit
,
and
shall
not
I
?
He
is
,
said
I
,
a
legal
Officer
,
and
authorized
by
the
Law
to
do
so
,
which
you
could
not
be
,
tho'
you
were
King
;
because
if
you
do
wrong
therein
,
no
Remedy
can
be
had
against
you
.
Therefore
if
I
have
offended
against
the
Law
,
I
desire
to
be
referred
to
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
that
I
may
be
proceeded
with
according
to
Law
;
but
if
I
have
done
nothing
to
deserve
a
Restraint
,
that
then
I
may
have
my
Liberty
.
Whereupon
being
commanded
to
withdraw
into
a
Room
next
to
the
Council-Chamber
,
I
heard
Major
General
Lambert
to
advise
that
I
might
be
peremptorily
required
to
give
the
Security
demanded
.
But
Cromwel
said
,
that
the
Air
of
Ireland
was
good
,
that
I
had
a
House
there
,
and
therefore
he
thought
it
best
to
send
me
thither
.
Immediately
after
Mr.
Scobel
,
one
of
the
Clerks
of
the
Council
,
came
to
me
,
and
acquainted
me
,
that
I
might
return
to
my
Lodging
;
where
I
had
not
been
a
quarter
of
an
hour
before
Mr.
Strickland
,
one
of
the
Council
,
came
to
me
,
and
pressed
me
earnestly
to
comply
:
But
I
told
him
,
that
having
contended
for
the
Liberty
of
others
,
I
was
not
willing
to
give
away
my
own
,
and
to
be
made
a
Precedent
to
the
prejudice
of
my
Country-men
,
because
it
was
the
pleasure
of
those
that
had
the
Sword
to
have
it
so
.
Why
,
said
he
,
was
it
not
the
Sword
by
which
you
kept
Warder-Castle
,
and
by
which
you
acted
during
the
whole
course
of
the
late
War
?
I
had
,
said
I
,
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
to
justifie
me
in
so
doing
.
He
answered
,
But
they
governed
by
the
Sword
.
To
which
I
replied
,
that
indeed
they
made
use
of
the
Sword
to
remove
the
Obstructions
that
were
in
the
way
of
the
Civil
Government
,
and
exercised
that
Power
to
vindicate
and
establish
the
Law
of
the
Land
;
and
that
I
was
heartily
sorry
to
see
one
who
had
been
so
forward
in
the
Cause
of
the
Publick
,
not
to
discern
any
Difference
between
a
Sword
in
the
hands
of
a
Parliament
to
restore
the
People
to
their
ancient
Rights
,
and
a
Sword
in
the
hands
of
a
Tyrant
to
rob
and
despoil
them
thereof
.
Here
our
Discourse
was
interrupted
by
a
Messenger
who
came
from
the
Council
with
an
Order
from
them
,
to
require
me
to
give
the
Security
of
five
thousand
Pounds
within
three
days
after
the
Date
of
the
Order
,
not
to
do
any
thing
prejudicial
to
the
present
Government
;
and
in
case
of
failure
,
to
be
taken
into
Custody
.
Upon
the
receipt
of
it
I
told
the
Messenger
,
that
having
no
Power
to
resist
,
I
must
submit
to
their
Pleasure
.
A
day
or
two
after
the
expiration
of
the
Time
limited
by
the
Order
for
giving
the
demanded
Security
,
which
I
had
not
done
,
Serjeant
Dendy
came
to
me
with
another
from
the
Council
,
signed
by
Henry
Lawrence
President
,
requiring
and
authorizing
him
to
take
me
into
Custody
.
Having
shewn
me
the
Order
,
he
desired
me
to
make
choice
of
a
Chamber
;
but
after
some
Discourse
with
my
near
Relations
,
who
were
then
present
,
he
was
contented
to
let
me
remain
at
my
Lodgings
.
So
having
promised
to
return
in
a
day
or
two
,
and
in
the
mean
time
to
advise
with
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
he
went
away
.
The
next
day
Cromwel
diverting
himself
with
Hunting
at
Hampton-Court
,
asked
my
Brother
Thomas
Ludlow
,
who
was
in
the
Company
,
if
he
were
not
angry
with
him
for
committing
me
?
And
my
Brother
answering
,
that
it
was
not
fit
for
him
to
judge
concerning
his
Actions
:
He
thereupon
assured
him
,
that
he
wished
me
as
well
as
any
of
his
own
Children
:
That
his
desiring
me
to
give
Security
for
my
own
Carriage
to
the
Government
,
was
designed
by
him
as
well
for
my
Good
as
for
his
own
Security
,
and
that
he
would
have
him
to
engage
for
me
;
to
which
he
most
readily
consented
.
The
Morning
following
,
my
Brother
came
to
me
,
and
having
acquainted
me
with
what
had
passed
between
Cromwel
and
himself
,
I
gave
him
thanks
for
his
kind
Offer
;
but
withal
told
him
,
that
I
would
by
no
means
desire
that
of
him
which
I
was
not
willing
to
do
my self
.
Besides
,
I
told
him
,
that
should
it
be
granted
that
the
thing
were
fit
for
him
to
do
,
yet
it
might
prove
a
Snare
to
him
,
and
lay
an
Obligation
upon
him
to
gratifie
the
Usurper
in
another
way
.
However
,
after
this
Discourse
of
Cromwel
to
my
Brother
,
and
the
Conference
of
my
Relations
with
Serjeant
Dendy
,
I
ventured
to
accompany
my
Father
and
Mother
Oldsworth
,
with
my
Wife
,
into
Essex
,
where
we
spent
the
remaining
part
of
that
Summer
.
My
stay
there
did
in
some
measure
answer
the
Design
of
Cromwel
,
which
was
to
keep
me
out
of
my
own
Country
,
where
he
doubted
I
might
obstruct
the
Election
of
such
Persons
as
the
Court
had
resolved
by
all
Methods
to
procure
to
be
returned
.
But
there
was
no
need
to
fear
my
intermedling
in
that
particular
,
at
such
a
time
;
and
if
I
had
,
it
should
have
been
only
to
give
a
publick
Testimony
against
any
Election
at
all
,
the
Long
Parliament
being
still
in
being
,
tho'
under
a
present
Force
.
Besides
,
it
was
manifest
that
the
designed
Assembly
was
to
be
called
for
no
other
end
than
to
strengthen
the
Sword
,
and
to
advance
the
corrupt
Interest
of
him
that
called
them
together
;
and
if
it
should
happen
that
they
had
either
the
Courage
or
Honesty
to
attempt
any
thing
for
the
Service
of
the
Publick
;
I
was
assured
their
Endeavours
would
be
rendred
fruitless
by
a
sudden
Dissipation
.
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
according
to
his
Promise
,
being
come
to
his
House
near
Charing-cross
,
the
Council
sent
a
Messenger
thither
to
require
him
to
attend
them
,
which
he
did
,
and
was
there
charged
by
Cromwel
with
Disaffection
to
the
Government
,
which
he
had
demonstrated
by
a
late
Writing
published
by
him
,
with
a
seditious
Intention
.
The
Paper
was
called
,
A
Healing
,
Question
proposed
and
resolved
,
and
contained
the
State
of
our
Controversie
with
the
King
,
the
present
Deviation
from
that
Cause
for
which
we
engaged
,
and
the
means
to
unite
all
Parties
in
attaining
the
accomplishment
of
it
.
It
was
written
upon
an
Invitation
given
in
a
Declaration
published
by
Cromwel
for
a
General
Fast
,
wherein
it
was
desired
that
the
People
would
apply
themselves
to
the
Lord
to
discover
that
Achan
which
had
so
long
obstructed
the
Settlement
of
these
distracted
Nations
.
When
it
was
finished
,
he
shewed
it
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
who
seeming
to
approve
it
,
desired
to
take
it
with
him
,
and
promised
to
communicate
it
to
Cromwel
,
upon
the
first
Opportunity
that
should
be
offered
.
Sir
Henry
did
not
disown
either
his
Dissatisfaction
with
the
present
State
of
Affairs
,
or
the
Publication
of
the
Discourse
before-mentioned
.
So
that
Cromwel
thought
fit
to
require
him
,
by
a
day
limited
,
to
give
Security
not
to
act
against
him
.
Which
time
being
expired
,
he
appeared
again
before
the
Council
,
and
delivered
into
Cromwel's
own
hand
another
Paper
,
containing
the
Reasons
of
his
disapproving
the
present
Usurpation
,
and
a
friendly
Advice
to
him
to
return
to
his
Duty
,
with
some
Justification
of
his
own
Conduct
with
relation
to
the
Publick
.
But
notwithstanding
all
this
,
and
divers
Reasons
alledged
by
him
to
excuse
himself
from
giving
the
demanded
Security
,
he
was
sent
Prisoner
to
Carisbrook-Castle
in
the
Isle
of
Wight
.
The
President
Bradshaw
,
notwithstanding
what
had
passed
,
resolved
to
go
his
Circuit
as
Chief
Justice
of
Chester
,
unless
he
should
be
prevented
by
Force
.
But
it
was
thought
more
advisable
to
permit
him
to
execute
his
Office
,
than
by
putting
a
stop
to
his
Circuit
,
to
make
a
Breach
with
those
of
the
Long
Robe
,
whose
Assistance
was
so
necessary
to
the
carrying
on
of
Cromwel's
Design
.
Yet
that
neither
he
,
nor
,
if
possible
,
any
other
Persons
who
had
continued
faithful
to
the
Commonwealth
,
might
be
chosen
Members
of
the
approaching
Assembly
,
Letters
were
dispatched
to
all
Parts
of
England
to
give
notice
that
it
would
be
resented
,
if
such
Persons
were
elected
;
one
of
which
was
publickly
read
at
the
Election
for
Chester
,
to
deter
Men
from
appearing
for
the
President
.
In
Wiltshire
a
more
numerous
Party
appearing
for
me
than
was
expected
,
they
were
assured
by
some
Creatures
of
Cromwel
that
I
was
a
Prisoner
in
the
Tower
,
and
by
one
who
had
formerly
served
under
me
,
that
I
had
declared
to
him
that
I
would
not
be
chosen
.
Yet
for
all
this
the
People
persisting
in
their
Resolution
to
elect
me
,
the
Deputy
Major-General
of
the
County
demanded
of
them
,
whether
they
intended
to
have
a
new
War
,
that
they
designed
to
make
choice
of
me
?
By
such
Arts
the
Emissaries
of
the
Court
caused
the
Elections
in
most
Places
to
be
decided
in
favour
of
such
as
pleased
them
.
For
my
own
part
,
tho'
I
had
resolved
not
to
stand
,
for
Reasons
which
I
mentioned
before
,
and
on
that
account
had
not
directly
or
indirectly
spoken
or
written
to
any
Person
to
appear
for
me
;
yet
I
must
acknowledge
I
was
not
dissatisfied
that
so
considerable
a
Number
of
my
Country-men
were
not
afraid
to
own
and
accept
that
Service
(
how
small
soever
)
that
I
had
done
in
the
Common
Cause
.
The
Court
finding
by
the
Lists
they
had
received
,
that
notwithstanding
all
their
Menaces
,
Promises
,
and
other
Artifices
,
divers
Persons
were
chosen
whom
they
knew
to
be
no
Favourers
of
the
Usurpation
,
resolved
to
clear
their
hands
of
them
at
once
.
And
to
that
end
,
under
colour
of
a
Clause
in
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
that
none
should
be
admitted
to
Places
of
Power
and
Trust
,
but
such
as
were
Men
of
Sincerity
and
Integrity
,
they
gave
an
Exclusion
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
Mr.
Scott
,
with
as
many
more
as
they
thought
fit
.
By
this
means
,
and
the
refusal
of
others
to
take
out
their
Permissions
to
sit
from
Cromwel
and
his
Council
,
as
was
required
,
lest
they
should
seem
to
countenance
such
a
detestable
Imposition
and
open
Breach
of
Privilege
,
it
came
to
pass
that
about
a
hundred
of
those
who
were
elected
by
the
Country
,
were
excluded
from
the
Discharge
of
their
Trust
,
whilst
those
for
Ireland
and
Scotland
,
who
were
chosen
by
and
for
the
Sword
,
were
admitted
without
any
scruple
.
Those
that
were
excluded
presented
a
Petition
to
the
sitting
Members
,
acquainting
them
,
that
being
chosen
by
the
Country
to
serve
with
them
,
they
were
ready
to
discharge
their
Duty
,
but
were
prevented
from
doing
the
same
by
the
Power
of
the
Sword
,
and
refused
Admittance
into
the
House
by
a
Guard
of
Soldiers
.
After
the
Petition
had
been
read
,
a
Committee
was
sent
to
inquire
of
Cromwel
and
his
Council
concerning
the
Reasons
of
that
Proceeding
,
who
returned
with
this
Answer
:
That
if
the
Persons
complaining
would
address
themselves
to
them
,
they
should
be
relieved
if
there
was
Cause
.
With
this
Answer
these
Men
who
would
be
accounted
an
English
Parliament
acquiesced
,
leaving
their
Privileges
unvindicated
,
and
the
Merit
of
Elections
to
Parliament
to
be
adjudged
by
Men
without
doors
.
Then
they
proceeded
to
prepare
divers
Bills
,
which
tended
chiefly
to
gratifie
the
Soldiery
,
and
such
Persons
as
had
received
Grants
of
Land
from
Cromwel
and
his
Council
,
which
were
confirmed
to
them
.
Yet
for
all
this
Harmony
there
were
sometimes
bitter
Reflections
cast
upon
the
Proceedings
of
the
Major
Generals
by
the
Lawyers
and
Country
Gentlemen
,
who
accused
them
to
have
done
many
things
oppressive
to
the
People
,
in
interrupting
the
Course
of
the
Law
,
and
threatning
such
as
would
not
submit
to
their
Arbitrary
Orders
,
with
Transportation
beyond
the
Seas
.
On
the
other
hand
the
Major
Generals
insisted
vehemently
with
the
Assembly
to
confirm
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
and
to
establish
their
Authority
in
particular
:
and
when
it
was
proposed
by
some
who
were
unwilling
to
settle
such
an
Arbitrary
Power
by
a
Law
,
that
to
compose
these
Differences
an
Act
of
Indemnity
should
be
granted
for
what
was
past
,
one
of
the
Major
Generals
had
the
Insolence
to
say
,
They
would
not
thank
them
for
that
;
for
whilst
they
had
their
Swords
by
their
sides
,
they
could
protect
and
indemnifie
themselves
.
So
confident
was
the
Soldierty
grown
,
that
they
durst
openly
avow
themselves
to
be
our
Lords
and
Masters
.
But
the
Lawyers
and
others
of
the
Assembly
having
privately
received
Encouragement
from
those
who
were
more
powerful
than
the
Major
Generals
,
desisted
not
from
endeavouring
the
Suppression
of
their
Authority
,
loading
them
with
many
heavy
Accusations
,
for
which
they
had
given
but
too
just
Cause
.
Yet
the
Major
Generals
,
confident
of
the
Strength
of
their
Party
,
moved
for
a
day
when
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
and
the
Confirmation
of
their
Power
,
should
be
debated
;
which
having
obtained
,
and
the
time
come
,
they
moved
that
the
whole
Instrument
might
be
confirmed
at
once
;
but
that
being
rejected
,
it
was
debated
in
Parts
.
When
the
Power
of
the
Major
Generals
came
under
Consideration
,
all
Men
were
in
great
Expectation
concerning
the
issue
of
it
.
It
was
supposed
that
Cromwel
,
who
had
erected
their
Authority
,
and
engaged
them
in
those
Actions
for
which
they
were
now
become
odious
,
would
support
them
against
all
Attempts
;
because
there
appeared
now
no
way
so
probable
to
maintain
his
own
Power
,
as
by
keeping
the
Army
firmly
united
to
him
.
But
Ambition
had
corrupted
his
Understanding
to
that
degree
,
that
he
made
no
scruple
to
sacrifice
these
Men
,
who
,
to
say
no
worse
,
had
enlarged
their
Consciences
to
an
extraordinary
size
in
the
execution
of
his
Orders
,
to
those
who
in
requital
of
the
Favour
had
promised
to
make
him
King
.
Hitherto
he
had
given
good
Words
to
the
Major
Generals
;
but
when
their
Power
came
to
be
debated
,
Mr.
Cleypole
his
Son-in-law
first
stood
up
,
which
was
unusual
for
him
to
do
at
all
,
and
told
the
House
,
that
he
could
but
start
the
Game
,
and
must
leave
those
who
had
more
Experience
to
follow
the
Chace
;
and
therefore
should
only
say
,
that
he
had
formerly
thought
it
necessary
in
respect
to
the
Condition
in
which
the
Nation
had
been
,
that
the
Major
Generals
should
be
entrusted
with
the
Authority
which
they
had
exercised
;
but
in
the
present
State
of
Affairs
he
conceived
it
inconsistent
with
the
Laws
of
England
,
and
Liberties
of
the
People
to
continue
their
Power
any
longer
.
This
Motion
was
a
clear
Direction
to
the
Sycophants
of
the
Court
,
who
being
fully
perswaded
that
Cleypole
had
delivered
the
Sense
,
if
not
the
very
Words
of
Cromwel
in
this
Matter
,
joined
as
one
Man
in
opposing
the
Major
Generals
,
and
so
their
Authority
was
abrogated
.
Soon
after
Col
William
Jephson
,
one
of
the
Members
that
served
for
Ireland
,
moved
in
the
House
,
that
Cromwel
might
be
made
King
;
but
Matters
not
being
throughly
concerted
,
it
had
no
other
effect
than
to
sound
the
Inclinations
of
the
Assembly
.
Cromwel
having
notice
of
this
Motion
,
as
he
had
of
every
thing
that
passed
,
reproved
the
Colonel
gently
at
Table
for
it
,
telling
him
,
that
he
wondred
what
he
could
mean
by
such
a
proposition
.
To
which
the
other
answered
,
that
whilst
he
was
permitted
the
Honour
of
sitting
in
that
House
,
he
must
desire
the
Liberty
to
discharge
his
Conscience
,
tho'
his
Opinion
should
happen
to
displease
.
Whereupon
Cromwel
clapping
him
on
the
Shoulder
said
,
Get
thee
gone
for
a
mad
Fellow
as
thou
art
.
But
it
soon
appeared
with
what
Madness
he
was
possessed
;
for
he
immediately
obtained
a
Foot
Company
for
his
Son
,
then
a
Scholar
at
Oxford
,
and
a
Troop
of
Horse
for
himself
:
and
not
long
after
was
sent
Agent
to
the
Crown
of
Sweden
,
with
a
considerable
Allowance
appointed
to
defray
the
Expences
of
his
Journey
thither
.
Many
Objections
being
made
in
the
House
against
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
Cromwel
,
who
was
vehemently
desirous
to
be
a
King
,
began
to
think
it
altogether
insignificant
to
that
purpose
,
and
that
it
would
be
more
conducing
to
his
Design
if
a
new
Form
were
drawn
up
,
and
presented
to
the
Assembly
for
their
Approbation
.
Accordingly
it
was
prepared
by
his
Creatures
,
and
brought
into
the
House
by
Mr.
Pack
an
Alderman
of
London
,
where
it
was
without
much
difficulty
read
,
and
appeared
to
be
a
Shoe
fitted
to
the
Foot
of
a
Monarch
,
tho'
at
present
a
Blank
was
left
for
the
Title
of
the
single
Person
,
who
with
Two
Houses
was
to
have
the
Supreme
Legislative
Power
.
Those
who
were
of
the
Major
Generals
and
Soldiers
Party
finding
that
Cromwel
was
abandoning
them
to
espouse
another
Interest
,
struck
in
with
those
who
still
retained
some
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
;
and
all
together
perceiving
that
these
new
Measures
had
been
advised
by
the
Craft
of
our
old
Enemy
,
to
make
use
of
Cromwel's
Ambition
as
the
only
probable
means
to
reduce
us
to
our
former
Servitude
,
fell
so
furiously
upon
Pack
for
his
great
Presumption
in
bringing
a
Business
of
that
Nature
into
the
House
,
in
such
an
Unparliamentary
way
,
that
they
bore
him
down
from
the
Speaker's
Chair
to
the
Bar
of
the
House
of
Commons
.
But
this
heat
being
soon
over
,
the
Lord
Broghil
,
Serjeant
Glynn
,
and
others
,
who
were
acquainted
with
Cromwel's
Design
,
endeavoured
to
perswade
the
House
to
debate
the
new
Form
,
telling
them
,
that
being
Masters
of
their
own
Resolutions
,
they
might
retain
as
much
of
it
as
was
good
,
and
reject
what
was
not
so
.
By
this
means
they
brought
it
to
be
debated
;
and
tho'
they
received
some
Opposition
therein
,
yet
when
it
came
to
be
put
to
the
Question
,
they
carried
all
before
them
,
and
grew
so
hardy
to
move
that
the
Blank
left
for
the
Insertion
of
the
Title
of
the
Chief
Magistrate
might
be
filled
up
with
the
Name
of
KING
.
This
Motion
,
tho'
earnestly
opposed
by
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
was
carried
also
,
and
the
Name
voted
,
together
with
the
filling
up
the
two
Blanks
left
for
the
Two
Houses
,
with
the
words
,
House
of
Commons
,
and
Other
House
.
The
latter
of
these
was
resolved
to
consist
of
seventy
Persons
to
be
nominated
by
Cromwel
,
and
to
be
approved
by
the
Assembly
then
sitting
.
But
Cromwel
being
acquainted
with
that
Resolution
,
and
disliking
it
,
as
unreasonable
that
Gentlemens
Names
should
be
canvassed
,
and
it
may
be
their
Persons
reflected
on
in
a
publick
Assembly
,
he
obtained
it
to
be
left
to
him
to
appoint
whom
he
should
think
fit
to
compose
that
Other
House
.
He
told
them
also
,
that
the
Provision
made
for
his
Expence
,
and
for
maintaining
the
Army
and
Fleet
,
was
not
sufficient
,
and
thereby
procured
a
grear
Sum
of
Money
to
be
added
to
that
which
at
first
they
designed
.
Yet
for
all
this
he
scrupled
to
take
upon
him
the
Title
of
King
,
as
a
thing
scandalous
and
of
great
hazard
;
tho'
at
the
same
time
he
vilified
the
former
Instrument
of
Government
to
the
last
degree
;
and
after
having
so
highly
magnified
it
when
it
was
established
,
he
compared
it
now
to
a
rotten
Plank
,
on
which
if
a
Man
set
his
Foot
,
it
will
break
and
leave
him
.
The
Assembly
well
understanding
that
the
Cause
of
his
Delays
was
either
to
be
importuned
to
the
thing
,
or
to
get
time
to
perswade
the
Army
to
be
of
the
same
Opinion
with
himself
,
appointed
a
Committee
of
their
own
Members
to
give
him
their
Reasons
for
accepting
this
Title
.
Amongst
others
the
Lord
Broghil
much
pressed
that
Passage
brought
by
the
Apostle
in
the
Dispute
concerning
the
Abolition
of
the
Jewish
Worship
by
the
new
and
living
Way
revealed
in
Jesus
Christ
,
illustrated
by
the
Wife
that
was
put
away
,
who
might
yet
be
retaken
by
her
former
Husband
,
if
she
was
not
married
to
another
;
applying
this
Similitude
to
the
present
occasion
,
as
if
there
was
no
other
way
to
keep
out
Charles
Stuart
,
but
by
filling
his
Place
with
another
King
.
Mr.
Lenthall's
Argument
was
very
Parliamentary
and
rational
,
had
it
been
rightly
applied
;
for
he
pressed
him
to
accept
of
it
,
because
it
was
proposed
to
him
by
the
Parliament
,
as
he
was
pleased
to
call
it
,
whom
he
said
he
ought
not
to
deny
.
But
he
was
now
arrived
to
that
height
of
Vanity
,
that
tho'
the
Design
of
this
Argument
was
only
to
perswade
him
to
accept
that
which
he
desired
above
all
things
in
the
World
;
yet
conceiving
it
below
his
Grandeur
to
acknowledge
such
a
Prerogative
in
the
Parliament
alone
,
he
expressed
his
Dislike
of
it
.
And
tho'
he
owned
that
the
Reasons
they
had
offered
had
much
weight
in
them
,
and
that
he
was
convinced
there
was
no
evil
in
the
thing
,
yet
he
could
not
think
it
expedient
to
accept
their
Offer
,
because
he
found
that
many
of
the
good
People
of
the
Nation
were
dissatisfied
with
it
.
With
this
Answer
he
dismissed
them
for
the
present
,
and
appointed
them
to
attend
him
again
.
In
the
mean
time
,
he
endeavoured
by
all
possible
means
to
prevail
with
the
Officers
of
the
Army
to
approve
his
Design
,
and
knowing
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
and
Col
Desborough
were
particularly
averse
to
it
,
he
invited
himself
to
dine
personally
with
the
Colonel
,
and
carried
the
Lieutenant
General
with
him
,
where
he
began
to
droll
with
them
about
Monarchy
,
and
speaking
slightly
of
it
,
said
it
was
but
a
Feather
in
a
Man's
Cap
,
and
therefore
wondred
that
Men
would
not
please
the
Children
,
and
permit
them
to
enjoy
their
Rattle
.
But
he
received
from
them
,
as
Col.
Desborough
since
told
me
,
such
an
Answer
as
was
not
at
all
sutable
to
his
Expectations
or
Desires
.
For
they
assured
him
,
that
there
was
more
in
this
Matter
than
he
perceived
;
that
those
who
put
him
upon
it
were
no
Enemies
to
Charles
Stuart
;
and
that
if
he
accepted
of
it
,
he
would
infallibly
draw
Ruine
on
himself
and
Friends
.
Having
thus
sounded
their
Inclinations
,
that
he
might
conclude
in
the
manner
he
had
begun
,
he
told
them
they
were
a
Couple
of
scrupulous
Fellows
,
and
so
departed
.
The
next
Day
he
sent
a
Message
to
the
House
,
to
require
their
Attendance
in
the
Painted
Chamber
the
next
Morning
,
designing
,
as
all
Men
believed
,
there
to
declare
his
Acceptation
of
the
Crown
.
But
in
the
mean
time
meeting
with
Col.
Desborough
in
the
great
Walk
of
the
Park
,
and
acquainting
him
with
his
Resolution
,
the
Colonel
made
answer
,
that
he
then
gave
the
Cause
and
Cromwel's
Family
also
for
lost
;
adding
,
that
tho'
he
was
resolved
never
to
act
against
him
,
yet
he
would
not
act
for
him
after
that
time
.
So
after
some
other
Discourse
upon
the
same
Subject
,
Desborough
went
home
,
and
there
found
Col.
Pride
,
whom
Cromwel
had
Knighted
with
a
Faggot-stick
;
and
having
imparted
to
him
the
Design
of
Cromwel
to
accept
the
Crown
,
Pride
answered
,
he
shall
not
:
Why
,
said
the
Colonel
,
how
wilt
thou
hinder
it
?
To
which
Pride
replied
,
Get
me
a
Petition
drawn
,
and
I
will
prevent
it
.
Whereupon
they
both
went
to
Dr.
Owen
,
and
having
acquainted
him
with
what
had
happened
,
they
perswaded
him
to
draw
a
Petition
according
to
their
Desires
.
Whilst
this
was
doing
,
Cromwel
having
reflected
on
his
Discourse
with
Col.
Desborough
,
and
being
informed
that
Lambert
and
divers
other
Officers
were
dissatisfied
with
his
Design
,
sent
a
Message
to
put
off
the
Meeting
in
the
Painted
Chamber
,
and
to
desire
that
the
House
would
send
a
Committee
to
conser
with
him
about
the
Great
Business
that
was
then
depending
;
intending
thereby
to
gain
time
in
which
he
might
be
fitting
the
Officers
for
his
Design
.
But
the
House
being
risen
before
his
Message
arrived
,
and
so
out
of
a
Capacity
to
appoint
any
to
come
to
him
,
the
old
Committee
that
had
been
formerly
appointed
to
that
end
,
thought
sit
by
virtue
of
their
general
Instructions
to
wait
on
him
to
know
his
Pleasure
.
Accordingly
they
came
to
Whitehall
,
where
they
attended
about
two
Hours
,
and
then
a
Barbary-Horse
being
brought
into
the
Garden
for
him
to
see
,
gave
him
an
occasion
to
pass
through
the
Room
where
the
Committee
was
attending
.
As
he
was
passing
by
without
taking
the
least
notice
of
them
,
one
of
the
Messengers
put
him
in
mind
that
they
had
attended
very
long
;
which
he
slightly
excusing
,
told
them
,
that
he
thought
the
House
being
risen
before
his
Message
came
to
them
,
had
not
impowered
any
Persons
to
come
to
him
.
It
was
answered
,
That
they
came
to
him
upon
the
general
Instructions
which
they
had
formerly
received
from
the
House
:
Upon
which
he
told
them
,
he
would
send
to
them
some
other
time
.
The
next
morning
the
House
being
in
great
Expectation
of
a
Message
to
appoint
the
Time
and
Place
for
the
Acceptance
of
what
they
had
prepared
,
some
Officers
of
the
Army
coming
to
the
Parliament-Doors
,
sent
in
a
Message
to
Col.
Desborough
,
to
acquaint
him
that
they
had
a
Petition
which
they
desired
him
to
present
to
the
House
.
But
he
knowing
the
Contents
of
it
,
and
conceiving
it
unfit
for
him
to
take
publick
notice
of
it
before
it
was
presented
,
acquainted
the
House
,
that
certain
Officers
of
the
Army
had
a
Petition
to
present
to
them
.
Which
having
done
,
and
every
one
supposing
that
the
Desires
of
the
Officers
were
conformable
to
their
own
,
Cromwel's
Party
concluding
that
no
part
of
the
Army
durst
appear
for
the
crossing
his
Design
,
it
was
generally
agreed
that
they
should
be
called
in
,
and
have
leave
to
present
it
with
their
own
hands
.
Lieutenant
Colonel
Mason
was
chosen
by
the
rest
of
the
Officers
to
deliver
the
Petition
,
which
when
he
had
done
,
and
the
Officers
withdrawn
,
it
was
read
.
The
Contents
of
it
were
to
this
purpose
:
That
they
had
hazarded
their
Lives
against
.
Monarchy
,
and
were
still
ready
so
to
do
,
in
Defence
of
the
Liberties
of
the
Nation
:
That
having
observed
in
some
Men
great
Endeavours
to
bring
the
Nation
again
under
their
old
Servitude
,
by
pressing
their
General
to
take
upon
him
the
Title
and
Government
of
a
King
,
in
order
to
destroy
him
,
and
weaken
the
Hands
of
those
who
were
faithful
to
the
Publick
;
they
therefore
humbly
desired
that
they
would
discountenance
all
such
Persons
and
Endeavours
,
and
continue
stedfast
to
the
Old
Cause
,
for
the
Preservation
of
which
they
for
their
parts
were
most
ready
to
lay
down
their
lives
.
This
Petition
was
subscribed
by
two
Colonels
,
seven
Lieutenant
Colonels
,
eight
Majors
,
and
sixteen
Captains
,
who
with
such
Officers
in
the
House
as
were
of
the
same
Opinion
,
made
up
the
Majority
of
those
relating
to
that
part
of
the
Army
which
was
then
quartered
about
the
Town
.
It
's
difficult
to
determine
whether
the
House
or
Cromwel
was
more
surprized
at
this
unexpected
Address
;
but
certainly
both
were
infinitely
disturbed
at
it
.
As
soon
as
the
notice
of
it
was
brought
to
Cromwel
,
he
sent
for
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
and
told
him
,
that
he
wondred
he
would
suffer
such
a
Petition
to
proceed
so
far
,
which
he
might
have
hindred
,
since
he
knew
it
to
be
his
Resolution
not
to
accept
the
Crown
without
the
Consent
of
the
Army
;
and
therefore
desired
him
to
hasten
to
the
House
,
and
to
put
them
off
from
doing
any
thing
farther
therein
.
The
Lieutenant
General
immediately
went
thither
,
and
told
them
that
the
Petition
ought
not
to
be
debated
,
much
less
to
be
answered
at
this
time
,
the
Contents
of
it
being
to
desire
them
not
to
press
the
Protector
to
be
King
,
whereas
the
present
Business
was
to
receive
his
Answer
to
what
had
been
formerly
offered
to
him
,
and
therefore
desired
that
the
Debate
of
it
might
be
put
off
,
till
they
had
received
his
Answer
.
To
this
the
House
having
consented
,
they
received
a
Message
from
Cromwel
,
that
instead
of
meeting
him
in
the
Painted
Chamber
,
which
was
the
place
where
he
used
to
give
his
Consent
,
they
would
meet
him
in
the
Banquetting-House
:
So
the
Members
came
to
Whitehall
,
and
Cromwel
with
great
Ostentation
of
his
Self-denial
refused
the
Title
of
King
.
The
Grand
Design
of
the
Usurper
having
miscarried
,
the
People
were
full
of
Expectation
to
see
what
Form
of
Government
the
Men
of
the
Sword
would
erect
next
.
For
as
Cromwel
had
used
all
imaginable
Art
and
Industry
to
throw
Dirt
on
all
that
had
preceded
,
and
most
of
all
on
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
which
he
was
once
so
fond
of
,
and
yet
now
alledged
that
it
neither
provided
for
the
Safety
of
the
Governours
or
Governed
:
So
the
present
Assembly
had
openly
declared
against
the
Family
of
the
Stuarts
.
But
the
Restitution
of
the
Commonwealth
being
the
thing
that
was
principally
dreaded
by
these
self-interested
Men
,
it
was
so
contrived
and
carried
,
that
the
House
shall
present
their
humble
Petition
and
Advice
to
him
again
,
with
the
sole
Alteration
of
the
Word
King
into
that
of
Protector
.
This
Resolution
was
the
more
easily
obtained
,
because
the
Commonwealth's
Men
had
been
,
under
various
frivolous
Pretences
denied
their
Places
in
the
Assembly
;
so
that
those
only
,
who
were
for
a
Protector
with
an
Army
,
or
those
who
were
for
King
Oliver
with
an
Army
,
were
the
Persons
that
were
permitted
to
dispute
within
those
Walls
.
And
now
Cromwel
having
manifested
his
Weakness
,
as
well
as
his
Ambition
in
the
late
Intrigue
,
was
glad
to
take
what
he
could
get
,
and
without
any
dispute
agreed
to
what
was
proposed
to
him
by
the
Assembly
:
Which
being
done
,
the
time
was
appointed
for
vesting
him
with
the
Authority
which
was
to
be
conferred
upon
him
,
and
Westminster-Hall
was
the
place
where
the
Solemnity
was
performed
.
The
Aldermen
of
London
and
the
Judges
,
rather
moved
by
Fear
than
Affection
,
were
prevailed
to
be
present
;
and
Sir
Thomas
Widdrington
,
who
was
Speaker
of
the
Assembly
,
was
ordered
to
administer
an
Oath
to
him
,
and
to
present
him
with
a
Sword
,
a
Scepter
,
and
a
Bible
.
The
pretended
Protector
was
cloathed
with
a
purple
Robe
lined
with
Ermins
,
the
Train
of
which
was
held
by
the
Son
of
the
Lord
Roberts
.
Of
all
the
Nobility
the
Earl
of
Warwick
was
the
only
person
that
accompanied
him
;
and
because
he
would
still
retain
a
Form
of
Godliness
,
he
appointed
Mr.
Lockyer
to
preach
before
him
at
his
return
to
Whitehall
.
The
next
Day
after
this
Solemnity
,
a
Feast
was
prepared
for
the
Assembly
and
Officers
of
the
Army
,
at
which
it
was
observed
Major
General
Lambert
was
not
present
,
whereby
it
was
suspected
that
he
was
declining
in
favour
for
obstructing
Cromwel's
Design
of
being
King
:
For
as
I
have
been
informed
by
a
Person
deserving
Credit
,
the
Major
General
did
take
the
Liberty
,
when
that
Question
was
on
foot
,
to
tell
Cromwel
,
that
if
he
accepted
the
Crown
,
he
could
not
assure
the
Army
to
him
.
By
the
Humble
Petition
and
Advice
,
for
so
was
this
new
Instrument
called
,
among
other
things
it
was
provided
,
that
an
Oath
should
be
taken
by
those
of
the
Assembly
and
Council
,
not
to
do
any
thing
against
the
present
Government
,
and
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Protector
,
according
to
the
Law
of
the
Land
.
This
Oath
Major
General
Lambert
refused
,
whereupon
Cromwel
sent
for
him
,
and
told
him
that
he
was
well
assured
his
Refusal
proceeded
not
on
account
of
this
new
Authority
;
for
he
might
remember
that
he
himself
did
at
the
first
press
him
to
accept
the
Title
of
King
:
And
therefore
if
he
was
now
dissatisfied
with
the
present
Posture
of
Affairs
,
he
desired
him
to
surrender
his
Commission
.
To
this
the
Major
General
answered
,
that
having
no
suspicion
that
it
would
then
be
demanded
of
him
,
he
had
not
brought
it
,
but
if
he
pleased
to
send
for
it
,
he
should
deliver
it
,
which
two
or
three
days
after
was
done
;
and
so
his
Pay
as
Colonel
of
a
Regiment
of
Horse
,
as
Colonel
of
a
Regiment
of
Foot
,
and
as
Major
General
of
the
Army
,
was
struck
off
,
together
with
ten
Pounds
by
day
,
which
was
the
General's
Pay
,
and
which
Cromwel
allowed
him
,
to
keep
him
firm
to
his
Interest
.
But
Cromwel
did
not
think
it
safe
to
disgust
him
intirely
,
and
therefore
thought
it
expedient
to
allow
him
a
Pension
of
two
thousand
Pounds
by
Year
,
to
keep
him
from
any
desperate
Undertaking
.
Sir
Henry
Vane
being
still
a
Prisoner
in
Carifbrook
Castle
,
an
Order
was
sent
thither
from
the
Council
to
bring
him
from
thence
,
and
to
permit
him
to
enjoy
his
Liberty
,
which
was
done
,
and
he
arrived
at
London
in
a
short
time
after
,
where
he
met
with
another
kind
of
Persecution
:
For
Cromwel
perceiving
that
the
former
Method
had
proved
unsuccessful
,
privately
incouraged
some
of
the
Army
to
take
possession
of
certain
Forest
Walks
belonging
to
Sir
Henry
Vane
near
the
Castle
of
Raby
,
and
also
gave
Order
to
the
Attorney
General
,
on
pretence
of
a
Flaw
in
his
Title
to
a
great
part
of
his
Estate
,
to
present
a
Bill
against
him
in
the
Exchequer
.
This
was
designed
to
oblige
him
to
expose
his
Title
,
which
if
they
could
get
done
,
they
doubted
not
,
by
the
Craft
of
the
Lawyers
,
to
find
some
defect
in
it
,
whereby
it
was
hoped
he
would
be
forced
into
a
Compliance
;
yet
at
the
same
time
he
was
privately
informed
that
he
should
be
freed
from
this
,
or
any
other
Inquisition
,
and
that
he
should
have
whatsoever
else
he
would
desire
,
in
case
he
would
comply
with
the
present
Authority
.
The
Assembly
having
provided
Supplies
for
the
Army
,
and
referred
other
things
to
the
Conduct
of
Cromwel
,
adjourned
themselves
for
some
Months
,
during
which
time
Cromwel
endeavoured
to
make
up
a
Collection
of
Men
of
all
Interests
to
fill
that
which
was
called
the
Other
House
.
The
principal
part
of
them
were
such
as
had
procured
their
present
Possessions
by
their
Wits
,
and
were
resolved
to
enlarge
them
by
selling
their
Consciences
for
the
purchase
of
his
Favour
.
With
these
were
joined
some
of
the
Antient
Nobility
,
together
with
some
of
the
Gentry
,
who
had
considerable
Estates
derived
to
them
from
their
Ancestors
;
such
were
Mr.
Pierpoint
,
Mr.
Alexander
Popham
,
Sir
Richard
Onslow
,
Thomas
Honywood
,
Mr.
Edmund
Thomas
,
Sir
Gilbert
Gerrard
,
and
others
.
He
sent
also
a
Summons
,
in
the
form
of
the
Ancient
Writ
directed
by
the
Kings
of
England
to
such
as
they
called
to
the
Lords
House
,
to
Sir
Arthur
Hasterig
,
who
had
always
appeared
a
zealous
Assertor
of
the
Publick
Liberty
.
Sir
Arthur
having
received
the
Summons
from
the
Messenger
,
who
brought
it
to
him
into
the
Country
,
dismissed
him
,
without
declaring
his
Resolutions
concerning
it
.
Mr.
William
Lenthal
,
who
had
been
Speaker
of
the
Parliament
,
was
very
much
disturbed
that
a
Writ
was
not
sent
to
him
to
enable
him
to
sit
in
the
other
House
.
He
complained
,
that
he
who
had
been
for
some
Years
the
first
Man
of
the
Nation
,
was
now
denied
to
be
a
Member
of
either
House
of
Parliament
;
for
he
was
uncapable
of
sitting
in
the
House
of
Commons
by
his
Place
as
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
whereby
he
was
obliged
to
sit
as
Assistant
in
the
Other
House
.
This
grievous
Complaint
coming
to
the
Ears
of
Cromwel
,
he
sent
him
a
Writ
,
which
so
elevated
the
poor
Man
,
that
riding
in
his
Coach
through
the
Strand
,
and
seeing
Mr.
Lambert
Osbalston
,
formerly
Master
of
the
School
at
Westminster
,
whom
he
knew
to
be
a
great
Lover
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
he
aked
him
what
Sir
Arthur
designed
to
do
in
answer
to
the
Writ
which
he
had
received
?
and
Mr.
Osbalston
answering
that
he
knew
not
what
the
Intentions
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
were
concerning
it
;
he
replied
,
I
pray
write
to
him
,
and
desire
him
by
no
means
to
omit
taking
his
Place
in
that
House
,
and
assure
him
from
me
that
all
that
do
so
,
shall
themselves
and
their
Heirs
be
for
ever
Peers
of
England
.
The
time
for
the
meeting
of
these
venerable
Assemblies
being
come
,
none
of
the
antient
Nobility
,
except
the
Lord
Eure
,
adventured
to
come
into
the
Other
House
.
The
Earl
of
Warwick
himself
,
tho'he
ventured
to
Marry
his
Grandson
to
one
of
Cromwel's
Daughters
,
would
not
be
perswaded
to
sit
with
Col.
Hewson
and
Col.
Pride
,
whereof
the
one
had
been
a
Shoomaker
,
and
the
other
a
Drayman
;
and
had
they
driven
no
worse
Trade
,
I
know
not
why
any
good
Man
should
refuse
to
act
with
them
.
Divers
of
the
Gentry
did
not
appear
,
yet
others
,
and
particularly
such
as
were
related
to
those
in
Power
,
were
prevailed
with
to
be
of
this
Assembly
.
The
Door
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
for
so
they
would
have
it
called
,
was
now
opened
,
and
the
Guard
removed
,
and
every
Member
admitted
that
took
the
Oath
prescribed
by
them
before
their
Adjournment
:
Most
of
the
Members
,
who
had
been
formerly
excluded
,
took
the
Oath
also
,
and
were
admitted
to
sit
in
the
House
,
where
the
Addition
of
these
last
,
together
with
the
Removal
of
those
of
the
Other
House
,
who
were
for
the
most
part
taken
out
of
this
,
made
a
considerable
Alteration
in
that
Body
.
Great
Expectations
were
raised
to
see
what
Course
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
would
take
,
who
being
chosen
by
the
People
to
sit
in
one
Assembly
,
and
by
Cromwel
to
sit
in
another
,
had
not
yet
declared
his
Intentions
in
that
Matter
.
He
came
to
London
as
privately
as
he
could
,
but
the
Court
having
notice
of
his
Arrival
,
sent
Col.
Howard
to
his
Lodgings
the
next
Morning
to
feel
his
Pulse
;
which
he
,
suspecting
something
of
that
Nature
,
avoided
by
going
early
abroad
;
and
coming
to
the
Door
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
procured
some
of
his
Friends
to
give
him
the
Oath
;
then
he
took
his
Place
in
the
House
without
any
dispute
,
as
did
also
Mr.
Scot
,
with
divers
others
who
had
been
formerly
excluded
by
Cromwel
and
his
Council
.
There
they
began
to
call
in
question
all
that
had
been
done
in
the
former
Sessions
,
grounding
their
Arguments
on
the
Force
that
was
upon
that
Assembly
,
whereby
a
great
Number
of
those
who
had
as
good
a
Right
to
it
there
as
any
others
,
were
peremptorily
refused
to
sit
.
Eight
or
ten
Days
were
spent
in
these
Debates
;
and
in
the
mean
time
some
Petitions
were
carrying
on
,
and
subscribed
by
many
thousands
,
to
be
presented
to
those
who
sate
in
the
place
where
the
Parliament
of
England
ought
to
be
.
Cromwel
was
not
a
little
startled
at
these
Proceedings
,
suspecting
that
part
of
the
Army
,
especially
those
that
were
quartered
about
St.
James's
,
were
engaged
therein
;
therefore
to
prevent
that
which
he
feared
,
and
which
his
Conscience
told
him
he
had
deserv'd
,
he
took
the
Inspection
of
the
Watch
at
Whitehall
for
several
Nights
successively
in
his
own
Person
.
And
the
Alarm
from
abroad
increasing
daily
,
he
resolved
upon
the
Dissolution
of
this
Assembly
,
intending
as
soon
as
they
were
dismissed
,
and
the
Power
devolved
upon
him
again
,
to
curb
that
Spirit
of
Liberty
that
had
lately
appeared
,
and
to
remove
such
Officers
from
their
Commands
in
the
Army
,
whom
he
suspected
to
have
had
any
hand
in
their
late
Counsels
.
Whilst
he
was
deliberating
about
the
best
means
of
effecting
this
Design
,
fresh
Information
was
brought
him
concerning
the
Diligence
of
his
Adversaries
in
all
Parts
;
which
quickened
him
to
that
degree
,
that
he
would
not
stay
for
one
of
his
own
Coaches
,
but
taking
the
first
that
was
at
hand
,
with
such
Guards
as
he
could
presently
get
together
,
he
hurried
to
the
Other
House
.
Whither
being
come
,
he
imparted
his
Intentions
to
dissolve
that
Assembly
to
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
;
who
earneastly
endeavouring
to
disswade
him
from
it
,
he
clapped
his
Hand
upon
his
Breast
,
and
swore
by
the
Living
God
he
would
do
it
.
Then
he
sent
for
the
Judges
,
and
they
being
come
,
dispatched
another
Message
to
the
Assembly
to
attend
him
presently
.
Many
of
them
declined
to
come
,
and
those
that
appeared
were
very
ill
treated
by
him
for
obstructing
that
Work
,
which
he
said
was
so
well
begun
,
in
order
to
the
Settlement
of
the
Nation
.
On
the
other
hand
,
he
assured
those
whom
he
had
called
to
his
Other
House
,
that
notwithstanding
all
the
Practices
that
had
been
used
against
them
,
they
should
continue
to
be
Lords
,
and
so
dismissed
both
the
Assemblies
to
follow
their
own
private
Affairs
.
Cromwel
having
thus
resumed
the
Power
into
his
own
Hands
,
made
use
of
it
to
remove
from
the
Army
such
as
he
suspected
to
have
obstructed
his
Design
;
and
beginning
with
his
own
Regiment
of
Horse
,
he
sent
for
Col.
Packer
,
who
was
the
Major
,
and
Capt
.
Gladman
,
who
commanded
his
own
Troop
,
with
the
rest
of
the
Captains
of
that
Regiment
to
attend
him
:
Whither
being
come
,
he
demanded
of
them
if
they
were
willing
to
promise
Fidelity
to
the
present
Government
,
and
to
fight
against
those
that
should
oppose
it
.
They
answered
they
were
ready
to
fight
against
Charles
Stuart
,
and
that
Interest
;
but
they
could
not
engage
against
they
knew
not
whom
,
and
for
they
knew
not
what
.
But
he
provoked
with
this
Answer
,
dismissed
them
from
their
Commands
,
and
placed
Men
that
would
obey
without
reserve
in
their
room
.
By
this
and
other
means
he
lost
the
Affections
of
great
numbers
of
Men
,
that
would
have
been
useful
and
faithful
to
him
against
the
Family
of
the
late
King
.
And
it
being
well
known
that
he
could
not
subsist
at
all
without
at
least
a
Mock-Parliament
,
Mr.
Henry
Nevil
,
a
hearty
Assertor
of
the
Commonwealth
Interest
,
having
been
much
injured
by
the
Sheriff
of
Barkshire
in
the
last
Return
for
that
County
,
commenced
a
Suit
against
the
said
Sheriff
,
in
order
to
deter
others
from
the
like
foul
Practices
for
the
future
:
But
not
being
willing
so
far
to
acknowledge
the
present
Authority
,
as
to
prefer
his
Action
upon
the
Instrument
of
Government
,
he
was
advised
by
Serjeant
Maynard
,
Mr.
Allen
of
Grays-Inn
,
and
some
others
,
to
bring
his
Action
of
the
Case
against
the
Sheriff
.
On
the
day
of
Tryal
Mr.
Nevil
desired
Sir
Arthur
Hasterig
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
Mr.
Scot
,
my self
,
and
some
other
Members
of
the
Long
Parliament
,
to
be
present
in
the
Court
;
where
after
all
the
Objections
made
by
the
Sheriff's
Counsel
against
the
Delaration
it self
,
and
against
the
Damages
pretended
by
him
for
not
being
returned
,
were
over-ruled
by
the
Court
,
they
proceeded
to
hear
the
Witnesses
on
both
sides
;
which
being
done
,
the
Chief
Justice
St.
Johns
declared
to
the
Jury
how
heinous
a
Crime
it
was
for
a
Sheriff
,
who
being
but
a
Servant
to
the
Country
,
should
presume
to
impose
upon
them
such
Members
as
he
pleased
to
serve
in
Parliament
,
which
was
the
Bulwark
of
the
Peoples
Liberties
;
adding
farther
,
that
if
such
Practices
should
be
allowed
,
the
People
would
be
out
of
hope
to
be
relieved
from
their
Grievances
.
Then
the
Jury
retired
,
and
having
considered
the
Depositions
of
the
Witnesses
,
and
also
what
was
said
to
them
by
the
Chief
Justice
,
they
returned
into
Court
,
and
found
the
Sheriff
guilty
of
the
Charge
,
and
adjudged
him
to
pay
1500
l.
for
Damages
to
Mr.
Nevil
,
and
one
hundred
Pounds
to
the
Commonwealth
.
This
Verdict
was
very
grateful
to
those
who
wished
well
to
the
Publick
,
not
only
on
the
account
of
Mr.
Nevil
,
who
had
entred
into
this
Contest
to
vindicate
his
Country
from
Oppression
;
but
because
it
was
hoped
it
would
prove
a
means
to
deter
other
Sheriffs
from
doing
the
like
for
the
future
.
But
now
the
Chief
Justice
having
,
as
he
thought
,
sufficiently
pleased
the
popular
Interest
by
what
he
had
said
concerning
the
Rights
of
the
People
,
began
to
contrive
means
to
gratify
his
Master
Cromwel
,
by
whose
Order
the
Sheriff
had
acted
;
and
to
this
end
upon
the
motion
of
the
Sheriff's
Counsel
,
granted
an
Arrest
of
Judgment
,
and
appointed
a
day
in
the
next
Term
to
hear
what
could
be
said
on
each
side
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Sheriff
,
and
those
who
had
promised
to
support
him
,
applied
themselves
to
Cromwel
to
interpose
his
Authority
in
this
Matter
,
charging
Mr.
Nevil
with
many
false
and
malicious
Aspersions
,
whilst
the
Sheriff
improving
the
Opportunity
,
conveyed
away
his
real
and
personal
Estate
:
Endeavours
were
likewise
used
to
take
off
Mr.
Nevil
,
by
compounding
the
Business
;
but
he
preferring
the
Advantage
of
the
Commonwealth
before
his
private
Interest
,
refused
to
hearken
to
any
Overtures
,
till
the
Judgment
was
Recorded
for
an
Example
to
Posterity
,
and
then
declared
himself
resolved
to
deal
with
the
Sheriff
as
became
him
.
The
state
of
Affairs
in
Ireland
was
little
different
from
that
of
England
,
and
the
Army
there
as
much
disaffected
to
Cromwel's
Design
of
being
King
,
as
those
of
that
Profession
at
home
;
so
that
Col.
Henry
Cromwel
who
had
before
courted
the
Sectarian
Party
,
and
shewed
much
respect
to
Col.
Zanchy
,
now
began
to
caress
Major
Markham
,
Mr.
Winter
,
and
others
of
the
Presbyterian
Interest
,
desiring
them
to
joyn
in
an
Address
to
his
Father
to
stand
by
and
defend
him
against
his
Enemies
.
To
which
they
answered
,
that
if
they
knew
who
they
were
,
they
could
be
positive
in
their
Answer
;
but
being
altogether
ignorant
of
the
things
they
were
required
to
engage
for
,
and
of
the
Persons
they
were
to
engage
against
,
they
could
by
no
means
consent
to
his
Proposal
.
In
the
mean
time
Cromwel
was
not
unmindful
of
securing
the
Fleet
to
his
Interest
;
and
therefore
suspecting
that
General
Blake
was
dissatisfied
with
his
Proceedings
,
joined
Col.
Montague
who
was
intirely
his
Creature
,
and
Col.
Desborough
in
Commission
with
him
;
the
latter
only
bearing
the
Name
,
and
managing
with
other
Commissioners
the
Maritime
Affairs
at
home
.
It
was
easily
perceived
that
Montague
was
sent
to
Sea
with
Blake
to
gain
Experience
in
those
Affairs
,
and
to
endeavour
to
get
an
Interest
in
the
Seamen
,
that
the
Credit
of
Blake
might
be
the
better
balanced
,
or
his
Person
totally
laid
aside
:
But
it
pleased
God
that
this
Work
was
in
a
short
time
done
to
their
Hands
,
General
Blake
falling
sick
a
little
after
of
a
Distemper
,
whereby
he
died
.
The
Loss
of
this
great
Man
was
lamented
by
Cromwel
much
in
the
same
manner
as
that
of
the
Lord
Deputy
Ireton
,
and
that
also
of
General
Deane
had
been
.
Cromwel
having
been
disappointed
,
as
I
formerly
mentioned
,
in
his
Endeavours
of
procuring
a
Civil
Authority
to
countenance
his
Arbitrary
Power
,
made
it
his
Business
so
to
balance
all
Interests
,
that
they
should
not
dare
to
oppose
him
,
for
fear
of
bringing
themselves
into
a
worse
condition
than
that
wherein
they
were
.
To
this
end
he
gratified
such
of
the
Presbyterian
Party
as
were
the
most
complying
,
and
courted
divers
of
the
Nobility
,
particularly
the
Earl
of
Warwick
,
whose
Grandson
was
admitted
to
be
a
Suitor
to
his
youngest
Daughter
.
But
because
that
this
Alliance
was
not
at
all
grateful
to
some
Persons
about
him
,
he
contrived
to
appear
averse
to
the
Match
;
and
then
by
the
Management
of
Sir
Edward
Sydenham
it
was
brought
about
that
the
young
Couple
were
married
without
the
knowledge
of
their
Parents
:
for
which
Contrivance
Sir
Edward
was
for
a
time
forbidden
the
Court
.
Notwithstanding
these
and
many
other
Artifices
used
by
him
to
support
his
Usurpation
,
continual
Designs
were
set
on
foot
against
him
.
Some
Fifth-Monarchy-men
,
to
the
number
of
about
three
hundred
,
expecting
extraordinary
Assistance
from
Heaven
,
had
formed
a
Design
to
dethrone
him
;
but
these
he
slighted
on
account
of
the
Smallness
of
their
Number
,
and
having
some
Spies
amongst
them
,
who
gave
him
Intelligence
of
all
their
Measures
,
he
suffered
them
to
go
on
till
the
Night
before
that
wherein
they
had
appointed
to
Rendezvouz
.
At
which
time
he
sent
a
Guard
of
Soldiers
,
who
seized
the
Principal
of
them
as
they
were
consulting
about
the
manner
of
putting
their
Enterprize
in
execution
.
Their
Declarations
were
also
taken
with
them
,
and
their
Standard
which
had
in
it
a
Lion
Couchant
with
these
words
,
Who
shall
rouse
him
up
?
These
Men
being
for
the
most
part
Tradesmen
,
were
carried
Prisoners
to
the
Gate-house
,
where
they
lay
long
in
a
miserable
Condition
.
Soon
after
this
some
Persons
that
used
to
meet
in
Coleman-street
,
to
deplore
the
Apostacy
of
the
Times
,
and
particularly
that
of
Whitehall
,
were
seized
by
the
Lord
Mayor's
Officers
,
pursuant
to
Cromwel's
Orders
,
as
they
were
coming
out
from
their
Meeting-place
.
Amongst
these
was
a
Cornet
whose
Name
was
Day
,
and
who
being
charged
with
saying
that
Cromwel
was
a
Rogue
and
a
Traitor
,
confessed
the
Words
;
and
to
justify
himself
said
,
that
Cromwel
had
affirmed
in
the
presence
of
himself
and
divers
other
Officers
,
that
if
he
did
oppress
the
Conscientious
,
or
betray
the
Liberties
of
the
People
,
or
not
take
away
Tithes
by
a
certain
time
,
now
past
,
they
should
then
have
Liberty
to
say
he
was
a
Rogue
and
a
Traitor
:
He
moved
therefore
that
he
might
be
permitted
to
produce
his
Witnesses
,
who
were
then
present
,
to
the
particulars
beforementioned
.
But
the
Matter
was
so
ordered
,
that
he
and
some
others
were
fined
and
imprisoned
for
their
pretended
Misdemeanours
.
Another
Plot
much
more
dangerous
was
about
the
same
time
carried
on
by
the
Royalists
,
and
discovered
to
him
by
his
Spies
.
The
Persons
concerned
in
it
he
used
with
more
Severity
,
because
he
accounted
them
to
be
of
a
more
formidable
Party
,
and
therefore
referred
them
to
be
tried
by
those
Persons
whom
his
last
Assembly
had
nominated
to
be
a
High
Court
of
Justice
.
The
Prisoners
were
Dr.
Hewet
,
Sir
Henry
Slingsby
,
and
Mr.
Mordaunt
,
with
some
others
of
the
meaner
sort
.
The
general
Charge
against
them
was
for
endeavouring
to
levy
War
against
the
Government
on
the
behalf
of
Charles
Stuart
.
The
particular
Charge
against
Dr.
Hewet
was
for
dispersing
Commissions
from
the
Son
of
the
late
King
,
and
perswading
divers
to
raise
Forces
by
virtue
of
the
same
.
That
against
Sir
Henry
Slingsby
was
for
attempting
to
debauch
some
of
the
Garrison
of
Hull
to
the
Service
of
Charles
Stuart
,
and
delivering
a
Commission
from
him
to
them
.
The
Prisoners
of
less
Note
were
charged
with
a
Design
of
firing
the
City
in
several
Places
,
at
the
time
appointed
for
their
Party
to
be
in
Arms.
Dr.
Hewet
being
brought
before
the
Court
,
moved
that
he
might
be
tried
by
a
Jury
,
and
demurred
to
the
Jurisdiction
of
the
Court
.
But
the
Court
over-ruled
his
Demurrer
,
and
told
him
,
that
unless
he
would
plead
to
his
Charge
,
they
would
cause
his
Refusal
to
be
entred
,
and
proceed
against
him
as
if
the
Fact
were
confessed
.
This
being
twice
said
to
him
,
he
was
required
the
third
time
to
plead
:
To
which
he
answered
,
that
if
the
Judges
would
declare
it
to
be
according
to
Law
for
him
to
plead
,
he
would
obey
:
but
he
was
told
that
the
Gentlemen
then
present
were
his
Judges
,
and
that
if
he
would
not
plead
,
they
would
Register
his
Contempt
the
third
time
,
and
upon
his
Refusal
did
so
.
Mr.
Mordaunt
admonished
by
his
Example
,
pleaded
not
guilty
;
and
after
a
full
hearing
of
the
Witnesses
on
both
sides
,
the
Court
acquitted
him
by
one
Voice
:
Then
Sir
Henry
Slingsby
was
called
to
the
Bar
,
and
the
Witnesses
on
each
side
being
heard
,
he
was
pronounced
Guilty
,
tho'
in
the
Opinion
of
many
Men
he
had
very
hard
Measure
.
For
it
appeared
that
he
was
a
Prisoner
at
the
time
when
he
was
charged
to
have
practised
against
the
Government
;
that
he
was
a
declared
Enemy
,
and
therefore
by
the
Laws
of
War
free
to
make
any
such
Attempt
:
Besides
it
was
alledged
that
the
Persons
whom
he
was
accused
to
have
endeavoured
to
corrupt
,
had
trapan'd
him
by
their
Promises
to
serve
the
King
in
delivering
Hull
,
if
he
would
give
them
a
Commission
to
act
for
him
,
which
Commission
was
an
old
one
that
had
long
lain
by
him
.
But
all
this
being
not
thought
sufficient
to
excuse
him
,
he
was
adjudged
to
die
.
The
rest
of
the
Prisoners
were
also
condemned
,
and
Sentence
of
Death
being
pronounced
,
Sir
Henry
Slingsby
and
Dr.
Hewet
had
the
Favour
of
being
beheaded
;
and
the
others
,
being
Men
of
a
lesser
Figure
,
were
hanged
.
Cromwel's
Daughter
and
Favourite
Mrs.
Cleypole
,
laboured
earnestly
with
her
Father
to
save
the
Life
of
Dr.
Hewet
,
but
without
success
:
which
Denial
so
afflicted
her
,
that
it
was
reported
to
have
been
one
cause
of
her
Death
,
which
happened
soon
after
with
the
concurrence
of
an
Ulcer
in
her
Womb
.
The
Usurper
,
as
he
was
thus
prodigal
of
English
Blood
,
so
was
he
no
less
profuse
of
the
Publick
Treasure
,
in
procuring
Intelligence
from
the
Royal
Party
abroad
.
To
which
end
he
employed
one
Henry
Manning
,
Son
to
one
Col.
Richard
Manning
a
Papist
,
and
formerly
a
Colonel
in
the
late
King's
Army
,
where
he
lost
his
Life
.
This
Gentleman
he
furnished
with
a
considerable
Sum
of
Money
,
and
sent
him
to
the
place
where
the
Son
of
the
late
King
then
resided
:
where
when
he
arrived
,
he
informed
the
Exiles
,
that
he
was
sent
thither
from
some
Friends
in
England
,
that
desired
to
have
their
Names
concealed
.
But
having
with
him
such
good
Credentials
as
ready
Money
,
part
whereof
he
gave
to
Charles
Stuart
,
and
distributed
several
lesser
Sums
to
his
necessitous
Followers
,
he
was
easily
admitted
amongst
them
.
It
hapned
at
that
time
,
that
a
Gentleman
who
had
served
the
late
King
,
desired
leave
from
Cromwel
to
travel
,
which
he
obtained
on
condition
he
should
not
see
the
King
,
which
he
promised
.
Accordingly
when
he
arrived
at
Colen
,
if
I
mistake
not
,
that
was
the
place
,
he
sent
a
Message
to
the
King
,
that
he
might
be
permitted
to
wait
on
him
at
night
,
which
was
granted
;
and
having
discoursed
fully
concerning
the
Affairs
he
came
about
,
he
took
leave
,
and
received
a
Letter
which
he
sewed
within
the
Crown
of
his
Hat
.
Upon
his
return
to
England
he
came
with
Confidence
to
Cromwel
,
and
being
demanded
by
him
if
he
had
punctually
performed
his
Promise
?
He
answered
,
that
he
had
.
But
said
Cromwel
,
Who
was
it
that
put
out
the
Candles
when
you
spoke
to
Charles
Stuart
?
This
unexpected
Question
somewhat
startled
him
;
but
Cromwel
proceeding
,
asked
him
,
What
he
said
to
him
?
To
which
the
Gentleman
answered
,
that
he
said
nothing
at
all
to
him
.
Then
said
Cromwel
,
did
he
not
send
a
Letter
by
you
?
The
Gentleman
denying
that
also
,
Cromwel
took
his
Hat
,
and
having
found
the
Letter
,
he
sent
him
immediately
to
the
Tower
.
From
thence
he
took
the
first
favourable
Occasion
to
acquaint
Charles
Stuart
with
all
that
had
hapned
to
him
relating
to
this
Affair
,
assuring
him
,
that
one
of
the
three
Persons
who
were
in
the
Room
with
him
at
the
time
above-mentioned
,
must
necessarily
have
betrayed
him
.
Upon
this
Information
Manning's
Study
was
searched
,
and
his
Correspondence
being
discovered
,
leave
was
obtained
from
the
Duke
of
Neuburg
to
execute
him
within
his
Territories
,
and
accordingly
he
was
shot
to
Death
.
But
tho'
Manning's
Action
was
base
and
perfidious
,
as
proceeding
from
a
domestick
Servant
,
yet
by
what
Law
he
was
executed
I
confess
my self
utterly
ignorant
.
After
the
Death
of
Mrs.
Cleypole
it
was
observed
that
Cromwel
grew
melancholy
,
and
also
distempered
with
divers
Infirmities
,
particularly
a
malignant
Humour
in
his
Foot
;
which
hindring
him
from
the
Exercises
of
walking
or
riding
abroad
,
he
obliged
his
Physicians
to
endeavour
to
disperse
it
,
which
they
endeavouring
to
do
,
drove
it
upwards
to
his
Heart
.
By
this
means
he
became
desperately
sick
;
and
as
some
about
him
had
for
a
long
time
deceived
others
,
so
they
now
endeavoured
to
impose
upon
God
himself
.
For
Dr.
Goodwin
,
his
Creature
and
Trencher-Chaplain
,
used
this
Expression
in
his
Prayer
during
the
time
of
his
Sickness
;
Lord
,
we
beg
not
for
his
Recovery
,
for
that
thou
hast
already
granted
,
and
assured
us
of
,
but
for
his
speedy
Recovery
.
At
this
time
I
was
in
the
County
of
Essex
,
and
according
to
a
former
Resolution
I
had
taken
,
went
to
London
to
attend
my
Father
Oldsworth
,
and
to
bring
him
into
the
Country
,
whether
he
designed
to
come
with
my
Mother
Ludlow
.
On
the
Monday
Afternoon
I
set
forward
on
my
Journey
,
the
Morning
proving
so
tempestuous
that
the
Horses
were
not
able
to
draw
against
it
;
so
that
I
could
reach
no
farther
than
Epping
that
Night
.
By
this
means
I
arrived
not
at
Westminster
till
Tuesday
about
Noon
,
when
passing
by
Whitehall
,
notice
was
immediately
given
to
Cromwel
,
that
I
was
come
to
Town
.
Whereupon
he
sent
for
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
and
ordered
him
to
enquire
concerning
the
Reasons
of
my
coming
in
such
haste
,
and
at
such
a
time
.
The
Lieutenant
General
accordingly
desired
by
a
Message
that
I
would
come
to
him
the
next
Morning
,
which
I
did
,
and
understood
from
him
that
Cromwel
suspected
I
was
come
with
a
Design
to
raise
some
Disturbance
in
the
Army
,
and
that
he
was
desirous
to
know
the
occasion
of
my
Journey
.
I
assured
him
,
that
as
it
was
not
in
my
Power
to
cause
any
Commotion
in
the
Army
,
so
neither
was
it
in
my
Thoughts
at
this
time
;
and
that
I
came
to
Town
in
order
to
bring
our
Family
together
into
the
Country
,
according
to
a
Resolution
taken
a
Month
since
,
and
before
I
heard
of
Cromwel's
Indisposition
.
He
then
told
me
,
that
the
Protector
had
been
ill
,
but
that
it
was
now
hoped
he
was
recovering
.
I
said
,
that
I
wished
him
so
well
,
that
I
was
not
desirous
he
should
die
in
the
way
he
was
in
at
present
,
and
assured
him
,
that
I
should
be
glad
of
the
Prolongation
of
his
Life
,
if
he
would
employ
it
to
the
Publick
Good
,
which
ought
to
be
more
dear
to
us
than
Life
it self
.
At
Whitehall
they
were
unwilling
to
have
it
known
that
he
was
so
dangerously
ill
;
yet
by
reason
of
a
Clause
in
the
humble
Petition
and
Advice
(
which
was
the
Rule
of
Government
they
pretended
to
act
by
)
that
the
Protector
should
have
Power
to
nominate
his
Successor
,
the
Commissioners
of
the
Great
Seal
attended
for
signing
the
Declaration
of
the
Person
to
be
appointed
to
succeed
him
.
But
whether
he
was
unwilling
to
discover
his
Intentions
to
leave
the
Succession
to
his
Son
,
lest
thereby
he
should
,
in
case
of
recovery
,
disoblige
others
,
whom
he
had
put
in
expectation
of
that
Power
;
or
whether
he
was
so
discomposed
in
Body
and
Mind
,
that
he
could
not
attend
that
Matter
;
or
lastly
,
whether
he
would
have
named
or
did
name
any
other
,
is
to
me
uncertain
.
But
certain
it
is
that
the
Commissioners
were
not
admitted
till
the
Friday
following
,
when
the
Symptoms
of
Death
were
apparent
upon
him
,
and
many
Ministers
and
others
assembled
in
a
Chamber
at
Whitehall
,
praying
for
him
,
whilst
he
manifested
so
little
Remorse
of
Conscience
for
his
betraying
the
Publick
Cause
,
and
sacrificing
it
to
the
Idol
of
his
own
Ambition
,
that
some
of
his
last
Words
were
rather
becoming
a
Mediator
than
a
Sinner
,
recommending
to
God
the
Condition
of
the
Nation
that
he
had
so
infamously
cheated
,
and
expressing
a
great
Care
of
the
People
whom
he
had
so
manifestly
despised
.
But
he
seemed
above
all
concerned
for
the
Reproaches
he
said
Men
would
cast
upon
his
Name
,
in
trampling
on
his
Ashes
when
dead
.
In
this
Temper
of
Mind
he
departed
this
Life
about
two
in
the
Afternoon
;
and
the
News
of
his
Death
being
brought
to
those
who
were
met
together
to
pray
for
him
,
Mr.
Sterry
stood
up
and
desired
them
not
to
be
troubled
.
For
,
said
he
,
this
is
good
News
;
because
if
he
was
of
great
Use
to
the
People
of
God
when
he
was
amongst
us
,
now
he
will
be
much
more
so
,
being
ascended
to
Heaven
to
sit
at
the
right
hand
of
Jesus
Christ
,
there
to
intercede
for
us
,
and
to
be
mindful
of
us
on
all
occasions
.
Different
were
the
Effects
that
the
Death
of
Cromwel
produced
in
the
Nation
:
Those
Men
who
had
been
Sharers
with
him
in
the
Usurped
Authority
were
exceedingly
troubled
,
whilst
all
other
Parties
rejoiced
at
it
;
each
of
them
hoping
that
this
Alteration
would
prove
advantagious
to
their
Affairs
.
The
Commonwealthsmen
were
so
charitable
to
believe
that
the
Soldiery
being
delivered
from
their
Servitude
to
the
General
,
to
which
they
were
willing
to
attribute
their
former
Compliances
,
would
now
open
their
Eyes
and
join
with
them
,
as
the
only
means
left
to
preserve
themselves
and
the
People
.
Neither
were
the
Cavaliers
without
great
hopes
that
new
Divisions
might
arise
,
and
give
them
an
Opportunity
of
advancing
their
Minion
,
who
had
been
long
endeavouring
to
unite
all
the
corrupt
Interests
of
the
Nation
to
his
Party
.
But
neither
the
Sense
of
their
Duty
,
nor
the
Care
of
their
own
Safety
,
nor
the
just
Apprehensions
of
being
overcome
by
their
irreconcilable
Enemy
,
could
prevail
with
the
Army
to
return
to
their
proper
Station
.
So
that
having
tasted
of
Sovereignty
under
the
shadow
of
their
late
Master
,
they
resolved
against
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
And
in
order
to
this
it
was
agreed
to
proclaim
Richard
Cromwel
,
eldest
Son
to
Oliver
,
Protector
of
the
Commonwealth
,
in
hopes
that
he
,
who
by
following
his
Pleasures
had
rendred
himself
unfit
for
Publick
Business
,
would
not
fail
to
place
the
Administration
of
the
Government
in
the
hands
of
those
who
were
most
powerful
in
the
Army
.
Accordingly
the
Proclamation
was
published
in
Westminster
,
at
Temple-Bar
,
and
at
the
Old
Exchange
,
with
as
few
Expressions
of
Joy
as
had
ever
been
observed
on
the
like
occasion
.
This
being
done
,
the
Council
issued
out
Orders
to
the
Officers
of
Civil
Justice
to
act
by
virtue
of
their
old
Commissions
till
new
ones
could
be
sent
to
them
:
And
that
nothing
might
be
omitted
to
fortifie
the
new
Government
,
various
means
were
used
to
procure
Addresses
from
all
Parts
,
which
were
brought
in
great
Numbers
from
the
several
Counties
of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
as
also
from
divers
Regiments
of
the
Army
.
One
of
the
first
Acts
of
the
new
Government
was
,
to
order
the
Funeral
of
the
late
Usurper
:
and
the
Council
having
resolved
that
it
should
be
very
magnificent
,
the
Care
of
it
was
referred
to
a
Committee
of
them
,
who
sending
for
Mr.
Kinnersly
Master
of
the
Wardrobe
,
desired
him
to
find
out
some
Precedent
by
which
they
might
govern
themselves
in
this
important
Affair
.
After
examination
of
his
Books
and
Papers
,
Mr.
Kinnersly
,
who
was
suspected
to
be
inclined
to
Popery
,
recommended
to
them
the
Solemnities
used
upon
the
like
occasion
for
Philip
the
Second
,
King
of
Spain
,
who
had
been
represented
to
be
in
Purgatory
for
about
two
Months
.
In
the
like
manner
was
the
Body
of
this
great
Reformer
laid
in
Somerset-house
:
The
Apartment
was
hung
with
Black
,
the
Day-light
was
excluded
,
and
no
other
but
that
of
Wax-Tapers
to
be
seen
.
This
Scene
of
Purgatory
continned
till
the
first
of
November
,
which
being
the
day
preceding
that
commonly
called
all
Souls
,
he
was
removed
into
the
great
Hall
of
the
said
House
,
and
represented
in
Effigie
,
standing
on
a
Bed
of
Crimson
Velvet
covered
with
a
Gown
of
the
like
coloured
Velvet
,
a
Scepter
in
his
Hand
,
and
a
Crown
on
his
Head
.
That
part
of
the
Hall
wherein
the
Bed
stood
was
railed
in
,
and
the
Rails
and
Ground
within
them
covered
with
Crimson
Velvet
.
Four
or
five
hundred
Candles
set
in
flat
shining
Candlesticks
were
so
placed
round
near
the
Roof
of
the
Hall
,
that
the
Light
they
gave
seemed
like
the
Rays
of
the
Sun
:
By
all
which
he
was
represented
to
be
now
in
a
State
of
Glory
.
This
Folly
and
Profusion
so
far
provoked
the
People
,
that
they
threw
Dirt
in
the
night
on
his
Escucheon
that
was
placed
over
the
great
Gate
of
Somersethouse
.
I
purposely
omit
the
rest
of
the
Pageantry
,
the
great
Number
of
Persons
that
attended
on
the
Body
,
the
Procession
to
Westminster
,
the
vast
Expence
in
Mourning
,
the
State
and
Magnificence
of
the
Monument
erected
for
him
,
with
many
other
things
that
I
care
not
to
remember
.
The
Necessities
of
the
Government
daily
increasing
,
it
was
thought
expedient
to
call
a
Parliament
,
as
they
termed
it
.
Whereupon
the
Council
being
summoned
,
three
Questions
were
debated
among
them
.
1st
.
Whether
the
Elections
should
be
made
by
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
considerable
Towns
,
according
to
the
Distribution
agreed
on
by
the
Long
Parliament
,
and
practised
by
Cromwel
in
his
time
;
or
whether
they
should
be
made
by
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
Boroughs
,
according
to
the
ancient
L●●
of
the
Land
.
The
2d
was
concerning
the
thirty
Members
to
serve
for
Ireland
,
and
thirty
for
Scotland
;
whether
,
or
how
,
they
should
be
chosen
,
there
having
been
as
yet
no
Distribution
of
Powers
to
elect
,
as
it
was
ordered
there
should
be
in
the
humble
Petition
and
Advice
.
The
3d
was
touching
the
Writs
of
Summons
to
be
issued
to
those
of
the
Other
House
.
For
the
first
,
the
Council
learned
in
the
Art
and
Mystery
of
the
Law
,
advised
,
That
seeing
there
was
a
Clause
in
the
Petition
and
Advice
,
that
all
should
be
done
according
to
Law
,
it
was
the
most
safe
way
to
issue
out
the
Writs
of
Election
according
to
the
ancient
Form
;
and
this
Method
after
some
Debate
was
resolved
upon
,
principally
because
it
was
well
understood
that
mean
and
decayed
Boroughs
might
be
much
more
easily
corrupted
than
the
numerous
Counties
and
considerable
Cities
.
The
Motion
for
proceeding
according
to
Law
prevailed
with
them
also
in
reference
to
the
Writs
for
Members
to
serve
in
the
Other
House
,
which
were
accordingly
issued
out
in
the
same
Form
with
those
that
had
been
formerly
sent
to
the
Peers
.
The
second
Question
touching
the
Members
for
Scotland
and
Ireland
was
long
debated
,
the
most
prudent
being
of
opinion
,
that
since
Writs
were
to
go
out
in
the
ancient
manner
to
elect
Members
to
serve
for
England
in
Parliament
,
there
could
be
no
pretence
for
those
of
Scotland
and
Ireland
●●
sit
with
them
:
However
,
the
Majority
concluded
that
Members
should
be
chosen
for
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
as
had
been
practised
in
the
time
of
Cromwel
,
with
this
Proviso
,
that
they
should
not
be
admitted
to
sit
as
such
,
till
the
Consent
of
those
chosen
for
England
were
first
obtained
.
The
time
of
Election
drawing
near
,
the
Court
used
their
utmost
Endeavours
to
procure
such
Men
to
be
chosen
as
were
their
Creatures
,
and
had
their
Dependencies
on
them
,
in
which
they
had
no
small
Advantages
.
For
besides
the
Power
of
discountenancing
and
punishing
those
that
were
not
their
Friends
,
they
had
all
the
Preferments
as
well
Military
as
Civil
in
their
Disposition
.
The
Officers
of
the
Admiralty
and
Navy
had
a
great
Influence
not
only
upon
the
Cinque-Ports
,
but
also
upon
all
Sea-Towns
whatsoever
,
and
could
press
at
their
pleasure
any
Inhabitant
to
serve
at
Sea
,
and
thereby
ruin
both
them
and
their
Families
.
The
Sheriffs
,
who
generally
were
Men
chosen
for
such
Purposes
,
contributed
no
little
Assistance
to
their
Design
,
by
disposing
the
Writs
to
whom
they
pleased
,
and
making
themselves
Judges
of
the
Fitness
and
due
Qualifications
of
all
those
who
should
vote
at
the
several
Elections
.
In
the
mean
time
divers
Persons
who
continued
unshaken
in
their
Zeal
and
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
met
at
the
House
of
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
where
they
consulted
what
would
be
most
proper
for
them
to
do
in
case
any
of
them
should
be
elected
to
serve
in
the
approaching
Assembly
:
And
after
mature
Deliberation
,
resolved
that
if
they
should
be
fairly
chosen
,
and
that
no
unjust
or
dishonourable
thing
were
required
of
them
,
they
should
accept
the
Employment
,
and
therein
use
the
best
of
their
Endeavours
to
serve
the
Publick
,
being
perswaded
that
it
is
the
Duty
of
a
good
Man
at
all
times
and
in
all
places
,
when
an
Opportunity
offers
it self
,
to
be
useful
to
his
Country
.
Neither
did
they
think
that
their
Presence
and
Assistance
in
such
an
Assembly
could
by
any
means
be
interpreted
to
be
an
Acknowledgment
that
they
were
a
Parliament
,
in
prejudice
of
the
Right
of
the
Long
Parliament
,
which
tho'
under
a
Force
,
yet
was
never
legally
dissolved
.
In
consequence
of
this
Resolution
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Mr.
Thomas
Scot
,
Mr.
Weaver
,
Colonel
Kendrick
,
and
divers
others
of
known
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
being
chosen
to
serve
,
sat
in
the
Assembly
.
President
Bradshaw
was
returned
by
the
Sheriff
for
the
County
of
Chester
;
but
some
of
that
County
having
returned
another
Person
,
he
was
not
present
at
their
first
Meetings
,
the
Assembly
having
made
an
Order
,
That
in
case
of
a
double
Return
,
neither
of
the
Competitors
should
sit
till
the
Matter
should
be
heard
and
decided
.
Great
Endeavours
were
used
by
the
Court
to
prevent
the
Election
of
Sir
Henry
Vane
;
and
tho
their
Officers
refused
to
return
him
at
Hall
and
Bristol
,
at
both
which
places
it
was
said
he
had
the
majority
,
yet
at
last
he
was
chosen
and
returned
for
the
Borough
of
Whitchurch
in
the
County
of
Southampton
.
The
people
of
this
place
were
advised
to
this
Choice
by
Mr.
Robert
Wallop
;
at
which
the
Court
Faction
were
so
enraged
,
that
they
had
sent
a
menacing
Letter
to
him
,
which
was
subseribed
by
most
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
the
County
,
to
let
him
know
,
that
they
would
oppose
his
Election
for
the
Shire
,
if
he
persisted
to
recommend
Sir
Henry
Vane
to
the
Choice
of
the
People
.
But
Mr.
Wallop
despising
their
Threatnings
.
continued
to
assist
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
and
was
chosen
for
the
County
in
despite
of
them
.
Those
that
governed
at
Whitehall
,
had
ordered
an
Oath
to
be
administred
to
all
such
as
should
be
admitted
to
sit
in
the
House
,
whereby
the
Members
were
to
oblige
themselves
not
to
act
or
contrive
any
thing
against
the
Protector
.
This
Oath
I
was
unwilling
to
take
,
and
therefore
declined
going
into
the
Assembly
;
but
being
one
day
walking
in
Westminster-Hall
,
and
meeting
Sir
Walter
St.
Johns
,
who
was
one
of
the
Persons
appointed
to
administer
the
Oath
,
he
asked
me
why
I
came
not
to
the
House
?
I
told
him
,
that
tho'
I
had
heard
divers
Arguments
for
taking
the
Oath
,
yet
my
Doubts
not
being
fully
satisfied
by
them
,
I
had
hitherto
abstained
.
Whereupon
he
desired
me
to
meet
him
in
the
Lobby
the
next
Morning
,
promising
to
carry
me
in
with
him
,
which
,
said
he
,
will
create
a
Belief
in
the
House
that
I
have
given
you
the
Oath
.
Accordingly
I
attended
,
but
not
finding
Sir
Walter
there
,
I
went
in
,
and
the
House
being
at
Prayers
,
I
stood
amongst
the
rest
of
the
Members
till
they
were
ended
,
and
then
went
up
to
the
Speaker's
Chamber
,
where
,
and
in
the
Gallery
,
I
sat
with
as
much
privacy
as
I
could
.
Thus
I
continued
to
do
for
about
a
Week
,
when
News
was
brought
,
to
the
great
mortification
of
the
Court
,
that
Sir
Henry
Vane
was
chosen
to
serve
in
this
Assembly
for
the
Borough
of
Whitchurch
,
as
was
mentioned
before
.
Sir
Henry
being
come
to
Town
,
and
informed
that
I
sat
in
the
House
,
he
was
pleased
to
make
me
a
Visit
,
and
to
enquire
by
what
means
I
had
procured
admission
,
for
he
had
been
acquainted
with
my
Scruples
touching
the
Oath
.
I
assured
him
,
that
my
Doubts
remained
still
unsatisfied
;
but
that
I
had
ventured
to
go
into
the
Assembly
,
where
I
sate
as
yet
without
any
interruption
.
Within
a
day
or
two
a
Member
informed
me
of
an
Intention
in
some
to
complain
to
the
House
against
me
,
for
sitting
amongst
them
without
the
Qualification
of
the
Oath
:
To
which
I
answered
,
That
it
was
no
more
than
I
expected
.
And
accordingly
one
of
the
Members
called
Bodurdo
,
the
same
day
pressed
to
be
heard
touching
a
Matter
which
,
he
said
;
concerned
the
very
Being
of
the
House
;
having
been
informed
that
there
sat
a
Person
amongst
them
,
who
had
not
taken
the
Oath
required
to
be
administred
to
every
Member
before
his
admission
.
He
therefore
moved
the
House
to
enquire
into
it
,
and
to
give
order
that
all
Men
that
sat
there
might
be
upon
an
equal
foot
.
This
Motion
was
opposed
by
some
,
who
alledged
that
it
was
of
far
less
Importance
than
many
other
things
that
were
before
them
.
But
Mr.
John
Trevor
,
a
leading
Man
of
the
Court-Party
,
seconded
the
former
Motion
,
tho'
with
much
Civility
and
Respect
,
urging
that
he
could
not
but
think
it
very
seasonable
,
and
of
Consequence
,
considering
the
Worth
,
as
he
was
pleased
to
say
,
of
the
Person
concerned
.
So
the
Debate
was
entred
upon
,
and
divers
gave
their
Opinions
that
the
Oath
should
be
peremptorily
required
.
But
Mr.
Weaver
and
some
others
opposed
them
,
alledging
,
that
for
the
most
part
Oaths
proved
only
Snares
to
honest
Men
,
it
being
generally
observed
,
that
those
who
were
least
conscientious
in
keeping
an
Oath
,
were
the
most
forward
to
take
it
.
Col.
Eyres
also
informed
the
House
,
that
he
had
sat
in
the
Long
Parliament
without
taking
the
Oath
then
prescribed
,
and
that
he
was
fully
perswaded
that
my
Omission
therein
proceeded
not
from
a
Spirit
of
Opposition
,
but
from
a
real
Scruple
of
Conscience
;
that
his
Case
had
formerly
been
the
same
with
mine
;
and
tho'
no
Man
could
question
my
Affection
to
that
Parliament
,
yet
I
had
moved
the
House
in
his
behalf
,
and
was
the
Person
nominated
by
them
to
bring
him
into
the
House
without
taking
the
Oath
.
This
Debate
continuing
for
two
or
three
hours
,
was
at
length
interrupted
by
the
discovery
of
a
Person
sitting
in
the
House
,
who
had
not
been
elected
so
to
do
:
His
Name
was
King
,
and
being
called
to
the
Bar
,
the
House
demanded
of
him
whether
he
were
a
Member
?
To
which
he
answered
,
that
he
knew
not
whether
he
were
or
no
.
For
meeting
with
an
Alderman
of
London
,
who
asked
him
if
he
were
chosen
,
he
demanded
of
him
the
Reason
of
his
Question
:
Whereupon
the
Alderman
saying
that
he
had
seen
the
Name
of
one
King
upon
the
List
of
Returns
,
he
came
down
to
the
House
,
and
had
continued
so
to
do
,
that
he
might
not
be
wanting
in
his
Duty
.
This
Man
being
ordered
to
withdraw
,
many
of
the
Members
willingly
left
the
Debate
,
and
others
did
so
too
from
their
great
Zeal
against
him
,
supposing
him
to
be
a
dangerous
Person
,
because
he
had
been
observed
that
Morning
in
the
Speaker's
Chamber
to
approve
and
promote
a
Paper
which
was
there
delivered
,
tending
to
shew
the
Wickedness
of
the
Designs
that
were
carrying
on
by
the
Court-Faction
,
and
the
Necessity
incumbent
on
the
Assembly
to
restore
the
Commonwealth
.
So
the
Merits
of
this
Person
having
been
debated
also
,
and
the
House
being
informed
by
one
of
the
Members
serving
for
the
City
of
London
,
that
the
Man
was
distempered
in
his
Head
to
that
degree
,
that
his
Relations
were
often
obliged
to
bind
him
hand
and
foot
,
they
contented
themselves
to
send
him
to
Newgate
for
a
day
or
two
,
and
then
ordered
him
to
be
discharged
.
By
this
means
the
Assembly
was
diverted
from
resolving
to
impose
the
Oath
;
and
tho'
they
were
much
inclined
to
get
rid
of
my
Company
,
yet
partly
by
finding
so
great
opposition
,
and
partly
by
discovering
that
there
were
some
of
another
Interest
which
they
liked
better
,
that
had
not
taken
it
,
they
were
discouraged
from
resuming
that
Debate
for
the
future
,
tho'
they
did
sometimes
mention
it
by
way
of
Reflection
,
when
I
moved
any
thing
displeasing
to
them
.
All
Men
were
in
great
expectation
what
the
Resolutions
of
the
House
would
be
concerning
the
Government
.
The
sounder
part
of
them
were
very
desirous
to
secure
themselves
in
the
two
essential
Points
which
had
been
the
ground
of
the
Quarrel
between
the
King
and
the
Parliament
,
viz
the
Militia
and
the
Negative
Voice
,
and
to
establish
them
in
the
Representative
of
the
People
,
before
they
should
enter
upon
any
other
Business
.
But
whilst
these
important
Matters
were
under
consideration
,
Mr.
Thurloe
,
a
Member
of
the
Assembly
,
and
Secretary
to
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
presented
them
with
a
Declaration
ready
drawn
,
wherein
was
contained
an
Acknowledgment
of
the
said
Richard
Cromwel
to
be
Protector
,
and
the
Petition
and
Advice
to
be
the
Rule
of
Government
for
these
Nations
.
This
Action
was
by
impartial
Men
esteemed
to
be
a
great
Injury
to
the
Assembly
;
but
he
had
a
sufficient
Strength
amongst
them
to
carry
him
through
whatsoever
he
thought
fit
to
undertake
,
and
therefore
he
was
not
only
defended
for
what
he
had
done
,
but
it
was
resolved
that
the
Declaration
should
be
received
and
debated
.
Hereupon
it
was
moved
that
the
Instrument
might
be
produced
,
wherein
,
according
to
the
Petition
and
Advice
,
the
Successor
ought
to
be
nominated
,
and
the
Great
Seal
affixed
;
but
they
having
no
such
thing
to
shew
,
over-ruled
that
Motion
.
Not
being
able
to
obtain
this
,
and
being
extreamly
desirous
to
place
the
Militia
in
the
Parliament
,
and
to
make
void
any
Pretence
to
a
Negative
Voice
in
a
single
Person
,
as
well
as
to
do
some
other
things
for
the
Peoples
Safety
and
Welfare
,
the
Court-Party
refused
to
consent
to
any
thing
of
that
nature
for
the
present
,
craftily
insinuating
and
making
large
Promises
,
that
such
things
as
were
necessary
should
be
done
hereafter
at
a
more
convenient
Season
.
In
the
next
place
it
was
desired
,
that
since
it
appeared
the
present
Power
had
no
legal
Foundation
,
and
that
it
would
be
most
safe
for
the
Protector
to
derive
his
Authority
from
a
right
Source
,
the
Words
in
the
Declaration
of
Recognizing
him
might
be
altered
for
Agnizing
him
;
that
so
his
Right
might
appear
to
be
founded
upon
the
Consent
of
the
People
represented
in
this
Assembly
.
But
this
Proposition
,
tho'
inforced
with
many
weighty
Reasons
,
was
rejected
as
the
former
had
been
,
tho'
it
was
thought
convenient
to
divide
the
House
upon
it
.
Upon
this
Success
the
Court
presuming
to
carry
all
before
them
,
grew
unmeasurably
insolent
,
and
all
that
could
be
done
was
only
to
lengthen
out
their
Debates
,
and
to
hang
on
the
Wheels
of
the
Chariot
,
that
they
might
not
be
able
to
drive
so
furiously
.
By
this
means
time
was
gained
to
infuse
good
Principles
into
divers
young
Gentlemen
,
who
before
had
never
been
in
any
Publick
Assembly
,
in
hopes
that
tho'
for
the
present
their
previous
Engagements
should
carry
them
against
us
,
yet
upon
more
mature
Deliberation
they
might
discover
where
their
true
Interest
lay
.
Neither
were
our
Endeavours
without
Success
,
for
having
frequently
held
the
House
nine
or
ten
days
in
Debate
before
they
could
come
to
a
Question
,
many
Gentlemen
who
came
to
Westminster
prepossessed
in
favour
of
the
Court
,
confessed
that
the
Reasons
of
the
Commonwealth
Party
were
so
cogent
,
that
they
were
not
able
to
resist
them
.
And
because
all
Parties
had
confederated
against
us
,
we
,
in
order
to
lessen
their
Numbers
,
impeached
divers
of
them
for
having
been
of
the
King's
Party
,
by
which
means
we
procured
some
of
them
to
be
expell'd
,
and
frighted
away
some
others
who
knew
themselves
to
be
in
the
same
Condition
.
The
Court
to
requite
us
brought
Mr.
Marvin
Touchet
a
Papist
,
and
Brother
to
the
Lord
of
Castlehaven
,
to
accuse
Mr.
Villars
,
who
had
voted
with
us
,
of
serving
in
the
King's
Army
;
and
tho'
it
appeared
that
he
was
forced
so
to
do
by
those
who
had
the
Government
of
him
,
he
being
then
but
sixteen
Years
of
Age
,
and
that
he
came
into
the
Parliament's
Quarters
as
soon
as
he
had
an
opportunity
,
yet
all
that
could
be
said
proving
not
sufficient
to
excuse
him
,
he
was
likewise
voted
out
from
the
House
.
The
next
thing
we
endeavoured
was
to
remove
the
Scotish
and
Irish
Members
,
who
had
intruded
themselves
into
the
House
,
and
to
have
the
Question
put
,
Whether
those
Members
chosen
by
Scotland
ought
by
the
Law
of
the
Land
to
sit
as
Members
of
this
Parliament
.
The
Reasons
used
to
justify
the
wording
of
the
Question
in
this
manner
were
:
1.
That
there
was
no
colour
by
the
ancient
Law
of
the
Land
for
their
sitting
as
Members
of
the
Parliament
of
England
,
having
always
been
a
distinct
Kingdom
from
it
.
2.
That
there
had
been
no
distribution
of
Powers
to
elect
,
as
was
required
by
the
Humble
Petition
and
Advice
.
The
Court
would
by
no
means
permit
the
Question
to
be
put
in
the
manner
before-mentioned
,
but
moved
that
it
might
be
thus
proposed
in
the
following
Words
,
Whether
the
House
thought
fit
that
those
returned
frow
Scotland
should
sit
as
Members
of
this
Parliament
:
By
this
means
turning
a
Question
of
Right
into
a
Question
of
Conveniency
.
However
,
because
our
Question
was
first
proposed
,
we
insisted
that
it
might
also
be
first
put
;
and
likewise
moved
,
that
those
sent
from
Scotland
and
Ireland
being
the
Persons
concerned
in
the
Question
,
might
be
ordered
to
withdraw
,
and
not
be
permitted
to
sit
Judges
of
their
own
Case
:
and
this
we
thought
we
might
with
more
reason
demand
,
because
their
own
Party
had
already
waved
the
Legality
of
their
Election
by
the
Form
of
Words
they
had
used
in
the
Question
they
proposed
:
But
the
pretended
Members
for
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
except
only
Mr.
Swinton
who
modestly
withdrew
,
as
they
had
debated
their
own
Case
with
much
confidence
,
so
by
the
support
of
that
Court
they
resolved
to
decide
it
in
their
own
favour
.
When
we
saw
our selves
thus
overpowered
by
Violence
and
Number
,
we
had
the
Question
put
for
leaving
out
the
Words
,
By
the
Law
of
the
Land
,
which
being
carried
in
the
Affirmative
;
and
therefore
to
be
entred
in
the
Journal
,
we
let
fall
Words
in
the
House
to
insinuate
that
they
were
not
a
Legal
Parliament
,
having
no
countenance
from
the
Authority
by
which
they
acted
:
And
as
to
their
prudential
way
of
admitting
the
Scots
and
Irish
on
the
account
of
Conveniency
,
we
said
it
would
weaken
all
that
should
be
done
by
this
Assembly
,
whose
Actions
would
be
weighed
and
duly
considered
by
those
that
should
come
into
Power
,
when
they
were
gone
:
That
the
Laws
of
this
Assembly
,
tho'
it
were
granted
that
they
were
a
Legal
Parliament
,
would
not
bind
the
People
of
Scotland
,
who
are
not
governed
by
the
Common
Law
of
England
,
and
therefore
that
it
was
unreasonable
that
those
chosen
by
that
Nation
should
have
any
part
in
making
Laws
for
the
People
of
England
;
and
that
it
was
intolerable
,
that
they
who
had
fought
against
a
Commonwealth
should
be
consulted
with
in
the
framing
of
our
Constitution
,
and
so
vote
us
out
of
that
with
their
Tongues
,
which
they
could
never
fight
us
out
of
with
their
Swords
.
But
all
our
Arguments
were
answered
by
calling
for
the
Question
,
which
they
carried
by
a
great
number
of
Votes
,
as
they
did
also
that
for
admitting
those
returned
for
Ireland
.
The
Court
having
overcome
these
Difficulties
,
doubted
not
to
obtain
the
Establishment
of
their
House
of
Lords
,
which
they
called
the
Other
House
;
and
therefore
moved
for
recognizing
them
also
.
The
Commonwealthsmen
proposed
that
the
Assembly
would
first
take
into
their
consideration
the
Powers
wherewith
the
Other
House
should
be
vested
before
they
proceeded
to
the
Recognition
of
them
,
lest
our
qualifying
them
with
the
Title
of
a
House
,
and
our
Approbation
of
the
Persons
that
were
to
fill
it
,
might
be
a
means
to
procure
them
more
Power
than
otherwise
we
should
think
sit
to
give
them
.
But
the
Court-Party
alledged
that
the
Other
House
being
already
constituted
,
it
was
no
more
in
the
Power
of
the
Commons
to
alter
their
Establishment
;
than
in
the
Power
of
the
New
House
to
make
any
Change
in
that
of
the
Commons
.
Then
we
endeavoured
to
shew
them
the
unreasonableness
of
imposing
such
a
House
upon
the
Nation
,
telling
them
,
that
in
ancient
times
those
that
came
to
Parliament
sate
there
by
virtue
of
the
Lands
they
possessed
,
and
that
he
who
had
twenty
Fees
,
each
of
twenty
Pounds
yearly
Rent
,
might
demand
his
Place
in
the
House
as
an
Earl
;
and
that
whosoever
was
possessed
of
thirteen
Fees
,
whereof
one
third
part
was
military
,
had
a
Right
to
sit
in
the
same
House
as
a
Baron
:
That
this
Method
continued
till
the
greater
Barons
finding
themselves
overvoted
,
withdrew
into
a
distinct
House
.
But
King
Henry
the
Third
having
obtained
a
Victory
against
the
Barons
,
deprived
them
of
their
ancient
Usages
,
and
permitted
none
of
them
to
come
to
Parliament
without
a
Writ
of
Summons
from
him
.
We
shewed
them
that
the
House
of
Lords
anciently
consisted
of
Persons
,
on
whom
the
Commons
had
their
Dependance
;
and
being
for
the
most
part
Retainers
to
them
,
were
clothed
in
their
Liveries
:
But
the
Ballance
being
now
altered
,
and
the
greatest
part
of
the
Lands
of
England
devolved
upon
the
Commons
,
they
instead
of
wearing
the
Lords
blew
Coats
,
did
now
give
Wages
to
most
of
those
who
pretended
to
be
Members
of
the
other
House
.
But
notwithstanding
all
that
could
be
said
,
the
Confederacy
for
them
was
strong
enough
to
carry
all
before
them
,
the
Cavaleerish
Party
,
who
were
very
numerous
,
joining
with
them
,
in
expectation
that
it
might
prove
a
good
step
towards
the
Return
of
the
former
Peerage
:
So
the
Question
was
put
,
Whether
This
House
should
transact
with
the
Other
House
,
and
carried
in
the
Affirmative
.
We
then
desired
,
that
seeing
This
House
was
undeniably
more
Honourable
in
the
Members
of
it
than
the
Other
,
and
much
more
in
relation
to
those
whom
they
represented
,
that
the
Members
of
This
House
might
not
go
to
them
with
Messages
as
formerly
,
unless
the
Members
of
the
New
House
would
respectively
come
to
us
with
their
Messages
;
or
,
that
the
Masters
in
Chancery
,
who
were
accustomed
to
be
the
Lords
Messengers
,
might
be
divided
between
the
two
Houses
for
that
purpose
:
But
this
also
was
denied
,
and
we
were
told
,
That
a
Feather
might
hinder
the
Motion
of
a
Clock
as
well
as
a
piece
of
Iron
.
The
Subject
of
our
first
Transaction
with
the
Other
House
was
touching
a
Declaration
for
a
Fast
,
which
,
by
some
Expressions
in
it
,
of
taking
Shame
to
our selves
for
neglecting
to
settle
the
Government
of
the
Church
,
and
having
permitted
so
many
erroneous
and
heretical
Opinions
to
be
divulged
,
with
others
of
a
like
nature
,
discovered
plainly
in
what
Mint
it
was
forged
.
This
Declaration
being
agreed
to
,
it
was
ordered
to
be
carried
to
the
Other
House
for
their
Concurrence
by
one
Mr.
Grove
,
who
was
accompained
by
divers
young
Gentlemen
,
and
many
of
the
Cavalier-Party
,
all
of
them
attending
like
so
many
Lackeys
at
the
Bar
of
the
Other
House
,
whilst
the
Ceremonies
of
presenting
it
were
performed
;
which
were
the
same
that
had
been
formerly
used
to
the
Peers
on
the
like
Occasion
.
Those
of
the
other
House
were
wonderfully
pleased
with
this
Application
to
them
,
having
waited
near
three
Months
for
it
,
and
having
no
business
to
do
,
had
consumed
great
store
of
Fire
to
keep
them
warm
at
the
Publick
Charge
:
Yet
upon
the
Debate
,
they
found
not
so
great
a
Unanimity
as
in
the
receiving
it
;
for
Mr.
Cromwel's
Party
and
the
Presbyterians
fell
violently
upon
the
Independents
and
some
of
the
Army
,
concerning
some
Clauses
therein
inserted
,
as
they
said
,
by
those
of
their
Party
.
These
Divisions
were
not
confined
within
the
Walls
of
that
House
,
but
broke
out
in
the
Army
it self
;
the
Officers
every
where
discovering
their
Jealousies
one
of
another
.
They
were
divided
into
Three
Parties
,
and
neither
of
them
much
superiour
to
the
Other
in
number
.
One
Party
was
known
to
be
well
affected
to
the
Commonwealth
,
and
consisted
chiefly
of
the
following
Officers
,
viz.
Col.
Ashfield
,
Col.
Lilburn
,
Col.
Fitz
,
Lieut.
Col.
Mason
,
Lieut.
Col.
Moss
,
Lieut.
Col.
Farley
,
Major
Creed
,
with
divers
Captains
and
other
inferior
Officers
.
A
second
Party
was
known
by
the
Title
of
the
Wallingford
House
,
or
Army-Party
,
who
had
advanced
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
in
expectation
of
governing
all
as
they
pleased
:
Of
these
were
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Col.
Desbrough
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Col.
Clark
,
Col.
Kelsey
,
Col.
Berry
,
Major
Haines
,
Treasurer
Blackwel
,
and
some
others
.
The
Third
Party
was
that
of
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
who
having
cast
off
those
who
had
taken
the
pains
to
advance
him
,
joyned
himself
to
Men
that
were
more
suitable
to
his
Inclinations
;
such
were
Col.
Ingoldsby
,
Col.
Gough
,
Col.
Whalley
,
Col.
Howard
,
Col.
Goodrick
,
Lieut.
Col.
Keins
,
with
many
others
,
and
more
particularly
those
that
were
Officers
in
the
Scots
and
Irish
Forces
.
But
his
Cabinet-Council
were
the
Lord
Broghil
,
Dr.
Wilkins
,
and
Col.
Philip
Jones
.
The
Differences
between
these
Parties
being
already
very
great
,
were
yet
much
increased
by
the
following
Accident
.
Col.
Whalley
,
whom
Richard
had
lately
made
Commissary
General
of
the
Horse
,
meeting
with
Col.
Ashfield
in
Westminster-Hall
,
and
discoursing
with
him
concerning
the
Other
House
,
about
which
their
Sentiments
were
very
different
,
the
Commissary
General
fell
into
such
a
Passion
,
that
he
threatned
to
strike
the
Colonel
,
who
thereupon
daring
him
to
do
it
,
Whalley
chose
rather
to
make
his
Complaint
to
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
Col.
Ashfield
being
summoned
to
appear
,
the
pretended
Protector
threatned
to
cashier
him
as
a
Mutineer
,
for
speaking
in
such
a
manner
to
a
General
Officer
of
the
Army
.
But
the
Colonel
desiring
a
fair
and
equal
Hearing
by
a
Council
of
Officers
,
he
was
ordered
to
attend
again
.
At
the
time
appointed
it
was
contrived
that
Col.
Gough
,
Col.
Ingoldsby
,
Col.
Howard
,
Lieut.
Col.
Goodrick
,
and
other
Creatures
of
the
Court
should
be
present
to
decide
the
matter
in
dispute
,
who
unanimously
enjoyned
Col.
Ashfield
to
acknowledge
his
Fault
,
and
to
ask
the
Commissary
General's
Pardon
for
the
same
:
But
their
Endeavours
herein
proved
ineffectual
,
for
the
Colonel
denying
that
he
had
offended
the
Commissary
General
,
refused
to
desire
his
Pardon
.
Another
thing
happened
about
the
same
time
that
proved
very
disadvantageous
to
the
Interest
of
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
:
For
a
certain
Inferiour
Officer
having
publickly
murmured
at
the
advancement
of
some
that
had
been
Cavaliers
to
Commands
in
the
Army
,
he
was
carried
to
Whitehal
to
answer
for
the
same
.
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
besides
other
reproachful
Language
,
asking
him
in
a
deriding
manner
,
whether
he
would
have
him
prefer
none
but
those
that
were
Godly
?
Here
,
continued
he
,
is
Dick
Ingoldsby
who
can
neither
pray
nor
preach
,
and
yet
I
will
trust
him
before
ye
all
.
Those
imprudent
,
as
well
as
irreligious
words
,
so
clearly
discovering
the
Frame
and
Temper
of
his
Mind
,
were
soon
published
in
the
Army
and
City
of
London
,
to
his
great
prejudice
.
And
from
this
time
all
Men
among
them
who
made
but
the
least
pretences
to
Religion
and
Sobriety
,
began
to
think
themselves
unsafe
whilst
he
governed
,
and
thereupon
soon
formed
a
Resolution
to
use
their
utmost
Endeavours
to
divide
the
Military
from
the
Civil
Power
,
and
to
place
the
Command
of
the
Army
in
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
.
The
Wallingford-House
Party
finding
themselves
abandoned
by
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
and
being
very
desirous
,
if
not
to
get
the
whole
Power
into
their
Hands
,
yet
at
least
to
preserve
what
they
were
already
possessed
of
,
and
to
render
themselves
formidable
,
desired
to
renew
a
Correspondence
with
the
Commonwealths
Men
,
and
to
that
end
ordered
Col.
Kelsey
,
one
of
their
Members
,
to
let
me
know
that
If
I
would
go
to
Wallingford
House
,
I
should
meet
with
a
friendly
Reception
from
the
Lieutenant
General
and
the
rest
of
the
Company
.
Accordingly
I
went
thither
,
and
perceiving
them
to
agree
that
the
Measures
then
taken
would
inevitably
bring
in
the
Common
Enemy
,
I
could
not
forbear
telling
them
that
tho'
I
was
heartily
sorry
for
the
said
Consequences
such
a
Revolution
might
bring
upon
the
People
of
England
;
yet
with
respect
to
themselves
,
they
had
merited
whatsoever
had
already
happen'd
,
or
was
justly
to
be
feared
,
in
that
they
had
advanced
a
single
Person
over
us
,
when
it
was
in
their
Power
to
put
us
into
a
full
Possession
of
our
Liberties
.
However
,
that
I
presumed
it
was
not
yet
too
late
,
if
they
would
resolve
to
joyn
themselves
to
that
part
of
the
Army
who
were
well-affected
to
the
Commonwealth
,
and
who
in
conjunction
with
them
would
in
all
appearance
,
be
enabled
to
restore
that
Government
,
which
had
cost
the
Nation
so
much
Blood
to
establish
.
I
told
them
that
it
would
be
convenient
to
give
some
Earnest
of
the
Sincerity
of
their
Reconciliation
with
us
in
order
to
recover
that
Trust
and
Confidence
from
the
Commonwealth-Party
,
which
was
necessary
to
our
present
Undertaking
;
and
to
that
end
proposed
that
they
would
support
and
defend
Col.
Ashfield
,
who
was
like
to
suffer
for
his
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
.
They
acquainted
me
,
that
they
had
already
appeared
for
the
Colonel
,
and
promised
to
do
him
the
best
Offices
they
could
in
his
Affair
,
yet
expressed
an
unwillingness
to
ruin
some
of
their
Friends
who
were
of
Mr.
Cromwel's
Party
,
and
particularly
named
Col.
Whalley
.
I
replied
that
if
Col.
Walley
was
so
good
a
Man
to
deserve
that
consideration
from
them
,
I
perswaded
my self
he
would
not
oppose
them
;
but
if
he
were
otherwise
,
they
could
not
justly
be
thought
worthy
of
the
Honour
of
being
imployed
in
the
Rescue
and
Deliverance
of
their
Country
,
who
should
suffer
themselves
to
be
so
much
governed
by
private
Interests
and
Engagements
.
Nothing
more
of
moment
passed
between
us
in
this
Conversation
,
except
that
they
desired
to
keep
a
good
Correspondence
with
us
,
and
to
that
end
moved
that
they
might
see
Sir
.
Henry
Vane
and
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
or
at
least
be
made
acquainted
with
their
Opinion
concerning
the
Publick
Affairs
,
and
receive
their
Advice
touching
their
future
Proceedings
.
I
told
them
it
was
my
Opinion
,
that
those
two
Gentlemen
were
too
prudent
to
appear
publickly
in
a
matter
of
this
nature
,
before
full
satisfaction
that
those
of
Wallingford
House
were
in
earnest
,
and
had
done
something
that
should
put
them
past
all
Retreat
:
yet
I
promised
them
to
inform
my self
concerning
their
Sentiments
,
and
to
advertise
them
from
time
to
time
what
measures
they
should
think
most
proper
to
be
taken
.
The
next
day
I
acquainted
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
with
what
had
passed
,
and
they
approved
the
way
that
was
proposed
,
and
promised
that
when
they
saw
it
seasonable
they
would
be
ready
to
assist
them
in
all
things
tending
to
the
Publick
Service
.
With
this
Answer
I
went
to
Col.
Sydenham
,
and
desired
him
to
impart
it
to
the
rest
of
the
Company
at
Wallingford
House
;
and
then
asking
him
concerning
their
Proceedings
,
he
told
me
they
designed
to
procure
a
General
Council
of
Officers
to
be
called
,
which
if
they
could
effect
,
he
hoped
it
would
be
of
great
advantage
to
their
Affairs
.
After
two
or
three
days
,
some
of
the
principal
of
the
Party
finding
Mr.
Cromwel
alone
,
took
the
opportunity
to
perswade
him
of
the
Necessity
of
calling
a
General
Council
of
Officers
,
in
order
to
present
something
to
the
House
for
the
Regulation
and
Maintenance
of
the
Army
:
he
not
suspecting
their
Design
,
consented
to
the
Proposition
,
and
having
issued
out
an
Order
to
that
purpose
,
a
General
Council
of
Officers
met
.
Both
Parties
endeavoured
to
take
advantage
of
this
Meeting
,
and
the
lightest
Vessels
being
usually
most
noisy
,
the
Irish
Officers
first
moved
that
the
Council
would
petition
the
House
,
that
the
Protector
might
be
declared
General
of
the
Army
,
as
the
only
means
to
put
an
end
to
the
Divisions
that
were
amongst
them
:
But
this
Motion
found
so
little
Approbation
,
that
the
Court
Party
began
to
doubt
of
their
Success
at
this
Meeting
,
and
had
much
more
reason
so
to
do
,
when
they
heard
the
Hum
that
was
given
upon
a
Proposition
made
to
this
effect
,
That
it
would
be
more
advantageous
to
the
Army
,
and
more
conducing
to
the
good
of
the
Nation
,
if
the
Military
and
Civil
Power
might
be
placed
in
different
Hands
,
that
the
one
might
be
a
Ballance
to
the
other
.
The
Temper
and
Inclinations
of
the
Council
being
thus
tried
,
they
were
adjourned
to
another
day
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Party
of
Wallingford
House
beginning
to
appear
more
publickly
,
Col.
Desborough
and
Col.
Sydenham
sent
an
Officer
to
desire
me
to
give
them
a
Meeting
in
the
Chamber
where
the
Committee
for
the
Army
usually
sate
,
and
to
bring
with
me
two
or
three
Persons
,
in
whose
Affections
to
the
Publick
I
had
the
most
confidence
.
Accordingly
I
made
choice
of
Col.
Dixwel
,
and
my
Cousin
Mr.
Wallop
,
and
with
them
went
to
the
Place
appointed
,
where
our
Discourse
tended
chiefly
to
give
reciprocal
Assurances
of
our
Resolution
to
join
together
in
order
to
promote
the
Publick
Good
,
promising
to
use
our
Endeavours
to
remove
all
Doubts
and
Scruples
that
might
remain
in
any
of
us
,
that
by
a
mutual
Trust
and
Confidence
in
each
other
,
we
might
be
the
better
enabled
to
prevent
the
Return
of
the
Common
Enemy
.
The
second
time
the
General
Council
of
Officers
met
,
they
went
a
step
farther
,
and
declared
their
apprehensions
,
That
the
Common
Cause
was
likely
to
be
ruined
by
that
Subtilty
and
Artifices
of
those
who
had
never
been
able
to
do
it
by
open
Force
;
and
therefore
desired
that
the
Command
of
the
Army
might
be
intrusted
to
the
Care
of
some
fit
Person
,
in
whom
they
might
all
confide
.
This
Proposition
found
so
general
an
Approbation
,
that
it
was
impossible
for
the
Courtiers
,
to
resist
the
Stream
,
and
so
the
Meeting
was
adjourned
to
another
Day
.
In
the
mean
time
Mr.
Cromwel
and
his
Party
were
exceedingly
alarm'd
at
these
Proceedings
;
and
not
daring
to
trust
to
their
own
Authority
in
this
matter
,
they
contrived
it
so
as
to
engage
the
Parliament
in
their
Defence
.
Accordingly
some
Members
of
the
Commons
House
charged
the
Council
with
mutinous
Words
there
spoken
against
the
Government
,
and
against
the
Resolutions
of
the
Parliament
it self
.
This
Accusation
was
so
well
seconded
,
that
the
House
resolved
to
dissipate
the
Storm
,
and
to
that
end
passed
a
Vote
,
That
the
Officers
,
of
the
Army
should
no
more
meet
as
a
General
Council
.
Yet
for
all
this
,
they
met
again
at
the
time
appointed
,
in
order
to
proceed
in
their
Design
:
But
the
House
having
notice
of
it
,
and
being
very
desirous
to
enable
Mr.
Cromwel
to
make
their
Vote
effectual
,
declared
him
to
be
General
of
their
Army
,
authorizing
him
to
disperse
the
Officers
to
their
respective
Charges
,
to
remove
from
their
Commands
such
as
should
disobey
,
and
to
place
others
in
the
room
of
them
.
They
also
voted
it
to
be
High
Treason
in
the
Officers
to
meet
in
Council
contrary
to
their
Order
,
and
promised
to
cause
the
Arrears
of
those
that
should
yield
Obedience
,
to
be
forthwith
paid
,
with
assurances
to
take
care
of
them
for
the
future
.
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
having
notice
of
these
Votes
,
immediately
went
to
the
place
where
the
Council
of
Officers
was
assembled
;
and
having
informed
them
of
what
had
passed
,
he
told
them
that
he
expected
their
present
Obedience
.
The
Officers
not
being
then
prepared
to
dispute
his
Commands
,
withdrew
themselves
;
but
the
chief
of
them
continued
their
Meetings
in
a
more
private
manner
,
making
use
of
all
means
imaginable
to
oblige
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
to
a
Compliance
with
them
:
but
he
relying
on
the
Strength
of
his
new
Friends
,
refused
to
hearken
to
them
;
so
that
they
perceived
it
to
be
high
time
to
provide
for
the
Security
of
themselves
.
Information
being
given
at
Court
,
that
something
extraordinary
was
in
agitation
,
the
Protector
Richard
sent
a
Message
to
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
to
come
to
him
;
but
the
Messenger
returned
without-an
Answer
.
Then
he
ordered
some
of
the
Guard
to
be
sent
for
him
,
but
they
desired
to
be
excused
.
The
Lieutenant
General
having
notice
of
this
Design
,
retired
to
St.
James's
,
where
many
Officers
of
the
Army
resorting
to
him
,
it
was
concluded
between
them
,
that
the
whole
Army
should
rendezvous
at
St.
James's
.
The
News
of
this
Resolution
being
brought
to
Mr.
Cromwel
,
he
also
appointed
a
Counter-Rendezvouz
to
be
at
the
same
time
at
Whitehal
.
Accordingly
Col.
Gough
sent
Orders
for
his
Regiment
to
march
to
Whitehal
;
but
the
Major
had
already
prevailed
with
them
to
draw
to
St.
James's
.
Three
Troops
of
Col.
Ingoldsby's
Horse
marched
also
to
St.
James's
,
with
part
of
two
more
;
so
that
he
had
only
one
entire
Troop
of
his
Regiment
to
stand
by
him
.
Col.
Whalley's
Regiment
of
Horse
for
the
most
part
left
him
,
and
went
off
to
St.
James's
,
which
he
seeing
,
opened
his
Breast
,
and
desired
them
to
shoot
him
.
Col.
Hacker's
Regiment
of
Horse
being
drawn
up
near
Cheapside
,
Mr.
Cromwel
sent
a
Message
to
the
Colonel
,
with
an
Order
to
require
him
forthwith
to
march
to
Whitehal
;
but
he
excused
himself
,
and
said
that
he
had
received
Orders
from
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
to
keep
that
Post
.
Many
also
of
Richard's
own
Guard
went
to
St.
James's
,
and
most
of
those
that
staid
with
him
,
declared
they
would
not
oppose
any
that
should
come
to
them
by
Order
from
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
.
Thus
here
was
a
General
without
any
Army
,
and
divers
great
Officers
without
Souldiers
;
who
having
boasted
of
their
Interest
in
the
Army
,
and
having
thereby
led
the
House
into
their
late
rash
Proceedings
,
now
being
utterly
disappointed
in
their
Hopes
and
Expectations
,
knew
not
what
to
advise
,
or
what
to
do
.
About
Noon
Col.
Desborough
went
to
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
at
Whitehal
,
and
told
him
that
if
he
would
dissolve
his
Parliament
,
the
Officers
would
take
care
of
him
;
but
that
,
if
he
refused
so
to
do
,
they
would
do
it
without
him
,
and
leave
him
to
shift
for
himself
.
Having
taken
a
little
time
to
consider
of
it
,
and
finding
no
other
way
left
to
do
better
,
he
consented
to
what
was
demanded
.
This
great
Alteration
was
made
with
so
little
noise
,
that
very
few
were
alarm'd
at
it
.
The
next
Morning
the
House
met
,
and
divers
Members
made
extravagant
Motions
rather
,
as
was
supposed
,
to
vent
their
own
Passions
,
than
from
any
hopes
of
Success
:
For
whatever
were
the
Resolutions
that
had
been
made
by
the
Court-●●nto
,
they
could
not
suddenly
be
brought
to
a
Vote
,
because
the
contrary
Party
was
considerably
increased
by
this
change
of
Affairs
.
Few
of
the
House
knew
of
the
Resolution
taken
to
put
a
Period
to
them
,
or
if
they
did
,
were
unwilling
to
take
notice
of
it
;
so
that
when
the
Usher
of
the
Black
Rod
,
who
attended
the
other
House
,
came
to
let
the
Serjeant
at
Arms
know
that
it
was
the
Pleasure
of
the
Protector
that
the
House
of
Commons
should
attend
him
at
the
other
House
,
many
of
them
were
unwilling
to
admit
the
Serjeant
into
the
House
to
deliver
the
Message
;
but
the
Commonwealth
Party
demanded
,
and
obtained
that
he
should
give
the
House
an
account
of
what
the
Gentleman
of
the
Black
Rod
had
said
to
him
.
The
Assembly
being
under
this
Confusion
,
adjourned
themselves
till
eight
of
the
Clock
the
next
Morning
,
but
care
was
taken
to
prevent
their
meeting
again
by
publishing
a
Proclamation
,
declaring
them
to
be
dissolved
,
by
setting
a
Padlock
on
the
Door
of
the
House
,
and
by
placing
a
Guard
in
the
Court
of
Requests
,
with
Orders
to
refuse
admittance
to
all
those
that
should
demand
it
.
The
Army
having
broken
this
Assembly
,
were
not
so
unanimous
in
resolving
what
step
to
take
next
.
The
chief
of
them
were
most
inclined
to
patch
up
some
Agreement
with
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
if
they
could
effect
it
with
advantage
to
themselves
.
In
the
mean
time
they
permitted
the
ordinary
Course
of
Justice
to
run
in
his
Name
,
whilst
they
themselves
disposed
of
the
Offices
of
the
Army
at
their
Pleasure
;
removing
such
as
had
appeared
active
against
them
at
the
time
of
their
general
Rendezvous
,
and
filling
the
Vacancies
with
their
own
Creatures
.
They
took
Major
General
Lambert
into
their
Councils
,
and
restored
him
,
together
with
Col.
Packer
,
and
Capt
.
Gladman
,
to
their
several
Commands
.
Sir
Charles
Coot
went
post
for
Ireland
to
carry
the
News
of
this
great
Alteration
to
Col.
Henry
Cromwel
,
and
to
consult
what
might
be
done
to
continue
their
Reign
.
Col.
Henry
Ingoldsby
hastned
after
him
on
the
same
account
;
and
soon
after
their
arrival
,
all
possible
care
was
taken
to
maintain
themselves
.
To
that
end
Sir
Charles
Coot
was
sent
into
Connaught
,
Lieutenant
Col.
Flower
into
Ulster
,
the
Lord
Broghil
into
Munster
;
and
the
Troops
they
most
confided
in
were
ordered
to
march
towards
Dublin
.
This
being
done
,
a
Council
of
Officers
was
called
together
by
Col.
Cromwel
,
and
a
Proposition
made
to
them
that
they
would
declare
themselves
ready
to
stand
by
and
defend
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
;
which
they
declined
to
do
at
that
time
,
desireing
to
see
what
Course
would
be
taken
by
the
Army
in
England
,
before
thy
should
declare
themselves
.
In
England
there
were
not
wanting
some
who
endeavoured
to
support
this
tottering
Government
;
but
finding
themselves
hopeless
of
Success
in
or
about
London
,
they
resolved
to
act
their
parts
farther
off
.
In
order
to
this
,
they
made
choice
of
the
North
,
principally
by
reason
of
the
Neighbourhood
of
Scotland
,
where
the
Forces
were
commanded
by
Colonel
George
Monk
,
a
Person
of
an
ambitious
and
covetous
Temper
,
of
loose
,
or
rather
no
Principles
,
and
of
a
vicious
and
scandalous
Conversation
.
The
chief
Instruments
made
use
of
in
this
Design
were
the
Lord
Falconbridge
and
Col.
Howard
,
who
,
tho'
they
had
attended
on
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
before
they
began
their
Journey
,
to
assure
him
of
their
Resolutions
to
acquiesce
,
yet
had
both
tampered
with
their
Regiments
,
in
order
to
fit
them
to
their
purposes
,
and
also
held
a
Correspondence
with
Col.
Monk
,
who
was
not
a
little
suspected
by
the
confederated
Officers
of
Wallingford-House
.
The
Wallingford-House
Party
,
who
had
thus
possessed
themselves
of
the
Supreme
Power
,
were
every
day
pressed
from
all
Parts
,
and
especially
from
the
City
of
London
,
to
restore
the
Long
Parliament
,
as
the
only
means
to
satisfie
the
People
,
and
to
establish
an
equal
and
just
Government
amongst
us
in
the
way
of
a
Commonwealth
.
Neither
were
there
wanting
divers
Officers
of
the
Army
,
who
positively
declared
that
they
would
not
rest
contented
with
any
thing
less
.
Besides
,
the
Commonwealth-Party
had
absolutely
refused
to
hearken
to
any
Propositions
of
Accommodation
with
Mr.
Rich
.
Cromwel
,
and
great
Endeavours
had
been
used
by
the
Son
of
the
late
King
in
conjunction
with
the
Presbyterians
,
to
raise
Tumults
and
Insurrections
in
England
.
To
which
may
be
added
,
the
great
Probability
that
appeared
of
a
Peace
to
be
concluded
speedily
between
France
and
Spain
,
who
would
then
be
at
leisure
to
assist
the
Common
Enemy
.
These
things
being
seriously
considered
by
those
of
Wallingford
House
,
and
finding
themselves
destitute
of
all
other
means
to
supply
the
Necessities
of
the
Army
and
Navy
;
they
were
compelled
at
last
to
admit
the
Debate
of
the
Restitution
of
the
Long
Parliament
,
amongst
other
Propositions
that
were
under
their
Consideration
.
They
also
restored
some
Officers
to
their
Commands
who
had
suffered
for
their
Affections
to
the
Parliament
;
and
amongst
others
Col.
Okey
and
Col.
Saunders
,
who
had
been
cashiered
by
Oliver
Cromwel
on
that
account
.
The
Proposition
of
restoring
the
Parliament
met
with
great
Opposition
from
many
of
those
that
had
tasted
the
Sweetness
of
Power
and
Profit
under
the
late
Usurpation
of
the
Cromwels
,
and
who
feared
a
more
equal
Distribution
of
things
;
and
therefore
they
every
where
affirmed
,
that
there
was
not
a
sufficient
Number
of
Members
left
to
make
up
a
Parliament
.
Hereupon
Dr.
John
Owen
having
desired
me
to
give
him
a
List
of
their
Names
,
I
delivered
him
one
;
wherein
I
had
marked
those
who
had
sat
in
the
House
since
the
Year
1648.
and
were
yet
alive
,
amounting
to
the
Number
of
about
one
hundred
and
sixty
.
The
Doctor
having
perused
it
,
carried
it
to
those
at
Wallingford
House
;
who
for
the
Reasons
before-mentioned
appointed
a
Committee
of
their
Associates
to
treat
with
some
Members
of
that
Parliament
,
in
order
to
a
clearing
of
some
Particulars
which
seemed
most
considerable
to
them
,
before
they
should
proceed
to
a
final
Determination
in
this
great
Affair
.
The
Place
of
Meeting
was
Sir
Henry
Vane's
House
at
Charing-Cross
;
the
Persons
of
and
from
the
Army
were
Major-General
Lambert
,
Col.
John
Jones
,
Col.
Kelfey
,
Col.
Berry
,
&c.
Those
of
the
Parliament
were
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Sir
Arthur
Hasterig
,
Major
Saloway
,
and
my self
.
The
Things
demanded
by
those
of
the
Army
were
,
1.
To
be
secured
by
an
Act
of
Indemnity
for
what
was
past
.
2.
That
some
Provision
of
Power
might
be
made
for
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
as
well
as
for
the
Paiment
of
his
Debts
,
and
future
Subsistence
in
a
plentiful
manner
,
they
having
promised
to
take
care
of
him
in
these
Particulars
.
3.
That
what
should
stand
in
need
of
Regulation
both
in
the
Law
and
Clergy
,
should
be
reformed
and
amended
.
4.
That
the
Government
of
the
Nation
should
be
by
a
representive
of
the
People
,
and
by
a
select
Senate
.
For
the
first
,
it
was
thought
reasonable
that
something
of
that
nature
should
be
done
,
as
well
to
gratify
those
who
would
contribute
to
our
Return
,
as
for
our
own
future
Peace
and
Quiet
.
Touching
the
second
Proposition
concerning
a
Provision
to
be
made
for
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
we
said
,
that
tho'
the
Parliament
and
Nation
had
been
greatly
injured
by
the
Interruption
they
had
received
;
yet
seeing
those
who
were
at
present
in
possession
of
the
Power
had
engaged
to
make
some
provision
for
him
;
we
were
contented
for
our selves
,
that
those
Debts
which
he
had
contracted
on
the
Publick
Account
should
be
paid
.
that
so
he
might
be
enabled
to
subsist
comfortably
:
But
that
we
could
by
no
means
consent
to
continue
any
part
of
his
late
assumed
Power
to
him
,
neither
could
we
believe
that
such
a
Proposition
would
ever
be
hearkned
to
by
the
Members
of
the
Parliament
if
they
should
come
together
.
The
third
Proposition
was
easily
agreed
to
,
all
of
us
declaring
that
we
would
use
the
utmost
of
our
endeavours
to
rectify
and
reform
whatsoever
should
appear
to
be
amiss
either
in
Church
or
State
.
In
the
fourth
Proposition
we
found
a
greater
Difficulty
,
not
being
all
of
the
same
Opinion
with
respect
to
that
part
of
it
relating
to
the
Senate
.
Whereupon
finding
that
out
of
a
Desire
to
avoid
any
thing
that
might
prove
an
Obstruction
to
the
Return
of
the
Parliament
;
or
possibly
from
an
Inclination
in
some
,
to
the
thing
it self
,
there
was
an
Intention
by
a
general
Silence
about
that
Matter
,
to
give
them
hopes
of
our
Compliance
:
Therefore
that
they
might
have
no
just
occasion
to
say
hereafter
,
that
we
had
dealt
doubly
with
them
,
keeping
fair
in
that
particular
before
our
Admission
,
and
after
we
were
admitted
,
declaring
against
it
;
I
thought
it
my
Duty
to
let
them
know
,
that
If
by
a
select
Senate
they
understood
a
lasting
Power
,
co-ordinate
with
the
Authority
of
the
People's
Representative
,
and
not
chosen
by
the
People
;
I
could
net
engage
to
promote
the
Establishment
of
such
a
Power
,
apprehending
that
it
would
prove
a
means
to
perpetuate
our
Differences
,
and
make
it
necessary
to
keep
up
a
Standing
Force
to
support
it
.
But
if
they
proposed
to
erect
such
an
Authority
only
for
a
short
time
,
and
in
order
to
proceed
with
more
Vigour
to
an
equal
and
just
establishment
of
the
Commonwealth
,
I
presumed
it
might
be
very
useful
,
and
that
the
People
would
readily
acquiesce
when
it
should
be
evident
that
it
was
designed
to
no
other
end
than
to
prevent
them
from
destroying
themselves
,
and
not
to
enslave
them
to
any
Faction
or
Party
.
After
four
or
five
hours
Debate
concerning
these
Particulars
,
we
desired
them
to
consider
that
whatsoever
had
been
said
by
us
in
this
Conference
,
ought
only
to
be
taken
as
proceeding
from
private
Men
▪
and
that
we
durst
not
presume
to
promise
any
thing
on
the
part
of
the
Parliament
.
However
we
encouraged
them
to
hope
,
that
if
we
four
joyned
in
proposing
any
thing
in
the
House
for
the
Publick
Good
,
we
might
probably
bring
it
to
effect
.
At
the
Conclusion
of
our
Conversation
Major
General
Lambert
affured
us
,
that
he
would
represent
to
the
General
Council
what
had
passed
between
us
as
fairly
,
and
with
as
much
Advantage
as
we
could
desire
.
After
three
or
four
days
the
same
Company
met
again
at
the
same
place
,
where
those
that
were
employed
by
the
Council
of
Officers
,
declared
the
Resolution
of
themselves
,
and
of
those
they
represented
,
to
be
,
That
the
Parliament
should
be
restored
,
and
thereupon
pressed
us
that
the
Members
might
meet
with
all
possible
Expedition
,
being
perswaded
that
Delays
in
a
Matter
of
such
Importance
,
might
hazard
the
Success
of
all
.
Therefore
it
was
resolved
that
notice
should
be
given
to
such
Members
as
were
in
Town
to
meet
on
the
Thursday
following
at
Mr.
Lenthal
their
Speaker's
House
,
and
that
the
Officers
of
the
Army
should
come
thither
,
and
there
acquaint
us
with
the
Desires
of
the
Army
.
At
the
time
appointed
,
about
Sixteen
of
us
went
to
the
Speaker's
House
,
and
having
informed
him
of
the
Cause
of
our
coming
,
he
began
to
make
many
trifling
Excuses
,
pleading
his
Age
,
Sickness
,
and
Inability
to
sit
long
Soon
after
the
Committee
from
the
General
Council
came
,
and
Major
General
Lambert
,
in
the
Name
of
the
rest
,
acquainted
the
Speaker
,
That
in
order
to
reconcile
our
Differences
,
and
to
unite
all
those
that
were
well
affected
to
the
Publick
,
it
was
the
Desire
of
the
Army
,
that
the
Parliament
would
return
to
the
Discharge
of
their
Duty
according
to
the
Trust
reposed
in
them
by
the
People
of
England
;
promising
to
stand
by
them
,
and
serve
them
to
the
utmost
of
their
Power
.
The
Speaker
,
who
had
been
lately
at
Court
,
where
they
had
prevailed
with
him
to
endeavour
to
render
this
Design
,
which
they
feared
above
all
things
,
ineffectual
;
and
on
the
other
hand
,
being
unwilling
to
lose
his
late
acquired
Peerage
,
renewed
his
former
Excuses
,
with
this
Addition
,
that
he
was
not
fully
satisfied
that
the
Death
of
the
late
King
had
not
put
an
end
to
the
Parliament
.
To
this
it
was
answered
,
That
by
a
Law
made
by
an
undisputed
Authority
,
the
Parliament
could
not
be
dissolved
without
their
own
Consent
,
which
had
never
yet
been
given
.
And
therefore
they
desired
him
,
as
he
valued
the
Peace
and
Happiness
of
the
Nation
,
to
send
his
Letters
to
such
Members
as
were
about
the
Town
,
requiring
them
to
meet
the
next
Morning
in
the
Lords
House
,
in
order
to
resume
their
Places
in
the
House
of
Commons
so
soon
as
they
might
make
up
a
Quorum
.
He
replied
,
that
he
could
by
no
means
do
as
we
desired
,
having
appointed
a
Business
of
far
greater
Importance
to
himself
,
which
he
would
not
omit
on
any
account
;
because
it
concerned
the
Salvation
of
his
own
Soul
.
We
then
pressed
him
to
inform
us
what
it
might
be
:
To
which
he
answered
,
that
he
was
preparing
himself
to
participate
of
the
Lord's
Supper
,
which
he
resolved
to
take
on
the
next
Lord's-day
.
Upon
this
it
was
replied
,
that
Mercy
is
more
acceptable
to
God
than
Sacrifice
,
and
that
he
could
not
better
prepare
himself
for
the
aforesaid
Duty
,
than
by
contributing
to
the
Publick
Good
.
But
he
resolving
to
perform
some
part
of
his
Promise
to
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
would
not
be
perswaded
to
send
Letters
to
the
Members
,
as
it
was
desired
.
So
that
we
found
our selves
obliged
to
tell
him
,
that
the
Service
of
the
Publick
had
been
too
long
obstructed
by
the
Will
of
single
Persons
;
and
that
if
he
refused
to
issue
out
his
Letters
to
the
Members
,
we
would
cause
it
to
be
done
by
other
means
:
And
thereupon
gave
Orders
to
such
Clerks
as
we
then
had
there
ready
for
that
purpose
,
to
draw
Directions
for
the
Messengers
who
were
to
summon
the
Members
,
and
to
divide
the
List
amongst
them
,
in
such
a
manner
as
might
best
provide
for
the
Expedition
of
the
Business
.
In
the
Morning
about
thirty
Members
being
come
,
and
the
Number
increasing
continually
,
the
Speaker
,
who
had
appointed
his
Spies
to
bring
him
word
whether
we
might
probably
make
up
a
House
or
not
,
being
informed
that
we
wanted
not
above
three
or
four
;
notwistanding
the
Salvation
of
his
Soul
,
thought
it
time
to
come
to
us
,
and
soon
after
the
requisite
Number
was
compleated
.
About
twelve
a
Clock
we
went
to
take
our
Places
in
the
House
,
Mr.
Lenthal
our
Speaker
leading
the
way
,
and
the
Officers
of
the
Army
lining
the
Rooms
for
us
,
as
we
passed
through
the
Painted
Chamber
,
the
Court
of
Requests
,
and
the
Lobby
it self
,
the
principal
Officers
having
placed
themselves
nearest
to
the
door
of
the
Parliament-House
,
every
one
seeming
to
rejoyce
at
our
Restitution
,
and
promising
to
live
and
die
with
us
.
The
same
day
,
the
House
appointed
a
Commitee
of
Safety
,
with
Authority
to
seize
and
secure
such
as
might
justly
be
suspected
of
any
Design
to
disturb
the
Publick
Peace
and
also
to
remove
such
Officers
of
the
Army
as
they
should
think
fit
,
and
to
fill
their
Places
with
others
,
till
the
Parliament
should
take
farther
Order
therein
.
The
Persons
constituted
to
be
of
that
Committee
were
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Major
Saloway
,
Col.
John
Jones
,
and
my self
.
These
were
of
the
House
,
and
to
them
were
joyned
from
without
,
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborough
,
and
Col.
Berry
.
The
time
appointed
for
the
Duration
of
their
Power
was
,
if
I
mistake
not
,
eight
days
,
by
which
time
it
was
supposed
the
House
would
be
able
to
constitute
a
Council
of
State
,
to
take
care
of
Affairs
of
that
nature
.
The
Parliament
referred
to
the
Committee
to
give
notice
to
Foreign
Ambassadors
residing
in
England
,
and
to
the
Ministers
of
this
Nation
employed
in
Foreign
Parts
,
of
their
Return
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Authority
.
They
likewise
directed
them
to
inform
themselves
what
Alliances
England
had
abroad
,
and
to
report
the
State
of
that
Affair
to
the
House
.
They
impowered
them
also
to
make
Inquiry
into
the
Miscarriages
of
Officers
during
the
late
Confusions
,
to
remove
such
as
they
found
guilty
,
to
put
others
in
their
Places
,
and
then
to
lay
the
whole
Matter
before
the
Parliament
for
their
Approbation
.
To
the
Members
of
the
House
who
were
of
the
Committee
,
they
added
Mr.
Scott
;
and
then
ordered
them
to
take
a
view
of
all
the
Civil
Officers
of
the
Nation
,
authorizing
them
to
displace
those
that
should
be
found
unfit
to
serve
,
and
to
place
others
in
the
room
of
them
,
and
to
report
what
they
had
done
to
the
House
.
Writs
and
all
Proceedings
at
Law
were
directed
to
run
as
formerly
in
the
Name
of
the
Keepers
of
the
Liberties
of
England
.
And
lest
the
Judges
who
were
Members
of
the
House
might
by
their
Influence
there
,
prevent
the
intended
Reformation
of
the
Law
,
it
was
resolved
that
no
Member
of
Parliament
should
be
a
Judge
in
any
Court
.
Information
being
given
to
the
Committee
that
Col.
Norton
Governour
of
Portsmouth
had
let
fall
some
Expressions
of
Discontent
,
they
knowing
the
Place
to
be
of
great
Importance
,
sent
down
Col.
Whetham
,
who
formerly
had
been
Governour
thereof
,
to
take
possession
of
the
Government
of
it
;
at
which
tho'
the
Colonel
was
much
disturbed
,
yet
in
a
Letter
to
me
written
by
him
soon
after
;
he
assured
me
he
should
be
very
well
satisfied
,
if
we
would
proceed
to
the
Settlement
of
an
equal
Commonwealth
.
A
Committee
for
the
Sea-Affairs
was
also
appointed
by
the
Parliament
,
who
being
informed
of
the
Disaffection
of
some
that
managed
the
Business
of
the
Admiralty
to
the
Present
Government
,
the
House
was
earnestly
pressed
to
pass
a
Vote
for
excluding
them
from
that
Employment
;
but
at
last
they
were
prevailed
with
to
refer
it
to
the
Committee
which
they
had
already
appointed
for
nominating
Officers
,
to
propose
some
for
that
Charge
.
The
Committee
having
resolved
to
acquaint
the
Persons
they
designed
to
propose
to
the
Parliament
,
with
their
Intentions
beforehand
,
demanded
of
Col.
Kelsey
if
he
would
accept
of
it
,
and
easily
obtained
his
Consent
;
tho'
they
told
him
they
could
not
promise
him
any
other
Salary
than
what
he
should
merit
by
a
diligent
Performance
of
the
Duties
of
the
Place
.
The
same
Proposition
being
made
to
Col.
Clark
;
he
told
them
,
he
would
consider
well
before
he
would
engage
so
far
with
the
present
Authority
.
This
Carriage
of
the
Colonel
caused
me
to
suspect
that
the
Army
had
still
some
Design
on
foot
,
more
than
appeared
openly
;
and
I
was
the
rather
induced
to
this
Suspicion
by
this
Relation
to
Thurloe
the
late
Secretary
,
and
his
Familiarity
with
Col.
Desborough
;
especially
considering
that
the
way
was
still
open
to
reconcile
themselves
to
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
who
yet
remained
at
Whitehall
without
making
any
Preparations
for
his
Removal
.
The
Officers
also
under
colour
of
enquiring
into
the
Miscarriages
of
the
late
Governments
,
and
modelling
the
Affairs
of
the
Army
,
had
frequent
Mettings
,
wherein
greater
care
was
taken
to
maintain
their
own
Faction
,
than
to
provide
for
the
Publick
Service
.
It
was
very
evident
by
the
Lists
of
Officers
presented
by
them
to
the
Committee
,
that
the
Wallingford-house
Party
was
not
so
averse
to
the
Creatures
of
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
as
they
were
to
those
who
had
been
Sufferes
on
the
account
of
the
Commonwealth
.
So
that
Major
General
Overton
,
Col.
Rich
,
Col.
Alured
,
and
Capt
.
Bremen
,
were
not
without
great
difficulty
received
into
the
Service
.
The
Regiment
of
Horse
that
had
been
commanded
by
Col.
Howard
was
given
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
and
a
day
or
two
after
,
it
was
proposed
that
I
should
be
Colonel
of
that
which
had
been
commanded
by
Col.
Gough
;
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
earnestly
pressing
me
to
accept
of
it
.
But
being
unwilling
to
intermeddle
with
any
Employment
of
Advantage
under
the
Parliament
,
that
I
might
give
my
Voice
in
the
House
with
more
Freedom
and
Impartiality
;
I
desired
to
be
excused
.
Having
taken
this
Resolution
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
came
to
me
and
told
me
,
that
unless
I
did
accept
it
,
he
would
quit
the
Regiment
he
commanded
;
which
he
protested
to
have
taken
,
not
with
a
Design
to
make
any
Advantage
of
it
,
being
resolved
not
to
receive
any
Pay
;
but
only
to
have
a
Right
to
be
present
at
the
Councils
of
War
,
whereby
he
might
be
enabled
to
do
some
Good
,
and
possibly
to
prevent
more
Mischief
.
Having
weighed
these
things
,
and
considered
that
our
greatest
Danger
was
likely
to
arise
from
the
Army
,
the
Principal
Officers
of
which
had
been
debauched
from
their
Duty
by
Oliver
Cromwel
,
and
had
learn'd
their
own
Strength
when
they
obstructed
his
Design
to
be
King
;
That
they
had
placed
his
Son
in
the
same
Power
after
his
Death
,
and
pulled
him
down
again
upon
their
Dislike
of
his
Government
;
I
consented
to
undertake
the
Command
of
the
Regiment
that
●●s
offered
to
me
.
The
Parliament
having
many
important
Affairs
under
their
Consideration
,
were
not
yet
at
leisure
to
constitute
a
Council
of
State
;
and
therefore
continued
the
Powers
granted
to
the
Committee
of
Safety
for
a
longer
time
;
and
declared
their
Intentions
to
be
,
that
the
Nation
should
be
governed
in
the
way
of
a
Commonwealth
without
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Lords
.
They
also
ordered
that
Whitehal
should
be
cleared
with
all
convenient
speed
for
the
use
of
the
Publick
;
that
care
should
be
taken
of
the
Goods
and
Furniture
belonging
to
it
,
and
that
the
Committee
should
take
care
that
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
might
have
notice
of
these
their
Resolutions
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Parliament
took
into
their
Consideration
what
Powers
and
Instructions
were
requisite
for
the
Council
of
State
,
and
voted
their
Number
to
consist
of
Thirty
one
,
whereof
Twenty
one
to
be
of
the
Parliament
,
and
Ten
to
be
of
such
persons
as
were
not
Members
of
the
House
.
And
the
better
to
shew
the
Consideration
the
Parliament
had
for
some
eminent
Persons
,
who
were
not
of
their
Body
,
and
principally
for
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
it
was
first
agreed
,
That
the
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
the
Lord
Fairfax
,
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborough
,
Col.
Henry
,
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
;
and
Sir
Horatio
Townsend
,
should
be
Members
of
the
Council
.
The
next
Morning
the
Parliament
proceeded
to
the
Election
of
Twenty
one
of
their
Members
to
be
of
the
Council
of
State
,
according
to
their
former
Resolution
,
and
chose
Sir
Arthur
Hasterig
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Lieut.
Gen.
Fleetwood
,
Major
,
Saloway
,
Col.
Morley
,
Mr.
Thomas
Chaloner
,
Col.
Algernon
Sidney
,
Mr.
Henry
Nevil
,
Col.
Walton
,
Col.
Dixwel
,
Mr.
Wallop
,
Chief
Justice
St.
Johns
,
Mr.
Thomas
Scott
,
Col.
Thomson
,
Mr.
Robert
Reynolds
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Col.
John
Jones
,
the
Lord
Commissioner
Whitelock
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
Col.
Downes
,
and
my self
.
Then
to
compleat
the
Number
of
ten
,
who
were
to
consist
of
Persons
that
were
not
Members
,
they
chose
the
Lord
Warriston
,
Sir
Robert
Honywood
,
and
Mr.
Josias
Berners
.
The
Officers
of
the
Army
were
not
at
all
pleased
with
this
Election
,
perceiving
they
should
not
be
permitted
to
act
Arbitrarily
,
as
they
desired
,
and
therefore
seldom
came
to
the
Council
;
and
when
they
condescended
to
come
,
carried
themselves
with
all
imaginable
Perverseness
and
Insolence
.
They
scrupled
to
take
the
Oath
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Commonwealth
,
in
opposition
to
Charles
Stuart
,
or
any
single
Person
,
which
the
Parliament
had
appointed
to
be
taken
by
every
Member
of
the
Council
before
he
took
his
Place
.
And
because
they
were
a
shamed
to
own
themselves
dissatisfied
with
the
Substance
of
the
Oath
,
they
pretended
to
be
unwilling
to
take
any
;
yet
professing
a
Readiness
to
promise
as
much
as
the
Oath
required
.
This
Distinction
seemed
very
nice
to
most
of
us
;
but
that
there
might
be
no
Difference
about
Ceremonies
,
the
Parliament
was
prevailed
with
to
grant
Liberty
to
the
Council
to
alter
the
Engagement
into
such
a
Form
as
might
give
them
Satisfaction
.
Notwithstanding
all
which
Condescention
they
were
hardly
perswaded
to
take
it
,
and
when
they
had
done
it
,
they
seldom
came
to
discharge
their
Duty
at
the
Board
.
Things
being
in
this
posture
,
the
Enemies
to
the
Government
thought
it
a
proper
time
to
attempt
something
before
a
good
Agreement
might
be
made
between
the
Parliament
and
Army
:
In
order
to
which
great
Numbers
of
Arms
were
brought
up
by
them
in
London
,
whereof
Notice
was
given
to
a
Committee
of
the
Council
of
State
.
A
Chest
filled
with
Arms
was
sent
to
the
House
of
one
Mr.
Overbury
of
Glocestershire
,
of
which
he
gave
notice
to
Capt
.
Crofts
,
who
commanded
the
County-Troop
;
and
the
Captain
having
caused
the
Trunk
to
be
opened
,
found
in
it
ten
Case
of
common
Pistols
,
one
fine
Pair
with
the
Name
of
one
Harman
Barns
the
Maker
upon
them
,
together
with
a
compleat
Suit
of
Armor
.
The
Committee
of
the
Council
of
State
sent
for
the
said
Harman
Barns
,
and
upon
Examination
found
him
to
have
been
Gun-smith
to
Prince
Rupert
,
and
so
confused
in
his
Answers
,
that
we
thought
it
necessary
to
secure
him
and
his
Arms
,
amounting
to
the
Number
of
two
hundred
Carabines
,
and
as
many
pair
of
Pistols
ready
fixed
,
besides
a
great
Number
unfixed
;
tho'
he
had
affirmed
to
us
that
he
had
no
more
than
thirty
pair
of
Pistols
in
his
House
.
The
Cavalier
Party
having
boasted
to
divers
Persons
that
Mr.
How
of
Glocestershire
had
given
to
them
Assurances
of
his
Service
;
the
Committee
sent
for
him
to
appear
before
them
,
which
he
did
,
and
in
his
Examination
acknowledged
;
that
he
had
a
certain
number
of
Arms
in
his
House
,
which
he
had
purchased
at
the
time
of
the
late
Dispute
between
Richard's
and
the
Commonwealth
Party
,
that
he
might
be
ready
to
serve
the
Publick
on
that
occasion
,
if
there
had
been
any
necessity
;
and
had
given
assurance
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
me
of
the
same
good
Intentions
.
Hereupon
tho'
I
could
not
but
justify
the
Committee
in
sending
for
him
,
on
account
of
the
Informations
we
had
received
;
yet
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
do
him
Justice
,
and
accordingly
informed
the
Committee
,
that
on
the
day
of
the
Dissolution
of
Richard's
Convention
,
Mr.
How
came
to
me
in
Westminster
Hall
,
and
assured
me
of
his
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
and
that
whensoever
I
should
signify
to
him
that
there
was
occasion
for
his
service
;
he
would
be
ready
to
hazard
both
Life
and
Estate
in
the
defence
of
it
.
The
Council
being
satisfied
with
this
Testimony
,
gave
present
Orders
for
his
Discharge
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Wallingford-House
Party
not
forgetting
their
Design
,
drew
an
Address
to
the
Parliament
,
and
presented
it
by
the
Hands
of
the
chief
Officers
of
the
Army
,
that
so
it
might
either
have
a
greater
Influence
upon
the
House
,
or
,
if
it
prevailed
not
there
,
that
it
might
be
a
means
to
unite
them
all
against
the
Parliament
.
The
principal
Heads
of
the
Address
were
,
that
those
who
had
acted
under
the
late
Power
might
be
indemnified
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
;
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
might
be
appointed
Commander
in
chief
of
the
Army
;
that
the
Debts
of
the
Protector
might
be
satisfied
,
and
that
he
might
have
ten
thousand
Pounds
by
year
added
to
his
Revenue
;
that
the
Government
of
the
Nation
might
consist
of
a
Representative
of
the
People
,
and
of
a
select
Senate
;
that
care
might
be
taken
for
the
Paiment
of
the
Army
;
and
that
Liberty
of
Conscience
might
be
secured
to
all
such
who
professed
Faith
in
Jesus
Christ
,
and
were
not
scandalous
in
their
Conversation
.
The
Parliament
gave
them
for
answer
,
That
they
would
take
their
Desires
into
their
speedy
consideration
,
and
give
them
satisfaction
therein
as
far
as
should
be
possible
.
And
that
for
the
future
,
no
Man
might
have
an
opportunity
to
pack
an
Army
to
serve
his
Ambition
,
as
had
formerly
been
practised
;
a
Bill
was
prepared
and
brought
in
,
constituting
the
seven
Persons
following
,
viz.
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborough
,
Col.
Berry
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
and
my self
,
to
be
Commissioners
for
the
Nomination
of
Officers
to
be
presented
to
the
consideration
and
approbation
of
the
Parliament
.
Another
Bill
was
brought
in
to
constitute
Lieut.
General
Fleetwood
Commander
in
Chief
,
and
it
was
resolved
that
his
Commission
should
continue
during
the
present
Session
,
or
till
the
Parliament
should
take
farther
Order
therein
;
and
in
stead
of
authorizing
the
Lieutenant
General
to
grant
Commissions
to
such
Officers
as
should
be
appointed
by
the
Parliament
,
it
was
ordered
that
the
said
Commissions
should
be
subscribed
by
the
Speaker
,
and
received
from
his
Hands
,
by
which
it
was
endeavoured
to
bring
the
Military
Sword
under
the
Power
of
the
Civil
Authority
,
as
it
ought
to
be
in
a
free
Nation
.
But
observing
that
these
things
were
greatly
disliked
by
the
Officers
,
and
knowing
how
much
it
imported
the
very
being
of
our
Case
to
maintain
a
good
Correspondence
between
the
Parliament
and
Army
,
I
earnestly
pressed
the
House
not
to
insist
upon
the
Restrictions
before-mentioned
,
especially
considering
that
they
consisted
rather
in
Form
than
Substance
:
For
tho'
the
time
of
a
Commission
be
not
expresly
limited
;
yet
it
can
last
no
longer
than
during
the
pleasure
of
those
that
give
it
,
and
if
it
should
happen
to
be
used
to
the
Destruction
of
those
from
whom
it
was
received
;
it
actually
puts
a
Period
to
it self
.
Neither
could
it
be
thought
very
material
,
whether
a
Commission
was
signed
by
one
Person
to
another
,
so
long
as
it
was
derived
from
the
same
Authority
.
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
were
of
the
same
Opinion
,
but
Sir
Authur
Haslerig
,
Col.
Sidney
,
Mr.
Nevil
,
and
the
Majority
of
the
House
,
carried
it
for
the
said
Limitations
and
Restrictions
;
and
many
of
the
House
began
to
entertain
a
hard
Opinion
of
me
on
the
account
of
this
Moderation
,
as
if
I
had
espoused
the
Interest
of
the
Army
against
the
Parliament
.
The
two
Acts
being
passed
,
it
was
ordered
that
notice
of
them
should
be
given
to
the
Army
,
and
that
the
House
expected
that
the
Commander
in
Chief
,
with
the
rest
of
the
Officers
approved
by
the
Parliament
,
should
take
their
Commissions
from
the
hands
of
the
Speaker
as
he
sate
in
the
Chair
.
Hereupon
a
Council
of
Officers
being
summoned
to
Col.
Desborough's
House
to
consult
about
this
Affair
,
Sir
Authur
Haslerig
desired
me
not
to
fail
to
meet
him
there
.
The
Council
being
met
,
divers
Officers
,
and
especially
those
of
the
first
Rank
,
openly
manifested
their
discontent
against
the
Clauses
before-mentioned
;
Major
General
Lambert
saying
that
they
implied
a
Diffidence
of
the
Army
,
and
that
they
had
no
assurance
that
the
Parliament
would
continue
them
in
their
Imployments
,
which
,
he
said
,
was
contrary
to
the
Promises
made
to
them
,
before
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
It
was
answered
,
that
no
private
Persons
either
could
,
or
had
promised
more
than
to
use
their
Endeavours
in
the
House
to
procure
certain
things
to
be
done
,
and
that
whatsoever
had
been
so
promised
by
any
of
us
,
had
been
fully
effected
by
the
Parliament
:
For
they
had
continued
the
Commands
of
the
Army
in
such
Hands
as
had
been
agreed
on
;
neither
was
there
any
colour
for
them
to
suspect
any
Intention
to
alter
the
same
.
They
were
told
that
the
Parliament
could
not
justly
be
blamed
,
if
,
they
endeavoured
to
preserve
their
Authority
,
that
had
been
so
eminently
violated
of
late
;
that
it
was
our
Duty
to
judge
favourably
of
the
Actions
of
the
Parliament
,
and
especially
since
they
had
given
such
evident
Demonstration
to
the
World
that
they
designed
not
to
perpetuate
their
Authority
by
a
late
Vote
that
had
passed
with
the
two
Acts
complained
of
,
That
the
Parliament
should
be
dissolved
in
the
Month
of
May
next
ensuing
:
Whereby
they
had
engaged
themselves
,
as
they
tendered
their
own
Preservation
,
to
make
a
speedy
Provision
for
the
settlement
of
the
Government
,
and
the
Security
of
the
Common
Cause
,
in
which
the
Officers
of
the
Army
were
as
much
concerned
as
any
Persons
whatsoever
.
We
desired
them
to
consider
well
of
how
great
importance
it
was
to
the
People
of
England
to
preserve
a
good
Correspondence
between
the
Parliament
and
the
Army
at
this
time
,
when
the
Common
Enemy
had
no
hopes
left
but
in
our
Divisions
;
that
they
would
not
gratify
their
Enemys
;
nor
discourage
their
Friends
,
by
entertaining
groundless
Suspicions
and
Jealousies
of
those
whose
Interest
was
the
same
with
theirs
.
But
notwithstanding
all
that
could
be
said
,
the
Dissatifaction
of
the
chief
Officers
,
who
had
another
Game
to
play
,
still
remained
,
and
their
Confidence
to
carry
all
before
them
was
so
great
;
that
Col.
Desbrough
openly
said
,
that
he
accounted
the
Commission
he
had
already
,
to
be
as
good
as
any
the
Parliament
could
give
,
and
that
he
would
not
take
another
.
Yet
for
all
this
ruffling
Insolence
of
the
chief
Officers
of
the
Army
,
who
thought
they
could
have
influenced
all
the
rest
;
Col.
Hacker
with
the
Officers
of
his
Regiment
came
the
next
Morning
by
the
Perswasions
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
to
the
Parliament-House
,
and
received
their
Commissions
from
the
Speaker
according
to
the
Directions
of
the
Act.
The
next
day
,
I
was
attended
by
the
Officers
of
my
Regiment
,
and
we
altogether
received
our
Commissions
in
the
same
manner
.
The
Ice
being
thus
broke
by
Col.
Hacker
and
me
,
the
rest
of
the
Officers
began
to
consider
better
of
the
matter
,
and
divers
of
them
growing
more
moderate
,
came
also
,
and
took
out
their
Commissions
.
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
received
three
Commissions
,
whereof
one
was
for
a
Regiment
of
Horse
,
another
for
a
Regiment
of
Foot
,
and
the
third
appointing
him
to
be
Commander
in
Chief
,
with
the
Limitations
above-mentioned
,
and
a
Clause
requiring
him
to
obey
such
Orders
as
he
should
receive
from
the
Parliament
,
or
the
Council
of
State
.
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
not
removing
from
Whitehal
,
tho'
he
received
a
Message
to
that
end
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Mr.
Scot
and
I
,
according
to
the
command
we
had
from
the
Parliament
;
attended
him
there
,
and
received
for
answer
that
he
would
do
it
with
all
conventient
speed
.
But
the
Parliament
being
impatient
of
his
Delays
,
sent
the
Chief
Justice
St.
John's
,
and
another
Person
to
require
him
to
give
them
a
positive
Answer
touching
his
Removal
,
which
he
did
to
their
satisfaction
;
declaring
his
Acquiescence
in
the
Providence
of
God
,
and
his
Resolution
,
not
only
to
submit
to
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
,
but
also
to
use
the
best
of
his
Endeavours
to
perswade
all
those
in
whom
he
had
any
Interest
to
do
so
likewise
.
The
Parliament
having
received
his
Answer
,
ordered
20000
Pounds
to
be
presently
paid
him
to
enable
him
to
remove
,
and
passed
a
Resolution
to
pay
those
Debts
,
which
it
was
said
he
had
contracted
on
the
Publick
Account
.
The
Army
in
Ireland
being
informed
that
the
Parliament
was
returned
to
the
exercise
of
their
Authority
,
sent
over
Commissioners
to
them
to
propose
divers
things
relating
as
well
to
the
Civil
as
Military
Government
of
that
Nation
.
The
Council
of
State
having
heard
their
Propositions
,
prepared
such
of
them
as
they
thought
reasonable
for
the
consideration
of
the
Parliament
;
in
particular
,
those
concerning
the
establishment
of
the
Army
in
the
posession
of
those
Lands
which
had
been
assigned
them
in
Paiment
of
their
Arrears
;
as
also
to
confirm
the
Adventurers
and
others
in
the
possession
of
theirs
,
as
far
as
might
consist
with
the
Rules
of
Justice
.
Then
the
Parliament
proceeded
to
put
the
administration
of
Affairs
there
,
into
such
Hands
as
they
could
best
confide
in
,
declaring
the
Government
should
be
again
managed
by
Commissioners
,
as
it
had
been
formerly
;
and
having
nominated
the
Persons
to
serve
in
that
Imployment
,
they
ordered
the
Council
of
State
to
draw
up
Instructions
for
them
,
and
to
report
them
to
the
House
,
together
with
whatsoever
else
they
would
think
necessary
to
be
done
there
.
They
resolved
that
Col.
Henry
Cromwel
should
be
required
to
come
over
to
give
an
account
of
the
State
of
Things
in
Ireland
,
and
empowered
the
Commissioners
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
to
take
care
of
the
Safety
of
that
Nation
till
farther
Order
.
The
Committee
of
Safety
having
dispatched
a
Messenger
to
our
Fleet
in
the
Sound
before
the
Election
of
the
Council
of
State
,
to
acquaint
them
with
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
;
the
Officers
of
the
several
Ships
assembled
,
and
sent
an
Acknowledgment
of
their
Authority
,
with
all
possible
Demonstrations
of
Satisfaction
.
Notwithstanding
which
,
being
highly
sensible
of
how
great
Importance
the
Sea-Affairs
are
to
this
Nation
;
we
ordered
six
Frigats
to
be
equipped
with
all
Diligence
,
and
gave
the
Command
of
them
to
Lawson
,
making
him
at
the
same
time
Vice-Admiral
of
the
Fleet
.
And
this
we
did
,
as
well
to
prevent
an
Invasion
from
Flanders
,
with
which
the
Cavalier
Party
threatned
us
,
as
to
ballance
the
Power
of
Montague's
Party
,
who
we
knew
was
no
Friend
to
the
Commonwealth
.
We
treated
also
with
Myn
Heer
Nieuport
,
Ambassador
from
the
States
of
Holland
,
that
a
good
Correspondence
might
be
mantained
between
the
two
Commonwealths
,
and
that
an
Accord
might
be
made
between
the
two
Kings
of
Denmark
and
Sweden
,
who
were
then
Enemies
,
by
the
Interposition
of
the
two
States
,
who
agreeing
upon
equitable
Terms
,
might
be
able
to
impose
them
on
the
Refuser
.
And
this
we
were
in
hopes
to
accomplish
the
rather
,
because
neither
the
Dutch
nor
we
pretended
to
any
more
than
a
Freedom
of
passing
and
repassing
the
Sound
,
which
could
not
well
be
;
if
the
Command
of
it
were
in
the
hands
of
either
of
those
Princes
.
The
Dutch
Ambassador
seemed
very
desirous
to
finish
the
Treaty
,
but
by
several
Demands
which
he
made
in
the
behalf
of
their
Merchants
,
delay'd
it
so
long
,
that
our
Agent
in
Holland
had
already
concluded
an
Agreement
with
the
States
;
whereby
the
two
Commonwealths
became
engaged
to
compel
that
King
,
that
should
refuse
to
accept
of
the
Conditions
which
they
thought
just
and
reasonable
.
In
order
to
put
this
Resolution
in
execution
,
the
States
of
Holland
appointed
their
Plenipotentiaries
,
and
we
on
our
part
did
the
same
,
sending
thither
Col.
Algernon
Sidney
,
Sir
Robert
Honeywood
,
and
one
Mr.
Boon
a
Merchant
,
to
that
end
.
The
Parliament
having
taken
some
measure
of
Care
of
foreign
Affairs
;
began
to
make
provision
for
the
better
execution
of
Justice
in
England
,
and
established
Judges
i●
the
Upper
Bench
,
Common
Pleas
,
and
Exchequer
;
but
designing
the
Reformation
of
the
Practice
of
the
Law
;
they
for
the
present
nominated
no
more
than
were
sufficient
to
make
a
Quorum
in
each
Court
.
The
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
Serjeant
Fountain
,
and
Serjeant
Tyrroll
,
were
made
Commissioners
of
the
Broad
Seal
.
And
that
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
throughout
England
might
be
fitly
qualified
for
that
Employment
,
the
House
referred
to
the
Committee
of
Nominations
for
Civil
Offices
,
the
Consideration
of
that
Matter
;
but
finding
this
Work
to
be
full
of
Difficulty
,
and
attended
with
much
Envy
;
the
Parliament
ordered
the
Members
for
each
County
to
agree
on
a
List
of
such
Persons
as
they
should
think
most
proper
for
that
Office
,
and
to
set
their
hands
to
each
List
.
And
in
case
of
any
Difference
of
Opinion
,
the
House
,
upon
hearing
both
Parties
,
determined
the
Matter
.
Col.
Zanchey
,
Col.
Laurence
,
Mr.
Auditor
Roberts
,
and
Major
Wallis
,
by
the
Advice
of
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
drew
up
a
List
of
Officers
for
the
Army
in
Ireland
,
and
presented
it
to
the
Committee
of
Nominations
,
and
agreed
to
make
it
their
Request
,
that
I
might
be
appointed
Commander
in
Chief
of
those
Forces
;
whether
from
an
Opinion
that
I
should
thereby
be
rendred
less
able
to
oppose
their
Designs
,
than
by
continuing
my
Attendance
in
Parliament
;
or
that
none
of
their
Grandees
could
be
spared
from
their
Cabals
at
Wallingford-house
,
is
uncertain
.
But
true
it
is
,
that
no
Man
was
less
desrous
than
my self
,
that
I
should
have
that
Command
;
well
knowing
the
Envy
and
Difficulties
that
accompanied
it
,
and
having
ample
Experience
how
much
easier
it
was
to
undertake
great
Employments
,
than
duly
to
perform
the
Functions
of
them
.
Yet
finding
the
Officers
of
Ireland
,
the
Committee
of
Nominations
,
the
Council
of
State
,
and
the
Parliament
all
concurring
to
design
me
for
that
Post
;
I
thought
my self
obliged
in
Duty
to
accept
it
:
Tho'
I
was
resolved
not
to
suffer
my self
to
be
banished
thither
,
as
I
had
been
formerly
by
Oliver
Cromwel
;
but
to
return
to
England
as
soon
as
I
should
have
done
what
might
be
necessary
,
for
the
Security
of
that
Country
;
to
contribute
my
Endeavours
towards
the
Settlement
of
a
just
and
equitable
Constitution
of
Government
at
home
;
and
to
prevent
those
Mischiefs
which
I
perceived
the
Ambition
of
the
Army
to
be
bringing
upon
us
.
Having
opened
my self
freely
concerning
these
Particulars
to
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
it
was
obtained
,
that
the
Parliament
after
they
had
voted
me
to
be
Commander
in
Chief
of
the
Forces
in
Ireland
,
passed
likewise
an
Order
;
That
when
I
had
put
the
Affairs
of
that
Country
into
a
posture
of
Security
,
I
should
have
Liberty
to
return
to
England
.
It
was
my
Design
at
the
next
sitting
of
the
Committee
of
Nominations
to
move
them
to
propose
that
Sir
Henry
Vane
might
succeed
me
as
Colonel
of
that
Regiment
which
the
Parliament
had
entrusted
me
with
;
that
he
might
thereby
be
enabled
to
discover
and
prevent
the
ill
Designs
of
the
Army
.
But
the
Prebyterian
Party
in
the
House
,
immediately
after
the
Parliament
had
appointed
me
for
the
Service
of
Ireland
,
moved
that
Col.
Herbert
Morely
might
be
made
Colonel
of
my
Regiment
,
and
carried
it
.
Divers
Officers
who
had
faithfully
served
the
Commonwealth
,
and
amongst
them
Col.
Rich
,
were
restored
to
their
Commands
,
tho'
not
without
Difficulty
:
And
that
Major
General
Lambert
might
be
altogether
inexcusable
,
if
he
should
act
against
the
Parliament
,
they
granted
him
a
Regiment
of
Horse
and
one
of
Foot
.
Then
they
gave
Order
for
raising
a
Troop
of
Horse
for
their
own
Guard
,
and
gave
the
Command
of
it
to
Col.
Alured
,
who
had
been
a
great
Sufferer
on
the
account
of
the
Commonwealth
,
and
very
active
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
The
Troop
consisted
of
about
one
hundred
and
thirty
chosen
Men
,
nominated
by
the
Committee
,
and
approved
by
the
House
.
Col.
Alured
scrupled
to
accept
it
,
thinking
it
not
equivalent
to
a
Regiment
of
Horse
which
he
had
commanded
;
tho'
the
Pay
was
appointed
to
be
the
same
.
Being
in
this
Disposition
,
he
came
to
me
,
and
having
proposed
his
Doubts
;
I
took
the
liberty
to
inform
him
,
as
well
as
I
could
,
of
the
Honour
and
Usefulness
of
that
Employment
;
and
having
assured
him
that
if
it
were
offered
to
me
,
the
Circumstances
of
my
Affairs
permitting
,
I
would
prefer
it
before
any
other
Command
;
he
was
contented
to
accept
it
.
Our
Treasury
was
so
low
,
through
the
male-Administration
of
the
late
Governments
,
that
tho'
our
Plenipotentiaries
to
the
two
Northern
Crowns
had
received
their
Instructions
;
yet
they
were
obliged
to
stay
a
Fornight
longer
before
they
could
receive
the
Sum
of
two
thousand
Pounds
which
had
been
ordered
for
the
Expences
of
their
Voyage
;
the
Taxes
coming
in
but
slowly
,
and
the
City
of
London
terrified
with
the
Reports
of
an
expected
Insurrection
,
being
very
backward
in
advancing
Money
.
Yet
considering
the
great
Importance
of
the
Town
of
Dunkirk
to
the
Trade
and
Navigation
of
England
;
the
Parliament
took
the
first
occasion
they
could
to
send
one
Month's
Pay
for
the
Garison
there
,
to
Col.
Lockhart
Governour
of
that
Place
,
with
Instructions
to
go
on
with
the
Fortifications
,
and
to
have
a
vigilant
Eye
as
well
upon
the
French
as
the
Spaniard
.
They
ordered
him
to
draw
the
Regiments
that
had
been
lent
to
the
King
of
France
as
near
●●
the
Town
as
he
could
,
being
under
some
fears
that
they
might
be
either
detained
by
the
French
,
or
obstructed
in
their
Return
by
the
Spanish
Forces
.
And
having
received
Information
that
the
Treaty
between
those
two
Nations
went
prosperously
on
;
they
gave
him
Commission
,
when
he
had
provided
for
the
Security
of
Dunkirk
,
to
go
to
the
French
Court
as
Agent
from
the
Parliament
;
and
if
he
found
Encouragement
from
Cardinal
Mazarin
;
to
take
upon
him
the
Title
and
Character
of
Ambassador
,
and
then
to
repair
to
the
Place
where
the
Treaty
was
carrying
on
between
the
two
Crowns
.
Col.
Lockhart
,
according
to
his
Instructions
,
having
put
all
things
into
a
good
Condition
at
Dunkirk
,
and
drawn
the
English
Regiments
out
of
the
French
Quarters
,
departed
for
Paris
,
and
being
atrived
,
was
very
well
received
by
the
Cardinal
,
and
from
thence
went
to
St.
John
de
Luz
,
which
was
the
Place
of
the
Treaty
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Parliament
being
very
desirous
to
restore
the
Trade
with
Spain
to
this
Nation
,
and
being
informed
from
Flanders
,
that
the
Spanish
Ministers
were
willing
to
come
to
an
Accommodation
with
us
;
caused
divers
Subjects
of
Spain
,
whom
Cromwel
had
made
Prisoners
,
to
be
released
,
and
would
not
suffer
any
Act
of
Hostility
to
be
used
against
those
of
that
Nation
.
The
Act
of
Indemnity
had
been
read
twice
,
and
the
House
was
as
desirous
to
dispatch
it
as
their
Affairs
would
permit
;
yet
the
necessary
time
spent
in
the
Debate
a●●
Consideration
of
it
,
was
made
great
use
of
to
incense
the
Army
against
the
Parliament
:
Divers
warm
Motions
were
made
for
excepting
some
Persons
from
the
benefit
of
it
,
who
had
gotten
great
Estates
by
their
compliance
with
the
Usurpation
of
Oliver
Cromwel
,
and
abetting
the
advancement
of
his
Son
,
and
also
to
except
those
who
had
so●●
Places
,
and
received
Money
for
them
;
but
the
Chief
Justice
St.
John's
had
such
an
Influence
upon
the
House
;
that
he
procured
a
Clause
to
be
inserted
in
the
Bill
to
indemnify
him
for
such
Offices
,
as
he
had
sold
in
Cromwel's
time
;
which
Partiality
I
appeared
against
so
earnestly
,
that
I
made
him
thereby
my
declared
Enemy
,
tho'
I
never
had
expected
any
sincere
Friendship
from
him
,
because
he
knew
me
to
be
zealous
for
the
Regulation
of
the
Practice
of
the
Law
,
and
himself
an
Obstructer
of
all
Endeavours
to
that
end
.
The
two
Commissions
of
Major
General
Lambert
being
prepared
and
signed
by
the
Speaker
,
he
attended
at
the
Door
of
the
House
in
order
to
receive
them
;
and
being
admitted
,
he
was
informed
by
the
Speaker
,
That
the
Parliament
having
a
good
opinion
of
his
Abilities
and
Fidelity
,
had
intrusted
him
with
the
Command
of
one
Regiment
of
Horse
and
one
of
Foot
,
for
which
he
then
by
their
Order
delivered
the
Commissions
to
him
.
The
Major
General
answered
,
That
as
his
own
Inclination
and
Interest
led
him
to
promote
the
Service
of
the
Parliament
,
so
the
Obligation
they
laid
on
him
by
so
great
a
Trust
should
doubly
excite
him
to
Fidelity
and
Obedience
to
their
Commands
.
And
I
hope
he
t●●●
intended
what
he
promised
,
tho'
he
afterwards
proved
an
Instrument
of
much
Disord●●
and
Confusion
amongst
us
.
Mr
Henry
N●●il
,
a
Person
of
singular
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
moved
the
House
that
Lieu●●●●
General
Fleetwood
might
be
made
Rang●●
of
St.
James's
Park
,
and
this
he
did
that
●●
occasion
obliging
the
Army
might
be
o●●●●ed
;
which
Motion
was
readily
consented
〈◇〉
by
the
Parliament
:
And
indeed
the
Lieutenant
General
,
had
he
not
been
too
much
influenced
by
his
Wife's
Relations
,
who
pretending
that
he
had
injured
his
Brother-in-Law
by
contributing
to
lay
him
aside
,
continually
pressed
him
to
irregular
Proceedings
,
in
order
to
make
him
some
satisfaction
,
might
have
proved
a
Person
as
fit
to
command
the
Forces
in
Chief
,
as
the
Parliament
could
have
chosen
:
Tho'
I
am
not
able
to
see
how
he
could
have
served
him
better
,
unless
peradventure
by
not
consenting
to
his
Advancement
to
the
Protectorship
,
than
to
procure
him
to
be
removed
with
so
little
Detriment
to
himself
and
Reflection
on
his
Family
;
considering
how
great
a
Trust
his
Father
had
betrayed
,
what
Dishonour
he
had
brought
on
the
Nation
,
what
Hardships
he
had
put
upon
many
good
Men
,
to
the
hazard
of
that
just
Cause
which
had
cost
so
much
Blood
and
Treasure
of
the
People
.
At
this
time
the
Opinions
of
Men
were
much
divided
concerning
a
Form
of
Government
to
be
established
among
us
.
The
great
Officers
of
the
Army
,
as
I
said
before
,
were
for
a
select
standing
Senate
to
be
joyned
to
the
Representative
of
the
People
.
Others
laboured
to
have
the
Supreme
Authority
to
consist
of
an
Assembly
chosen
by
the
People
,
and
a
Council
of
State
chosen
by
that
Assembly
to
be
vested
with
the
Executive
Power
,
and
accountable
to
that
which
should
next
succeed
,
at
which
time
the
Power
of
the
said
Cou●●●●
should
determine
.
Some
were
desirous
to
have
a
Representative
of
the
People
constantly
sitting
,
but
changed
by
a
perpetual
Rotation
.
Others
proposed
that
there
might
be
joined
to
the
Popular
Assembly
,
a
select
Number
of
Men
in
the
nature
of
the
Lacedemonian
Ephori
,
who
should
have
a
Negative
in
things
,
wherein
the
Essentials
of
the
Government
should
be
concerned
,
such
as
the
Exclusion
of
a
single
Person
,
touching
Liberty
of
Conscience
,
Alteration
of
the
Constitution
,
and
other
things
of
the
last
Importance
to
the
State
.
Some
were
of
opinion
,
that
it
would
be
most
conducing
to
the
Publick
Happiness
,
if
there
might
be
two
Councils
chosen
by
the
People
,
the
one
to
consist
of
about
three
hundred
,
and
to
have
the
Power
only
of
debating
and
proposing
Laws
;
the
other
to
be
in
number
about
one
●●ousand
,
and
to
have
the
Power
finally
to
re●olve
and
determine
:
Every
Year
a
third
part
〈…〉
each
Council
to
go
out
,
and
others
to
be
●●osen
in
their
places
.
For
my
own
part
if
I
may
be
permitted
to
declare
my
Opinion
,
I
●ould
willingly
have
approved
either
of
the
〈…〉
latter
Propositions
;
presuming
them
to
be
〈…〉
likely
to
preserve
our
just
Liberties
,
and
to
●●●der
us
a
happy
People
.
Some
Members
of
the
Council
of
State
pro●osed
at
the
Board
,
that
the
Parliament
should
●e
moved
to
appoint
twenty
of
their
own
Number
,
and
ten
of
the
Principal
Officers
of
the
●rmy
to
consider
of
a
Form
of
Government
to
be
reported
to
the
Parliament
;
and
if
they
should
approve
it
,
that
then
the
whole
Army
should
be
drawn
out
and
declare
their
Consent
to
it
:
which
Proposition
,
tho'
it
seemed
then
to
find
a
general
Approbation
,
yet
proved
abortive
,
and
the
Parliament
themselves
passed
a
Resolution
that
on
every
Wednesday
the
House
should
go
into
a
grand
Committee
to
consider
of
that
matter
.
In
the
Act
of
Indemnity
a
Clause
had
been
inserted
to
restrain
the
Favour
of
the
Parliament
in
regard
of
those
who
under
the
Usurpation
had
received
exorbitant
and
double
Salaries
,
to
the
great
discontent
of
divers
considerable
Persons
,
who
feared
they
might
be
concerned
in
it
.
In
particular
,
Major
General
Lambert
meeting
me
the
next
Morning
after
the
Act
was
pa●●ed
,
most
bitterly
exclaimed
against
i●
,
saying
amongst
other
things
,
that
tho'
there
was
no
Security
given
by
the
Act
to
indemnity
them
for
what
they
had
done
,
yet
the
Parliament
had
taken
care
to
make
them
liable
to
be
questioned
for
whatsoever
they
had
received
.
To
which
I
answered
,
that
in
my
opinion
,
all
the
Souldiers
were
indemnified
for
what
they
had
received
,
and
that
if
the
Parliament
should
ever
make
use
of
that
Clause
,
it
would
only
be
against
those
who
had
enriched
themselves
by
the
Ruin
of
the
Commonwealth
,
and
had
opposed
●●e
Return
of
the
Parliament
to
the
exercise
or
their
Authority
;
that
I
perswaded
my self
he
could
not
think
that
such
a
sort
of
Men
deserved
the
●●●our
and
Consideration
of
the
Pa●●●●●ent
equa●●●
with
those
who
had
contribu●●d
toward●
their
Restitution
.
Having
said
this
,
Sir
Arthur
●●●●erig
joined
us
and
the
Conversation
continuing
on
the
same
Subject
,
Sir
Arthur
affirmed
,
That
the
Act
was
as
full
and
comprehensive
as
could
justly
be
desired
;
but
the
Major
General
said
that
it
signified
nothing
,
and
that
it
left
them
still
at
Mercy
.
You
are
,
said
Sir
Arthur
,
only
at
the
Mercy
of
the
Parliament
,
who
are
your
good
Friends
.
I
know
not
,
said
Lambert
,
why
they
should
not
be
put
at
our
Mercy
as
well
we
at
theirs
.
These
Words
,
as
they
sounded
very
harsh
to
my
Ears
,
so
they
did
confirm
me
in
the
suspicion
I
had
of
the
Design
that
was
then
on
foot
:
and
tho'
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
contented
himself
only
to
shake
his
Head
,
because
divers
Officers
were
there
present
;
yet
meeting
me
t●●
next
Morning
in
the
Speaker's
Chamber
,
●●
told
me
,
that
if
the
two
Regiments
had
not
b●●●
already
given
to
Major
General
Lambert
,
●●
should
never
have
them
with
his
consent
.
The
Order
requiring
Col.
Cromwel
to
come
over
from
Ireland
,
and
to
give
an
account
of
●●●●irs
there
,
being
signified
to
him
,
he
retired
〈◇〉
House
called
the
Phenix
,
belonging
to
the
●hief
Governour
of
Ireland
,
leaving
Col.
Tho●●●
Long
in
the
Castle
of
Dublin
;
whether
with
an
intention
of
keeping
it
,
I
am
not
ass●●ed
:
But
the
Commissioners
suspecting
the
worst
,
and
being
very
desirous
to
be
possessed
of
it
,
imployed
Sir
Hardress
Waller
to
surprize
the
Place
,
who
finding
the
Power
of
Col.
Cromwel
to
decline
,
and
that
of
the
Parliament
to
increase
,
was
very
willing
to
attempt
it
,
and
being
ready
to
enter
by
a
Postern
into
the
Castle
,
the
Place
was
immediately
surrendred
to
him
.
Col.
Cromwel
perceiving
it
to
be
to
no
purpose
to
stay
longer
in
Ireland
,
departed
for
London
,
and
being
arrived
,
acquainted
me
with
the
time
that
he
designed
to
attend
the
Council
of
State
,
and
desired
me
that
I
would
be
present
;
but
I
could
not
,
For
the
House
of
Hampton-Court
having
been
ordered
to
be
sold
that
day
,
which
Place
I
thought
very
convenient
for
the
Retirement
of
those
that
were
employed
in
Publick
Affairs
,
when
they
should
be
indisposed
,
in
the
Summer-Season
;
I
resolved
to
endeavour
to
prevent
the
Sale
of
it
,
and
accordingly
procured
a
Motion
to
be
made
at
the
sitting
down
of
the
House
to
that
end
,
which
took
effect
as
I
desired
.
For
this
I
was
very
much
blamed
by
my
good
Friend
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
as
a
thing
which
was
contrary
to
the
Interest
of
a
Common-wealth
:
He
said
that
such
Places
might
justly
be
accounted
amongst
those
things
that
prove
Temptations
to
Ambitious
Men
,
and
exceedingly
tend
to
sharpen
their
Appetite
to
ascend
the
Throne
.
But
for
my
own
part
,
as
I
was
free
from
any
sinister
Design
in
this
Action
;
so
I
was
of
opinion
,
that
the
Temptation
of
Soveragin
Power
would
prove
a
far
stronger
motive
to
aspire
by
the
Sword
to
gain
the
Scepter
,
which
when
once
attained
,
would
soon
be
made
use
of
to
force
the
People
to
supply
the
Want
of
such
an
Accommodation
.
Col.
Henry
Martin
moved
at
the
same
time
that
the
Chappel
belonging
to
Somerset-house
might
not
be
sold
,
because
it
was
the
Place
of
Meeting
for
the
French
Church
,
and
this
Request
was
also
granted
;
but
the
House
it self
was
sold
for
the
Sum
of
ten
thousand
Pounds
.
Then
it
was
moved
that
Whitehal
might
be
also
sold
,
and
it
was
said
that
threescore
thousand
Pounds
might
be
had
for
it
,
in
order
to
erect
new
Buildings
on
the
Ground
where
it
stands
,
but
nothing
was
done
farther
in
this
matter
.
And
now
I
began
to
think
it
time
to
hasten
my
Journey
to
Ireland
,
where
my
Station
was
assigned
to
me
for
some
time
;
and
in
order
to
my
Departure
,
I
received
four
Commissions
from
the
hands
of
the
Speaker
,
as
the
Parliament
had
directed
.
By
the
first
I
was
appointed
Commander
in
Chief
of
all
the
Forces
in
Ireland
;
the
second
was
for
a
Regiment
of
Horse
;
the
third
was
for
a
Regiment
of
Foot
,
and
by
the
fourth
I
was
made
Lieutenant
General
of
the
Horse
.
Which
last
Commission
being
read
before
the
Committee
of
Nominations
by
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
who
in
this
whole
Affair
of
regulating
the
Army
had
served
the
Parliament
for
Secretary
without
any
Salary
;
Col.
Desborough
desired
that
it
might
be
explained
how
far
it
should
extend
,
suspecting
that
it
might
intrench
upon
the
Command
of
the
Horse
in
England
and
Scotland
,
which
some
thought
he
designed
for
himself
.
But
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
declined
to
give
him
any
other
Answer
than
that
it
was
well
enough
.
In
this
Commission
a
Clause
was
inserted
,
which
had
been
omitted
in
the
other
three
,
because
not
thought
of
before
,
requiring
me
to
obey
not
only
such
Orders
as
I
should
receive
from
the
Parliament
and
Council
of
State
,
but
also
all
such
as
should
be
signified
to
me
from
time
to
time
from
the
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
for
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
.
This
I
was
so
far
from
disliking
,
that
I
procured
another
Order
to
be
made
,
that
the
Pay
of
the
Army
should
be
issued
out
by
the
Commissioners
,
and
that
no
Moncy
,
except
only
for
Contingencies
,
should
be
issued
out
by
the
Commander
in
Chief
.
Having
prepared
my self
for
my
Journey
,
I
took
leave
of
the
principal
Officers
of
the
Army
,
and
on
that
occasion
most
earnestly
requested
of
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborough
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Col.
Berry
and
others
,
that
as
they
valued
the
good
of
the
Publick
and
their
own
Safety
,
they
would
be
careful
not
to
violate
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
,
who
I
perswaded
my self
were
more
ready
to
do
any
thing
that
might
tend
to
the
Preservations
of
our
Liberties
than
we
were
to
ask
it
:
And
at
my
parting
with
Sir
Arthur
Hasterig
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Mr.
Henry
Nevil
,
Mr.
Scot
,
Major
Saloway
,
and
the
rest
of
my
good
Friends
that
were
Members
of
the
Parliament
;
I
took
the
liberty
to
beg
of
them
not
to
put
any
unnecessary
Hardships
upon
those
of
the
Army
,
but
rather
to
gratify
them
in
whatsoever
they
could
,
that
if
after
all
the
Condescensions
and
Favours
of
the
Parliament
to
them
,
they
should
be
so
unjust
and
ungrateful
to
offer
Violence
to
the
House
,
they
might
be
left
inexcusable
in
the
sight
of
God
and
Men
.
〈◇〉
Being
on
my
way
to
take
Shipping
for
Ireland
,
accompanied
by
Col.
John
Jones
,
and
being
come
as
far
as
Whitchurch
,
one
Capt
.
Whetway
of
Chester
met
us
there
,
and
informed
us
of
a
Design
to
rise
in
and
about
that
Country
by
the
Presbyterian
and
Cavalier
Parties
in
conjunction
;
who
gave
out
that
Sir
George
Booth
,
the
Earl
of
Darby
,
the
Lord
Cherbury
,
and
other
Persons
of
Quality
and
Estate
were
concerned
with
them
.
We
,
according
to
our
Duty
,
immediately
gave
an
account
of
what
we
had
heard
to
the
Council
of
State
,
and
desired
them
to
inquire
into
the
matter
.
Then
we
proceeded
in
our
Journey
,
and
being
arrived
at
Holy-head
,
we
found
a
small
Vessel
carrying
about
ten
Guns
,
sent
thither
by
the
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
to
transport
us
to
Ireland
,
they
having
at
that
time
no
Ship
of
greater
Force
on
that
Coast
.
Here
we
met
my
Cousin
Roger
Ludlow
,
who
was
then
newly
landed
from
Ireland
,
but
finding
us
ready
to
set
sail
,
he
returned
thither
with
us
.
At
our
Arrival
within
the
Bar
of
Dublin
,
we
found
Mr.
Justice
Cook
and
my
Brother-in-law
attending
with
their
Coaches
;
by
which
means
we
had
an
Opportunity
to
go
that
Evening
to
my
House
at
Monckton
.
The
next
Morning
before
I
could
get
out
,
the
Major
and
Aldermen
of
Dublin
came
to
welcome
me
into
the
Country
,
and
to
pay
the
usual
Civilities
.
And
at
the
Rings-end
I
found
the
Guard
that
had
formerly
attended
Col.
Cromwel
,
drawn
up
by
the
Order
of
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
with
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
at
the
Head
of
them
,
all
of
them
expressing
their
Readiness
to
serve
me
,
and
so
accompaned
me
to
the
City
.
Being
arrived
at
Dublin
,
I
went
immediately
to
wait
on
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
who
were
then
sitting
,
and
had
been
debating
touching
the
manner
of
their
Deportment
towards
me
,
the
Result
of
which
they
informed
me
was
,
That
each
of
them
should
successively
take
the
Chair
for
one
Month
;
that
they
would
desire
me
to
give
them
my
Assistance
when
the
Affairs
of
the
Army
would
permit
;
that
I
should
fit
with
them
when
they
sat
as
Commissioners
,
in
the
next
Place
to
the
Chair-man
;
and
that
in
all
other
Places
I
should
have
the
Precedency
.
I
returned
them
my
Thanks
for
the
Honour
they
did
me
,
and
earnestly
desired
to
be
excused
in
the
last
Particular
,
having
always
declared
it
to
be
my
Opinion
;
that
the
Military
ought
to
submit
to
the
Civil
Power
.
But
they
told
me
,
that
since
it
had
been
so
resolved
,
they
would
not
permit
me
to
speak
any
more
about
it
.
Then
I
delivered
to
them
a
Warrant
from
the
Council
of
State
,
authorizing
Mr.
Blackwel
and
Mr.
Standish
the
Deputy
Treasurers
for
Ireland
,
to
charge
by
Bill
of
Exchange
or
otherwise
the
Treasurers
of
War
in
England
with
thirty
thousand
Pounds
for
the
Service
of
Ireland
.
Which
having
done
,
I
went
into
another
Room
,
where
the
Officers
of
the
Army
were
appointed
to
be
,
and
gave
them
an
account
of
the
Return
of
the
Parliament
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Authority
;
by
whose
Wisdom
and
Justice
so
many
things
had
been
formerly
done
for
the
Advantage
and
Glory
of
the
English
Nation
;
and
by
whose
Care
and
good
Oeconomy
they
themselves
had
been
provided
for
,
in
such
a
manner
as
had
never
been
practised
in
later
times
,
nor
indeed
could
reasonably
be
expected
from
any
other
Persons
than
from
those
,
who
as
they
are
called
the
Fathers
of
the
Country
,
so
they
have
the
Tenderness
and
Affection
of
Parents
for
all
those
who
take
care
to
deserve
their
Kindness
and
Protection
.
I
assured
them
of
their
good
Intentions
for
the
Publick
Happiness
,
and
to
them
in
particular
:
And
that
as
they
were
passing
an
Act
to
secure
to
the
Soldiers
the
Possessions
of
those
Lands
that
had
been
assigned
to
them
for
their
Arrears
,
so
they
would
take
care
to
cause
their
Armies
to
be
constantly
paid
for
the
future
:
That
the
Parliament
themselves
had
appointed
such
Officers
to
be
placed
over
them
,
as
had
given
Demonstration
of
their
Affections
to
the
Publick
in
the
late
times
of
Defection
.
I
also
informed
them
that
the
Parliament
had
done
me
the
Honour
to
appoint
me
to
be
Commander
in
Chief
of
their
Forces
in
Ireland
,
as
they
might
more
fully
understand
by
the
Commission
it self
,
which
I
then
ordered
to
be
read
in
their
Presence
:
and
that
done
,
I
proceeded
to
tell
them
,
that
being
sensible
of
my
own
Imperfections
,
and
the
great
Weight
and
Importance
of
my
present
Employment
,
I
had
neither
directly
nor
indirectly
endeavoured
to
obtain
it
;
but
considering
that
my
Superiors
by
virtue
of
their
Authority
,
at
the
Desire
of
divers
Officers
commissionated
by
this
Army
,
had
called
me
to
the
Exercise
of
it
,
I
was
resolved
to
endeavour
faithfully
to
discharge
the
Duty
of
my
Station
,
and
to
adventure
the
utmost
Hazards
for
the
Publick
Good
,
wherein
I
doubted
not
of
their
cheerful
and
ready
Assistance
.
The
Officers
seeming
well
satisfied
with
what
I
had
said
,
I
dismissed
them
for
that
time
.
Soon
after
my
coming
to
Dublin
we
received
Advice
by
a
Message
from
England
,
of
an
Insurrection
against
the
Parliament
under
Sir
George
Booth
,
and
that
Chester
was
seized
for
the
King
.
Upon
which
I
caused
the
Officers
to
meet
,
and
taking
into
our
Consideration
how
we
might
best
preserve
the
Peace
of
Ireland
,
and
prevent
the
like
Mischiefs
there
,
we
immediately
dispatched
as
many
Officers
as
could
be
spared
to
their
respective
Charges
.
And
because
we
were
under
the
greatest
Apprehensions
for
the
Northern
Parts
,
where
the
Scots
and
other
disaffected
Persons
were
in
great
Numbers
,
we
sent
Major
Dean
,
an
active
and
good
Officer
,
to
command
some
Troops
of
Horse
▪
that
were
in
those
Parts
.
We
resolved
also
to
send
for
the
Lord
Broghil
,
with
Major
Warden
and
Major
Pourden
,
two
of
his
Officers
,
and
to
require
them
to
give
Satisfaction
touching
their
Acquiescence
under
the
present
Government
.
And
that
I
might
contribute
what
I
could
towards
quenching
that
Fire
that
had
broken
out
in
England
,
having
received
Information
in
my
late
Journey
through
part
of
Wales
,
that
the
small
Garisons
of
Denbigh
,
Beaumaris
,
Carnarvan
,
and
Holyhead
,
were
undermann'd
,
I
sent
over
one
hundred
Foot
to
be
distributed
amongst
them
.
Which
small
Sup●●●
came
so
seasonable
,
that
it
not
only
pre●●nted
the
Enemy
from
rising
in
those
Parts
;
●ut
enabled
the
Governours
of
those
Forts
to
〈◇〉
out
Parties
to
bring
in
Provisions
for
the
Garrisons
,
of
which
they
stood
in
great
need
.
●●l
.
Edmond
Temple
being
at
Chester
when
the
●●●urrection
began
in
those
Parts
,
was
seized
by
the
Rebels
,
and
carried
before
Sir
George
Booth
,
who
finding
that
he
was
going
to
embar●
for
Ireland
,
permitted
him
to
proceed
in
〈◇〉
Voyage
.
At
his
Arrival
he
gave
us
an
account
that
Col.
Croxton
who
was
Governour
of
Chester
finding
it
in
vain
to
endeavour
to
keep
the
Town
,
had
made
use
of
the
time
he
had
to
provide
all
things
necessary
to
maintain
the
Castle
till
Relief
could
be
sent
.
He
acquainted
〈◇〉
also
,
that
three
or
four
hundred
of
the
Enemies
Horse
had
marched
into
the
Town
of
Chester
;
that
Sir
George
Booth
was
their
Commander
in
Chief
,
and
that
the
principal
Persons
who
had
engaged
with
them
were
,
the
Earl
of
Darby
,
the
Lord
Herbert
of
Cherbury
,
Mr.
Lee
of
Limehouse
,
and
Capt
.
Morgan
.
He
added
,
that
being
asked
by
Sir
George
Booth
,
if
he
had
not
heard
of
any
Rising
in
other
Parts
,
and
having
informed
him
that
he
had
found
all
quiet
on
the
Road
from
London
,
Sir
George
seemed
much
surprized
and
discouraged
,
saying
,
that
other
Promises
had
been
made
to
him
.
By
the
next
account
we
received
from
England
,
we
had
notice
that
a
Party
of
Horse
had
appeared
in
D●●byshire
,
tho'
by
the
Vigilance
and
Courage
of
〈◇〉
Friends
in
that
County
,
they
were
speedily
dispersed
or
taken
▪
We
were
likewise
informed
tha●
the
Earl
of
Sta●ford
had
been
at
the
Head
of
a
Party
,
according
to
a
Promise
he
had
made
to
Sir
George
Booth
;
but
finding
them
not
considerable
he
had
either
surrendred
himself
or
been
seized
without
any
Opposition
.
In
Staffordshire
,
from
whence
the
Enemy
expected
●●at
Assistance
their
Designs
were
prevented
by
the
Diligence
of
Col.
Crompton
and
Capt
.
Batthurs●●
,
who
had
secured
the
principal
Persons
that
were
suspected
in
that
County
.
Col.
Massey
was
seized
at
a
Gentleman's
House
in
Glocestershire
,
with
some
Ammunition
;
and
by
that
means
their
Designs
in
the
West
were
disappointed
.
And
tho'
there
appeared
about
threescore
Horse
with
one
Basset
near
Bathe
,
and
about
the
same
Number
near
Malmesbury
;
yet
wanting
the
Colonel
to
head
them
,
and
being
informed
of
the
March
of
the
County-Troop
against
them
,
they
dispersed
themselves
.
Some
of
these
,
with
others
from
the
Borders
of
Hampshire
,
went
and
joined
the
Body
that
was
commanded
by
Sir
George
Booth
.
Sir
Thomas
Middleton
,
who
had
made
me
a
Visit
when
I
was
going
to
Ireland
,
and
had
assured
me
of
his
Resolution
to
continue
stedfast
in
the
Interest
of
the
Commonwealth
,
did
,
either
through
Dotage
,
being
almost
fourscore
Years
of
Age
,
or
through
the
Importunity
of
others
,
or
the
natural
Depravity
of
his
own
Heart
,
appear
at
the
Head
or
the
Cavalier
Party
at
Wrexham
,
and
there
waving
his
Sword
about
his
Head
,
caused
Charles
Stuart
to
be
proclaimed
King
in
the
Market-Place
.
Which
encouraged
the
Enemy
so
much
,
that
they
immediately
sent
out
a
Party
to
possess
themselves
of
Shrewsbury
;
but
tho'
the
Male-contents
were
very
numerous
in
that
Town
,
and
ready
to
join
with
them
,
yet
Capt
.
Waring
with
the
Militia-Troop
,
in
conjunction
with
many
well-affected
Persons
that
went
to
him
from
Wrexham
,
and
some
others
which
he
got
together
on
a
sudden
,
prevented
their
Design
,
and
secured
that
Place
for
the
Parliament
.
This
was
a
great
Disappointment
to
the
Enemy
,
not
only
because
it
kept
their
Friends
in
those
Parts
from
rising
,
but
in
a
great
measure
obstructed
their
Correspondence
with
the
Western
Counties
.
However
it
being
reported
that
Coventry
had
declared
for
them
,
they
received
fresh
Incouragement
,
and
hoped
that
it
might
prove
an
occasion
to
divert
the
London
Forces
from
advancing
towards
them
,
and
were
not
without
expectations
of
a
Party
to
appear
for
them
in
or
about
London
.
Neither
were
their
hopes
in
this
particular
without
Foundation
:
For
the
Presbyterian
Party
did
so
greatly
favour
this
abominable
Design
,
wherein
the
whole
Popish
Party
was
likewise
engaged
,
that
many
of
them
,
tho'
they
could
not
be
drawn
to
join
in
the
dangerous
part
of
acting
against
the
Parliament
,
yet
openly
denied
their
Assistance
to
suppress
the
Enemy
.
Of
this
sort
was
Col.
Fotherby
who
commanded
the
Forces
in
the
County
of
Warwick
,
and
had
faithfully
served
the
Parliament
to
this
time
,
yet
now
refused
to
act
for
them
.
So
that
old
Colonel
Purefoy
,
who
had
one
Foot
in
the
Grave
,
was
obliged
to
undertake
that
Employment
in
those
Parts
,
wherein
he
used
such
Diligence
,
and
succeeded
so
well
,
that
he
kept
the
City
of
Coventry
and
the
adjacent
Country
in
the
Obedience
of
the
Parliament
.
And
tho'
the
Contagion
had
infected
many
within
the
City
of
London
,
yet
the
Vigilance
and
Diligence
of
the
Parliament
prevented
it
from
manifesting
it self
in
an
open
Revolt
,
by
a
timely
seizing
or
frighting
away
such
as
were
most
dangerous
to
the
Publick
Peace
.
The
Messenger
that
had
been
sent
to
Ireland
from
the
Council
of
State
,
brought
Orders
to
me
for
one
thousand
Foot
and
five
hundred
Horse
,
to
be
sent
to
their
Assistance
in
England
.
And
tho'
,
considering
the
Posture
of
our
Affairs
,
the
Suspicion
we
had
of
the
Scots
,
the
Number
of
the
Irish
,
and
that
Spirit
of
Revenge
they
were
possessed
with
,
together
with
the
Condition
of
our
own
Forces
,
who
had
been
debauching
for
some
Years
from
the
Interest
of
the
Commonwealth
,
we
seemed
rather
to
stand
in
need
of
Relief
from
England
,
than
to
be
in
a
Capacity
of
sending
any
thither
;
yet
having
received
such
Orders
from
our
Superiours
,
we
thought
it
our
Duty
to
obey
them
.
And
therefore
by
the
Advice
of
the
Field-Officers
,
it
was
resolved
to
draw
together
those
Forces
that
lay
most
convenient
for
Transportation
;
and
that
the
Publick
Service
might
not
suffer
by
any
Delay
that
could
be
avoided
,
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
caused
an
Embargo
to
be
laid
upon
all
the
Vessels
then
in
the
Harbour
.
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
having
in
a
Letter
to
me
,
desired
,
that
Colonel
Zanchey
might
command
the
Forces
to
be
sent
from
Ireland
,
I
readily
consented
to
it
,
having
no
Suspicion
of
any
Design
concealed
under
that
Request
;
and
being
informed
by
Colonel
Axtel
,
that
he
also
had
some
important
Affairs
in
England
,
which
he
had
left
unsettled
;
I
appointed
him
to
command
the
Foot
.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Walker
,
Major
Rawlins
,
Major
Bolton
,
and
Major
Godfrey
,
were
the
rest
of
the
Field-Officers
.
I
ordered
,
that
the
Party
to
be
transported
to
England
,
should
be
drawn
to
Dublin
;
and
as
soon
as
a
considerable
Number
of
them
were
arrived
there
,
Orders
were
dispatched
for
their
Transportation
,
on
assurance
that
the
speedy
Landing
of
our
Forces
from
Ireland
,
would
tend
to
the
Discouragement
of
our
Enemies
,
and
great
Encouragement
of
our
Friends
.
Having
drawn
the
first
Party
,
which
was
to
be
imbarked
,
to
the
Water-side
,
consisting
of
about
four
hundred
,
we
caused
two
Months
Pay
to
be
advanced
to
them
;
one
to
enable
them
to
pay
their
Debts
in
Ireland
;
the
other
was
put
into
the
hands
of
Lieutenant-Colonel
Walker
,
who
commanded
them
,
to
be
delivered
to
them
as
soon
as
they
should
arrive
in
England
.
The
Officers
,
and
Souldiers
,
undertook
the
Service
with
all
imaginable
Cheerfulness
;
and
one
of
the
Vessels
that
was
appointed
to
carry
Captain
Jacomb
,
and
his
Company
,
not
being
able
to
approach
so
near
the
Shoar
,
as
to
make
it
convenient
for
the
Souldiers
to
embark
,
the
Captain
put
himself
into
the
Water
,
which
his
Men
seeing
,
they
soon
followed
his
Example
,
and
all
together
,
with
the
Sea
almost
up
to
the
Shoulders
,
marched
through
to
the
Ship
.
They
had
a
very
favourable
Passage
,
and
landed
seasonably
in
England
:
For
it
happened
,
that
the
Third
Day
after
their
Arrival
,
Lieutenant
Colonel
Walker
took
up
his
Quarters
at
a
Town
in
Carnarvan-shire
,
where
many
disaffected
Gentlemen
,
and
others
,
of
those
Parts
,
had
appointed
to
Rendezvous
the
next
Day
:
But
fearing
he
might
ruine
th●
Country
,
if
they
appeared
in
Arms
,
they
quitted
their
Design
,
and
kept
themselves
at
home
.
The
Parliament
,
though
they
had
resolved
to
send
some
Forces
against
Sir
George
Booth
,
yet
they
were
doubtful
to
whom
they
should
commit
that
Province
.
And
whilst
that
Matter
was
under
their
Consideration
,
some
Persons
of
the
King's
Party
,
addressed
themselves
to
the
Wife
of
Colonel
Lambert
,
endeavouring
to
perswade
her
,
to
solicite
her
Husband
,
to
be
the
Instrument
of
the
King's
Return
,
with
large
Offers
of
whatsoever
Terms
he
would
demand
.
She
acquainted
the
Colonel
with
their
Propositions
;
but
he
having
resolved
to
play
another
part
,
discovered
the
whole
Intrigue
to
Sir
Henry
Vane
;
who
having
communicated
it
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
and
knowing
there
had
been
some
late
Differences
between
the
Colonel
,
and
Sir
Arthur
,
he
perswaded
them
to
renew
their
former
Friendship
,
with
Promises
on
each
part
,
to
unite
their
Endeavours
in
the
Service
of
the
Parliament
.
By
this
means
chiefly
it
was
,
that
Colonel
Lambert
was
soon
after
appointed
to
Command
those
Forces
,
that
were
designed
to
suppress
the
Insurrection
in
Cheshire
.
In
this
Conjuncture
,
the
Parliament
sent
an
Order
to
Colonel
Monk
,
who
then
commanded
their
Forces
in
Scotland
,
to
send
them
two
Regiments
of
Foot
,
and
two
of
Horse
;
but
he
excused
himself
,
under
colour
of
the
Enemies
Strength
,
and
Inclination
to
revolt
,
tho'
there
were
not
wanting
some
,
who
then
thought
,
that
his
Engagements
with
the
Common
Enemy
,
were
the
true
Reasons
of
that
Refusal
.
And
it
is
certain
,
that
a
Gentleman
from
the
King
had
been
with
him
;
and
tho'
what
passed
between
them
was
not
made
publick
,
yet
since
he
did
not
seize
him
,
as
it
was
his
Duty
,
but
permitted
him
to
return
safely
from
whence
he
came
,
he
may
justly
be
suspected
even
then
to
have
betrayed
those
whom
he
pretended
to
serve
.
The
second
Party
I
sent
for
England
,
was
commanded
by
Colonel
Axtel
;
and
the
third
by
Colonel
Zanchey
,
to
whom
I
gave
also
a
Commission
to
command
the
whole
Brigade
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
requiring
him
to
take
all
Advantages
against
the
Enemy
,
to
relieve
our
Friends
,
and
to
obey
all
such
Orders
as
he
should
from
time
to
time
receive
from
the
Parliament
,
the
Council
of
State
,
Colonel
Lambert
,
or
me
.
Thus
the
whole
Number
of
the
Forces
demanded
by
the
Parliament
was
shipped
off
within
ten
Days
after
I
had
received
their
Order
,
tho'
some
of
them
were
quartered
at
a
great
distance
from
Dublin
;
and
both
Horse
and
Foot
landed
very
seasonably
in
England
,
tho'
not
without
a
sad
Loss
:
For
the
Ship
wherein
Major
Bolton
,
and
Major
Rawlins
,
with
above
thirty
private
Soldiers
,
had
embarked
,
sprung
a
Leak
in
her
Passage
,
and
sunk
down
.
The
Irish
Brigade
being
joined
,
and
arrived
at
Chester
,
they
sent
to
Colonel
Croxton
,
to
let
him
know
,
that
if
he
should
be
driven
to
Extremity
before
any
Relief
should
come
to
him
from
London
,
they
had
resolved
to
attempt
it
themselves
.
On
the
Sixth
of
August
,
1659
,
Colonel
Lambert
,
at
the
Head
of
Three
Regiments
of
Horse
,
one
of
Dragoons
,
and
Three
Regiments
of
Foot
,
marched
from
London
,
against
Sir
George
Booth
,
and
his
Party
,
who
were
about
Four
thousand
in
Number
.
The
Enemy
had
possessed
themselves
of
the
Town
of
Warrington
,
and
had
placed
a
Party
of
about
Three
hundred
to
defend
it
,
having
lodged
their
Main
Body
on
the
other
side
of
the
River
,
and
posted
a
good
Number
of
Men
to
keep
the
Bridge
against
ours
.
At
this
place
the
Forces
on
each
side
met
,
and
the
Enemy
began
the
Action
,
by
sending
out
a
Party
to
skirmish
with
an
advanced
Party
of
Colonel
Lambert
:
But
being
repulsed
,
and
retreating
beyond
the
Bridge
,
their
Body
of
Horse
,
consisting
of
about
Seventeen
or
Eighteen
hundred
,
one
half
whereof
they
reported
to
be
Gentlemen
,
began
to
run
before
our
Horse
could
come
up
to
charge
them
,
leaving
their
Foot
to
be
cut
in
pieces
,
except
only
about
thirty
or
forty
of
their
Horse
,
commanded
by
Captain
Morgan
,
who
endeavouring
to
secure
their
Retreat
,
was
killed
in
the
Action
.
Many
of
their
Foot
escaped
by
leaping
over
the
Hedges
,
and
hiding
themselves
:
But
their
surest
Protection
was
their
having
engaged
against
those
that
were
more
ready
to
save
,
than
destroy
them
:
So
that
tho'
the
whole
Force
of
the
Enemy
was
entirely
defeated
,
yet
there
were
not
above
Forty
of
them
killed
.
About
Six
or
Seven
hundred
of
their
Horse
,
in
scattered
and
broken
Parties
,
fled
to
Chester
;
but
not
thinking
themselves
safe
there
,
they
went
into
North-Wales
,
and
the
Town
was
delivered
up
to
Colonel
Lambert
.
Sir
George
Booth
,
after
his
Defeat
,
put
himself
into
a
Woman's
Habit
,
and
with
two
Servants
,
hoped
to
escape
to
London
,
riding
behind
one
of
them
.
The
single
Horseman
going
before
,
went
to
an
Inn
on
the
Road
,
and
,
as
he
had
been
ordered
,
bespoke
a
Supper
for
his
Mistress
,
who
,
he
said
,
was
coming
after
.
The
pretended
Mistress
being
arrived
,
either
by
alighting
from
the
Horse
,
or
some
other
Action
,
raised
a
Suspicion
in
the
Master
of
the
House
,
that
there
was
some
Mystery
under
that
Dress
.
And
thereupon
resolving
to
make
a
full
Enquiry
into
the
Matter
,
he
got
together
some
of
his
Neighbours
,
to
assist
him
,
and
with
them
entred
the
Room
where
the
pretended
Lady
was
.
But
Sir
George
Booth
suspecting
their
Intentions
,
and
being
unwilling
to
put
them
to
the
Trouble
of
a
farther
Search
,
discovered
himself
.
Whereupon
they
took
him
into
their
Custody
,
and
sent
him
up
to
London
,
where
the
Parliament
committed
him
Prisoner
to
the
Tower
.
From
the
sad
Consideration
of
these
,
and
other
unsuccessful
Attempts
,
the
Cavalier
Party
,
and
those
that
sided
with
them
,
began
to
despair
,
and
to
give
their
Cause
for
lost
,
unless
by
Divisions
amongst
our selves
,
we
should
render
our
Victories
useless
to
us
:
Which
fell
out
sooner
than
they
expected
.
For
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
whom
nothing
would
satisfie
less
than
an
Absolute
Tyranny
over
the
Nation
,
notwithstanding
the
solemn
Engagement
they
had
taken
before
the
Parliament
,
at
the
time
when
they
received
their
Commissions
from
the
Hands
of
the
Speaker
,
and
all
their
Expressions
of
Sorrow
for
their
former
Apostasie
,
so
often
repeated
in
their
last
Declarations
;
these
wretched
Men
,
I
say
,
contrary
to
their
Faith
,
and
the
Duties
of
Common
Honesty
,
resolved
to
destroy
the
Parliament
,
and
in
imitation
of
their
late
Master
,
Oliver
,
to
sacrifice
the
Common
Cause
to
their
insatiable
Ambition
.
In
order
to
this
,
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
moved
the
House
,
at
the
time
when
they
had
received
the
Account
of
Sir
George
Booth's
Defeat
,
that
they
would
appoint
Colonel
Lambert
to
be
Major-General
of
their
Army
;
and
this
was
done
,
upon
certain
Assurance
,
that
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
and
other
Members
,
would
endeavour
to
obstruct
it
;
whereby
they
doubted
not
the
Colonel
would
be
so
far
disobliged
,
as
to
be
ready
to
joyn
with
them
in
their
detestable
Design
.
And
it
succeeded
according
to
their
Expectations
:
For
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
well
knowing
,
that
in
a
free
Commonwealth
no
Man
ought
to
be
trusted
with
too
great
Power
,
and
especially
such
as
had
made
very
ill
use
of
it
before
,
prevailed
with
the
Parliament
to
declare
,
that
they
would
not
create
any
more
General
Officers
than
those
that
were
so
already
;
which
Method
they
took
,
that
they
might
not
seem
to
put
a
Negative
upon
him
in
particular
.
The
Lieutenant-General
having
attained
his
end
in
the
first
Motion
,
was
encouraged
to
move
again
,
that
seeing
the
House
had
not
thought
fit
to
do
as
he
had
proposed
,
they
would
be
pleased
to
present
the
Sum
of
Five
hundred
,
or
a
Thousand
Pounds
to
Colonel
Lambert
,
as
a
Mark
of
their
Favour
,
to
be
conferred
on
him
in
consideration
of
his
late
Service
.
This
Proposition
was
most
willingly
entertained
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
concurring
with
those
who
were
for
the
greater
Sum
;
which
was
paid
to
him
accordingly
.
But
the
Parliament's
Refusal
to
gratifie
him
with
the
Title
before-mentioned
,
was
aggravated
to
that
degree
,
that
he
,
together
with
many
Officers
more
,
amongst
whom
he
had
an
Interest
,
became
most
implacable
Enemies
to
the
Parliament
.
In
the
mean
time
a
Committee
was
sent
to
examine
Sir
George
Booth
in
the
Tower
,
touching
the
Design
wherein
he
had
been
engaged
,
and
the
Persons
that
had
promised
to
join
with
him
.
He
confessed
to
have
received
a
Commission
from
the
King
,
and
that
many
of
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
had
promised
to
appear
with
him
;
whereof
he
discovered
some
,
and
desired
more
time
to
recollect
himself
concerning
others
.
During
these
Transactions
,
I
had
endeavoured
as
well
as
I
could
,
to
dispatch
those
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
which
were
entrusted
to
my
Care
.
I
had
delivered
out
new
Commissions
to
the
Officers
there
,
and
had
disposed
of
several
Commands
,
that
were
either
vacant
by
the
Refusal
of
some
,
to
take
the
Engagement
enjoined
by
the
Parliament
,
or
in
the
hands
of
Persons
disaffected
to
the
Government
.
I
had
furnished
the
Garisons
with
Provisions
and
Ammunition
for
three
Months
,
and
setled
a
Militia
in
each
County
,
as
considerable
as
the
Army
it self
;
consisting
,
for
the
most
part
,
of
Men
that
had
Experience
,
and
had
readily
engaged
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Common-wealth
.
This
Work
was
attended
with
many
Difficulties
;
for
I
found
divers
of
the
Officers
guilty
of
habitual
Immoralities
,
many
of
them
accustomed
to
detain
the
Pay
of
the
private
Soldiers
,
and
most
of
them
debauched
in
their
Principles
by
the
late
Usurpation
of
the
Cromwels
.
I
endeavoured
to
clear
the
Army
of
such
as
were
most
guilty
,
and
thereby
hoped
to
reform
the
rest
.
I
also
appointed
fit
Persons
to
enquire
into
the
Principles
,
and
Practices
,
of
the
private
Soldiers
,
as
well
Horse
as
Foot
;
and
upon
full
Information
,
dismissed
such
as
appeared
incorrigible
,
and
placed
others
in
the
room
of
them
,
of
whom
we
had
better
hopes
,
together
with
as
many
of
those
as
we
could
find
,
who
had
been
cashiered
on
account
of
their
Affection
to
the
Parliament
.
Upon
the
News
of
our
Success
against
Sir
George
Booth
,
Colonel
Lockart
,
our
Ambassador
at
the
Pyrenean
Treaty
,
began
to
be
courted
by
the
Spaniard
,
as
he
had
been
before
by
the
French
;
and
our
Plenipotentiaries
met
with
good
Success
in
their
Mediation
for
an
Agreement
between
the
two
Northern
Crowns
;
and
the
Dutch
not
daring
to
attempt
what
they
had
designed
for
the
King
of
Denmark
,
the
two
Kings
were
in
a
fair
way
to
a
Peace
,
tho'
the
King
of
Sweden
had
expressed
his
Discontent
,
that
the
two
Commonwealths
should
form
Conditions
to
be
imposed
upon
Crowned
Heads
:
But
being
told
by
Col.
Algernon
Sidney
,
that
the
Friendship
of
England
was
not
to
be
obtained
on
any
other
Terms
,
he
seemed
to
acquiesce
.
But
to
return
from
my
Digression
.
In
the
Month
of
September
,
1659
,
a
Petition
came
to
my
Hands
,
that
had
been
addressed
to
the
Parliament
,
from
the
Officers
of
that
Brigade
which
was
commanded
by
Colonel
Lambert
,
and
signed
from
Derby
;
wherein
they
aspersed
the
Parliament
,
for
not
endeavouring
to
suppress
the
late
Rebellion
,
with
such
Vigour
as
they
ought
,
for
not
punishing
those
who
had
been
engaged
in
it
,
and
for
not
rewarding
the
Officers
who
had
defeated
the
Enemy
.
They
pressed
for
a
Settlement
of
the
Government
after
their
own
Mode
,
in
a
Representative
of
the
People
,
and
a
select
Senate
.
And
for
the
better
Discovery
of
their
Arbitrary
Designs
,
they
demanded
,
that
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
might
be
made
Commander
in
Chief
of
the
Army
,
without
any
Limitation
of
Time
;
Colonel
Lambert
appointed
Major-General
,
Colonel
Desborow
Lieutenant-General
of
the
Horse
,
and
Colonel
Monk
Major-General
of
the
Foot
.
To
which
they
added
,
that
no
Officer
of
the
Army
should
be
dismissed
from
his
Command
,
unless
by
a
Court
Martial
.
Copies
of
this
Petition
were
sent
by
Colonel
Zanchey
into
Ireland
,
accompanied
with
Letters
,
to
desire
,
that
it
might
be
communicated
to
the
Officers
there
,
and
their
Concurrence
procured
.
Being
sensible
of
the
ill
Effects
that
might
arise
from
this
wicked
Attempt
,
if
it
should
succeed
according
to
their
Hopes
,
amongst
the
Officers
in
Ireland
,
I
summoned
as
many
of
them
as
were
quartered
near
Dublin
,
to
meet
there
;
and
being
met
,
I
endeavoured
to
convince
them
of
the
Deformity
and
Hazard
of
this
Design
of
the
Army
,
desiring
them
to
remember
how
successful
they
had
been
,
whilst
they
contained
themselves
within
their
proper
Station
,
and
how
all
their
Attempts
had
miscarried
,
when
they
intermeddled
with
those
Things
that
did
not
belong
to
them
;
and
that
they
would
not
forget
how
well
the
Army
had
been
paid
,
as
long
as
the
Parliament
had
the
Management
of
Affairs
;
and
how
much
they
had
been
in
Arrears
,
since
that
time
.
I
shewed
them
,
that
the
Parliament
could
not
fail
of
coming
to
a
speedy
Determination
,
touching
the
Settlement
of
a
Just
and
Equal
Government
,
since
they
had
declared
,
that
a
Period
should
be
put
to
their
sitting
,
in
the
Month
of
May
,
next
following
:
That
the
Nation
would
never
endure
to
be
governed
by
the
Sword
:
That
it
was
a
meer
Calumny
to
say
,
that
the
Parliament
had
not
contributed
their
Endeavours
,
towards
the
suppression
of
the
late
Tumults
;
for
nothing
could
have
been
attempted
against
the
Enemies
,
but
by
their
Orders
:
That
it
was
manifest
they
had
gratified
those
who
had
been
instrumental
in
that
Service
,
having
freely
given
the
Sum
of
a
Thousand
Pounds
to
Colonel
Lambert
,
and
Two
hundred
Pounds
to
Lieutenant-Colonel
Duckenfield
;
and
that
no
private
Soldier
,
who
had
been
concerned
in
that
Action
,
might
remain
unrewarded
,
they
had
given
the
Personal
Estate
of
Sir
Thomas
Middleton
,
amounting
to
about
Three
thousand
Pounds
,
to
be
distributed
amongst
them
.
I
endeavoured
to
perswade
them
,
that
the
Commission
granted
to
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
,
was
as
full
and
ample
as
could
justly
be
desired
;
he
being
thereby
appointed
to
continue
in
his
Command
,
'till
the
Parliament
should
find
cause
to
the
contrary
:
That
if
they
had
refused
to
make
more
General
Officers
,
it
was
because
they
knew
it
to
be
unnecessary
and
dangerous
;
and
that
Colonel
Lambert
,
without
the
Title
of
Major-General
,
had
done
as
good
Service
,
as
if
he
had
been
graced
with
that
Addition
.
Then
the
Council
of
Officers
entred
upon
the
Debate
of
the
Heads
of
the
Petition
;
from
Point
to
Point
,
and
after
mature
Deliberation
,
unanimously
declared
their
Dislike
of
it
,
and
their
Resolutions
to
acknowledge
the
Supreme
Authority
of
the
Nation
to
be
in
the
Parliament
,
and
to
stand
by
them
in
the
Prosecution
of
the
Common
Cause
wherein
they
had
been
employed
.
And
because
a
Petition
to
that
effect
could
not
be
immediately
drawn
,
I
sent
away
the
said
Resolutions
that
very
Day
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
with
a
Promise
of
a
farther
Declaration
as
soon
as
possible
,
resolving
not
to
neglect
this
Opportunity
,
out
of
a
belief
that
our
Proceedings
might
be
of
use
,
as
well
to
encourage
our
Friends
,
as
to
discourage
our
Enemies
in
England
.
It
may
be
observed
,
that
in
this
Conjuncture
Colonel
Monk
sent
also
Letters
to
the
Parliament
,
declaring
his
Resolution
not
to
join
in
the
dangerous
Counsels
of
the
Army
;
but
to
keep
the
Officers
that
were
under
his
Command
,
within
the
Rules
of
Modesty
and
Obedience
.
The
Army
not
unmindful
of
their
Grand
Design
,
perswaded
some
of
their
Friends
in
the
Parliament
,
to
move
for
an
Order
to
continue
Alderman
Ireton
,
then
Mayor
,
and
one
of
their
Confidents
,
in
that
Office
for
the
next
succeeding
Year
.
And
the
Parliament
seemed
at
the
first
inclined
to
grant
their
Request
,
having
perceived
great
Discontents
amongst
the
Citizens
of
London
,
at
the
time
of
the
late
Insurrections
:
But
the
Spirit
of
Sedition
being
much
allayed
since
the
Suppression
of
the
Rebels
,
the
City
petitioned
the
Parliament
to
permit
them
the
Enjoyment
of
their
Priviledge
to
elect
their
Mayor
,
promising
to
employ
that
Favour
,
and
all
that
they
had
,
for
their
Service
.
Whereupon
they
were
permitted
to
proceed
in
that
Affair
according
to
Custom
;
and
Sir
Thomas
Allen
,
a
Man
of
a
moderate
Spirit
,
being
chosen
,
they
invited
the
Parliament
,
and
chief
Officers
of
the
Army
,
to
a
splendid
Entertainment
,
at
Dinner
.
By
this
time
I
had
almost
compleatest
a
List
,
for
new
Modelling
the
Army
in
Ireland
,
in
order
to
be
presented
to
the
Committee
of
Nominations
;
and
thinking
it
necessary
,
before
my
departure
for
England
,
to
remove
such
Persons
as
gave
the
greatest
cause
of
Suspicion
,
I
filled
their
Places
with
those
,
in
whom
I
might
best
confide
,
and
who
had
given
evident
Proof
of
their
Affection
to
the
Publick
.
There
remained
another
Business
of
the
greatest
Importance
,
and
wherein
I
found
it
difficult
to
come
to
a
Resolution
,
and
that
was
to
appoint
a
Person
to
Command
the
Forces
in
Ireland
in
my
Absence
.
My
Inclinations
led
me
to
lodge
that
Power
with
the
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
:
But
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
pressed
me
so
earnestly
against
it
,
that
I
was
prevailed
with
to
lay
aside
that
Thought
.
't
is
probable
,
that
the
Lieutenant-General
was
unwilling
to
have
it
discovered
,
that
such
an
Office
might
be
managed
by
more
than
one
,
lest
it
should
tend
to
the
diminution
of
his
own
Power
,
he
being
Commander
in
Chief
of
the
Forces
in
England
,
and
Scotland
.
But
the
Parliament
having
made
no
distinction
amongst
the
Colonels
,
by
any
superiour
Titles
,
I
was
much
embarassed
how
to
proceed
.
Colonel
Zanchy
was
the
eldest
Colonel
,
and
most
earnestly
desired
the
Employment
;
but
when
I
considered
his
Carriage
,
in
the
contriving
,
abetting
,
and
promoting
that
base
Petition
lately
sent
from
Derby
,
by
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
to
the
Parliament
,
as
I
mentioned
before
,
I
could
not
think
him
to
be
a
Man
proper
for
so
great
a
Trust
.
Sir
Hardress
Waller
had
been
Major-General
of
the
Foot
,
one
of
the
late
King's
Judges
,
and
of
good
Ability
and
Experience
in
War
:
But
he
having
complied
with
every
Party
that
had
been
uppermost
;
and
especially
having
not
yet
received
the
Parliament's
Confirmation
for
the
Regiment
he
commanded
,
I
durst
by
no
means
entrust
him
with
the
Command
of
the
entire
Forces
.
After
much
Deliberation
,
I
resolved
,
as
the
best
Expedient
I
could
find
,
to
nominate
Colonel
John
Jones
to
Command
the
Forces
of
Ireland
in
my
absence
;
he
being
a
Member
of
Parliament
,
one
of
the
late
King's
Judges
,
and
one
of
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
for
the
Administration
of
the
Civil
Government
in
Ireland
:
By
virtue
of
which
Qualifications
,
I
hoped
he
might
be
approved
by
the
Parliament
,
acceptable
to
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
and
steadfast
in
the
Defence
of
the
Common
Cause
.
Having
taken
this
Resolution
,
and
being
willing
to
keep
a
good
Correspondence
with
the
Army
in
England
,
I
informed
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
with
my
Intentions
,
desiring
,
that
if
he
approved
my
Choice
,
he
would
procure
the
Parliament
to
be
moved
to
give
their
Approbation
.
But
he
having
,
it
seems
,
cast
off
his
Respect
to
the
Parliament
,
returned
me
in
answer
,
that
I
was
sufficiently
authorized
by
my
Commission
to
constitute
one
to
command
in
Chief
during
my
Absence
;
and
that
I
had
made
,
in
his
Opinion
,
a
very
good
Choice
.
All
this
while
I
had
not
acquainted
Colonel
Jones
with
my
Resolution
touching
him
,
nor
intended
to
do
it
'till
the
time
of
my
Departure
drew
near
,
and
'till
I
had
prepared
the
Officers
of
the
Army
to
give
him
their
Assistance
in
the
Execution
of
his
Charge
.
To
this
end
I
discoursed
with
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
and
freely
told
him
the
Reasons
why
I
had
not
appointed
him
to
command
in
Chief
,
assuring
him
,
that
I
had
committed
that
Employment
to
one
of
the
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
,
in
a
great
measure
,
out
of
Respect
to
him
,
that
I
might
not
be
obliged
to
lodge
it
with
Col.
Zanchey
,
who
tho'
he
was
a
younger
Officer
,
yet
being
the
first
that
was
commissionated
by
the
Parliament
,
expected
it
of
course
.
Sir
Hardress
seemed
well
satisfied
with
what
I
had
said
,
and
promised
his
hearty
assistance
to
Colonel
Jones
.
There
was
no
necessity
to
labour
so
much
to
give
Satisfaction
to
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
in
this
particular
:
For
he
seemed
to
aim
at
nothing
more
,
than
to
keep
his
Government
in
Connaught
,
of
which
Province
he
was
President
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
and
to
have
his
Regiment
of
Foot
,
and
Troop
of
Horse
continued
to
him
.
I
assured
him
of
my
Endeavours
,
that
all
those
things
might
be
confirmed
to
him
by
the
Parliament
,
in
hopes
that
he
would
employ
them
in
the
Defence
and
Preservation
of
that
Authority
,
under
which
he
had
done
so
many
Services
,
and
from
whom
he
had
received
so
many
Marks
of
favour
.
This
he
promised
to
do
,
and
added
,
that
he
was
fully
convinced
that
his
Interest
was
wholly
involved
in
the
Preservation
of
the
Parliament
,
all
that
he
enjoyed
being
derived
from
their
Authority
;
and
that
as
he
had
opposed
the
late
King
in
his
Arbitrary
Designs
,
so
he
would
continue
to
act
in
conformity
to
those
Actions
,
well
knowing
that
if
the
Son
should
happen
to
prevail
,
the
English
Interest
would
be
lost
in
Ireland
,
and
the
Irish
restored
to
the
Possession
of
their
Lands
,
according
to
an
Agreement
passed
between
them
.
So
having
given
me
these
Assurances
,
he
took
his
leave
,
in
order
to
return
to
his
Government
.
The
Petition
before-mentioned
that
had
been
agreed
on
by
the
Officers
of
the
Army
at
Darby
,
coming
to
the
knowledge
of
the
Parliament
,
with
the
Endeavours
that
were
used
to
procure
Subscriptions
to
it
;
some
,
who
knew
it
to
be
a
Contrivance
of
Col.
Lambert
,
moved
that
he
might
be
sent
to
the
Tower
:
and
it
had
been
well
,
either
that
the
Motion
had
better
succeeded
,
or
that
it
had
never
been
made
.
But
it
ended
only
in
passing
a
Vote
to
disapprove
the
Petition
and
the
Proceedings
thereupon
,
and
to
require
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
to
send
Letters
to
all
Parts
to
obstruct
any
farther
Progress
therein
.
One
of
the
said
Letters
was
sent
to
Ireland
,
which
in
effect
was
answered
before
it
came
,
we
having
drawn
up
a
Petition
in
consequence
of
our
Vote
,
which
I
mentioned
before
;
wherein
,
after
we
had
asserted
our
Cause
,
desired
a
just
and
equal
Magistracy
,
and
the
Reformation
of
such
things
as
should
be
found
amiss
in
Church
and
State
;
we
assured
the
Parliament
of
our
Readiness
to
lay
down
our
Lives
in
their
Service
,
and
in
the
Prosecution
of
those
great
Ends.
This
Affair
being
dispatched
,
Col.
Lawrence
,
who
I
am
perswaded
was
accessary
to
the
Design
carried
on
at
Wallingford-House
,
suspecting
that
whilst
I
staid
in
Ireland
,
the
Army
th●●e
could
not
be
wrought
upon
by
that
Faction
;
advised
me
to
hasten
my
Departure
,
telling
me
that
Ireland
being
now
settled
,
I
might
do
more
good
in
England
,
where
my
Assistance
might
be
wanted
.
I
suspected
not
the
Sincerity
of
his
Counsel
,
and
having
divers
Reasons
to
move
me
to
it
,
I
prepared
my self
for
my
Journey
,
and
with
much
difficulty
prevailed
with
Serjeant
Steel
,
who
had
supplied
the
Place
of
Chancellour
during
the
Usurpation
,
to
remain
in
Ireland
;
tho'
he
earnestly
desired
to
go
over
with
me
about
some
affairs
relating
to
his
Office
:
But
I
thought
it
might
prove
too
great
a
Discouragement
to
our
Friends
,
if
we
should
both
leave
them
together
,
and
therefore
promised
him
to
endeavour
that
nothing
might
pass
the
Parliament
relating
to
the
Courts
of
Justice
in
Ireland
,
till
he
should
be
heard
concerning
it
.
These
things
done
,
I
acquainted
Col.
Jones
with
my
Resolution
,
who
after
some
Expressions
of
Modesty
and
Gratitude
accepted
the
Imployment
,
and
promised
to
apply
himself
with
all
possible
Fidelity
and
Diligence
to
the
Discharge
of
it
.
Upon
which
Promise
and
Acceptance
,
I
went
to
the
Commissioners
,
and
desired
their
Approbation
.
But
Col.
Thomlinson
who
was
one
of
them
,
either
from
a
belief
that
I
had
not
Power
to
constitute
a
Deputy
,
or
resenting
that
he
was
not
the
Person
,
or
at
least
joined
in
the
Commission
with
Col.
Jones
,
moved
the
rest
of
the
Commissioners
not
to
intermeddle
in
that
Affair
,
tho'
without
effect
.
For
it
was
carried
against
his
Opinion
at
the
Board
,
and
Col.
Jones
approved
,
in
virtue
of
a
Clause
in
my
Commission
,
authorizing
me
to
depute
whom
I
thought
fit
for
leading
and
conducting
the
Army
.
In
consequence
of
this
,
they
passed
an
Order
to
confirm
my
Choice
,
and
to
require
all
Colonels
,
Lieutenant-Colonels
and
other
inferiour
Officers
,
&c.
to
yield
Obedience
to
him
,
in
the
execution
of
the
Commission
which
he
had
received
from
me
.
Then
I
called
a
Council
of
Officers
,
and
informed
them
that
the
Commissioners
of
Parliament
and
my self
had
impowered
Col.
John
Jones
,
of
whose
Fidelity
to
the
Publick
,
and
peculiar
Affection
to
them
,
they
had
large
Experience
,
to
command
the
Army
during
the
time
that
their
Service
might
detain
me
in
England
;
desiring
them
to
afford
him
the
best
of
their
Assistance
in
the
execution
of
that
Trust
,
which
they
unanimously
promised
to
do
.
Before
my
Departure
,
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
of
Dublin
having
formed
the
Militia
of
that
Place
,
whereof
both
Officers
and
Souldiers
had
taken
the
Engagement
,
they
were
desirous
to
give
some
Publick
Expression
of
their
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
;
and
to
that
end
on
the
day
I
designed
to
imbark
,
they
drew
their
Forces
into
the
Field
,
consisting
of
about
twelve
hundred
Foot
,
and
one
hundred
and
twenty
Horse
,
that
I
might
view
them
,
and
report
to
the
Parliament
their
Readiness
to
serve
the
Publick
.
Accordingly
the
Commissioners
in
their
Coaches
,
and
I
with
the
Officers
of
the
Army
on
Horseback
,
took
a
View
of
them
,
as
they
were
drawn
up
on
the
College
Green
,
being
all
very
well
equipped
,
and
drawn
up
in
good
Order
,
and
indeed
so
exact
in
the
performance
of
their
Exercise
,
that
one
would
have
thought
them
to
have
been
long
in
the
Service
.
Here
they
repeated
their
Resolutions
to
serve
the
Cause
of
God
and
their
Country
with
the
utmost
of
their
Endeavours
,
and
promised
to
live
and
die
with
us
in
the
Assertion
of
our
just
Rights
and
Liberties
.
When
they
had
finished
their
Exercise
,
I
took
leave
of
each
Officer
at
the
Head
of
his
respective
Company
,
and
went
that
Evening
to
my
House
at
Moncktown
,
in
order
to
imbark
for
England
.
The
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
did
me
the
Honour
to
accompany
me
about
half
a
Mile
out
of
Town
,
and
the
Officers
of
the
Army
would
have
attended
me
to
my
House
.
But
because
it
was
late
,
I
would
not
permit
Sir
Hardres
Waller
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
to
go
further
than
half
way
.
The
next
Day
after
I
had
signed
such
Commissions
and
Orders
as
I
thought
necessary
,
and
was
ready
to
go
on
board
,
Col.
Jones
,
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
with
most
of
the
Officers
about
Dublin
,
and
my
good
Friend
Chief
Justice
Cook
,
came
down
to
me
,
and
accompanied
me
to
the
Sea-side
,
where
we
took
leave
of
each
other
with
mutual
Recommendations
to
the
Direction
and
Protection
of
Almighty
God
.
The
next
Day
I
arrived
in
the
Road
without
the
Bay
of
Beaumaris
,
and
there
meeting
with
some
Vessels
coming
from
Chester
,
I
inquired
of
them
if
the
Irish
Brigade
were
yet
put
to
Sea
for
Ireland
,
having
been
assured
that
the
Council
of
State
had
given
Orders
for
their
Transportation
.
They
informed
me
that
the
said
Brigade
had
lain
long
at
the
Waterside
,
in
order
to
imbark
,
and
had
prepared
many
Vessels
to
that
end
;
but
that
all
the
Ships
were
now
discharged
upon
Orders
received
from
Col.
Zanchey
for
those
Forces
to
march
for
London
.
This
Information
gave
me
occasion
to
suspect
what
was
soon
after
confirmed
to
me
;
For
at
my
Arrival
in
the
Bay
,
which
was
in
the
Evening
,
the
Governour
of
Beaumaris
and
another
Officer
came
to
me
on
board
,
and
informed
me
that
the
Army
had
offered
Violence
a
second
time
to
the
Parliament
,
and
resumed
the
Power
into
their
Hands
.
This
astonishing
News
put
me
into
a
Doubt
whether
I
should
return
to
my
Command
in
Ireland
,
or
continue
my
Journey
to
London
.
On
the
one
hand
,
I
considered
that
those
who
were
under
my
particular
Care
and
Conduct
being
in
Ireland
,
my
Presence
might
be
necessary
amongst
them
,
to
excite
them
to
the
performance
of
their
Duty
.
On
the
other
side
,
when
I
called
to
mind
that
I
had
done
as
much
as
I
could
to
secure
their
Service
to
the
Parliament
,
that
I
had
brought
a
Declaration
from
them
to
that
purpose
,
and
left
the
Chief
Command
in
the
hands
of
a
Person
who
had
great
Reasons
to
move
him
to
be
faithful
in
his
Charge
,
I
was
inclined
to
go
forward
in
my
Journey
.
And
when
I
considered
the
Mischiefs
likely
to
follow
upon
a
Breach
between
the
Parliament
and
Army
,
which
I
concluded
would
inevitably
prove
the
Ruin
of
both
;
and
that
it
was
not
impossible
that
I
might
contribute
something
towards
a
Reconciliation
:
In
conclusion
knowing
that
in
my
way
I
should
have
an
Opportunity
of
conferring
with
the
Irish
Brigade
;
I
resolved
to
continue
my
Journy
,
and
the
next
Morning
as
I
passed
the
Ferry
at
Conway
,
I
perceived
a
Person
riding
Post
towards
us
,
who
coming
nearer
,
appeared
to
be
one
Col.
Barrow
,
dispatched
from
the
Council
of
Officers
at
London
;
with
a
Message
to
me
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
in
Ireland
,
to
give
us
an
account
of
their
Proceedings
,
and
what
satisfaction
they
could
concerning
them
.
He
delivered
to
me
two
Let●●●●
,
one
from
the
Council
of
Officers
directed
to
me
,
and
to
be
communicated
to
the
Army
in
Ireland
:
The
other
from
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
to
my self
.
In
that
from
the
Officers
,
they
endeavoured
to
put
the
best
Gloss
they
could
upon
their
late
Action
,
pleading
the
Force
of
Necessity
in
their
excuse
,
and
protesting
to
improve
every
Opportunity
to
promote
the
Publick
Good
,
with
this
Expression
inserted
,
That
they
had
been
necessitated
to
obstruct
the
sittting
of
the
Parliament
for
the
present
.
That
from
Lieut.
Gen.
Fleetwood
was
much
to
the
same
purpose
,
desiring
me
to
exercise
my
Charity
to
them
,
and
labouring
to
clear
his
own
Integrity
in
the
late
Transaction
.
Col.
Barrow
also
endeavoured
to
perswade
me
that
the
Parliament
had
on
many
Occasions
manifested
such
a
Spirit
of
Imposition
,
as
was
become
intolerable
;
that
they
had
designed
to
ruin
their
most
ancient
and
best
Friends
;
and
that
the
Officers
had
taken
the
Power
into
their
own
Hands
,
only
to
employ
it
to
the
full
satisfaction
of
all
honest
Men
.
I
told
him
that
tho'
I
should
be
extremely
glad
to
see
it
so
employed
,
yet
when
I
considered
how
grossly
the
Nation
had
been
formerly
abused
under
the
same
Pretences
;
I
had
not
the
least
Expectation
of
it
,
being
well
informed
that
all
their
Discontents
had
no
other
Foundation
than
the
Experience
they
had
,
that
the
Parliament
would
not
permit
the
Officers
of
the
Army
to
be
their
Superiors
,
and
the
Sword
to
tyrannize
over
the
Civil
Power
.
After
I
had
spent
about
an
Hour
with
Col.
Barrow
in
Conversation
touching
this
Affair
,
I
found
no
Cause
to
alter
my
Resolution
concerning
my
Journey
,
but
was
rather
confirmed
in
my
Opinion
,
that
my
Endeavours
to
adjust
the
Differences
between
the
Parliament
and
Army
might
prove
successful
;
and
therefore
having
perused
the
Letter
from
the
Officers
at
London
,
which
was
to
be
communicated
to
those
in
Ireland
,
I
delivered
it
again
to
Col.
Barrow
,
with
another
for
Col.
Jones
,
wherein
I
desired
him
to
take
all
possible
Care
,
that
the
common
Enemy
might
not
be
able
to
take
advantage
from
this
sad
Conjuncture
to
disturb
the
Publick
Peace
.
Then
I
proceeded
in
my
Journey
towards
Chester
,
and
being
arrived
within
three
Miles
of
that
Town
,
I
found
the
Officers
of
Horse
belonging
to
the
Irish
Brigade
,
who
gave
themselves
the
trouble
to
wait
my
coming
,
and
accompained
me
to
the
City
,
where
the
Foot
were
drawn
up
,
and
had
lined
the
Streets
to
the
Place
where
I
was
to
lodge
.
The
next
Day
being
Sunday
,
I
staid
there
,
and
taking
that
Occasion
to
speak
with
the
Officers
of
the
said
Brigade
,
together
with
Col.
Croxton
Governour
of
Chester
,
I
told
them
freely
my
Thoughts
concerning
the
late
precipitate
Enterprize
of
the
Army
,
and
,
as
I
was
able
,
endeavoured
to
convince
them
of
the
Imprudence
and
Injustice
of
it
;
delivering
for
my
Opinion
,
that
the
late
Address
,
contrived
at
Darby
,
had
given
Birth
to
this
unnatural
Attempt
,
as
it
was
it self
the
Offspring
of
Pride
and
Ambition
:
That
it
was
apparent
the
Army
had
not
put
this
Affront
upon
the
Parliament
for
having
omitted
the
performance
of
their
Duty
in
relation
to
the
Publick
,
but
meerly
on
account
of
themselves
and
their
own
private
Interest
,
having
expressed
their
Resentment
in
the
most
outragious
manner
against
the
Parliament
,
for
not
advancing
some
Officers
of
the
Army
to
such
Powers
and
Titles
as
had
formerly
proved
fatal
to
the
Government
;
tho'
they
might
have
seen
by
the
late
Success
of
Col.
Lambert
,
that
Victory
is
not
entailed
upon
empty
Titles
.
During
this
Conference
there
was
not
one
word
said
in
excuse
of
the
late
horrid
Act
committed
by
the
Wallingford-house
Party
,
but
only
by
one
Capt
.
Winckworth
a
Creature
of
Col.
Zanchey
;
all
the
rest
seeming
to
be
convinced
of
the
Truth
of
what
I
had
said
,
affirming
that
they
had
been
surprized
,
and
prevailed
upon
to
sign
it
,
without
having
sufficiently
weighed
the
Consequences
it
might
produce
.
In
particular
Lieutenant
Colonel
Walker
,
the
chief
Officer
then
upon
the
Place
,
assured
me
,
that
it
being
suddenly
presented
to
him
with
a
Letter
from
Col.
Zanchey
,
he
had
too
hastily
signed
it
;
but
after
better
Consideration
,
he
had
resolved
to
stop
the
Paper
at
the
Post-house
,
which
he
had
done
if
it
had
not
been
dispatched
away
sooner
than
he
expected
.
Whilst
I
was
at
Chester
there
came
a
Messenger
from
the
Officers
of
the
Army
at
London
with
Letters
for
those
in
Ireland
,
which
he
presented
to
me
,
as
they
were
directed
.
Upon
the
perusal
of
them
I
found
my
former
Suspicions
justified
,
and
that
the
Army
would
be
contented
with
nothing
less
than
to
have
the
Government
established
in
a
Court-Martial
.
To
this
end
they
had
agreed
,
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
should
be
Commander
in
Chief
of
all
the
Forces
of
the
Commonwealth
;
Col.
Lambert
Major
General
of
the
Army
;
Col.
Desborow
Lieutenant-General
of
the
Horse
;
Col.
Monk
Major
General
of
the
Foot
;
and
that
all
Officers
of
the
Army
who
should
by
their
Subscriptions
testify
their
Submission
to
this
Agreement
,
should
be
confirmed
in
their
Commands
,
from
thence
never
to
be
discharged
,
unless
by
a
Court-Martial
:
That
all
Officers
to
be
presented
to
any
Command
that
should
be
vacant
by
Dismission
,
Death
,
or
otherwise
,
should
be
nominated
by
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborow
,
Col.
Berry
,
my self
,
or
any
three
of
us
;
and
to
receive
their
Commissions
from
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
who
also
was
to
grant
new
ones
to
those
that
were
already
possessed
of
any
Military
Command
.
We
were
informed
also
by
this
Messenger
,
that
the
Council
of
Officers
had
agreed
upon
one
and
twenty
Persons
,
with
whom
they
pretended
to
entrust
the
Administration
of
all
Civil
Affairs
,
under
the
Title
of
a
Committee
of
Safety
,
resolving
to
obey
them
so
long
as
they
would
do
what
should
be
prescribed
to
them
.
This
Number
,
tho'
filled
up
with
Men
of
almost
all
Parties
,
yet
was
so
craftily
composed
,
that
the
Ballance
was
sufficiently
secured
to
those
of
their
own
Faction
.
The
Names
of
the
Committee
were
as
followeth
;
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Major
General
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborow
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Major
Saloway
,
the
Lord
Warriston
,
Col.
Tichburn
,
Commissioner
Whitlock
,
Col.
Berry
,
Mr.
Walter
Strickland
,
Col.
Hewetson
,
Mr.
Cornelius
Holland
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
Alderman
Ireton
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
Mr.
Serjeant
Steel
,
Mr.
Henry
Brandriff
,
Col.
Monk
,
Sir
Gilbert
Pickering
,
one
Person
more
,
and
my self
.
Notwithstanding
all
this
bad
News
,
I
resolved
to
pursue
my
Journey
;
and
having
viewed
the
Castle
of
Chester
,
exhorted
the
Officers
of
the
Irish
Brigade
to
persist
in
their
Resolutions
of
Fidelity
to
the
Parliament
,
and
written
to
the
Officers
in
Ireland
to
the
same
purpose
;
I
departed
from
thence
on
Monday
about
Noon
,
the
Streets
being
lined
with
Soldiers
as
at
my
Arrival
.
The
Horse
accompained
me
about
three
Miles
on
my
way
,
and
there
I
found
another
Troop
waiting
to
attend
me
to
Whitchurch
,
where
I
lay
that
Night
.
But
the
next
Morning
,
having
permitted
them
to
accompany
me
about
a
Mile
from
the
Town
,
I
dismissed
them
with
Thanks
for
their
Affection
,
and
extremely
pleased
to
be
freed
from
such
Ceremonies
;
admiring
how
it
should
come
to
pass
that
so
many
Men
delight
in
numerous
and
magnificent
Trains
,
which
,
besides
the
Trouble
it
put
,
others
to
,
mustnecessarily
render
those
for
whose
Service
they
are
designed
,
less
useful
and
easy
to
themselves
.
At
Coventry
I
found
some
of
the
Forces
that
had
been
in
the
Service
of
the
King
of
France
,
and
lately
brought
to
England
by
order
of
the
Parliament
,
upon
the
Insurrection
of
Sir
George
Booth's
Party
.
I
discoursed
with
the
Officers
concerning
their
Duty
in
this
Conjuncture
,
and
exhorted
them
to
continue
stedfast
in
their
Obedience
to
the
Parliament
,
which
they
promised
to
do
.
The
next
Night
I
lay
at
Northampton
,
and
was
informed
by
some
Passengers
who
came
from
London
,
that
Col.
Monk
,
had
declared
against
the
late
Proceedings
of
the
Army
.
Which
News
was
so
welcome
that
I
could
not
give
intire
Credit
to
it
,
till
it
was
confirmed
to
me
the
next
Night
at
Dunstable
,
and
the
Day
after
by
my
Wife
,
who
came
to
meet
me
at
St.
Albans
.
Being
arrived
at
London
,
I
went
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
who
endeavouring
to
perswade
me
to
go
into
a
Council
of
Officers
that
was
then
assembled
at
Wallingford-house
,
to
consider
of
Letters
brought
from
Col.
Monk
,
I
desired
to
be
excused
from
intermedling
in
their
Consultations
,
being
very
ill
satisfied
with
their
Proceedings
,
accounting
them
to
be
founded
upon
a
selfish
bottom
,
and
therefore
not
likely
to
produce
any
Good
to
the
Publick
.
He
requested
me
to
put
a
charitable
Construction
on
their
Actions
,
making
solemn
Protestations
of
his
own
Integrity
,
and
adding
,
that
whatsoever
Opinion
I
might
have
conceived
of
them
,
I
should
certainly
find
that
Monk's
Intentions
were
neither
sincere
nor
honest
.
To
which
I
replied
,
that
tho'
I
knew
not
what
Designs
he
might
have
to
carry
on
,
yet
it
ought
to
be
confessed
that
his
publick
Declaration
had
a
better
appearance
than
theirs
,
who
demanded
nothing
less
than
a
Government
by
the
Sword
.
By
him
and
others
whom
I
conversed
with
,
I
was
fully
acquainted
with
the
Grounds
and
Causes
of
this
second
Violence
offered
to
the
Parliament
,
which
had
been
designed
soon
after
their
Restitution
,
when
the
Grandees
of
the
Army
perceived
they
would
not
be
governed
by
them
;
and
had
been
more
speedily
put
in
execution
,
if
the
late
Tumults
of
the
Cavaliers
and
Presbyterians
had
not
caused
it
to
be
put
off
till
they
were
suppressed
.
The
Parliament
on
their
part
being
sensible
of
their
Danger
,
were
not
wholly
negligent
of
the
means
to
prevent
it
;
tho
I
cannot
say
they
gave
no
Advantages
to
the
Faction
of
the
Army
,
by
disgusting
the
Sectarian
Party
,
and
falling
in
with
the
corrupt
Interests
of
the
Lawyers
and
Clergy
,
wherein
the
Army
did
not
fail
to
outbid
them
when
they
saw
their
time
.
But
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
supposing
that
a
Conjunction
with
these
Men
would
contribute
much
to
deter
the
Officers
from
any
Attempt
against
the
Parliament
,
closed
with
them
,
and
thereby
dissatisfied
many
of
the
Commonwealth-Party
.
Neither
did
it
a
little
contribute
to
this
Disorder
,
that
Sir
Arthur
,
who
took
upon
him
to
be
the
principal
Manager
of
Affairs
in
Parliament
,
was
a
Man
of
a
disobliging
Carriage
,
sower
and
morose
of
Temper
,
liable
to
be
transported
with
Passion
,
and
to
whom
Liberality
seemed
to
be
a
Vice
.
Yet
to
do
him
Justice
,
I
must
acknowledge
,
that
I
am
under
no
manner
of
Doubt
concerning
the
Rectitude
and
Sincerity
of
his
Intentions
.
For
he
made
it
his
business
to
prevent
Arbitrary
Power
wheresoever
he
knew
it
to
be
affected
,
and
to
keep
the
Sword
subservient
to
the
Civil
Magistrate
.
To
this
end
he
had
procured
many
Officers
to
be
chosen
into
the
Army
,
with
whom
he
hoped
to
ballance
that
Faction
that
appeared
every
day
more
and
more
amongst
them
.
He
had
recommended
Col.
Fitz
to
the
Parliament
for
Lieutenant
of
the
Tower
,
and
took
care
on
all
Occasions
to
oblige
Col.
Monk
,
who
commanded
the
Forces
in
Scotland
.
He
presumed
upon
the
Fidelity
of
the
Fleet
and
Forces
in
Ireland
,
on
account
of
the
past
Services
of
those
that
commanded
them
,
and
their
former
Opposition
to
the
Usurpation
of
Cromwel
.
He
had
procured
a
Guard
of
chosen
Horse
commanded
by
Major
Evelyn
,
to
attend
the
Parliament
,
and
was
assured
of
Col.
Morley's
Regiment
,
with
those
of
Col.
Hacker
,
Col.
Okey
,
and
some
others
that
lay
in
or
near
the
Town
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Officers
at
Wallingford-house
had
not
been
idle
,
and
accounting
it
lawful
for
them
to
do
whatsoever
they
had
power
to
do
,
they
agreed
on
that
Petiton
which
I
mentioned
before
to
have
been
sent
from
Darby
,
and
privately
sent
it
down
thither
to
be
signed
and
dispersed
,
and
then
to
be
returned
to
London
,
as
if
it
had
been
drawn
at
Darby
,
and
by
no
means
to
be
presented
to
the
Parliament
,
unless
it
were
first
approved
by
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
and
signed
,
at
his
Recommendation
,
by
the
Officers
about
London
.
The
Lieutenant
General
having
received
this
pernicious
Paper
,
being
one
Morning
at
a
Committee
in
the
Speaker's
Chamber
before
the
House
was
sat
,
shewed
it
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
acquainting
him
how
it
came
to
his
hands
,
pretending
his
Dislike
of
it
,
and
a
Resolution
to
put
a
stop
to
it
.
Sir
Arthur
said
not
much
to
him
concerning
it
,
either
suspecting
him
to
be
in
the
Plot
,
or
thinking
that
if
speedy
care
were
not
taken
,
it
would
be
past
all
Remedy
:
And
therefore
procured
the
Speaker
immediately
to
take
the
Chair
,
and
to
send
for
the
Members
from
the
Committee
into
the
House
.
Which
being
done
,
he
obtained
an
Order
for
shutting
the
Door
,
and
bringing
the
Keys
to
the
Table
,
alledging
that
the
Business
which
he
had
to
impart
to
the
Parliament
required
that
Care
.
Then
he
communicated
to
them
the
Petition
it self
,
which
being
read
,
he
aggravated
the
Heniousness
of
the
Attempt
,
and
moved
that
Col.
Lambert
,
who
commanded
that
part
of
the
Army
amongst
whom
it
was
said
to
have
had
its
beginning
,
might
be
accused
of
High
Treason
,
and
commited
to
the
Tower
;
and
that
one
Major
Creed
and
Col.
Zanchey
might
also
be
taken
into
Custody
.
The
major
part
of
the
House
,
finding
their
very
Being
struck
at
by
this
Combination
,
seemed
very
ready
to
agree
with
those
who
were
the
most
zealous
for
the
Suppression
of
it
.
But
the
Lieutenant
General
affirming
,
that
,
according
to
the
best
of
his
Information
,
the
Petition
had
been
begun
and
carried
on
by
the
inferiour
Officers
of
the
Brigade
,
without
the
Knowledge
or
Consent
of
Col.
Lambert
:
That
it
was
not
to
have
been
presented
to
the
Parliament
without
the
Approbation
of
himself
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
about
London
;
and
that
he
had
taken
a
Resolution
to
suppress
it
;
the
House
inclined
to
more
gentle
Methods
,
and
contented
themselves
with
passing
a
Vote
,
to
express
their
Dislike
of
the
said
Petition
,
requiring
those
of
the
Army
to
forbear
any
farther
prosecution
of
it
,
and
commanding
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
to
issue
out
his
Letters
to
that
effect
to
the
several
Quarters
of
the
Army
,
which
he
did
accordingly
.
But
for
all
this
a
Council
of
Officers
was
summoned
to
meet
at
Wallingford-house
;
and
tho'
it
was
pretended
to
be
only
in
order
to
declare
their
Acquiescence
in
the
Resolution
of
the
Parliament
,
yet
the
Officers
fell
into
Debates
of
the
utmost
Rage
and
Madness
,
Col.
Lambert
,
who
was
present
,
sitting
still
as
a
Person
altogether
unconcerned
,
and
not
reproveing
them
in
the
least
for
their
Excesses
.
The
Result
of
all
was
,
that
a
Committee
of
the
Council
of
Officers
was
directed
to
prepare
an
Address
to
the
Parliament
,
wherein
after
the
specious
Promises
of
Obedience
they
desired
that
those
who
should
hereafter
misinform
the
House
,
as
had
been
done
in
their
Case
,
might
undergo
the
Censure
of
the
Parliament
:
That
a
Commander
in
Chief
might
be
constituted
without
limitation
of
Time
:
That
no
Officer
might
be
displaced
unless
by
a
Court-Martial
:
That
the
Act
of
Indemnity
might
be
enlarged
:
That
the
Revenue
of
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
might
be
augmented
,
and
that
his
Debts
might
be
paid
;
with
other
Particulars
,
most
of
which
were
as
absurd
for
the
Army
to
ask
,
as
for
the
Parliament
to
grant
.
However
,
the
Parliament
being
willing
to
leave
no
means
unattempted
that
might
give
Satisfaction
to
the
Army
,
taking
hold
of
that
Clause
in
the
Address
wherein
they
had
promised
Obedience
,
gave
them
Thanks
for
their
Affection
expressed
therein
,
and
promised
to
take
the
Particulars
of
the
Petition
into
their
speedy
and
serious
Consideration
,
to
do
therein
according
to
Justice
,
and
as
far
as
they
could
to
their
Satisfaction
.
In
pursuance
of
this
Promise
the
Parliament
proceeded
to
the
Consideration
of
the
several
Parts
of
the
Address
,
and
had
made
a
good
Progress
in
it
;
when
Col.
Okey
communicated
to
them
a
Letter
subscribed
by
Col.
Lambert
,
Col.
Desborow
,
Col.
Berry
,
Col.
Clerk
,
Col.
Barrow
,
who
were
of
a
Committee
nominated
by
the
Council
of
Officers
,
which
had
been
sent
to
him
to
encourage
Subscriptions
to
the
Petition
lately
read
in
the
House
.
By
which
Proceeding
it
was
manifest
,
that
they
intended
the
Petition
to
be
the
Ground
on
which
they
designed
to
unite
the
Army
against
the
Civil
Authority
.
The
Parliament
finding
that
the
ways
of
Compliance
which
they
had
been
taking
served
only
to
encourage
the
Army
to
Mutiny
and
Rebellion
,
resolved
upon
sharper
Counsels
.
And
to
that
end
,
having
caused
the
Door
of
the
House
to
be
locked
,
and
fully
informed
themselves
of
the
Matter
of
Fact
,
they
voted
the
Commissions
of
those
who
had
subscribed
the
said
Letter
to
be
void
.
They
voted
the
Commission
of
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
to
be
void
also
,
and
placed
by
an
Act
the
Power
of
Commander
in
Chief
of
all
the
Forces
in
England
and
Scotland
in
the
seven
following
Persons
,
viz.
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Col.
Monk
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Col.
Walton
,
Col.
Morley
,
Col.
Overton
,
and
Me
.
Then
they
caused
the
Speaker
to
demand
of
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
who
was
present
in
the
House
,
if
he
would
submit
to
this
Resolution
of
the
Parliament
;
to
which
he
answered
,
that
he
would
.
They
also
declared
,
that
no
Tax
should
be
laid
or
levied
upon
the
People
,
unless
by
Act
of
Parliament
;
under
the
Penalty
due
to
those
that
are
guilty
of
High
Treason
.
This
Business
,
tho'
carried
with
as
much
Privacy
as
it
could
be
,
yet
came
to
the
notice
of
the
Officers
without
doors
,
who
being
surprized
at
the
Resolution
of
the
Parliament
,
and
convinced
that
the
least
Delay
might
prove
dangerous
,
used
all
possible
Diligence
in
drawing
together
their
Party
,
and
preparing
themselves
for
their
designed
Work
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Parliament
ordered
the
Regiments
of
Col.
Morley
and
Col.
Moss
to
march
forthwith
to
Westminster
for
their
Security
,
and
sent
for
the
rest
of
the
Troops
that
were
about
the
Town
to
draw
down
to
them
also
with
all
convenient
speed
.
In
pursuance
of
which
Order
,
Col.
Okey
endeavoured
to
bring
down
his
Regiment
of
Horse
,
but
the
greatest
part
of
them
deserted
him
.
For
most
of
the
old
Officers
whom
Cromwel
had
by
his
Example
corrupted
with
the
horrid
Vices
of
Ambition
and
Treachery
,
found
it
easy
to
delude
the
inferior
Officers
and
private
Souldiers
,
who
had
either
utterly
forgot
their
Trades
,
or
were
unwilling
to
return
to
an
industrious
Life
,
into
a
compliance
with
any
Design
,
in
order
to
get
a
living
.
Col.
Lambert
was
the
Person
that
made
the
first
Attempt
against
the
Parliament's
Guard
,
endeavouring
at
the
Head
of
a
Party
of
Horse
to
break
in
upon
that
part
where
Col.
Morley
was
posted
with
his
Regiment
.
But
the
Colonel
advancing
and
assuring
him
,
that
if
he
persisted
,
he
would
fire
upon
him
,
Lambert
answered
,
I
will
then
go
the
other
way
,
which
he
did
,
after
he
had
given
Order
to
block
up
the
Avenues
by
the
Mill-Bank
with
Carts
and
other
Impediments
,
to
prevent
the
Guards
of
the
Parliament
from
sallying
out
upon
them
by
that
way
.
The
Army
had
also
placed
a
Party
of
theirs
in
King-street
,
and
in
the
Church-yard
near
the
Abby
,
some
of
Col.
Morley's
Regiment
having
already
possessed
themselves
of
the
Old
Palace-yard
.
In
this
posture
they
continued
all
Night
.
The
next
Morning
that
Guard
of
the
Army
which
lay
in
the
Church-yard
advanced
with
one
Major
Grimes
at
the
Head
of
them
towards
those
of
Col.
Morley's
Regiment
,
who
were
in
the
Palace-yard
:
Of
which
Motion
the
Colonel
being
informed
,
drew
out
those
that
he
had
with
him
,
and
hastned
to
their
Relief
.
Both
Parties
being
come
within
Pistol-shot
,
and
each
of
them
ready
to
fire
,
those
of
the
Army
began
to
invite
Col.
Morley's
Men
to
go
over
to
them
,
desiring
them
to
remember
that
they
had
hitherto
fought
together
,
and
that
it
was
unreasonable
now
to
become
Enemies
.
In
like
manner
Col.
Morley's
Party
endeavoured
to
perswade
those
of
the
Army
to
join
with
them
in
the
Defence
of
the
Parliament
,
who
they
said
had
been
always
successful
in
the
Administration
of
Publick
Affairs
,
and
to
whom
the
Officers
of
the
Army
had
so
lately
promised
Obedience
,
when
they
received
their
last
Commissions
:
who
had
always
taken
effectual
care
for
their
constant
Pay
,
and
who
were
the
only
Authority
that
could
do
so
for
the
future
.
The
chief
Officers
at
length
interposing
,
it
was
agreed
,
that
both
Parties
should
for
the
present
retire
to
their
former
Stations
.
On
the
other
side
,
Col.
Lambert
being
advanced
near
that
Party
which
was
commanded
by
Col.
Moss
,
demanded
of
them
if
they
would
suffer
nine
of
their
old
Officers
,
who
had
so
often
spent
their
Blood
for
them
and
with
them
,
to
be
disgraced
and
ruined
with
their
Families
.
The
Colonel
answered
,
that
tho'
that
should
be
the
Case
,
yet
it
were
much
better
that
nine
Families
should
be
destroyed
,
than
the
Civil
Authority
of
the
Nation
trampled
under
Foot
,
who
designed
not
the
Ruin
of
any
,
but
only
to
remove
from
their
Commands
nine
Officers
,
who
by
their
seditious
Carriage
had
rendred
themselves
unworthy
of
that
Trust
.
But
Col.
Lambert's
Oratory
was
more
prevalent
with
the
Person
that
commanded
the
Parliament's
Guard
of
Horse
,
who
perceiving
that
divers
of
his
Men
had
left
him
,
and
revolted
by
the
treacherous
Perswasions
of
one
Cathness
his
Lieutenant
,
dismounted
in
the
Head
of
his
Troop
at
the
Command
of
Lambert
.
Some
of
Col.
Moss
his
Regiment
went
off
also
,
each
Party
using
their
Rhetorick
to
bring
over
as
many
as
they
could
.
On
the
other
part
some
came
over
to
the
Parliament's
Party
,
and
particularly
three
intire
Companies
of
Col.
Sydenham's
Regiment
.
But
at
last
the
Army
gained
their
Point
,
and
placed
Guards
both
by
Land
and
Water
,
to
hinder
the
Members
of
Parliament
from
approaching
the
House
,
tho'
Sir
Peter
Wentworth
being
rowed
by
a
Crew
of
able
Watermen
,
broke
through
their
Guard
on
the
River
,
and
got
into
the
House
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Speaker
endeavouring
to
pass
in
his
Coach
through
the
Guards
of
the
Army
was
stopped
near
the
Gate
of
the
Palace-yard
by
Lieutenant
Colonel
Duckenfield
;
and
being
demanded
whither
he
was
going
,
the
Speaker
answered
,
to
perform
his
Duty
at
the
House
:
Then
turning
himself
to
the
Souldiers
,
he
told
them
,
that
he
was
their
General
,
and
expected
their
Obedience
.
But
these
Men
having
resolved
to
destroy
the
Civil
Authority
,
and
to
set
up
the
Sword
in
the
room
of
it
,
forced
his
Coachman
to
drive
back
,
and
as
he
passed
by
Wallingford-house
,
would
have
compelled
him
to
drive
in
at
the
Gate
,
telling
the
Speaker
,
that
he
must
go
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
.
But
the
Speaker
commanded
the
Coachman
to
drive
home
:
and
having
told
the
Officers
,
that
if
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
had
any
business
with
him
,
he
might
come
to
his
House
,
they
desisted
from
giving
him
any
farther
Trouble
at
that
time
.
During
those
Disorders
,
the
Council
of
State
still
assembled
at
the
usual
Place
;
and
at
one
of
their
Meetings
Col.
Sydenham
,
who
was
one
of
them
,
made
a
Speech
,
wherein
he
endeavoured
to
justify
these
Proceedings
of
the
Army
,
undertaking
to
prove
that
they
were
necessitated
●●
make
use
of
this
last
Remedy
by
a
particular
Call
of
the
Divine
Providence
.
But
the
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
who
was
then
present
,
tho'
by
long
Sickness
very
weak
and
much
extenuated
,
yet
animated
by
his
ardent
Zeal
and
constant
Affection
to
the
Common
Cause
,
upon
hearing
those
Words
,
stood
up
and
interrupted
him
,
declaring
his
Abhorrence
of
that
detestable
Action
,
and
telling
the
Council
,
that
being
now
going
to
his
God
,
he
had
not
Patience
to
sit
there
to
hear
his
Great
Name
so
openly
blasphemed
;
and
thereupon
departed
to
his
Lodgings
,
and
withdrew
himself
from
Publick
Employment
.
The
Army
having
resolved
to
finish
the
Work
,
appointed
a
select
Number
of
Persons
,
consisting
for
the
most
part
of
themselves
and
their
Creatures
,
to
have
the
Administration
of
Civil-Affairs
,
calling
them
,
as
I
said
before
,
A
Committee
of
Safety
:
and
knowing
that
it
was
of
great
Importance
to
secure
the
Forces
in
Ireland
and
Scotland
to
their
Interest
,
they
dispatched
Col.
Barrow
,
formerly
mentioned
,
to
Ireland
,
and
Col.
Cobbet
to
Scotland
,
on
that
Design
.
The
News
of
this
great
Change
being
brought
to
Ireland
,
was
at
first
received
with
great
Sadness
and
Discontent
;
but
after
three
or
four
days
,
when
Col.
Barrow
had
given
Assurances
of
Favour
and
Advancement
to
divers
Officers
,
he
easily
perswaded
many
of
them
that
the
Army
would
make
use
of
their
Power
●o
good
Ends.
Yet
so
much
Dissatisfaction
remained
in
the
major
part
of
them
,
that
the
Colonel
could
not
obtain
any
publick
Approbation
from
them
of
the
Proceedings
of
the
Army
in
England
:
Only
they
sent
a
Letter
inclosed
in
one
to
me
,
and
directed
to
the
Council
of
Officers
at
London
,
advising
them
to
be
very
circumspect
in
their
Actions
,
lest
they
should
happent
to
split
as
formerly
upon
the
Rocks
of
Pride
and
Ambition
.
At
the
same
time
I
received
Letters
from
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
Col.
Cooper
,
and
other
Officers
,
to
inform
me
,
that
those
who
had
the
Management
of
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
endeavoured
on
all
occasions
to
impose
upon
them
,
and
therefore
earnestly
desired
my
Presence
there
.
Col.
Cobbet
had
not
so
good
Success
in
Scotland
:
For
Col.
Monk
,
who
had
another
Part
to
play
,
having
secured
to
himself
the
Fidelity
of
most
of
his
Officers
who
had
been
with
him
for
many
Years
,
and
by
the
particular
Favour
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
had
not
been
altered
by
the
Committee
of
Nominations
,
seized
Col.
Cobbert
with
some
Officers
that
he
suspected
might
oppose
his
Designs
,
and
sent
them
Prisoners
into
one
of
the
Islands
.
After
that
he
declared
for
the
Parliament
,
and
writ
three
Letters
,
whereof
the
first
was
directed
to
the
Speaker
,
the
second
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
and
the
third
to
Col.
Lambert
▪
In
that
to
the
Speaker
he
assured
him
,
that
he
would
expose
himself
and
the
Forces
with
him
to
all
hazards
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Authority
,
in
obedience
to
the
Commission
he
had
received
from
them
.
In
his
Letters
to
the
Lieutenant
General
and
Col.
Lambert
,
he
endeavoured
to
perswade
them
to
use
their
Interest
and
Power
to
restore
the
Parliament
,
declaring
his
own
Resolution
in
that
Matter
.
I
also
received
a
Letter
from
him
,
wherein
he
acquainted
me
with
his
Intentions
touching
the
Parliament
,
and
desired
my
Assistance
therein
.
In
this
Confusion
of
things
it
was
brought
about
,
chiefly
by
the
Interest
of
Sir
Henry
Vane
with
Col.
Lambert
,
that
the
said
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Major
Saloway
,
and
my self
,
should
meet
and
confer
with
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Col.
Lambert
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
and
Col.
Desborow
,
concerning
the
present
Condition
of
Affairs
.
Accordingly
we
met
in
one
of
the
Council-Chambers
at
Whitehall
,
where
Col.
Lambert
in
the
first
place
demanded
of
me
,
If
I
could
give
him
my
hand
.
I
answered
,
that
tho'
according
to
my
Information
his
part
in
the
late
Action
appeared
to
me
very
unwarrantable
;
yet
if
it
might
make
me
more
capable
of
serving
the
Publick
,
and
recommend
my
Endeavours
for
the
Peace
of
the
Nation
,
and
the
Reconciliation
of
the
Differences
amongst
us
,
I
could
not
only
give
him
my
Hand
but
my
Heart
also
.
Then
he
laboured
to
justify
his
late
Proceedings
,
protesting
that
he
had
no
Intention
to
interrupt
the
Parliament
till
the
time
that
he
did
it
,
and
that
he
was
necessitated
to
that
Extremity
for
his
own
Preservation
,
saying
,
That
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
was
so
enraged
against
him
,
that
he
would
be
satisfied
with
nothing
but
his
Blood
.
I
endeavoured
to
take
him
off
from
that
Opinion
,
by
telling
him
,
that
being
assured
of
Sir
Arthur's
sincere
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
I
could
not
think
that
he
would
do
any
thing
to
the
Prejudice
of
those
that
were
Friends
to
it
.
I
told
him
also
,
that
according
to
my
Notion
of
things
,
the
Aim
and
Design
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
was
good
,
even
in
that
matter
whi●●
had
been
the
first
occasion
of
Difference
between
them
concerning
new
Titles
and
Powers
,
which
had
proved
so
fatal
to
the
Parliament
in
former
time
,
and
which
he
thought
very
unsafe
under
an
equal
and
moderate
Government
.
I
assured
him
that
Sir
Arthur
had
a
Personal
Respect
for
him
,
which
he
had
manifested
on
several
occasions
,
particularly
I
desired
him
to
remember
that
he
had
prevailed
with
the
Parliament
to
grant
him
the
Command
of
two
Regiments
,
and
sided
with
those
Members
who
were
for
the
greatest
Sum
to
be
given
him
in
acknowledgment
of
his
Service
in
Cheshire
.
In
conclusion
,
I
told
him
that
Sir
Arthur
was
well
known
not
to
be
of
an
obliging
Carriage
;
and
therefore
if
ever
he
had
been
used
too
roughly
by
him
,
it
would
become
him
to
pardon
it
,
and
to
charge
it
upon
his
Temper
,
especially
since
he
had
not
spared
the
best
of
his
Friends
,
of
which
I
gave
him
divers
Instances
,
some
of
which
related
to
my self
.
After
this
Discourse
the
Officers
declared
to
us
their
Resolution
to
do
great
things
for
the
Publick
Good
,
and
pressed
us
earnestly
to
come
amongst
them
to
their
Committee
of
Safety
:
but
we
desired
to
be
excused
,
till
such
time
as
the
Common
Cause
might
be
secured
to
the
satisfaction
of
good
Men
,
and
therefore
agreed
upon
another
Meeting
,
wherein
this
Affair
might
be
fully
debated
.
In
the
mean
time
I
endeavoured
to
moderate
the
Warmth
of
some
of
the
Parliament-Party
,
and
to
bring
them
to
desire
a
Reconciliation
with
the
Army
,
that
by
that
means
the
Publick
might
be
preserved
from
Ruin
;
and
to
this
end
a
Meeting
was
appointed
between
Mr.
Scot
,
Col.
Morley
,
Mr.
Say
,
my self
,
and
one
Person
more
,
whose
Name
I
have
forgot
;
where
after
much
debate
on
that
Subject
,
I
shewed
them
the
Address
which
I
had
brought
from
all
the
Officers
in
Ireland
,
as
well
General
as
Inferiour
,
to
whom
it
had
been
tendered
,
and
informed
them
that
the
Irish
Brigade
had
assured
me
at
Chester
,
that
they
would
continue
faithful
to
the
Parliament
,
and
had
acknowledged
their
Error
in
signing
the
Petition
from
Darby
.
Hereupon
they
desired
me
to
publish
the
Address
from
Ireland
,
together
with
what
had
passed
between
the
Irish
Brigade
and
Me
,
supposing
it
might
be
of
great
Service
in
that
Conjuncture
.
I
told
them
I
would
consider
of
it
,
and
that
for
the
present
I
had
nothing
to
object
against
the
Publication
of
those
Papers
,
except
my
Fear
,
that
by
so
doing
I
might
so
far
exasperate
the
Army
,
as
to
render
all
my
Offices
to
reconcile
them
to
to
the
Parliament
utterly
ineffectual
.
When
the
Company
was
separated
,
and
Mr.
Scot
and
I
going
away
together
,
he
earnestly
pressed
me
to
improve
the
Opportunity
which
he
said
I
had
in
my
hands
,
to
be
highly
serviceable
to
the
Publick
,
which
if
I
neglected
,
I
should
repent
it
as
long
as
I
had
an
Hour
to
live
.
I
told
him
that
I
thought
he
laid
too
much
Weight
on
my
Interest
:
But
yet
desired
him
to
inform
me
what
he
thought
it
my
Duty
to
do
.
He
said
that
I
ought
by
all
means
to
declare
against
the
Proceedings
of
the
Army
,
and
to
join
with
Monk
in
opposition
to
them
.
I
replied
,
that
tho'
I
knew
not
what
the
Design
of
Monk
might
be
,
yet
I
had
entertained
a
charitable
Opinion
of
him
,
by
reason
of
his
Declaration
for
the
Parliament
:
But
that
it
was
my
Judgment
,
that
if
either
the
Parliament
or
the
Army
should
entirely
prevail
one
against
the
other
in
this
Juncture
,
it
would
hazard
the
Ruin
of
both
;
and
therefore
I
thought
my self
obliged
in
Duty
to
use
the
utmost
of
my
Endeavours
to
bring
them
to
a
Reconciliation
,
before
I
should
think
of
declaring
my self
.
For
as
there
was
no
appearance
that
the
Army
could
long
subsist
without
a
due
Provision
for
their
Payment
,
which
the
Parliament
only
could
make
to
the
Content
of
the
People
,
especially
since
the
passing
of
the
Vote
against
levying
Money
unless
by
their
Authority
;
so
also
it
was
necessary
for
the
Parliament
to
have
the
Assistance
of
the
Army
in
the
great
Work
they
had
before
them
,
to
establish
a
just
and
equal
Government
in
the
Nation
.
After
this
I
waited
on
Mr.
Lenthal
the
Speaker
of
the
Parliament
,
and
gave
him
also
an
Account
of
the
State
of
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
and
that
I
had
many
things
to
offer
to
the
Parliament
from
that
Nation
,
which
I
hoped
speedily
to
do
,
when
he
should
return
to
the
Chair
of
the
House
;
to
which
end
I
assured
him
I
would
imploy
all
my
Interest
,
being
fully
convinced
of
the
Injustice
of
the
Army
in
the
late
Violence
,
and
that
no
Authority
but
that
of
the
Parliament
can
render
any
Form
of
Government
agreeable
to
the
People
.
I
acquainted
him
also
with
the
Sentiments
of
the
Irish
Brigade
,
with
all
which
he
declared
himself
much
satisfied
;
and
having
given
me
a
Relation
of
his
own
Gallantry
towards
those
of
the
Army
that
had
mutined
against
him
,
as
beforementioned
,
I
took
my
leave
for
that
time
.
Some
of
the
Council
of
State
writ
Letters
to
Col.
Monk
to
incourage
him
in
his
Resolutions
for
the
Parliament
;
and
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
sent
one
Capt
.
Lloyd
with
an
Answer
to
that
which
he
had
received
from
the
Colonel
,
and
to
promise
on
his
part
all
the
Advantages
that
he
could
desire
.
Col.
Jones
,
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
and
about
six
or
seven
Officers
more
drew
up
an
Answer
to
Monk's
Letter
directed
to
me
in
Ireland
,
and
sent
it
to
me
at
London
for
my
approbation
,
together
with
the
Letter
it self
.
Having
perused
both
,
I
perceived
a
great
Alteration
in
many
of
the
Officers
of
Ireland
,
and
a
great
Defection
from
their
Duty
.
For
in
their
Answer
they
manifestly
took
part
with
the
Army
,
and
required
Monk
to
desist
from
his
Undertaking
,
charging
the
Blood
that
might
be
shed
in
this
Quarrel
on
his
Head
,
with
much
more
to
the
same
effect
.
With
these
Letters
I
received
others
from
Col.
Cooper
and
Maj.
Warren
,
complaining
of
the
said
Breach
,
and
of
the
Hardships
which
they
said
were
put
upon
them
by
those
whom
I
had
intrusted
with
the
Command
of
the
Forces
,
and
earnestly
pressing
me
to
return
to
them
.
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
answer
these
Letters
,
and
in
that
to
Col.
Jones
I
expressed
my
Dissatisfaction
with
what
he
and
some
others
had
written
to
Col.
Monk
,
wherein
they
had
espoused
the
Interests
of
the
Army
,
contrary
to
the
Trust
they
had
received
from
the
Parliament
and
me
,
which
thing
deserved
the
more
blame
,
because
the
Army
had
as
yet
declared
for
no
other
Government
than
that
of
a
Court-Martial
;
whereas
Col.
Monk
,
whatever
his
Designs
might
be
,
had
hitherto
asserted
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
.
To
the
same
purpose
I
writ
to
Col.
Cooper
and
Major
Warren
,
advising
them
to
be
careful
not
to
join
themselves
to
a
Faction
in
opposition
to
the
Civil
Authority
of
the
Nation
;
and
sent
Orders
to
Col.
Cooper
,
who
was
a
good
Officer
,
and
very
acceptable
to
the
best
sort
of
People
in
the
Northern
Parts
,
to
command
the
Forces
there
,
and
to
be
vigilant
on
all
occasions
to
promote
the
Publick
Service
:
And
tho'
the
Letters
which
had
been
sent
to
Ireland
by
the
Council
of
Officers
at
Wallingford-House
were
for
the
present
laid
aside
;
yet
being
informed
that
Endeavours
were
used
privately
to
make
them
take
effect
,
and
to
engage
those
Forces
to
the
Faction
of
the
Army
,
I
went
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
and
desired
him
,
that
to
prevent
setting
the
Army
in
Ireland
together
by
the
Ears
,
the
Proceedings
in
that
matter
might
be
let
fall
,
telling
him
that
if
they
absolutely
required
the
Officers
there
to
subscribe
their
Confederacy
,
it
would
come
to
pass
that
many
of
them
would
lay
down
their
Commissions
,
and
thereby
a
way
would
be
open
to
fill
their
Places
with
corrupt
and
scandalous
Persons
,
who
might
not
only
prove
the
Causes
of
great
Disorders
in
that
Country
,
but
also
would
be
so
fixed
in
their
Stations
,
as
not
easily
to
be
removed
again
,
it
being
one
of
the
Articles
of
their
Papers
,
that
no
Officer
should
be
displaced
but
by
a
Court-Martial
.
The
Lieutenant
General
avowing
that
he
had
not
forseen
either
of
those
Inconveniences
,
promised
to
desist
from
any
farther
Prosecution
of
that
matter
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Officers
at
Wallingford-House
were
not
negligent
,
and
having
drawn
up
an
Engagement
,
as
I
said
before
,
they
required
those
of
the
Army
who
desired
to
continue
in
their
Imployments
,
to
subscribe
it
.
By
this
means
Col.
Okey
,
Col.
Morley
,
Col.
Alured
,
Lieutenant
Col.
Farley
,
and
divers
others
who
were
not
of
their
Faction
,
were
removed
from
their
Commands
;
tho'
Col.
Moss
and
Col.
Rich
were
permitted
to
continue
in
their
Charges
without
subscribing
.
Col.
Rich
was
the
more
willing
to
retain
his
Regiment
,
that
he
might
be
the
better
acquainted
with
the
Designs
of
the
Army
,
and
have
more
Opportunities
of
rectifying
the
Mistakes
of
such
Officers
,
who
tho'
honest
and
well
meaning
Men
,
yet
might
happen
to
be
deluded
by
the
plausible
Pretences
of
their
Superiors
.
But
that
which
principally
perswaded
him
to
continue
amongst
them
,
was
the
Interest
and
Friendship
which
he
had
with
Vice
Admiral
Lawson
,
who
commanded
the
Fleet
at
that
time
,
and
who
very
much
depended
upon
the
Advice
of
the
Colonel
for
the
Measures
he
should
take
to
serve
the
Publick
.
Their
Committee
of
Safety
also
nominated
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Commissioner
Whitlock
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Major
Saloway
,
Co●
▪
Tichburn
,
and
Me
,
to
consider
of
a
Form
of
Government
for
the
three
Nations
,
and
to
report
our
Opinions
to
them
.
And
tho
some
of
us
were
very
unwilling
to
have
any
part
in
an
Affair
of
this
nature
,
yet
seeing
we
were
now
under
the
Power
and
Government
of
the
Sword
,
we
resolved
to
procure
the
best
Settlement
we
could
get
,
if
we
could
not
obtain
such
a
one
as
we
desired
,
hoping
at
least
to
procure
the
Regulation
of
what
was
most
amiss
.
And
therefore
we
had
several
Metings
on
this
Subject
,
wherein
we
agreed
upon
the
principal
Points
in
dispute
.
But
the
greatest
Difficulty
was
in
what
manner
the
Result
of
our
Debates
should
receive
a
Sanction
.
The
Army-Party
desired
that
the
Forces
on
foot
in
the
three
Nations
should
be
drawn
together
,
and
that
they
,
with
such
of
the
People
who
would
join
with
them
,
should
give
their
Consent
to
the
Form
agreed
on
in
a
Publick
Assembly
.
This
I
could
not
approve
,
but
resolved
,
if
we
could
come
to
any
Agreement
,
to
procure
it
to
be
laid
before
the
Parliament
for
their
Approbation
,
or
never
to
assent
to
it
.
During
these
Transactions
,
Colonel
Monk
having
received
the
Answer
of
Colonel
Jones
,
and
other
Officers
in
Ireland
,
to
the
Letter
he
had
written
to
them
,
and
not
liking
the
Contents
of
it
,
seized
Major
Barret
,
by
whom
it
was
sent
;
and
resolving
to
March
for
London
with
all
possible
Expedition
,
he
fell
upon
new
Modelling
his
Men
;
wherein
he
had
Two
notable
Advantages
,
the
one
from
divers
of
his
Officers
,
who
being
of
the
Wallingford-House
Party
,
voluntarily
surrendred
their
Commissions
to
him
,
whose
Places
he
immediately
filled
with
his
own
Creatures
:
The
other
from
the
late
Act
of
Parliament
,
whereby
he
was
constituted
one
of
the
seven
Generals
,
appointed
to
command
the
Army
,
by
virtue
of
which
Authority
he
undertook
so
to
regulate
his
Forces
,
as
might
be
most
for
his
purpose
.
Before
his
Departure
from
Scotland
,
he
procured
a
Sum
of
Money
from
the
Scots
,
with
which
he
paid
his
Soldiers
,
and
thereby
obliged
them
the
more
to
his
Service
,
especially
at
this
time
,
when
they
knew
the
Army
in
England
were
in
want
of
it
,
and
knew
not
well
how
to
Raise
any
,
having
interrupted
the
Civil
Authority
,
by
whom
alone
Money
may
rightfully
be
Raised
.
The
Army-Party
being
informed
of
his
Design
,
resolved
to
draw
a
Body
of
their
Troops
together
to
be
sent
against
him
,
with
Orders
,
if
possible
,
to
possess
themselves
of
Newcastle
,
a
place
of
great
Importance
to
the
City
of
London
,
and
to
Fight
him
if
an
Opportunity
should
be
offered
.
Four
thousand
Foot
,
and
Three
thousand
five
hundred
Horse
were
appointed
for
this
Service
,
together
with
the
Irish
Brigade
,
Commanded
by
Colonel
Zanchey
,
who
notwithstanding
his
late
Carriage
,
came
with
great
Confidence
to
me
,
to
receive
my
Orders
;
but
I
was
very
reserved
to
him
in
that
particular
,
knowing
how
instrumental
he
had
been
in
promoting
the
present
Disorders
.
The
Committee
of
the
Army
intrusted
Colonel
Lambert
with
the
Command
of
these
Forces
,
who
having
dispatched
his
Orders
to
the
Souldery
that
were
Quartered
in
the
North
to
draw
together
,
and
to
seize
on
the
Town
of
Newcastle
,
went
himself
by
Post
for
that
Place
.
Before
his
Departure
,
he
desired
those
who
had
been
appointed
to
consider
of
a
Form
of
Government
,
to
proceed
in
their
Consultations
,
and
to
send
the
Result
of
them
to
him
,
promising
to
give
his
Assent
and
Approbation
to
it
.
But
some
of
us
earnestly
pressed
that
we
might
come
to
an
Agreement
before
he
began
his
Journey
,
assuring
him
that
it
would
very
much
tend
to
facilitate
his
present
Undertaking
,
especially
if
the
Establishment
designed
might
be
so
just
and
equal
,
that
a
good
Man
might
reasonably
adventure
his
Life
in
the
Defence
of
it
;
whereas
on
the
contrary
,
if
things
were
left
uncertain
,
and
no
Form
of
Government
agreed
upon
,
Men
would
not
easily
be
perswaded
to
engage
for
a
Party
,
against
those
who
at
least
pretended
to
act
for
the
Civil
Authority
.
He
acknowledg'd
the
Force
of
these
Reasons
,
but
could
not
be
prevailed
upon
to
stay
till
it
should
be
perfected
,
tho'
he
desired
it
might
be
sent
after
him
with
all
possible
Expedition
.
In
the
mean
time
Colonel
Jones
,
and
those
Officers
who
were
in
and
about
Dublin
,
sent
Lieutenant
Colonel
Dobson
to
be
their
Agent
in
England
,
and
to
inform
them
of
publick
Affairs
.
He
had
been
used
ill
by
Oliver
,
and
unjustly
removed
from
his
Command
;
which
being
Represented
to
me
when
I
was
there
,
I
advanced
him
to
be
a
Field
Officer
:
But
being
a
Man
of
slender
Ability
,
and
little
acquainted
with
Publick
Affairs
,
he
was
easily
deluded
by
the
fair
Pretences
of
the
Wallingford-House
Party
,
and
became
their
Creature
,
rather
than
the
Agent
of
those
that
sent
him
.
And
now
Colonel
Jones
despairing
to
prevail
upon
the
Council
of
Officers
,
whilst
together
,
to
subscribe
the
Design
of
governing
the
Three
Nations
by
a
Council
of
War
,
dispersed
them
to
their
respective
Quarters
,
and
sent
the
Wallingford-House
Paper
to
be
Subscribed
by
them
,
when
they
could
not
have
an
Opportunity
of
Consulting
together
,
accompanied
with
Letters
from
himself
to
press
them
to
it
:
And
having
declared
openly
,
that
if
they
refused
to
Subscribe
,
the
Army
in
England
would
find
a
way
to
detain
the
Pay
that
had
been
assigned
to
them
by
the
Parliament
;
many
of
those
who
had
signed
an
Engagement
to
the
Parliament
,
which
I
had
carried
over
to
England
,
and
therein
expressed
their
Sorrow
for
the
Interruption
of
the
Civil
Authority
,
together
with
their
firm
Resolution
to
adhere
constantly
to
them
for
the
future
,
were
now
brought
in
to
sign
an
Engagement
directly
contrary
to
the
former
.
Of
which
being
informed
,
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
write
to
Colonel
Jones
,
and
other
Officers
of
the
Army
,
and
to
expostulate
with
them
concerning
the
Foulness
of
these
Practises
,
that
were
not
only
contrary
to
their
late
solemn
Promises
,
and
pretended
Sorrow
for
their
former
evil
Compliances
,
but
also
tending
in
a
high
degree
,
to
set
up
the
power
of
the
Sword
upon
the
Ruines
of
the
Civil
Authority
.
Colonel
Jones
in
his
Answer
excus'd
himself
,
as
not
having
foreseen
the
Inconveniencies
of
the
foresaid
Paper
,
affirming
that
he
had
only
permitted
it
to
be
promoted
at
the
incessant
Importunities
of
others
;
but
yet
he
expressed
some
discontent
that
I
should
lay
so
heavy
a
Charge
upon
him
,
who
had
undertaken
his
Imployment
at
my
Desire
,
and
had
managed
it
according
to
the
best
of
his
Understanding
.
He
concluded
,
that
he
earnestly
desired
I
would
return
to
my
Command
,
and
ease
him
of
the
Burden
that
was
upon
him
.
About
the
same
time
Serjeant
Steel
,
one
of
the
Commissioners
in
Ireland
,
being
nominated
of
the
Committee
of
Safety
,
took
that
opportunity
to
go
into
England
,
as
he
had
long
desired
to
do
,
by
whose
Departure
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
suffered
much
,
he
being
generally
esteemed
to
be
a
Man
of
great
Prudence
and
uncorrupted
Integrity
.
At
London
he
refused
to
Act
in
the
Committee
of
Safety
;
and
tho'
he
sometimes
went
to
Wallingford
House
,
and
Discoursed
with
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
and
some
others
,
about
things
relating
to
a
future
Establishment
,
yet
he
always
declared
his
Opinion
to
be
,
that
the
Parliament
were
the
only
proper
Judges
of
that
Matter
,
and
used
the
best
of
his
Endeavours
that
they
might
be
restored
to
their
Authority
.
After
his
Departure
,
the
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
in
Ireland
sell
in
with
the
Party
of
the
Army
,
and
altered
their
Title
in
the
Orders
and
Commissions
Signed
by
them
,
from
that
of
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
,
to
that
of
Commissioners
of
the
Common-wealth
;
and
being
informed
that
the
Garison
of
Ayre
in
Scotland
had
discharged
their
Governour
,
and
declared
for
Monk
,
they
ordered
a
Ship
of
War
to
cruise
on
that
Coast
,
to
prevent
their
Correspondence
with
the
Northern
Parts
of
Ireland
.
Colonel
Lambert
being
now
in
the
North
of
England
,
and
his
Forces
in
Possession
of
Newcastle
,
divers
Messages
passed
between
him
and
Colonel
Monk
,
the
latter
always
declaring
his
Resolution
,
as
he
had
done
before
to
the
Generals
Commissioned
by
the
Parliament
,
to
be
assisting
to
them
in
settling
the
Government
on
the
Foot
of
a
Common-wealth
,
without
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Lords
:
And
seeing
that
the
Army
had
begun
to
treat
with
him
,
he
nominated
Col
Wilkes
,
Col.
Knight
,
and
Lieutenant
Col.
Clobery
,
to
be
Commissioners
to
adjust
the
present
Differences
with
those
of
the
Wallingford-House
Party
.
The
Irish
Brigade
,
tho'
Colonel
Zanchey
and
others
endeavoured
to
perswade
them
to
join
heartily
with
those
of
the
Army
,
had
not
quite
forgot
our
Discourse
at
Chester
,
and
therefore
they
resolved
not
to
engage
against
Monk
,
till
they
might
see
,
that
what
they
were
about
to
Fight
for
,
was
worth
the
Hazard
they
were
to
run
.
To
this
end
they
signed
a
Paper
in
the
Nature
of
an
Association
,
whereby
they
obliged
themselves
to
live
and
die
together
;
one
of
the
principal
Officers
informing
me
by
a
Letter
,
that
if
Colonel
Lambert
designed
to
advance
himself
,
he
must
chuse
another
Pole
to
climb
by
than
the
Irish
Brigade
,
who
were
fully
resolved
not
to
assist
him
in
such
an
Attempt
.
Lambert
being
made
acquainted
with
the
foresaid
Paper
,
concluded
that
the
Jealousy
they
had
of
him
arose
from
the
Influence
I
had
upon
that
Brigade
,
and
thereupon
wrote
to
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
desiring
him
to
procure
a
Letter
from
me
to
them
,
to
remove
that
prejudice
which
they
had
entertained
against
him
.
Accordingly
Sir
Henry
Vane
came
to
me
,
and
having
assured
me
that
Colonel
Lambert
had
rather
been
made
use
of
by
the
Wallingford-House
Party
,
than
that
he
had
been
in
any
manner
the
principal
Contriver
of
the
late
Disorders
,
and
that
he
would
be
an
Impediment
to
them
in
their
Design
of
advancing
a
single
Person
;
I
consented
to
desire
our
Brigade
,
that
they
would
be
careful
to
inform
themselves
well
before
they
should
determine
what
Course
to
take
,
that
they
might
not
,
out
of
a
Jealousy
of
one
Person
,
contribute
to
the
Advancement
of
others
,
who
might
possibly
prove
to
be
worse
.
Upon
the
Receipt
of
my
Letter
,
which
I
sent
to
one
of
the
principal
Officers
amongst
them
to
be
Communicated
to
the
rest
,
they
marched
nearer
to
the
Forces
of
Colonel
Lambert
,
who
thereupon
sent
me
a
Letter
of
Thanks
,
acknowledging
that
I
had
exercised
my
Charity
to
him
in
an
extraordinary
manner
,
considering
the
late
Transactions
;
protesting
that
he
designed
not
the
Violence
that
was
offered
to
the
Parliament
,
and
was
wholly
innocent
from
promoting
that
Petition
which
had
a
tendency
to
it
;
that
he
knew
not
of
any
Interruption
to
be
given
to
the
House
,
till
the
Day
it
was
put
in
Execution
;
and
that
he
had
no
further
Design
therein
,
than
to
preserve
himself
from
Destruction
,
which
he
conceived
was
intended
against
him
.
He
concluded
with
Assurances
that
he
would
take
all
Opportunities
to
advance
the
Good
of
the
Common-wealth
,
and
desired
my
Friendship
no
farther
than
he
should
act
in
order
to
that
end
.
About
this
time
I
went
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
whom
I
knew
to
be
of
a
most
rigid
and
inflexible
Spirit
,
and
endeavoured
as
well
as
I
could
,
to
perswade
him
of
the
Necessity
incumbent
on
us
all
to
lay
aside
our
private
Animosities
,
and
to
unite
our
whole
Strength
to
preserve
the
Vessel
of
the
Common
wealth
from
sinking
.
I
desired
him
to
entertain
a
better
Opinion
of
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
and
some
other
Persons
than
he
seemed
to
have
,
assuring
him
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
prevent
that
Ruine
which
threatned
us
,
but
by
a
hearty
Reconciliation
,
and
a
solid
Union
amongst
our selves
.
I
acknowledged
his
Care
of
the
Publick
in
the
endeavours
he
had
used
to
hinder
the
Accumulation
of
extraordinary
Powers
and
Titles
upon
any
Person
,
and
to
render
the
Sword
subservient
to
the
Civil
Magistrate
.
But
I
could
not
forbear
to
acquaint
him
,
that
in
my
poor
Opinion
,
he
had
not
taken
the
right
way
to
that
great
end
,
having
lately
estranged
himself
from
his
ancient
Friends
,
and
fallen
in
with
the
Lawyers
and
Clergy
,
putting
those
,
who
would
have
been
his
principal
Strength
in
times
of
necessity
,
into
despair
of
receiving
any
good
from
him
,
and
relying
upon
Men
whose
Principles
and
Practises
are
inconsistent
with
a
just
and
equal
Government
.
I
agreed
with
him
that
nothing
could
recover
us
from
the
present
Confusions
,
but
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
to
their
Authority
;
tho'
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
add
,
that
if
he
and
others
should
return
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Power
with
a
Spirit
of
Revenge
against
those
that
had
wronged
them
and
the
Publick
,
and
not
rather
contribute
their
utmost
to
reconcile
all
those
whose
Interests
were
involved
in
that
of
the
Commonwealth
,
they
would
certainly
ruin
themselves
,
and
every
one
that
wished
well
to
the
Parliament
and
the
Common
Cause
.
Sir
Arthur
seemed
so
sensible
of
the
Truth
of
what
I
had
said
,
that
he
assured
me
,
if
ever
he
returned
to
sit
in
Parliament
,
and
thereupon
shewed
himself
Revengeful
to
any
Man
,
he
would
permit
me
to
spit
in
his
Face
.
In
the
mean
time
many
Members
of
the
Parliament
had
frequent
Meetings
with
their
Friends
to
consult
about
the
most
proper
means
to
be
used
for
their
Restitution
,
to
which
I
was
never
called
,
they
having
conceived
a
Suspicion
that
I
had
too
much
sided
with
the
Army
.
And
on
the
other
side
,
those
of
the
Army
were
jealous
of
me
,
as
indeed
they
had
more
Cause
,
for
my
Adherence
to
the
Parliament
.
For
I
had
openly
declared
my
Dissatisfaction
with
their
late
Proceedings
,
and
my
Doubts
of
the
Sincerity
of
their
Protestations
to
improve
their
Power
to
the
Publick
Advantage
.
I
had
refused
to
be
present
at
their
Committee
of
Safety
,
or
in
that
of
Nominations
,
tho'
consisting
of
the
same
Persons
the
Parliament
had
formerly
appointed
,
excepting
only
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
.
And
being
one
day
in
the
next
Room
to
that
where
they
used
to
sit
,
and
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
with
others
,
pressing
me
to
go
in
,
telling
me
,
that
they
wanted
one
to
make
a
Quorum
,
and
that
the
Officers
to
be
approved
were
honest
Men
,
and
such
as
I
esteemed
;
yet
I
utterly
refused
to
have
any
thing
to
do
with
them
.
But
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
did
prevail
with
themselves
to
act
with
them
in
their
Committees
,
and
to
discharge
the
Office
of
Commissioners
of
the
Navy
,
to
which
they
had
been
nominated
by
the
Parliament
,
and
continued
by
the
Officers
of
the
Army
.
It
being
resolved
by
the
Members
of
Parliament
,
to
open
a
way
,
if
possible
,
for
their
Return
to
the
House
,
they
prevailed
with
Colonel
Whetham
,
then
Governour
of
Portsmouth
,
to
admit
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Colonel
Walton
,
and
Colonel
Morley
,
with
some
Forces
into
that
important
Place
:
Who
thereupon
immediately
declared
for
the
Parliament
,
and
issued
our
Orders
for
more
Forces
to
come
to
their
Assistance
.
They
also
dispatched
Letters
to
Monk
to
warrant
his
Undertaking
,
and
invited
the
Fleet
to
join
with
them
.
The
Commissioners
that
had
been
appointed
by
Colonel
Monk
,
to
treat
with
those
of
the
Army
,
had
no
small
part
in
promoting
this
Diversion
of
the
Forces
of
the
Army
;
yet
to
colour
their
Designs
,
they
endeavoured
at
the
same
time
to
lay
asleep
the
Wallingford-House
Party
,
and
to
make
them
believe
that
they
designed
nothing
more
than
a
good
Understanding
with
them
.
By
which
Artifice
they
caused
him
to
neglect
those
means
which
they
had
in
their
Hands
to
reduce
Monk
,
and
his
Party
,
who
were
not
to
be
compared
with
the
Forces
of
the
Army
,
either
for
Number
,
Experience
,
or
Unanimity
.
For
tho'
by
his
solemn
Protestations
,
and
publick
Declaration
of
his
firm
Resolution
to
adhere
to
the
Parliament
,
and
their
Cause
,
against
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Peers
,
he
had
deluded
divers
of
those
who
were
at
a
distance
from
him
,
and
who
from
their
Enmity
to
the
Faction
of
the
Army
,
were
ready
to
trust
any
that
might
probably
rescue
them
from
that
Servitude
;
yet
those
who
approached
him
nearer
,
and
understood
him
better
,
finding
him
on
all
Occasions
to
encourage
the
most
vicious
,
and
to
prefer
Men
of
Monarchical
Principles
,
though
of
the
most
scandalous
Lives
,
to
all
the
Offices
that
became
vacant
,
saw
so
clearly
into
the
Drift
of
his
Design
,
that
most
of
the
Officers
who
had
any
Sence
of
Religion
,
or
common
Honesty
,
abandoned
him
,
and
joyned
themselves
to
Colonel
Lambert
;
and
after
them
,
about
Three
hundred
Horsemen
,
leaving
their
Horses
and
Equipage
behind
them
,
did
the
same
.
But
this
proved
very
prejudicial
in
the
Consequence
to
the
Publick
Service
:
For
those
Officers
that
deserted
Monk
,
gave
him
an
opportunity
of
filling
their
Commands
with
his
own
Creatures
;
whereas
,
if
they
had
continued
with
him
,
they
might
have
had
a
considerable
Influence
upon
the
whole
Party
,
to
make
use
of
as
Opportunities
had
offered
.
The
Horse
likewise
that
abandoned
him
,
made
room
for
others
,
who
were
mounted
and
equipped
without
Expence
,
and
composed
of
such
as
were
fit
for
his
purpose
.
Yet
for
all
this
,
the
Treaty
went
on
between
〈…〉
the
Army
,
and
seemed
to
draw
near
to
a
Conclusion
,
it
being
agreed
that
he
should
have
one
part
of
a
Sum
of
Money
that
had
been
appointed
to
pay
his
Forces
:
That
he
should
be
one
of
their
Committee
for
the
Nomination
of
Officers
to
such
Places
as
should
be
vacant
in
the
Army
:
That
a
Representative
of
the
People
should
be
called
with
all
convenient
speed
;
and
to
that
end
Commissioners
should
be
appointed
by
the
Military
Power
of
the
three
Nations
,
to
consider
and
agree
upon
the
Qualifications
of
such
as
might
be
elected
,
and
sit
as
Members
.
Accordingly
those
entrusted
by
Monk
,
nominated
Mr.
Scot
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
and
Colonel
Thompson
,
on
their
part
:
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
,
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
and
Major
Saloway
,
were
appointed
for
the
Army
,
or
Wallingford-House
Party
:
And
on
the
part
of
the
Forces
in
Ireland
,
Colonel
Barrow
,
and
Lieutenant-Colonel
Dobson
were
joyned
with
me
,
to
be
Commissioners
,
to
consider
of
the
Qualifications
of
the
Persons
to
be
elected
,
as
aforesaid
.
A
General
Council
of
Officers
was
also
appointed
to
meet
at
White-Hall
,
on
a
certain
Day
,
and
to
consist
of
two
Persons
of
each
Regiment
in
the
three
Nations
,
to
be
chosen
by
the
Officers
of
the
several
Regiments
.
It
was
desired
also
,
that
the
Fleet
would
send
their
Deputies
to
this
Assembly
,
who
were
to
prepare
Matters
for
the
Consideration
of
the
Representative
that
they
pretended
to
call
.
I
was
altogether
a
Stranger
to
these
Counsels
,
the
Articles
having
been
drawn
up
by
a
private
Junto
;
yet
I
know
not
how
,
I
was
perswaded
to
be
present
when
they
were
read
to
the
Council
of
Officers
for
their
Approbation
,
where
I
absolutely
refused
to
consent
to
any
part
of
it
,
except
that
whereby
two
of
each
Regiment
in
the
three
Nations
were
proposed
to
meet
in
a
General
Council
.
Which
I
accounted
to
be
the
most
probable
way
of
finding
out
the
true
Sence
of
the
Armies
,
into
whose
Hands
the
Power
was
most
unhappily
fallen
,
and
much
less
dishonourable
,
if
not
more
safe
,
than
to
continue
longer
under
the
Servitude
of
the
Faction
at
Wallingford-House
,
who
had
presumed
to
give
Law
,
both
to
the
Parliament
,
and
the
Army
.
I
cannot
omit
,
that
at
this
Meeting
,
some
Persons
having
moved
,
that
the
Commissioners
from
Monk
might
be
required
to
produce
their
Powers
,
that
it
might
appear
whether
he
would
stand
obliged
to
what
should
be
agreed
,
they
could
not
be
perswaded
to
shew
any
Orders
from
him
to
that
purpose
;
and
yet
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
,
and
his
Cabinet-Council
,
were
contented
to
treat
with
them
,
tho'
they
had
never
seen
any
Commission
that
they
had
.
And
now
it
began
to
be
suspected
,
that
the
Design
of
Clobery
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Commissioners
,
was
only
to
prolong
the
Treaty
in
which
they
were
engaged
,
that
the
Forces
of
the
Army
might
be
kept
from
attacking
Monk
,
which
he
was
afraid
of
,
having
found
his
own
Party
wavering
and
doubtful
.
They
well
knew
,
that
if
they
could
spin
out
the
Time
in
Treaty
,
'till
the
expiration
of
the
Taxes
that
had
been
laid
by
the
Parliament
,
which
would
happen
in
the
Month
of
January
next
ensuing
,
the
Army
would
then
be
driven
to
great
Straits
for
want
of
Money
,
wherewith
Monk's
Forces
had
been
supplied
by
the
Scots
.
Of
this
Sir
Henry
Vane
was
very
sensible
,
and
gave
both
Army
and
Parliament
for
lost
,
when
they
began
to
treat
.
But
the
chief
Officers
of
the
Army
having
already
parted
with
their
Honesty
,
by
driving
on
their
own
private
Interest
,
were
now
resolved
to
shake
hands
with
their
Reason
also
,
and
sent
down
to
Scotland
one
Doctor
Clarges
,
Brother
to
Monk's
Wife
,
and
a
known
Royalist
,
with
a
Commission
to
perswade
him
to
an
Accommodation
with
them
.
They
dispatched
also
some
Forces
for
the
Reduction
of
Portsmouth
,
but
gave
the
Command
of
them
to
such
as
were
either
little
acquainted
with
their
Soldiers
,
or
inclining
in
their
Affections
to
the
Parliament
.
And
tho'
they
knew
not
how
to
procure
Money
for
the
Payment
of
their
Standing
Army
,
they
raised
the
Militia
in
divers
parts
,
and
gave
out
Commissions
for
Horse
and
Foot
to
be
levied
,
promising
to
pay
all
.
Some
of
them
earnestly
solicited
me
to
raise
two
Regiments
,
one
of
Horse
,
and
another
of
Foot
;
but
I
told
them
,
they
had
already
as
many
as
they
could
pay
,
and
I
feared
more
than
would
be
well
employed
.
They
endeavoured
all
this
while
to
keep
fair
with
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Major
Saloway
,
and
me
,
making
large
Protestations
of
the
Sincerity
of
their
Intentions
,
and
the
great
Designs
they
had
to
promote
the
Service
of
the
Publick
,
hoping
that
by
our
continuing
to
come
amongst
them
,
it
would
come
to
pass
that
those
who
had
a
good
Opinion
of
us
would
extend
it
also
to
them
and
their
Actions
.
But
they
were
obliged
to
discover
themselves
more
openly
on
the
following
occasion
.
The
Parliament
had
manifested
before
the
last
Interruption
,
an
Inclination
to
ease
the
People
of
the
Payment
of
Tithes
,
and
in
lieu
of
them
to
appropriate
a
certain
Sum
of
Money
for
the
Maintenance
and
Encouragement
of
the
Ministry
,
to
be
distributed
in
a
more
equal
manner
than
had
been
formerly
practised
;
hoping
,
if
this
could
be
effected
,
that
the
Clergy
would
no
longer
have
any
other
Interest
to
promote
than
that
of
the
whole
Commonwealth
,
nor
be
a
distinct
Party
from
the
People
.
It
was
well
known
also
to
the
Lawyers
,
that
they
still
retained
the
Design
of
regulating
the
Practice
of
the
Law
,
and
relieving
the
People
in
that
particular
.
These
two
Parties
therefore
being
equally
concerned
to
perpetuate
the
Abuses
practised
amongst
them
,
became
equally
sensible
of
the
common
Dangers
.
And
in
order
to
prevent
it
,
Whitlock
,
and
St.
Johns
for
the
Lawyers
,
with
Doctor
Owen
,
and
Mr.
Nye
,
for
the
Clergy
,
who
at
this
time
had
frequent
Meetings
in
the
Savoy
,
entred
into
a
private
Treaty
with
the
principal
Persons
of
the
Wallingford-House
Party
,
and
offered
to
raise
a
Hundred
thousand
Pounds
for
the
Use
of
the
Army
,
upon
assurance
of
being
protected
by
them
in
the
full
Enjoyment
of
their
respective
Advantages
and
Profits
;
with
this
farther
Condition
,
that
they
should
oblige
themselves
not
to
hearken
any
longer
to
the
Advice
of
Sir
Henry
Vane
.
Whereby
we
were
left
destitute
of
Hope
,
to
see
any
other
Reformation
of
the
Clergy
,
than
what
they
themselves
would
consent
to
;
any
other
Regulation
of
the
Law
,
than
the
Chief
Justice
,
and
the
Commissioner
of
the
Seal
would
permit
;
or
any
more
Liberty
for
tender
Consciences
,
than
the
Lord
Warriston
would
be
pleased
to
grant
,
who
representing
the
Scottish
Interest
,
made
up
the
third
Estate
of
our
Reformation
.
I
began
now
to
think
all
my
time
lost
that
I
had
spent
in
endeavouring
to
reconcile
our
broken
and
divided
Counsels
,
and
had
no
hopes
left
,
but
from
the
General
Council
of
Officers
,
which
was
to
consist
of
two
Persons
to
be
nominated
by
each
Regiment
in
the
three
Nations
,
as
I
said
before
.
In
order
to
this
Meeting
,
Warrants
were
signed
and
issued
out
for
their
Election
,
to
the
Armies
in
England
and
Ireland
;
and
Monk's
Commissioners
departed
for
Scotland
,
to
procure
,
as
they
said
,
all
Things
to
be
done
there
,
according
to
their
Agreement
.
But
Monk
kept
himself
upon
the
Reserve
,
and
instead
of
making
good
what
his
Commissioners
had
promised
,
he
desired
time
to
consider
of
the
Articles
of
the
Treaty
,
and
required
an
Explanation
of
several
Particulars
therein
contained
:
So
that
much
time
was
spent
in
Messages
between
him
and
Lambert
.
Amongst
others
,
Col
Zanchey
was
sent
to
tempt
him
with
Promises
and
Offers
of
Advantage
;
but
he
having
struck
a
Bargain
in
another
Place
,
made
use
of
Zanchey's
Presence
only
to
keep
the
Army-Party
in
expectation
of
his
Compliance
,
thereby
gaining
time
,
which
he
knew
would
shortly
bring
the
Affairs
of
the
Army
to
the
last
Extremities
.
He
gave
out
no
Orders
to
the
Regiments
that
were
with
him
to
elect
Members
for
the
General
Council
of
Officers
,
as
had
been
agreed
by
his
Commissioners
,
but
formed
new
Difficulties
every
day
to
avoid
confirming
the
Treaty
;
and
under
pretence
that
Col.
Wilkes
,
one
of
his
Commissioners
,
had
too
much
inclined
to
the
Interest
of
the
Army
,
he
dismissed
him
from
his
Command
.
Notwithstanding
which
,
such
Folly
and
Stupidity
had
seized
those
of
the
Army
,
that
upon
loose
and
general
Promises
of
Compliance
they
continued
thier
Correspondence
with
him
.
The
Time
fixed
for
the
Meeting
of
the
General
Council
of
Officers
being
come
,
tho
the
Deputies
from
Ireland
were
not
arrived
,
nor
any
from
the
Army
under
Col.
Lambert
;
and
tho
it
was
well
known
that
none
were
chosen
to
represent
the
Forces
with
Monk
in
Scotland
,
yet
those
of
Wallingford-House
resolved
to
act
as
if
they
had
all
been
present
.
I
had
written
to
some
of
the
Officers
in
Ireland
,
that
if
they
should
take
a
Resolution
to
send
any
Persons
to
this
Council
,
they
would
do
well
to
make
choice
of
such
as
were
most
inclined
to
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
;
but
that
,
as
to
my
own
particular
,
I
was
not
willing
to
have
any
thing
to
do
amongst
them
.
Notwithstanding
which
I
soon
received
a
Letter
by
the
hands
of
Col.
Salmon
from
the
Officers
in
Ireland
,
to
desire
me
to
act
for
them
at
the
General
Council
;
which
having
imparted
to
some
of
my
Friends
,
and
they
concurring
to
encourage
me
to
it
,
I
would
not
refuse
to
serve
them
.
Being
in
the
Council
,
I
did
what
I
could
to
procure
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
,
wherein
I
was
much
assisted
by
Col.
Rich
.
Five
or
six
days
we
spent
in
a
Debate
concerning
the
Form
of
Government
,
which
had
been
drawn
up
,
as
I
said
before
,
expecting
the
Arrival
of
those
that
should
be
chosen
for
Ireland
,
Scotland
,
and
the
Army
in
the
North
of
England
.
During
which
time
Col.
Rich
and
I
took
frequent
Occasions
of
informing
the
Officers
concerning
the
Publick
Affairs
,
desiring
them
to
be
cautious
of
engaging
themselves
in
any
Design
,
of
which
they
might
have
Cause
afterwards
to
repent
,
and
exhorting
them
to
contribute
their
Endeavours
towards
settling
such
a
Government
as
all
good
Men
might
concur
in
,
and
live
happily
under
.
We
met
with
such
Success
in
our
Discourses
with
the
Officers
,
that
tho
the
Wallingford-House
Party
had
influenced
the
Elections
as
much
as
they
could
,
and
under
pretence
that
the
Fleet
was
at
too
great
a
distance
,
and
divided
into
too
many
Squadrons
to
be
in
a
capacity
of
chusing
in
due
time
,
had
caused
the
Committee
of
the
Admiralty
to
nominate
whom
they
pleased
to
serve
for
the
Fleet
,
yet
they
found
their
Wheels
to
move
so
slowly
,
that
to
facilitate
their
Business
they
were
obliged
to
send
away
divers
Officers
to
their
Commands
,
under
colour
that
their
Presence
was
necessary
in
their
respective
Stations
,
by
reason
of
the
Dangers
that
threatned
them
from
all
Parts
;
when
indeed
,
the
true
Reason
of
their
Dismission
was
taken
from
the
Dissatisfaction
they
began
to
shew
with
the
Proceedings
of
the
Chief
Officers
.
By
these
and
other
means
it
came
to
pass
,
that
the
Grandees
of
the
Army
resolved
to
spend
no
more
time
in
the
Debate
touching
the
Form
of
Government
,
and
therefore
desired
a
Conference
with
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
,
who
being
unwilling
to
meet
them
without
me
,
prevailed
with
me
to
accompany
them
to
Wallingford-House
;
where
Lieutenant-General
Fleetwood
expressed
great
Uneasiness
on
account
of
the
Publick
Distractions
,
and
desired
them
to
advise
him
what
measures
to
take
to
remove
the
present
Difficulties
,
and
to
prevent
greater
Mischiefs
which
seemed
impending
over
us
.
These
Gentlemen
suspecting
the
Designs
of
Fleetwood
and
his
Party
,
kept
themselves
on
their
Guard
,
and
in
an
ironical
manner
told
him
,
that
the
most
certain
way
to
cure
all
things
would
be
to
set
up
Richard
again
.
Just
as
I
thought
,
said
Fleetwood
,
it
has
happened
,
that
the
coming
of
my
Lord
Richard
to
Hampton-Court
would
give
an
Occasion
of
Jealousy
,
and
then
protested
that
his
Removal
thither
proceeded
from
himself
,
that
he
had
not
been
advised
to
it
by
them
,
and
that
they
had
no
Intention
to
set
him
up
again
.
We
believed
what
we
thought
most
reasonable
concerning
his
Removal
to
that
Place
.
But
to
that
of
his
Restitution
,
Major
Saloway
asked
them
,
whether
things
might
not
be
brought
to
that
pass
as
to
make
it
necessary
,
tho
they
intended
it
not
?
which
Fleetwood
denying
,
the
Major
pressed
him
farther
,
and
desired
to
know
from
him
,
if
it
were
not
possible
that
the
Necessity
of
our
Affairs
might
oblige
us
to
a
Compliance
with
Charles
Stuart
.
Thus
they
stood
upon
their
Guard
on
both
Parts
,
not
adventuring
to
trust
one
another
;
that
mutual
Confidence
by
which
they
had
done
so
much
being
intirely
lost
.
However
that
I
might
not
be
wanting
on
my
part
,
I
told
them
with
my
usual
Freedom
,
that
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
seemed
to
me
to
be
the
only
Remedy
to
recover
us
from
our
present
Distempers
,
and
to
prevent
the
fatal
Consequences
of
our
Divisions
.
To
this
the
Lieutenant
General
answered
,
that
according
to
an
Agreement
made
between
them
and
Major
General
Lambert
before
his
Departure
,
nothing
could
be
done
in
that
Matter
without
mutual
Consent
;
and
so
we
parted
with
as
little
Satisfaction
on
either
side
as
we
brought
with
us
.
From
them
I
went
to
the
Council
of
Officers
who
were
then
assembled
,
and
was
much
surprized
to
find
them
debating
whether
a
New
Parliament
should
be
called
,
and
ready
to
go
to
the
Question
;
which
I
doubted
not
would
pass
in
the
Affirmative
,
having
observed
that
it
met
with
little
Opposition
,
except
from
Col.
Rich
.
And
tho'
I
had
but
little
hope
to
obstruct
the
Design
,
yet
that
I
might
discharge
my
Duty
,
I
took
the
liberty
to
lay
before
them
the
Injustice
and
Vanity
of
such
a
Resolution
,
endeavouring
to
prove
that
as
they
had
no
Authority
to
warrant
them
in
that
Attempt
,
so
neither
would
it
be
of
any
Advantage
to
the
Nation
if
it
should
succeed
.
I
desired
them
to
consider
how
great
an
Enterprize
they
were
about
●o
undertake
,
without
any
sufficient
Authority
to
justify
them
in
it
:
That
they
could
not
pretend
to
any
from
the
Parliament
,
and
that
it
was
as
evident
they
had
none
from
the
Nations
,
no
not
from
the
Military
part
of
them
,
the
Deputies
from
Scotland
and
Ireland
being
not
arrived
,
nor
any
from
the
Army
in
the
North
of
England
:
That
at
least
one
third
part
of
the
Officers
present
were
against
their
Design
;
and
that
it
seemed
to
me
to
be
an
unaccountable
Presumption
for
two
thirds
of
about
a
fourth
part
of
the
Army
to
undertake
to
put
a
Period
to
the
Civil
Authority
.
I
endeavoured
to
perswade
them
that
the
Design
was
as
vain
and
foolish
as
unwarrantable
and
unjust
;
for
by
this
means
they
would
utterly
disoblige
the
Parliament
and
all
their
Friends
,
who
were
very
numerous
:
That
Monk
having
declared
against
them
already
,
and
the
greatest
Number
of
their
own
Body
disapproving
the
thing
,
it
would
come
to
pass
,
that
all
things
would
be
brought
into
a
miserable
Confusion
;
and
it
may
be
the
Common
Enemy
would
find
means
to
return
,
and
utterly
destroy
the
contending
Parties
.
But
their
Resolution
being
already
taken
,
in
consequence
of
the
Agreement
they
had
made
with
the
Clergy
and
Lawyers
,
we
could
obtain
no
more
than
a
Respite
of
the
Conclusion
of
this
Debate
till
the
Afternoon
.
Going
out
of
the
Council
,
I
desired
Col.
Desborow
,
whose
Interest
I
knew
to
be
very
great
with
the
rest
,
that
he
would
desist
from
the
farther
prosecution
of
this
Design
,
representing
to
him
,
as
well
as
I
could
,
the
Confusions
and
Mischiefs
that
would
inevitably
ensue
upon
it
.
To
which
he
answered
,
that
the
Parliament
had
deceived
them
twice
,
and
that
they
were
now
resolved
to
put
it
out
of
their
Power
to
do
it
again
.
In
the
Afternoon
the
Debate
was
reassumed
;
and
a
Motion
being
made
that
they
would
take
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
into
their
Consideration
,
Col.
Desborow
,
to
keep
his
Word
,
did
what
he
could
to
asperse
the
Parliament
,
saying
,
that
they
had
not
performed
any
part
of
the
Promises
that
had
been
made
for
them
before
their
first
Return
to
the
House
,
having
made
no
Provision
for
the
Lord
Richard
,
as
he
called
him
,
nor
granted
a
satisfactory
Indemnity
;
but
by
the
Insertion
of
divers
oblique
Clauses
had
rendred
it
absolutely
ineffectual
:
That
they
had
taken
no
care
to
secure
a
Liberty
to
tender
Consciences
,
nor
to
provide
for
the
Publick
Safety
by
establishing
a
Select
Senate
:
That
they
had
manifested
their
Unworthiness
not
only
in
these
Negatives
,
but
had
also
positively
declared
their
Intentions
to
ruin
the
Army
,
by
removing
the
Principal
Officers
,
and
placing
others
in
their
Commands
who
were
of
a
different
Spirit
and
Principles
,
and
by
drawing
up
one
part
of
the
Army
against
the
other
,
in
order
to
destroy
both
.
For
which
Reasons
he
declared
his
Opinion
to
be
,
that
to
reinvest
those
with
Authority
who
were
so
manifestly
unfit
for
that
Trust
,
would
prove
the
worst
of
all
the
Expedients
that
could
be
proposed
.
To
this
Discourse
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
make
some
Answer
,
and
therefore
took
the
Freedom
to
say
,
That
the
Parliament
being
Men
,
were
liable
to
Passions
,
and
subject
to
Imperfections
,
but
that
it
might
be
said
without
Immodesty
,
that
they
had
been
chargeable
with
as
few
as
any
of
their
Predecessors
,
and
possibly
fewer
than
those
that
had
pretended
to
succeed
them
:
That
they
were
the
only
Number
of
Men
that
had
any
legal
Call
to
the
Supream
Authority
:
That
God
had
eminently
appeared
for
them
,
and
wonderfully
assisted
them
to
subdue
all
those
that
had
opposed
them
both
at
home
and
abroad
:
That
they
had
been
so
frugal
of
the
Publick
Purse
,
that
upon
the
first
Interruption
by
Cromwel
,
a
vast
Sum
was
found
in
the
Treasury
,
tho
their
Armies
and
Fleets
had
been
fully
paid
,
and
their
Magazines
plentifully
furnished
with
Naval
Stores
.
How
these
Advantages
had
been
improved
by
those
that
had
usurped
their
Authority
,
was
well
known
;
and
how
the
Armies
and
Fleets
had
been
paid
,
they
themselves
were
the
best
Judges
.
At
the
Return
of
the
Parliament
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Authority
,
in
the
place
of
those
vast
Sums
they
had
left
in
the
Publick
Coffers
,
they
found
a
Debt
of
two
Millions
and
four
hundred
thousand
Pounds
contracted
by
those
who
had
taken
upon
them
the
the
Management
of
Affairs
.
I
desired
them
to
observe
how
unjustly
the
Parliament
was
accused
of
breaking
their
Promises
,
who
had
promised
nothing
:
That
some
of
us
indeed
as
private
Men
had
engaged
to
promote
certain
things
in
the
House
at
the
Request
of
some
Officers
of
the
Army
;
but
at
the
same
time
we
acquainted
them
,
that
we
could
not
answer
for
any
thing
except
our
own
sincere
Endeavours
in
that
Affair
.
And
yet
I
appealed
to
themselves
,
if
the
Parliament
had
not
done
those
things
,
in
which
we
had
promised
our
Endeavours
,
having
undertaken
to
pay
more
than
thirty
thousand
Pounds
for
Mr.
Richard
Cromwel
,
whereby
he
would
be
left
in
the
clear
Possssion
of
about
eight
thousand
Pounds
a
Year
,
besides
Woods
,
Plate
,
Jewels
,
and
other
things
of
Value
:
having
passed
that
very
Clause
for
Liberty
of
Conscience
which
had
been
brought
in
by
the
Officers
themselves
in
their
Address
;
and
having
indemnified
the
Souldiery
in
as
full
and
ample
manner
as
could
be
desired
,
with
respect
to
their
past
Actions
,
not
only
Military
but
Civil
also
;
with
this
only
Reservation
,
that
the
Parliament
might
,
if
they
should
find
Cause
,
call
to
account
such
as
had
received
Bribes
and
exorbitant
Salaries
,
which
was
only
designed
as
a
Check
upon
those
who
had
been
and
still
were
Enemies
to
the
Commonwealth
.
As
to
what
related
to
the
Chief
Officers
of
the
Army
,
I
told
them
it
had
been
made
good
to
a
tittle
;
for
they
had
continued
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
to
be
Commander
in
Chief
of
all
their
Forces
in
England
and
Scotland
:
But
if
it
was
their
Intention
that
he
should
be
Commander
in
Chief
of
the
Parliament
also
,
I
confessed
my self
perswaded
that
it
never
had
entred
into
the
Head
of
any
of
those
Persons
before-mentioned
,
to
engage
for
that
;
and
therefore
what
the
Parliament
did
in
causing
him
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
to
take
their
Commissions
from
them
,
and
inserting
a
Clause
in
that
of
the
Commander
in
Chief
,
that
it
should
continue
during
this
Parliament
,
or
till
their
farther
Order
,
was
no
way
contrary
to
the
Promise
of
the
said
Gentlemen
.
Neither
could
it
be
a
just
Ground
of
Exception
to
those
of
the
Army
,
if
their
Intentions
were
such
as
they
ought
to
be
;
for
the
Parliament
being
embarqued
in
the
same
Vessel
,
would
find
it
necessary
,
as
well
for
their
own
Security
as
for
that
of
the
People
,
to
leave
the
Sword
in
faithful
Hands
at
the
time
of
their
Dissolution
,
which
they
had
fixed
by
a
Vote
of
the
House
.
And
since
they
still
insisted
upon
their
Select
Senate
,
I
desired
them
to
remember
that
I
had
declared
in
the
Conference
my
Opinion
to
be
,
That
if
such
a
thing
could
be
made
use
of
for
a
time
to
preserve
our
Cause
by
an
Extraordinary
Power
,
I
thought
I
should
not
be
against
it
without
better
Information
;
but
if
they
designed
thereby
to
erect
a
Military
Power
,
in
equal
or
superiour
Authority
to
the
Civil
,
I
should
oppose
it
to
the
utmost
of
my
Ability
:
And
had
farther
added
,
that
I
was
fully
perswaded
I
therein
delivered
the
Sense
and
Intentions
of
the
greatest
part
of
the
Parliament
.
To
this
they
could
make
no
Reply
,
being
conscious
of
the
Truth
of
what
I
said
;
but
having
made
an
Agreement
with
the
Clergy
,
as
I
said
before
,
that
used
to
meet
at
the
Savoy
,
they
resolved
to
pursue
it
,
and
concluded
,
that
considering
the
present
posture
of
Affairs
,
a
New
Parliament
should
be
called
,
as
the
most
probable
means
to
reconcile
all
Differences
.
They
agreed
also
with
the
Ministers
,
that
their
Maintenance
by
Tithes
should
not
be
taken
away
till
another
Revenue
as
ample
and
certain
should
be
settled
upon
them
:
That
some
Provisions
should
be
made
for
those
who
differed
in
Faith
and
Worship
from
the
Established
Church
;
but
that
the
Quakers
and
some
others
,
whose
Principles
,
they
said
,
tended
to
the
Destruction
of
the
Civil
Cociety
,
should
not
be
tolerated
at
all
.
Whilst
the
Army
was
thus
employed
,
the
Parliament
Party
was
not
wanting
to
promote
their
Interest
,
and
to
that
end
formed
a
Design
to
get
the
Tower
into
their
hands
.
Colonel
Fitz
,
who
was
then
Lieutenant
of
the
Place
,
had
consented
that
Colonel
Okey
,
with
three
hundred
Men
,
should
lie
dispersed
about
the
Tower
,
prepared
for
the
Enterprize
,
promising
that
on
a
certain
day
he
would
cause
the
Gates
to
be
opened
early
in
the
Morning
,
to
let
him
pass
in
his
Coach
;
which
Opportunity
Col.
Okey
with
his
Men
taking
,
might
easily
seize
the
Guards
,
and
possess
himself
of
the
Place
:
and
their
Attempt
might
have
succeeded
,
had
it
not
,
by
I
know
not
what
Accident
,
been
discovered
to
the
Lord
Mayor
,
who
informed
the
Army
of
it
the
Night
before
it
was
to
be
put
in
execution
.
Whereupon
Col.
Desborow
,
with
some
Forces
,
was
sent
thither
,
who
changed
the
Guards
,
seized
the
Lieutenant
of
the
Tower
,
and
left
Col.
Miller
to
command
there
till
farther
Order
.
Another
Party
appeared
for
the
Parliament
in
Wiltshire
,
under
the
Command
of
Major
Croke
;
who
having
told
divers
of
my
Friends
in
that
County
,
that
the
principal
Reasons
of
his
Dissatisfaction
with
the
Proceedings
of
the
Army
had
been
taken
from
what
I
had
said
in
the
late
Council
of
Officers
,
he
prevailed
with
divers
of
them
to
side
with
him
,
and
so
marched
towards
Portsmouth
,
in
order
to
join
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
Col.
Morley
,
who
had
already
possessed
themselves
of
that
Place
,
and
declared
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
About
the
same
time
Hurst-Castle
was
secured
for
the
Parliament
,
whereby
the
Cummunication
of
those
in
the
Isle
of
Wight
with
England
being
rendred
very
difficult
,
they
declared
for
the
Parliament
also
.
The
Fleet
began
to
incline
to
the
same
Counsels
,
and
dispatched
a
Messenger
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
at
Portsmouth
,
to
assure
him
,
they
would
do
nothing
in
opposition
to
them
.
In
this
Conjuncture
the
Parliament
Party
resolved
to
send
Col.
Walton
〈…〉
was
one
of
them
,
to
communicate
the
present
State
of
Affairs
to
Col.
Monk
,
and
to
advise
him
what
measures
he
should
take
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Wallingford-house
Party
,
as
if
infatuated
by
a
superiour
Power
to
procure
their
own
Destruction
,
continued
obstinately
to
oppose
the
Parliament
,
and
fixed
in
their
Resolution
to
call
another
.
On
the
other
side
,
I
was
sorry
to
find
most
of
the
Parliament
Men
as
stiff
,
in
requiring
an
absolute
Submission
to
their
Authority
,
as
if
no
differences
had
happened
amongst
us
,
nor
the
Priviledges
of
Parliament
ever
been
violated
,
peremptorily
insisting
upon
the
intire
Subjection
of
the
Army
,
and
refusing
to
hearken
to
any
Terms
of
Accommodation
,
tho'
the
Necessity
of
Affairs
seemed
to
demand
it
,
if
we
would
preserve
our
Cause
from
Ruin
.
Therefore
,
tho'
I
had
resolved
to
depart
with
all
convenient
speed
to
my
Charge
in
Ireland
,
yet
I
was
induced
to
defer
my
Journey
for
some
time
,
at
the
Solicitation
of
my
Friends
,
who
perswaded
themselves
that
I
might
have
Interest
enough
with
both
Parties
to
procure
an
Accommodation
between
them
.
To
that
end
I
took
all
occasions
to
moderate
the
Spirits
of
the
Members
of
Parliament
;
and
that
I
might
not
render
my self
suspected
to
the
Officers
,
I
continued
to
frequent
their
Councils
,
which
I
was
the
more
willing
to
do
,
because
the
Irish
Brigade
that
was
with
Col.
Lambert
had
signified
to
the
Council
of
Officers
that
they
had
chosen
me
with
Lieutenant
Col.
Walker
,
and
two
Gentlemen
more
whose
Names
I
cannot
recollect
,
to
represent
them
at
their
Meetings
.
At
this
time
Col.
Lockart
Governour
of
Dunkirk
finding
his
Work
at
an
end
abroad
by
the
Conclusion
of
a
Peace
between
the
Crowns
of
France
and
Spain
,
returned
to
England
;
and
coming
to
wait
on
Sir
Henry
Vane
one
day
at
his
House
,
it
was
my
fortune
to
be
there
at
the
same
time
.
In
the
Conversation
we
had
,
he
very
much
lamented
the
Divisions
that
were
among
us
,
affirming
that
if
they
had
not
proved
an
Obstruction
to
him
in
his
Negotiations
,
we
might
have
had
what
Terms
we
could
have
asked
either
from
France
or
Spain
.
The
Army
having
resolved
,
as
I
said
before
,
to
call
a
new
Parliament
,
and
many
Difficulties
arising
amongst
them
touching
that
matter
,
they
referred
the
Consideration
of
it
to
their
Committee
of
Safety
,
who
having
spent
some
time
in
the
Debate
,
reported
as
their
Opinion
to
the
Council
of
Officers
,
That
the
best
way
to
be
taken
for
summoning
a
Parliament
would
be
to
act
therein
according
to
antient
Custom
,
directing
only
some
few
Qualifications
to
be
observed
as
well
in
the
Electors
as
in
the
Persons
to
be
elected
.
Which
when
I
perceived
,
and
that
no
Rules
for
Qualifications
could
possibly
be
given
and
executed
within
the
time
appointed
for
the
Parliament
to
meet
,
and
that
the
Design
of
the
Army
tended
manifestly
to
have
such
a
Parliament
as
would
permit
the
Men
of
the
Sword
to
possess
themselves
of
the
Supream
Authority
;
or
if
they
should
refuse
to
be
brought
to
that
,
then
,
being
a
Creature
of
the
Army
,
they
should
be
dismissed
with
Scorn
,
and
the
Power
resumed
by
the
Military
Men
:
For
the
prevention
of
these
Mischiefs
I
proposed
to
the
Council
of
Officers
,
that
the
Essentials
of
our
Cause
might
be
clearly
stated
,
and
declared
inviolable
by
any
Authority
whatsoever
;
and
that
in
case
any
Difference
should
hereafter
arise
between
the
Parliament
and
the
Army
touching
those
Particulars
or
any
of
them
,
a
certain
number
of
Persons
of
known
Integrity
might
be
appointed
by
this
Council
finally
to
determine
the
matter
.
The
Council
having
without
much
difficulty
agreed
to
this
Proposition
,
I
presumed
to
proceed
farther
;
and
being
fully
perswaded
that
if
such
a
Power
were
conferred
upon
honest
and
disinterested
Persons
,
it
would
give
more
satisfaction
to
good
Men
,
and
better
provide
for
the
Publick
Safety
,
than
to
have
the
final
Decision
of
all
things
left
to
a
Mercenary
Army
,
I
adventured
to
give
in
a
List
of
one
and
twenty
Persons
for
that
Service
,
who
should
be
called
Conservators
of
Liberty
.
Then
we
went
upon
the
Debate
of
such
Particulars
as
should
be
referred
to
their
Cognizance
and
Judgment
,
which
were
as
followeth
:
1.
That
the
Government
should
not
be
altered
from
a
Commonwealth
,
by
setting
up
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Peers
.
2.
That
Liberty
of
Conscience
should
not
be
violated
.
3.
That
the
Army
should
not
be
diminished
,
their
Conduct
altered
,
nor
their
Pay
lessened
without
the
Consent
of
the
major
part
of
the
Conservators
.
Having
proceeded
thus
far
,
it
was
resolved
to
put
the
Names
of
the
Persons
contained
in
the
List
,
to
the
Vote
of
the
Council
for
their
Approbation
,
which
was
done
in
this
manner
.
Every
one
of
the
Council
having
received
two
small
Pieces
of
Paper
,
in
one
of
which
was
written
an
N
for
the
Negative
,
and
in
the
other
an
A
for
the
Affirmative
,
when
the
Candidate's
Name
was
proposed
,
every
Man
put
which
of
those
he
pleased
,
into
a
Hat
;
which
done
,
the
Papers
were
taken
out
,
and
being
found
to
agree
for
number
with
the
Persons
there
present
,
if
the
greater
number
of
Papers
were
marked
with
the
Letter
A
,
then
the
Person
proposed
was
accounted
to
be
chosen
,
otherwise
to
be
omitted
.
I
had
contrived
it
so
that
the
Names
of
the
first
seven
or
eight
Persons
of
the
List
were
Officers
of
their
own
Party
,
except
Major
Saloway
and
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
by
which
means
chiefly
it
came
to
pass
that
the
two
last
passed
without
Opposition
:
But
then
they
made
a
Breach
upon
the
Order
,
and
having
put
my
Name
to
the
Question
against
my
Will
,
I
was
approved
.
Which
when
they
had
done
,
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
proposed
Col.
Tichburn
,
one
who
had
lately
moved
to
set
up
Richard
Cromwel
again
,
and
after
him
the
Lord
Warriston
,
who
had
publickly
declared
against
Liberty
of
Conscience
,
with
Mr.
Strickland
,
Sir
Gilbert
Pickering
,
and
two
or
three
more
,
all
of
their
Faction
,
and
procured
them
to
be
chosen
in
the
room
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
Mr.
Wallop
,
Col.
Walton
,
Col.
Morley
,
Mr.
Henry
Nevil
,
and
Col.
Monk
,
who
were
next
in
order
upon
the
List
,
and
with
whom
I
designed
to
balance
the
Wallingford-House
Party
.
But
by
putting
in
these
Creatures
in
their
Places
,
it
was
evident
they
designed
nothing
less
than
to
draw
the
whole
Power
into
their
own
Hands
;
and
lest
we
should
doubt
of
their
Intentions
,
they
gave
an
Exclusion
to
Col.
Rich
,
tho
present
,
and
a
considerable
Officer
in
the
Army
,
because
they
suspected
him
not
to
favour
their
Arbitrary
Designs
.
Here
my
Patience
began
to
leave
me
,
and
I
told
them
openly
that
seeing
they
intended
only
to
carry
on
a
Faction
,
and
to
govern
the
Nation
by
the
Sword
,
I
resolved
to
have
no
more
to
do
with
them
,
and
thereupon
refused
to
give
in
my
Billet
upon
the
Names
of
the
six
or
seven
Persons
that
were
last
proposed
:
but
they
compleated
their
Number
,
and
in
the
next
Publick
Intelligence
caused
the
Names
of
those
one
and
twenty
Persons
,
whom
they
had
elected
to
be
the
Conservators
of
Liberty
,
to
be
published
to
the
World
,
with
notice
of
their
Resolution
to
summon
a
new
Parliament
,
thinking
thereby
to
please
the
People
:
but
they
were
mistaken
,
for
no
Man
that
loved
his
Country
could
approve
of
it
.
And
the
Cavalier
Party
conceived
such
Hopes
of
their
own
Affairs
,
that
they
grew
impatient
of
any
further
Delays
,
and
designed
the
Destruction
of
the
Army
by
open
Force
.
To
that
end
divers
of
their
Party
,
who
had
fled
to
Parts
byond
the
Seas
,
returned
secretly
to
London
,
and
entred
into
the
Confederacy
.
The
time
of
putting
their
Design
in
execution
was
agreed
,
and
the
Places
of
Rendezvous
being
ten
in
number
,
all
in
and
about
the
City
,
were
appointed
:
But
it
happened
again
that
the
Army
received
Information
of
the
Conspiracy
the
Evening
before
it
should
have
been
executed
,
and
being
alarmed
at
the
Danger
,
they
immediately
sent
divers
Parties
of
Horse
and
Foot
to
take
possession
of
those
Places
which
were
appointed
by
the
Enemy
for
their
drawing
together
;
by
which
means
they
seized
some
of
them
,
who
at
twelve
a
Clock
the
same
Night
were
already
come
together
compleatly
arm'd
on
a
part
of
the
Temple
near
the
Water-side
.
Others
of
the
same
Company
got
over
the
Walls
,
and
escaped
in
Boats
.
They
took
also
at
an
Inn
in
London
thirty
Horses
with
Saddles
and
Hosters
,
and
as
many
Men
ready
to
mount
them
.
Many
more
of
the
Conspirators
were
taken
at
the
several
Places
of
Rendezvouz
,
where
the
Army
had
placed
their
Guards
;
and
some
of
them
confessed
that
the
Officer
who
commanded
the
Party
that
was
placed
near
Pauls
Church
had
promised
to
join
with
them
;
which
was
not
improbable
,
he
being
one
of
those
who
having
never
engaged
in
our
Cause
,
was
advanced
by
Oliver
Cromwel
as
his
Creature
,
and
sent
to
Dunkirk
,
from
whence
he
had
been
lately
recalled
by
the
Army
,
whose
Ambition
he
had
throughly
seconded
by
his
Votes
in
the
Council
of
Officers
.
And
tho'
this
Storm
was
by
the
Vigilance
and
Care
of
the
Army
pretty
well
dispersed
;
yet
their
insolent
and
arbitrary
Actions
gave
birth
to
other
Clouds
that
threatned
them
with
Ruin
more
than
the
former
.
For
soon
after
,
the
Officers
that
commanded
the
Fleet
published
a
Declaration
against
the
Arbitrary
Proceedings
of
the
Wallingford-House
Party
,
rehearsing
the
Particulars
for
which
they
had
engaged
in
the
Publick
Service
,
and
declaring
their
Resolution
to
continue
faithful
to
those
Engagements
.
This
Declaration
came
out
somewhat
earlier
than
was
intended
,
by
reason
of
the
Arrival
of
Col.
Okey
and
Mr.
Scot
in
the
Fleet
,
who
were
obliged
to
go
thither
for
Protection
from
the
Power
of
the
Army
,
the
former
being
known
to
have
had
the
principal
Share
in
the
Design
of
seizing
the
Tower
for
the
Parliament
:
The
other
was
not
only
suspected
to
have
been
concerned
in
that
Affair
,
but
also
to
keep
Correspondence
with
the
Generals
at
Portsmouth
,
and
with
Col.
Monk
in
Scotland
.
The
Army
hoping
to
quiet
the
Fleet
with
fair
Words
and
large
Promises
,
dispatched
Col.
Barrow
to
them
,
supposing
him
to
be
a
proper
Person
to
be
imployed
to
lay
them
asleep
,
because
they
knew
he
had
the
good
Opinion
of
Vice
Admiral
Lawson
,
and
indeed
not
undeservely
;
for
he
was
a
Man
of
Probity
;
and
tho
he
had
been
in
some
measure
seduced
by
their
Subtleties
,
yet
he
was
not
a
Confident
of
their
Junto
.
But
the
Vice
Admiral
was
too
well
acquainted
with
the
pernicious
Designs
of
the
Army
,
to
be
cajoled
into
a
Retractation
of
what
he
had
done
.
The
Cavalier
Party
about
London
finding
themselves
disappointed
in
their
Design
of
destroying
the
Army
by
an
Insurrection
,
attempted
to
do
it
another
way
,
and
to
that
end
encouraged
the
Apprentices
to
meet
in
great
Multitudes
to
petition
the
Aldermen
and
Common
Council
,
that
they
would
use
their
Endeavours
to
procure
a
Free
Parliament
to
be
speedily
called
,
well
knowing
what
the
Consequence
of
that
would
be
in
the
present
Conjuncture
of
Affairs
.
Many
Men
of
the
King's
Party
,
and
of
desperate
Fortunes
,
intermixed
themselves
with
them
,
and
inflamed
them
to
such
a
height
of
Violence
,
that
the
Army
thought
it
necessary
to
send
a
Regiment
of
Foot
to
suppress
them
under
the
Command
of
Col.
Hewetson
;
who
when
he
was
come
into
the
City
,
was
affronted
to
his
Face
,
his
Men
fired
upon
from
the
Windows
,
and
Stones
thrown
on
them
from
the
Tops
of
the
Houses
;
and
as
they
proceeded
in
their
March
were
so
pressed
by
the
Multitude
,
that
the
Soldiers
to
preserve
themselves
from
their
Violence
,
were
obliged
to
fire
upon
them
,
and
having
,
killed
three
or
four
of
their
number
,
the
rest
dispersed
themselves
for
that
time
:
But
Tumults
were
now
become
so
frequent
in
the
City
,
that
the
Army-Party
found
themselves
obliged
to
send
considerable
Guards
thither
almost
every
day
,
to
suppress
them
;
one
of
which
being
commanded
by
Col.
Desborough
,
carried
themselves
to
roughly
towards
divers
eminent
Citizens
,
that
they
greatly
disgusted
the
whole
City
.
The
Aldermen
and
Common
Council
not
thinking
it
covenient
openly
to
patronize
these
Disorders
,
agreed
upon
a
Paper
to
be
presented
to
the
Council
of
Officers
,
wherein
having
disowned
the
late
Tumults
,
they
complained
of
the
killing
of
their
Men
,
and
of
the
Guards
that
were
kept
in
the
City
,
desiring
that
they
might
be
withdrawn
,
and
the
Guard
of
the
City
left
to
the
Civil
Magistrate
,
who
could
not
otherwise
undertake
to
secure
the
Peace
,
and
that
a
Free
Parliament
might
be
forthwith
called
.
This
Paper
was
brought
to
the
Council
of
Officers
by
divers
Members
of
the
Court
of
Aldermen
and
of
the
Common
Council
;
and
being
read
,
it
was
resolved
by
those
of
the
Army
,
that
if
the
Aldermen
and
Common
Council
would
declare
against
the
Family
of
the
Stuarts
,
and
promise
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Commonwealth
without
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Lords
,
they
would
withdraw
their
Souldiers
,
and
leave
the
City
to
be
guarded
by
it self
.
They
acquainted
them
also
that
they
had
already
resolved
to
call
a
Parliament
:
and
for
the
farther
Satisfaction
of
the
Aldermen
and
Common
Council
,
they
appointed
six
of
their
own
number
,
whereof
they
constrained
me
to
be
one
,
to
confer
with
them
touching
the
Reasons
of
these
Resolutions
,
and
of
the
late
Proceedings
of
the
Army
in
the
City
.
We
met
at
Whitehal
,
and
after
Col.
Desborough
had
spent
some
time
in
shewing
the
necessity
of
sending
part
of
the
Army
to
secure
the
Peace
of
the
City
,
and
had
made
large
Protestations
of
the
Army's
Friendship
to
them
,
I
took
the
Liberty
to
say
,
that
those
who
were
Members
of
the
Army
could
best
inform
them
of
their
own
Intentions
in
the
late
Proceedings
in
the
City
,
wherein
I
should
not
intermeddle
;
but
having
this
Opportunity
,
and
being
a
Well-wisher
to
the
Commonwealth
,
I
would
take
upon
me
to
put
them
in
mind
,
that
we
had
all
been
engaged
together
in
the
defence
of
our
Rights
and
Liberties
against
Arbitrary
Power
;
that
the
City
had
been
eminently
instrumental
in
assisting
the
Parliament
and
Army
to
carry
on
that
weighty
Affair
,
whereby
they
had
acquired
Honour
to
themselves
,
Esteem
amongst
good
Men
,
and
Satisfaction
in
their
own
Minds
.
But
withal
it
ought
to
be
considered
that
by
this
they
had
highly
incensed
and
vehemently
provoked
the
Common
Enemy
against
them
,
who
tho
they
might
caress
them
for
the
present
,
and
make
them
the
most
solemn
Promises
of
future
Kindness
,
would
never
forget
the
Aid
and
Support
they
had
afforded
to
the
Parliament
during
the
whole
Course
of
the
late
War
;
but
would
certainly
take
a
time
to
be
revenged
on
them
to
the
utmost
.
Wherefore
I
desired
them
,
as
they
tendred
the
Peace
of
the
Nation
,
and
the
Preservation
of
their
Persons
and
Estates
,
that
they
would
not
suffer
themselves
to
be
deluded
by
our
Common
Adversaries
,
and
seduc'd
by
specious
Pretences
to
promote
that
Interest
,
which
prevailing
,
would
not
only
render
all
the
Blood
and
Treasure
that
had
been
spent
in
asserting
our
Liberties
,
of
no
use
to
us
,
but
also
force
us
under
such
a
Yoke
of
Servitude
,
that
neither
we
nor
our
Posterity
should
be
able
to
bear
.
Divers
of
them
seemed
much
surprized
at
this
Discourse
,
because
they
had
taken
other
Resolutions
:
yet
others
,
and
particularly
Alderman
Fowke
,
expressed
their
Approbation
of
what
I
had
said
,
and
declared
their
Resolution
to
act
accordingly
,
provided
they
might
be
assured
not
to
be
governed
by
an
Army
,
in
which
I
assured
them
my
Judgment
concurred
with
them
,
which
my
Actions
should
always
demonstrate
.
And
as
I
did
upon
all
Publick
Occasions
endeavour
to
perswade
our
divided
Parties
to
unite
for
their
Common
Safety
,
so
I
am
not
sensible
that
I
neglected
any
private
Opportunity
to
bring
about
that
End.
Therefore
when
I
waited
on
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
which
frequently
happened
,
I
never
failed
to
exhort
him
during
this
unhappy
Breach
,
that
he
would
use
his
Endeavours
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
About
which
being
one
day
somewhat
earnest
with
him
,
and
having
acquainted
him
,
that
finding
my
good
Offices
between
the
Parliament-Men
and
the
Army
,
were
likely
to
prove
ineffectual
,
I
was
resolved
to
go
to
my
Station
in
Ireland
.
His
Lady
over-hearing
these
last
Words
from
her
Chamber
,
and
being
inform'd
that
I
was
alone
with
the
Lieutenant
General
,
she
came
into
the
Room
where
we
were
,
and
with
Tears
began
to
lament
the
present
Condition
of
her
Husband
,
who
,
she
said
,
had
been
always
unwilling
to
do
any
thing
in
opposition
to
the
Parliament
;
assuring
me
that
he
was
utterly
ignorant
of
the
Contrivance
of
the
Officers
at
Darby
,
to
petition
the
Parliament
in
so
insolent
a
manner
,
and
had
not
had
any
part
in
their
Proceedings
upon
it
afterwards
:
That
,
as
to
herself
,
she
had
always
solicited
him
to
comply
in
all
things
with
the
Orders
of
the
Parliament
;
and
that
fearing
the
Consequences
of
the
Petition
from
Darby
,
she
had
taken
the
Original
,
and
locked
it
up
in
her
Cabinet
,
where
it
still
was
.
She
desired
me
to
defer
my
Journey
to
Ireland
,
till
Differences
should
be
composed
between
the
Parliament
and
the
Army
,
saying
,
that
she
knew
I
had
an
Interest
in
both
,
which
she
hoped
I
would
improve
for
the
good
of
both
,
and
not
forget
to
do
what
good
Offices
I
could
for
her
Husband
,
who
she
said
had
always
expressed
a
great
Friendship
for
me
.
I
confess
I
was
moved
with
the
Discourse
of
the
Lady
,
and
could
have
been
contented
to
put
off
my
Journey
for
Ireland
some
time
longer
,
if
I
had
not
clearly
seen
it
impossible
to
adjust
the
Differences
between
our
contending
Parties
.
For
the
Army
instead
of
hearkning
to
an
Accommodation
,
had
not
only
resolved
to
call
a
new
Parliament
,
but
also
published
a
Proclamation
to
appoint
the
Day
and
Place
of
their
meeting
.
Besides
,
I
was
under
no
small
Apprehensions
that
Disorders
might
arise
amongst
the
Officers
in
Ireland
,
which
was
my
peculiar
Province
,
and
therefore
I
resolved
to
hasten
my
Departure
,
and
acquainted
the
Lieutenant
General
that
my
Resolution
was
fixed
,
at
which
both
he
and
his
Lady
seemed
much
troubled
.
The
next
Morning
I
went
with
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
to
the
Chamber
of
the
Horse-Guard
at
Whitehal
,
where
the
principal
Officers
used
to
meet
,
in
order
to
take
leave
of
them
,
and
to
let
them
know
how
much
we
were
dissatisfied
with
the
Measures
they
had
taken
:
But
when
we
came
there
,
we
found
them
under
great
Confusion
,
by
reason
of
the
certain
Information
they
had
received
,
That
the
Fleet
had
unanimously
declared
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
This
News
had
wrought
such
an
Alteration
in
them
,
that
they
expressed
to
us
their
Readiness
to
comply
with
the
Desires
of
the
Fleet
,
so
it
might
be
done
upon
convenient
Terms
,
and
earnestly
importuned
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
and
Major
Saloway
to
go
down
to
the
Fleet
with
some
of
their
Party
to
treat
with
the
Commanders
at
Sea
about
the
Affair
.
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
who
was
always
ready
to
promote
the
Service
of
the
Publick
,
accepted
the
Imployment
without
any
Hesitation
,
tho'
the
Weather
then
was
extreme
sharp
,
it
being
in
the
midst
of
Winter
,
and
he
distempered
with
a
great
Cold
:
To
him
were
joined
Major
Saloway
and
Col.
Salmon
,
with
Powers
from
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
to
treat
with
those
of
the
Fleet
;
where
after
they
had
spent
four
or
five
Days
in
that
Negotiation
,
they
returned
to
make
their
Report
to
those
who
had
desired
them
to
undertake
that
trouble
,
which
to
the
best
of
my
remembrance
was
to
this
effect
:
That
at
their
first
coming
on
board
,
Mr.
Scot
declined
to
speak
with
them
,
and
Col.
Okey
used
them
more
roughly
;
but
that
by
the
Perswasions
of
Vice
Admiral
Lawson
they
did
at
last
consent
to
a
Conference
,
where
they
appeared
very
averse
to
any
Proposal
of
Terms
to
be
made
with
the
Parliament
before
their
Readmission
,
insisting
upon
the
absolute
Submission
of
the
Army
to
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
.
Another
Difficulty
arose
touching
the
Commissioners
to
be
appointed
by
the
Fleet
to
treat
with
an
equal
Number
of
the
Army
,
about
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
;
and
the
Vice
Admiral
having
proposed
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
Major
Saloway
,
Mr.
Scot
,
and
himself
,
for
that
purpose
,
Mr.
Scot
excepted
against
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
,
as
Persons
that
had
too
far
espoused
the
Interest
of
the
Army
.
But
the
Prudence
and
Moderation
of
Vice
Admiral
Lawson
removed
these
Obstructions
,
and
prevailed
with
Mr.
Scot
to
comply
.
The
Officers
of
the
Army
gave
Thanks
to
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
rest
of
the
Commissioners
for
their
Labour
and
good
Service
,
which
made
me
conceive
some
hopes
of
a
speedy
Accommodation
,
since
there
now
seemed
little
more
remaining
to
be
done
by
the
Army
,
but
to
nominate
their
four
Commissioners
,
for
which
they
took
time
till
the
Afternoon
.
But
so
ripe
were
these
Men
for
Destruction
,
and
so
abandoned
of
every
reasonable
Thought
,
that
they
knew
not
how
to
make
use
of
this
Opportunity
;
and
instead
of
naming
Persons
to
treat
about
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
,
they
used
all
the
Arts
imaginable
to
prevail
with
the
Council
of
Officers
to
vote
a
new
Parliament
to
be
called
,
wherein
they
succeeded
so
much
,
that
one
of
the
Principal
of
them
told
me
in
the
Afternoon
,
that
he
had
altered
his
Opinion
,
and
was
fully
convinced
that
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
was
the
very
worst
Remedy
that
could
be
applied
to
the
Distempers
of
the
Nation
.
After
they
had
taken
this
Resolution
,
I
resolved
upon
my
Journey
for
Ireland
with
all
Expedition
;
and
having
made
the
necessary
Preparations
for
my
Departure
,
I
went
into
the
Chamber
where
the
Council
of
Officers
accustomed
to
meet
,
and
there
freely
told
them
,
That
the
Measures
they
had
resolved
to
take
,
if
pursued
,
would
certainly
bring
Ruin
on
themselves
,
and
possibly
on
the
People
of
England
.
Hereupon
Col.
Desborow
took
me
aside
,
and
proposed
for
an
Expedient
,
to
make
choice
of
sixty
Persons
of
the
best
and
ablest
of
the
old
Parliament
,
to
be
the
Select
Senate
that
should
have
a
Negative
upon
the
Representative
.
To
which
I
answered
,
That
I
hoped
the
Members
of
the
Parliament
aimed
only
at
the
Promotion
of
the
Publick
Good
,
and
not
at
the
Advancement
of
themselves
to
Places
of
Power
;
but
if
that
could
be
supposed
to
be
the
Disease
of
any
of
them
,
yet
the
late
Experience
they
had
of
the
Uselesness
and
Vanity
of
the
other
House
,
who
made
themselves
only
the
Objects
of
Scorn
and
Pity
,
would
be
sufficient
to
caution
them
against
treading
in
their
steps
,
and
entering
into
a
Contest
and
Competition
with
those
that
represented
the
whole
Nation
,
without
any
other
Support
but
that
of
the
Army
,
of
whose
Unfaithfulness
they
had
already
made
such
evident
Discoveries
.
The
same
day
in
the
Evening
Lieutenant
Col.
Walker
,
whom
I
had
desired
to
go
to
Wallingford-House
,
and
to
bring
me
an
Account
of
their
last
Result
before
my
Departure
,
came
to
me
with
News
that
they
had
again
changed
their
Measures
,
and
finally
resolved
upon
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
,
pretending
for
the
Reason
of
this
great
Alteration
,
that
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
had
been
extremely
disturbed
in
his
Mind
the
Night
before
,
in
contemplation
of
the
Mischiefs
that
were
likely
to
ensue
if
they
should
proceed
upon
their
former
Resolution
.
But
most
Men
believed
that
the
true
Reasons
of
this
sudden
Change
were
taken
from
the
Submission
of
their
Forces
that
had
been
sent
to
besiege
Portsmouth
,
to
the
Generals
of
the
Parliament
,
who
had
possessed
themselves
of
that
Place
;
whereof
they
having
received
an
Account
,
began
to
despair
of
subsisting
any
longer
in
opposition
to
the
Parliament
.
The
manner
of
their
deserting
the
Service
of
the
Army
was
thus
:
They
generally
thought
the
Differences
between
the
Parties
not
sufficiently
important
to
warrant
any
Actions
of
open
Hostility
,
especially
the
Horse
,
who
in
the
Absence
of
the
Colonel
were
commanded
by
Major
Bremen
,
Major
to
Col.
Rich
his
Regiment
.
He
having
sounded
the
Inclinations
of
the
Souldiers
,
and
informed
divers
of
them
of
their
Duty
,
gave
Advice
of
his
Proceedings
to
the
Colonel
,
who
perceiving
the
Officers
of
the
Fleet
,
and
many
of
those
of
the
Army
,
to
desire
the
return
of
the
Parliament
,
went
down
privately
from
London
to
his
Regiment
.
Being
arrived
before
Portsmouth
,
and
finding
both
Horse
and
Foot
prepared
for
his
Design
,
he
gave
notice
of
his
Intentions
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
the
rest
of
the
Commanders
in
the
Place
,
who
having
caused
the
Gate
to
be
opened
,
Col.
Rich
with
the
Forces
that
had
hitherto
lain
before
the
Town
as
Enemies
,
marched
in
and
joined
themselves
to
the
Parliament's
Generals
.
The
next
Morning
after
the
News
of
this
Event
was
brought
to
London
,
the
Army-Party
summoned
a
Council
of
Officers
,
consisting
not
only
of
the
Standing
Forces
,
but
also
of
the
City-Militia
,
and
proposed
to
them
an
Instrument
to
sign
,
whereby
they
should
engage
to
stand
by
each
other
,
notwithstanding
the
Return
of
the
Parliament
.
The
Officers
seemed
unwilling
to
subscribe
the
Paper
,
and
therefore
it
was
not
peremtorily
required
;
but
being
permitted
to
give
their
Approbation
by
Votes
,
they
passed
it
without
many
Negatives
,
Whilst
this
Matter
was
under
debate
,
Letters
were
brought
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
which
after
he
had
read
,
he
called
me
aside
,
and
acquainting
me
with
the
Contents
of
them
,
he
delivered
them
to
me
,
and
desired
I
would
keep
them
private
.
The
Substance
of
them
was
,
that
a
Party
of
the
Army
in
Ireland
had
possessed
themselves
of
the
Castle
of
Dublin
,
seized
on
Col.
Jones
who
commanded
in
my
Absence
,
taken
the
Commissioners
into
Custody
,
and
published
a
Declaration
for
the
Parliament
,
of
which
a
Copy
was
inclosed
in
the
Letters
.
Therein
they
declared
the
Reasons
of
their
Proceedings
to
be
grounded
on
their
Desires
to
relieve
the
Nation
from
the
Government
of
the
Sword
,
which
they
saw
was
endeavoured
to
be
established
not
only
in
England
,
but
also
in
Ireland
,
even
by
those
who
had
lately
signed
an
Address
to
the
Parliament
,
and
sent
it
over
by
their
Commander
in
Chief
,
as
they
were
yet
pleased
to
call
me
.
They
acknowledged
the
Guilt
of
those
who
had
offered
Violence
to
the
Civil
Authority
,
and
their
own
Unworthiness
,
so
far
as
they
might
have
contributed
to
keep
them
from
the
Exercise
of
their
just
Power
,
promising
to
yield
Obedience
to
their
Commands
for
the
future
,
and
declaring
their
Resolution
to
join
with
the
Generals
at
Portsmouth
,
Col.
Monk
,
and
Vice
Admiral
Lawson
,
in
order
to
procure
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
.
Having
read
this
Declaration
,
and
finding
it
to
agree
with
my
Sense
of
the
Publick
Affairs
,
and
signed
by
my
Brother-in-law
Col.
Kempson
,
with
many
others
of
known
Integrity
,
I
could
not
refuse
to
give
it
my
Approbation
:
But
when
I
had
considered
that
it
was
also
subscribed
by
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
,
who
upon
all
Occasions
had
shewed
himself
a
principal
Instrument
of
Mischief
amongst
us
,
and
by
Col.
Bridges
and
others
,
who
had
been
very
active
to
support
the
Usurpation
of
the
Cromwels
,
I
became
doubtful
what
Judgment
to
make
of
it
.
However
,
having
seen
things
brought
to
an
issue
in
England
,
I
concluded
it
to
be
my
Duty
to
hasten
to
my
Charge
in
Ireland
,
that
if
their
Intentions
were
just
and
honest
,
I
might
encourage
and
assist
them
;
and
if
I
should
find
them
otherwise
inclined
,
that
I
might
endeavour
to
reduce
them
to
their
Duty
.
Therefore
having
taken
leave
of
my
Friends
and
Relations
,
I
departed
from
London
,
and
being
on
my
way
to
Chester
,
in
order
to
imbark
for
Ireland
,
I
received
Letters
by
a
Messenger
sent
on
purpose
from
my
Brother
Kempson
,
by
which
I
understood
that
the
Surprizal
of
Dublin
had
been
principally
contrived
and
carried
on
by
Col.
Bridges
,
Lieutenant
Colonel
Warren
,
Major
Warden
,
Major
Warren
,
Capt
.
Joyner
,
and
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
:
That
the
Pretence
of
their
meeting
together
at
Dublin
was
to
petition
for
a
General
Council
of
Officers
,
that
the
Sense
of
the
Army
there
touching
the
Publick
Affairs
might
be
fairly
collected
and
represented
.
Those
who
had
the
immediate
Managment
of
things
in
Ireland
having
refused
to
grant
their
Request
,
the
Officers
above-mentioned
resolved
to
put
their
Design
in
execution
;
and
having
gained
the
greatest
part
of
a
Foot
Company
that
was
quartered
in
the
Armory
near
the
Iron
Gate
of
the
Castle
,
they
ordered
three
of
the
private
Souldiers
who
were
best
known
to
the
Sentinel
that
was
upon
the
Guard
,
to
desire
him
to
open
the
Gate
,
and
to
let
them
in
to
do
some
Business
which
they
pretended
to
have
in
the
Castle
.
But
so
soon
as
the
Sentinel
had
opened
the
Gate
,
the
three
Souldiers
secured
him
,
and
immediately
after
the
rest
of
their
Confederates
,
with
Major
Warden
at
the
Head
of
them
,
rushed
in
and
surprized
the
Guard
.
Being
thus
possessed
of
the
Castle
,
they
seized
upon
Col.
John
Jones
,
and
sent
Major
Warren
to
take
into
his
Custody
Mr.
Corbet
and
Col.
Thomlinson
,
the
other
two
Commissioners
,
which
he
did
as
they
were
coming
from
the
Church
.
My
Brother
Kempson
was
at
this
time
in
my
Lodgings
in
the
Castle
,
and
heard
nothing
of
this
Action
,
till
some
of
the
principal
Persons
concerned
came
to
him
,
and
acquainted
him
with
what
had
passed
,
desiring
him
to
join
with
them
,
which
he
thought
fit
to
promise
.
Then
they
sent
to
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
giving
him
an
account
of
their
Success
,
and
desired
his
Assistance
,
tho
he
had
not
been
made
acquainted
with
their
Design
.
My
Brother
also
informed
me
,
that
tho
he
had
contributed
towards
drawing
up
the
Declaration
of
this
Party
to
be
best
Advantage
he
could
for
the
Publick
Interest
,
yet
he
was
so
unsatisfied
with
the
Spirit
and
Principles
of
these
Men
,
that
he
was
very
hardly
perswaded
to
sign
it
.
The
Horse
that
were
in
the
Town
had
for
the
most
part
joined
with
this
Party
;
but
a
Company
of
Foot
of
Col.
Lawrence
his
Regiment
being
got
together
upon
this
Alarm
,
and
solicited
to
declare
with
them
for
the
Parliament
,
made
answer
,
That
they
knew
not
what
Parliament
they
meant
;
but
that
they
were
resolved
to
be
faithful
to
the
Parliament
,
and
to
me
their
Commander
in
Chief
.
In
these
Words
most
of
the
Forces
in
Ireland
afterwards
declared
;
and
Sir
Hardress
Waller
desired
my
Brother
Kempson
to
let
me
know
,
that
he
had
carried
his
Life
in
his
Hand
,
and
hazarded
all
in
this
Affair
for
my
sake
.
And
that
there
might
be
no
want
of
Protestations
,
Major
Warden
himself
told
my
Brother
,
that
tho'
I
thought
him
a
Cavalier
,
yet
I
should
find
him
as
faithful
to
the
Commonwealth
as
any
Man
.
Yet
for
all
this
my
Brother
acquainted
me
,
that
he
much
doubted
the
Sincerity
of
their
Intentions
,
and
the
rather
,
because
Sir
Charles-Coote
had
seized
Galway
,
and
turned
out
Col.
Sadler
the
Governour
of
that
Place
;
that
he
had
imprisoned
Major
Ormisby
,
an
Officer
of
Courage
and
Honesty
,
and
had
drawn
together
a
considerable
Body
both
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
consisting
chiefly
of
the
English-Irish
.
Therefore
he
concluded
that
I
would
lose
no
time
,
but
hasten
to
them
with
all
possible
Expedition
.
Having
received
this
Account
of
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
,
and
being
perswaded
that
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
was
like
to
have
a
great
Influence
upon
the
Publick
Counsels
,
I
sent
him
a
Copy
of
my
Letter
,
and
earnestly
desired
him
to
take
care
not
to
be
seduced
by
fair
Promises
and
specious
Pretences
,
to
strengthen
the
Hands
of
those
in
whom
he
never
had
found
,
nor
was
like
to
find
any
just
Grounds
of
Confidence
.
Before
my
Departure
from
Chester
I
made
a
Visit
,
and
took
leave
of
Col.
Croxton
Governour
of
that
Place
,
who
,
as
he
had
always
done
,
gave
me
all
possible
Demonstration
of
his
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
.
From
thence
I
went
to
Beaumaris
,
where
I
found
a
Ship
of
War
carrying
about
thirty
Guns
,
commanded
by
Capt
.
Aldworth
.
And
tho
I
had
no
Order
from
any
superiour
Powers
,
yet
the
Captain
promised
,
if
he
could
get
out
of
the
Harbour
,
to
set
sail
for
Ireland
the
next
Morning
.
Which
having
done
according
to
his
Promise
,
we
cast
Anchor
the
day
after
in
the
Bay
of
Bullock
over
against
my
House
at
Moncktown
.
But
not
thinking
it
prudent
to
go
ashore
till
I
had
farther
informed
my self
of
the
State
of
Affairs
,
I
writ
a
Letter
to
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
,
to
acquaint
them
,
that
the
Parliament
being
again
restored
to
their
Authority
,
according
to
their
Desires
expressed
in
their
Address
and
late
Declaration
,
wherein
I
concurred
in
Judgment
with
them
,
I
was
come
over
to
join
with
them
,
and
to
afford
them
my
Assistance
to
accomplish
those
things
for
which
they
had
declared
.
This
Letter
I
sent
to
them
by
our
Deputy-Advocate
;
and
when
the
Boat
went
off
,
Capt
.
Aldworth
caused
his
Guns
to
be
fired
,
which
gave
notice
to
those
at
Dublin
of
my
Arrival
.
At
the
Return
of
the
Boat
my
Brother
Kempson
,
accompanied
by
divers
Officers
,
came
on
board
and
informed
me
,
that
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
were
in
a
much
worse
Condition
than
at
the
time
he
had
written
to
me
in
England
,
by
reason
of
the
Prevalency
of
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
who
with
one
or
two
more
influenced
the
whole
Council
of
Officers
as
they
pleased
;
and
that
all
those
who
had
been
displaced
for
Debauchery
or
Disaffection
,
had
joined
with
him
:
By
which
means
divers
Officers
of
known
Affection
to
the
Publick
had
been
obliged
to
quit
their
Posts
,
and
yield
their
Garisons
to
his
Creatures
:
That
Col.
Brayfield
Governour
of
Athlone
,
having
refused
to
surrender
that
Place
to
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
he
had
drawn
his
Forces
before
it
,
and
by
tampering
with
some
of
the
Garrison
,
and
falsely
affirming
that
the
Governour
would
deliver
them
up
to
him
,
he
had
prevailed
with
them
to
set
open
the
Gates
of
the
Castle
,
and
to
betray
their
Governour
into
his
hands
:
That
upon
this
Encouragement
he
had
marched
to
Dublin
with
a
considerable
Body
of
Horse
,
amongst
whom
he
had
distributed
a
great
Sum
of
Money
to
secure
them
to
his
Interest
:
That
the
like
Success
had
attended
divers
others
of
his
Associates
in
several
Parts
of
that
Country
,
particularly
that
Col.
Edmund
Temple
had
possessed
himself
of
Carlo
,
whereof
Col.
Pretty
was
Governour
:
That
Capt
.
Lisle
had
dispossessed
Lieutenant
Colonel
Desborough
of
Drogheda
;
and
that
Major
Wilson
had
seised
Limerick
,
whereof
Col.
Nelson
had
been
made
Governour
by
me
:
That
Major
Stanley
,
whom
I
had
permitted
upon
his
Request
to
stay
in
the
Citadel
of
Clonmel
'till
his
Wife
,
who
was
ready
to
lie
down
,
should
be
brought
to
Bed
,
had
made
use
of
the
Opportunity
to
possess
himself
of
that
Place
:
That
Col.
Cooper
,
whom
I
had
entrusted
to
command
some
Forces
in
the
North
,
had
fallen
sick
upon
the
late
Change
,
and
was
since
dead
;
and
that
his
Lieutenant
Colonel
had
been
seized
by
a
Party
of
his
own
Souldiers
,
and
brought
Prisoner
to
Dublin
,
where
a
Sum
of
Money
was
given
to
them
for
that
Service
:
And
that
Lieutenant
Colonel
Fowke
,
with
the
Assistance
of
the
Cavalier
Party
,
had
seized
upon
Youghal
.
My
Brother
also
informed
me
,
that
Sir
Charles
Coote
and
those
who
had
seized
the
Power
into
their
hands
,
had
prevailed
with
the
Council
of
Officers
to
pass
a
Vote
,
not
to
receive
me
as
Commander
in
Chief
,
'till
the
Pleasure
of
the
Parliament
should
be
signified
to
them
,
pretending
me
to
be
an
Enemy
to
the
Parliament
,
and
in
the
Interest
of
the
Army
.
In
the
mean
time
Col.
Phair
Governour
of
Cork
,
Col.
Saunders
Governour
of
Kinsale
,
Col.
Richards
Governour
of
Wexford
,
and
Lieutenant
Colonel
Arnop
Governour
of
Inniskillin
,
had
declared
for
the
Parliament
,
but
refused
to
obey
the
Orders
of
those
at
Dublin
.
In
this
Confusion
were
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
,
two
Parties
contending
and
accounting
each
other
Enemies
,
and
yet
both
declaring
for
the
Parliament
.
Having
received
this
Information
,
and
being
fully
convinced
of
the
ill
Intentions
of
this
Party
,
however
they
sought
to
disguise
their
Actions
under
the
specious
Pretext
of
Affection
to
the
Parliament
,
since
I
could
not
do
what
I
desired
for
the
Publick
Service
,
yet
I
resolved
to
endeavour
to
act
as
I
ought
,
in
the
discharge
of
that
Trust
which
the
Parliament
had
reposed
in
me
.
And
that
end
I
writ
Letters
,
and
directed
them
to
the
Commanders
of
Garisons
,
and
to
the
Officers
of
Regiments
,
of
whose
Fidelity
I
had
the
best
Assurance
,
acquainting
them
with
the
Return
of
the
Parliament
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Authority
,
Assuring
them
of
my
constant
Affections
to
the
Parliament
,
and
my
Resolution
to
adhere
to
them
,
requiring
the
Commanders
and
Officers
of
the
respective
Garisons
and
Regiments
,
as
they
valued
the
Cause
of
God
and
their
Country
,
to
continue
faithful
to
the
Parliament
,
and
to
withdraw
from
those
,
who
under
pretence
of
declaring
for
the
Parliament
,
had
usurped
the
Power
,
which
they
designed
to
use
for
their
Destruction
,
and
for
the
Re-establishment
of
Arbitrary
Power
amongst
us
.
Therein
I
also
ordered
them
to
draw
into
considerable
Bodies
,
if
possible
,
and
to
defend
themselves
against
those
who
should
adventure
to
attack
them
;
and
if
they
should
be
overpower'd
,
to
draw
towards
Munster
,
where
I
would
endeavour
,
with
what
Force
I
could
get
together
,
to
give
them
my
Assistance
,
promising
to
justify
them
in
their
Refusal
to
obey
any
of
those
who
derived
not
their
Authority
from
the
Parliament
,
or
Me
.
These
Letters
I
put
into
the
hands
of
one
Mildmay
,
who
had
accompanied
my
Brother
Kempson
to
me
,
with
Orders
to
deliver
them
as
they
were
directed
,
which
he
promised
faithfully
to
perform
.
The
next
Morning
one
of
my
Servants
,
whom
I
had
sent
to
buy
some
Provisions
for
us
,
returned
on
board
,
and
informed
me
,
that
as
soon
as
those
at
Dublin
had
received
notice
of
my
Arrival
,
they
sent
a
Party
of
Horse
to
my
House
,
with
Orders
to
seize
me
;
who
not
finding
me
there
,
had
marched
towards
the
Sea
side
,
where
they
lay
privately
,
in
hopes
to
surprize
me
at
my
Landing
.
Notwithstanding
which
our
Boat
,
being
well
manned
and
armed
,
came
back
safe
to
the
Ship
with
some
Provisions
.
The
next
day
we
saw
a
Vessel
coming
from
England
,
which
proving
to
be
the
Packet-Boat
,
I
opened
the
Mail
,
and
found
therein
more
plainly
what
I
suspected
before
,
especially
in
one
of
the
Letters
to
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
,
wherein
some
mention
being
made
of
the
Affairs
of
Charles
Stuart
,
it
was
thus
corrected
,
But
no
more
of
that
till
the
next
Summer
.
This
Letter
with
some
others
I
kept
,
and
permitted
the
Master
of
the
Packet-Boat
to
carry
the
rest
to
the
Town
.
About
Noon
Capt
.
Lucas
came
to
me
on
board
,
with
an
Answer
to
the
Letter
I
had
sent
the
day
before
to
the
Officers
at
Dublin
,
wherein
they
expressed
great
Joy
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
,
and
acquainted
me
with
the
Resolution
of
their
Council
of
Officers
concerning
me
,
on
suspicion
that
I
had
taken
part
with
the
Army
against
the
Parliament
.
They
also
informed
me
,
that
they
had
dispatched
a
Message
to
the
Parliament's
Generals
,
for
Orders
from
them
,
or
the
Parliament
,
for
their
future
Conduct
,
desiring
in
the
mean
time
that
I
would
,
for
avoiding
Inconveniencies
,
retire
into
England
,
protesting
themselves
ready
to
obey
me
as
their
Commander
in
Chief
,
so
soon
as
the
Pleasure
of
the
Parliament
,
or
their
General's
,
should
be
signified
to
that
purpose
.
This
Messenger
gave
me
also
the
Copy
of
a
Letter
from
Col.
Monk
to
Col.
John
Jones
,
which
,
he
said
,
had
been
found
amongst
the
Colonel's
Papers
at
the
time
when
he
was
seized
,
by
which
Monk
endeavoured
to
perswade
him
of
his
Affection
to
the
Cause
of
the
Commonwealth
,
with
a
solemn
Profession
of
his
Resolution
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Parliament
,
and
to
oppose
to
the
death
the
setting
up
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Lords
.
Capt
.
Lucas
being
ready
to
return
to
Dublin
,
I
gave
him
my
Reply
to
the
Answer
he
brought
me
from
the
Officers
,
appealing
to
their
own
Consciences
for
my
Adherence
and
Affection
to
the
Parliament
,
telling
them
,
that
the
Duty
of
my
Charge
would
not
permit
me
to
return
to
England
in
such
a
Conjuncture
:
That
I
had
received
my
Commission
from
the
Parliament
,
and
did
not
find
that
it
enjoined
me
to
obey
the
Commands
of
those
,
who
for
the
most
part
had
no
Commissions
from
them
:
That
I
was
resolved
to
prosecute
,
as
far
as
I
was
able
,
the
Ends
of
my
Commission
for
the
Service
of
the
Parliament
,
by
whom
I
was
entrusted
;
requiring
them
to
forbear
any
Opposition
against
me
,
as
they
would
answer
for
the
Blood
that
might
be
shed
in
the
Dispute
.
I
acquainted
Capt
.
Lucas
with
the
Substance
of
my
Letter
;
who
thereupon
proposed
,
that
seeing
I
was
confident
of
my
good
Intentions
,
and
that
both
my self
and
those
at
Dublin
aimed
at
the
same
thing
,
I
would
go
to
them
,
and
by
satisfying
their
Scruples
,
adjust
the
Differences
between
us
.
But
I
told
him
,
that
I
was
too
well
informed
of
their
Principles
and
Designs
to
put
my self
into
their
hands
.
Then
,
said
he
,
you
do
not
think
us
to
be
for
the
Parliament
?
No
indeed
,
said
I
;
and
it
is
most
manifest
to
me
,
that
the
Design
of
those
who
now
govern
the
Council
of
Officers
,
tho
at
present
it
be
covered
with
Pretences
for
the
Parliametn
,
is
to
destroy
both
them
and
their
Friends
,
and
to
bring
in
the
Son
of
the
late
King
.
Perceiving
the
Passage
to
Dublin
to
be
barr'd
against
me
,
and
being
disappointed
of
some
farther
Provisions
that
I
had
sent
for
;
the
Enemy
,
for
such
they
had
declared
themselves
to
me
,
not
permitting
them
to
be
brought
on
board
,
I
resolved
to
try
if
I
could
find
Reception
from
any
other
Garison
on
the
Coast
,
hoping
that
the
Parliament
would
in
a
short
time
take
off
the
pretended
Objection
against
me
,
that
I
was
an
Enemy
to
them
.
Or
if
they
should
so
far
abandon
the
Care
of
their
own
Safety
,
to
leave
the
Power
in
the
hands
of
these
Usurpers
,
I
should
yet
have
the
Satisfaction
of
having
done
all
that
I
could
to
discharge
the
Trust
they
had
placed
in
me
.
But
before
I
departed
from
the
Bay
of
Dublin
,
I
dispatched
a
Relation
of
my
Wife
to
England
by
the
Packet
Boat
,
with
Letters
for
the
Parliament
,
wherein
I
gave
them
the
best
Account
I
could
of
the
State
of
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
and
desired
their
Instructions
how
to
govern
my self
in
so
nice
a
Conjuncture
;
assuring
them
,
that
as
I
had
never
been
solicitous
to
procure
the
Employment
wherein
their
Favour
had
placed
me
,
so
I
could
be
well
contented
to
withdraw
from
that
publick
Station
if
they
should
think
fit
to
recal
me
from
it
.
To
these
Letters
I
added
others
for
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
Mr.
Scot
,
with
Copies
of
some
of
the
Letters
which
I
had
intercepted
coming
from
England
for
those
at
Dublin
.
Having
dispatched
the
Packet-Boat
,
we
set
sail
for
Duncannon
,
where
I
had
placed
one
Capt
.
Skynner
to
command
,
in
whom
I
had
great
Confidence
,
and
the
next
Morning
about
eight
or
nine
of
the
Clock
we
were
in
view
of
the
Shoar
near
Wexford
.
Being
come
within
a
League
of
Duncannon
,
and
not
knowing
in
whose
hands
that
Place
might
be
in
this
strange
Revolution
of
Affairs
,
I
sent
a
Messenger
to
Capt
.
Alland
,
whom
I
had
made
Governour
of
the
Fort
at
Passage
,
to
be
informed
by
him
of
their
Condition
.
The
next
Morning
our
Messenger
returned
with
the
Captain
and
two
or
three
more
,
who
acquainted
me
,
that
tho
no
means
had
been
left
unattempted
to
procure
the
Fort
of
Duncannon
to
be
delivered
to
those
at
Dublin
,
that
Capt
.
Skynner
had
constantly
refused
to
obey
any
Orders
not
proceeding
from
the
Parliament
or
Me
.
He
also
informed
me
,
that
Col.
Richards
Governour
of
Wexford
,
Col.
Phair
Governour
of
Cork
,
and
Col.
Saunders
Governour
of
Kinsale
,
had
acted
in
the
like
manner
,
and
that
he
had
hopes
that
those
of
Waterford
would
also
declare
for
me
,
having
promised
so
to
do
when
I
should
arrive
.
But
that
the
Person
I
had
intrusted
with
the
Command
of
Kilkenny
had
been
frighted
out
of
his
Government
;
and
that
Lieutenant
Col.
Hurd
,
who
had
been
removed
for
his
vicious
Life
and
Disaffection
to
the
Publick
,
was
got
into
the
Place
.
Being
informed
of
these
Particulars
,
I
landed
the
same
day
in
the
Evening
at
Duncannon
,
where
I
was
received
with
great
Demonstrations
of
Joy
by
Capt
.
Skynner
the
Governour
,
and
the
Garison
,
who
at
my
Arrival
fired
their
Guns
round
the
Fort
,
and
were
answered
by
those
from
our
Ship
of
War
that
lay
in
the
Harbour
,
by
which
means
those
of
Waterford
had
notice
of
my
Landing
.
Doubting
what
the
issue
of
things
might
be
,
I
took
a
view
of
the
Place
;
and
having
perceived
that
the
Garison
was
not
sufficiently
provided
either
with
Men
or
Provisions
,
I
took
the
best
Care
I
could
for
their
Supply
.
To
this
end
one
of
the
Officers
having
engaged
to
bring
in
the
greatest
part
of
a
Foot
Company
in
the
Regiment
of
Col.
Stephens
,
I
sent
him
out
with
Orders
to
that
purpose
.
I
dispatched
a
Messenger
also
to
my
Tenants
at
Bally-Magger
,
which
lay
not
far
from
us
,
to
desire
them
to
furnish
me
with
Corn
,
Beef
,
and
other
Necessaries
.
I
revictualled
our
Men
of
War
,
whose
Provisions
were
almost
spent
,
and
borrowed
divers
Sums
of
Money
of
my
Friends
in
the
Parts
adjacent
,
which
I
knew
to
be
of
singular
Use
in
case
of
Extremity
.
Having
done
this
,
I
sent
Letters
to
Col.
Leigh
,
Governour
of
Waterford
,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
Officers
there
,
acquainting
them
with
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
,
and
with
my
Arrival
at
Duncannon
,
in
order
to
promote
their
Service
,
wherein
I
required
them
to
afford
me
their
Assistance
.
I
wrote
Letters
also
to
Col.
Puckle
Governour
of
Ross
,
to
the
same
effect
,
and
dispatched
others
to
Col.
Richards
,
Col.
Phair
,
and
Col.
Saunders
,
to
encourage
them
to
continue
to
act
as
they
had
hitherto
done
.
From
Waterford
I
had
a
civil
Return
to
my
Message
brought
by
some
of
their
Officers
,
who
came
to
make
me
a
Visit
;
but
I
could
not
get
a
positive
Answer
from
them
to
the
Contents
of
my
Letter
.
And
I
still
insisting
that
they
would
declare
themselves
,
they
sent
one
Capt
.
Bolton
and
three
other
Persons
to
me
,
desiring
that
I
would
satisfie
them
touching
the
Objection
that
had
been
given
out
against
me
,
that
I
was
an
Enemy
to
the
Parliament
;
which
having
done
,
as
I
might
well
,
they
departed
in
appearance
well
satisfied
.
In
the
mean
time
Col.
Temple
with
some
Horse
was
ordered
to
block
up
the
Fort
of
Duncannon
;
and
having
possessed
himself
of
the
Ways
leading
to
it
,
one
of
his
Parties
stopped
some
Country
People
that
were
bringing
some
Black
Cattle
for
the
use
of
the
Garison
;
which
having
perceived
,
I
ordered
a
Party
of
Foot
,
being
altogether
destitute
of
Horse
,
to
go
by
a
short
Way
,
and
to
post
themselves
in
a
Pass
through
which
they
were
to
return
:
and
tho
they
came
too
late
to
recover
the
Cattel
,
yet
they
prevailed
with
divers
of
the
Party
to
come
to
me
into
the
Fort
,
where
they
assured
me
that
they
had
been
brought
before
us
merely
in
obedience
to
their
superior
Officers
,
and
were
much
troubled
at
the
Differences
amongst
us
;
they
acknowledged
that
they
had
long
served
under
me
,
and
were
more
willing
to
continue
to
do
so
still
,
than
to
serve
under
any
other
Person
;
and
that
understanding
that
both
the
contending
Parties
waited
for
the
Signification
of
the
Parliament's
Pleasure
concerning
the
Publick
Affairs
,
they
promised
to
withdraw
from
the
Fort
,
and
to
come
no
more
against
us
.
By
which
it
may
farther
appear
how
unwilling
the
Forces
on
both
sides
were
to
come
to
any
open
Acts
of
Hostility
,
it
being
not
easy
for
Men
in
an
ordinary
Station
,
unacquainted
with
Publick
Counsels
,
and
of
ordinary
Capacities
,
so
soon
to
discern
the
way
to
their
Duty
through
the
specious
Pretences
of
each
Party
.
But
the
Cabal
at
Dublin
resolving
to
carry
on
their
wicked
Design
by
Force
,
if
they
could
not
do
it
by
Fraud
,
displaced
by
their
own
usurped
Authority
all
the
Field
Officers
of
the
Army
,
except
Major
Ed.
Warren
,
with
most
of
the
other
Officers
that
the
Parliament
had
commissionated
,
filling
their
Places
with
the
most
vicious
and
disaffected
Persons
they
could
find
.
Which
having
done
,
they
caused
a
Report
to
be
published
,
that
Sir
Charles
Coote
with
a
considerable
Force
would
come
to
besiege
me
in
Duncannon
,
whereby
they
obtained
this
Advantage
,
that
our
Enemies
in
Waterford
were
incouraged
to
appear
openly
,
and
our
Friends
,
uncertain
of
the
Event
,
would
not
venture
to
declare
themselves
.
Besides
,
Col.
Leigh
their
Governour
began
now
openly
to
side
with
those
at
Dublin
,
either
from
his
Malice
to
me
for
reproving
him
formerly
for
his
Zeal
in
supporting
the
Usurpation
of
Cromwel
,
or
from
a
selfish
Principle
that
was
natural
to
him
,
of
joining
always
with
the
rising
Party
;
tho
being
an
Anabaptist
,
he
might
have
considered
,
that
he
was
not
likely
to
find
much
Favour
with
the
Grandees
at
Dublin
.
The
Enemy
,
as
had
been
before
reported
,
drew
down
before
Duncannon
;
and
Capt
.
Scot
,
Son
to
Mr.
Scot
a
Member
of
the
Parliament
,
whom
I
have
had
occasion
frequently
to
mention
,
sent
a
Letter
to
inform
me
,
that
being
appointed
by
the
Officers
at
Dublin
to
reduce
the
Place
to
the
Obedience
of
the
Parliament
,
he
was
come
thither
to
that
purpose
.
Having
read
his
Letter
,
I
wrote
an
Answer
to
it
,
and
communicated
them
both
to
the
Officers
and
Souldiers
of
the
Garrison
.
In
my
Answer
I
told
him
that
we
were
really
for
that
,
which
they
only
pretended
as
a
Colour
to
worse
Designs
;
that
I
acted
by
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
,
and
should
endeavour
faithfully
to
discharge
my
Duty
;
requiring
them
forthwith
to
depart
,
and
return
to
the
Obedience
of
those
to
whom
they
owed
it
,
as
they
would
answer
the
contrary
to
God
and
Man
.
I
desired
the
Captain
to
communicate
my
Answer
to
those
that
were
with
him
,
as
I
assured
him
I
had
done
his
Letter
to
the
Officers
and
Souldiers
of
my
Garrison
.
Whilst
these
things
were
doing
,
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Cabal
at
Dublin
,
sent
one
Capt
.
Campbel
to
Col.
Monk
,
to
acquaint
him
with
the
Progress
they
had
made
;
upon
which
he
caused
the
Cannon
at
Berwick
to
be
fired
in
testimony
of
his
Joy
,
and
sent
back
the
Messenger
to
them
with
Letters
of
Thanks
for
their
good
Service
,
desiring
them
not
to
restore
the
Commissioners
of
the
Parliament
,
whom
they
had
seized
,
to
the
exercise
of
their
Authority
:
But
as
I
afterwards
understood
by
some
of
Coote's
Party
,
he
mentioned
nothing
concerning
me
in
his
Letters
,
not
knowing
,
as
I
presume
,
but
that
I
might
be
in
a
condition
to
retard
,
if
not
totally
obstruct
his
Grand
Design
,
as
probably
I
had
done
,
with
the
Blessing
of
God
,
if
the
Parliament
had
not
abandoned
me
,
and
their
own
Interest
at
the
same
time
,
by
the
influence
of
Monk's
Party
in
the
House
.
The
Junto
at
Dublin
being
very
desirous
to
remove
me
from
the
Post
where
I
was
,
called
a
Council
of
Officers
,
and
having
drawn
up
a
Letter
to
justify
their
Proceedings
against
me
,
they
procured
it
to
be
signed
and
sent
to
me
from
the
Council
,
endeavouring
therein
to
defame
me
with
all
possible
Malice
,
charging
me
with
neglecting
the
Duty
of
my
Imployment
in
Ireland
,
when
upon
the
late
Interruption
of
the
Parliament
I
had
rather
chosen
to
continue
my
Journey
to
London
,
than
to
return
to
the
discharge
of
my
Office
;
accusing
me
for
divers
Passages
in
my
Letters
which
they
had
intercepted
;
in
one
of
which
,
having
called
Col.
John
Jones
,
Dear
Friend
,
they
would
have
it
interpreted
,
that
I
thereby
approved
his
Correspondence
with
the
Wallingford-House
Party
:
And
in
another
having
expressed
my
Desire
to
moderate
things
between
the
Parliament
and
the
Army
,
they
improved
it
to
a
very
great
Crime
,
alledging
that
Men
ought
to
obey
,
and
not
to
capitulate
with
the
Parliament
;
adding
,
that
when
I
saw
I
could
do
no
more
in
opposition
to
the
Parliament
,
I
had
refused
to
wait
their
sitting
,
and
departed
for
Ireland
a
Day
or
two
before
their
Restitution
,
where
I
had
endeavoured
to
serve
the
Army
by
my
Interest
in
the
disaffected
Party
;
that
finding
Dublin
to
be
secured
for
the
Parliament
by
those
who
obeyed
their
Orders
,
and
would
obey
me
as
their
Commander
in
Chief
,
if
the
Parliament
thought
fit
to
continue
that
Power
to
me
,
I
had
not
only
refused
to
return
to
England
till
their
Pleasure
in
that
Affair
might
be
known
,
but
also
had
endeavoured
by
all
hostile
means
to
get
the
Power
into
my
hands
,
at
the
same
time
neglecting
my
Duty
in
Parliament
,
which
they
said
I
might
have
been
doing
,
had
not
my
Miscarriages
rendred
me
uncapable
of
that
Honour
.
Having
perused
this
Letter
,
I
thought
my self
obliged
to
answer
it
,
as
well
to
clear
my self
from
these
Calumnies
,
as
to
prevent
the
Effect
it
might
otherwise
have
amongst
unwary
Men
,
which
was
especially
to
be
regarded
in
this
Conjuncture
,
because
they
had
taken
care
to
print
and
disperse
their
Libel
against
me
.
I
told
them
in
my
Answer
,
that
they
well
knew
that
in
my
Letters
to
Col.
Jones
,
which
they
had
intercepted
,
I
had
expressed
my
Dislike
of
his
Correspondence
with
the
Army
,
tho
having
received
Civilities
from
him
,
and
because
he
had
his
Sword
in
his
Hand
,
I
thought
it
not
imprudent
to
keep
fair
with
him
,
which
was
probably
the
reason
why
they
themselves
were
not
more
plainly
dealt
with
by
the
Parliament
:
That
notwithstanding
their
Pretences
of
Obedience
to
the
Parliament
,
I
wished
I
might
not
see
the
Day
when
they
should
positively
refuse
to
obey
their
Commands
,
to
the
destruction
of
their
Authority
,
and
the
Advancement
of
a
contrary
Interest
;
tho
,
to
serve
the
present
turn
,
they
now
blamed
me
for
endeavouring
,
in
the
midst
of
the
Confusion
that
the
Ambition
of
the
Army
had
brought
upon
us
,
to
moderate
things
so
,
that
their
Authority
might
have
been
restored
,
and
the
Publick
Cause
preserved
from
Ruin
:
That
the
Reasons
of
my
not
returning
to
my
Command
upon
advice
of
the
late
Interruption
were
;
first
,
because
I
knew
it
to
be
the
Interest
of
the
Parliament
and
the
Army
to
unite
,
both
being
in
a
certain
way
to
ruin
,
if
they
did
not
;
and
that
therefore
I
was
incouraged
to
attempt
it
:
And
in
the
next
place
,
because
I
had
seen
the
Letter
which
was
sent
from
the
Officers
at
London
to
those
in
Ireland
,
wherein
they
had
declared
that
they
had
only
obstructed
their
Sitting
for
a
while
:
Thirdly
,
I
hoped
at
my
Departure
I
had
left
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
in
good
Hands
;
and
at
the
worst
,
I
was
perswaded
it
must
of
necessity
follow
the
Fate
of
England
.
Lastly
,
I
doubted
not
that
by
fixing
the
Irish
Brigade
,
which
was
in
England
,
to
the
Interest
of
the
Parliament
,
I
should
contribute
more
to
their
Service
,
than
by
the
best
Regulation
that
could
be
made
of
the
Forces
in
Ireland
:
That
the
Cause
of
my
last
Return
to
Ireland
was
taken
from
the
knowledge
I
had
of
the
Persons
that
had
assumed
the
Power
into
their
Hands
,
and
the
Duty
that
lay
upon
me
to
use
the
best
of
my
Endeavours
to
put
a
stop
to
those
malignant
Designs
,
which
I
had
reason
to
believe
their
Principles
would
lead
them
to
carry
on
:
That
they
must
pardon
me
,
if
I
followed
not
their
Advice
of
returning
to
England
,
when
I
was
in
the
Bay
of
Dublin
,
having
it
not
in
my
Instructions
to
obey
them
;
and
being
as
fully
satisfied
of
their
Intentions
to
make
use
of
their
Power
,
under
pretence
of
serving
the
Parliament
,
to
undermine
and
destroy
their
Friends
,
as
I
was
that
my
own
Endeavours
were
directed
wholly
to
their
Service
,
and
that
it
was
my
Duty
,
as
far
as
I
could
,
to
prosecute
the
Ends
of
that
Commission
with
which
they
had
intrusted
me
.
Before
I
had
sent
away
this
Letter
,
I
received
the
astonishing
News
that
the
Parliament
had
sent
to
the
Officers
at
Dublin
an
Acknowledgment
of
their
Service
,
in
declaring
for
them
;
and
about
a
Week
after
the
said
Officers
sent
a
Letter
to
be
delivered
to
me
,
signed
by
William
Lenthal
,
Speaker
of
the
Parliament
,
to
desire
me
by
their
Order
to
attend
the
Parliament
,
with
an
Account
of
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
,
that
upon
consideration
thereof
,
such
a
Course
might
be
taken
,
as
might
secure
the
Publick
Interest
there
.
Letters
to
the
same
effect
were
written
,
as
I
was
informed
,
to
Col.
John
Jones
,
Col.
Thomlinson
,
and
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
,
Commissioners
for
the
Parliament
in
Ireland
.
By
these
Letters
I
perceived
that
the
Parliament
was
reduced
to
a
dishonourable
Compliance
with
those
who
had
got
the
Ascendant
over
them
;
and
therefore
having
received
their
Comands
to
attend
them
,
I
resolved
to
do
it
as
soon
as
I
could
,
hoping
by
the
Account
I
should
give
them
,
to
awaken
their
Care
,
and
if
they
were
not
wholly
infatuated
,
perswade
them
to
make
a
timely
Provision
against
the
Dangers
that
so
visibly
threatned
them
with
sudden
Destruction
.
The
Enemy
thought
I
would
have
surrendred
the
Fort
of
Duncannon
into
their
Hands
,
and
to
that
end
used
many
Arguments
to
induce
me
to
it
;
but
I
refused
to
hearken
to
that
Proposition
,
and
acquainted
them
,
that
the
Letters
I
had
received
rather
implied
the
contrary
;
and
that
if
the
Parliament
were
as
sensible
as
they
ought
to
be
of
their
Interest
,
I
doubted
not
that
Duncannon
might
prove
a
good
Landing
place
for
an
Army
from
England
,
to
reduce
those
in
Ireland
to
their
Obedience
.
In
the
mean
time
I
had
caused
two
or
three
Vessels
to
cast
Anchor
under
the
command
of
the
Castle
,
resolving
to
make
use
of
one
of
them
for
my
Transportation
to
England
;
and
finding
a
Dutch
Bottom
,
commanded
by
a
French-man
,
to
be
most
convenient
for
my
purpose
,
I
agreed
with
the
Master
of
her
for
my
Voyage
,
Before
I
departed
,
Capt
.
Scot
,
Major
Barrington
,
and
some
others
of
those
that
had
blocked
us
up
,
desired
to
speak
with
me
,
which
I
agreed
to
,
and
amongst
other
Discourse
that
deserves
not
to
be
mentioned
,
many
of
them
,
and
in
particular
Capt
.
Scot
,
tho
they
had
declared
for
the
Parliament
,
endeavoured
to
justify
the
Attempt
of
Sir
George
Booth
,
reviling
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
and
divers
others
who
were
Members
of
the
Parliament
:
and
being
asked
whether
they
would
fight
against
Charles
Stuart
,
if
he
should
appear
at
the
Head
of
an
Army
,
they
refused
to
explain
themselves
in
that
particular
:
And
yet
these
Gentlemen
would
be
thought
to
be
the
only
Champions
for
the
Parliament
.
Capt
.
Scot
accompanied
me
to
the
Water-side
,
where
taking
leave
of
Capt
.
Skinner
the
Governour
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
and
Soldiers
of
the
Garison
,
I
commanded
the
Governour
in
his
Presence
,
not
to
surrender
the
Fort
to
any
Person
that
should
not
be
authorized
to
receive
it
by
the
Parliament
or
me
,
wherein
I
doubted
not
he
would
have
the
Assistance
of
the
whole
Garison
,
which
they
unanimously
promised
.
As
soon
as
I
was
imbarked
,
Capt
.
Skinner
caused
all
their
Cannon
to
be
fired
to
testify
their
Respects
to
me
;
and
the
Wind
being
very
fair
,
we
immediately
set
fail
for
England
.
The
next
Morning
we
found
our selves
in
view
of
the
Isle
of
Lundy
,
and
I
would
willingly
have
landed
at
Minhead
,
but
the
Seas
went
so
high
,
that
we
were
obliged
to
put
in
at
Milford
Comb
;
where
having
provided
Horses
for
my self
and
Company
,
we
went
to
Barnstaple
,
and
lay
there
that
Night
.
The
day
following
we
passed
over
Axmore
,
which
was
covered
with
Snow
,
and
with
much
difficulty
arrived
that
Night
at
Laystock
,
where
I
was
informed
that
Monk
was
come
to
London
,
and
had
brought
the
secluded
Members
into
the
House
,
which
Report
had
preceded
the
Action
;
for
it
was
not
yet
done
.
But
we
were
assured
from
better
Intelligence
,
that
the
Parliament
,
upon
consideration
of
Sir
Henry
Vane's
compliance
with
the
Army
during
the
late
Interruption
,
had
discharged
him
from
being
a
Member
,
and
commanded
him
to
retire
from
London
;
and
that
having
reproved
Major
Saloway
for
what
he
had
done
of
the
same
nature
,
they
had
committed
him
to
the
Tower
during
the
Pleasure
of
the
House
.
We
were
also
informed
that
they
had
granted
time
to
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
,
Col.
Sydenham
,
the
Lord
Commissioner
Whitlock
,
Mr.
Cornelius
Holland
,
and
Mr.
Strickland
,
to
clear
themselves
touching
their
Deportment
in
that
Affair
.
I
was
not
a
little
disturbed
at
this
News
,
conceiving
that
the
Removal
of
such
eminent
Pillars
of
the
House
,
as
some
of
these
were
,
would
put
the
whole
Fabrick
into
apparent
Danger
of
Ruin
;
but
being
always
desirous
to
think
well
of
their
Proceedings
,
I
perswaded
my self
that
these
Measures
were
the
Result
of
the
extraordinary
Zeal
of
some
Men
,
to
vindicate
the
least
appearance
of
any
Breach
that
might
be
supposed
to
have
been
made
upon
the
Privileges
of
the
Parliament
.
As
I
was
seriously
reflecting
on
these
Particulars
,
one
of
my
Servants
brought
me
the
Paper
of
Publick
Intelligence
,
wherein
I
not
only
perceived
the
former
Relation
to
be
confirmed
,
but
also
found
that
the
Parliament
had
received
a
Charge
of
High
Treason
against
Me
,
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
,
Col.
John
Jones
,
and
Col.
Thomlinson
,
presented
by
Col.
Bridges
,
Major
Edward
Warren
,
and
Capt
.
Abel
Warren
,
and
subscribed
by
Sir
Charles
Coote
;
of
which
,
tho
I
had
heard
some
flying
Report
whilst
I
was
in
Ireland
,
yet
I
could
not
suppose
them
so
abandoned
of
all
Shame
,
as
to
pursue
such
a
Design
:
But
they
had
learned
,
that
to
calumniate
abundantly
was
the
way
to
get
something
to
stick
.
And
here
I
confess
,
if
I
had
entred
upon
the
Publick
Service
on
the
account
of
my
own
private
Advantage
,
I
should
have
been
totally
discouraged
,
and
perhaps
have
made
the
best
Provision
I
could
for
my
own
Safety
;
but
being
conscious
to
my self
that
I
had
acted
upon
better
Principles
,
I
concluded
that
the
Parliament
,
who
knew
my
Innocence
,
would
not
fail
to
do
me
Justice
against
my
malicious
Enemies
.
Thereupon
I
used
all
possible
Diligence
in
my
Journey
,
taking
Post-Horses
to
that
end
;
insomuch
that
a
Person
who
knew
me
,
meeting
me
on
the
Road
,
said
,
that
those
who
were
under
an
Accusation
of
High
Treason
,
were
not
accustomed
to
make
such
haste
to
present
themselves
.
Being
arrived
at
London
,
I
went
not
that
day
to
the
Parliament
,
being
informed
that
the
House
was
rising
;
and
because
I
was
desirous
to
learn
as
much
as
I
could
concerning
the
State
of
Publick
Affairs
,
to
which
I
had
been
so
long
a
Stranger
.
The
most
remarkable
Transactions
that
had
passed
in
my
Absence
were
these
following
:
That
Lieutenant
General
Fleetwood
finding
himself
deserted
by
most
part
of
the
Army
,
had
sent
the
Keys
of
the
Parliament-House
to
the
Speaker
,
with
notice
that
the
Guards
were
withdrawn
,
and
that
the
Members
of
Parliament
might
attend
the
Discharge
of
their
Duty
:
That
Lieutenant
Colonel
Miller
,
who
was
in
possession
of
the
Tower
,
had
sent
also
to
the
Speaker
,
to
acquaint
him
that
he
and
his
Garison
were
ready
to
receive
his
Orders
:
That
the
Forces
about
the
Town
had
been
mustered
in
Lincolns
Inn
Fields
by
Col.
Alured
and
Col.
Okey
,
where
,
after
they
had
declared
for
the
Parliament
,
they
marched
by
the
Speaker's
House
in
Chancery-Lane
,
and
saluted
him
as
their
General
as
he
stood
at
his
Door
:
That
the
Speaker
had
sent
Col.
Bret
and
Col.
Redmain
,
who
had
been
discharged
for
their
Zeal
to
the
Usurpation
of
Cromwel
,
to
command
the
Irish
Brigade
;
tho
it
was
well
known
that
Brigade
was
Officer'd
with
such
as
were
so
zealous
for
the
Parliament
,
that
they
had
refused
to
engage
against
Col.
Monk
,
because
he
had
declared
for
them
,
and
had
marched
off
intirely
from
the
Army
of
Col.
Lambert
:
That
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
the
rest
of
the
Officers
from
Portsmouth
coming
into
London
by
the
Bridg
,
had
passed
through
the
City
,
where
they
had
been
received
with
so
much
seeming
Joy
and
loud
Acclamations
,
that
Sir
Arthur
was
observed
in
particular
to
be
so
elevated
,
that
for
some
time
after
he
could
scarce
discern
his
Friends
from
his
Enemies
;
whereof
my
Wife
had
some
Experience
:
For
she
going
to
give
him
some
account
of
me
and
of
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
found
him
much
altered
in
his
Carriage
to
her
,
saying
that
God
and
Man
having
owned
them
,
they
must
imploy
those
that
would
own
them
.
To
which
she
replied
,
that
he
seemed
to
mistake
what
she
had
said
,
and
assured
him
that
she
was
well
informed
,
that
as
I
had
never
solicited
for
Publick
Imployment
in
better
times
,
so
I
was
very
remote
from
any
such
Thoughts
in
this
Condition
of
things
.
This
Height
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
lasted
but
a
few
Days
;
for
tho
the
Clergy
and
Lawyers
,
with
other
disaffected
Persons
,
had
hitherto
kept
fair
with
him
,
and
in
appearance
reverenced
him
above
all
others
,
that
by
his
Assistance
they
might
be
able
to
prevail
against
the
Army
,
or
Wallingford-House
Party
;
yet
so
soon
as
they
were
free
from
their
Fears
,
and
understood
their
own
Strength
,
they
refused
to
be
any
longer
controlled
by
him
,
turning
out
of
the
House
and
out
of
the
Army
whomsoever
they
pleased
:
Which
false
Measures
taken
by
him
,
he
began
to
perceive
when
there
was
no
Remedy
left
.
Fifteen
hundred
old
Officers
were
removed
from
their
Commands
in
the
Army
by
the
Committee
appointed
for
that
purpose
,
and
as
many
brought
in
to
supply
their
Places
,
who
were
for
the
most
part
either
unknown
to
the
Souldiers
,
disaffected
to
the
Cause
,
or
ignorant
of
Military
Affairs
.
The
Rules
by
which
the
Committee
for
placing
and
displacing
went
by
,
were
,
as
every
Man
had
been
known
to
favour
or
oppose
the
Army
Party
,
without
any
consideration
of
the
Reasons
that
led
them
to
the
one
or
the
other
;
which
yet
had
been
convenient
,
because
many
had
carried
it
fair
to
the
Army
,
only
that
they
might
be
the
better
enabled
to
make
them
sensible
of
their
Duty
,
and
more
easily
prevail
with
them
to
return
to
the
Obedience
of
the
Parliament
:
And
many
had
rail'd
at
and
opposed
the
Army
,
with
no
other
design
than
thereby
to
necessitate
both
the
Parliament
and
the
Army
by
their
Disunion
,
and
the
Confusions
that
would
naturally
ensue
thereupon
,
to
return
to
their
former
Servitude
.
In
the
mean
time
Monk
having
left
four
Regiments
in
Scotland
to
secure
that
Country
,
and
divided
his
Forces
into
two
Brigades
,
one
of
which
he
commanded
himself
,
and
Col.
Morgan
the
other
,
began
his
March
for
England
on
the
first
Day
of
January
,
and
on
the
second
took
his
Quarters
at
Willar
,
where
he
received
Letters
from
the
Parliament
.
On
the
fifth
he
came
to
Morpeth
,
and
found
there
some
Persons
sent
to
him
by
the
Common
Council
of
London
,
with
Orders
to
desire
him
to
use
his
Interest
to
call
a
Free
Parliament
.
The
next
Day
he
entred
Newcastle
,
and
thence
dispatched
one
Gumble
,
whom
he
had
entertained
as
his
Chaplain
,
with
Letters
to
the
Parliament
and
Council
of
State
,
wherein
Protestations
of
Duty
and
Fidelity
were
not
wanting
.
Divers
Lawyers
of
the
Parliament
,
with
some
others
,
gave
a
Meeting
to
Monk's
Messenger
at
the
Speaker's
House
;
and
several
Citizens
did
the
like
at
the
House
of
one
Mr.
Robinson
:
at
both
which
Meetings
,
Gumble
was
assured
that
they
and
their
Parties
would
be
favourable
to
Monk's
Design
.
Having
in
a
few
Days
dispatched
the
Business
he
came
about
,
he
returned
to
his
Master
,
with
an
account
of
the
Success
of
his
Negotiation
.
He
found
him
at
Mansfield
in
Nottinghamshire
;
and
having
acquainted
him
with
the
Divisions
at
London
,
and
with
the
Inclinations
of
the
City
,
Monk
marched
the
next
day
to
Nottingham
,
where
he
staid
ten
days
.
In
his
March
he
removed
many
Officers
from
their
Commands
,
placing
in
their
room
Persons
of
ruined
Fortunes
or
profligate
Lives
,
making
no
distinction
between
those
that
had
continued
in
their
Obedience
to
the
Parliament
,
and
those
who
had
declared
against
them
.
In
particular
,
he
discharged
from
their
Imployments
divers
Officers
of
our
Irish
Brigade
,
who
had
been
the
most
zealous
for
asserting
the
Civil
Authority
,
and
filled
their
Places
with
such
as
had
been
dismissed
for
their
vicious
Lives
or
corrupt
Principles
.
Wherein
his
Deportment
was
so
visible
,
that
Col.
Martin
in
the
Parliament-House
resembled
him
to
one
,
that
being
sent
for
to
make
a
Sute
of
Clothes
,
brought
with
him
a
Budget
full
of
Carpenters
Tools
;
and
being
told
that
such
things
were
not
at
all
fit
for
the
Work
he
was
desired
to
do
,
answered
,
it
matters
not
,
I
will
do
your
Work
well
enough
I
warrant
you
.
Yet
for
all
this
the
Pretences
for
a
Commonwealth
went
never
more
high
than
at
this
time
:
For
besides
an
Injunction
laid
upon
all
commissionated
Officers
to
engage
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Commonwealth
,
the
Parliament
appointed
an
Oath
,
containing
the
Abjuration
of
the
Family
of
the
Stuarts
,
to
be
taken
by
the
Members
of
the
Council
of
State
,
before
they
might
act
therein
.
But
none
were
more
forward
to
publish
their
Resolutions
of
adhering
to
a
Commonwealth-Government
than
Monk
himself
,
who
in
a
Letter
to
some
of
his
own
Countrymen
of
the
Western
Parts
,
that
had
addressed
him
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Secluded
Members
,
told
them
that
he
could
not
do
it
,
because
it
was
not
only
contrary
to
his
own
frequent
Declarations
,
but
directly
opposite
to
the
Interest
of
a
Commonwealth
,
as
well
as
to
that
of
the
Army
;
a
thing
not
to
be
done
by
him
,
or
born
by
them
,
being
a
total
Reversing
of
all
that
had
been
done
for
the
last
twelve
Years
in
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
and
tending
to
charge
the
Nation
with
all
the
Blood
that
had
been
shed
during
that
time
.
He
said
it
would
unsettle
the
Possession
of
Deans
,
Chapters
,
Delinquents
,
Crown
and
Rebels
Lands
;
and
in
fine
,
if
we
should
suffer
Monarchy
to
return
amongst
us
,
after
so
long
a
Fruition
of
a
Commonwealth
,
we
should
be
driven
to
a
worse
Condition
than
ever
,
and
put
past
all
hopes
of
appearing
to
defend
our
Liberty
any
more
.
He
advised
them
therefore
to
acquiesce
in
the
Authority
of
the
present
Parliament
,
who
,
he
assured
them
,
were
most
ready
to
hearken
to
all
reasonable
Propositions
touching
the
good
and
happy
Settlement
of
the
Nation
.
And
that
this
Answer
might
be
taken
notice
of
by
all
Men
,
he
caused
it
to
be
printed
and
published
.
The
Parliament
being
willing
to
encourage
him
in
the
good
Resolutions
he
professed
to
have
taken
,
sent
Mr.
Thomas
Scot
and
Mr.
Luke
Robinson
,
Members
of
the
House
,
to
be
Commissioners
from
them
to
him
.
Mr.
Scot
had
kept
a
long
Correspondence
with
him
,
and
after
the
last
Interruption
had
published
some
of
his
Letters
,
wherein
Monk
declared
his
Resolution
to
live
and
die
with
the
Parliament
,
without
a
King
,
single
Person
,
or
House
of
Lords
.
These
two
Persons
were
in
appearance
much
courted
by
Monk
,
who
pretended
to
be
wholly
directed
by
their
Advice
.
And
when
the
Commissioners
for
the
City
of
London
,
or
the
Gentry
of
those
Parts
where
he
passed
,
applied
themselves
to
him
▪
for
the
Restitution
of
the
secluded
Members
,
he
referred
them
to
the
Judgment
of
the
Parliament
,
to
whom
,
he
said
,
he
was
resolved
intirely
to
submit
.
He
also
solicited
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
some
the
is
of
the
House
,
that
the
Sectarian
Party
might
be
removed
out
of
the
Army
,
sending
a
List
of
the
Names
of
all
those
who
had
been
continued
in
their
Employments
by
the
Army
during
the
late
Interruption
;
and
pretending
that
a
Commonwealth
could
not
possibly
be
established
whilst
such
Men
were
in
Power
.
What
he
did
relating
to
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
was
carried
more
covertly
,
and
coloured
with
the
Name
of
Sir
Charles
Coote
.
And
because
he
knew
I
had
some
Reputation
with
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
the
Commonwealth-Party
of
the
House
,
he
made
use
of
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
,
Mr.
Weaver
,
Mr.
Justice
St.
Johns
,
Mr.
Robert
Reynolds
,
and
some
others
,
to
obtain
what
he
desired
in
that
matter
.
These
Gentlemen
were
informed
that
the
Council
of
State
,
notwithstanding
all
the
Arts
that
had
been
used
to
calumniate
me
,
had
agreed
upon
a
Report
to
be
made
to
the
Parliament
,
that
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
Lieutenant
Colonel
Walker
,
and
Major
Godfrey
,
might
be
intrusted
in
conjunction
with
me
,
with
the
Management
of
Affairs
in
Ireland
.
They
knew
also
that
the
two
last
would
be
ready
to
do
any
honest
thing
that
I
should
advise
;
and
therefore
fearing
lest
the
Parliament
might
agree
with
the
Council
of
State
upon
the
Report
,
they
procured
the
Debate
to
be
adjourned
for
three
days
,
within
which
time
they
so
ordered
the
matter
,
that
Col.
Bridges
and
the
two
Warrens
presented
to
the
Parliament
the
Charge
of
High
Treason
against
the
Commissioners
and
me
,
as
I
mentioned
before
.
Whereof
Monk's
Party
in
the
House
made
such
Advantage
,
as
not
only
to
refuse
their
Concurrence
with
the
Council
of
State
in
their
Report
concerning
me
,
but
also
by
the
help
of
the
Lawyers
Rhetorick
,
who
were
my
professed
Adversaries
,
on
account
of
my
Endeavours
to
reform
the
Practice
of
the
Law
,
passed
a
Vote
to
require
me
to
deliver
the
Fort
of
Duncannon
into
the
hands
of
the
Prosecutors
;
some
of
them
moving
,
that
in
case
of
Refusal
I
should
be
declared
a
Traitor
,
and
sent
for
in
Custody
.
Which
perhaps
might
have
passed
also
,
if
Mr.
Henry
Nevil
,
who
singly
had
the
Courage
to
defend
me
in
that
Conjuncture
,
had
not
spoken
in
my
behalf
,
desiring
them
not
to
entertain
a
Jealousy
of
a
faithful
Servant
,
upon
Informations
unproved
,
nor
to
do
any
thing
to
the
Prejudice
of
my
Reputation
,
till
I
should
beheard
;
when
,
he
doubted
not
,
I
would
make
appear
,
that
I
had
always
endeavoured
to
promote
their
Service
.
But
I
was
not
the
only
Person
born
down
by
this
Torrent
.
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
himself
having
parted
with
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
,
his
most
able
and
best
Friends
,
began
to
lose
ground
,
and
all
that
he
said
in
the
House
or
elsewhere
,
to
go
for
nothing
.
And
tho
they
could
find
out
no
colour
to
remove
him
,
as
they
had
done
the
other
two
;
yet
having
already
rendred
him
insignificant
in
the
Parliament
,
they
resolved
he
should
have
as
little
Power
in
the
Army
.
To
that
end
it
was
contrived
that
Monk
should
write
to
the
Parliament
,
that
for
their
greater
Security
,
the
Forces
that
were
in
and
about
London
,
amounting
to
about
seven
or
eight
thousand
Horse
and
Foot
,
might
be
removed
to
a
farther
distance
,
to
make
room
for
those
that
he
had
with
him
,
presuming
to
name
to
the
Parliament
some
particular
Regiments
which
he
principally
insisted
to
have
removed
,
amongst
which
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig's
Regiment
of
Horse
was
one
.
And
so
tame
was
the
Parliament
grown
,
that
tho'
it
was
most
visible
he
designed
their
Ruin
,
yet
on
his
bare
Word
and
empty
Protestations
,
they
not
only
trusted
him
,
but
obeyed
him
as
their
Superiour
,
and
ordered
all
that
he
desired
to
be
put
in
execution
.
Notwithstanding
this
unhappy
posture
of
Affairs
,
thinking
it
my
Duty
to
clear
my self
of
the
Aspersions
cast
upon
me
,
and
to
improve
the
small
Interest
I
had
left
,
for
the
Service
of
the
Publick
Cause
,
I
resolved
to
take
my
place
in
Parliament
:
And
in
order
thereunto
,
being
accompanied
by
Mr.
Henry
Nevil
,
I
attended
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
at
Whitehall
,
where
I
gave
him
a
short
Account
of
my
Actions
since
I
had
last
seen
him
,
of
my
Endeavours
in
Ireland
to
serve
the
Publick
,
of
the
State
of
Affairs
there
,
of
the
Principles
and
Practices
of
those
that
had
assumed
the
Power
in
that
Country
,
and
of
the
Readiness
of
the
Souldiers
and
most
of
the
Officers
in
that
Army
,
to
have
served
the
Parliament
faithfully
and
usefully
,
if
they
had
been
true
to
themselves
and
their
own
Interest
.
I
also
acquainted
him
with
the
Sense
I
had
of
the
late
severe
,
if
I
might
not
say
unjust
,
Proceedings
against
me
,
which
seemed
to
me
to
be
such
a
Requital
of
my
faithful
Services
,
that
if
I
expected
my
Reward
from
Men
,
I
should
rather
chuse
to
serve
the
Great
Turk
.
But
that
I
might
not
be
wanting
to
my self
,
and
in
order
to
justify
my
own
Innocence
,
if
I
could
do
no
farther
Good
,
I
had
resolved
to
go
to
the
Parliament-House
the
next
Morning
,
desiring
his
Advice
and
that
of
Mr.
Nevil
for
my
Government
when
I
should
come
thither
.
Sir
Arthur
was
unwilling
to
enter
into
any
Discourse
concerning
what
had
lately
passed
,
saying
,
it
was
too
late
to
recal
things
now
:
And
then
told
us
how
his
Enemies
thought
to
ensnare
him
,
by
Monk's
Motion
to
the
Parliament
for
removing
his
Regiment
from
London
;
thinking
thereby
to
create
a
Difference
between
him
and
Monk
;
wherein
he
had
disappointed
them
by
desiring
their
Removal
himself
,
contrary
to
their
Expectation
,
entring
into
a
prolix
Commendation
of
Monk
,
and
assuring
us
that
he
was
a
Person
on
whose
Fidelity
they
might
safely
rely
.
And
if
I
may
be
permitted
to
deliver
my
Sense
touching
this
Discourse
of
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
I
conjecture
it
proceeded
partly
from
an
Apprehension
that
things
were
already
gone
so
far
,
that
he
doubted
whether
he
could
put
any
stop
to
them
;
and
partly
from
some
Sparks
of
Hope
that
Monk
could
not
be
such
a
Devil
to
betray
a
Trust
so
freely
reposed
in
him
.
For
he
kept
a
constant
Correspondence
with
Sir
Arthur
,
and
in
all
his
Letters
repeated
the
Engagements
of
his
Fidelity
to
the
Parliament
,
with
Expressions
of
the
greatest
Zeal
for
a
Commonwealth-Government
.
In
the
Conclusion
it
was
agreed
between
us
,
that
when
I
came
into
the
House
I
should
sit
as
privately
as
I
could
,
and
observe
the
Temper
of
the
Members
,
before
I
should
put
them
upon
the
Consideration
of
my
Affair
.
Accordingly
I
went
to
the
House
,
and
tho
they
had
used
me
in
the
manner
I
have
related
,
yet
they
treated
me
very
civilly
,
some
of
them
telling
me
in
a
jesting
way
,
that
it
was
not
usual
for
Men
accused
of
High
Treason
to
be
so
well
received
in
that
Place
.
Having
taken
out
a
Coppy
of
the
Charge
exhibited
against
the
Commissioners
and
Me
,
I
found
the
Commissioners
to
be
charged
with
altering
their
Title
during
the
late
Interruption
,
from
Commissioners
of
Parliament
,
to
Commissioners
of
the
Commonwealth
;
and
that
they
had
sent
a
Ship
of
War
to
prevent
any
Relief
to
,
or
Correspondence
with
the
Garison
of
Ayre
in
Scotland
,
who
had
declared
for
the
Parliament
.
Besides
which
,
Col.
John
Jones
was
accused
for
taking
part
with
the
Army
against
the
Parliament
,
not
only
in
the
Particulars
aforesaid
,
but
also
in
his
Answer
to
the
Letter
written
by
Monk
to
me
,
on
supposition
that
I
was
then
in
Ireland
,
to
invite
me
to
a
Conjunction
with
him
for
the
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
:
And
likewise
for
promoting
a
Subscription
to
the
Government
of
the
Army
amongst
the
Officers
in
Ireland
.
As
for
me
,
I
was
charged
with
assisting
the
Army
in
England
,
and
doing
Acts
of
Hostility
by
Sea
and
Land
against
those
in
Ireland
who
had
declared
for
the
Parliament
.
Whereupon
I
moved
the
House
that
they
would
be
pleased
,
according
to
their
Order
,
to
hear
me
touching
their
Affairs
in
Ireland
,
and
to
permit
me
to
justify
my self
,
which
I
did
the
rather
that
I
might
have
an
opportunity
to
procure
that
mischievous
Order
for
the
Surrender
of
Duncannon
to
be
recalled
,
hoping
that
it
had
not
yet
been
put
in
execution
.
But
all
that
I
could
obtain
was
,
to
have
a
day
appointed
when
I
should
be
heard
.
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
,
who
arrived
in
England
some
days
before
me
,
was
so
terrified
with
the
Proceedings
of
the
Parliament
against
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Major
Saloway
,
together
with
the
Name
of
a
Charge
of
High
Treason
against
himself
,
that
he
had
never
appeared
publickly
since
his
arrival
,
till
upon
some
Discourse
with
me
he
took
Courage
,
and
went
with
me
to
the
House
.
In
the
mean
time
Monk
was
come
to
Barnet
,
and
being
expected
at
London
the
next
day
,
Orders
were
issued
out
for
the
Old
Regiments
of
the
Army
to
march
from
the
Town
;
which
so
disgusted
them
,
that
many
refused
to
march
till
their
Arrears
were
paid
.
This
Mutiny
began
at
Somerset-house
,
where
one
whole
Regiment
was
quartered
,
who
were
joined
by
divers
Parties
of
the
rest
.
The
Cavaliers
and
Presbyterians
of
the
City
hoping
to
improve
this
Opportunity
,
invited
them
to
join
with
the
City
,
as
they
termed
their
Party
there
,
promising
them
their
whole
Arrears
,
constant
Pay
and
a
present
Gratuity
,
giving
them
some
Money
in
hand
as
an
Earnest
of
the
rest
.
The
Souldiers
took
their
Money
,
but
withal
threatned
them
,
that
unless
they
departed
immediately
,
they
would
fire
upon
them
,
declaring
their
Resolution
to
continue
faithful
to
the
Parliament
.
Hereupon
the
Council
of
State
,
that
they
also
might
cut
the
Grass
from
under
their
own
Feet
,
sent
Orders
to
Monk
to
hasten
his
March
,
and
with
all
Diligence
to
come
to
their
Releif
.
These
Male-contents
were
very
numerous
,
amounting
to
more
than
two
thousand
Foot
;
and
about
the
same
Number
of
Horse
were
ready
to
join
with
them
.
But
no
considerable
Person
appearing
at
the
Head
of
them
,
their
new
Officers
,
who
laboured
the
whole
Night
to
satisfy
them
,
prevailed
with
them
to
march
the
next
Morning
,
upon
promise
that
their
Arrears
should
be
paid
at
the
next
Quarters
.
The
following
day
Monk
marched
to
London
in
the
Head
of
his
Party
,
which
for
the
most
part
were
quartered
about
Whitehall
,
where
Lodgings
had
been
provided
for
him
:
and
immediately
some
Members
of
Parliament
were
sent
to
congratulate
his
Arrival
.
The
same
Evening
I
met
Vice-Admiral
Lawson
at
Sir
Henry
Mildmay's
Lodgings
at
Whitehall
,
and
knowing
him
to
be
familiarly
acquainted
with
Monk
,
I
desired
that
we
might
make
him
a
Visit
together
,
which
he
readily
consented
to
.
We
found
him
alone
in
the
Prince's
Lodgings
;
where
having
congratulated
the
Success
of
his
Attempt
to
restore
the
Parliament
to
the
Exercise
of
their
Authority
,
I
took
the
Freedom
to
tell
him
,
that
having
an
Opportunity
put
into
his
hands
to
free
these
Nations
from
the
Danger
of
being
oppressed
,
as
they
had
lately
been
,
by
the
Power
of
the
Sword
,
I
hoped
he
would
improve
it
to
the
Publick
Advantage
,
by
giving
his
Assistance
to
the
Parliament
in
settling
the
Government
upon
so
just
a
Foundation
that
it
might
be
supported
for
the
future
by
the
Love
and
Affections
of
the
People
.
He
answered
,
that
as
God
had
owned
him
in
his
Work
,
so
he
desired
that
he
alone
might
have
the
Glory
:
That
it
was
true
,
Factions
had
been
carried
on
;
but
that
he
was
fully
resolved
to
promote
the
Interest
of
a
Commonwealth
.
Which
Resolution
when
I
had
commended
,
and
encouraged
him
as
well
as
I
could
to
continue
,
he
said
,
We
must
live
and
die
for
and
with
a
Commonwealth
.
Then
I
told
him
,
that
I
had
met
lately
with
one
Mr.
Courtney
,
who
said
he
was
his
Relation
,
and
having
drunk
too
much
at
the
Inn
where
I
lay
in
my
way
to
London
,
boasted
that
his
Cousin
Monk
would
do
great
things
for
the
King
;
but
that
upon
my
objecting
his
Publick
Declarations
and
Protestations
to
the
contrary
,
he
began
to
doubt
,
and
said
,
that
his
Cousin
being
a
Man
of
Honour
,
he
feared
he
would
be
as
good
as
his
Word
.
Yea
,
said
Monk
,
if
there
were
nothing
in
it
but
that
,
I
must
make
good
my
Word
,
and
will
too
.
I
presume
,
said
I
,
that
the
Answer
you
have
lately
Published
to
your
Country-mens
Letter
,
hath
given
them
all
Satisfaction
concerning
you
.
He
replied
,
that
he
hoped
it
had
.
These
and
many
other
Protestations
of
Zeal
to
the
Common
Cause
,
with
many
Professions
of
Friendship
to
our selves
,
wer
received
from
him
at
that
time
;
wherewith
Vice
Admiral
Lawson
was
so
satisfied
,
that
he
said
to
me
after
we
had
parted
from
him
,
that
since
the
Levite
and
the
Priest
had
passed
by
and
would
not
help
us
,
he
hoped
we
had
found
a
Samaritan
that
would
do
it
.
The
Parliament
having
notice
of
Monk's
Arrival
,
sent
a
Message
to
him
by
Mr.
Scot
and
Mr.
Robinson
,
to
desire
his
Attondance
at
their
House
the
next
day
:
Whither
being
come
,
a
Chair
was
ordered
for
him
,
but
he
refused
to
sit
,
contenting
himself
to
stand
behind
it
uncovered
,
laying
his
Hand
upon
the
Chair
.
The
Speaker
,
as
he
had
been
ordered
,
gave
him
the
Thanks
of
the
House
for
the
Service
he
had
done
,
extolling
him
above
all
the
Worthies
of
former
and
later
Ages
.
To
whose
Rhetorick
he
answered
,
that
as
to
what
was
done
,
he
desired
God
might
have
the
Glory
,
in
that
he
had
wrought
Deliverance
by
so
weak
an
Instrument
.
After
which
he
informed
the
House
,
that
in
his
March
many
Applications
had
been
made
to
him
by
all
sorts
of
Persons
for
a
Free
Parliament
;
and
that
he
had
acquainted
them
,
that
the
end
of
his
March
being
to
free
the
Parliament
from
the
Power
of
those
who
had
imposed
on
them
,
he
doubted
not
they
would
take
all
possible
Care
of
the
Publick
Good
.
Then
he
put
them
in
mind
of
their
Resolution
to
fill
up
the
House
,
which
he
said
would
tend
much
to
the
Satisfaction
of
the
Nation
.
He
desired
that
Fanatical
Persons
,
as
he
called
them
,
might
be
removed
from
Places
of
Trust
,
and
undertook
to
answer
for
the
Fidelity
of
those
who
had
assumed
the
Power
in
Ireland
,
concluding
with
Professions
of
the
utmost
Zeal
and
Faithfulness
to
their
Service
.
Thus
he
gave
the
Parliament
good
Words
,
for
which
they
heaped
their
Favours
upon
him
;
they
voted
one
thousand
Pounds
per
Annum
to
be
setled
on
him
.
And
that
nothing
might
be
wanting
to
compleat
this
Scene
,
Monk's
Wife
took
especial
care
to
treat
the
Wives
of
the
Members
that
came
to
visit
her
,
running
her self
to
fetch
the
Sweetmeats
,
and
filling
out
Wine
for
them
;
not
forgetting
to
talk
mightily
of
Self-denial
,
and
how
much
it
was
upon
her
Husband's
Heart
,
that
the
Government
might
be
setled
in
the
way
of
a
Commonwealth
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Secluded
Members
had
their
Meetings
with
those
of
the
same
Faction
in
the
City
;
and
some
of
those
that
sate
in
Parliament
were
earnest
Promoters
of
their
Return
to
the
House
,
of
whom
was
Col.
Lassels
,
and
Col.
Richard
Ingoldsby
,
who
had
been
two
of
the
King's
Judges
.
But
the
Person
I
most
wondred
at
was
Col.
Hutchinson
,
who
having
exceeded
most
of
the
Members
of
the
High
Court
of
Justice
in
Zeal
for
putting
the
King
to
Death
,
at
this
time
acted
a
very
different
part
,
pressing
the
House
with
an
unbecoming
Importunity
,
to
proceed
against
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
for
not
removing
into
the
Country
according
to
their
Order
;
when
it
was
well
known
he
was
so
much
indisposed
,
that
he
could
not
do
it
without
the
apparent
Hazard
of
his
Life
.
Many
Alarms
were
given
to
the
Parliament
by
their
faithful
Friends
,
in
printed
Discourses
,
and
other
ways
,
whereby
they
were
put
in
mind
that
the
Enemies
Quarrel
was
not
so
much
against
Persons
as
Things
;
and
,
as
one
termed
it
,
not
against
Ludlow
and
Rich
,
but
against
the
Cause
it self
.
They
were
advised
to
accept
the
Assistance
of
their
old
Servants
,
and
to
incourage
them
in
their
Fidelity
,
as
the
only
means
to
preserve
themselves
and
the
Commonwealth
from
certain
Ruin
:
But
they
were
deaf
to
all
salutary
Counsel
,
and
resolved
to
finish
the
Work
with
the
new
Instruments
which
they
had
chosen
.
To
that
end
they
proceeded
on
the
Bill
for
filling
up
the
House
,
which
by
wise
Men
was
thought
a
most
dangerous
Expedient
in
that
Conjuncture
,
unless
Monk
should
prove
more
honest
than
they
could
believe
him
to
be
.
The
City
of
London
also
took
upon
them
in
their
Common
Council
to
receive
Petitions
from
the
adjacent
Counties
touching
the
Payment
of
Taxes
,
and
other
Publick
Affairs
;
presuming
not
only
to
call
in
the
Petitioners
,
and
to
give
them
Thanks
for
their
good
Affections
;
but
also
passed
a
Vote
that
they
would
pay
no
Taxes
,
but
such
as
should
be
imposed
by
a
Free
Parliament
.
The
Council
of
State
having
received
a
particular
Account
of
the
Proceedings
in
the
City
,
sent
for
Monk
,
to
consult
with
him
concerning
the
best
Means
to
put
a
stop
to
these
Disorders
:
and
some
of
them
moving
that
the
Common
Council
should
be
forbidden
to
sit
,
some
few
of
the
most
active
seized
,
the
Gates
of
the
City
taken
down
,
the
Portcullaces
wedged
,
and
the
Posts
with
their
Chains
pulled
up
;
Monk
said
,
that
if
they
did
no
more
,
that
would
serve
for
nothing
,
because
the
Damage
might
be
soon
repaired
.
He
added
,
that
the
Disaffection
of
the
City
was
so
great
,
that
they
would
never
be
quiet
,
till
some
of
them
were
hanged
;
and
that
it
was
absolutely
necessary
for
the
present
to
break
in
pieces
their
Gates
and
Portcullaces
,
to
burn
their
Posts
,
and
to
carry
away
their
Chains
to
the
Tower
;
offering
himself
,
if
they
would
command
these
things
to
be
done
,
to
see
their
Orders
put
in
execution
.
Hereupon
the
Counci●●rdered
him
to
March
into
the
City
with
his
Forces
early
the
next
Morning
,
before
the
Occasion
of
his
coming
amongst
them
should
be
known
.
Various
Reports
were
published
touching
the
Design
of
his
March
into
the
City
,
and
many
suspected
that
he
had
already
declared
for
the
King
.
But
when
the
House
was
met
the
Council
of
State
made
their
Report
to
us
,
and
informed
us
of
the
unwarrantable
Proceedings
of
the
Common
Council
,
and
of
their
own
Resolutions
and
Orders
concerning
them
;
in
the
Execution
of
which
they
assured
us
Monk
had
by
that
time
made
a
considerable
Progress
,
having
already
pulled
up
the
Posts
with
their
Chains
,
taken
down
the
Portcullaces
and
the
Gates
of
the
City
,
which
he
had
begun
to
cut
in
pieces
,
and
seized
some
of
the
most
active
of
the
Common
Council
.
The
Parliament
having
heard
the
Report
of
the
Council
of
State
,
approved
what
they
had
done
,
and
ordered
Fifty
Pounds
to
be
given
to
Monk
to
defray
the
Expence
of
his
Dinner
that
day
,
he
having
refused
to
Dine
at
the
Charge
of
the
City
,
tho'
earnestly
importuned
to
it
by
divers
Citizens
.
All
things
going
so
well
that
Morning
,
both
in
the
Army
,
and
in
the
Parliament
,
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
was
again
so
elevated
,
that
coming
into
the
House
in
the
Afternoon
,
he
broke
out
in
the
presence
of
divers
Members
into
these
Expressions
,
All
is
our
own
,
he
will
be
honest
.
But
it
was
not
long
befor
his
Wine
was
turned
into
Water
:
For
as
soon
as
the
House
was
sate
,
a
Letter
was
presented
to
the
Speaker
from
Monk
,
the
Contents
whereof
made
them
easily
perceive
that
his
Zeal
to
their
Service
began
to
cool
.
Therein
he
acquainted
them
with
what
he
had
done
in
prosecution
of
the
Orders
he
had
received
,
and
that
he
wanted
Tools
and
Instruments
to
finish
the
Work
,
having
already
spoiled
all
those
that
he
had
brought
with
him
to
cut
the
Gates
and
other
Defences
of
the
City
in
pieces
;
that
the
Mayor
and
Citizens
had
promised
Obedience
to
the
Parliament
for
the
time
to
come
,
and
therefore
he
desired
they
would
respite
the
Execution
of
what
remained
of
his
Instructions
;
hoping
that
what
had
been
done
would
be
a
sufficient
Admonition
to
the
City
for
their
future
good
Behaviour
.
The
Parliament
understanding
the
Tendency
of
this
Letter
,
were
highly
offended
with
Monk
for
presuming
to
neglect
and
dispute
their
Commands
;
and
being
resolved
to
do
as
much
as
they
could
in
this
matter
to
preserve
their
Authority
,
they
dispatched
a
Message
to
him
,
requiring
the
exact
Performance
of
the
Orders
he
had
received
.
Upon
the
receipt
of
these
second
Orders
,
Monk
seemed
much
disturbed
,
but
yielded
little
or
no
Obedience
to
them
,
and
lay
that
Night
in
the
City
.
The
Day
following
he
returned
with
his
Forces
to
Whitehall
,
and
about
two
days
after
sent
a
Letter
to
the
House
,
directed
to
the
Speaker
,
and
subscribed
by
himself
and
some
of
his
Officers
;
wherein
they
complained
that
the
Parliament
had
put
them
upon
the
late
disobliging
Work
in
the
City
to
render
them
odious
to
the
Citizens
;
that
they
continued
to
favour
the
Fanatick
Party
,
by
not
prosecuting
those
that
had
acted
with
the
Army
in
the
late
Committee
of
Safety
,
and
by
permitting
Sir
Henry
Vane
and
Col.
Lambert
to
stay
in
Town
,
contrary
to
their
own
Order
for
their
Removal
;
that
they
admitted
Men
to
sit
with
them
in
the
House
,
who
lay
under
Accusations
of
High
Treason
(
meaning
Mr.
Miles
Corb●●
and
me
,
tho'
not
naming
us
;
)
that
on
the
contrary
they
shewed
a
backwardness
to
repose
any
Confidence
in
those
who
were
their
truest
Friends
,
upbraiding
them
with
refusing
to
approve
some
Officers
that
had
been
presented
to
them
,
and
delaying
to
grant
Commissions
to
others
whom
they
had
approved
.
They
also
reflected
upon
the
Parliament
for
not
making
Provision
for
the
Army
,
nor
minding
the
Publick
Work
,
putting
them
in
mind
of
the
Vote
for
their
Dissolution
in
May
following
;
and
adding
some
threatning
Expressions
,
in
case
they
should
not
issue
out
Writs
for
filling
up
the
Parliament
,
according
to
their
Promise
.
After
the
reading
of
this
Letter
from
Monk
,
I
perceived
most
of
the
Members
who
had
any
Affection
to
their
Country
to
be
much
dejected
.
But
the
Parliament
having
divested
themselves
of
their
own
Strength
,
and
abandoned
all
into
the
hands
of
Monk
,
tho'
no
Man
had
ever
before
presumed
to
address
himself
to
them
in
so
insolent
a
manner
,
yet
they
took
his
Letter
into
consideration
,
and
resolved
to
give
him
as
much
Satisfaction
as
they
could
with
any
colour
of
Justice
.
To
that
end
they
quickened
their
Committee
to
bring
in
their
Report
touching
those
that
had
acted
in
the
late
Committee
of
Safety
:
They
ordered
Sir
Henry
Vane
to
depart
the
Town
by
a
certain
Day
,
and
that
Col.
Lambert
should
render
himself
within
a
limited
time
.
They
also
resolved
to
issue
out
Writs
of
Summons
for
recruiting
the
House
;
but
being
fully
perswaded
that
the
Charge
of
High
Treason
against
me
was
groundless
and
frivolous
,
they
omitted
to
make
any
Order
concerning
it
.
However
,
being
desirous
to
procure
some
Relief
for
those
whom
I
had
left
at
Duncannon
,
and
to
endeavour
that
the
Forces
in
Ireland
might
be
put
into
good
hands
,
I
hoped
that
if
I
should
move
to
be
heard
,
I
might
at
the
same
time
have
an
opportunity
to
press
the
two
last
things
,
which
I
esteemed
very
necessary
in
that
Conjuncture
:
I
desired
therefore
that
since
I
conceived
my self
aimed
at
in
one
part
of
Monk's
Letter
,
the
Parliament
would
be
pleased
to
hear
me
in
vindication
of
my
Innocence
:
But
I
could
not
obtain
a
present
Hearing
,
my
Case
being
put
off
till
a
farther
time
,
and
then
delayed
from
day
to
day
,
till
the
Dissipation
of
those
who
should
have
been
my
Judges
.
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
according
to
the
late
Order
,
was
preparing
to
leave
the
Town
;
of
which
having
notice
,
I
went
to
make
him
a
Visit
at
his
House
,
where
he
told
me
that
unless
he
were
much
mistaken
,
Monk
had
yet
several
Masques
to
pull
off
,
assuring
me
for
what
concerned
himself
,
that
he
had
all
possible
Satisfaction
of
Mind
as
to
those
Actions
God
had
enabled
him
to
do
for
the
Commonwealth
,
and
hoped
the
same
God
would
fortify
him
in
his
Sufferings
,
how
sharp
soever
,
to
bear
a
faithful
and
constant
Testimony
thereto
.
Monk
having
alarm'd
the
Parliament
by
the
foresaid
Letter
,
and
either
not
daring
to
trust
himself
at
Whitehall
,
or
thinking
London
a
fitter
Place
to
pursue
his
design
in
,
he
retired
with
his
Forces
into
the
City
,
where
he
mustered
his
Men
,
and
was
splendidly
entertain'd
at
Dinner
by
the
Mayor
and
others
.
Hereupon
the
Parliament
,
who
endeavoured
by
all
means
to
give
him
Satisfaction
,
sent
Mr.
Thomas
Scot
and
Mr.
Luke
Robinson
,
who
had
been
their
Commissioners
to
him
,
as
I
mentioned
before
,
to
assure
him
of
their
good
Intentions
towards
him
:
But
he
having
now
fortified
himself
by
the
Conjunction
of
the
City
,
began
to
treat
them
in
a
manner
much
different
from
his
former
Carriage
,
not
admitting
them
without
difficultly
to
his
Presence
;
and
when
he
condescended
to
speak
to
them
,
his
Discourse
tended
always
to
the
same
purpose
with
his
Letter
,
aspersing
the
Proceedings
of
the
Parliament
,
and
amongst
other
things
reproaching
them
with
their
Favour
to
me
,
as
Mr.
Scot
afterwards
informed
me
:
Insomuch
that
he
who
had
so
lately
undertaken
to
the
Parliament
for
Monk's
Integrity
and
Fidelity
to
their
Service
,
began
to
lose
all
hopes
of
him
.
Yet
for
all
his
insolent
Carriage
to
the
Parliament
and
their
Commissioners
,
his
Party
in
the
House
had
the
confidence
to
move
that
he
might
be
made
General
of
their
Forces
,
the
time
limited
by
Act
of
Parliament
for
commissionating
him
with
others
to
command
the
Army
in
England
and
Scotland
being
almost
expired
.
Many
Arguments
were
used
to
that
end
,
tho
those
which
were
most
pressed
were
taken
from
the
consideration
of
the
present
Posture
of
their
Affairs
.
But
the
Parliament
still
retaining
some
Sparks
of
that
Courage
with
which
they
had
been
formerly
animated
,
and
having
found
by
sad
Experience
what
Miseries
they
had
brought
upon
the
Nation
and
themselves
by
trusting
Cromwel
and
others
too
far
,
chose
rather
to
perish
by
the
hands
of
an
Enemy
,
if
Monk
should
resolve
to
be
so
,
than
by
the
Delusions
of
a
pretended
Friend
:
and
therefore
having
rejected
the
Proposition
to
make
him
General
,
they
passed
a
Vote
that
their
Armies
in
England
and
Scotland
should
be
governed
by
Commissioners
,
the
Number
of
them
to
be
five
,
and
any
three
of
them
to
make
a
Quorum
.
But
that
they
might
avoid
as
much
as
possible
to
give
him
the
least
just
Cause
of
Discontent
,
they
first
agreed
that
he
should
be
one
of
the
said
Commissioners
.
Then
they
proceeded
to
the
Nomination
of
the
rest
,
and
chose
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
tho
he
earnestly
pressed
them
to
excuse
him
,
Col.
Morley
,
and
Col.
Walton
.
These
four
being
elected
,
it
was
visible
that
the
Balance
of
the
Commission
would
be
in
the
fifth
Man
that
should
be
chosen
,
Monk
having
in
a
manner
declared
himself
our
Enemy
,
and
Col.
Morley
being
sufficiently
known
to
be
of
a
temporizing
Spirit
.
Hereupon
Monk's
Party
in
the
House
moved
that
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
might
be
the
fifth
Commissioner
,
and
on
the
other
side
the
Commonwealth
Party
had
resolved
to
use
their
Endeavours
for
Major
General
Overton
:
But
upon
consideration
of
the
Differences
that
had
been
between
him
and
Monk
,
whereby
they
feared
he
would
not
pass
,
they
laid
aside
that
Resolution
,
and
agreed
to
put
up
Col.
Alured
.
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
being
first
named
,
was
first
put
to
the
Question
,
and
by
the
Majority
of
Votes
excluded
.
Col.
Alured
being
next
proposed
,
the
Question
was
carried
for
him
to
the
great
Satisfaction
of
the
Commonwealth
Party
.
Whereupon
sitting
by
Col.
Martin
in
the
House
,
and
being
perswaded
of
the
Integrity
of
the
Major
part
of
these
Commissioners
,
I
desired
him
to
move
that
the
Command
of
the
Forces
in
Ireland
might
be
inserted
in
this
Commission
,
which
,
upon
his
Motion
,
was
ordered
accordingly
;
and
the
Act
being
but
short
,
was
read
thrice
,
and
passed
before
the
rising
of
the
House
:
And
this
I
did
,
because
I
found
no
other
probable
way
open
to
force
the
Power
in
Ireland
out
of
the
hands
of
those
that
had
usurped
it
.
Tho
these
Proceedings
did
not
a
little
disturb
Monk
,
yet
he
endeavoured
to
disguise
his
Dissatisfacton
,
and
began
again
to
court
the
Members
of
Parliament
more
than
before
,
whilst
with
the
Advice
and
Assistance
of
his
Party
in
the
City
,
he
was
forming
a
Militia
there
,
and
nominating
Officers
to
command
them
,
who
were
chosen
for
that
purpose
,
rather
on
account
of
their
Disaffection
to
the
Parliament
than
any
other
good
Quality
to
be
found
about
them
.
Having
received
Advice
of
these
Transactions
,
I
acquainted
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
with
my
Information
,
and
desired
him
to
think
of
some
speedy
Remedy
,
proposing
that
he
would
cause
our
scattered
Forces
to
rendezvouz
forthwith
:
But
Sir
Arthur
was
so
deluded
by
the
Hypocrisy
of
Monk
,
that
he
assured
him
he
had
given
him
all
the
Satisfaction
both
by
Words
and
Letters
,
that
a
Man
could
give
touching
his
Integrity
to
the
Parliament
,
shewing
me
and
divers
other
Members
of
Parliament
,
two
Letters
,
which
he
had
lately
received
from
him
,
wherein
were
many
Expressions
of
his
Zeal
for
the
Establishment
of
a
Commonwealth
,
with
earnest
Desires
that
there
might
be
no
Difference
between
them
touching
the
Way
,
seeing
they
were
both
intirely
agreed
in
the
same
End.
Monk
had
taken
up
his
Quarters
in
the
City
,
at
the
House
of
one
Col.
Wall
,
where
I
resolved
to
make
him
a
Visit
,
in
order
,
either
to
take
him
off
from
that
Prejudice
,
which
by
a
Clause
in
his
Letter
to
the
Parliament
he
seemed
to
have
against
me
,
or
to
make
a
more
perfect
Discovery
of
his
Intentions
;
supposing
that
,
being
a
Member
of
Parliament
,
he
durst
not
attempt
to
seize
my
Person
,
or
if
he
did
,
that
such
an
open
Violation
of
the
Priviledges
of
Parliament
would
awaken
them
to
provide
for
their
own
Safety
.
I
found
the
House
where
he
lodged
as
full
of
Soldiers
as
it
could
well
be
,
and
passed
through
several
Guards
before
I
came
to
the
Chamber
,
where
he
received
his
Visits
.
He
was
at
the
time
of
my
coming
in
a
private
Gallery
,
conferring
with
Mr.
Edmund
Calamy
and
others
of
the
Clergy
.
When
he
had
taken
leave
of
them
,
I
was
admitted
,
and
at
first
perceived
him
to
be
very
shy
of
me
:
But
after
I
had
acquainted
him
that
the
Cause
of
my
Visit
,
was
in
order
to
undeceive
him
;
and
to
remove
,
if
possible
,
the
Prejudices
he
seemed
to
have
against
me
,
he
suddenly
changed
his
Countenance
,
and
treated
me
with
great
Familiarity
.
Whereupon
I
told
him
,
that
having
always
endeavoured
to
assert
the
Authority
of
the
Civil
Magistrate
,
in
opposition
to
the
Tyranny
of
the
Sword
,
I
was
unwilling
to
have
any
Difference
with
him
,
who
had
declared
for
the
same
things
:
I
assured
him
that
I
had
publickly
disapproved
the
Answer
of
Col.
Jones
to
that
Letter
which
he
had
sent
to
Ireland
,
directed
to
me
,
on
supposition
that
I
had
then
been
in
that
Country
.
I
acquainted
him
with
what
I
had
done
to
preserve
the
Irish
Brigade
from
joining
with
the
Army-Party
,
and
how
I
had
prevailed
with
them
to
engage
to
me
under
their
Hands
not
to
fight
against
him
,
upon
notice
that
he
had
espoused
the
Cause
of
the
Parliament
.
I
acknowledged
that
I
had
displaced
one
of
his
Relations
in
Ireland
,
not
out
of
the
least
Disrespect
to
him
;
but
according
to
a
Rule
which
I
conceived
to
be
most
just
,
that
those
might
be
restored
to
their
Offices
in
the
Army
,
who
had
been
removed
for
their
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
,
which
was
the
Case
;
his
Kinsman
having
been
made
Cornet
of
Major
Dean's
Troop
,
and
Cornet
Whalley
displaced
for
the
reason
before
mentioned
.
Hereupon
Monk
said
that
what
I
had
done
was
most
just
,
and
that
he
never
took
any
thing
ill
from
me
,
either
upon
that
or
any
other
particular
account
.
I
then
desired
to
know
what
reason
he
might
have
for
entertaining
any
hard
Thoughts
of
me
:
to
which
he
replied
,
that
he
had
nothing
to
object
against
me
but
my
Favour
to
the
Fanatick
Party
in
Ireland
.
I
told
him
that
the
Party
he
meant
had
not
acted
as
if
they
had
been
of
the
same
Opinion
;
for
having
signed
an
Address
to
the
Parliament
,
whereby
they
engaged
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
Civil
Authority
,
and
delivered
it
into
my
Hands
,
to
be
presented
on
their
part
;
the
same
Men
,
notwithstanding
their
publick
Engagement
and
particular
Promises
to
Me
,
had
immediately
after
my
Departure
signed
an
Agreement
with
the
Army
,
thereby
rejecting
the
Civil
Power
,
and
consequently
Me
,
whom
the
Parliament
had
intrusted
to
command
their
Forces
in
Ireland
:
That
as
I
had
never
thought
the
Profession
of
Religion
to
be
alone
sufficient
to
qualify
Men
for
Imployments
,
if
they
wanted
Affection
to
the
Commonwealth
;
so
I
could
not
imagine
which
way
Religion
should
incapacitate
Persons
for
the
Publick
Service
,
who
were
not
deficient
in
their
Fidelity
and
Zeal
for
the
Common
Good
.
Yea
,
said
he
,
we
must
live
and
dye
together
for
a
Commonwealth
.
I
hearing
him
say
so
,
told
him
,
that
I
was
informed
he
was
much
pressed
to
restore
the
Secluded
Members
;
who
being
highly
enraged
,
would
not
fail
to
bring
all
things
into
confusion
,
and
possibly
endeavour
to
bring
in
the
King
.
It
may
be
,
said
he
,
that
they
will
attempt
it
,
but
they
say
they
will
not
;
and
I
assure
you
,
tho
I
bear
as
much
respect
to
Parliaments
as
any
Man
,
yet
if
I
should
observe
a
Parliament
to
be
about
such
a
thing
,
I
would
interrupt
them
therein
.
Having
spent
about
half
an
Hour
with
Monk
,
I
took
leave
;
and
as
I
went
from
him
,
I
perceived
one
of
his
Footmen
to
stand
at
the
Door
of
the
Room
where
we
had
discoursed
,
who
I
suppose
was
placed
there
by
his
Master's
Order
,
to
prevent
me
from
dealing
with
him
,
as
his
Conscience
told
him
he
deserved
.
He
accompanied
me
to
the
Foot
of
the
Stairs
,
and
there
parted
with
me
,
not
without
great
shew
of
Respect
and
Civility
;
notwithstanding
which
it
was
manifest
to
me
through
all
his
Disguises
,
by
the
Persons
he
favoured
and
advanced
,
by
the
Company
he
kept
,
and
by
the
Course
he
steered
,
that
he
was
not
bound
to
that
Harbour
he
pretended
;
and
could
I
have
prevailed
with
the
Majority
of
the
Parliament
to
be
of
the
same
opinion
,
he
should
not
have
carried
on
his
Design
so
smoothly
:
But
into
such
a
desperate
Frenzy
were
we
fallen
,
that
many
of
the
House
,
either
thro
Fear
,
or
for
what
other
reason
I
cannot
tell
,
discovered
themselves
daily
to
be
Favourers
of
him
;
who
had
by
this
time
so
far
advanced
his
Affairs
,
that
he
resolved
to
pull
off
another
Mask
:
and
to
that
end
desired
some
sitting
Members
of
the
House
to
give
a
Meeting
to
some
of
the
Secluded
Members
;
in
order
,
as
he
pretended
,
to
give
them
Satisfaction
touching
the
Justice
of
their
Exclusion
:
wherein
he
owned
himself
to
be
throughly
satisfied
,
affirming
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
and
others
,
that
he
did
this
only
to
answer
the
vexatious
Importunity
of
the
Secluded
Members
.
By
this
means
he
prevailed
with
Sir
Arthur
and
some
others
to
meet
them
at
the
Time
and
Place
appointed
,
where
the
Secluded
Members
,
and
especially
Mr.
Annesley
,
reflected
so
undecently
upon
the
Proceedings
of
the
Parliament
since
their
Exclusion
,
that
Sir
Arthur
hastily
rose
up
,
and
designed
to
leave
the
Company
:
But
Monk
in
a
droling
way
,
desired
him
to
be
patient
till
he
should
moderate
Annesley
,
which
,
he
said
,
he
knew
well
enough
how
to
do
.
Upon
this
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
sate
down
again
,
but
the
other
proceeding
in
the
same
manner
,
he
lost
all
Patience
,
and
rising
up
,
he
departed
from
the
Conference
:
Mr.
Scot
,
Mr.
Robinson
,
Col.
Morley
,
and
Mr.
Rawleigh
staid
there
till
the
Discourse
was
ended
,
and
so
did
the
Chief
Justice
St.
Johns
,
who
not
discovering
himself
to
be
of
either
Party
,
sate
observing
on
which
side
the
Balance
would
fall
,
as
if
he
had
been
still
to
choose
.
If
the
Parliament
had
not
been
wilfully
blind
,
these
things
would
have
proved
sufficient
to
open
their
Eyes
.
But
to
leave
them
without
the
least
colour
of
Excuse
,
it
happened
at
this
time
that
Advice
was
brought
to
them
from
Ireland
,
that
those
who
had
usurped
the
Power
there
,
for
whose
Fidelity
Monk
had
engaged
,
and
who
moved
not
a
Step
without
his
Orders
and
Directions
,
had
published
a
Declaration
against
them
:
The
Contents
of
it
were
more
insolent
than
those
of
the
Letter
which
Monk
had
sent
to
the
Parliament
before
he
retired
into
the
City
:
for
after
they
had
reproached
them
with
the
Favours
they
extended
to
Men
accused
of
High
Treason
,
and
the
Discouragements
they
laid
upon
those
who
had
been
sent
to
England
to
prosecute
them
,
they
openly
told
the
Parliament
they
could
no
longer
own
them
for
an
Authority
;
and
therefore
desired
that
a
Free
Parliament
might
be
called
,
to
put
an
end
to
the
Confusions
which
their
Miscarriages
had
brought
upon
the
Nation
.
It
was
matter
of
Amazement
,
that
such
a
Declaration
should
be
published
by
Men
that
pretended
to
act
by
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
;
but
it
was
not
procured
without
Opposition
:
For
when
Sir
Charles
Coote
and
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
,
who
were
the
principal
Confidents
of
Monk
on
that
side
,
had
prepared
their
Paper
,
and
a
Party
to
back
it
;
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
who
had
been
one
of
the
late
King's
Judges
,
fearing
the
Consequence
of
such
Practices
,
moved
that
the
Council
of
War
might
be
adjourned
into
the
Castle
:
But
not
being
able
to
carry
that
Point
,
he
communicated
his
Design
to
as
many
as
he
thought
fit
,
and
making
an
Excuse
to
go
out
of
the
Room
,
he
hastened
away
,
and
retired
into
the
Castle
.
Major
Stanley
,
Lieut.
Colonel
Warren
,
and
some
others
went
immediately
,
and
joined
themselves
to
him
;
and
amongst
them
it
was
resolved
to
send
out
a
Party
to
seize
Sir
Charles
Coote
and
his
Adherents
.
But
he
having
notice
of
their
Intentions
,
had
a
Party
of
his
Creatures
ready
;
and
being
accompanied
by
Col.
Theophilus
Jones
,
mounted
on
Horseback
at
the
Head
of
them
,
riding
up
and
down
the
Streets
of
Dublin
,
and
declaring
for
a
Free
Parliament
,
which
Language
was
by
that
time
sufficiently
understood
to
be
for
the
King
.
They
were
followed
by
a
great
Rabble
of
the
People
,
and
thereby
so
incouraged
,
that
they
formed
a
Design
against
the
Castle
;
and
having
posted
their
Guards
upon
all
the
Avenues
,
they
sent
a
Summons
to
Sir
Hardress
Waller
to
deliver
the
Place
into
their
Hands
.
The
Governour
in
his
Answer
to
the
Summons
endeavoured
to
convince
them
of
the
Injustice
of
their
Attempt
,
reminding
them
of
the
Declarations
they
had
lately
made
to
be
true
and
faithful
to
the
present
Parliament
;
desiring
them
to
consider
how
much
it
was
their
Interest
to
adhere
to
them
,
since
it
was
under
their
Authority
that
they
had
acted
for
so
many
Years
past
against
the
late
King
and
his
Family
,
and
that
their
Titles
to
the
Possession
of
the
Lands
forfeited
by
the
Rebels
were
founded
upon
the
same
Power
.
Having
dispatched
this
Answer
to
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
he
clothed
all
the
Souldiers
out
of
the
Stores
,
and
distributed
a
Sum
of
ready
Money
amongst
them
,
to
secure
their
Fidelity
,
with
Promises
of
a
farther
Gratuity
,
if
they
would
stand
by
him
:
But
Sir
Charles
Coote
found
a
way
to
treat
with
some
of
the
Garison
;
and
after
two
or
three
days
,
by
large
Offers
and
advantageous
Terms
,
prevailed
with
them
to
deliver
their
Governour
and
the
Castle
into
his
Hands
.
By
the
Expulsion
of
Sir
Hardress
Waller
out
of
the
Army
,
two
Regiments
fell
into
the
hand
of
those
that
had
seized
the
Goverment
in
Ireland
,
for
which
Sir
Charles
Coote
had
some
difficulty
to
find
Colonels
,
having
already
disposed
of
two
to
himself
;
one
to
his
Brother
Richard
Coote
,
another
to
his
Brother
Chudleigh
Coote
,
a
fifth
to
his
Brother
Thomas
Coote
,
and
a
sixth
to
his
Cousin
St.
George
.
Which
unequal
Distribution
was
so
resented
by
some
of
his
own
Party
,
that
Major
Barrington
moved
at
one
of
their
Councils
of
War
,
that
a
more
equal
Hand
might
be
kept
in
the
disposal
of
Imployments
.
Whereupon
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
after
he
had
severely
reprimanded
the
Major
,
discharged
him
from
his
Command
in
the
Army
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Monk
had
desired
the
Mayor
of
London
to
assemble
the
Common
Council
,
(
tho'
the
Parliament
had
dissolved
them
)
and
in
defiance
to
their
Authority
attended
on
them
at
Guildhall
,
excusing
himself
for
what
,
he
said
,
he
had
been
constrained
to
do
in
the
City
by
Order
of
the
Council
of
State
,
and
assuring
them
that
he
was
much
troubled
for
that
rigorous
Work
.
He
declared
himself
ready
to
expose
his
Person
to
all
Dangers
for
their
Service
,
and
that
he
had
not
forgot
the
kind
Letter
they
had
sent
him
whilst
he
was
yet
in
the
North
:
That
he
was
then
of
the
same
opinion
with
them
,
but
was
obliged
at
that
time
to
conceal
it
,
till
he
might
have
an
opportunity
to
discover
his
Sentiments
with
better
advantage
.
He
also
acquainted
them
that
he
had
sent
a
Letter
to
the
Parliament
,
that
they
would
fill
up
the
House
,
and
put
an
end
to
their
sitting
by
the
sixth
of
May
.
By
this
means
he
gave
such
Encouragement
to
the
Cavalierish
Party
,
that
the
Rabble
of
them
,
as
he
passed
by
from
Guildhall
,
cried
out
for
a
Free
Parliament
;
and
perceiving
him
not
displeased
with
their
Insolence
,
they
made
Bonfires
in
London
and
Westminster
for
roasting
the
Rump
,
as
they
presumed
to
call
that
Parliament
,
who
in
the
five
Years
time
that
they
governed
without
interruption
,
had
raised
the
Glory
of
the
Nation
from
the
Dust
wherein
it
had
been
buried
by
the
Negligence
and
Corruption
of
the
preceding
Governments
,
and
had
rendred
the
English
Name
formidable
to
all
Europe
.
This
riotous
Disorder
,
how
pleasing
soever
it
was
to
Monk
,
yet
it
could
not
be
properly
charged
upon
him
,
because
he
had
given
no
publick
Order
for
what
had
been
done
,
and
therefore
he
continued
to
declare
as
loud
as
ever
how
faithful
he
would
be
to
the
Commonwealth
.
And
tho
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
was
informed
of
the
foregoing
Particulars
,
and
many
other
things
that
seemed
fully
to
discover
Monk's
Design
:
and
tho'
I
earnestly
importuned
him
to
improve
the
little
time
that
remained
to
prevent
the
threatned
Ruin
,
by
a
speedy
Reunion
with
our
old
Friends
,
by
adjourning
the
Parliament
to
the
Tower
,
and
by
drawing
our
dispersed
Forces
together
;
yet
he
would
not
be
perswaded
to
any
thing
of
that
nature
,
persisting
still
in
his
Opinion
that
all
would
be
well
,
and
that
Monk
would
be
honest
.
And
that
he
might
have
no
Pretext
to
be
otherwise
,
Sir
Arthur
doubting
by
reason
of
the
Correspendence
that
continued
between
Monk
and
the
Secluded
Members
,
that
,
in
case
the
Writs
for
filling
up
the
Parliament
should
not
be
issued
out
by
the
time
prefixed
,
he
would
take
advantage
of
that
Failure
to
bring
them
into
the
House
,
laboured
diligently
with
the
Parliament
that
it
might
be
done
to
his
satisfaction
,
and
accordingly
the
Bill
was
passed
within
the
time
limited
.
But
the
Secluded
Members
being
grown
confident
of
attaining
their
ends
by
another
way
,
deported
themselves
at
a
much
higher
rate
than
they
were
accustomed
to
do
;
Major
Harlow
,
who
was
one
of
them
,
taking
the
Liberty
to
say
openly
in
Westinster-Hall
,
that
they
would
have
their
Footmen
chosen
to
supply
their
Places
.
Sir
Gilbert
Gerrard
also
brought
an
Action
against
Col.
Alured
for
denying
him
Admission
to
the
House
after
the
last
Restitution
of
the
Parliament
;
but
the
Colonel
having
acted
by
order
of
the
Parliament
,
they
ordered
the
Process
to
be
stopped
.
Yet
so
low
were
the
Affairs
of
the
Parliament
,
and
their
Authority
so
little
regarded
,
even
in
Westminster
Hall
,
that
Sir
Robert
Pye
,
who
had
been
committed
to
the
Tower
by
their
Order
,
suing
for
his
Habeas
Corpus
at
the
Upper
Bench
,
and
Judg
Newdigate
demanding
of
the
Counsel
for
the
Commonwealth
what
they
had
to
say
why
it
should
not
be
granted
,
the
Counsel
answered
,
they
had
nothing
to
say
against
it
.
Whereupon
the
Judg
,
tho'
no
Enemy
to
Monarchy
,
yet
ashamed
to
see
them
so
unfaithful
to
their
Trust
,
replied
,
that
if
they
had
nothing
to
say
,
he
had
;
for
that
Sir
Robert
Pye
being
committed
by
an
Order
of
the
Parliament
,
an
inferior
Court
could
not
discharge
him
.
The
House
having
agreed
to
all
things
necessary
for
issuing
out
Writs
to
elect
Members
for
filling
up
the
Parliament
,
ordered
a
Warrant
to
be
signed
by
the
Speaker
,
whereby
the
Commissioners
of
the
Seal
should
be
authorized
to
send
out
Writs
according
to
Custom
:
But
he
refused
to
do
it
,
pretending
,
that
if
he
should
sign
any
Warrant
to
that
purpose
,
he
might
be
sued
at
Law
by
every
individual
Person
in
whose
room
any-other
should
be
elected
,
and
therefore
desired
that
the
House
would
pass
an
Act
to
enable
their
Clerk
to
sign
the
Warrant
;
or
that
the
Commissioners
of
the
Seal
might
issue
out
their
Writs
of
Summons
upon
a
general
Act
to
be
passed
to
that
end
.
It
was
answered
,
that
the
Duty
of
his
Place
obliged
him
to
perform
the
Commands
of
the
House
;
that
having
received
their
Order
in
that
Affair
,
he
was
thereby
fully
indemnified
,
and
that
he
signed
not
the
Warrant
in
his
Personal
,
but
in
his
Politick
Capacity
.
But
he
would
receive
no
Satisfaction
,
persisting
positively
in
his
Refusal
,
and
submitting
himself
to
their
Pleasure
,
if
they
should
think
fit
to
send
him
to
the
Tower
,
or
to
choose
another
Person
to
be
Speaker
in
his
Place
.
Whereupon
the
House
condescended
to
pass
an
Act
to
empower
the
Clerk
to
sign
the
Warrant
to
the
Commissioners
of
the
Seal
:
tho
for
my
own
part
,
I
was
for
taking
the
Speaker
at
his
Word
,
and
placing
another
Person
in
the
Chair
;
and
instead
of
sending
Mr.
Lenthal
to
the
Tower
,
to
have
adjourned
our selves
thither
;
but
I
could
prevail
with
few
to
be
of
my
opinion
.
This
Business
being
thus
passed
,
and
my
Doubts
increasing
touching
the
Event
of
these
things
,
I
earnestly
desired
the
House
,
that
I
might
either
be
presently
heard
concerning
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
,
and
my
own
Conduct
there
;
or
that
a
short
Day
might
be
appointed
when
they
would
hear
me
without
any
farther
Delay
:
alledging
for
the
Reason
of
my
Importunity
,
that
tho
my
Enemies
in
that
Country
had
by
their
late
Actions
manifested
to
all
the
World
that
their
Enmity
to
the
Parliament
was
much
greater
than
to
me
;
yet
being
uncertain
what
sort
of
Men
might
soon
have
the
principal
Influence
in
that
House
,
I
could
not
believe
they
would
think
it
convenient
that
a
Charge
of
High
Treason
,
how
frivolous
soever
,
should
be
transmitted
to
them
against
one
of
their
old
and
faithful
Servants
.
Mr.
Thomas
Scot
thinking
my
Discourse
to
reflect
upon
his
Son
,
who
had
commanded
the
Forces
before
Duncannon
,
addressed
himself
to
the
Speaker
,
and
said
;
That
tho
he
would
not
undertake
to
answer
for
all
who
had
opposed
me
in
Ireland
,
yet
he
might
affirm
that
one
of
them
was
their
faithful
Servant
.
To
which
I
replied
,
tho
contrary
to
the
Order
of
the
House
,
all
things
there
also
beginning
to
fall
into
confusion
,
That
I
could
not
positively
say
who
that
one
was
that
the
Gentleman
who
spoke
last
meant
,
but
should
suppose
he
intended
his
Son
,
whom
I
assured
them
they
could
not
think
to
be
such
a
Person
as
he
had
represented
him
,
unless
they
esteemed
the
Insurrection
of
Sir
George
Booth
to
have
been
for
their
Service
,
he
having
attempted
to
justify
the
Lawfulness
of
it
in
my
Presence
.
Upon
this
dispute
,
the
Speaker
presuming
he
should
be
well
seconded
,
ventured
to
discover
his
Malice
also
against
me
,
reminding
the
House
of
an
Order
they
had
made
for
the
Surrender
of
Duncannon
,
to
which
he
said
,
he
knew
not
that
any
Obedience
had
been
yielded
;
and
therefore
thought
it
necessary
the
House
should
be
assured
of
that
,
before
any
Order
were
made
upon
my
Motion
.
In
this
Disorder
and
Confusion
the
House
rose
about
six
in
the
Evening
.
The
Council
of
State
sat
late
that
Night
,
and
received
Advice
that
the
Secluded
Members
designed
to
force
themselves
into
the
House
the
next
Morning
:
Thereupon
they
sent
a
Message
to
Monk
,
to
acquaint
him
with
the
Information
they
had
,
and
required
him
to
prevent
it
,
if
it
should
be
attempted
.
He
returned
for
an
Answer
to
the
Council
,
that
he
was
well
assured
no
such
thing
was
designed
;
but
for
their
Satisfaction
,
and
to
hinder
it
if
endeavoured
,
he
would
not
fail
to
double
the
Guards
that
were
to
attend
the
Parliament
.
But
for
all
this
the
Secluded
Members
,
attended
by
divers
of
Monk's
Officers
,
went
early
the
next
Morning
to
Westminster
,
and
were
admitted
into
the
House
by
the
Guard
he
had
placed
there
,
who
were
more
ready
to
defend
than
oppose
them
;
and
Monk
having
thus
violated
his
Promises
,
and
abused
the
Trust
reposed
in
him
by
the
Publick
,
took
up
his
Quarters
again
at
Whitehall
the
same
Morning
.
Being
inform'd
of
these
Transactions
,
I
resolved
for
my
own
part
to
give
no
countenance
to
the
Secluded
Members
,
by
sitting
with
them
who
had
no
Right
to
any
Place
in
Parliament
,
having
been
expelled
the
House
by
more
than
a
Quorum
of
lawful
Members
.
But
that
notice
might
be
taken
,
that
I
had
not
withdrawn
my self
from
the
Service
of
the
Publick
;
nor
was
at
the
Head
of
any
Forces
,
as
was
given
out
,
I
thought
convenient
to
pass
sometimes
through
Westminster-Hall
,
where
Mr.
George
Montague
,
who
knew
I
declined
to
come
to
the
House
,
meeting
me
,
and
asking
me
the
reason
of
it
,
I
answered
,
that
having
done
as
much
as
I
could
to
serve
the
Commonwealth
,
and
seeing
an
Impossibility
of
contending
against
the
present
Torrent
,
I
had
resolved
to
absent
my self
from
the
Place
where
the
Parliament
used
to
meet
,
that
I
might
publickly
disown
the
Authority
of
those
who
had
violently
possessed
themselves
of
the
House
,
and
not
seem
to
consent
to
the
Confusions
they
were
bringing
upon
us
.
He
replied
,
that
in
his
opinion
the
Conditions
upon
which
the
Secluded
Members
had
entred
the
House
,
were
more
dishonourable
than
those
upon
which
others
were
gone
out
,
and
that
he
was
not
willing
to
sit
among
them
,
they
having
engaged
to
make
Monk
General
of
all
the
Forces
by
Sea
and
Land
,
to
settle
a
constant
Maintenance
for
the
Army
,
to
appoint
a
New
Parliament
to
be
chosen
;
and
when
these
things
were
dispatched
,
to
put
a
Period
to
themselves
within
a
day
or
two
at
the
most
.
Yet
some
of
the
lawful
Members
of
Parliament
,
either
through
Fear
or
Curiosity
,
or
some
other
Motive
not
known
to
me
,
went
into
the
House
and
sat
amongst
them
.
Another
part
of
them
,
being
about
seventeen
in
number
,
whereof
divers
were
of
the
Council
of
State
,
went
to
Monk
to
be
informed
from
his
own
Mouth
of
the
Reasons
of
these
Proceedings
.
He
received
them
with
no
less
Civility
than
formerly
;
and
having
understood
from
them
the
occasion
of
their
coming
,
he
made
as
solemn
Protestations
of
his
Zeal
to
a
Commonwealth-Government
as
he
had
ever
done
;
desiring
them
to
believe
that
the
Permission
he
had
given
to
the
Secluded
Members
to
enter
the
House
,
was
only
to
free
himself
from
their
Importunity
,
and
that
he
would
take
effectual
care
to
prevent
them
from
doing
any
hurt
in
that
Place
.
But
these
Gentlemen
having
resolved
to
try
him
to
the
utmost
,
demanded
farther
if
he
would
join
with
them
against
Charles
Stuart
and
his
Party
:
In
answer
to
which
,
he
applied
himself
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
who
was
one
of
them
,
and
said
,
Sir
Arthur
,
I
have
often
declared
to
you
my
Resolution
so
to
do
:
then
taking
off
his
Glove
,
and
putting
his
Hand
within
Sir
Arthur's
,
he
added
;
I
do
here
protest
to
you
in
the
Presence
of
all
these
Gentlemen
,
that
I
will
oppose
to
the
utmost
the
setting
up
of
Charles
Stuart
,
a
single
Person
,
or
a
House
of
Peers
.
After
this
he
began
to
expostulate
with
them
touching
their
Suspicions
,
saying
;
What
is
it
that
I
have
done
in
bringing
these
Members
into
the
House
?
Are
they
not
the
same
that
brought
the
King
to
the
Block
?
tho'
others
cut
off
his
Head
,
and
that
justly
.
The
Secluded
Members
having
forced
themselves
into
the
House
,
took
upon
them
the
Authority
of
a
Parliament
,
making
Votes
and
enacting
Laws
as
they
pleased
,
which
Power
they
had
hitherto
constantly
denied
to
be
in
a
House
of
Commons
alone
:
but
we
must
believe
the
Case
to
have
been
much
altered
upon
their
return
;
and
that
a
House
of
Commons
alone
,
without
a
King
or
House
of
Peers
,
might
do
any
thing
for
betraying
the
Publick
Cause
,
tho
it
could
not
have
any
colour
of
Authority
to
justify
them
in
doing
the
least
thing
for
the
security
of
it
.
In
pursuance
of
these
Principles
,
they
passed
an
Act
to
make
Monk
General
of
all
the
Forces
belonging
to
the
Parliament
in
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
both
by
Sea
and
Land
,
only
they
joined
Col.
Montague
with
him
in
the
Office
of
Admiral
;
which
tho
Monk
resented
as
a
Violation
of
the
Treaty
he
had
made
with
the
Secluded
Members
,
yet
he
thought
not
convenlent
to
insist
upon
the
Alteration
of
that
Particular
.
They
continued
the
Customs
and
Excise
,
and
laid
other
Taxes
on
the
People
,
borrowing
great
Sums
of
the
City
of
London
on
the
Credit
of
their
Acts.
Monk
took
away
Col.
Walton's
Regiment
of
Horse
,
and
gave
it
to
Col.
—
Howard
;
and
having
made
choice
of
two
hundred
Horse
for
his
own
Guard
,
he
appointed
Col.
Philip
Howard
to
command
them
.
He
disposed
of
Col.
Rich's
Regiment
to
Col.
Ingoldsby
;
but
before
the
Order
could
be
put
in
execution
,
Col.
Rich
hoping
he
might
prevail
with
his
Men
,
as
he
had
done
formerly
,
to
declare
for
the
Lawful
Authority
,
he
went
down
to
the
Quarters
where
they
lay
.
At
his
Arrival
most
of
them
promised
to
remain
faithful
to
him
;
but
when
Col.
Ingoldsby
came
down
,
partly
by
his
own
Interest
amongthem
,
they
having
been
under
his
command
in
the
time
of
Cromwel
,
and
partly
by
the
Torrent
of
the
usurped
Authority
,
which
then
ran
that
way
,
he
prevailed
with
the
greatest
part
of
them
to
desert
their
Colonel
;
who
finding
himself
abandoned
by
most
of
them
,
yielded
the
rest
to
him
,
and
declared
his
Resolution
to
acquiesce
.
Capt
.
Walcot
,
who
had
been
an
Officer
in
my
Regiment
,
and
by
me
preferred
to
be
Captain
of
a
Troop
of
Horse
when
I
sent
our
Brigade
into
England
,
having
gained
an
Interest
in
the
Officers
and
Souldiers
by
his
good
Conduct
,
and
supposing
to
find
amongst
them
the
same
Affection
to
the
Good
Old
Cause
they
had
always
manifested
since
their
Arrival
in
England
,
went
towards
Chester
,
where
they
were
quartered
;
and
being
arrived
within
twelve
Miles
of
that
place
,
he
sent
a
Letter
to
Major
Woodward
,
of
whose
Fidelity
to
the
Parliament
he
thought
himself
sure
,
to
acquaint
him
with
his
Resolution
of
going
to
them
.
But
so
great
a
Change
had
the
late
Turn
wrought
in
Mens
Minds
,
that
the
Major
gave
Capt
.
Walcot's
Letter
to
Col.
Redman
,
who
by
Monk's
Order
then
commanded
our
Irish
Brigade
,
and
who
immediately
dispatched
a
Party
of
Horse
to
seize
the
Captain
;
which
having
done
in
obedience
to
the
Order
they
had
received
,
rather
than
from
any
Inclination
to
such
an
Imploiment
,
they
gave
him
an
Opportunity
to
make
his
escape
.
Cap.
Walcot
coming
afterwards
to
London
,
went
to
Monk
,
and
having
delivered
his
Opinion
freely
touching
the
Publick
Affairs
,
and
the
Usage
he
had
lately
met
with
,
Monk
fell
into
a
violent
Passion
against
him
;
but
soon
recollecting
himself
,
he
treated
him
in
a
more
civil
manner
,
and
gave
him
a
Pasport
to
return
into
Ireland
,
where
his
Family
and
Estate
lay
,
supposing
thereby
to
render
him
less
able
to
assist
his
Enemies
,
than
if
he
should
continue
in
England
.
The
Secluded
Members
having
forbidden
the
Council
to
sit
,
chose
one
to
supply
their
place
;
which
was
composed
of
Mr.
Denzil
Holles
,
Sir
Gilbert
Gerrard
,
Mr.
Crew
,
Mr.
Swinfen
,
Sir
William
Lewis
,
Sir
William
Waller
,
Col.
John
Birch
,
Col.
George
Monk
,
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
,
Col.
Norton
,
Mr.
Knightly
,
Col.
Herbert
Morley
,
Sir
Harbottle
Grimestone
,
Mr.
Arthur
Annesley
,
Sir
Richard
Onslow
,
Chief
Justice
St.
Johns
,
Serjeant
Brown
,
Col.
Brown
,
&c.
This
New
Council
was
vested
with
large
Powers
of
imprisoning
such
as
they
suspected
,
and
doing
other
things
sutable
to
the
Designs
then
on
foot
.
Sir
Hardress
Waller
obtained
of
them
,
by
means
of
his
Kinsman
Sir
William
Waller
,
a
Permission
to
come
over
to
England
,
and
to
be
brought
before
them
;
where
having
subscribed
an
Engagement
to
acquiesce
,
and
to
appear
upon
Summons
,
he
was
discharged
from
Custody
.
But
Sir
Charles
Coote
,
who
was
well
acquainted
with
the
Bottom
of
Monk's
Design
,
and
conscious
to
himself
how
much
he
had
exasperated
the
King's
Friends
in
Ireland
,
by
his
constant
Opposition
to
them
,
having
added
to
all
the
rest
the
Execution
of
one
Stuart
,
that
was
related
to
the
Royal
Family
,
thought
he
could
never
do
things
horrid
enough
to
those
of
his
own
Party
,
in
order
to
reconcile
himself
to
the
other
:
Therefore
that
he
might
give
them
what
Assurances
he
could
that
he
was
wicked
enough
to
be
imployed
and
trusted
by
them
,
he
sent
a
Party
of
Horse
and
seized
the
Chief
Justice
Coke
,
to
make
some
amends
to
His
Sacred
Majesty
by
that
Sacrifice
.
The
grand
Design
of
destroying
the
Commonwealth
being
so
far
advanced
,
Monk
caus'd
a
Declaration
to
be
drawn
in
the
Name
of
the
Officers
about
London
,
and
recommended
to
the
rest
of
the
Officers
in
the
three
Nations
,
declaring
it
to
be
their
Duty
and
Resolution
to
submit
to
the
Authority
that
was
over
them
,
and
to
obey
such
Orders
as
they
should
receive
from
them
:
which
when
they
were
upbraided
with
,
as
a
thing
contrived
to
betray
the
Publick
Cause
,
many
of
the
Officers
shewed
themselves
so
sensible
of
the
Consequences
of
it
,
that
they
earnestly
pressed
that
a
Council
of
War
might
be
called
;
making
use
of
some
Reasons
to
perswade
their
General
to
it
,
but
indeed
to
unite
themselves
to
each
other
,
and
in
a
publick
manner
to
express
their
Resolutions
to
lay
down
their
Lives
for
the
Common-wealth
.
But
Monk
being
informed
of
their
Design
,
Dispersed
them
to
their
respective
Commands
,
to
which
they
tamely
submitted
,
notwithstanding
the
big
Words
they
had
spoken
without
doors
.
Hereupon
the
Secluded
Members
suspecting
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
to
have
had
a
principal
hand
in
raising
this
Spirit
in
the
Officers
of
the
Army
,
sent
to
him
to
take
his
Place
in
the
House
where
the
Parliament
ought
to
sit
,
which
to
that
time
he
had
not
done
.
Sir
Arthur
finding
it
impossible
to
resist
the
Stream
,
being
accompanied
with
divers
Members
,
went
in
to
them
;
where
,
as
I
have
been
informed
by
some
that
were
then
present
,
he
did
not
behave
himself
with
that
Courage
and
Resolution
that
usually
attended
him
,
but
pleaded
in
his
excuse
the
Reverence
he
always
had
for
the
Authority
of
Parliaments
,
and
endeavoured
to
justify
himself
touching
any
Violations
that
had
been
made
against
it
,
assuring
them
of
his
Intention
to
acquiesce
under
the
present
Power
.
Major
General
Lambert
also
,
who
had
hitherto
concealed
himself
in
hopes
of
finding
an
opportunity
to
appear
at
the
Head
of
some
Party
,
and
thereby
to
prevent
the
Design
of
Monk
,
finding
that
the
Army
had
for
the
most
part
submitted
to
the
Authority
of
the
Secluded
Members
,
surrendred
himself
to
the
New
Council
of
State
,
in
hopes
of
better
Terms
from
them
than
he
could
have
promised
himself
from
the
former
,
who
he
thought
would
have
been
more
likely
to
resent
the
Force
he
had
put
upon
the
Parliament
:
But
they
contrary
to
his
Expectations
requiring
him
to
give
Security
for
his
quiet
Deportment
,
upon
his
refusal
so
to
do
,
committed
him
to
the
Tower
.
Most
of
the
Common-wealth-Party
were
very
sensible
of
the
dangerous
Condition
of
their
Affairs
;
and
that
they
might
not
be
altogether
wanting
to
their
own
Preservation
,
and
to
the
Service
of
the
Publick
,
some
of
the
principal
Persons
among
them
had
divers
Meetings
;
at
one
of
which
I
took
the
liberty
to
make
the
following
Propositions
:
That
seven
of
the
Council
of
State
,
and
three
of
the
Generals
that
had
been
appointed
by
the
Parliament
,
should
sign
such
Orders
as
were
necessary
for
putting
our
Design
in
execution
:
That
the
Regiment
of
Col.
Moss
which
lay
in
Kent
and
not
far
from
London
,
and
another
which
lay
in
the
Borough
of
Southwark
Commanded
by
Lieut.
Col.
Farnly
,
consisting
in
all
of
more
than
2000
old
Soldiers
,
of
whose
Integrity
and
Affection
we
had
good
Assurance
,
should
be
ordered
to
march
to
the
Tower
to
join
with
Col.
Morley's
Regiment
which
was
already
there
,
and
would
be
ready
to
receive
them
,
having
sent
to
me
to
let
me
know
that
the
Tower
should
be
at
my
Command
whensoever
I
pleased
to
desire
it
:
That
the
Commanders
of
these
Forces
should
take
with
them
Provisions
for
six
Months
,
giving
Tickets
for
the
Quantity
so
taken
payable
by
the
Parliament
of
England
:
That
the
Militia
of
London
which
had
been
listed
during
the
Government
of
the
Parliament
,
should
be
authorized
to
meet
as
there
should
be
occasion
,
to
assist
the
Forces
in
the
Tower
:
That
four
or
five
places
of
Rendezvouz
should
be
appointed
for
the
Forces
of
the
Army
that
lay
scattered
up
and
down
in
several
Parts
of
the
Nation
;
and
that
Officers
should
be
agreed
upon
,
to
appear
at
the
Head
of
them
:
That
the
Souldiers
both
Horse
and
Foot
,
should
have
the
liberty
either
to
follow
their
old
Officers
,
or
to
appoint
new
:
That
those
Officers
who
should
prevail
with
the
major
part
of
their
Men
to
follow
them
,
should
continue
in
their
respective
Posts
;
and
that
those
that
appeared
heartily
to
promote
this
Design
,
tho
they
could
not
perswade
the
greater
part
of
their
Souldiers
to
follow
them
,
should
have
Provision
made
for
them
equal
to
their
Merits
:
That
the
Country-Militia
,
both
Horse
and
Foot
,
should
be
authorized
to
draw
together
,
and
be
impowered
to
seize
and
disarm
such
Persons
in
the
respective
Counties
,
as
were
known
Enemies
to
the
Commonwealth
:
That
the
Fleet
should
be
ordered
to
declare
at
the
same
time
,
and
to
send
one
or
two
thousand
Seamen
to
the
Assistance
of
those
in
the
Tower
;
which
I
conceived
they
might
do
without
danger
to
the
Nation
,
because
the
Enemy
we
were
to
contend
with
,
was
intestine
and
not
from
abroad
.
I
acquainted
them
that
Vice-Admiral
Lawson
who
commanded
the
Fleet
had
declared
his
Resolution
to
continue
faithful
to
the
Parliament
,
which
could
not
well
be
doubted
by
any
that
would
reflect
upon
his
former
Conduct
,
he
having
taken
the
Oath
for
abjuring
the
King's
Family
,
and
being
one
of
the
Council
of
State
.
To
this
was
added
,
that
all
Persons
who
should
act
by
the
Parliament's
Authority
in
this
Service
,
should
be
justified
in
so
doing
;
that
the
Governours
of
Garisons
should
be
required
to
refuse
Obedience
to
any
power
which
was
not
derived
from
the
Lawful
Authority
of
the
Parliament
,
whose
place
the
Secluded
Members
had
now
usurped
;
and
that
a
Declaration
should
be
forthwith
prepared
,
to
shew
the
Grounds
and
Reasons
,
together
with
the
Necessity
of
these
Proceedings
.
Some
of
those
that
were
present
promised
to
advise
with
their
Friends
of
the
Council
of
State
,
and
hoped
that
a
Quorum
of
them
as
well
as
of
the
Generals
might
be
found
,
to
put
the
things
in
execution
that
should
be
agreed
on
.
But
we
being
ripe
for
the
Correction
of
Heaven
,
nothing
could
prevent
it
,
our
Enemies
succeeding
in
all
their
Attempts
,
and
all
our
Endeavours
proving
abortive
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Companies
of
London
made
a
great
Entertainment
for
Monk
,
where
the
Bargain
they
had
driven
with
him
was
ratified
and
confirmed
by
dissolute
and
unbecoming
Debauchery
;
for
it
was
his
Custom
not
to
depart
from
those
Publick
Meetings
,
till
he
was
as
Drunk
as
a
Beast
.
After
Dinner
a
Person
was
introduc'd
,
who
in
Verse
addressed
himself
to
Monk
for
the
Return
of
the
King
,
which
he
heard
without
reproof
;
tho
at
the
same
time
he
protested
to
Col.
Okey
who
went
to
take
leave
of
him
in
order
to
repair
to
his
Command
,
and
desir'd
to
be
satisfied
of
his
Intentions
touching
Charles
Stuart
,
That
he
would
oppose
him
to
the
utmost
;
and
gave
him
his
Hand
before
all
the
Officers
then
present
,
as
a
Pledg
of
his
Sincerity
.
The
Secluded
Members
being
convinced
that
the
Sword
was
likely
to
prove
the
best
Title
they
should
find
to
their
Authority
,
prepared
an
Act
to
settle
the
Militia
in
such
hands
as
they
might
safely
trust
,
and
took
into
their
Consideration
how
to
settle
the
Sum
of
one
thousand
Pounds
a
Year
upon
Monk
,
which
had
been
voted
to
be
given
him
by
the
Parliament
.
The
thing
in
dispute
was
,
Whether
the
said
Settlement
should
be
secured
to
him
out
of
the
King's
Lands
at
Hampton-Court
,
as
he
himself
had
desired
of
the
Parliament
,
that
he
might
lay
them
more
profoundly
asleep
;
or
whether
a
Sum
of
ready
Money
should
be
paid
to
him
in
lieu
of
it
.
Divers
of
the
Members
of
Parliament
were
for
making
good
their
former
Order
upon
Hampton
Court
;
and
several
of
the
Secluded
Members
hating
the
Traitor
,
tho
they
accepted
the
Treason
,
concurred
with
them
,
that
so
the
Grant
might
be
rendred
useless
to
him
.
But
his
Party
amongst
them
was
so
great
,
that
tho
it
was
carried
to
be
out
of
the
Lands
at
Hampton-Court
,
yet
in
conclusion
they
obtained
a
Vote
,
that
twenty
thousand
Pounds
should
be
paid
to
him
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
,
instead
of
it
.
The
Irish
Officers
also
,
who
had
assumed
the
Civil
as
well
as
the
Military
Power
,
presented
him
with
a
Pair
of
Spurs
,
and
a
Hilt
for
a
Sword
,
all
of
Gold
;
together
with
a
rich
Hatband
and
an
embroidered
Belt
,
to
manifest
their
acknowledgent
and
acceptance
of
his
good
Service
in
betraying
the
Publick
Cause
.
The
Lord
of
Lauderdale
,
with
other
Scots
who
had
been
taken
Prisoners
at
the
Battel
of
Worcester
,
and
continued
in
Custody
from
that
time
,
was
set
at
Liberty
;
and
the
Secluded
Members
gave
order
also
to
discharge
Sir
George
Booth
from
his
Imprisonment
,
if
he
would
engage
to
make
his
appearance
upon
Summons
;
which
he
thinking
to
be
injurious
to
him
,
who
had
endeavoured
to
do
no
more
than
they
themselves
were
attempting
,
refused
the
Condition
,
but
was
soon
after
released
,
without
entring
into
any
Obligation
.
The
new
Council
of
State
being
informed
of
some
Designs
against
the
usurped
Power
,
issued
out
Warrants
for
apprehending
divers
Officers
of
the
Army
;
and
having
some
Jealousy
of
others
that
were
Members
of
Parliament
,
they
procured
an
Order
of
their
House
,
to
authorize
them
to
seize
any
Member
who
had
not
sate
since
the
coming
in
of
the
Secluded
Members
,
if
there
should
be
occasion
.
And
tho
these
Men
could
thus
trample
upon
the
Priviledges
of
that
Body
,
whereof
they
pretended
to
be
Members
;
yet
to
shew
how
zealous
they
were
for
Presbytery
,
they
ordered
Copies
of
the
Covenant
to
be
fairly
drawn
,
and
hung
up
in
every
Parish-Church
throughout
England
.
The
Lords
perceiving
which
way
things
were
turning
,
solicited
Monk
that
they
might
take
their
Places
according
to
antient
Custom
in
the
House
appointed
for
their
sitting
,
alledgging
,
that
nothing
done
by
the
Commons
without
their
Assent
could
justly
be
esteemed
Legal
.
But
it
was
not
yet
time
for
Monk
to
discover
himself
so
openly
,
before
the
Army
was
better
prepared
,
and
the
new
Militia
settled
:
And
therefore
he
not
only
gave
a
positive
Denial
to
their
Demand
,
but
placed
a
Guard
of
Soldiers
upon
their
House
,
to
prevent
the
Lords
from
acting
the
same
part
that
the
Secluded
Commons
had
done
.
Major
General
Overton
still
continued
in
his
Government
of
Hull
,
and
suspecting
Monk
to
be
an
Enemy
to
the
Commonwealth
,
had
hitherto
refused
to
yield
obedience
to
his
Orders
.
Whereupon
the
Secluded
Members
being
well
informed
of
the
importance
of
the
Place
,
from
the
time
they
had
ordered
it
to
be
kept
by
Sir
John
Hotham
,
against
the
late
King
,
impowered
Monk
to
use
all
means
to
remove
the
Major
General
from
that
Command
.
Monk
,
in
pursuance
of
their
Directions
,
prevailed
with
Col.
Alured
,
who
was
one
of
the
Generals
appointed
by
the
Parliament
,
to
go
down
to
Hull
,
and
to
endeavour
to
perswade
Major
General
Overton
to
quit
the
Place
.
Accordingly
he
went
down
,
and
having
acquainted
the
Major
General
with
the
Reason
of
his
Journey
,
was
presently
put
into
the
possession
of
it
.
It
was
matter
of
wonder
to
me
,
that
Col.
Alured
,
in
whom
the
Commonwealth
Party
had
reposed
so
great
Trust
,
would
suffer
himself
to
be
imployed
in
such
a
Message
to
one
of
the
most
faithful
Servants
of
the
Parliament
.
But
I
was
somewhat
more
satisfied
when
Major
General
Overton
came
to
London
,
where
he
assured
me
that
Col.
Alured
had
neither
said
nor
done
at
Hull
any
thing
unbecoming
an
honest
Man
;
but
that
upon
the
News
of
the
Intrusion
of
the
Secluded
Members
,
the
Cavalier
Party
in
the
Town
had
so
increased
,
and
his
own
Souldiers
split
into
such
Divisions
,
that
he
had
no
hopes
left
of
keeping
it
.
At
this
time
it
was
disputed
,
whether
the
Secluded
Members
should
agree
upon
a
Settlement
,
or
whether
it
should
be
left
for
a
Parliament
to
do
:
Some
were
for
calling
in
the
Lords
who
sate
in
the
Year
1648
,
that
they
,
together
with
the
Commons
,
might
enter
into
Treaty
with
the
King
for
a
future
Establishment
,
which
should
be
grounded
chiefly
upon
the
Concessions
made
by
the
last
King
in
the
Isle
of
Wight
.
But
Monk
being
earnestly
desirous
to
bring
back
the
King
without
any
Conditions
,
in
hopes
thereby
to
procure
a
Recompence
equal
to
the
Greatness
of
his
Treachery
,
prevented
the
Success
of
that
Proposition
;
which
part
he
acted
so
openly
,
that
divers
of
the
Secluded
and
other
Members
of
Parliament
resolved
to
imitate
him
:
and
tho
all
of
them
had
engaged
the
Nation
in
a
War
against
the
King
,
had
contributed
the
utmost
of
their
Endeavours
to
carry
it
on
,
and
called
in
the
Scotish
Nation
to
assist
them
in
it
;
yet
upon
a
Debate
whether
those
of
the
King's
Party
should
be
admitted
to
elect
Members
for
the
succeeding
Parliament
,
it
was
,
to
the
astonishment
of
all
Men
but
themselves
,
carried
for
the
Affirmative
.
Having
done
this
,
they
ordered
Writs
to
be
issued
out
in
the
Name
of
the
Keepers
of
the
Liberties
of
England
,
excluding
such
from
being
chosen
who
had
served
the
King
,
which
was
contrived
to
lead
the
People
blindfold
to
their
own
Ruin
,
and
to
put
some
colour
upon
the
Cheat
they
were
about
to
impose
on
them
.
For
they
knew
that
having
given
leave
for
the
Cavaliers
to
choose
,
and
by
every
Step
they
had
taken
,
manifested
their
Malice
against
the
Commonwealth
,
it
would
certainly
come
to
pass
,
that
either
the
Sons
of
those
of
the
King's
Party
,
or
at
least
such
as
had
privately
favoured
that
Interest
,
would
for
the
most
part
be
chosen
in
that
Conjuncture
,
when
the
Common-wealth
Party
were
under
the
greatest
Discouragements
,
and
could
not
appear
with
Safety
under
the
usurped
Authority
.
They
understood
also
that
tho
it
should
happen
,
contrary
to
the
Exclusion
before
mentioned
,
that
those
who
had
been
actually
in
Arms
for
the
King
should
be
chosen
and
returned
to
sit
in
the
House
,
yet
we
were
not
likely
to
procure
them
to
be
ejected
at
such
a
time
as
this
;
having
not
been
able
,
without
the
greatest
difficulty
,
to
cast
out
,
even
from
Richard's
Convention
,
those
that
had
been
in
Arms
against
us
.
The
Secluded
Members
not
thinking
themselves
secure
,
till
they
had
put
the
Militia
into
the
hands
of
such
as
were
Enemies
to
the
Commonwealth
,
passed
an
Act
to
that
purpose
,
and
ordered
it
to
be
printed
and
published
:
Whereat
the
Officers
about
Monk
were
so
offended
,
that
tho
they
had
lost
all
Affection
to
the
Publick
Cause
,
yet
suspecting
that
the
forming
such
a
Militia
,
and
intrusting
it
in
the
Hands
of
Commissioners
that
were
known
to
be
Favourers
of
the
King's
Party
,
might
prove
injurious
,
if
not
destructive
to
the
Army
,
by
bringing
in
the
Son
of
the
late
King
without
them
,
they
applied
themselves
to
Monk
,
and
earnestly
desired
that
in
consideration
of
his
own
and
their
Danger
,
he
would
prevent
the
Execution
of
the
said
Act.
whereupon
he
sent
a
Letter
to
the
pretended
Parliament
,
to
let
them
know
,
that
being
informed
of
the
Disaffection
of
the
Commissioners
nominated
in
the
Act
they
had
passed
touching
the
Militia
,
he
desired
them
to
forbear
the
Execution
of
it
,
lest
the
Persons
they
had
intrusted
therein
might
erect
such
a
Power
in
opposition
to
the
Army
,
as
might
be
sufficient
to
bring
in
Charles
Stuart
.
The
Letter
being
read
in
the
House
,
caused
a
great
Perplexity
amongst
them
,
many
not
knowing
what
Judgment
to
make
of
it
,
and
some
of
them
fearing
that
Monk
would
deceive
them
at
last
.
But
others
understood
him
well
enough
;
and
therefore
,
notwithstanding
his
Letter
,
Mr.
Prynn
went
to
the
Printer
,
and
procured
the
Act
to
be
immediately
made
publick
,
knowing
it
to
be
the
desire
of
Monk
that
it
should
be
so
.
Yet
that
they
might
correspond
with
him
in
his
Deceit
,
they
sent
Sir
William
Waller
and
one
more
,
to
give
him
satisfaction
concerning
the
Particulars
of
the
Act
,
which
he
pretended
to
scruple
.
They
acquainted
him
,
that
tho
there
were
many
Persons
nominated
in
the
Act
,
who
might
be
willing
to
do
as
was
suspected
,
yet
that
by
it
none
were
permitted
to
act
as
Commissioners
,
but
such
as
should
own
the
Justice
of
the
Parliament's
Cause
against
the
King
to
the
Year
1648
,
by
subscribing
a
Paper
to
that
purpose
.
They
also
informed
him
,
that
the
said
Commissioners
were
not
to
appoint
any
Colonels
or
Captains
to
act
in
the
Militia
,
before
they
should
be
approved
by
the
Council
of
State
.
Monk
,
being
willing
to
receive
satisfaction
,
having
sent
the
forementioned
Letter
only
at
the
Importunity
of
the
Officers
,
resolved
to
be
contented
with
this
Answer
;
tho'
all
Men
saw
how
little
Conscience
the
Cavalier
Party
made
of
signing
any
Paper
,
in
order
to
promote
the
Interest
of
their
Faction
.
The
Act
for
the
Militia
being
passed
,
the
Command
of
all
the
Forces
and
Garisons
settled
on
Monk
,
and
the
Fleet
in
his
Power
in
conjunction
with
Col.
Montague
,
the
pretended
Parliament
authorized
their
Council
of
State
to
provide
for
the
Publick
safety
on
all
Emergencies
,
and
to
dispose
Affairs
as
they
should
think
fit
till
the
meeting
of
the
next
Parliament
.
Which
being
done
,
and
the
House
ready
to
pass
the
Act
for
their
Dissolution
,
Mr.
Crew
who
had
been
as
forward
as
any
Man
in
beginning
and
carrying
on
the
War
against
the
last
King
,
moved
,
that
before
they
dissolved
themselves
,
they
would
bear
their
witness
against
the
horrid
Murder
,
as
he
called
it
,
of
the
King
.
This
unexpected
Motion
prevailed
with
many
then
present
to
deny
their
Concurrence
to
that
Act
against
the
King
,
tho
not
to
reflect
in
the
same
manner
on
those
who
had
been
concerned
in
it
:
And
one
of
them
concluding
his
Discourse
with
protesting
that
he
had
neither
Hand
nor
Heart
in
that
Affair
,
Mr.
Thomas
Scot
,
who
had
been
so
much
deluded
by
the
Hypocrisy
of
Monk
,
as
I
have
already
related
,
in
abhorrence
of
that
base
Spirit
,
said
,
That
tho
he
knew
not
where
to
hide
his
Head
at
that
time
,
yet
he
durst
not
refuse
to
own
,
that
not
only
his
Hand
,
but
his
Heart
also
was
in
it
:
and
after
he
had
produced
divers
Reasons
to
prove
the
Justice
of
it
,
he
concluded
,
that
he
should
desire
no
greater
Honour
in
this
World
,
than
that
the
following
Inscription
might
be
engraven
on
his
Tomb
;
Here
lieth
one
who
had
a
Hand
and
a
Heart
in
the
Execution
of
Charles
Stuart
late
King
of
England
.
Having
said
this
,
he
and
most
of
the
Members
who
had
a
Right
to
sit
in
Parliament
withdrew
from
the
House
;
so
that
there
was
not
the
fourth
part
of
a
Quorum
of
lawful
Members
present
in
the
House
,
when
the
Secluded
Members
,
who
had
been
voted
out
of
the
Parliament
by
those
that
had
an
undisputed
Authority
over
their
own
Members
,
undertook
to
dissolve
the
Parliament
,
which
was
not
to
be
done
,
unless
by
their
own
Consent
;
and
whether
that
Consent
was
ever
given
,
is
submitted
to
the
Judgment
of
all
impartial
Men
.
This
Face
of
Authority
being
vanished
after
a
full
Discovery
of
the
Malignity
of
their
Intentions
,
I
supposed
the
Cruelty
of
their
Council
of
State
would
not
fail
to
increase
with
their
Fears
;
and
therefore
,
tho
I
continued
to
pass
some
times
thro
Westminster
Hall
,
that
they
might
see
I
was
not
withdrawn
;
yet
I
did
it
not
so
frequently
and
publickly
as
I
had
done
,
changing
my
Lodging
from
the
House
of
one
Friend
to
that
of
another
;
and
when
I
lay
at
my
own
House
,
taking
the
best
care
I
could
do
to
secure
my self
from
being
surprized
.
In
the
mean
time
,
a
considerable
Party
of
those
who
had
been
engaged
against
the
King
,
resolved
to
raise
a
Sum
of
Money
to
pay
such
Troops
as
should
be
willing
to
draw
together
against
Monk
and
his
Partizans
;
and
that
two
of
their
number
should
be
bound
for
the
peaceable
Deportment
of
Major
General
Lambert
in
the
penal
Sum
of
five
thousand
Pounds
,
so
much
being
demanded
by
the
Council
of
State
;
which
Bond
,
if
it
should
come
to
be
forfeited
,
and
the
Persons
bound
constrained
to
pay
the
Money
,
it
was
agreed
that
the
said
Sum
should
be
discharged
out
of
the
Publick
Stock
.
Mr.
Slingsby
Bethel
was
imployed
by
the
most
eminent
Persons
concerned
in
this
Design
,
to
communicate
their
Resolutions
to
Sir
Arthur
Haslerig
,
whom
he
attended
at
his
Lodgings
to
that
purpose
,
and
found
him
in
a
most
melancholy
posture
,
sitting
in
a
Chair
,
and
leaning
his
Head
upon
both
his
Hands
.
Mr.
Bethel
asked
him
the
reason
of
his
trouble
;
and
received
for
Answer
,
That
having
been
with
Monk
that
Morning
,
and
pressing
him
to
give
him
some
assurance
of
his
Care
of
the
Commonwealth
,
reminding
him
of
his
Oaths
and
Protestations
of
Fidelity
to
the
Cause
,
Monk
had
treated
him
in
an
unusual
manner
,
and
demanded
how
he
could
expect
any
thing
from
him
,
whom
he
had
endeavoured
to
make
less
than
he
was
before
he
marched
to
London
?
Sir
Arthur
added
to
the
rest
of
his
Discourse
to
Mr.
Bethel
,
We
are
undone
,
We
are
undone
.
Thus
he
that
had
abandoned
his
old
Friends
to
support
the
Interest
of
Monk
,
and
would
not
be
perswaded
of
the
Malignity
of
his
Designs
,
whereby
he
had
lost
many
Opportunities
of
recovering
all
,
was
at
last
deserted
by
him
,
and
almost
driven
to
despair
.
Mr.
Scot
also
informed
me
,
that
he
had
lost
all
hopes
of
getting
such
a
number
of
our
Council
of
State
together
,
as
should
be
necessary
to
put
in
execution
the
Design
which
I
had
proposed
;
and
that
,
having
notice
that
the
New
Council
of
State
had
resolved
to
seize
his
Person
,
he
designed
to
retire
into
the
Country
,
as
well
to
secure
himself
,
as
to
endeavour
to
be
elected
into
the
ensuing
Convention
,
which
by
the
Vote
of
the
Secluded
Members
was
to
be
called
a
Parliament
.
These
things
put
me
in
further
doubt
of
my
own
Safety
,
and
moved
me
to
provide
for
my self
as
well
as
I
could
.
To
that
end
I
seldom
lay
at
my
own
House
,
after
Mr.
Scot's
Departure
from
London
;
and
finding
my self
deprived
of
all
means
to
serve
the
Publick
,
and
expecting
the
utmost
Extremities
that
Malice
could
invent
against
those
that
had
faithfully
served
their
Country
,
I
resolved
also
to
withdraw
my self
from
the
Observation
of
the
Usurpers
,
and
to
go
into
the
Country
.
In
pursuance
of
this
Resolution
I
departed
from
London
,
accompanied
by
my
Wife
in
a
small
Chariot
drawn
by
two
Horses
,
having
sent
two
Servants
before
well
mounted
to
attend
him
on
the
Road
,
with
a
led
Horse
for
my self
,
if
there
should
be
occasion
.
The
second
Day
of
my
Journey
early
in
the
Morning
we
perceived
one
to
ride
very
hard
after
us
,
who
coming
up
to
us
,
proved
to
be
a
Person
that
waited
on
my
Mother
,
and
was
sent
by
our
Relations
with
Letters
to
inform
me
of
what
had
happened
since
our
Departure
:
That
about
an
hour
and
a
half
after
we
left
London
,
a
Messenger
from
the
Council
of
State
came
to
the
House
where
I
lodged
,
with
an
Order
requiring
me
to
appear
before
them
;
assuring
my
Relations
he
had
the
like
Orders
for
summoning
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
,
Col.
John
Jones
,
and
Col.
Thomlinson
,
Commissioners
of
Parliament
for
the
Affairs
of
Ireland
,
to
attend
the
said
Council
:
That
the
Messenger
being
earnest
to
know
whether
I
was
gone
,
that
he
might
give
the
more
certain
account
to
those
that
sent
him
;
my
Sister
Kempson
doubting
they
might
send
after
me
and
seize
me
,
had
refused
to
answer
that
Question
;
and
that
my
Mother
Oldsworth
fearing
my
Sisters
Refusal
might
increase
the
Jealousy
of
the
Council
of
State
,
and
put
them
upon
taking
some
extream
Measures
against
me
,
had
prevailed
with
my
Father-in-Law
her
Husband
to
wait
on
the
Council
the
next
Morning
,
and
to
inform
them
whither
I
was
gone
,
and
the
Cause
of
my
Removal
from
London
.
Having
received
this
account
,
and
soon
concluding
that
the
Council
either
had
already
,
or
would
send
speedily
after
me
,
I
mounted
my
led
Horse
,
that
I
might
be
the
better
prepared
to
make
my
Escape
,
if
I
should
happen
to
be
pursued
;
and
lest
they
should
have
way
laid
me
on
the
Road
,
I
divided
my
little
Company
,
directing
my
Wife
with
the
Chariot
and
two
Servants
to
take
the
common
Road
by
Bagshot
,
whilst
I
with
a
Groom
crossed
the
Heath
,
and
declined
all
publick
Roads
:
So
that
my
Wife
and
I
met
not
,
till
towards
the
Evening
I
perceived
her
coming
by
a
private
way
,
which
it
was
necessary
to
pass
before
she
could
reach
the
House
of
my
Cousin
Robert
Wallop
at
Farley
,
where
we
had
agreed
to
remain
that
Night
.
There
we
found
Mr.
Nicholas
Love
,
who
had
been
one
of
the
late
King's
Judges
,
and
who
arrived
there
just
before
us
.
Soon
after
our
Arrival
,
Mr.
Wallop
who
had
been
at
a
Mannor
called
Husbands
,
belonging
to
him
,
came
home
,
and
received
us
with
his
usual
Generosity
and
cordial
Affection
,
expressing
no
less
Zeal
to
the
Commonwealth
,
than
when
it
was
in
its
highest
Prosperity
.
And
tho
I
acquainted
him
with
the
State
of
my
Affairs
,
and
with
the
Proceedings
of
the
Council
in
relation
to
me
,
he
earnestly
desired
me
to
continue
at
his
House
:
But
I
thought
it
not
decent
so
to
do
;
and
therefore
after
two
Nights
stay
I
took
leave
of
him
,
and
went
to
Sutton
,
where
I
lay
with
as
much
Privacy
as
I
could
,
having
discovered
that
the
Master
of
the
Inn
had
been
one
of
the
late
King's
Guard
,
and
passionately
addicted
to
the
Cavalier
Interest
.
The
next
day
I
went
to
the
House
of
my
Cousin
William
Ludlow
at
Clarendon
,
where
I
was
informed
that
Mr.
Bainton
,
whom
I
had
promised
to
serve
in
the
ensuing
Election
,
had
desisted
from
his
Design
,
and
that
Sir
Anthony
Ashley
Cooper
and
Mr.
Earnly
were
likely
to
be
chosen
.
However
to
make
good
my
Promise
,
I
sent
a
Letter
to
him
,
to
let
him
know
I
was
come
into
the
Country
,
and
to
offer
him
what
Service
I
could
,
if
he
persisted
in
his
Intentions
to
stand
for
the
County
of
Wilts
.
Having
dispatched
this
Message
,
and
doubting
the
Council
of
State
might
send
to
seize
,
or
at
least
to
summon
me
,
I
went
privately
from
Clarendon
to
Salisbury
,
and
took
up
my
Lodgings
at
the
House
of
one
Mr.
Traughton
,
a
Minister
of
that
City
;
where
after
I
had
been
two
or
three
days
,
I
received
a
Letter
from
my
Father
Oldsworth
,
by
which
I
understood
he
had
been
with
those
of
the
Council
of
State
,
and
having
informed
them
,
that
the
Design
of
my
Journey
into
the
Country
,
was
in
order
to
settle
my
Affairs
there
,
they
seemed
to
be
well
satisfied
.
He
acquainted
me
also
that
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
,
Col.
John
Jones
,
and
Col.
Thomlinson
,
had
attended
the
Council
in
obedience
to
their
Summons
,
and
were
not
permitted
to
depart
,
till
they
had
signed
an
Engagement
to
give
no
Disturbance
to
the
present
Power
.
The
consideration
of
this
Proceeding
towards
them
,
made
me
set
a
higher
value
on
my
Deliverance
from
their
Hands
,
than
I
had
hitherto
done
.
For
if
I
had
not
left
the
Town
when
I
did
,
the
Summons
from
the
Council
had
been
served
upon
me
;
and
if
I
had
not
appeared
,
it
would
have
been
taken
as
a
Contempt
:
but
if
I
had
appeared
,
they
would
undoubtedly
have
tendered
me
the
like
Engagement
to
sign
,
which
I
could
not
have
done
any
more
than
that
which
was
required
from
me
by
Cromwel
,
and
so
might
have
been
imprisoned
,
and
in
all
probability
detained
till
the
Return
of
Charles
Stuart
.
The
time
of
the
Election
drawing
near
,
I
sent
a
Messenger
to
Mr.
Bainton
for
his
last
Resolution
in
this
matter
,
who
returned
me
this
Answer
,
That
having
had
a
Meeting
with
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Country
at
the
Devises
,
he
had
resolved
not
to
put
his
Friends
to
the
trouble
of
appearing
for
him
;
judging
it
the
best
way
rather
to
swim
with
the
Stream
,
than
to
be
born
down
with
it
.
Being
thus
discharged
of
my
Engagement
to
Mr.
Bainton
,
I
went
to
Maiden
Bradley
,
and
held
a
Court
at
Yardenfield
,
that
I
might
raise
what
Money
I
could
amongst
my
Tenants
,
by
filling
up
Estates
,
and
changing
Lives
:
which
having
dispatched
,
I
went
to
my
Mannor
of
Knoyle
for
the
same
end
;
and
being
there
,
was
much
importuned
by
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Borough
of
Hinden
,
part
of
the
said
Mannor
,
to
be
one
of
their
Burgesses
in
the
Assembly
that
was
to
meet
at
Westminster
.
Tho
I
durst
not
desire
any
to
confer
so
great
a
Trust
on
me
,
yet
I
confess
it
was
no
small
Contentment
to
me
,
that
they
would
manifest
their
Respects
to
my
Person
,
and
their
Remembrance
of
my
Services
,
whatsoever
they
had
been
,
in
such
a
Conjuncture
,
when
the
Cavalier
Party
,
with
what
Design
may
easily
be
conjectured
,
had
Printed
the
Names
of
the
late
King's
Judges
,
of
which
Number
I
had
the
Honour
to
be
one
;
and
when
that
Interest
was
already
become
so
prevalent
,
that
the
Heir
of
the
Lord
Cottington
,
tho
a
Papist
and
an
Ideot
,
had
found
a
Party
sufficient
to
put
him
into
possession
of
Founthil-House
,
which
had
been
given
by
the
Parliament
to
the
Lord
President
Bradshaw
,
and
to
maintain
him
therein
by
open
Violence
,
against
the
Kinsman
and
Heir
of
the
said
President
.
Having
finished
my
private
Affairs
as
well
as
I
could
,
I
was
willing
to
have
it
believed
that
I
was
gone
to
Salisbury
,
and
therefore
set
forward
on
that
way
;
but
to
defeat
,
if
possible
the
Malice
of
my
Enemies
,
I
went
not
far
before
I
quitted
that
Road
;
and
having
sent
my
Chariot
,
wherein
my
Wife
was
,
to
Salisbury
,
I
mounted
on
Horseback
,
and
passing
over
the
Hills
that
lie
towards
Somersetshire
,
I
went
to
the
House
of
my
Brother
Strangways
at
East-Charleton
,
where
I
staid
about
four
days
as
privately
as
I
could
,
my
Horses
being
watered
within
the
Walls
of
the
House
,
and
the
Servants
commanded
to
be
silent
concerning
me
.
The
time
of
Election
for
the
Borough
of
Hinden
being
come
,
the
Persons
in
Nomination
were
Mr.
How
of
Berwick
,
Sir
Thomas
Thynne
,
and
my self
.
All
agreed
to
chuse
Mr.
How
,
so
that
the
Dispute
lay
between
Sir
Thomas
and
Me
.
The
number
of
the
Electors
was
about
twenty
six
,
of
whom
I
had
nineteen
Voices
,
and
was
thereupon
declared
by
the
Bailiff
to
be
elected
with
Mr.
How
,
to
serve
for
that
Borough
.
The
Indentures
were
signed
,
and
Writ
returned
to
the
Sheriff
according
to
Custom
.
But
the
Agents
of
Sir
Thomas
Thynne
being
unwilling
to
lose
all
their
Trouble
and
Expence
,
and
guessing
upon
probable
Grounds
,
that
if
they
could
bring
the
Case
before
the
next
Assembly
,
they
should
certainly
carry
it
against
me
,
signed
another
Indenture
for
Mr.
How
and
Sir
Thomas
Thynne
,
making
up
in
Number
what
they
wanted
in
Quality
,
taking
the
Subscriptions
of
the
Rabble
,
who
not
only
paid
nothing
either
to
the
State
,
Church
or
Poor
,
but
also
received
the
Publick
Alms
of
the
Parish
:
And
to
gain
these
,
they
were
obliged
to
descend
to
the
most
unworthy
Artifices
,
affirming
that
I
was
already
fled
,
and
that
they
should
certainly
be
destroyed
by
the
King
,
if
they
elected
me
.
Before
I
went
into
Somersetshire
I
had
ordered
one
of
my
Tenants
,
of
whose
Fidelity
I
had
good
assurance
,
to
find
out
some
private
House
where
I
might
remain
till
I
could
better
discern
what
course
to
take
.
Having
made
a
diligent
Inquiry
,
he
came
to
me
with
an
account
that
he
had
found
out
divers
places
,
whereof
I
might
make
choice
of
that
which
I
should
best
approve
for
my
Retirement
,
which
accordingly
I
did
,
and
was
received
with
hearty
Affection
;
and
during
the
time
I
staid
there
,
enjoyed
great
Satisfaction
in
the
Conversation
of
the
good
Man
of
the
House
,
who
was
a
Lover
of
his
Country
,
Possessor
of
an
Estate
of
about
one
hundred
Pounds
by
Year
in
free
Land
;
above
Contempt
,
and
below
Envy
.
After
I
had
been
with
him
about
eight
days
,
I
thought
I
might
without
much
hazard
give
my
Wife
a
visit
at
Salisbury
;
and
accordingly
I
went
thither
in
the
Night
,
and
lay
there
.
The
next
day
being
Sunday
,
News
was
brought
to
that
place
that
Major
General
Lambert
had
made
his
escape
out
of
the
Tower
,
and
that
it
was
supposed
he
would
be
able
to
draw
a
considerable
part
of
the
Army
into
a
Body
speedily
.
Hereupon
,
not
doubting
that
the
utmost
diligence
would
be
used
to
seize
Lambert
,
and
knowing
that
those
of
Salisbury
were
informed
that
I
was
in
those
parts
,
I
returned
to
my
former
Lodging
,
where
I
had
not
been
above
two
or
three
days
,
when
the
Man
that
had
assisted
Major
General
Lambert
in
his
escape
,
came
to
me
with
a
Message
from
him
,
to
acquaint
me
that
divers
Officers
of
the
Army
had
been
with
him
;
that
they
had
agreed
upon
two
places
of
Rendezvous
,
and
had
dispersed
themselves
to
their
respective
Countries
,
in
order
to
put
their
Design
in
execution
;
that
they
had
received
Assurances
that
the
greatest
part
of
the
Army
would
join
with
them
,
and
therefore
desired
that
I
would
give
Orders
for
the
Forces
in
the
Western
Parts
to
draw
together
,
and
that
I
would
meet
him
at
the
Head
of
them
in
the
County
of
Oxford
.
But
I
thought
it
not
prudent
to
engage
my
Friends
in
so
publick
a
manner
,
till
I
should
see
some
probability
of
making
a
stand
,
whereof
I
conceived
I
might
give
some
guess
by
Lambert's
first
Rendezvouz
,
which
was
appointed
to
be
about
Daventry
.
In
the
mean
time
I
dispatched
Messengers
to
several
Officers
that
commanded
the
Forces
in
the
Counties
of
Dorset
,
Somerset
and
Wilts
,
to
be
ready
to
march
if
there
should
be
occasion
.
I
received
assurance
from
a
considerable
Party
about
Taunton
,
that
the
Castle
should
be
secured
for
the
Publick
Service
,
and
had
divers
Promises
of
the
same
nature
from
other
Places
.
The
Horse
that
lay
at
Salisbury
began
to
stagger
,
and
I
doubt
not
would
have
been
honest
if
they
had
seen
a
Force
sufficient
to
have
made
it
reasonable
for
them
to
appear
.
About
eight
days
after
my
return
from
Salisbury
,
one
Major
Whitby
came
to
me
from
Major
General
Lambert
,
to
acquaint
me
with
his
Intentions
,
and
to
consult
with
me
,
concerning
the
best
way
of
drawing
together
the
Forces
on
our
side
.
He
assured
me
that
about
one
thousand
Horse
were
already
with
Lambert
,
and
that
he
had
good
assurance
that
most
part
of
the
Army
would
join
with
him
.
Having
received
this
Information
,
and
being
willing
to
hazard
all
with
Major
General
Lambert
or
any
other
Persons
,
if
I
might
be
satisfied
they
aimed
at
the
good
of
the
Commonwealth
,
I
desired
to
know
what
Lambert
had
or
would
declare
for
,
it
being
that
I
thought
the
Duty
of
every
Man
to
inform
himself
of
the
Justice
of
the
Cause
,
before
he
engageth
himself
in
it
.
Major
Whitby
answered
,
that
it
was
not
now
a
time
to
declare
what
we
would
be
for
,
but
what
we
would
be
against
,
which
was
that
Torrent
of
Tyranny
and
Popery
which
was
ready
to
break
in
upon
us
.
To
which
I
replied
,
that
the
best
way
to
prevent
those
Mischiess
,
would
be
to
agree
upon
something
that
might
be
contrary
to
them
,
not
so
much
in
Name
,
as
in
the
Nature
of
it
;
whereby
we
might
justly
hope
to
engage
all
good
Men
to
favour
and
assist
us
in
our
Enterprize
;
and
that
the
utmost
care
ought
to
be
taken
to
convince
the
Nation
of
the
Sincerity
and
Justice
of
our
Intentions
,
especially
since
all
Men
knew
they
had
been
so
lately
cheated
,
by
advancing
a
Personal
instead
of
a
Publick
Interest
,
and
therefore
not
likely
to
be
so
easily
taken
with
the
same
Bait
again
.
So
having
communicated
to
me
what
he
had
in
trust
,
and
having
received
my
Answer
,
the
Major
departed
;
and
two
or
three
days
after
an
account
was
brought
to
me
,
that
Major
General
Lambert's
Party
was
dispersed
,
and
himself
taken
Prisoner
by
Col.
Ingoldsby
.
To
which
Defeat
an
Accident
that
happened
did
not
a
little
contribute
;
for
some
of
Ingoldsby's
Party
in
their
March
had
met
Capt
.
Haslerig
,
Son
to
Sir
Arthur
,
and
knowing
his
Troop
to
be
with
Lambert
,
they
seized
him
and
brought
him
to
Col.
Ingoldsby
,
where
he
said
,
that
being
dissatisfied
with
Lambert's
Design
,
he
had
quitted
the
Party
,
and
thereby
hoped
to
be
set
at
liberty
.
But
Ingoldsby
told
him
,
that
unless
he
would
bring
off
his
Troop
also
from
Lambert
,
his
deserting
them
should
be
of
no
advantage
to
him
.
He
promised
to
use
the
best
of
his
Endeavours
to
serve
him
,
and
thereupon
was
permitted
to
return
to
Lambert
.
When
the
two
Parties
were
ready
to
engage
,
he
brought
off
his
Troop
as
he
had
promised
to
endeavour
,
which
caused
such
a
Consternation
in
the
rest
of
the
Party
,
that
many
of
them
went
over
to
Ingoldsby
,
and
most
part
of
those
who
did
not
think
fit
to
follow
their
Example
,
shifted
for
themselves
as
well
as
they
could
,
leaving
Lambert
talking
with
Ingoldsby
,
and
endeavouring
to
dissuade
him
from
engaging
any
farther
against
him
.
But
Col.
Ingoldsby
perceiving
that
Lambert's
Party
had
abandoned
him
,
rid
up
close
to
him
and
required
him
to
yield
himself
Prisoner
,
which
after
a
short
hesitation
he
did
,
desiring
Ingoldsby's
Lordship
,
as
he
called
him
,
to
give
him
leave
to
escape
.
Col.
Cobbet
,
Major
Creed
,
and
some
other
Officers
were
taken
Prisoners
,
and
with
Major
Gen.
Lambert
committed
to
the
Tower
.
Thus
our
Enemies
were
those
of
our
own
House
,
and
it
was
not
the
King's
Party
that
could
destroy
us
;
which
as
it
ought
to
be
a
Subject
of
Humiliation
to
us
,
so
it
can
be
no
just
Cause
of
Exaltation
to
them
.
Being
thus
deprived
of
an
Opportunity
of
appearing
in
the
Field
for
the
Service
of
my
Country
,
I
resolved
to
go
to
London
,
and
there
to
wait
the
Pleasure
of
God
,
either
by
acting
or
suffering
in
his
Cause
;
where
being
arrived
,
I
took
up
my
Lodging
at
the
House
of
a
Friend
who
lived
in
Holborn
,
and
endeavouring
to
learn
what
Major
General
Lambert
designed
to
have
done
if
he
had
kept
his
ground
,
I
was
informed
that
he
had
prepared
two
Declarations
very
different
from
each
other
,
intending
to
publish
that
which
might
have
procured
him
the
greater
Party
:
but
because
it
could
not
be
agreed
which
of
them
was
most
likely
to
do
so
,
he
had
thought
fit
to
publish
neither
.
Hitherto
Monk
had
continued
to
make
solemn
Protestations
of
his
Affection
and
Fidelity
to
the
Commonwealth-Interest
,
against
a
King
and
House
of
Lords
;
but
the
New
Militia
being
settled
,
and
a
Convention
,
calling
themselevs
a
Parliament
,
and
fit
for
his
purpose
,
being
met
a
Westminster
,
he
sent
to
such
Lords
as
had
sate
with
the
Parliament
till
1648
,
to
return
to
the
Place
where
they
used
to
sit
;
which
they
did
,
upon
assurance
from
him
,
that
no
others
should
be
permitted
to
sit
with
them
;
which
Promise
he
also
broke
,
and
let
in
not
only
such
as
had
deserted
to
Oxford
,
but
the
late
created
Lords
.
And
Charles
Stuart
,
eldest
Son
to
the
late
King
,
being
informed
of
these
Transactions
,
left
the
Spanish
Territories
where
he
then
resided
,
and
by
the
Advice
of
Monk
went
to
Breda
,
a
Town
belonging
to
the
States
of
Holland
:
From
whence
he
sent
his
Letters
and
a
Declaration
to
the
two
Houses
,
by
Sir
John
Greenvil
;
whereupon
the
Nominal
House
of
Commons
,
tho
called
by
a
Commonwealth
▪
Writ
,
in
the
Name
of
the
Keepers
of
the
Liberties
of
England
,
passed
a
Vote
,
That
the
Government
of
the
Nation
should
be
by
a
King
,
Lords
and
Commons
,
and
that
Charles
Stuart
should
be
Proclaimed
King
of
England
,
&c.
FINIS
.